After rebirth, I became a treacherous minister Black Moonlight

On the way back to the main courtyard, Meng Qianqian slapped her own hands: "I told you to hug me, I told you to hug me! You really know how to add drama to my show!"

"Ugh."

"One wrong step, all wrong steps, the whole game is ruined!"

"If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have flattered him so blindly... Now it's gone... I can't wash myself clean even if I jump into the Yellow River..."

"Miss."

Banxia came over and said, "Why are you still here? Madam has been looking for you for a long time."

Meng Qianqian wanted to cry but had no tears: "I, your young lady, am dead!"

Banxia looked at her young lady strangely, then raised her hand and touched her forehead: "She's not sick, is her hand hurting again?"

"My hand doesn't hurt."

Meng Qianqian walked back blankly like a soulless puppet.

Banxia was puzzled: "Miss is really weird."

On the other side, Lu Yuan got on the horse in high spirits. If you didn’t know, you would think that today was his wedding day.

The Jinwu Guards arrived at the Duke's Mansion last night and heavily protected the entire mansion. Even the birds flying by would be slapped by the Jinwu Guards.

Han Ci was patrolling at the door. When he saw Lu Yuan coming, he stepped forward and bowed: "Grand Commander."

Lu Yuan nodded slightly.

Han Ci raised his eyes and looked at him: "The Grand Commander is very happy today."

Lu Yuan said: "The whole country is celebrating the wedding of the Emperor and Empress, so this Governor is naturally happy."

Han Ci looked doubtful and asked, "Aren't you a traitor?"

Lu Yuan looked back and frowned, "The officials from the Ministry of Rites and the eunuchs who announce the decree haven't arrived yet?"

The ancestral system of the wedding of emperors and empresses in different dynasties is not the same. In this dynasty, if the empress is not born as a beautiful woman, but is married into the palace after the three books and six ceremonies, the Ministry of Rites will hold a ceremony to confer the title before she enters the palace, and the chief eunuch of the palace will read the imperial edict of conferring the title.

Han Ci said: "It's still early."

Lu Yuan snorted.

Han Ci was confused. Did the Grand Commander think the enthronement ceremony was too slow?

Yes, the Grand Commander has always hated red tape. If the Supreme Emperor had not issued an order, placing him in charge of patrolling the wedding of the Emperor and Empress, he would probably not even bother to pass by the gate of the Duke's Mansion.

Lu Yuan dismounted and handed the horse to Han Ci's personal guards.

Then he waited boredly for the enthronement ceremony.

An unknown amount of time had passed before officials from six ministries, led by the Ministry of Rites, finally arrived with a grand procession of ceremonial guards.

The eunuch who announced the decree was Qin Zongguan, Xiao Dezi's godfather.

Just as the enthronement ceremony was about to begin, Huang's scream was heard from Yao Qingluan's yard.

Lu Yuan frowned: "Qingshuang."

Qingshuang in the dark immediately used her lightness skills to enter Yao Qingluan's yard.

After a moment, she came out and whispered to Lu Yuan: "Miss Yao is missing."

Han Ci was standing nearby, and upon hearing this, he was shocked and whispered, "With so many guards on guard, how could they lose a living person?"

Lu Yuan calmly glanced at the officials present, as well as the servants and family members of the Duke's Mansion: "Qingshuang, change into the queen's clothes, and the enthronement ceremony will continue."

"Yes."

Qingshuang entered the yard.

Han Ci said: "I will send someone to search the mansion."

Lu Yuan said calmly: "The person is no longer in the mansion."

"That……"

"I'm going to be out for a while. Go and warn the Duke and his wife not to let the news leak out."

"Yes!"

Han Ci agreed.

Lu Yuan took Yu Zichuan out of the Duke's Mansion.

Yu Zichuan asked, "How do you find a needle in a haystack?"

"Of course I'm prepared."

After Lu Yuan finished speaking, he took out a bone whistle from his wide sleeves and blew it hard.

