Empress Lu relaxed in her heart, knowing that the most adventurous level of the day was over. She held her neck happily and said softly: "It's just an accident that I can find this."
When the He family was wiped out, almost all of the more than a thousand members of the main branch and side branches were registered. Not only the He family in the capital, but also the side branches that were not among the three clans, Lu Chongyuan and the others almost killed them all to ensure that they were safe. The dog does not stay.
Xiao Yan repeatedly revealed his hatred for the Lu family in front of her, and repeatedly mentioned that he would fight to the death with the Lu family. Empress Lu realized that he had gone too far against the aristocratic family, so she sent someone to check his background.
Unexpectedly, during this investigation, she unexpectedly learned that the Xiao family and the He family were related by marriage more than 20 years ago. Moreover, she found an old man who had served the Xiao family 20 years ago, and then she learned that the Xiao family The second son died not long after he was born.
Xiao Yan's identity was fake, so his harsh actions against the family made his true identity emerge.
Empress Lu had limited people in her hands and the Lu family was trapped, so she didn't dare to investigate aggressively. She just regarded this matter as her last trump card and planned to use it to take advantage of Xiao Yan at the critical moment, but she didn't expect it before. She found out that something happened to the fourth prince.
Empress Lu actually didn't know whether the Xiao family members were still alive, nor was she sure about Xiao Yan's identity. She was just gambling.
A wrong bet is just a missed opportunity.
But once the bet is right, she can find the most powerful allies for herself and Huang Er.
Obviously, she won the bet!
Queen Lu's hands were stained with blood, but she didn't care about the wound on her neck at all: "Only I and Jin Zhi know the identity of Governor Xiao, not even the fourth prince. I am willing to keep the secret for Governor Xiao, and I am also willing to help. Governor Xiao lends a helping hand."
Xiao Yan mocked: "The queen can't protect herself, but she still wants to help the governor?"
Empress Lu was not annoyed at all: "I believe that as long as Governor Xiao is willing to take action, the predicament of this palace and the fourth prince will naturally be solved."
Xiao Yan just laughed and said nothing.
Queen Lu naturally saw the sarcasm in his eyes and continued: "Of course, as long as Governor Xiao is willing to protect my mother and son, I will also provide a reward that satisfies Governor Xiao. I think Governor Xiao can also see that, Your Majesty's attitude towards the Lu family has changed drastically, and it seems that Lu Chongyuan can only return to the court by using His Majesty's leverage."
"If you want to deal with the Lu family, it's impossible to rely solely on the Caoliang case and those trivial matters. The Lu family holds His Majesty's most important secrets. If everything is broken, the Lu family will not end well, Your Majesty. The throne will also be shaken."
"Your Majesty will not let anyone threaten himself. Unless something can put the Lu family to death and make His Majesty dare not protect them in public, otherwise the Lu family will always be a centipede. You can make them strong. It hurts them, but it can't destroy them at all."
After listening to the Queen's words, Xiao Yan's expression finally changed. He raised his eyes and said coldly, "I'm just saying, everyone can do it. If the Queen wants to cooperate with me, she must at least come up with something that makes me excited."
The Queen smiled when she heard this: "Of course there is. Golden Bough."
Jin Zhi turned around and walked towards the inner room. After a moment, she came out holding an old box.
The queen took off the brocade bag hanging on her waist, took out a key from it, put them together on the box, and asked Jin Zhi to hand it to Xiao Yan.
"This is a clever box made by the heirs of the Mo family. If it is forcibly opened without a key, the poison placed in the compartment will immediately destroy the contents of the box and kill the person who forcibly opens the box."
Xiao Yan glanced at Xiao Yan but didn't take it. The queen knew that he was guarding her and signaled Jin Zhi to take it back. After she opened the box herself, she took out the contents and gave them to Jin Zhi and asked her to give them to Xiao Yan. Once, Xiao Yan never refused.
It was a blood book on white silk, with a blood-stained letter underneath. Xiao Yan first took the blood book and read it. The handwriting formed by the dried blood was scrawled but not messy, and occasionally there were large pools of blood. The drops fell on the silk, but people could still see clearly what was written inside.
