Concubine in power

"Do you really think of me, your lady, as a Taoist priest who sets up a stall on the street?" Lu Zhiyao raised his hand to touch Wanyue's eyebrows, and said with a half-smile: "Let's go, I'm going back, I still have things to do tomorrow .”

The appearance of Jiang Wei made Lu Zhiyao unable to forget the past.The crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason is a shame to anyone in their Xia family.That day was the day when she got married, but why did Dad and the others stay in the capital in the morning, but returned to Xuncheng in the evening?That was definitely not a coincidence, if there was nothing important, they would never go back.

Lu Zhiyao was not in a hurry to investigate Jiang Wei immediately.After waiting patiently for two days, picking a day when Lu Yuanzheng was not at the mansion, Lu Zhiyao took his maid and went straight to the Eight Emperors Mansion.

There are not many servants in the eighth prince's mansion, except for those who often appear by his side, it is rare to see other servants and servant girls.The gatekeepers had long been familiar with Lu Zhiyao, and seeing Lu Zhiyao coming with his maid, they quickly opened their mouths and talked to Lu Zhiyao.

Lu Zhiyao looked at their puzzled expressions, smiled slightly, and said, "I'm here to see Miss Lan, didn't she go with your master?"

"Missy came at the right time, Miss Lan just came back not long ago."

After welcoming Lu Zhiyao into the mansion, Lu Zhiyao was taken all the way to Lan Ruoling's yard, seeing Lan Ruoling's slightly surprised expression when she saw her, Lu Zhiyao smiled and remained silent.

After Lan Ruoling waited for the servants to leave, she remembered what Lin Yinan had told her before leaving, and asked in a low voice, "Come to see Xia Han?"

Lu Zhiyao nodded his head lightly, looked at Lan Ruoling's ready appearance, and asked puzzledly, "It's already this time, and you want to go back to the yamen?"

"Well, there's something wrong." Lan Ruoling didn't think too much about it. While looking back for something, she casually said to Lu Zhiyao: "The higher-ups have changed, so they may be a little busy recently. If you need me urgently , you can go directly to the Yamen."

The words "the superior has changed" made Lu Zhiyao's eyes light up.

"It's not unusual for a new official to take office three times. It's just that I don't know which adult has come to the yamen?"

"It's the Ministry of Punishment. It's troublesome to change to a doctor from the Ministry of Punishment."

Although Lan Ruoling is usually in the yamen, she is also a well-known arrester in the capital, and it is not surprising that she has connections with the Ministry of Criminal Justice.But ordinary people who are not stupid should also know that she is still the person next to the Eighth Prince, so generally speaking, small things can't be found on her.Could it be that something major happened in the capital recently that I don't know about?

"Doctor of the Ministry of Punishment." Lu Zhiyao smiled softly, and under Lan Ruoling's gaze, he guessed and asked, "It can't be Mr. Jiang, the magistrate of Xuncheng County, right?"

"How do you know?" Lan Ruoling paused, unexpectedly Lu Zhiyao knew quite a lot.

"Did you guess right?" Lu Zhiyao was a little helpless, it seemed that Jiang Wei crawled fast enough.The prince pushed him into the Ministry of Punishment, so he didn't want to arrange someone to be by Lan Ruoling's side, did he? "He came to my house two days ago, and I happened to bump into him. I heard from my father that he came from Xuncheng."

"It's only a few days since he came to the capital, but he is very quick to contact people." Lan Ruoling raised her eyebrows, and said jokingly, which made Lu Zhiyao and Yudie beside her laugh. "Let's go, I'll take you to see Xia Han."

Lu Zhiyao was taken to Xia Han's residence, knocked on the door latch, and seeing Xia Han's obviously stunned expression when he opened the door, Lu Zhiyao turned his head to look at Lan Ruoling, and said, "Miss Lan, please leave first if you have something to do." Well, I'll go back after talking to her for a while."

"Well, I'll go first." Lan Ruoling was indeed busy, so she nodded and left without being polite to Lu Zhiyao.

Xia Han welcomed Lu Zhiyao into the room, walked to the table, saw Xia Han embroidered more than half of the embroidery on the table, Lu Zhiyao picked it up, looked at it twice, and put it down again.

"Yudie, go and wait outside the door."

After sending Yudie away, Lu Zhiyao and Xia Han sat at the table and looked at each other.After a short silence, Xia Han opened his mouth softly and asked, "I heard that the emperor has already married you and the eighth prince, is it true?"

Lu Zhiyao was a little surprised that Xia Han would bring this up, he nodded hesitantly, Lu Zhiyao pursed his lips and said, "I didn't expect this to happen either."

"Then congratulations to Ms. Lu, the Eighth Prince is a good person, it is a blessing to be able to marry him." Xia Han also smiled slightly, compared to her attitude towards Lu Zhiyao last time, this time she is much gentler. "I didn't expect that the Eighth Prince was not in the capital, and you would come to see me."

"It has nothing to do with me coming to see you, Xiaohan, don't think too much." A look of worry flashed across Lu Zhiyao's eyes. After Xia Han hummed softly, Lu Zhiyao thought for a while and said, "Xiaohan , I have something to ask you."

