newbobooks Chapter 119: Faking Death
Chapter 119: Faking Death
In an instant, Lu Zhengping and the people around him were all stunned. Chen Mei'e was so shocked that her eyes widened with disbelief. She asked in a trembling voice, "What do you mean by that? Are you trying to say that my son killed my daughter?"
At this point, she seemed to have been hurt. She suddenly stretched out her hands and grabbed the maid's neck tightly. Her knuckles turned white due to the force, and she shook her hands back and forth frantically, as if she was going to strangle the maid to death in the next second.
Seeing this, Lu Zhengping was shocked. He rushed forward and used all his strength to rescue the maid from Chen Mei'e's "claws".
His eyes widened in anger, he raised his hand, and with a "slap", he slapped the almost crazy Chen Mei'e hard in the face, roaring: "What are you crazy about!"
After receiving the slap, Chen Mei'e not only did not wake up, but became even more crazy. Her eyes were red like blood, and she was like an enraged female beast. With a roar, she pounced towards Lu Zhengping, waving her hands in the air and fighting with him.
She wailed as she beat him, "Didn't you hear me? She actually dared to accuse her son of murder, and as a father, you didn't react at all?"
Lu Zhengping couldn't dodge in time, and Chen Mei'e's nails instantly scratched his face, leaving three deep scratches and blood oozing out. Shocked and furious, he pushed Chen Mei'e away with both hands, gritting his teeth and saying, "You're crazy! He's no longer our son."
After saying this, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and looked around quickly in panic, scanning every corner vigilantly until he confirmed that there were no outsiders present. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
After all, all the evil deeds that Lu Yangbu committed against the Second Prince are still vivid in his mind, as if they happened just yesterday.
At this moment, they were in the Second Prince's mansion, his territory. If he heard what they had just said, wouldn't all his patience and planning over the past period of time be wasted? All his efforts would be in vain, and there was a high possibility of disaster.
Chen Mei'e, however, seemed to be blinded by his arrogance and didn't understand his good intentions at all. She was like a madman, jumping up and down and cursing, "You heartless thing! You kicked out your own two sons. Are you worthy of being a father? You are worse than pigs and dogs!"
In fact, her hysteria only proved that she believed what the maid said.
Thinking back to the time when Lu Wanru came up with a bad idea to plot against Yan Wanwan, she didn't expect to lose all of Lu Yangbu's money.
When it came time to "clean up" the Lu family's mess, the couple, in order to protect their so-called family honor, threw their own son out as a sacrifice without blinking an eye.
It was perfectly normal for Lu Yangbu to hold a grudge against Lu Wanru just because of this. Even if he had broken Lu Wanru's limbs, others would have just sighed, "Karma."
However, the more I thought about it, the more uncomfortable I felt. Look at this family, how come everything ended up in tatters, with two sons kicked out of the house and a daughter tragically dying in the prince's mansion? No one ended up well?
As expected, just as the master had said, a disaster was looming, causing unrest inside and outside the Lu family's house. The family fell into decline and became a state of ruin.
After a wave of emotional collapse swept through her like a surging tide, Chen Mei'e's face suddenly turned gloomy, leaving only frost and a fierce look.
She suddenly raised her hand, her slender finger pointing directly at the maidservant who was already trembling with fear. The fierce gleam in her eyes was like a sharp blade, and she roared viciously, "Since you are my daughter's personal maid, your life and death are inseparable from hers. Now that she is gone, you should be buried with her!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Chen Mei'e yelled at the top of her lungs like an enraged demon: "Madame Rong, get in here!"
In the blink of an eye, Rong Mama's short but sinister figure hurried in, bent her waist, and replied in a flattering tone, "This old servant is here. What can I do for you, Madam?"
Chen Mei'e didn't even look at her. She just stared at the maid with a murderous look in her eyes and squeezed out an order through her teeth: "Drag this slave out and beat her to death with sticks. Bury her with my poor Wanru so that she will have someone to serve her in her afterlife!"
Upon hearing this, the maid was struck by lightning. Her eyes widened in terror, and she struggled desperately, shouting at the top of her lungs, "Madam, spare my life! I don't want to be buried with you. I know... I know who was responsible for the princess's death. It was her sister who did it!"
The sudden shouting made the room quiet in an instant, and Chen Mei'e seemed to be frozen.
It took her several seconds to come back to her senses. She stepped forward, grabbed the maid's collar, and with wide eyes, asked hurriedly, "Who... are you talking about?"
The maid was so frightened that her face turned pale as paper. She uttered a few trembling words: "It's... the general's wife."
After saying this, his legs gave way and he fell to the cold ground, breathing heavily. After calming down for a while, he continued, "That day, after the Second Prince's Consort collapsed, the General's wife came to visit. Since then, our Prince's Consort's health has been getting worse day by day, and finally... she couldn't bear it anymore and passed away."
Chen Mei'e seemed to have heard some terrible news. Her whole body began to tremble violently. She grabbed Lu Zhengping's sleeve tightly and said, "Master, did you hear that?"
Lu Zhengping's face was also gloomy.
A moment later, Chen Mei'e's eyes widened with anger, veins popping out on her forehead, and she roared, "That evil star! She is the unlucky star of our Lu family. She killed my daughter!"
Then, she turned her head abruptly, casting her venomous gaze upon the maid once again, and snorted coldly, "Hmph, you're the one taking care of the Second Prince's wife, yet you're so insincere. What's the point of keeping you here now? Executing you will serve as a warning to others, letting them see this: this is the fate of those who dare not fulfill their duties!"
In the end, the maid was dragged away by Rong Mama like a dead dog. Soon, bursts of beatings and miserable cries were heard from outside, and gradually there was no movement.
Chen Mei'e seemed to have lost all her strength. She slowly turned around, staggered, and fell on Lu Wanru's cold coffin. Her hands tightly grasped the edge of the coffin, and she burst into tears: "My daughter, why did you have such a miserable life and die so miserably? Don't worry, mother will not let that evil star off easily. She will pay for her crime with blood!"
Perhaps her violent shaking triggered something, and a small piece of paper was quietly revealed under the corner of Lu Wanru's clothes.
Chen Mei'e saw this through her tearful eyes and was stunned. She raised her hand to wipe away her tears, then carefully pulled out the paper and unfolded it.
After seeing the content clearly, her eyes widened instantly, her face full of shock.
It was clearly written: She was deliberately murdered by Yan Wanwan this time. She was not actually dead, but had faked her death to lure Yan Wanwan here. The Second Prince had already secretly arranged assassins, waiting for Yan Wanwan to arrive and kill her. If Yan Wanwan did not take the bait, she hoped her parents would help her and would definitely lure Yan Wanwan here.
Chen Mei'e clutched the paper tightly and said in a cold voice, "Master, we should go and see the general's wife."