After being dressed as Wu Zetian's daughter, she was favored by the group

After seeing off Lady Liu, Li Lingyue went to the kitchen alone to make some food, then moved a bench and placed it in the courtyard, lying on it comfortably to bask in the autumn sun.

Shi Qingfeng was seriously injured and was thrown into a hospital in the city by Liu Yaoji for treatment. He would not be able to return to the Taoist temple for seven or eight days.

Due to the murder that occurred yesterday, the Taoist temple is currently closed to visitors.

She was alone in the huge Taoist temple, and of course, there was Ma Liu lurking in the dark.

I don't know how long it took, but just as she was drifting off to sleep, she vaguely heard noisy voices in the distance.

Li Lingyue took off the handkerchief covering her face and walked to the front yard, where she found Wen Deju leading Gong Er and other young Taoist priests back to the Taoist temple.

Gong'er saw Li Lingyue's figure from afar, and excitedly waved and ran towards her.

"Princess! We are back!"

Li Lingyue hurried up to greet you and asked with concern: "Just come back, the Yamen won't give you any trouble, right?!"

Gong'er said happily: "Princess! Thanks to the help of the governor, we can be safe!"

At this time, Wen Deju had also approached, and he politely raised his hands to Li Lingyue and said, "I have seen the princess!"

There were outsiders around, so he didn't use the title "humble position". Li Lingyue didn't take it seriously, and returned Wen Deju's greeting: "Thank you, Lord Governor, for your help. I can't thank you enough!"

"It's just a little effort!" Wen De said politely, bowed to Li Lingyue and said: "Princess, I have an important matter to discuss, can you lend me a moment to speak?!"

"Wait a moment, Lord Governor!" Li Lingyue responded, turned around and told Gong'er: "Girl, take the junior brothers down to rest first. The Taoist temple has closed its doors to thank guests these days!"

After saying that, he made an invitation gesture to Wen Deju: "Master Governor, please follow Pindao to the tea room to talk!"

Not long after, the two entered the tea room one after another. After sitting down, the Taoist boy brought tea.

After the little Taoist priest who took part in the tea left, Wen Deju asked with concern:

"Princess, I heard that King Yu came to the Taoist Temple yesterday. He didn't make things difficult for you, right?"

It's no wonder he wasn't embarrassed, he almost crushed me to ashes.

Li Lingyue glanced at this hindsight with dissatisfaction and said casually:

"He came to me to release him, but I prevaricated him. Last night I sent a killer to sneak into the Taoist temple. Fortunately, I am lucky enough to save my life!"

At that moment, Li Lingyue briefly told the story of the assassination. She only said that Shi Qingfeng saved her and did not mention the existence of God.

When Wen Deju heard this, he frowned angrily and said sadly:

"This is unreasonable! This King Yu is simply lawless. No wonder all the soldiers who were placed near the Taoist temple have disappeared for no reason. They must have been poisoned by King Yu!"

Wen Deju said indignantly, but Li Lingyue secretly thought: Those guys must have even sold the corpses of officers and soldiers for money!

She couldn't help but shudder, and Wen Deju's eloquent voice was still heard in her ears!

"I guess that Prince Yu's palace killed dozens of our officers and soldiers and deliberately destroyed the corpses to eliminate traces. They were worried about getting burned and did not want to escalate the situation. After all, Prince Yu is still behind in the east capital. If it is found that the officers and soldiers died unexpectedly, what will happen to him? Staying behind is also very disadvantageous..." "What's the use of talking about this now! It's better to think about what to do next!"

Li Lingyue waved her hand to interrupt him, and immediately asked: "Prince Wen, since both the enemy and us know it well, can you find some evidence to fully prove that King Yu is guilty of murdering this princess?!"

