Chapter 462 Extra: Lu Jiangnian in the original book (I)
A major event happened in the court.
On Concubine Liang's birthday, the Second Prince, to show his filial piety, together with the Crown Prince, requested permission to hold a grand birthday banquet for Concubine Liang.
Because of Concubine Liang's careful care over the years, the Crown Prince was quite concerned and asked the Crown Princess and the Second Prince's wife to send out invitations together, inviting the wives of the noble families in the capital to come to the palace to liven up the palace.
Everything was going fine, but halfway through the banquet, a servant from the Liang family burst in screaming, begging Concubine Liang to save her daughter, Liang Yusong.
Liang Yusong has already been engaged to Lu Jiangnian, the eldest son of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery. She is also the niece of Concubine Liang, so her status is not ordinary.
A group of people followed Concubine Liang and rushed over, and actually saw the prince trying to lay his hands on Miss Liang.
Oh my god!
The prince has been behaving inappropriately recently, causing the emperor to reprimand him repeatedly, but the emperor did not expect that he would not restrain himself and actually do such a ridiculous thing.
Miss Liang was the fiancée of his good friend Lu Jiangnian, how could he have the heart to kill her?
It's so despicable!
The court was in uproar.
This is the crown prince of a country, the future emperor.
He is not even a king yet he dares to disregard etiquette and be so arrogant. If he really ascends the throne, what will happen in the future?
All of a sudden, all the ministers in the court submitted memorials denouncing the prince's evil deeds. In order to appease the public anger, the emperor had to depose the prince.
For a time, everyone pushed the wall down.
The prince was caught off guard by this sudden change.
After the incident, he insisted that he had been drugged, but the people from the Imperial Hospital investigated and could not find any clues.
The emperor was annoyed and convicted him of a crime: immoral behavior due to drunkenness.
Thus, the hat of crown prince that had been on his head since birth disappeared.
Those who used to follow him were deeply disappointed in him.
Lu Jiangnian rushed to the East Palace and beat him up, threatening to break off all ties with him.
At times like this, sincerity is especially precious.
Concubine Liang had always treated him as her own son, and even at this point, she was unwilling to give up on him.
She even went to great lengths to offend the Emperor and kneel outside the Imperial Study for a whole day and night, just to get the Emperor to show leniency in her punishment.
How could the prince not dare to touch such a kind mother's heart?
Since he is no longer the crown prince, of course he cannot live in the Eastern Palace.
At this point, the prince felt that he had no hope of ascending the throne. In this case, why not help his second brother to ascend the throne?
Among so many brothers, he has the best relationship with his second brother. I believe that when he ascends to the throne in the future, he will not treat him harshly as the former crown prince.
So, he handed over all his connections to the second prince, and after some work, the second prince successfully became the crown prince.
At this moment, Lu Jiangnian, who had not been seen for a long time, suddenly appeared in front of the former crown prince, Murong Chi.
Lu Jiangnian, wearing a nightgown, sneaked into Murong Chi's study.
The two were silent for a long time, and no one spoke.
Finally, the prince asked with difficulty: "What are you doing here?"
To laugh at his joke?
Lu Jiangnian is not that boring.
To be honest, no matter why he flirted with Liang Yusong that day, Murong Chi still feels ashamed to see Lu Jiangnian again.
Although he seemed to have a good impression of Liang Yusong before that, he never thought that he would be so dirty as to do such a thing.
Murong Chi is indeed not worthy of the position of crown prince.
Who knew that Lu Jiangnian would throw a thunderbolt.
"Your Highness, I suspect you have been poisoned."
What?
Murong Chi looked at Lu Jiangnian in astonishment: "What do you mean?"
He looked at Lu Jiangnian carefully and found that he seemed to have changed a lot. He no longer had the same spirit as before. There was an inherent coldness and sharpness in his body, as if he could hurt others at any time.
Lu Jiangnian said in a deep voice: "I have known your Highness for many years. Don't I know what kind of person your Highness is?"
