The events that occurred in the Royal Garden took place at a banquet hosted by the Empress Dowager.
Therefore, in order to appease the officials' families, the Empress Dowager specially ordered people to send beauty creams to each household.
The beauty creams in the palace were all meticulously made by the imperial physicians, using very fine and precious medicinal materials.
This beauty cream came in handy, effectively appeasing the discontent of the officials' wives.
When Madam Chen learned of the situation, she repeatedly sent people to inquire about it. Only after confirming that Lu Qiqi and her sister were alright did she feel relieved.
......
Country road, dense forest.
After traveling for half a month, the eldest branch of the Lu family was kidnapped by someone unknown.
Although their hands and feet were not bound, they had been drugged and had no strength to even get up, let alone move.
The carriage kept moving, and at first Jin thought that when passing through the city gate, there would always be soldiers checking pedestrians.
Unexpectedly, the carriage not only passed through smoothly, but it didn't even have to queue outside the city gate.
At first, Jin thought it was just a coincidence, but when she heard the carriage pass through two city gates, it was still the same.
Therefore, it can be concluded that the owner of this carriage is no ordinary person.
After being tied up, Lu wet her pants as soon as she woke up.
Not knowing why the kidnappers had abducted them or where they were being taken, the members of the eldest son's family dared not utter a sound.
We traveled all day, still smelling of urine from the carriage.
Fortunately, the kidnappers were not inhuman; they did not starve them and even gave them new clothes.
Just as they lowered their guard, they heard a sound outside the carriage.
It was late at night, and a fire was burning outside, the firewood crackling and popping.
Jin was half asleep when she vaguely heard voices outside.
"We will arrive in the new capital tomorrow. Let's take this carload of people to an inn to wash their faces first."
When will there be any action?
"Let's wait for news."
After that, there was silence outside.
Only the rustling of insects and the crackling of burning firewood remained.
"Mother! Mother!" Jin nudged Lu's back with her head, trying to wake her up.
Unfortunately, Lu was sleeping like a log and couldn't be woken up at all. She made smacking noises and started snoring again.
Lu Dazhuang and Lu Changhu were exactly the same. Seeing this, Jin was filled with deep hatred and helpless fear.
Jin stayed awake all night, her eyes wide open until dawn.
The carriage started moving again. After an unknown amount of time, Jin's eyes were practically seeing stars from hunger. Finally, the carriage stopped.
Kim could only determine her location by listening to the sounds of conversation outside.
The noise was so loud that she could only roughly determine that she was in a busy city center.
But it was precisely because of this that she felt despair.
If you are in a quiet, deserted place, it is almost impossible to call for help.
But even though she is now in the middle of a bustling city, she still cannot escape.
This made her feel like she had returned to the past, when she was still at her parents' home, helping her brother slaughter pigs, like the pork on the chopping board, at the mercy of others.
The carriage continued on its way, and after a short while, the carriage door was pushed open.
A beam of light shone into the carriage, but the next moment, Jin felt everything go black before she fainted without seeing anything clearly.
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The Marquis of Lin'an's residence.
Lu Qiqi had just finished lunch when she received the message.
When Shijiu returned from outside, he received a message from Anjiu and immediately rushed back to the Marquis of Lin'an's residence.
Seeing that Nineteen was covered in sweat from running, Lu Yao quickly poured him a glass of water.
He didn't stand on ceremony, took the water and drank it down, then let out a satisfying sound.
Thinking of the important matter, Nineteen glanced at Lu Yao, wondering if he could bring it up in front of her.
Seeing his appearance, Lu Qiqi estimated the time when the Lu family's eldest branch had arrived in the capital and asked, "Has An Jiu returned to the capital?"
Nineteen nodded vigorously, "Ninth Brother led his men back to the capital and is currently staying at an inn in the new capital."
Seeing that Lu Qiqi had no intention of avoiding Lu Yao, he added, "That woman is really ruthless!"
To conceal her identity and prevent her family from coming to the capital to search for her, she even ordered her father and brother to have their legs broken.
Lu Qiqi sneered, but didn't say anything for fear of scaring Lu Yao.
In her opinion, Lu Changping had shown leniency towards the eldest branch of the Lu family.
After all, since Lu Changping was able to use hallucinogenic leaves to drug the Liu family and then kill all three members of the family, she could do the same to the eldest branch of the Lu family.
Then there wouldn't have been the incident today where she helped the eldest branch of the Lu family go to the capital to accuse her of impersonating someone else and swindling money.
Moreover, Song Yanqing also noticed that the Anchang Marquis's Mansion seemed to have some connection with Wu Guangping.
If that's the case, the Anchang Marquis's mansion will not only have to return all its money.
They might even wipe out their entire family.
Lu Qiqi said, "Now that you've settled everyone in, go and find out what's going on at the Anchang Marquis's residence."
"yes!"
After Shijiu left, Lu Qiqi delivered the news to Xuan Wenying.
Now that Madam Chen is recuperating, it's best not to involve her in this matter.
That's why she found Xuan Wenying.
They learned of the crimes committed by Lu Changping.
Xuan Wenying, a daughter of a military family, had seen and heard things that others could not match.
At this moment, he was so shocked that he was speechless for a long time.
After she realized what was happening, she asked, "What can I do to cooperate with you?"
Lu Qiqi said, "Find a way to get Lu Changping out of the mansion."
After all, only by leaving the mansion could the eldest branch of the Lu family have the opportunity to expose Lu Changping's true colors in front of everyone.
Otherwise, if she stayed indoors, she would never have caused any trouble.
After listening to her words, Xuan Wenying felt that they made perfect sense. "Alright, I will send Yulu to the Marquis of Anchang's residence today."
Meanwhile, a noisy commotion was taking place in the inner courtyard of Qu Silang's residence in Anchang.
Lu Changping never expected that Qu Zikun was a man who was proficient in all sorts of vices, including drinking, gambling, and womanizing.
She had been in the household for several months, but her husband had not stepped into the courtyard. Today, however, she received news of taking a concubine.
"Qu Zikun, you've crossed the river and burned the bridge! You're using my dowry to take a concubine! How could you and your son come up with such a thing!"
You are all rotten to the core!
Qu Zikun retorted, "Your dear sister has also returned to the Marquis of Lin'an's mansion. If I had known she was this beautiful, I would never have married an ugly freak like you!"
The thought of this made him angry. "Your sister returned to the manor and you didn't even go to greet her. Asking you to return to the Marquis's manor is harder than climbing to heaven."
He didn't even attend the spring banquet hosted by the Empress Dowager; truly a country bumpkin, short-sighted!
Seeing her small eyes only made him angrier. "It's a good thing you're not pregnant, otherwise, if your child looks like you, it would be embarrassing to take him out!"
Qu Zikun had just finished drinking and was still angry, so he had a terrible headache.
Therefore, he did not linger and directly took the woman he had brought back from outside and walked towards the side courtyard.
Completely disregarding the pair of fiery eyes behind him.
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