Lu Xingyue was in Fusi, Beizhen, and had the privilege of entering the palace directly without notification. As soon as he arrived at the palace gate, he noticed someone peeping in the dark. He glanced over with his peripheral vision, then quickly took it back, and entered the palace gate as if nothing had happened.
The journey went smoothly to the outside of the royal study. When the eunuch Cheng Jin saw him coming, he immediately greeted him with a smile, "Why are you here, Lord Marquis?"
Lu Xingyue met him and said solemnly, "Excuse me, father-in-law, please go in and report. I have something to ask your Majesty to see."
"Okay, Lord Marquis, wait a moment."
Cheng Jin quickly entered the imperial study. Emperor Hui'an had just finished speaking to Liang Ci when he saw him standing behind him. He raised his chin and said, "What's the matter?"
Cheng Jin stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Marquis Mingying would like to see you."
Emperor Hui'an raised his eyebrows, "What did he say?"
Cheng Jin shook his head: "Master Hou only said it was important."
Liang Ci's eyes flashed slightly, he glanced at Emperor Hui'an's face, and said at the right time: "It must be a matter of imprisonment. It cannot be delayed. In this case, I will retire."
Emperor Hui'an nodded, and then thought of something, "By the way, your old illness is difficult to cure and keeps recurring. Since the palace doctor can't do anything, you might as well go see Mrs. Lu Sanni."
Liang Ci was startled. He had also heard about the miracle doctor, but he didn't expect that His Majesty would actually ask him to go to Shen Lansui's place to try it.
Thinking of the people he met at the Princess Mansion that day, he cupped his hands and said, "Yes."
Liang Ci went out with Cheng Jin, looked up and saw Lu Xingyue standing at the foot of the steps, and looked at him deeply.
Lu Xingyue didn't expect him to be there, so he bowed to him. Liang Ci returned the greeting and passed him by. He couldn't tell that this guy was eating Lu Xingyue's acetic acid secretly.
Cheng Jin smiled and said to Lu Xingyue: "Master Marquis, hurry in. Your Majesty is waiting."
"Thank you, father-in-law."
Lu Xingyue calmed his expression, quickly walked in, bowed his head and saluted respectfully: "I pay my respects to your Majesty."
"Excuse me, why are you here at this time? How important is it?"
Emperor Hui'an pinched his brows, approved most of the memorial, and talked to Liang Ci for a while. He was obviously a little tired.
Lu Xingyue stood up and said, "Back to Your Majesty, I have been ordered to conduct a secret investigation on Gu insects."
Emperor Hui'an paused and suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes sharp, "Oh?"
Lu Xingyue lowered his eyes and said, "Previously, I discovered that Jin Jianyun, the second son of Marquis Pinglan, had been in and out of the Huanchun Medicine Hall. The minister and his wife confirmed that he was indeed there for treatment, and during this period, someone was following him and was not exposed at the time. I am a miracle doctor in my true identity. I was grateful for the kindness of the miracle doctor and helped to get rid of the person who was following me, but the other party did not restrain himself because of this."
"After some time, someone followed the miracle doctor again. I asked the guards to arrest the people who were following them and sent them to Yangdu Mansion. But not long after, someone bribed the jailer and wanted to poison those people. Fortunately, they found out It was only in time that he failed. After Yangdu Prefecture knew about this, he sent someone to tell me. I suspected that the forces behind it were not simple, so I made a show with Yangdu Prefecture, pretending that those people were dead, and asked the jailer to deliver the letter. The other party was indeed fooled. Didn’t do anything again.”
Emperor Hui'an's expression changed: "You actually reached into Yangdu Mansion?"
Lu Xingyue didn't say anything. He didn't need to say anything at this time, the emperor would think about it himself.
Sure enough, after a moment he heard the emperor sneer, "Continue."
"Yes." Lu Xingyue said, "I secretly imprisoned the people in prison and tortured them severely. One of them confessed that they were ordered by Jin Jianyun to follow and monitor the miracle doctor. They were also responsible for the previous kidnapping of the miracle doctor."
