"There's one more thing that might surprise you, don't jump up after listening!"

In the living room of Liu Yi's mansion, Li Kuang said to Xu Rui in a deep voice.

Xu Rui frowned, and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Say it, I can stand it." ”

Li Kuang said: "Before the day before yesterday, before the Holy Lord summoned Prince Bao into the palace, Wang Shun secretly went to the edict of the crown prince with a holy decree.

According to what Jin Yiwei arranged in the inner circle of the celebrant eunuch, the holy decree was the secret decree of the saint ordering the secret execution of the prince, but the strange thing is that Wang Shun went to the prison, but the prince is still alive and well to this day, and there is no follow-up action in the palace. ”

"What?!"

Xu Rui frowned immediately when he heard this.

If Emperor Hongwei really issued a secret decree to execute the crown prince, then everything would make sense.

Emperor Hongwei has already decided on the candidate for the new monarch, and in order to pass the country to the new monarch completely, the crown prince's title and life must only be left alone.

Leaving a name, Emperor Hongwei can save the face of Great Wei and avoid leaving such a rebellious and appalling thing as the prince's murder of his father in the history books, but as a father, he will lose his eldest son.

On the contrary, leaving the prince's life, Emperor Hongwei acquiesced in the fact that the prince killed the monarch and usurped the government, he kept his son, but lost face, and the evaluation of him in later history books will also be controversial.

Judging from Li Kuang's news, Emperor Hongwei still chose face instead of his son, which is consistent with Xu Rui's perception of Emperor Hongwei, and there should be no falsehood.

But the question is, since Emperor Hongwei asked Wang Shun to go to the edict with a secret decree to secretly get rid of the crown prince, why did the prince live well?

What's wrong with this?

Could it be......

A terrible thought suddenly popped up in Xu Rui's mind, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

"No, no......"

He immediately suppressed the horror in his heart, because there were still many doubts, and he couldn't figure it out.

At this moment, the housekeeper of the Liu Mansion came in a hurry and said anxiously: "Young master, young master, there is a father-in-law in the palace who is dressed in disguise, saying that he is in a hurry to see you." ”

Xu Rui was stunned when he heard this: "People in the palace, how would he know that I am here?" ”

The old housekeeper said: "It was the steward of the princess's mansion who brought him here, and he seems to be in a hurry." ”

Xu Rui's heart sank, at this time, the princess's mansion was preparing to escape, and being able to bring people here meant that the eunuch must have gone to the princess's mansion first, and took out a token that was enough to win the trust, and also carried the news that could not be delayed.

"Bring someone in!"

Thinking of this, Xu Rui didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly said.

The butler nodded, and immediately turned around and went out to ask for someone.

"I'll avoid it for a moment."

Seeing this scene, Li Kuang took the initiative to avoid it.

Xu Rui waved his hand and said, "No need, there are no secrets between you and me." ”

Li Kuang was stunned when he heard this, and an inexplicable emotion appeared in his heart, and the feet that had been raised stopped alive.

After a while, a young man with a beautiful face hurriedly walked in with the housekeeper, it was Lu Sheng, who had been arranged by Father-in-law Cao to deliver the news to Xu Rui.

Obviously, Lu Sheng has gone through a lot of painstaking journey, he is wearing a short sweatshirt, running profusely, just like an ordinary coolie on the streets of Changxing, if he is not a person in the palace, no one will guess that he is a father-in-law.

Lu Sheng had something in his heart, and he was worried about the safety of Gonggong Cao, so he opened his mouth as soon as he entered the door, ready to speak, but when he saw Li Kuang beside Xu Rui, he was shocked and swallowed back what he was going to say.

Xu Rui and Li Kuang both saw his reaction in their eyes, Li Kuang's heart trembled, Xu Rui was silent, the two of them had their own hearts, but they didn't say anything.

"Gonggong Cao asked you to come?"

After being silent for a short moment, Xu Rui preemptively asked Lu Sheng first.

Lu Sheng came back to his senses, gritted his teeth, and seemed to have made up his mind to risk his life, taking a deep breath and about to speak.

But before he could really say anything, Xu Rui grabbed his wrist and said, "What does Gonggong Cao have to ask you to bring to Benhou?" ”

Lu Sheng was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood that Xu Rui didn't want him to expose the inside story of Jinyiwei's order to attack him on the spot.

Although he didn't know the cause and effect, Lu Sheng was able to follow Gonggong Cao in the ceremonial supervisor, so this bit of eyesight was naturally not a problem, and he immediately put away his resolute expression and saluted Xu Rui.

