"Your Highness..." Lu Qiu wanted to salute as soon as they met, but Lingzhou's quick eyesight and quick hands quickly stopped him.
Only then did Lu Qiu realize that Chu Xingchen and the others were dressed for a private visit. He restrained his excitement and followed them to a quiet street corner.
"Your Highness." He couldn't kneel down, but he still bowed deeply. Before he saw Chu Xingchen, he had countless things to say, but when he saw him, he couldn't say a word.
The gratitude in my heart is complicated and cannot be expressed in words at all, "...I didn't expect that it would cause such a big disturbance and that it would be Lu who would implicate His Highness."
Lu Qiu was excited and sad, because Chu Xingchen and they were in a turmoil, and their original excitement turned into panic and guilt. They even thought about it, and they wouldn't say anything if Chu Xingchen took back his life.
Unexpectedly, Chu Xingchen didn't take it back, but solved it in this way, "Fortunately it's all over, otherwise... the deep hatred at that time can't change anything."
"Don't think too much, there is no such thing as being involved or not, just solve it. If you want to say that I am involved, it is you who are involved. Da Chu needs talents like you. From now on, you can give full play to your cooperation ability and convince those people."
That’s fine.”
She paused, something meaningful, "And in the future, you will have the opportunity to change everything, as long as you give me some more time."
Lu Qiu didn't know the meaning of Chu Xingchen's last words, but he was shocked enough. He answered cautiously, "Yes."
He can, and he must.
Meeting Lu Qiu was a good reward. Chu Xingchen was in a good mood, but he unexpectedly heard some news.
Luo Wan'er, the daughter of Taixue Jijiu, and Miss Luo, Shen Cangzhu's childhood sweetheart, seem to be getting engaged.
After Chu Xingchen heard the news, he kept it in mind. When he returned to the East Palace, he asked Wan Dong to inquire to see if the news was true or false.
Late winter gave Chu Xingchen accurate news the next day. Luo Wan'er was getting engaged, and it was just confirmed today.
"...Your Highness, you don't have to worry about her coming to compete with you for Lord Shen. She is determined to get engaged now."
Late winter was happy for Chu Xingchen, but Chu Xingchen couldn't laugh, "Why did you suddenly get engaged?"
After hearing this news, she was very complicated and a little worried. She was worried that Shen Cangzhu was in a bad mood and that it would affect their destined marriage.
When she was not familiar with Shen Cangzhu before, she had thought about letting them get married when the time was right.
Now I'm getting familiar with her gradually, and I understand Shen Cangzhu's excellent and considerate nature better, but judging from Shen Cangzhu's previous behavior, he still has Miss Luo in his heart.
Late winter also noticed that Chu Xingchen's mood was not as good as she thought, "I don't know the specific maid, but if they are all engaged, they must have made up their minds and thought about it."
Ms. Luo really made her decision after careful consideration and painful experience.
When Shen Cangzhu put shoes on Chu Xingchen at White Horse Temple, Miss Luo saw it. She couldn't believe it. She didn't believe that Shen Cangzhu would put shoes on a girl one day, or in that manner.
That scene had a huge impact on her, and later she heard the news that Shen Cangzhu was jealous and quarrelsome because of Chu Xingchen's special attitude toward the man in the Red Mansion.
Shen Cangzhu and Chu Xingchen had a conflict for the first time because of Lu Qiu, and as a result, the news changed.
Miss Luo persisted in not believing it, thinking that it was a rumor, which was actually the case, but then she heard what Chu Xingchen had done and caused a sensation.
At first, she was secretly happy when those scholars sat in silence, but then everything changed. She went to the Dachu Library in person and saw the paper and the book in person.
The establishment of Dachu Library made the originally remote street lively.
Luo Wan'er is the daughter of the Imperial Academy. She is knowledgeable and knows the impact of this incident. She also heard that her father was so excited that he couldn't sleep because of this incident.
Luo Waner collapsed after going to the Dachu Library, "I have always been unwilling to admit that I am inferior to her. I have always felt that except for her good fortune and birth, she is a princess, and everything else is not as good as me. In fact, I have always looked down on her in my heart."
"She is not as good as me. I thought Brother Shen would never like her. I know how proud he is, so in order to be worthy of him, I kept making myself better, but I still lost."
"I have to accept that she is better than me. I will tell my mother tomorrow that I am no longer stubborn and will not be engaged. I no longer want others to be in the palace and my heart is with me. I am engaged and I accept my mother's arrangement."
When Luo Waner's maid heard what she said, she was scared to death. She was afraid that a shadow would suddenly fall from the sky, but luckily it didn't.
Luo Wan'er was outstanding in academics and had a good family background. The person who wanted to propose marriage had already crossed the threshold. As soon as she gave up, her mother immediately made a marriage arrangement for her that she had already been optimistic about.
Chu Xingchen didn't know Luo Wan'er's mental journey, so she was worried that Shen Cangzhu would be in a bad mood if she heard the news. After get off work, she decided to go see him.
As a result, he encountered a scene of two people secretly conspiring on the road. Chu Xingchen hesitated for a moment, but he still went closer to listen.
As a result, I heard a plot to poison her.
"...You should take this medicine and put it into the concubine's diet as much as possible. All the medicine I gave you before has been used up, right?"
"After I finished using it, I put it in what the little prince brought her. She was not prepared and ate it every time."
After the shrill female voice, there was a somewhat familiar old female voice, "Chun Tao, are you sure this medicine won't poison people, it will only make it impossible for girls to have children, right?"
The man named Chuntao scolded, "I've told you several times, and it's true. Don't always call me a concubine. If someone hears you, you'll be doomed."
The older voice said, "I know, I just want to make sure. I don't dare to take too...her life. I'm afraid of being found out."
"It won't be found out. Don't worry. It's a medicine left over from the previous dynasty. It's colorless and odorless and no one will notice it. Even the imperial doctor can't find it on you."
Chuntao may have heard her uneasiness and went out of her way to comfort her, "You don't have to think too much. Just take care of your little mistress as usual. You just think that Your Majesty has two children now. If she gives birth to a child, your little mistress will be even more miserable." It’s dispensable.”
"Just think about your little master and yourself..."
Chu Xingchen didn't expect that she would hear such a conversation casually, and was shocked and angry for a moment. It was true that she didn't want to have children for the time being, but this was a completely different concept from being drugged and unable to have children.
How vicious a person is to think of taking away a girl's fertility.
If her body was damaged by the medicine and could not regenerate, Chu Xingchen did not dare to think about how much trouble it would cause and how serious the consequences would be.
Her hands and feet felt cold, and at this moment she realized very clearly that she was born in a palace.
He obviously didn't know her, let alone had any grievances, yet he was plotting to kill her like this.
Chu Xingchen clenched his fists and was thinking, when footsteps suddenly came from behind.