After Lu Linchu entered the palace in a hurry, he was led directly to the Qinzheng Hall by the palace servants.

As soon as I arrived in front of the palace, I saw several long rows of officials kneeling in the square, all of whom came to plead for the Earl of Changping.

Looking at this scene, he couldn't help but groan inwardly.

If the emperor refuses to compromise, he will have to kneel until the end of time.

But now that he was here, he couldn't go back immediately, so he had to walk into the crowd and kneel down.

The palace servants immediately went in to report. When Emperor Hui learned that Lu Linchu had also entered the palace, he became even more angry, and he was so angry that he threw the memorial in his hand several feet away.

"That bastard is so ignorant that he dares to come and threaten me. Doesn't he know that Song Weizhao is my brother?"

Emperor Hui stared at Hu An and said, "One hundred thousand soldiers died, and Song Weizhao survived alone. This is a disgrace to me. He even wanted to marry the princess of the enemy country. Where does this put the prestige of my country and my reputation?"

After saying this, he added viciously: "If I tolerate him, this villain will probably dare to step on my head and bully me next time."

Juan listened silently and did not dare to persuade them.

Emperor Hui looked outside the hall and remembered that the imperial decree for the family of Prince Liyang to return south had not yet been issued.

At this time, we must not allow the Lu family to buy people's hearts in the capital. He immediately said, "Huan, you must immediately convey my order that everyone in the Liyang Palace must set off to return south in three days and must not stay in Yundu City for a moment."

"Old slave obeys the order."

Juan received the order, secretly looked outside the palace, and asked cautiously, "What about the prince?"

"Kneel, make him kneel. This idiot has been bewitched by those mean bastards and can't tell right from wrong."

Emperor Hui said angrily, "In three days, I will execute the entire family of the Earl of Changping. I will let this bastard Lu Linchu kneel with these ignorant court officials for three days before I ask him to leave the palace. Then I will let him see the consequences of being disloyal to me. If he dares to have other intentions in the future, the Earl of Changping will be like him, Lu Linchu."

"Yes."

Juan responded and left.

The emperor had spoken, so he had no choice but to leave Prince Lu outside the hall.

Before Lu Linchu came here, he had already expected that the result would not be very good, but it would not be so bad. He had to kneel here for three days and three nights, which was simply the end of his life.

But thinking that she had already promised the Crown Prince's wife, she should keep her word, so she had to swallow her anger silently.

Fu Guiyun was not idle at home either. Asking Lu Linchu to enter the palace was just a superficial job. At this time, saving the lives of Song Weizhao's closest relatives was the top priority.

She remembered that the chief official in charge of supervising the execution of the entire Changping Earl's Mansion was the Dali Temple Minister, who was originally a surrendered minister of the previous dynasty and had a close relationship with Song Weizhao and his son.

In his previous life, he was able to escape from the cage with the help of this man. Later, he risked the emperor's suspicion to collect the bodies of the entire Song family. As a result, he was repeatedly demoted in his official career in the last few years of Emperor Hui's reign. He was not summoned to Yundu until Song Weizhao ascended the throne.

Due to the downfall of the Prime Minister, many officials at all levels of government were implicated, whether it was Shuntian Prefecture, the Ministry of Justice, or the Dali Temple. There were many loopholes to exploit at this time, and it was not impossible to save a few lives.

As long as you have strong connections and sufficient money, there will always be someone willing to make this windfall by licking blood from the knife.

Thinking of this, Fu Guiyun immediately called Cheng Kui and asked him to follow Cui Luo to the warehouse to take out all the silver and gold bars he could exchange, and prepare to exchange them all for silver notes.

After explaining the situation, she heard that someone from the palace had come to convey an imperial decree, so she hurried to Changchun Palace.

Upon learning that Emperor Hui had issued an edict allowing the family members of the Liyang Palace to set out for the south in three days, Fu Guiyun and Ye Zhilan looked at each other, their hearts filled with joy.

After dismissing the servant, Ye Zhilan took his daughter-in-law's hand and returned to the bedroom. He was so excited that he never tired of saying, "Yun'er, you are really a child who can predict everything. How did you predict that the prince would go to the palace today and the emperor would immediately order us to return south?"

"Your Majesty has already granted permission for us to return to the south. It is only a matter of time."

Fu Guiyun smiled faintly and said, "If that's the case, why would he keep us in Yundu City and ask us to win people's hearts for nothing?"

After hearing this, Ye Zhilan suddenly understood everything and secretly thanked himself for listening to his daughter-in-law last night.

"Now we can finally put our minds at ease."

"It will make your husband suffer. He will have to suffer in the palace for three days."

He didn't expect the emperor to be so cruel. Fu Guiyun felt that he had tricked the prince too badly this time.

Ye Zhilan said calmly: "Don't sympathize with that evildoer. You should make him suffer more, so that he won't be messing around with other girls all day long."

Thinking of the woman that the evildoer brought back, Ye Zhilan immediately ordered: "This Wan Niang is probably not a good person. Let Xiao Kuizi send her away, or give her more money, or even find a respectable job for her family. Don't really let her go to Liyang City to cause trouble in the palace."

Fu Guiyun had to be more cautious about the woman Lu Linchu brought back, so he said, "The prince is not at home right now, it won't be too late to settle Wan Niang after he returns home."

Ye Zhilan thought about it and thought that with Yunling's previous experience as a lesson, even the most scheming woman would have to restrain herself a little.

Besides, now that his son and daughter-in-law have consummated their marriage, there is nothing for him to worry about, so he listened to his daughter-in-law's advice.

Anyway, with this girl at the helm of the palace, she felt more and more at ease.

After Fu Guiyun came out of the mother-in-law's palace, although he didn't care about the woman's affairs, he thought that Lu Linchu, who called her "Nineth Lady", must have some skills, so he asked Qinglu casually: "Have you inquired about the details of that Wan Niang?"

Qinglu raised her eyebrows: "I don't know much, but I heard Eunuch Cheng mention some of it."

Glancing at her young lady, Qinglu said in detail, "It seems that she is indeed a washerwoman by the Wei River, named Qin Wan. She often likes to wash clothes by the Wei River and sings some southern tunes. The prince was not at home for several days because of Yunling's matter a few days ago, so he was attracted by the singing of this Wan lady, and the two chatted for several nights in the restaurant by the Wei River."

"The prince saw her miserable life and tried to give her some money but was rejected. The prince then felt that Wan Niang had a noble character and had the character of Jiu Niang, so he took her back to the palace."

Fu Guiyun listened silently and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "The prince really likes to pity the poor and the weak."

I didn't have the energy to worry about these little things. The decree to return to the south was issued so hastily that many finishing tasks had to be handled at once.

After returning to Chuxian Palace, she personally checked whether all the luggage was packed properly. She also called You Dian to hand over all the affairs in the mansion, and then began to think about who to ask to contact the Dali Temple Minister.

Although this matter was planned for the future of the palace, she could not let the palace be directly involved.

You have to find a reliable person.

She thought about it carefully in her mind all day long. Early the next morning, just after breakfast, she heard someone say that Lu Linzhi had returned home and had something important to discuss with her.

This person has always been very important in her heart. Fu Guiyun did not think much about it and immediately rushed to the Circular Palace in the Outer Court, where she met Lu Linzhi who had been waiting for a long time.

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