Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved-Chapter 248 - This is Murong Jius Consecutive
Chapter 248: Chapter 248 This is Murong Jiu’s Consecutive Stratagem!
Chapter 248: Chapter 248 This is Murong Jiu’s Consecutive Stratagem!
When the luxurious carriage from Prince Ling’s Mansion was approaching leisurely, Zhuo Yinzhu was being thrown into the moat by several guards.
With a splash, water flew everywhere.
Zhuo Yinzhu instinctively struggled in the water, swallowing quite a bit of it, but she was fortunate. There happened to be a log floating nearby, which she desperately clung to, preventing her from sinking.
This commotion completely sobered her up.
The riverbank was crowded with onlookers pointing and whispering about her, and only then did she realize she was stark naked.
“She’s actually a sinful whore! As lowly as they come!”
“Exactly, she even tried to seduce His Royal Highness Prince Rui, isn’t this just asking for trouble?”
On the riverbank, people whispered secretively, pointing at Zhuo Yinzhu’s head with disdain on their faces.
In panic, Zhuo Yinzhu covered her forehead, realizing her hair, wet from the water and messy, had just exposed the word “whore” branded on her forehead.
“This sinful slave looks familiar, seems like I have seen her somewhere.”
Zhuo Yinzhu suddenly panicked and covered her face with her hair.
Just then, she saw the opulent carriage of Prince Ling pass by among the crowd, a fair hand gently lifted the corner of the carriage curtain, revealing Murong Jiu’s stunningly beautiful face.
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How could this be!
At this time, Murong Jiu should have already begun to swell and blister all over her face, so why was her skin still smooth and delicate, her beauty radiant and enchanting?
Murong Jiu’s gaze seemed to pierce through everything, her cherry lips curled slightly, revealing a mocking smile.
It was as if she was laughing at her overestimation of herself.
Zhuo Yinzhu felt as if someone had harshly hammered the top of her head, shaking her soul.
Murong Jiu hadn’t been poisoned at all!
The one who was poisoned was herself!
Murong Jiu had turned the tables and poisoned her when she had gotten close!
Such a profound schemer!
Zhuo Yinzhu almost vomited blood, she yelled out to The Third Prince, trying to tell him that they had both been struck by Murong Jiu’s counterattack, but at this moment The Third Prince was surrounded by grieving families of the deceased, their wailing and pleading drowning out Zhuo Yinzhu’s cries.
He was furious, at that moment he even wanted to kill Zhuo Yinzhu, but refrained from chopping off her head with a sword only because he feared being accused of recklessly taking a life.
By the time Zhuo Yinzhu turned her head, Murong Jiu’s carriage had already drifted away leisurely.
“The people causing disturbance for The Third Prince must have been arranged by Murong Jiu! My master got arrested, I was poisoned with spring poison, and then The Third Prince was blocked, one thing leading to another, that wretch, how could she become so scheming!”
By now, Zhuo Yinzhu had fully grasped the situation.
From the moment her master, Divine Doctor Miao, was taken away by the Vice Chancellor of the Dali Temple, they had fallen into Murong Jiu’s trap. Murong Jiu used spring poison on her, and with her master gone, she was unable to discover it on her own.
By the time the poison took effect, and with no master to help her detoxify, she was driven by the drug to slander, embarrassing The Third Prince and thus trapping him, while allowing the commoners to demand a resolution from The Third Prince.
Murong Jiu’s goal was not to criminate Divine Doctor Miao, because Divine Doctor Miao’s denial meant it would be difficult to convict him.
The Gu insect had already been removed, and if Divine Doctor Miao denied it, who could prove it was his Gu?
Her goal was merely to remove Divine Doctor Miao to strike at her and The Third Prince!
Truly venomous!
Zhuo Yinzhu felt that some people had already recognized her. Many were staring intently at her face. She kept her head down, not daring to show her face. On the shore, men were whistling, and to save her life, she had no choice but to expose half of her body, lying on the floating wood.
