Hello Chang’an

Chang Suining said: "Your Majesty is still ill, and your family is busy with things to do. Since you are a sincere guest, I will not disturb you as long as I can."

Li Lu smiled: "Ms. Chang is really considerate."

He said: "I expected Mrs. Chang to come, and also thought that Mrs. Chang might not enter the house through the main entrance, so I had ordered the guards in the house in advance not to stop Mrs. Chang if I saw her, to avoid accidental injury... Now it seems that I am worrying too much. ”

He explained that there was no need to stop him, but he also explained that once someone comes, they must report it to him first -

But now, everyone came to the inner room of his residence, and the guards in the mansion found nothing.

The guards in his house are not all decorations. Among the decorations for outsiders to see, there are still a few useful people hidden, but they didn't even notice that anyone had entered the house...

At this time, there was a burst of rapid footsteps outside.

The visitor pushed open the door and entered, stopped outside the beaded curtain in the inner room, held his hands in a gesture of apology, and said in a nervous voice: "Your Majesty..."

As he spoke, he raised his eyes and looked into the inner room through the bead curtain. He saw a young man standing there without hiding, with one hand behind his back. His expression became more and more nervous, and he subconsciously touched the scabbard at his waist. .

Li Lu looked over and saw that it was the leader of the guards in his mansion.

Li Lu's expression and tone seemed helpless: "Okay, go out and guard."

"Yes." The guard leader could only retreat uneasily and close the door of the outer room.

"We have had many distinguished guests for a long time, but now we have come to report them. The defense in Lu Mansion is lax, which is far worse than in your Mansion, which makes Madam Chang laugh."

Li Lu showed a hint of curiosity as he spoke: "But... Mrs. Chang can find my residence without any servants guiding me. She seems to be very familiar with the layout of my residence?"

"It's familiar." Chang Sui Ning did not deny it, but said: "Knowing yourself and your enemy is the best way to act, isn't it?"

"Know yourself and know the enemy..." Li Lu asked with a smile: "But this is a strategy to fight the enemy. Does Mrs. Chang treat me as an enemy?"

"Then it's up to the Crown Prince."

Li Lu said seriously: "Lu has always treated Mrs. Chang without any ill will."

Chang Suining: "Unlike the prince, I am more accustomed to judging whether there is malice or not."

For example, for example, the other party's previous act of seeking marriage, for him, what is wrong and evil in seeking marriage?

But the person being asked to marry is unwilling, and cannot change his mind even after rejecting it. So for the person who is being forced, it is not love, but malice, isn't it?

Li Lu heard what she was referring to and said apologetically: "I didn't think carefully about what happened before. Please forgive me, Mrs. Chang."

"The prince probably doesn't care whether I forgive him or not." Chang Suining had no intention of breaking up with him about the past. She found a chair to sit down on her own and looked at him: "It's such a coincidence that the prince is ill this time, but At this point, it doesn’t look like it’s fake.”

"Ms. Chang is always so frank when she speaks." Li Lu sighed softly: "How dare you lie under the emperor's eyes."

"Does that mean he hurt himself?" Chang Sui Ning didn't need him to answer, but just asked: "The prince would rather hurt himself than come forward as a witness. Could it be that he already knew that the real murderer of the eldest grandson, the Seventh Lady, was from the Ming family?"

When Li Lu refused to testify at first, she was thinking that the other party was waiting for something, or that he wanted to use his identity as a witness to get rewards from the Chang family as a deal.

But after thinking about it carefully, she realized that the other party might already know who the real culprit was, so she got sick very quickly.

Of course, the above two are not contradictory. Knowing the truth and attempting to make a deal can coexist. The former is even a bargaining chip for the latter, giving him more weight in this transaction.

Faced with Chang Suining's blunt question, Li Lu was a little surprised: "Ms. Chang... has been found out?"

Chang Suining: "Because it's not difficult to guess, it's not difficult to check."

The difficult thing is how to solve it after finding out. Finding out is not the end, but the beginning of fighting against the truth.

Li Lu smiled: "I originally thought Mrs. Chang's trip was to test whether I knew the truth. Looking at it now, it turns out that I thought Mrs. Chang was too passive."

Chang Suining: "But no matter whether he knows the truth or not, everyone is passive in front of the Ming family."

Although the Ming family members who lived in Duke Ying's mansion had nothing special about them except for their ability to reincarnate, the person sitting on the dragon throne happened to be named Ming.

"Yes." Li Lu sighed a little: "Ms. Chang is like this. Even though Lu's surname is Li, she is also like this."

Chang Sui Ning listens in his ears and thinks deeply.

After the Ming Dynasty, Prince Rong was not as respectful and respectful as he appeared.

Also, this is the country of the Li family, but it is controlled by someone with a foreign surname. How many people from the Li family will follow it wholeheartedly? What's more, Prince Rong is no different from a proton.

