After the divorce, my ex-uncle fell in love with me crazily

Chapter 228 Accident
Just as Tao Yao and Lu Jiuyuan were on their way back to Beijing, a major event happened in the court.

Today, Tao Yao was in the carriage, with her head resting on Lu Jiuyuan's lap, boredly flipping through the idle books he had found for herself.

At this moment, there was a rush of hoofbeats, and with a "report", the carriage stopped suddenly.

Tao Yao was feeling strange, when suddenly Wu Ze's dignified voice came from outside, "Master, urgent report from Beijing!"

"Come in!" Lu Jiuyuan said in a calm voice.

Immediately afterwards, the car window opened, and Wu Ze handed in a letter from the outside.

After Lu Jiuyuan opened it and read it, his face suddenly became serious.

Tao Yao noticed it, tugged at his sleeve and asked, "What's the matter, did something happen?"

After a while, Lu Jiuyuan said: "The prince has been thrown into the prison."

"What?" Tao Yao was taken aback, sat up, and took the letter in his hand.

After reading it, she was shocked, "How could this be?"

This letter was sent to Lu Jiuyuan by Gu Changqing's people.

The letter said that Wanrun suddenly fell into a coma, and the emperor tried his best to wake her up, but in the end, a puppet full of needles was found in the East Palace.

Wanrun's name and date of birth were also written on the puppet.

The emperor was furious, thinking that Wanrun's coma was related to the prince's curse, and in a fit of anger, threw the prince into the prison.

Those who pleaded for the prince were all thrown into prison, and after that, no one dared to plead for the prince.

"The prince would not do such a thing." Lu Jiuyuan frowned.

Tao Yao came back to her senses and nodded, "I also believe he won't. Someone must have framed him."

When Lu Jiuyuan heard the words, his tone was a little sarcastic, "What everyone can understand, but the emperor can't understand."

"Then what should we do next?" Tao Yao was worried, both for the crown prince and Wan Run.

The letter said that Qi Yan would be abolished and his life was in danger, while Wan Run hadn't woken up yet, and the imperial physician could not diagnose the reason.

Lu Jiuyuan held back, "We'll talk about it after we return to Beijing."

When Tao Yao heard the words, she could only suppress her anxiety and nodded, "Yeah."

They are still on the road now, no matter how anxious they are, they have no choice but to hurry on their way as soon as possible.

Fortunately, it is not far from the capital now, and it should be there in three to five days.

Because of this incident, neither Tao Yao nor Lu Jiuyuan was in the mood to enjoy the scenery along the way anymore, and they only wanted to return to Beijing as soon as possible.

A few days later, the group finally returned to the capital.

After Lu Jiuyuan ordered the lieutenant general to settle down the soldiers, he asked the accompanying Khitan envoys and princess to be escorted to the post house.

After arranging these, he led Tao Yao into the city first.

After sending Tao Yao to the gate of Duke Lu's mansion, Lu Jiuyuan turned around and entered the palace.

During this period of time, the emperor was in a gloomy mood and looked haggard, but when he saw Lu Jiuyuan come back, he finally had a smile on his face.

"Jiuyuan, you have worked hard during this time, and on behalf of the people of Dayan, I thank you and the soldiers."

Lu Jiuyuan shook his head, "Sharing the emperor's worries is the job of the ministers, and it's not hard work."

The emperor insisted: "This time you have made great achievements in guarding the frontier and resisting the Khitan. In a few days, I will reward you one by one."

"The soldiers who shed their blood for Dayan should indeed be rewarded, but the ministers don't have to." Lu Jiuyuan said seriously.

Hearing this, the emperor patted him on the shoulder, "I know you don't care about rewards, but you have made such great achievements for Dayan, and if you don't have a reward, don't you want people in the world to question you?

Come on, you can get any reward you want. "

The emperor is very generous.

Lu Jiuyuan paused, and said slowly, "Really, any reward is fine?"

The emperor nodded, "I keep my word."

Hearing the words, Lu Jiuyuan suddenly knelt down on one knee and said, "I heard that the crown prince was involved in the witchcraft incident. I hope the emperor will order a thorough investigation of this matter again!"

The emperor's face changed, "The reward you want is only this?"

Lu Jiuyuan sighed, "The prince has a pure nature, I believe he would not do such a thing."

The emperor looked at him carefully for a while, then smiled wryly, "I thought you were different from the other courtiers, but I didn't expect you to stand in line."

Lu Jiuyuan frowned, "I speak for the prince not because I stand up for the prince, but because I don't want the emperor to wrong the prince because he is worried about Wan Jieyu."

"How do you know that Qi Yan was wronged, rather than the real thing? You have only just arrived in Beijing, and you haven't even figured out the whole story." The emperor said in a flat tone.

"I just believe in the character of the former empress, and the prince was born of the former empress, so he must have inherited the virtues of the former empress." Lu Jiuyuan raised his head and said this suddenly.

The emperor looked dazed for a while.

After a while, he stretched out his hand to support Lu Jiuyuan, "You are my best and most trusted subject. Since you raised an objection, I will give you a chance to investigate thoroughly. I hope you can find evidence to clarify the prince's charges."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lu Jiuyuan said solemnly.

The emperor sighed, "You go, but I want to remind you, I'm afraid you are worrying too much about this matter, although I am very worried about Wan Jieyu's accident, but I am not so confused as to anger the prince.

Do you know what the Crown Prince said to me at court two days before Wan Jieyu's accident?Afterwards, Wan Jieyu passed out, and the doctors were helpless, but they searched the East Palace for that kind of witch and evil thing.

I have reason to believe that the crown prince cursed Wan Jieyu because of his resentment! "

Lu Jiuyuan paused for a moment and said nothing more.

As soon as he left the palace, he saw Gu Changqing waiting there.

Seeing him coming out, Gu Changqing immediately went up to meet him, "How about it, have you mentioned the prince's matter with the emperor?"

"The emperor has promised me to investigate this matter thoroughly." Lu Jiuyuan said.

When Gu Changqing heard this, his complexion changed, "If this is the case, it will be bad."

"Why do you say that?" Lu Jiuyuan frowned.

Gu Changqing sighed, "You're not in the capital, so I don't know, after the five princes were demoted, several other princes had accidents, and all of them were related to Wan Jieyu.

Even the eighth prince had an accident. You know, the prince has always been close to the eighth prince. If the eighth prince had an accident, the prince couldn't sit still.

So he accused Wan Jieyu of being a disaster in the court, the emperor should not be bewitched by her, and compared her to Daji.

Wan Jieyu is Daji, so isn't the emperor the faint king Zhou?At that time, the emperor was furious, reprimanded the prince severely, and asked him to think about his mistakes behind closed doors.

Coincidentally, Wan Jieyu passed out not long after, and the emperor tried his best to wake her up, but after that, he found the puppet full of needles in the East Palace. "

Speaking of this, Gu Changqing frowned, "We all know that the prince must have been blamed, but the problem is that the people behind the scenes have planned meticulously this time, and there are no loopholes, so a thorough investigation is useless.

I thought that if you pleaded for the crown prince, the emperor would think about it for the sake of your great achievements. "

"Since it was framed by humans, it will definitely leave clues and ants. Let's go to the prison first. I want to meet the prince first." Lu Jiuyuan said.

(End of this chapter)