Seeing that Lu Baozhu was unwilling to leave, Qi Yuning could no longer hide it, so he whispered to Lu Baozhu: "Lingling has gone to North City, you need to keep this matter to yourself."
Lu Baozhu was shocked and asked, "What? Why did Lingling go to North City?"
Qi Yuning looked down at Lu Baozhu and said, "Qin Yuli alone would not be able to successfully frame you. She was able to use such a despicable method to frame you. Don't you want to think about who is behind her?"
"Uncle Prince?"
Qi Yuning nodded slightly. She looked at the sunset outside and said, "The sun is setting in the west. After dusk comes the endless night. Lu Baozhu, I'm afraid our lives will not be easy in the future."
Lu Baozhu said: "Why would Uncle Crown Prince treat us like this? My brother and I are his nephews."
Qi Yuning said: "You must remember that the prince should not be credulous."
It was already very late when Lu Ze returned to the palace. When he returned to the room, he saw Lu Baozhu and Qi Yuning playing chess.
Seeing these two people playing chess, Lu Ze was surprised. “It’s hard for you to play chess with Lu Baozhu, who is such a bad chess player.”
Lu Baozhu snorted and said, "You are the lousy chess player. Your whole family is lousy chess players... Your whole family is lousy chess players except me."
Qi Yuning saw Lu Ze and said, "It's good that you're back. You can take your sister home."
Lu Ze gave Lu Baozhu a look, and Lu Baozhu didn't dare to stay with Qi Yuning any longer, so she turned around and left.
Lu Ze said to Qi Yuning, "When the Queen gave birth to the Crown Prince, the imperial doctors, palace maids, and midwives who were by her side all died accidentally in the following three years."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze and said, "I think the Qin family won't leave any evidence behind when doing things."
Lu Ze said, "However, my men did find out one thing. It is possible that during the two years that Cousin Shan was missing, she was imprisoned in the villa of Fifth Master Qin Zhen."
"Princess Shan?"
Qi Yuning suddenly thought of Huo An's last words, "Uncle, not uncle..."
Lu Ze nodded and said, "Uncle is not uncle. Cousin Shan has always called His Royal Highness the Crown Prince uncle. If uncle is not uncle, could it be that Shan'er learned the mystery of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's life experience at that time?"
Qi Yuning finally understood and said, "Uncle Huo An has already determined that the King of Shu was the one who colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country. He has been undercover for many years, so how could he bring Princess Shan's body out of the King of Shu's mansion? Unless Uncle Huo An knew that Princess Shan was not killed by the King of Shu.
But if the matter of Princess Shan is made public, wouldn't it be possible to ask the court to investigate the King of Shu? Uncle Huo An took Princess Shan out of the Shu Palace for only one reason. He might have known about the identity of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so he couldn't let the Qin Mansion's plan succeed and disrupt the Zhao family's royal bloodline, so he risked his life to take Princess Shan's body away?"
Lu Ze said: "It is indeed possible."
Qi Yuning said: "Then we can start with the cause of Princess Shan's death. If we can find out the cause of Princess Shan's death, then the Qin family will not be able to escape responsibility!"
Lu Ze nodded slightly and said, "But the villa is heavily guarded... I'm afraid it won't be easy to find it in a short time."
Qi Yuning said: "It's been so long, I can only investigate slowly."
As the prince's wedding date was approaching, princes, court officials, and envoys from various countries all came from all corners of the country.
Qi Yuning and Lu Ze were just waiting for the arrival of the envoys from Persia to attend the banquet and congratulate them, so as to expose Afurong's conspiracy.
Qi Yuning and Lu Ze's wedding date was only a few days after the prince's wedding date. The princess and Lu Fu Ma went to the North City. For Qi Yuning, what she had to be busy with was the weddings in the two mansions.
Every day I am so busy that I only have four hours of free time for sleeping.
Lu Ze was even busier than her. He had basically no free time because he had to investigate Princess Shan's affairs and deal with the official business at the Dali Temple.
Until Lin Jiang's wedding day, which was four days before the prince's wedding.
Lin Jiang was the youngest scholar in the Hanlin Academy of this dynasty. He married the daughter of the Marquis of Zhenbei, and his wedding was quite lively.
Lu Ze and Qin Feng are the best men.
