Chapter 297: Men and women marry without interfering with each other
When they saw him take out the thunder bomb, everyone immediately understood what he was going to do next.
Leave the rest to him.
Deng Youning, Li Tianzhuo and Xiu Ming went ashore first.
When everyone saw them surfacing, they were very excited, especially Emperor Nan Xin, who thought he was about to lose Tian'er!
Yingshi had also taken her clothes and had been waiting on the shore for a long time.
Seeing that they were all fine, he waved to them.
But Ying Shi and Emperor Nan Xin were at the two ends, separated by a group of noble ladies who were watching the fun.
Deng Youning hesitated for a moment and glanced at Li Tianzhuo reluctantly.
"Azhuo, I plan to go back to Dongji with my cousin."
"Your father will not agree to our marriage, so our relationship should end here."
"From now on, men and women will marry without interfering with each other."
"If you get bored as an emperor, or if you have nothing else to do and go on a diplomatic mission to Dongji, don't forget to come to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion to see me again."
Deng Youning said with tears in her eyes and a smile on her face.
Li Tianzhuo listened to these words, and every word was like a steel needle, piercing his heart continuously.
The pain was so severe that he almost stopped breathing.
Before he could reply, four water columns several dozen feet high suddenly exploded from the calm lake surface.
The water column also dispersed Deng Youning and Li Tianzhuo to their respective sides.
Li Tianzhuo was pulled ashore by Emperor Nan Xin himself and was surrounded by all the people.
A beautiful maid put a cloak on him, and the emperor and Prince Yi asked him about his well-being and wished they could hold him in their hands and arms.
On Deng Youning's side, there were only her and Ying Shi who were quiet.
Even though Deng Yan'an climbed up quickly, there were only three of them.
"Prince, Miss, let's go to the carriage and change clothes first."
Yingshi urged, "Stop standing here in the wind."
In the crowd, Deng Youning turned around again, wanting to take another look at Li Tianzhuo.
Isn't it the same for Li Tianzhuo?
He wished he could push through the crowd, run towards Deng Youning, and hold her in his arms regardless of everything.
But he knew that he was not worthy of her now.
I can't let her take risks with me in Nanxin anymore.
The moment their eyes met, Li Tianzhuo gritted his teeth and turned his head away.
Deng Youning's heart tightened, and she could no longer tell whether the water on her face was lake water or tears.
“Stop looking!”
Deng Yan'an blocked her view with his large sleeves.
He held her shoulder and walked quickly towards the gate of Prince Yi's mansion.
Looking at the backs of the three people from the Deng family leaving, Li Tianzhuo suddenly spat out a large mouthful of blood.
This undoubtedly frightened Emperor Nan Xin again.
"What are you waiting for? Call the imperial physician!"
He shouted loudly, and the guards and maids around him immediately went to do it.
"Tian'er, are you injured? What happened underwater?"
Emperor Nan Xin asked in confusion.
Although his son vomited blood, he saw no wounds on his body?
"Father, I'm fine."
"Let's end today's Hundred Flowers Banquet here. Let's all go."
"However, my eldest brother and his wife, as well as everyone in this Prince Yi's mansion, should give me an explanation, right?!"
Li Tianzhuo's eyes suddenly became extremely cold.
It felt like a knife was about to be stabbed.
"Brother, I saved you many times because of our childhood friendship. What about you? You sent people to ambush me underwater, broke the railings on purpose, and gave me cartilage powder, which made it impossible for me to use Qinggong and avoid that woman just now, so that I was dragged into the lake by her?"
This is Prince Yi's palace, and he doesn't believe that anyone can do anything here.
Even if it wasn't done by the king himself, he must have acquiesced.
Therefore, when Li Tianzhuo spoke, his eyes were always on Deng Xuelian behind King Yi.
Seeing Prince Yi's innocent and aggrieved face, Li Tianzhuo grabbed Deng Xuelian's wrist without hesitation.
"King Yi, if what happened today was not done by you, then it could only be her!"
"I shouldn't have kept her alive. This bitch should have died in Dongji a long time ago!"
What Li Tianzhuo regrets most now is that he shouldn't have been merciful and not killed the evil woman Deng Xuelian in order not to make King Yi sad.
He slapped Deng Xuelian hard and pushed her to the ground.
Deng Xuelian fell hard and frowned in pain.
"Sixth Brother, I was negligent in overseeing what happened today. I'm sorry. If you have any anger, please vent it on me. Don't take it out on Lian'er."
King Yi looked at Deng Xuelian lying on the ground with heartache.
He himself was already in a wheelchair and couldn't go over to help her up.
"Okay, you're still being stubborn, right?"
"The railing that I broke was sawed open in advance, and the cut is obvious. How do you explain it, brother?"
"I was also poisoned by cartilage powder. I couldn't move at the moment before I fell into the water. I couldn't even use Qinggong. How do you explain this to me, brother?"
"You may not understand, whether it's the broken railings or the scattered cartilage, they were all tricks left over from what happened in Dongji by Miss Deng. This woman, who is already as vicious as a snake, used them against Ningning in Dongji!"
After falling into the water, Li Tianzhuo thought of all this when he saw the killers lying in ambush underwater. Perhaps it was a trap set by Deng Xuelian against him.
And she even hid it from King Yi.
King Yi did not rush to refute Li Tianzhuo's words and defend Deng Xuelian.
From Dongji to Nanxin, in the nearly one year, even if he didn't want to know, he still knew a little about Deng Xuelian's past.
Indeed, every single thing Lao Liu said was related to Deng Xuelian.
When they were in Dongji, it was indeed Lian'er who felt more sorry for Deng Youning.
“Your Majesty…”
Deng Xuelian looked aggrieved and shook her head at him with tears in her eyes.
The king pretended not to see it.
Since he began to suspect that there was something going on between the concubine and the Yuan family a few days ago, Prince Yi's heart was no longer as biased towards her as before.
Emperor Nan Xin stood beside the two brothers and was completely confused.
"Come here, fish out all the bodies underwater for me and examine them one by one!"
While the guards of Prince Yi's palace and the imperial guards were salvaging the body, the imperial physician also arrived.
The imperial physician's pulse diagnosis also confirmed that Li Tianzhuo had indeed been poisoned by the cartilage powder.
Moreover, this cartilage powder is different from the normal one, as if it is tailor-made for a certain body shape.
Li Tianzhuo instantly remembered the cartilage powder that Deng Yi had someone give Ningning in Dongji last year.
It does seem to be a thing.
He told everyone present exactly what happened in Dongji last year.
"So, after Wu Tong's death, I'm afraid that only the eldest daughter of the Deng family knows the formula of the cartilage powder."
Deng Xuelian was still pretending to be innocent and shaking her head desperately.
Emperor Nan Xin had already made a judgment in his mind.
"Someone, go check the princess's room."
The palace maids and maids who came with him heard the order and immediately went to do it.
The imperial physician prescribed a prescription for Li Tianzhuo.
While the servants were salvaging the body and collecting evidence of Deng Xuelian's guilt, Li Tianzhuo and Xiu Ming also went to change into dry clothes.
When he went to the carriage station at Changle Palace to get clothes, he saw that one carriage was missing, and Xiu Ming asked the coachman worriedly.
"Oh, Princess Dongji said she caught a cold after falling into the water, so the three of them returned home early."
The driver's words made Li Tianzhuo feel uneasy.
"She caught a cold. Is she okay?"
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