Lu Yuan sat in the study for a while, then felt sleepy again, so he leaned against the small eight-immortals table and closed his eyes to rest.
Nanxiang became anxious, her heart beating fast.
Seeing that her young lady's eyes were slightly closed, as if she was very sleepy, her panicked little heart had to calm down, and she stood by to wake her up at any time.
Her young lady is really someone who can do great things. Even when the situation is critical, she can remain so calm.
Not long after, Xiao Lingyu came in with Xiao Xier. Before Nan Xiang could open her mouth to wake up Lu Yuan, Xiao Lingyu made a gesture to keep quiet.
Xiao Lingyu pulled Xiao Xier to sit down, looked at the sleeping Lu Yuan, pursed his lips slightly, thinking that he must have been tired last night.
Counting the days, there should be a reaction in half a month.
A quarter of an hour later, Lu Yuan suddenly lowered his head and woke up.
"Ayuan, are you awake?"
Lu Yuan looked around with confused eyes before realizing where he was.
I suddenly felt embarrassed. She actually fell asleep while sitting here!
"Xiao Yu, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. Maybe I didn't sleep well last night."
Xiao Lingyu smiled and said, "Okay, I understand. Let's talk about the matter quickly. After that, we can go back and catch up on some sleep."
"Xiao Xier, do you want to go meet your brothers?" Lu Yuan saw that it was inconvenient for Xiao Xier to speak here.
"I don't want to. I want to be with my mother. Please tell me what's going on. I don't understand and I won't say anything nonsense. I'm very good at keeping secrets."
"Ayuan, don't worry, this child is not an ordinary child."
Xiao Lingyu thought that the Cui family's cheating in the imperial examinations and privately manufacturing weapons would be exposed in the near future, and the children would know about it then.
Xiao Xier is the future empress, and she will encounter many similar things in the future. Let her see the big scene in advance, and understand as much as she can.
Lu Yuan remembered that his son Jie was talented in mental arithmetic and was interested in making money, so Xiao Yu brought him to sell peppers.
Could it be that Xiao Xier’s talent is dealing with difficult things?
Lu Yuan smiled suddenly, "Yes, Xiao Xi'er is not an ordinary child."
Lu Yuan changed the subject, his tone somewhat anxious, "Xiao Yu, I need your help this time. Our Lu family is in big trouble!"
"Ayuan, don't be so anxious. Tell me what's going on. I'll definitely help you if I can."
"Last time, when I gave the children the daggers, I mentioned to you that our Lu family owns an iron mine. You said the court's annual demand for iron ore is fixed. My workers have been working all night long mining for years. I was worried about trouble, so I sent Lu Ming to the government office to secretly investigate."
"What's the result?"
"In the past six years, the imperial court has only issued documents to increase mining capacity three times. The rest of the time, it's been normal. Lu Ming found out and came back and said that the documents my second uncle took to the mine were genuine, but three months later, the mining capacity was increased again. That's when we added more people and have been mining all night long until now."
“Where did the extra go?”
"Although I don't have direct evidence, I can conclude that it was my second uncle who secretly delivered the iron ore to the Cui family."
Worried about being overheard, Lu Yuan lowered his voice a bit, "The Second Prince's maternal family is the Cui family. I suspect the extra supplies were used by the Cui family to privately manufacture weapons!"
"Privately manufacturing weapons is a serious crime and is suspected of rebellion. If this matter is exposed, your Lu family will be doomed!"
"Mother, please don't! My second brother finally got reunited with his family, but he's going to be beheaded after just a few days. We can't let this happen!" Xiao Xier was about to cry as she spoke.
Lu Yuan suddenly felt distressed. She shouldn't have let Xiao Xier listen here. She even cried.
Xiao Lingyu coaxed Xiao Xier and said, "With us mother and daughter here, we naturally can't let this happen. You're not an ordinary child, you can find a way, right?"
The tears in Xiao Xier's eyes disappeared in an instant, "Big sister, don't worry, I have a way to save your family. You won't be beheaded."
"What's your idea?"
Seeing that Xiao Xier suddenly calmed down, Lu Yuan asked casually. He didn't hold much hope and still had to rely on Xiao Lingyu for this matter.
Xiao Xier thought she could summon a big pet to save people.
But that's a no-brainer!
My mother did this to protect my second brother from being discovered by the bad guys.
The red mole on his face was covered with rouge and powder.
Only then can the second brother meet his family first and then catch the criminal.
It’s better to use your little brain to think about it first. If you can’t think of a good solution, then summon a big pet to rescue you!
"Big sister, aren't the villains who persecuted my second brother his second and fourth aunts?"
"right!"
Xiao Xier said, "Second brother's third aunt didn't do anything to persecute Second brother, so she wasn't implicated. Do you know where the extra iron ore was stolen?"
Lu Yuan shook his head. "There's a manager in charge. He reports to me on the mining situation. I only learned about the amount that was stolen after your mother reminded me of it."
Xiao Xier looked at Xiao Lingyu, "Mother, my eldest sister and the others don't know about this. She's been taking care of Sister Yao'er all those years and has been living in Xishui County. It's obvious that her second uncle did this. We can't let him implicate the entire Lu family, right?"
Xiao Lingyu patted Xiao Xi'er's head and said, "You're right, Ayuan. As long as there is evidence to prove that your second uncle secretly colluded with the Cui family to smuggle iron ore, I will take care of the rest."
Lu Yuan's heart dropped. "Lu Ming has already checked the evidence. Back then, when recruiting miners, my second uncle personally recruited twenty people..."
This is such a pleasant surprise!
"A Yuan, first understand the situation of these people and don't alert them for now. To be honest, I have already arranged for people to investigate the Cui family. I want them to transport this batch of goods smoothly. I want to know where they are transporting the iron ore. Once we have all the evidence, it will be time to close the net."
Lu Yuan was shocked when she heard this. It turned out that Xiao Yu had known about this for a long time and only told her about it and asked her to verify it.
"So your meeting with the Meng family this time is related to this matter?"
Xiao Lingyu smiled and said, "I guess so. The Cui family has more than just this one incident."
"Mother, besides stealing iron, what other bad things has the Cui family done?"
"When the day comes to close the net, you'll understand. After all this, mother will assign you a lot of homework and hire a teacher to teach you. You need to learn more so that you can handle things like the Cui family in the future."
"ah?"
Xiao Xier looked at Xiao Lingyu with an expression of disbelief and sudden enlightenment.
"Mother, you agreed to let me sit in on the lecture in the study so that I could use my brain to think of a solution. Is this why?"
"You don't want to?"
Xiao Xier scratched the braid on her head and finally understood something today.
"I do! Just wait, I'll definitely be smarter in the future!"
"Ha...my little Xi'er, you are very smart now."
Xiao Lingyu turned his head to look at Lu Yuan who was looking envious.
"By the way, as Jie'er's mother, I don't really need to say this, but I have to say it. Don't wait until your old man dies to split the family. Put the division on the agenda right away, on the day we close the net."
"Xiao Yu, will it be too late that day?"
"Don't worry, Lu Zeyi won't bring trouble to the entire Lu family. I will take care of it."
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