Su Qingyu stood outside the door and felt very complicated when she heard Lu Yuncheng personally said that he wanted to seize the legitimate son.
She remembered that she had discussed this topic with Lu Yuncheng a few days ago, and both of them had determined that they should maintain their original intentions no matter what, and not be influenced by these people and become people they shouldn't be.
But now, according to Lu Yuncheng's intention, she felt that he had begun to change.
"Does the prince need to discuss this decision with the princess?"
Su Qingyu really wanted to know how Lu Yuncheng would answer Zhuang Zhou's question.
After she waited for a while, she heard him say: "The poison in her body has just been cured, and she still has to deal with King Qi, so there is no need to tell her yet."
The reason was very reasonable, but Su Qingyu just felt like her heart was swollen.
She silently returned to Mu Yuxuan, then washed herself normally and lay down.
Looking at the tent ceiling, Su Qingyu's mind went blank.
It wasn't until Lu Yun pushed the door open that she slowly sat up.
"Lu Yuncheng, I have something to ask you."
The expression on Lu Yuncheng's face was no different from usual.
He sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the woman on the bed with gentle eyes, and said softly: "What's wrong? Aren't you going to celebrate Aunt Su's birthday today? Why do you look unhappy?"
"But Brother Qi Wang did something strange?"
Su Qingyu suppressed the uneasiness in her heart and first slowly recounted the conversation she had with Prince Qi today in Prince Qi's Mansion. She did not even miss the fact that there was a mysterious piano player hidden in Prince Qi's Mansion.
She watched the changes in Lu Yuncheng's eyes carefully, and then asked softly:
"Do you think His Majesty has any plans to let King Qi inherit the throne?"
Lu Yuncheng seemed to think about this question seriously before looking at Su Qingyu.
"No matter what Brother Qi Wang's purpose is or what Father Emperor wants, what we have to do will not stop because of this."
"Then, will you choose to seize the direct descendant because of this?"
Su Qingyu knew very well that what she cared about was not whether Lu Yuncheng wanted to seize the legitimate son, but what his original intention was in seizing the legitimate son.
But he didn't know if he still remembered the agreement between them when he said those words to Zhuang Zhou tonight.
"Right now, finding out the source of the Gu is the most important thing. If Brother Qi Wang wants to seize the legitimate son, let him go."
Yeah?
But what he said now was completely contrary to what he said to Zhuang Zhou.
Was he lying to Zhuang Zhou or to her?
Su Qingyu never wanted to believe that Lu Yuncheng would be as duplicitous as King Qi.
"Zhuang Zhou, is he yours?"
When she asked this question, Su Qingyu saw panic in Lu Yuncheng's eyes.
"how do you know?"
Su Qingyu hid her disappointment and said with a smile: "When I came back just now, I saw Mr. Zhuang entering your study."
"He came to me for advice on the assassination case."
Su Qingyu lay down again and said no more after saying "hmm".
So of course she couldn't see that when she turned her body over, Lu Yuncheng tightened his grip on the mattress little by little, as if he was struggling to endure something.
In the days that followed, Su Qingyu found that Lu Yuncheng seemed to be very busy every day, and rarely even had time to eat together.
She had always wanted to find an opportunity to ask him face to face and ask him what his original intention was in seizing the throne.
If a person takes the wrong path from the beginning, how will he face the vows he has made now in the future?
"Princess, are we still going to Prince Qi's Mansion today?"
As soon as Mingyue entered the door, she saw her master sitting by the window in a daze.
Fortunately, Su Qingyu understands what is most important right now.
She stood up neatly: "We are not going to Prince Qi's Mansion today. We will go to Dali Temple instead."
At that time, the stench filled the heavenly prison of Dali Temple and there were constant wailing.
Su Qingyu, led by Mingyue, went straight to the cell where Tuoba Linglong was.
"Su Qingyu! You bitch, you still have the nerve to come see this princess?"
The prison was dark, but Tuoba Linglong had been locked up in such an environment for several days and had already adapted to the light.
So much so that when Su Qingyu walked to her cell, she could recognize him at a glance.
The moment Su Qingyu stopped, the jailer behind her quickly brought a chair for her to sit on.
"The people who put you in prison are those Xi Chu envoys behind you who are seeking death. What does it have to do with me?"
Tuoba Linglong's hands and feet were shackled, and her eyes were fixed on Su Qingyu.
"If you hadn't been against me at every step, occupying Lu Yuncheng and preventing him from marrying me, how could there have been so many things that followed?"
"I have already fulfilled your wish to marry that idiot Jiang Yiming, but you have locked me up in this hellish place. Do you think I, Xichu, am really easy to bully?"
"Su Qingyu, you should know that this battle between Xi Chu and Da Xia is absolutely unavoidable! And you are the instigator of this war! After I, Xi Chu, defeat you Da Xia, this princess will kill you, this vicious The crime of this woman will be made public! You will be infamy for eternity!"
Hearing that Tuoba Linglong had pinned such a vicious accusation on Su Qingyu, Mingyue, who was standing on one side, finally couldn't bear it anymore.
She stepped forward and kicked Tuoba Linglong in the chest, kicking Tuoba Linglong directly to the wall: "You are a villain who wants to steal someone's husband. How can you not be honest even after being in prison?"
"Princess Tuoba, have you forgotten that you poisoned my people in Daxia and then wanted to find poisonous insects to use for your own dirty tricks? It was obviously you, Xi Chu, who provoked you again and again, but in the end... You still want to pin such a vicious charge on my princess!"
"If you can't speak properly anymore, I have many ways to make you unable to speak!"
Mingyue's sudden anger was indeed something Su Qingyu didn't expect.
She stared blankly at Mingyue's back, and seemed to understand in a daze how vicious the crime Tuoba Linglong was talking about was in such a dynasty.
If someone with a heart were allowed to arrange it, she might be in a desperate situation...
"Mingyue, don't be impulsive."
After listening to Su Qingyu's words, Mingyue angrily returned to where she was just now and stood still.
Tuoba Linglong, who was kicked by her with all her strength, was still lying on the ground in an extremely embarrassed posture. The pain all over her body made it impossible for her to get up for a while.
"Princess Tuoba, you have also seen that my subordinate's temper is really not very good."
With Mingyue's kick, Su Qingyu knew that even if Tuoba Linglong couldn't stop completely, she didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore.
"I'm here today just because I have a few questions to ask you. If you cooperate well, I'll leave right after I ask them. I won't embarrass you. How about that?"
"What do you want to ask?"
Tuoba Linglong endured the severe pain in her abdomen and got up from the ground, looking at Su Qingyu with mocking eyes: "You actually have something to ask of this princess?"
"It's not a request, it's a question." Su Qingyu said calmly: "You, Xichu, are trying to kill me, the Emperor of Great Xia, on the pretext of marriage. Do you think you have a chance to get out alive?"
"Since it means death anyway, why should I cooperate with you?"
Mingyue snorted coldly: "There are many ways to die, but you have no right to choose."
