Chapter 511 - 279: Aunt Song Gives Birth
The Grand Celestial Masters among the Mansion Guards coordinated with one another, forming the Demon Suppression Array. Above the Lu Mansion, streaks of golden light formed a ring that expanded outward in all directions.
The golden light bathed the entire Lu Mansion, making it as bright as day, and contained within it an immense amount of Celestial Master’s Power.
Outside the Lu Mansion, another hidden squad of Mansion Guards watched the golden light above. ’Since the first squad is no longer holding back...’
The captain of the second squad decisively gave the order, "Full assault! Annihilate the enemy!"
The second squad of Mansion Guards charged out, mustering all their strength to desperately fight the masked assailants.
If the second squad hadn’t intervened, the Jinyi Guards stationed at the Mansion Gate would have been completely massacred by the masked assailants.
After entering the city, the general of the Imperial Cavalry saw the golden light flaring up over the Lu Mansion. He raised his weapon and shouted, "Whoa!"
The entire cavalry troop came to a halt. Their warhorses snorted clouds of hot breath, pawing restlessly at the ground.
A soldier patted his horse’s rump and rode forward to ask, "General, what is it?"
The general stared at the golden light. ’So the Lu Mansion still had an ace up its sleeve!’
"Should we still proceed?" the soldier asked.
The general cracked his whip. "We’re going. Of course, we’re going!"
The troop of Imperial Cavalry galloped swiftly down the city’s main thoroughfare.
"Charge!" the mounted general commanded.
The street before the Lu Mansion was fairly wide, broad enough for three warhorses to gallop abreast.
Within the Lu Mansion, the Demon Suppression Array rained down countless beams of golden light, annihilating all the small spiders.
The few remaining spiders that tried to scatter and hide were cut down by the other Mansion Guards.
Su Liyan swatted the giant spider into the air and began lashing it mercilessly with her snake tail, batting it about like a diabolo.
Each time the giant spider was about to hit the ground, Su Liyan would flick her tail and send it soaring back into the air.
Su Liyan clenched her fists and suddenly threw a punch. The force of the blow, weighing as much as a mountain, slammed into the giant spider.
The giant spider burst apart, splattering dark green ichor in every direction.
An Invisible Air Wall suddenly materialized high above the courtyard, blocking all the dark green ichor and redirecting it away.
The dark green ichor was highly corrosive. Thankfully, Lu Yuan had acted just in time, or there would have been heavy casualties.
Lu Yuan waved his hand, and the dark green Elixir that had formed in the air flew into his sleeve.
Lu Yuan called out excitedly, "Darling, come quick! Aunt Song gave birth!"
Seeing her man waving to her from under the covered walkway, the berserk Su Liyan reverted to her normal form.
Su Liyan smoothed down her black satin, high-slit slip dress, slipped on a pair of nearby cotton slippers, and hurried over.
Despite the intense battle, Su Liyan hadn’t even smudged her nightgown; only a pair of black stockings had been ruined.
As she hurried along, Su Liyan suddenly remembered something. She turned back to the Mansion Guards and said, "Oh, right! King Yan’s second son is still in the room. Go rescue him!"
"Yes, milady!" the Mansion Guards replied, cupping their fists.
Lu Yuan wrapped his arm around Su Liyan’s slim waist and gave it an affectionate squeeze. Looking at her dress, he said:
"Darling, you’d look even more stunning if you were wearing those high heels I made for you," Lu Yuan teased.
"Everything happened so suddenly tonight. Don’t tease me," Su Liyan said with a smile.
The Mansion Guards burst into Gu Gaoxu’s room. His face was so swollen it looked like a pig’s head, rendering him almost unrecognizable.
From being hung upside down from a roof beam for so long, Gu Gaoxu’s head was already engorged with blood. Combined with the force of Su Liyan’s palm strike and a slap he’d given himself...
Not only was his face swollen like a pig’s head, but his consciousness was also starting to fade. As if he had eaten poisonous mushrooms, he began muttering to himself, "Huh? I have so many great-grandmas!"
The Mansion Guards who had crowded into the room cut away the Spider Silk binding his legs and finally got him down...
