Houmen Yixiang

Chapter 153 Reveal the truth
Lu Xinyan froze, "Why?"

With Lu Congyuan's fear of death, she never expected that Lu Congyuan would refuse. Could it be that the safety of the entire Ankangbo Mansion is not as safe as welcoming Lin Ruyue's tablet into the Lu Family Ancestral Hall?What kind of outrageous things did Lin Ruyue ever do to make Lu Congyuan resist?
Previously, Lu Xinyan thought that Lu Congyuan might not allow Lin Ruyue's memorial tablet to enter the ancestral hall because he had lost affection for Lin Ruyue, or because Gao and Xiao Gao had been provoking her for many years and hated Lin Ruyue, but now It seems that this is clearly not the case!It's just a dead man's memorial tablet, but it's more important than the lives of so many living people in Ankangbo Mansion?

"If I say no, I won't, there is no reason!" Lu Congyuan said with a firm attitude: "As the eldest lady of the uncle's mansion, if something happens to the uncle's mansion, you will also be implicated, so you will be saved if you save it, or you will be saved if you don't! You can do it yourself! After I go out, I can compensate you within my ability, but this matter is out of the question! I will not agree to it even if I die!"

"I won't agree even if I die? Very good!" Then you go to die!Lu Xinyan sneered, and raised the jade pendant in her hand, "You are the biggest suspect in murdering the emperor's life. This jade pendant of King Rui can't save your life, but can't it save my life, who cured the emperor's disease?"

"Lu Xinyan, you!" Lu Congyuan's expression changed drastically.

Lu Xinyan put down her hands, "Father, you must be very clear in your heart. In this Ankangbo Mansion, apart from the people in Huanxiyuan, the only person I care about is my brother! If I use this jade pendant to plead with the Queen Mother, beg them Spare the lives of my brother and the people in Huanxiyuan, as for the others, let the empress dowager dispose of them, do you think the empress dowager and the emperor will agree to my request?"

"You wicked girl!" Lu Congyuan was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, and threatened him with his life-saving jade token!

"Father, use my mother's tablet to enter the ancestral hall, in exchange for the lives of you, An Kangbo, and nearly a thousand members of the Lu family, you choose yourself!" Lu Xinyan looked at the soldiers who brought her here before, and now she poked her head not far away, understanding It's time to go, "Father, the time is up, if you don't want to, then goodbye, I hope we will never meet again in the next life!"

Lu Xinyan turned around and left without hesitating. Lu Congyuan was so angry that he slammed his palm at the prison door and shouted at Lu Xinyan's back: "I promise you!"

Lu Xinyan paused, a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she kept walking towards the outside of the prison.

In Fengyang Palace, Wu Zhen walked back and forth anxiously, and when she saw Lu Xinyan coming back, she rushed to meet her, "Zhuzhu, two quarters of an hour ago, Brother Sanhuang asked someone to send a letter, saying that it was an emergency and we must I'll hand it over to you right away!"

When Lu Xinyan took the letter and looked at it, her head felt dizzy.

The letter said that Qi Fei asked Xiao Yichen to place someone in the Imperial Forest Army to enter the forest of Yunxiao Mountain Villa to search for clues. He accidentally caught the Firefox that Emperor Longde himself chased after him, and discovered the huge secret hidden in it. As new evidence, Firefox was sent to Zhong Han to buy time for Lu Congyuan's case, but now both the man and the fox disappeared.

Even people and foxes disappeared?This shows that, firstly, that person betrayed Xiao Yichen and ran away with Firefox, and secondly, that person saw Zhong Han, but Zhong Han caught him, detained him, or killed him for unknown reasons.

Lu Xinyan recalled that when she went to visit the prison earlier, Zhong Han once told her: Persuade your father well, the evidence is convincing, plead guilty quickly, and admit that because he has not been reused for many years, he has resentment towards the emperor, so he poisoned the imperial horse!

Lu Xinyan intuitively judged that the Imperial Forest Army and Firefox disappeared, and nine out of ten it was the second possibility, being detained or killed by Zhong Han.

