The Rebirth of the Deposed Empress

He strode to the open space in the camp and knelt on one knee facing Ye Buhuo and Hua Rongyu who were sitting in the main seats.

"I ask the prince to punish the traitors Mu Yang and Li Sen."

"Give an explanation to all the soldiers in the army!"

Seeing that Lu Wuming had taken the lead, several generals who had just "argued with reason" also walked to the middle of the camp and knelt down.

They spoke in unison:

"I beg the prince to punish the traitors Mu Yang and Li Sen!"

Seeing this scene, Hua Rongyu's eyebrows suddenly raised.

"What? Are you guys going to rebel?"

"I don't dare to be humble!"

"I don't dare to be humble!"

……

Ye Buhuo looked at the group of people headed by Lu Wuming with a cold look.

"General Lu, have you already convicted Mu Yang on my behalf?"

Lu Wuming looked respectful and lowered his head even more.

"I dare not overstep the boundaries. I just hope that the soldiers who have worked hard throughout the cold winter can be relieved of martial law as soon as possible."

The corners of Ye Buhuo's mouth curled up slightly, with a hint of mockery.

"General Lu, are you acting like this because you are guilty of something?"

The camp was silent for a moment, and then Lu Wuming's voice rang out.

"Your Highness, what evidence do you have for what you said? You cannot humiliate me just because I am not a member of the Black Iron Army."

Ye Buhuo raised his eyebrows slightly:

"I do not have any evidence, but I do have a witness."

Ye Yi walked in at the right time, escorting a woman.

"Minniang?"

When he saw the woman's face clearly, Lu Wuming was shocked.

How could Minniang be here? Didn't Madam send her away?

Ye Buhuo had already placed people to secretly watch Lu Wuming. Seeing that Madam Lu was secretly conspiring with the servants of the Ge Mansion late at night, he also put the Ge Mansion under close surveillance.

After investigation, he learned that Mrs. Lu was going to sell her sister to Mr. Ge as a concubine, so he became wary of this sister.

He unexpectedly discovered that this younger sister was the one who was good at playing the piano. Ye Yi immediately stayed at the Ge Mansion, waiting for Mrs. Lu to hand the person over herself.

Ye Yi forced the woman to kneel on the ground, then turned around and reported to Ye Buhuo:

"Your Majesty, General Lu's soldiers tied up a woman and sent her to the Ge Mansion this morning."

"I suspected something fishy was going on, so I brought the woman back."

Ye Buhuo nodded, and Ye Yi removed the ropes that tied up Min Niang and the cloth that gagged her mouth.

As soon as she was free, Min Niang immediately asked Ye Buhuo for help.

"Your Majesty, please make the decision for me, Your Majesty!"

"My cruel sister actually wants to sell me to Master Ge as a concubine. This is forcing me to death!"

As she spoke, Minniang shed tears, looking so pitiful.

"I will naturally make the decision for you on this matter."

"But there is one thing you must answer truthfully."

When Min Niang saw Lu Wuming kneeling beside her, she probably guessed what Ye Buhuo would ask her.

But she had no intention of hiding the truth from Lu Wuming. In the past, she might have concealed the truth for him in order to win over Lu Wuming. However, after being sold to the Lu Mansion, Min Niang was now more inclined to overthrow the Lu Mansion.

After all, Lu Wuming chose Madam Lu between himself and Madam Lu, and as long as the Lu family gained power, Madam Lu would have plenty of ways to deal with him.

Now that she had the opportunity to deal with Mrs. Lu, and hearing that Ye Buhuo would make the decision for her, Min Niang's eyes almost popped out of light, and she nodded impatiently.

"I will tell you everything I know!"

"Why would a girl like you go to Yingchun Tower to play the zither and earn money?"

"Your Highness, it was my elder sister who wrote to me. I dared not go against her wishes, so I had to go to Yingchun Tower and play a few songs."

After saying this, Min Niang hurriedly distanced herself from the matter.

"But I just played the music. I don't know anything else!"

Ye Buhuo did not respond to Ying Minniang's words, but turned to look at Lu Wuming.

"General Lu, do you have any explanation for this?"

Although Lu Wuming was unsure, he looked nonchalant.

"Madam just thought that the war had just ended, and Minniang was an excellent zither player, so she wanted Minniang to play a song for the people of Beimo Pass."

"How can this be a sin?"

Ye Buhuo snorted coldly.

"So, it wasn't you who intended for Mu Yang to go to Yingchun Tower to get drunk?"

Lu Wuming shook his head sincerely.

"I really didn't mean it."

Min Niang immediately retorted:

"Mrs. Lu once told me personally that the songs to be played that night must be San Qiu and Lan Chun. If I am not mistaken, these two songs are the favorite songs of Mr. Mu Yang."

Hearing Min Niang's accusation, Lu Wuming had an expression of great resentment:

"Don't spit blood on me. You said it was my wife who asked you to play these two songs. Do you have any evidence?"

Minniang shook her head.

"My sister told me this in person, not in a letter. Minniang has no evidence."

Lu Wuming sneered in his heart. Without any evidence, who could prove that he was real?

"Your Majesty, my wife just wanted to ask Min Niang to play a few songs for Beimo Pass to celebrate the great victory at Beimo Pass. She had no other intentions. As for those two songs, it was just a coincidence."

As he spoke, Lu Wuming became a little proud again.

"This proves that I have nothing to do with the crime of treason committed by Mu Yang and Li Sen!"

"Your Majesty, please deal with the traitor as soon as possible, so that I can be cleared of all charges!"

After Lu Wuming said this, he felt a little relieved.

Even if Ye Buhuo found Min Niang, what would it matter? It was wishful thinking for him to be convicted based on a few words from Min Niang that could not be supported!

Just when he was feeling proud, Lu Wuming suddenly heard Min Niang continue to say:

"Although I don't have any evidence that Madam Lu ordered me to assassinate Sanqiu and Lanchun."

"But I have a letter here that may be useful to you, my Lord."

Min Niang fumbled in her sleeve for a while and took out a small cloth bag.

Ye Yi took the cloth bag, pulled out the folded letter paper inside, and presented it to Ye Buhuo without even glancing at it.

Ye Buhuo unfolded the letter paper, which contained only a simple sentence - "Kanshanlu" must be obtained as soon as possible!

Ye Buhuo gently raised the fingers holding the letter, and the letter floated in front of Lu Wuming.

When he saw clearly that the piece of paper was indeed a secret letter from the capital, cold sweat broke out on Lu Wuming's forehead.

Don’t panic… don’t panic… I can’t admit that this is a letter to myself!

Lu Wuming thought so in his heart, and quickly denied it:

"I have not seen this letter!"

"Can you just pick up any letter and say it's for me? This is too absurd!"

Ye Buhuo watched Lu Wuming struggle coldly and ordered Ye Yi to hand over the purse in his hand.

As soon as Min Niang took out the purse, Ye Buhuo discovered that the word "Lu" was embroidered on the lower right corner of the purse.