Chapter 18: Let us start a Revolution (2/2)
”A what?!”
She growled and spat out, her Expression tight ”like me okay! Damn it!”
Zhu Fengyin threw the nut into her mouth and chewed gently. ”Queen of prosperity? I guess I was acting a little stiff, right?”
”Yes!”
”Well no need to worry about that anymore, I am done trying to impress a group of people who would never understand me. I am going to rebel*.
”What?”
”After a lifetime of sacrifices and pain, of acting the proper way, speaking the right way, I tried so hard to please everyone at my own detriment, but not anymore. This time I am going to live for me not Zhongahan Cheng or the Zhu family, me! I think I have earned that don't you think?”
”Yes you do, as a matter of fact you deserve more than that. After the life you lived, You deserve a happy ending and that is what you will get. Who cares if the whole world is rigged against us, we are going to have the last laugh” Su Liya placed her hands on Zhu Fengyin's shoulder and pulled her closer ”Let us go start a revolution”.
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Minutes ago at a table overlooking the street in Xu Dan Tea house.
Lu Yaozhu was seated on the seat nearest to the window while he conversed with a veiled Zhu Fenfang. They ran into each other at the medicine store two shops away from the tea house.
Lu Yaozhu was there to pick up intelligence from the Ginseng group under the pretense of picking up a prescription. The Ginseng group was a network of spies, which dealt with information. He had caught the manager's eyes as soon as he walked in, he walked to the counter and presented his card number.
A few minutes later a staff member ran over with the bundle of wrapped prescriptions. He paid for the prescription and walked to the door, when he heard his name called in a low melodic voice.
”Master Lu”
He looked up and found that it was Zhu Fenfang that called. They exchanged a few pleasantries before he was invited to join her for lunch.
Lu Yaozhu interacted with Zhu Fenfang a few times, their mother were cousins. However while they got along a little, he did not see her as anything more than a sister.
The Emperor had gotten more paranoid, everyday it was a gamble to leave. The last thing he wanted was to bring an innocent woman in the middle of that hot mess.
The Waiter had just delivered their order when he saw a carriage with Minister Zhu's logo stop at the entrance and two young women camw down. The young mistress trapped her maids hand and ran towards the market. The sight of that scene was amusing, he found himself smiling.