The letter below is more regular, and the handwriting inside is clear and sharp.
"Twenty years ago, there was a flood in the South. Prince Xie Tianzhao went to the South to provide relief on the order of the late emperor. However, the official ship carrying disaster relief money and relief grain suddenly sank in a turbulent river downstream of the Fengjiang River. The ship was full of money and grain, and the ship was full of money and grain. One hundred and twenty-seven escorting officers and soldiers all sank into the river. His Majesty, who was still the fifth prince at the time, and officials such as Lu Chongyuan accompanied him. Prince Ruo wanted to inspect the damage to the surrounding rivers and took a separate boat to avoid disaster."
"After the ship sank, Prince Ru immediately ordered people to salvage it, but the river was turbulent and fast. Only a few coins were recovered, and almost all the food was lost."
"The Southland has been suffering from disaster for a long time, and people are dying of hunger all over the land. The people are fully expecting the central government to provide disaster relief, but this unexpected event occurs. Prince Ru is afraid of causing a mutiny and orders people to block the news. He sends a letter back to Beijing to ask Beijing to raise money and send it to the Southland again. However, the late emperor Because he was furious at the unfavorable escort and because someone in the court was impeaching him, the second batch of money and food remained untouched for a long time."
"Prince Ruo had no choice but to temporarily 'requisition grain' and 'raise money' along the way, and sell off the family property under the East Palace, and use his mother's family, the He family, to spend a large amount of money to meet the needs of disaster relief, and he could barely stabilize the disaster situation in the south. "
Xiao Yan held the blood book tightly with his fingertips, lowered his eyes to cover the frost, and listened quietly to Queen Lu's words.
Empress Lu said in a low voice: "The He family dealt with it, and the disaster in the south was alleviated. Prince Li took out his hands and feet and began to thoroughly investigate the shipwreck. But before anyone could take action, an epidemic broke out in the Rongjiang area."
"In order to protect others and fear of causing panic, Prince Li had to seal off Rongjiang County and block news about the plague. He originally wanted to mobilize doctors to suppress the epidemic, but at this time, the previously sealed shipwreck became public. Come on, there are rumors pointing directly at Prince Ru, saying that the ship's disaster relief goods were embezzled by the prince."
"The disaster area that had barely stabilized was suddenly rioted. Rebels and bandits broke out everywhere. Prince Ru was the target of public criticism. The late emperor had no choice but to order him to return to the capital and handed over the relief work to the fifth prince, who is now His Majesty. At that time, Prince Ru Before returning to Beijing, I ordered He Wenzhuo, the third son of the He family, to stay in Rongjiang County."
When Empress Lu said this, she raised her head and looked at Xiao Yan: "Supervisor Xiao should know that He Wenzhuo died in Rongjiang."
Xiao Yan lowered his eyes: "They said they were attacked by Rongjiang mob."
Queen Lu snorted: "He was not attacked by a mob, but burned alive in Rongjiang."
She said word by word:
"After Prince Ru returned to Beijing, it took the fifth prince less than a month to suppress the riots in the south, solve the epidemic in Rongjiang, and sort out all the mess left by Prince Ru. For this, he was praised by both the government and the public. Once I passed Xie Tianyu and the others, they came to the front of the crowd."
"Everyone knows that he is as good as Prince Ru, but no one knows that he can clear up the disaster so quickly, not because of his ability, but because he colluded with local officials and bandits to suppress the rebels with brutal means, and took advantage of Prince Ru. The name was so bloody that the southern land was littered with corpses, and when the pressure was pushed to the limit, he used his own name to release the disaster relief food funds left by Prince Ru, and transferred all the good reputation to him alone."
"In addition, he also burned Rongjiang, sealed the city with kerosene, poured medicine into the wells, and burned to death more than 9,000 people in Rongjiang County, including those who were infected and those who were not infected, including those who stayed at the time. He Wenzhuo from Rongjiang, and dozens of doctors who stayed in the city regardless of their own safety."
