Green Sprout Garden

Faced with Lu Wanyi's words, Chu Danqing naturally understood why.

It was nothing more than the fact that, with Chu Danqing's strength, he could seek justice on his own.

Bringing Lu Wanyi along would instead become a stumbling block for Chu Danqing, and might stir up unforeseen trouble.

But Chu Danqing had no choice. His Trial Mission had been set this way.

"Before was before. Now, I think that dog emperor needs some iron-fisted education from his mother."

"Old Madam Lu, you heard what that Skin-Painting Ghost said just now."

"You've spent the past twenty-odd years living a bitter life too. You know how hard things are for the common people."

"Whether there is justice or not is no longer important now. You understand what I mean, Old Madam Lu." Chu Danqing was speaking the truth.

The 'him' from before was not the him of now. That 'him' truly had been powerless.

But Chu Danqing did.

Lu Wanyi fell silent at Chu Danqing's words.

She had not expected Chu Danqing's answer to be this.

"I'll do my best." Even now, Lu Wanyi remembered the old woman's head, her eyes still refusing to close in death.

But she should not have died. If the emperor had governed properly, how could something like this have happened?

"Not do your best. You must." Chu Danqing said coldly, "If he can't do it, I'll kill him and replace him with someone who can be emperor."

"There are so many people in the imperial family. I refuse to believe not one of them can become an emperor who cares for his people."

The Zhang Dynasty was very stable, so Chu Danqing had no need to carry out reforms or patch things up like a mender of old walls.

All he needed to do was kill