Lu Zheng warned that this was a guest brought back by the adults, so how could he be so unruly.

Lu Zhuo stuck out her tongue, turned around and went to make the bed.

Soon, Lu Qin brought a set of yamen runner's uniform. Hua Jianli dressed neatly, tied her long black hair into a ponytail, and stood in front of the two of them, looking like a petite yamen runner.

His eyebrows and eyes are picturesque, his face has flaws, but he is full of energy.

The attentive Lu Zhen also handed her a black face towel. Hua Jianli was grateful for her thoughtfulness and gladly accepted it.

When I walked out of the room, a yamen runner with a baby face came to meet me.

He said he was here to take her to the main hall on orders from his superiors.

The man was about seventeen or eighteen years old. He said his name was Lu Hu, and Lu is also called Liu, so everyone called him Xiao Liuzi.

Xiao Liuzi has a pair of smiling eyes. When he opens his mouth, the corners of his mouth turn up and his eyes narrow, giving people the feeling of a boy next door.

Along the way, he never stopped talking, like a chatterbox. With her eloquent tongue, Hua Jianli quickly became familiar with Xiao Liuzi. She learned from him that in the hall, several adults were discussing the case of the imperial concubine's death.

Following Xiao Liuzi, we walked south along the corridor. In front of us, in the morning light, was the central hall of the Dali Temple, where a group of people were talking.

"I can't believe that Hua Jianli is so vicious at such a young age..." said the elder who was about 40 years old.

Hearing himself being mentioned, Hua Jianli couldn't help but stop.

How is she vicious?

"Logically speaking, she and the imperial concubine had never met before. What was her motive for murder?"

Another young voice questioned.

"Come in!" Xiao Liuzi stretched out his hand to her.

Hua Jianli suddenly came back to her senses and followed Xiao Liuzi in. Because she was wearing the clothes of a yamen runner, everyone's attention was on the topic, and naturally no one cared whether there was a stranger there.

Qin Changge was sitting in the middle of the hall, with Qinglin standing like a pine tree behind him. There was also an official in official uniform whom she didn't recognize sitting to the lower left. It was him who had just spoken.

On the right is an old man with sunken cheeks and small eyes squinted into a line. He holds a pen in his hand and has rice paper in front of him. He looks like the chief clerk of the Dali Temple.

There were several yamen runners standing nearby.

Qin Changge waved at her, and she walked straight to stand behind him.

After the man just finished speaking, the middle-aged man holding the brush sighed, "Women are short-sighted. What else can they be interested in? It's just some gold and silver."

"Master, your statement is a bit far-fetched. Hua Jianli is the daughter of the Prime Minister after all. No matter how valuable the items in the palace are, she would covet them and commit murder..."

"Qing Feng, don't judge things by appearances!"

This time it was the man in official uniform who spoke, "This Hua Jianli really has a motive for murder!"

"Oh?" Qing Feng suddenly became interested, "What do you mean, Master Shi?"

Mr. Shi is Shi Ce, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, a fourth-rank official and Qin Changge's subordinate. He is forty years old and looks average, but his two mustaches are particularly conspicuous, and they twitch when he speaks, which is quite funny.

He looked at Qin Changge who was drinking tea, and then said seriously: "Although Hua Jianli is a legitimate daughter, she is treated worse than the maids and concubines. It is said that when she was born, her pupils shone with blood-red light, and she was regarded as an ominous person. The prime minister originally threw her into the back mountain to feed the wolves, but the prime minister's wife at that time risked her weak body after giving birth and searched for her for a day and a night before bringing her back. As a result, she was injured and died a few years later!"

"Since then, Hua Jianli has become the calamity that killed her mother. She has been abandoned by her family and left to roam free. It is said that the place she lives in is comparable to a doghouse or a pigsty..."

It was the first time that Hua Jianli heard someone talk about her mother. It turned out that there was such a thing.

Qin Changge put down the teacup, glanced at her casually, and said nothing.

"So that's why, as soon as she had the chance to enter the palace, she was dazzled by the prosperity and started to have thoughts that she shouldn't have!" someone suddenly realized.

"So, she has every motive to kill the imperial concubine."

Qing Feng's eyes lit up when he heard the gossip, "If she is such a person, why did the royal family enter into a marriage contract with her?"

"That's right. Since her family has abandoned her, why didn't she cancel the engagement? If she had canceled the engagement earlier, she wouldn't have been qualified to enter the palace. If she hadn't been qualified to enter the palace, the imperial concubine wouldn't have been killed by her."

"Do you think this marriage can be cancelled just because you want to?" the lawyer asked at this time.

“Why can’t I quit?”

"You know that this marriage was arranged for the two of you when the late emperor was still alive! It is of great significance."

When he mentioned the words "late emperor", the lawyer bowed to the sky with both hands.

"We agreed on this at the beginning. Unless Hua Jianli takes the initiative to cancel the engagement, the Fourth Prince will have to marry Hua Jianli even if it means crying."

"Oh? Why is that?" Qingfeng was in high spirits.

"In fact, I am not very clear about the mystery. I have to ask Lord Shi. Lord Shi knows more than me."

Mr. Shi nodded, "Indeed, what you said is absolutely true."

"Master Shi, please tell me quickly."

Lord Shi stroked his beard and saw that everyone was looking at him. Then he spoke, "This all stems from a rumor..."

gossip?

"That year, when the late emperor was still alive, Princess Rong Lan of Dayan went to the Qin Empire to marry. Before she entered the capital, rumors spread that Princess Rong Lan had a head as big as a bucket, eyes as big as green beans, a face like a round plate, a mouth as big as a gourd, and a fat body..."

"The late emperor called all the princes to his side and asked who was willing to marry the Princess of Dayan. At that time, rumors about the Princess of Dayan were rampant, and all the princes were unwilling to marry such a woman who looked like a demon as their principal wife... Therefore, no one was willing to stand up..."

"The late emperor has turned his attention to the ministers, and the ministers are all shrewd people. Who would be willing to marry a Yaksha to take home to protect the house?"

"Finally, guess who stepped forward to marry this Dayan Yaksha?"

Qing Feng sneered, "Sir, there is no suspense, okay? Isn't it Prime Minister Hua, Hua Tang?"

"That's right, isn't he Hua Jianli's biological father?"

Lord Shi waved his hand and said, "It was indeed Hua Tang, but Hua Tang was not yet the prime minister at the time. He was frustrated and was only a fifth-rank clerk."

"Besides, at that time, he had three or two concubines and several children, but the position of the principal wife was still vacant. The late emperor was quite satisfied, but Hua Tang's official position was too low, and it seemed inappropriate for him to match with Princess Dayan. So the late emperor waved his hand and promoted him from a fifth-rank clerk to the fourth rank, becoming the youngest prime minister of the dynasty."

Hey!

Everyone was shocked.

"Hua Tang's flattery is unprecedented and will never be surpassed!" a yamen runner said enviously.

"Yes, at that moment, all the ministers were beating their chests, regretting why they didn't seize this opportunity——"

After saying this, Lord Shi took a sip of tea to moisten his mouth.

"She is just an ugly girl. Just marry her and leave her alone."

"This can save him decades of hard work!"

"No!"

"This is not over yet!" Lord Shi continued.

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