After a master of metaphysics severed ties with his family, the whole family was filled with regret!

Chapter 34 Severing ties, severing karma!

As soon as Nalan Qingyin said this, everyone present knew that Luo Chujiu had the Imperial Preceptor as her backer!

Luo Wanping and Luo Jiangshi looked extremely grim, and the rest of the Luo family members were also terrified. Only the unconscious Old Madam Luo was unaware of what had happened.

Upon hearing Nalan Qingyin's words, Xiao Jinglin fell into deep thought, seemingly considering whether or not to agree to Luo Chujiu's request to sever ties with her.

"Luo Chujiu, come forward—"

Xiao Jinglin looked at Luo Chujiu and gestured for her to come forward.

Facing the emperor, Luo Chujiu still felt a sense of awe, and then stepped forward.

"Luo Chujiu greets Your Majesty."

"I ask you, do you truly wish to sever ties with the Luo family?"

"really!"

“From now on, any glory the Luo family may have will have nothing to do with you. You can no longer use the name of Miss Luo in public. Don’t you mind?” Xiao Jinglin continued to ask.

"Of course, I had already thought through the consequences after I said I was severing ties with my family."

Luo Chujiu spoke with great certainty.

Seeing Luo Chujiu's certainty, Xiao Jinglin didn't say anything more.

"In that case, I will bear witness for you. From now on, you will have no relation to anyone in the Luo family. However, your parents gave you a body of flesh and blood. If you want to repay your parents' kindness in giving you life, you must be publicly flogged twenty times. Have you thought this through? You are a weak woman, and you cannot withstand twenty strokes."

Xiao Jinglin narrowed his eyes, deliberately trying to scare Luo Chujiu, but Luo Chujiu breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Xiao Jinglin's words:

"I am willing to be flogged twenty times, just to completely sever ties with the Luo family, and from now on, we will have nothing to do with each other in life, old age, sickness and death!"

Luo Chujiu was extremely resolute!
"No! Junior Sister, how can you bear twenty strokes of the cane? I will take it for you! Your Majesty, I am willing to take the caning in place of Junior Sister, I hope Your Majesty will grant my request!"

Nalan Qingyin looked at Luo Chujiu with strong disapproval. How could she let her junior sister, whom she had cherished since childhood, be hit twenty times?
Twenty strokes of the cane would be a long and painful punishment even for a strong, grown man! Let alone a young girl like my junior sister!

Seeing Nalan Qingyin like this, Luo Chujiu quickly tried to dissuade her:
"Fourth Senior Brother, my mind is made up. You don't need to bear the burden for me. If we are to sever ties with the Luo family, I must personally endure the punishment to break the karmic bond with them. If you take the punishment for me, it will only be a failure."

Nalan Qingyin was also a practitioner of metaphysics, so she naturally understood cause and effect. Only someone with a causal relationship could unravel the mystery.

Upon hearing this, Nalan Qingyin kept a cold face and said nothing more.

"Alright, it's settled then. Someone come here—"

At Xiao Jinglin's command, someone came with a wooden staff.

"Luo Chujiu was flogged twenty times in court."

"Yes, Your Majesty—"

After seeing this, Luo Chujiu lay down on the long bench. It wasn't until the wooden stick hit her back and buttocks that she realized how painful it was!
However, as long as she could sever ties with her family, she had to endure any pain! This was the price of severing ties! She had no complaints.

Nalan Qingyin looked at Luo Chujiu being punished with a pained expression, wishing she could step forward and suffer the punishment in her place!

The people of the Luo family watched coldly, wishing the executioners would beat her to death! They found it very satisfying and exhilarating.

Those around them could clearly see Madam Luo's true colors. They, who were not related by blood, would have felt sorry for Miss Luo when they saw her being flogged. But they had no idea that she would act like this. No wonder Miss Luo wanted to sever ties with the Luo family!

The twenty strokes were quickly completed, and Luo Chuxue's back was covered in blood.

"Miss! Miss, are you in pain? Miss." After the execution was over, Fei Yun immediately stepped forward to check Luo Chujiu's injuries, but Luo Chujiu's clothes and blood were stuck together on her back, and she dared not move at all.

Luo Chujiu didn't cry out in pain at all, and gave Feiyun a smile:
"It's alright, your young lady has thick skin and is tough. She'll be able to get out of bed and walk around in a couple of days at most."

"Miss, you don't need to lie to me anymore. You must be in a lot of pain, right?" Fei Yun's tears kept falling as if they were worthless.

Unfortunately, Luo Chujiu's back was aching, so she couldn't comfort Feiyun.

Without saying a word, Nalan Qingyin stepped forward and helped Luo Chujiu up, letting her lean against her.

Xiao Beiming kept staring at Luo Chujiu. After she leaned on the Imperial Preceptor, his brows furrowed slightly, as if he was somewhat dissatisfied, but he felt that he had no right to be dissatisfied.

"Minister Luo—"

"The minister is here."

"Now that Luo Chujiu has endured the punishment, she will have nothing to do with your Luo family from this day forward. Do you agree?"

"Your Majesty, I will certainly agree. From now on, I will pretend that I never gave birth to this daughter!"

With Xiao Jinglin having spoken, how could Luo Wanping dare to utter a single word of "no"? Moreover, the public torture had already been completed; if he were to say no now, wouldn't that be going back on his word? How could he face people in the future?
Upon hearing Luo Wanping's words, Luo Chujiu finally felt a chord break in her heart! A knowing smile appeared on her face!

She carefully opened her palm and discovered that her kinship line had been severed in the middle! From now on, she had no connection with anyone in the Luo family! That's wonderful!
"In that case, I shall announce something else next—"

Everyone waited with bated breath.

"According to the Imperial Advisor's calculations, Luo Chujiu and Prince Xiao's birth charts are perfectly matched, a match made in heaven. Therefore, I have decided to bestow marriage upon Prince Xiao and Luo Chujiu, with the grand wedding to be held on the eighth day of the twelfth month. From then on, Luo Chujiu will be the only Princess Consort of Prince Xiao—"

Xiao Beiming snapped out of his daze, startled at first, then knelt down to express his gratitude:

"Your Majesty, I thank you for your grace—"

Luo Chujiu was quite happy to hear the news, but before she could say anything, she fainted.

Nalan Qingyin immediately picked him up and carried him away from the Luo residence. They would never set foot in that filthy place again!

When Luo Chujiu woke up, she found herself lying in an unfamiliar room, but the room had a very familiar scent.

Just as she was about to sit up, she saw Nalan Qingyin walking towards her with a bowl of herbal medicine.

"Slow down! Don't hurt your back!"

Nalan Qingyin quickly stepped forward, helped her sit up, and then handed her a bowl of medicine:

"This is medicine that your senior brother specially brewed for you. Drink it, and I guarantee you'll be lively and energetic within three days."

"Thank you, Fourth Senior Brother."

Luo Chujiu thanked Nalan Qingyin, then swallowed the bowl of medicine in one gulp.

After seeing this, Nalan Qingyin smiled helplessly, then took the empty medicine bowl and placed it aside.

"You, even severing ties requires a method. There are so many ways that don't involve getting beaten, yet you chose the dumbest one. You're really stupid."

"Fourth Senior Brother, I'm already in this state, and you're still criticizing me. I have no choice. I want to sever ties with the Luo family as soon as possible, and the closest time is this homecoming banquet."

Facing Nalan Qingyin, Luo Chujiu did not hide her inner thoughts. Moreover, Nalan Qingyin also knew that she had come down the mountain to sever ties with her relatives, not to reunite with them!
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