But Lu Qiuyue, in order to save her father who was in jail, made an appointment with Jiang Chun at Sifang Pavilion.
She asked: "Is the Taoist priest named Yuan Zhen a member of the Tianxiao organization? Did he instigate Fang Xiaohei to assassinate Ding Jiwu?"
Jiang Chun gritted his teeth and said, "Yes!"
Lu Qiuyue said: "Did you witness it with your own eyes?"
Jiang Chun hesitated for a moment and nodded silently.
Lu Qiuyue's beauty turned pale, and she said calmly: "I know that these words must not be your true words, because they are controlling you behind your back, and you can't help it.
"Let's not talk about my father's conduct in the court. Just because he is my father, I, as a daughter, cannot just watch him be wronged and have something happen to him..."
She sobbed and said, "Tomorrow is the deadline. If there is no evidence to clear his name tomorrow, he will be questioned by the emperor...
"Jiang Chun, I believe in your character, can you really bear to watch my father lose his life because of your perjury and your refusal to save him?
"Jiang Chun, considering our past friendship, just tell the truth. I will remember your kindness for the rest of my life..."
Jiang Chun was confused for a moment. He hesitated for a long time and finally said: "Miss, please stop talking! What I said in the lobby that day was all the truth. You don't have to have any illusions that I will retract my confession."
Lu Qiuyue lost her voice and said: "Jiang Chun..."
Jiang Chun raised his face and said, "Miss, I'm so ashamed that I can't help you. I'm sorry, I failed you. I..."
He stopped talking, sighed softly, cupped his hands at Lu Qiuyue and Ling Yun, and turned around.
Lu Qiuyue's flower branches trembled with anger, and she said sadly: "Jiang Chun, I guess I misjudged you!" As she spoke, she burst into tears.
Jiang Chun was also heartbroken. At one point he really wanted to turn around and tell everything.
However, thinking of Xiao Yongnian and Ouyang Zhen; thinking of the affection and loyalty between the brothers; thinking of his own responsibilities... He hesitated again, and finally he did not look back.
He felt extremely sad, and he had to admit that he had developed a deep love for Lu Qiuyue.
But knowing that you can do it but not being able to do it, and deeply hurting the one you love, would be a very difficult thing to do.
Of course, Lu Qiuyue was also thinking about it.
She cried a lot when she went back. I am sad that my former self-confidence and pride have been thwarted, I am sad that the inhumane person I love is sad, and I am sad that I cannot save my father and am about to lose his father's love.
Mrs. Lu wanted to comfort her daughter with a few words, but she burst into tears before she could say anything.
Also worrying about this are Xu Zhi, Ling Yun, Yuan Ping, Yang Zhen... and everyone in the Lu family.
"A pot of wine among the flowers, drinking alone without any blind date. Raise a glass to invite the bright moon, and make three people in the shadow. ..."
Seeing that another day was approaching dusk, but he was still helpless, Ling Yun couldn't help but feel a little more sad.
"Dongli drinks wine after dusk, and there is a faint fragrance filling his sleeves..." He was drinking by himself when he suddenly felt a faint fragrance coming. What fragrance?
Suddenly I heard laughter behind me, "Commander Ling is pouring himself a glass of wine and enjoying the beautiful scenery by himself!"
A person's shadow has come closer. Ling Yun looked at it and couldn't help but be startled, "Oh, is it you?"
The person standing behind him was the handsome and charming young man in Tsing Yi. With a pink face and a smile on his face, he said: "Drinking alone, isn't it lonely? Do you want me to have a few drinks with you?"
Ling Yun Wuxu said: "Whatever."
The young man in green sat down and said, "Look at how worried you are. Are you worried about Master Lu?"
Ling Yun asked something strange, "Have you healed your foot injury during the past few days in the mansion?"
Young Master Tsing Yi said: "It's much better! Commander Ling, if you hadn't made a decisive decision that day, maybe I would have... thank you for your life-saving grace. If there is any difficulty, no matter what, as long as I can help, I will go through fire and water." No matter what!"
