This time, except for Jingwan, it took them four to six hours to rescue the others from the cliff. The main reason was that the terrain was too dangerous. Even if they used ropes to drop people down to save them, it was difficult to find a place to land. It was all thanks to the many monks of White Dragon Temple. Their lower bodies were solid and their strength was great enough. It could be said that they directly paved a human ladder. If it were other servants, they would have become weak before they could get down.
In addition, Jingwan's carriage was at the outermost, sandwiched between two trees. The horse was hanging in mid-air. When all the people who were thrown out of the carriage were rescued, the horse had been hanged alive. If that was all, it would not be a big deal. However, Yuan Qiaoqiao and Zhou Yingshuang were still in the carriage. After such a long time, the roots of the two trees had been turned over from the soil. Even if the carriage was on the verge of collapse, the two of them shrank as much as possible to the back of the carriage. Their hands were tightly gripping the window. Even if their nails were bleeding, their fingers were numb, and their consciousness was getting worse, they did not dare to move. They were afraid that they would fall down. They did not know why they were still holding on.
In this way, they could not directly cut the rope of the horse. Jingwan was still below. They did not know her exact position. If they let the horse fall, what if it hit her? Some people wanted to say that since it was confirmed that she fell on the bottom of the river, how could there be a chance of survival? But when she saw Madame Luo's tense face, she didn't dare to say it out loud. In the beginning, someone had only muttered a few words, but she had heard it from far away. She looked at the amiable old woman with a fierce gaze, as if she wanted to devour someone. And it was definitely not only Madame Luo who cared about Jingwan's safety. Even the most obedient cat would show its sharpest claws after this. Whoever dared to say another word would not have a good ending.
Even if White Dragon Temple had already sent monks and Luo Family servants down the mountain to find Jingwan, even if the others were rescued, Madame Luo still stood at the edge of the cliff and refused to leave.
Gong mama did her best to comfort Old Madame Luo, telling her that Miss was blessed by the heavens and that nothing would happen to her. However, these words were useless and powerless at the moment.
Nanny Gong was such a strict person that she would never criticize others in her heart. When she stood beside Madame Luo, she cursed Li Hongyuan fiercely in her heart. That bastard had always done whatever he wanted without considering the feelings of others. At that moment, Nanny Gong even had the impulse to tell Jingwan everything so that she could see his true colors.
In the end, it was Great Master Liaochen who arrived late and personally assured Old Madam Luo that Third Miss Luo's life was not in danger.
When others said that Jingwan had no chance of survival, Old Madame Luo was so angry that her eyes turned red and she didn't believe them. But when Master Liaochen said this, she was still suspicious. In fact, she also faintly felt that her most beloved granddaughter was gone. After all, she was so tall, how much good fortune did she have to have to be to let her escape death? Because of this, she suspected Master Liaochen as well.
"Amitabha," Master Liaochen said, "There are no signs in Old Madame's life that the white-haired person will have to send off the black-haired person. Therefore, Old Madame, you can rest assured." This was a blessing in disguise for Old Madame Luo. Master Liaochen had three divinations every year, but in fact, he had already divined two out of the three. Somehow, he felt that the third destined person was about to appear. However, in order to comfort Old Madame Luo, he was not stingy. Therefore, when Master Liaochen said that there was a destined person, it was not certain. He was always merciful, not inflexible at all.
Old Madame Luo was startled. Only then did she remember Master Liaochen's reputation. For decades, his predictions had never been wrong. She finally showed a look of surprise, "Thank you, Master Liaochen. Thank you, Master Liaochen." Other than anything else, she would definitely add a large sum of money to the White Dragon Temple.
Hearing this, the others breathed a sigh of relief. As for whether her injuries would be serious? When people were in desperate straits, a little bit of comfort was enough. At this time, their thoughts were almost the same as Jingwan's — as long as she was alive, there was hope. If something really happened, the Luo family would be able to support her for the rest of her life.
