"Besides, there are not many people in the harem who can fight against the empress. It would also be beneficial for the empress to be more fair in her dealings. If it is not necessary, the empress should not be too deeply involved in the demon sect."
Concubine Yun looked at Li Luo coldly and said in a cold voice: "Do you regret saving me?"
Li Luo smiled lightly and said, "I still remember the woman named Nan Mo."
Concubine Yun's face changed drastically and she lost her mind. She stood up suddenly, walked in front of Li Luo, and looked at Li Luo with murderous intent.
Li Luo looked at Concubine Yun quietly, without any panic or resentment. He just looked at the familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar Concubine Yun quietly.
Concubine Yun said word by word: "The name Nanmo can only be called by His Highness the Ninth Prince once. I hope that when I hear this name, I want to help you the most."
Li Luo smiled casually, stood up, bowed kindly, and replied in a gentle voice: "No, if that day comes, I will not embarrass the empress. I should forget this name and say goodbye."
Li Luo walked slowly outside the palace. Concubine Yun's red lips opened slightly, but she didn't say what she wanted to say.
When he arrived at the gate of the palace, Li Luo paused, looked back at Concubine Yun, and said with a warm smile: "If you and I meet in life and death in the future, and return to Mount Cuikuo, maybe I will still save the empress. It's night, and the empress is early.
Let's get some rest, Xuanlou excuses himself." After saying that, Li Luo bowed and left quietly.
Ju Rui sent Li Luo out of Chaofeng Palace and returned to the palace. She saw Concubine Yun with a cold look on her face, staring intently at Li Luo's retreating back. She was slightly startled and asked softly: "Empress, what's wrong?"
"Go out for a walk with me."
"Ah, it's so late..." Ju Rui was about to say anything more when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Concubine Yun's unkind expression and hurriedly stopped. He quickly took the coat and helped Concubine Yun put it on.
The two of them left Chaofeng Palace. Concubine Yun said nothing. Although Ju Rui was full of suspicion, she did not dare to ask more questions and followed Concubine Yun in a muffled voice.
After walking for a long time, Concubine Yun suddenly stopped and looked quietly into the distance through the mottled branches. Ju Rui looked over curiously, stunned and speechless.
In a pavilion in the distance, Li Luo was leaning on the railing alone, looking at the water below the pavilion in trance.
Ju Rui couldn't help but asked: "Empress, you didn't promise His Highness the Ninth Prince?"
"Um."
"ah?"
"Do you think I am heartless?"
"I don't dare." Ju Rui said quickly.
"You just don't dare." Concubine Yun said coldly.
Ju Rui bit her lip and whispered: "Your Majesty, I have met His Highness Ninth Prince in Suhe Mansion. He doesn't seem to be a bad person. Why don't you help him?"
"When did I say that he is a bad person?"
"Then why is the empress unwilling to help His Highness Ninth Prince?"
"I want to force him."
Ju Rui was confused and didn't know why.
Concubine Yun's eyes were cold and she said indifferently: "If he can kill me, he can kill other people, and the power disputes in the palace will naturally survive. If he can't be cruel, then I will kill him to prevent him from dying at the hands of others.
superior."
Ju Rui took a breath of cold air and looked at Concubine Yun in horror.
"Go back to the palace, what you say today cannot be passed on to a third person, do you hear me?" Concubine Yun closed her beautiful eyes tiredly, perhaps overwhelmed, and wanted to find someone to talk to.
Ju Rui obediently agreed and helped Concubine Yun return to Chaofeng Palace.
Before leaving, Concubine Yun looked back at Li Luo and felt sad. She wondered if Li Luo in the distance would really forget a woman named Nan Mo.
Li Luo stayed in the palace according to the order, and asked Emperor Wanlong to allow Li Luo to look through the case files again and interrogate some witnesses.
Although Emperor Wanlong was dissatisfied, he finally agreed, but he only left three days to secretly pass on the imperial edict, and ordered Li Xuanxu to die three days later.
In the house of emperors, the succession of imperial power has always been like the clouds in the sky, coming and going as quickly as they come.
Li Luo looked through the case file carefully and found nothing missing from front to back. Not everything in the case file was watertight, and there were also some things that were not consistent with common sense.
It's just that wherever there seems to be some loopholes, the investigation will often lead to a dead end and end in vain.
This alone shows the meticulous thinking of the master behind the scenes. It is necessary to know that setting up a seamless game is far less than the current puzzle that has many flaws but is unbeatable.
In the end, Li Luo had a feeling in his heart, maybe he really thought wrongly. King Mingwu was indeed debauched and immoral, and it was not deliberately framed.
However, no matter how reasonable the evidence in front of him was, Li Luo still had doubts lingering in his heart that could not be dispelled.
There was no trace of physical evidence, and no trace of witness. The palace attendants who witnessed it that day were all imprisoned and had no contact with outsiders to prevent the scandal from leaking out and spreading the scandal in the palace.
Li Luo asked one by one, and what he said was exactly the same as what was recorded in the previous case files.
Li Luo had already guessed that this would be the outcome. Emperor Wanlong was personally presiding over the trial. Even if someone remembered something at this time, they would definitely bury it in their hearts to avoid being killed. Even so, how many of these people could survive?
Li Luo didn't dare to think too much.
There is no airtight wall in the world, and there is no impeccable layout. Only facts are often the most delicate. However, Li Luo did not have time to decipher the seemingly fatal situation in front of him.
Three days is not enough to review the case, and it is just a dream to find anything.
Li Luo knew in his heart that Emperor Wanlong had no intention of letting him investigate the matter, and he only needed three days to give Li Luo an explanation.
Li Luo was speechless. The people he asked in the past few days all told him that the Third Prince Li Xuanxu had retreated away from him and kept silent. He was also clearly separated from Chaoyang Palace and had no connection at all. Overnight, the former favored prince had disappeared.
He became a god of plague, hated by humans and ghosts.
There is no help in the palace, and the further down the investigation is, the more likely you are to become the enemy of the entire harem.
Li Luo sighed secretly and slowed down. If he knew it was impossible but insisted on going his own way, it would be counterproductive. If there were any more rumors coming out of the harem and letting the court know about it, even Emperor Wanlong wouldn't be able to bear it.
Li Luo no longer pursues the matter. Some people are sad, some are relieved, and some are regretful.
The sad part was that Queen Yi had to go to Yinlong Hall at least three or five times a day in the past few days, hoping that Li Luo could find a way to change the situation and save Li Xuanxu's life.
The ones who were relieved were Emperor Wanlong and Concubine Yun, who was watching with cold eyes. As for the people who had regrets, they couldn't be counted on ten fingers.
Sure enough, as Li Luo said, everything must come to an end, but this ending is not a satisfactory one.
Three days later, the prison was heavily guarded inside and outside, and not even a single insect could fly in.
Emperor Wanlong's face was gloomy, and the color on his face was a bit darker than in the sky prison. There were only a few people behind him, including Li Luo, Mi Cangqiong, and several of Emperor Wanlong's close guards.