Chapter 153 The fish are so tacit
"Master Shen? Why are you here?"
Chen Qiu Nian's face was pale, and he looked haggard, lacking the pride he once had.
"Lord Lu."
Lu Mingfeng's eyebrows jumped. He had already guessed about 70% of his purpose as a subordinate.
After he bowed, he was about to leave when Shen Qiu Nian called him again: "Master Lu, could you please give me a favor and let me meet Miao Miao?"
Lu Mingfeng's eyes trembled, and he bowed and said, "Lord Shen, please forgive me. Lin Miaomiao poisoned the princess, which is a serious crime. The emperor has already issued an order that no one is allowed to visit her."
Upon hearing this, Shen Qiunian frowned, "Sir Shen, I just want to see Miaomiao, and I won't ask her anything about the case. If Sir Lu is worried, you can follow me the whole time. Is that so, Sir Lu, you won't be willing to make some concessions?"
Lu Mingfeng raised the corner of his lips, "Master Shen, are you trying to get me to bend the law for personal gain?"
Shen Qiu Nian was startled, "Sir Lu, this is not what I meant."
Lu Mingfeng bowed again and said, "In that case, I still have some official business to attend to. I'll take my leave now."
Chen Qiu Nian took a quick step and followed, deliberately lowering his voice. "Lord Lu may have misunderstood. I just want to go and see how Miao Miao is doing. She has had a hard life since she was young. Once I am sure she is safe, I will leave on my own. I hope Lord Lu will be flexible."
Finished.
He clenched his fists in front of his chest and bowed deeply.
Lu Mingfeng's brows furrowed even tighter, and he instinctively took a step back. "Lord Shen, what are you doing? You are a first-rank official in the imperial court, and I am only a third-rank official. How can you bow to me? This is not something I am deliberately trying to embarrass, but the emperor's decree is there, and I'm sorry, I can't do anything about it."
Chen Qiu Nian stood up straight and took a deep breath. "Lord Lu is so determined to stop me from going to see Miao Miao. Could it be that Lord Lu has already tortured Miao Miao severely, and all his confessions were obtained by you through torture?"
"Lord Shen, please be careful. Whether or not to use torture during the interrogation, and what kind of punishment to use, the Dali Temple has its own interrogation procedures. If the prisoner behaves well and cooperates with the investigation, how could they possibly use torture?"
Shen Qiu Nian clenched his hands into fists at his side. "So, Lord Lu means that you have tortured Miao Miao?"
Lu Mingfeng was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly smiled. "If Lord Shen wants to see Lin Miaomiao, he should ask for the emperor's grace. As long as there is the emperor's will, I will definitely not obstruct him."
"Lord Lu is so ruthless, could it be because Miaomiao is targeting the eldest princess, and the relationship between Lord Lu and the eldest princess is so tacit?" Shen Qiu Nian gritted his teeth and spoke word by word.
"Lord Shen, as a cabinet minister, must be able to distinguish the substantial difference between poisoning and targeting."
Paused.
He spoke with a hint of confusion, "My relationship with the princess is legitimate, and we have the Emperor's imperial decree granting our marriage. I really don't know what Lord Shen's intention is in bringing up my relationship with the eldest princess now? Is he trying to imply something?"
"What?" Shen Qiunian's eyes trembled fiercely: "Imperial decree granting marriage?"
Lu Mingfeng smiled in relief. "Lord Shen has been running around for Lin Miaomiao these days, so perhaps there are some things he still doesn't know. The Emperor has decreed that General Huo and I will be the Princess's consorts. The Ministry of Rites has already begun preparations for the wedding."
Prince Consort... ?
When Shen Qiu Nian heard these two words, he felt a black screen in front of his eyes and almost fainted.
"How could the Emperor be so indulgent towards the Princess? Since ancient times, there has only been one consort. How could the Emperor issue a decree allowing you and General Huo to become the Princess' consort at the same time?"
"Why not?" Lu Mingfeng asked righteously, "Since ancient times, when a princess opened her own residence, she would have a consort who would serve as her husband. Among ordinary people, men can marry a concubine. Why can't a princess have two consorts?"
"How can they be equated?" Shen Qiu Nian gritted his teeth, and his originally pale face turned even paler in an instant.
"Why can't we treat them the same? Even a consort can take concubines. The princess is of such noble status. General Huo and I don't think there's anything wrong with it. So why is Lord Shen so angry?" Lu Mingfeng asked in confusion, "Could it be that the real reason Lord Shen is angry is that the eldest princess already has two consorts, and they have nothing to do with you?"
Shen Qiunian's lips trembled: "Lord Lu, be careful with your words."
"Lord Shen should hurry to the palace and ask for the emperor's grace so that he can see his beloved sooner. Now the emperor is worried about the eldest princess's health and has not taken care of anything else. If the emperor ever remembers to poison the eldest princess, it will be a capital crime according to the laws of our dynasty." Lu Mingfeng said angrily.
Shen Qiunian looked at Lu Mingfeng's departing back and took a deep breath.
He stood at the gate of Dali Temple for a long time before the tension in his body slowly relaxed.
But at this moment, he was completely unaware that he had already scratched several deep bloody marks on his palms.
Su Yunyao and Lu Mingfeng tossed and turned all night long, and went to bed early after dinner.
When she wakes up again.
Xu Mubai was dressed in green and was sitting in the mansion.
"Why are you here?" Su Yunyao was surprised.
Hearing this, Xu Mubai quickly put down the tea bowl in his hand and stood up. "Greetings to the Princess. May the Princess be blessed with good health."
Su Yunyao walked over and sat down opposite him.
"Princess, have you forgotten? Today is the first day of the new year. I am here to deliver the account book to you."
First day of the new year?
There is such a thing.
But it can’t be said that I forgot, after all, I never remembered it.
"Have you had lunch yet?"
"In reply to the princess, I came here after breakfast and haven't had lunch yet." Xu Mubai said respectfully.
"That's just as it happens. I'm a little hungry too. You can accompany me for lunch before leaving." Su Yunyao took a sip of tea. "What are you kneeling there for? Come and sit down."
Xu Mubai then stood up and said, "Yes, Princess."
"What are you doing?" Su Yunyao sneered, "Why do you keep your head down? Why don't you look at me? It's like you're seeing me for the first time."
Hearing this, Xu Mubai seemed to bury his head even lower, "Princess, I don't have any."
"No?"
Su Yunyao lifted his chin with one hand, raising his head so that he could look directly at her. "Look into my eyes and say it again?"
Xu Mubai's evasive eyes slowly focused on her face.
My heartbeat, which had been disordered for a long time, was now beating even faster.
It was as if all the sounds in the world had faded away at this moment, leaving only the "thump, thump, thump" sound of my heartbeat.
The more he tried to suppress it, the more his heart beat, as if it was against him.
So powerful that he was afraid the princess would hear it.
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