Chapter 430: Long Yang Was Enraged
Long Yang shook his head. “No. It’s just that I happened to have ordered an investigation of the sa issue you told Chu Jiu to investigate.”
Lu Liangwei looked at him in surprise. “How co? Why are you also...”
“Chu Qi reported that soone stalked Chu Yi during the ti the Grand Duke Mansion hosted the arena. After Chu Yi caught them, he tortured them into confessing the identity of the person behind it.”
“Really?” Lu Liangwei was astonished. “Then who was it?”
“I was told that it was the Crown Princess’s maidservant, Hong Xiu.”
Hearing this, Lu Liangwei imdiately understood and said in an indifferent tone, “My sister’s been a real cause for worry.”
Long Yang nodded. “Indeed.” He was unaware at first, but after investigating, he realized how formidable Lu Yunshuang was. She was not afraid to bribe court officials secretly with beautiful won and money.
From his tone, Lu Liangwei knew that he had probably discovered sothing and asked anxiously, “So you thought that sothing fishy was going on with Hong Xiu and the Crown Princess, and you sent soone to keep an eye on them?”
Long Yang looked at her appreciatively. “Yes. It’s not just the Eastern Palace; I also sent soone to keep an eye on the Duke Chen Mansion. The mont they attempt anything strange, I will know right away. But I had to leave for the frontier to fetch Royal Sister so ti ago. During that ti, the covert guards I dispatched to watch them found many clues, and they only reported everything to yesterday.”
Lu Liangwei was delighted to hear this, but she thought of sothing and asked calmly, “Why did you send soone to watch the Duke Chen Mansion?”
Long Yang did not answer but asked in return, “Why did Minister Lin’s daughter fake her death?”
Hearing this, Lu Liangwei finally understood the crux of the matter.
He had probably realized a lot of things the day she dragged him to the Lin Family Cetery. She did not tell him anything back then, so he did not inquire further.
However, he already knew everything.
Lu Liangwei suddenly felt a little ashad for thinking that she had outsmarted him.
At this mont, there were so things that she could no longer hide from him.
He probably knew more than her, anyway.
“Lin Qingyuan faked her death because she saw Chen Xuping and Lu Yunshuang conspiring with each other and abducting civilian won. Chen Xuping wanted to kill Lin Qingyuan but failed, so he tried to marry her and control her instead.
“Lin Qingyuan didn’t want to give up the rest of her life, so she begged to help her. I ca up with the idea of faking her death so that she could avoid the marriage while secretly investigating the extent of Chen Xuping and Lu Yunshuang’s cris. Once she has enough evidence, she would present them to you and request that you punish Chen Xuping and Lu Yunshuang.
“So ti ago, Lin Qingyuan also witnessed the Crown Prince’s concubine Beauty Chen being knocked out by two n and taken out of the imperial capital. Lin Qingyuan followed them all the way and almost lost her life. I suspect that Lu Yunshuang hid the won she captured in Xiawu Town, but Jiu went to investigate and couldn’t find any clues.”
Lu Liangwei finished her story without a single pause.
Long Yang poured a cup of water for her.
Lu Liangwei accepted it and drank it in small sips.
After hearing what she said, Long Yang was unusually enraged. “Abducting won in secret? Didn’t the families that lost their daughters make a report? And why didn’t the local officials submit any report?”
Lu Liangwei thought of sothing and frowned. “Could it be that those officials have also been bribed?”
The number of businesses that Lu Yunshuang and Chen Xuping were secretly running was definitely not small, and they would surely need a lot of staff for expansion.
Since they hired so many staff mbers, where did they get all those people from?
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