Because the emperor only gave Zhong Han three days, and the case must be closed before the evening of the 21st at the latest. For the sake of his political achievements, Zhong Han is very likely to be unwilling to make extravagant problems, regardless of other evidence, and close the case directly!
As for whether there are other deep-seated reasons, Lu Xinyan didn't want to and didn't have time to speculate casually for the time being. She wrote a reply letter, asking Uncle Tian and Qi Fei to investigate Lu Congguang first, and Zhong Han again when they have time!
After sending the letter away, Lu Xinyan couldn't settle down.

This time the imperial horse drugging incident caught her off guard. If it wasn't for Xiao Yichen's power in the Imperial Forest Army, with Linlang Pavilion's current strength, it would be impossible for her to intervene in the Imperial Palace and Yunxiao Villa to investigate anything. In the end, she would probably just be passive. beaten.

It seems that the last time Xiao Yichen suggested that she find a powerful backer, it had to be done as soon as possible.

Among the people she knows now, the queen mother can please her and help her at critical moments. For example, let her go to see Lu Congyuan this time, but the queen mother cannot be a backer. Once the Tian family is involved, the queen mother's balance will undoubtedly not favor her.

Although Wu Sheng and Wu Zhen, including Gongsun Mobai and Yan Yulang, are willing to help her, it is okay to use their names to show their prestige, such as oppressing the people in Ankanghou's mansion so that they dare not Act rashly, but once something really happens, such as facing the situation set by the person behind the scenes, with their strength, they will be helpless!

After much deliberation, Lu Xinyan felt that Xiao Yichen, who is working with her now, still has the thickest thighs.

But the word cooperation seems a bit strange, after all, she doesn't seem to be helping Xiao Yichen, it's all because he is saving her life and helping her!

Since the fate is so deep, it's up to you, Xiao Yichen, stretch out your big thick legs and let my sister hug her tightly!

Lu Xinyan thought over and over again in her heart, and finally came up with a way to hug Xiao Yichen's thick legs tightly!

In the morning of the twentieth, the weather became more and more gloomy, and the whole sky was dark. Lu Xinyan had just finished breakfast with Wu Zhen, and Wu Sheng sent the latest news.

This news was not sent by Uncle Tian and Qi Fei, but by Wu Sheng himself: Father ordered Zhong Han to close the case by noon tomorrow at the latest!At the same time, last night Zhong Han put the officials who had close contacts with Lu Congyuan into prison, threatened them, and forced them to admit that Lu Congyuan had mentioned many times in front of them that he was dissatisfied with his father because of his lack of talent. Motivation to drug the royal horse!After one night, those officials couldn't stand it any longer, one by one, they wrote down the confession according to Zhong Han's intention, and Zhong Han would hand over the confession to the emperor tomorrow morning at the latest!
Another surprise!Once the confession was presented in front of the emperor, the emperor was furious, and with a wave of his imperial pen, the entire Ankang family would be exiled even if they were not dead!

"Zhuzhu!" Wu Zhen held her hand, "I will go to the emperor's grandmother to plead for mercy, you and Bai Zhi have contributed to saving the father, the emperor's grandmother and the father will definitely reward and punish you, and you will not be implicated!"

Ever since the emperor agreed with her to be with Wu Zhen, and the queen mother agreed with her to see Lu Congyuan, Lu Xinyan had never worried about herself, but Ankangbo Mansion also has Huanxiyuan and Lu Ziyi, so she couldn't just care about herself.

Wu Zhen understands Lu Xinyan's worry, but she can't do anything about it, "As for the others, I only ask Grandmother and Father to give them as light a sentence as possible."

The charcoal in Fengyang Palace was burning cracklingly, very warm. Occasionally, when a cold wind blew, the flames would jump up and dance with teeth and claws.

There are big night pearls inlaid on the surrounding walls, which make the light of Fengyang Palace much brighter than the outside. Occasionally, there are maids walking around, and the bead curtains are ringing, and the veils dance with the wind, creating a warm and peaceful atmosphere.

However, the haze in everyone's heart is heavier and more breathless than the gloomy sky.

In the current predicament, Lu Xinyan has no choice but to hope that Uncle Tian and Qi Fei can find out the evidence of Lu Congguang's framing before tomorrow morning.

From morning to night, it was as long as a century, and there was no news from Wu Sheng.

This means that Uncle Tian and Qi Fei have not caught any evidence of Lu Congguang.

The sky is getting later and later, everyone's heart in Fengyang Palace is getting heavier and heavier.

-

After a few days of recuperation, Emperor Longde's body has recovered a lot, and he can review some important memorials on the dragon bed.