Wen Deju pondered for a while, then finally shook his head and sighed: "In order to preserve the reputation of the crown prince, that old fox King Yu did not dare to lead people to openly rob the prison, so he deliberately showed weakness and came to the Taoist temple in person to beg the princess for her release. The princess may not know it yet. After the old guy returned to the palace, he fell ill in bed. Now outsiders are talking about the princess taking advantage of her power to bully others. Now that one of the father and son is sick and the other is in jail, they have become the weaker party. If they want to prove King Yu's guilt, I'm afraid they won't be able to People will believe it!”

Li Lingyue finally heard that in order to kill him, King Yu eliminated himself as a suspect in advance and pretended to be ill in bed, so that outsiders would think that he had no motive for committing the crime.

Thinking of Prince Yu's special status, Li Lingyue had no choice but to take action against him. After all, the most important thing now was to protect the safety of the people on his side, so he ordered Wen Deju:

"Prince Wen, I have something to do right now, and I need your help to deal with it!"

"Princess, it doesn't matter if you say so!" Wen De raised his hand.

"You asked the yamen to investigate the whereabouts of Yao Yuan, the steward of the Wu Mansion. Yesterday I received news that he was kidnapped by a group of bandits. I suspect that this matter was done by Prince Yu's Mansion, so you must help me find Yao Yuan. It is best if he is alive. Get him out."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wen Deju replied:
"Back to the princess, Yao Yuanyu, the steward of the Wu Mansion, has returned to the Wu Mansion this morning!"

"What!" Li Lingyue said in disbelief: "He came back by himself?"

"That's right!" Wen Deju stroked his beard and nodded: "Not only is he fine, but he also has a lot of money. By the way, princess, I went to the Fu Mu this morning to ask about the Taoist murder case, but Zhao Weiting actually closed the case early. It is said that the pilgrim committed suicide by taking poison, which has nothing to do with the Taoist temple, so I can only bring those little Taoist priests back because of my humble position!"

Li Lingyue was surprised: "So, everything is going well in my cousin Helan's house?"

"Yes! Princess!" Wen Deju nodded and said, "I find this strange even for my humble position. It is clear that the other party took the hostages to force the princess to submit, but I didn't expect that they took the initiative to release them all this morning. It is really unbelievable!"

Li Lingyue was a little stunned. Normally, King Yu would not be so petty and would not give in so easily. Why did he take the initiative to compromise after one night? What happened during this period!

Wen Deju continued to report: "Princess, I have come to see you in this humble position. There is one more matter that I need to discuss with the princess!"

"What's the matter?"

"The humble official received the news that the massacre at the Taoist Temple reached Chang'an. His Majesty Long Yan was furious and immediately ordered a thorough investigation of the case. In order to urge the local government to find the murderer, the imperial court also appointed an inspection envoy to Luoyang with His Majesty's imperial edict and ordered Dong Dong Du Liushou, Henan Prefecture Mu, and lower-ranking officials are fully cooperating. According to the time calculation, we will arrive in Luoyang in four or five days!"

"This is a good thing. What is there to discuss?" Li Lingyue looked at Wen Deju in confusion.

Wen Deju wiped the sweat from his forehead and said hesitantly:
"Well... I'm worried that the inspector will be suspicious of me. To be honest, on the night of the massacre, Luoyang's garrison general came to have a banquet at Beizi's house! So..."

You old man, you didn’t tell me when I asked you, but now you only think of cramming when things happen.

Li Lingyue glanced at Wen Deju with contempt and asked in a deep voice: "Is it my mother who asked you to entertain the garrison generals at a banquet?"

"Princess! I'm sorry that I don't dare to say so because of my humble position!"

Wen Deju hurriedly fell to the ground and prostrated. He did not say it clearly, but this move had already admitted in disguise that the person behind the scenes was Empress Wu.

After learning the truth, Li Lingyue couldn't help but feel warm in her heart. Her mother was really very kind to her. In order to stand up for her, she even got angry and brought down all the Tiandao Sect's dojos in Luoyang City. Such a big gesture, Only I, the old lady, can do it. (End of chapter)