Chapter 2259: Su Rongqing, You Deserve to Die!
After the two left, they tacitly decided not to go home. Instead, they went to Lichuntang to ask about Shangguan Xu's condition.
When the physician at Lichuntang heard that the Su father and son were asking about Shangguan Xu's condition, he told them everything. His answer was exactly the same as Shangguan Ya's.
It wasn't that Shangguan Ya had bribed the physician at Lichuntang. That would have been unrealistic; Lichuntang was a medical family with close ties to the Su Family.
It was just that Lichuntang's physicians were no match for Wang Yue. The little trick Wang Yue had used left the doctor no choice but to give a diagnosis according to Wang Yue's instructions.
The Su father and son hadn't expected Shangguan Xu to really be sick. After leaving Lichuntang, both of them remained frowning.
Su Rongqing still had his doubts. The timing was simply too coincidental, and nothing like this had happened in his previous life. He asked, "Father, is Minister Shangguan really sick? How could it be such a coincidence?"
Minister Su shook his head and said gravely, "Lichuntang has no reason to deceive us. Shangguan Xu may really be ill. But what we need to consider now is what Xie Wenqing did. Does Shangguan Xu know? Does the Emperor know?"
Su Rongqing thought his father had a point. Whether Shangguan Xu was sick wasn't important. What mattered was that he'd fallen ill at this exact moment, as if he didn't want to get involved.
So Su Rongqing said solemnly, "Father, it seems we need to consult the other families. His Majesty has put the tax collection in the hands of Xie Wenqing, the Minister of Justice, leaving us in a very difficult position. He has deep ties to