Black Fairy, the master is a female ghost

After leaving the prison, Lu Xunhuan met up with Yun Zhongzi and took a carriage to the palace.

The situation is a bit complicated at the moment.

In everyone's opinion, His Majesty's condition is very serious and he may not live long.

At this time, the palace began to shake.

Moreover, it was everyone working together that created a resonance.

Not only Prince Nuo and Prince Jie wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to kill the crown prince and take the throne, even the crown prince himself was jumping around to eliminate dissidents.

The Crown Prince had already arrived at the king's bedroom and was complaining about Prince Nuo's assassination attempt on him.

There is only one purpose, which is to bypass Lu Xunhuan and let His Majesty the King directly issue an imperial decree to kill Prince Nuo and Concubine Ming.

His Majesty listened for a while and then asked, "Have they confessed their guilt? Is the evidence sufficient?"

The prince said, "Father, of course they will deny everything. How can they easily admit their guilt?"

His Majesty the King closed his eyes for a moment and said, "Let the Prime Minister investigate this matter thoroughly."

The prince paced back and forth in front of the dragon bed: "That Lu Suifeng, his attitude is ambiguous..."

"Father, if you give him the power of the Imperial Guard, I will be in constant fear. He has close ties with Consort De and the others. He might one day..."

He made a gesture of cutting a melon.

"Father, even if you are worried about me, you shouldn't hand over the power of the Royal Guard to outsiders."

His Majesty the King scolded, "Shut up, Lord Lu, I have a clear conscience and absolutely no second thoughts. You must not be suspicious without reason. I asked you to go back and reflect on your actions last night. Have you done so?"

The prince asked, "Father, what do you want me to reflect on?"

His Majesty the King opened his eyes and said, "You bastard, I didn't kill you last night. You know how you escaped the disaster."

The prince stammered, "Father...son...your servant..."

His Majesty the King snorted, "If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself. I should have known you were such a bastard earlier..."

"Cough cough..."

He started coughing violently again.

The imperial doctors standing in the distance hurried forward to comfort His Majesty.

At this time, Mingde shouted happily: "The Prime Minister has arrived..."

Lu Xunhuan walked into the bedroom and saw His Majesty the King coughing and the Crown Prince standing beside him with a very uncomfortable expression.

He waited before leaving, and when His Majesty had calmed down, he bowed and said, "Your Majesty."

His Majesty the King said: "Lord Lu, have you found any evidence that Concubine Ming and Liang Nuo attempted to assassinate the Crown Prince?"

Lu Xunhuan nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty."

His Majesty the King said to the others, "Everyone, please leave. I want to speak to the Prime Minister alone."

After a while, everyone, including the Crown Prince, left the bedroom.

His Majesty the King coughed twice more and whispered, "Prime Minister, Concubine Rou has betrayed me. She and my youngest son will be given poisoned wine and executed immediately."

Lu Xunhuan was shocked, and suddenly understood why the prince had that expression just now, and also suddenly understood why he escaped the assassination last night.

Because he didn't sleep in his own house last night, but slept in Concubine Rou's bed.

But how did Your Majesty know about this?

Could it be that he was discovered by the palace experts and reported to His Majesty?

He stood there, still a little hesitant.

His Majesty the King added, "I will not wrongly accuse her. Let Ming Dexi take you there."

Lu Xunhuan bowed and said, "I obey your command."

About half an hour later, Lu Xunhuan asked Ming Dexi to prepare a pot of poisoned wine.

Then, under the leadership of Ming Dexi, he brought Yun Zhongzi to the gate of Concubine Rou's palace.

Ming Dexi had been in the palace for many years. When Lu Xunhuan asked him to prepare poisoned wine for Concubine Rou, he already knew what was going on.

So, he just prepared seriously without asking any more questions.

At the gate of Concubine Rou's palace, the two palace maids were so frightened when they saw the Prime Minister and the Chief Steward coming that they knelt down in haste.

The maids in Concubine Rou's palace had long been rumouring about the private affairs between Concubine Rou and the Crown Prince.

Now the Prime Minister and the Chief Eunuch came together, and both of them looked unhappy.

And behind Ming Dexi, there was a little eunuch holding a wine jug.

The two palace maids immediately knew that disaster was about to happen.

Lu Xun Huan sighed softly in his heart and said to the two palace maids, "You are innocent. Stand up."

When the two maids stood up tremblingly, he said to Ming Dexi, "Eunuch Ming, you are good at this. You go ahead. I will not go in."

Ming Dexi's face was somewhat helpless: "Prime Minister, it seems that this humble official often does this..."

Lu Xunhuan waved his hand: "Go ahead."

After Ming Dexi brought the young eunuch in, Lu Xunhuan waited by the door.

His mood at this moment was very complicated.

He really didn't want to get involved in these things in the palace, but he couldn't just leave now.

Liang Nuo and Ming Fei, should we save them?

If we can save him, how should we save him?

Prince Jie and Concubine De, will you help?

What are the consequences of helping, and what are the consequences of not helping?

He had never felt that making a choice was so difficult.

Seeing him pacing restlessly outside the palace gate, Yun Zhongzi pulled him aside, away from the palace gate: "Are you feeling very conflicted right now?"

Lu Xunhuan looked up at the gloomy sky. "In the battle for the throne, the common people are innocent. I was the one who encouraged the merchants to come to Yingzhou City to develop their business. How can I be worthy of them if I let them suffer in Yingzhou City?"

Yun Zhongzi thought for a moment and said, "If you want to protect them but don't want this matter to affect the reputation of the sage, you can let someone else do it for you."

Lu Xunhuan asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Yun Zhongzi whispered, "The Cavalry Battalion, but you have to find a reasonable excuse for the Cavalry Battalion to enter the palace."

Lu Xunhuan frowned. "The Cavalry Battalion entered the city to defend the king when the palace was threatened. That's not a good excuse to make."

Yun Zhongzi said, "The Eighth Prince and I have some friendship. Tell me what you want to do, and I will help you make an appointment with the Eighth Prince."

Lu Xun Huan stroked his chin and thought for a while before asking, "Does the Eighth Prince have any preference for any of the princes?"

Yun Zhongzi said, "Probably not."

Lu Xunhuan nodded: "Okay."

Outside Concubine Rou's palace gate, the two waited for half an hour before Ming Dexi came out with the young eunuch.

Ming Dexi reported to him: "Report to the Prime Minister, everything has been completed."

Lu Xunhuan asked, "Why did it take so long?"

Ming Dexi sighed and said, "I don't want to force it. I can only wait until she cries enough and drinks the poisoned wine voluntarily."

Lu Xun Huan turned around and said, "Alright, for the rest of the people, you count them, make a list, and report it to the Queen for unified arrangements."

"Everyone is innocent. Please convey my words to the queen and make proper arrangements."

Ming Dexi said with a sad face: "Why do you still keep me here?"

Lu Xun Huan asked, "Are you unwilling to work for His Majesty?"

Ming Dexi was helpless again: "I..."

Lu Xun Huan said, "I still have many important matters to attend to, so I'm sorry to trouble you. Later, I will praise you in front of His Majesty."

After saying this, he took Yun Zhongzi away.