"Your Highness is serious, this matter is Ah Xuan's business, His Royal Highness is willing to help, I should cooperate, but I don't know where Ah Xuan is now?" Cui Shi asked towards Gu Huanli.

These words made Gu Huanli a little difficult to answer, and he took a deep breath before responding: "Your Majesty originally planned to execute him in court, but this king asked for Lu Xuan to be sent to the prison of the Criminal Department. ”

As soon as he heard this, Lu Nanjun immediately became angry: "What? Are you mistaken, do you really want to help my sister, how can you ask her to be sent to prison? ”

Seeing that Lu Nanjun was anxious, Chen Weizhi explained for Gu Huanli: "Master Lu has misunderstood, His Royal Highness's move is just an expedient measure, just to delay time to rescue Lord Lu." ”

It seems that Chen Weizhi is completely convinced, otherwise he would definitely not say a good word for Gu Huanli with his anger outside the Jinluan Palace.

Seeing Chen Weizhi speak, Gu Huanli followed to appease Cui's family: "Mrs. Lu can rest assured, the criminal department is all the king's people, and they won't do anything to Lu Xuan." ”

With Gu Huanli's guarantee, the Cui family was relieved, and asked him instead: "Then what plan does His Highness have to save Ah Xuan?" ”

After brewing for a while, Gu Huanli said the countermeasure he had been planning for a long time, and Chen Weizhi also felt that this plan was feasible, and the three parties immediately took their own actions.

Soon, Rong Li, who was far away in Dongyang, received a message that he was so anxious that he hurriedly left the affairs of the clan and hurried back to Shengjing City when he learned that Lu Xuan had an accident.

On the other side, Lu Qingmeng and Li Ce, who had succeeded in their plan, got together again.

"This is really a good way to knock Lu Xuan down in one fell swoop, now that her identity is revealed, I want to see what great ability the fierce king has to protect her crime of bullying." The corners of Lu Qingmeng's mouth raised slightly.

The crown prince was not happy because of this, after all, what he wanted to deal with in his heart had always been Gu Huanli.

originally thought that Gu Huanli would protect Lu Xuan no matter what, so that he could add the crime of bullying the monarch to his head and defeat him in one fell swoop, but he never thought that he would let Lu Xuan take the blame alone at the critical moment, which was really unexpected.

Seeing that the prince's face was heavy, Li Ce could see his intentions at a glance, and hurriedly reassured him:

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't need to worry, right now, His Royal Highness the Fierce King will definitely put all his thoughts on how to rescue Lu Xuan, why don't we take this opportunity to find a way out for ourselves?"

The prince was puzzled: "What do you mean ......?"

I saw the corners of Li Ce's mouth hooked, revealing a cold smile: "Rebellion, the fierce king is at a disadvantage at this time, why don't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince take this opportunity to win over the people around him for his own use?" ”

Hearing this, the crown prince immediately cast an approving glance at Li Ce, and it seemed that it was indeed a wise move to keep him by his side.

After determining the goal, the prince began to use various means to approach the ministers who had always been loyal to Gu Huanli, because of his noble status and inconvenience, so Lu Qingmeng had always worked for him.

And Gu Huanli was indeed as Li Ce expected, all his thoughts were planning how to rescue Lu Xuan, and he didn't care about giving an explanation to those who were loyal to him because of this matter, as a reassurance.

Or in other words, compared to Lu Xuan's safety, it didn't matter to Gu Huanli whether there was anyone loyal to him.

Seeing that the three-day period agreed with Emperor Liang Qin was approaching, the prince was busy wooing the people around Gu Huanli, and at the same time sent people to watch his every move.

Because Gu Huanli did not come forward to give a reasonable explanation after Lu Xuan's identity was revealed, many people's loyalty to him was shaken and they threw themselves into the prince's door.

But the prince kept staring at Gu Huanli, but he didn't see him make any moves.

"Could it be that he really gave up on Lu Xuan like this?" The prince secretly thought so.

Lu Qingmeng was even more complacent: "Didn't Your Highness look down on that Lu Xuan?" With her appearance, how could His Royal Highness the Fierce King go against His Majesty for her? Presumably she was suffering from flesh and skin in the prison of the Criminal Department at this time. ”

Just thinking of that bloody picture made Lu Qingmeng's heart flutter, if it weren't for the situation, she really wanted to see Lu Xuan's miserable appearance with her own eyes.

At the same time, Lu Xuan stayed alone in the prison of the Criminal Department, although it was cold and damp, and snakes, insects, rats and ants were rampant, but compared to his previous life, he didn't know how much better.

No one here tortured Lu Xuan to extract a confession, and even took good care of her three meals a day, except that he couldn't let her out, he almost always responded to her needs.

In this way, Lu Xuan knew that Gu Huanli still did not give up rescuing herself outside, so there was still a glimmer of hope in her heart.

After this incident, Lu Xuan realized that it was good to have Gu Huanli, if it weren't for his protection, now she doesn't say whether she will open her skin and flesh, maybe the entire Lu family will already be in a different place. Nine cakes in Chinese

It is precisely because of Gu Huanli's presence that Lu Xuan has lived extremely indifferently in the past three days, even in the prison of the Criminal Department.

Even if she faces death in the end, Lu Yan's grievances have been cleared, and the enmity with Lu Qingmeng and Li Ce will inevitably have Gu Huanli to avenge her, so that this life is finally not in vain.

