Chapter 14 The Assassination of the Prince
Lu Siguan took Liu Qingyan back to the capital with a quick horse. Lu Siguan asked Liu Qingyan to return to the Lu Mansion by herself and disappeared on the streets by herself.
Liu Qingyan drove the carriage to the Lu Mansion gate. She did not park the carriage directly at the gate. She found something was wrong, so she stopped at the interface for a while.
Sitting in the carriage, I saw white silk hanging in front of the Lu Mansion. It seemed that the family was doing some funeral.
In addition, some imperial officials were coming and going in and out at the door.
"I'm dead? I've only been out for a few days. Is Lu Guozheng still that old thief dead?" Liu Qingyan didn't expect that this funeral was not for anyone in the Lu Mansion.
The protagonist of the funeral is himself.
Liu Qingyan recalled the huge changes in the capital that Lu Siguan said a few days ago, and couldn't help but feel happy. But soon she saw Lu Guozheng and Mrs. Lu in the carriage.
I suddenly felt a little puzzled, could it be him...
Lu Guozheng did not show his wife and later gave birth to a son, but the child was still young and was sent to Shaolin Temple to study art. He has not returned home for many years.
"If he dies, then God will be really open-minded." Liu Qingyan murmured in a low voice, "Brother Yu Jian, this can only blame you for your own hardship. You shouldn't be born in such an official family."
Liu Qingyan felt a little regretful and a little disappointed. She thought that the person she didn't want to die in the Lu Mansion had left.
Thinking of entering the door and putting two incense sticks on his miserable younger brother, he got off the carriage and headed straight to the door of the mansion.
Seeing Liu Qingyan walking from afar, the person guarding the gate looked pale in fear, beads of sweat as big as beans kept sliding down from their foreheads, and Petrochemical was unable to speak in place for a long time.
Liu Qingyan ignored these servants and walked straight to the lobby. At the door, she saw a coffin in public.
The people were wearing white veil, but their expressions were not sad or regretful.
Lu Guo was having a chat with Lord Li, the Shangshu Detachment who had just entered the door, and his expression didn't look like his dead son at all.
"Ah..." The first one was Mrs. Lu's personal maid standing at the door. The servants instantly turned pale and retreated three feet away.
After hearing the screams, the eyes of the people in the lobby were instantly focused on Liu Qingyan. Everyone's expressions were as if they were carved from a mold, and they widened their eyes and couldn't believe it.
Liu Qingyan saw the spiritual position in the middle hall clearly, and then she realized that the funeral was prepared for her.
"Why didn't I expect it was myself? The immortal sold me outside the pass, and lied that I was dead at home..." Liu Qingyan thought to herself.
The whole scene suddenly became very quiet. Liu Qingyan looked at Lu Guozheng, and her expression was extremely awkward.
Lu Guozheng originally wanted to use this funeral to win over Chaocheng, but for him, the funeral was small.
"Why are you looking at me like this? I'm not dead yet!" Liu Qingyan said bluntly.
"Huai'er, you are really not dead. Let me take a good look at my father. The day before yesterday, the servants raised incense and said that you accidentally fell off the cliff. I was heartbroken for my father to hear this news." Lu Guozheng hurried into Liu Qingyan and said with her hand.
"There was no painful expression on his face just now, and he talked and laughed with Lord Li. Now... he is really worthy of being an old fox." Liu Qingyan did not express her thoughts.
"Hurry, find the doctor and show my Huai'er." Lu Guozheng ordered his servants to go to the market to find a doctor. Mrs. Lu's face was solemn, and her eyes were full of hatred and regret.
It is probably because I regretted that I was not ruthless in the middle of the journey, and now that Liu Qingyan appears here.
While Lu Guozheng was speaking, he looked back at Mrs. Lu and gave her a wink, meaning that she would act according to the opportunity and not let other officials present know about finding someone to kidnap her daughter.
"Come on, let me take a good look at you, are you injured?" Lu Guozheng pretended to look at Liu Qingyan around.
"I'm very good, it's okay, I can jump or jump." While saying that, Liu Qingyan also deliberately demonstrated and jumped a few steps in a row.
These steps were deliberately transferred to Mrs. Lu. She wanted the old woman to know that she was not only sold to the Khitan without you, but also unscathed.
"It's fine. What are you standing there? Get out of the spirit position quickly." Lu Guozheng scolded him.
"When you see me coming back, mother, are you unhappy? Why are you still crying with a sad face?" Liu Qingyan looked at Mrs. Lu and said sternly, "Although I am not your biological child, I have always treated you as my biological mother."
Looking at Mrs. Lu's expression of laughter and crying, Liu Qingyan felt so happy.
"Huai'er, what are you saying? I've always treated you as my biological daughter. Just come back, just be fine." Mrs. Lu quickly replied softly.
After a while, the coffin and spiritual seat at home were all removed for funerals. Lu Guozheng also apologized to the officials present, and everyone slowly began to disperse.
Lord Li was also confused and had no idea what was going on, but he still left the Lu Mansion after congratulating Lu Guozheng.
After everyone left, Lu Guozheng, his wife, and some servants were left in the lobby.