21 This morning, after Emperor Longde finished handling some important political affairs, the voice of the little eunuch sounded outside the door, "Your Majesty, Mr. Shi Zhong, the left governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, please see me!"

"Xuan!"

Zhong Han walked into the palace with his waist bowed, and his whole body fell on the ground, "I see the emperor, I wish the emperor long live long live long live!"

Emperor Longde put the memorial aside, and asked, "But the case of the bloody BMW drugging is closed?"

"Exactly!" Zhong Han presented the memorial in his hand, "Please take a look at it, Your Majesty."

Emperor Longde nodded, and the eunuch beside him immediately took the memorial from Zhong Han's hands raised above his head, and handed it to Emperor Longde in the same gesture.

"Open."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The eunuch unfolded the memorial and placed it on the dragon case in front of Emperor Longde's bed.

Emperor Longde didn't look directly, but closed his eyes and fell asleep, "Zhong Aiqing, get up and tell me what's going on?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhong Han got up from the ground, "On the [-]th day, the last person who came into contact with the bloody BMW was testified by many people in Taipusi. The heartbroken grass was found in the study of Ankangbo's mansion, so I directly identified Lu Congyuan as the biggest suspect! In the past three days, I have been interrogating non-stop overnight, but Lu Congyuan pleaded not guilty, denied that he had drugged the imperial horse, and even denied that there was someone behind the scenes to instigate He did it!

So yesterday I found several court officials who were close to Lu Congyuan, and found out that Lu Congyuan was dissatisfied with you, the emperor. Taipusi is doing the work of managing horses, and he has a lot of resentment in his heart, and he has been looking for opportunities to take revenge on the emperor!This time, he focused on the winter solstice offering to heaven, and added a small amount of heartbroken grass to the horse feed of the sweat-blooded BMW, which caused the sweat-blooded BMW to accelerate the poisoning after eating the grass, which hurt the emperor. "

Emperor Longde's eyes were still tightly closed, his face was indifferent, and no emotion could be seen, "So, the incident of drugging the bloody horse this time is not because someone is behind the scenes targeting my Dragon Seat and Jiangshan, but Ankang Bo Lu Congyuan's selfish intentions. revenge?"

"According to various evidences, I think this is the case." Zhong Han said: "The recent generations of Ankangbo's mansion have not been as good as the previous generation, and they are not in touch with the major forces in the court. Ankangbo Lu Congyuan's ability is average, except for the title of uncle In addition, its strength and ability are not enough to attract the major forces! Therefore, I believe that this is just an accident caused by selfish revenge!"

After Zhong Han finished speaking, the hall was silent for a long time. Emperor Longde closed his eyes tightly and breathed steadily, as if he had fallen asleep.

Zhong Han raised his head and glanced quietly, and when he was considering whether to urge him, Emperor Longde suddenly opened his eyes, which startled Zhong Han, "Zhong Aiqing, how should we deal with the situation in Ankangbo Mansion according to the law?"

Zhong Han squeezed his wet palms tightly, "According to the law, those who murder the emperor will be deprived of all their property. All males over ten years old will be beheaded, and their female relatives will serve as official prostitutes. At the least, the Ankang family will be implicated, and at worst, the nine clans will be implicated!"

"According to what Zhong Aiqing said, should the sentence be light or heavy this time?" Emperor Longde's calm voice could not hear any ups and downs.

Zhong Han said: "I think that the great victory in the Southwest is just what the people want, and it is time to show the majesty and benevolence of the Heavenly Family to the world! Therefore, I suggest that only the Ankang family should be dealt with. It is suggested that he be demoted directly to a commoner, be driven out of the capital, and never be allowed to enter the capital!"

Emperor Longde glanced at the end of the memorial, the words Zhong Han said just now were being written at the end, he stretched out his hand, and the eunuch handed over the cinnabar pen with great eyes.

Right now, with just a flick of the imperial pen, the case in Ankangbo Mansion will be settled.

The accompanying eunuch, who was used to seeing too many imperial pens being swayed, people who ascended to heaven in one thought, and people who fell into hell forever in one thought, had no fluctuations in their expressions.

But Zhong Han felt that his heart was about to jump into his throat.

In his life, he has handled countless major cases, and the situation has long been calm. Compared with the cases he has handled in the past, cases like Lu Congyuan are just ordinary cases.