But this is just Lu Xuan's own idea, Gu Huan Li has never had this kind of idea, in every plan and expectation in his life, she wants to return to him unharmed.

The three-day deadline had arrived, and Emperor Liang Qin, as he had done three days earlier, summoned hundreds of civil and military officials to discuss and adjudicate Lu Xuan's matter at the Jinluan Palace.

Lu Xuan was escorted up by the Imperial Forest Army, his body was scarred, his face was haggard, and all the civil and military officials were ashamed of the cruelty of the punishment department's methods, but they didn't know that these were just the hands and feet of Gu Huanli's order to secretly do it the night before.

On weekdays, he can't even tolerate others touching Lu Xuan, how can he be willing to be so ruthless to her?

But the prince, who had rebelled against Gu Huanli's many forces, was complacent, and he didn't have the slightest doubt in his heart in the face of this situation, so he just waited silently to watch the show.

"The three-day deadline has arrived, what can the murderous king interrogate?" Emperor Liang Qin asked towards Gu Huanli.

He immediately stepped forward and nodded: "Back to the imperial brother, the younger brother has already interrogated all the reasons, Lu Xuan's entry into the court as an official is all to rehabilitate Lord Lu who died unjustly, not what she said to serve the court and benefit the people." ”

Hearing this, Lu Xuan couldn't help but be stunned, the reason why she didn't say this that day was because she didn't want to involve Lu Yan, after all, she had just overturned the case for her father.

But at this time, Gu Huanli said it as the result of the interrogation, and Lu Xuan really didn't have his intention to do so.

Hearing Gu Huanli's answer, the prince didn't seem to be satisfied, and he immediately stepped forward to question: "Enlighten the father, the son thinks that Lu Xuan disguised herself as a man and mixed into the officialdom, she must have a rebellious heart, and asked her father to be severely punished." ”

Hearing this, Chen Weizhi immediately stepped forward: "If it is really as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, then the lower officials should ask His Highness, what can Lu Xuan do for several years that is not good for the court and His Majesty?" ”

These words instantly stopped the prince, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty fell into recall, Lu Xuan had indeed never done anything unfavorable to the court for such a long time, and even performed many miraculous feats, winning a lot of praise from the people, the prince's statement was a bit far-fetched.

Although Emperor Liang Qin sat on the throne, he could clearly hear the discussions of the civil and military officials, and he also had his own judgment, Lu Xuan did have no merit.

But although Emperor Liang Qin disagreed with the prince's statement, it did not mean that Lu Xuan could be forgiven for his crime of bullying the monarch according to what Gu Huanli said.

After thinking for a moment, Emperor Liang Qin spoke: "Although it is excusable for Lu Xuan to disguise herself as a man and enter the court as an official, after all, she violated the laws of our dynasty and committed the crime of bullying the king. ”

Hearing this, Lu Xuan immediately panicked, if the final execution of this matter was to kill her, she would admit it, but if she once again affected the rest of the Lu family, wouldn't everything she had done before be in vain?

Seeing the eager look on Lu Xuan's face, Gu Huanli couldn't care about any courtesy of the monarch and ministers for a while, and immediately opened his mouth to stop Emperor Liang Qin: "If Your Majesty executes Lu Xuan today, I am afraid that it will be criticized by the people all over the world." ”

These words really shocked everyone present, and no one had ever dared to talk about the monarch in front of so many people, but the crown prince was extremely pleasing to the eye, and he wished that Gu Huanli would anger Emperor Liang Qin as much as possible.

Emperor Liang Qin was really furious when he heard this: "What does the fierce king mean, is my majesty not as good as a mere Lu Xuan?" ”

Before Gu Huanli could speak, Chen Weizhi's voice came from over there: "What His Royal Highness the Fierce King said is very true. ”

Emperor Liang Qin looked in the direction from which the voice came, and his eyes fell directly on Chen Weizhi, he couldn't believe that a person like Chen Weizhi who dared to speak out was actually on Gu Huanli's side at this time.

"What does Chen Aiqing mean?" Emperor Liang Qin has always attached importance to what Chen Weizhi said, so when he saw that he opened his mouth, he could only listen to him calmly and explain the reason.

Chen Weizhi explained: "Lu Xuan's entry into the court as an official is to rehabilitate his father, and in the final analysis, Lord Lu Yan's unjust case is actually His Majesty's mistake. ”

said that Gu Huanli was bold, but Chen Weizhi was even bolder than him, and there was not a word that a king could tolerate when he said this, but whoever called him has always been like this, and everything he said was reasonable, and Emperor Liang Qin was not easy to reprimand him.

When Chen Weizhi said this, Emperor Liang Qin barely suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked him instead: "Then according to what Chen Aiqing said, how should I deal with Lu Xuan so that I can conform to the will of the people?" ”

"Restore her as a woman and allow her to enter the court as an official as a woman." Chen Weizhi said, let alone Emperor Liang Qin, even Lu Xuan himself couldn't believe it.

In all dynasties, men have always been officials and women are not allowed to participate in politics, where is there a reason for women to directly enter the court as officials? The civil and military officials also followed the discussion, and the bottom was all against it.

Emperor Liang Qin immediately retorted: "What Chen Aiqing said is really ridiculous. ”