May this scumbag husband, who favored his concubine over his wife, rest in peace.

“After I discovered them, I wiped them out,” Lu Chengyuan said. “But after bringing them back to the government office, I found that these people all had the totem of the Royal Guard on their left arms.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the emperor stopped writing with his vermilion brush.

The totem of the Royal Guards...

The emperor, his face grave, put down his vermilion brush: "Are you sure?"

Lu Chengyuan nodded slightly: "The bodies of those people are in the government office. Your Majesty can have them examined."

“No need,” the emperor waved his hand. “I trust you.”

The emperor's face was gloomy.

The emperor was well aware of the secret guards kept by the high-ranking officials in the capital, and even if there were some discrepancies, they wouldn't be too significant.

But these dozen or so guards appeared out of nowhere...

There were forces in the capital city that he was completely unaware of, and they even involved the late emperor!

The emperor remained silent with a somber face, and the air in the imperial study seemed to freeze. The eunuch beside him lowered his head, not daring to breathe loudly.

After a long silence, the emperor finally asked, "Is Huyan Chanyu still behaving himself?"

Lu Chengyuan nodded: "Eating, drinking, and having fun every day."

“In that case, there’s no need to waste so many people keeping an eye on things,” the emperor said. “Leave the matter of Huyan Chanyu entirely to the Right Imperial Guard. Minister Lu, you focus on investigating the origins of those secret guards.”

The emperor's order, at first glance, seemed to imply that he was forcing the emperor to do something against his will.

After all, the guard was dead, and apart from the totem on his arm, he left no clues.

There were quite a few people who had the opportunity to obtain these secret guards from the late emperor, and they were all members of the imperial family, making it very difficult to investigate them.

However, Lu Chengyuan already had a clue, so he didn't hesitate and immediately accepted the order.

As Lu Chengyuan's figure departed, a dark glint flashed in the emperor's eyes.

A moment later, he got up and headed towards the Empress Dowager's Changxin Palace.

The Empress Dowager probably knows more about what happened back then.

Meanwhile, Lu Chengyuan left the palace and went straight back to the Embroidered Uniform Guard headquarters.

As for the matter of conveying the imperial edict to the Right Imperial Guard, that will be handled by palace staff; he need not worry about it.

Now all he needs to do is think about how to subdue the person who dared to kill Wen Yuanshu.

Moreover, it was done openly and legitimately, by order of the emperor.

The news of the corpses scattered on Baishui Street quickly spread throughout the capital. Lu Chengyuan did not deliberately conceal the identities of those people; anyone with a discerning eye could easily find out that they were secret guards.

The Wen family was naturally among those who had such intentions.

After all, nowadays, whenever Wen Yuanshu goes out, she sends someone to deliver a message to Old Madam Wen. And since this incident happened on the only way home from the girls' school, the Wen family naturally wanted to find out.

So early in the morning, Old Madam Wen arrived at Wen Yuanshu's courtyard, her anger palpable.

Wen Yuanshu went to bed too late last night and was still not awake. Old Madam Wen walked to the bedside in a few steps and gently patted her twice.

Wen Yuanshu frowned, barely opening her eyes, and recognized the person who had come: "...Mother?"

With concern, Madam Wen asked, "Is nothing wrong?"

Wen Yuanshu was confused by her question: "...It's nothing."

"That's good," Madam Wen breathed a sigh of relief, then vented her anger with relief, "I heard everything from your eldest brother. That Princess Anping really thinks the capital is like some rural place where she can do whatever she wants!"

Wen Yuanshu was taken aback: "What happened?"

In a few words, Madam Wen recounted how Princess Anping had set up an ambush on Baishui Street, and then said, "Yuan Shu, don't worry, your mother is still here, the Wen family is still here, there's no reason for you to suffer such a great injustice!"

Madam Wen sneered again: "Compared to the General's Mansion in terms of numbers, that Princess must have been kicked in the head by a donkey!"

Their general's mansion was built on the foundation of war, and it is full of skilled men who can fight the enemy head-on as well as carry out stealth assassinations!

They don't do things like Princess Anping, who leaves so many flaws!

Wen Yuanshu hadn't reacted yet.

In the short time it took to say just a few words, Madam Wen the Second arrived: "Mother, everything is arranged. As soon as it gets dark today, we will take people to wipe out the secret guard station of the Princess's residence!"