After being here for a while, Lu Xiaoyun finally understood that Zhu Yu had done too many dirty things, had a bad reputation, and had so many enemies that they could circle around Shengjing City. In addition, he had recently killed twenty-three playboys on the Northwest battlefield, offending a number of officials of the fifth rank and above in the court. As a result, there were countless assassination attempts.
Xi Yi then said, "Master, Lou Chu is dead. Do you think we should use his confession to uncover the fact that the Censor Liu Wentao attempted to assassinate you?"
Lu Xiaoyun shook her head. The assassination case involving Li Quan and others was not yet closed. Another one would not make any difference. The old emperor would just let it go.
Besides, since Liu Wentao is the Third Prince's man, and the Third Prince has already lost Li Quan, it should be the Crown Prince's turn.
Otherwise, how can the power structure in the court be balanced?
Furthermore, Ren Yushan is not as easily caught as Li Quanneng. He never acts personally, so what use is a confession that can only implicate Liu Wentao?
Killing a fifth-rank censor is not very meaningful.
However, she and Zhu Yu couldn't let all this trouble go to waste.
She said coldly, "Send a few of the assassins' heads from last night to his residence."
Jiang Chuan chuckled. Even if the prince has lost his memory, he's still enough to give that Liu Wentao a hard time.
Xi Yi accepted the order and left. There were so many assassins yesterday. If they cut off dozens of heads and displayed them in front of Liu Wentao's mansion, wouldn't that scare the whole family out of their wits?
Lu Xiaoyun then asked, "Have the Duke of Zhenguo and his son set off yet?"
Xi Yi replied, "Yes, I received a message from the Flying Eagle. General Lu, the Duke of Zhenguo, received a letter written in the name of the Crown Prince yesterday afternoon. I estimate he is already fully prepared to depart by this time."
There are twelve days left until New Year's Eve.
When his father and brothers arrived in Shengjing, it was just in time for the New Year, and Zhu Yu should have woken up by then.
But now that she has handed over the Tiger Tally of the Northern Army, the old emperor can no longer use the same tricks to punish her father and brothers, so he can only "recover" ahead of schedule and take back the imperial power.
She asked, "Has the Crown Prince made any moves?"
Feng Yan replied, "Master, I was just about to report this to you. Yesterday, I received news that the Crown Prince sent a secret guard out of Shengjing the night before last, but we intercepted him halfway."
Xi Yi excitedly said, "Master, guess what? The person yesterday looked exactly like the one the Emperor sent that day. It turns out that the secret guard the Emperor sent to deliver the message to the Duke of Zhenguo a while ago was actually a secret guard disguised as the Crown Prince. The person yesterday was the real one."
Lu Xiaoyun smiled faintly. This was within her expectations, which was why she had someone keep an eye on Zhu Zhi's Eastern Palace so early on.
Although she hadn't expected the old emperor and the crown prince to think of using the same person, she knew that the crown prince would definitely send a message to his father and brother, because once Prince An, Zhu Yu, handed over his military power, he panicked and only thought about holding onto the Duke of Zhenguo tightly.
Zhu Zhi was quite foolish; he lacked both ability and ambition, making him easy prey for the old emperor. The old emperor knew his son all too well, which is why he used his name to trick his father and brothers into coming to the capital.
It's likely that he did this because he received a hint from the old emperor.
How stupid!
With a hint of sarcasm in her eyes, she asked again, "Any news about the Fifth Prince?"
"His Highness the Fifth Prince has already settled in the Southern Liang Imperial Palace. His Majesty has issued an edict ordering the Imperial Preceptor to take the Fifth Prince back to Shengjing after the first month of the lunar calendar."
Lu Xiaoyun nodded; Zhu Yu had mentioned this to her before.
"It is said that the Emperor of Southern Liang greatly admired the Fifth Prince, praising him as a person of exceptional talent and outstanding character. He even subtly expressed that it was a pity that the Crown Prince of Great Zhou had been chosen too early, and that if the Fifth Prince had ascended to a high position one day, Great Zhou would have been at least twice as prosperous as it is now."
The Emperor of Southern Liang is quite a character; is he perhaps afraid that the Great Zhou will not be in chaos?
If the Fifth Prince Zhu Dan were an ambitious person, he would inevitably be tempted after hearing such words.
However, on the other hand, Lu Xiaoyun became even more curious about the Fifth Prince Zhu Dan. Zhu Yu's evaluation of him was that he was of exceptional talent and had the appearance of a celestial being. He also said that he was extremely intelligent and could compose a poem in five steps and a chapter in ten steps.
Even the emperor, after his birth, cut off any possibility of his concubines becoming pregnant again.
What kind of person is the Fifth Prince?
He will return to Shengjing after the first month of the lunar calendar, which means that Zhu Dan will be back in two months at most.
She suddenly felt a sense of anticipation.
After Feng Yan woke up, he moved to his own room. After all, this was the princess's courtyard, and it wouldn't look good for a subordinate like him to live next door to the princess.
Lu Xiaoyun went to check on Zhu Yu again, and seeing that the others were still fast asleep, she returned to the front yard.
Upon seeing this, the fat woman tugged at Yan'er's collar and pushed her out of the house.
So Yan'er carefully followed behind Lu Xiaoyun.
Lu Xiaoyun turned around and glanced at her, her gaze falling on her half-open chest.
Damn, what did you eat? Your breasts are so big!
When Yan'er saw the prince's gaze fall on her proudly erect chest, her face flushed, but she was overjoyed.
She said, "No man is immune to lust."
So she immediately followed, a smile she couldn't hide on her lips. Last time, she deliberately rubbed her chest against the prince's arm, and he didn't scold her. Did this mean that she could take things a step further today?
Yan'er began to look forward to it.
As long as she catches Prince An's eye, she can whisper sweet nothings in his ear and get rid of that slut.
Feixue Garden, that's her courtyard!
However, upon arriving at the study, they were stopped: "The study is a restricted area; unauthorized personnel are not permitted to enter."
The guard spoke coldly.
Yan'er stared at Lu Xiaoyun's back with a wronged expression, pouted and stomped her foot, calling out, "Your Highness..."
Lu Xiaoyun didn't even turn her head. There had been a lot of trouble at the Prince An's mansion lately, so she needed to get rid of the fat grandmother and grandson as soon as possible.
Jiang Chuan packed Feng Yan's things and was responsible for taking him back.
"Feng Yan, what do you think of the Princess Consort?"
Feng Yan nodded: "It seems that the saying 'seeing is believing' is not true. To truly understand a person, you need to spend more time with them and get to know them slowly. I haven't even exchanged more than a few words with the Princess Consort, yet she would risk her life to save me. My life, Feng Yan, was given to me not only by my master but also by the Princess Consort."
Jiang Chuanchao rolled his eyes at him: "Don't flatter yourself. The princess did it for the prince. It's because you are the prince's secret guard commander that the princess saved you. Do you think the princess would have saved anyone else?"
Feng Yan smiled faintly: "Yes, she did it for Master. Now it seems that she and Master are a perfect match."
Jiang Chuan raised an eyebrow: "That's right, the princess is deeply in love with the prince. Otherwise, why would she risk her life to save even the people around him? Isn't it because she's afraid of hurting the prince?"
Jiang Chuan leaned closer to Feng Yan: "Besides, didn't you see? Our Prince really dotes on the Princess. I saw them doing a human pyramid the other day. Hehe, they were making so much noise, the bed even collapsed. Otherwise, I would have gotten a bigger bed for the Princess's room, just to make things easier for them, hmm~~"
Feng Yan smiled faintly: "Be careful your master punishes you."
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