sbdcsierra Chapter 496 Take a seat
Chapter 496 Take a seat
Chapter 496: Confirmation: Seeing that someone had finally discovered them, everyone in the room sobbed with excitement.
Lu'er quickly helped to untie them. As soon as Shitou's mouth was free, he knelt down in front of Lu Shi'an and told him what had happened.
"Not long after Miss Nanxing and the young lady left the house that day, a young scholar came in. The scholar said he was Miss Nanxing's closest relative. I had never heard Miss Nanxing mention a close relative, so naturally I didn't let him in."
"But the man didn't stop at all and kept pushing his way in. Several of us tried to stop him, but he just waved his hands and we all fainted."
"When we woke up, we were all tied up here. Second Miss, we have been hungry for two days. If you hadn't come today, we would have starved to death."
Lu Shian stood outside the door, holding his stomach: "You guys go eat something first."
At this moment, everyone in the woodshed had been freed. After hearing Lu Shian's words, they thanked him and left.
Lu Shian still had something unclear: "It's him."
Eunuch Wu was almost dying of anxiety: "Who is he?"
"Nanxing's senior brother, the great disciple of the miraculous doctor."
Eunuch Wu was even more confused: "This, this, this...what is going on? Since they are all disciples of the miracle doctor, why did the senior brother kidnap the junior sister?"
Lu Shian took a deep breath: "Yes, why would Senior Brother kidnap Junior Sister..."
She thought about what Nanxing had said to her and her condition at the time. She was careless and should have invited her to go back to the Prince's Mansion together.
"Oh, what should I do now?"
If Nanxing cannot be invited back, the emperor will be in danger.
Eunuch Wu was extremely anxious, and Lu Shian was also very nervous, but she was worried about Nanxing.
She has no right to interfere in the emperor's affairs, but she must take care of Nanxing's affairs.
"Eunuch Wu, please tell my mother what happened here. I will order someone to find Nanxing now. I will definitely bring Nanxing back."
Eunuch Wu nodded and said, "This is the only way now. I will go back and report first."
After seeing off Eunuch Wu, Lu Shian immediately called Lu'er to his side: "Lu'er, let's go."
As soon as he returned to the Prince's Mansion, Lu Shian immediately called Shen Cuo to his side.
"Nanxing is missing."
Shen Cuo had known that Nan Xing was missing for a long time. In fact, he had secretly ordered people to look for her, but the other party was obviously on guard and she has not been found yet.
Seeing Shen Cuo's indifferent expression, Lu Shian narrowed his eyes and stared at Shen Cuo: "Did you know?"
"It's you? No, it's you all?"
Shen Cuo smiled bitterly: "We, I don't know who the "we" that Concubine is referring to?"
"Isn't it you?"
Shen Cuo shook his head: "I just found out about this, too."
"If it's not you, then it must be them."
Shen Cuo didn't want Lu Shian to get involved in any dangerous things, so he said, "Since the concubine is pregnant, she should rest well. The prince will tell us to do other things."
Lu Shian then realized that this matter concerned the life and death of her father-in-law, the emperor, and the prince would naturally not stand idly by: "Where is the prince?"
"I went to the palace and haven't come back yet."
Lu Shian nodded: "Okay, I understand, you can leave now."
Hearing Lu Shian say this so naturally, Shen Cuo looked up, then quickly lowered his eyes, clasped his fists, turned around and left.
They are no longer the same kind of people, are they?
Shen Cuo smiled with relief. Since she had let it go, he would just protect her silently.
In the hall, Lu Shian sat in the main seat.
The emperor was poisoned and needed Nanxing, and then Nanxing disappeared.
This was such an obvious drama of fighting for the throne that she knew what was going on without even having to think about it.
Knowing is one thing, but if you really want to break the impasse it is not that easy.
Since Li Hongyu dared to poison his father so blatantly, it meant that he had made all the necessary preparations.
Now let’s see if Li Hongting can break this game.
"Lu'er, let's go back and rest first. If the prince comes back, tell me immediately."
Li Hongting knew that Li Hongyu had been plotting secretly, but he didn't know that he had actually poisoned his own father. After dealing with the memorials in the palace, he ran to the emperor to accompany the imperial concubine. When he returned to the prince's mansion, it was already very late.
Li Hongting knew that Lu Shian was looking for her, so she came to Lu Shian again.
When Lu Shian saw Li Hongting coming, he also nervously stepped forward and asked, "What's going on in the palace?"
Li Hongting's face did not look very good, it seemed that things were not going well in the palace.