"Where did you learn this set of jargon?"
The young man in green said, "Hey, I mean it sincerely. I just want to save Mr. Lu. It's a trivial matter!"
Ling Yun looked at him in surprise, "What did you say?"
"Why are you looking at me like this? Huh, you don't have to look down on me. No matter how stupid I am, I'm better than you stupid official servants!"
Ling Yun said: "Really, then I would like to ask this brother what he has to say?"
Young Master Tsing Yi said: "It's not a high opinion. I just want you not to hang yourself on a tree. Do you have to find some evidence to prove your crime? Why don't you walk around and ask for help?"
This sentence suddenly reminded Ling Yun. He stood up quickly, cupped his hands to the young man in green and said, "Thank you for your advice, brother!"
Young Master Tsing Yi said proudly: "You're welcome. Let me just say, you're not stupid at all, you're just a little worse than me."
Ling Yun raised his legs and was about to leave, but suddenly stopped again, "By the way, I haven't asked my brother for your name yet."
The young man in green raised his hand in a dashing manner, "I don't dare. My surname is Yu and my name is Huan. Baoyu's jade is like the king's Huan. Yuhuan."
"Yu Huan? This name is a bit strange."
"What's so strange? Ling Yun, this name is so strange. 'The land and sea of the imperial capital are so numerous that I can't bear to cut an inch of Ling Yun's heart' is probably talking about you, right?"
Ling Yun said with both laughter and laughter: "Stop contacting me, where did you make up this poem?"
Yuhuan said: "Why did I make it up? This is from——"
At this time, Xu Zhi came up and said, "Commander Ling."
When Ling Yun saw this, he made a gesture of excuse himself to Yu Huan and went to meet Xu Zhi.
Yu Huan pouted, seeming a little unhappy.
As soon as Ling Yun and Xu Zhi met, they unanimously said: "There is a way!"
The two were startled, and then asked each other in unison: "What can we do?"
The two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing: "Look for the Queen Mother!"
The two couldn't help laughing.
Xu Zhi said: "This is called 'a clear understanding of the heart'!"
Ling Yun nodded and said, "Then when should we go?"
Empress Dowager Wei was sitting quietly in the Cining Palace, with her beloved grandson Zhao Ting standing in front of her to celebrate. His naive manner of shaking his head while endorsing the words made Empress Dowager Wei burst into bursts of cheerful laughter from time to time.
At this time, Liu Hong, the eunuch beside him, came in and reported: "Queen Mother, Princess Huanyu of the Jinling Palace is outside asking for an audience."
Queen Mother Wei was very excited, "I heard from Prince Jinling a few days ago that this naughty girl ran away from home to escape from marriage. I sent people everywhere to look for her but there was no news. What kind of wind brought this girl here today?"
"Winds from the southeast and northwest!" In the words, a beautiful woman with brilliant embroidery and radiance gracefully entered.
Her intoxicating grace and graceful service made her as beautiful as a fairy under the moon.
Queen Mother Wei smiled and said: "You crazy girl, where have you been slipping away these past few days? It's so unbecoming, it almost made your parents anxious to death!"
Princess Huanyu waved her hand at Queen Mother Wei and said with a smile: "Queen Mother."
"You don't have to call her Queen Mother, just call me aunt. There's no one else here anyway. My son, sit down!"
Princess Huanyu was not restrained. She sat down next to Queen Mother Wei and rested her head on the Queen Mother's shoulder affectionately.
Speaking of Princess Huanyu, her relationship with Empress Dowager Wei is extraordinary.
