C138 Sang Yizhen Pretended to be a Eunuch!

Hearing this, San Qian laughed. It was rare for her to make this girl suffer.

Lan Qingqian understood what it meant to be cunning!

She was still investigating where the poisoned sugar came from.

It was night time, so Hong Yu sneaked out to the lake. She hid behind a rock. The river was cold, so it was cold in the surroundings.

She was shaking, but she was still quietly watching. She waited until the sky was bright before she quietly went back.

After five days, one day, she heard a familiar voice, along with rustling sounds.

She gritted her teeth and mustered her courage to listen to the girl’s voice. She quietly moved out. When she was a little farther away, she started running for her life. When she was not far away, she shouted, “There’s an assassin under the Emerald Lake! An assassin!”

The guards heard it and immediately rushed over.

Hong Yu did not dare to stay. She ran away. She could not let anyone find out that it was her. If she was found out, then she would be the one to die.

When Prince Gu said that the Ninth Princess was poisoned, she heard the Empress speak. She heard that the assassin she saw under the Emerald Lake that night was Consort Jing.

Consort Jing seemed to recognize her, so she wanted to kill her.

But she didn’t dare to say it out loud. She didn’t have any evidence. If she said it out loud, she might be the first to die. She was scared every day and every night. She was afraid that if the Ninth Princess died, she would die together with her.

She didn’t want to die. She had so many wishes to fulfill. She was calculating how she should take revenge. She couldn’t let Imperial Concubine Jing have the chance to serve her again. If that day… she had eaten the one in the Ninth Princess’ mouth, she would probably be a ghost.

She was extremely scared. After thinking for a few days, she finally decided to try her luck.

She hid in the room alone. She didn’t dare to sleep. She could faintly hear people talking in the palace. There seemed to be a lot of people.

She waited for a long time before she dared to go out and see. When she saw that Prince Gu had woken up, she immediately went to his side.

“What is Red Jade doing outside? Why is it so noisy?”

“This servant doesn’t know. Prince, go to sleep. I will go and ask tomorrow.”

Prince Gu went back in a daze. Red Jade ran outside and peeked.

The candles were lit. There were palace maids and eunuchs talking.

The guards who were patrolling heard that there was an assassin. They went over to take a look. The assassin wasn’t caught, but they saw Imperial Concubine Jing and a guard.

“What are they doing at night?”

“Naturally, they are doing some shameful things. I heard that the Empress and His Majesty have already rushed over to deal with it, but the palace is full of rumors. They have lost face for the imperial family. Not to mention that guard, even Imperial Concubine Jing’s entire family will be humiliated.”

Red Jade’s palms were covered in sweat. She felt relieved when she heard that Jing嫔 was captured.

The next morning, Red Jade went to Red Leaf Palace and saw a large amount of blood on the floor. The palace lady swept it clean.

She felt relieved and even felt a little happy. Now that Jing嫔 was gone, no one wanted to kill her anymore.

In the evening, the palace lady who was implicated in the incident confessed that Jing嫔 had hired people to buy poison and purposely put it on the candies. She said that she wanted to teach those palace maids a lesson.

The Empress looked at the obedient Red Jade and asked, “Do you really have nothing to do with Jing嫔?”

Red Jade shook her head and said, “I really don’t know where I offended her. A few days ago, there was a person called Furong who accidentally touched her shoe. She was furious at that time but didn’t hit Furong. I don’t know where I offended her.”

The Empress thought about it. That day, there was indeed a eunuch who said that. That should be the person who wanted to give the candies to Furong but accidentally got it into her hands.

She put the teacup down and said, “There won’t be such a person in the palace anymore. The past is the past. Just do your job well and do what you are supposed to do. There aren’t that many people in the palace who are willing to help you. You should be more cautious if you are given any good things. Luckily, the Ninth Princess came to you to beg for your life. Otherwise, your life would be in Jing嫔’s hands.”

Since Princess Jin was dead, everything that happened was wrong. There should be an explanation for the poisoning of the Ninth Princess. As for what happened, the Empress didn’t want to know.

“Yes, I understand.” Hongyu stood at the corner of the wall and looked at the palace. She almost lost her life because of the Ninth Princess, but it was also because the Ninth Princess was still alive.

Since then, she had left the Ninth Princess far away.

She only greeted her from afar or simply avoided her.

Lan Qingqian was happy for a few times, but she also realized that Hongyu had become distant from her. She went back with her head down. Gu Jun’an knew that she was being disdainful, “You’re so useless. Why are you so sad about such a trivial matter?”

“She’s my friend!” Before this, Lan Qingqian had always firmly believed that Hongyu was her friend. Although she really didn’t have any friends.

Gu Jun’an snorted, “Only a fool like you would treat her as a friend. She wanted to come back with you back then because she wanted to have a place to eat. Later on, she thought that since she had a place to stay, she would let you go. You thought that the poisoning of Princess Jin happened because someone secretly reported it to the Empress. It was most likely done by her!”

Gu Jun’an saw that she was getting sadder and sadder, so he couldn’t bear to continue, “Alright, what kind of friend do you want? Is it not enough for me? What kind of friend can she give you? I have always provided for you to eat and drink, protected you, and supported you. Even your father can’t do so much!”

She was actually so sad for an unimportant person!

“Nonsense! My father is the best person in the world to me. My father always protects me when the concubines in the palace secretly bully me!” In her heart, her father was the most powerful person in the world.

“Little white-eyed wolf!” Gu Jun’an snorted and carried her back.

“You can go to school after two days!”

Lan Qingqian’s anger immediately weakened when she heard that. “Can I not go? My body hasn’t recovered yet!”

Gu Jun’an glanced at her. “Then do you want to drink a few more spoonfuls of bitter medicine?”

Lan Qingqian shook her head. “Forget it. I’ll go to school.”

Gu Jun’an was the one who sent Lan Qingqian back.

Wei Lianqian stood there in a daze when she saw them from afar.

Wei Lanyue laughed at her. “Second sister, you don’t know. Lan Qingqian vomited blood in class a few days ago and scared the teacher to death.”

She really didn’t understand why a fool like her who didn’t even know her name would be sent here. She was just embarrassing Canglan. We don’t like her and don’t play with her.”

Hearing Wei Lanyue’s words, Gu Jun’an’s cold and gentle face was reflected in her eyes. She pulled Lan Qingqian’s pigtails and tidied her schoolbag before sending her in.

Why couldn’t she enjoy such treatment? She was worse than Lan Qingqian.

She felt as if a needle was pricking her heart. While Gu Jun’an was still far away, she quickly walked over and asked, “Greetings, Seventh Prince. Is the Ninth Princess better?”

Gu Jun’an said coldly, “This is the Seven Duke Palace’s matter, the Wei Family doesn’t need to worry about it.” He turned around and left after saying that.