Chapter 38 (1)
Li Ji not only persuaded Li Cong with the sentence "If my sister wants to marry the Lu family, she must also marry innocently", but also persuaded Li Cong to hand over this matter to him to deal with.
So, after the next day's court meeting, when Lu Duanzheng was walking out, Li Ji called out to him.
"Duke Lu, I returned to Beijing from Hangzhou yesterday, I heard that your Lu family is going to break the marriage contract with the Yan family, the eldest lady of the Yan family is so angry that she hangs herself, and the imperial grandmother is also so angry that she can't sleep and eat because of this incident, what happened, can you tell me?"
"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, this matter is a long story, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to know the details, why don't we find a place to talk?" Lu Duan glanced at the officials around him who were walking out one after another, and replied.
"It's not necessary, I've already made an appointment to talk to others, but there are a few things I don't understand, I hope Lu Gong can help solve my doubts." After Li Ji finished speaking, he saw several officials stop, and some began to whisper.
"The prince has something to say, please speak." Although Lu Duan was unwilling, he didn't dare to leave directly.
"I heard that the eldest son of the Lu family suffers from a hidden disease and has never been in contact with outsiders, why did he bring it to the eldest lady of the Yan family at the New Year's ceremony that day?" Li Ji threw out his first question.
"Back to the prince, this is not clumsy thinking that the dog is also a year old, you can't just hide at home all the time and don't see anyone, that day just in time for the Yan family's party, the minister thinks that he is not an outsider, even if something goes wrong, the Yan family will also forgive one or two on the thin face of the minister, but who knew that it was so unfortunate that day, the dog actually broke into such a big disaster, not only caused the eldest girl of the Yan family to lose her reputation, but also almost caused her to lose her life, it is all the minister's fault, the minister's godson has no way." Lu Duan replied with a pretended to be distressed.
He also saw that he couldn't hide it, so he simply spread out the matter and talked about it, he wanted to see how the Yan family could bring this face back.
"Duke Lu, this is your mistake, I heard that the reason why the eldest lady of the Yan family was able to come back from the dead was because Lord Yan knew that she was wronged, so he couldn't bear to accept her and ordered her to come back to find her innocence. Since Lord Yama has decided that the eldest girl of the Yan family is innocent, what is the matter with you saying that you have lost your reputation? Could it be that Lord Yama is wrong? ”
When Lu Duan heard this, he was so angry that he wanted to grit his teeth, and borrowed a few guts from him, he didn't dare to say that Lord Yama was wrong.
Although he really thinks so in his heart.
In fact, Lu Duan also received the news last night, knowing that Yan Yan entered the palace to meet the Queen Mother, the Emperor and the Crown Prince, and Yan Yan not only refused to marry into the Lu family in a high-profile manner, but also persuaded the Queen Mother to ask his wife to apologize to her in public and admit her mistakes.
Therefore, Lu Duan also held back the fire in his heart, and he hated Yan Yan so much, mainly because he didn't expect this girl to be so difficult, if she simply died, this matter would be simple, it was a big deal to detain the dead with a dirty basin, no matter how bad it was, the Lu family could also pretend to be confused, an accident was always okay, right?
The parties are dead, who can really investigate the truth inside?
Besides, there is no so-called truth, it is just a coincidence, who let the Yan family open the back door of the library building so coincidentally that day?
But the problem is that Yan Yan didn't die, but came back to life four or five hours later, and he also came up with some arguments that the prince of Yama would not accept her, and put forward several reasons for not marrying the Lu family in front of the queen mother and the emperor, which is really hateful, and what is even more odious is that the queen mother and the emperor were actually persuaded by her.
This is not over, another prince appeared early in the morning, and there is no end to it?
But then again, this shows that this girl's intelligence is not in vain, she does have a bit of brains, and it is not a simple matter to be able to move such three top people to support her.
It's a pity that this kind of thing happened, and I'm afraid that this family business is going to be ruined.
But this kind of thing is not until the last moment, and he will not admit defeat.
Therefore, no matter how annoyed and unwilling he was, Lu Duan could not openly refute the crown prince, let alone dare to go against Lord Yama.
"Back to the prince, naturally it was Lu who was wrong, Miss Yan was indeed innocent, it was Lu who said the wrong thing, for this reason, Lu is willing to take this responsibility and continue to fulfill the marriage contract."
The Lu family had already let out the words, but he wanted to see if this girl really planned to become a monk for the rest of her life and not marry, otherwise, hum, don't blame him The Lu family is not emotional.
Except for the Lu family, see who dares to marry this girl!
"It's not necessary, Lu Gong is a few years older than me, and he must have heard a sentence that a twisted melon is not sweet. Since Lu Shizi has proposed repentance, there is no need to continue this family business, but there is one point, the innocence of the eldest lady of the Yan family should be clearly explained, this matter is clearly that your Lu family is not thoughtful, knowing that your son will be in trouble and taking him to the party, I know that I understand that your husband and wife love their son, and I don't know that I think you dislike my eldest cousin as an orphan girl, so I came up with this trick to withdraw from the family. Li Ji said unceremoniously.
"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, this is absolutely impossible, not to mention that this family affair is determined by the Queen Mother and the Emperor, just in terms of the talent and appearance of the eldest lady of the Yan family, the dog is also high, we are willing to do this family business, and please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to help say that it is one and two." Lu Duan's sweat flowed down, and in just a short while, his back was completely wet, and beads of sweat the size of beans fell on his head.
Li Ji smiled when he saw this, "Duke Lu also said that this family affair was decided by the Queen Mother, so the old man of the imperial grandmother has been thinking about tea and dinner these days, and she is afraid that Lord Yan will be angry with her." The so-called bell must be tied to the bell person, no matter what, it is a fact that the eldest lady of the Yan family suffered this injustice because of your Lu family, your Lu family thinks of a way to end this matter, this palace has a little request, the innocence of the eldest lady of the Lu family cannot be tarnished, let alone slandered by anyone, otherwise, she can't think of seeking death again, if the prince of Yama is really angry with the imperial grandmother, your Lu family is afraid that you can't afford it, right? ”
"I can't afford it, I really can't afford it, I will return to His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister will do his best to return the eldest lady of the Yan family to a clean slate, if there is anything wrong, I hope His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will help you with everything." After Lu Duan finished speaking, he bowed and bowed.
Li Ji saw that there were a lot of people gathered around to watch the excitement, and his goal was achieved, so he smiled, "Lu Gong is polite, with Lu Gong's words, this palace thinks that the emperor's grandmother and her old man should be able to sleep peacefully tonight." ”
After speaking, he smiled at the courtiers around him, and Li Ji turned around and left.
Who knew that Lu Duan, who was not in a good mood, returned home, and without even drinking a sip of water, he heard the family say that Lu You and Lu Ming were taken away by several guards of His Royal Highness the Prince, and immediately became anxious and afraid, and hurriedly turned around and entered the palace.