Whether Tao Qingyu was related or not, they were all Lu Zhichen's men. The emperor knew it, but he just didn't say it out loud.
"Your Majesty, I have some friendship with Minister Tao because of court affairs, but I am not aware of what he has done." Lu Zhichen stood up without changing his expression, as if they were just ordinary friends.
But only he himself knew that the clothes on his back were wet with cold sweat, and his mind was full of thoughts about whether the elixir in the Taoist temple had been discovered by the prince's men?
So why didn't they speak out? What was their purpose?
This son was the one he disliked the most. Although he looked like a decent human being, he was actually very malicious and arrogant, just like his biological mother, the queen. The more the emperor looked at him, the more disgusted he became.
But behind him were the Empress and Lin, so the Emperor couldn't show it openly. After all, he couldn't just turn against Lin right now. He sneered, "Oh? That's great, Crown Prince! I'll leave this matter to you. No matter which officials are involved, investigate them all!"
"Yes, I understand." Lu Yanzhou immediately accepted the order.
Kunning Palace.
"Pa! Why did you allow Tao Qingyu to do such a thing?!" The queen was so angry that she slapped Lu Zhichen viciously.
Lu Zhichen, whose face was slapped sideways, pursed his lips tightly and said nothing, his lowered eyes full of indifference and disgust.
Sitting beside him, the uncle of the emperor, Lin Zong, elegantly took a sip of tea and advised his sister, "Chen'er is already a prince, you should still give him some face."
Is it ugly for a prince to have a slap mark on his face?
The Queen's chest heaved with rage, the fingertips on her hands scattered to the ground. She pointed at Lu Zhichen and cursed, "He can't even control an old pervert, and you still want me to save face for him?"
We are all from the same mother, so why is this thing that came out first so useless?
The uncle looked up and down at Lu Zhichen, who kept his mouth shut, and became suspicious. "Chen'er, tell me the truth, does Minister Tao have any evidence against you?"
Tao Qingyu's shouts in the hall really made people suspicious. I believe the emperor and Tai had the same idea.
The Queen stared at Lu Zhichen intently, "Speak!"
Lu Zhichen glanced at Lin Zong and the Queen who were staring at him, and shook his head, "No."
"Do you think that you can get rid of us now that you are a prince?" The queen knew that Lu Zhichen was not telling the truth because she was the son of her own. But now Lu Zhichen was no longer a child, so she had to be a little cautious and did not dare to completely break off relations with him.
"What are you talking about, mother? I have never done that. This must be the Crown Prince interfering again." Lu Zhichen bowed respectfully, without a single flaw on his face.
"That's enough. The child is grown up now. It's normal for her to have her own secrets." Lin Zong calmed his sister down, then looked at Lu Zhichen meaningfully. "But Chen'er, you and the Lin family are of the same lineage. We share the same fate. There are some things you should think about before you act."
"I understand. Thank you for your guidance, uncle." Lu Zhichen looked sincere. He really deserved his Lin family bloodline. He said one thing in front of others and another behind their backs.
Lin Zong waved his hand and said, "Alright, you have your own things to do, go ahead. I'll have a personal chat with your mother."
"Yes, I will take my leave."
Looking at Lu Zhichen's departing back, the Queen snorted softly, "Do you really believe what he said?"
"What does it matter whether he believes it or not?" Lin Zong shook his head. "Don't you know your son's character? What good would it do us if he told us the truth?"
The Queen was still furious. The son she had personally promoted had actually begun to alienate her. "He's acting like this before he even ascended the throne. Won't he just kick us out once he's there?"
Besides, according to Lu Zhichen's personality, it wouldn't be as simple as kicking him away! He might be even more ruthless than his father!
Lin Zong shook his head, feeling somewhat helpless towards his hot-tempered sister. "Don't you know what you yourself gave birth to? Do you think he has the ability? Without Lin's support, what can he accomplish?"
He is not good-looking, has a bad personality, is not smart, and cannot even control the military power he finally took from Lu Zhixing.
Hearing her brother say this, the Queen was displeased, but he was not wrong, so she could only sit back on the chair in frustration, "What sin have I committed? I gave birth to two disobedient children!"
"It doesn't matter if he's disobedient, he'll be obedient after a little discipline." Lin Zong smiled coldly, "I've already found out what Chen'er is doing. Don't worry, he'll come and beg us. You can give him a good discipline then."
"What is Chen'er doing? What does it have to do with Tao Qingyu?" The queen looked at Lin Zong in confusion.
Lin Zong leaned over to the Queen and whispered something, causing her to frown in disgust. "He believes this kind of thing? Even if he does, he wouldn't look for something clean. Why would he use anything? Isn't he afraid of it getting bad?"
Inside the White Horse Temple.
Zi Yang was bringing Song Yushu to a small room. As soon as the door was opened, dust mixed with a rotten smell came out.
Song Yushu almost vomited out yesterday's meal.
After seeing the situation in the room clearly, Song Yushu could no longer bear it. He turned his head and ran to the tree in front of the door and started retching.
The room was packed with ragged women, most of them had wounds that hadn't healed yet, and were stinking and rotting, with even white spots on them.
"vomit--"
When Song Yushu thought of this, he couldn't help but retching, and the anger in his heart reached its peak. Just at this moment, Ziyang came over and asked with concern, "Eunuch, are you okay?"
"Since you can't stand your master's behavior, why don't you treat these women well?!" Song Yushu grabbed Zi Yang's collar and gritted his teeth.
Although Song Yushu was not as good as Ziyang, Ziyang did not dare to move because of the guards who were watching her closely. "Master, I cannot disobey your orders. If I had not seen the Taoist temple being dragged into the abyss by Master, how could I, how could I..."
It was really disgusting. The guy in front of him was just the same kind of person as his master, pretending to be innocent. It was really disgusting! If Song Yushu looked at him again, he felt like his life would be shortened!
"Throw him out and let Liu Bai interrogate him! I never want to see this disgusting thing again!" Song Yushu turned around and glared at the guard, then wiped his hands with a handkerchief in disgust.
Zi Yang didn't know what was wrong. He had been cooperating actively all along, and it was he who first found this eunuch. Why did he turn so cold and ruthless?
"Eunuch Song, what do you mean?!"
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