diskusbooks Chapter 183 Xie Ying: Want to touch it?
Chapter 183 Xie Ying: Want to touch it?
Lu Xuan looked at the three people's stiff faces with satisfaction, chuckled and said to the Black Qilin Guard, "Tell me in detail."
The Black Qilin Guard immediately said, "When Scholar Xie passed the imperial examination and was paraded through the streets, Madam Xie took a liking to him at first sight! She even had a private exchange with Scholar Xie!"
He bribed a Taoist priest to deceive Madam Xie and slandered Madam Luo as the reincarnation of a fox spirit. Once she became powerful, she would seize the fortune of the entire Xie family, lead Xie Zhuangyuan astray, and bring about the destruction of the entire family!
After that, they conspired to kill Mrs. Luo in the delivery room and faked it as a difficult labor! So the Xie family deliberately raised the fetus in Mrs. Luo's belly to be very large, causing a difficult labor, and then Mrs. Xie's wet nurse disguised herself as a midwife to deliver the baby for Mrs. Luo.
She told Madam Luo that if she didn't have a caesarean section, she and the baby in her belly would die, forcing Madam Luo to ask her to have a caesarean section!
Madam Xie also set her sights on the Luo family's property. She asked people to pretend to be bandits and kill the Luo family members, and then let Mr. Xie take charge of the Luo family's property as her son-in-law.
This time, Madam Xie was worried that the matter would be exposed, so she even threatened the wet nurse's family members with their lives, asking the wet nurse to take the blame for her! Her wet nurse was worried that she would kill people to silence them later, so she chose to confess, only asking the adults to save her grandson's life.
Chen Fang collapsed and yelled: "No - this is impossible -"
She couldn't believe that her wet nurse would actually betray her!
Oh, and there’s Nanny Zhou!
Nanny Zhou would definitely not betray her!
"Sir! Madam Zhou has confessed!"
Chen Fang suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood: "Puff——"
Xiangxiang, hiding in the vase, shrank her leaves in disgust, but fortunately she was small enough and did not attract anyone's attention.
In the Xie residence in the distance, Xie Ying laughed from time to time, which finally aroused Tu Jiaojiao's suspicion.
She picked up Xie Ying in confusion and said, "Yingying seems very happy today. Is she thinking of something happy?"
Xie Ying smiled sweetly at her, looking like a cute and well-behaved baby.
Inwardly, he couldn't help but complain: "Hahahaha, I'm dying of laughter! The servants at Du Hengyuan have confessed all the bad things Chen Fang and the others did. Now they're so embarrassed!"
Tu Jiaojiao smiled and narrowed her eyes. "Oh? So that's how it is? That's really... great!"
……
Nanny Zhou revealed the origin of the poisonous insect, and Lu Xuan immediately asked Han Chen to lead a team to capture the person, and then sent another team to the home of the wet nurse Nanny Zhao.
Unfortunately, when Han Chen arrived at the place given by Nanny Zhou, it was already deserted.
Han Chen and his men searched the entire house carefully and asked the people living nearby, but they didn't get many useful clues.
All we know is that the one who provided the poisonous insects was an old woman. She dressed like a fortune teller, was mysterious and could tell fortunes and ward off disasters.
So people often come to the door on weekdays.
However, the neighbors didn’t know what these people asked for after they came to their door.
This is obviously not good news for Lu Xuan.
If these people are all asking for poisonous insects, then how many poisonous insects are hidden in the capital?
Lu Xuan did not dare to be careless at all. He not only ordered Han Chen to continue looking for the mysterious old woman, but also took away all the servants serving in Du Hengyuan.
Including Qiuxiang's family.
Her family was not serving in Du Hengyuan, but Lu Xuan considered that she had died tragically and was worried that Chen Fang would deal with her family, so he simply took them away with him.
As for what happens next, it depends on what Emperor Taihe does.
If Emperor Taihe wanted to punish Chen Fang, these servants would be witnesses.
If Emperor Taihe wanted to keep Chen Fang, he could just release these people.
After leaving Xie's house, Lu Xuan ordered his men to take the people back to the Black Kirin Guard Office for custody, then hurried into the palace and reported all the confessions of the servants in Xie's house to Emperor Taihe.
Emperor Taihe's expression was gloomy. "So, the deaths of Xie Yun's first wife and the Luo family were all caused by Xie Yun and Chen?"
Lu Xuan lowered his head and didn't look at Emperor Taihe's expression: "That's exactly what Chen's wet nurse said."
"Separating pregnant women alive, killing people and stealing their property...it's simply horrifying!"
Emperor Taihe slammed his hand on the imperial desk and remained silent for a long while. Suddenly, he asked Lu Xuan, "So was Xie Xiu really pushed into the water by Xie Yi and has been unconscious ever since?"
"When Xie Xiu fell into the water, there happened to be quite a few people watching nearby. They all witnessed Xie Yi pushing Xie Xiu into the water.
However, Xie Yi defended himself by saying that he was provoked by Xie Xiu's words and pushed him in anger, not because he wanted to push him into the water.
After Xie Xiu fell into the water, Xie Yi quickly jumped in to save him, but he seemed to have a cramp after entering the water and was unable to rescue Xie Xiu.
It was people nearby who jumped into the water and rescued the two men.
However, Xie Yi was not seriously injured after getting ashore, but Xie Xiu remained in a coma.
Doctor Zhou was invited to examine him. Doctor Zhou found that Xie Xiu looked strange, but was unable to revive him.
Later, Xie Xiu's wife and father-in-law arrived and accused Xie Yi. Xie Xiu finally woke up and said that he remembered his past memories..."
