Chapter 153 Carefully Prepared Bait
"Hmm? It's very useful? Is there anything else to say about this jade pendant?"
Chu Qinshu's eyes lit up when she heard this.
In this era, jade pendants, in addition to being decorations and symbols of status, could also be passed down from generation to generation or used as tokens of loyalty.
For example, a token of love, a token of a sect, a key to unlock a family treasure...
I don’t know what kind of jade pendant this is from the Cheng’en Marquis Mansion?
"I'm not sure about this, but Luo Changlin got this jade pendant by tricking the son of Marquis Cheng'en. If this jade pendant has no value, why would Luo Changlin spend the effort to get it?"
Little Gourd had looked into the origin of this jade pendant and also knew how Luo Changlin and Zhang Yongmou, two famous playboys in the capital, used this jade pendant for gambling.
The person who asked Luo Changlin to find a way to get the jade pendant was his mother, now the wife of Duke Xuan, Hu Xiangman.
Hu Xiangman is a very calculating person and she would never do anything meaningless.
"How could Luo Changlin have such an intention?"
Chu Qinshu remembered that Luo Changlin was a well-known playboy before he entered the camp outside Beijing.
He is of the same age and name as Zhang Yongmou, the eldest son of Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion.
"It was his mother who planned it, and he just had to do it."
Little Gourd explained patiently.
"Oh, you mean the concubine of Duke Xuan who succeeded to the throne by angering the original wife to death?"
Speaking of Hu Xiangman, Chu Qinshu stopped what she was doing and simply sat on the tree fork to chat with Xiao Hulu.
"She's a stepmother? And she pissed off the original wife to death? Then I have to watch her video today. It should be interesting."
Little Hulu didn't know the history of Hu Xiangman's ascension to the throne, but when he heard that she was a second wife, he immediately became interested.
As he spoke, he began to look for Hu Xiangman's name in the list.
Although it doesn't need to fight at home itself, it is also a kind of fun to watch others fight.
"You are a spirit treasure from the underworld, and you spend all day watching these women in the backyard fighting. What future do you have?"
Chu Qinshu had read the description of Hu Xiangman's rise to power in the book and lost interest in the video.
Seeing that Little Gourd wanted to watch the video, she no longer wanted to continue chatting with it.
The video is a replay of a true story, and it is definitely more interesting than what she told.
As for the jade pendant, she would keep it well even if Xiao Hulu didn't remind her.
If she remembered correctly, there were still some legends about Marquis Cheng'en's ancestors circulating in the world.
It's just that the rumor was too mysterious and she never took it seriously.
Since Hu Xiangman is thinking about this jade pendant, it might be useful for her to keep it.
After Concubine Yue was buried in the imperial mausoleum, the Fourteenth Prince returned to his palace and closed the door to welcome visitors.
As for when the Sun family will execute him, they will have to wait until Luo Changfeng is escorted back to Beijing before making a decision.
Fortunately, the Dali Temple handled the case quickly, and within a few days, Luo Changfeng was successfully escorted back to Beijing.
I thought the evidence was solid and Luo Changfeng would confess.
But I didn't expect that he would ask to see the Queen.
Otherwise, never speak.
"Your Majesty, Luo Changfeng wants to see the Queen."
Yu Jinming had no choice but to go to Yu's study to see Emperor Yongping.
"Um?"
Obviously, Emperor Yongping did not expect Luo Changfeng to make such a request.
But after thinking about it for a while, he understood Luo Changfeng's idea.
He simply wanted the Queen to plead for him; otherwise, he might threaten the Queen.
But doesn’t he know why he was arrested by the Dali Temple?
After committing such a crime, he still wanted the Queen to plead for him? He didn't even think about whether the Queen could keep her position.
"Does he know why he was detained?"
Emperor Yongping asked.
"He was greedy for disaster relief supplies and secretly stockpiled troops with the intention of rebellion."
Yu Jinming’s trial has its own set of procedures.
Telling Luo Changlin directly about his mistakes was to catch him off guard, make him nervous, and then cause him to have a mental breakdown.
Unexpectedly, Luo Changlin is actually a patient person.
Under the help of the death-seeker's methods, he was clearly unable to hold on any longer, but he still insisted on meeting the empress before he would confess.
"Besides wanting to see the Queen, did he mention anything else that was irrelevant?"
What Emperor Yongping was most worried about was the Empress's past.
In that incident, the Luo family, father and son, were all involved. They were the Queen's real accomplices.
If possible, he really wanted to wipe out the entire Duke Xuan's Mansion.
“No.”
Yu Jinming did not know the reason, so he just answered Emperor Yongping's question truthfully.
"The Queen will not see him. You have to find a way to get his confession.
Also, the Luo family is not allowed to visit. If they go to the Dali Temple to inquire, they can just make up an excuse and remember not to let the Luo family know the truth."
Emperor Yongping was worried that the Duke Xuan's Mansion would become desperate and make public what happened that year.
By then, even if the entire Xuanguo Mansion was wiped out, he would also lose face for the five countries of Changxing.
He got a headache just thinking about the trouble that would arise later.
He felt a little regretful that he had only been confined to Duke Xuan's mansion for one month.
January has arrived and it will be difficult to find a reason to continue the ban on their activities in the short term.
"Yes, I will take my leave."
Yu Jinming did not dare to guess what Emperor Yongping was thinking, so he made the trip to Yu's study.
According to the degree of favor the Empress had enjoyed in the past, if Luo Changfeng committed a crime, the matter would most likely be left unresolved as long as the Empress stepped in.
But Emperor Yongping's attitude just now made him have a premonition that the Xuanguo Mansion was doomed.
In this case, he must of course handle this matter for Emperor Yongping.
"Lin Fu, please go to the Wuwei General's Mansion in person and invite General Wang to come into the palace to drink tea with me."
Emperor Yongping sat behind his desk and thought for a quarter of an hour, and finally came up with a solution that would satisfy both parties.
We definitely cannot stay in Duke Xuan’s Mansion.
However, if the crimes committed by Luo Changfeng were used as an excuse to kill all the members of Duke Xuan's Mansion, the Empress would certainly be implicated.
Moreover, detaining them is a process, and there is no guarantee that they will not become desperate and do something irrational during this period.
Even though the real queen has been tortured to the point of being half-dead, the 'queen' in Fenghua Palace must safely and steadily guard the position of the mistress of the harem.
This is a bait.
Carefully prepared bait for distant 'guests'.
This bait cannot go wrong.
After Lin Fu left, Emperor Yongping carried Chu Qinshu to the tea table by the window.
The charcoal fire in the small red clay stove was dim, and the water in the pottery pot was only half boiled.
Just like his mood at this moment.
It should be open, but it is not open.
But given time, it will surely expand.
“Ahh.”
[Your Majesty, are you worried about something? Tell me about it. Maybe I can help you.]
When Chu Qinshu woke up, she saw Emperor Yongping staring at the pottery pot on the stove with a gloomy look.
Those who don’t know would think that the pottery pot is his enemy.
"Shu'er is awake? Can you give her some milk first? We can't let the emperor's little Shu'er go hungry."
After hearing Chu Qinshu's thoughts, Emperor Yongping instantly regained his image as a kind and benevolent emperor.
The smile on her face had completely concealed the gloom in her eyes.
“Oh.”
[Okay, okay, I'll help the Emperor after Shu'er has eaten her fill.]
Although Chu Qinshu was worried about Emperor Yongping, she had to be taken away by Nanny Yao.
Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Emperor Yongping was in a bad mood at the moment. If she insisted on staying, she might not even be able to drink milk.
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