Lu Guozheng put away the face he had when he was performing just now and shouted at Liu Qingyan, "Who asked you to come back? How can you be a father?
"I'm not dead yet, why do you have to hold a big funeral for yourself at home?" Liu Qingyan said softly.
She fully understood what Lu Guozheng was thinking, but there was no one at home at this moment, and Liu Qingyan did not compete with him. After all, this would not be of any benefit to her.
After listening to Lu Guozheng's lesson, Liu Qingyan returned to the yard where she lived.
Mrs. Lu was also scolded by Lu Guozheng for this incident, and her hatred for Liu Qingyan became even stronger.
But Mrs. Lu, Du Yuyan and others have already begun to be alert to Liu Qingyan. They have attacked Liu Qingyan for no reason and five times. The plan is about to be completed, and there are accidents every time.
According to what Jiu Qiansui said last time, Lu Guozheng had ordered people to find the Tianshan Snow Lotus and was preparing to present it to the Empress Dowager on the birthday of the Empress Dowager in a few days.
At this time, he was completely unaware that something big was happening in the deep palace. The imperial city was locked and no one was allowed to enter and exit unless there was an emperor's token. The news had been blocked.
Lu Siguan stepped on the breeze and entered the palace, and went straight to Qianqing Palace, the emperor's bedroom.
Seeing that the emperor was scolding Nine Thousand Years, he hid on the beam of the house.
Just as someone entered the Qianqing Palace, he had already noticed it, and he knew that the person on the beam of the house was either someone else or Lu Siguan.
Jiu Qiansui understood the relationship between Lu Siguanye and did not say much, but pretended to be scolded by the emperor.
He knew in his heart that the emperor would not do anything to him. Even if he had any mistakes, he would only scold him a few words. After all, he had the power to dispatch tens of thousands of troops in the capital and the power to mobilize the imperial city's golden armor.
Seeing the scene in the emperor's bedroom, Lu Si had probably guessed what was about to happen in the palace.
The emperor was over fifty years old at this time and had many daughters under his knees, only one son was over twenty years old. However, his son was weak and sickly, and his mother had already died in the dispute in the harem.
The emperor's son has long been the best candidate for the prince in everyone's hearts. Lu Siguan feels that the major events that will happen in the palace must be related to this prince.
In recent years, the emperor favored Concubine Du because Concubine Du gave birth to a dragon son for the emperor. He is only over three years old now.
The emperor was also considered a son in old age, so he was naturally happy, so Concubine Du became the emperor's most favored concubine.
Concubine Du has always been dissatisfied with the eldest son of the emperor, but because the other party is the eldest son of the emperor, he always dares not speak out. He also wants to secretly assassinate the eldest son of the emperor many times to pave the way for his son to ascend the throne and become emperor.
"The old slave will definitely find out the truth about the matter of the eldest prince, and will not let the traitor succeed." Jiu Qiansui said softly.
"Three days, if the assassin has not been found in three days, please resign and retire." The emperor said angrily.
"But now the eldest prince is in a coma and the imperial doctor is helpless and doesn't know what to do..."
"Send additional personnel to order people to find the best doctors in the country. There is also this matter that cannot be extended to avoid shocking the court." Before Jiu Qiansui finished speaking, he was interrupted by the emperor.
The emperor rubbed his head and signaled Jiu Qiansui to retreat. Jiu Qiansui slowly retreated. Before leaving, he even held a look at Lu Si on the beam of the room.
After leaving for nine thousand years, Lu Siguan came down from the beam and knelt on his knees, "I pay homage to the emperor."
"Get up, I haven't seen you these days!" The emperor's tone with Lu Siguan was not as tough as he had just been with Jiu Qiansui.
"I heard that someone secretly colluded with the Khitan at the border and disturbed the border of the Celestial Dynasty, so I went to Yumen Pass to check the matter." Lu Siguan stood up and said.
"I saw that the palace was heavily guarded and I didn't know what happened?"
The emperor hesitated for a moment, picked up an envelope at his hand and threw it in front of Lu Siguan, "Look at it yourself!"
Lu Siguan picked up the bamboo slips scattered on the ground and found that it was a diagnosis written by the imperial physician. The signature was very conspicuous, including Lord Wu and Lord Sun.
Are these two adults lying on the ground, they have already...
"Last night, the eldest son of the emperor was assassinated and is now unconscious, but these ministers have no choice... The palace is very cautious. Why are there any assassins able to enter and exit the palace at will and murder my son?" The emperor couldn't help but whimper as he spoke.
The emperor is getting weaker and now the eldest prince is unconscious, so he is naturally filled with mixed feelings. "You are the only one who can use it by my side. There are many strange people you know in the world. Go and find some people to treat the emperor."
"Yes, my master, I'll do it now, but I think the most important thing now is to thoroughly investigate this matter, otherwise the eldest son of the emperor will be in danger." Lu Siguan had listed the candidates for the culprit in his mind, but he didn't dare to make a statement on the emperor without real evidence.
"If these people are caught, they must be broken into pieces to relieve my hatred." The emperor slapped the table.
Chapter completed!