Chapter 13: Refuted

Ever since he was asked by Zhao Ji's brother Zhao Ji to ask Lu to help his sister get out of the women's prison, he really thought about it. In the past two days, I went to Changxin Palace almost every day to see Empress Lu in the name of being called, and Empress Lu often discussed with him and his brother Jiancheng Hou to rescue King Zhao in private for the sake of King Zhao. Princess Lu Yuan fell ill for several days because of the affairs of King Zhao and the affairs between her father and Zhao Ji, her head was as hot as fire, and Empress Lu instructed Dai Qing to take care of Lu Yuan. The prince came to visit his mother and sister every day, and listened to the mother and others to rescue King Zhao.

This time, before going to Changxin Palace, he went to the Tingwei Mansion to visit King Zhao and Guan Gao, Guan Xiang, Meng Shu and others all had a breath left. As soon as they arrived at Changxin Palace, they also came later, and they still sat in the inner hall of Changxin Palace as usual. The door was open, the heavy snow in Chang'an seemed to have not stopped, there was already a thick snow outside the hall, and there were still a lot of eunuchs and palace maids in the snow outside, looking at their busy figures, Lu Hou seemed to have a feeling and said, "It's snowing again, there seems to be a lot of snow in Chang'an this year." ”

Jiancheng Hou peeled a few oranges on the case to eat, and laughed idly, "My sister is also affectionate, when didn't it snow so much in Chang'an?" ”

Empress Lu looked at his brother, he had never been a careful person, he didn't understand what he meant, so he didn't answer with his brother, and turned his eyes to judge him, but he saw him thinking about something with a calm face absent-mindedly. Today, when he entered the hall, Empress Lu saw that he seemed to have something on his mind, and he didn't care much about what he said, and he often thought about other things absentmindedly, locking his eyebrows and squinting at a place. Although the tea in his hand was cold, he still didn't know what to say about it.

Empress Lu turned his head sideways and carefully watched his every move, and Jianhou, who was peeling and eating, casually saw the queen staring at the judge, so he also followed Empress Lu's eyes to look at the judge, he frowned and was concentrating on things. Jiancheng Hou's right hand 'dong dong' knocked on a few cases of trial food qi, trial food qi came back to his senses, sent the tea in his hand to his mouth, just took a sip but felt very cold, and put it on a few cases.

Jianhou stuffed the orange into his mouth again, and asked with a smile, "Why is Master Hou so distracted?" ”

His face stiffened and smiled at him, but he didn't answer, but he concentrated silently. Jiancheng Hou turned around and gestured to a palace person, telling her to fill the trial with new tea.

The expression of the trial of his heart could not hide the eyes of Lu Hou, and Lu Hou usually trusted him very much, this trust came from when he was a hostage in Xiang Yu's camp together, it was the trial of his care for himself and the emperor, and the care of two years and four months also made them have feelings other than subtle trust in each other. The two of them knew very well in their hearts.

"If the prince has something, just say it." Empress Lu drank tea with a jade cup in her hand.

The corners of his mouth moved, and his eyes glanced at Empress Lu, whose face was calm and gentle today.

"Uh......" After all, he rubbed his nose in embarrassment, and after planning in his abdomen for a long time, he still couldn't make up his mind, and glanced at Empress Lu slightly, his face was embarrassed, and the voice outside the strings said to Empress Lu, "If the emperor sowed seeds in a barren land behind your back in the early years, and it has been effective now, what will you do with that barren land and the fruits that are about to bear?" ”

After listening to this set of 'sowing theory' of judging and eating it, he squirted out the oranges in his mouth with a "poof-" sound, pointed at the trial and said with a smile, "No, I didn't find that the Hou Ye concluded that the emperor's reproduction of the heirs is sowing, and it is also a barren land......" laughed out of a sentence, leaning forward and back.

Empress Lu and Jian Shiqi each had serious faces. Judging by the food, he looked at Lu Hou cautiously and waited for her answer. Empress Lu looked outside the hall and chewed on his words, and inadvertently brushed the hair in front of his forehead. After a pause, he heard Lu Hou contemptuously and resolutely said, "The land is not wrong, and the fault lies in the fact that the person who sows the seeds should not choose the fertile soil and plant indiscriminately." Say! Who is that woman? In the midst of Lu Hou's fierceness, he had already called a hook, and his eyes were pressing down to judge him.

Jiancheng Hou heard the secret words, and his face suddenly tensed, and his eyes widened to listen carefully to the conversation between his sister and the judge, and the chewing in his mouth gradually stopped.

His eyelids blinked, swallowed his saliva, and cautiously asked Lu Hou, "What do you mean......?" Is it to dispose of her? ”

"Who is she?" Empress Lu asked sternly, ignoring his words.

