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Chapter 262 The Heroine's Halo
The next few days, to Chu Lu's surprise, were characterized by a rare calm.

Without the heroine jumping out to cause trouble, and without any movement from Zhang Wei, Chu Lu felt a little bored.

He simply began to play the role of emperor, sitting in the imperial study every day and reading the mountains of memorials in a serious manner.

If there is drought in a certain place, they will ask for the warehouse to be opened to release grain; if there is flood in a certain place, they will ask for funds to provide disaster relief; soldiers at the border will complain about the lack of food and wages, and ministers in the court will argue endlessly about the candidate for a certain position...

Chu Lu naturally didn't understand these, but he also knew that these things were not important at all, so he just casually corrected most of the content. He only looked carefully at the content involving the protagonist of the copy, and then based on various clues, he vaguely inferred that the other party seemed to have established an army called the White Flag Army in the northwest, working for the court for nothing and resisting foreign enemies.

However, this brief peace did not last long.

That afternoon, Chu Lu had just finished dealing with a batch of memorials and was picking up a cup of tea to moisten his throat when he heard a burst of hurried and chaotic footsteps outside the hall, accompanied by sharp shouting.

"Get out of the way! Everyone, get out of the way! I want to see the Emperor!"

Chu Lu frowned, but before he could ask, the door of the imperial study was roughly pushed open from the outside.

The eldest princess, Jiang Miaoyan, rushed in angrily with a murderous look on her pretty face.

Behind her followed several eunuchs and palace maids who tried to stop her but did not dare to do anything, each with a terrified look on their face.

"Old thing!" Jiang Miaoyan rushed to the imperial desk and slammed her hands on the desk. "I have something to ask you!"

Chu Lu put down the teacup, looked up at her, and said calmly: "Why is there so much noise?"

"What's the matter?" Jiang Miaoyan sneered and pointed in a certain direction outside the palace. "Why did you move the hundred-year-old magnolia in my bedroom?! That's my favorite that I picked with my own hands! I'm not even dead yet, and you're in a hurry to throw my things out. What? Is it as annoying to you as me to keep it in the palace?"

Chu Lu was stunned when he heard this. He quickly recalled it in his mind and asked Qin Su, but found out that there was no such thing as moving the tree.

"When did I order the magnolia tree in your palace to be removed?" Chu Lu asked back.

"You still dare to quibble!" Jiang Miaoyan's eyes widened. "When I got up this morning, I found that the tree was gone! If you didn't give the order, could it have grown legs and run away? Old man, did I hit you too lightly last time, so that you can't tell the difference between the big and small kings?! Don't think you are so great just because you caught a palace maid who poisoned people!"

Chu Lu's eyes twitched and anger rose in his chest.

But this was not the time to break up with her, so he could only endure it reluctantly.

"That's nonsense." Chu Lu said coldly, "I have never issued such an order. If you don't believe me, you can check the records of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If you have nothing to do, please leave and don't make trouble here."

"You!" Jiang Miaoyan had a face full of exasperation and cold eyes, as if she was about to go crazy again.

But the strange thing was that she didn't really go crazy. Instead, a hint of pride flashed in her eyes.

"Hmph! Good! Very good!" Jiang Miaoyan stamped her feet in hatred, "Since you are so heartless, then I have nothing to say! We'll see!"

After saying that, she stopped pestering and turned away, leaving behind an angry yet somewhat complacent figure.

Chu Lu watched her come in a hurry and leave inexplicably, with a frown on his face.

"What on earth is this guy doing?" He asked Qin Su in his heart, "Why did she come here to accuse me of something she didn't know? She can't be here just to pick a fight? She'll just have a fight and then leave contentedly? What does she want?"

"I'm not sure, but Chu Lu, you have to be careful." Qin Su's voice was solemn, "I guess she might be trying to force the plot forward."

Chu Lu's heart trembled, and his brows furrowed. "Really? But why is it so sudden? Is it because I arrested A Ling a few days ago and acted too conspicuously, which irritated her?"

The reason why Chu Lu chose to play along with the enemy and pretend to be troubled by the unjust case in order to lure out the real murderer was not only to lure out the real murderer, but also to avoid appearing too smart.

As long as there is no reversal in the final link, and the discovery of A Ling's poisoning is attributed to coincidence or to some loyal minister, he can continue to maintain his stupid and incompetent image.

He knew very well that these female protagonists in female channels had an extreme and inexplicable prejudice against male protagonists in male channels. The more stupid he acted, the more reassured they would be.