Qi Yuning also received invitations to the Wang family's wedding of a daughter at the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion and the Lin family's wedding of a daughter-in-law. Qi Yuning planned to go to the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion for the wedding banquet at noon and to the Lin family for the wedding banquet at night.
As soon as Qi Yuning arrived at the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion, she saw Song Heqing who was surrounded by people and flattered by them. It was only four days before Song Heqing entered the Eastern Palace as the Crown Princess. Today, Song Heqing was the most noble person at the wedding banquet.
When Song Heqing saw Qi Yuning approaching, he said, "Yuning."
Qi Yuning glanced at Song Heqing calmly, and Song Heqing said repeatedly: "Yuning..."
Qi Yuning asked: "Miss Song, what's the matter?"
Song Heqing said: "I will be marrying into the Eastern Palace in four days, Yuning, I want you to be my bridesmaid and accompany me to the Eastern Palace..."
Qi Yuning said in an unhappy voice: "I am not free that day. After all, I will be getting married in a few days, and the wedding arrangements in the palace are very complicated."
Seeing Qi Yuning's refusal, Song Heqing lowered his head and sighed softly, "Yuning, I still hope you can come."
Qi Yuning snorted coldly and said, "I won't go."
After Qi Yuning finished speaking, he left the main table, preferring to sit at a side table where he could have some peace and quiet.
"Why doesn't Qi Yuning give Miss Song any face at all?"
"It won't take Miss Song long to become the Crown Princess."
"Is Qi Yuning jealous that her good sister can enter the East Palace?"
"What a joke! Qi Yuning is marrying Lu Ze, the ideal husband of every girl in Shengjing City. How could she envy Miss Song?"
"But why did I hear that Qi Yuning seemed to have a close relationship with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
Qi Yuning frowned when he heard these gossips. He didn't stay in Wang's house for long and went to Lin Jiang's house.
As soon as he entered Lin Jiang's house, he saw Lu Ze accompanying Lin Jiang to entertain the Lin family's guests.
Lu Ze saw Qi Yuning coming and asked, "You came so early?"
Qi Yuning raised her eyes to look at Lu Ze and said, "I ran into Song Heqing in the Marquis' Mansion, so I thought it would be a good idea to come to Linjiang to find some peace and quiet."
Lin Jiang stepped forward and bowed to Qi Yuning, saying, "It is a great honor for my humble home to have you here, Princess."
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "Congratulations to Master Lin on your wedding. I wish Master Lin a son soon."
Lin Jiang laughed and said, "Thank you, Princess Qi."
Qin Feng frowned and hurried to Lu Ze's side, whispering, "The Longyou Inn caught fire, and the Persian envoys all died in the Inn."
When Lu Ze and Qi Yuning heard the news, they both frowned.
Qin Feng lowered his voice and said to Lu Ze, "Also, I'm afraid that the people in Qin's uncle's mansion have already known about our visit to the Persian envoy. You must be careful."
Lu Ze nodded slightly and said, "Yes."
…
In the residence of Qin Guo's uncle.
Qin Zhen cursed, "That little bastard Lu Ze, how did he know about Princess Shan? He actually sent someone to investigate Princess Shan. Dad, do you think he knows the identity of the crown prince?"
Uncle Qin turned the jade ring in his hand and said, "There are also people of Lu Ze around the Persian envoy. I'm afraid Lu Ze can't stay!"
Qin Zhen said: "But the old emperor and queen have always loved Lu Ze. If we want to kill Lu Ze, it may not be that easy."
Uncle Qin said, "The old emperor has been in seclusion for almost a month. He must be a useless man when he comes out. But we really can't just kill him. We have to think of a way to prevent Lu Ze from causing trouble."
Zhao Chong entered the study and heard Uncle Qin's words: "Uncle, why can't we make trouble?"
Uncle Qin said slowly: "Chong'er, you came at the right time. Lu Ze tried to find the Persian envoy to expose the opium business. We can't let him ruin our good deeds at this time. We have to find a way to get rid of Lu Ze!"
Although Zhao Chong wanted to snatch Qi Yuning from Lu Ze, he never thought of taking Lu Ze's life. After all, he was his own nephew.
"Uncle, Ze'er is my nephew. I have explained the matter of opium to him and will not let him cause any trouble. If he continues to cause trouble, I have my own way to deal with him." (End of this chapter)
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