The fourth prince looked at Xiao Yan: "Does the Queen really know?"
Xiao Yan frowned: "Do you doubt me?"
After seeing the fourth prince, Tang Ning vaguely knew what the excitement was that her brother was going to show her today. She said from the side: "Brother, there is no need to lie to His Highness. The Queen gave me one as a gift a few months ago. Feng Chai, you have helped me with the Lu family affairs, and the Queen has taken good care of me these years, so I begged my brother not to publicize this matter for the time being."
"Prince Cheng was contented with the Lu family's daughter, and exchanged my aunt's child for my aunt's child. My brother told the Queen about this, because he wanted her to find a way to distance herself from the Lu family as soon as possible. Otherwise, once this matter is known, the Lu family will If your reputation is completely ruined, the Queen’s reputation will definitely be implicated, and even Your Highness will be implicated..."
She frowned slightly, her face full of confusion: "But why didn't the Queen tell His Highness?"
Xiao Yan saw the fourth prince's face getting paler when his little girl spoke a few words, and the surprise in his eyes turned into anger. The tail of his eyes slightly raised for a moment, and a faint smile flashed across his face, and then he looked at the fourth prince. .
"The governor deceived Your Majesty to repay the favor, and secretly reminded the queen so that you could escape early, but who would have known..." Xiao Yan pretended to be unhappy: "The Lu family has offended many people, and I can't hold them down at all. The news, an insider sent the news to the palace today, and said that His Highness visited the Lu family yesterday, His Majesty was furious."
The fourth prince stood there with an extremely ugly expression. His mother had never mentioned this matter to him.
After the accident happened to the Lu family, he originally wanted to cut off contact with the Lu family, but his mother said that the Lu family had more than that. She also said that his grandfather Lu Chongyuan had always been cunning and he might have a way to turn around, so he should not rush to make plans with the Lu family. Clear boundaries.
He followed his mother's wishes and interacted with the Lu family as usual, except that he did not interfere with his uncle Lu Zhao's imprisonment and the grain collection case. But who knew that the Lu family would actually have such a huge scandal, and he had obviously just entered the palace the day before yesterday. , and even saw the queen mother telling her about the Lu family, but the queen mother didn't even tell him the slightest bit of news.
Why did the queen mother hide it from him?
Why didn't she disassociate herself from the Lu family as soon as possible and not mention it to him at all, so that he now made his father angry? !
Xiao Yan watched the changes in the expressions on the fourth prince's face, frowned and said: "The fourth prince should know your Majesty's temper. The Queen is really confused this time. If it weren't for the fact that she had protected Tang Ning, I would never have done it for you." Intercede before the Holy One.”
There was hope in the eyes of the fourth prince: "Master Xiao, please beg for me and my mother?"
Xiao Yan's face was a little ugly: "I said that Tang Ning owes the queen a favor, and the Lu family's affairs have nothing to do with you. His Majesty was angry just because he thought you had known about it for a long time but covered it up for Prince Cheng and the Lu family. I told your majesty that your highness must never If you are not that kind of person, the Queen Mother will not tolerate such a shameless woman from the Lu family."
"Then Father..." the fourth prince said hopefully, "What did Father say?"
"Of course your Majesty doesn't believe it. The blood of the Lu family is shed on His Highness. His Majesty always felt that His Highness would favor the Lu family. The governor persuaded him in every possible way, so that His Majesty temporarily believed the fourth prince. However, His Majesty proposed to hand over the matter of Prince Cheng and the Lu family. The Fourth Prince is here to check."
The fourth prince's face was full of astonishment: "Shall I check?"
Xiao Yan's expression turned cold: "Why, His Highness is unwilling?"
His eyebrows suddenly became stern, as if he was impatient: "I have tried my best to deal with you. It is not easy to ask His Majesty to care about the father and son and give you the opportunity to investigate the Lu family in person. If Your Highness is not willing, , then I will return to Your Majesty right now..."
"No!" The fourth prince hurriedly said: "It's not that I'm unwilling, it's just that I have never intervened in Prince Cheng's case, and I didn't know anything about his quarrel with the Lu family. So now you leave the matter to me. I really don’t know where to start.”
Seeing that he was not unwilling, Xiao Yan's face became more relaxed: "As a female member of the Lu family, and as someone who can connect Prince Cheng with people from the Ministry of War, this person must have a high status in the Lu family. Your Highness often goes in and out of the Lu family." , I should know the talents of the Lu family better than I do."
"I can ask you to go see Prince Cheng and make some inquiries. As for the Lu family, you have to rely on His Highness himself."
Seeing the hesitation on the fourth prince's face, Xiao Yan said: "Your Highness should know how much His Majesty hates the Lu family. It is not easy for him to hand over this matter to His Highness for investigation. If he didn't still care about the relationship between father and son, this case would have been over by now." In front of everyone in the court."
"It's not that I can't investigate this matter. As long as I take the black-armored guards to search the Lu family and interrogate the female members of the Lu family, it won't be difficult to find out a woman who is having an affair with Prince Cheng. But then His Highness and the Queen will be cleared. If it is destroyed, some people in the court will not miss the opportunity to add insult to injury."
Tang Ning looked at the changing expressions of the fourth prince and helped give him some serious medicine: "Just now outside, I saw a conflict between the second prince and His Highness. The people protected by the second prince seemed to have mentioned His Highness's situation in the court. "
"Although I don't understand the affairs of the court, I also know that the Sacred Heart is unpredictable. Although your Highness is bleeding from the Lu family, you are the prince's grandson."
"If you don't want a future and are willing to live a mediocre life, you can naturally ignore this matter and let my brother take over to investigate. But if His Highness still wants a future, do you have to lose His Majesty's attention for a wife who is destined to be ruined?"
Her voice was slow and soft, but it pierced the fourth prince's heart.
The fourth prince naturally understood what she meant. If the Lu family was at its peak, of course he could not care about other things. With the support of the family, even if his father did not like it, he would have to worry about the hidden dangers of the family if he wanted to establish a heir. But now the Lu family is far worse than before. There was also a gap in the family and it was "torn apart". If he wanted the throne and became the crown prince, he must not lose his father's heart.
His father taught him how to handle this matter, obviously to test whether he had any selfish intentions towards the Lu family.
If he can do it beautifully and find out who is colluding with King Cheng, his father will definitely be very happy, and he can also win the reputation of being fair and selfless.
But the Lu family...
The fourth prince hesitated. That was his maternal family. If he went to investigate the matter personally and ruined the Lu family's reputation, there would be no room for relaxation between him and the Lu family.
He will also completely lose the help of the Lu family, and he does not trust Xiao Yan.
Seeing his hesitation, Xiao Yan said directly: "Anyway, no matter what His Highness chooses, the governor has brought His Majesty's words. Your Highness can think about it himself."
"Director Xiao..."
The fourth prince originally wanted to say a few more words to Xiao Yan, and took advantage of Xiao Yan's rare opportunity to take the initiative to "show goodwill" to see if he could win him over, but it was a pity that the warm skin faded away.
Governor Xiao became as unapproachable as before, serving tea to "see off" guests unceremoniously.
"The governor and Tang Ning still have an appointment here, so they won't see the fourth prince off."