However, these were all known and noticed before. What is worth thinking about is that the other party chose to reveal them in front of her at this moment.

It is a proactive disclosure, not a leak.

The sickly young man sitting on the couch looked at her and said with a sincere expression: "Since Mrs. Chang already knows, Lu has no intention of being mysterious... That day in the mountains behind Dayun Temple, I did talk to my brother alone for a long time, until Please return to the front."

"And after that, I have been sitting quietly in the same place. If I want to go to the maple forest, I need to pass through a path on the side of where I am. If Chang Langjun has ever been to the maple forest in the future, I will definitely be able to see it." His voice was slow but determined: "So, the husband of the Chang family is innocent, and I know it very well."

"This is one of them." Li Lu continued: "After all the people picking chrysanthemums returned to the temple, I saw with my own eyes the Ming Crown Prince and a girl coming out of the maple forest one after another. The color was different, but I didn’t make any noise.”

Chang Sui Ning: "Is that girl wrapped in a cloak?"

Li Lu nodded: "Exactly."

This coincides with the words of the girl who lives in the same Zen courtyard with Feng Min.

Chang Suining looked at Li Lu: "It turns out that the prince has not only known about it for a long time, but also witnessed it with his own eyes."

She didn't even think it was a coincidence that Li Lu chose to sit there.

Perhaps, he had known for a long time that Ming Jin and Feng Min had entered the maple forest, so he wanted to stay and find out...

Could she understand that he and his people, within sight, had been secretly monitoring every move of Ming Jin, that is, the Ming family related to Empress Ming?

"Since the Crown Prince saw that Ming Jin had a different look when he left the maple forest, even if he would not go into the maple forest to check it out, he would ask the guards to go check it out, right?" She said: "If it's a 'coincidence', he might still be able to see Ming Jin. The wife’s ‘aftercare’ actions.”

Li Lu did not deny it, only said: "The Ming family was cautious and could not get close to investigate, so Lu did not know in advance that the other party wanted to use the jade pendant to frame your brother."

Didn't you know beforehand?

Chang Sui Ning was doubtful and said: "If the prince could have spoken out about this on that day and not given them a chance to wipe out the evidence, the current situation would not have happened."

Li Lu looked troubled: "If I had spoken out on my own initiative that day, I would not have been able to explain to the saint why I paid so much attention to the Ming Crown Prince. It might have made the saint suspect that I was secretly monitoring the Ming family."

Chang Suining: "The prince doesn't have to come forward, even if it's just when the eldest grandson's family is looking for someone at the beginning. Without exposing himself, he can secretly give some clues to remind him, so that all future troubles can be avoided -"

"Yes, I should have thought of it..." Li Lu said with some shame: "But I was so frightened at that time that I really couldn't think of it so carefully. I have been cautious in the capital for many years, and when I faced the heir apparent of the Ming family, I had no choice. I’m used to keeping a distance.”

Yeah? Chang Suijing looked at the young man with calm eyes and no trace of fright at all.

It is false to be frightened and lack of thinking, but it is true to think that it is unprofitable to tell the matter prematurely.

Perhaps, he may not have known about the jade pendant in advance as he said, but he had been waiting for all this to ferment, waiting for her to "beg" in front of him at this moment.

Looking at the sickly and harmless young man, Chang Suining's eyes darkened: "In that case, can I make a narrow guess that the Crown Prince or someone under the Crown Prince heard the eldest grandson, the Seventh Lady, and her maidservant calling for help?"

Since he wanted to pay attention to Ming Jin's actions, if the people he sent to follow him were close enough, they would definitely be able to see Ming Jin's murderous move.

"It doesn't matter whether you hear the call for help or not." Li Lu sighed: "Even if I hear it, I can't stop it, can I?"

So, I did hear it.

The frank and vivid girl's face flashed before Chang Suining's eyes, and his mind condensed for a moment.

The girl was very unfortunate, but there was someone who could have saved her misfortune, but that person chose to turn a blind eye, watch and indulge in this misfortune.

She has no intention of imposing all noble qualities on others, and she is not a noble person, but the other person's sigh at this moment is really hypocritical, and she calls the fisherman's gain, saying that she is unable to stop it -

As she just said, there are many ways to alert the eldest grandson's family. Then, in that maple forest, when faced with the unwary Ming Jin, there were many ways to save people without exposing herself.

Even if he didn't come forward to save anyone, he only asked his guards to secretly scare Ming Jin away and interrupt the attack.

He didn't choose to save people, not because he couldn't, but because he didn't want to.

Because for him, allowing the eldest son of the Ming family to kill the daughter of the eldest grandson who will be the crown prince, no matter how this matter develops, is a good choice to consume foreign forces.

Sensing the change in the girl's eyes, Li Lu hesitated for a moment, but chose to ask her: "Ms. Chang thinks my move is inappropriate, right?"

