"Is your poison all right?"
Lu Anyuan heard Xu Yixing's voice, which was even more ethereal than his own, as if it was on a boat.
"I'm fine now, ahem, thanks to Mr. Yao. Let him check you out too."
Mr. Yao stepped forward, looked left and right, and then took Xu Yixing's pulse: "You've eaten too much."
"Huh? She was with me the whole time at that time and didn't eat anything." Lu Anyuan didn't understand what "eating too much" meant. Did it mean inhaling too much toxic smoke?
Mr. Yao stared at Xu Yixing and said with a smile, "I guess he took at least twenty pills, right?"
Xu Yixing was so angry that he laughed himself to death: "Humph, I think there are at least forty pills, some big and some small. I almost choked to death."
Mr. Yao gave Xu Yixing a thumbs-up, sincerely admiring her courage. He then turned to Lu Anyuan and said, "It's incurable. After three to five years, the body will clear it out on its own and it will be fine."
After saying that, she walked out the door, leaving them some space. This time, we're in your Xu residence, do whatever you want, just don't drag me into this!
"What does he mean? What did you eat?"
"I ate a handful of detoxification pills Ying Jiu gave me in the dungeon, and that's how I became like this."
Lu Anyuan was surprised at first, but then he laughed out loud: "Okay, okay, your shadow guard is really loyal!"
"Oh." Xu Yixing lay on the bed, his mind empty. Now that the evidence of his guilt was conclusive, he was just waiting for the emperor's decision. He had nothing to worry about.
"Yixing, the Sun Mansion is finished." Lu Anyuan sat down at the head of the bed. Xu Yixing subconsciously wanted to avoid him, but they hugged each other in the car that day, and it would seem a bit too hypocritical to hide now.
"What inside information do you have?"
"Yesterday, the Empress Dowager summoned me and told me about Father's plan. This time, Father will definitely take action against the Sun Mansion, and it will be a major one. It's definitely not as simple as worrying about the death of a grandson. However, it may take a while, and he can't kill them immediately."
Xu Yixing lowered his eyelids to show his approval. It had come to this point. If the Sun family was not destroyed, they would be in big trouble when they recovered and took revenge on the Xu family.
"But the Queen Mother is calling you to speak at this critical moment. Is it not just to tell you this?"
"You can't hide anything. The Queen Mother called me to tell me that my father will punish me, but this is only temporary and I will make amends in the future."
"Why are you being punished?"
"You don't know, our reinforcements that day were my private soldiers. Of course, they were exposed once the incident happened. My second brother is obsessed with this matter, and the emperor can't just sit back and watch."
"Private soldiers? Then what was the reason you told the emperor for going to the Sun family farm?" Xu Yixing's heart tightened. The crime of a prince raising private soldiers is far more serious than leaving the capital without permission or detaining the son of a minister. If he is not careful, he may be suspected of treason.
"I said I suspected the Sun family was raising troops near the farm, and I took them out to scout, and accidentally entered the dungeon and discovered the secret."
"How many private soldiers were there who rescued people that day?"
"one hundred."
"Oh my God! Hahaha!" Xu Yixing sat up, clutching the bed curtains, about to explode with rage: "You led a hundred men to scout a large manor where soldiers might be hiding, and then you just happened to find my body? You think you're a fool to be the emperor!"
"Then tell me, how should I explain this to the Emperor?"
"You, you should say that I asked you to find my sister's whereabouts for me, then everything will be fine!"
"Nothing?" Lu Anyuan stood up and moved slightly away from Xu Yixing. The heat from her aura was so intense it almost burned his heart. "If that's the case, then I've befriended the military officer, used him for my own benefit, and abused my power for personal gain. Which charge do you think is less serious?"
"This, this, this..." Xu Yixing couldn't understand. Raising private soldiers is treason, and making friends with military officers is at most forming a clique for personal gain. Can't Lu Anyuan tell who is more important and who is less important?
"Let me tell you, each of the seven of us has soldiers, but we haven't publicly stated that. The treason you mentioned is nothing to the Emperor, so I reported it this way.
Besides, didn't your father also treat my father as a fool? Look at the charges he brought against the Sun Mansion. None of them are actually effective, and my father still said nothing."
Xu Yixing rubbed his head and realized that he had underestimated the royal family.
"Well, the Emperor, through the Empress Dowager, told you that you might be wronged. He's been really good to you."
"It's okay." Lu Anyuan didn't comment and sat down at the end of the bed again.
Xu Yixing looked at him, and he also looked at Xu Yixing. The room was quiet and the atmosphere was a little subtle.
"Thank you." Xu Yixing spoke first.
"This is what I should do." It was a very official reply, but Lu Anyuan's voice was hoarse, and it sounded very emotional.
"Well... there's a funeral going on at home today. As my younger sister, I'm supposed to be banned from any banquets at home for six months. Will our wedding be postponed?"
Lu Anyuan stood up suddenly. He had never thought about this before. It was May now. If he really waited for half a year, wouldn't it be November? The daylily would be cold!
"No, this is a marriage granted by the Emperor himself. There's no reason to postpone it. I'll talk to your father."
Xu Yixing was secretly happy when she saw that he was anxious, and she herself didn't even know why she was happy.
"Actually, I've been wanting to ask you something."
"you say."
Xu Yixing scratched the quilt. She had been thinking about this question for more than a day or two: "You are so anxious to marry me. Do you like me or Yi Yan?"
Although from Yi Yan's memory, she knew that Lu Anyuan had actually liked her for a long time.
But now that he was bearing Yi Yan's face, didn't he have any other thoughts? Or perhaps, in his opinion, gratitude and love could coexist, but for Xu Yixing, this was too impure and too disgusting.
Even though Xu Yixing's feelings for him were not pure, she still could not accept even the slightest possibility of being used as a substitute.
"You..." Lu Anyuan had a headache. He had indeed never told Yixing about his love. Even when the marriage was arranged, he used a semi-threatening method. Now that she asked him this, he really didn't know how to answer.
Should I tell? Should I tell? If I do, how should I tell it? If I don't, how can I lie?
It is so tiring to compete with a smart woman, and it is even more tiring to compete with a woman who is both smart and imaginative.
Sometimes Lu Anyuan even felt that Yixing knew his feelings, but just didn't say it, leaving him hanging.
However, she clearly said in the car that day that she liked me too. Regardless of whether she was giving me comfort because she thought she was dying, she said it.
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