At the Mansion Gate, the Mansion Guards had already begun cleaning up the battlefield.
Fifth Brother Liu stood before the Mansion Gate, directing the guards and servants. "Hurry! Clean this up, and leave no trace."
"Hey, hey... what are you doing? Don’t douse the ground with water! It’ll just freeze over by morning, and then how slippery will it be!"
"Use mops!"
...
The Mansion Guards before the gate completely ignored the Imperial Cavalry, busying themselves with scrubbing the bloodstains from the entrance.
The Imperial Cavalry formed ranks before the Mansion Gate. One of them dismounted, approached Fifth Brother Liu, and said, "Be so good as to announce that my General has come to pay his respects."
Fifth Brother Liu glanced at him, then said to a Mansion Guard at his side, "Go pass on the message."
"Yes, Captain!"
「Inside the Lu Mansion.」
Song Meiqin was leaning against the headboard with a cotton cloth wrapped around her head, her face beaming with a smile. In her arms, she cradled her newborn child.
"Aunt Song, Liyan’s here to see you!" Lu Yuan announced the moment he stepped into the room.
"Aunt Song~ you poor thing, you must have gone through so much," Su Liyan said, rushing to Song Meiqin’s side. She sat down and gently parted the swaddling clothes to peek at the baby.
Overjoyed, Su Liyan said, "He looks just like you, Aunt Song. It’s a boy, right?"
Song Meiqin nodded.
"That’s wonderful! He’s going to be such a handsome man when he grows up!" Su Liyan praised.
Lu Yuan remembered Aunt Zhao was still hiding in her room. "I’ll go get Aunt Zhao," he said. "Darling, can you watch things here for a moment?"
Staring intently at the swaddled baby, Su Liyan waved a dismissive hand at Lu Yuan. "Go on, don’t worry. I’ve got it covered here!"
The moment Lu Yuan pushed open Zhao Qiao’er’s door, an icicle shot straight for his face.
Lu Yuan shattered the flying icicle with one hand and said jokingly to Lu Ruyan, "Daughter, are you trying to murder your dear old dad?"
With all the commotion in the mansion, it was only natural for a little girl like Lu Ruyan to be on edge.
When Lu Ruyan saw it was her father, she let out a happy squeal and leaped into his arms, pinching the stubble on his chin.
"Daddy, I didn’t see who it was!"
"You can’t be mad at me, okay, Daddy?"
Lu Yuan gently squeezed his daughter’s soft little hand and said in a serious tone, "I’ve told you before, you’re not to use your Techniques recklessly. It’s easy to hurt someone! If you do it again, I’ll have to give you a spanking."
Zhao Qiao’er, holding Huanhuan—who had just learned to say ’mama’ and ’dada’—asked Lu Yuan, "What’s happening outside? I want to go see my dear sister."
Lu Yuan replied, "Aunt Zhao, everything outside is mostly settled. And Aunt Song just gave us a big, healthy baby boy!"
"Really? Oh, wow! I knew she had it in her! Now we have both a son and a daughter, a perfect pair!"
Zhao Qiao’er rocked her sturdy frame from side to side, cooing at Huanhuan in her arms.
Gu Ziye, who had been hiding in her room, heard the commotion outside die down. She slowly opened her door and peeked her head out.
As Gu Ziye surveyed the mansion, the twin pigtails on her head bobbed playfully.
Seeing her chance, she dashed over to Song Meiqin’s room as well.
And with that, all of Lu Yuan’s women were gathered.
For the moment, everyone was gathered together. They put the night’s chaotic events out of their minds and crowded around to coo over the baby boy.
Zhao Qiao’er was the most shameless of them all. With her right index finger, she gently poked at Song Meiqin’s son’s "little stick" and cooed:
"Buzzy buzzy fly... Buzzy buzzy fly..."
Even little Lu Ruyan, who was just over a year old, wanted to join the fun. She squeezed through the gap between Second Mom and Fourth Mom’s legs, clamoring:
"I wanna see! I wanna see what little brother’s little thingy looks like!"
Lu Yuan leaned against the doorway, watching his four beauties gathered together, talking and laughing. A thought echoed in his heart: ’They’re all my damn women!’