Emperor Hui'an didn't say anything, but his eyebrows became darker.
"I asked him to plead guilty and put him in custody, and sent someone to arrest Jin Jianyun with the confession. I didn't want to punish him directly, so I brought up a prisoner to interrogate him in front of him, and killed the chicken to scare the monkeys. In the end, the prisoner also recruited Jin. Seeing the cloud, I brought Jin Jianyun out, but he bit him to death and refused to acknowledge it, so I punished him and gave him a whip. However, within an hour, Marquis Pinglan broke into the imperial prison. Take Jin Jianyun away."
"Took him away?" Emperor Hui'an sat up straight, frowned and said coldly: "Who allowed him to take people away? Are you just watching?"
Lu Xingyue said guiltily: "I am incompetent. Marquis Pinglan stood in front of Jin Jianyun and said that we abused lynching. He also said that we did not have His Majesty's edict and had no right to attack the court officials. In addition, there was insufficient evidence, so I could not force him to retain someone." , so let him take the person away for the time being, and go to the palace first to apologize to His Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, please punish me if you do something bad."
Lu Xingyue slowly knelt down.
Emperor Hui'an didn't say anything. He slowly leaned back on the chair, his expression mixed with emotion and anger. He rubbed his jade ring with his index finger, not knowing what he was thinking.
There was dead silence in the imperial study room, and the atmosphere was tense.
Lu Xingyue seemed to be frightened and respectful, but in fact he was calm and calm.
Finally, Emperor Hui'an moved. He tilted his head and pressed his forehead and asked, "You said that Marquis Pinglan arrived at the imperial prison in less than an hour?"
"Yes, I don't dare to lie, as everyone in the prison can testify."
Emperor Hui'an was silent again, this time only for a moment, and then asked with a smile: "You let him go after Marquis Pinglan only said those words. This is not your character. Didn't he move out of the imperial concubine?"
Lu Xingyue raised his eyes and glanced at him. Seeing that the air between his brows was darkening, he quickly lowered his head and pursed his lips in silence.
But at this time, silence is better than sound. Not admitting or denying is acquiescence.
Darkness flashed across Emperor Hui'an's eyes.
He suddenly picked up the memorial on the table and threw it down, "Lu Xingyue, do you still remember whose minister you are? I promoted you to be the leader of Beizhen Fusi, and this is how you repay me?"
Lu Xingyue said in shame: "I am your Majesty's minister, and I only obey your Majesty's orders. However, this time I don't have enough evidence. If..."
"It doesn't matter. Jin Yiwei has the right to arrest first and report later. In extraordinary times, you can do whatever it takes. Otherwise, what use would I have for Jin Yiwei?"
Emperor Hui'an stood up and flicked his sleeves, furious.
Lu Xingyue said: "I will remember your Majesty's teachings."
"Go, bring Jin Jianyun back to me, and interrogate him clearly! Gu insects are forbidden arts and should have been extinct long ago. It is ridiculous that they appear under my nose! If he refuses to die, give me Beat him to death, but I want to see who dares to intercede for him!"
Lu Xingyue rested his forehead on the back of his hand, barely detecting the corners of his lips, "Yes, I obey your order!"
As soon as Emperor Hui'an waved his hand, he stood up and retreated. His heart was shattered, but Lu Xingyue had no expression on his face. Cheng Jin sent him down the steps, "Master Hou, go slowly."
Lu Xingyue held up his hands and said, "My father-in-law, please stay and go in to see Your Majesty."
Cheng Jin raised his eyebrows and turned back to the imperial study. He saw Emperor Hui'an standing sideways behind the desk with a gloomy look on his face.
He looked down and saw several memorials lying on the ground. He quickly picked them up and put them away, calling in a low voice: "Your Majesty."
"Cheng Jin, do you think I have been too good-tempered in the past few years and have made some people wild?"
