All of a sudden, the sound of clanging swords could be heard outside.
Accompanied by cries of pain from time to time, the two huddled in the carriage, praying that the fight would subside soon.
Finally, about a quarter of an hour later, the sound gradually stopped. Ye Fuxun opened the curtain and saw many men in black lying on the ground.
"I have met the King of Chu. Thank you very much for the rescue."
She got off the carriage and bowed to the King of Chu in person to thank him.
King Chu laughed and waved his hand: "It's a trivial matter, Ye Liangyuan doesn't need to take it to heart."
"The driver of your house is seriously injured. I will arrange for a driver to take Liangyuan to the Great Buddha Temple first."
Ye Fuxun thanked him, glanced around, and found that the two people who first came to rescue him had already left, and a thought flashed through his mind.
Could it be the secret guard arranged by Ji Yannuo?
She nodded to King Chu, turned around and returned to the carriage with Xiaoyu.
The carriage slowly set off on the road again.
"Little Master, why haven't Lu Meiren and the others come back yet? Could something have happened?" Xiaoyu sat in the car, in shock.
Ye Fuxun thought for a while: "For the current plan, let's gather with the people in the mansion first, and then ask the Crown Princess to arrange for someone to find Miss Lu."
If Miss Lu really lost her way in the mountains and forests, it would be most appropriate for the guards in the palace to find her.
If Meiren Lu didn't really waste time...
Ye Fuxun thought of the look in Lu Meiren's eyes when she got out of the car, and couldn't help but have some concerns.
When the carriage went up the mountain and stopped behind the motorcade, Ye Fuxun and Xiao Yu got out of the carriage together.
Looking up, he saw that in the pavilion not far away, all the concubines of the Prince's Mansion were gathered——
Including Lu Meiren, who looked horrified when she saw her.
Ye Fuxun exclaimed in his heart: So, this is really the case.
She walked leisurely towards the crowd, her eyes swept around the faces of each concubine, and finally landed on the Crown Princess. She bowed her head and said on her knees: "I am late, please forgive me.
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The Crown Princess asked with concern: "I, Miss Lu, said that the carriage broke down at the foot of the mountain. Is this true?"
Ye Fuxun took a look at Lu Meiren, and she actually told everyone that the carriage had broken down. Ye Fuxun said to the Crown Princess: "Back to the princess, the carriage that I and Lu Meiren were riding in did not break down.
When the concubine and his party arrived at the foot of the mountain, Lu Meiren took the maid and said they wanted to get off the carriage to change clothes, leaving the concubine alone in the carriage. Unexpectedly, a group of men in black appeared to assassinate the concubine, but Lu Meiren had disappeared.
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Ye Fuxun narrated what happened and calmly asked Lu Meiren: "Lu Meiren was not at the scene at the time, so how did she know that the carriage broke down?
Could it be that Lu Meiren saw what happened on her way back, so why did she not report the truth to the Crown Princess after going up the mountain, but instead lied to her?"
Lu Meiren was startled by her aggressiveness, and for a moment she said: "I, after I relieved myself, I saw from a distance that the carriage seemed to have broken down, so I came directly to look for the Crown Princess. I was about to ask the Queen to send someone to go there.
Take a look..."
"So, what Lu Meiren means is that after relieving herself, she first went to see the carriage, and then came up to look for the Crown Princess?" Ye Fuxun asked.
Lu Meiren nodded slowly: "Yes...ah, no!"
"Yes or no?"
A concubine stood by to help: "That's exactly what Lu Meiren said just now."
Ye Fuxun pursed his lips and smiled, looking at the Crown Princess: "Your Majesty, if Lu Meiren had seen the carriage from a distance, it would be impossible not to see that the carriage was trapped by a group of men in black. She was clearly lying! Please deal with it justly, Your Majesty.
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The Crown Princess glanced at Lu Meiren coldly: "Lu Meiren, kneel down!"
Lu Meiren's face turned pale and she knelt down.
"Why are you lying? If you saw the carriage in danger, why didn't you tell me?" The princess' voice was majestic and terrifying.
"I, I..." Lu Meiren lowered her head. How did she know that Ye Fuxun could still come out alive when surrounded by so many men in black?!
If she wants to escape from the crime scene and come to the concubines, she must have a reason to leave.
The best way is to find that the carriage has broken down and come back to ask for help.
When the Crown Princess arranged for someone to go down and found Ye Liangyuan dead in an assassination attempt, she could have concluded that it was the result of bandits after the carriage broke down.
Who would have thought that not long after she had climbed up the mountain so hard, Ye Fuxun was riding up the mountain in a horse-drawn carriage?
"Your Majesty, the carriage of the Prince's Mansion was assassinated by a man in black for no reason. In addition, Miss Lu is full of lies and I am suspicious. This matter is inseparable from Miss Lu. Please investigate carefully!" Ye Fuxun made a request calmly.
The Crown Princess nodded: "Ye Liangyuan, I will definitely investigate this matter and give you an explanation. However, since the carriage was besieged by men in black, how did you escape?"
Ye Fuxun responded: "At that time, I happened to meet the King of Chu passing by with his troops, and I was rescued by the King of Chu."
"Oh?" Surprise flashed in the Crown Princess's eyes, "Even so, I still need to thank King Chu in the future."
Afterwards, she had someone take Lu Meiren under custody and send her back to her mansion to wait for her death. She said, "It's not early. Let's go to the Great Buddha Temple to attend the Buddha's Birthday Festival."
Prince's Mansion.
Because it was the Buddha's birthday and it happened to be a holiday, Ji Yannuo got up in the morning and went to the Yamen to deal with matters, and did not return home until three o'clock in the morning.
As soon as he entered the study to handle official business, the King of Chu burst in loudly: "Brother Prince, come quickly to thank my brother!"
Ji Yannuo frowned and glanced at King Chu who was pouring tea by himself: "If you're not going to Nanda Camp to train troops, why are you here?"
"Brother, I went to Nan Daying for a run early in the morning!"
King Chu took a sip of tea, walked to the desk, straightened his hands, and leaned forward, "Not only that, brother, I also went to the mountain behind the Great Buddha Temple and rescued your sister Liangyuan!"
Ji Yannuo's brows gradually furrowed.
He had just arrived and hadn't heard about it yet.
The King of Chu guessed the situation as soon as he saw his expression, and immediately described the scene vividly, frothing at the mouth: "Just when your sister Liangyuan was helpless, my brother, I, led the elite soldiers.
Falling across the sky.
He beat those men in black to pieces three times and two times, and they knelt down and begged for mercy!"
"Are you saying that except for the coachman, there was no one else around Ye Liangyuan?" Ji Yannuo pointed to the point.
"Uh..." King Chu touched his nose, "There are just two secret guards, but they are totally useless. There are a large group of men in black! Without my brother, I would have bravely fought out in time, and your wife would have been in danger."
Ji Yannuo took a sip of tea and looked at the King of Chu with a half-smile but not a smile: "The two secret guards you mentioned are the personal guards of this palace. Not to mention one against a hundred, it's no big deal to use one against ten."
The king of Chu held the cup.
He said why the two secret guards looked so familiar, they turned out to be Ji Yannuo's personal guards.
Speaking of which, why did Ji Yannuo send his personal guards to protect Ye Liangyuan?