Looking at Luo Lan in front of him, Leng Yun's heart was itching like a cat's claws.
He swallowed his saliva and said hurriedly and almost flatteringly:
"I understand your pain, don't worry, I will love you well..."
Luo Lan cleared her throat, blinked at him, nodded slowly and said:
"Okay, then it's settled. The prince shouldn't stay here for too long, as it might arouse suspicion."
Leng Yun naturally agreed, nodding his head and saying:
"As promised, don't make a mistake tomorrow at Mao hour."
Luo Lan nodded seriously, with a bit of shyness in his eyes.
"Luo Lan wants to spend a good night with the prince, so how could he make a mistake? Please come back, prince. If you keep the patients outside waiting for a long time, it will cause commotion."
Leng Yun still couldn't wait to rub his hands together and nodded vigorously.
"Okay, my dear, I will definitely take good care of you."
With these words behind him, he reluctantly left the Huichun Hall, turning back three times.
Looking at his back, Luo Lan snorted contemptuously.
Leng Yun, you have evil thoughts about me. If I don't take advantage of you, I will really be sorry for you.
Until he walked out of Prince Yu's Mansion, Leng Yun was still immersed in the sweet dream Luo Lan had weaved for him, imagining the wonderful moments tomorrow night.
At this time, a servant came over and said,
"Your Highness, are we still going to the Criminal Department?"
Leng Yun frowned and looked at him, "What are you doing at the Criminal Department?"
"Prince, you forgot? Yesterday you said you would go to the Ministry of Punishment to pick up Xiao Zhuzi today..."
"Yeah."
Leng Yun hurriedly tapped his head with the fan in his hand, "Look at my memory. I was so happy that I forgot about this matter. It was so easy for me to get him from Shuntian Mansion to the Criminal Department. It cost me ten thousand taels to manage him. Yinzi, this little pillar, I really treat him very well."
Having said this, he got into the carriage, greeted his servants, and drove the carriage to the Ministry of Justice.
…
After Chang Guifei returned to the palace, she went straight to the emperor's study. If there was nothing important, she would rarely go to the study. The emperor also did not allow these concubines to go to the study to find him easily.
The emperor was looking at the memorial in his hand. When he saw her coming in, he frowned and asked:
"Is something wrong?"
Concubine Chang bowed and saluted, nodded slowly,
"Something's wrong."
"Say it!"
The emperor didn't even raise his head. Ever since he knew that she didn't care enough about Leng Yu, his attitude towards Concubine Chang Gui had become much colder.
"Your Majesty, I received a secret report that the current Princess Yu is not the real Shui Luolan. I originally wanted to ask her, but she refused to admit it. Therefore, I came to ask the Emperor for instructions on this matter. Should it be handed over to the Criminal Punishment Department?"
Hearing this, the emperor suddenly looked up at her and asked puzzledly,
"What do you mean? Who is doubting Princess Yu?"
Concubine Chang straightened her expression and hurriedly replied seriously:
"The person who mentioned this to me was Shui Luolan's aunt. She heard that Princess Yu danced amazingly at my birthday party and played the pipa very well. Not only that, she also wrote poems and was good at it. When treating people, she suspected that Shui Luolan was not her niece, because her niece Shui Luolan grew up in the countryside and didn't even know what a pipa looked like, let alone how to dance with a band. Moreover, Her niece also has no medical skills, hasn't read a book in a day, and can't recite poetry, so she handed the petition to the concubine. She suspected that her real niece Shui Luolan had been harmed by this fake Shui Luolan."
Hearing this, the emperor's eyes were filled with astonishment. He looked at Concubine Chang with glaring eyes and questioned her one word at a time.
"You found this woman. I don't know whether it's true or not, so you just deal with it."
"But Your Majesty, I went to ask her, but she refused to admit it. Before I left, I told her to give her three days. If she doesn't explain who she is within these three days, I thought of handing her over directly. The Shenxing Division came to interrogate this matter. This matter is not trivial, so I ask the emperor to give you an idea."
The emperor put down the pen in his hand, frowned and asked:
"Has she done anything to hurt Yu'er since she came to Prince Yu's Mansion?"
Concubine Chang pondered for a while, then slowly shook her head, "No, but she doesn't let anyone see Yu'er, so no one knows how Yu'er is doing now."
Hearing this, the emperor raised his hand and looked at her, "Pah!" She suddenly slammed the table heavily and roared:
"What are you talking about? Don't let anyone see Yu'er? Even a mother like you can't see her?"
Concubine Chang bowed and replied timidly in a low voice:
"Yes, I am stupid. I thought, as long as she takes good care of Yu'er, it will be fine. Yu'er has been resentful of me for not interceding for her all these years. I don't want to see my concubine, so I won't let him." She disappeared as soon as she saw her, but who would have thought that her aunt would come to me the day before yesterday to hand over the petition, so I was suspicious of her identity, and I asked the emperor to punish me for not thinking well."
"snort!"
The emperor suddenly became furious and snorted coldly, "You are Yu'er's mother. You don't even get suspicious when you can't even see his face. It shows that you don't really care about him. You really disappoint me."
"I'm wrong. Please forgive me, Your Majesty. But the most important thing now is to find out the identity of Shui Luolan. I suspect that she sneaked into Yu'er's side and then into the palace for other purposes. She may be harmful to the Emperor. It’s unfavorable, so I don’t dare to take this matter lightly and ask the emperor to make the decision.”
When she finished speaking, there was a hint of coldness in the emperor's eyes, with a slight sneer.
He stood up and paced back and forth in the imperial study with his hands behind his back. Concubine Chang stood there, waiting for him to speak.
An evil and proud smile flashed from the corner of her mouth from time to time. In the past, she always thought about killing this Shui Luolan and ending everything at once, but she failed twice.
Now comes this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, where I can justifiably punish her. Even if I can't get rid of her, I can justifiably expel her from Prince Yu's Mansion. It was really the stupidest thing I did to let her into Prince Yu's Palace in the first place. , the biggest mistake, next time, she promised that she would not easily choose the princess for Leng Yu again.
The imperial study was eerily quiet for a time, except for the heavy footsteps of the emperor, there was nothing else.
Concubine Chang was not in a hurry. She waited quietly. She knew that the emperor was a suspicious person. He was afraid that someone would assassinate him, so the longer he thought about it, the more angry he became.
Sure enough, after a while, the emperor suddenly stopped, looked at her with half-closed eyes, and said in a cold voice:
"When Princess Chuan Yu enters the palace, I want to interrogate her personally. Before entering the palace, you personally find someone to search her body. When I saw her before, I didn't guard against her. I was really careless."
Concubine Chang stood face down, with the corners of her mouth raised slightly, secretly showing a look of pride.
She bowed slightly and said slowly:
"Your Majesty, when I went there today, I gave her three days to think. Within these three days, I will order someone to watch her. If my guess is correct, within these three days, I will either go to the palace to explain the matter. , either she will escape from Prince Yu's Mansion to find her aunt to prove her identity, or she will fly away directly to escape for her life. No matter which way, she will not be able to escape the blame. I think she should not be anxious yet, and wait for her to do it herself. It’s good to fall into a trap.”