Fu Yunting was the only one who didn't even have a scratch on his skin after falling off the cliff. He had helped save people before, and now he finally relaxed his clenched fists. He also felt a little less guilty. In fact, he had been blaming himself. If it wasn't for him, perhaps the Luo family's third daughter wouldn't have …
The most regretful and distressed person was Sun Yilin. The situation of the woman he had fallen in love with was unknown, and his younger sister was seriously injured and unconscious. Most importantly, her face was injured. Such a deep and long cut, from the bottom of her earlobe to the corner of her mouth. If it was a little deeper and a little longer, it would have directly torn open the corner of her mouth. How terrible would that be? No matter how good the medicine was, it would be impossible for her to recover to her original state. Even if he just hoped that her face could be smoother, it would be very difficult. His younger sister could be considered as completely disfigured!
He didn't need to say how important a woman's face was, especially in a family like theirs. His younger sister's marriage hadn't been decided yet. Without that face, there would be no value in a marriage alliance. It was conceivable that his father would not hesitate to give up his younger sister and support the concubine's younger sister. A woman who fell from the clouds into the mud would only receive more ridicule, ridicule, humiliation, and trampling. Not to mention his concubine's younger sisters, who had always been at odds with his younger sister and were jealous of her. If they were allowed to gain power, his younger sister's fate was unimaginable!
Jingwan being able to survive was naturally a blessing in disguise. However, this matter was far from over.
Sun Yijia was the only legitimate daughter of Duke Ding, and Ruan Fangfei was the youngest legitimate daughter of the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet. Both of them were unmarried, and their value was far greater than their own. Because of Sun Yijia's disfigurement, she suddenly turned from a treasure to a broken piece of debris. Not to mention what would happen to Ruan Ruizhong, Duke Ding was bound to ask for an explanation.
The so-called explanation, to put it bluntly, was to ask for benefits. Among the people involved in this matter, the one who could benefit the most from it was Ruan Ruizhong and Master Liaochen. The former was not easy to deal with, and his daughter had also been harmed. In addition, the cause of the accident was not Ruan Fangfei, so it would be difficult to extract benefits from him. The latter, on the other hand, was more valuable. If he could exchange Master Liaochen for a chance to "defy the heavens and change his fate", Duke Ding wouldn't feel bad even if he lost all of his daughters, let alone one.
Everyone knew what kind of person Master Liaochen was. Logically speaking, when such a big thing happened, he should have been the first to appear. If he came late, it could only mean that he had other important matters to attend to. The monks of White Dragon Temple wouldn't delay the rescue because of this, so naturally, no one could blame him. As for the beast that caused the trouble, they couldn't pin the crime of lax discipline on him just because he was in White Dragon Temple's territory. No one knew that an even more serious matter had happened on this mountain.
Madame Luo and the others were anxiously waiting for Jingwan's return. As soon as the incident happened, each family had sent the news back to the capital as quickly as possible.
The first person to know about everything here was naturally Li Hongyuan's father, Le Chengdi. It could be imagined how angry he was when he learned about this matter. His son had been chased away by him for less than a day, and something had happened to him. He was besieged, fell off a cliff, fell into a river, and his life and death was unknown? So much so that he neglected the matter of Jingwan and the others falling off the cliff.
At that time, Le Chengdi had already finished dealing with political affairs and was drinking wine and enjoying the dance in the inner palace with beauties in his arms. When he heard the news, he smashed everything in front of him and the beauties around him were also chased out. Therefore, in less than a quarter of an hour, the entire inner palace knew about the assassination of Jin Qinwang. Once the inner palace knew, the court naturally also knew about it very quickly.
The matter of the flower market hadn't been cleared up yet, and here there was an even more serious disaster. Moreover, Jin Qinwang had just arrived at Bai Long Temple and was assassinated. It was hard not to link these two matters together. Thinking about the reason why Jin Qinwang was punished, was it also a part of it? Was it someone who deliberately schemed against him? If this was really planned by someone early on, there would always be an illusion that there was an invisible big hand controlling the overall situation. It seemed that something really bad was going to happen ah!
