PFC Chapter 457 Ex-Husband Reappears
Chapter 457 Ex-Husband Reappears
"Someone from the palace?"
Liu Shuning looked puzzled; the emperor had not summoned her since her last visit to the palace.
Why would they send someone to the Liu residence? Does the emperor still have doubts about what he said?
Liu Shuning looked at Butler He.
"Who is coming?"
"Miss Hui, it's Eunuch Luo Ronghuai..."
It's him?
"Did he bring anything else?"
"Miss, besides the eunuch who comes with him, it seems he also brought a pot of wine..."
Upon hearing that Eunuch Huai had brought wine with him, Liu Shuning immediately understood the Emperor's intentions.
Emperor Mingcheng was so vicious; he couldn't even survive himself, yet he still wanted to silence her.
But she was by no means one to accept her fate.
Knowing that the emperor wanted to execute her, how could she willingly accept her fate!
She told Butler He to handle things at the front, while she hurriedly packed her bags and prepared to escape through the back door.
However, just as Liu Shuning was about to reach the back door, Luo Bin suddenly stepped out.
"Miss Liu, where are you going?"
Upon hearing the sound, Liu Shuning turned around.
Then they saw Luo Bin, dressed in blue, standing guard at the back gate.
"Luo Bin, I have urgent business to attend to. Please pretend you didn't see me today!"
"Hehe, how can that be? I heard that Eunuch Huai from the palace is waiting for you in the front courtyard. If you, the main person in charge, leave, are you going to let Grand Tutor Liu, who is paralyzed in bed, deal with it?"
Seeing Luo Bin's smiling face, Liu Shuning felt extremely resentful.
He must have done it on purpose!
But now is not the time to bargain with him; escaping is the priority.
"Luo Bin, what do you want from me to let me go?"
If she had someone skilled in martial arts by her side, how could Luo Bin dare to be so arrogant?
Seeing Liu Shuning's anxious expression, Luo Bin gave her a cold look.
"Yan'er..."
That one word, "Yan'er," instantly threw Liu Shuning's heart into disarray.
“Luo Bin, you…”
"What? It hasn't been long, and you've already forgotten your ex-husband?"
If Madam Liu hadn't chased him away that day, he wouldn't have gone to the ancestral hall in the backyard of the Liu family in his anger.
They would never discover the booklet she had hidden behind the ancestral hall.
"He Yuyan, I never expected you to appear before me in this capacity. I never imagined that everything I had carefully planned would be ruined because of you..."
He thought he could start over, so he changed his name and surname in an attempt to turn things around.
But unexpectedly, he encountered He Yuyan, who had come back from the dead.
Luo Bin looked up at the sky.
God, you really know how to play tricks on people!
"Jiang Yang, now that you know my identity, you should let me leave."
"Don't worry, once I get through this ordeal today, I promise I'll never target you again, okay?"
"Ha ha……"
Upon hearing Liu Shuning's words, Jiang Yang burst into laughter.
"late!"
After saying that, he drew his dagger and strode towards Liu Shuning.
In the main hall, Eunuch Huai, who had been waiting for a long time, seemed to be getting impatient.
This Liu Shuning really thinks she's a princess of the Great Wei Dynasty, daring to make him wait so long.
Looking at what the little eunuch was holding, Eunuch Huai snorted coldly.
She's so arrogant now; she'll be taught a lesson in a moment.
……
When Eunuch Huai returned to the palace, he heard that the emperor was waiting for his reply.
Luo Ronghuai walked cautiously toward the emperor's bedroom.
Even though they walked very slowly, they eventually arrived at the emperor's residence.
He failed to complete the task assigned to him by the emperor today, and he didn't know how the emperor would deal with him.
"Your Majesty, Eunuch Huai has returned!"
Eunuch Wei reminded the emperor, who was resting with his eyes closed on the couch.
"Your servant pays respect to His Majesty!"
"How's the matter going?"
The emperor's voice sounded weak and feeble; anyone who didn't know better would think he was about to die.
"Your Majesty, this servant is guilty! Liu Shuning has escaped..."