With an eagle's cry that pierced the sky, King Miao's Saker Falcon flapped its wings and flew up into the clouds. Its sharp eagle eyes searched for new "prey" near the Duke's Mansion at an incredible speed.

There was an unconcealable envy in Yu Zichuan's eyes.

He wants it too.

"Does it know Yao Qingluan?"

Yu Zichuan asked.

Lu Yuan curled his lips and smiled: "It doesn't know Yao Qingluan, but it knows the person who kidnapped Yao Qingluan."

Yu Zichuan: "Who is it?"

Lu Yuan: "You'll know when you meet me later."

Yu Zichuan: I hate all suspense.

King Miao's Saker Falcon circled in the air for less than three circles before suddenly swooping down towards an alley!

Lu Yuan and Yu Zichuan worked in tacit understanding to block the alley from both ends.

The alley was empty.

The Saker Falcon stood motionless on a branch.

Lu Yuan smiled coldly: "Come out, Chen Long."

Yu Zichuan frowned: "Is it him?"

Chen Long jumped down from the treetop and turned to Lu Yuan: "How do you know it's me?"

Lu Yuan crossed his arms, his lips curled up, "I can't think of anyone other than you who could have hidden it from Sishe and taken a living person away under the noses of so many Jinwu Guards. You sneaked into the Duke's Mansion the night Meng Xiaojiu told you about the plan to let Sishe protect Miss Yao. No wonder you haven't returned to the Governor's Mansion for a while."

"Go away, I don't want to fight with you."

"Hand over the queen."

"impossible."

Lu Yuan smiled and said, "You are the adopted son of the Prime Minister. You are obstructing this marriage. It seems that the Chu family's case is indeed related to the Prime Minister."

Chen Long did not deny: "Aren't you also the adopted son of the Prime Minister?"

Lu Yuan spread his hands: "I was forced, why did you do it? It can't be voluntary, right?"

Chen Long said: "It's none of your business."

Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows: "I once thought that you stayed with the Prime Minister to investigate the Chu family's case and to collect evidence of the Prime Minister's crimes, but your actions today really make me confused."

Chen Long said sternly: "Nothing can happen to the Prime Minister."

Lu Yuan: "Oh? Did the Prime Minister have any evidence against you?"

Chen Long did not answer: "Anyway, I will not let you take the queen away today."

Lu Yuan understood: "You also said that she is the queen. Since she is the queen, I must take her away."

Chen Long drew the heavy sword from his back and said with a sharp gaze: "You can try."

"What a good sword." Lu Yuan glanced at the familiar name on the blade, and raised his lips slightly, "But who said I want to fight you."

Chen Long looked at Lu Yuan in confusion.

Lu Yuan: "Ruan Qing, Ruan Ling."

King Miao's trusted secret guards descended from the sky and blocked Chen Long's way.

Lu Yuan walked into a courtyard calmly and looked at Yao Qingluan, who was filled with fear. "Empress, it's time to enter the palace."

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Before the end of the enthronement ceremony, Yao Qingluan was quietly carried back to the Duke's Mansion by Yu Zichuan, and with the help of Han Ci, she exchanged her identity with Qingshuang.

Yu Zichuan was dissatisfied: "Why do you want me to carry her? Can't she walk by herself?"

Lu Yuan: “Slow down.”

Yu Zichuan complained: "The emperor's wedding is not your wedding."

Lu Yuan stood in the yard and waved to the Minister of Rites: "How long will it take?"

The Minister of Rites opened the procedure document, checked it carefully, and said with a smile: "The next step is to read the decree and accept the officials' worship. First, ..."

Lu Yuan put his hands behind his back and said, "Forget it."

The Minister of Rites suspected that he had heard wrongly: "Ah?"

Lu Yuan glanced at the book in his hand and snorted, "Red tape! Such a thick book, by the time you finish reading it, the auspicious time will be missed. Do you want His Majesty to wait all night? Hurry up and pay your respects to the Queen, and then enter the palace!"

"This……"

The Minister of Rites was completely confused and turned around to exchange glances with the officials.

Is there anything urgent going on tonight, Grand Commander?