"Yes, it was a young man I knew before. He gave me this medicine. He said it's harmless, but it can aphrodisiac and make people's heart beat faster. I was bewitched for a while, so... I agreed."
"You're possessed by a ghost! I think you're incredibly stupid." Lord Sun was filled with hatred. "You're the son of the Duke of Yingguo's mansion. Whatever you do will affect the entire Duke of Yingguo's mansion! I think I've treated you well, so why would you harm us to this extent?"
Lan Shuang raised her hand to stop him, then turned to stare at Jiang Luqing and asked in a cold voice, "What's the young master's name?"
"He said his name was Liuyun."
After Jiang Luqing finished speaking, she saw the Duke of England turned away, unable to bear to look at her, and suddenly realized that she might be being used as a tool.
She immediately looked dazed. "He was quite handsome, and his words and actions were quite polite. I thought... I thought he was a good person, so I told him that I liked the prince—"
"You!" The Duke of England really wanted to kill them now. Such a stupid thing would kill them sooner or later.
"Mother, please don't be angry. I didn't directly tell you the prince's identity. I only said that he had a sweetheart who was married to my brother."
As he spoke, he glanced at Jiang Lusheng and Lan Shuang, feeling annoyed and aggrieved. "I fell in love with the prince at first sight. I know I shouldn't have done this, but I couldn't control my jealousy, so the villain took advantage of me. But I don't regret it."
"Shut up!"
The Duke of England slapped him again, glaring at him angrily: "How could I have given birth to such a shameless beast like you? Even in private, you still have to call the prince sister-in-law. You really have no shame at all!"
Jiang Luqing fell to the ground, and her vision went dark.
Lan Shuang closed her eyes, calmed herself down, and stood up. "Where do you usually meet that person?"
"Not necessarily. Most of the time he comes to see me. I don't know exactly where he lives."
Lan Shuang looked at the Duke of England with sympathy, "How do you plan to deal with this matter, Duke?"
The Duke of Ying immediately knelt and said, "This evil creature has committed such a grave offense. It is unforgivable under the law and is contrary to human nature. I will never show favoritism towards him. Your Highness will decide how to deal with him!"
Lan Shuang glanced at Jiang Lusheng. Jiang Lusheng didn't say anything, just looked at her with a smile.
Lan Shuang understood and he made his own decision.
After a moment's silence, Lan Shuang stood with her hands behind her back and said, "Anyone who harms the prince shall be executed according to the law."
Jiang Luqing almost fainted after hearing this.
"But Lusheng is the second son of the Duke of Yingguo, after all. If brothers kill each other and expose the family scandal, not only will the Duke of Yingguo be disgraced, but even I will be ridiculed." Lan Shuang's face was gloomy. "For the sake of Lusheng and the Duke of Yingguo, the death penalty can be spared."
"But he cannot escape this crime alive. I do not want to see him again, nor do I want to hear any news about him. Do you understand, Duke?"
The Duke of England was delighted, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness. I understand!"
Lan Shuang nodded: "The king is not feeling well, Lu Sheng, go home."
"Okay." Jiang Lusheng then stepped forward, held Lan Shuang's hand, and helped her walk out.
The Duke of England immediately said, "Farewell, Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
Meng Yu glared at Jiang Luqing viciously and quickly chased after him with his subordinates.
After everyone left, Lord Sun stood up and sneered, "Duke, look at your good son. If it weren't for Lu Sheng and His Majesty giving him face, none of us would have had a good time today."
"Stop talking!" The Duke of England regretted it so much that his intestines turned green.
She staggered a bit when she stood up. Jiang Luqing tried to help her up, but she pushed him away.
"Someone come—"
The Duke of England's eyes were colder than ever before. The servants rushed in from outside the yard, and Jiang Luqing felt a panic in her heart.
"Lock him up in the ancestral hall and pass on the family law!"
Jiang Luqing was horrified, "Mom? No! Mom, I know I was wrong, Mom——"
"Shut his mouth! Drag him away!"
"yes!"
The servants rushed forward, covered Jiang Luqing's mouth and dragged him out.
Lord Sun looked at the fear in Jiang Luqing's eyes and snorted, "If I had known this would happen, why did I do it in the first place?"
The family rules of the Duke of England's mansion are to whip the victim eighty times with a thorny rattan whip. Not to mention how much force is needed in eighty times, or whether it can kill the person, the fact that it has thorns is enough to make the victim suffer, and the skin will be peeled off after each whipping.
Besides, when had Jiang Luqing, a delicate and tender young man, ever been subjected to such severe punishment? Normally, he would cry for a long time when he got a bump or a scratch, but after this family punishment, it was hard to say whether he would survive or not.
After Fang Xiaojun found out, she immediately rushed to the ancestral hall and begged Duke Ying to spare Jiang Luqing.
It would have been fine if he hadn't come, but as soon as he came, the Duke of England took his anger out on him, and he "made an indelible contribution" to his son's development of this character.
So he was also awarded ten lashes, and after fainting, he was carried back to his own yard.
Even Jiang Luqing's miserable cries couldn't soften the Duke of Yingguo's heart. After being whipped 81 times, he fainted. The servants asked the Duke of Yingguo for instructions, but he said coldly, "Find a doctor to treat his wounds. As long as he doesn't die, that's fine. Set up a bed for him in the ancestral hall. From now on, he will live here until the day he gets married!"
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Lan Shuang and Jiang Lusheng received the news as soon as they arrived at the palace. Lan Shuang laughed it off and asked, "What do you think, Zhengjun? Are you relieved?"
Jiang Lusheng nodded: "Not bad."
Lan Shuang waved her hand and said to the messenger, "Go back and tell your Duke that I am very satisfied."
"yes!"
The messenger breathed a sigh of relief and left quickly.
Seeing this, Meng Yu wanted to step forward, but was stopped in his tracks by a look from Lan Shuang.
"Meng Yu, you've been by my side for many years, and I've always been tolerant of you. Is this tolerance making you more lazy?"
"I dare not!"
Upon entering the palace, Meng Yu immediately knelt down. "At that time, Third Young Master Jiang said that someone was acting suspiciously outside, and I was... confused for a moment."
"Oh."
Lan Shuang chuckled. "You two were fooled by his words. Luckily, he just wanted to get into bed. If he was an assassin, I would be a corpse now. Why would I be here to listen to your explanations?"
Meng Yu's expression changed, and he lowered his head in shame: "It's my incompetence."
"You, and the guards who followed me today, will receive ten strokes of the cane and a six-month salary deduction."
After Lan Shuang finished speaking, she didn't even look at them anymore and pulled Jiang Lusheng into the main courtyard.
Meng Yu and the others were very upset, but they didn't dare to say anything. It was indeed their fault for failing in their duty. The prince's punishment was already light. If His Majesty knew about it, they would lose their heads.
After this incident, the few of them acted more cautiously, and Lan Shuang was happy to see the change.
However, the story is not over yet.
She asked Meng Yu to secretly investigate Yun Xing's whereabouts. She searched almost the entire capital but couldn't find him.
The person I should have found was not found, but the person I shouldn't have found showed up.
Four days later, a pregnant young man suddenly knocked on the door of the palace and said that she was pregnant with the prince's child.
At that time, Lan Shuang was drinking tea and playing chess with Jiang Lusheng. When she heard the servant's report, she almost spit on Jiang Lusheng's face.
"Who? What child?"
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