Chapter 53 Framing the blame

Mrs. Luo was also in a hurry. She thought that her son could only eat one meal, but some snacks could be kept for a day. So, she and her daughter-in-law Su Xianye tried every means to make more food. When Butler Xu delivered a meal, he had a dark face.

Two food baskets, both quite filling, is this really a meal?

However, there are only two young masters in the Anguo Mansion, one eldest master and only one second master. He can only turn a blind eye to it. Don't let them really starve.

Lu Zhanxing was still a little touched. In fact, she had stored a lot of food in her space, so she would never starve to death.

However, the basket was filled with gifts from her mother and her wife, so she could only eat it happily and leave the leftovers uneaten.

As for kneeling as punishment, she would occasionally kneel down to pay homage to her ancestors, but most of the time she would just sit aside and copy the family rules.

Lu Zhanyan and his companions who were far away in Yizhou did encounter several waves of assassins. The Fifth Prince thought they were targeting him, so he was very angry.

Only Lu Zhanyan knew that these assassins were targeting him.

Arriving at an inn, Lu Zhanyan and Xiao Lanjue talked secretly: "The Fourth Prince wants to kill me!"

Xiao Lanjue was also frightened by what happened today. He frowned and said, "Master, we encountered several waves of assassins before we even arrived in Yizhou. We can't just sit there and wait for death. This has seriously slowed down our journey."

Lu Zhanyan also had this idea: "What do you think, Ziyu?"

Ziyu is the pen name of Xiao Lanjue.

"Make sure the Fourth Prince doesn't care about us!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, their ideas coincided with each other.

After finalizing the plan, Lu Zhanyan found the gloomy Fifth Prince and said, "Your Highness, I just questioned those assassins and they said that someone paid a large sum of money to hire them to assassinate you."

After all, the Fifth Prince is only a fifteen-year-old boy. How could he be a match for Lu Zhanyan?

Naturally, she believed him without a doubt: "Then which of my royal brothers do you think is so cruel?"

He didn't want to fight for the throne. His dream was to become a great general. Why were they still unwilling to let him go?

"In my humble opinion, the Fourth Prince is the most suspicious!"

"Why?"

"Your Highness, think about it, the Second Prince was also in the court at the time. If he dared to send someone to assassinate you, wouldn't that be a case of trying to cover up one's own faults?

As for the Fourth Prince being put under house arrest, no one would have thought that it was his doing. This is how clever he is. And I heard that he has two aides. The Fourth Prince was put under house arrest.

His two aides are outside the palace. If they want to help him, they can only hire people from the underworld to assassinate you. This way, they can put the blame on the second prince, and he can reap the benefits, killing two birds with one stone!"

Hearing this, anger appeared on the Fifth Prince's young face: "This is too much!"

Even though he was under house arrest by his father, he is still so restless.

But he is a prince after all, and it is impossible for him to trust others so easily.

So, he wrote a letter that night and asked his secret guards to go back to the capital to investigate.

After all, they hadn't arrived in Yizhou yet, but the news came in less than two days. It was indeed the work of Tan Ling, the fourth prince's aide.

There was a flash of anger in the eyes of the Fifth Prince. He felt that his Fourth Brother was so intolerant and disgusting!

He would rather support his second brother than such a sinister villain.

So he wrote a letter and sent it back to the palace as fast as he could, informing Emperor Qian of everything about the Fourth Prince having his aides hire assassins to kill him.

Emperor Qian was furious and felt that his fourth son was becoming more and more outrageous.

It was all my fault for being too negligent in disciplining him in the past. Now he even dares to attack his own brother. I have absolutely no tolerance for others.

Therefore, an order was issued to continue the house arrest and he was not allowed to come out until he had reflected on his actions.

It was of no use for Concubine Ru to plead for mercy, and she could only worry about the prince in secret.

The confined Fourth Prince was shocked and angry. His assassination attempt failed, and his father even found out about it?