But it was such an ordinary case that made his heart beat like a pounding and his palms drenched at the last moment.

Put the pen down quickly, put the pen down quickly, as long as the royal pen is down, the wrong will become right!It is impossible to reverse the case!
Hurry up!Zhong Han urged desperately in his heart.

At this time, a shocking voice sounded outside the hall, "Your Majesty, Youlang of the Imperial Forest Army asked Mr. Lu to see him, and said that there is the latest evidence of the imperial horse drugging case!"

With a bang, Zhong Han's mind went blank.

Emperor Longde's hand paused for two breaths, and after a slight glance at Zhong Han, he put down the cinnabar pen in his hand, "Xuan!"

Lu Pingjie came in hastily, with sweat dripping from his forehead, and two strands of broken hair sticking to his temples. It looked like he had come in a hurry.

He knelt down on one knee, "Your minister is referring to the emperor, and I wish the emperor long live long live long live long live!"

"Get up and talk!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Lu Pingjie took out a piece of paper from his bosom, "Your Majesty, this is the latest evidence of the imperial horse drugging case. This evidence can prove that Ankang Bo Lu Congyuan was framed!"

"Present." Emperor Longde's voice did not fluctuate, but cold sweat crept up Zhong Han's back.

The eunuch took the paper from Lu Pingjie and put it in front of Emperor Longde. This time, Emperor Longde did not let Lu Pingjie tell him, but read it himself. After reading it, his expressionless face finally showed a touch of emperor She sneered, "Lu Aiqing, is this absolutely true?"

Lu Pingjie said: "Back to the emperor, the evidence is solid! The relevant people are guarded by the Imperial Forest Army and are waiting outside the palace gate. If the emperor has any questions, you can call one of them to come and ask!"

"Shangshu Yuan Hongshan of the Xuanxing Department enters the palace immediately!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The eunuch led the order and left.

Zhong Han's forehead began to sweat finely. Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishments, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate all have the authority to hear criminal cases involving officials. What is the meaning of Yuan Hongshan, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, the emperor came here at this time? What new evidence?

He couldn't guess it, but he knew that the emperor was suspicious of him.

Zhong Han is not someone who just sits and waits to die, he immediately knelt on the ground, "I am incompetent, I failed to grasp the new evidence in time to find the real culprit, please forgive me!"

He failed to grasp it in time. What he said was insinuating that Lu Pingjie found new evidence, but he didn't tell him immediately, so that he made a deviation in the judgment of the case.

Emperor Longde asked: "Zhong Aiqing, are you just incompetent?"

Zhong Han trembled all over, "I don't understand what the emperor means?"

"Don't understand? Okay, I'll make it clear to you." Emperor Longde narrowed his majestic eyes, "Lu Aiqing, tell him!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" After Lu Pingjie bowed his hands, he faced Zhong Han on the ground, "Lord Zhong, I will finally find out brother Ankang, the servant of Lu Congguang, the general judge of Qingzhou, on the [-]th day of the lunar new year. A wandering doctor in the rivers and lakes bought the heartbroken grass, and then handed the heartbroken grass to Lu Congguang. Lu Congguang came from Qingzhou to report on his work. He was arrested and interrogated, but Lu Congguang refused to admit it, but he couldn't explain the whereabouts of the heartbroken grass. This morning, he arrested the wandering doctor. After seeing the heartbroken grass found in An Kangbo's study, the doctor confirmed that it was Lu Congguang. Lu Congguang only pleaded guilty to the heartbroken grass that someone bought from him!"

Zhong Han lay down on the ground, "Your Majesty, Qingzhou judged that Master Lu and Ankangbo are of the same family. If he succeeds in framing Ankangbo, Lord Lu himself will be implicated. That's why I didn't suspect people around Ankangbo. It's my ignorance." , please forgive me!"

Emperor Longde looked calmly at the trembling figure lying on the ground, and Lu Pingjie continued: "Master Zhong, the day before Master Lu sent someone to buy the heartbroken grass, because his son had a conflict with Ankang Boy's adopted son, Declare to sever ties with the Uncle Ankang Mansion and never communicate with each other! This matter is known to everyone in the Uncle Ankang Mansion!"

