The word "drowned" caused everyone present to move far away from Lu Yao's body in fear. With them moving away, Lü Ping and Xu shi were finally able to see Lu Yao directly.
Xu shi furrowed her brow tightly and did not speak. After a long time, she said to the palace servant at her side: "Would eunuch please go to the hall and call the Yao family's eldest young master out."
The palace servant glanced at Feng Yu Heng. Seeing her nod, he complied and left. As for Lü Ping, she stared blankly at Lu Yao's corpse for a long time before finally letting out two tears. But she did not cause a scene. She just said to the palace servant: "Would eunuch please go to the hall and call left prime minister Lord Lu out."
The other eunuch glanced at Feng Yu Heng. Seeing Feng Yu Heng nod, he quickly rushed into the hall.
It was a perfectly fine Mid-Autumn Banquet. Who knew that this sort of mess would occur. Feng Yu Heng asked Xu shi's maidservant: "Where did you go when madam and young madam were in trouble?"
The maidservant trembled in fear, kneeling on the ground and saying: "Young madam said that the wind near the lotus pond was cold and told this servant to go to the hall and fetch madam's cloak. This servant went to fetch it. When I returned, I … I … "
Feng Yu Heng waved her hand and did not ask any further. She just walked over to Xu shi's side and squatted down, asking with concern: "Does eldest aunty feel any discomfort?"
Xu shi sighed and shook her head. She coughed a few times before saying: "I choked on some water, but it's nothing too serious." After saying this, she looked toward Lu Yao and quietly asked Feng Yu Heng: "Is there really no hope for her?"
Feng Yu Heng nodded: "There's no hope. There was no hope for her a long time ago."
Xu shi did not say anything else. In regards to Lu Yao, she did not have the slightest bit of sympathy. Although everyone in the Yao family was kind, they were not easy to bully. Xu shi was very clear that her falling into the water was definitely not an accident. She had been forcefully pulled in by Lu Yao. As for why Lu Yao had pulled her into the water, this was something that she could not understand.
Xu shi was fine. Lü Ping did not choke on water, but the wound on her face was very ugly. The imperial physicians used the anti-inflammatory and painkillers that Feng Yu Heng gave, but the blood could not stop flowing. Seeing that Lü Ping's face was covered in blood and that the wound seemed to be getting deeper and longer, the imperial physicians were somewhat afraid. Finally, they gathered their courage and had to disturb Feng Yu Heng, saying: "Junzhu, this miss's face wound is somewhat troublesome. I hope Junzhu can help take a look."
Feng Yu Heng frowned. He turned around and said to the imperial physician, "This young lady is the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion of Zuo. She is the sister of the Young Madam of the Yao family, who drowned." As he spoke, he carefully examined the injuries on the Lü Ping's face. As he looked, his brows furrowed again.
Lü Ping, however, comforted her at this time: "It's fine. It would be better to make the scar a little bigger."
Feng Yu Heng did not listen to her, reaching out to press on the wound. Lü Ping was given a start from the pain; however, she heard Feng Yu Heng say: "The venomous insect is still in the wound. How could this be? After the insect bites someone, it won't let go? " Even if she was a doctor from the modern era, the longer she lived in the ancient era, the more she understood that there were many things that modern medicine could not explain. For example, the poisons developed by the ancient people and the Gu insects raised by the people of the South. Even if she was given time, she could use modern medicine to treat people, but the lives of people would often be lost because of that wasted time. She asked Lü Ping: "You know about the origin of this venomous insect, right?"
Lü Ping nodded, "It's a water gu raised by the people of the South. After biting someone, it will remain in the flesh. Without the victim noticing, it will continue to bite until the wound becomes unmanageable. But this sort of water gu insect is not that big of a deal. As long as it's taken out, everything will be fine. "
Feng Yu Heng nodded and did not ask any further. Exerting some force, she immediately pressed down on Lü Ping's wound. Very quickly, a black insect came out and looked all around. In the end, it locked onto Feng Yu Heng's face and prepared to bite down; however, who knew that Feng Yu Heng would suddenly move to the side, causing the insect to miss; however, it did not stop and flew forward.
This time, it happened to land on Lu Yao's face. The insect did not care if it was a living person or a dead person. Having found a new host, it could not be happier. How could it possibly choose anything else. Thus it bit down on Lu Yao's face and burrowed its way into Lu Yao's face.
This scene was seen by too many people, and they all inhaled sharply. They watched the insect wreak havoc on Lu Yao's face, but Lu Yao was already dead and could not feel any pain. There was also nobody that wanted to take the risk of getting rid of the insect for a dead person, thus they allowed the insect to bite. Gradually, half of Lu Yao's face became covered in wounds.
In the end, she was a dead person. Her blood no longer flowed. After eating half of her face, the insect lost interest. It burrowed out of the flesh and prepared to find another host. At this time, Feng Yu Heng finally spoke up: "Catch that insect." After saying this, she threw out a small glass bottle, "Put it in here."
The palace servants immediately did as they were told. The insect that had just burrowed out of Lu Yao's face was caught and placed in a small glass bottle. The people looked through the glass bottle and saw that the insect seemed to be extremely unwilling to accept it. It repeatedly slammed its head against the bottle, as though it wanted to break out of the bottle. Unfortunately, the glass bottle was very sturdy. How could a small insect break it so easily.
Feng Yu Heng had the palace servants take care of the bottle. At this time, Left Prime Minister Lu Song was quickly walking over from Heavenly Hall. When he arrived, a palace servant immediately led him to the scene of the incident. The first thing that Lu Song saw was Lu Yao's corpse with half of her face ruined.
