"Your Highness, I don't know. Perhaps Aunt Qinglian was already dying and had no other choice." Aya was very honest. After all, she was only three years old at the time and couldn't possibly have thought of these things.
Su Ruojin didn't dwell on the matter any further. "Aya, are you wearing your brother's red bead?"
“Yes, I always wear it.” Aya raised her wrist, revealing a chain with a red bead on it.
Aya then took off the bracelet and placed it on the table.
"Prime Minister Lu, is this a red jade bead?" Su Ruojin asked Lu Hong.
Lu Hong picked up the bead and examined it carefully, his face full of surprise. "It's it, it's the one. According to the book, there seems to be flowing water inside the red jade bead. I've also seen pictures of red jade beads before, and this one is exactly the same."
"Then let's test with a drop of blood."
Since it's a red jade bead, let's test it and see if it's as magical as Prime Minister Lu said.
Dapu took the dagger Yuan Hong handed him and prepared to cut his wrist.
"My lord, something terrible has happened! People from the princess's residence have arrived!" At that moment, Steward Qiu rushed in.
"What's going on?!" Lu Hong's expression changed as well. Why would someone from the Princess's residence come to the Prime Minister's residence at this crucial moment?
"They said they're coming to invite Madam Jiang!" Butler Qiu's expression was somewhat strange.
"How many people came?" Lu Junyuan noticed that Steward Qiu was acting strangely. If it was just a few people who came to invite him, Steward Qiu should have been able to handle it.
"More than twenty soldiers in black armor have arrived!" Steward Qiu had no choice but to tell the truth.
More than twenty soldiers in black armor!
This isn't an invitation; they're here to arrest people!
Compared to the tension of the Lu family father and son, Su Ruojin was relatively calm.
It seems that Yuening has woken up, and the people from the princess's residence noticed something was wrong and came to ask for help.
"I'll go take a look." Su Ruojin was about to leave when Lu Hong called her back.
"Your Highness, you absolutely must not go! The Princess's residence has no right to mobilize the Black Armor Army. This is the Empress Dowager's doing!" Lu Hong said anxiously.
He didn't know what to do if the Empress Dowager wanted to take action against the Princess Consort of Great Chu.
If we fall out with the Empress Dowager now and expose ourselves, all our years of planning will be in vain.
"Prime Minister Lu, they've already found us here, so I have no choice but to go. Don't worry, they won't dare do anything to me. However, Prime Minister Lu, you need to think carefully about how to explain to the Empress Dowager why I'm at the Prime Minister's residence."
Lu Hong didn't care about this. "My youngest son is getting married. As his father, no one can say anything if I ask a merchant from Da Chu to buy some things for him."
No one noticed Su Ruojin's visit to the Prime Minister's residence before, but today the Black Armor Army was sent to "invite" her. They must have searched everywhere to find out she was there. It seems Yuening is quite ill.
"Let's go." Su Ruojin walked out first, and the group followed closely behind.
Upon arriving at the entrance of the Prime Minister's residence, Su Ruojin saw that the leader of the black-armored army was none other than Liu Jing, the Lieutenant General who had protected the widow of the Wu family at General Wu's residence.
Liu Jing, mounted on his horse, looked down at Su Ruojin and asked, "So you are Madam Jiang?"
"Yes," Su Ruojin replied calmly.
"I am Liu Jing, the Lieutenant General of the Black Armor Army. I have come by order of the Empress Dowager to invite Madam Jiang to the Princess's residence to examine the princess. The Empress Dowager has decreed that if Madam Jiang cannot cure the princess, she shall be immediately imprisoned in the Imperial Prison. Madam Jiang, please proceed."
Su Ruojin didn't say anything, turned around and got into the carriage, and the other four followed closely behind.
The Black Armor Army split into two teams, one in front and one behind, escorting the carriage to the princess's residence.
Upon arriving at the princess's residence, Su Ruojin and the others disembarked from the carriage and entered the residence. Liu Jing, along with the Black Armor Army, guarded the entrance to ensure that no one could sneak out of the residence.
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