Unfortunately, the overreaction of the Qingliu forced him to reverse his decision on the spot. Although this shocked the court officials, it also deviated from the original intention of the plan.

"It shouldn't matter." Qin Su analyzed, "Given Jiang Miaoyan's intelligence and her inherent impression of you, it's highly unlikely that she would change her mind just because you captured a palace maid. It's more likely that... it's simply that the timeline for her storyline has arrived."

After hearing this, Chu Lu stopped worrying about it, but he became even more alert.

Since we can't figure out the other party's tactics, we can only fight back against them as they come.

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The next day, Jingren Palace.

As soon as the sky was getting light, the eldest princess Jiang Miaoyan woke up.

According to the usual rules, the maids would immediately come forward to help her wash, change clothes, and dress up. The experienced female official in charge would choose the appropriate palace clothes and jewelry for her according to the occasion.

However, today, Jiang Miaoyan was acting out of character.

"All of you, get out of here!" She sat in front of the dressing table, looking at her face in the mirror, which was still a little immature but already revealed her elegance. She coldly shouted away all the palace servants who tried to approach her, "I want to do my own makeup and clothes today!"

The palace maids and female officials looked at each other in bewilderment. Although they didn't understand what was going on, they dared not disobey their master, whose temper was becoming increasingly unpredictable. They could only nod in agreement, bowed, and retreated outside the hall to wait.

After a long while, the tightly closed palace door was finally opened.

Jiang Miaoyan came out.

The palace servants waiting outside took a closer look and were stunned.

Today, the eldest princess chose a conservative, dark-colored, high-necked palace dress that covered her neck and collarbone tightly, which was very different from her usual style.

"Your Highness, what happened to you today..." The female official in charge couldn't help but step forward and wanted to ask cautiously.

"Mind your own business!" Jiang Miaoyan interrupted her impatiently, glancing at everyone coldly, "Have breakfast, then go to the sect school."

The atmosphere inside the sect school is solemn.

The tutor was explaining the meaning of the classics and the students were listening attentively.

Jiang Miaoyan sat in her seat with her head down, looking like she was troubled by something, completely different from her usual arrogant and domineering self.

What she wore today was really unusual. The high collar made her look out of place in the school and soon attracted the attention of the tutor.

"Princess," the tutor stopped teaching, looked at Jiang Miaoyan, frowned and asked, "Are you feeling unwell? Why are your clothes so thick today?" As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes were focused on Jiang Miaoyan.

Jiang Miaoyan seemed startled. She raised her head suddenly, then lowered it hurriedly and whispered, "I'm fine. Thank you, Master, for your concern."

The Imperial Tutor saw that she was evasive and felt that something was wrong, so he asked, "Your Highness, your face doesn't look right, and your clothes are strange. If you feel uncomfortable, just say so, don't force yourself."

"It's really nothing," Jiang Miaoyan's voice was trembling a little, and she lowered her head even lower, "It's just... I just caught a cold, and I'm afraid I've passed away."

The Grand Tutor obviously didn't believe this. He walked down from the podium and came to Jiang Miaoyan's desk. His eyes fell on her unnaturally high collar and he said in a serious tone, "Your Highness, what's wrong with you? As the Emperor's teacher, it is my duty to ask!"

Jiang Miaoyan was forced to question, and she raised her head, her eyes filled with tears. It seemed that she had struggled a lot, and then she slowly pulled open her sleeves with shaking hands, feeling aggrieved...

hiss--!
The moment they saw what was in her hands, the whole school gasped!
I saw that on the originally fair and delicate skin, there were several purple-red whip marks of varying depths! Although it didn't look particularly serious, it was still shocking to see it on a princess of noble birth!

"Your Highness! What are you doing..." The Grand Tutor was suddenly shocked.

"Wuwu..." Jiang Miaoyan finally couldn't help it and lay on the table and sobbed softly, her shoulders shrugged, looking extremely weak and pitiful, "Yes, it was my father who beat me. I just begged him not to move the magnolia tree in my bedroom, and he flew into a rage and called the eunuchs to beat me... Wuwuwu."

"What?!" Everyone was in an uproar.

Jiang Miaoyan was immediately pleased when she saw this. The scars on her body were faked by herself, so she was not afraid of being exposed, let alone retaliated. She thought to herself that Chu Lu was the emperor! If he beat his own daughter, would he still have a bad reputation? Did he still want to keep the throne? ! The spit of people all over the world could drown him!
So as long as she could incite this group of people and make a big noise, she could scare Chu Lu to death. How could he dare to defend himself? He could only bow his head and admit it!
However, what followed was not the sympathy that Jiang Miaoyan had expected, but anger and accusations.

