Chapter 248: The Mastermind ( 3 )

Chapter 248: The Mastermind ( 3 )

Xue Ya’er hesitated for a long time before she made up her mind. "Husband, Lei Feng is a woman."

"Huh?" Lu Qianxuan’s mind was full of question marks when he heard this. "Wife, did you make a mistake? That Lei Feng, he has a throat knot. How could he be a woman?" he said in disbelief.

Looking at her husband’s expression, Xue Ya’er let out a chuckle. This was the first time she saw her husband so flustered.

After laughing for a while, she finally said, "I don’t know what technique she used, but she is indeed a girl. Even if she could create a fake throat knot, she couldn’t change her bone structure."

"No matter how effeminate a man is, the bone structures of a man and a woman are different. I had touched Lei Feng’s hand, and her finger bones are small and delicate. Her palm was soft and smooth."

"If she is a woman disguised as a man, can we trust her?"

"Even if she is a woman, it doesn’t change the fact that she has helped us several times. She must have her reason for disguising herself as a man. Since we need her help and this is a fair exchange, there is no need for us to dwell on this matter regarding her identity."

Lu Qianxuan considered his wife’s words for a moment before he nodded. "Since you have made up your mind, then I will respect your decision."

The two of them exchanged glances and smiles. Halfway through their meal, Xue Ya’er suddenly said, "By the way, you haven’t told me who the mastermind is."

"It’s the Empress Dowager."

"Why did she target you?" Xue Ya’er was confused.

Lu Qianxuan finished another bowl of soup before he said, "Wife, you already know about my real identity and should also know that the one responsible for my family’s situation back then was the Empress Dowager’s maternal family."

"My grandpa told me about this after you proposed to me. But you already changed your name and surname. After my grandpa passed away, no one knew your true identity besides your maternal uncle and me."

"Maybe she was using Su Jiaoyi to test me. She might have her suspicions, but without evidence, she can’t confirm my identity."

"I don’t understand why she went this far. The reason her family targeted your family was because of the previous emperor. Now that she is the Empress Dowager and ruling the cabinet as a regent, there is no need for her to continue pursuing this matter."

Lu Qianxuan looked at his wife with a complicated gaze. After a long silence, he finally said, "It’s because the Empress Dowager is my father’s rotten peach blossom."

Xue Ya’er was shocked by this news. "You mean that the Empress Dowager loved your father?"

"Before she married into the royal family, her family had the intention to marry her to my father," he said with a sigh.

"From a political view, she was indeed the best candidate to strengthen my father’s position. But at that time, my father had already made a promise to my mother. So he rejected her and married my mother the next year."

"Perhaps she felt humiliated. After my parents got married, she participated in the beauty selection and entered the harem as the previous Emperor’s Noble Concubine."

"No one would expect that the previous Emperor would leave an imperial edict to appoint her young son as the next emperor. Now that the emperor has grown up, she must be unwilling to relinquish power."

"If she could find out about my identity, she could use it to threaten me and control the White Tiger Army. As long as she holds the military power, even if the Emperor wants to take back the power from her hands, it won’t be easy."

When Xue Ya’er heard this, she could only shake her head and say, "Indeed, owing a love debt is worse than owing money."

Hearing his wife’s murmurs, Lu Qianxuan laughed and said, "Now you know why I don’t want to take a concubine. Having you alone is enough for me."

The two of them exchanged glances and laughed. After they shared their meal and heartfelt words, they finally took a bath, closed the door, and blew out the candle.

Everyone knew that the General disliked people guarding outside his room. So, unless they were summoned, no one would disturb him and his wife.

After a long time living like a monk, the moment he finally tasted the meat, Lu Qianxuan was overly excited and ended the first round in less than 10 minutes.

Lying under him, Xue Ya’er was stunned and didn’t know what to do. She thought for a moment before she gathered her courage to pat her husband’s back and said, "Husband, it’s okay. Maybe you are just tired. Let’s go to sleep. We can try another time."

As a man, Lu Qianxuan would never let his wife think badly about his performance in bed. His injury back then affected his fertility but not his big brother’s capability.

After he rested for a while, he hugged his wife from behind and said, "We are not done yet."

Before Xue Ya’er could say a word, she was flipped over like a pancake, and her lips were blocked by his. Under his relentless attack, she could no longer think straight and soon drowned in the pleasure web he had woven.

The battle lasted for a long time before Lu Qianxuan asked for hot water with a proud grin.

Afterward, the servants were busy boiling water and washing the bedsheets for the entire night. It was only when dawn arrived that they were finally able to get some rest.

Early the next morning, Yao Zhi woke up before dawn. When she came out of her room, she saw Ling Shi’er squatting in the vegetable garden.

Feeling curious, she walked over and asked, "Shi’er, what are you doing?"

Ling Shi’er had already heard his Master’s footsteps, so he wasn’t startled. He pointed at the vegetables and said, "Master, I want to ask you about this thing."