eurekapd Chapter 120: Write a letter on my behalf
Chapter 120: Write a letter on my behalf
Lu Mingyuan said, "I feel uneasy that my father's personal soldiers have been involved in such a serious crime."
Lu Mingyang hummed, worried that his elder sister would discover his wound, and hurriedly stood up to wash. Qin Xin saw that no one was waiting for him, so she said, "Fourth Miss, let me help you wash."
"No need!" Lu Mingyang dodged the handkerchief she handed him in fear.
Qin Xin was surprised: "Fourth Miss, what's wrong with you?"
"It's okay!" Lu Mingyang took the handkerchief and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his elder sister didn't look at him. "Go make some tea!"
After washing up, Zhuxin brought breakfast from the kitchen. Lu Mingyang ate while talking to his elder sister.
Lu Mingyuan asked, "Yang'er, who do you think is behind the murder of father's personal guards?"
Another one who didn't believe it. Lu Mingyang sighed. She really couldn't believe it. If it was found out that it was done by her father's personal soldiers, what a blow it would be to her eldest sister.
But at this moment, for the sake of his elder sister's health, Lu Mingyang had no choice but to guess: "Noble Concubine Song?"
Lu Mingyuan lowered his eyes: "I feel the same!"
"But why did she do that?" Lu Mingyang was puzzled.
Lu Mingyuan speculated, "Now that His Majesty is attaching great importance to the selection of the Marquis of Chengyang, Concubine Song is unable to place her own people there, and is worried that it will fall into the hands of Prince Ningyuan, so she is thinking of destroying it."
Thinking of the tragic situation in Xihe Village, Lu Mingyang was puzzled: "Only 800 people, are they really so heartless?"
"Dad's personal guards weren't just any soldiers; they were eight hundred well-equipped cavalrymen, each one as strong as a hundred. If father had taken them with him, they wouldn't have perished outside Yanmen Pass."
At this point, Lu Mingyuan waved his hand and asked Zhuxin and Qinxin to go out and guard, and whispered: "More importantly, many of these 800 people serve in the army, and there are more than 800 people behind them. Otherwise, why would Prince Ningyuan do everything he could to marry you!"
Hearing the words "Prince of Ningyuan," the wound on his face burned with pain. Lu Mingyang asked, "Sister, does it mean that whoever inherits the title of Marquis of Chengyang will be in charge of these eight hundred personal soldiers?"
Lu Mingyuan nodded: "According to the rules, this is the case."
With a bang, the soup bowl slipped out of his hand and the lily porridge spilled onto the table.
"what happened?"
Lu Mingyuan hurriedly wiped his sister's scalded hands with a handkerchief, but Lu Mingyang could not feel anything.
Therefore, he went to Yingchuan to help himself only because he was afraid of the emperor's anger. From the moment the imperial edict came down, he didn't want to let this useless chess piece occupy his precious position as princess.
If it wasn't, then it wasn't. She didn't care. But he only needed two months to repair the canal, while her elder sister's illness would take at least three months. When he came back and used the scar on his face as an excuse to cripple her, she wouldn't even be a princess anymore. How could she still lie to her elder sister?
The capital is prosperous every day.
Lu Mingyang took his elder sister's hand and walked into Fanyue Restaurant, turned up the stairs, and entered the private room in the southwest corner.
Lu Mingyuan asked, "Will he come?"
"Let's wait and see!" Lu Mingyang was unsure, "Anyway, the visiting card has already been sent out."
Inside the room, Lu Mingyuan sat quietly behind a screen. Lu Mingyang sat at the table, fidgeting with the tea set. Not long after, Shen Yan knocked on the door and entered.
"Your subordinate greets the princess!"
Hearing the word "Princess" now, the wound ached. Lu Mingyang collected his thoughts and said calmly, "Your Excellency, there is no need to be so polite. Please take a seat!"
Shen Yan asked anxiously, "Your Highness, have you encountered any difficulties in Yingchuan? I said that building a canal is not that easy, but I wonder why Your Highness did not allow me to go with you."
