Chapter 486 I’m already this old

When Lu Xiang heard the news about Liu Anyao, he raised his eyelids in surprise, looked at Ah Man who was chewing an apple in front of him and asked, "Do you know how he got poisoned?"

Click, click…

Ah Man heard Lu Xiang's question and looked up and said, "Prime Minister Liu ordered Madam Liu to poison Liu Anyao, so she died of poisoning after drinking a few mouthfuls of porridge."

The intelligence network of Zhaocai Dufang is not just for show.

Especially regarding Liu Anyao's matter, she is at the center of the storm and is the focus of much attention.

After Ah Man finished speaking, Yun Zha, Wu Yue and four other pairs of eyes all turned to look at Lu Xiang.

"Miss, Prime Minister Liu was willing to sacrifice his daughter's life in order to protect himself and the Liu family. Will he find out about you afterwards?" Yun Zha asked nervously.

Lu Xiang gave her a soothing look and said with a smile, "It's impossible to find out. The incident happened in the palace. Even if Prime Minister Liu wanted to investigate, he didn't have the ability. At the moment, Concubine Shu is in trouble herself, so she may not help Prime Minister Liu to investigate this matter. After all, even if the investigation is thorough, Liu Anyao will still be infamous and will not be of any help at all."

Prime Minister Liu chose to give up Liu Anyao, not to save Liu Anyao's reputation, but the reputation of the other daughters in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Wu Yue patted Yun Zhai's shoulder and said heartlessly: "Prime Minister Liu has Consort Shu, and our young lady has the Eighth Prince, so she is not afraid of him. What's more, the Queen is the master of the harem, and she will not let them bully the young lady like this."

Well, it’s so arrogant.

Yunzhe looked at Wuyue with a smile on his face: "You are really carefree."

In the imperial study, Chu Jinyan sat in front of the dragon desk, reviewing memorials for Emperor Chengde with a frosty face, while Emperor Chengde sat at the step near the window, drinking tea and eating, looking very comfortable.

Hu Qian was completely disgusted.

Your Majesty, you are going too far in the name of training your son but in fact you are just being lazy and enjoying yourself.

He was almost frightened to the point of his legs going weak by the chill emanating from the Eighth Prince that almost penetrated into his bones, but he still had to force himself to remain calm and grind the ink without being affected.

Woo woo woo.

It is so difficult for him to be the chief eunuch.

At this time, the young disciple Hu Liang bowed and quietly walked in, reporting: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Liu requests to see you."

Emperor Chengde paused while drinking tea, then put down the cup and ran towards Chu Jinyan: "Quick, quick, change it back."

If Prime Minister Liu, that old fox, saw the Eighth Prince reviewing memorials, the whole court would be in an uproar. Before letting his son become the crown prince, he had to protect him quietly.

As soon as Hu Liang finished speaking, Chu Jinyan stood up and walked to a chair nearby and sat down.

"Announce." Emperor Chengde said majestically.

Xiao Liangzi lowered his head, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch: "Yes."

After saying that, he walked out.

Soon, footsteps were heard.

"Your Majesty, your humble servant pays respects to you." Prime Minister Liu stepped forward and knelt down to salute.

Emperor Chengde looked at Prime Minister Liu with a stern expression and said, "No need to be polite, my dear minister."

Prime Minister Liu stood up and bowed to Chu Jinyan, who was standing beside him, and said, "Greetings to His Highness the Eighth Prince."

A faint light flashed across Chu Jinyan's ink-black eyes, and he looked at Liu Xiang with an arrogant look.

After Prime Minister Liu finished his greetings, he turned to Emperor Chengde again, without expecting Chu Jinyan to respond to him.

"I heard that Liu Anyao died of poisoning. What happened?" Emperor Chengde looked at Prime Minister Liu with a cold expression and asked in a deep voice.

Prime Minister Liu replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, I came to the palace this time just for my daughter's matter."

After a pause, he continued, "Yao'er lost control last night. She finally came to her senses after returning home. After that, she collapsed and kept shouting that she was drugged. I was suspicious, but I didn't ask her much because I thought she was too emotional at the time. I thought I would find out more about her this morning when she was more stable. But before I could find her, I heard that she had committed suicide by taking poison because she couldn't bear the humiliation. I was deeply saddened."

"Suicide? Why is there a rumor that Prime Minister Liu abandoned his own daughter?" Chu Jinyan said with a sneer.

Upon hearing this, Prime Minister Liu's face remained calm, showing no sign of anger. Instead, he shook his head and smiled bitterly as if he had heard a huge joke, "Your Highness has also said that it is a rumor. Although Yao'er has committed an ugly act that has made the world laugh at her, she is still my own flesh and blood. Even a tiger will not eat its own cubs. Your Majesty, you know me well. No matter how vicious I am, I will never harm my own daughter."

Emperor Chengde rolled his eyes speechlessly in his heart.

Who understands you?

Just pretend with me here!

…

Prime Minister Liu didn't stay for long and left. After he left, Emperor Chengde was so angry that he slammed the table.

"What does he mean? He wants to force me to investigate this matter? His daughter has fallen into depravity and she blames others, and she still cries out for injustice? Why doesn't Liu Anyao go to heaven? In my opinion, she is innocent. Who knows if she wanted to harm others but ended up shooting herself in the foot instead."

Chu Jinyan gave Emperor Chengde a meaningful look and said, "Then why did you summon him to the palace?"

Emperor Chengde choked: "..."

He glared at his youngest son with a puff of his beard, wondering why the brat spoke so unpleasantly.

Should he say that he called people into the palace because he wanted to see the Prime Minister, who had always been high and mighty, being betrayed by his daughter and becoming a laughing stock of the whole capital, and then use the incident of Liu Anyao's poisoning death to provoke Prime Minister Liu, and preferably make him vomit blood in anger?

But in the end, it seemed that he didn't get any benefit.

Oh!

He was so mad.

Chu Jinyan's mouth twitched slightly, ignoring the intermittent sudden madness of Emperor Chengde, and stretched out his hand and said, "The memorial is almost approved, where is the zither?"

Emperor Chengde looked at his son with great sorrow and anguish: "In your heart, the zither is more important than my health? I am so old, how can I bear such hard work? Can't you help me review all the memorials first?"

Chu Jinyan's handsome face was full of frost. If the person in front of him wasn't his own father, he really would have been unable to resist beating him up.

Finally, under the constant complaints of Emperor Chengde, he had no choice but to compromise and resign himself to reviewing the remaining memorials.

It was not until the sun set that Chu Jinyan finally left the palace with the Jiaoweiqin in his arms as he wished.

After getting on the carriage, he said to Sheng Xian, "Let's go to Lu's house."

"Yes, Your Highness." Sheng Xian replied.

Suddenly, an excited voice came from outside the carriage: "Eighth brother, Eighth brother, stop the car."

Chu Jinyan, who was leaning against the car wall with his eyes closed, opened his eyes when he heard the voice.

The next moment, Chu Qingyun's handsome face with a smile enlarged in front of him: "Eighth brother, what a coincidence, let's go drink together."

"No."

"Hey, why?" Chu Qingyun sat down opposite him. When he saw the zither in his arms, his eyes lit up: "Is this zither... a Jiaowei zither?"

Chu Jinyan raised his proud eyes as if giving alms: "Yes."

"Give it to me, give it to me, give it to me. My Jin'er is proficient in chess, music, calligraphy and painting, and she plays the zither very well. This Jiaowei zither is just right for her." Chu Qingyun howled excitedly.