And the most prominent princes were all guessing, who was the one who did it this time, and what was the reason for it? Although they all hated Li Hongyuan to death and almost every day cursed him to go to the eighteen layers of hell, Li Hongyuan didn't have any conflict of interest with them. No matter how hateful he was, they couldn't deal with him. With Fuhuang's protection, if they made a move against him, wouldn't that be courting death? They were just waiting for him to make a mistake and then be tidied up by Fuhuang. Otherwise, they would just keep waiting until they were on the throne to tidy him up.
This was something that everyone knew, but someone actually did it. Then the purpose was very obvious — — to shift the blame!
The several princes couldn't help but tense up. This matter wasn't done by them, so the person who did this wanted to deal with them, wouldn't it be them?
If the other party wanted to shift the blame onto them, then it was necessary to create evidence that was unfavorable to them. If there were no loopholes around them, then the so-called shift wouldn't succeed. But with this kind of deliberate planning, could it be that they were confident? As soon as they thought that there must be a problem with one of the links in their hands that they didn't know about, fear and anger intertwined. Investigate, they must investigate clearly.
At the same time, Bai Long Temple also had to send people to investigate. Although they knew that it was a foolish act to act at this time, there was no news coming back from there. If they couldn't grasp some accurate information, they would be very passive. This wasn't like the flower market, where they could just give up and clean up the mess. If they didn't do anything and waited for the pot of sh * t to fall on their heads, then this battle for the throne could be withdrawn in advance.
As his mother, Imperial Concubine Su rushed to Le Chengdi's place in an attempt to get more information.
Imperial Concubine Su didn't wail, and didn't even shed a tear. But her forbearance, restlessness, and panic, were all seen by Le Chengdi. "My dear concubine, don't worry. It's said that scourges live for a thousand years. That evil creature is the scourge of scourges. It won't be so easy for something to happen to him."
"Your Majesty, how can you talk about your own son like that?" Imperial Concubine Su glared at him.
"Okay, okay, okay, I said something wrong. That's my son, the son of the dragon. Naturally, he will be protected by the heavens. Naturally, he will turn misfortune into good fortune and misfortune into good fortune."
Imperial Concubine Su softly hummed and wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief. "Although Yuan 'er has a bad temper, he is the most filial. When he heard that this concubine missed the vegetarian food in Bai Long Temple, he sent someone to quickly send it back at noon. He has always been spoiled. Although this concubine didn't say it, I was afraid that he would suffer. But, but …" Imperial Concubine Su's voice was a little choked. "It's all this concubine's fault. If I didn't send Yuan' er to Bai Long Temple, perhaps this wouldn't have happened. Why couldn't I pray for blessings? Why did I have to send him to Bai Long Temple? If Elder Sister were to find out, she would definitely blame me … "Perhaps it was because she was too emotional, but Imperial Consort Su spoke without thinking.
Le Chengdi's expression changed. "No, Yuan 'er will be fine. If something happens to him, this concubine will definitely make the person behind the scenes regret walking in this world."
Imperial Concubine Su felt his coldness and killing intent and couldn't help but feel a little frightened. She knew very well that Le Chengdi might not have thought of passing the throne to Yuan 'er, but Yuan' er's position in his heart was definitely the most special among all the princes. He was so special that he was irreplaceable. He was so special that he would give up his favorite prince because of him.
Le Chengdi's reaction was a little slower, but he also had some connections that the ministers could think of.
It was also at this time that Le Chengdi's personal attendant returned. "Your Majesty, this servant has asked."
Imperial Concubine Su looked at Le Chengdi with some confusion. In fact, she was also asking him if she should leave.
Le Chengdi looked at her comfortingly. "Speak."
