Chapter 34 Are you really being wronged?

Lu Yao walked out from behind the corner with a wry smile, facing everyone's gazes with an awkward look on his face.

Although there was a reason for lying on the roof of the concubine's courtyard, it is really hard to explain.

"Um..." Lu Yao rubbed his nose twice with his fingers, "I am here to find the little princess on orders."

Jiang Yingcheng, who was busy with Cheng Yunmeng, poked his head out of the room and said, "Looking for Chengcheng?"

Lu Yao nodded with a smile: "I have something to ask for your help."

Eunuch Changshun looked inquiringly.

Lu Yao was not panicked at all.

He had consulted Emperor Mingze before coming, and he was holding a handwritten letter from Emperor Mingze to Eunuch Changshun, so he was not afraid of anyone's questioning.

But he didn't expect that after Jiang Yingcheng looked back and forth between him and the assassin on the ground twice, he first asked a completely unrelated question.

"Did you shoot that arrow just now?"

The little princess' voice was soft and sticky, like a beautiful butterfly cautiously extending its antennae.

Lu Yao didn't know what she meant, but he answered subconsciously: "Yes."

The bow and arrow was found in the corner of the yard. He just took it when he saw two groups of people confronting each other in the yard.

Jiang Yingcheng felt conflicted.

[Would it be bad if this person just gave the credit to Brother Seven? ]

Jiang Yingcheng tapped the snow with his toes, and his ten fingers were entangled together.

007 said that Aunt Yunmeng and Seventh Brother might need such merit more, otherwise, harboring an assassin would be a very serious crime.

Lu Yao and Cheng Yunmeng, who walked out of the room because of concern, were both stunned.

Lu Yao glanced at the kind-hearted eunuch Changshun and asked tentatively, "Your Highness the Seventh Prince is an extraordinary archer. He was able to shoot down such a powerful assassin with one shot!"

Jiang Yingcheng looked up in surprise, and Cheng Yunmeng's fingertips trembled slightly.

Eunuch Changshun took the lead in agreeing: "Yes, Your Highness is truly brave!"

The elites who accompanied him watched the wind direction and followed closely behind.

"Ah, yes, yes!"

“Yes, yes, yes…”

Jiang Yingcheng ran up to Lu Yao with a shy look on his face, timidly took the bow and arrow from him, and after making sure that there was no displeasure on his face, he dragged himself on the snow to Jiang Xingran's side.

She tentatively stretched out her chubby little hand, grabbed Jiang Xingran's slender fingers, and grasped the somewhat broken longbow.

"Here," Jiang Yingcheng handed the results to his wife at home with a proud look on his face, like a big man who had earned money from working outside, "You can exchange it for money!"

[Hehehe, Brother Qi must be so moved that he will cry! ]

The little adult's demeanor successfully made many people in the courtyard laugh, but Jiang Xingran just stared at Jiang Yingcheng with a serious look for a long while.

There was a thin layer of sweat on the tip of the boy's nose, and his cheeks were slightly red from the exertion just now. His eyes were clear and transparent, as innocent as an ordinary child.

It was completely different from the way he used to bully him together with Jiang Huaian.

He tightened his grip on the bow handle slightly, and the doubts in his heart deepened.

Jiang Yingcheng seemed to have suddenly become a different person.

Lu Yao did not come alone on this trip. Emperor Mingze specially assigned him ten guards and asked him to ensure Jiang Yingcheng's safety.

It also made it convenient for him to escort Ji Xiangyang to the Dali Temple for trial.

Eunuch Changshun sent all the eunuchs to accompany Lan Zhaoyi to meet the emperor, and then followed the two of them out of the palace.

The carriage stopped in front of the Dali Temple. Jiang Yingcheng handed her hand to Eunuch Changshun naturally as usual, but he was unable to hold her hand as he had done before.

Jiang Yingcheng looked up in confusion, his big almond-shaped eyes full of grievance.

Eunuch Changshun succumbed to this lovely attack, and resolutely reached out his hand to hold the soft little hand in his palm.

The earlier resolution to not let outsiders gossip about the little princess was thrown out of her mind.

He has managed to get to his current position through hard work, but it wasn't for nothing!

Let’s see who dares to gossip about the little prince!

Eunuch Changshun held Jiang Yingcheng's little hand and walked towards the Dali Temple with a heroic and proud manner.

Lu Yao hurriedly followed, saying as he walked, "It's like this. An elder whom I admire very much has been wrongly imprisoned, but no evidence has been found to exonerate him. He is weak and can't stand the torture of prison, so I would like to ask the young prince to plead with His Majesty to allow him to return home. Once we have solid evidence, we can make further plans."

Lu Yao's eyes were filled with anticipation.

What he just said were just excuses.

His real purpose today was to let the all-knowing "system" in the little prince's heart help find out the truth of the matter and clear that person's name.

Eunuch Changshun understood Lu Yao's true purpose almost instantly.

Duke Wang Jinglun was wrongfully imprisoned last month on charges of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country. Everyone knew that he was wrongly accused, but the evidence in the hands of the informant was too sufficient, so Emperor Mingze had no choice but to detain him in the Dali Temple and ask Lu Yao to take good care of him.

Lu Yao has been running around looking for evidence for almost the entire month, but has gained nothing. Now that he knows that the young prince has such extraordinary abilities, how can he not be excited.

Jiang Yingcheng didn't know why she was asked to come and see the old man in person just to ask her father for a favor, but she obeyed and said nothing, walking slowly behind the two of them.

The group soon arrived at the door of the cell where Duke Wang was imprisoned.

Lu Yao took excellent care of Duke Wang.

Not only was a soft bed specially prepared for him, but there were also three braziers, which were not found in ordinary cells, piled up in this compartment.

The prisoners in the two cells next to him lay down directly on the side closer to Duke Wang, taking the opportunity to get some warmth.

The frail old man that Lu Yao mentioned took off his shirt and was doing push-ups one after another in the cubicle. His strong muscles looked shiny and oily due to beads of sweat.

Lu Yao: “…”

This made him very embarrassed.

Eunuch Changshun was stunned for a moment before he screamed and leaned over to block Jiang Yingcheng's view.

Lord Wang turned around upon hearing the voice, his indifferent expression froze for a moment when he noticed the carrot-like figure in the middle of the crowd. He turned around and quickly put on his coat, coughing lightly to cover it up: "Little bastard, why didn't you inform me in advance when you brought someone here?"

In the past, Lu Yao would have just laughed it off as he was familiar with putting the blame on someone else, but today—

[Brother Tong, Brother Tong, did you see that? The muscles on that old man's body look stronger than those of this Jinyiwei uncle! ]

Not only does this sound like a gangster, it is actually very unfriendly to his male dignity.

He said in a vicious voice: "You are in a public place, untidy and so disrespectful of your moral conduct. Are you really being wronged?!"

Wang Jinglun: “???”