Lu Wan cried silently in her heart. If the eldest daughter of the Lu family had not run away from her marriage, how could Lu Wan be the Princess Shen?
She was in tears, but her face was full of shock. "Could something like this really happen?"
"Really, there's no doubt about it."
The maid spoke again, but every word pointed out that Prince Shen had ulterior motives. He used someone else to replace Lu Changqing in order to achieve a marriage with the Lu family and bring Lu Changxin, a powerful general, under his command.
"The eldest lady of the Lu family is petite, but the Princess Shen who appeared at the palace banquet is almost as tall as Lord Lu. Although people's stature will inevitably change with age, such a big change is really hard to believe."
Lu Wan let out a false exclamation, “If this is true, then doesn’t that mean that King Shen lied to me?”
Previously, when Lu Baixue was constantly showing off his acting talent in front of him, Lu Wan felt that it was hard to accept. Now that it was his turn, Lu Wan seemed to be addicted to acting. "I still trusted him so much!"
Seeing this reaction, the Queen Mother finally smiled a little and nodded to Lu Wan, "People's hearts are hidden, who can know what others are thinking? He deliberately deceived you, how could you know?"
After comforting him, the Queen Mother still did not forget her original intention to win over Lu Wan, "But don't worry, if Prince Shen really did something to deceive your Lu family and the people of the world, I will definitely give you justice."
Lu Wan hurriedly thanked her, "I would like to thank the Queen Mother in advance."
"It is but a trifle, my lord, please stand up and speak."
Lu Wan cursed quietly in his heart. He had been kneeling for half an incense stick before being asked to stand up. It was obvious that the Queen Mother was deliberately torturing him.
She pounded her legs carefully, and if she knelt down again, her legs would be broken.
Realizing that the Queen Mother seemed to be looking at her, Lu Wan hurriedly put her hands down. Her movements were small and the Queen Mother didn't catch her doing anything rude. Just when she was about to breathe a sigh of relief, she saw the Queen Mother ordering someone to bring up another person.
"Take a look and see if this person is your elder sister Lu Changqing."
Lu Wan turned her head to look, and at a glance she recognized that this person was her sister who had escaped on her wedding day.
Although the person is real, now is not the time to recognize him.
Lu Wan turned around and bowed to the Queen Mother, saying, "This person is not my sister."
Lu Changqing also heard these words clearly, and his body trembled slightly, but for some reason he did not speak.
The Queen Mother had been paying attention to every little movement on Lu Wan's face. Seeing Lu Wan so calm, she paused as she was about to take a cup of tea and asked again, "Did you see it clearly?"
If he hadn't already obtained solid evidence, he would have really been fooled by Lu Wan's acting skills. He just didn't know what kind of magic potion Chen Yan had fed these people to make them stand on his side even though they didn't recognize their own relatives.
Lu Wan secretly gritted his teeth and scolded the Queen Mother for being cunning, "I have been with my sister since childhood, and I will never admit my mistake."
Noticing that the Queen Mother was looking at him, Lu Wan did not dodge or avoid her, but looked straight into her eyes.
Seeing that Lu Wan was determined to stand on Shen Yan's side, the Queen Mother originally wanted to leave her a way out, but now she completely gave up this idea.
"Come here, take this woman who pretended to be Princess Shen away and punish her. You don't have to go far, so that Lord Lu can hear the woman's screams and learn a lesson."
After the Queen Mother finished giving the order, she seemed to have lost interest in Lu Wan and turned her head away. However, Lu Wan knew very well that the Queen Mother's attitude was intended to warn him.
Lu Changqing is afraid that he is in trouble.
As if to verify Lu Wan's idea, cries for mercy soon rang out outside, one after another. Not only did Lu Wan close his eyes in pain, but even Sun Xinran beside him turned pale. She had heard that the Empress Dowager was moody, and she was really scared when she saw it.
Lu Wan was wearing the skin of Lu Changqing's biological sister, but now she couldn't even say a word to beg for mercy.
As soon as she opened her mouth, Lu Changqing's true identity would be exposed, so no matter whether the person being punished was Lu Changqing or not, she would have to be the one not being punished.
After a stick of incense, the sound of beatings outside finally stopped.
Lu Wanzao pinched her palms until they bled, but in front of the empress dowager, she didn't reveal a single clue.
When the Queen Mother saw this, she just smiled slightly, but she became a little more alert in her heart.
Lu Wan is smart and patient enough, but it's a pity that he is not someone close to me.
Lu Changqing was brought up again soon. She had fainted, and her clothes were stuck to her wounds. The eunuchs who dragged her threw her in front of everyone.
The Queen Mother looked at Lu Wan and asked, "My dear, how do you think we should deal with this person?"
Lu Wan remained calm and kicked the ball back, "Since you are here, Queen Mother, I believe that you will give an explanation to Prince Shen's Mansion and everyone."
She wanted to win back the game, but she was refuted by Lu Wan. The Queen Mother's face darkened, and then she sneered, "Of course."
As she spoke, she looked at the eunuch beside her and said, "First, lock her up in the dungeon. I want to see how tough her bones are."
As for this "she", whether it refers to Lu Changqing or Lu Wan, that depends on personal opinion.
Shuncai quickly accepted the order and asked someone to go down and do the job.
When Lu Changqing was taken away, the Queen Mother suddenly smiled, but this smile made Lu Wan feel uneasy.
As expected, the Queen Mother said, "You have done a great service today by identifying the woman who pretended to be Princess Shen. When General Lu comes back, I will tell him the whole story."
Lu Wan couldn't keep the smile on his face and pulled the corners of his mouth with difficulty, "Thank you, Queen Mother."
This is really cruel. If anything happens to Lu Changqing, not only will Lu Wan not be able to forgive herself, she is even more afraid that this matter will get to Lu Changxin's ears and she will be blamed for not saving Lu Changqing.
Although she didn't believe that Lu Changxin was such a person, three people can make a tiger, not to mention that the Queen Mother was behind it.
While everyone was silent, a palace maid brought a pot of wine to the hall and placed it right in front of Lu Wan.
What does this mean?
Lu Wan's intuition told him that this was definitely not a good thing. The palace used this method to poison the wine. Could it be that the old witch, the Queen Mother, felt that she was no longer useful and wanted to poison herself to be done with it?
The more he thought about it, the more this possibility seemed to him. Lu Wan just looked at the wine jug in front of him.
But she didn't want to drink, and someone was urging her to do so.
"Sir Lu, this is the fine wine given by the Queen Mother herself. Don't you want to have a taste?"
The villain in Lu Wan's heart kept shaking her head, but she didn't have the guts to say it out loud.
If you drink this wine, you will most likely die. If you don't drink it, it will also be considered as disobeying the order and you will be executed.
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