Zhu Zhiling quietly withdrew from the Dingxiang Palace, leaving Emperor Ming alone there with a deep brow.

Lu Wenchi's death was indeed unexpected, and Zhu Zhiling herself was suspicious, not to mention her mother. Thinking of yesterday when he hid in the side hall and secretly watched Lu Wenchi, he saw that he was clearly the kind of person who was willing to say anything nonsense in order to cover up his crimes.

In any case, man is dead, and it is a blessing! If nothing else, it won't be long before the household department falls into the hands of her husband.

Everything is ready, and the east wind has risen.

Boundless, we're still one fire away.

Zhu Zhiling sat in the carriage and slowly walked out of Yongjinmen, and was about to return to Fuxingtai, when he suddenly heard a horse neighing in front of him, and the carriage stopped itself, as if he had been stopped.

After a little thought, she knew who it was. In this country, who else dared to stop her car head-on but her mother and him.

Sure enough, as soon as he opened the curtains, he saw his husband riding a tall horse standing on the side of the sedan chair angrily, without hesitating to look around.

Zhu Zhiling raised his finger and "shh Zhao Wuyun didn't see his wife all night, and when he was suspicious, he asked about the long history of Yingze Palace, and learned about some things on the Fuxing Platform yesterday, and heard that the emperor had not convicted Lu Wenchi, but just shelved it, and he was already angry. Now that his wife suddenly smiled so much, she really couldn't guess what she was thinking, so she had to follow the carriage on horseback and follow her until she reached the Fuxing Terrace and the Moon Tower.

It was easy to stay until all the attendants and palace maids retreated, and Zhao Wuyun finally couldn't help it, and asked, "Why did you stay alone in Qingwu Palace last night?" Don't you feel that you couldn't convict your mother of Lu Wenchi, and you feel shameless to come to see me! ”

Zhu Zhiling was originally happy, and wanted to talk to her husband in detail, but when she heard the words "come to see without face", she was suddenly exposed and changed her face, and shouted angrily: "Shameless? Why am I shameless? In order to avenge your father's revenge, I have endured it everywhere so far, and there is not a day when I have not thought about how to do what you want, and I have not tried my best to design and calculate. I went to great lengths because you are my husband, not because I owe you Zhao! And now you say I have no shame to come to see me? Don't say that I, Zhu Zhiling, have no shameless people in my life, even if I have lost all the people in the world, I have never failed you! ”

Zhu Zhiling suddenly became angry, but she was pinched by her husband to the sore spot. Last night, he lived alone in Qingwu Palace, and he never returned to Fuxingtai, because he felt guilty and didn't want to see him.

If you want to say that the person who can stab yourself the most accurately and fiercely, it is always the one next to the pillow, and this is the case for couples all over the world.

can think about holding up your stomach and walking on thin ice with your mother, who will understand the pain. Even if Lu Wenchi didn't die last night, he shouldn't have said such unkind words to poke people's lungs. Thinking of this, Zhu Zhiling couldn't help but feel so angry that she felt a faint pain in her abdomen, and she almost couldn't stand steadily.

Zhao Wuyun rarely saw her lose such a big temper with herself, so she stopped talking at the moment. But the anger in my heart is still unsubsided.

Since he was a child, he has only one thing in his heart: father's hatred.

For the sake of his father's revenge, he could not even ask for his own life. Now that it's easy to get to the last step, I can't kill Lu Wenchi with all my might, is there anything more desperate than this?

Zhu Zhiling knew that in fact, he only needed to tell him that Lu Wenchi was dead, and he could relieve his worries, but who made him so uncomfortable. I just don't tell him now, which can be regarded as a slight punishment. So they sat sullenly, but neither of them opened their mouths.

After a long time, Zhu Zhiling saw him turn his head, guessing that he must be sighing that he couldn't revenge his father and weep secretly, so he couldn't help but soften, and reluctantly said, "...... Lu Wenchi died last night, and you are yelling at me to do something, it's really unreasonable. ”

When Zhao Wuyin heard this, he couldn't come back to his senses for a while, and he grabbed his wife's shoulder in surprise and joy and began to shake: "What you said is true?" He's dead? ”。

Zhu Zhiling was so shaken by him that the Pisces Golden Silk Crown was crooked, and she hurriedly held the golden crown with one hand, and said angrily: "Don't shake it!" You're so scared that this little thing is kicking me in the stomach! Although the tone was still a little angry, it had eased a lot.

When Zhao Wuyin heard the fetal movement in his abdomen, he settled down and hurriedly withdrew his hand, but he couldn't help but hug his wife again and asked, "Is he really dead?" Hahaha, he's dead, he's finally dead? ”

Zhu Zhiling saw him hugging himself and laughing to the sky, but there were two lines of tears in his eyes, knowing that he was extremely sad and joyful at this time, and he suddenly felt that the pain he had endured over the years suddenly disappeared and dissipated, and he couldn't help but whisper:

"The morning is separated, and the evening is reversed.

Happy, full of tears.

And the night is hard to see you,

Living alone and clear, where to talk sadly. ”

Zhao Wuyin heard his wife read every word, and he was already full of remorse in his chest. He gently pressed his face to her forehead and said, "It's me who is too reckless, it's me who pushes you too much." ”

Zhu Zhiling wiped away her tears, gently rubbed her husband's face, only sighed, and replied: "If you like me, I will be happy, and if you are sad, I will be sad." If you understand my heart, why do you have to say these words? I'm already in a high place, and if you don't understand me anymore, I'm afraid I'm going to go crazy. ”

The sun rose outside Yingze Hall, and a trace of golden light shot in through the window. Zhu Zhiling stretched out her hand to comb her messy hair, re-hairpinned the golden crown and stood up, the gentle look on her face as a wife gradually dissipated, and was replaced by the appearance of the emperor of Qizhen mountains and rivers.