"There was definitely something wrong with what happened that day."
"Even if you have feelings for Liang Yusong, you would not do such a vile thing even if a knife was put to your neck."
"But you did it."
Murong Chi smiled bitterly: "Yes, I can't figure out why I made such a mistake."
"I didn't drink much that day, but when I saw my cousin from the Liang family, I couldn't help myself..."
He looked at Lu Jiangnian with burning eyes, and said calmly: "Jiangnian, I can't make excuses. At that time, I just had a desire in my heart. I... maybe I am such a person."
I thought I would be met with Lu Jiangnian's wrath. After all, no man could tolerate his beloved woman suffering such humiliation.
However, Lu Jiangnian was unusually calm.
"You are not that kind of person. You are just poisoned."
Lu Jiangnian mentioned Gu again, and Murong Chi also became serious.
"Did you find out anything?"
Lu Jiangnian explained his speculations and the evidence in his hands one by one in a cold voice.
"Your Highness, the person whose temperament has changed drastically is not just you, but also my father."
Lu Song?
Murong Chi thought about it. He had indeed heard Lu Jiangnian mention it some time ago. Lu Song suddenly wanted to take a concubine, which made the Marquis's wife so angry that she was bedridden.
Lu Jiangnian was also in a state of panic during that period.
After all, it is the elders' business, and there is very little he can do.
Later, something happened to him, and I don’t know what happened to Lu Song’s concubine.
Lu Jiangnian continued, "Even if my father's old house was on fire and he fell in love with that concubine, he would never treat my mother so coldly. He even threw my mother's dignity on the ground for that concubine."
"He's completely changed."
"I asked Xuan Huang to check my father's pulse, but he found nothing."
Murong Chi was stunned for a moment. It sounded quite similar to his situation.
"Your Highness is right. The people around me have all changed their personalities?"
"How can there be such a coincidence?"
Lu Jiangnian smiled self-deprecatingly: "I suspect that I have also been bewitched."
Otherwise, why would he like Liang Yusong?
Sometimes when I’m with Liang Yusong, I don’t have much to say, but I always can’t help wanting to see her.
But deep down, he felt that he didn't like being close to Liang Yusong at all.
When nothing makes sense, there must be a problem.
So he sent people to investigate the matter about Gu.
In the Dajing Dynasty, there are very few people who understand Gu.
Lu Jiangnian's men went to southern Xinjiang and were able to barely find out some information.
He took out a letter from his arms and said, "Your Highness, please take a look."
Murong Chi took the letter, read it, and roared in suppressed anger: "Impossible!"
"Mother Liang couldn't be the murderer who killed my mother!"
Lu Jiangnian sneered: "Do you really think it's impossible?"
The letter in Murong Chi's hand was secretly delivered to Lu Jiangnian a month ago.
The letter said that she noticed that he was asking about Gu and wanted to tell him about an old injustice: when the late queen died, the court concluded that the mastermind behind the death was Tang Bo from the Imperial Hospital, and it was wrong from the beginning to the end.
The real murderer is Concubine Liang and Gao Peng.
The relationship between Tang Bo and Gao Peng was also explained in detail in the letter. Tang Bo escaped death but was poisoned by Gao Peng. He was struggling to hold on and just wanted to reveal the truth to the world one day.
But in the end, he was tortured by the poison and lost his human form. He died half a year ago.
This letter can be regarded as Tang Bo's last wish. As for whether to investigate further, it is up to Lu Jiangnian to decide.
The letter also mentioned that Gao Peng’s wife was most likely from southern Xinjiang because her surname was “Hua”.
These things were undoubtedly a huge shock to Murong Chi.
No wonder he lost his temper like that.
Lu Jiangnian said calmly, "In fact, I found out that Gao Peng's wife's surname is indeed Hua."
"I asked Xuan Huang to concentrate on studying Gu, and he found some methods. He tested it and found that there is indeed Gu in my body."
Murong Chi looked at Lu Jiangnian in shock: "You've also been poisoned?"
"Um."
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