Lu Zuo had already seen through Liu Xingzhi's thoughts. Liu Xingzhi coveted the throne more than his father. The reason why he was so excited and asked his father to take action earlier was because he was afraid that the prince would really win the throne. In this case, he would never There is no chance to inherit the throne. At this moment, Liu Xingzhi understood that he had to get the support of Lu Zuo, and maybe his father would agree to take action, so he suddenly looked at Lu Zuo enthusiastically and said, "Mr. Lu, I believe you also support my idea of taking action, right?"
Lu Zuo smiled at Liu Xingzhi, and then continued to ask Prince Ning Liu Xun calmly, "My lord, do you think the emperor is really held hostage by the prince?"
Liu Xun lowered his head, thought for a long time, and then said: "It's not impossible, otherwise why would you suddenly entrust everything to the prince alone?"
When Liu Xingzhi saw his father saying this, his joy was beyond words, and he immediately responded: "Father, you think so too, it's not too late, we'd better do it early..."
Liu Xun raised his hand to signal him to shut up. Liu Xingzhi turned his head in frustration, and Liu Xun continued to ask Lu Zuo, "But this time I will listen to Mr. Lu!"
"Your Majesty, did you not find anything wrong when you came back today?" Lu Zuo asked.
After Liu Xun was silent for a moment, he shook his head.
"On my way here just now, I found that many people in the Xinghua Restaurant were talking about the emperor being ill and leaving everything to the prince. Didn't you know, my lord?"
"This..." Liu Xun seemed to have noticed something was wrong, "The emperor is ill. Why is such a confidential matter spread throughout the capital in less than a day?"
Liu Xingzhi answered: "Isn't this strange? Father, what we are thinking about now is how to deal with Liu Yan, not the emperor..."
"Shut up..." Liu Xun interrupted Liu Xingzhi again and shouted sternly, "Get out of here!"
Liu Xingzhi saw that his father was really angry, so he gritted his teeth and turned away, with no intention of going out.
Liu Xun's cheeks trembled slightly, and he asked Lu Zuo solemnly, "Do you mean there is fraud?"
Lu Zuo nodded, "The emperor announced his illness. Such important news spread throughout the capital almost within a day. If the emperor hadn't let the news go, who would have been stupid enough to publicize the matter to the outside world? The prince? Prince Ning?" "
Liu Xun also felt that it made sense, "Then the emperor pretended to be ill and told the public about it. What was his intention?"
"Of course, I want to see who has ulterior motives, or I want to test the prince. Of course, there may be many reasons, but based on my understanding of the emperor, he is definitely malingering."
"Then what should we do next? Liu Yan is now in charge, and he will definitely counterattack us." Liu Xun began to worry a little. It is conceivable that the prince is in power and will take this opportunity to eradicate dissidents.
Lu Zuo also fell into deep thought. He lowered his head and thought with a sinking face. After a long time, he raised his head in despair and said: "Throw away the rook to save the commander. As long as the emperor is not really ill, we can find a way to regain the lost chess piece."
"Ah..." Liu Xingzhi and Liu Xun's father and son exclaimed almost at the same time. Liu Xingzhi said angrily, "You mean we don't do anything and let that kid Liu Yan attack us? In the end, our power gradually weakened and we fought alone. , how can you win over Liu Yan?"
Liu Xun glanced at his son and he fell silent, but this time Liu Xun did not scold his son, but looked at Lu Zuo sincerely, as if he was asking the same question in his eyes.
Lu Zuodao: "There are two situations now. One is that the emperor really wants to test Liu Yan. If Liu Yan really takes this opportunity to eradicate his dissidents, then the emperor's evaluation of him will be greatly reduced. The other is that the emperor wants to take this opportunity to see. Are there really cronies fighting for power in the DPRK? If the prince really fights, the emperor may just sneer at it, so we can't help anyway. Once the emperor realizes that we also have problems, we will only get burned. And the prince Taking the opportunity to punish people is nothing more than trying to find some excuses. As long as our people have no major faults, ranging from demotion to dismissal, when the emperor returns to power, there will still be ways to reinstate him. If there is really such corruption It may not be a bad thing to borrow the prince's hand to remove it now."
Liu Xingzhi was very surprised after hearing this, "What? You mean we just stand by and let Liu Yan do whatever he wants?"
Lu Zuo replied firmly: "A small impatience will mess up a big plan."
Liu Xun was silent for a moment and then sighed, then slapped the table and glared: "Huh! Okay... I will see how long that little boy Liu Yan can run rampant!"
Hai hour has just passed, and the crescent moon in the night sky floats up to the eaves in the cold wind. In the backyard of Xinghua Restaurant, An Jingruo is looking at the crescent moon on the eaves worriedly, sighing softly from time to time, and the cold wind can be heard in his ears from time to time. There were sounds passing through the eaves, and a few unknown green plants in the yard lowered their heads. There was no New Year atmosphere at all. Suddenly, there was a vague sound mixed in, like the sound of the banging of porcelain. If it hadn't been for many years of martial arts practice, An Jingruo would have been almost undetectable. Jing Ruo's sharp eyes searched everywhere under the moonlight, but the sound suddenly stopped. She stopped, closed her eyes, and tried to determine the source of the sound again, but found nothing. She opened her eyes again and instinctively looked at the eaves, but the dark night had swallowed up the entire yard. Without the moonlight, it was almost impossible to see the movement on the roof.
"lady……"
A warm voice came, and not far away a handsome man stood under the lamp, his bloodless face under the candlelight. Jing Jingruo revealed a knowing smile and said, "Why did it take so long? Is everything going well?"
Lu Zuo walked forward slowly, smiled and nodded, "As long as they listen to me, there will be nothing wrong!"
Jing Jingruo was full of worry, "The situation is complicated now, so we must have our own way out!"
Lu Zuo seemed to smile bitterly and did not answer directly. He just took his wife's right hand and said, "Let's go back early!"
The couple left the restaurant and only walked a few steps. An Jingruo faintly noticed something was wrong. He looked up at Lu Zuo and asked worriedly: "Mr. sir, do you feel anything is wrong?"
"You mean..." Lu Zuo frowned. Out of vigilance, he turned around and looked around. Behind him was a noisy restaurant. People were coming and going on the street. There were people inviting people to buy, drink and sell. There was no obvious sign. No, so I asked, "Is someone following me?"
Jing Jingruo looked around suspiciously, but found nothing. After sighing without being noticed, he said, "Maybe I'm too sensitive."
"You have furrowed your brows more tightly than anyone else these past two days. Madam, don't worry. I'll do everything with you and nothing will go wrong." Lu Zuo said.
The lights in An Jingruo's eyes flickered, and she took Lu Zuo's hand and continued walking towards the Lu Mansion.
