Not long after, the guards from Dongjiang Palace came.
Wei Jun handed Qiu Jin over to them and asked casually: "There are two more, do you want to take over?"
After hearing what Li Wen had said, the captain of the guard's attitude improved greatly, and he politely replied: "Please keep an eye on us. Someone will take over after we leave."
Wei Jun understood that this was because he was afraid of alerting the enemy and left it to be dealt with later.
After the handover between the two parties was completed, Wei Jun went back.
The captain of the guard entered the cellar, personally interrogated Qiu Jin again, confirmed that the Xu family's information was correct, and went back to report.
Li Wen was still sitting at the table, silently staring at the smoky incense burner, which seemed to have been untouched since he left.
The captain of the guard whispered: "The prince is indeed from the Wei family."
After receiving confirmation, Li Wen finally moved.
He stood up and opened the window. The crisp air from outside rushed in, and his originally chaotic mind suddenly became clear.
"Your Majesty..." Seeing him like this, the captain of the guard felt a little uneasy.
Li Wen didn't speak. After a while, he raised his hand and closed the window. When he spoke again, he was very calm: "Everything will be as usual when we get back. Don't disturb them."
The captain of the guard responded yes and asked tentatively: "My lord, do you really think he is the second young master?"
Li Wen said lightly: "Who else besides him? I have always been worried that the Lu family would lead him astray. It turns out that I was putting the cart before the horse. I am afraid it was him who incited the Lu family."
That Lu Changshi, because his father was often ill, became more and more powerful and greedy. This year he gradually took over the authority from his father and found that Lu Changshi had done many extraordinary things.
However, his father had great faith in Lu Changshi, and he had been in charge of government affairs for many years, so he could not be easily moved. Li Wen had no choice but to suppress it, secretly collect evidence, and then report it to his father.
Because of this, he always prevented Li Da from playing with the Lu family's young master, fearing that he would be involved. When this happened tonight, he immediately thought of clues from the past, and realized that he was too naive.
How could the matter of seizing the throne be led by a minister? His good brother? He shouted "big brother" in front of him? He looked ignorant and innocent, but in fact he was secretly sharpening his sword? He had been staring at his father for a long time.
Under the throne.
In this way, the attack on Miss Xu became meaningful.
Did the Wei family kill Miss Xu? Did they want the position of Crown Princess, or did they not want him to get help from Nan Yuan, which would make it more difficult for Li Da to seize the throne? Or, did they simply lure him here to wait for an opportunity to assassinate her?
"Your Majesty?" The head guard called in a low voice when he saw that he hadn't moved for a long time.
Li Wen came back to his senses and said: "You should not let your likes and dislikes affect your judgment."
For example, his good brother, such as Miss Xu San.
The captain of the guard lowered his head: "My subordinate is wrong." He had spoken ill of the Xu family in front of the young master before? Only when he met Qiu Jin did he realize that there was someone else who was really bad.
Just thinking about it? Li Wen suddenly stood up: "I'm going to see someone."
The chief guard was stunned: "Your Majesty, it's so late..."
Li Wen ignored him, left the room, walked around the corridor, passed by several times, and then knocked on the door.
Did the night guard see it? He walked over quickly and blocked the door: "Prince Li, what are you..."
Li Wen said straightforwardly: "I have something to ask Miss Xu San."
It was past the third watch now, and it was really against the rules for him, a foreigner, to ask to see a young lady who had not left the palace. The guard hesitated: "Prince Li..."
Before he could speak, a voice came from inside the room: "Prince Li? Please wait a moment."
After a while, the door opened. Xia Zhi saluted him and said to the guard: "Go and invite the eldest son."
Li Wen breathed a sigh of relief. Now he went to invite Xu Ze because he wanted to meet him.
Not long after, Xu Ze came in a hurry.
He was sleeping soundly, and when he was suddenly woken up, he was confused.
"Xia Zhi, what's going on? Hey, Prince Li?"
Xu Ze blinked and became even more confused. What did it mean that Prince Li was standing at his sister's door in the middle of the night? His sister also called him over. Could it be...
Seeing that anger was rapidly building up on his face, Li Wen was about to explain when a voice came from the room: "Brother, please come in, Prince Li."
Xu Ze didn't have time to get angry, so he glared at Li Wen and stepped through the door.
"Sister, he is..."
The two sisters had already changed their clothes, and Xu Yin greeted him. She said, "Brother, Crown Prince Li and I have something to discuss, so I invite you to come."
Xu Ze was stunned and didn't say anything for a while.
His eyes flicked back and forth between the two sisters, and questions arose in his mind.
Shouldn't it be the eldest sister who wants to talk to Prince Li? Why the third sister? Could it be...
Seeing that he was about to misunderstand, Xu Yin quickly clarified: "It's a serious matter. I had to tell my elder brother."
Xu Ze then suppressed his suspicion and asked Xia Zhi to invite someone in.
When Li Wen entered the house, Xu Yin ordered again: "Xia Zhi, go out. You two, stay outside and don't let anyone get close."
This time the captain of the guard did not feel that she was becoming arrogant, so he obeyed obediently and went out to guard one side with the Xu family guards.
As soon as the door closed, Xu Ze couldn't help it anymore and said first, "Is there anything we can't talk about during the day? It's too late for you to be in the same room like this in the middle of the night..."
Li Wen saluted him and replied apologetically: "I'm rude, but the matter is so important that I decided to disturb the two ladies."
"Brother." Xu Yin spoke up in time, "Don't blame Prince Li. In fact, we have been up all this time, just waiting for him."
These words confused Xu Ze: "How did you know he was coming?"
His eyes turned around between the three people, and a thought came to his mind, and he said decisively: "No! I won't agree to this. Everyone knows that the one who goes on the blind date is the eldest sister, how can we change her?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the three of them looked at him with surprise in their eyes.
Xu Ze blinked, looking confused by them. What are you doing? Isn't he right? This is not decent in the first place!
Xu Si smiled and said: "Brother, you misunderstood, this is not the case."
Xu Ze didn't believe it: "Then...what else can you do?"
Li Wen didn't want to delay any longer, so he stood up and saluted them, and said straight to the point: "Miss Xu San, are you willing to help me?"
After making so many arrangements, Xu Yin stood up and returned the greeting, saying with a smile: "It's a great honor."
She didn't pretend not to understand, nor did she put on airs, which made Li Wen couldn't help but smile.
He was attacked by her before, and he thought Miss Xu San was too unruly. He didn't expect that the previous offense was just to give him such a big gift. Fortunately, he decided to come in person, so he didn't miss it.
"What are you talking about?" Xu Ze was still confused.
Xu Yin smiled and replied: "We are talking about something important that affects thousands of lives."