"What's the matter? Just ask."

Lu Zhiyao hesitated for a moment, but finally asked the question.Even if she knew this, she would touch the wound in Xia Han's heart, but she had no other choice.

"I want to ask you, what exactly happened in Xuncheng a few months ago." Lu Zhiyao watched the expression changes on Xia Han's face intently, staring at the flash of panic in Xia Han's eyes, Lu Zhiyao Yao felt a sharp pain in his heart, and comforted him: "If you don't want to say it, then don't say it."

Xia Han frowned and looked at Lu Zhiyao puzzled.She couldn't figure it out, Lu Zhiyao asked what Xun Cheng was doing.There was a hint of vigilance in the puzzled eyes, Xia Han kept silent, looked straight at Lu Zhiyao, and did not answer her question.

"Don't be afraid, I just want to help you." Lu Zhiyao sighed, she knew that it would not be easy for Xia Han to tell what happened that day. "Helping you is also helping me. Your Xia family has been kind to me, so if I can do some things, I will definitely do it for you. I know that the destruction of the Xia family is not such a simple matter, and I will also help you." I don't believe that General Xia really did evil things like collaborating with the enemy and treasoning the country. I have already met the magistrate of Xuncheng. He is not in Xuncheng now, but has come to the capital. He has been promoted. Xia Han, do you understand what this means?"

When Xia Han heard Lu Zhiyao talk about Jiang Wei, hatred that had never appeared before appeared in Xia Han's eyes.The light in her eyes flickered, and her clenched hands trembled slightly. After a while, she slowly calmed down.

"What you said is true?"

"Otherwise, what do you think I took the risk to see you again and again? I don't want to help you, so I could have told the Prince and the others about your presence, didn't I?"

Xia Han looked at Lu Zhiyao for a moment, then lowered his eyes, and said hesitantly: "Our family's affairs cannot be done by you alone. I have given up hope, then Jiang Wei, he is the prince's confidant, you Can't beat him."

Xia Han refused to tell the truth, and Lu Zhiyao had nothing to do with her.But from the lines in her words, Lu Zhiyao could still hear that the matter of Xuncheng had something to do with that Jiang Wei.

"Well, let's not talk about this." Lu Zhiyao didn't want to embarrass Xia Han anymore, so he took the initiative to change the subject. Lu Zhiyao asked in a low voice, "Is it boring after staying here for so long? Otherwise, I'll take you to Take a walk outside?"

"Miss, don't be joking. If someone sees and recognizes my face, it will be no small matter. Here, the Eighth Prince and the others have treated me very well, and I am very content."

"You think it's good, that's good." Lu Zhiyao breathed a sigh of relief, although he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Lin Yinan's gourd, but it was true that he didn't treat Xia Han badly. "I'll come to see you in a few days, and you keep the money yourself. The Eighth Prince is not at the house, and you need to deal with many things yourself. If you want to find me, just tell Miss Lan, understand?"

Xia Han looked at the money in his hand in a daze, and after Lu Zhiyao stood up and was about to leave, he shook his head belatedly and said, "I can't ask for your money."

"Take it, there will always be something useful." Lu Zhiyao looked back and smiled at Xia Han, "Don't give it away, if you really think you shouldn't take this money, just give it to me after the handkerchief is embroidered. "

Xia Han sent Lu Zhiyao away with complicated eyes, and put a few ingots of silver on the table. Xia Han thought for a long time, but still didn't remember that Lu Zhiyao had any contact with their Xia family before.But seeing her coming to see me time and time again, treating me well doesn't seem like an act.She is nothing more than a fugitive, what is she trying to do by doing this?

Not only Xia Han couldn't figure it out, but even Yu Die who was beside Lu Zhiyao, after knowing Xia Han's identity, began to worry about Lu Zhiyao.My young lady has been more and more fond of doing adventurous things recently, but Xia Han, she is the daughter of a criminal minister, if the news spreads, it will be no small matter.What are Lu Zhiyao and the Eighth Prince thinking about?

"Yudie, why haven't I seen you looking for your master lately?" Lu Zhiyao walked on the way back to Xiangfu, talking to Yudie while looking around at the scenery on the street.

"The master said that he has something to do at home, so he has no time to see me recently."

"Oh? Where does he live?"

"I don't know about this. The master didn't mention it, and I didn't ask about it. But I think it should be not too far from the capital, otherwise I wouldn't go there to collect medicine." Yudie thought of her so-called master, and she was also full. doubts.

"You are interesting, master." Lu Zhiyao once glanced at the book that the man gave Yudie.Even though she doesn't know medical skills, she can tell that the book is a good thing.Everything was sorted out by myself, and it was a thick book. When Yudie really understood everything, she might be able to become a doctor and see a doctor.

Lu Zhiyao was talking to Yudie when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure.As soon as her footsteps stopped, she stood still, and then ran over with big strides, looking for the figure of that person.

"Miss, what's the matter with you?" Yudie followed closely, looked in the direction Lu Zhiyao was looking at, and asked, "Who did you see?"

[Counting last night's second update, today's update will be released later]