The hidden meaning in the words is that if Zhong Han randomly finds someone in the mansion to interrogate, he can find out this matter, and then reorganize the whole case, maybe he can find out the fact that An Kangbo was framed.

The pale and frightened face of Zhong Han was reflected on the bright white jade floor, and the sweat on his forehead began to drip onto the floor. Put them in prison, and strictly investigate those who were bought by Lu Congguang in the Taipu Temple and poisoned the royal horse, and eradicate the cancer in the palace!"

Emperor Longde twitched the corner of his mouth, "Zhong Aiqing will change the subject."

"Chen, I don't dare. I know that I am negligent and incompetent. I almost hurt my loyalty and wronged. I dare not quibble. I will let the emperor deal with me, and I will never complain!"

"Is it just negligence and incompetence?" Emperor Longde asked lightly.

The same question made Zhong Han's spine tingle, "Chen, I don't understand what the emperor means, please clarify!"

"Lu Aiqing, present another piece of evidence."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Lu Pingjie walked outside the hall, and after a while, came in with a cage.

Emperor Longde said: "Zhong Aiqing, look up and see what this is?"

Zhong Han raised his head and collapsed to the ground.

The cage was filled with a firefox.

But the Firefox that was sent to him had already been killed and skinned, so where did the Firefox come from?
Emperor Longde asked lightly: "Zhong Aiqing, is there anything else you want to say now?"

Zhong Han bit the bullet and said: "Go back to the emperor, I... I don't understand what the emperor means. What does this Firefox have to do with this case?"

"I was chasing this Firefox that day, and when I entered the depths of the forest, the sweaty BMW on my body suddenly went berserk and threw me off the horse!" Emperor Longde said, "Without this Firefox, I would not be here. It will go into the depths of the forest, if you don't go into the depths, the bloody horse won't be able to eat the grass, and it won't be poisoned and go crazy, throwing me down and hurting me!"

Zhong Han immediately followed the words: "I understand, it was this Firefox that caused the accident, so this Firefox is one of the culprits, and it should be cut to pieces!"

Emperor Longde glanced at Zhong Han sideways from the corner of his eye, "This Firefox is hateful, but the person who uses this Firefox to lure me into the depths of the forest is even more hateful!"

Zhong Han trembled, "Your Majesty, although foxes are full of spirituality, I have only heard of wild ones. I have never heard of domesticated ones that can be driven by people! Your Majesty, please don't be deceived by others!"

"Lu Aiqing." Emperor Longde called out, and Lu Pingjie understood, pulled out his dagger and cut off a handful of fur from the fox, and dipped it into the hot water he had ordered the eunuch to bring.

I saw that the hot water immediately turned bright red, and the fox fur turned gray-brown!

Lu Pingjie brought the basin in front of Emperor Longde. Emperor Longde glanced at it and proved that Lu Pingjie's previous confession was true, his complexion became more serious, and he waved him to bring it in front of Zhong Han.

Seeing this, Zhong Han could no longer quibble, and stared wide-eyed, as if in disbelief, "This... this... Your Majesty, I... I didn't think about it, but... there is such an operation? It's because I'm ignorant, because I'm incompetent!"

"Are you incompetent? I think you are too shrewd!" Emperor Longde sneered, "I heard that Lu Aiqing's men caught the fire fox and sent it to you. As a result, both the man and the fox disappeared."

Zhong Han shouted, "Your Majesty, I am wronged. If this fire fox was really sent to my minister as evidence and disappeared, how could it appear here? There must be something hidden in this. Your Majesty, someone clearly wants to frame your minister. Please, Your Majesty." Mingcha!"

The veins on Emperor Longde's forehead were throbbing. He picked up the memorial at the side and was about to throw it over. He inadvertently touched the wound on his body, his movements froze, and his face changed drastically. He stopped, gritted his teeth and put down the memorial in his hand, "Zhong Han, you are so brave, you still dare to quibble at this time? Lu Aiqing, tell him!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Lu Pingjie turned around and said, "Lord Zhong, the firefoxes caught by the Imperial Forest Army in the forest that day were not one, but a pair, and one of them disappeared without a trace after being sent to you. This is the other." !"

It's actually a couple?Zhong Han's brain was shaken, his whole body froze, and it took him a while to hear his dying voice, "Your Majesty, even so, how can I have the guts to attack the Imperial Forest Army who sent the evidence?"

