Female martial arts fanatics only love to fight, while men fight for their lives.

65

As the sky brightens, it seems like a peaceful day, but in fact there are undercurrents.

Lou Xiao had some impression of the servants around King Jin. The investigation was very cruel. She heard with her own ears that most of them died under torture.

Those who wanted to plead for King Jin were caught by the Queen and were punished.

Perhaps it was the first time she saw the empress so angry, or perhaps it was the first time she saw the weight of the word "imperial power".

Lou Xiao was silent for a long time.

After paying respects to the empress in the palace, he returned to his residence to rest, half lying on the rocking chair in Yushengju, feeling drowsy in the spring breeze.

Lou Hong came with his men and stopped in front of her without saying anything. He just waved them away and sat down quietly, as if waiting for her to have a good rest.

"What are you doing here?" Lou Xiao's emotionless voice sounded very cold. She put one hand on her forehead and covered her eyes with her sleeve, so her expression could not be seen clearly.

Lou Hong confirmed that she was not asleep, and without further ado, he said calmly,

"Prince Jin's mansion was surrounded by imperial guards, and the front and back doors were sealed, making it difficult for even the servants to enter and leave."

Lou Xiao said nothing, as she had known this would be the outcome.

Lou Hong continued, "Several guards in the capital were questioned. The chief guard, Xian Dahai, submitted a petition to plead for one of her clan members who was implicated."

Lou Xiao looked at him with one eye, as if to say, you won't agree, right?

"I just came to discuss something with you. Xian Dahai has a long history with my father and he watched me grow up. You..."

She just looked at him expressionlessly without saying anything. Lou Hong gritted his teeth and said, "Old Taishan took that relationship into consideration and asked me to come and beg you..."

Closing his eyes again, Lou Xiao asked, "Relatives? Did they help you when you were having a hard time in the past?"

Lou Xiao understood without hearing Lou Hong speak, but she didn't understand why, after experiencing the ways of the world, they still couldn't let go of these so-called "relatives".

"Her Majesty is furious. Why do you think I can protect people in front of her?"

Lou Xiao was visibly annoyed, frowning as he sat up, "The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion has finally started to improve, but you're tired of living like this?"

You really don't know the seriousness of the matter. No wonder the Queen dislikes you.

Lou Hong defended himself in a low voice, "He was just implicated, and he is not an important person. The Ministry of Justice implicated him too much just to vent His Majesty's anger. He was not responsible."

If it was someone else, it would be fine. I can just say it as Lou Xiao.

He was spared the death penalty, and even if he was demoted to an official position and received some punishment, he had overcome this difficulty.

"If your Majesty was assassinated, he would not be implicated if he was truly innocent. Since the Ministry of Justice has arrested someone, he cannot be innocent." Lou Xiao asked.

"Why not tell me what he does?"

In fact, Lou Hong was not very willing for the palace to get involved in this matter, but Old Taishan valued feelings the most. He became emotional after reading a memorial and sent him to ask Lou Xiao.

"He was a royal guard who checked the equipment entering the palace. He just had some relationship with King Jin's subordinates, but he did not let the assassin in that day."

Lou Xiao raised her eyebrows to show that there was nothing to beg for.

She didn't want to get involved in these trivial matters. This was how the families in Beijing were, with complicated in-law relationships.

Whenever something happens to a family, they can always find someone to ask for favors and help them.

She looked uninterested, "Everyone in the capital who has something to do with King Jin wants to stay away from him, and you actually want me to get involved?

King Jin has been imprisoned, and anyone who dares to plead for mercy will be thrown into prison, and there is no telling what the consequences will be."

Lou Hong paused and said, "Yes, once you lose power, no one will help you. It is the truth to protect yourself."

He said it in a somewhat cold and sarcastic tone. Lou Xiao raised the corner of his mouth and smiled.

"If you are dissatisfied, go and plead for mercy yourself, either at the Ministry of Justice or the prison, or at Prince Jin's mansion. I won't stop you."

Lou Hong heard the coldness in her words and defended himself with a self-deprecating voice, "I just thought about the past... and felt a little emotional.

It was Old Taishan who asked me to come here. It is up to you whether to help or not. You are the head of the family, and I am in charge of the inner house. I have no right to ask about your decision. "

He paused, "If one day you get married and his family members get into trouble, will you help them?"

What he has always been concerned about is that Lou Xiao has always been separated from them.

She did not grow up in the capital and had no feelings for the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, let alone his relatives.

He doesn't even go to Lao Taishan often, let alone the Yu family, with whom the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion has a very good relationship, and has never visited them until now.

If she gets married and brings a husband back, will there be no place for him in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion?

Are they outsiders?

"What's the point of getting married? Who can tell what will happen in the future?" Lou Xiao sat there without any image.

"Keep a low profile recently. All those who ask for favors have been rejected. Her Majesty the Queen is angry. No one who runs into her can save her at this moment."

She glanced at Lou Xiao who was lowering his head, "I know you will think I am cold-blooded, but once I start talking, I can't stop. I have to be more cautious around the Queen."

Lou Xiao whispered "Yes", and stood up after pinching her brows, "I'll go tell Lao Taishan, no matter how much you value the relationship, you can't put yourself on the line, right?"

She knew the old man was a little afraid of her.

In order to prevent the old man from being soft-hearted and secretly agreeing to something, she had to analyze the pros and cons. At worst, she would scare people. After all, she had to prevent someone from following Old Taishan's path and causing trouble for her.

Being the boss of the house is really troublesome.

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Old Taishan looked at Lou Sheng who was being teased by the servants, and was worried. When she heard that Lou Xiao was coming, she was startled at first, then stood up and straightened her back.

However, she was old and weak, and she quickly became exhausted. The servant who was supporting her gently patted her waist and advised,

"She is a casual person. You just sit and wait for her. She is a junior after all. There is no need for you to greet her."

Old Taishan sighed for no apparent reason, and then he saw Lou Xiao rushing in.

Lou Sheng had rarely seen her. He held the cloth tiger in his small body, looked up and stared at Lou Xiao with his big eyes.

Lou Xiao's expression softened. She squatted down and reached out to pinch his cheek. Lou Sheng laughed and ran behind Lao Taishan, shyly avoiding him, then secretly stuck his head out to look at her.

"He is a posthumous child. His mother left the house when he was born." Old Taishan wanted to pull the child out to greet Lou Xiao, but he was too shy to come out.

Lou Xiao thought of her life experience.

Lou Sheng is just a little child and is naturally close to his mother, but she is the only young woman in the mansion, so does he treat her as his mother?

"Old Taishan loves his children and values ​​affection, but he also needs to be considerate of the difficulties faced by the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. Lou Honglai has asked me, and I meant to refuse. If Old Taishan is not comfortable with it, I will go."

Lou Xiao went straight to the point without beating around the bush, "You don't even dare to come in person to ask for help. I guess you don't have the confidence."

Old Taishan was frozen for a moment, not knowing what to do.

It was not until he saw Lou Xiao making faces and teasing him that Lou Sheng ran into her arms and looked up at her. The two of them looked like a very close mother and son that he stammered,

"Then, the day after tomorrow at my residence..."

Lou Xiao understood everything. "They will go to Yu's house? That's settled. I'll go and talk to them myself."