Chapter 76 Leading out the person who poisoned the princess
"You guys go out quickly to find out if there are any suspicious people around here, and ask the innkeepers if any strangers have come into contact with the food."
As soon as these words came out, the guards looked up at the screen covering Shen Qingtang's bed in surprise.
How did the fourth princess get poisoned suddenly?
The emperor had specifically ordered that the fourth princess must be brought back safely.
If the fourth princess had an accident and died outside, how would they report back?
According to the emperor's temper, he would definitely punish them severely!
They must catch the damn person who poisoned the princess!
"Yes, I'll go right away!"
After they left the palace, they all wore casual clothes. One of the guards in gray kept staring at the screen.
Unlike the worry and anxiety in the eyes of the other four people, there was a hint of suspicion in that man's eyes.
Lu Jiuan noticed the difference of the guard at a glance. This man was called Fang Yu, one of the emperor's confidants.
Logically, the first reaction of people who heard the news was to care about Shen Qingtang's physical condition and want to catch the murderer as soon as possible.
Only the real murderer would show a suspicious look. Fang Yu wondered if Shen Qingtang was really poisoned.
After the five people left, Lu Jiuan followed them out.
Fang Yu saw Lu Jiuan leave the room. After pretending to take a turn outside, he quietly returned to the room to check on Shen Qingtang's condition.
He tiptoed around the screen and stretched his neck to look at Shen Qingtang.
Shen Qingtang had fainted from the pain at this moment. Her breathing was weak and it felt like she was going to die in the next second.
Fang Yu was afraid that Shen Qingtang was cheating, so he stood by and used his spiritual power to check Shen Qingtang's physical condition.
He was delighted. The fourth princess was indeed poisoned!
Fang Yu used to work for the emperor. Once, he was seriously injured while on a mission. After reporting the news to the emperor, he fainted on the ground not long after leaving the Golden Throne Hall.
Shen Muxin happened to pass by at that time and rescued him.
Fang Yu developed a love for Shen Muxin because of this incident.
Every time Shen Muxin went to the Golden Throne Hall, she would speak ill of Shen Qingtang to the emperor openly and secretly, portraying herself as a poor victim.
Fang Yu listened to it from the side, and felt even more pity for Shen Muxin. Love grew wildly in his heart. Over time, Fang Yu began to dislike Shen Qingtang.
Fang Yu was not a person who could hide his feelings. How could Shen Muxin not see that Fang Yu liked her?
Shen Muxin deliberately pretended to be pitiful and weak in front of Fang Yu, and urged Fang Yu to help her get rid of Shen Qingtang.
Shen Qingtang had made trouble in the Golden Palace several times, and each time he was very strong, especially the time when Shen Muxin kowtowed to Shen Qingtang to admit his mistakes, which increased Fang Yu's disgust for Shen Qingtang.
Fang Yu favored Shen Muxin unconditionally. He didn't care about the cause and effect of the matter. As long as he saw Shen Muxin crying, he felt uncomfortable.
This time Shen Muxin asked him to get rid of Shen Qingtang outside, and Fang Yu agreed without hesitation.
Fang Yu's eyes flashed with ferocity, and he took out the remaining poison. In order to avoid bringing the matter to himself, Fang Yu decided to continue poisoning.
In order for the Third Princess to no longer be bullied by the Fourth Princess in the future, he must get rid of the Fourth Princess!
Just as he was about to feed the poison into Shen Qingtang's mouth, Lu Jiuan walked out of the darkness, appeared behind him in an instant, and kicked Fang Yu's calf in half.
"Ah!"
Fang Yu screamed, kneeling on the ground with a painful look on his face. Seeing the poison in his hand, Lu Jiuan's face froze, and he drew out his spirit sword and chopped off both of his hands.
"How dare you murder the Fourth Miss!"
Lu Jiuan sent a voice transmission to call back the other four guards.
They hurried into the house and were shocked to see Fang Yu lying on the ground with both hands lost.
What's going on? !
"Fang Yu, why are you in the Fourth Miss's room? Didn't you go out with us to find the murderer?"
The next moment, they suddenly reacted and looked at Fang Yu with wide eyes.
"Could you be the murderer who poisoned the Fourth Miss!"
Lu Jiuan searched Fang Yu's body and found a large bottle of poison.
"These poisons are exactly the same as the ones that were put into the fourth young lady's food yesterday."
"I just saw Fang Yu preparing to poison the fourth young lady with my own eyes."
Lu Jiuan pointed to the blood-stained pill that fell on the ground next to Fang Yu.
"This is the evidence."
They looked at Fang Yu in disbelief.
"Fang Yu, it's really you! Why did you do this!"
"Do you know that if something happens to the fourth young lady, the emperor... we might also die!"
They have always treated Fang Yu as a good brother, but Fang Yu stabbed them in the back like this?
Fang Yu's eyes showed a trace of guilt, he really forgot this point.
Before, his mind was full of what the third princess said to him, how could he care so much?
Now that the evidence is as solid as a mountain and Lu Jiuan caught him red-handed, Fang Yu no longer defended himself.
General Lu caught him so quickly, maybe he was just waiting for him to take the bait, he was too impatient.
"I'm sorry to you."
Just say sorry?
They were so angry, fortunately with General Lu there, the fourth princess was safe!
Shen Qingtang opened her eyes and swallowed a healing pill. She propped herself up to get out of the bed, walked to Fang Yu and looked down at him.
"Shen Muchen sent you to kill me." Shen Qingtang said with certainty.
Fang Yu shook her head and immediately denied it: "Not the third lady!"
"I want to kill you myself."
"You yourself?" Shen Qingtang smiled contemptuously.
She picked up the bottle of poison on the table and rubbed the smooth bottle gently with her fingertips.
"Tell me, if I feed all the poison in here to Shen Muchen, will she die quickly?"
"You dare!" Fang Yu blurted out without thinking, and he realized something was wrong after he said it.
The fourth princess was lying to him!
"You like Shen Muchen." Shen Qingtang's face was as pale as paper. She looked very weak, but she gave people a very scary feeling. It was too suffocating to talk to her.
Fang Yu was not Shen Qingtang's opponent at all.
The more he said, the more mistakes he made. Fang Yu simply kept silent.
Shen Qingtang turned around and looked at the other four guards. "You all know the truth, right?"
They nodded, "We already know."
"That's good. When you go back, go explain it to my father."
Shen Qingtang handed the poison to Lu Jiuan, his tone calm.
"Let him eat it all."
Guards: !!!
Eat it all? It will kill people!
At this point, what else do they not understand? Fang Yu can't go back alive.
But is this really related to the third princess?
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