Otoharu

Chapter 599 Schadenfreude
Lu Xingyun seemed to be unable to bear it any longer. After hesitating for a long time, he finally asked: "His Royal Highness, is there some misunderstanding? Since my daughter came back from the palace yesterday, she has never been out of the mansion, nor has she sent any servants around her. The two people you mentioned are probably pretending to be her name."

Li Chengqi looked indifferent, did not look at Lu Xingyun, just looked outside the door and said: "Lord Lu, don't worry, just wait."

Everyone waited for about a moment before Eunuch Cong came back in a hurry.When Li Chengqi saw him, he immediately asked, "Where is he? Did you bring it?"

Eunuch Cong looked a little embarrassed, he hesitated and replied: "His Highness, those two servants are dead..."

Li Chengqi's complexion changed when he heard the words, and he frowned, and asked, "Why did he die? Did the people in the government use torture?"

Eunuch Cong shook his head with a bitter face and said: "That's not true, those two committed suicide, if the servants hadn't gone to pick them up, the guards didn't know that the prisoner was dead, and those two were forced to death The ones in the prison were only turned away from the prison door, and the yamen guards didn’t check carefully, so they didn’t find out.”

Li Chengqi's face was dark, and he didn't know what to think.Jiang Shanqing and Li Meier's faces were also not good-looking.

When Li Meier asked Hemerocallis to send the two prisoners to the government office, they deliberately removed their limbs and jaws, but they didn't expect that they could commit suicide.These dead soldiers raised by Empress Song are really powerful.

Different from the three of them, the members of the Lu family obviously breathed a sigh of relief, especially Lu Zhiwei, whose bluish complexion finally recovered a bit, and the corners of his lips raised slightly uncontrollably.

"Your Highness, the maidservant brought the bodies of those two people here, look..." Eunuch Cong looked at Li Chengqi's expression, and asked cautiously again.

"Bring it up, I just want to see it." Li Chengqi pondered for a moment, then said.

Lu Zhiwei's face changed, and he stopped without thinking, "Your Highness, how can such a filthy person dirty your eyes!"

"If you don't want to watch it, just step back." Li Chengqi gave Lu Zhiwei a cold look, and said in an icy tone.

When Lu Zhiwei met his eyes, she couldn't help but shuddered, and didn't dare to say anything, but her fingers that were holding the handkerchief turned pale.

The corpse was quickly carried in by two guards. The corpse was covered with a white cloth, but it did not scare the few people in the house.

Li Chengqi got up from his seat and walked in front of the two corpses.

Without his order, Eunuch Cong immediately lifted the white cloth from the corpse, revealing the face of the corpse.

The two corpses have obviously been treated briefly. Although they still look horrific, there is no blood on their faces, and their facial features can be clearly seen.

Li Chengqi stared at one of the female corpses for a long time, his face became more and more serious.Although he just stood there without speaking, everyone in the room could feel the suppressed anger from him.

No one dared to speak.Jiang Shanqing and Li Meier only dared to make eye contact.

Li Meier has already seen that His Royal Highness should recognize the dead woman.Maybe I accidentally saw it when I was with Queen Song.

The corners of Li Mei'er's lips couldn't help but rise, a little gloating, yo, I don't know how His Highness the Crown Prince feels when he finds out that the mastermind behind the scenes is his own mother.

Jiang Shanqing obviously understood the emotion in Li Meier's eyes, and quietly reached out to hold her hand, telling her not to look too happy.

After a long silence, Li Chengqi finally spoke, "Cong Yu, bring these two corpses back to the palace."

Cong Yu quickly responded, asked the guards to lift the body, and quickly followed behind Li Chengqi.

When Li Chengqi walked past Lu Zhiwei, his footsteps paused, he narrowed his eyes, and ordered in a cold tone: "You also go back to the palace with Gu."

Lu Zhiwei was obviously frightened by his expression and tone, and did not respond for a while.

Li Chengqi ignored her and left the hall quickly.

Lu Zhiwei gritted his teeth, his face was as pale as a ghost, but he still followed Li Chengqi.

Seeing that both of them had left, Li Meier silently asked Jiang Shanqing, "Brother Shanqing, shall we go?"

Jiang Shanqing nodded slightly.Then he stood up, bowed to Lu Xingyun, and said goodbye politely, "Master Lu, our husband and wife have been bothering you today, and we don't have anything to do now, so let's take our leave first."

Lu Xingyun got up and was about to send Li Chengqi off, so he just nodded his head as a response, not caring about Jiang Shanqing and his wife.

Jiang Shanqing watched the Lu family leave quickly, while he and Li Meier followed leisurely.

The two did not leave through the main entrance, but were led to the side entrance by the people of the mansion, and left the Lu mansion through the side door.

When the two of them walked out of the alley where the Lu Mansion was located, they saw Li Chengqi's vermilion carriage galloping towards the imperial city, followed by the carriage that brought the two of them over.

"The one sitting in the carriage behind should be Lu Zhiwei." Li Meier's lips curled up, and she smiled happily.

It can be said that the prince's attitude towards Lu Zhiwei was very indifferent just now, and now he doesn't even want to ride with her in the carriage, so he is very disgusted.

Jiang Shanqing looked at his little wife who was smiling maliciously, pinched her face helplessly, and said, "Don't gloat, think about how we can go back."

"Let's go back. It's been a long time since we went shopping. Take this opportunity today to go shopping. I'm in a good mood today. I'll treat you to whatever you like."

Seeing her excited appearance, Jiang Shanqing didn't feel disappointed, took her hand and walked towards Xuanwu Street.

The two walked and strolled, and soon Jiang Shanqing had a lot of snacks in his hand.Li Meier held a bunch of candied haws and asked while eating: "Brother Shanqing, does the prince know your identity?"

Jiang Shanqing held a portion of fried chestnuts and said while peeling them: "I probably don't know yet, but maybe I have some guesses."

"Then maybe he will know today. I don't know how Queen Song will explain to her." Li Meier licked the sugar stains on the corners of her lips, smiling like a little fox.

"This is not something to be happy about." Jiang Shanqing stuffed a peeled chestnut into Li Meier's mouth, with a helpless tone.

Li Meier let out a couple of breaths from being burned by the chestnuts, her cheeks puffed up and she said, "Thinking that Queen Song and Lu Zhiwei will be unhappy, I'm so happy in my heart!"

"You~~" Jiang Shanqing only said fondly, but he was thinking in his heart, what kind of attitude he should use to treat His Highness the Crown Prince after today.

The young couple were having a great time strolling in the market, and Li Chengqi's carriage had already arrived outside the gate of the palace.

(End of this chapter)