“…… At first, I only talked about the affairs of the Lu family in Bingzhou, but then I somehow talked about the northwest, and His Majesty asked me, if the northwest uses troops, I think who is the master is better. When Lu Shi said this, her face turned slightly pale, although she was not too smart, she also knew the empress's temperament very well, and knew that this sentence looked light, but it was actually very relevant.

Xiao Rongyue frowned: "Who is the princess talking about?" ”

Lu Shi smiled bitterly: "If it weren't for the fact that you told me about Min Lu before leaving, I'm afraid that I would really want to talk about Wei Guogong, after all, Langya Cheng's family is a talented general, and Wei Guogong has fought for the first emperor for many years and has made many military exploits." ”

Xiao Rongyue breathed a sigh of relief slightly: "The princess is talking about Min Lu?" ”

Lu Shi nodded: "Before, I didn't understand why you told me about Min Lu, but when Your Majesty asked, I suddenly remembered, and said that I listened to the scriptures in Dayun Temple a few days ago, and I heard that General Xuanwei put down the rebellion in Hebei Province, and he was famous, and he could be invincible if he wanted to come and go to the northwest." ”

"Your Majesty laughed at the time, saying that I was confused, how can I compare fighting a few bandits with the expedition to the northwest, I said that I didn't understand this, but I heard about the scenery of General Xuanwei, so Your Majesty stopped mentioning it, and said a few words of homely routine and let me come back."

Sure enough, Xiao Rongyue sighed: "That's good, Your Majesty's suspicion of the princess and the eldest grandson can be dispelled." ”

Lu Shi shook his head helplessly: "In Your Majesty's heart, no one is unreliable, even if you are close relatives, I am afraid that it is no different from others." ”

Xiao Rongyue also knew that just because she sat on the throne of the emperor, the queen mother's claim to be the emperor had never been seen in the past, and the old ministers in the court were all worried about Li Tang's orthodoxy, and now they were only forced to surrender due to the situation, so the empress was full of uneasiness and doubt, and she was eager to use such an illusory thing as Xiangrui to prove her status, and she also had a skeptical attitude towards everyone around her.

She remembered what the chamberlain had said about the court meeting before, and frowned and asked the Lu family: "Does the princess know what happened to the Marquis of Huainan and General Xuanwei, why do you say that they have private dealings with Tubo and Qiuci?" ”

Obviously, the bureau he arranged has not been revealed, how could he be involved, and is there anyone else who has done it to them?

Lu Shi was also puzzled: "In the Zichen Palace, I listened to those palace maids talk about it, saying that there was a royal history to participate in General Xuanwei who was bribed by the Tubo rebels, and Min Qilang also received a Tubo mastiff dog worth a thousand gold, which was raised on another village, and the clothing store opened by the general's mansion also got the good wool and hand-woven felt sent by Tubo, and many guests who came to the door bought it, and it was indeed the craftsmanship and patterns of Tubo. ”

"Huainan Hou has long had dealings with Qiuzi, not long ago he received the jewelry and Western Regions BMW sent by Qiuzi, and the gift list was played by the imperial history, or Mrs. Huainan Hou personally accepted it, and said that someone spent a lot of money to buy the old tea on the Huainan Hou shop, but it was seen by someone, and the packed old tea was dumped in the mountains and forests outside Chang'an City, which was clearly intended to please Huainan Hou."

Xiao Rongyue listened to Lu Shi's words, her face changed suddenly, half of this was arranged by her, she originally wanted to use a reason to lay it out, but she didn't expect that not only was it seen through, but these arrangements were also used by that person, who was that person? He even wanted to take out Huainan Hou and General Xuanwei from the bureau.

Is it Wei Guogong? She immediately denied it, Wei Guogong Cheng Yan is upright and will not lay out this for personal gain, who will it be?

She suddenly thought of the ingots beside Li Qing, the mysterious person who couldn't hide behind it, could it be the same person?

