The reborn poisonous woman is hard to abandon

Chapter 308 Do You Still Trust The General?
"You don't even have any evidence that he framed the prince, so what if you scold him?"

"Then what should I do? Do you want me to just watch the prince being framed and do nothing?"

Lu Heng's footsteps stopped, and suddenly he turned around and roared at Lu Hanrui as if venting, tears suddenly fell down, and Xiao Ruan couldn't help his eyes swell.

Lu Hanrui usually never felt sorry for Lu Heng's harshness, but at this moment, he sighed, slowly stepped forward to hold her in his arms, and patted her on the back to coax her softly.

"Heng'er, don't worry too much, the prince will be fine, and your marriage will definitely go ahead as scheduled."

Hearing this, the worry in his heart seemed to have an outlet to vent. Tears rolled down Lu Heng's cheeks, and there was a choked sob in his throat, like some kind of poor little beast.

But at the moment, the two people who were immersed in the sentimentality didn't notice the glare in Xiao Ruan's eyes behind them.

For the whole afternoon, Xiao Ruan's thoughts were in a mess, several times he stood at the gate of the courtyard silently facing the vast sky.

At night, she was about to rest, when she suddenly saw Li Yun coming in from outside, she immediately put on her clothes and sat up again.

"Have you investigated the ins and outs of the matter?"

With the candlelight flickering, Xiao Ruan asked urgently to Li Yun in the shadow, but Li Yun hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded slightly.

"Return to madam, this servant has already inquired clearly. Half a month ago, the general exposed the official of the Ministry of Rites, Mr. Meng, in the court hall. This person was single-handedly picked up by the crown prince. After being found out for taking bribes, the emperor is very dissatisfied with the crown prince."

Li Yun's voice was very calm, but Xiao Ruan's face became more and more ugly, and he was silent for a long time before he found his own voice.

"So this time, the general has a hand in the casino?"

During the day, Lu Hanrui said that it was revealed that the prince's casino opened because of a life lawsuit, but she always felt that this incident was too coincidental.

It's not convenient to ask Lu Hanrui too much, she can only ask Li Yun to inquire about Chaozhong's activities outside.

"According to the news from the servants, the general did not participate in this matter, but... the general did come and go frequently in Duke Huai's mansion during this period."

Hearing this, Xiao Ruan felt a dull pain in his heart as if someone had thrown a heavy hammer.

That person first turned against the prince in the court, and then frequently went in and out of Prince Huai's mansion, and then the prince was exposed to open a casino because of a murder case.

Gambling has been banned repeatedly in the previous dynasty. In this dynasty, the first emperor issued a law strictly prohibiting anyone from opening a business, but underground casinos are banned more and more.

Under normal circumstances, as long as these casinos do not do anything out of the ordinary, they are diligent in management and will not be reported by the government.

Xiao Ruan didn't know much about the prince, but since he was able to gain the loyalty of Taifu Lu and his own brother, it was enough to show that he was not a cruel and vicious person.

Coupled with the extremely special status of the prince, he will never easily let others know that he runs a casino, and he will never let the casino be contaminated with any murders.

But even so, the prince's casino was still exposed, which can only explain one problem - someone inside the prince must have leaked information about the casino.

And this person must be Huo Xun.

As for the story about killing the whole family by mistake because she couldn't afford the gambling money, it is very likely that she sent Zhang Qingshan to provoke the steward of the cargo ship.

Taking a deep breath, Xiao Ran forced himself to accept all this, and asked the last question: "The rumors in the city about the abolition of the crown prince, have you found out who released them?"

When Xiao Ruan said these words, there was obviously trembling in his tone, Li Yun struggled across his face, and finally lowered his eyes and responded softly with a mosquito-like voice.

"Those rumors were indeed released by Duke Huai in the first place, the slave judge... the slave judge, the general is afraid..."

Li Yun didn't say anything after that, but she believed that Xiao Ruan must know it well.

In this short period of time, she was frequently sent out by Li Ran to do investigations, and she had a very clear view of the affairs between Zhao Yan, the prince, and Huo Xun, and she did not want Huo Xun to join Zhao Yan and become an enemy of the prince.

It's just that judging from the current situation, what they are most worried about seems to have happened.

The night was getting darker and darker, but the two people in the room didn't say a word, and the sound of their heavy breathing seemed to resound in each other's ears.

After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Ruan suddenly took a deep breath, leaned on the chair, got up and walked towards the bed, Li Yun's lips moved and he finally couldn't help but speak.

"Ma'am, do you still trust the general?"

The woman behind was cautious, Xiao Ruan paused slightly, but said nothing.

Seeing this, Li Yun's eyes flashed with disappointment, and he retreated quietly.

Lying quietly on the bed, Xiao Ruan's head was in chaos, she recalled all the things that happened in her mind recently, her chest was also dull, she got up and walked to the window to take a breath.

The cool air poured in from the window, causing people's drowsy head to shake suddenly, Xiao Ruan inexplicably remembered the situation when Huo Xun jumped in from this window in a dark night.