"In fact, Father has been in poor health for some time, but the imperial physician could not diagnose the problem and did not take it seriously. Who knew that his condition would suddenly get worse in the past two days?"
"Are you sure you were poisoned?"
Li Hongting shook his head: "I'm not sure, but this possibility is greater, so I would like to ask Miss Nanxing to help take a look. Who knows if she..."
Li Hongting paused for a moment and said, "We couldn't be sure before. But they took Miss Nanxing away, which only confirmed the witchcraft."
Lu Shian nodded: "It should be the witchcraft poison that has not escaped."
Li Hongting helped Lu Shian sit down beside the bed: "Don't worry about your pregnancy, just leave these things to me."
"South Star..."
"I promise to find her and bring her back safe and sound."
"No, I meant that Nanxing might be in Prince Duan's Mansion."
Li Hongting said, "It is possible, but you can't search Prince Duan's Mansion just because you want to."
"It was her senior brother who kidnapped Nanxing, and..."
Lu Shian said solemnly: "Moreover, the Prince's Mansion seems to have been infiltrated."
"What do you mean?"
"Nanxing went shopping with me before she disappeared. At that time, I..."
Lu Shian told Li Hongting what happened before. After listening to it, Li Hongting's face became terribly gloomy.
"In that case, it is possible that the people in the Prince's Mansion were also bewitched by witchcraft."
Lu Shian pursed his lips: "It is possible."
"The disciple of the divine doctor must be the disciple of the divine doctor."
"The problem now is that we don't even know if we have been poisoned."
Li Hongting was already upset because the emperor was poisoned. He thought he had the whole situation under control, but he didn't expect Li Hongyu to use such a sinister trick.
My father was poisoned. If he was also poisoned...
Thinking of this possibility, he pounded the bed angrily.
"Can't we arrest Li Hongyu first?"
The fact that the emperor was poisoned has been exposed, and Li Hongyu is afraid that he can no longer contain himself. If they don't strike first and give their opponents the upper hand, they will be in trouble.
Li Hongting clenched his fists. He had indeed thought about arresting the person first today, but...
Now is not the time.
Since he dared to poison his father, I'm afraid he didn't just poison his father. Before he knew the whole story, he couldn't act rashly.
Especially since Lu Shian just mentioned that the Prince's Mansion was also...
He couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. If he also... the consequences would be disastrous.
No, I must find the little doctor as soon as possible and treat myself...
Seeing him like this, Lu Shian felt unhappy. Whether she was willing or not, she and Li Hongting were tied to the same rope. If Li Hongting lost, she would not have a good ending either.
And the baby in her belly...
Lu Shian's hand subconsciously touched his belly.
No, she couldn't just sit there and wait for death.
But...what can she do?
After Li Hongting left, Lu Shian tossed and turned in bed.
She could roughly guess what was going on, but what could she do? What should she do? How could she save herself...
By the way, she doesn’t know what to do, but her ancestors know.
As soon as Lu Shian thought about it, he was in the space...
The next day was the morning court session that was held once every three days. Li Hongting knew that this morning court session would be turbulent.
After he left Lu Shian, he went to Qin Jingzhi. Qin Jingzhi saw that he looked very sad and didn't know how to comfort him.
Just as the two were preparing to go to bed, a group of royal guards surrounded the prince's mansion.
The noisy sounds rang out, and the Prince's Mansion immediately became lively.
When Lu Shian heard some noise outside, he immediately came out of the space.
At this time, everyone had gathered in the yard.
The leaders were naturally Li Hongting and Qin Jingzhi.
Lu Shian opened the door and came out. Lu'er was already waiting outside the door: "Miss."
"what happened?"
"The Imperial Guards suddenly surrounded the Prince's Mansion."
Lu Shian's heart skipped a beat: "Is he planning to bite back?"
Lu'er wanted to say something, but she saw the Imperial Guards coming over: "You, go, hurry up..."
Lu'er swallowed what she was about to say and helped Lu Shi'an to the yard. Now everyone in the Prince's Mansion was there.
It’s just that... Lu Shian glanced around casually. Even the maids and servants in the kitchen were there, but why wasn’t Jing Youran the only one there?
Lu Shian came out late, and Jing Youran was immediately sent to Huitong Hall. Li Hongyu said that Jing Youran was a princess of the Wu Kingdom.
Li Hongting looked coldly at Li Hongyu in front of him, while Li Hongyu stared at Li Hongting with amusement.
After everyone was present, Li Hongyu slowly took out the imperial edict.
"Li Hongting, please accept the order."