Emperor Longde sneered and said: "I also want to know why you are so courageous! Is it because of my trust in you that if the human fox disappears and there is no evidence to prove it, you will pretend that you did not see it during the confrontation and hide it from the sky ?”

"I must never dare!"

"I see that you dare everything, anything!" Emperor Longde threw the memorial vigorously, regardless of the pain on his body, "If the Imperial Forest Army is dead, based on my trust in you, maybe I really think it's halfway. An accident happened! But you are unlucky, that person did not die, and came back alive!"

Zhong Han was really out of his wits. That day, the Imperial Forest Army handed Firefox to him before leaving. As soon as he left, Zhong Han immediately sent someone to intercept and kill the Imperial Forest Army. How could it be?Was he being tricked, or...

At this time, Lu Ping Jiejie explained his doubts, "The brother of the Imperial Forest Army knows a kind of turtle's breathing technique, which can make people enter a state of suspended animation quickly, and successfully tricked the people who came to kill him, so he saved his life!"

"Zhong Aiqing, do you want to bring someone to confront you face to face?" Emperor Longde asked sarcastically.

Zhong Han was paralyzed on the ground at this moment, unable to get up anymore, "Your Majesty, my minister..."

Emperor Longde looked at him coldly, "Someone poisoned my bloody BMW, and then lured me into the depths of the forest with a dyed firefox, and let the bloody BMW eat the leaves that can only be found in the deep forest." The Queen of Grass speeded up the poisoning and threw me off. This is clearly a deliberate murder! But what did you say, that An Kangbo drugged the bloody BMW because he was dissatisfied with me, and there was no conspiracy behind it!
After Lu Aiqing exposed that the person who drugged was Lu Congguang, you said that Lu Congguang framed An Kangbo to vent his personal anger!The result is that you killed the Imperial Forest Army, destroyed the new evidence, tried to frame An Kangbo in vain, and covered up the fact that someone wanted to murder me, so that that person would have another chance to kill me! "

Emperor Longde slapped Long An with his palm, "Say, who is that person behind?"

When the emperor was angry, blood flowed like a river!Zhong Han was so oppressed by that momentum that it was difficult to breathe, but he refused to say a word!

At this time, the eunuch said outside: "Your Majesty, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Yuan Hongshan, Mr. Yuan, please see me!"

"Come in!"

After Yuan Hongshan came in, Emperor Longde raised his hand to stop him from saluting, "Shi Zhonghan, the left governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, secretly colluded with others, intending to murder me, and committed a crime of treason and inhumanity! His accomplice, Qingzhou, sentenced Lu Congguang and ordered his servant to secretly Buy heartbroken grass, put it in Ankangbo's study, frame Ankangbo, the evidence is solid! Yuan Aiqing, I order you to find out the real culprit behind the Yuma poisoning case within seven days!"

"Sir, obey the order!"

-

Inside Fengyang Palace, Wu Zhen nervously accompanied Lu Xinyan, looking at the sky outside Fengyang Palace, she hoped that the eunuch who announced the decree would come quickly so that this suffering would end, but also hoped that the eunuch would never come!
Lu Xinyan looked calm and stared out of the hall in a daze, wondering what she was thinking, Wu Zhen didn't dare to disturb her.

"The imperial decree has arrived, Miss Ankang's Mansion Lu Xinyan accepts the decree!" The eunuch's clear and stern voice came from far outside the palace.

It's here, it's finally here!Wu Zhen clutched her throbbing chest and prayed secretly.

Lu Xinyan knelt on the ground, "Little girl Lu Xinyan accepts the order."

The eunuch said: "According to the emperor's orders, the poisoning case of the imperial horse has been found out. Ankang Bo Lu Congyuan was framed by others. Mr. Yuan Hongshan, Shangshu of the Criminal Ministry, took over the trial again. From now on, Miss Lu can move about freely. In a few days, I will reward you for your merits! Thank you~"

Lu Xin kowtowed in gratitude, "Thank you, Your Majesty! Your Majesty is wise!"

"Great! Zhuzhu! It's all right!" Wu Zhen was ecstatic, she immediately helped the eunuch Lu Xinyan up.

Lu Xinyan stood up holding her hand, a relaxed smile finally appeared on her calm and beautiful face.

At this time, in the sky that had been overcast for several days, the wind blew away the heavy dark clouds, revealing a blue that had not been seen for several days, and occasionally a golden glow.

