"My dear, General Lu has revealed that you ordered the local official Tian Congxi to plunder the people's wealth and enrich yourself. Is this true?"
The little emperor's voice was a little childish and his aura was not strong enough, so Song Ping did not take him seriously at all.
He just smiled indifferently and said, "Then I would like to ask General Lu if he has any evidence!"
The emperor had the account book presented to Song Ping and said, "My dear, this account book is very clear and the evidence is solid."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the empress dowager cough behind the curtain. The little emperor didn't dare to speak and shut up.
Song Ping took the account book and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, do you believe this kind of thing instead of believing that I am innocent? As an important official of the court, I always care about the people. How could I do such a treasonous and corrupt thing? On the contrary, General Lu wanted to frame me with just an account book with unclear history. I feel very wronged."
Lu Changxin almost laughed out loud. What grievances did he have?
It is not difficult to investigate the accounts in this account book.
"Sir Song, whether I have framed you or not, it will be clear if I check the account books."
"If you wanted to harm me, I'm afraid everything would have been arranged long ago."
Lu Changxin stared at him in shock, and was about to say something, when a serious voice rang out from behind the curtain: "Lu Changxin, no need to say anything more. You are holding an account book with an unknown history, and you are here to frame Song Ping at this time. What is your intention? I see that you have been planning for a long time, and you want to put Mr. Song to death!"
With the Queen Mother's support, Song Ping's tone became even more arrogant: "At this critical juncture, General Lu is responsible for investigating the substitution of relief grain. Could it be that he wants to frame me for having done something to exonerate himself?"
Lu Changxin felt disappointed and thought to himself that something was wrong. Song Ping is the nephew of the Empress Dowager, so he knew it would not be easy to bring him down. Now, with the support of the Empress Dowager, he not only refused to plead guilty, but instead turned the tables and framed himself.
Lu Changxin loudly defended himself: "I didn't do that. Please, Your Majesty, please investigate the authenticity of this account book to find out the truth, bring the guilty to justice, and clear my name!"
"Innocent? You falsely accuse Lord Song and you still want to tell me that you are innocent? Come here, Lu Changxin falsely accuses an important official of the court and is suspected of replacing disaster relief grain. He will be demoted to the Heavenly Prison!"
The Queen Mother said angrily.
"Mother, Lord Lu would not do such a thing. You must have misunderstood. Let him go back and we will discuss the matter later."
The little emperor begged for mercy for Lu Changxin.
The Queen Mother didn't buy his tricks and was determined to have Lu Changxin imprisoned, so she had him locked up.
However, she did not want to be too ruthless, so as not to be criticized, so she said to the little emperor: "I am not so heartless. General Lu has made great contributions to the country. I will let him go."
"I will immediately send someone to the General's Mansion to give orders. If within three days, evidence can be found to prove that General Lu did not frame Lord Song and that I did not replace the relief grain, I will of course release him."
This is the only solution for now.
After the three of them left, Shen Yan immediately sent people to inquire about the information about the account book of disaster relief grain. A few days later, he received news: the account book was most likely hidden in the Zheng family, who was dating Song Ping, and the Zheng family was about to hold a banquet.
After the three learned the news, they decided to go to Zheng's house to look for the account book.
Father Lu has been ill for a long time and is now recuperating all day. Now, Lu Changqing is the only unmarried daughter in the Lu family. Before he came back, Father Lu handed over the power of managing the family to a concubine he trusted, Fang.
This Fang was Lu Baixue's biological mother. She was a quiet person, and she was quite good at managing the household. Although she had not achieved any great success, she was conscientious and had not made any mistakes.
Lu Changqing went to see his father first, and then came to Liuzhiyuan where Fang was.
Fang had received the news long ago and knew that Lu Changqing was coming, so she hurried out to greet him.
Although she was the head of the family, she was very respectful to Lu Changqing. "Greetings, young lady. Why are you here instead of staying in Mingyue Pavilion to recover from your injuries?"
"I came here because I have something to talk to Aunt Fang about."
Thinking about how Lu Baixue had tricked him at Prince Shen's Mansion, Lu Changqing naturally didn't have a good face when he saw Fang.
Fang was not angry at all, and asked with a smile, "Miss, if you have any problems, just send someone to tell me, and I will definitely take care of everything."
Lu Changqing smiled a little after hearing this. She looked at Fang and raised her eyebrows. "In that case, I have something for you to do. Isn't Lu Baixue your daughter? Send someone to call her back. I have something to talk to her about."
"this……"
Fang was not stupid. Lu Changqing's behavior did not seem to be a good thing. She pretended to hesitate, lowered her head and thought for a while, then raised her head and said, "Logically speaking, since the eldest lady has already spoken, I should naturally call Bai Xue back. However, a daughter who is married off is like water spilled, and the other party is the Prince Shen's Mansion. I really can't make the decision. Why don't I--"
As she was talking, Fang suddenly smiled and said, "Why don't you go and ask the master what he thinks first? If the master is willing to let Bai Xue come back, then this matter will be much easier to handle."
If Lu Changqing could convince Lu's father, would he still come here to talk to Fang?
Listening to Fang's words, Lu Changqing just smiled coldly, "From what I heard from Auntie, you are not willing to do this for me?"
"How come?"
Aunt Fang replied in panic, "It's just that I don't know what reason I should use to call Bai Xue back."
Seeing Aunt Fang's trembling face, Lu Changqing was full of disdain in his heart, and his expression became more and more arrogant. "I see that Aunt Fang has been in a bad mood these days, and I need my third sister to come back to take care of her. What do you think?"
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