As mentioned before, there are four brothers and sisters in the emperor's father's generation: the eldest is the late emperor Zhao Ji, the second is Zhao Rui, the current prince of Guangling, the commander-in-chief of the Three Passes, and the third is the current prince of Jinling, Zhao Fu. The fourth child is Princess Changqing. The four brothers and sisters all have their own achievements:
The son of the former emperor is the current emperor Zhao Yu;
The son of Prince Guangling is named Zhao Xu. He is versatile in both civil and military affairs and has outstanding character. Now he follows his father to guard the three passes and is already a victorious general with great fame;
The prince of Jinling has a small population, with only one daughter, Princess Huanyu;
The son of Princess Changqing is He Chenglin, one of the most influential figures in the world who recognizes his ancestor and returns to his clan; and the second son of He Mansion, He Chengqi, was born to the Yu family of He Yuting's concubine.
Now let’s talk about Princess Huanyu. Her father, Prince Zhao Fu of Jinling, and the late emperor were brothers, while her mother, Princess Wei and the Queen Mother Wei, were biological sisters.
In this way, Queen Mother Wei was not only her aunt, but also her aunt.
For this reason, she and the Empress Dowager Wei were really close; and the Empress Dowager Wei had no daughter, so she had discussed with her sister, Princess Wei, to adopt Huanyu as her adopted daughter.
Therefore, it is even more obvious that the identity of Princess Huanyu is extraordinary. It is no wonder that she acts so unscrupulously.
Queen Mother Wei said: "Huanyu, you haven't said what you have been doing these days?"
Huan Yu smiled and said, "Actually, it's nothing. I just spent some time in the capital, learned some anecdotes, broadened my horizons, and gained a lot of knowledge."
Empress Dowager Wei said: "Oh, it's too unseemly for you to come from a girl's family - Liu Hong, please send someone to inform Prince Jinling immediately."
Huanyu said hurriedly: "Wait a minute, aunt, are you so anxious to ask my father to pick me up? Do you dislike me? I'm dressing up as a man outside and haven't caused any trouble for you. What are you worried about?"
"Now that I'm back, of course I won't wander around anymore, and I want to stay with you for a few more days, but now you are in a hurry to send me back - it seems that you don't love me at all, you just I love your little grandson!"
Queen Mother Wei smiled and said: "Look at your poor mouth!"
Huan Yu also laughed along with her, and she added: "Aunt, you must be very lonely when you stay in the palace all the time, right? Do you want to hear some anecdotes that happened in the capital recently?"
Empress Dowager Wei said: "That's right. Tell me something and I'll listen."
Huan Yu said: "Not to mention anything else, you must have heard about what happened two days ago about Master Lu Wenzheng, right?"
The Queen Mother was stunned and said: "Lu Wenzheng? Did something happen to him?"
Huan Yu said: "I heard that he has been in some trouble recently, and the Holy One is about to punish him."
Empress Dowager Wei was shocked: "There is such a thing! Why don't I know anything about it? Huanyu, please tell me what is going on?"
Huan Yu said: "It's a long story. Do you still remember what happened in my Aunt Changqing's house twenty years ago? It was about my cousin He Chenglin being taken away!"
After Huanyu reminded her, Queen Mother Wei remembered.
Huan Yu narrated: "Later, Ge's husband and son became Taoist priests incognito. In order to take revenge, they kidnapped Miss Ding's family and used her to threaten my uncle and cousin. But it happened that Tian Xiao happened again that day. The organized gangsters assassinated Mr. Ding, so they put all the charges on the Taoist priest and his son.
"But that Taoist Priest Yuan Zhen is a demon who has been practicing for many years. I don't know what kind of demon magic he used to escape from the Lu Mansion, broke into the palace and kidnapped the Holy One... The Holy One was angry at Mr. Lu because he was temporarily deceived. I want to kill him because of his indiscretion. Auntie, don’t you think this is unfair?”
Queen Mother Wei pondered and nodded slightly.
Seeing that the Empress Dowager was tempted, Huan Yu felt secretly happy and said: "Originally, at most it is a crime of dereliction of duty, and it is not a crime that can lead to death; not to mention that the Taoist priest also used magic to deceive people's hearts, so he can't blame Master Lu and the others entirely; besides, Master Lu's meritorious service He served the country with distinction and loyalty; and he must have been kind to his aunt. Wouldn't it be a pity if such a loyal minister and good general died because of this!"
