Chapter 181: It's a Trap
"Nonsense! Nonsense! The eldest princess stretched out her hand to accuse, her eyebrows furrowed and she said angrily: "Your Majesty, although Chen Hu has not been reformed since he came back from Kangcheng, he has never caused trouble again, he is kind enough to give Lu Guogong's child a full moon today, but he doesn't want to be slandered by Lu Guogong like this!" Your Majesty, you have to make decisions for your courtiers and Chen Hu! β
The eldest princess is used to protecting children, and the emperor also knows about it, so the emperor didn't hear the eldest princess's words.
But after all, she is the eldest princess and her eldest sister, and the emperor can't help but appease her: "Eldest sister, Lu Guogong lost his beloved son, and there are some people who don't notice his words, don't take it to heart." β
After a few perfunctory words of reassurance, he turned his gaze to Lu Li, "Lu Qing, what did you just say, this child was abducted by the little marquis?" β
"As soon as Hou Ye left the Lu Mansion, Wei Chen's child was lost for no reason, and Wei Chen had to suspect Hou Ye." Lu Li didn't say for sure that Chen Hu abducted the child, not only to leave a step for the eldest princess, but also to leave a way back for himself, if he really didn't find the child in Chen Hu's residence, wouldn't the emperor suspect that he had framed the Hou Ye?
Therefore, Lu Li arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the body of the marquis's daughter, and his status is precious, and he doesn't want to do this unless he has to." But if you don't thoroughly search Hou Ye's residence, won't it make outsiders' suspicion of Hou Ye aggravated? If the Hou Ye really has nothing to do with this matter, wouldn't it be in vain to bear the infamy? Therefore, Weichen begged the emperor to thoroughly search the residence of the Hou Ye in order to give the Hou Ye a clean slate. β
This is true, even if she is the eldest princess who has always protected Chen Hu, she can't find anything to refute for a while.
Helpless, she had no choice but to lower her head and let the emperor decide.
Seeing this, the emperor coughed lightly, waved his hand and ordered: "Qiming, you take a few people to search, if the little marquis dares to resist, you can tie up the people and throw them in front of me." β
Hearing this, Lu Li hurriedly said, "Your Majesty! Wechen begged to go with us! β
The emperor paused, and then waved his hand helplessly, "Okay, okay, you go too!" β
Seeing Lu Li and Jiang Qiming and his party hurrying to the place where the Hou Ye lived, the eldest princess subconsciously wanted to say something, but when she raised her eyes and looked at the emperor's face, she had to swallow the words that came to her mouth, and then slowly lowered her head.
After all, the eldest princess is old, and this matter has nothing to do with her, the emperor can't bear to keep the other party kneeling, so he sighed, "Okay, get up." β
"Yes, Emperor Xie Longen."
Besides, Lu Li and Jiang Qiming took people to Chen Hu's residence in a hurry.
Seeing that the little guy guarding the door saw so many people coming, he panicked when he was originally leisurely, and he didn't care about saluting Lu Li and the others, turned around and ran back, not even bothering to pick up his shoes if he lost them.
Seeing this, Lu Li quickly caught up, and before the little guy could report inward, he rushed to him in a few arrows, and then grabbed his collar with one hand and asked, "What are you panicking about?" β
"Minions... The minions didn't, they didn't panic. The little guy was carried like a little chicken, and he was afraid and ran in a hurry and couldn't breathe, so he could only answer intermittently.
Lu Li tightened his collar and asked in a gloomy voice again: "Say, what is hidden in your Hou Ye's house, what are you panicking about, why don't you salute when you see us?" β
As soon as the words fell, Jiang Qiming rushed up with someone, "Lu Li, it's important to find a child now, leave him alone for now!" β
Lu Li could barely pretend to be calm in front of the eldest princess, but now when he saw this little guy full of doubts, he couldn't suppress the anger in his body, so he forgot about it for a while. After Jiang Qiming's reminder, he shook off the little guy with one hand and said, "Thank you for the reminder, we will go in directly now." β
"Okay."
The two rushed into the main hall with a group of men, but the room was empty, and everyone pounced.
Lu Li immediately turned around and went back to find the little guy, and asked sharply, "Where is your lord?" β
"It's not here."
The familiar voice sounded, and everyone followed the prestige, Chen Hu was still wearing the clothes he wore when he went to Lu Mansion, his hair was loosely tied up, he was holding a folding fan in his hand, and he was followed by a group of tall and strong men, all with hideous and fierce faces.
