After His Majesty was reborn, the poor little girl in his previous life was spoiled to death

When Lu Kui stood up, the turmoil in his heart had barely subsided. He knelt beside Emperor Zhao Yuan and said anxiously, "Your Majesty, you won't punish me?"

Emperor Zhao Yuan glanced at him with a faint smile: "What punishment shall I give you?"

Lu Kui thought of Ning Er, and his heart was sour and bitter. His eyes were clear, wet and a little aggrieved: "Your Majesty, you ask even though you know the answer."

Emperor Zhaoyuan extended his hand and gently stroked his head: "Wenbi, you underestimate yourself and me too much. I love Chongning'er, but I will not restrict her, and I will not even tolerate the admiration of others."

"What I want is for her to live a happy and comfortable life, not to learn to behave in a rigid and lifeless way. I tolerate Shen Chongyan's silence because I think it is not worth it for her to be bound by filial piety and family rules in exchange for the title of Xinyuan Marquis' daughter."

Lu Kui lowered his head in shame and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, I am blinded by a single leaf and fail to recognize the great mountain. But now, how should I tell the girl?"

Chu Huan asked: "The person from last night was indeed Ye?"

Lu Kui took out a miniature scroll from his sleeve and presented it to Emperor Zhao Yuan: "I have a painter under my command. He saw the man's appearance last night and drew him in detail. Please take a look, Your Majesty."

Chu Huan gently unfolded the scroll. The painter used a sharpened charcoal pencil to vividly depict the woman's appearance. She had a pair of curved eyebrows, which were gentle and beautiful, and her temples were covered with uneven white hair.

He put down the scroll and said, "It is definitely the Ye family."

Lu Kui now reported to His Majesty what happened last night in detail. According to him, after Ye Zhen entered the room, he dismissed the two guards, one old and one young, and started talking with a sick woman lying on the wooden kang.

"The old woman's hair was mostly singed, and one side of her face was covered with blisters. Her left eye was covered with thick medicine and wrapped with white cloth, which looked like it was burned. I'm afraid she took a large dose of tranquilizer and has been sleeping soundly ever since."

Lu Kui said, "I think this person is the missing wet nurse Liu Kui. I don't know what method Ye used to wake her up, but when Liu Kui saw her, she was extremely frightened and burst into tears. It was difficult for her to speak."

Emperor Zhao Yuan said: "Ye Zhen has a kind face but a cruel heart. She is a person who should not be underestimated. You should keep a close eye on her."

Lu Kui nodded and said, "Your Majesty is wise. Ye is indeed eloquent and eloquent. Liu Kui is no match for her at all. He was defeated in just three or two rounds. The conversation between the two is recorded here."

Emperor Zhaoyuan took the secret letter from Lu Kui's arms. It was densely written, and every word that Ye Zhen and Liu Kui said was recorded without missing a word. He quickly scanned it and closed the letter: "Ye Zhen had already guessed that Ning'er's identity was different."

Lu Kui nodded and said, "Yes, she is very observant. She found clues from Ning'er's birth year and the attitude of the Marquis. She hated Liu Kui and Xinyuan Marquis's wife Luo deeply because they murdered her young son for the sake of the secrets of the harem. She set a trap to trap Liu Kui in the Marquis's mansion in order to take revenge and avenge her past hatred."

Chu Huan's eyes were fixed on a point in the void: "But she knew that Liu Kui alone could not defeat Luo Miaoyun. So, she regarded Ning'er as a surprise weapon and wanted to use her to open up the situation."

Lu Kui said: "Not only that, Ye Zhen had already guessed that the reason why Ning'er's life experience was covered up was closely related to Luo Shi and Liu Kui."

His tone was filled with disgust: "And Liu Kui's reaction just proves this point."

Chu Huan stared at the memorial in a trance: "If Ning'er's life story is to be revealed, the key does not lie in Shen Chongyan, but in her mother. Ning'er may not be very happy to have a father who is a marquis. But her mother's death is a pain in her heart."

