RPAGF Chapter 291: The Mystery Revealed (3)
Chapter 291: The Mystery Revealed (3)
"Ha! What did I say? This girl is indeed the most suitable candidate!" Mu Hao looked proudly at King De who was staring at the moonlight outside the window.
"No, can you guys finish what you want to say all at once?" Shen Yu was speechless. The little information that was squeezed out was really maddening!
"The truth is unknown, but history is written by the victors..."
Prince De did not look back and continued, "The one who had the same question as Yu'er at that time was the first Prince Zhuo who was far away in Zhuo City. But that time was too long ago. We only know that Prince Zhuo and the new emperor parted ways unhappily after that, and the next few generations of Prince Zhuo never entered Luo City again."
Lu Yingxing, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke, "There is a royal decree hidden in the palace that was issued by the first emperor of Linyue several hundred years ago. He ordered the lineage of Prince Zhuo to guard the border for generations, and each Prince Zhuo was not allowed to leave his fiefdom."
"What did you say?!" The three middle-aged men on the opposite side spoke at the same time, finally losing their composure.
Prince De's face changed slightly, and his voice became hoarse, "Are you sure? Have you seen the imperial edict?"
"Yes, I have seen it in my grandmother's room. I didn't know what it meant when I was young, but my grandmother told me it was a piece of waste...that's why I remember the content on it very clearly." Lu Yingxing answered indifferently. He was also very satisfied. Finally, there was something they didn't know.
"So, it's not that the descendants of Zhuocheng don't want to enter Luocheng, but that the first emperor didn't let him come. Then after the death of the Southern Emperor, did the then King Zhuo come? If he had come, it would have been considered disobeying the order, right?" Shen Yu asked.
"Yes, he came with troops... In fact, the first King Zhuo at that time was General Lu of the previous dynasty. He controlled half of the Linyue Kingdom's military forces. He led his troops to besiege Luocheng directly to seek justice for the King of the South... But the result is unknown. We only know that he later took his troops back." The emperor replied.
"Is there any record of this period in the history of our Zhuocheng?" Shen Yu asked the people around him curiously.
When Lu Yingxing heard her mention Zhuocheng, he laughed and couldn't help but stroke her head. "I don't know... my father died suddenly in the battle, so the inheritance of Zhuocheng can be considered broken. If Ayu wants to know, you can go back and ask our father."
She glared at the man, what with the words "Ayu" and "Axing", how shameless! ! But the corners of her mouth could not help but rise.
"Ahem!" Prince De's voice came, "Anyway, this matter has little to do with you. What is relevant to you is that about 200 years after the founding of Linyue, news came out from somewhere that the treasure of the previous royal family was actually in the hands of the Ji family, so they took the initiative to go to Zhuocheng. A few decades later, news came out that in order to open this treasure, one must be a direct descendant of the Su family or the Ji family..."
King De looked at the two people in front of him seriously, "So, now you understand your situation, right?"
Finally found out that he had been assigned a role, but Shen Yu said he was in a headache, this news was simply fake!!
She sighed helplessly, then gritted her teeth and asked, "No one will really believe it, right?"
The emperor admitted generously, "I did believe it a little bit, so when they proposed to let you marry them instead, I half-heartedly agreed, but your junior uncle didn't believe it, and he almost turned against me because of this matter..."
After saying this, he glanced at his royal brother guiltily, and indeed received his death gaze.
"I don't believe it either!" Mu Hao quickly raised his hand, "But obviously many people in the court believe it."
Shen Yu was so surprised that he almost jumped up. "No way, what does it have to do with them? Isn't it known to everyone?"
"No, I guess many people are just following orders without knowing the reason. After all, the more people know, the more people will get a piece of the pie. They are not stupid! But from the way they try their best to match you with Prince Zhuo, isn't it obvious that some people believe it?"
Lu Yingxing's heart has been restless. Like everyone else, he thought that the hostility of Emperor Luocheng towards Zhuocheng came from the fact that he could not get what the Empress Dowager wanted. But now it seems that even that was a smokescreen?
The situation in front of him was obviously more serious. Did his father know? If he knew, why didn't he tell him after he woke up? After being shocked, Lu Yingxing regained his senses and began to analyze various ways to deal with it. No matter how friendly these three people were, they always had their own purposes. But what did they want?
They were now trapped in the palace, and there was absolutely no way they could break out with just the two of them, so they couldn't break off relations with each other... and just as he was still thinking about countermeasures, a sharp voice rang out.
"So, who among you wants Ah Xing to die? Some want him to die because you want to take back the fiefdom of Zhuocheng, and some want him to live just to keep the thought of unlocking the treasures of the previous dynasty. Am I right?" Shen Yu's question was to the point, and the expressions of the three people opposite him were stunned.
The expression on the emperor's face was relatively normal, but Mu Hao was clearly feeling guilty.
Prince De looked at the woman in front of him, whose smile was still gentle but whose brows were defensive and sharp. He thought of the person who always stood there with a smile on her face. For a moment, he couldn't describe the feeling in his heart. If she had half of Shen Yu's strength, would she not have ended up like that?
Shen Yu glanced at them calmly, and finally set his eyes on King De, "No need to beat around the bush, answer my questions first, and then we can talk about cooperation."
Lu Yingxing looked at his wife who still chose to stand by him after learning the truth, and he felt indescribable sourness and satisfaction in his heart. In fact, he didn't care about what these people thought, but since A Yu wanted to seek justice for himself, he would definitely support her. As long as A Yu wanted to do something, he would support her.
"Hey! I admit that I want Prince Zhuo to die, but I have no opinion on him. I just think it's convenient this way. Who knew he would end up being your man..." Mu Hao spoke with resentment, and looked like a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water. "Only when he dies, those people's last thoughts about the treasure will be gone. After all, he is the last bloodline of the Ji family..."
Shen Yu ignored him. She still looked at Prince De steadily, waiting for his answer. She was willing to show some kindness to this man who had deep feelings for her original mother, but this did not mean that she could have no grudges against those who were detrimental to Prince Zhuo's Mansion.
Prince De was not surprised by her reaction. After all, this was the girl he had watched grow up secretly. "I don't care about other people. I just hope that you and Mu'er are alive and well. When I was still the crown prince, I accidentally learned about the treasure, and I was the one who persuaded Master Su and his family to leave..."
Shen Yu raised his eyebrows. This sentence indirectly showed that he also didn't care about King Zhuo's life or death, but he was not the one who did it.
"So? Did you set up the emperor to target my grandfather's family? To give them a reason to leave the court?"
Seeing him nod in acknowledgment, Shen Yu asked again, "So, it was also your arrangement to place Shen Nian into the Su family? After all, Shen Nian is the emperor's man..." After she finished speaking, she glanced at the emperor over there. Today, she vowed to get to the bottom of everything.
The fact that they dared to step into the palace proved that she and Lu Yingxing had made arrangements. Her weapons were searched away, but there was always more than one way to kill someone, and they were also prepared to not be able to escape unscathed...