She didn't know what Chu Mingzheng's trip to Yingchuan had to do with him, but she didn't care. Lu Mingyang interrupted with difficulty, "Sir Shen, His Highness didn't write to me."
Shen Yan was slightly startled: "Then why did the princess come to see me?"
Lu Mingyang poured him a cup of tea, slowly pushed it over, and asked, "I'd like to ask, sir, about the progress of the Xihe Village attack case."
Shen Yan told the truth: "More than 30 women in Xihe Village were humiliated, 10 men were seriously injured, and 18 civilians died tragically, including 10 men and 8 women."
At this point, he paused, "The victims have accused the Marquis of Chengyang's personal guards. The village has also found tokens, long swords, and other items as evidence that they are the Marquis of Chengyang's personal guards."
Lu Mingyang snorted coldly, "The evidence is quite complete."
She had some doubts at first, but now it seems that it is really a complete frame-up.
Shen Yan lowered his gaze to look at Lu Mingyang, his eyes full of pity, and whispered back, "Princess, do you believe that it wasn't done by Marquis Chengyang's personal soldiers?"
"Of course!" Lu Mingyang couldn't see his expression clearly, so he continued, "My father died fighting for our country, but after his death, his personal soldiers were wrongly accused. As a son, I can't help myself. I have always admired your character. I know you are a loyal and upright person. Could you do me a favor?"
Shen Yan clasped his hands and said, "As long as it benefits the country and the people, I will not hesitate to die."
"It's not a difficult matter. I just want to clear my father's name as soon as possible." Lu Mingyang stated the purpose of his visit: "I would like to ask you to write to His Majesty, allowing the descendants of the Lu family to thoroughly investigate this case. And promise that whoever solves the case first will be adopted by my father and inherit the title of Marquis of Chengyang."
Shen Yan said helplessly: "Princess, don't you know? Someone from the Lu family has expressed his position to Your Majesty, asking Your Majesty to dismiss the Marquis of Chengyang's personal guards."
The screen fell to the ground with a loud bang.
Shen Yan turned his head and saw the wife of the Marquis of Zhongxin standing there, her figure as graceful as an orchid, her face as deep as a pool. For a moment, he even forgot to stand up and salute.
"Elder sister!" Lu Mingyang helped his elder sister over.
Lu Mingyuan's face turned pale as he angrily said, "The case isn't even clear yet, yet they're so anxious to plead guilty on behalf of their father. They're so worried that His Majesty will revoke their title of Marquis of Chengyang."
"I've investigated the Xihe Village case, and there are indeed many suspicious points."
Shen Yan didn't know why he said that. He lowered his head, not daring to look directly at the woman in front of him. He sighed and said, "Your Majesty has already imprisoned all the personal guards of the Chengyang Marquis' Mansion. If there are a few who can't hold on and are forced to confess, I'm afraid it will be difficult to say."
"Yes," Lu Mingyuan said, his face pale. "For such a big case, the most important thing is not the truth, but to calm the public anger, the sooner the better. The truth is nothing, and my father's reputation is nothing. None of them matter."
Lu Mingyang was speechless. "The imperial edict His Majesty just issued even mentioned that Father governs his people well. Isn't he afraid of being humiliated? And what about the dozens of lives lost in Xihe Village? Doesn't His Majesty care?"
Shen Yan said, "Don't worry, Princess and Madam. I have collected a lot of evidence and will submit a letter to His Majesty tomorrow to thoroughly investigate the case. However, I'm afraid that what Princess mentioned will be difficult to handle. I have never heard of a suspect investigating a case on his own."
"Whether it's difficult or not, we'll never know until we try." Lu Mingyuan said, "Please ask Lord Shen to write a letter on my behalf, saying that the Chengyang Marquisate is willing to offer the iron scroll of immunity from death, and asks Your Majesty to thoroughly investigate this case and clear my father's name."
Shen Yan stood up and bowed solemnly: "In the bright and clear world, under the bright sun and moon, I am willing to make this trip on behalf of my wife."