"Chen Geng Yi (Concubine Li, her maiden name is Chen) said that before she entered the palace, she was already not a virgin. That Mama Gong who examined her body had connections with her maiden family and helped her hide it. She didn't want this matter to be known by someone and secretly threatened her. A few days ago, she even told her that because she entered the palace and was favored, her maiden family became arrogant and domineering. They accepted bribes, forcibly occupied fertile land, and killed people. Each and every crime is unforgivable. If Chen Geng Yi doesn't listen, she will bring the matter of her maiden family to His Majesty. Last night, she received a message from that side, telling her to seduce Jin Qinwang. After the matter is completed, not only will they help her keep the secret, but they will also prove her innocence in front of His Majesty. They will also help her clean up the matter of her maiden family and ignore any future troubles."
That personal attendant lowered his head and answered truthfully, not daring to hide anything.
Imperial Concubine Su was very surprised. Perhaps she thought that Le Chengdi was right next to her and was afraid of hurting his face. She hurriedly covered her mouth with a handkerchief to hide her expression.
"Beloved concubine doesn't need to cover it up. Zhen is also very surprised." Le Chengdi said indifferently.
Relatively speaking, Le Chengdi's temper was relatively good. These past few years, when he lost his temper, seven out of ten times, it was because of Li Hongyuan. Almost every time, he would fly into a rage. But when he was truly furious, he was actually very calm. Every time he was like this, it meant that the consequences of the matter would be very serious. The angriest and calmest time was when he strangled her to death with his own hands …
Even for someone like Imperial Concubine Su, at this time, her heart was beating faster and faster. The so-called thunder and rain were the grace of the monarch. This sentence was not false at all. No matter how many tricks you used, no matter how much honor and favor you were, one sentence from him could make you lose everything. When you couldn't hold him in the palm of your hand, you were destined to be controlled by him. Don't blame Imperial Concubine Su for being the most favored in the harem for more than twenty years and still being afraid of him. Also, don't blame so many people for wanting his throne.
"Take all the palace servants around Chen Geng Yi into custody. Gather all the palace concubines and palace servants in the harem to watch them being interrogated. Those who don't speak will be beaten to death. — Beloved concubine, go take a look too. "He gently patted Imperial Concubine Su's shoulder.
Imperial Concubine Su's hands and feet were ice-cold. Her hands and feet were stiff like a puppet as she bowed and left.
Those who don't speak will be beaten to death! Let's not talk about whether Chen Gengyi's palace maids knew about her and whether they were the ones who helped the mastermind to threaten Chen Gengyi. If they couldn't say anything, they would die. If they didn't know and said something, they would still die. If they really were a spy, they would still die!
This meant that all the palace servants who previously served Chen Geng Yi will be beaten to death. Le Chengdi was killing the chicken to warn the monkey. He was using this method to tell everyone in the harem that he was the true master of the harem. If they wanted to cause trouble under his watch, they had to be prepared to be severely punished.
Chen Geng Yi was not a virgin before entering the palace. As the monarch, he was deceived. In addition, she "seduced" his son. As the saying goes, deceiving the monarch first and intending to "wear a green hat" later, Le Chengdi "had eyes but failed to see" and pampered her for several months. It could be said that this made him lose all face. This kind of thing should have been tightly covered up, but Le Chengdi did the opposite. It could be said that he was announcing it to the harem. With such an open cover, how many courtiers would not know?
An emperor who didn't even care about his own face, then what exactly did he want to do? It was terrifying to think about!
Perhaps because he had vented some of his anger, Le Chengdi's mood calmed down a lot. He firmly believed that his evil son would not die so easily. Finally, he seemed to remember that there seemed to be another matter. He took the letter again and read it carefully. The letter was concise and to the point. It only explained the cause of the incident and the people who fell off the cliff. The situation of those people was still unknown. It seemed that the next letter would be after the result of the incident.
Le Chengdi frowned. He was not sure whether the two things were related. After all, it was a sudden accident on the other side. His son was assassinated here. He had reason to suspect that the killers deliberately created chaos to lure the monks of White Dragon Temple away. Without the help of the monks of White Dragon Temple, it would be easier to assassinate his son. If this was really the case, then the whole thing would become more complicated and troublesome. If it was just a coincidence, then it wouldn't be much less troublesome. Some people might try to link the two things together. After all, it was easier to fish in muddy water.
