Chapter 555 Extra: Lu Can (1)
His mother killed his biological mother?
When 7-year-old Lu Can heard the news, he was furious!
"Nonsense, it must be nonsense."
Without saying a word, he immediately ordered someone to find the gossiping eunuch and punish him severely.
His mother never concealed the fact that he had a biological mother.
His biological mother was Ling Cairen, who died during childbirth.
Over the years, on his biological mother's death anniversary, his mother would ask him to go to the small Buddhist temple to burn a stick of incense.
His mother was a very kind person, how could he possibly kill her?
This must be someone's deliberate instigation.
"Fourth Prince, please spare my life. Fourth Prince, please spare my life." The young eunuch had never expected that he would be caught by the Fourth Prince just for taking some money and saying a few gossips.
If this were to be handed over to Concubine Xian, he would surely not be able to escape a beating.
"Who told you to talk nonsense in front of me?" Lu Can looked coldly at the little eunuch seriously.
"I just heard some past events from others, so I said a few nonsense words. No one ordered me to do so. I beg the Fourth Prince to spare my life." The little eunuch kowtowed continuously.
"Escort him to Mother and let her investigate who is the one who maliciously instigated our relationship." Lu Can spoke firmly.
"Yes." Dong Qing looked at Lu Can with relief.
The Queen's love for the Fourth Prince was not in vain.
She took the little eunuch with her and went to see Concubine Xian.
Qu Zhiwei knew that someone was gossiping behind his back, and his face immediately darkened.
She had never concealed the fact that she was not Lu Can's biological mother.
I’m afraid that, like what happened to Xie Ruizhu, there would be discord between mother and son.
Kong Fuling is already dead anyway. What can a dead person do to argue with her?
Unexpectedly, she made a mistake and let someone talk nonsense in front of Lu Can.
Fortunately, this child was raised by her since childhood and was not led in a wrong way. Even when faced with such a thing, he firmly believed in himself.
Thinking of this, Qu Zhiwei felt slightly relieved.
"Good boy, you should tell your mother when you encounter such a thing." She touched her son's head.
"Mother will take care of this matter. You can go to school now."
"Okay." Lu Can didn't doubt too much. He handed the person to his mother and left.
As soon as Lu Can left, the smile on Qu Zhiwei's face disappeared.
"Please spare my life, Madam Xianfei."
Seeing her changed expression, the young eunuch knew that it might not be so easy to get away with it this time.
Fortunately, the Empress Xianfei has always been known for her virtue and is very amiable. He should be fine after suffering a little.
"Who told you to gossip in front of Can'er?" Qu Zhiwei looked at him seriously.
The young eunuch kowtowed and begged for mercy, repeating the words he had used to fool Lu Can before.
Qu Zhiwei sneered: "I will only give you one chance. If you don't tell the truth, I will drag you down and beat you to death."
The young eunuch felt a chill down his spine.
The words 'beaten with a cane' made him shiver subconsciously.
But Qu Zhiwei's past kindness made him feel lucky.
He still didn't tell the truth.
"Drag him out and beat him. Beat him until he tells the truth." Qu Zhiwei was too lazy to waste time talking and just had him dragged away.
The young eunuch was panicked.
After being hit with a stick, he realized that they were not pretending to scare him, but were really hitting him hard.
The young eunuch cried out hastily, "I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything."
Qu Zhiwei ordered his men to drag him back.
He told the whole story with tears and snot.
The Kong family gave him silver to make him say that.
A hint of murderous intent flashed in Qu Zhiwei's eyes.
The Kong family has been peaceful for a few years, and neither she nor the emperor has touched them. Now that Can'er has grown up, they are starting to sow discord, right?
"Drag this bastard who betrayed his master and accepted bribes away and beat him to death. Let everyone in the Yanxi Palace open their eyes and see clearly who your master is." She gave the order with a cold face.
The young eunuch never expected that after telling the truth, Concubine Xian would actually kill him, and he collapsed on the spot and shouted for mercy.
But Qu Zhiwei has made up her mind and will not change it.
She will never have her own children in this life. She raised Lu Can from childhood, and there is no difference between him and her biological son.
Anyone who tries to sow discord between them is her enemy.
So this time she punished him severely to let everyone know what the consequences would be if they betrayed her and provoked the relationship between them.
The young eunuch was beaten to death on the spot, and everyone in the Yanxi Palace was terrified. For a while, there was panic in the air.
When Lu Can came back from school, he was still thinking about this matter and couldn't help asking.
"Mother, did that man tell me who ordered him to do this?"
Qu Zhiwei had expected him to ask this.
In fact, she was struggling for a long time at first, wondering whether to tell the truth.
If she told the truth, what if the child thought she was deliberately framing him and trying to sow discord between him and his biological mother's family?
But if he doesn't say it, what if the Kong family takes advantage of him in the future?
After thinking it over, Qu Zhiwei decided to tell the truth.
"Your biological mother's younger brother, Kong Zhang, paid him to say these things in front of you on purpose."
"What?" Lu Can stood there in a daze.
His biological mother’s younger brother, then isn’t that his uncle?
"Why would he do this?" Lu Can was puzzled.
"Maybe they're afraid that you've forgotten your biological mother?" Qu Zhiwei answered vaguely.
This kind of thing cannot be explained too clearly; the children have to figure it out on their own.
If he hated her because of her grandparents, with whom she had no contact for eight hundred years, then she would just treat these seven years as wasted time.
"How could that be? You take me to worship her every year, how could I forget her?" Lu Can frowned.
He saw the disappointment in his mother's eyes and rushed into her arms.
"I will never forget the kindness of my mother in raising me. I will always remember all the kindness you have shown me over the years. You are dearer to me than my own mother."
"Can'er, be good." Qu Zhiwei felt deeply comforted after hearing these words.
Qu Zhiwei sent people out of the palace to beat the Kong family, and the Kong family was frightened.
They didn't expect that their youngest son would be so audacious and presumptuous that he even bribed people in the palace to sow discord between the Fourth Prince and Concubine Xian.
"Are you crazy? How can you benefit us by doing this?" Kong's father kicked his son who was kneeling on the ground.
"My third sister died in unclear circumstances. Lu Can recognized me as his mother, so my third sister gave birth to him in vain. I want to avenge my third sister. You don't remember my third sister, but I do." Kong Zhang's eyes were red as he looked at his parents with hatred.
He and his third sister Kong Fuling are born of the same mother and have had a good relationship since childhood.
Unexpectedly, the third sister died in the palace.
"My third sister was only eighteen when she died." Kong Zhang's eyes were filled with anger.
Although the palace said that his third sister died of childbirth, he refused to believe it.
The third sister offended so many people, the cause of her death could not be that simple.
She must have been murdered.
The main culprit was Concubine Xian.
Since she couldn't give birth to a son, she wanted to steal her third sister's son.
"He's been dead for so long, why are you still thinking about him?" Kong's father shouted angrily.
At first, they were so ignorant and bold that they even dared to covet the position of crown prince.
Now it seems that I was really tired of living a crooked life.
The Crown Princess is so powerful, who can snatch the throne from her?
In these years, Concubine Xian did not allow them to visit the Fourth Prince, which made it clear that she wanted to draw a clear line and not allow them to get involved.
As a result, his youngest son now dared to interfere, and his hair turned white with anxiety.