They are all concubines, so of course they choose the future emperor.

Chapter 115: Human Life is Worthless (Part )

Jiang Wanyue did not interfere too much with the people around Lu Qingshuang, so as to avoid being used against her.

She only told the maid named Cui'er how her sister was used by the Crown Princess and ended up in death.

Cui'er's sister was the little maid who served Wei Fuxue back then.

Servants were all ordered to do what they were told, so how could the maid know so much? She just followed the Crown Princess's instructions, put a few pots of tampered flowers into the house, and lit the piece of "benzoin" when Li Ce and Wei Fuxue were alone.

Whether it is flowers or spices, they are fine when separated, but once mixed together, they will become powerful aphrodisiacs.

Li Ce was so furious that he ordered the maid and Rong An to be hung outside the palace gate. Two days later, they were taken down and thrown into a mass grave in the suburbs.

Jiang Wanyue had been secretly asking people to keep an eye on her, and soon they discovered this little maid named Cui'er.

Cui'er and the dead maid were not biological sisters, so she was not held accountable.

But even though they are not blood relatives, their relationship is closer than that of sisters.

They were all kidnapped when they were children and sold to the same human trafficker.

Although Li Ce had ordered that no one be allowed to collect the bodies of the two, Cui'er still went there at night.

Of course, he was caught red-handed by Jiang Wanyue's men.

The servant came back to report, and after Jiang Wanyue knew about it, she asked Mrs. Qian to see Cui'er and tell her a few words.

Afterwards, Cui'er returned to the palace and was arranged to live in the main courtyard. Because she knew some "medical knowledge", she was noticed by Lu Qingshuang, who called her to serve her, and then they entered the Eastern Palace together.

Therefore, when Lizhi came in to report that Cui'er was going to ask for an audience with Li Chengyu, Jiang Wanyue just raised her eyebrows and said.

"It's okay, let her go."

Cui'er met Li Chengyu smoothly.

Following Lu Qingshuang's instructions, she expressed all her worries and panic.

However, Li Chengyu didn't quite believe it.

"Are you overthinking it? How could those flowers be poisonous? I also have two pots of daffodils here, which were sent to me by Jiang Liangdi, and nothing happened to them!"

Cui'er lowered her head.

"The Crown Princess is ill, so it's inevitable that she will think too much. Maybe after seeing the eldest master, she will feel relieved and get better."

When Li Chengyu heard this, his face fell and he looked unhappy.

Mother knows that she has always loved her brother more.

Although she and her brother are born from the same mother, in her mother's heart, she, the daughter, can never compare to her brother.

Li Chengyu didn’t think much of it before. She also felt that her brother was the crown prince and was more important than herself.

But since Li Ce became the crown prince, she was conferred the title of princess and often went out of the house to play with other girls of the same age. Wherever she went, she was surrounded by stars.

Even the ladies in the palace would send her gifts every now and then.

In the past, only Qixia had such treatment.

On the contrary, my elder brother has no title and was ordered by his father to concentrate on his studies. Not long ago, he was sent to the Imperial College, where his treatment is even worse than mine!

This is true of people.

If you live in warm water all the time, you won’t think there is anything wrong with it.

But once you jump out and see more possibilities and a better future, your thoughts will naturally change.

But Lu Qingshuang was her biological mother after all, so Li Chengyu finally agreed after Cui'er's pleading, and immediately asked someone to harness the carriage and go to the Imperial College.

That evening, the eldest son Li Chengye returned to the East Palace. Before he had the chance to pay his respects to the Crown Prince, he was dragged by his younger sister to meet their mother.

In Cheng'en Hall, Lu Qingshuang cried with joy when she saw her two children coming.

She hugged Li Chengye and touched his face.

"Ye'er, mother finally sees you. Ye'er, you must save mother! That bitch surnamed Jiang wanted to kill me with poisonous flowers and trees! You should quickly go find your grandfather and ask him to find someone to report it to the emperor! The concubine plotted to murder the mistress, she should die ten thousand times! The Jiang family won't have an easy life either!"