This turmoil finally passed, and Lu Xinyan let out a long breath.

The entire Fengyang Palace was full of joy.

"Zhuzhu, take a good night's rest today, and I will personally send you out of the palace tomorrow morning!" Wu Zhen said happily, "I will ask Ah Zhao to send a letter to Mrs. Gong and Miss Gongsi, so that they won't worry."

Lu Xinyan smiled and said: "Thank you princess, but no need, I will go to the Hou Mansion in person tomorrow to give them a surprise."

"Okay! Listen to you."

After the two talked for a while, Wu Zhen thumped her sore shoulders, "Zhuzhu, I'll go to rest for a while, let's go to the hot spring together in the evening, and soak away all the bad luck of the past few days."

In the past few days, Wu Zhen has been with Lu Xinyan nervously, and has not slept well. Lu Xinyan saw it in her eyes and remembered it in her heart, "Okay, princess."

There are not many hot springs in the palace, there are less than ten places, and according to Wu Zhen's status, she cannot have them. She used the hot springs of the Empress Dowager. Now that the Empress Dowager is too old to take a bath, she gave it to Wu Zhen to use.

The hot spring is in the Longevity Palace of the Empress Dowager. In the afternoon, Lu Xinyan and Wu Zhen went to the Longevity Palace to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager and have dinner with the Empress Dowager.

Lu Congyuan's suspicion was cleared, and Lu Xinyan's maid, Bai Zhi, was successful in saving her. The Empress Dowager's expression towards Lu Xinyan was so pleasant that she had never seen before, and she even asked her personal maid to serve Lu Xinyan food.

Lu Xinyan accepted it calmly, her demeanor of being neither humble nor overbearing, neither flattered nor surprised, made the Queen Mother look up to her even more.

After dinner and walking with the Queen Mother to digest food, Lu Xinyan and Wu Zhen planned to go to the hot spring of Longevity Palace.

The Queen Mother said with great interest: "The Ai family will also go with you, but the Ai family will not go down, so I will sit by the side and talk with you."

Let the queen mother of a country watch them soak in the hot spring?This seems a bit outrageous, but the Empress Dowager suggested that the two of them could not refuse, "Yes, Empress Dowager (Imperial Grandmother)."

The hot spring in Changshou Palace is more than double the size of the hot spring in Wuwan Palace, and it is also much more gorgeous.

There are luminous pearls hanging all around, and steaming hot spring water gushes out from the mouth of a finely carved golden phoenix.

The two quickly took off their coats, and walked into the hot spring along the white jade steps in their underwear.

The maid serving at the side walked out holding the clothes of the two of them, and accidentally stepped on a water stain, slipped her foot, fell to the ground, and spilled the clothes on the floor.

The palace maid screamed involuntarily, the voice was a bit loud, causing Lu Xinyan, Empress Dowager Wu Zhen and the others to look over, the palace maid was so frightened that she quickly kowtowed and begged for mercy, "The empress dowager, forgive me!"

The Queen Mother is in a good mood today, so she didn't take this little matter to heart, "Okay, let's go down, and walk carefully."

"Thank you, Empress Dowager." The maid hurriedly got up and quickly picked up the clothes that had fallen on the ground.

"Boom", something fell out of the clothes, it was a jade pendant.

The maid hurriedly picked it up, and when she found that Wuyang was about to put it back into the fallen clothes, there was a stern voice, "Slow down!"

The palace lady was stunned as if she had been acupunctured.

"Show the Ai family the jade pendant in your hand?" There was an imperceptible tremor in the Queen Mother's voice.

The maid handed over the jade pendant tremblingly.

Lu Xinyan's heart skipped a beat, that jade pendant was given to her by Lu Congyuan, the life-saving jade pendant that was said to be a gift from King Rui.

The queen mother is King Rui's biological mother, so the queen mother will naturally recognize the jade pendant.

Lu Xinyan's mind was spinning rapidly,
The queen mother looked at the jade pendant in her palm, and asked excitedly, "This, whose is it?"

In fact, this question is superfluous, there are only two people in the hot spring, and the clothes are either Wu Zhen's or Lu Xinyan's. Wu Zhen grew up beside the queen mother, and she knows all the accessories she wears.

