Seeing Shangguan Min's face turn pale, Shangguan Jing couldn't help but yelled: "Min'er, don't listen to her nonsense!"
"The facts are so true, the evidence is conclusive, General Shangguan still wants to deny it?" Fang Zilan smiled coldly, "My lord, General Huangfu, and Mr. Zhuge, what do you think?"
"This..." Li Qiyou hesitated and was speechless for a long time.
Huangfulin scratched his head and looked quite embarrassed, "Brother Shangguan has been stationed in the north for these years and has never made any mistakes. Our Huangfu family is also as bright as it is today thanks to his care."
He sighed as he spoke, and his words suddenly changed, "But if this matter is true and the safety of the country is at stake, I, Huang Fulin, will not defend Brother Shangguan even a word. I hope Brother Shangguan will forgive me."
"We cannot tell whether it is true or false." Zhuge Yu said calmly: "Since the matter is serious, it is most safe to leave it to His Majesty for judgment after returning to Beijing. What does General Fang think?"
"Master Zhuge is right, but I was rude." Fang Zilan sheathed her sword and looked at Shangguan Jing, whose face turned blue. "I'm afraid it will be troublesome for General Shangguan to return to the capital with us."
"This matter should be taken sooner rather than later. General Fang, we must set off as soon as possible." Zhuge Yu looked at Fang Zilan. Of course she knew what Zhuge Yu meant.
No one wants to get involved in the long nights and long dreams. The Shangguan family is a dignified family in the north. Before this matter is finalized, the consequences once word gets out will be disastrous.
"I'll make arrangements now and set off early tomorrow morning." Fang Zilan nodded, turned around and saluted Huangfulin with clasped fists, "It's a very important matter. Your Highness and Young Master Zhuge and I must bring the generals back to the capital with us. Please trouble General Huangfu." Immediately use the falcon to send a message to His Majesty to request the order. The war in the north has calmed down and the Gilded City has been destroyed. I will send the deputy general to handle the follow-up matters such as inventory and pension later. As for the Shangguan family, I have to ask General Huangfu to help..."
Fang Zilan didn't say anything further, but Huangfulin was so shrewd that he hurriedly returned the gesture with his fists raised and said, "General Fang is polite, just leave it to me."
Zhuge Yu didn't say anything at the side, but he said in his heart that Fang Zilan had done a pretty good job. The feudal officials were not allowed to come to the capital without an edict. She first wanted Huangfulin to request the edict, but she was also afraid that Huangfulin would interfere in military affairs and ask her deputy general to do the finishing work. She was on an errand, and she expected that the Shangguan family was such a big family that her lieutenant general would not be able to suppress her, so he threw it to Huangfulin. Huangfulin was so upright and awe-inspiring as he said just now and would not hit her in the face to reject her. This time Huangfulin I'm afraid everything I do will be difficult and thankless.
"General Fang..." Shangguan Min murmured, but didn't know what to say. When they heard his voice, several people looked over.
Shangguan Jing was the first to react, "Min'er, I went to Beijing with them. Your Majesty will decide what is right and wrong. Don't run around while you stay in the north!"
"Uncle Jing, I..." Shangguan Min hesitated, then turned and ran out with a final stamp of his feet. Shangguan Jing couldn't help but shake his head, becoming more and more panicked.
Min'er is still a child at heart. He is afraid of bad luck when he goes to Beijing this time, and is afraid that the entire Shangguan family will be involved. When the time comes, Shangguan's family will only have one child, Shangguan Min, how can they survive?
After Fang Zilan and Huangfulin finished talking, they called the deputy general to explain, and then ordered the army to return to the court tomorrow.
The trip was in a hurry, so she didn't explain too much. First, she was afraid that the news would leak out and alert the Shangguan family. After all, they were still in the north and could not conflict with the Shangguan family head-on.
On the other hand, I am also worried that most of the troops in the army are Shangguan Jingjiu. If the matter is spread out in front of everyone, there is no guarantee that these people will not cause something. Now she just looks forward to returning to the capital as soon as possible. The sooner she gets there, the sooner she will feel at ease.
"General Fang." Li Qiyou returned to the tent at some unknown time. Fang Zilan was so busy that she just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief when she heard his voice and asked what was going on.
"Your injury..." "It's no longer a problem." She replied lightly, but Li Qiyou had no intention of letting go, "I just asked the military doctor, General Fang doesn't need to prevaricate me."
"I know my body well." She smiled slightly, "If you are free, Your Majesty, why not do me a favor and think about how to intercede for me in front of the Empress Dowager when you return to Beijing."
"You!" Li Qiyou choked back at Fang Zilan's words. He could not say that his grandmother would never pursue the case, after all, that was simply impossible, nor could he say that he would settle things for her. After all, he had also seen his grandmother's methods. , even if he agreed to it in person, I'm afraid he wouldn't make it easy for her in private.
Seeing him frozen in place, Fang Zilan couldn't help but sigh, "My lord, you don't have to take it so seriously. I'm joking with you." After saying that, she didn't want to stay any longer and walked out of the tent.
Sometimes she couldn't understand how a prince like Yucheng Wang Li Qiyou could be so serious about everything. Like a simple outlier in a den of wolves that eats people without spitting out their bones, he will probably suffer a lot in the future...
Fang Zilan shook her head. She had not solved her own affairs now, so she really had no time to worry about other people's affairs. I don’t know how much Zhuge Yu believed her words, and I don’t know how suspicious Li Shengxuan is of the Shangguan family. Is her move enough to make Li Shengxuan tamper with the Shangguan family?
