coobybook Chapter 134 The Royal Family is Ruthless
Chapter 134 The Royal Family is Ruthless
After the officials left
Lu Jingning got up to visit the prince. The wound on the prince's arm had been treated. He looked at his daughter with relief: "Aning, you have grown up."
"Father." Lu Jingning felt a little ashamed.
The prince shook his head: "You are more suitable for that position than me. I am too soft-hearted and lack the decisiveness of an emperor. I am irresponsible and have left such a huge Southern Liang to you. You will have a heavy responsibility in the future."
Lu Jingning lowered his eyes.
"Alright, alright, why are you telling Aning all this? You can't live for fame." Shangguan held Lu Jingning's hand and said, "As long as my Aning is fine, that's more important than anything else."
Shangguan almost lost Aning and wanted to die.
Lu Jingning's eyes were moist, and she was glad that her parents had returned to their loving relationship as before. As for Liao Han, she didn't believe that her father favored her.
Unless my father is in a coma or has been drugged, or there is no other choice.
She checked the Liao family.
Clean and found nothing.
The traces of the Liao family's survival are also real.
It is an indisputable fact that the Liao family saved my father's life. Lu Jingning decided to release several people from the Liao family, and the prince also had the same idea.
"Without the child, he poses no threat. I am just a prince in name only. I am not capable of accomplishing anything."
The prince's original plan was to provide the Liao family with a shelter from the wind and rain and let them live a life of luxury as a way of repaying their debt of gratitude.
He had been thinking about this for countless nights: after the child was born, he would either be raised by Shangguan or given away, but no matter which one was chosen, someone would make a fuss about it.
If a child grows up and is used by someone with ulterior motives to fight for something, it will be a bad thing.
The prince thought about it for a long time and had not made up his mind to harm the innocent child, but today the officials forced him to ascend the throne, and the first thing the prince thought of was to get rid of the child and leave no future trouble.
Adopt another descendant of the clan to ensure the future of the Shangguan family.
But fortunately, Aning was safe and sound.
He was much more resolute and intelligent than he had imagined, and he remained calm in the face of danger.
He was very pleased that there was someone to carry on the throne.
"If they don't want to leave, find a quiet palace to keep them," said the prince.
Lu Jingning nodded: "Don't worry, father, your daughter will take care of it."
When I went to see Liao Han, she had already woken up. She was sitting on a chair with pale lips. She slowly raised her head when she heard the footsteps. After seeing Lu Jingning, her pupils slowly returned to normal.
"Are you here to be killed?"
"No." Lu Jingning shook her head, leaving Xue Yuan behind and asking the others to retreat to a safe distance. She looked at Liao Han and said, "You have two choices. Stay in a palace and wait to die, or I will let you leave the palace."
Liao Han pretended not to hear and continued to talk to herself, "It is said outside that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a special liking for the Crown Princess. I didn't believe it before, but today I have seen that there is true love in the imperial family. The Crown Princess is so lucky. So what if she gave birth to a daughter? The Crown Prince has been determined not to take a concubine for so many years and has only been with one person. It is really eye-opening."
A few words made Lu Jingning sense something strange.
She sighed casually, "Father kept you by his side just out of pity. In fact, father knew long ago that the child was not his own flesh and blood. If it weren't for the desire to avoid future troubles, he wouldn't have taken action against the child. The last thing the royal family lacks is the title of prince. It's a pity that this child has a bad fate."
I don't know which sentence angered Liao Han. She touched her flat belly, breathing up and down: "This child is the Crown Prince! Has His Royal Highness been deceived and misunderstood?"
Seeing that she looked a little broken, Lu Jingning continued to probe, "Father was poisoned by a strange poison from the Western Regions, and he can no longer have children. The outside world only knows that mother is in poor health, but this is just a cover-up. Why are you deceiving yourself? You have been deceived. Father didn't say anything because he couldn't bear to see the killing."