In this way, Le Chengdi had to consider the worst case. None of the old foxes in the imperial court were easy to deal with.
Le Chengdi had a headache. These bastards couldn't stop. He secretly made up his mind that he would punish the mastermind severely once he caught him.
After thinking about it, he still couldn't come up with a good result. Therefore, without saying anything, he summoned all the elders of the people involved in the letter to the palace. It seemed that they had already known about it. Of course, the elders of Fu Yunting were excluded. Only he, who was paralyzed in bed, was not dead probably because of his nephew's marriage. He was not dead, but just like a living dead. Le Chengdi directly threw the trouble to them. He said very straightforwardly, "What do you want? Tell me. I will try my best to satisfy you. If your request is too excessive, get out of my way. Anyway, it has nothing to do with me."
Although he said it euphemistically, Le Chengdi clearly meant this.
Yuan Qiaoqiao and Zhou Yingshuang's father were a little flattered and didn't know what to say for a while. Perhaps because his father-in-law, Luo Peishan, was here, Yuan Qiaoqiao's father wanted to follow his lead. However, Luo Peishan had his back to him. It was not convenient for him to speak, so he could only keep silent.
Although Ruan Ruizhong looked calm, there was unspeakable worry in his eyes. He took the initiative to say, "Your Majesty, no matter what happens to my daughter, it is her own fate. This matter has nothing to do with Your Majesty. It is my honor to receive Your Majesty's favor. It is my daughter's honor. I dare not ask for anything more from Your Majesty."
That was why people said that the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet was extraordinary. Hearing these words, Le Chengdi felt that it was ironic.
Compared with Le Chengdi, Duke Ding was not very happy. He cursed twice fiercely. You know how to pretend to be a good person. "Your Majesty, the specific situation is still unknown. It is better to wait until it is clear." He didn't care about Sun Yijia's safety, but he didn't know the specific situation. It was not good for him to speak. If she died, naturally, he could get the most benefits. She was his "favorite", not his "treasure". If she was seriously injured, it would be best if the Emperor could solve her future for her. If she was lucky and only suffered minor injuries, then it would be best to make it as serious as possible. In short, the abacus in his heart was crackling.
"Aiqing Luo, what do you think?" Le Chengdi saw that Luo Peishan was silent, so he asked.
"Your Majesty, this subject believes that this subject's granddaughter will be safe and sound. Therefore, this subject has no request."
Le Chengdi looked at him and was quite surprised. Luo Peishan usually didn't speak like this. However, looking at his appearance, he really didn't mean what he said. However, didn't this mean that he really valued his family's younger generation? Only if he truly cared would he wholeheartedly hope for her safety and not ask for anything else. "Okay, I got it."
As for the other two people, Le Chengdi was too lazy to pay attention to them. They were purely going through the motions. At worst, they would be rewarded after the event. This was already the most benevolent thing they could do. If it were any other time, Le Chengdi wouldn't care even if a few more people in his family died.
After the people were rescued, the families naturally sent letters to him.
Le Chengdi was the only one who had not received any news from his evil spawn. The waiting process was always worrying. The longer it went on, the more impatient he became. The servants who served him were punished one after another because of some trivial things that no one would care about. At first, it was only ten strokes of the cane. Then, it increased to twenty, fifty, and finally, they did nothing. Even if they just knelt on one side, he would vent his anger on them and beat them to death directly. Even the closest ones were not unscathed. Tomorrow, at least half of the servants in his palace would be replaced.
Naturally, the imperial concubines were paying attention to Le Chengdi's situation. They kept quiet out of fear and couldn't help but hope that Li Hongyuan was fine. No matter how much he was hated, as long as he was not provoked, he would not stir up trouble in his father's harem. However, Le Chengdi's anger was different. If something went wrong, they would be implicated.
If Le Chengdi, who didn't sleep all night, knew that his son's life was not in danger and he was sleeping in a tender place all night, would he be so angry that he would vomit blood and die?
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