Lu Kui was puzzled and said, "Your Majesty, since Shen Chongyan knew that Ning'er was his daughter, why didn't he go and ask him? The identity of Ning'er's mother would naturally come to light."

Emperor Zhaoyuan glanced at him calmly after hearing this. Shen Chongyan was not an insider of Ning'er's life experience. He knew Ning'er was his daughter not because he was a prophet, but because he, like himself, had the opportunity to reverse life and death and start a new life.

But this matter was a secret, and it involved ghosts and gods, so it was not suitable to be told to outsiders. He had no intention of telling Lu Kui, and only said: "The problem is that Shen Chongyan is such a fool that he himself can't figure out who her mother is."

Lu Kui was dumbfounded: "Lord Shen seems to be a gentleman, but could it be that he is so...romantic and unruly in private?"

Chu Huan knew that he had misunderstood, and was not in a hurry to explain. He looked at him meaningfully and said, "Even if you ride a horse in the Zhangtai and lie in the flower forest, there will be traces to follow. But if someone plots against you, it will be like an antelope hanging by a horn, with no trace left."

"Ning'er once told me that Liu Kui looked very different when he saw her. If her intuition is correct, it's because the old woman knew her mother."

Lu Kui pondered: "Your Majesty, before Liu Kui retired, he spent every day and night with Luo. And Luo had met Ning'er when she first entered the Marquis' Mansion. Didn't she notice anything unusual?"

Emperor Zhao Yuan turned around and went to his treasure pavilion, and carefully took out an excellent golden nanmu box. He said coldly: "Liu Kui is a loyal old dog. He is unwilling to dirty his master's hands, so I am afraid that even Luo Shi does not know the identity of Ning'er's mother."

Lu Kui stood up suddenly: "In that case, isn't it that only the old woman knows? Such a key person, how can we let her fall into the hands of the Ye family!"

Chu Huan carefully opened the wooden box, and lovingly took out an ancient frosty white jade ring from it, and gently pushed it in front of Lu Kui: "Such an important matter cannot be entrusted to one person. This is something that Ning'er's mother brought with her before her death. She loved it more than her eyes. Copy it carefully."

When Lu Kui heard that it was such a precious item, he did not dare to ignore it, and hurriedly sat up straight and looked at the jade ring. He saw that the jade ring was plain white, with almost no carvings, except for two huge and ferocious eyes carved on the two ends of the gap.

Chu Huan said solemnly: "Remember to investigate secretly. Do not show the appearance of this thing to anyone except you and me."

Lu Kui unfolded a piece of suede that he kept close to his body, took out a quill pen made of unknown material, and wrote as fast as the wind, outlining the strange jade ring bit by bit.

He looked up at His Majesty: "Then Liu Kui, are you just going to let her fall into Ye Zhen's hands?"

"Wrong." Emperor Zhaoyuan stood with his hands behind his back and said calmly, "Could it be that the commander of my personal army is so incompetent that he cannot control Ye and Liu?"

Lu Kui prostrated himself and bowed respectfully to the emperor: "I will obey your instructions. I will do my best to live up to your trust."

Emperor Zhaoyuan waved his sleeves and said, "Go and call Wu Shilu in." He glanced at Lu Kui and said, "Because of your trip, I will miss the morning court session."

Lu Kui was about to leave when he suddenly remembered what His Majesty had said before: "You will not be unable to tolerate the admiration of others." He suddenly had an idea and blurted out, "Your Majesty, does that mean..."

Emperor Zhao Yuan raised his eyebrows and said, "Stop hesitating. If you want to say something, hurry up."

Lu Kui's face suddenly turned red, and he said hesitantly, "So, if Miss Ning is interested in me, Your Majesty will also help her?"

Before Lu Kui could finish his words, he was hit hard on the forehead, and the precious blue and white cup fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

"Go to the Imperial Gate and kneel down!" Emperor Zhao Yuan's angry voice came: "When the water in your brain dries up, you can go back!"