After my rebirth, I became the white moonlight in the Beijing circle

Chu Huaixi saw that Aunt Han did not dare to offend the Crown Prince's Consort, so she had to send Ye Qiong back to the guest room with Han You.

On the way back, Chu Huaixi thought about it for a long time, and finally turned his gaze to Han You beside him: "Aunt Han is really a fool. She can't even seize such a good opportunity. What else can she not get if she overthrows the Crown Prince's Consort?"

Han You pretended not to care: "What she said makes sense. This matter may have been arranged by the prince and princess themselves. Besides, we are just servants in the back house. We don't even know what the situation is outside. We must not believe it."

"Miss Ye would naturally not speak nonsense, and I am sure that the prince would not do such a ridiculous thing. What's the difference between this and directly opposing the emperor?" Chu Huaixi said with a faint smile.

Han You raised an eyebrow: "But we can't see the prince either."

Chu Huaixi said: "There is one person in the mansion who is the most fair. He is loyal to both the prince and the prince. Even in the matter of the Duke of Chang's Mansion, he is on the side of the prince's mansion."

After saying this, she shook her head deliberately: "Forget it, Aunt Han doesn't care, why should we, as servants, worry about it."

Then he went straight back to his room.

Han You knew exactly who she was referring to, it was the Chief Clerk Xu Jinzhou.

This person is indeed loyal to the prince and dares not offend the palace.

She knew about this and told the prince directly, but he would not take it to heart.

If he wanted to protect the Crown Prince's Consort, his kindness would be met with defiance. He had no choice but to discuss with Xu Jinzhou and have him report the case directly to the Prince. The Prince would then send someone to bring the man back to the Earl's Mansion and the truth would be revealed once he asked.

Having made up her mind, she sneaked into the chief secretary's room in the dark and windy night.

According to past practice, on New Year's Eve every year, the Chief Secretary would be on duty in the palace all night.

When Han You left, the light in Xu Jinzhou's room was still on.

"Xu Changshi," she called softly, and the door was quickly opened.

"Miss Hanyou."

Xu Jinzhou was a little surprised. After all, he was the prince's servant, so he didn't dare to neglect her and hurriedly welcomed her into the house: "It's so late, why did Miss Hanyou come out?"

Seeing how dirty she was, I knew she might have crawled out of a dog hole.

"You don't have to worry about how I got out, Lord Changshi. I have important matters to discuss with you," she said bluntly.

Hearing this, Xu Jinzhou was about to clean up the leftovers on the table, but Han You stopped him and said, "Don't worry, Lord Changshi. I'll leave as soon as I finish speaking. It won't be too late for you to clean up later."

Xu Jinzhou wondered, "What makes Miss Hanyou so anxious?"

Han You then told him in detail what she had heard.

"This is no joke, is it?" Xu Jinzhou looked stunned, but secretly happy in his heart.

Han You said, "Miss Ye will not speak nonsense. Lord Changshi only needs to send people to Lancheng to investigate secretly for a few days and they will surely find the couple of the Earl of Changping."

Xu Jinzhou thought about it and it made sense.

If I can really verify this matter, then I can return to Beijing and be promoted in the near future.

"Okay, Miss Hanyou, you must keep calm. I will find a suitable time to ask someone to investigate."

Han You was relieved at this, and hurriedly reminded: "Just don't betray me when the time comes, Lord Changshi."

"I see."

Xu Jinzhou smiled knowingly and said, "Miss Hanyou is only thinking about the prince, but the prince has always been lazy, and the prince's wife is now very powerful. If there is no solid evidence, the prince will be easily deceived."

After saying this, he pretended to assure her, "Don't worry, young lady. When the prince inherits the title, I will at least secure a place for you as his concubine. Only in this way can I repay your sincere heart for the prince."

"Thank you very much, Lord Changshi," Han You was very grateful.

"Okay, Miss Hanyou, please go back quickly."

