Goddess Atlas, Starting from the Queen

Chapter 106 Lu Ming Still Needs Me
The guards at the gate, seeing that it was Lu Ming returning, quickly bowed to him, "Greetings, Your Majesty!"

After the salute was completed, a soldier said, "This man is a servant of the Su family. He came to deliver a message to Miss Su. We don't know what he said to Miss Su, but it displeased Miss Xiao. Miss Xiao ordered us to throw him out."

Lu Ming glanced at the servant from the Su family who was being supported and asked, "Who sent you to deliver this message?"

Upon seeing Lu Ming before them, the servants of the Su family were stunned for a moment. Rumors in the capital had been circulating that the Prince of Xiaoyao was nearing his end, but the Prince of Xiaoyao before them did not look like a dying man at all.

The servant was slightly taken aback, then quickly said, "Madam Cui sent me."

Upon hearing this, Lu Ming had a pretty good idea of ​​what the letter contained. What could possibly anger Xiao Qingyun was that the Su family was planning to marry off Su Wanyun.

Lu Ming ignored the servants of the Su family and headed straight for the Xiaoyao Prince's Mansion. When he arrived at the main courtyard, he found Xiao Qingyun talking to Su Wanyun.

“Wanyun, the Cui family is a powerful and influential family. If you really marry into the Cui family, you will lose your freedom for the rest of your life.”

"You should leave the Prince of Xiaoyao's mansion with me."

Hearing Xiao Qingyun's words, Su Wanyun looked worried. She did not expect that the Su family would arrange another marriage for her so soon. A long time ago, her father had sent someone to tell her that he intended to marry her off, but she ignored it, so her father had no choice but to give up for the time being.

Unexpectedly, her stepmother went straight back to the Cui family and arranged a marriage for her.

Her parents had arranged the marriage, and even her father had agreed to it. There was no point in her saying anything. But how could she possibly marry into the Xiao family? Lu Ming needed her right now.

At this moment, the two women noticed Lu Ming entering the courtyard, and Xiao Qingyun immediately shut up and did not continue speaking.

Lu Ming looked at Su Wanyun and said, "Sister Yun, I heard that the Su family sent someone to deliver a letter to you?"

Su Wanyun composed herself, trying to appear calm. "Yes, my father wants me to go back to the Su family."

Lu Ming asked with a smile, "The Su family must have arranged a marriage for you, right?"

Seeing that Lu Ming knew, Su Wanyun felt a little flustered. Deep down, she didn't want Lu Ming to know this, after all, Lu Ming was the person she liked, and she was worried that Lu Ming would do something that would damage the reputation of the Xiaoyao Prince's Mansion because of her.

Lu Ming continued, "Sister Yun, you don't need to worry too much. You're still in the Prince Xiaoyao's Mansion. As long as I'm alive, they won't dare force you to marry someone else."

The Su family found various excuses to send Su Wanyun to the Prince Xiaoyao's mansion. Now the Su family says she should get married, and she'll just do it? It's not that easy.

Hearing Lu Ming's words, Su Wanyun breathed a slight sigh of relief. Lu Ming was now an immortal, and since he was originally the offspring of the old Xiaoyao King, the Su family couldn't do anything about him as long as he spoke.

At this moment, Lu Ming continued, "By the way, I remember the Su family should be part of the Empress's faction, right?"

Hearing this, Su Wanyun was slightly taken aback. How could she have forgotten the relationship between the Empress and Lu Ming? As long as Lu Ming spoke to the Empress, the Su family would not dare to let her get married.

Su Wanyun said, "Yes, my father has always been the Empress's man."

Lu Ming said, "That makes things simple."

Hearing their conversation, Xiao Qingyun frowned slightly.

When Xiao Qingyun saw the letter the Empress wrote to Lu Ming at the manor, she knew about the relationship between Lu Ming and the Empress, and she immediately concluded that Lu Ming was plotting to seize the throne. If the Empress had truly allied with Lu Ming, and the Su family was an agent of the Empress, wouldn't that mean that Lu Ming only needed to say a few words to the Empress to completely dissuade the Su family from marrying their daughter to her?

This is not good news for her!
If the Su family doesn't allow Su Wanyun to marry, then Su Wanyun will have no external pressure and will stay in the Xiaoyao Prince's Mansion instead of leaving with her.

Su Wanyun then changed the subject and asked, "Lu Ming, what are you doing at the estate today?"

Lu Ming said, "My father's tomb emits a strange black aura. This black aura can erode a martial artist's meridians. The stronger the martial artist, the more black aura they absorb when practicing martial arts, and the greater the damage to their meridians will be."

Upon hearing Lu Ming's words, the two women were startled by the eerie black aura.
At this moment, Lu Ming suddenly thought of something, and his gaze fell on Xiao Qingyun. "Sister Xiao, you also went to the manor with me a few days ago. You probably accumulated a lot of that black energy in your body. Didn't you feel uncomfortable?"

Hearing Lu Ming's words, Xiao Qingyun thought about it and realized that she did indeed feel that her spiritual energy was not flowing smoothly after returning from the manor.

At this moment, Lu Ming raised his hand, his palm facing Xiao Qingyun. Immediately afterward, a ball of green spiritual energy surged from Lu Ming's palm and was channeled into Xiao Qingyun's body.

The moment the green spiritual energy entered Xiao Qingyun's body, she immediately felt incredibly relaxed, and the feeling of blocked meridians disappeared.

After Lu Ming finished treating Xiao Qingyun, Su Wanyun asked, "What do you plan to do with that black aura?"

The black aura was released from the tomb of the old carefree king. It would be very difficult to completely remove it. Su Wanyun thought about it for Lu Ming, but couldn't come up with a good solution.

Lu Ming said, "I have already sent someone to inform the Star Gazing Tower to have their Spirit Guards check it out."

Su Wanyun said, "You suspect that the black aura was caused by evil spirits?"

Lu Ming said, "It's hard to say. This black aura is indeed a bit strange, and it's coming from my father's tomb. Let's have a professional take a look first."

So far, Lu Ming has not obtained anything that can deal with evil spirits. If those black energies are indeed caused by evil spirits, then it would be more appropriate to let the Star Gazing Tower handle it.

Lu Ming glanced at Xiao Qingyun, then at Su Wanyun, and said, "Sister Yun, I have something to do. You two talk."

After speaking, Lu Ming returned to his room to continue cultivating. His cultivation level had only broken through to the second level of Qi Refining, and he needed to continue consolidating it.

After Lu Ming left, Xiao Qing prepared to continue persuading Su Wanyun, "Wanyun..."

Su Wanyun knew what Xiao Qingyun wanted to say, so she interrupted her directly, saying, "Qingyun, I don't plan to leave the Xiaoyao Prince's Mansion for the time being. Lu Ming still needs me, and the Xiaoyao Prince's Mansion's businesses are waiting for me to manage them."

Upon hearing Su Wanyun's words, Xiao Qingyun froze on the spot. After regaining her senses, she was about to say something when Su Wanyun interrupted her again, saying, "I know you mean well, but I promised Lu Hong that I would take good care of Lu Ming."

Xiao Qingyun immediately realized that Su Wanyun was just making excuses. Lu Hong and Su Wanyun had no feelings for each other, only a marriage contract. How could his words possibly bind Su Wanyun?

The excuse Su Wanyun gave revealed that she genuinely did not want to leave the Xiaoyao Prince's Mansion or Lu Ming.

At this moment, Xiao Qingyun suddenly had a guess that she dared not believe.

(End of this chapter)