"Princess! Tell me the truth, what have you done? How did you provoke His Majesty again?" A courageous son of a noble family stood up suddenly, pointed at Jiang Miaoyan and shouted angrily.

Jiang Miaoyan was stunned and said subconsciously: "What do you mean I did something again? I am the one who got beaten."

"Come on. Your Majesty is kindhearted. How could he do such a cruel thing to you for no reason? You must have done something disobedient, unfilial, and lawless again!"

"That's right! Who doesn't know your arrogant and disrespectful nature? You even dared to attack your own mother, so what else can't you do?! You deserve to be punished by His Majesty!"

"No, the eldest princess even beat her biological mother, the queen, and her own brother, the crown prince, last time, but His Majesty did not punish her. I really can't think of what the eldest princess has to do to be punished. I think these scars are fake."

"That's right! That's right. I think it's because of what happened the day before yesterday that the eldest princess is still unwilling to repent and is here to slander and spread rumors in an attempt to deceive us!"

"How despicable and shameful! How could such a person be the eldest princess?"

"That's right, it's really strange, why can she still live until now?"

"Wait, are we a little weird too? Why can you blame the eldest princess so bluntly?"

……

Jiang Miaoyan looked around at everyone in a daze. Her face turned from red to white, and then from white to blue. She looked at everyone with eyes full of shock.

This is completely different from the script she had imagined!
Why don't these people believe her?! Shouldn't they be immediately outraged and help her condemn Chu Lu?!

The next moment, Jiang Miaoyan reacted and shouted angrily: "I was beaten! Can't you see?! It was that tyrant who beat me! Use your brains and figure out who is right and who is wrong?"

However, everyone still sneered at this.

Jiang Miaoyan was so angry that she trembled all over.

At this moment, a halo suddenly appeared faintly behind Jiang Miaoyan. Then, an invisible force quietly spread out with Jiang Miaoyan as the center.

Everyone present, whether they were students or tutors, felt a slight blur in front of their eyes, and their minds seemed to become blank and confused for a moment.

When they woke up again, the look in their eyes when they looked at Jiang Miaoyan had completely changed.

All the doubts, anger, and accusations disappeared, replaced by a mixture of sympathy, anger, and guilt, as if those harsh words just now did not come from their mouths at all.

"Your Highness...you have been wronged..."

"Yes! How could your majesty do this? Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs! You are his biological daughter!"

"That's too much! You're worse than beasts! We just...how could we say such things just now!"

"We were so confused just now! We were almost deceived! Your Majesty is so tyrannical, it is not the behavior of a wise ruler!"

"He could be so cruel to his own daughter! How can someone with this kind of character rule the world?!"

"You are unworthy of being a father! You are unworthy of being a king!"

The students who had previously blamed Jiang Miaoyan now turned their guns on Chu Lu and began to curse him indignantly. The speed at which their attitude changed was shocking.

Seeing their reaction, Jiang Miaoyan didn't feel strange at all. She thought they were convinced by her and said excitedly, "Yes, yes, you finally understand!"

The Grand Tutor was so angry that he was shaking all over, and his hair and beard were standing on end.

"How ridiculous! How ridiculous!" He slammed the table and shouted angrily, "As a teacher, I cannot sit idly by and watch the king lose his morals and the princess suffer injustice! Princess, follow me! I will go to the Yangxin Palace and ask for an explanation from that tyrant king in person!"

"Yes! Ask for an explanation!"

"Your Highness cannot be allowed to suffer this in vain!"

"Right, right, that's it." Jiang Miaoyan clapped her hands happily and said, "You guys are not that stupid after all. Come on, let's go find that old guy and settle the score!"

"That's right, Princess, let's go!" The Grand Tutor pulled Jiang Miaoyan up and was about to walk out.

"Wait!" Jiang Miaoyan's eyes flashed with malice. She pulled the sleeve of the tutor and added, "The Crown Prince and the Queen were also present yesterday. Instead of dissuading us, they fanned the flames and gloated over our misfortune!"

"What?!" Upon hearing this, the Grand Tutor was furious. "Even the Queen and the Crown Prince are like this? This is simply disregarding human ethics and having a vicious heart!"

"Good! Good! Good!" The Grand Tutor said three "good" words in a row, his face livid with anger. "In that case, then bring the Crown Prince and the Queen here together! Today, we must ask the emperor about this matter thoroughly and clearly in front of him! Give the eldest princess justice!"

After saying that, he headed towards the Yangxin Palace with great momentum.

(End of this chapter)