After Jiang Chuan and Wu Chuan left the room, Lu Xiaoyun asked, "Ayan, have you found out what kind of poison it is?"
"Yes, I found it. This poison is called Dripping Water Pearl, also known as Single Leaf Flower. It is not poisonous itself, but it can cause the poisoned blood of the person to flow backward. Sister, I told you last time that the original owner's body was poisoned with a small amount of apricot poison. If this poison is left untreated, it will take at least one year and at most two years to kill a person."
"However, it was clear that the man couldn't wait any longer. He used the dripping water to draw out the poison from Zhu Yu's body, causing the poisoned blood to flow back to his heart and blood vessels throughout his body, thus achieving his goal of killing Zhu Yu. However, perhaps the man was too confident that Zhu Yu's current body couldn't withstand it, or perhaps he wanted to torture Zhu Yu properly and used a small amount, which is why he didn't kill him immediately."
Lu Yuyan's lips moved slightly, and her eyes reddened again: "Otherwise, today, elder sister, something terrible will happen today."
Lu Xiaoyun looked at Zhu Yu, whose eyes were tightly closed, and said coldly, "It was that fat woman who poisoned him! I should have dealt with that vicious old woman long ago!"
Only the people of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion knew that the original body contained poison. It couldn't be Li Feng, so it could only be the fat woman.
Perhaps the original poison inside the body was administered by the fat woman!
She had warned the fat woman not to come near the house, and she disdained to lay a hand on such a person. Little did she know that she would almost kill her and Zhu Yu.
Lu Yuyan raised an eyebrow and smiled at Lu Xiaoyun: "Don't forget that they also sent you a great beauty."
Lu Xiaoyun sneered. She had intended to use this ordinary-looking woman, Yan'er, to warn the maidservant beside Consort Duan.
Whenever she went to Yunmei Garden, the maids would always try to get her attention by serving tea or passing by occasionally. Don't think she didn't know.
However, since they were people brought out of the palace by Consort Duan, if they were dealt with casually without solid evidence, it would inevitably lead to unnecessary trouble.
That was precisely why she kept Yan'er around.
However, today, the time has come.
Just then, the two heard Yan'er's cries from outside: "Your Highness, I am your servant! Please save me..."
Is this someone trying to blackmail her before even sleeping with her?
Lu Xiaoyun strode out of the house and saw Xi Yi holding a cold, gleaming knife against Yan'er's neck. Blood was flowing down her fair neck, while the fat woman was biting Xi Yi's arm, which was holding the knife, to force him to put it down.
Without his master's orders, he could not kill the two women in the Prince An's residence.
Xi Yi's arm had been bitten until it bled, and the fat woman's mouth was full of blood. She only let go when she saw the cold-faced "Prince An".
He knelt down with a thud: "Your Highness, your guards want to kill my granddaughter, but my granddaughter has not done anything wrong, and she is still your person. Lord Xi's actions show that he does not respect Your Highness. Please, Your Highness, do the right thing."
Ha, Lu Xiaoyun didn't even give the fat woman a glance.
Upon seeing Lu Xiaoyun, Yan'er burst into even louder sobs, her watery eyes looking at Lu Xiaoyun with pitiful eyes: "Your Highness, I'm scared, please save me..."
Xi Yi did not put down the knife in his hand, but said to Lu Xiaoyun, "Master, I suspect that the Princess's poisoning is related to these two, the grandfather and grandson."
Lu Xiaoyun strode slowly up the steps toward the fat woman and Yan'er. She wore a light blue embroidered brocade robe with piping, her hair tied up with a jade crown. The silvery moonlight shone down on her body like a blanket of silver light, making her features half in light and half in shadow, as if coated with a layer of frost.
Yan'er stared blankly at "Prince An," completely unaware of the bloodstains on his clothes.
Lu Xiaoyun smiled slightly as she looked at Yan'er, but her words were directed at Xi Yi.
Her voice was softer than ever before: "In that case, let's beat the fat woman to death."
The fat woman collapsed to the ground, a yellow stain oozing from beneath her, and a foul, pungent smell of urine spread.
Yan'er's face drained of color, but she dared not plead for mercy. She looked at Lu Xiaoyun with even more affection in her eyes, her body trembling.
Xi Yi sheathed his sword and stepped aside: "Master, what should we do with this maid?"
Lu Xiaoyun stroked Yan'er's fairly pretty face, her calloused hands gently caressing her cheeks.
A blush gradually rose on Yan'er's face. She even forgot about her grandmother who was about to be beaten to death, and a faint smile appeared on her lips.
With tears in her eyes, she looked at Lu Xiaoyun as if she wanted to soften the heart of the man in front of her, so that he would fall at her feet.
She knows exactly how to seduce men.
Lu Xiaoyun looked at Yan'er with "deep affection" and said softly, "Such a beautiful face should be put to good use. Then send Yan'er to the Xishan Military Camp and tell the Duke of Ying that I pity his 150,000 soldiers of the Xishan Military Camp for their meritorious service in protecting the country, and have specially sent him a beauty. As long as she has a breath left, don't let her rest."
"Xi Yi, notify everyone in the Prince An's mansion to come and witness the execution! As for you, Yan'er," she said, a smile still playing on her lips, "you can see it for yourself too."
After saying that, Lu Xiaoyun didn't look at the two of them again and walked towards Li Feng's room. Feng Yan was still inside, and Physician Jiang was examining his injuries.
Yan'er stared wide-eyed in disbelief. What had the prince just said? She stiffened and stared blankly at the fat woman sprawled on the ground.
Her lips trembled violently as she murmured, "Grandmother, the Prince, did he just... did he ask me to serve him tonight? Today, I'm going to become... become the Prince's woman, isn't that right?"
Two lines of clear tears slid down her face, dripping onto the cold stone slab under the moonlight without causing any ripples.
Dozens of torches illuminated the entire Feixue Garden.
Before long, someone dragged the fat woman, who looked like a dead fish, onto the torture bench.
All the servants of Prince An's mansion, including the palace maids and eunuchs of Yunmei Garden, were also brought to witness the execution.
When Consort Duan saw Wu Chuan and a group of guards taking away the people from her courtyard, including Granny Zhang, she screamed and shouted like a madwoman.
"What are you doing? These people were brought from the palace by me. You have no right to take them away. What are you trying to do? Does Zhu Yu even have any respect for me, his mother?"
Wu Chuan bowed respectfully with a blank expression and said, "Please rest assured, Your Highness, the master is only going to have a servant who committed a crime flogged to death today. Everyone will be allowed to witness the execution. After the execution, I will bring them back unharmed."
"A servant to be beaten to death? Who is it? Whom does Yu'er want to beat to death?"
Consort Duan's complexion was no longer as rosy as before, and she looked tired and pale. She had not had a good time during her confinement in Yunmei Garden.
The more the Emperor and Empress Dowager ignored her, the more unbearable her life became, with those sycophantic servants in the palace currying favor with the powerful and the weak being bullied by the weak. She thought that once she arrived at the Prince An's residence, her own son's home, she could finally hold her head high. But she never expected that her own son, the son she had carried for ten months, would treat her the same way.
How could he do that!
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