He was stunned in place and was unable to speak for a while. The palace servant had already given him a rough explanation of what had happened. When Lu Song heard "It was your manor's eldest young miss, Lü Ping, that jumped in to save her," he could not help but feel shocked once more!
At this time, Lü Ping, who was still sitting on the ground and leaning against the palace servant's chest, weakly called out: "Father!"
Lu Song then rushed over to Lü Ping and stared at her face with concern. On the other side, his second daughter, who no longer had any signs of life, was given up on by him.
"Father, there was nothing daughter could do. At that time, there was no one on the shore that could swim. If daughter did not jump in to save her, second sister would be fine since she is good at swimming, but if something happened to the Yao family's madam, our Lu Family would not be able to bear the responsibility!"
Lu Song was so angry that he really wanted to slap Lü Ping, but he also knew that what Lü Ping had said was the truth. Although the Yao family's rank was not high, they were still the uncrowned king of the capital. If something really happened to Xu shi because she had fallen into the water with Lu Yao, their Lu Family really would not be able to bear the consequences. But … but Lü Ping's face …
"Father." Lü Ping continued to speak, "Daughter is just curious. Why would a perfectly fine woman's face suddenly have a bug that bites people? That bug bit daughter's face. Is daughter's face … is daughter's face ruined? "
Finally, Lü Ping began to cry bitterly for the sake of her face. She was no longer as calm and collected as she had been earlier. As the people saw it, this was how a disfigured girl should act. The earlier Lü Ping had most likely been scared witless. But there were also some people that were more attentive and were able to hear the crux of what Lü Ping had said: "The Lu Family's second young miss is good at swimming?" She glanced at the dead Lu Yao and asked: "If she's good at swimming, why did she not save madam Yao and swim up herself? Why did she need someone to save her? When we arrived, the two of them had already been in the water for a long time! "
Once this question was voiced, someone immediately nodded in agreement. They began to discuss the topic of Lu Yao being good at swimming.
The more Lu Song heard, the more his expression sank. He then looked at the glass bottle that the palace servant was holding. He had been very close to the South, especially over the past half a year. With the help of the Eighth Prince, he had interacted with the person that had been sent to the capital a few times. How could he not recognize where this bug came from? Lu Song was not a fool. When he heard that Lu Yao had died from drowning, he already had his suspicions. At this time, how could he not understand the cause and effect of her falling into the water.
It was just a pity that he had miscalculated Lu Yao's final thoughts. He never thought that Lu Yao wanted to drag Xu shi into the water and use Xu shi's danger to draw out Feng Yu Heng. What he thought about was that Lu Yao had always been arrogant, especially after her mother passed away from illness. She could not get used to the manor's Lu Yan becoming the daughter of the first wife, and she could not get used to Lü Ping's beauty. That was why as Lu Song saw it, Lu Yao had planned all of this for the sake of ruining Lü Ping's face. In the end, this matter was a struggle between the daughters of the Lu Family; however, who knew that both sides would suffer.
He finally turned his gaze toward the dead Lu Yao; however, his face was filled with disgust. As her father, he hated that he could not go up and stomp on Lu Yao a few times, but with so many people watching, he could only do his best to control his emotions. Lu Yao had died, and Lü Ping's face had been ruined. In an instant, the Lu Family's two trump cards were gone. He hated, hated that second daughter to death!
Finally, the six children of the Yao family arrived at the side of the lotus pond. When the six arrived, they rushed over to Xu shi and showed a great deal of concern. When they were certain that Xu shi was fine, Yao Shu took the lead to express his thanks to Lü Ping. After all of this was done, they turned their gaze toward Lu Yao's corpse.
Yao Shu was not stupid. When he was rushing over, he had already heard the palace servant speak about what had happened here. At this time, he saw Feng Yu Heng coldly standing to the side. He understood that there was definitely something that could not be seen on the surface.
He walked over to Lu Yao's corpse and lowered his head to look at the injuries on her face. He then looked at Lü Ping. Comparing the two, as someone from a medical family, he immediately recognized that the injuries were the same. At this time, the palace servant handed the glass bottle containing the Gu worm to him. After Yao Shu looked at it, he suddenly turned his head and asked Lu Song: "Father-in-law, Lu Yao had returned to her maternal home the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival. This worm is from the South. Thinking about it, father-in-law should give this son-in-law an explanation, right?"
Lu Song snorted coldly, "What sort of explanation can this prime minister give you?"
"Just explain the origin of this worm!" Yao Shu did not decline, "If father-in-law refuses to reveal any clues, that's fine. Just report it to the government!" After saying this, he began to give orders to the servant at his side.
Everyone heard it clearly. Yao Shu's orders were to have the servant invite the governor to the scene. Then the officials would bring Lu Yao's corpse to the government office. This case would be resolved through official matters.
Lu Song's face turned green with anger, as he angrily said: "Yao Shu! This prime minister married my daughter to you. Now that she has passed away, you actually don't invite her corpse back to the manor and want to send it to the government office? "
Yao Shu, however, glanced at him and did not say a single word. Turning around, he helped Xu shi up and gently said: "We have caused mother to be frightened. Let's return to the manor first. After this banquet, would grandfather please apologize to the Emperor!"
After saying this, the Yao family's six sons supported Xu shi, as well as Qin shi and Miao shi, who had rushed over, out of the palace. Lu Song had no place to vent his anger and wanted to go forward and grab Yao Shu; however, he saw Feng Yu Heng step in front of him to stop him. Her vermillion lips slightly parted: "Lord left prime minister, this marriage, was it you who miscalculated, or was it your daughter who was too disappointing?"
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