Liao Han was suddenly stunned and blurted out: "Nonsense, I checked the prince's pulse and there was no sign of poisoning at all!"
Lu Jingning raised her eyebrows. According to the clues she had found, Liao Han had never learned any medical skills. Even Liao Chan had never mentioned that Liao Han knew medical skills.
She said calmly, "I just used medicine to change the pulse to hide it from others. If you don't believe me, there is nothing I can do."
Seeing that Lu Jingning spoke so seriously, Liao Han couldn't help but waver.
"Don't waste your time on your father. He will never see you again in this life. I advise you to leave the palace as soon as possible."
Lu Jingning took out the banknotes and placed them on the table: "These are enough for you to live comfortably for the rest of your life."
Liao Han glanced at the banknotes, smiled sarcastically, and then fell into a chair in despair: "So, you three knew it a long time ago, but you only made me a concubine out of pity. If it weren't for what happened today, this child would not have survived, right?"
She laughed, looking up to the sky and laughing, tears almost coming out: "I told my father a long time ago that this method would not work. Look, it was still discovered."
Lu Jingning lowered his head to hide his surprise.
"Big bastard, calm down. It was my husband and I who forced her to do this." Old Lady Liao rushed over and knelt on the ground. "We did save the Crown Prince. He was in a coma for three months, but Han's fiancé ran away. She got pregnant before marriage and would rather die than give birth to the child. We could only falsely accuse the child to the Crown Prince. We never dared to ask for anything. At that time... we just wanted to find a companion for Han, but we never thought that it would be the Crown Prince."
Old Mrs. Liao spoke incoherently and kowtowed on the ground in fear.
Lu Jingning stared at Liao Han: "Is your fiancé a member of the royal family?"
Liao Han's eyes narrowed, and he turned his head away without saying anything.
"How could that be? We are just honest country people. How could we know someone from the royal family?" Old Mrs. Liao waved her hands in denial.
"You just said that there are true lovers in the imperial family, so he must be a member of the royal family. Tell me who it is!"
If Lu Jingning found this person, he would skin him alive with his own hands. He almost brought disaster to his father and mother. Liao Han said nothing.
"Tell me, who is he, what does he look like, and why did he become Liao Han's fiancé!" Lu Jingning's expression suddenly changed and he stared at Old Lady Liao.
Old Lady Liao could not bear such a threat and confessed immediately: "It was a very handsome man with a mark on his back. He was probably from Northern Qi. Damn it, we didn't even know he was from Northern Qi."
It’s Northern Qi again!
Lu Jingning narrowed his eyes.
"I swear everything I said is true." Old Lady Liao explained, "We picked this man up from the mountains. He had one leg bitten off by a wolf cub. If his father hadn't arrived in time, he would have been eaten. We took more than a year to raise him before he woke up. Although he was disabled, he was extremely smart, knew medicine, could read, and taught him many skills. Later, he left behind 1,000 taels of silver and disappeared."
Lu Jingning's eyelids twitched suddenly. She had heard by chance in her previous life that the Crown Prince of Northern Qi became cruel because he had a broken leg. After he ascended the throne and became emperor, he became even more perverted. He launched campaigns east and west, slaughtered countless people, and killed all his brothers.
The Emperor of Northern Qi actually came to Southern Liang!
He was also saved by the Liao family.
The child today turned out to be...the Emperor of Northern Qi's!
"You know who that person is, right?" Liao Han looked at Lu Jingning and suddenly became excited: "Just tell me, I can reveal everything."
Lu Jingning pursed his lips, his expression becoming more complicated.
Liao Han knew that the other party was a member of the royal family because she had seen the yellow cloud pattern before, and he had inadvertently called himself the king, which made her mistakenly think that he was a prince of Southern Liang. Today, when she saw the same mark on the person captured by Lu Jingning, she realized that the other party was from Northern Qi.
"You should rest assured and recuperate first. I will inform you when I have figured it out." Lu Jingning turned and left.