Chapter 1075: Heart not ruthless enough, methods not vicious enough

"Su Xuezhi came to the capital to report on his duties. As soon as he arrived in the capital, he couldn't wait to find me, hoping I would help him get someone out and overturn the verdict for you."

Chen Guanlou told her the truth.

Lady Lu wailed twice, then stopped crying and wiped away her tears. "Thank you, Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, for coming specially to tell me all this. I hope Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen can tell Senior Brother Su that my case cannot be overturned, so he shouldn't waste his efforts or money. I am a very failed person; having slept in the same bed as an enemy for so many years, I couldn't see through the human heart and human nature, and I had to be reminded by others to know the truth. As a result, I not only harmed myself but also harmed my father. I am a sinner; I deserve to die! Senior Brother Su is not worth running around for me."

Upon hearing this, Chen Guanlou raised his eyebrows slightly.

He leaned in closer. "Do you regret poisoning the Wen mother and son?"

Lady Lu shook her head repeatedly. "I only regret killing them too late and not killing them ruthlessly enough. Long before that mother and son begged before my father, long before my father ran around for the future of the man surnamed Wen, I should have killed them. I only regret that I am not a man; otherwise, how could the man surnamed Wen have schemed against me? The Wen mother and son were eating the Lu family's estate from the very beginning! I hate them!"

"Excellent!" Chen Guanlou praised.

Lady Lu was stunned. She was very surprised that the other party didn't put on an official face, scolding her for being shameless, not knowing her place, daring to kill her husband and mother-in-law, being guilty of heinous crimes, and so on...

She had heard too many similar words since the day she was reported.

Suddenly hearing someone praise her, it felt like a dream for a moment, completely unreal. And more celestial sounds entered her ears.

"Daring to love and daring to hate is the true nature of a person. The Wen mother and son eating your Lu family's estate—merely poisoning them is letting them off too lightly. If it were me, I would have killed the entire Wen family, leaving not even a dog guarding the door alive.

You, in the end, still lost because you were soft-hearted. Your heart wasn't ruthless enough, your methods weren't vicious enough; you deserve to be trapped in prison today. If you had killed all the Wen family members in one go, how could there be a report? You would have long since fled to a distant place or faked your death and escaped. Look at you, in your current state, do you regret it? Do you regret being soft-hearted?"

Lady Lu listened to the celestial sounds, looking incredulous yet pleasantly surprised.

She asked somewhat urgently, "Does the master think I killed them correctly?"

"Of course! The Wen mother and son deserved to die, and the entire Wen family deserved to die."

"The master doesn't think I am a poisonous woman..."

"A man who isn't poisonous isn't a man! They killed your father, killed you; if you don't kill them back, are you going to obediently accept death and vacate your position? Whoever says you are a poisonous woman, you ask them back if they want to continue being gentle, kind, and humble when someone kills their whole family! So-called poisonous women are all bullshit, used to brainwash you. Here with me, there is only quick revenge; he kills you, you kill him—it's very reasonable!"

"Hahaha..."

Lady Lu laughed wildly. Since killing them, she had been subjected to insults and felt truly depressed inside. Sometimes she even couldn't help but question herself: was she wrong? Was she really wrong?

Until this moment, her actions were recognized by others, and finally, the depression in her heart dissipated, and she could speak her mind.

"Thank you, Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen! With these words from you, I will die without regret! Just as you said, I was still too soft-hearted. If time could turn back, perhaps I really should have killed everyone in the Wen family. Those concubines, those little bastards, hahaha..."

"The Wen mother and son were able to survive and be reborn because of your father, and the man surnamed Wen changed his fate because of your father. A person who was only fit to struggle for survival at the bottom for a lifetime was able to study, take the imperial examinations, and embark on an official career because of your father, completely changing his fate. Even a biological father wouldn't do more than that! Yet that mother and son returned evil for good. You killing that mother and son is reasonable and fair! But the law is the law; no matter what the man surnamed Wen's character is like, he is ultimately an official. You killed an official, so you must die! Do you have any objections?"

"No objections! Long before poisoning that mother and son, I was prepared to die. I am not afraid of death; I am only afraid of having no face to see my father."

Lady Lu secretly wiped away her tears; this was the greatest pain of her life.

Chen Guanlou nodded slightly, very approvingly.

"Your Senior Brother Su running around for you, wanting to overturn the verdict—it is clear that this line of thinking is wrong. Saving a person doesn't necessarily have to rely on overturning a verdict. Moreover, your case cannot be overturned. Lady Lu, I ask you solemnly: do you want to live? However, you can only live under an assumed name, and you can only go to a remote place to live. Or do you want to die?"

"I..." Lady Lu was speechless for a moment.

It was a matter of life and death, and being suddenly asked, she didn't know how to respond for a moment.

She was dazed, and it took a long while before she regained her senses. "If one can live, who would want to die? But I am a death row prisoner; how can I live?"

"How to live is not for you to worry about. You only need to answer me: live or die!"

"Of course, live!" This time Lady Lu's answer was crisp and neat, without any hesitation.

She had already prepared to go to the execution ground and be beheaded, harboring a death wish in her heart. She was not afraid of death! She could calmly face death.

However, suddenly there was an opportunity, telling her there was a chance to live.

The desire to live, the desire for survival, suddenly surged from the bottom of her heart, so intense. It was like a scorching flame, making her feel warm and pleasantly surprised all over.

So, she didn't really want to die in her heart; she wanted to live. It was just that there was no road ahead, so she accepted her fate.

So, even if one reaches a dead end, there is still hope. Never accept your fate until the very last moment.

In the blink of an eye, she thought of another question. "Will it implicate Senior Brother Su? If it is because of me that his official career is hindered, I would truly become a sinner."

Chen Guanlou raised his eyebrows and smiled. "Lady Lu, you haven't heard this name before, have you? You can rest assured; it won't implicate anyone. When the time is right, I will arrange everything. You don't need to do anything; just take good care of your health. I will instruct the prison guards here to take good care of you; at least you won't be shorted on food and drink."

"Thank you, Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, for the grace of rebirth!"

Lady Lu immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

Chen Guanlou stopped her. "Regarding the Wen family, do you have any thoughts?"

"I... I don't know!" She was a bit dazed. "I don't know what else I can do."

"Since you don't know, then I will make the decision for you. Is that okay?"

"I'm sorry to trouble you, Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen!"

"It's no trouble. Alright, sit in prison with peace of mind. I will come to visit you another day."

Chen Guanlou got up and left, returning to the surface, and spat out a breath of turbid air. After saying goodbye to Prison Clerk Hu, he returned to the Heavenly Prison.

He arranged for Lu Datou to contact Su Xuezhi, telling him to prepare the silver and meet in three days.

Lu Datou asked quietly, "Brother, that Lady Lu's case, do you really want to get her out? Although she is from my clan, her case, I'm afraid, cannot be overturned."

"Who told you I wanted to overturn the verdict for her? There are many ways to get someone out. You just go and notify Su Xuezhi to prepare the silver. I never do business at a loss." ===== CHAPTER 1076 =====