"Qi Qi Hou Ye, the slave maid's name is Lu Sheng, and he came on the order of his godfather Cao Gonggong, and the godfather said that he would hand over a thing to Hou Ye at all costs, even if the slave and maid died, they couldn't throw it away!"

As he spoke, Lu Sheng took out a small box from his arms, held it in both hands and handed it to Xu Rui.

When Xu Rui and Li Kuang heard this, their hearts were immediately very solemn.

At the moment, any bit of news in the palace is precious, not to mention that what can be sent by Gonggong Cao at such a fateful moment will definitely not be an idle thing.

Xu Rui hurriedly took the box from Lu Sheng's hand, but did not open it immediately, but asked Lu Sheng: "How is Gonggong Cao's situation in the palace, is there any danger?" ”

A trace of worry flashed on Lu Sheng's face and said: "When the slave and maid left, the palace was already under martial law, and the slave and maid used the channel of the godfather to press the bottom of the box before leaving the palace, although there is no danger in the palace at the moment, but if something really happens, the godfather will not be able to come out." ”

Xu Rui's heart tightened when he heard this, and the box in his hand suddenly seemed to be like a thousand gold.

However, he immediately suppressed his worries about Gonggong Cao and the current situation, and comforted Lu Sheng: "Don't worry, your godfather and Ben Hou have already made arrangements, he will never have an accident, you follow Ben Hou for the time being, and then reunite with your godfather after the matter is over." ”

Lu Sheng knelt down towards Xu Rui with a "plop", kowtowed: "The atmosphere in the palace is very weird, the slave and maid feel that I am afraid that something will happen soon, I beg the Hou Ye to save my godfather, the slave and the maid will be a cow and a horse in this life, and I will repay the Hou Ye for his great kindness!" ”

Xu Rui was moved in his heart, and nodded against his will: "Don't worry, with Benhou in your godfather, it will definitely be fine!" ”

Lu Sheng immediately thanked him, wiped away his tears, and retreated with the old housekeeper.

After the others left, Xu Rui looked at the place where Lu Sheng left and let out a long sigh, and opened the small box quietly, only to see a note and a dossier inside.

The file was stamped with Dongchang's stamp, probably something directly found from an internal file, and the note was freshly written, thinking of Lu Sheng's reaction when he saw Li Kuang, Xu Rui already knew the content of the note.

"Come and see this thing."

Xu Rui first took out the note and handed it to Li Kuang as if he had inadvertently handed it to him.

Li Kuang naturally knew that what was written on the note should be the news that Jinyiwei was ordered to get rid of Xu Rui, and after a little groaning, he still didn't reach out to pick it up.

"How can my head be so bright, you still come to see, I listen to you."

Li Kuang said.

Xu Rui asked Li Kuang to read the note, just to tell Li Kuang that he didn't know that Jin Yiwei had wanted to be unfavorable to him, so as not to make Li Kuang feel bad in the future.

And Li Kuang didn't take the note, because he wanted to tell Xu Rui that he had made a decision, and he didn't have to be so taboo to write off the past.

After going back and forth, the suspicion was gone, and the two of them were already tacit.

Xu Rui smiled slightly, put the note directly on the table, pressed it with a small box, and then took out the file directly from the box.

"Let's look at this first."

Xu Rui said as he opened the file.

However, before he could take a few looks, Xu Rui's face suddenly changed.

"What did it say?"

Seeing Xu Rui's reaction, Li Kuang's heart tightened, and he asked in a deep voice.

"It's the secret of the old house in Nanhua Lane that was hidden by Hu Miao, and Grandpa Cao finally found it in the internal file of the East Factory."

Xu Rui stared intently at the file in his hand, and his mouth answered Li Kuang's doubts.

"The secret of the old mansion in Nanhua Lane has been found?!"

Li Kuang was shocked again when he heard this, this is something he spent a lot of effort but found nothing, and when he heard that Gonggong Cao had found the inside story, he couldn't help but show surprise.

Xu Rui ignored Li Kuang's consternation, his eyes moving faster and faster as he stared at the file, and his face became more and more gloomy, Li Kuang silently observed Xu Rui's face, and a bad premonition suddenly appeared in his heart.

Sure enough, after a while, Xu Rui finally finished reading the dossier, and his hands slammed the dossier together, and his face was completely gloomy.

"Oh no, we've all missed one thing, I'm afraid there will be a big change in the palace!"

Xu Rui suddenly said gloomily.

"What upheaval? What secrets are hidden in the old house in Nanhua Lane?! ”

Li Kuang was shocked when he heard this, and asked puzzledly.