The fate was changed, the mistress of the Hou family was slapped in the face and made money to win

Chapter 617 Complete Failure

Li Zheng's Adam's apple rolled up and down, and he wanted to speak, but a bitter smile came out of his throat first.

"The Li family has fallen, and we are like dogs that have lost their homes. Anyone can step on us, and what benefit can we get from it?"

"Since there is no benefit, why are you still doing this?" Yuan Liang asked suspiciously.

Li Zheng glanced at Yuan Liang, "Why? Of course it's because our lives are in the hands of the Fourth Prince. We have no choice."

Although they had initially gone to the Lu family with the instigation of the Fourth Prince, it was indeed their own decision. However, they did not expect that the Fourth Prince would later have someone feed them poison and force them to carry out today's plan.

Although they might not survive if they killed Shen Yanxi, if they did not do as the Fourth Prince said, they would only be waiting for the poison to take effect and their intestines would rupture.

They also consulted doctors and tried to detoxify, but they went to several clinics in a row and all of them were helpless. Upon noticing their actions, the Fourth Prince had his eldest brother captured as a warning and threat.

He knew that the chances of success in killing Shen Yanxi were slim, but being forced to this point, they had no other choice. In this situation, if they wanted to feel at ease, they could only comfort themselves that Shen Yanxi was an enemy of their Li family, and if they could really kill him, they would just take it as revenge.

"If I had known it would turn out like this, I would never have gone to the Lu family to threaten them. I would have taken you away from the imperial city early. Jiang Suining is right. It was me, as a mother, who was too foolish and harmed you!" Mother Li fell to the ground. Her previous viciousness and cruelty had been completely replaced by weakness and regret.

The cowardice and complexity that Li Zheng usually had on his face disappeared completely at this moment. "Mother, it's useless to say these things now. Besides, we made the decision together. You can't be blamed alone no matter what."

Li Zheng's gaze slowly shifted from Li's mother to Li Mao who was kneeling on the ground. His sight fell on his right hand with the thumb cut off, and he spoke.

"Brother, you have suffered."

The expression on Li Mao's face no longer showed the dissatisfaction and resentment from before, and his eyes gradually calmed down.

"Ah Zheng, mother, now we can only accept our fate."

The mother and her two children, who had just collaborated to perform a big drama, now looked at each other. In each other's eyes, they all saw helpless resignation to their fate.

They really tried their best.

In fact, they also knew that even if they really killed Shen Yanxi, the Fourth Prince's men might not give them the antidote. After all, even the Fourth Prince himself was now in prison with an uncertain future.

However, they still tried their best to complete this task. Maybe they were forced by the poison, or maybe they just had too much resentment in their hearts. Human hearts are inherently complex and subtle. Even they themselves might not be able to explain why.

But the only thing that is certain now is that they really failed.

The looks and expressions of the mother and her two children were surprisingly consistent at this moment. It was a deep fatigue, so deep that it even overwhelmed the panic of what they were about to face.

Half an hour later, Li Zheng, his mother and his two sons were escorted to the yamen by the yamen runners who arrived.

They kidnapped first and then attempted murder, so they cannot escape the charges.

Lu Yan looked at the three people being escorted away, but she did not feel at ease.

Firstly, she was worried that Li Zheng and others would tell the Lu family about their affairs in the government office.

Secondly, thinking back on the expressions of the mother and her two children just now, Lu Yan felt very uncomfortable.

If one day the Lu family falls and I lose the protection of the Lu family, will I be manipulated by others and end up with the same fate as Li Zheng and others?

This thought sent a chill down Lu Yan's spine, and she couldn't help but shudder secretly.

She took a deep breath to suppress the uneasiness in her heart, then turned to look at Jiang Suining, "Suining, the wound on your hand..."

"It's okay, it's just a superficial wound." Jiang Suining said in a relaxed tone.

But the frown on Shen Yanxi's face showed no sign of relaxing.

Lu Yan seldom saw Shen Yanxi with such a cold face. Although she knew the reason, she still felt uncomfortable with the coldness and pressure emanating from him.

"Sui Ning, today I was careless and deceived, which caused you to come here. I..."

"No, if you really want to talk about being implicated, it was us who caused you to be schemed by the Fourth Prince." Jiang Suining interrupted Lu Yan in a serious tone.

Lu Yan thought for a moment and said in a slow tone, "Forget it. If that's the case, let's not talk about this. Li Zheng and his mother were sent to the government office. If my father gets the news... I'm afraid he will be concerned about this. I want to go back now."

"Okay, just in case, we'll have someone send you and Congrong back." Jiang Suining said as he turned his head to look at Shen Yanxi.

Shen Yanxi didn't say much, but just gave orders according to Jiang Suining's wishes and asked two guards to escort Lu Yan home.

Lu Yan was concerned about the Lu family's situation, so she thanked him and left quickly.

Jiang Suining and Shen Yanxi also got on the carriage, but they did not return to the Shen family. Instead, they went to the best clinic in the imperial city.

Jiang Suining originally wanted to say that he only had a skin wound on his hand, but in the end he couldn't persuade Shen Yanxi, so he went to the clinic obediently and had it rechecked and bandaged.

After confirming that his meridians were not injured and that he just needed to rest well, the tense expression on Shen Yanxi's face still did not relax. He sat back in the carriage, his eyes unable to stop falling on Jiang Suining's wound.

"I was too careless."

Fortunately, the meridians were not injured, otherwise...

Shen Yanxi's eyes narrowed and he didn't dare to think further.

"They acted too well. If he hadn't accidentally let it slip when he met Xiao Yi, I would have never imagined that Li Zheng would actually attack you."

After all, Li Zheng always acted like he was unwilling to do these things, and he had no choice but to do these things because of his mother's decision.

But if you think about it carefully, if Li Zheng really didn't want to, it would be impossible for Li's mother to control A Yan alone, and at the same time deliberately tamper with the carriage, leaving some minor flaws to lure herself in and return.

"Ningning, I kept saying that I wanted to protect you, but I let you get hurt because of me." Shen Yanxi said in a heavy tone.

Jiang Suining looked at Shen Yanxi with a smile in his eyes, "We are husband and wife, and we should support and protect each other."

Seeing that Shen Yanxi's brows were still furrowed, Jiang Suining spoke again, with a teasing and mischievous tone in his voice.

"Or do you think that only you can protect me? If it were me protecting you, it would be a loss of face for you, Prime Minister Shen?"