Xu Jinzhou warned solemnly: "Remember, don't let the news leak out."

"it is good."

Han You said goodbye to him in a hurry, and then secretly returned along the same route.

After that, the entire palace was calm. Except for Ye Qiong going to Shuhuayuan to ask about what happened that night after he sobered up, nothing else happened.

It was not until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, when everyone in the mansion was celebrating the Lantern Festival, that Xu Jinzhou finally sent people to Lancheng and confirmed that the Earl of Changping and his wife were indeed living in seclusion there.

And on this same day, many great things happened.

Lu Linzhi and Lu Youxi escorted more than 100,000 dan of purchased grain and returned to Liyang City from various places one after another.

In Lierong City, on New Year's Eve, Song Weizhao led the eight tribes of Arkh and 150,000 cavalrymen to march south.

Relying on the understanding of the terrain and defense deployment of the northern states, they divided their troops into three routes, won victory after victory in just fifteen days, and on the Lantern Festival, they attacked Hegu Pass, 200 miles away from Yundu City.

This was the last barrier to entering Yundu City. It shocked the whole government and made the subjects, who had just celebrated the New Year, extremely panic-stricken.

But at this time, Liyang City was still in peace.

As soon as Lu Linzhi arrived home, a familiar figure walked in.

"Qing Su, why are you still in Liyang City?" he asked in a calm voice.

Qing Su lowered her eyes: "Xu Jinzhou sent people to Lancheng and learned that the family of Changpingbo was hiding here."

"What a big deal."

Lu Linzhi said calmly, "Without my permission, is it possible that he still has the ability to pass the news back to Yundu?"

"That is of no consequence."

Qing Su frowned: "I'm afraid that the prince and the prince will know and won't understand your painstaking efforts."

"It doesn't matter."

Lu Linzhi immediately stood up, took out a short blade and hid it in his sleeve, and said as he walked out: "Since the prince is destined to know this, you can no longer stay in Liyang City."

After giving the instructions, he went straight out of the house and headed towards the palace.

At the same time, spies arrived at Changchun Palace and the Lu family's main house.

"Your Highness."

The man called out Ye Zhilan as she was called before she got married, "Some strangers entered Lancheng today. They seemed to be heading for those distinguished guests. I didn't dare to alert them, so I followed them all the way and found that they all went to Zuo Changshi's residence."

Ye Zhilan nodded after thinking about it: "I understand, let's go down."

Just as night fell, Lu Linfeng was in the study, meticulously watching the New Year's gift that the Crown Prince's wife had sent on New Year's Eve.

He was not interested in those gold, silver and jade articles, but he really liked a Buddhist scripture on spiritual cultivation.

Although he knew that the person was warning him not to have any greedy or angry thoughts, it was a relief to be able to have her see through his thoughts.

Just as he was reading the text in the Buddhist scriptures contentedly, an official suddenly called out from outside the door: "My lord, I have something important to report."

Lu Linfeng looked around and said with confidence: "Come in."

Then, the clerk walked in and said, "Sir, Xu Jinzhou has taken action."

"very good."

Lu Linfeng stood up happily, quickly took out a document from under the desk, and hid the dagger under the document.

The clerk didn't notice: "Do you want to deal with Miss Hanyou as well?"

"Why should we interfere in the affairs of the rear house?"

Lu Linfeng walked up to him and patted his shoulder heavily: "Old Chen, since Xu Jinzhou has moved, you should move too."

The clerk looked at a loss: "Master, your subordinate?"

"Nothing, I just want to borrow your life for a while."

As Lu Linfeng spoke calmly, the short blade under the desk had silently pierced into his heart and lungs.

"Big......"

"Old Chen, you said you were loyal to me, but you colluded with Xu Jinzhou to embezzle some military pay and did some heinous things. You don't have to be so depressed. Why do you want to commit suicide out of fear of crime?"

Lu Linfeng wiped his dry eyes and slowly walked out with the documents.

"Carry Chen Dianbu's body out."