Li Lu was about to leave Beijing, but he went to Dayun Temple to see Chang Suining, so she naturally wanted people to pay more attention to him.
But I never expected to receive this news.
The girl had clearly rejected Li Lu before, but now, in order to leave Beijing smoothly, she actually agreed to Li Lu's proposal of marriage again?
This was the best strategy Chang Suining had chosen to leave the capital... Was she going to side with Prince Rong and his son at this juncture? She couldn't help but think of some old things. Ah Shang had always gotten along very well with Prince Rong, and they were very close friends. Ah Shang treated her uncle more intimately than her father.
Prince Rong even knew Ashang's secret.
It doesn't really matter who Chang Suining sides with, but it's different for A Shang...
Thinking of this, Emperor Shengce frowned even more deeply. If they went to Yizhou, she would not let the girl leave no matter what.
But to be cautious, she sent someone to Dayun Temple again to verify the truth of the news. Soon, news came back that Chang Suining had left Dayun Temple alone with a maid and went to meet Prince Rong privately. The two of them went boating together at night.
The Holy Cemeter Emperor's gaze grew colder by the second.
Do you really want to choose Prince Rong and stand against her? Soon, the Holy Ce Emperor summoned several officials to the palace.
"Prince Rong is about to leave the capital and return to Yizhou. Before that, I want to choose a girl of the right age in the capital to marry him. I want to bring this happy event back to Yizhou, which may also comfort Princess Rong's illness."
Several ministers understood and agreed.
Wei Shuyi was thinking, it was not surprising that the sage wanted to arrange a marriage for Prince Rong, but he was so anxious all of a sudden... Could it be that there was something going on with Prince Rong? Soon, the eunuch listed the names of the candidates that everyone was discussing.
The Emperor of the Holy Book lowered his eyes and looked at the list.
She has been so busy lately that she can hardly tell the difference between day and night, and there has never been a moment of peace in Ganlu Palace. She has not been able to take care of this matter for a while, but now she can no longer wait.
The selection of candidates was important, but more importantly, she needed to cut off Li Lu's chance to ask for permission to marry Chang Suining as soon as possible.
And...
The girl's decision to choose Yizhou and leave Beijing had already given her the answer, so she might not have to wait and see any longer.
In this case, in order to prevent any further accidents from happening where she can't see, she must find a safer way to keep the other person.
"Draft an edict for me. Princess Gu'an will marry far away in Tuyuhun. I am short of a female official to serve me. The girl in the mansion of the General of the Cavalry is famous and I like her very much. I think she can be qualified for the position of the female historian of Ganlu Palace—"
The Emperor of the Holy Ce said, "Tomorrow I will send an order to the Chang family, asking the Chang family's daughter to enter the palace to accompany me."
The eunuch agreed and was ordered to go back and draft an imperial decree.
Wei Shuyi was slightly shocked. Mr. Chang's injury had not yet healed, but the Saint was eager to order Ms. Chang to enter the palace as a female official... Why?
To keep Lady Chang by his side and consolidate General Chang's heart? Wei Shuyi's intuition told him that the reason why the saint paid so much attention to him might not be that simple...
He wanted to send a message to inform Chang Suining first, but he remembered that his mother had just said today that she and her brother went to Dayun Temple to fulfill a vow and stay for a while, and it was curfew at this time, so he couldn't let anyone leave the city without being noticed.
As Wei Shuyi was walking on his way out of the palace, he thought about how Emperor Shengce had always treated Chang Suining, and he always felt that there was something strange hidden in it that he could not see clearly.
Was this strangeness caused by Cui Ling'an's previous words "Sorry, I can't talk about this"? Was it the secret hidden in the Tiannv Tower in Dayun Temple? As his thoughts were mixed, Wei Shuyi subconsciously turned his head and looked in the direction of Dayun Temple.
He doesn't know the key, but she must know it since she is involved in it. So, will she have a way to deal with it?
…
It was a windless night, and a bright moon was reflected on the silent lake surface, like a quiet painting.
A pleasure boat pushed through the waves and came over, slowly tearing open the scroll.
Inside the boat, Li Lu personally brewed tea and pushed a delicate tea bowl in front of Chang Suining: "I am used to going to bed early, so I never drink tea at night, but tonight Madam Chang is here, so I will keep you company."
Chang Suining: “…” It was just a cup of tea, but he expressed the feeling of risking his life to drink poison with a gentleman.
After the two of them drank a bowl of tea, Li Lu asked a servant to enter the boat to answer the questions. The servant was of ordinary stature and appearance, about forty years old. After the greeting, he lowered his eyes and knelt beside him, looking respectful and reserved.
Chang Suining recognized the man by the light of the boat.
It turned out to be him, Fan Ou.
Li Lu: "Madam Chang, this is the servant that my father sent to celebrate the birthday of the King of Huainan."
Servant?
This is no ordinary servant.
Others didn't know, but she knew that this person was a close confidant of her uncle in his early years. Although his kung fu was ordinary, he was very knowledgeable in some unconventional ways. Did the Rong Palace send this person to the Huainan Palace just to celebrate the birthday? Thinking that the death of the Huainan King had made the situation in Jiangnan more chaotic, and his son Li Yi had become a variable because of this, and looking at the person in front of her, Chang Suining almost had the answer in her heart, and the fingers holding the tea bowl felt a little cold.
The servant Fan Ou noticed the gaze and raised his eyes slightly to look at the girl. When their eyes met, he suddenly felt a vague strange feeling in his heart.
