TGCFNM -Chapter 528 A Perfect Success

After Chu Ling and the others were “captured” and taken away, Fu Qingyu only received the news much later. His expression shifted slightly, and he actually let out a laugh.

Grand Tutor Fu waved his hand, dismissing everyone else. Then he looked at him heavily and asked, “What were you originally planning?”

“What else could it be? Of course I was following your instructions, Elder.” Fu Qingyu slowly stood up with his injured arm hanging in a sling, his expression casual and indifferent.

“You and Chu Yue aren’t hiding something from me, are you?” Grand Tutor Fu’s face showed clear distrust.

Fu Qingyu chuckled softly, his eyes full of mockery. “You have the people in your hands, and the things in your hands too. Even Chu Yue doesn’t dare betray you. What could we possibly do? Grand Tutor, aren’t you being a little too nervous?”

“Hmph. You’d better behave yourselves! Otherwise…” The threat in Grand Tutor Fu’s eyes was obvious.

Fu Qingyu lowered his gaze slightly, appearing much more obedient.

Grand Tutor Fu snorted coldly and strode out of the tent with a flick of his sleeve.

After he left, a young imperial physician walked in and smiled at Fu Qingyu. “I’m here to change your bandages.”

“Since those people ran into the adults, they’ll definitely all be killed, right?” Fu Qingyu curled his lips, as if everything had happened exactly as he expected.

“You don’t find that a pity?” Chu Yue asked softly while removing the bandages.

“Why should I pity people who don’t obey me?” The smile on Fu Qingyu’s lips widened. “Whether today sparks a conflict between the two princes or results in the complete annihilation of the Sun-Moon Sect, I’m very satisfied.”

Chu Yue chuckled lightly. There was admiration in her eyes, but also vigilance. “Indeed. Whether it’s causing the Master to lose an arm or successfully stirring up conflict, we’re the winners either way. And Chu Ling and the others… would you say we’ve used them again?”

Fu Qingyu didn’t answer immediately. Instead, he looked outside the tent.

“Even though I was injured for those officials, their concern is only superficial. Each one of them is as shrewd as a fox.”

Chu Yue wrapped the bandages again and said in a low voice, “We prepared three groups of men and even arranged for a ferocious beast. When the chaos begins, remember to stay by His Majesty’s side and protect him without leaving his side. I’ll see whether Grand Tutor Fu can handle the situation. If he can’t, we’ll wait for the next opportunity.”

“Thank you,” Fu Qingyu said seriously.

“Then the favor I asked you for—when can we start?” Chu Yue asked while packing up the medicine box.

“The matter of the Chu family missed the best opportunity. If you really want to remove the seal on them, the Chu family needs someone capable to step forward so we can assign some official duties.” Fu Qingyu lowered his sleeve and looked at Chu Yue. “Do you have a candidate?”

“To avoid His Majesty’s suspicion back then, the younger generation of the Chu family had only two daughters—me and Chu Ling. There were no sons. Where would I find one…” She paused, then waved it off. “Forget it. Let’s just say the second branch adopted a foster son. I’ll arrange it. Once everything’s ready, I’ll come find you.”

With that, Chu Yue picked up the medicine box and left.

Fu Qingyu pressed lightly on his injured spot. With a pale face, he also walked out of the tent.

What the two of them didn’t know was that while they had schemed against Chu Ling, Chu Ling had also accidentally set them up in return.

By the time Chu Yue felt it was ready to proceed, no matter how many times the signal was sent or how many people were dispatched to check, they all returned empty-handed.

In the end, Chu Yue had no choice but to go in personally.

There, she saw packets of medicinal powder marked with the words “Lanyue”, along with a group of people lying on the ground.

At that exact moment, the Emperor’s Imperial Guards also arrived and began searching the forest thoroughly.

Helpless, Chu Yue had to withdraw for the time being.

Today’s plan had been completely ruined.

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Around the same time, Chu Ling and the others had already returned to the capital and arrived at the Lu Residence.

On the surface, they were being punished and lectured.

In reality, the group was sitting around a table, happily drinking chicken soup.

Lu Shi frowned at the group, unable to figure out how his wife had come to see these little monkeys as pitiful. Was it because of the dirt and withered leaves stuck all over them?

This was clearly their own doing!

“In any case, I just chopped away like crazy—chop chop—and I alone knocked down over a hundred people!” Wan Sanjin bragged.

Madam Lu smiled kindly. “Sanjin is really amazing.”

Wan Sanjin looked smug.

Lu Shi stared at him with knitted brows. “Before drinking the chicken soup, didn’t you say it was only dozens of people?”

“I… I was starving, so I remembered it wrong. It was over a hundred!” Wan Sanjin patted his chest. “Lord Lu, what a pity—you didn’t get to see my heroic and mighty side.”

“I don’t find it a pity at all!” Lu Shi snapped.

Madam Lu smacked him lightly. “These children all worked hard. Don’t raise your voice like that.”

Lu Shi let out a breath and decided not to argue with them. In any case, today’s matter had passed smoothly.

After dinner, the group followed Lu Shi to the study.

After learning the identities of those people and about the secret letter ordering the assassination of him, Lu Shi didn’t show much reaction. But when he heard they had planned to secretly steal the tiger out, he couldn’t help pressing a hand to his twitching eye.

“You all… what exactly are you planning to do?” Lu Shi asked through gritted teeth, enunciating each word.

“We want to raise it,” Wan Sanjin answered honestly. “That tiger is really beautiful. Its physique is perfect—one look and you can tell it’s a fierce beast.”

“It is a fierce beast even without looking!” Lu Shi glared. “Fine. Go back and have your brother steal it for you. If you sneak it out quietly, I won’t say a word. But if someone discovers it, you deal with the consequences yourself.”

Wan Sanjin’s eyes lit up. “Don’t worry, Lord Lu. Once I raise it well, I’ll invite you to come pet it.”

Lu Shi closed his eyes in pain. “…”

Just then, Lu Chong, who had been sent out earlier, returned to the Lu residence and came straight to the study.

“My lord.”

“Come in,” Lu Shi said.

Lu Chong stepped inside and carefully shut the door behind him. With a strange expression as if he was holding back laughter, he looked at Chu Ling and the others and couldn’t help praising them.

“Lord Chu, you guys are incredible.”

Lu Shi’s heart skipped a beat. “What did they do this time?”

“According to Chen Bai, some kind of bizarre wind started blowing in the forest. Anyone who went in either fainted, or burst out laughing wildly, or even started hopping around saying they were actually rabbits…”

Lu Shi raised a hand to stop him and closed his eyes. “Stop talking…”

Lu Chong’s smile was impossible to suppress. “So in the end, no one dared to go in anymore. They could only wait for the wind to stop. His Majesty also felt it was inauspicious and directly announced that there would be no more hunting in the future.”

Lu Shi’s mouth twitched. “That’s actually a good thing.”

“I deliberately followed Fu Qingyu. He met with a young imperial physician and spoke for a while before leaving. I’m guessing they must have had arrangements inside that forest, but this time Lord Chu and the others completely ruined everything.” As Lu Chong spoke, he looked at Chu Ling with admiration. “Lord Chu, impressive.”

“It was everyone’s contribution, everyone’s,” Chu Ling said happily, unable to help clapping.

Wan Sanjin was also extremely excited.

Even Su He’s usually expressionless face showed a smile. It could be said that their operation this time had been a complete success.