The legitimate daughter brings disaster to the concubine! Seize the imperial power and the throne

Zhao Yan came to her senses and hurriedly got up from the ground and looked at the Fourth Princess: "Princess, the Duke Su's Mansion is innocent. This matter is you..."

"That's enough!" The fourth princess shouted fiercely, and looked at Zhao Yan with a warning look: "This princess is here to help you. It was you who said the wrong thing and provoked Lu Jingning. What does it have to do with me?"

"You!" Zhao Yan covered her face, feeling angry and aggrieved. She was instigated by the Fourth Princess, but when the incident came to the Emperor, it became her who instigated it.

How can I not feel wronged when I am punished with a stick?

Zhao Yan hurriedly looked at Lu Jingning, took a step forward and grabbed her arm: "Go and explain to the emperor, it's all your fault! Otherwise, I will tell my brother that I will never forgive you."

Until now, everyone still thinks that Lu Jingning is in love with Zhao Sui.

It's ridiculous.

Lu Jingning unceremoniously pried open Zhao Yan's hands one by one: "Miss Zhao San wants to complain, then I'll wait."

"You!" Zhao Yan panicked and was dragged away by the guards before she could even beg for mercy. She cried for help, but the guards whipped her again and again.

The screams continued.

Lu Jingning was standing in the corridor watching this scene, feeling extremely happy. When she was still in love with Zhao Sui, she tried her best to please Zhao Yan.

Gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings were given to Zhao Yan as if they were free, but in return they were met with Zhao Yan's ruthless ridicule.

After she married into the Duke Su's Mansion, Zhao Yan would come to her house from time to time to order her to do this and that.

It's so stupid to lose yourself for a man!

"Aning, I was wrong, I was wrong." Zhao Yan shouted at the top of her voice. The whip landed on her back, causing her excruciating pain.

No matter how she shouted, the guards showed no mercy.

"Lu Jingning, you are so cruel. Zhao Yan and you had a good relationship before. As long as you go and beg our father, he will definitely show leniency." The fourth princess said with resentment.

Lu Jingning asked back: "Fourth aunt can't even protect her own tutor, how can she count on others?"

The fourth princess choked and glared at Lu Jingning fiercely.

Zhao Yan was whipped fifty times. Her clothes were torn and she was covered in blood. She lay on the ground with a pale face and couldn't get up for a long time. She raised her head and looked at Lu Jingning with hatred in her eyes. Finally, she couldn't bear it and fainted.

Coming out of the palace, Lu Jingning wiped the blood off his face, leaned against the wall of the carriage, and sat firmly. The next second, the curtain was lifted, and a slender figure quickly entered.

The man was wearing a black gown, his fair face was like a piece of white jade, he stared at her straightly, and asked in a gentle tone: "Where are you hurt?"

Perhaps because of the few encounters, Lu Jingning's fear of Bu Yan has lessened. She shook her head and said, "They are just some superficial injuries. They just look scary."

Bu Yan glanced at Yun Zai.

Yun Zai's scalp tingled from being stared at, and he turned his head to look at Lu Jingning.

Lu Jingning knew that Bu Yan would not hurt him, so he persuaded Yun Zai to get off first. Yun Zai nodded and got off the carriage, and suddenly there were only two people left in the small carriage.

"How did Lord Bu persuade Princess Ning to testify?"

Lu Jingning became more and more curious about Bu Yan's strength. He was actually able to invite the wife of Prince Ning. Prince Ning was the third son of the Emperor of Southern Liang. He had always been a noncompetitive person. Among the princes, his strength was second only to Prince Shen.

Prince Ning is used to being alone and does not participate in any party.

She died early in her previous life, and she didn't know what would happen to Prince Ning in the future.

What Princess Ning said today was half true and half false. The only thing that can be confirmed is that Princess Ning's carriage definitely did not pass by Shangguan Mansion.

"Princess Ning owes me a favor."

"That's it?"

Bu Yan nodded slightly, his eyes fell on a bruise on her wrist, his brows slightly frowned. Lu Jingning noticed his gaze and quickly put down his sleeves.

As a last resort, Bu Yan withdrew his gaze.

"Isn't it a pity that such a big favor is used up like this?" Lu Jingning said regretfully.

She also didn't expect that the Fourth Princess would actually bring this matter to the attention of the Emperor.

Stealing chickens will not lose rice.

Live it!

Bu Yan smiled: "One favor brought down the Duke Su's Mansion, what's the pity? The Duke Su's Mansion has made mistakes again and again, and is destined to be disliked by the emperor. Do you really not regret it?"

The whole capital city knew how Lu Jingning was infatuated with Zhao Sui. Now everyone in the Duke Su's Mansion was in trouble. He wanted to know whether this girl was just angry for the moment or had other ideas.

Lu Jingning frowned slightly out of habit, lowered his head and said, "When a person sees the sincerity of another person and realizes that they are just using him/her, will he/she continue to give to him/her?"

Bu Yan was silent.

"Don't worry, Master Bu. There is nothing innocent between Zhao Sui and I. Since I have already made an engagement with you, Master, I will not tarnish the reputation of the Bu family."

Lu Jingning said this with a frank look on his face, thinking that since things had come to this point, he might as well make it clear.

"If you want to cancel the engagement and marry someone else in the future, I will never complain. We can just part ways and live happily ever after."

Bu Yan frowned, took out a white porcelain bottle from his sleeve and placed it on the seat, stood up, lifted the curtain, took a step forward, and somehow pulled his body back, saying

"I have never doubted the princess, and I have no intention of canceling the engagement. I plan to stand by the princess in the future."

Only after saying this seriously did Bu Yan leave.

Lu Jingning was stunned.

Until Yun Zai came up and gently shook her sleeves: "Princess, Master Bu didn't do anything to you, did he?"

"No." Lu Jingning shook her head. The carriage continued to shake. She was still immersed in Bu Yan's words. Although she didn't know whether it was true or not, at least Bu Yan was her ally now.

When Bu Yan got off the carriage, his face looked a little unhappy. He stepped forward to mount the horse, holding the reins in his hand, and his mind was full of the red mark on Lu Jingning's wrist.

Zhao Sui!

Damn it.

"Sir, Eunuch Changxi asks you to supervise." Lin Jiu said.

Bu Yan nodded lightly, pulled the reins, tightened the whip under his crotch, and headed towards the direction of the Duke Su's Mansion.