Chapter 73: The "evil man" first sued Yu Bingyan and killed Qin Yuqing...
Early in the morning, something suddenly began to spread in the capital, and everyone was talking about it.
"Have you heard? General Lu openly poisoned the young master of the Yu family."
"Uncle Wang next door is treating the young master of the Yu family. I don't know what the poison is, but it's diarrhea."
"This matter was reported to His Majesty, but the result was only a mild punishment of three days' house arrest."
"I'm afraid the situation in the capital is about to change."
Time goes back to when Lu Jingchuan fed Yu Bingyan the "worm" soup.
With a cold face, Lu Jingchuan left the main gate of Yu Mansion, mounted his horse and headed straight for the palace.
Because Lu Jingchuan's aura was too strong, the servants in the Yu Mansion all thought that their own master had committed a crime. One of the female housekeepers even went to meet with Concubine Yu in the harem.
"What did you say? Lu Jingchuan came to see A Yan? How is A Yan's condition now?" Concubine Yu immediately threw the cat in her hand to the ground, and her long armor clung tightly to the handle of the recliner, making a sharp sound.
The housekeeper wiped his sweat and said, "The young master is fine. He's just been having nausea and diarrhea since he left the Lu family. We've consulted several doctors, but they can't figure out the cause."
Listening to the housekeeper's words, Concubine Yu's heart was in turmoil. Countless thoughts appeared in her mind, and the only thing she could be sure of was.
Yu Bingyan cannot die.
"Take the sign and go directly to the Imperial Hospital to ask the imperial physician to see you." Concubine Yu stood up and looked at herself in the mirror, covered in jewels. After thinking for a moment, she took off all the jewels on her body and picked up a simple hairpin beside her and put it on.
"Your Majesty, what are you doing?" the housekeeper asked in confusion. Concubine Yu usually disliked her plain appearance the most, saying that it was a loss of face.
Concubine Yu sighed, looking at herself in the mirror with disdain. She explained, "Lu Jingchuan isn't someone who acts impulsively. In all his years in the capital, when have you ever seen him do anything without planning?"
Yu Bingyan's survival is not only related to the Yu family, but also to those people...
Concubine Yu didn't dare to think about it anymore. Lu Jingchuan dared to do this in public, so he must have found perfect evidence. What she had to do was to protect Yu Bingyan before Lu Jingchuan.
Even if the Yu family is gone, Yu Bingyan must not be gone!
Concubine Yu and the housekeeper looked at each other, and both saw a flash of black silk thread on each other's face, with despair in their eyes.
The housekeeper immediately walked towards the Imperial Hospital, while Concubine Yu went towards the imperial study where the emperor was.
At the same time, while the housekeeper of the Yu Mansion was on his way to inform Concubine Yu, Lu Jingchuan arrived in front of the emperor smoothly.
Lu Jingchuan knew that the palace was slow to get the news, so as long as he was quick enough, he could enter the palace smoothly before the news of Yu Bingyan being "poisoned" came out.
In the imperial study, the emperor lowered his head to handle government affairs and asked as if he was chatting.
"How is Ah Ruan doing? How are the floods in Ling County and Cangzhou being dealt with? Are those two prefects sure about this?"
But the emperor did not get a reply. When he looked up, he saw Lu Jingchuan kneeling in front of him. He seemed to be admitting his mistake, but his wooden face still showed indifference.
I don’t know if it’s because he has dealt with him too much, but the emperor actually felt Lu Jingchuan’s anger and dissatisfaction.
"You go ahead and tell me what happened?" The emperor put down the memorial in his hand and pointed to a seat beside him. "As long as it's not a big deal, just tell me slowly. Even if the sky falls, I'll cover it for you."
The emperor picked up the tea beside him and drank it slowly. "If A'ruan bullies you, just tell me and I will take care of it for you."
"Yu Bingyan was poisoned."
The Emperor was somewhat surprised. He went through all the candidates in his mind and finally asked, "Who did it? After all, he is the son of the Yu family. Whether it is the old man of the Yu family or Concubine Yu, they are all loyal to him. Who is the one who did it?"
"It's me." Lu Jingchuan said casually, as if he was talking about something very normal.
The emperor spat out a mouthful of tea, but as an emperor, he only lost his composure for a moment. He took the handkerchief handed to him by Eunuch Jin, then waved his hand, and everyone in the imperial study retreated.
"I'll give you another chance. Who did it? Was it A'ruan who did it? Don't worry, I won't blame her."
"Your Majesty, you heard it right, it's me." Lu Jingchuan added again without changing his expression.
The emperor was so angry that he almost died. He threw a pile of memorials in front of Lu Jingchuan and said angrily: "Look, these are all impeachments against you and your Lu family!"
"You're not an impulsive person. What made you go after the Yu family and Yu Bingyan? Could it be that you've found something to hold against them?"
"No." In order to prevent the emperor from being angry to death, Lu Jingchuan quickly told the emperor everything that happened in the south, including who caused the flood.
When talking about Yu Bingyan injuring Qin Yuqing, Lu Jingchuan deliberately exaggerated the matter.
After hearing this, the emperor was already furious, no matter the suffering of the people in the south, the crimes suffered by the prefect, or the hardship suffered by the sixth princess Qin Yuqing.
Poisoning Yu Bingyan was easy, so why didn't they kill him on the spot!
"But what kind of poison did you use? No matter what, nothing can happen to the Yu family and Yu Bingyan now. You know it's difficult for me too." His Majesty regained his senses as he listened to Eunuch Jin hurriedly walk in and told him that Concubine Yu was on the way.
"It's not fatal, it will just cause diarrhea for a few days." Lu Jingchuan also told the emperor what happened in Yanyun City.
