Chapter 47
Lu Ling didn't expect the emperor to ask her with a smile. She bowed and called him "Your Majesty".
"We have to rely on General Lu to deal with the epidemic in the north of the city these days." The emperor's voice was weak and he looked very tired.
"This is my responsibility. It is thanks to Your Majesty's blessing that General Yang was able to find the antidote so quickly," said Lu Ling.
The emperor shook his head and said, "It is I who harmed these people. It is my fault!"
The emperor pounded the bed in regret, causing the curtains to sway slightly. He looked up at Yang Gan and asked, "Did they catch him?"
Yang Gan nodded and said, "We caught him as soon as we found the antidote. He's already in jail."
Lu Ling didn't know who was arrested, nor did he know who the person they were talking about was, so he just stood aside and waited silently.
The effect of the medicine came too quickly, and the emperor coughed violently several times, which made Yang Gan and Lu Ling nervous.
The imperial physician had been waiting nearby and soon came over to take the patient's pulse.
"Your Majesty has recovered a little. Just keep taking the medicine and you'll be cured soon." The imperial physician said after taking the pulse.
The antidote took effect quickly, which made everyone feel relieved.
The emperor is the foundation of the country. Since Your Majesty fell ill, the morning court has been suspended for a long time, and many things are waiting for the emperor to deal with.
"You and General Lu go and interrogate him." The emperor's voice was weak, and he fell asleep after he finished speaking.
Yang Gan took Lu Ling out of the emperor's bedroom and the two came to the prison.
Lu Ling didn't take a step forward before he felt his breathing become more difficult. Thinking of the torture he had suffered in prison, Lu Ling felt a chill all over his body.
The further they walked in, the more foul smell came. Lu Ling patiently suppressed the urge to vomit and followed Yang Gan inside.
She didn't know who she was going to see, but she knew it must be someone important.
Otherwise, the emperor would not have asked Yang Gan to interrogate him.
The two men walked to one of the cells, then stopped and looked at the people in the cell.
"Your Highness Prince Chang'an, how are you?" Yang Gan bowed respectfully to the person inside.
Lu Ling looked inside and saw Prince Chang'an wearing a spotless white robe, sitting upright with no emotion in his eyes.
"Don't be hypocritical. Now that it has come to this, he can just do what he wants to do. There is no need to act like a gentleman." Prince Chang'an did not look at Yang Gan, but just stared at the wall in front of him.
Lu Ling was confused and still didn't quite believe that Prince Chang'an was the one who poisoned him.
Before Lu Ling could react, Yang Gan had already ordered people to carry Prince Chang'an out.
Lu Ling did not follow immediately. She saw that there seemed to be something where King Chang'an had just sat, so she walked over.
After seeing clearly what it was, Lu Ling froze in place.
It's a jade pendant.
To be precise, it was a jade pendant with a purple tassel, and the pattern on the jade pendant was exactly the same as the two jade pendants Zhou Li had given him before.
Moreover, Xie Heng did not recognize the jade pendant before his death. Lu Ling then suspected that the real murderer was hiding behind the scenes and had not been discovered yet.
But now that the jade pendant was here, she felt she knew who the murderer was.
Prince Chang'an had been put up, but he had not been tortured yet, and Yang Gan was still interrogating him.
As Lu Ling walked over, he heard Yang Gan asking, "Many people in the north of the city have been poisoned. Was it you who poisoned them?"
"It's me."
"Your Majesty, was it you who poisoned him?"
"yes."
Yang Gan became angrier as he spoke, his hands clenched into fists.
"Then are you in collusion with Bai Pu? Where did you find the medicine?"
Daliang and the Baipu tribes had been enemies for generations, with no trade between them. Furthermore, this poison was difficult to find, so if it was the King of Chang'an who had poisoned him, it meant he was in collusion with the Baipu tribe. But Yang Gan had no choice but to ask who he was colluding with.
"Collusion? How can there be collusion? I just bought some things from Bai Pu." King Chang'an was unwilling to say.
Yang Gan waved his hand and ordered someone to whip the King of Chang'an with a whip dipped in salt.
He sat on the chair, stretched out his long legs, poured a cup of tea, leaned back and drank the tea leisurely.
Lu Ling walked over without taking out the jade pendant in his hand.
Yang Gan glanced at her and said, "Let's see how long he can keep his stubborn attitude."
After fighting for a long time, Prince Chang'an still did not give in, and soon he fainted.
Yang Gan took a look and had him sent back to the cell, while he and Lu Ling went back.
After fighting for several days, the King of Chang'an showed no sign of giving in.
The emperor's health had recovered a lot. After hearing the news, he went to the cell with Yang Gan and Lu Ling.
When the few people arrived, King Chang'an was already dying, with scars all over his body, and his former glory was no longer there.
The emperor has recovered well and looks very energetic in his dragon robe.
He frowned when he saw King Chang'an, but quickly recovered.
"Third brother, why don't you say it?" the emperor said.
Prince Chang'an's hands and feet were tied, his head was hanging down, and blood was all over the ground.
He raised his head slightly, his expression ferocious. "Don't you know everything? I did it all, I didn't collude with anyone. You can kill me or chop me up as you please."
The emperor looked composed and slowly said, "The Empress Dowager is unwell and will pass away in Changshou Palace in two days."