Thinking about the identity and usefulness of the girl from the Chang family, he asked respectfully, "What do you want me to answer?"
Chang Suining asked him some questions about Chang Kuo, and he answered them all he knew.
Later, Chang Suining asked about the battle in Yangzhou again, and he answered all the questions seriously.
Finally, Chang Suining drank a bowl of tea before talking about Yizhou with Li Lu.
She wanted to find out about the affairs of Prince Rong's Mansion, since it would be useless not to hear it.
But Li Lu was very cautious and didn't talk too much with her. He avoided some things that were not suitable to be said openly and never revealed too much to her.
After talking for nearly an hour, the tea stove made the cabin a little hot, so Chang Suining went outside to get some fresh air.
After a moment, Li Lu appeared behind her and said slowly, "Don't blame me for keeping anything back about Yizhou, Madam Chang. I have told you everything I can about the current situation."
"Those questions that I cannot answer right now, when we go to Yizhou later, Madam Chang can go and see for herself, and then she will naturally have the answers."
Chang Suining looked at the lake ahead and nodded.
The waterway ahead meanders and reaches a corner. The grass and trees on both sides are withered but still dense, silently hidden in the night.
After all, the purpose was not to cruise the lake, so the pleasure boat moved very slowly. Li Lu walked up to her and handed her something with a smile: "This is the engagement letter written by Lu himself, please accept it, Madam Chang."
Chang Suining looked over.
"According to etiquette, the engagement letter should be delivered by Prince Rong's Mansion to the elders of your family. The ancestral etiquette cannot be abolished, but this engagement letter is recorded for Madam Chang alone." The young man smiled brightly, "Because in my eyes, Madam Chang is different from other women. This marriage should first be approved by Madam Chang."
"To this day, I wonder if Lu's sincerity is enough for Madam Chang to accept this engagement letter?"
After a moment, Chang Suining raised his hand and took it.
A smile filled the young man's eyes: "It is my honor to be able to travel with Madam Chang in the future."
"We can only walk together if we share the same ideals." The girl's earnest questioning voice echoed across the lake at night, "May I ask what the Rong Palace is doing?"
"Since then, the world has stopped fighting and the country has returned to peace."
"Really?" the girl asked again, "Why did the Rong Palace take the lead in turning against its own people and assassinating the Huainan Prince, causing the war in the south of the Yangtze River to get out of control?"
There was a sudden silence all around.
Before the smile on Li Lu's face faded, he looked at the girl in front of him and his eyes flashed quickly.
Seeing this, Chang Suining no longer had any doubts in his mind.
As expected, it was the Rong Palace that used the birthday celebration as an excuse to assassinate the King of Huainan.
At this moment, there was a sound of a long sword being unsheathed. It was Fan Ou, who was guarding the cabin door, who drew out the sword and stared at the girl who said something shocking.
The other two followers brought by Li Lu also immediately became alert.
Chang Suining glanced at the long knife pointed at him and asked Li Lu, "The prince invited me to a boat trip. The matter we discussed was confidential, so I didn't even bring a maid. But the prince had someone secretly prepare a blade. Is this the prince's sincerity?"
"Madam Chang has misunderstood. It was the servants..." Li Lu narrowed his eyes. Before he could finish his words, he suddenly saw a dagger across his neck.
"Fortunately, I didn't have any sincerity, so I just considered it as a courtesy."
As he spoke, Chang Suining quickly controlled Li Lu with his other hand, moved behind him, and made him stand in front of him as a shield.
Fan Ou and his companions were horrified.
"Let go of the prince!"
"Why is Madam Chang doing this?" With the cold and sharp blade against his neck, Li Lu said softly, "Even if Madam Chang has some misunderstandings about Prince Rong's Mansion, I will not let anyone hurt Madam Chang in the slightest."
Without waiting for the girl's response, he turned his head slightly and asked, "Or is it that the purpose of Madam Chang's visit is to make an enemy of our Rong Palace?"
"Our Chang family is weak, so I naturally have no intention of being an enemy of the Rong Palace, and I have never taken the initiative to provoke or offend." Chang Suining said, "It was the prince who repeatedly pressured us, and threatened my father and brother's lives, forcing the Chang family to choose between being an enemy and being a chess piece—"
"The Chang family doesn't want to make enemies, but they will never be used as pawns by others." The girl's voice was not panicked at all, and could even be described as calm and casual: "So, I took the liberty of thinking of a compromise."
As the voice fell, Li Lu didn't have time to think about what she meant. He suddenly felt his body lighten, and then he fell backwards uncontrollably, falling down with her.
"thump!"
"Prince!"
When the sound of someone falling into the water was heard, Fan Ou's face darkened. He dropped the long knife in his hand and immediately jumped into the water.
The other two followed suit.
However, the girl was an excellent swimmer. If it weren't for the burden of their prince... no, the hostage, they would not be able to catch up with her at all!
Even so, Fan Ou had to use a lot of effort to barely catch up. He was good at using hidden weapons, but the girl seemed to know it in advance and kept using the prince as a block, making it impossible for him to make a move.
He couldn't use hidden weapons, so he could only fight at close range to get the prince back! But after a few moves, the girl held his prince in one hand and fought with him with the other, and he couldn't get the upper hand. The other party seemed to be very familiar with the way to fight in the water!
Seeing Li Lu choking in pain and knowing that he was weak, Fan Ou became very anxious. When he found an opportunity to punch the girl from the side, there was a poison dart between his fingers.
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