Guizhi hurriedly ran downstairs. As soon as she took two steps away, she looked at Lu Wushuang who was drunk at the table. She turned back and ordered two bearers to lift Lu Wushuang up and carry them back to the Prime Minister's Mansion. But she herself
Then he rushed to the post house.
The honor guard of the Crown Prince of Dongyao Kingdom entered the city, and most of the soldiers at the other three gates of Tongcheng were transferred to the east gate by Beitang Ye to maintain order and prevent anyone from taking the opportunity to cause chaos.
There were very few soldiers at the South City Gate at this time. Qin Mu and Yi Na were very skillful. They avoided the soldiers and climbed up the tower. They tied the hands of Nangong Yudie who had been put in a black bag tightly, took away the bag and hung her up.
On top of the city tower, the two of them left the south city tower without anyone noticing and returned to the small courtyard where they rented.
In the Prime Minister's Mansion, after Lu Wushuang was carried back to Luoqiyuan, under Xiaoqing's care, she lay on the soft and warm quilt and fell asleep comfortably, feeling sorry for Nangong Yu who was hanging on the tower.
The butterfly withstands the sun and wind.
The afternoon sunshine poured into this quiet courtyard. Lu Wushuang slept for an hour and woke up.
With a splitting headache, she sat on the bed and shook her head, "Xiaoqing, my head feels so uncomfortable. Bring me a bowl of hangover soup."
As soon as the shouting ended, Xiaoqing walked into the room with a steaming bowl of sobering soup in her hand, "Miss Third, where did you drink so much wine today that you couldn't wake up?"
"Nanfeng Pavilion." Lu Wushuang took the sobering soup from Xiaoqing's hand, blew it and took a sip, then spit out three words lightly.
"Nan, Nanfeng Pavilion, that's not, that's not..." Xiao Qing was so shocked that she stuttered.
"I just went to the Nanfeng Pavilion and drank a few glasses of wine, so I was shocked like this. By the way, what time is it now?" After drinking a few more mouthfuls of hangover soup, Lu Wushuang sat on the bed and turned his head to look.
Looking outside the house, the sun is shining and the light is bright. It should not be evening yet.
"It's just after noon." Xiaoqing replied.
"No wonder the sun looks so bright outside." Lu Wushuang said as he handed the hangover soup in his hand to Xiaoqing. She lifted the quilt and prepared to get up. Just as she got dressed, there was a knock on the door.
"Third Miss, are you up?" The housekeeper Lu Zhong ran to Luoqi Courtyard angrily and saw Lu Wushuang's boudoir. The door was closed. He stood at the door and raised his hand to knock on the door. It was not difficult to hear that there was a trace of emotion in his voice.
anxious.
"Xiaoqing, go out and see what happened to the housekeeper?" Hearing the housekeeper's voice, Lu Wushuang, who was sitting in front of the dressing table combing her hair, frowned and ordered.
Xiao Qing nodded, put down the comb in his hand, and walked towards the door.
"Steward Lu, you are sweating profusely from running around. Why are you so anxious to find Miss Third?" Xiao Qing asked politely and respectfully.
"Where is the third lady?" Lu Wushuang stretched his neck and looked into the room, asking Xiaoqing.
"I just woke up from the wine and I'm dressing up right now." Xiaoqing answered truthfully.
"Just wake up. I heard from Eunuch Quan that Princess Yudie of Dinan Kingdom was kidnapped quietly and hung on the tower of the south city gate. The emperor sent Eunuch Quan to summon the third young lady to enter the palace.
I want to ask her what's going on?" Lu Zhong revealed to Xiao Qing the news he heard from Quan's father-in-law, and when he said it, he deliberately raised his voice to believe Lu Wushuang, who was sitting in front of the dressing table.
I must have heard it word for word.
Indeed, as Lu Zhong expected, Lu Wushuang heard every word correctly. She tied her hair into a simple bun, stood up, straightened her clothes, walked to the door, and followed the housekeeper to the front hall.
This time, when Grandfather Quan saw Lu Wushuang, his expression was less pleasant than yesterday evening, "Miss Lu San, the Emperor has a decree for you to enter the palace immediately, please."
Lu Wushuang nodded and without saying a word, followed Eunuch Quan towards the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
At the gate, two soft sedan chairs were placed one behind the other. One belonged to Mr. Quan, and the other was naturally reserved for Lu Wushuang.
He got into the soft sedan and headed all the way to the palace gate. At the gate of the palace, as soon as Mr. Quan showed his token, the guards immediately let him go. The two sedans traveled smoothly and stopped directly at the entrance of the imperial study.
After getting out of the sedan, Quan's father-in-law glanced at Lu Wushuang and said in a neither salty nor cool tone, "Miss Lu San, please wait outside. Let's go in and let you know."
Eunuch Quan flicked his fly whisk and walked into the royal study. Not long after, loud singing began.
"Lu Wushuang, the daughter of Prime Minister Xuan Lu, enters the palace."
A young eunuch heard the singing and led Lu Wushuang into the imperial study.
"Your Majesty, Lu Wushuang, has met the Emperor. May the Emperor be blessed with peace and prosperity." Lu Wushuang lowered his head and blessed himself.
"Get back on your feet." Beitang Lie waved his hand before taking charge of the case, his voice was light but still full of majesty.
"I wonder what happened when the emperor announced that his daughter had entered the palace?" Lu Wushuang straightened up and asked knowingly.
Bei Tanglie did not say anything, but waved his hand. Eunuch Quan, who had been with him for many years, naturally knew what was going on, and led all the eunuchs and maids waiting in the imperial study to exit the imperial study.