Li Chengye had just come out of the Imperial College and had no idea what was going on. He was confused and when he heard his mother's words, his brows immediately frowned.

"Mother, you said Jiang Liangdi murdered you, do you have any evidence?"

"Evidence? What evidence? Those flowers and trees are the evidence! They are all poisonous! Narcissus, lilac..."

Lu Qingshuang was very emotional.

Li Chengye rubbed his eyebrows.

"Mother, these are common flowers and trees, not as poisonous as you say. Besides, I don't believe Jiang Liangdi would be so stupid as to poison you directly. Do you have any other evidence?"

Li Chengye's personality is neither like his father nor his mother. He is a bit rigid and seems very mature despite his young age.

In his opinion, since he was going to sue, there must be evidence, and both human and physical evidence must be complete, otherwise it would be a false accusation.

When Lu Qingshuang heard her son say this, she suddenly became furious.

"What evidence?! What evidence do you need? Are you doubting my words? I'm your mother, how can what I say be false?"

She grabbed the teacup beside her and threw it towards the door.

Li Chengyu, who was standing near the door, was startled and his face turned pale.

Looking at Lu Qingshuang's ferocious expression, she couldn't help but shrink towards Li Chengye Shenhou and tugged at the corner of his clothes.

"Brother, Mom doesn't look right..."

Li Chengye thinks so too.

He thought of how his father had kept silent about his mother's illness and had never explained what disease she had. He was a little worried at first, but after seeing his mother like this, he suddenly understood.

She was crazy and always thought someone was trying to harm her.

He sighed, quietly made a gesture to his sister, and then spoke to comfort Lu Qingshuang.

"Of course I believe what mother said. Since you said there's something wrong with those flowers, how about this! I'll ask someone to check them out, okay?"

Lu Qingshuang held the armrest of the chair, and her expression softened a little when she heard this.

"Go find Doctor Tan or Doctor Yang. They are good friends with our Lu family. Oh, and don't forget to tell your grandfather..."

Lu Qingshuang talked a lot and Li Chengye nodded in agreement to everything she said.

After Lu Qingshuang finished speaking, Li Chengye spoke again.

"Then mother, just stay here and recuperate. Yu'er and I will leave first. We will come to see mother again when things are settled."

After saying that, he pulled Li Chengyu and quickly left Cheng'en Hall.

Walking down the stairs, Li Chengyu couldn't help but look behind him.

At this glance, they saw Lu Qingshuang lying on the windowsill, staring at them with her eyes.

She shuddered.

"Brother, do you really want to collect evidence to sue Jiang Liangdi?" She whispered, a little hesitant, but still advised, "Father dotes on Jiang Liangdi very much, he won't believe it."

Li Chengye did not answer immediately.

He spoke only after he walked out of Cheng'en Hall.

"I'm afraid that mother has gone insane. I've made a few new friends in the Imperial College, and I've heard them talk about this kind of thing. Look at mother, she doesn't look like a normal person at all. She always suspects that others are trying to harm her, she can't sleep, she's suspicious of this and that, and she's always angry and smashing things... These are all the same symptoms of insane illness."

Li Chengyu's face turned pale.

"Madness? What should I do?"

"This disease cannot be cured, so we can only let her rest. She can't see anyone in this state. If she goes out and is seen by others, I'm afraid it will bring shame to the Eastern Palace." A hint of coldness appeared on Li Chengye's young face. "If she comes to you again next time, just go along with her and say something nice. Don't do anything else."

Li Chengyu clenched her hands and frowned slightly.

"As for Jiang Liangdi..."

Li Chengye turned his head and looked at her with disapproval.

"This is her crazy talk, do you really believe it? The Jiang family has a high status among the civil officials. What good will it do us if we offend them at this time?"