Halfway through the banquet, everyone present was beginning to lose interest, but no one dared to leave early until the emperor said so.

Chu Han stood up and walked to the palace, saying loudly: "Father, the spring weather is beautiful today. It would be boring to sit in the palace. Why don't we go out together to enjoy the scenery of the lake. I heard that the farming and weaving garden also brews the best green plum wine. It would be a pity not to drink it while we are here."

The emperor was in high spirits when he heard this, and approved it with a wave of his hand.

Compared to sitting in the hall and drinking, going outside to boat around the lake, enjoy the scenery, drink and recite poetry is more interesting. Everyone hurriedly left the hall to seek their own fun.

Lu Yanluo came out of the hall and kept staring at Chu Han. She always felt that it was a bit strange for him to propose boating and drinking at this moment.

[What's going on? Is it to let Lu Wei have fun? Would Chu Han have such intention? ]

Chu Xuan followed Lu Yanluo's line of sight and saw Chu Han carefully stroking Lu Wei onto the boat. The boat floated along the water and slowly headed towards the center of the lake.

The accident happened at this moment. The cruise ship, which was originally in good condition, suddenly shook for some reason. Lu Wei, who was standing by the boat, was too late to hold on to it and fell into the water in an instant.

The people on the boat and the shore exclaimed. Chu Han jumped into the lake without thinking and rescued Lu Wei, who could not swim.

Fortunately, it was a false alarm and Chu Han rescued her in time. Apart from being a little frightened, Lu Wei was not injured.

After bringing the person ashore, Chu Han hurriedly called someone over and took Lu Wei to the side hall to change clothes.

Several palace maids came over, took Lu Wei from Chu Han, and left under Chu Han's worried gaze.

Lu Yanluo, who watched the whole process, always felt that something was wrong. There was not a trace of wind outside, but the boat suddenly shook, and as luck would have it, Lu Wei fell off.

This is all a bit too coincidental.

Lu Wei was taken away to change clothes and did not come back for a long time. Just when everyone felt strange, Chu Han suggested going over to take a look.

Lu Yanluo had a feeling that something was about to happen.

The side hall was completely silent, without a single person in sight.

Lu Wei was lying unconscious on the ground with wet clothes on, and there was a faint smell of smoke in the air.

Chu Han carefully opened the door and walked in, picked up Lu Wei and put her on the bed, then started to take off her clothes.

He had prepared all of this in advance, including the ship shaking, Lu Wei falling into the water, and even the palace maid who brought Lu Wei to change clothes, all of whom were bribed by him in advance.

As soon as Lu Wei entered the door, the palace maid would light up the smoke to make Lu Wei faint, and then she would come over under some pretext and pretend something happened between them.

By then, someone would come and "accidentally see" this and make the matter public. Then he would take advantage of the situation and marry Lu Wei. Not only would the Dali Temple Minister not suspect him, but would be grateful to him instead.

By then, he would be both Lu Wei's benefactor and Lu Hanzhang's son-in-law, and the Dali Temple would be in his pocket.

Half an hour later, a "little palace maid" pushed open the palace door, saw the scene inside, and then shouted, leading everyone around to come over.

At this moment in the hall, Lu Wei and Chu Han were lying on the ground in disarray, unconscious. Dali Temple Minister Lu Hanzhang, who received the news, saw that the clothes on the ground looked familiar. He walked closer and saw that it was really his precious daughter. He hurriedly ran forward to wake his daughter up and wrapped her in a quilt in his arms.

Concubine Xian pretended to be serious and asked someone to bring a glass of cold water and pour it on Chu Han's face to wake him up.

After Lu Wei woke up, she suddenly collapsed and screamed, and she nestled in Lu Hanzhang's arms, too embarrassed to see anyone. Chu Han's face turned pale. He was silent for a long while, then knelt on the ground pretending to be pitiful.

"Father, mother, Lord Lu, this was done deliberately by someone with the intention of destroying Miss Lu's innocence. Miss Lu didn't come back for a long time after changing her clothes. I was very worried, so I came to see her privately. Unexpectedly, as soon as I opened the palace door, I smelled a burst of smoke, and then she lost consciousness."

"Now that I think about it, I'm afraid that at that time, Miss Lu had already been knocked unconscious, and Miss Lu and I both fell into a coma later, so there was absolutely nothing that happened between us. I hope that father can clear Miss Lu's name!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Wei, who was hiding in Lu Hanzhang's arms, immediately looked at Chu Han with tears in her eyes. The gratitude in her eyes was beyond words, and she was even more attracted to Chu Han.

Lu Hanzhang hugged his precious daughter distressedly and was extremely angry: "Who? Who wants to harm my daughter!"

The emperor saw this and comforted her: "Don't worry, Miss Lu. I will give you full authority to investigate this matter. You must give Miss Lu an explanation."

Lu Hanzhang was heartbroken and hugged Lu Wei before saying goodbye to the emperor.

After this happened at the banquet, everyone lost interest in continuing, and the emperor waved his hand and dismissed everyone.

Lu Yanluo and Chu Xuan walked slowly out of the farming and weaving garden, and saw the Lu family's carriage heading out.

"Are you willing to believe that this was a play directed and acted by Chu Han himself, or would you rather believe that someone deliberately wanted to destroy Lu Wei's innocence?"

Chu Xuan just smiled and said nothing. After a long while, he spoke: "I prefer to believe that Chu Han directed and acted out this incident on his own and deliberately destroyed Lu Wei's innocence."

Lu Yanluo turned her head and looked at Chu Xuan: "I agree. Who else could do such a dirty thing except Chu Hanhe and Concubine Xian? Let's wait and see what Lord Lu can find out."

The result naturally had nothing to do with Chu Han.

After returning home and handing his daughter to his wife, Lu Hanzhang rushed to the Dali Temple impatiently. After a thorough investigation, he unexpectedly discovered that among the people who attended the harvest banquet that day, there was a son of Marquis Jingyuan.

Speaking of Marquis Jingyuan, it was actually a title of Marquis Wu in name only. After being weakened by the emperor, he actually had no real power.

Lu Hanzhang had not noticed this person before, but unexpectedly he found out in the end that the son of Marquis Jingyuan was once one of Lu Wei's suitors.

It’s just that Lu Wei didn’t like him and decisively refused.

With an introduction, everything becomes easy. Later, several pieces of evidence prove that the prince of Jingyuan Marquis failed in his love proposal to Lu Wei, so he turned love into hatred and designed to frame Lu Wei, ruining her reputation.

Lu Hanzhang also found money that the prince of Marquis Jingyuan had bribed the palace maids who had taken Lu Wei to change clothes that day, which made it even more certain that the matter was settled.

At this point all the truth was revealed; the person who framed Lu Wei and Chu Han was the son of Marquis Jingyuan.

Chu Han was "extremely furious" after learning the truth, and threatened to severely punish the son of Marquis Jingyuan and give Lu Wei an explanation.

Lu Hanzhang followed Chu Han into the palace, reported the results of the investigation to the emperor, and requested the emperor to issue an order to arrest the son of Jingyuan Hou.

Lu Hanzhang loves his daughter so much that he wishes he could cut the prince of Jingyuan into pieces with his own hands to vent his hatred.