Chapter 8: Guilty plea

When the chamberlain came in and passed the news that the father and son of Zhenguo asked to meet, the emperor Li Cong was in the south study to meet Yan Peng, he and Yan Peng were cousins, and they studied and played together when they were young, but because of the close age, Li Cong and Yan Yan's father Yan Rui got closer when they were young.

Therefore, when he learned that Yan Yan was alive again, Li Cong didn't think much about it, but was simply happy for Yan Yan and Yan Rui at the same time.

Because from the bottom of his heart, he was ashamed of Yan Rui.

When Yan Rui led the army to go on the expedition, it was the year when he had just ascended the throne, and the internal worries had not yet been resolved.

The Yue people have always been brave and good at fighting, not to mention and scheming, and most of the areas are deep mountains and dense forests, and they are well versed in witchcraft, so the Yue people have always been the confidants of the Great Zhou.

In this case, none of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty dared to take the initiative to ask Ying to go on the expedition, and there was no way, Li Cong had no choice but to find Yan Rui, who was recuperating at home.

Yan Rui had just returned from the western expedition, because of the injury of his muscles and bones, he was raised at home for three months, although it was not very good, but it was also seven or eight points better, and the theory should not go on the expedition, but Li Cong really couldn't find the right person to pick up this burden, Yan Rui also knew this, so he agreed to go on the expedition without waiting for the emperor to finish speaking.

At that time, Yan Rui had just learned that his wife was pregnant.

I have to say that Li Cong's vision is still very accurate, half a year later, there was a good news of Yan Rui's reconquest of the lost territory from the front, and then, he was originally able to return to the dynasty, but after Li Cong learned that the leader of the Yue people was shot by Yan Rui with an arrow and led the remnants to hide in the mountains, he wanted to solve the Yue people once and for all, and incorporate the land of the Yue people into the territory of the Great Zhou.

So, he ordered Yan Rui to go into the mountains to search for the remnants of the Yue people, but unfortunately, Yan Rui was shot by the Yue people hiding in the dense forest, and he was hit by a poisoned arrow.

When the bad news came, Li Cong felt deeply guilty.

For this reason, when the Queen Mother chose a husband for Yan Yan, he also personally took the school for Lu Ming, and later, he was afraid that Yan Yan would not be able to enter the Lu family in the name of a father and mother, so he personally talked to Lu Duan again.

Who would have thought that it would be easy to wait until Yan Yanlu's year, and he was planning to marry her into the Lu family in a beautiful manner, which could be regarded as living up to Yan Rui's achievements in the battlefield back then, but how did he know that this kind of thing happened again?

Fortunately, God took pity on this child and brought her back to life.

As the old saying goes, if you don't die in a catastrophe, there will be a blessing in the future, and he believes that with him, he will be able to support this child!

But if you want to hold up this piece of heaven, you have to appease the Lu family first, and don't let the Lu family propose to withdraw from the family, otherwise, I am afraid that it will give this poor child another fatal blow.

No, Li Cong was discussing with Yan Peng how to block the mouth of the Lu family, so as not to let the Lu family propose to withdraw from the family, when he suddenly heard the servant say that the Lu family's father and son asked to see him, Li Cong hurriedly announced that he was about to meet Lu Duan.

Who knew that the chamberlain had just brought in the three of the Lu family's father and son, without waiting for them to speak, and without waiting for the emperor to speak, Yan Peng strode towards the three of them first, and kicked Lu You with his feet, "What are you doing here, you still dare to enter the palace, you have harmed my niece like this, you yourself are like a nobody, you say, how do you plan to compensate my poor niece?" ”

"Da Lang kneels." Lu Duan didn't dare to stop Yan Peng, he took the lead and knelt in front of the emperor, and Lu Ming also knelt down.

Lu You didn't dare to move because he was kicked, and he was beaten several times, and when Yan Peng stood up straight and gasped, he knelt down, lowered his head, neither spoke nor looked at anyone, Yan Peng saw him like this, and was so angry that he kicked him a few more times.

"Youpeng, that's enough." Li Cong drank Yan Peng.

He is going to make peace with the Lu family today, and it's not good to get too stiff.

Besides, he also heard that the eldest son of the Lu family has a hidden illness, and he doesn't seem to be able to speak, otherwise, it would be impossible not to even enter a formal official school and private school, and it is said that he only recognized a few words at home with Mr. Private School.

Yan Peng saw that the emperor had spoken, but he also remembered Lu You's rumors, so he hurriedly retracted his feet and glared at Lu Duan angrily.

"Zhenguo Gong came just in time, I just heard that the eldest lady of the Dingnan Hou family has come back to life, I am talking to Youpeng, as the old saying goes, if you don't die in a big disaster, there will be a blessing, and my niece must be a blessing. Don't you know, when I and the Queen Mother heard that the child had gone in the morning, they didn't even eat breakfast, and the Queen Mother didn't cry less. Li Cong took the conversation out first.

When Lu Duan heard this, the emperor obviously had something to say, so he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground.

"Back to the emperor, the minister also came for this matter, the minister took the dog to the Zhennan Hou Mansion to ask for guilt, but it happened that he also learned the good news, and learned that the Dingnan Hou entered the palace, and the minister hurriedly came, the minister wanted to ask the Dingnan Hou in front of the emperor, and at the same time asked the emperor to ask for guilt, the minister had no way to teach the son, and there was a negative saint."

"Hmph, do you think a plea is the end of it? That's a human life, the only blood left by my brother and sister-in-law, and you want me to let you go? Yan Peng flicked his sleeves and scolded angrily.

"No, Yan Hou should be restless, Lu must give an explanation to the Yan family in this matter. The emperor, the minister has a few words to dare to ask Chen, and also ask the emperor to fulfill it. Lu Duan bowed to Yan Peng and turned to Li Cong.

"Oh, what a coincidence, it just so happens that I also have a few words that I want to tell Lu Gong, is it me who says it first or Lu Gong who says it first?" Li Cong saw that he had hinted that Lu Duan still pleaded guilty and admitted his mistakes one by one, and guessed that Lu Duan came this time in addition to admitting his mistakes, most of them wanted to marry the Yan family again to be good friends with Qin and Jin, but the candidate for this husband may not be Lu Ming, therefore, Li Cong didn't want him to say it.

"Please also ask the emperor to show me." Lu Duan guessed the holy will, but the holy will was difficult to disobey, so he had to take a look at Lu Ming.

He didn't expect the emperor to be so protective of the Yan family's girl, and he couldn't hint at it and wanted to make it clear.

Hmph, he didn't want to think about it, something so big had happened, how could Lu Ming still marry that girl from the Yan family? His son is also the son of the prince of Zhenguo, a talented man who is famous in the capital, and it is even more rare to be both civil and military, if it weren't for the queen mother's early proposal, how could it not be Yan Yan's turn to be an orphan daughter of her father and mother.

It's better now, not to mention the orphan girl, even the only commendable virtue is tainted, how can such a person support their prestigious Zhenguo Mansion?

But after all, the other party is the emperor, Lu Duan is unwilling, and he doesn't dare to refute it openly, so he had to look at his youngest son, hoping that this younger son can understand what he means, after all, his son is still young and has not yet become a leader, even if he offends the emperor, he can also find a reason for a young man to prevaricate.