Chapter 107 Steward Lu Surrenders
After giving him thirty slaps, Xiao Jiping fainted.
I have to say that his physical fitness is still pretty good. He knelt for a day and a night without food or water. After he came out, he was beaten twice. He held on until now before he fainted. His physical fitness is really great.
The housekeeper sent the unconscious Xiao Jiping back to his courtyard and arranged for his servants to call a doctor.
After settling the people, he was about to go to Fangfei Garden to report Xiao Jiping's affairs to Prince Changping and Liu Ru, but was stopped by Xiao Ruixuan.
"Butler Lu, where are you going?" Xiao Ruixuan looked at Butler Lu with a scrutinizing and cold look in his eyes. "It's almost lunch time, and there are distinguished guests in the mansion. Butler Lu, where are you going if you're not watching over people preparing lunch?"
Butler Lu didn't know why he always felt that the prince had changed a lot, and he became a little afraid of him.
At this moment, he didn't even dare to look up at Xiao Ruixuan, and only lowered his head and replied: "I will go to the prince and princess to talk about the matter of the eldest young master. As for the lunch prepared for the distinguished guests, I have already given the order early in the morning."
"You don't need to tell father about your eldest brother's affairs. Father is not in a good mood right now. Don't bother him with such trivial matters." After Xiao Ruixuan said this, he took a few steps forward and approached Butler Lu, with a threatening tone in his voice.
"Butler Lu is a smart man, he must know who his real young master is. After all, it is well known that my eldest brother is just the stepson of my father brought by the princess.
Even if this prince cannot inherit his father's title, it will not be his turn! ”
It was too absurd that Prince Changping remarried less than a month after his first wife passed away. Moreover, when Hu Lanxin's brother found out about this, he wrote a memorial to Emperor Wu'an to report Prince Changping.
Emperor Wu'an called Prince Changping into the palace, scolded him first, and then told him that if he really wanted to marry Liu Ru, he had to agree to two things and could not acknowledge Xiao Jiping's identity.
Even though everyone knew that it was his and Liu Ru's illegitimate child before their marriage, they could not acknowledge that he was their own child.
Second, Xiao Ruixuan’s status as the crown prince is unshakable.
Prince Changping agreed, and was able to marry Liu Ru home. People outside were not aware of this matter, but Steward Lu, who had been the steward of the palace for many years, knew a little about it.
"I understand. Thank you for your advice, my lord. What do you want me to do?"
Xiao Ruixuan was very satisfied to see that he was so aware of the current situation. "Butler Lu is indeed a smart old man in the mansion. This prince does have something for you to do, but it's not difficult. I just want you to answer a few questions.
Where did my father place Liu Ru before she married into the palace? Are there any other people around her who are popular, besides Furong who is with her now? In short, tell me everything you know about Liu Ru. ”
Xiao Ruixuan came to Butler Lu to ask about these things, and Shen Shixu and the others knew it. In other words, they asked Xiao Ruixuan to inquire about it.
Because they now have witnesses, but they still lack physical evidence, they have to find the source of the chronic poison.
This is the biggest difficulty at the moment, because they cannot open the coffin for an autopsy. The person has been buried a long time ago, and it is not certain that they can find out anything after so much time has passed.
What's more important is that the digging project is too huge. The dead is a princess, who has now been buried in the mausoleum. If they dig it out, they have to decipher the mechanism, and then put it back again. Not only will it cost a lot, but it will also disturb the ancestors.
Moreover, Prince Changping would never agree to open the coffin for an autopsy, so they had to find another way and think of a new way to find the source of the chronic poison.
The most direct way is to ask Liu Ru directly, but she will definitely not say such a thing, so we can only start with the people around her.
But the people around her were arranged by Prince Changping, so in the end, she still had to focus on Prince Changping.
So Shen Shixu simply went all the way and asked the people around Prince Changping directly, and the first person to bear the brunt was the steward of the palace, Steward Lu.
If Shen Shixu and Xiao Jinyi asked Steward Lu, they would probably not tell him what they knew, but if Xiao Ruixuan asked, it would be different.
Xiao Ruixuan is the prince of the palace, and Steward Lu will not disobey him, but Xiao Ruixuan still needs to master some skills to be able to ask better questions, such as giving a sweet date after a beating.
"I will not let you say it in vain. I remember that you have a son, so why not let him come to serve me, as well as your daughter.
I will also have someone find a good family for her. With me as her support, I believe her in-laws will not have the courage to bully her. ”
Steward Lu carefully considered the conditions that Xiao Ruixuan set for him and decided that it would be better for his son to follow Xiao Ruixuan than to follow Prince Changping.
There are many people around Prince Changping. Even if Prince Changping promises to leave his position to his son, there is still a risk.
But it’s different when he is with Xiao Ruixuan. There is no suitable person around Xiao Ruixuan. As long as his son is loyal to Xiao Ruixuan and capable, he can be reserved as the next confidant.
And his daughter has indeed been thinking about seeing someone recently, and she has a good candidate.
But that family's financial situation is better than theirs, and they are afraid that their child will be wronged after marrying into that family. But if they have the prince to support them, they won't have this concern.
Steward Lu thought about it and felt that this was a good deal, so he looked around and saw that no one was around. He said to Xiao Ruixuan, "I do know a lot about Madam Liu, but this is not the place to talk. Please come with me, my lord."
Butler Lu thought that now that he had taken refuge with the prince, he should change the way he addressed Liu Ru, so he simply changed her name from Princess to Madam Liu.
Xiao Ruixuan followed Butler Lu to a remote courtyard. It had been abandoned for many years and no one usually came here, so it was a good place to whisper.
"The residence that Madam Liu lived in before she got married was arranged by the prince. I only found out where it was when I went to deliver something.
There is a big willow tree in front of Laonuji's door in Furong Hutong in the north of the city.
As for Madam Liu's capable maidservants, apart from Furong, this old servant remembers that there was another maidservant there when the things were delivered that time. But when the princess got married, that maidservant did not come in with her. She was probably guarding the yard in Furong Hutong.
This is all I know about these things. The ones who know the most should be Furong who is beside Madam Liu and the maid that I met before.
Your Highness, you might as well go to that alley and take a look first. If you can find that maid, you can find out a lot of things. That maid has a big mole near her mouth, so she is easy to recognize. ”
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