Mrs. Lu immediately collapsed to the ground after hearing Gonggong Liu's relay, but Gonggong Liu stepped forward to comfort him, and seeing that the Lu Mansion was in a mess, he quickly took the two little eunuchs to leave.

Seeing this, Zhu didn't care about the details, so he hurriedly sent someone to ask for a doctor, and at the same time ordered someone to send the old lady back to the room, and she personally accompanied her.

In front of the old lady's sickbed, Zhu explained the cause and effect in detail, and she also wanted to find the old lady to verify why the emperor was so obviously partial to Yan Yan, obviously the truth was in front of her, but the emperor did not investigate Yan Yan's fault, but sent her down.

This breath has been holding in her heart for a long time, and she can't understand how to think about it.

Mrs. Lu didn't have an answer either.

However, at the court the next day, Li Cong announced the answer in public.

It turned out that in order to refute the rumors for Yan Yan, Li Cong openly admonished a certain lady of the family without naming him in the court, saying that the other party was short-sighted, and he really believed those rumors from the outside world.

At first, everyone was a little baffled, but then when they heard "pouring dirty water on their children", they guessed who it was, after all, there was still well-informed, not to mention, yesterday Gonggong Liu took two eunuchs into the Lu family, accompanied by the Lu family's carriage.

Seeing that someone in the court whispered, after a little hesitation, Pingxi Hou Zhu Tao stood up, no way, although the emperor did not name him, almost everyone present guessed that the emperor was talking about his sister from the same mother, and he couldn't hide it if he wanted to, and besides, the emperor questioned his sister's demeanor and cultivation, wouldn't he also question the Zhu family's family education and family style?

"Your Majesty, my sister is also worried about my sister-in-law's detention for more than three months, life and death are uncertain, and there are so many rumors in the market, she is a woman's family, the old in the family, sick and pregnant, and there is no negotiable person around her, so it is very likely to do something contrary to normal women in extreme panic, and please ask the emperor to spare her this time for the sake of her concern. My sister is by no means an incompetent mediocre person, which can be seen from the word of mouth of my sister after taking charge of the Lu family. ”

"Since Zhu Hou has spoken openly, and I have also opened up to say a few words in my heart to everyone, there may still be some courtiers present who still doubt why I favor the lord of Baihui, why I would rather offend the Khitan people than exchange the lord of Baihui for the prince of Zhenguo, and I know that those rumors in the market, tracing back to the source, should be traced back to you, and it was you who leaked the terms of exchange of the Khitan, so I should not send the duchess of Zhenguo." Li Cong stood up as he spoke, and at the same time walked down the steps and walked among the courtiers.

"Presumably, all the courtiers present know the origin of the title of the lord of Baihui, and I will not repeat this. What I want to say is, why can't you see such a clumsy discordant plan of the kid surnamed Zhou, but follow him one by one to chase the wind and shadow and add fuel to the fire? You don't know who the lord of Baihui is? At the beginning, because of the collision of the eldest son of the Lu family, she was able to end her life with a white silk, how could such a strong woman not abide by the woman's way after getting married? If the lord of Baihui really has any two hearts, she will give me the night pearl as soon as possible, and the two five-hundred-year-old ginseng plants to the queen mother as soon as possible? ”

When Li Cong said this, he just walked in front of Zhu Jin, and then paused, and Zhu Jin asked when he saw this: "Your Majesty, why did Zhou Lu spare no expense to divide and buy the lord of Baihui?" ”

"Good question, most of you probably don't know much about the county lord of Baihui, thinking that she only gained the title of county lord by discovering the seeds and planting methods of sweet potatoes and cotton, but you don't know what else she has done for me. This point, I'm afraid that the kid surnamed Zhou has already found out clearly, and the new miniature maps made by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry are the ideas of the lord of Baihui... ”

So, Li Cong started from the sand table that he found in her study when he went to Yan Yan's warm house that year, and then, Li Cong mentioned that Lu Duan and the prince went to negotiate with the Jurchen that year and were captured and rescued by the Khitan, and then talked about the mystery of the Lantern Festival Kong Ming lantern, about the malaria, about the artillery that the Ministry of Industry was studying recently, and finally, about the two victories that Lu You fought on the front line.

"Tell me, why don't I defend such a woman, and why don't I defend it? It is quite rare for a normal woman to have one or two merits, but this girl has helped me so much, for so many years, she has been hanging on her lips a sentence is to share my worries, to repay the queen mother for the grandmother who raised her, for this reason, when she learned that Zhenguo Gong was arrested and the northern border defense line was in danger, she and her husband made up military books at home for more than two months, studied the classic tactical battles in history with her husband as much as possible, and finally, sent her husband to the battlefield a month before she gave birth. Tell me, why should I doubt such a woman who knows so much righteousness? ”

"Emperor Qi, Wei Chen has something to understand, the eldest son of the Lu family is rumored to have not gone to school before, nor has he deliberately trained, why did he dare to go to the battlefield in just two months? War is not child's play. Xu Liangxing stood up and asked.

A person who has just learned to speak for less than two years is eye-popping enough to pass the Xiucai examination, how long has it been, and he has actually become a general on the battlefield, which is also incredible, unless there is something hidden before, it is Lu You who deceived everyone in the Lu family.

"Good question, I didn't believe this question before, and later, the kid told me the truth, saying that when he was a child, because he couldn't speak, no one played with him, he could only play with mud, branches, and wood by himself, and then followed the family's private school for a few years, but because he couldn't speak, Mr. and he couldn't communicate, Lu Gong gave up on him, and played around with him, he was alone in order to pass the time, he could only watch calligraphy, painting, and do handicrafts. Knowing that he had studied the mechanism of the machine, I recruited him into the Ministry of Engineering, and later the artillery, and he also contributed to it, because of the inspiration he received from making a nozzle for his daughter. As for going to the battlefield, he said that although he couldn't speak at that time, but in his heart he still longed for his father's recognition and attention, for which he read a lot of military books, and also studied a lot of tactical formations, this time on the front line, he was afraid that I would not agree, and took the initiative to put forward a condition, if there was no achievement within half a year, he took the initiative to resign, for this reason, I agreed to let him try, but I didn't expect that this kid actually brought me two big surprises. ”

After Li Cong finished speaking, he mentioned these two battles a little, but for the sake of secrecy, he did not say the detailed battle process, "Maybe it was because of these two battles that the Khitan was scared and proposed a quid pro quo again." ”

The next words don't need to be said by Li Cong, everyone can understand Zhou Lu's intentions.