Li Hongting sneered at Li Hongyu and said, "Let me guess what is written in this imperial edict?"
Li Hongyu smiled and said, "Tell me about it."
"Is it my father who wants to depose me?"
Li Hongyu couldn't help but applaud after hearing this: "Hahaha, smart, really smart, no wonder father likes you so much."
"Since you know that my father likes me, then you should know how fake this imperial edict is."
"Fake? No, no, no, this imperial edict cannot be real. Father wrote it himself and stamped it with the imperial seal, how can it be fake?"
"Whether it's true or not, you and I know it very well."
"It's okay, but this imperial decree can make you look more decent."
"Decent, haha, then I have to thank you."
"After all, we are brothers."
The two were clearly laughing, but their words were full of swordplay.
Li Hongyu spread out the imperial edict and said loudly, "Receive it."
Even though he knew the imperial edict was fake, Li Hongting still knelt. Since Li Hongting had knelt, naturally everyone else had to kneel as well.
The imperial edict was just as Li Hongting had guessed. Li Hongting coveted the throne and poisoned the emperor. Fortunately, Li Hongyu found a disciple of a genius doctor to treat the emperor. The imperial edict was concise and to the point. In just a few words, Li Hongting turned from a prince into a traitor and a traitor.
He was stripped of his crown prince status and thrown into prison.
"Li Hongting, please accept the order."
Li Hongting stood up expressionlessly: "This is your trophy, you should keep it."
"Haha, hahaha, retribution, retribution..."
"Hahahaha, hahahaha, Li Hongting, this is your retribution."
Lu Shian laughed out loud, pointing at Li Hongting and laughing so hard that he fell backwards.
The sudden madness caused everyone to look at her.
"Li Hongting, you relied on your status as the crown prince to force me to marry you, and now you've finally gotten your comeuppance, hahahaha, hahahaha..."
She laughed so loudly that she started coughing violently.
Lu'er carefully helped her calm down.
Li Hongyu tilted her head and looked at Lu Shian: "Concubine Lu."
Lu Shian excitedly stepped forward and grabbed Li Hongyu's hand: "Prince Duan, Prince Duan, I can testify that he is planning a rebellion."
Qin Jingzhi stared at Lu Shian with eyes wide open in disbelief: "Sister Shian..."
Ever since the two of them married into the Prince's Mansion, the Prince has doted on her in every way. Not to mention the Prince's Mansion, everyone in Anjing City knew this. But who would have thought that when the Prince just felt depressed, she would immediately jump out and bite him back.
But when her eyes fell on Lu Shian's belly, she felt relieved again. If she could escape this disaster, the prince would have left his bloodline in someone else's family. Thinking of this, she lowered her head silently.
Li Hongyu looked at Lu Shian meaningfully: "Hehe, Concubine Lu, do you think I will believe you?"
"Of course you will believe it. I want him to die. I want him to die without a burial place."
"Everyone knows that you are Li Hongting's favorite. He spent a lot of time and effort to marry you. He dotes on you every day, and you are pregnant with his child. Now you come out like this, do you think I will believe you?"
Lu Shian sneered: "I thought Prince Duan was so powerful, but it turns out he is just like this."
"how do I say this?"
"He, Li Hongting, has never loved me. Everything he does is just for show. If I were just a rough country girl, do you think he would fall in love with me? It's because I'm a country girl who knows how to farm."
Lu Shian stared at Li Hongting, and Li Hongting also stared at Lu Shian.
"I know how to farm." Li Hongyu nodded with a smile: "There are many girls in the country, but Concubine Lu is the first one who knows how to farm and do it so well."
"In order to consolidate his position, he asked the Queen Mother to marry me despite my objections..."
Lu Shian looked into Li Hongting's eyes and suddenly felt guilty. She turned her head away and looked away: "If it weren't for him, I could be with the one I love."
"Dear, man!"
Li Hongyu repeated these words.
Lu Shian looked at Li Hongyu and said, "I only want a divorce letter, and I want it now. I don't want to be with him."
"It's easy to get a divorce letter. As long as you abort the baby in your belly, I will give it to you."
Lu Shian immediately protected his stomach: "No."
"Why? Aren't you going to divorce? Why are you reluctant to abort his child?"
"This, this is not his child, this is my child."
"Haha, what a joke. Without a man, Concubine Lu can get pregnant by herself?"
Lu Shian's brain was spinning rapidly: "I just said that the child is mine, not his, but I didn't say that I can get pregnant by myself."
"Oh?"
Li Hongyu suddenly became interested: "Tell me about it quickly."