Su Yujiao was in no mood for water. After confirming that she could not reveal the plot, she went to find the secret room herself.
Neither the dragon robe nor the letter could appear before the Emperor, otherwise the Lu family would be unable to defend themselves.
"Jiaojiao, what are you looking for?"
Su Yujiao was extremely anxious. How could she let them know the plot?
How can we stop this conspiracy?
"Father, who usually gets close to your study?"
"Be on guard today. Send people to keep watch secretly. No one is allowed to approach your study."
Lu Jingming frowned deeply: "Jiaojiao, do you know something?"
"You might as well tell your father frankly, so that he can make arrangements in advance."
Su Yujiao smiled bitterly. She wanted to say something too, but her words would be automatically blocked, and her written words would turn into ink dots.
What could she do?
Perhaps we could try gesturing a bit; I wonder if my father-in-law could understand it.
So, Su Yujiao started gesturing wildly in front of Lu Jingming, making him look quite serious.
This girl has really gone mad; it's all my son's fault!
"Jiaojiao, let's go out. Father knows you don't want Ziqian to get married, but the imperial decree has been issued, and no one can stop it."
"Father, I'm not jealous, but this marriage cannot go through today."
"Never bring Chen Yunniang's dowry into the house."
Why is that?
"Could it be that she hid something in her dowry?"
Su Yujiao nodded frantically, hoping her father-in-law would be more vigilant.
What was hidden in her dowry?
"Dragon robe!"
"What?"
"Dragon robe!!"
"Speak louder, Dad can't hear you."
"..."
Su Yujiao knew that shouting herself hoarse would be useless.
"In short, you must not let her dowry enter the house."
Lu Jingming frowned. She couldn't explain why she wouldn't allow the dowry to enter the house.
This marriage was bestowed by the emperor. To refuse to let the dowry into the house in front of the emperor is to slap the emperor in the face or to show the emperor a bad attitude.
"Alright, Father will find a way to prevent her dowry from entering the house."
Su Yujiao added, "Also, have someone secretly guard the study rooms."
"good."
Lu Jingming agreed to everything, and then went to find Zhou Shi and told her about Su Yujiao's situation.
"Crazy?"
"He's not crazy, he's just been traumatized, and something's not right here."
Zhou looked like she was about to cry: "What should we do? Will she cause trouble in front of the Emperor and Empress later?"
"This poor child, our Lu family has wronged her."
Lu Jingming sighed: "Let's try to get her to sleep."
"To be so insolent in front of the Emperor is to be severely punished, if not killed."
"This is for her own good."
Mrs. Zhou nodded hurriedly: "Okay, I'll go right away."
Meanwhile, Su Yujiao was instructing Xiao Tao to go to the east of the city and summon the Wei sisters, Hu Zi, and Shi Tou.
The Wei sisters were instructed to secretly guard Lu Jingming's study to prevent anyone from entering and storing stolen goods.
Tiger, Stone, and the other boys were on standby at all times, ready to obey her orders.
"Miss, what happened?"
"Stop asking, just go."
As she spoke, she stuffed the two children and a stack of silver notes into Xiao Tao's arms: "Take An Yan and An Mo with you, and go out the back door."
"First, go to the east of the city to inform them, then send the child to the Su family and ask my brother and sister-in-law to help take care of him for a while."
"Tell my elder brother that if the Lu family is in trouble, he should immediately take his entire family and leave the capital, the farther the better."
"Don't worry about me, I have my own way of getting away and I'll find a way to rejoin them."
"I won't abandon my child." Her voice choked as she said this.
Xiao Tao turned pale with fright upon hearing this, feeling as if she were entrusting her child to someone on her deathbed!
Her voice trembled with tears: "Miss, what happened?"
"Please don't frighten me, I don't want to be separated from you, Miss."
Su Yujiao urged anxiously, "Hurry up, there's no time left."
"I can't explain it to you right now."
Xiao Tao asked, her eyes brimming with tears, "Miss, is there something troubling you?"
"Tell Xiaotao that Xiaotao will help you even if it costs her her life."
"There's no reason why I can't bring myself to say it." Su Yujiao said helplessly, knowing that no one would believe her even if she said it.
Urged by Su Yujiao, Xiao Tao put the two children into a vegetable basket, picked up a carrying pole, and left through the back door.
The entire Lu family was busy. Xiao Tao, carrying a shoulder pole, was hardly noticeable. Everyone was preoccupied with their own affairs, and no one paid much attention.
"Jiaojiao, what happened?"
“I just heard your dad say that you were jumping around and gesturing. Explain it to your mother.”
"Don't rush, speak slowly, have a drink of water first."
Su Yujiao waved her hand in frustration; she was so anxious that she had no appetite for water.
She was considering whether to burn Chen Yunniang's dowry to ashes, reducing the dragon robe to ashes...
It doesn't seem likely. Chen Yunniang's dowry amounted to over a hundred cartloads, and she didn't know which box the dragon robe was hidden in.
If you can accurately locate the box containing the dragon robe, simply pour a bucket of oil on it and throw in a tinderbox, and you're done.
The key question is, how could she possibly burn down hundreds of carriages if she didn't know which box contained the dragon robe?
That's simply impossible!!
Are we just going to guess?
But there's only one chance. If she burns the wrong thing, she'll be arrested as a madwoman, and then she'll have no more chances.
This doesn't even take into account how the Southern Frontier Kingdom and the Great Ming Kingdom will punish her for burning the dowry of the Holy Maiden of the Southern Frontier Kingdom and ruining the marriage alliance between the two countries!
"Jiaojiao, what happened? Don't worry, have some tea first."
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