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Chapter 533 Poisonous
It must be said that this messenger was much more enthusiastic than the usual food delivery person, and the food he brought seemed to be exceptionally plentiful.

Fu Wen glanced at Lu Qing without making a sound, and when their eyes met, he understood. He then stepped forward, picked up all the soup and water that the person had pushed in, and brought them to Lu Qing.

The messenger delivering food outside the fence dawdled as he tidied up the food box, his eyes constantly glancing toward Lu Qing.

Lu Qing calmly picked up the bowl of hot soup in front of him. The soup was really hot, even though the prison was far from cool at the moment, it didn't stop the bowl from steaming.

Such hot soup couldn't be drunk all at once, so Lu Qing scooped some up with a spoon and blew on it intermittently.

He just blew on it and stirred it, half-heartedly. Before the soup even cooled down, Lu Qing seemed to have lost interest in it. He put the bowl back untouched, picked up a pancake, fiddled with it in his hand, and stared blankly into his mind.

The officer outside the cell seemed a little anxious, but dared not urge him, and could only keep glancing furtively at Lu Qing.

Finally, Lu Qing came to her senses, looked at the pancake in her hand, slowly tore off a small piece, and leisurely put it into her mouth.

The constable outside the cell also had his eyes glued to the piece of bread, and he followed the bread toward Lu Qing's mouth.

"Brother! Brother! Are you awake yet?"

Suddenly, a clear voice came from afar, and with hurried footsteps, Lu Ze's figure ran towards the cell where Lu Qing and the others were.

The constables outside the door seemed startled by Lu Ze's sudden appearance and hurriedly gathered the wooden lids and other items from the food boxes that had been scattered on the ground together.

But perhaps because he was too anxious, the more anxious he became, the less steady he became. The lid he had just picked up slipped from his hand and fell to the ground with a clatter.

Lu Qing glanced at him, but instead of putting the pancake in her hand into her mouth, she turned her gaze to Lu Ze, who was rushing over.

"Why are you in such a hurry so early in the morning?" Lu Qing asked casually. "Have you had breakfast yet?"

“Brother, what time is it? Why are you still thinking about breakfast…” Lu Ze waved his hand at him, saying this while looking at the bowls and plates in front of Lu Qing. “Oh dear, brother hasn’t had breakfast yet? Then I’ll stop here and you eat first.”

Let's talk about this after you've eaten, so it doesn't affect your mood and make you lose your appetite!

After saying that, he glanced at the food in front of Lu Qing, turned to the messenger who brought the food and said, "It seems that I came at the wrong time and did not notice your good intentions. The food prepared for my brother looks quite good."

The constable lowered his head and gave a perfunctory reply, while his hands hurriedly gathered the things.

Lu Ze had only casually exchanged a few words with him and hadn't paid much attention, but after glancing at him, he couldn't help but look at the person more seriously: "Huh? You... why do you look both familiar and unfamiliar!"
I've never seen you here at the detention center before... but you look so familiar...

Lu Ze looked at the constable again with a puzzled expression.

His careful scrutiny made the already flustered constable even more agitated. He abandoned his food box, suddenly stood up, and ran out.

Lu Ze seemed unfamiliar with this situation and was momentarily stunned. After a moment of hesitation, he took off running after the other person, as if trying to catch up. However, it was clear that the other person was much faster, far exceeding the speed of a pampered Prince Shu like himself. After a few steps, he abandoned this unrealistic plan, shouting for the people outside to stop the other person, and then turned and ran back to Lu Qing's cell.

"Brother! Don't eat that!" He hurriedly gestured to Lu Qing. "That person just now seemed a bit strange. He looked really familiar to me. I think I've seen him around someone before, but I don't think I see him often. I really can't remember him right now."

After saying that, he gestured to the talisman beside him: "Quickly give me those foods, I happen to have a silver hairpin here, see if there's anything wrong with it!"

Fu Lu hurriedly carried the food in front of Lu Qing back to the cell bars as instructed.

Lu Ze squatted down, took out a simple silver hairpin from his pocket, and rinsed it in the soup.

When it was taken out again, the part of the hairpin that was originally quite silvery and shiny had turned completely black from being immersed in the soup.

Lu Ze's expression changed drastically: "Ah! There really is a problem! Brother didn't drink it, did he?"

Lu Qing looked at the blackened silver needle in his hand and shook her head: "If I had eaten it, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to sit here and talk to you like this right now."

Lu Ze patted his chest: "That's good! That's good!"

When I go out in a bit, I'll check if that man has been caught. We must interrogate him thoroughly to find out who sent him to harm my brother!

Lu Qing did not respond to these words, but instead asked, "You rushed over just now, what did you want to say to me?"

“Ah…this…” Lu Ze looked at the blackened silver hairpin in his hand, seemingly unable to speak.

However, after hesitating for a moment, he made up his mind and said, "What I was just about to tell you is that during the morning court session this day, my eldest brother returned and stood up to plead for you."

"Oh? Isn't that a good thing? Why do you look so worried?" Lu Qing asked Lu Ze.

"Because...because the eldest prince pleaded for you, Father Emperor seemed quite displeased. Before the morning court session was over, he kicked the eldest prince out of the main hall, saying that he must have gotten used to being wild outside and forgotten the rules of the palace, actually speaking rudely in the main hall."

After he was driven out, everyone else was so frightened that no one dared to openly speak up for him or plead for him until the court session ended..."

He let out a long sigh as he finished speaking.

"It's alright, perhaps His Majesty is just not in a good mood today," Lu Qing said lightly.

"That's what I was thinking too. I figured this matter wasn't urgent, and we could just wait a couple of days until Father Emperor had a chance to think it over before discussing it further."

But that guy just now..." Lu Ze pointed to the direction in which the unidentified policeman ran away, "Now it's obvious that someone wants to harm you, to make sure you're convicted and have no way to get out of this mess!"

This won't do, we can't wait any longer!
My elder brother was just reprimanded by Father today, so he probably won't be able to speak up now. I'll have to bite the bullet and try my luck again.