Lu Li shook off the little guy and looked at Chen Hu squarely, with irrepressible anger in his voice: "Where did you get my son?" Chen Hu, I warn you, before the matter reaches an irreparable place, hand over my child as soon as possible! β
Saying that, Jiang Qiming also echoed: "Master Hou, no matter what kind of grievances you have with the Lu Mansion, the child is always innocent, besides, the child is still so young, if there is a little errand, then-"
"What are you all talking about?" Chen Hu couldn't bear to interrupt, and frowned while plucking his ears and said, "Your child is lost, what does it have to do with me?" Lu Li, you have to come up with some evidence to accuse me for no reason, right? If you don't have the slightest evidence, come and accuse me, is this a slander? β
Lu Li didn't have the heart to talk to him about these word games, so he took a few steps forward and asked with his height advantage: "I'll ask you again one last time, is the child here with you?" Did you take the child? β
Chen Hu pouted and shrugged, "I just said it, I don't know anything about your child's loss, and I'm completely innocent." β
"Okay, okay." Lu Li laughed angrily, he took a few steps back, "Master Jiang, in that case, can we directly bring someone in to search?" β
This Chen Hu didn't give up until the Yellow River, did he really think that he didn't dare to search his courtyard? Even if it was the eldest princess's mansion, they had been ordered by the emperor, even if the eldest princess was standing in front of them at this time, Lu Li would rush in without fear.
Jiang Qiming paused, looking at Chen Hu's indifferent appearance, he always felt a little strange.
When Chen Hu arrested Xiaoman and was searched before, he was so frightened that his face was like dirt, but now Lu Li is going to bring someone in to search, but he still has such a picture that he has nothing to do with himself, does he really have nothing to do with this matter? Or is the child really not here?
But no matter which one it is, Jiang Qiming has to stop Lu Li.
At this time, Lu Li was so angry that he didn't have time to think about it so much, so when he was stopped by Jiang Qiming, he subconsciously wanted to break free, "What are you doing?" β
Jiang Qiming frowned, pulled Lu Li aside, and lowered his voice: "I suspect that this kid is not here." β
"What?" Lu Lideng froze, he looked sideways at Jiang Qiming, full of puzzlement and shock: "Why do you say that, how do you know?" β
Jiang Qiming glanced back at Chen Hu uneasily, and saw that the other party was still standing in place and fiddling with the fan, looking relaxed and relaxed, without any weakness or fear, he couldn't help but become more suspicious, "Lu Li, you see that Chen Hu is not weak at all, and he looks like he is looking forward to us to search, I think this may be a trap." β
Hearing this, Lu Li couldn't help but calm down.
The child did disappear suddenly after the little marquis left, coupled with the abnormal behavior of the little marquis on the full moon wine, many people will subconsciously think that the little marquis abducted the child, according to the personalities of Xiaoman and Lu Li, they must chase after them immediately, and Jiang Qiming is also present, so he must go to invite the emperor......
But if the group came in a rage, but they couldn't find the child anyway, and then Chen Hu begged for mercy again, wouldn't the emperor suspect that Lu Li was deliberately framed?
Thinking about it carefully, Lu Li broke out in a cold sweat behind his back.
"We'll go back right away." Lu Li immediately decided, "You go to deal with the emperor, and find a few reliable ones to rummage through Chen Hu's courtyard later, and I have to go back to Lu Mansion immediately." β
"Now?" Jiang Qiming was a little worried, "But how should I explain to the emperor later?" In case the eldest princessβ"
Before he could finish speaking, Chen Hu over there interrupted the conversation between the two impatiently, "What are you talking about?" It's not to look for children, but now you have time to chat and laugh, what are you here for? β
Lu Li didn't care about him, and continued to instruct Jiang Qiming: "I must go back to the Lu Mansion immediately, and later, while the emperor and Chen Hu are not paying attention, let those guards, or your entourage, come in and rummage through them, and if they find the child, they will immediately send it to the emperor to confirm Chen Hu's crime." β
Seeing that he was very anxious, Jiang Qiming nodded in response, "Okay, then you go back first, and I'll deal with the rest." β
"I'm sorry for you."
After speaking, Lu Li didn't bother to say hello to the others, jumped over the low wall in the princess's mansion, and ran all the way to the Lu mansion.
If what Jiang Qiming said was true, if Chen Hu really wanted to frame himself by this, then the child would definitely be safe now, because Chen Hu wanted to use the child to be very safe, and he was not in the eldest princess's mansion at all to accuse Lu Li of framing.
If this speculation is true, the child will definitely be sent to the Eldest Princess's Mansion by someone who has been bought by Chen Hu a long time ago, so as to prove Chen Hu's grievances!
Sorting out his thoughts on the way, Lu Li was slightly gasping when he arrived at the Lu Mansion, he opened the door and walked straight to the main hall.
"Lu Li!" Xiao Man got up, his eyes swollen like walnuts, "Did the child find it?" How is Wangshu, is he okay now? Where is he? β
After asking this, everyone in the main hall gathered, and their eyes were staring at Lu Li, full of anticipation.
Faced with this large series of questions and many eyes, Lu Li took a moment to catch his breath and asked directly, "What about Wei Xiuyuan?" And Fu Yin, how many people have been sent, and where are they looking for now? β
"Lu Li, this-"
"Speak quickly!" Beads of sweat were already on Lu Li's forehead, he looked at the people present, hurriedly said his guess, and then asked anxiously: "Where is Wei Xiuyuan, I have something very important to look for him now!" and the little guy who said that the child was lost before, also found it for me! β