[I have to do some serious work. Dongfang said that the center of the formation that absorbs the dead souls is in Prince Kang's mansion. I have to go check it out first.]
Shang Yuanshan: "Yangyang, are you going today?"
Shang Yangyang nodded vigorously. "Yeah."
"Okay, then Daddy will take you there."
Duke Shang: "Then I will go back and rest, old man."
"Goodbye, Grandfather~"
The two soon arrived at a rooftop of Prince Kang's Mansion. Shang Yangyang noticed that Prince Kang's Mansion was still a bit messy, and her face was full of curiosity.
[Who is so kind as to attack King Kang, hehe~] Shang Yangyang nestled in Shang Yuanshan's arms, covering her mouth and laughing secretly.
When Shang Yuanshan heard Shang Yangyang's thoughts, he straightened his back.
"Daddy, this way~"
Under Shang Yangyang's command, the two men avoided the secret guards in Prince Kang's mansion and toured the mansion.
Shang Yangyang's face was full of confusion. [Dongfang clearly said it was in Prince Kang's mansion, how come I can't find it? ]
Just as Shang Yangyang was thinking, Wang Liang ran to the yard where Lu Mubai was, covered in wounds.
Shang Yangyang was curious when she saw this. She pointed over there. Shang Yuanshan had no choice but to take Shang Yangyang to eavesdrop.
Lu Mubai frowned and looked at Wang Liang: "What's going on?"
"Your Majesty, I had the upper hand when I led the people to the Princess's residence, but I don't know why another group of people came, and all the people I brought died in their hands."
"Lu Yihan." Lu Mubai clenched his fists angrily, and his veins were exposed due to the force.
"Go heal your wounds first."
"yes."
[Frog Fun ~ Prince Kang and Princess Jiaxing are at loggerheads? ] Shang Yangyang excitedly lay on the roof to watch the show.
Just after Wang Liang left, Lu Mubai opened the secret room in the room. He entered the secret room and disappeared from the sight of the two.
[Could the center of the formation be in this secret room? ]
Shang Yuanshan looked at the mechanism in the secret room and didn't expect to have an unexpected gain today.
Shang Yangyang yawned loudly. "Daddy, let's go back."
"good."
The next day, after court session, Lu Mubai did not leave the palace but went to the imperial study.
Emperor Yuan Ming looked at Lu Mubai who was standing beside him and asked, "What's the matter, uncle?"
Lu Mubai: "Your Majesty, Jiaxing has reached the age of marriage, and it is time to find a consort for Jiaxing."
When Emperor Yuan Ming heard this, he looked at Lu Mubai in confusion. "Uncle, the emperor's sister has always had a good relationship with you. Does she have a lover?"
Lu Mubai shook his head: "No, I think Jiaxing is too naughty and needs to find a husband to discipline her."
Emperor Yuan Ming nodded. "Yes, the imperial sister is indeed a little naughty, but does the imperial uncle have a candidate for a consort?"
"Your Majesty, I think Lord Shang's second son, Shang Qing'an, is a good one."
Emperor Yuan Ming frowned. "Uncle, do you know how much older the emperor's sister is than Shang Qing'an?"
"Your Majesty, if Lord Shang's eldest son had not been engaged, then Shang Yanqing would be more suitable. Besides, Jiaxing is a princess, so what does the difference in status mean to her age?"
Emperor Yuan Ming clenched his fists under the desk. He knew what had happened in the capital recently and what Shang Yuanshan was planning. He just didn't expect that Lu Mubai was so insidious that he wanted to drag them all into this.
"Uncle, I feel this marriage is not a good one. Let's talk about my sister's marriage."
Lu Mubai: "If the emperor feels that Shang Qing'an is not good enough, how about the legitimate son of Zhang Taishou?"
"Grandmaster Zhang?" Emperor Yuanming frowned and looked at Lu Mubai. "Imperial uncle, you should ask the Imperial sister for her opinion on this matter."