"Ruan'er, don't worry, I will definitely deal with the matter as soon as possible, and I will never let you be so worried about me again."

In a daze, Xiao Ruan seemed to think of Huo Xun's voice again, and a white light flashed in Xiao Ruan's mind without warning.

Since Huo Xun promised her that he would never let himself worry, wouldn't he be very clear about what he was most afraid of?
That being the case, what he's doing now is...

As if he had discovered some secret, his originally heavy heart suddenly lightened at this moment.

"Ma'am, do you still trust the general?"

Thinking of Li Yun's words when he left the room, Xiao Ruan's eyes gradually became clear and firm.

"Master, you must not let me down!"

In the early morning of the next day, just as Xiao Ruan woke up, the maid beside Mrs. Lu came to find her.

"Miss Biao, the old lady asked you to go to Miss Heng's room. She hasn't eaten since she came back yesterday, and she looks like a fool. She doesn't speak or move. Ask her anything, and she won't say anything. Don’t even say it, it’s really frightening people to death.”

"How could this be?"

Facing the maid's anxious expression, Xiao Ruan suddenly felt very surprised, washed up hurriedly, and followed her to see Lu Heng.

"Ruan'er, you are here. What happened to you yesterday? Why does Heng'er look like a different person since she came back? Could she be bewitched?"

Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Da were guarding Lu Heng's bed, and as soon as they saw her coming, they quickly called her to ask her.

As Xiao Ruan stepped forward, she immediately saw the pale Lu Heng as if possessed by an evil spirit, staring blankly at the emptiness in front of her in silence, as if there was a pot of beautiful flowers there that attracted her.

Mrs. Lu raised her hand and shook it in front of her eyes, but the other party didn't move at all as if she couldn't see it.

Compared with yesterday, Lu Heng is extremely haggard today, with thick dark circles around his eyes, obviously telling everyone that he didn't get a good rest last night.

In the expectant sight of everyone, Xiao Ruan stepped forward and took Lu Heng's hand and called out softly, but the other party only moved his eyeballs without saying a word.

"Grandmother, aunt, my cousin is probably worried about the prince this time. If you can let her communicate with the prince, I think she will recover soon."

At this time, Xiao Ruan no longer dared to hide from them what he saw and heard yesterday, and immediately told them verbatim, and at the end he did not forget to remind them.

Hearing this, Madam Lu breathed a sigh of relief.

"The imperial doctor said that your cousin Heng suffered from hysteria, and I also said that girl Heng had run into some evil, but who would have guessed that it was the reason. Forget it, I will give up my face and ask for a favor for her!"

Mrs. Lu frowned, looked at the crowd around her, and immediately asked people to prepare to enter the palace.

Xiao Ruan was careful, seeing that no matter Mrs. Lu or Mrs. Lu around her seemed to be not surprised by the Prince's confinement, she suddenly had a little more understanding in her heart.

But seeing that everyone in the room was busy waiting for Mrs. Lu to enter the palace, a dark look rose in their eyes.

Looking back at Lu Heng who was still unresponsive on the bed, Xiao Ruan suppressed the guilt in her heart, turned around and walked towards Lu Hanrui's yard.

Lu Hanrui took a rest today, when Xiao Ruan came to his yard, he was coming out of the practice room profusely sweating.

As soon as he saw Xiao Ruan, Lu Hanrui immediately went up to meet him: "Ruan'er, why did you come to look for me so early today? Could it be that you have something important to do?"

Xiao Ruan looked at Lu Hanrui's face carefully, and found that his expression was as usual, so he pursed his lips and said, "cousin, don't you know cousin Heng..."

"You want to say that the girl has hysteria?"

Lu Hanrui seemed to have expected it, and comforted her with a smile: "The doctor said it's not a serious illness, just give her some stimulation, and I'll yell at her later."

Lu Hanrui's tone was so relaxed that no one could hear the slightest worry about Lu Heng. For a moment, Xiao Ruan unconsciously clenched her lips, and her eye sockets became slightly warm.

At this time, how could she not see it.

The entire Lu family already knew that the prince was imprisoned by Huo Xun, but because of his relationship with Huo Xun, no one was allowed to discuss it.

Even Mrs. Lu was worried that Mrs. Lu would be dissatisfied with her, so she decided to go to the palace to intercede for the two of them.

Only she enjoys everyone's care for her with peace of mind, but she doesn't show it in the slightest.

It was as if Huo Xun was suspected by the prince back then, knowing that Lu Heng was innocent, but he still couldn't help wondering whether the other party's behavior was a temptation.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ruan took a deep breath, and called Lu Hanrui who was walking in front: "Cousin, I have lived here for so long, my brother has been urging me to go back to Xiao's house, I think I will go back to Xiao's house today A period of..."

"Why so suddenly?"

Lu Hanrui obviously didn't expect that Xiao Ruan was going to say goodbye, so he stopped immediately, looked at Xiao Ruan's face in surprise for a long time before he couldn't help saying: "Lu Heng's matter has nothing to do with you, why did you leave because of this matter? "

(End of this chapter)