After entering the palace, he was stopped by the eunuch as he reached the door of the imperial study.
"Hey, Prince Lu, you're here. The Emperor has instructed you to go directly to the Empress when you arrive. The Emperor will be there for lunch, and you will meet him there then."
Lu Zifeng greeted the eunuch with a smile, then turned and went to the Queen.
When she arrived at the gate of the Queen's Palace, she happened to meet the eldest princess Situ Qiong, and the palace maids around her hurriedly saluted.
"Meet Her Royal Highness the Princess."
Only then did Lu Zifeng realize that this was his aunt's youngest daughter, and he hurriedly bowed.
Situ Qiong smiled when she saw Lu Zifeng.
"Cousin, there's no need to be so polite. We are all siblings. It would be uncomfortable if we were to be so polite."
The Queen came out and said with a smile.
"Okay, you two siblings haven't met yet, right? Feng'er, this is my little daughter, one month younger than you. Just call her cousin."
The three of them entered the hall and sat down.
"The Emperor sent someone to tell me early in the morning that he would invite you to dinner in my palace today."
Lu Zifeng stood up and said.
"That's better. I was planning to come visit my aunt anyway."
The three of them chatted for a while, and then the emperor came over.
No one said anything during the conversation, just some small talk. The emperor suddenly asked.
"I heard that after you captured Prince Qing, you forgot to give him food, and he passed out from hunger?"
Lu Zifeng was stunned, then he realized that it was Situ Hao and the other two guys who betrayed him, so he smiled and said.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I was so busy those few days that I forgot I was holding this person captive. When I remembered, he had already passed out from hunger. But don't worry, Your Majesty. I know that a person can survive starvation for up to seven days as long as they have water. I only forgot for three days. He won't starve to death."
Situ Yong and Lu Mingshuang were speechless. What kind of logic was this? However, they would not blame Lu Zifeng for making Prince Qing faint from hunger. The emperor and his wife naturally knew what Prince Qing had done over the years.
Situ Qiong also looked at Lu Zifeng in disbelief.
"Cousin, who told you that a person can survive for seven days without food and water?"
Lu Zifeng almost choked when he heard this. He quickly drank some tea and felt better. He looked at the emperor and the queen and found that they were also staring at him for an answer. Then he sighed in his heart.
"Well, of course, we saw him two years ago on the way from Bingzhou Prefecture to Luzhou Prefecture. He was an old farmer, about fifty years old. When we met him, he was already dying. I gave him some water and a bowl of porridge. When he regained consciousness, he said he hadn't eaten in seven days and had only been drinking water. So I knew about this incident."
"I deliberately let him starve for a few days because I found that old farmer in Suzhou Prefecture. He and Shen Laiqing disregarded the lives of the people for their own selfish desires, so I wanted him to experience the feeling of hunger. Who knew he was so useless? He only had three days. I even prepared water for him, but he still fainted after three days. Even someone who has fine clothes and delicious food every day is not as good as an old farmer who works in the fields all day long."
After hearing Lu Zifeng's explanation, Situ Yong was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
"I heard that your steward in Luzhou Prefecture helped Nan Qingyun handle the matter there?"
When Lu Zifeng heard this, he was stunned, but he still told everything.
"Yes, the steward of Luzhou Prefecture was a famous bandit in the Jianghu. Later, I subdued him and he became my steward. He helps me manage the properties in Luzhou Prefecture and also helps me protect the Lu family. When he followed me, he had more than a dozen skilled men with him, and they also followed me. But don't worry, Your Majesty, they are now very honest and have not done those bad things again."
Situ Yong nodded.
He still believed Lu Zifeng on this point. After all, he had already investigated everything about Chang Lin. Asking him today was just to see whether Lu Zifeng was telling the truth.
Lu Zifeng looked at the emperor's expression and found nothing wrong, so he breathed a sigh of relief. These things were all out in the open. If the emperor wanted to investigate, he would know for sure. It was better for him to tell the truth. Lu Zifeng was even less afraid of the news about Feng Qing and others, because only Chang Lin and himself knew Feng Qing. His father, Lu Ziyan and others didn't know either. They only knew that Chang Lin was there, so they all thought that Chang Lin was in charge of everything.
After lunch, Lu Zifeng left the palace.
In the Queen's palace.
"Queen, you said that now that this brat has returned, will that brat from the Wang family be left in limbo? How will this brat deal with Situ Yan?"
Lu Mingshuang smiled gently.
"Look at what the Emperor said? No matter what, Situ Yan is a member of the royal family and your distant nephew. What can Feng'er do? At most, he can beat him up. Can he really kill him?"
Situ Yong burst into laughter.
"Just give him a beating. After all, he's a member of the royal family. Brother Feng should at least give our royal family some face, right?"
After saying this, Situ Yong left. Lu Mingshuang smiled and saw Situ Yong off. When she turned around, the smile on her face faded.
He sat there in deep thought for a long time before speaking.
"Mammy, please pass a message to my eldest brother, asking him to keep an eye on Brother Feng. The Emperor doesn't want to kill that bastard Situ Yan, but he can still suffer a little."
As soon as Lu Zifeng left the palace, he met Situ Chen, who was coming to the palace gate with a dusty face.
"Second cousin, have you just returned?"
Although Situ Chen looked exhausted, he was still in good spirits and nodded.
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