The bright moon was setting in the west, and there was the sound of drums beating outside.
In the Crane Hall, Jin Yun and Cang Lang were whispering back to each other. Some distance away, the little girl by the Yue Li Terrace was holding the book in her hand while quietly looking inside.
Or maybe she noticed that the person over there was looking up, so she suddenly looked away and wanted to sit up straight. Unexpectedly, the button at her waist hung directly on the corner of the table.
The small table, which was not big at all, was pulled sideways by her in an instant. Tang Ning quickly stood up and tried to hold it down, but the book in her hand fell to the ground before she could hold it firmly, and the small lamp on the table fell on the plush blanket along with it. , grunting and rolling forward.
Three eyes in the room looked in this direction, and Tangning froze in embarrassment.
There was a smile in Xiao Yan's eyes: "Come here if you want to hear it."
"Don't listen!" Tang Ning muttered.
"You really don't listen?" He raised his eyes: "It has something to do with Queen Lu..."
Tang Ning's eyes moved. She knew that Xiao Yan had planned something, and she also knew that he was using King Cheng to fish for Queen Lu, but she didn't know exactly what he had done.
She wanted to know what Queen Lu was doing, but when she looked up at Xiao Yan's handsome face under the lamp, she suddenly remembered those "Meng Lang" words she blurted out outside the academy earlier.
Tang Ning moved on the tip of the table, her face turning red.
She didn't know why she was so bold.
Canglang and Jinyun couldn't help shaking their shoulders when they saw her embarrassed look. Xiao Yan, on the other hand, looked at the little girl over there as if she was about to crawl back into the turtle shell and refuse to show her head. He hid a smile. He coughed and glanced at Canglang and the others.
The little girl is so thin-skinned, she will be really annoyed if she smiles again.
"Come here, I happen to have something I want to ask you."
Tang Ning quietly raised her head and saw that Xiao Yan looked serious and that Cang Lang and Cang Lang were doing nothing unusual. She moved her feet and said hesitantly, "What are you asking me?"
Xiao Yan saw her walking to the edge of the steps. Her feet seemed to be stuck to the ground and she refused to move any further. He was not in a hurry and did not force her. He just said, "It has something to do with the Lu family." He glanced at Jinyun and said, He said: "Tell the girl about Queen Lu."
"yes."
Jinyun now looked at the little girl in front of him and regarded her as his future mistress. Although he didn't know how much she knew about the governor, it did not prevent him from looking respectful.
"Previously, the governor and the girl had speculated that someone in the palace had an affair with Prince Cheng, and was plotting to kill the person who was engaged to Prince Cheng, and that it was related to Xie Yin's life experience. Princess Huan had been following Princess Huan for many days, and the suspicion of her being in contact with Prince Cheng could basically be ruled out. Only Queen Lu."
"She was highly suspected, but because of her identity, she couldn't be tested easily. Later, the governor used the incident of Prince Cheng in prison to provoke her into chaos, but she remained unmoved."
"What happened next?" Tang Ning asked.
"Then there was the torture that night."
After Jinyun arrested King Cheng, Xiao Yan narrated the interrogation of Xiao Yan, including how King Cheng killed the person who refused to reveal his affair, and was later deceived by Xiao Yan, and under Xiao Yan's deliberate guidance. , and told the story of blaming the person he was having trouble with on the rest of the Lu family.
Xiao Yan stretched out his hand to support the side of his forehead: "I made a special trip to Fengxi Palace today to tell the queen about Prince Cheng's confession..."
Tang Ning tilted her head and thought for a while: "Brother wants to find out more about her. If she remains unmoved or directly tells the Lu family about it, it means that she has nothing to do with the Prince Cheng incident. It's our fault. If she has a clear direction, she can use this matter to express her merits to Lu Chongyuan, ease the relationship with the Lu family, and preserve the clan behind her."
"But if she hides it from the Lu family, or even goes along with the flow and finds a way to confirm the matter, and finds a scapegoat in the Lu family to take over everything for her, and ensure that she and the fourth prince escape, then it will be equivalent to confirming all the things we have done before. guess."
It was Empress Lu who was flirting with King Cheng, and it was Empress Lu who had harmed her aunt for many years.
Seeing that the little girl thought of the key in just a moment, Xiao Yan's eyes flashed with admiration. The little girl who used to follow him like a parrot has now become more agile and intelligent, making him even more reluctant to let go.
Xiao Yan said "Yes": "After I left the palace, Empress Lu sent her confidants to the Lu family and stayed for nearly three quarters of an hour before coming out. However, there was no unusual behavior in the Lu family after she left. Everyone in the Lu family None of the female relatives have ever been censured."
Tang Ning's face turned cold: "Has she found a scapegoat?"
Xiao Yan raised his lips: "Who do you think it is?"
Tang Ning thought about all the female members of the Lu family, and eliminated those whose identities were not suitable, and those who were not qualified to bear the sin of King Cheng. In addition, while they could die for Empress Lu, they could not seriously anger the Lu family. Let them risk everything to break up with Empress Lu...
Tang Ning opened her eyes wide: "Mrs. Lu?"
Xiao Yan suddenly laughed lowly, and Cang Lang on the side looked surprised: "The girl can actually guess it?"
"I told you before, our girl is smart."
Xiao Yan said this with pride, and he waved to Tang Ning. At this moment, Tang Ning ignored her previous embarrassment and walked quickly to Xiao Yan's side, full of shock.
"Did she really choose Mrs. Lu? How did she do it? Didn't she know that without evidence, Mrs. Lu couldn't admit the crime, and Prince Cheng couldn't blame Mrs. Lu." Tang Ning asked.
"So her close confidant just went to deliver the evidence."
After Xiao Yan motioned for the little girl to sit next to him, he said softly: "Since Lu Zhao was imprisoned, Lu Chongyuan has cleaned up the Lu family. The Lu family is now as defensive as a copper wall. The nails we buried earlier have also been cleaned up." It’s clean.”
"Although I don't know what the female envoy did after going to the Lu family, she just tried to find a way to deliver the evidence to Mrs. Lu without leaving any trace, and she had to be willing to keep it."
When Tang Ning heard this, she cursed in a low voice: "She is so shameless!"
"To get involved with King Cheng and toy with people, she is more than shameless." Xiao Yan mocked.
Tang Ning asked: "What are you going to do now? Expose her directly?"
Xiao Yan shook his head: "Not yet, there is not enough evidence, and this matter is related to the reputation of the royal family. Your Majesty has unpredictable ideas. It may not be a good thing to rashly expose the adultery between the Queen and Prince Cheng. We cannot be responsible for this."
The emperor had been a cuckold for twenty years. The queen who was personally canonized had an affair with her own brother. Not to mention the lack of evidence. As long as Prince Cheng and the queen refused to admit the matter, it would be difficult to prove it. Even if the evidence was sufficient, Emperor An His temper was violent and uncertain, and the emperor's face was damaged. Empress Lu and Prince Cheng would not survive, and those who revealed this secret would not have a good ending.
Xiao Yan said: "And not all the fish I want have been hooked yet."
Tang Ning was stunned for a moment: "Brother, who else do you want to catch?"
"Lu Zhao."
Xiao Yan did not hide anything: "In the case of the Lu family, we must find a gap and put them to death this time so that they cannot counterattack. Otherwise, once Lu Chongyuan frees his hand, he will definitely bite me. He is so cunning and cunning." , may not be able to deal with me."
