The princess returns strongly, and the divorced regent is busy chasing his wife

When Ouyang Miaoling returned to the room, Siyu had already left.

She returned to bed and prepared to sleep.

As soon as I closed my eyes, Nangong Mingxuan appeared before my eyes.

"What's going on? Why did you think of him out of nowhere?"

She tried hard to adjust her thoughts and stop thinking about random things, but tonight her thoughts were like a rebellious child and would not listen to her no matter what she said.

Finally, I fell asleep in a daze, half asleep and half asleep.

On the other side, Nangong Mingxuan was worried about his princess and hadn't had a good rest for several days.

He dealt with the things in his hands as quickly as possible and rushed to find her.

next day

In the court of Northern Qi, the court officials were in an uproar. One side advocated the trial and execution of the second prince, while the other side demanded lenient treatment.

It seems that the Queen Mother's recent activities have been effective.

"Uncle Emperor...what do you think? We must not tolerate what happened to our Second Brother."

The little emperor gently tested Nangong Mingxuan's attitude towards this matter.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. I know what's going on."

"My fellow ministers, I have heard your opinions. Please be patient and wait for me to discuss with the emperor before I give you my reply."

Nangong Mingxuan took a retreat as a means of advance, first stabilizing the court officials and then finding ways to defeat them one by one.

The Queen Mother and her party knew that this was a roundabout strategy of the Regent, so they continued to make suggestions fearlessly.

One of the supporters of the Queen Mother's mother's family said, "Prince Regent, even if the Second Prince committed an unforgivable crime, the Queen Mother should at least let her see her own son. Your Highness is holding the Second Prince captive, not questioning him, not letting him see her. What does this mean? Could it be that someone is using private means on the Second Prince to force him to confess, and that's why the Queen Mother won't let him see him?"

"My minister, don't forget that you are paid by the court and serve as an official in the Northern Qi court. You are not someone's pet dog, so don't come out and bite people randomly."

Nangong Mingxuan's supporters directly responded to the person who overestimated his own abilities.

"You are... vulgar. How can the court of Northern Qi allow a vulgar person like you to run wild?"

"Sir, I am just a rough man who can only lead troops to fight. I will not be anyone's retainer or speak for anyone. I will only speak from an impartial perspective. I am an official of the court and receive a salary from the court, so I should share the worries of the court."

"Who hasn't shared the worries of the court? Explain clearly?"

The two men, one civil and one military, quarreled fiercely in the court.

"That's enough, shut up!" Nangong Mingxuan shouted when he saw that the water was almost muddied.

The two men shut up immediately, and silence returned to the court.

"The Second Prince...colluded with foreign enemies and sold out the country. This is an indisputable fact. Starting today, the three courts will begin to interrogate the Second Prince."

"No one is allowed to find out where the Second Prince is being held. During the interrogation, he must be brought in with my approval. During the interrogation, I will send someone to watch over him and bring him back immediately after the interrogation."

"As for what that minister just said, why didn't the Queen Mother see anyone?"

"I will explain to you here that the Queen Mother is the biological mother of the Second Prince. If a son is not well educated, it is the fault of the mother. The Second Prince made such a big mistake today because the Queen Mother did not educate her son well. How dare I let the Queen Mother see the Second Prince?"

"If you don't let her see him now, then I will never let the Queen Mother see the Second Prince in the future."

"My Lords, is this reason of mine acceptable?"

When the party supporting the Queen Mother heard the reasons given by the Regent, they looked at each other, not knowing how to refute.

Yes... As the mother, I have an unshirkable responsibility for the Second Prince's current situation.

"As a minister, do you have anything else to report?"

The ministers looked at each other, no one dared to speak beyond the limit. The court was strangely quiet.

"If you have nothing else to do, please adjourn the court."

Following the regent's oral order, all the ministers withdrew in an orderly manner.

"Duke Lu, please stay"

The Duke of Lu, who was about to leave the hall, was singled out and asked to stay.

At this time, only Duke Lu and Nangong Mingxuan were left in the hall.

The little emperor also left the Qinzheng Hall surrounded by the eunuchs.

"I wonder what your Highness wants me to do?"

Duke Lu saluted cautiously with his hands clasped together.

"Your Excellency, there is no need to be so polite."

"Our Yi'er misses her grandfather. The Duke can visit Yi'er at the Regent's Palace anytime he is free."

When the Duke of Lu heard the Regent say this, he was so moved that he almost burst into tears.

"Thank you, Your Highness. I will definitely go to see Yi'er."

"By the way, Your Highness, when will Ling'er be able to come back?"

Nangong Mingxuan looked around and felt that the Qinzheng Hall was not safe and was not a place to talk.

So he said to the Duke of Lu, "Duke, can you please spare me a moment to talk?"

The Duke of Lu also realized that the Regent seemed to have something important to say to him, so he nodded and followed the Regent to the palace where he handled official business.

"Please take a seat, Duke."

Nangong Mingxuan also walked over and sat down in the main seat.

"Duke... Today I want to tell you about what happened to my mother-in-law."

The Duke of Lu's hand holding the teacup froze in place.

Nangong Mingxuan did not care about Duke Lu's feelings on the matter and told him everything he and Ouyang Miaoling had found out at the border.

"What? Your Highness is saying that there is something else going on?"

"Yes... when my mother-in-law returned to the imperial capital, news spread that she had eloped with someone. The Duke believed the rumors and drove my mother-in-law, who was homeless at the time, out of the Duke's Mansion. In fact, none of this was true. It was the Queen Mother and the lady in your mansion who teamed up to frame my mother-in-law."

"what?"

When Duke Lu heard the truth of what happened back then, it turned out to be a frame-up, but he believed the rumors and drove his wife out of the house. This news was like a thunderbolt, which petrified him and he couldn't recover for a long time.

Finally, "Am I really old and confused?"

It took Duke Lu a long while to come back to his senses from his shock, and he shed tears of regret.

"Yao'er...it's my husband's fault for being blind. I'm sorry."

Nangong Mingxuan saw that Duke Lu had listened to his words and decided to strike while the iron was hot.

"My Lord, now is not the time to regret."

"According to the second prince, the queen mother imprisoned my mother-in-law in a secret room underground in the cold palace."

"I have already sent people to search the palace inside and outside, both openly and covertly, but I can't find this secret passage."

The Duke of Lu understood what the Regent meant.

"Your Highness, please feel free to tell me what you want to do. I will do my best."

"When you return, Duke, you must not reveal your true identity in front of Madam Li. See if you can get the exact location of the dungeon from Madam Li, so that I can rescue my mother-in-law as soon as possible and let her suffer less."

"it is good.."

The Duke of Lu tried hard to hold back the tears in his eyes, suppressed the anger in his heart, and gritted his teeth before he squeezed out the word "OK".

"Also, I didn't let the Second Prince meet the Queen Mother because I was afraid that they would collude with each other. Before I rescue my mother-in-law, I must not let them go to extremes and kill people to silence them."

Only then did the Duke of Lu understand the good intentions of the Regent. Everything he did was for his Ling'er.

"I understand, old minister."

Duke Lu clasped his hands together, tears in his eyes, and stood firm. He swore in his heart that he would firmly support any decision made by the Regent in the future.