"Your Highness may have forgotten the agreement between Lu Wan and you." Lu Wan pretended to be calm, "Your Highness has not seen Sister Bai Xue for a while, it's time to go and see her."
Chen Yan felt unhappy for some reason and stepped back with a cold face. He was a prince and was rejected again and again, which made him quite annoyed.
When Lu Wan saw Chen Yan retreat, she felt some emotions that she couldn't explain.
As expected, this tyrant loves green tea the most, and these few words "Sister Snow White" are more effective than anything else.
When Shen Yan heard this, he glanced at her and saw that she was looking out the window with a calm face, and cursed: "Idiot."
Lu Wan pulled down the curtain to look at him, and he looked very handsome with his brows frowned.
"Why are you scolding me for no reason?"
Chen Yan curled his lips and said, "I am the prince, I can scold you if I want to, what's the matter?"
Lu Wan was about to reply.
Qin Zhao shouted from outside: "Your Majesty, we're here."
The carriage slowly stopped, and Lu Wan said, "Go find your sister Bai Xue!"
After saying that, he turned over and jumped off the carriage.
Chen Yan followed behind, and saw that the person in front was walking faster and faster, his robe was lifted by the wind, intertwining with his black hair.
Three days later.
Palace Banquet Hall.
Lu Wan was wearing a light pink palace lady's outfit and sitting next to Shen Yan. The disguise mask on her face was made hastily and did not fit her well. She inevitably felt itchy between movements, so she had to drink and eat to distract herself.
But even so, the looks from people still made her feel uneasy.
It has been many days since the secret report of Lu Changxin's treason came in. Originally, not many people knew about it, but now...
Lu Wan looked around and although the anger of the crowd had subsided a lot, their murderous intent remained as strong as ever.
Lu Wan looked towards the Queen Mother, who was still smiling and looking down at the court officials.
Last night, a message came from the palace that the Queen Mother was inviting court officials to a banquet, and specifically required them to bring their families with them.
She had not been favored before, and palace banquets in the Xia Dynasty rarely allowed officials' families to attend, so she had never attended one before.
Helplessly, Lu Wan had to ask Shen Yan to call in someone with great skills to make a human skin mask based on his sister's appearance.
Although the time was tight and the final result was average quality, it was still acceptable after putting on makeup.
"The one next to Prince Li must be General Lu Wan's sister. She is indeed beautiful and a perfect match for Prince Li." Lu Wan looked and saw a rough man holding a wine glass, smiling somewhat evilly.
"Minister of War Li Wu." Shen Yan lowered his head and whispered in her ear.
Then he held her in his arms and said with a smile: "Of course, my princess is extremely beautiful."
The two sides came and went, laughing and chatting, and it was quite fun.
"But... I heard... that General Lu..." In the harmonious atmosphere, no one knew who raised this question.
The atmosphere suddenly became cold and no one said a word.
"What can you say, my dear ministers? Let me be happy too."
The empress dowager's seat was placed next to the little emperor, and the number of servants around her was twice as many as that of the emperor.
The ministers looked at each other, you looked at me, I looked at you, in silence, with their heads down.
Seeing this, the Queen Mother pointed at someone and said, "You go ahead and tell me."
The person being pointed at walked to the center and slowly knelt down.
Lu Wan was wondering who this person was when he felt something warm by his ears.
"Sun Wenxu, the Minister of the Dali Temple."
She tilted her head to look over, and saw Shen Yan smiling disdainfully, "Just wait and see, the Queen Mother is going to act up again."
"Queen Mother... just now, we were just discussing a rumor in this city."
"Oh?" The Queen Mother smiled, her face full of curiosity, "What rumor?"
"This..." Sun Wenxu looked terrified.
The Queen Mother continued to smile: "It's okay, since it's just a rumor and it's a family dinner, I'll just tell it for fun."
Sun Wenxu lowered his head and said slowly: "It is rumored that General Lu Changxin is colluding with the enemy and treasonous, and intends to rebel!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the hall fell silent. All the court officials and their families looked surprised, but each had their own thoughts.
Lu Wan looked at it coldly, feeling only irony.
Everyone present knew about Lu Changxin's treason, but they tried to act as if there was nothing wrong.
If the Queen Mother wants to perform this play, you have to perform it whether you want to or not.
It was really ridiculous to have so many people cooperating with the Queen Mother in this pantomime.
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"Oh?" The Queen Mother's smile gradually faded, and she said, "Do all the ministers know about this?"
Dali Temple Minister Sun Wenxu looked surprised and said, "So, this rumor is true?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes were focused on Lu Wan. Lu Wan felt something warm holding his hand and then squeezing it.
When she looked up, Shen Yan had a cold expression on his face, not even looking at her, as if he was not the one who did this.
Lu Wan smiled faintly, feeling relieved, and then stood up and knelt beside Sun Wenxu in front of everyone, saying, "The Queen Mother, please understand that my Lu family will never betray the country."
The Queen Mother smiled coldly and said, "My dear Lu Wan, don't be nervous. The Lu family has worked hard for many years and has made great contributions. Everyone has seen it and remembered it. This matter is of great importance. I have sent people to investigate so as not to wrongly accuse the Lu family. If nothing unexpected happens, there will be a result today."
Lu Wan nodded upon hearing this and said, "Then please ask the Queen Mother to find out the truth."
The Queen Mother said solemnly: "Of course, but if the Lu family really committed such a disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unjust act of treason, I will definitely punish them severely."
"The Empress Dowager is wise." Sun Wenxu kowtowed and shouted.
People in the hall echoed loudly.
Lu Wan was speechless when hearing this shouting. It was obvious that the Queen Mother was using this as an excuse to punish the Lu family today. She must have completed the investigation, otherwise she would not act like this.
Just as he was thinking about it, a palace maid walked into the hall from outside, bowed and took large steps, walking very quickly. In just a short moment, he arrived beside the empress dowager.
At this moment, everyone's attention was attracted by it, but they didn't notice that there were more guards around Shen Yan.
The palace maid whispered a few words into the empress dowager's ear, but saw the empress dowager's face change drastically.
Lu Wan felt that vicious gaze piercing her again. Just as she was wondering why the Queen Mother had such an expression, she saw Shen Yan nodding to her, and his mouth seemed to say, "Don't worry."
Then, the sound of running footsteps was heard outside the palace. The palace maids were very strict, dignified and elegant, and would never run in a hurry.
As expected, the person who entered the hall was not a palace servant, but a guard in armor. He knelt down and said, "Report! General Lu Wan pretended to surrender and penetrated deep into the enemy's territory. Now he has fought his way out of the encirclement and won a great victory."
When these words were spoken, everyone present was truly surprised. They were all in an uproar, looking at each other and making a lot of noise.
The Empress Dowager's face was gloomy, and Sun Wenxu stood in a daze in the center, his face turning blue and purple. This was different from what they had agreed on. Shouldn't they declare Lu Changxin a rebel at this moment?
Lu Wan noticed everyone's reactions and silently comforted himself: Fortunately, this big brother is reliable, otherwise I don't know how this night would end.
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