She couldn't think of an answer for a while, so she could only put it in her heart and said to Lu: "It's an eventful time now, let's take care of ourselves first, and we can't ask about those things." ”

Lu Shi nodded and sighed again and again: "I just hope that I won't be involved again." ”

Huainan Hou Mansion, in the night, the hall of the West Courtyard was brightly lit, and the maids and women stood outside the door with their hearts and did not dare to make a sound, waiting for the orders inside.

Cheng Feng sat on the couch with a pale face, staring at Cheng Ren, the trembling steward in front of him: "You said that Steward Liu is gone?" So the big living man is gone? ”

He was a person who had led soldiers, and there was a sinister aura in his eyes, Cheng Ren replied tremblingly: "I wasn't in Zhuangzi early yesterday morning, and Zhuangtou only thought that he had entered the city and came to the mansion, and he didn't ask much." ”

When Steward Liu went before, Mrs. Mao personally ordered someone to send it, and he told Zhuang Tou to take good care of him, where did Zhuang Tou dare to embarrass him, naturally he didn't want to ask too much, who would have thought ......

Cheng Feng's eyes flashed: "Let people check, I don't believe that a big living person has disappeared like this, there will always be a place to go!" ”

He wanted to know who was behind him so deliberately framing him! Even a steward in his house who had been gone for more than half a year was caught in his hands, and he turned around and came back to set up a situation to harm him!

The Mao family on the side was already restless, and her heart was panicked, she knew that Cheng Feng was furious, he had previously instructed that he should not have anything to do with the northwest during this period of time anyway, but she quietly left the things that Steward Liu brought back, and she was also greedy for a while, reluctant to give up those fine jewels and horses, but now it has become evidence of private dealings between the mansion and Qiuzi, but it was obviously brought back by Steward Liu......

She moved uneasily, and looked at Mrs. Cheng who was sitting on the upper seat like a help, she had told Mrs. Cheng about this matter, and the old lady also said to keep it, and now she can't be left alone if something happens.

It's just that Mrs. Cheng, who was sitting next to Cheng Feng, had an ordinary face, lowered her eyes and played with the Buddhist beads in her hand, without saying a word, as if she had never seen Mao's pleading eyes.

After sending Cheng Ren out, Cheng Feng looked at Mao: "How did I tell you before, why did you accept the ones that Steward Liu brought back?" ”

Mao's heart was in a mess, and he said in a low voice: "Steward Liu used to be very trusted by the prince, and he was an old man in the mansion, he was ordered to go to Anxi for a long time, and now he is back, and the things he brought back are also in the mansion with money, I only ...... it."

Cheng Feng looked at her coldly: "Why don't you tell me that you have accepted these in private, how will you explain it now?" ”

Mao looked at his cold appearance, and then saw the old lady Cheng who was like a clay carving wood sculpture bodhisattva on the side, and a grievance in his heart came up, and he took out a handkerchief to cover his eyes: "The prince blames me, I don't dare to confess, I am also confused for a while, thinking that the house can be good, and it is not left to me alone, and now it has ruined the major affairs of the princess, and I ask the prince to punish me." ”

She didn't say that Mrs. Cheng came, and she knew that Mrs. Cheng would not recognize it, so she could only recognize it alone, but biting her white lips and clutching her sleeves tightly exposed the unwillingness in her heart.

In the east courtyard, Cheng Mo lightly dropped on the chessboard, and Fugui came in lightly: "There is news from Dali Temple, I'm afraid I will come to the house tomorrow to inquire." ”

Cheng Mo said lightly: "After this night, I can't find anything." ”

His uncle wasn't stupid, and one night was enough time to cover everything up.

Fugui frowned and whispered, "Is this what you do?" ”

Cheng Mo smiled: "He can't go to the northwest, he just can't find out anything, so Your Majesty won't worry about him going." ”

Everything is a foregone conclusion, although Cheng Feng can't really be pulled down this time, it can make the empress more suspicious of him, and let him go to the northwest, it will not be in vain.