He wanted to send the message out of the palace now, but he couldn't do it, and could only worry in secret.

After Tan Ling knew that his assassination attempt had failed, he could not deliver the message into the palace. However, he was a scheming person after all, so he found Prime Minister Su and asked him to help him bring the letter into the palace.

Prime Minister Su was already somewhat disappointed with the Fourth Prince, and now he was even more disappointed.

He was the prime minister. Even though Emperor Qian had blocked the news of the Fourth Prince assassinating the Fifth Prince, Emperor Qian suddenly punished the Fourth Prince again. He still found out after some inquiries.

Is it really a good idea for me to support such a cruel and ruthless person?

But after thinking about it carefully again, he realized that the Fourth Prince had done such a bad thing, and Emperor Qian was willing to help him conceal it, which showed that he was not that angry. He could still take a gamble.

The future is uncertain, so you can make preparations for both situations.

He used his own chess pieces to help the Fourth Prince pass on the message.

The Fourth Prince was very surprised when he received the news, and secretly sighed that Tan Ling had some abilities.

The letter began with Tan Ling's concern for him, and then talked about his failed assassination attempt. The reason for the failure was that Mu Qingli learned that he was favored by the Fourth Prince and secretly investigated himself, so he knew this secret.

Moreover, Mu Qingli has been going to Qingyao Painting Boat recently, and the Second Young Master Lu also went to Qingyao Painting Boat some time ago. It is very likely that Mu Qingli revealed it to the Second Young Master Lu and so on.

These are all excuses that Tan Ling came up with to excuse himself for his poor performance. As for whether Mu Qingli went to pass the message to Young Master Lu, is it important?

Anyway, the blame has been shifted and another aide can be eliminated. Isn't this killing two birds with one stone?

Little did he know that even though he was trying to pass the buck, he actually hit the jackpot.

Mu Qingli had indeed followed him, and she did know that he had hired someone to kill him, and she had even gone to see Lu Zhanxing. However, he did not react much to what Mu Qingli said, which could be said to be both right and wrong.

The Fourth Prince believed the contents of the letter without a doubt when he saw it because Mu Qingli was Lu Zhanyan's aide in his previous life.

He snorted angrily, his chest heaving violently, and slammed his palm heavily on the table, making a dull thud.

His face was so gloomy that water could drip out of it, and his eyes flashed with coldness: "Mu Qingli!!"

Mu Qingli, who was meditating with her eyes closed in the study, suddenly opened her eyes and felt a palpitation in her heart.

This intuition saved him many times, what was the reason this time?

"Master, the Fourth Prince's confinement time has been extended again." Wuming said respectfully.

Mu Qingli had already expected this. After all, the Fourth Prince wanted to deal with Lu Zhanyan, and the Lu family could not remain indifferent.

But why am I still so panicked?

Suddenly, the door was pushed open with a bang, and Tan Ling appeared in the courtyard with a group of men in black, and even surrounded the study.

Mu Qingli frowned and looked at the smug Tan Ling: "What do you mean?"

"What do you mean? You revealed the master's conspiracy, causing the master to be reprimanded by the emperor. Now the master is furious. Since you are not loyal to the master, it is natural to send Tan to deal with you, the traitor."

Hearing this, Mu Qingli's expression darkened. Has someone found out that she had secretly met with the Second Young Master Lu?

"You are talking nonsense. Why did I betray my lord?"

Tan Ling sneered: "Don't struggle. If you can send someone to keep an eye on me, won't I send someone to follow you?"

He had won the first place in the literary competition and spent a night with Tiantian. It was only with his sweet talk that he made the most beautiful Tiantian pledge herself to him, and she even waited for him to become successful and marry her.

The information was also conveyed to him by the courtesan Tiantian, and only then did he know that Mu Qingli and Lu Zhanxing appeared there at the same time.

Although he didn't know that things were not as he said, it did not stop him from framing others.