She wanted to swim to the shore, but many gossiping women were there, cursing, while some lowlifes deliberately poked her back into the center of the water with bamboo poles, not allowing her to land.
Zhuo Yinzhu was furious but powerless. Thankfully, the love poison did not continue to act while she was soaked in the water, though it was as cold as if she were in an ice cellar.
On the street, family members were crying and wailing. More and more people gathered, and more and more became aware of the Third Prince’s inhumane acts and his murders to silence others.
Although the Third Prince denied it, so many of the victims’ families blocked the way, their eyes swollen from crying. Could it be a slander?
Thus, the people’s impression of the Third Prince, Prince Rui, plummeted, believing he killed the physicians who treated him to hide his shameful secret, making him seem both selfish and horrifying.
Even after the Prefecture Yamen soldiers dispersed the crowd and drove away the mourners, allowing the Third Prince to leave, the people quietly grew more indignant. Second Prince took this opportunity to add insult to injury, intensifying public opinion and ruining the Third Prince’s reputation in the Capital City.
Not to mention how furious the Third Prince was, Zhuo Yinzhu only managed to climb ashore when it finally darkened, as the crowd watching the excitement had finally dispersed.
She shivered all over, her lips pale, but she couldn’t find even half a piece of clothing.
Just then, a thick cloak fell over her body.
She looked up and saw Miao Wuxie, immediately moved to tears.
“Senior brother!”
She flung herself into Miao Wuxie’s arms, crying bitterly from all her grievances.
“Senior brother, how come you just got here! I’m nearly frozen to death! Those scoundrels, they almost wished I had drowned in the water!”
Miao Wuxie’s voice was as gentle as ever, “I’ve been looking for you for a long time, not knowing the person in the water was you. Father has been detained, and I was busy dealing with his matter before this.”
The Third Prince was too preoccupied to bother rescuing Divine Doctor Miao.
Being his son, he naturally had to step forward.
Even without concrete evidence, Dali Temple’s detention for a three-day interrogation was deemed reasonable.
The best he could do was send some warm clothes and bribe the jail warden with Silver Coin.
“It’s all Murong Jiu’s fault! She deliberately had the Vice Chancellor of the Dali Temple named Su stationed next door. She tempted master into confessing about administering Gu to Fu Han, and then he was taken away! You don’t know, she is utterly vicious! After Master was taken, she inflicted me with the love poison, and the Third Prince was also attacked. She is utterly despicable!”
Miao Wuxie did not say a word, letting Zhuo Yinzhu cry and complain in his arms, his handsome face calm as still water in the night.
Zhuo Yinzhu didn’t notice anything unusual. She had been separated from Miao Wuxie for many years. Although they had correspondence over the years, she didn’t understand his character well. She only knew that due to the life-saving grace and constant companionship, he was utterly devoted to her.
“Senior brother, I want to return to Prince Rui’s Mansion, to tell His Royal Highness that it’s all Murong Jiu’s trickery. Let him send Hidden Guards immediately to kill Murong Jiu!”
After venting, Zhuo Yinzhu lifted her head, a vengeful light flashing in her eyes.
“His Royal Highness has already entered the palace and has ordered not to let you into Prince Rui’s Mansion again. If you wish to see him, I will accompany you to wait outside Prince Rui’s Mansion.”
“How can this be! How can His Royal Highness not see me!”
Beyond being shocked, Zhuo Yinzhu was deeply disappointed.
She hadn’t even blamed the Third Prince for leaving her in the water, and now the Third Prince wouldn’t meet with her!
Could he really not see through Murong Jiu’s obvious poison plot?
Miao Wuxie quietly watched her facial expressions change, and after a while, he said:
“His Royal Highness believes you have ruined his reputation. He is most concerned about the secrecy of his ailment, and now that it is public, he probably resents you deeply. It is not suitable for you to return to him anymore. Didn’t you say in your letter that you have other support besides the Third Prince?”