"Zhao, Zhao Ji." Judging by his whisper, he was still afraid of the majesty of Empress Lu after all.

Empress Lu heard it familiarly, and after thinking for a moment, she suddenly opened her mouth in shock, stared at her clear eyes, and her good-looking eyes were immediately shocked and shocked, and she was stunned for a long time and couldn't say a word.

He had to continue to make it clear, "It is the family of King Zhao, who is imprisoned in the women's prison of the Tingwei Mansion at the moment. She is pregnant, the emperor's child. ”

"What's that? Emperor, Emperor, Emperor...... When did he go to Zhao Guo to sleep with Zhao Ji? Ridiculous. Cheng Hou shouted loudly, stood up in surprise, looked at Lu Hou and then at the trial of the food, swallowed in disbelief, his eyes kept blinking because of surprise, and he stammered urgently when he asked the trial of the food, "You, you, Hou, Hou, what you said is true?" ”

Empress Lu also looked at the judge in surprise, and asked seriously again, "The child in Zhao Ji's belly is the emperor's?" ”

Judging the food nodded, and told Zhao Jian and himself what the emperor said when the emperor passed through the Zhao Kingdom, Zhao Ji told Lu Hou in detail, Lu Hou was stunned for a long time, and immediately rushed to his head in surprise, and he didn't dare to think about the authenticity of this matter and was so shocked that he shivered, thinking about the emperor's romantic habits, he also guessed that this matter was true, and suddenly all the anger was held on one face, and his face was red but he didn't get angry after all. Only then did Empress Lu realize that her husband was the culprit, deceived herself, and occupied her son-in-law's concubine, and now she had to find evidence to execute her son-in-law King Zhao.

Seeing that Empress Lu was so concerned about this matter, and seeing that she was holding back her anger and uncomfortable, she didn't dare to ask Empress Lu to help Zhao Ji easily, but just observed Empress Lu's facial expression to guess her heart at this time.

"What do you mean by the sound of your voice?" Empress Lu's sharp eyes forced him to eat him, and his hook-like eyes made him suddenly feel that he had made a mistake, and it was impossible for Empress Lu to help Zhao Ji, but instead angered Empress Lu. Seeing that the situation was no longer easy to say, he lowered his head and gritted his teeth and did not dare to speak.

"Say!" Empress Lu was angry and reprimanded him for eating him.

Judging his whole body, he shuddered, and poured out his thoughts and Zhao Jian's thoughts together, "After all, he is the emperor's heir, Niangniang...... Don't pretend not to know, lest the emperor be resentful in the future. There have been jailers to report Zhao Ji's affairs to the emperor, the emperor at this time Long Yan was furious and couldn't listen to anything, mistakenly regarded Zhao Ji as a slut who wanted to climb the relationship indiscriminately, and let her fend for herself, if the emperor came back to his senses and thought about the things of the year and Zhao Ji and the child were gone, the emperor would regret and blame himself, it would be better for the mother to do a favor to save Zhao Ji, so the emperor would also be grateful to you. ”

Empress Lu sneered twice, squinted at the judge and said with a dark face, "How much did you take Zhao Ji?" ”

He was stunned for a moment, his heart was terrified, his eyes dodged Lu Hou and he didn't dare to speak. Jianhou was confused by the words of the two of them, and the second monk touched his head in confusion, and continued to watch the conversation between the two.

Empress Lu snorted lightly, got up and walked to the door of the palace, looked at Feixue and said, "Zhao Ji and King Zhao's affairs are tied together, how to save them?" Wouldn't it be even more annoying that the emperor issued an execution order? After a pause, he turned back to the judge and said, "If you are not in his position, you will not seek his own government, don't you understand?" Those who are not the fields of the royal family, although the seedlings are established, the emperor does not recognize them and cannot return to the sect. Now that he doesn't admit that Zhao Ji's womb is his heir, what are you doing in such a hurry? ”

Judging the food, he was originally frightened to say those words, and after Lu Hou blamed him, he didn't dare to mention it again. did not get any promise from Empress Lu to help Zhao Ji, and he was disappointed to withdraw from the palace and return to the house. After judging his departure, Jianhou anxiously asked Empress Lu how to deal with the matter, but Empress Lu ignored his brother, knowing that he was not a person who could be totaled, and found an excuse to send him back.

Empress Lu was even more annoyed, judging his words was actually not unreasonable, but Empress Lu couldn't swallow this breath for a while, and subjectively didn't want to help Zhao Ji. A sigh sounded again in the deep palace of the deserted Changxin Palace.

A palace person came to report that Princess Lu Yuan had woken up, and Empress Lu temporarily put the matter aside and went to the inner hall to see Lu Yuan.