She took out a paper manuscript from her arms and handed it to Zhao Wuyun, and said solemnly: "Tiehua came to report this morning, Lu Wenchi committed suicide by poisoning himself after writing down the guilt last night, I took it to the Yigong Palace in the morning and handed it to my mother is his handwriting, this copy was copied by me in advance in the morning and left for you to see." ”

When Zhao Wuyin heard her say this, he couldn't help asking, "Do you think your mother will be ruined if she sees this crime?" ”

Zhu Zhiling nodded and said, "I do have such a guess, I was just coming to the Yi Palace, and my mother also revealed a little bit of the intention of not wanting to kill Lu Wenchi." Now that he is afraid of sin, his mother even wonders if I have secretly done something, and she has used the art of contemplation to probe me. ”

"What did she observe?"

Zhu Zhiling shook her head and said, "I didn't kill the person, what can she observe?" ”

"You really didn't kill you?"

When Zhu Zhiling heard that even her husband was so suspicious, she couldn't help but be angry and funny, and said angrily: "If I want to kill him secretly, let Yinhua go on a trip at night and it's over, do you need to wait for Liu Mingyan to come to him on the Kuntou ship?" ”

Zhao Wuyin reversed his usual sour tone, and smiled very smoothly: "Yes, yes, yes, I was stupid with joy, don't be angry." After saying that, he looked at it carefully.

Only then did Zhu Zhiling remember that he hadn't had breakfast yet, and felt hungry, so he took advantage of the time he was reading the paper manuscript to find a few pieces of snacks on the case to eat. The dim sum was already hard and cold overnight, she wanted to take a sip of hot tea, and the palace maid came to disturb his concentration again, so she took the cold tea and drank it reluctantly. After she finished eating, Zhao Wuyun also happened to finish reading it, and she was full of emotion.

"I didn't expect Lu Wenchi to be so bold, according to the crime he confessed, I'm afraid that ten lives are not enough to pay it back, it's really innocent!" After speaking, his face was full of confusion, and he said, "But how can he be willing to recruit?" ”

"My mother and I were also puzzled. But the top priority is not to theorize about these things first, my mother said that tomorrow she should go to Fuxingtai in person, presumably to give an explanation of this matter in front of hundreds of officials. Today, the inland travel will also be summoned to the palace of Laiyi, and he does not know that his precious son is dead. Zhu Zhiling stared at her husband and said abruptly: "So, now you need to do one thing." ”

"What?"

"Fake your illness. I want you to pretend to be sick from now on, until tomorrow when your mother has a conclusion. Zhu Zhiling already had an idea in her heart.

"Pretending to be sick? Why is that? ”

Although Lu Wenchi died, his mother's suspicions were not dispelled. According to your mother's temperament, if you don't stay away from this cusp, in case she stubbornly believes that you have something to do with it, it will not be so easy for you to take over the household after that. ”

"I didn't kill people...... "Zhao Wuyun's face was a little depressed.

"Who made you have to confront your mother in the Yufang Palace, the most intolerable thing in her life is that someone offends the dignity of the royal family, not to mention that you have always been dissatisfied, if she doubts you, she will feel like you did it, so it is safest for her not to see you at the moment." After saying it sharply, he added in a soft voice: "Okay, you didn't sleep well last night, just now you have a good night's sleep, isn't it good to take two days off?" ”

Zhao Wuyun saw that she was very reasonable, and he also felt sorry for her, and said, "You haven't slept well all night, why don't you rest too?" ”

Zhu Zhiling said with a smile: "I don't have this blessing, I will go to court in half an hour, I'm afraid that the current group of officials have already arrived at Liufangmen, so you can go by yourself." ”

The spring equinox took a day off, and the ministers were in a lot of spirits. On the Yingze Hall of Fuxingtai, Zhu Zhiling first asked the female official of Changshi to name her, and after a while, the female official came to report: "Today's court, there is a lack of Prime Minister Lu Xingyuan, Lu Wenchi, the head of the household department, Zhao Wuyin, and Qin Daoyuan, the head of the Ministry of Rites. ”

Zhu Zhiling nodded and said, "Zhao Shilang was caught by the wind and cold last night, and I know about it. Qin Shilang is nearly 50 years old and has been sick for more than a month. I don't know if Prime Minister Lu Cheng and Lu Shangshu are also ill. After speaking, he looked around at the ministers, and said warmly: "Although the spring equinox has passed, the spring cold has not disappeared, you adults should take care of yourself, don't add symptoms." When the ministers heard this, they thanked His Highness for his concern.

Lu Qiusheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, had a keen mind, and it was clear that he saw that Emperor Ming had ordered Lu Wenchi to be imprisoned in this palace yesterday, and Zhu Zhiling was on the side, but now he saw her pretending to be deaf and dumb, and he must not want to make this matter public. As soon as he looked towards the hall, Zhu Zhiling looked at him like lightning, and was knocked into the spot.

Lu Qiusheng hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Highness is already pregnant with the emperor's heir, and you are still working day and night, we will be loyal to our duties, concentrate on managing the affairs under our jurisdiction, and share worries and sorrows for Your Highness!" ”

Zhu Zhiling smiled like a silver bell: "Lu Shangshu is quite understanding. ”

You're a scholar, but you're very smart.