Sure enough, half an incense stick of time passed after Lu Anfei had swallowed all the food.

Just as Rong Sheng had expected, he foamed at the mouth, and his whole body began to convulse before he fell heavily to the ground.

"You...you really want to kill me!"

Lu Anfei glared at Rong Sheng fiercely and uttered a few words with difficulty.

"Master Lu, don't think like that," Rong Sheng said with a sinister smile, which made Lu Anfei's chin shiver.

"I have already said that the Marquis will not kill you. This little medicine will not do you any harm."

"However," Rong Sheng changed the subject, his smile becoming even colder, "You will be tortured and unable to speak clearly. It's a pity that when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sends someone, you won't be able to express your true feelings."

"You vicious person!" Lu Anfei's eyes turned red with anger, and his heart ached as if it was cut by a knife. "My request is not excessive at all, and our two families are related. Rong Jin is still in prison. As long as you rescue me, I will also ask Lord Cao of the Ministry of Justice to rescue her!"

"Come on, Lord Lu, if Lord Cao was really as close to you as a brother, he would have released you long ago. Why would you have waited until today?"

Rong Sheng refused outright: "Good deeds will be rewarded and evil deeds will be punished. Lord Lu, this is what you deserve. Just wait for death. I'm leaving now!"

"No!" Just as Rong Sheng turned around to leave, Lu Anfei suddenly shouted.

Rong Sheng looked back and saw Lu Anfei struggling to get up from the ground. His sharp eyes were fixed on Rong Sheng's face: "No matter how cruel Rong Dexin is, he will not ignore Rong Jin. You are not Rong Dexin's man at all!"

"Tell me, who are you?"

"Haha, Lord Lu is amazing."

Rong Sheng sneered: "I guessed it right away."

"That's right, I'm not Rong Dexin's man, but I'm not sent by the prince either." She tore off the last bit of disguise on her face, "I'm an evil ghost that crawled out of hell. Not only you and Rong Dexin, but the prince will also die. You are the ones who are going to hell!"

"you......"

Lu Anfei looked at Rong Sheng who was roaring with bloodshot eyes, his face stunned for a moment. He recalled the subtle expression on Rong Sheng's face when he heard about the Shen family's incident three years ago, and suddenly understood something.

"You...you are not an old friend of the Shen family..." He stuttered completely, "But all the Shen family soldiers are dead, who are you?"

"Humph, you will never guess who I am until you die."

Rong Sheng said this mercilessly, turned around and left without looking back.

After walking out of the Ministry of Justice, Rong Sheng's excitement was completely subsided.

She quietly came up to the two guards who were still sleeping on the ground.

After tapping a few acupuncture points on their bodies, the two men woke up instantly.

At the same time, Rong Sheng also dodged and walked away.

"Hey, brother, what happened just now? Why are we lying on the ground?" The short guard got up from the ground, rubbed his dizzy forehead and asked.

Another guard also woke up slowly at this moment. He shook his head and after he became more sober, he remembered the porcelain bottle that he had just thrown next to them.

"Oh no, we've fallen into a trap!"

He shouted that something was wrong, and under the surprised gaze of the short guard, he turned anxiously and ran into the Ministry of Justice.

He bypassed a group of guards and came to the prison, but did not find anything unusual.

"Am I overthinking it?" He scratched the back of his head and returned to the door in disappointment.

"The execution is coming soon. We can't let our guard down any longer. Do you hear me?"

The short guard looked at the tall guard in astonishment and replied slowly, "I understand, big brother."

While these two were talking, Rong Sheng had already returned to the harem.

She returned along the same route, changed back into women's clothes in Lanhua Palace, and then walked out of the palace gate.

Half an hour had passed since she left. At this moment, Liu Ling was sitting in the carriage outside the palace gate, twisting her handkerchief worriedly, but she didn't dare to move at all.

She didn't feel relieved until she saw Rong Sheng lift the car curtain.

"Princess, you are finally back!"

Liu Ling breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Rong Sheng with shining eyes.

"Have the spies behaved in an unusual manner during the time I've been in the palace?" Rong Sheng sat down relaxed, picked up the teacup and asked while drinking.

"I didn't notice anything," Liu Ling shook her head, and then asked, "Is everything going well for the princess?"

"It went very smoothly. It's getting late. Let's hurry back to the Marquis' Mansion."

At Rong Sheng's command, the coachman rode non-stop towards the Marquis's mansion.

Soon, the two of them entered the Marquis' Mansion and walked straight towards the Dragon Crane Hall.

"Sheng'er, you've worked hard. Did you see Lu Anfei?"

During the time that Rong Sheng was away, Rong Dexin was still pacing back and forth in the room anxiously.

This time, seeing that the person returned safely and the food box in his hand was gone, I finally felt relieved.

"Don't worry, father. Your daughter has already done what you asked her to do."

"Really?" Rong Dexin's expression softened a bit when he heard this. "Did he eat the food too?"

"Father..." Rong Sheng pretended to hesitate when he mentioned the food. She hesitated for a moment and finally said, "Lord Lu didn't eat the food."

"What did you say, why didn't he eat?!"

"Lord Lu just knocked the food to the ground and said he had no appetite." Rong Sheng lied.

Hearing this, Rong Dexin was so shocked that his hair stood up. The meal was meant to silence him. Now that Lu Anfei hadn't eaten it, it meant that he was still alive and well. What was the point of making this trip?

"Alas——" Rong Dexin sighed deeply and became at a loss.

He really regretted not saying it out loud. Even though Rong Sheng has become sensible now, he is still simple-minded and will not understand this.

"Why is father sighing? Did your daughter behave inappropriately this time?" Rong Sheng asked in surprise with his eyes wide open.

"Forget it, Lord Lu, if you don't want to eat it, then don't eat it." Things have come to this point, Rong Dexin didn't want to mention it anymore. Even if Lu Anfei didn't die in his hands, the prince would never let him go.

Even if Lu Anfei really said something he shouldn't have said in the Ministry of Justice, he only needed to cry bitterly in front of the emperor. Lu Anfei had no substantial evidence, so he believed that the emperor would definitely let him go.

"But, did Sheng'er find out anything at the Ministry of Justice?"

"Just as father thought, Lord Lu did commit a serious crime. He embezzled hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from the national treasury. The emperor was furious and sentenced the Lu family to death."

"Oh, so that's how it is. I didn't know the Lu family could be so bold." Rong Dexin pretended to be surprised, but in fact he had already expected that this might be the reason.

"Father, what should we do now? Mother is still imprisoned in the Dali Temple."

"It doesn't matter. As long as she refuses to admit that she has anything to do with the Lu family, the Dali Temple will have no way to deal with her. After all, there is no evidence."

"Oh——" Rong Sheng suddenly realized, "I feel relieved when my father says this."

After saying that, Rong Sheng was about to get up and say goodbye, but was suddenly stopped by Rong Dexin.

"Sheng'er, wait a minute. Your father has something else to teach you."

"Father, please tell me what you want. I will do my best to do it."

Rong Dexin was very pleased with Rong Sheng's attitude. He said softly, "Now there are only you and I, father and daughter, left in the Rong Mansion. Your father is in a difficult situation, and Rong Jin will have to rely on you, the eldest sister, to save him."

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