God of Dragon - Chapter 51

Gongsun Yu pushed the door open and walked in. In front of her was a busy scene.

Several books on the table were open. Under the table, there were many sheets of abandoned paper lying in complete disarray.

A man bent over his desk, writing swiftly. Vivid lines of beautiful small characters appeared on the finest paper, which looked as lively as elves.

Gongsun Yu stood at the door and waited for a while. However, she found that her husband, who was busy dealing with government affairs, did not even know she had arrived. She took the initiative to ask, “Qingming, are you free?”

Lu Qingming stopped writing and looked up, saying to his wife, “Lil Yu, why are you here? Go back to rest quickly. I still have some work at hand. When I finish all of this, I’ll go back to accompany you. Capital Heaven is in troubled times. Thus, we have to keep the border area stable and cannot slacken our efforts in the slightest. As the newly appointed governor, I can’t put down the affairs of the provinces even if I return to Capital Heaven. There are so many miscellaneous issues for me to deal with now. I’m sorry to put you at such an inconvenience.”

Instead of leaving, Gongsun Yu turned around and closed the door of the study. “Qingming, I want to say something to you,” she said.

“Well, you can say whatever you want to say. Go back first, and I’ll go back to our room to accompany you a while later…”

“I want to say a few words in your study now.” Gongsun Yu looked at her husband with gentle eyes, but she maintained a firm attitude.

Therefore, Lu Qingming had to put down the writing brush. A smile emerged on his handsome face. Though the wind with sand in the southwest wrinkled his skin, it couldn’t blow away his manner as a warrior. He pushed the chair away and stood up, asking with a smile, “Okay. What do you want to say to me?”

Gongsun Yu handed over the leather bag in her hand and said, “Take a look at this first.”

“What’s this?” Lu Qingming took the bag from her and asked while untying the seal on it.

“They are my feelings of guilt and regret,” Gongsun Yu said calmly. However, her eyes became a little red, which demonstrated that she was dreadfully emotional at this moment.

Lu Qingming’s face froze a little, but it instantly returned to normal. He pretended not to have seen his wife’s unusual behaviors and said with a smile, “I’m a little curious now. What on earth is in it that can make you appear so serious?”

Lu Qingming opened the bag and took out several sheets of paper.

“Eh?” Lu Qingming eyed her with doubt and asked, “Are these test papers?”

“The papers of the empire’s Liberal-arts Exam this year.” Gongsun Yu said with a calm expression.

“Interesting. Do I also need to be tested?” Lu Qingming said as he read the test papers in his hand.

With Lu Qingming’s accumulated knowledge, it was easy for him to finish reading all these words in a short time.

He put the test papers back into the leather bag and said, “He could have gotten a higher score, but if he examined his writing more carefully, he would not lose points on the easier parts. Instead, he gave excellent answers to those difficult questions. On the whole, he is a very talented student. I suppose that he will enter the Xifeng University or some other famous university, right?”

“You know who he is.” Gongsun Yu stared at Lu Qingming and said. She said with certainty, not with doubt.

“What do you mean?” Once again, Lu Qingming opened the test papers to look at. Then with a smile, he continued, “Li Muyang. It’s a very unfamiliar name to me. How can I know who he is?”

“I know that you know who he is.” Gongsun Yu stared unblinkingly at her husband and said, “You lied to me sixteen years ago. Now, do you still want to lie to me? Lu Qingming, if you dare to deceive me again, I will never forgive you in my life.”

There was sadness in Lu Qingming’s eyes. He looked pained, and he asked, “Lil Yu, what do you want me to do?”

“I want him to go back home,” Gongsun Yu said firmly, “I will go bring him back.”

“It’s impossible.” Lu Qingming shook his head. “Sixteen years ago, we sent him away, so how is it impossible to take him back now? Lil Yu, you know it’s impossible. What kind of reason can we use to take him back? How do we explain his existence to others?”

“Lu Qingming, but he is my son, our son! The year that he was born, all of you thought that he would become a disabled good-for-nothing. You worried that he would not be able to survive, or he would become a deformed person. You were afraid that he would bring shame to your Lu Family! You feared that each day that he lived in this world would let the Lu Family be the laughingstock of Capital Heaven one more day.”

Gongsun Yu desperately clenched her fist, trying hard not to shed tears. She gritted her teeth and said, “But, you see it now. He is not disabled, nor is he a good-for-nothing or deformed… On the contrary, he is smarter and works harder than many people. We should give him a chance to get a better education. He deserves everything that was originally supposed to be his. He should go back to the Lu Family and our side. Also, I will explain everything to him well. I will tell him not to hate the Lu Family or us. Then we will use the rest of our lives to make up for the wrong thing that we did to him.”

Gongsun Yu looked at Lu Qingming and said word by word, “So, I want him to come back.”