This sentence was not in his conversation plan, and it didn't matter how she thought of him, but for some reason, he asked it anyway.

The girl answered simply: "Yes."

Li Lu: "Then why doesn't Mrs. Chang directly accuse and scold her?"

"There is no use in scolding, and I have no position to scold Crown Prince Rong."

"But Mrs. Chang must have regarded me as a cold-blooded and hypocritical despicable person in her heart." Li Lu smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly, "But if Mrs. Chang was put in my situation for a long time since childhood, after experiencing everything I have experienced, , Mrs. Chang may do the same."

He seemed to be going on, but was indifferently interrupted by the girl.

"I just said that I have no position to reprimand Crown Prince Rong, but that does not mean that Crown Prince Rong can try to 'educate' me, and I use this to make baseless assumptions and use my lack of experience to imply that I am naive and shallow, and do not understand the dangers and helplessness of the world. "

Chang Sui Ning looked at the young man with indifferent eyes: "Everyone has different choices. If Crown Prince Rong has a clear conscience and just goes his own way, why bother trying to preach and assimilate to me, trying to make me understand and agree with him - just as I have not taken any I have given out many of my principles, and I have not even used the natural suppression called morality to try to influence Prince Rong, right?"

Li Lu was stunned and silent for a long time.

He often remained silent in front of others, either out of disguise or to achieve some purpose...but this moment was different.

After a while, he gave a complicated smile: "Ms. Chang is right, she is just self-righteous."

Chang Sui Ning has no intention of discussing right and wrong with him, nor does he think that the other person is worth spending too much of his useless emotions.

There are all kinds of things in living beings. If you are used to seeing them, just look at them. If you really don't like them, then go to higher places. When you stand high enough and have enough power, you don't need to hand over the control of this world to the hands of people who can't stand it. She can make up her own rules.

When she looked at Li Lu again, her tone was smooth: "I came here today to ask the Crown Prince, what does the Chang family need in exchange for the Crown Prince to come forward and tell the truth?"

Even though it was too late to stand up at this time, it was better than nothing, and she needed to use this trick to find out the other party's intentions.

"This question..." Li Lu seemed to think about it for a while, and when he was about to speak, he heard footsteps coming from outside.

Soon, a female envoy came in, saluted across the curtain and announced: "Your Majesty, several internal officials have come to the palace, saying that they came to visit the Crown Prince on the orders of the saint."

Li Lu coughed twice and said, "I just don't have the strength to get up to greet them. I'm afraid I'll have to bother them and move here..."

The female envoy responded: "My maid will go and invite some internal officials to come here."

The envoy temporarily withdrew. When the envoy opened the door and came in, Chang Sui Ning, who had already hid behind the floor-to-ceiling sandalwood screen covered with clothes and a thick cloak, beside Li Lu's bedside, said at this time: "It seems I came at just the right time.”

As expected, she ran off to do other things on the way and arrived a little late on purpose.

Li Lu understood: "It turns out that Mrs. Chang still had the idea of ​​​​inquiring about information during this trip."

Chang Sui Ning: "Who told the prince that this is the best place to inquire about the Holy Will? Even if the deal cannot be concluded today, I can't make this trip in vain."

She wanted Li Lu to come forward, but some people didn't want Li Lu to come forward.

If the Chang family had confessed everything when they entered the palace today, then there would definitely be a real "distinguished guest" coming to Prince Rong's mansion.

Li Lu couldn't help laughing: "Ms. Chang really doesn't like to suffer losses."

Chang Suining nodded: "Indeed."

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Lu, who was leaning on the bedside, felt something cold and sharp being pressed against his back through the bed curtain.

Hidden behind the screen, the girl standing behind him reminded: "As long as the prince doesn't talk nonsense and alarm people in the palace, the dagger in my hand will be as obedient as the prince."

"The deal between me and Madam Chang has not yet been finalized, so how can it alarm anyone in the palace?" Li Lu sighed, "Does Madam Chang not trust me so much?"

"Compared to the prince who wants to make a deal, the prince who wants to survive is more credible."

Chang Sui Ning said: "I did this just to ensure that the deal can go smoothly."

Even if there was only one chance in ten thousand that something unexpected happened, she would not leave her safety to the other party. She came here to save her brother, not to get herself involved.

"Then please pay more attention to Madam Chang. Luo's life is in Madam Chang's hands."

Chang Sui Ning didn't say anything more, and only paid attention to check whether his hiding place was concealed enough.

Soon, people from the palace arrived.

Chang Sui Ning Sui skillfully covered up her breathing.

I remember the 4,000 words I owed yesterday and will work hard to make up for it this week. I really went to bed yesterday and didn’t sneak out to play. How could you not trust me so much!

(I slept until dawn. I thought I was as strong as an ox and could write 8,000 words, but it turned out_(:з」∠)_I’ll work hard tomorrow)