Lu Xuan recounted the scene in detail, and Emperor Taihe sighed deeply, "Xie Xiu has had a very unfortunate life."
Lu Xuan didn't respond.
He also felt that Xie Xiu was very unlucky. His biological mother was murdered when he was young, and his younger brother was raised by his stepmother and was not close to him.
After finally growing up and passing the imperial examination, he was severely injured and lost his memory, forcing him to hide in the countryside for refuge.
He watched as he gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl, and his daughter was switched by a fugitive. He was almost killed in the act and exiled to the border to suffer, while he still had to raise the daughter of his enemy.
But now it seems that Xie Xiu's youngest daughter may really be a lucky star.
Although he was switched at birth, Xu's attempt at substitution failed, and Xie Xiu was able to regain his identity.
Now the little kid has become the eldest princess's guest of honor and has even been given a mansion.
How many people envy this?
Xie Xiu might be able to benefit from his daughter's help this time.
I just don’t know what Emperor Taihe’s attitude towards the Chen family is.
Will he deal with Chen Fang?
Lu Xuan was just thinking about this when he heard Emperor Taihe ask, "How is things going at Duke Cheng'en's Mansion lately? Has Prince Chen's illness improved?"
When Lu Xuan thought about what had happened recently in the Cheng'en Mansion, his expression became a little strange.
He replied carefully, "Prince Chen's illness doesn't seem to be getting any better, it's just..."
"Just what?" Emperor Taihe felt that Lu Xuan's attitude was a little strange and couldn't help but feel curious.
Lu Xuan could only say, "It's just that... there seems to be some discord between Prince Chen's wives and concubines. They've been jealous of each other for Prince Chen's favor lately, and... they've even had a fight."
Emperor Taihe was stunned. "What did you just say? Who started the fight?"
Lu Xuan looked helpless, but inwardly he felt a certain gloating pleasure: "It was Prince Chen's wife and concubine who started a fight, and it was quite ferocious, tearing clothes and pulling hair. I heard they even wanted to force themselves on Prince Chen..."
"puff--"
The tea that Emperor Taihe had just drunk was sprayed out!
It would be fine if the wives and concubines were competing for favor, but they actually... actually tore Chen Shou's clothes and hair and forced themselves on him?
Emperor Taihe imagined the scene of the concubines in the harem fighting for him, and was so scared that his hair stood on end!
The scene was so beautiful that he couldn't bear to look at it!
How did Chen Shou manage the harem?
How...how could I let my wives and concubines make such an ugly scene?
This... this is outrageous!
Emperor Taihe paced back and forth in confusion. However, after pacing for a long time, he still couldn't figure out where Chen Shou's wives and concubines got the courage to make such a fuss!
Besides, Chen Shou was still ill, how dare they force themselves on him?
Emperor Taihe couldn't help but imagine the scene again, thinking of Chen Shou being held down by a group of women, and doing this and that. He quickly shook his head.
"Lu Xuan, why do you think those women are so crazy?"
Lu Xuan: “…”
That’s a good question, he wants to know too!
"Your Majesty, the young master once said that Prince Chen had a pair of peach blossom eyes that could make even a dog look affectionate."
Emperor Taihe: "Puff——"
He couldn't help but burst out laughing, but then quickly suppressed it.
But it’s impossible. His mind is now full of Chen Shou’s peach blossom eyes.
Do dogs seem affectionate?
Who taught Yuan'er to describe it this way?
By the way, can Yuaner come out to watch the fun?
Could it be that Xie Xiu’s little daughter is really a lucky star?
Emperor Taihe suddenly had the urge to bring Xie Ying into the palace, but when he thought of his own sister, he decisively suppressed the idea.
That girl is now regarded as Yuan'er's life-saving straw by my sister. If he dares to snatch her away, my sister will probably fight him to the death!
Emperor Taihe thought for a moment before saying to Lu Xuan, "Send someone to ask Xie Xiu what he wants."
Lu Xuan quickly accepted the order.
After leaving the palace, he suddenly wanted to meet Xie Xiu in person.
Take a look at that fat baby by the way.
Unexpectedly, he had barely walked ten steps out of the palace gate when his subordinates hurried in to report, "Sir, Xie Xiu just went to the Ministry of Justice and beat the drum to report the incident, exposing Xu Maochun for lying and taking the blame for someone else's crime, saying that the person who hunted him down back then was not Xu Maochun."
"Ah."
Lu Xuan smiled meaningfully; he understood what Xie Xiu meant.
I have to say, this guy is really interesting, but I don’t know what his abilities are.
Perhaps, you can try to win them over.
Lu Xuan got on the carriage and said, "Let's go to Xie's house."
He wants to tease the fat baby.
Xie Ying: "A-choo!"
Who is plotting against me behind my back?
……
Although he knew that Xie Xiu had gone to the Ministry of Justice, Lu Xuan still deliberately went to Xie's house.
When he arrived, Xie Xiu had not returned yet, so Tu Yong had to come out to receive him.
Seeing that he was tall and strong, he looked more like a military commander than a country tycoon. Lu Xuan couldn't help but ask, "Have you ever served in the military?"
Tu Yong smiled faintly, "I'm not an old gentleman, just an old man. I was so poor that I couldn't afford to eat, so I had no choice but to join the army. Unfortunately, I didn't achieve any achievements, and I was lucky enough to save my life.
Later, I was seriously injured and had to get permission from the higher authorities to retire and return home. With the little money I earned from fighting, I bought some land and barely made a living."
"I see." Lu Xuan smiled meaningfully and suddenly asked, "I want to meet your lucky star. Can you please let her out so I can take a good look at her?"