"Go back to the empress dowager, it belongs to the little girl." Lu Xinyan said.

The Queen Mother's voice trembled, "Where did it come from?"

Lu Xinyan thought about it: "I heard about an old friend, but I don't know the specific girl."

Lu Xinyan still hasn't figured out what's going on between Lu Congyuan and King Rui. If it's what she thinks, and the two have some unseen relationship, if she directly says that it was a gift from King Rui, it will be a disaster!
Lu Xinyan quietly glanced at the Empress Dowager's expression, through the hot air, there was a look of love and hate on the Empress Dowager's back, Lu Xinyan secretly thought that something was wrong, the current situation, whether to speak directly or not, does not seem to be much better!
After all, the Empress Dowager knew the jade pendant and knew about the past, so with a little imagination, she could understand the truth about the jade pendant presented by King Rui.

Lu Xinyan was anxious, and Wu Zhen also became nervous. She quietly approached Lu Xinyan and asked in a low voice, "Zhuzhu, what's wrong with that jade pendant?"

Lu Xinyan shook her head, if she knew what was wrong, she wouldn't be so uneasy.

The queen mother looked down at the jade pendant for a long time, and when the atmosphere of the whole hot spring became tense, she suddenly raised her head, her sharp eyes penetrated the curling heat, and shot straight at Lu Xinyan's face.

Through the heat, Lu Xinyan couldn't see the deep meaning in those eyes clearly, but somehow felt a little uneasy in her heart.

The queen mother looked at her like this for a while, which seemed to be a long time, but in fact it was only a few breaths. She withdrew her eyes, lowered her eyelids, and said calmly, "It's a good piece of jade, keep it well, don't fall any more."

"Yes, the Empress Dowager."

"Ai's family is a bit tired, you soak slowly, Ai's family will go back first."

"The little girl (Chang'an) respectfully sends off the Empress Dowager (Emperor Grandmother)."

Lu Xinyan let out a sigh secretly, it seems that the Queen Mother has temporarily exposed this matter for the sake of her meritorious service in saving him, and she only hopes that the Queen Mother will never think about it again.

Early the next morning, Wu Zhen kept her promise and personally sent Lu Xinyan outside the palace, "Zhuzhu, see you in the palace in a few days."

Yesterday, Emperor Longde gave an oral order, saying that Lu Xinyan and Bai Zhi would come to the palace to receive the reward for saving Emperor Longde's life.

"Princess, thank you these few days, see you in two days."

"Don't say such polite words in the future." Wu Zhen pretended to be angry, "I treat you as a friend, not to mention that I didn't help much."

Lu Xinyan smiled and said: "Okay, this is the last time, I won't talk about it in the future."

"It's not the same." Wu Zhen followed with a smile, and there was some reluctance in the smile, "It would be great if you could stay with me in the palace."

Wu Zhen was used to being in the palace before, and was always alone and cold, but now that Lu Xinyan had been with her for a few days, with a close companion by her side, she disappeared suddenly, feeling empty in her heart.

"It's the same for the princess to come out of the palace to find me more in the future." Lu Xinyan really didn't like the palace.

Wu Zhen understood her feelings, "Then it's settled."

After the two separated, Lu Xinyan got into the carriage and didn't go far. The carriage stopped suddenly, and the driver said, "Miss, it's Qi Fei."

Thanks to Qi Fei's help this time, Lu Xinyan lifted the curtain of the car, smiling all over her face, "Qi Fei, what's the matter?"

"Miss, there has been another change in the case of poisoning the royal horse." Qi Fei said with a serious expression, "Please come with me, and I will explain to you in detail."

Another accident?Lu Xinyan's smile faded, and she told Qingtong Baizhi, "You guys wait here first."

"Yes, miss." The last time Qi Fei appeared in Xiangmanlou and rescued Lu Xinyan and the others, Qingtong Baizhi knew of his existence and knew that he was the person Xiao Yichen stayed behind.

Lu Xinyan followed Qi Fei to an alley, where a very low-key ordinary carriage was parked.

"The evidence is in the car." Qi Fei said.

Lu Xinyan didn't doubt that it was there, she stretched out her hand to lift the curtain of the car, but saw a person sitting inside, dressed in white and jade, with a coquettish posture and burning eyes, like a wolf that has been hungry for a long time!
She was shocked, "It's you!?"

(End of this chapter)