“Lil Yu…” The blue veins on Lu Qingming’s forehead stood out, and there was an entangled intense pain in his eyes. “I have been avoiding you recently because I worried that you would straighten out this matter about Li Muyang with me. I was also afraid that you would directly tell me everything so that I must give you an answer. I’ll admit that I know who he is. In fact, I have paid more attention to him than you. I’ve seen the test papers much earlier and knew that you would see them sooner or later.”

“I also want to take him back. Like you, I want to get him back immediately. I don’t need you to explain it to him. I will tell everything to him in person. Also, I will expiate my sin against him. I don’t care whether he will forgive me or not. I want to stand in front of him and tell him everything immediately. I want him to know what happened that night. I want him to know that he should have had a different life…”

“But we can’t do that. Just as you said, we sent him away that year because we were worried that he might not survive, or he would become a deformed man. We were also afraid of being laughed at by others or being attacked by our political opponents. If we go to take him back home, how can we explain his existence to the outside world? How can we explain our relationship with him? How can we explain where he has been before? The thing we did 16 years ago would have been a public scandal at that time. After the unspeakable and rather sordid 16 years, the scandal only becomes much more loathsome now. If we now announce to the public that Li Muyang is the abandoned son who was sent away by the Lu Family, how can the Lu Family have the face to stay in Capital Heaven after that? How can we maintain enough prestige to keep a foothold in the imperial court?”

“What’s more, the situation in Capital Heaven is quite complicated, and Father is striving for the position of the Left Prime Minister. The Lu Family, which has been guarded against by countless people, is now in a vortex. Under the close watch of many people, everyone in our Lu family had to be very cautious for fear that we lose our power and influence at this critical moment. Lil Yu, if we take him back at this time, we will make ourselves the target of others, won’t we?”

“So, that’s why you refused to take him in?” Gongsun Yu was extremely disappointed with her husband and said, “You threw him away 16 years ago, and now you want to do the same thing to him once again. It’s extremely absurd.”

“Lil Yu, give me some more time. Now we know that he’s living a good life, and he’s likely to be studying in Capital Heaven. At that time, he’ll be living right under our eyes so that we can take good care of him. When the time is right, we’ll take him back and reunite. Will that be all right?”

“Lu Qingming…”

“Lil Yu…”

“I don’t want to wait for another day.”

“Lil Yu…”

“I want him to enter Xifeng University,” said Gongsun Yu, determined.

“Okay,” Lu Qingming immediately agreed and said, “I’ve seen his test papers. Barring accidents, I believe he can get an offer from Xifeng University by himself.”

“I want you to make sure that he’ll go Xifeng University,” Gongsun Yu continued.

“Okay,” Lu Qingfeng nodded and said, “I’m sure that he can enter Xifeng University. If Xifeng University doesn’t give Li Muyang the offer, I’ll tear down the gate of Xifeng University and burn it as firewood.”

“Lu Qingming, I hope you won’t let me down again this time.” Gongsun Yu took a deep look at her husband and turned to walk outside.

Extremely agitated, Lu Qingming paced back and forth in the study.

“Guards!” Lu Qingming called out.

Li Ping’an, his bodyguard, pushed the door open and came in. He asked, “General, what can I do for you?”

Lu Qingming used to be the general who went to the front to fight the enemy. People like Li Ping’an and Yue Feilong were members of his bodyguard team. Later on, Li Ping’an was appointed as the Proconsul, a civil official, but those closest to him still liked to call him “General”.

“Is Elder Master in the mansion?” Lu Qingming asked.

“Well, do you want me to ask about it?” Li Ping’an said in a low voice. He thought, “We certainly don’t know if Elder Master is at home or not and dare not inquire about his whereabouts, either.”

“No need.” Lu Qingming waved his hand and said, “Just go outside.”

“Yes, General.” As Li Ping’an walked out of the door, he winked at Yue Feilong. “It appears that our General failed to satisfy Madam. That’s why Madam is angry, and General becomes so upset,” he said.

“Li Ping’an…” Yue Feilong was about to draw out his sword again.

Before the two of them could make a move, Lu Qingming walked out with a document bag in his hand.

Just when they were going to follow up, Lu Qingming ordered, “Don’t come with me.”

Lu Qingming came to the yard on the left side. “Is my father here?” he asked the old steward who came to welcome him.

“Elder Master is meeting guests in the study,” said the steward with a smile. “Young Master, why don’t you come back later?”

Lu Qingming cast a glance at the steward. “I’ll sit here and wait,” he said.

The steward glanced at Lu Qingming and said, “Young Master, please go to the tea room to have a cup of tea.”

“Thank you.”

After Lu Qingming waited in the tea room for an hour, the steward came in and told him to go to the study.

Lu Qingming walked in and looked at his father, who was sitting there, appearing as majestic as a high mountain. He then said in a low voice, “Dad, I want to take Muyang back home.”