"Escaped again?"
Upon hearing this, the emperor frowned.
A moment later, the emperor relaxed his gaze.
He looked at Eunuch Wei beside him.
"Jianxin, Eunuch Huai has repeatedly failed to perform his duties effectively. What do you think should be done?"
Hearing the emperor's words, Eunuch Huai turned to look at his rival.
"Eunuch Wei, for the sake of both of us serving the Emperor, please plead with him on my behalf!"
Seeing the pleading look in his eyes, filled with remorse, Eunuch Wei sneered inwardly.
Now that he knows he's come to plead for mercy, why didn't he show any mercy when he was mocking and trying to harm me before?
Should we make him plead for him?
Dream on!
Wei Gonggong said lightly, "Your Majesty, in principle, Liu Shuning should have no way of knowing that you are going to give her poisoned wine."
This old servant is wondering, could it be that Eunuch Huai, relying on your favor towards him, thinks that Your Majesty won't severely punish him, and therefore deliberately let Miss Liu go?
"Eunuch Wei, don't make false accusations!"
I have no connection with Liu Shuning, so why would I risk being punished by the Emperor to let her go…”
Eunuch Wei's words nearly made Eunuch Huai spit out a mouthful of blood.
"Hmph, what you said makes sense, but if it happens once, it will happen twice and three times."
These repeated mistakes are hard not to make connections…
Eunuch Wei ruthlessly exposed the mistakes he had made before.
Eunuch Wei's words reminded Emperor Mingcheng of Wu Weiwei's escape last time.
If it weren't for Wu Weiwei's escape, things might not have escalated to this point.
Emperor Mingcheng's face instantly darkened.
"Useless thing! Guards, drag him away and give him fifty strokes of the cane!"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, spare me! This old servant truly did not intentionally let Miss Liu go..."
Looking at the people below who kept begging for mercy, Emperor Mingcheng's eyes revealed disgust.
"Forget about the beating, just send him to the Imperial Clan Court!"
Hearing that he was to be sent to the Imperial Clan Court?
Huai Gonggong's face suddenly turned ashen.
What kind of place is that? It's a place that eats people alive without spitting out their bones.
Once he goes in, he'll never be able to get out again.
"Your Majesty, Heaven bears witness to my loyalty. I have never betrayed you. The one who has truly betrayed you is someone else!"
As he was being dragged away, Huai Gonggong's venomous gaze was fixed on Wei Gonggong, who was standing beside the emperor.
"Cough cough..."
Watching Eunuch Huai being dragged away by the guards, the emperor glanced at Eunuch Wei.
"Eunuch Wei, what did Luo Ronghuai mean by his last words?"
Upon hearing the emperor's question, Eunuch Wei's heart tightened.
"Your Majesty, this old servant believes that Eunuch Huai is probably looking for a scapegoat before he dies, which is why he said that on purpose..."
"Maybe!"
Emperor Mingcheng was merely asking about what Eunuch Huai had said; if he were to truly pursue the matter, he feared he would be powerless to do so.
The next day.
The emperor summoned General Chen Weiyang, the Grand General of Anxi, to his bedchamber.
"My dear minister, Lu Hanting is currently guarding outside the city. If I order the city gates to be opened, are you confident that you can annihilate him in one fell swoop?"
Chen Weiyang looked up and gazed deeply at the dragon bed.
He then frankly admitted, "Your Majesty, I have no confidence."
Let alone his current age, even twenty years ago, he probably wouldn't have been able to defeat Lu Hanting, that prodigy.
Moreover, he currently only has 200,000 soldiers under his command, while Lu Hanting has nearly 300,000 troops.
He is not the Third Prince of yesteryear, capable of defeating the enemy with fewer troops!
"Cough cough..."
Emperor Mingcheng was so angry that he coughed violently after Chen Weiyang had dampened his spirits before the war even began.
The eunuch Wei was so frightened that he quickly stepped forward to comfort the emperor.
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that there was a patch of blood in Eunuch Wei's handkerchief.
Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Chen Weiyang happened to witness this scene.