By the time Xiao Yu came back, the bodies of the old lady and Xiao Yunqian had been placed at the entrance of Duke Xu's mansion for three days.
"Why is it so powerful!"
As soon as Xiao Yu entered the room, he immediately picked up Su Luo who came out, lowered his head and kissed her on the corner of the mouth.
"While I was away, you secretly accomplished such a great feat. Have you exhausted my daughter?"
Su Luo clenched her fist and hit Xiao Yu on the shoulder, "What nonsense are you talking about! You've been gone for so many days without even saying hello. Your daughter doesn't want to see you anymore."
Xiao Yu suppressed a laugh and carried her to the bed, pinched her lips and said, "I'm talking nonsense and you're still talking nonsense with me? There's no way my daughter doesn't want to look at me. Come and show her what treasure her father has brought back for her."
As Xiao Yu spoke, he took out two round, coral-red bracelets from his back, which were just the right size for the baby to wear.
"From now on, I will put it on my daughter when she is pregnant. The baby will be tender and white. It will definitely be a happy time to wear this. I specially asked for it from the Sanniangniang Temple in Ningzhou."
The Sanniangniang Temple in Ningzhou is famous for the fact that the temple enshrines Sanniangniang, who is commonly known as the Guanyin, the Bodhisattva and the Empress. It is a place dedicated to praying for little babies.
The emperor originally ordered Xiao Yu to go to Ningzhou. The arrangement was urgent. Xiao Yu originally didn't plan to go, but then he thought about it. Su Luo happened to be pregnant, so he could go and ask for a safety talisman for mother and child.
Since I wanted to go, I simply followed the emperor's wishes, so when I left, I deliberately looked like I was in a hurry.
Although he didn't say hello to his family, he left someone to protect his family.
But he didn't expect that Xu Guogong would join forces with his grandmother to make such a big fuss.
"Our family Luo Luo is really getting better and better, and I can't handle this matter as well as I can." Xiao Yu loves Su Luo so much that he doesn't know how to praise her.
Su Luo lay on the bed and took the coral red bracelet and looked at it, "How can a child wear beads like this? What if the string breaks and she swallows one?"
"I don't wear them normally, so I wear them when I'm pregnant. With so many people watching, I won't be able to swallow them until she grows up. Give her these beads and either destroy them and make them into earrings or make them into a series of larger bracelets.
Okay, this is the best coral agate, it is said to be from phoenix blood, it is very rare."
As Xiao Yu spoke, he stood up and took off his outer robe. The clothes were dusty all the way, and there was dust on his clothes. He didn't want Su Luo to get on it at all.
Su Luo put the red bracelet in the drawer of the bed cabinet, "Are you hungry?"
"I'm not hungry. When I came back to Zhending, I ate a bowl of noodles. I heard that the bodies of the old lady and Xiao Yunqian were placed in front of Xu Guogong's house. Did you let them be put there? Why did they become corpses?
"
Xiao Yu changed into a pair of dry underwear, got on the bed refreshed, rolled up his little princess into his arms, and held her tightly and contentedly.
After he entered the mansion, the secret guards had already reported all the details, and they almost understood it clearly.
Su Luo lay half on Xiao Yu's chest.
"No, my original idea was just to have the Ministry of Punishment arrest the person and keep him in jail so as not to cause any trouble before you come back. I'll make a final decision after you come back.
But something unexpected happened that night. Xu Guogong sent someone to kill the accused, but the officials of the Ministry of Punishments failed to guard against it. The old lady Xiao Yunqian and the fake consort were killed, but the killer sent by Xu Guogong's government was captured at the scene.
"
"The killer himself admitted that he was sent by Duke Xu?"
Su Luo shook his head, "How could that be possible? It was the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment who said it didn't matter if he confessed or not, so he directly wrote a confession and asked him to press his fingerprints. After pressing his fingerprints, he directly killed the person, and then took the confession with the three of them.
Bring all the corpses to the gate of Xu Guogong's mansion and ask Xu Guogong to give an explanation."
"Where is Duke Xu?" Xiao Yu asked with a smile.
Only the Minister of Punishment could think of such a wicked but useful method.
"Xu Guogong didn't go out for two days in a row, and he didn't even go to court. Oh, by the way, the day after the old lady's accident, the empress had a lot of red rashes on her body because she accidentally ate sweet soup with almonds.
The emperor felt sorry for the empress, so he let her rest in bed. He named Concubine Zhen the royal concubine Zhen, and now she is in charge of the Sixth Palace.
At the same time, asking the Fourth Prince to investigate this year's salt administration, does this count as giving him real power?"
When the Zhenning Hou Mansion was still in good condition, although the emperor had several adult princes, because the emperor himself was still young and powerful, none of these adult princes could get any real power.
Now...the fourth prince is the first one.
Although the Zhenninghou Mansion, which the fourth prince relied on, had collapsed, besides General Gu, there was Xiao Yu behind Gu Yao.
Xiao Yu sneered at the corner of his mouth and rubbed Su Luo's shoulder with his fingers, "Don't worry, it's okay. The emperor is expressing his stance. He wants to join forces with us and General Gu to fight against the noble family."
Saying that, Xiao Yu lowered his head and kissed Su Luo's soft and fragrant hair.
"I have been waiting for an opportunity to openly confront Duke Xu and Duke Ning, but I have never been able to find an opportunity. This time, it was Luoluo who helped me a lot.
As for the fourth prince, there is no need to be afraid. Imperial Concubine Zhen knows very well that the fourth prince is not the emperor’s flesh and blood, and she also knows that if we know about her, she will only become more aligned with us.
As for Mr. Xu Guogong... Our Luoluo has already fought so beautifully in the first battle. How can I hold back my Luoluo family?
I will come to your door at dawn tomorrow to ask for an explanation."
Su Luo lay on Xiao Yu's chest, thinking about what Xiao Yu had just said, and leaned on the bed with her elbows to turn over and sit up.
Xiao Yu put a hand on her waist and asked, "What's wrong?"
He thought Su Luo was going to the ground, and just as he was about to make way, Su Luo said, "Is the prince's plan more than just overthrowing the noble family?"
Xiao Yu raised his eyebrows and looked at Su Luo.
"Your Majesty targeted the Zhenninghou Mansion not only because the Zhenninghou Mansion had a grudge against me, nor because the Zhenning Hou Mansion had a grudge against General Xiao, but most importantly, because the prince later learned about Concubine Zhen's secret.
You know that it is absolutely impossible for the fourth prince to ascend the throne through the emperor, so you cut off the fourth prince's support from Zhenninghou Mansion, so that he can only be in the same boat with you.
Finally, you reveal his identity to the public..."
Su Luo paused and looked at Xiao Yu, stroking the fabric of her clothes with her fingers, "You want the throne."
Xiao Yu has never shared his thoughts with anyone.
But he was caught off guard and exposed by Su Luo. He didn't know for a moment whether he was stunned that his thoughts were exposed or that he was stunned by Su Luo's intelligence. "Do you blame me?"
Xiao Yu looked at Su Luo uneasily.
He plots to usurp the throne, becomes king, is defeated... his whole family is executed, and he will not die a good death.
He didn't tell Su Luo, but quietly led her on a road of no return.