Chapter 164 Don’t let down your feelings
The reason why the third prince came to the imperial prison to see Lu Sui in the middle of the night was because of this.
It’s not because of how much she hates him, nor because of how important he is, but because she feels uneasy.
It has been exactly three days since Lu Sui was imprisoned.
Logically speaking, he should be happy and relieved now that his biggest opponent and hidden danger have been eliminated.
But during these three days, he could not sleep at night.
I finally fell asleep, but was woken up by a nightmare.
The process of bringing down Lu Sui was too easy.
It was so easy that it felt unreal to him.
The evidence of treason seemed to have been prepared long ago, just waiting for him to fall into the trap.
But unfortunately, the evidence does not show any signs of falsification.
He endured for two days, and today was the third day. He finally couldn't bear it anymore and came to the Dali Temple.
At this moment, he looked at Lu Sui who was leaning against the wall with his eyes closed, and the feeling of uneasiness became even stronger, which made the third prince a little angry, inexplicably angry.
He sneered, "What a great Master Lu! Your father trusted you so much, but while he was seriously ill and unconscious, you secretly interacted with the Xiongnu."
"No wonder a small Xiongnu tribe suddenly became so difficult to deal with. It turns out you were secretly helping them."
Lu Sui still had his eyes closed, as if he was asleep, without even lifting his eyelids.
The third prince became even more annoyed.
"Lu Sui, the evidence is all here, do you still want to deny it?"
Only then did Lu Sui slowly open his eyes.
He glanced at the Third Prince and spoke slowly, "Just a few letters. How can they prove I'm treasonous? If Your Highness really wants to kill me, why not find that long-lost half of the border map? If it's in my house, I'll plead guilty!"
"Hmph, where do you expect me to find the border map? You secretly delivered the missing half to the Xiongnu a long time ago. Otherwise, how would they know the defensive weaknesses of Mobei?"
The Mobei border defense map was complete at the beginning.
But later, half of the map was stolen by a spy. Later, the spy was found and said that someone had robbed half of the border map along the way.
As for who kidnapped it, no one knows.
Now, Lu Sui was accused of "collaborating with the enemy", and everyone thought that the other half was in his hands.
But after searching the entire Taifu Mansion, there was not even a trace of him.
But unfortunately, without this half of the border map, he could not be sentenced to death.
Over the past three days, Prime Minister Pei has proposed to torture Lu Sui numerous times to force him to confess, but the officials in the court who originally followed Lu Sui have been strongly opposing it.
Among them is Master Bai who owns a 'dragon head cane'.
That "dragon head crutch" can be used to "beat the tyrant emperor above and behead the treacherous ministers below". On the first day Lu Sui was imprisoned, Prime Minister Pei wanted to torture him, but was chased and beaten by the old Tai Shi Bai with the dragon head crutch.
Pei Xiang was beaten so badly that he walked with a limp these past few days, and he kept pointing at Old Master Bai and calling him a "bandit".
The old master was not angry either.
He simply replied calmly, "If you have the guts, find that half of the border map. If it's really Lu Sui's doing, I won't stop you from beating me or killing me."
Unfortunately, they couldn't find him, and they didn't dare to torture Lu Sui.
The third prince wished Lu Sui would die.
But unfortunately, now, the Emperor Ming was in a coma, and the imperial seal and the imperial edict were nowhere to be found. He was just one step away from reaching the summit, but he just couldn't get there.
How can he not be anxious?
How to sleep?
The third prince had a big tantrum in the imperial prison and then left.
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The next morning, Jiang Yueyao got up before dawn.
There is a small kitchen in the yard where Shen Baoqing lives. The ingredients are all the freshest. Jiang Yueyao can cook very few dishes. She has Sister Lan by her side. Sister Lan is a good cook and every dish she cooks is delicious.
This resulted in Jiang Yueyao having very few opportunities to even go into the kitchen.
But she can do it too, like cooking noodles and wontons.
Lu Sui never liked to eat meat and had a light taste, so she made a vegetarian dish with chopped wood ear mushrooms, dried shrimps and eggs. After cooking it, she let Shen Baoqing taste it.
"Mmmmm, it's delicious. I want one too."
Jiang Yueyao packed a lot, cooked a bowl for her, and cooked the rest, added chicken soup, carefully put them into the lunch box, and went to the yard where Bai Shaoting lived.
When she left, Bai Shaoting was about to go out.
Seeing that she was holding a food box, he took it without saying a word.
"Do you have anything to say to him?" He stepped out.
Jiang Yueyao followed behind him and just shook her head slightly when she heard the words: "Nothing."
Bai Shaoting stopped and asked, "Are you sure you don't want to tell him anything?"
"I don't know what to say. He has stomach problems. I just hope he eats well in there."
Bai Shaoting looked at her, said nothing more, picked up the lunch box and walked away.
Jiang Yueyao stood there, watching him leave. After the man had gone far away, she returned to Yuehua Garden.
Shen Baoqing had already eaten and drunk his fill, and when he saw her come back, he asked, "Third brother, are you willing to take it with you?"
"Yeah." Jiang Yueyao sat down aside, holding her chin with both hands, looking out the window with blank eyes, not wanting to talk.
Seeing her like this, Shen Baoqing put his arm around her shoulders and comforted her.
"Don't worry, Master Lu will be fine."
Jiang Yueyao nodded, but her heart felt heavy.
Bai Shaoting entered the Dali Temple carrying a lunch box, and ran into Tong Tianming, the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple, as soon as he entered.
He cupped his hands and said, "Master Tong."
Tong Tianming looked at the lunch box in his hand and raised his eyebrows: "Didn't you have breakfast?"
"have eaten."
"So this is... for me?" Tong Tianming said as he reached out to take it.
Bai Shaoting dodged slightly and looked at him with a smile: "The old man prepared this for the one below, so there is no share for you today."
Only if you call him grandfather will Tong Tianming give you face.
As for others, don’t even think about it.
Sure enough, Tong Tianming was a little unhappy when he heard it.
Mumbling.
"I am your grandfather's direct disciple. What is Lu Sui to me? He has only been traveling with the old Grand Tutor for a few months. How can he be closer to you than me?"
"You're jealous too?" Bai Shaoting laughed at him. "If you go in and suffer, let alone a meal, even a full Manchu-Han banquet would be brought to you by your grandfather."
"Get lost, nothing you said is pleasing to the ear."
Tong Tianming walked away.
Bai Shaoting came down from the imperial prison carrying the food box. He walked straight to the room where Lu Sui lived. The jailer saw him coming and opened the cell door.
There was an extra table in the cell.
There was an oil lamp and a few books on the table. Lu Sui was sitting cross-legged on the cushion, reading.
Hearing the noise, he turned around and saw Bai Shaoting. His eyes fell on the food box in his hand, but he didn't say anything.
Bai Shaoting put the lunch box on the table.
"I heard that I made it for you before daybreak. Try it and don't let the little girl down."
He said this and turned to leave without staying for long.
Lu Sui's eyes stayed on the food box for a long time.
There was no change in expression on that angular face.
It was not until he heard a noise outside the door that he reached out to open the lunch box and took out a bowl of wontons.
The wontons were still steaming, not very big, and very similar to the ones Sister Lan made.
There was no coriander or chopped green onions in the soup because he didn't like those. She remembered that.
Picking up the spoon beside him, Lu Sui scooped one into his mouth and chewed it gently...
In the evening, Bai Shaoting came to get the lunch box.
The bowls are empty.
He raised an eyebrow.
"How does it taste?"
Lu Sui lowered his head to read a book, his voice faint.
"improvise!"
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