"I've been waiting for you for four years, and you're finally here."
Hearing Mrs. Lu's voice, Shen Yuyao had a faint smile on her face. She said softly, "We have to see each other for the last time."
Four years had passed since the Jingnan Campaign, and the Lu family had been guarding the prince's mausoleum for four years.
Shen Yuyao first went to pay homage to Prince Yiwen and the Crown Princess. Before returning to the palace, she specially came to Lu's room.
Four years ago, after Xia Yu ascended the throne, he abolished the Xia Chongwen dynasty and also abolished the title of the Lu family.
The palace maid who was guarding the tomb saw the current queen enter Lu's room and hurriedly added some charcoal to the charcoal stove in the room.
The whole room now felt less gloomy and cold.
Mrs. Lu looked in good spirits today. In order to prevent her from being rude, the palace maids who came with Shen Yuyao even came forward to help her wash and dress.
She looked at her face in the diamond-shaped mirror, which was extremely pale due to not seeing the sun for a long time, and turned her head away with some disgust.
Shen Yuyao didn't force her. She waved her hand and asked the palace maids to leave.
The door creaked open, and Shen Yuyao looked sideways, only to see a boy of about eleven or twelve years old walking in.
For a moment, Shen Yuyao almost thought that it was King Qin who walked in.
The two men looked extremely similar, and the young man was almost a replica of the King of Qin.
"Your humble servant pays homage to the Empress and Mother." The person who came in was Lu's youngest son. He and Lu were sent here by Xia Yu to keep vigil for Prince Yiwen and Princess Yiwen.
"You can leave now." Shen Yuyao said calmly, "I want to have a few words with your mother."
The boy nodded timidly and walked out of the room timidly.
"Go away." Seeing the young man coming in, Mrs. Lu's eyes, which were originally bright, suddenly dimmed.
"not busy."
It was snowing outside, but Shen Yuyao felt that it was even colder in the room than outside. She couldn't help but pull her cloak closer. Seeing this, Zi Su beside her hurriedly called for the palace servants to add another pot of charcoal fire.
Seeing that she couldn't drive Shen Yuyao away, Mrs. Lu could only turn around helplessly and sit down on the bed.
"It's cold here, and there are no better soft chairs. I'm afraid it would be unfair to Her Majesty the Queen." She still wanted Shen Yuyao to leave as soon as possible.
"No grievance."
Perhaps, the ultimate winner always likes to see the embarrassment of the loser, which will make him feel more comfortable.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Lu pursed her lips and stopped talking. Her eyes now fell on Shen Yuyao's face.
Shen Yuyao, who is honored as the Queen, already has gray hair on her temples.
"Tell me." Shen Yuyao saw the doubt that flashed across Mrs. Lu's eyes, "You have to tell me, right?"
"What?" Mrs. Lu was a little impatient.
The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit.
"Tell me about Sister Chang." Shen Yuyao's face suddenly became serious. "She treated you so well, but you..."
"Time flies." Upon hearing this, Mrs. Lu's expression suddenly changed, and there was even a hint of smile in her eyes. "It's already been a full twenty-two years."
"Very quickly." Shen Yuyao asked, "Have you ever felt any regret in these twenty-two years?"
"Hahaha," Lu suddenly laughed wildly, "Yes! Of course I regret it!"
"I regret not having sentenced Xia Yu to death when he was pretending to be crazy and stupid!"
"You dare!"
"Why shouldn't I dare? The Crown Prince, the Crown Princess, my mother, my father, and none of them hasn't drunk the soup I cooked?" Mrs. Lu narrowed her eyes for a moment, and when she opened them again suddenly, a fierce look was revealed.
"So the bowl of chicken soup that my father drank before he died was really made by you?" Shen Yuyao's voice trembled slightly.
I had thought about Lu's arrogance, but I didn't expect her to be so wanton.
"Of course, didn't he also secretly find three vicious women to poison the King of Qin?" Lu said disdainfully, "He's just using his own methods."
Shen Yuyao's face grew colder. She looked at Mrs. Lu and asked, "I'll ask you one last question!"
"Ask," Lu said indifferently, "Anyway, we'll never see each other again after we say goodbye today."
"Xu Yunxuan, do you still remember?"
"I remember, of course I remember?" Mrs. Lu smiled a bit creepily. "Isn't she Xu, the concubine of Prince Ning? Oh, right, the eldest daughter of Xu Wansan."
"Is she really Xu Wansan's eldest daughter?" Shen Yuyao stared at Lu.
Mrs. Lu nodded, then shook her head.
"Since you already know the truth, why bother asking again?" Mrs. Lu frowned slightly. "It's a pity that you didn't end up killing each other. It can be considered as fate!"
"Since I already know the truth about her life experience, this time I'm definitely not asking about this," Shen Yuyao said.
"Then what do you want to ask?" Mrs. Lu smiled coldly. "If you want to know how Mrs. Xu died, I can only say that it had nothing to do with me."
After a brief pause, Lu continued, "Even if I say it has nothing to do with me, I'm afraid you won't believe it. It's up to you. Perhaps you can ask your East Factory to investigate."
Shen Yuyao snorted coldly, "It doesn't matter if you don't say it, but King Huai En and the person just now may not live so happily!"
"You dare!" Lu screamed.
"Why shouldn't I?" Shen Yuyao asked with a smile, "Perhaps you and I can make one last deal."
"How do we trade?" Mrs. Lu asked timidly, shaking her body.
Before Shen Yuyao could answer, she stood up shakily, then knelt down towards Shen Yuyao.
"Please, Queen, please let my two sons go!"
Shen Yuyao threatened her with her only two remaining biological sons. She really didn't dare to gamble, and couldn't gamble!
"Since you said that Xu Yunxuan's death had nothing to do with you, then guess who it might be related to?" Shen Yuyao knew how powerful the Lu family's Western Factory was. Before she returned to Kyoto, the most powerful news outlet in Kyoto was from the Western Factory, except for the Eastern Factory.
Mrs. Lu must know something, otherwise she wouldn't have acted like she was enjoying the show.
"Your Majesty, please return to the palace and ask His Majesty." Lu said, bowing her head to the ground and pleading, "Since I risked my life to provide you with clues, I hope your Majesty will promise to spare my child's life!"
Xia Yu?
Shen Yuyao's heart skipped a beat. Could this matter be related to Xia Yu?
Ever since Xia Xiaoxian left without saying goodbye three years ago, Shen Yuyao locked herself in the deep palace. She never asked about state affairs, nor did she care about the affairs of the harem.
She didn't even care about such an important thing as Xia Yu not having any new offspring.
A day ago, she had just learned from a letter from the East Factory that Xu Yunxuan, whom she had been looking for, had died mysteriously the day before she returned to Kyoto.
The reason why Shen Yuyao came to pay tribute to the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess today was that she wanted to thoroughly investigate Xu Yunxuan's death.
At this moment, Shen Yuyao suddenly felt as if someone had covered her eyes.
She could no longer see anyone clearly, even the person beside her, Xia Yu!
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