Li Shengxuan has always been wary of her. Even though Ji Ningtian told her that the North cannot be without a handsome man for a day. After the fall of the Shangguan family, Li Shengxuan will definitely find someone to take over. But will he really find her?
On the way back to Beijing, Fang Zilan was very preoccupied. Although she pretended not to care, the people traveling with her were all good at observing words and emotions. Everyone could see that she was bored, but so were the others.
Everyone has their own secrets, and they are waiting until a big drama in the capital begins. No one knows who will appear on the stage and who will sing a romantic voice. They will eventually add a splash of color to the seemingly calm and windless capital.
It's just that no matter whether this scene is stunning or dull, everyone has no way out.
The closer she got to the capital, the more uneasy Fang Zilan became. For some reason, she suddenly remembered a fairy tale she had read when she was a child - The Red Shoes.
She couldn't tell when she came to this era. She seemed to have put on cursed red dancing shoes and danced wildly on an unknown track, never stopping again.
Thinking like this, she felt a chill running down her spine. At first she thought time travel was just an unreal dream, until it became her own life. She clenched her fists tightly, and even if she couldn't break free from the red shoes, she would never let everything get out of control.
"What is General Fang thinking about? The capital is ahead." Zhuge Yu's voice floated to Fang Zilan's ears, pulling her out of her thoughts.
She reluctantly raised the corners of her mouth, "It's nothing, but I thought it was still early summer when I left Beijing, and now it's almost the Mid-Autumn Festival when I return. It's been more than a month."
"I didn't expect it either." Zhuge Yu smiled and shook his head, "I was able to return to Beijing in time to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival."
"Master Zhuge doesn't want to go back to the capital to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival?" She joked casually, but Zhuge Yu was stunned for a moment, "This is my first year to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in the capital, so I think it will be a different experience."
After listening to Zhuge Yu's words, Fang Zilan remembered that Zhuge Yu had only been in the capital for more than half a year, so she turned around and looked at Li Qiyou, "My lord, I think he celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival in the capital every year. I wonder what fun is there in the Mid-Autumn Festival in the capital?" "
Li Qiyou, who was named, was stunned for a moment, and then continued: "The Mid-Autumn Festival in the capital has always been a grand event. There is a moon-viewing banquet in the palace, and the pagoda of Baiye Temple in the west of Beijing will also be lit up on that day. Thousands of lanterns, young ladies from aristocratic families go out together to enjoy the flowers, people burn incense and light up sky lanterns to visit the flower market, and Sufangzhai launches a unique mooncake every year..."
"Sufangzhai, the most famous pastry shop in the capital? The prince actually eats their mooncakes?" Fang Zilan interjected curiously, and Li Qiyou didn't care at all, "Sufangzhai is famous, everywhere in the palace I’ll also order some of their snacks.”
Fang Zilan listened with interest to Li Qiyou's narration. Although she grew up in the capital, she had no memory of the Mid-Autumn Festival. She couldn't help but feel moved when she heard what Li Qiyou said about the bustling and lively atmosphere. It was a rare opportunity, and this time she wanted to have a good Mid-Autumn Festival.
"It's great. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, I'm going to put up a sky lantern to enjoy the flowers. I'll go to Sufangzhai to buy moon cakes to try." Fang Zilan sighed.
Zhuge Yu chuckled and said, "If General Fang appreciates the honor, he and Zhuge Yu can go to Baiye Temple to light Buddhist lanterns."
"Lighting Buddhist lanterns?" A trace of surprise flashed across her face. The capital worships Buddhism, and lighting Buddhist lanterns is not something ordinary wealthy people can do.
But then she thought about it, and it seemed that it was not impossible to light a Buddhist lantern with the noble status of the Zhuge family, so she nodded and said, "If Mr. Zhuge invites you, I will definitely go to the appointment."
The three of them chatted about the joys of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and time passed unknowingly. In a blink of an eye, everyone had arrived at the gate of the capital. As expected, Li Shengxuan had already been there to greet them as he had said before.
Fang Zilan and his party dismounted from their horses and saluted. After greetings, Li Qiyou and Zhuge Yu followed Li Shengxuan into the city, taking Shangguan Jing into the palace first.
Fang Zilan and his deputy returned to the camp on the outskirts of Beijing, and then rushed to Qiankun Palace to report.
When she arrived, Li Shengxuan was interrogating Shangguan Jing. Shangguan Jing still only admitted that he sent hundreds of good girls to the Jin people for Shangguan Min, and denied anything else. He even angrily accused Fang Zilan of falsely accusing him of collaborating with the enemy and treason.
As soon as Fang Zilan entered, she bumped into Shangguan Jing's muzzle and was scolded by him: "That woman Fang Zilan framed the blame, and her ambition is obvious." She listened to every word and walked without hesitation. Got in.
Seeing Fang Zilan coming, Li Shengxuan skipped her salute and said calmly: "General Fang heard what Shangguan Jing said, but what do you want to say?"
"It's false to frame and frame the blame, but it's true if the ambition is exposed." Fang Zilan's expression remained unchanged, "If I really meant to frame and frame the blame, I wouldn't have tried my best to save you and Shangguan Min in the north, and let you both die. Wouldn't it be easier? If my ambitions hadn't been revealed and I wouldn't have given up until I took Chakor's head, I wouldn't have been able to accuse you of treason, right?"