In the spacious imperial study room, only Bei Tanglie and Lu Wushuang were left alone.
After being silent for a while, Bei Tanglie slowly spoke, "Raise your head and let me take a look."
Lu Wushuang was slightly startled. Shouldn't he ask her why she raised her head again?
Although confused, Lu Wushuang still raised his head and met Bei Tanglie's eyes as deep as the sea.
"Lu Wushuang, I will give you a chance to explain what happened in the Nanfeng Pavilion today? So why did Princess Dinan suddenly disappear and be hung from the tower?" Beitang Lie was as dark as a gun.
Mo's pupils burst out with sharp light, staring at Lu Wushuang. If you look carefully, you can see that there is deep longing hidden in Bei Tanglie's eyes. And his voice is calm, but he is not angry.
Power.
"Your Majesty is indeed the smartest person in the world. Before I said anything, Your Majesty already guessed that this incident was done by Your Majesty. Your Majesty admires me very much." Lu Wushuang's voice was cold, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and he seemed to be smiling.
There was a hint of sarcasm in his expression.
"It's really you who did it." Seeing Lu Wushuang admit it so happily, Bei Tanglie was not convinced. He frowned, deeply unwilling to admit it to Lu Wushuang.
"The emperor asked me to take the initiative to confess. It can be seen that in the emperor's heart, he has already determined that this matter was done by his daughter. Even if my daughter denies the matter, it is useless to defend herself. Why waste my words? Why not admit it openly."
Lu Wushuang's expression was calm, without the slightest hint of panic, and he responded calmly.
"Let me ask you, does the fact that Princess Dinan is missing and hanging from the city tower really have anything to do with you?" Bei Tanglie's eyes were as deep as abyss, and it was impossible to see through or guess what he was thinking.
"If I say no, will the emperor believe it?" Lu Wushuang asked without answering.
"After Princess Dinan was rescued from the city tower, she insisted that it was you who instigated this matter. I don't know whether I should believe you or her. After all, you have been guilty of bullying the emperor?" Beitanglie frowned,
He looked embarrassed, but there was a trace of amusement hidden in his eyes. When he mentioned the crime of deceiving the emperor, he deliberately raised his voice.
"Princess Yudie was once a defeated general of my daughter, and she never got along with her. She wanted to rely on my daughter, and I had nothing to say. However, the pure will become pure, and the dirty will become dirty. At that time, my daughter was also drunk.
He was so drunk that he couldn't wake up. As soon as he opened his eyes, he was already lying on the bed in the Prime Minister's Mansion." Lu Wushuang raised his head, pretending not to understand what Bei Tanglie said about the crime of deceiving the emperor, with a calm look in his eyes.
Half guilty.
"You really don't remember me?" Regarding the abduction of Princess Dinan, as the king of Beitanglie, there is no need to personally intervene. The reason why I am so concerned about this matter now is just to find an excuse to see her.
Lu Wushuang. There were three thousand beauties in the harem, but none of them really moved him. As for Lu Wushuang, it was the first time since they met on the street that night that he had different feelings for a woman, and he always thought about seeing her again.
one side.
However, when they met again, she appeared in her mother's harem in a state of embarrassment, and she became the emperor's brother's most beloved woman. After that meeting, he burned her portrait with his own hands, just to put an end to his thoughts.
The thought can be easily broken off. Bei Tanglie, who has always been suppressed, found an opportunity today and immediately asked Xiao Quanzi to send her to the palace. It was called an expedition to investigate the crime, but he just wanted to take this opportunity to see her.
"Remember, last time in the Queen Mother's Palace, I wanted to thank the Emperor for asking the Queen Mother for the antidote for March Red." Lu Wushuang said.
"What about before?" Bei Tanglie's eyes were fixed on Lu Wushuang's face, not missing any subtle expression on her face.
Lu Wushuang shook his head.
Bei Tanglie's eyes dimmed, with deep disappointment filling his eyes, and he shouted towards the door.
"Xiao Quanzi, send Miss Lu out of the palace."
Lu Wushuang was slightly startled and thought to herself, "Aren't we going to ask for guilt? That's the end of it?"
After seeing Eunuch Quan walk into the royal study, make a gesture of invitation to her, and then get on the soft sedan chair to leave the palace, Lu Wushuang really believed that Bei Tanglie had really asked her to leave the palace.
On the way out of the palace and back to the Prime Minister's Palace, Lu Wushuang kept thinking about Bei Tanglie's purpose of entering the palace today, but after thinking about it for a long time, she was still puzzled.
Suddenly, the soft sedan stopped, and a burst of noisy and lively sounds sounded around.
"What's going on?" The cold voice of Lu Wushuang, who was sitting in the sedan, floated out.
"Back to Miss Lu, the honor guard of Prince Daxi on the main street in front is heading towards the post house, and the sedan cannot pass." A sedan bearer replied.
"Since you can't make it through, just let me down."
As soon as he finished speaking, the soft sedan was put down, Lu Wushuang got out of the sedan and squeezed towards the restaurant on the side of the street.
She happened to have no lunch, so she spent some money to get a private room, ordered some of her favorite dishes, and watched the scene on the street while eating.
The streets were crowded with people on both sides, and there was only one road left in the middle, where honor guards and chariots were traveling.
"It's coming, it's coming, the Prince of Onishi Kingdom is here." There was an uproar among the eagerly awaiting crowd.
Lu Wushuang had seen the princes of the Three Kingdoms, Nangong Yu and Dongfang Che, but she had not yet seen the true appearance of the prince of the Daxi Kingdom. She put down the bowls and chopsticks in her hands, stood by the window, stretched her neck and looked at the street.