Queen Mother Wei nodded frequently; but the most important thing was that Mr. Lu had saved her life, and she also selfishly protected Lu Wenzheng.
She smiled and said: "Huanyu, I see that you are so enthusiastic about this matter. Are you favored by someone in the Lu family?"
Huan Yu was startled, then blushed and said, "Aunt, look at what you said, what kind of huge bribe can the people in the Lu family offer that can impress me?"
Queen Mother Wei smiled.
At this time, Liu Hong, the personal eunuch, came in and reported: "The Queen Mother, Xu Zhi and Ling Yun of the Ministry of Punishment are outside asking for an audience."
Queen Mother Wei was stunned and said: "I understand, the two of them must have come here for this reason."
Huan Yu said: "Then I'll avoid it first."
Empress Dowager Wei said: "It's not necessary to be separated by the bead curtain."
After a while, Xu Zhi and Ling Yun came in, kowtowed to the Queen Mother outside the bead curtain and said, "I am here to see the Queen Mother."
Empress Dowager Wei got straight to the point: "You two ministers are here for the matter of Lu Wenzheng?"
This question was too abrupt, leaving the two of them confused for a moment.
Empress Dowager Wei said: "If it is because of this matter, you don't have to worry about it. The Ai family knows the whole story and will state their interests to the Holy One and advise the Holy One to change his original intention. You two dear friends can rest assured."
These words made the two of them even more confused. The two of them had carefully considered and planned before coming here (for fear that the Queen Mother might fall out of favor), and prepared for the worst; who could have expected that things would be solved so easily, so easily that the two of them did not dare to Believe this to be true.
If the two of them could look up at this moment and see the graceful and smiling beautiful princess behind Empress Dowager Wei, they might be surprised and suddenly realize.
It's just that as ministers, the two of them didn't dare to raise their heads out of etiquette, not to mention there was a crystal bead curtain between them.
The two returned to the mansion, still puzzled.
Xu Zhi frowned and said, "Commander Ling, could someone be helping us secretly?"
Ling Yun nodded and said, "I think so, but who could this person be?"
While everyone was suspicious, Feng Chaoying, the chief chamberlain of the palace, came to the mansion to deliver a decree to pardon Lu Wenzheng.
The emperor is famous for his filial piety; what's more, after a few days of reflection, he increasingly felt that he couldn't bear to let go of Lu Wenzheng, a loyal minister.
Now the Queen Mother's persuasion and the intercession of civil and military officials headed by the Prince of Jinling just catered to the emperor's wishes, and he took the opportunity to pardon Lu Wenzheng.
However, the death penalty was spared, but the living crime was unavoidable. The emperor deducted Lu Wenzheng's salary for one year, demoted him to a rank, and ordered him to catch Ding Jiwu's assassin within the next few days.
Lu Wenzheng returned to the mansion, and everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief and celebrated.
When everything was ready, Lu Wenzheng rewarded Dong Wu according to his merits and punished him according to his crimes. He punished Dong Wu who had neglected his duties and let the fugitive go. He removed him from the post of fifth-grade school captain, gave him a heavy responsibility of forty, and temporarily stayed in the mansion to observe the consequences.
Although Dong Wu felt cowardly, he could only admit that he was unlucky.
When nothing happened, everyone started talking about the person who had secretly helped them.
Yuan Ping said: "I say this person must have a close relationship with the Queen Mother. He must be someone whom the Queen Mother can trust. He may be some prince, grandson or the like."
Ling Yun said: "It's just that how can these princes and grandsons speak for us? We are not related to them."
Yuan Ping scratched his head and said, "That's right."
At this time, the young man in green, Yu Huan, walked in from outside with a spring breeze on his face and said: "Hi, everyone is always nice, my little brother is back!"
