Chapter 491 Duke Anguo's Wrath
Gu Shuyan seemed to have thought of something, and a sly smile appeared on her lips. Seeing this, Yun Yichen understood and a smile also appeared on his lips.
Zhong Lin, however, was completely baffled by his two scheming masters.
"Then let Pearl Girl continue to be locked up?" Zhong Lin asked uncertainly.
Gu Shuyan nodded. "Not only will she be locked up, but I will be locked up too. Now that you've eaten the snacks, send me back!"
"What? Send you back?" Zhong Lin wondered if he had misheard, otherwise how could he have heard Gu Shuyan say such a thing?
"Zhong Lin, take the young lady back." Yun Yichen chimed in from the side. Seeing that his master had spoken, Zhong Lin had his own questions but dared not ask any further. He could only obediently take the young lady back.
Since Lu Changqing stayed behind to handle the aftermath, he naturally had to inform the Duke's Mansion of what had happened that day. However, before Luo Dong could calm down, the Duke's Mansion arrived first.
"Lord Duke, what brings you here?"
Lu Changqing politely stepped forward and met the anxious and questioning eyes of Duke Anguo. Lu Changqing scratched his head somewhat awkwardly.
He had received news today that Lu Yuanbin intended to harm Gu Shuyan, so he sent people to catch him in the act. However, things did not go as he hoped, and he ended up in a lot of trouble.
"Your Highness, I heard that Luo Dong has had an accident. I wonder where Luo Dong is now?"
Duke Anguo now truly values his son Luo Dong. In the past year, Luo Yu and Luo Hao have both died, and now Luo Dong is his only son who is still alive. If something happens to Luo Dong, Duke Anguo will truly have no successor.
Seeing that Duke Anguo looked anxious but not angry, Lu Changqing breathed a sigh of relief and quickly led him into the house.
"Young Master Luo is currently in a state of shock and remains silent. Your Excellency the Duke should help persuade him and prevent him from bottling things up."
Lu Changqing sighed as he spoke, and gestured for Duke Anguo to sit next to Luo Dong. He himself stood two steps away.
"Dong'er, what's wrong with you?"
When Luo Dong saw the Duke of Anguo arrive, he didn't greet him. He just stared at him blankly with his eyes, as if he didn't recognize him at all.
Duke Anguo was panicked, especially seeing his son like this; his heart was in his throat. His son was usually quite intelligent, so how could he have become like this in such a short time? Had he been frightened into stupidity?
The moment the thought crossed his mind, Duke Anguo immediately shook his head and rejected it.
How could his son be stupid? He must have been traumatized to act like this. The best course of action now is to find out what happened.
Looking back at Lu Changqing, Duke Anguo asked, "Your Highness, what happened to my son that made him look like this?"
Lu Changqing gave him a troubled look, and then recounted what had happened earlier, embellishing the story.
"Beast! What a beast!" Duke Anguo never imagined that Luo Dongsheng, a man, would be raped, and to make matters worse, the culprit was his own son-in-law.
Duke Anguo already harbored resentment towards Sun Linrui for killing Luo Hao, and now, with both old and new grudges combined, his resentment towards Lu Yuanbin only intensified.
Seeing Duke Anguo patting his chest in anguish, Lu Changqing dared not say a word, even though he had just scolded Lu Yuanbin.
More importantly, what he wanted was for Duke Anguo and Lu Yuanbin to turn against each other, thus depriving Lu Yuanbin of a powerful backer. Originally, the plan was to make the Gu family and Yun Yichen Lu Yuanbin's enemies, but since things had gone awry, it wouldn't be bad to have one less supporter for Lu Yuanbin.
"My lord, I know you feel sorry for Young Master Luo, and I know that my fifth brother has made a terrible mistake. But after all, he is your son-in-law and the current fifth prince. Please don't be too sad."
Taking advantage of the moment when Duke Anguo was most furious, Lu Changqing added fuel to the fire and said something else.
These words, which seemed like words of comfort, only made Duke Anguo feel worse. Why could the emperor's son do whatever he wanted? Even after his own son died, he had to fear the emperor's power. Now, his own son was being subjected to such a terrible humiliation. Did they think they could treat him like dirt?
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Finally, the Duke of Anguo punched his leg hard and asked, "Fourth Prince, where is that beast now?"
Duke Anguo no longer addresses the Fifth Prince; he simply calls him "that beast" all the time. However, Lu Changqing did not intend to correct him.
Lu Changqing's eyes flickered, and he glanced hesitantly at the Duke of Anguo before saying, "Fifth Brother is in a bad mood; he's probably gone back."
"Let's go to the Fifth Prince's residence."
As Duke Anguo spoke, he stood up, glanced at his still silent son, clasped his hands in a fist salute to Lu Changqing, and said, "I'll trouble Your Highness to escort my son."
At this moment, he was busy finding Lu Yuanbin to settle accounts. Now that Luo Dong was in this state, how could Duke Anguo take him to be further agitated? So he had no choice but to entrust Luo Dong to Lu Changqing.
Lu Changqing was naturally happy to help him send Luo Dong away. He turned back and gave Luo Dong a meaningful look. Lu Changqing hurriedly and sincerely agreed.
No sooner had Duke Anguo left than Yun Yichen, Gu Renjie, Gu Yingjie, and Xu Shan'er arrived. Lu Changqing was somewhat surprised to see the sudden arrival of the group.
"I wonder why the Grand Secretary and everyone here have come here so suddenly?"
As Lu Changqing spoke, he glanced at the crowd and, seeing that Gu Shuyan was not among them, something suddenly occurred to him.
He had initially thought Gu Shuyan's escape was due to Yun Yichen's prior warning, but seeing the anxiety on their faces, he suddenly became uncertain. Could it be that Gu Shuyan had truly encountered some misfortune, or perhaps someone else knew about Lu Yuanbin's plan and had taken her away halfway?
But who would do such a thing?
As his mind raced, a figure flashed through Lu Changqing's mind—Lu Youming.
When Lu Youming arrived, the Crown Prince of Jin had already been there for quite some time. If he remembered correctly, the two of them had clearly been together before. If Lu Yuanbin left under some pretext, and Lu Youming followed him and realized Lu Yuanbin's intentions, then secretly took Gu Shuyan away and plotted against Lu Yuanbin and Luo Dong, then all of this would seem to make sense.
"Your Highness, you flatter us. Earlier, my younger sister Shuyan was invited away by the Fifth Prince's wife for a chat, and my sisters didn't think much of it. But just now, when they saw the Fifth Prince's wife at the banquet and couldn't find my sister, they came to tell us that she had been missing for a long time. So we thought we'd come and see if we'd been delayed here."
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