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Chapter 536 All dead

"Oh dear, Your Highness, you look so haggard these past few days!" Eunuch Gao stepped forward with small steps, sighing as he looked Lu Qing up and down, not forgetting to offer a few words of advice, "Actually, His Majesty has been thinking about you day and night these past few days, but the trouble you've gotten into this time is really quite big, which is why he's so annoyed."

I put some soft cushions inside beforehand, thinking that it wouldn't be too uncomfortable for you to kneel down after you go in.

The emperor saw it being released, but he said nothing and did not stop it.

So you see, His Majesty actually cares about you!

"You must sincerely apologize later and explain things clearly to the Emperor. Don't act impulsively, or you'll end up suffering the consequences yourself!"

As he spoke, he couldn't help but sigh again: "This old servant has watched you grow up since you were a child, when have I ever seen you so haggard?"

Lu Qing smiled slightly and thanked Eunuch Gao.

He hadn't eaten or drunk anything for two days. His lips were cracked and his voice was hoarse, as if his vocal cords had been sanded.

Eunuch Gao was taken aback, sighed, and turned to open the door to the South Study.

As soon as the door opened, the five people were led inside. Upon entering, they discovered that there was a person kneeling in the South Study, still wearing his court robes, kneeling upright.

That outfit and that posture—who else could it be but Lu Chao!
Zhu Yu had no idea that Lu Chao was also in the South Study at this moment.

However, she couldn't look around too much at the moment. After a quick glance, she hurriedly knelt down with Yan Daoxin and Fuwen Fulu not far from the entrance.

Emperor Jin had already changed his clothes and was still sitting behind his desk. His expression had nothing to do with "pleasure." Although his headaches had improved and he was in better spirits, his complexion was not very good.

He coldly scanned all five people, including Zhu Yu, lingering particularly long on Zhu Yu's face. Seeing that all five looked haggard and thin to varying degrees, he snorted.

"It seems my son has suffered a lot in that prison recently," he said, his tone still carrying a hint of lingering anger.

Upon hearing this, Lu Chao turned his head to look at Lu Qing. He probably hadn't expected Lu Qing to have lost so much weight, and there was some surprise in his eyes. However, he didn't say anything and silently turned his face away again.

Lu Qing remained silent, as if he hadn't heard Emperor Jin speak to him at all.

Emperor Jin clearly didn't expect him to respond to him. He just snorted coldly and said, "However, you deserve all the suffering you've endured!"
"Who gave you the audacity to act so recklessly? Even the Kingdom of Jin can't contain you, yet you dared to go to the Kingdom of Brahma and even plot to assassinate the King of Brahma!"

"The death of the prince has nothing to do with me." Lu Qing slowly raised his head, looked at Emperor Jin calmly, his eyes were firm, and his tone was also calm. "I was just traveling around with my fellow disciples. When we arrived at the border, we happened to come across the Brahma King posting a notice seeking medical help."

My fellow disciple Yan Daoxin is a peerless talent in medicine, with the ability to bring the dead back to life and heal the wounded. He is also a compassionate healer. When he saw the notice that King Fan was suffering from a terrible disease, a strange and unusual one, he wanted to lend a helping hand.

I only went with Your Majesty because I wanted to share your burdens.

Unexpectedly, upon arriving at the Brahma Palace, Yan Daoxin discovered that the Brahma King was not suffering from a serious illness, but rather from a strange poison. The poison was extremely peculiar; in the early stages, it would not cause any discomfort, and even taking the pulse would only make the person feel physically strong, with a steady and powerful pulse.

Those poisoned may even have rosy complexions, but behind this illusion, the poison has already seeped into their bones, and by the time symptoms appear, it's too late to save them.

"So, according to you, when you saw Brahma, he was already beyond saving, the poison had seeped into his bones?" As Lu Qing calmly recounted the signs of poisoning, Emperor Jin's brows furrowed, his eyes darkened, and his expression became more grim than before. "If that's the case, why did you still prepare an antidote for him?!"

Your statement is self-contradictory; don't you even realize that?

"The reason we prepared the antidote for Brahma was not because we thought he still had a chance of being cured, but because we hoped to delay his sudden death as much as possible, so that we could find out exactly why Brahma was poisoned by such a vicious poison."

Unexpectedly, just as the truth was coming to light, an unexpected turn of events occurred: Brahma died suddenly, and his nephew, who was usually not allowed to enter the palace, suddenly appeared, tied us up, and escorted us back.

That is the truth of the matter; Your Majesty, please investigate thoroughly.

Lu Qing knelt upright, her head slightly raised. Although her voice was hoarse, she spoke with a firm and resolute tone.

"Oh?" Emperor Jin looked at him with some suspicion. "Then tell me, what is the truth?"

"The truth is that Brahma was poisoned by Ishan, the high priest who was originally the most trusted by his side."

Naishan tempted Brahma with elixirs that would strengthen the body and prolong life, leading Brahma to ingest a poisoned pill.

"Oh? Where is this high priest you mentioned? Since he was the one who concocted the elixir to murder King Brahma, why didn't King Brahma's nephew bring him to the capital as well?" Emperor Jin asked.

"Because Naishan had already gone into seclusion to cultivate before we arrived in the Vatican."

"When we finally found out the truth and went to look for him, we discovered that he had died suddenly during his seclusion and had become a dried corpse," Lu Qing replied.

"Dead?" Emperor Jin frowned and asked again, "If you don't want people to know, then don't do it in the first place. Since he refined poisonous pills for King Brahma, does that mean he's the only one who knows about it?"

Is there no one else by his side, no one by Brahma's side, who can vouch for you on this matter?

"Your Majesty, the four guardians who accompanied Ishan during his seclusion were already mummified corpses when we found them."

As for the other servants in the Brahma Palace who had come into contact with the elixirs, they were all killed by Brahma himself during the thorough investigation.

Upon hearing Lu Qing's reply, Emperor Jin sneered and snorted, "According to you, this matter has reached the point where there is no way to verify it."
Those who knew the truth, those who poisoned, and those who were poisoned are all dead.

Now that you're telling me this without any evidence, how am I supposed to know if what you're saying is true, or if you're just lying to cover up the death of Brahma?