"What are you doing? How dare you touch my mother!" Prince Chang'an suddenly became furious. "I did everything. It has nothing to do with my mother."
He only hoped that his mother would be safe.
"Since you have done these things, you should have thought about the consequences. You colluded with the prince of Baipu State and wanted to kill me." The emperor sneered, his eyes became more fierce, which made people shudder.
"You are so naive. Do you think I don't know what you have done?"
The gentle and refined emperor in the court suddenly changed his appearance, and Lu Ling felt his body tremble.
"Hahahahaha." Prince Chang'an seemed to have realized what was happening. "So that's how it is."
After the emperor ascended the throne, Prince Chang'an was always unwilling to accept his fate. It was obvious that he was better than the emperor in every way, but just because the emperor was the eldest son, he was the crown prince, and he was inferior to him in every way.
Whenever there was something happening in the palace, the first person the late emperor thought of was his good elder brother. However, no matter what he did, he could not get any praise from his father, even though he did it perfectly.
He didn't understand why his father only liked his elder brother, when it was obvious that he was more suitable to be emperor than him.
He knew that his father would not live long, so he deliberately set a trap in the hunting ground, hoping that the prince would die. However, he did not expect that the prince was lucky enough to be rescued and was only slightly injured.
Prince Chang'an originally planned to take action next time, but he didn't expect that at this moment something happened to his father's horse. His father was frightened and died not long after returning to the palace.
When the prince ascended the throne, he was dissatisfied and always wanted to kill him.
It happened that the prince of Baipu Kingdom wanted to cooperate with him, so he took advantage of the situation and asked for some medicine, causing the emperor to die unknowingly.
Unfortunately, he missed the mark by a single step. He never thought that the person who had always worked for him would betray him and reveal his whereabouts to the emperor.
Prince Chang'an smiled bitterly, but still lost to him.
The emperor glanced at him and gestured to Yang Gan, indicating that he should kill Prince Chang'an.
Soon he left.
Yang Gan walked up to the Prince of Chang'an and was about to attack him, but Lu Ling stopped him. She said, "Can I do it? He killed the person I loved most, and I want to finish him off myself."
Yang Gan paused, then walked aside to make it easier for Lu Ling to take action, and then he left.
Only Lu Ling and Prince Chang'an were left in the prison.
Lu Ling took out the jade pendant and asked, "Has Your Highness Prince Chang'an ever seen this jade pendant?"
Prince Chang'an took a look at it and seemed not to react at first, as if the jade pendant was not his, but soon he smiled and nodded.
"So what?"
Lu Ling's hand holding the jade pendant began to tremble. It turned out that he was the real murderer. She had been looking for him for a long time.
"Did you kill my father?"
Prince Chang'an was stunned for a moment, then he laughed and said, "General Lu, it is wrong to frame someone."
"Don't admit it!" Lu Ling swung the whip and hit him.
Prince Chang'an was beaten so badly that he couldn't speak and vomited blood several times.
Lu Ling twisted his chin, forcing him to look up. Lu Ling's eyes were fierce and he asked, "Why did you harm my father?"
"Of course he was the one who prevented me from becoming emperor." Prince Chang'an's voice was hoarse and his words were intermittent.
Lu Xing was the Minister of War and held an important position in the court. At that time, the Crown Prince's faction and the Third Prince's faction were fighting fiercely, and both wanted to win over Lu Xing.
However, Lu Xing was upright and did not want to fight. He ignored the infighting among the various factions in the court and was only loyal to the emperor and Daliang.
Seeing that Lu Xing was unmoved, some people began to plot against Lu Xing, which led to the destruction of the Lu family.
Lu Ling didn't want to listen any longer, so he used both hands to kill King Chang'an.
The emperor announced the actions of Prince Chang'an to the world early on, and finally covered up the reason by labeling him as suicide.
All the poisoned people in the north of the city have drunk the antidote and recovered. The north of the city is no longer surrounded, and Lu Ling can finally go home.
After Lu Ling returned home, she lay down. She felt physically and mentally exhausted and just wanted to have a good sleep.
The emperor knew that everyone in the Beijing camp had been exhausted during this period, so except for the soldiers on duty, the emperor asked them all to go home and have a good rest.
Therefore, Zhao Zhenzhen did not go to pick her up and let her uncle continue to take care of her for a few days.
When he woke up, it was already dark. Lu Ling stretched his hand to the side as usual, but found that he didn't touch anything.
It took a long time for Lu Ling to realize that he had been gone for a long time.
After a quick dinner, Lu Ling lay down again.
Peace returned to the court. No one mentioned the Prince of Chang'an anymore. Even if they did, they would just say that he was a traitor.
Lu Ling went to the military camp as usual to train female soldiers, but there was always one person missing.
Three days later, Jiang Yun finally rushed back from Leping Village.
"How is it? Have you found Lin Yao?" Lu Ling asked Jiang Yun when he saw him.
Jiang Yun lowered his head, his eyes full of loneliness. Lu Ling knew the answer when he saw this.
"When I got there, not only Lin Yao, but also Lin Yao's parents were gone. I asked several families in the village, and they all said they didn't know where they had gone."
Jiang Yun said.
Lu Ling frowned and couldn't help but feel puzzled.
Why did they suddenly disappear? Where did Lin Yao go?
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