The amount of information was overwhelming at once, but as an emperor, although he could not fully digest many things, he had already grasped the key points.
Lu Jingchuan observed the emperor's expression and saw that he had achieved his goal, so he picked up the memorial on the ground with a dull face, put it back in front of the emperor, and then sat down in a seat beside him.
The look in her eyes when she looked at the emperor seemed to ask, "Your Majesty, do you think I should do this?"
The emperor was so angry that he laughed at Lu Jingchuan's look. For some reason, he looked back at Lu Jingchuan's expression and recalled that little fox A Ruan, and he was afraid that she would have the same expression.
"Try it, this is the tea that A Ruan brought specially for me." The emperor emphasized the word "specially".
After seeing Lu Jingchuan's face darken for a moment, he drank his tea in a good mood. He asked himself honestly that he was biased towards the Sixth Princess Qin Yuqing.
After knowing that Qin Yuqing was not only her child, but also had different value and role, his heart inevitably leaned towards Qin Yuqing.
Especially after hearing what Lu Jingchuan said, the emperor understood that perhaps he could really try to hand over the future of Great Yin to Qin Yuqing.
When Concubine Yu entered the study, she saw this scene. The emperor was in a very good mood, and Lu Jingchuan was sitting beside him drinking tea as if nothing had happened.
Concubine Yu's heart sank. She was still too slow, but her eyes turned and a new idea came into her mind.
"Your Majesty, you haven't come to see me for several days." Concubine Yu looked at His Majesty coquettishly. Because of her plain makeup, she had lost her former beauty and looked a little weak.
The emperor had never seen Concubine Yu at this moment, and his eyes were unconsciously attracted to her, and the atmosphere in the room gradually became ambiguous.
Seeing this, Eunuch Jin was just about to ask Lu Jingchuan to leave, but the next moment, he looked at this ancestor with a sneer and knocked the teacup in his hand to the ground.
The harsh sound of the teacup falling to the ground broke the atmosphere in the room, and Lu Jingchuan spoke expressionlessly.
"Maybe I've hurt myself on this trip. I can't even hold the teacup steady." Lu Jingchuan lowered his eyes and continued, "I heard years ago that Imperial Concubine Yu loves jewelry. I took the liberty of seeing it today, and I'm convinced the rumors aren't true."
"If the people in the south knew that the imperial concubine had cut back on food and clothing to provide disaster relief, they would probably be grateful for Imperial Concubine Yu's kindness."
After saying that, Lu Jingchuan stood up and did not give Concubine Yu a chance to react. He continued in his tone of not wanting to be killed by freezing.
"I once again thank Concubine Yu and the Yu family for raising funds for disaster relief."
Concubine Yu had no chance to speak at all. She was trapped by Lu Jingchuan's series of words. If she said that the Yu family would not pay, she would probably be criticized.
The emperor also reacted. He thought of what Lu Jingchuan said, and the romantic thoughts just now disappeared. He immediately realized what Concubine Yu wanted to do.
"As expected of my most beloved concubine, I am very pleased that you have such a heart."
The emperor's words directly blocked all of Concubine Yu's escape routes. She kept observing the emperor and Lu Jingchuan's expressions, but found nothing unusual. However, thinking of Yu Bingyan's condition, she knelt down and pulled out the hairpin on her head.
"Your Majesty, if you still remember what I and the Yu family have done for the Great Yin, please make the decision for me."
As Concubine Yu spoke with tears in her eyes, she observed the emperor's expression. She saw that the emperor, who usually came down to comfort her, was now sitting on the high seat looking at her without saying a word.
She turned to look at Lu Jingchuan, but found the soul form of Qin Yuqing beside Lu Jingchuan. Her pupils contracted sharply, and countless possibilities surged into her mind.
Could it be that Yu Bingyan killed Qin Yuqing?!
Qin Yuqing noticed the drastic change in Concubine Yu's eyes. She chuckled softly and made a gesture of wiping her neck: "Concubine Yu, be careful with your words and actions, otherwise, I will kill you."
Concubine Yu was so frightened that she lowered her head, her body trembling constantly, and her thoughts became more and more certain. If this was really the case, not to mention being poisoned, it was possible that all the people in the Yu family were killed.
Why did Lu Jingchuan show mercy? Could it be that he found out about that matter?
Qin Yuqing looked at Concubine Yu's strange mood. It seemed that this person had more secrets than she had imagined. However, she was a little distressed. She was lying in bed well, but the system insisted on starting a side quest.
[Detected that the host has started side quest 1: A Good Show.]
[First, teleport the host's soul to the key person. After watching a good show, you can return to your body.]
In this way, Qin Yuqing followed Lu Jingchuan without knowing why. The moment she saw Lu Jingchuan feeding Yu Bingyan something, she quietly exerted force in the dark, stretched out her hand and directly strangled Yu Bingyan's neck.
Otherwise, why would Yu Bingyan be controlled so tightly by Lu Jingchuan?
"My beloved, you know I love you most." The emperor sighed. He only spoke, but did not come down. "If you have anything to say, tell me. I will make the decision for you."
Concubine Yu's mind was in a mess at the moment, and her voice trembled: "General Xiao Lu has made great contributions to the Great Yin. I respect General Xiao Lu, but he broke into the Yu Mansion and poisoned Ah Yan."
"Your Majesty, please make the decision for me!"
The Emperor glanced at Concubine Yu and said, "Lu Jingchuan, do you agree with what I said?"
"I admit it. I did it."
"Huh???" Concubine Yu was confused after hearing Lu Jingchuan's answer.
Could it be that he really killed her?
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