Zhang Ying lowered her head, and even in this predicament, her hair remained neatly styled. Her face was pale, but her words carried a hint of firmness: "I said to have the man surnamed Lu come to see me."
Now that things have come to this, she should meet the person who has put her in such a predicament.
The young eunuch was clearly taken aback by these words. Before he could speak, two figures walked in from outside the hall.
Lu Cijian and Jiang Yimian walked in one after the other.
The young eunuch and several maids quickly bowed to the two men.
Lu Cijian glanced at the people on the ground and said, "You all go out first."
The group quickly responded and walked straight out, closing the door behind them.
The outside light was blocked, and the room became dim for a moment.
Zhang Ying looked up at the two of them, her gaze sweeping across Jiang Yimian's face before finally settling on Lu Cijian.
The young man was dressed in a dark brocade robe. He was tall and slender with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, truly a handsome gentleman.
His face was extremely handsome, with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, and his features were well-defined. If he hadn't already been engaged, he would probably have attracted the secret affections of many young ladies in the capital.
Unfortunately, that face looked too much like Li Qingmeng's, so much so that she almost thought Li Qingmeng had returned, especially those peach blossom eyes, which seemed to be brimming with emotion when they looked at people.
This was what she disliked most about Li Qingmeng; Li Qingmeng's eyes seemed to see through everything, yet she remained as gentle as ever.
Even when she brought up her past with Lu Chengyuan and deliberately provoked her, she still had that same look in her eyes, which only made her feel disgusted.
“You and Li Qingmeng are truly cut from the same cloth,” Zhang Ying murmured, looking away.
Lu Cijian simply looked at her and said calmly, "What do you want to say?"
He hadn't originally planned to come in; he just wanted to see the man who killed his mother die with his own eyes. He never expected that this man would want to see him.
Zhang Ying just smiled, looked up at the two of them, her eyes full of malice, "What do I want to say? Don't you want to know how that idiot Li Qingmeng died?"
Or rather, how did you end up on Lu Chengyuan's pirate ship?
She simply couldn't understand how such an idiot could have given birth to such a son.
In her eyes, Li Qingmeng was nothing more than a stupid and weak-willed pushover, someone anyone could step on or bully.
He was just a person who deserved to die.
But now, she was jealous of this fool. How could he give birth to such a good son?
Why is her son such a useless piece of mud, and now he's about to die?
Whether it's Li Qingmeng or Lu Cijian, they should both be trampled underfoot by her and her son. How could they possibly live better than them?
Lu Cijian stared at the person on the ground with a calm expression, without the slightest emotional fluctuation, but his words were tinged with sarcasm, "No matter what my mother is like, you have still lost now."
Lu Chengyuan doesn't love you, Lu Lin doesn't acknowledge you, you've lost completely.
Zhang Ying was stunned for a moment, then remained silent for a long time before suddenly staring intently at the two of them and bursting into laughter, her voice filled with deep sorrow, "Hahaha, I lost, I lost."
No, no, I didn't lose, how could I lose? It was Li Qingmeng who lost.
That idiot, she's long since turned to dust, while I'm still alive. She's the one who lost.
Lu Cijian, don't be so smug. Do you know how your mother died?
It was me. I smothered her to death with my own hands. That idiot actually dared to dream of leaving the capital with you. How could that be? How could I let her go?
I was just pretending to be close to her, but she believed me and treated me like a best friend. How ridiculous! Even on her deathbed, she couldn't believe I would kill her.
Does this idiot think I'll let her off the hook just because she knows about me and Lu Chengyuan?
She still remembered how weak Li Qingmeng looked lying in bed that day, and how she was actually happy to see her.
She thought this person was really stupid. He already knew about her relationship with Lu Chengyuan, yet he still treated her like a good sister and didn't even put up with her.
If such a fool were to enter the palace, he probably wouldn't survive a single day.
At that time, Lu Chengyuan had already increased the dosage of the medicine for Li Qingmeng, and this woman wouldn't live for more than a few days.
But she felt uneasy, partly because she was afraid the woman would reveal her relationship with Lu Chengyuan, and partly because of the different way Lu Chengyuan had treated Lu Cijian before.
At that time, she sensed a sense of crisis, fearing that Lu Chengyuan would soften his heart towards her.
Therefore, she made a point of telling Li Qingmeng about her relationship with Lu Chengyuan in great detail, down to the smallest specifics.
To her surprise, Li Qingmeng was not surprised at all. Instead, she remained calm and showed little emotion. She simply told Li Qingmeng to let her and Lu Cijian go.
He said he would never reveal their affair.
At the time, she just found it ridiculous.
Looking back, this person must have discovered her relationship with Lu Chengyuan long ago and was already planning to leave the capital.
Unfortunately, Lu Chengyuan's perfunctory attitude towards her during that period, as well as his excessive attention to Lu Cijian, made her feel threatened.
She felt that Lu Chengyuan had truly fallen in love with Li Qingmeng.
Therefore, Lu Chengyuan deliberately fabricated the lie that Li Qingmeng seemed to have discovered their relationship from the beginning, and sure enough, he drugged Li Qingmeng.
At that moment, she only felt happy, happy that Lu Chengyuan still cared about her.
However, she never expected that Li Qingmeng would actually find out about their relationship.
She began to feel afraid, and even after Lu Chengyuan increased the dosage for Li Qingmeng, she went to do it herself and deliberately told Li Qingmeng that Lu Cijian would also die, and that he would die a miserable death.
Li Qingmeng's calm expression finally cracked upon hearing these words, and she went berserk, hysterically cursing at her and Lu Chengyuan.
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