"Then I will go to Jiaxing Prefecture and ask her which of the two candidates she prefers?"
Emperor Yuan Ming looked at Lu Mubai with displeasure. He knew clearly that Lu Mubai's target was the legitimate son of Governor Zhang.
Shang Qing'an was a threat he used. If he did not agree, he would let Jiaxing choose, and Jiaxing would definitely choose Shang Qing'an. When Jiaxing made a fuss, Shang Yuanshan's family would be pushed to the forefront.
"Your Majesty, how do you feel? I will take my leave and go to the Princess's mansion to ask."
"Uncle, then issue an order to grant Jiaxing a marriage with the son of Governor Zhang."
"Your Majesty is wise~"
Li Defu quickly sent a blank imperial edict, on which Emperor Yuanming wrote the marriage decree. He looked at Lu Mubai. "You haven't chosen a date yet."
"Your Majesty, the eighth of next month is a good day."
Emperor Yuan Ming frowned: "Isn't this too hasty?"
"Your Majesty, I have asked someone to see her. That day is the best day. If we miss that day, Jiaxing will have to wait for a year, which is too long."
"Okay, then it will be the eighth day of next month." Emperor Yuan Ming wrote the imperial edict granting the marriage and gave it to Li Defu, asking him and Lu Mubai to go to the princess's mansion to read the imperial edict together.
"Uncle, you are the matchmaker, so you must go. I would like to trouble you and Li Defu to go to the princess's mansion to read the imperial edict."
"I obey your command."
Lu Mubai and Li Defu left the imperial study.
Emperor Yuan Ming stared at Lu Mubai's back. He couldn't understand why Lu Mubai was like this. What was the use of this son of the prefect?
At the Princess Jiaxing Mansion, after Li Defu read out the imperial edict, Lu Yihan glared at Lu Mubai angrily.
"Uncle Emperor has been a bit free lately, so he's helping me worry about my marriage?"
Lu Mubai raised the corner of his mouth: "Uncle, I am still very busy, but it doesn't matter if you work harder for Jiaxing."
"Thank you, uncle."
"No need to be so polite with the emperor's uncle." Lu Mubai left the princess's mansion with Li Defu without staying any longer.
Lu Yihan asked coldly: "Are you sure that the black-clad men who disappeared before were all killed by the emperor's uncle's men? And the assassins last night were all the emperor's uncle's men?"
"Yes, I followed the injured masked man last night. He did go to Prince Kang's Mansion, and the bodies carried out of Prince Kang's Mansion were our missing people. They are now in the mass grave."
"You can't kill me, and now you want to help me get an imperial decree to get married. You are really my good uncle." Lu Yihan suddenly remembered something. "Did the person who helped us last night find out his identity?"
"not yet."
"Go and investigate. Also, go and take care of the son of Governor Zhang. We cannot let him live until the eighth day of next month."
"yes."
"Wait~" Lu Yihan showed a cruel smile. "Is it so easy to capture him and marry me? I will kill him myself and send him to the emperor's uncle to see."
"But Princess, this will really break off relations with King Kang."
"So what? He and I were originally using each other, and he was the one who broke the balance first, so don't blame me."
Lu Yihan walked away laughing crazily. If she had not been rational, she would have broken the imperial edict in her hand into two halves.
Lu Yihan's men worked very quickly. On the second day, Zhang Li, the legitimate son of Governor Zhang, was captured and brought to the secret room of the princess's mansion.
Lu Yihan, dressed in red and holding a whip, appeared in the secret room.
Zhang Li immediately recognized that this person was his future wife: "Princess Jiaxing, why did you arrest me? Let me go~"
Lu Yihan smiled with the corners of her mouth raised, without saying a word, which made Zhang Li tremble all over.
"Princess Jiaxing, what are you going to do?"
"Snap~" the sound of a whip cracking echoed in the dark room.
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