Lu Chun's face turned deathly pale. She suddenly stood up and shouted,
"Your Highness, there's someone so audacious as to take a life casually at your banquet! Please seek justice for this humble woman and thoroughly investigate the murderer!"
The prince looked around at the chaotic crowd. His face as cold as ice, he sternly roared, "Silence! The poisoner must still be in the mansion! I'd like to see who is so bold as to do such a despicable thing right under everyone's noses!"
As soon as his voice faded, the steward immediately took the order and hurriedly led people to the kitchen. They brought all the cooks and servants who had had anything to do with the osmanthus lotus seed soup for questioning.
Wang Jingxuan mingled in the crowd. His face changed imperceptibly for a moment, but he quickly composed himself.
He thought his plan was foolproof. Instead of rashly sneaking into the kitchen directly, he waited for the right moment. When the banquet was in full swing, with people toasting and chatting noisily and servants bustling around in great confusion, he excused himself from his seat.
He pretended to be concerned about Lu Chun. Using the excuse of "My wife loves sweet soup. I'll go and check if it's cooked properly", he naturally walked into the kitchen area.
As he often visited the prince's mansion on weekdays and was quite familiar with the servants, few people suspected his appearance.
When no one was paying attention, he quickly put the colorless and odorless highly poisonous powder he had prepared into a bowl of soup, and then served it to Lu Chun.
He calculated well. There were so many servants in the mansion and the personnel was mixed. When it came to the investigation later, the suspicion could be easily dispersed.
He only needed to make Lu Chun show the symptoms of poisoning "right under everyone's noses", and then he could shift the blame to the poor management in the mansion and get away unscathed.
Moreover, on weekdays, Wang Jingxuan often talked about his wife. To others, he seemed to love his wife dearly and would never do anything to harm her.
What's more, Wang Jingxuan still had his last trump card - Lu Chun.
After getting along for so many years, he knew that Lu Chun was deeply in love with him. No matter what, she would never suspect him.
Even now, Wang Jingxuan still didn't think he had done anything wrong. He loved Lu Chun, but he loved his future more.
The servants from the kitchen were brought in. They were already pale with fear.
The head maid tremblingly led everyone to review the process. Suddenly, as if remembering something, she knelt on the ground and stammered, "Your, Your Highness, the making and delivery of the soup were all handled by special people. No outsiders were supposed to get close. But... but just before the banquet started, Advisor Wang came to the kitchen in person and said... said that he was worried about Lady Lu's taste and came to take a look..."
In an instant, countless looks, full of surprise, scrutiny or disbelief, all fell on Wang Jingxuan.
Wang Jingxuan looked serious. He took a step forward and said, "I and Xiaochun are husband and wife. This definitely wasn't done by me. There's no need to investigate me..."
Before he could finish his words, Lu Chun mercilessly interrupted him:
"Please, Your Highness, thoroughly investigate my husband!"
Wang Jingxuan froze immediately. He looked at Lu Chun in disbelief, and it was almost hard for him to maintain his dignity!
How could Lu Chun suspect him?! What on earth had gone wrong!
Wang Jingxuan suppressed the shock in his heart. With a sad look on his face, he said,
"If I really poisoned the soup, how could I serve it to you myself? Xiaochun, don't you trust me?"
Lu Chun's gaze was calm and unmoved. "If you have nothing to hide, why are you afraid of the investigation?"
Wang Jingxuan's eyes were bloodshot. For a moment, he didn't know how to refute!
Seeing the guards of the prince's mansion getting closer, he suddenly remembered the divine power given to him by the snake demon. Almost like a gambler with nothing to lose, he suddenly rushed towards Lu Chun, trying to push her into the pond behind so that he could take advantage of the chaos and escape!
But when he reached out to push Lu Chun, Dongfang Xiao somehow appeared in front of Lu Chun!
Wang Jingxuan sneered. He suddenly made a fist, not putting this big fool in front of him in his eyes at all. But when his fist landed on Dongfang Xiao, instead of flying out as expected, the other man didn't even move an inch!
"How... how could this be?! Where's my supreme divine power?!" Wang Jingxuan's face turned ashen. He didn't understand why he had become that weak scholar who couldn't even bind a chicken again!
Dongfang Xiao grinned. "Are you done hitting? I thought you were just scratching me!"
Wang Jingxuan looked up resentfully, only to see Dongfang Xiao stretching his muscles!
"It's my turn!" As soon as the words fell, Dongfang Xiao swung a punch. Using only 30% of his strength, before Wang Jingxuan could even react, he felt dizzy!
With a loud "bang", he fell to the ground. Stars were dancing in front of his eyes, and he no longer had the strength to escape!
The prince looked at the scene in front of him in disbelief. Yesterday, Shen Cuiyu and others told him the whole story, claiming that Wang Jingxuan had used demonic power to get close to him. He was still a bit skeptical. But now, Wang Jingxuan was actually trying to harm his own wife. The truth was already obvious!
Thinking that he had seriously considered marrying his daughter to this man, the prince broke out in a cold sweat on his back. A sense of fear welled up in his heart. If he had really entrusted his precious daughter to such a wolf in sheep's clothing, the consequences would be unimaginable!
"Come here!" The prince's face was as calm as water, but his voice carried an undeniable authority. "Arrest this man and tie him up tightly!"
Wang Jingxuan still wanted to struggle and shouted "I'm innocent" at the top of his voice. But with his mortal strength, how could he resist the wolf - like guards of the prince's mansion? Immediately, his arms were twisted behind his back and he was firmly pressed to his knees on the ground.
As expected, during the subsequent search, the unused highly poisonous medicine was found in his residence.
Poisoning someone at the prince's mansion banquet in front of the nobility was no different from assassination.
Wang Jingxuan was doomed to spend the rest of his life in the dark and gloomy death - cell, repaying for his evil deeds today.
Watching Wang Jingxuan being dragged away in a sorry state, the tense string in Lu Chun's heart finally relaxed slowly.
The game between her and Wang Jingxuan had once gambled on her life and future. Fortunately, God had eyes, and she had won.
After this battle, all the disciples of Wansxiang Academy felt something.
This was the first time they had helped a demon to deal with a person who had fallen so far.
When the dust settled, the disciples escorted Lu Chun back to her family's tea house.
Her elder brother, Lu Yu, was furious after hearing the whole story. He wished he could rush into the prison immediately and tear Wang Jingxuan to pieces! But he was afraid of hurting his sister, so he had to suppress his anger and clumsily comforted her:
"I could tell that guy was no good from the beginning! I didn't agree to your marriage with him! But it's okay. There are plenty of fish in the sea! Big brother will definitely find you a better one in the future. I'll prepare a grand wedding procession and send you off in style. I'd like to see who dares to look down on my sister!"
After experiencing such great ups and downs, Lu Chun's state of mind had become much more open and calm. Looking at her anxious elder brother, she instead showed a relieved and gentle smile. "Brother, I don't want to get married anymore. From now on, I'll just guard our tea house and live a good life with you."
Lu Yu was stunned when he heard this. Looking at the unprecedented calmness and determination in his sister's eyes, he finally nodded heavily and turned all his pity into a simple and sincere promise: "Okay! Then big brother will support you for the rest of your life!"