I'm not a fortune teller.

Chapter 60 It won't be long.
"Son, you really don't want to think about it again?"

The old lady still seemed very unwilling. She had realized today that the Luo father and daughter were not confident enough. As long as she proposed a divorce, the other party would most likely not dare to make a fuss. The Zhang family would handle the matter quietly. By then, at her son's age, there would be plenty of good girls in the capital for him to choose from.

Zhang Rui, who was completing the painting, sighed and said, "Mother, which room did Madam prepare for you?"

The old lady was stunned and curled her lips and said, "The due north position, what is it called Wutong Courtyard?"

"Wutong Courtyard" Zhang Rui wrote on the scroll, and the location instantly came to life: "Wutong Courtyard faces south and has the largest garden. It is not far from the kitchen. It is the best location in the house. Luo has always been very concerned about you."

As long as the scroll is in hand, one can use it to return here from anywhere. This is the result Zhang Rui has experimented with countless times and it is the family's escape route. But if the Zhang family's house is sealed off, where should the exit for the scroll to escape from the mansion be located in a safe place?
"She's just pretending," the old lady curled her lips, "Now that you've been promoted, of course she doesn't dare to be disrespectful."

"Has Luo ever been disrespectful to mother before?"

"You are on her side again!" The old lady said angrily, "I think you are obsessed with her!"

Zhang Rui shook his head and said with a smile: "Mother, what do you think of the Nightingale girl who came in today? Will my son fall in love with her?"

"That vixen can't stay!" The old lady's face suddenly changed: "Son, why did you let her stay later? You've already driven her away."

That woman, an old lady herself, felt her heart beating fast just by looking at her. Such a disaster has entered the family, it is such a disaster!

"Since my son was able to drive her away once, he can certainly drive her away a second time. Mother has also seen that people outside want to send women to your son's house. This is only the case when he has a legal wife. If not, it would be difficult to go against the wishes of some big shots to marry into your family."

"Big shot? Isn't that a good thing?" the old lady said happily.

"It may not be a good thing. The previous owner of our house was a third-rank official. He was considered an important figure, right? But what was his fate? We just arrived in the capital and don't know anything. We are trying to marry into a wealthy and powerful family. If we marry someone who is about to fall, won't we suffer the same fate?"

"Uh" the old lady was speechless.

"Mother, we are men and we have to rely on ourselves for everything. How can we imitate women and try to marry into a wealthy family? Luo knows you well, is filial to you, and is smart and capable. What's wrong with that?"

"Hmph, whatever you want." The old lady grumbled, but didn't refute in the end. It's not that she didn't understand what her son said, but she just felt a little unwilling to accept it. She always felt that her son was cheated by the Luo family. The better her son's development is now, the more guilty she feels. If she had been more cautious and not so anxious to find a wife for her son...
Zhang Rui comforted his troubled mother with amusement, and only after she left did he sigh and return to the study, where he took out the secret letter given to him by Butler Lu.

"Tanhua Case"

This information was beyond his expectations. He didn't expect that such a thing had happened during his scientific expedition three years ago, but he had no memory of it at all.

However, even if I had memories of that time, I probably wouldn't be qualified to know much given my status at the time. I was plain-looking and only managed to get into the second place by cheating. What did the third place in the imperial examination have to do with me?

I guess when I heard the news that Tanhualang was killed, I might have secretly applauded. Damn, exams also depend on appearance, what a ridiculous logic!
But it would be fine if only one person died, but in the end all the candidates for the third place were killed. This is a bit scary. Suddenly I feel lucky that I am not very handsome.
By the way, where did this pervert come from? He only kills good-looking people?

The letter said that the candidates for the third place in the imperial examination were all outstanding young men picked from thousands of people. They were top-notch in terms of talent, family background and aptitude as sorcerers. The forces behind them were complicated and involved descendants of both old and new families. It was impossible to find the source of their motives, and in the end they could only blame it on some unidentified evil.

His Majesty dispatched the court sorcerers and joined forces with several major families in the capital to conduct a carpet search of the capital, but they did not find anything particularly evil at the time.

Until the end of the Spring Examination, there was still no clue, so I had to give up.

It is said that after that, the originally high-spirited Princess Yueyao began to become low-key and no longer participated in any activities organized by the women's family. She even did not attend the royal hunting at the beginning of the year.

Although no one dared to talk about the royal family, everyone knew that Her Royal Highness the Princess's reputation had been greatly affected.

This time, news came out that in order to eliminate the influence of that year, His Majesty planned to choose a husband for the eldest princess again among the top three doctors this year.

This shouldn't have had much to do with me, but Butler Lu said in the letter that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince proposed two preparations to His Majesty. One is to take precautions in advance and send out elite troops to protect the safety of the candidates. The other is to prepare for the worst. If the situation that year happens again, the murderer must be caught while he is committing the crime. Otherwise, if this happens every year, where is the face of the Great Jin Dynasty?
When choosing the person in charge of this case, the prince first recommended Wei Gongyu, one of the Nine Ministers, and as for the person to assist in the investigation, the prince strongly recommended himself!
The letter said that the prince had been praising him to the utmost in front of His Majesty, and even suggested that he should take charge of the case. Butler Lu warned him in the letter to be on his guard.
After putting down the letter, Zhang Rui's eyes flashed with doubt.

The imperial examination hasn't even started yet, let alone the list of candidates for the third place. What happened three years ago may not happen again now, and the prince has recommended himself so early, it seems that he has determined that what happened three years ago will happen again!

Why is this?

This matter cannot be simply explained by evil spirits. There are probably many unknown reasons behind it. The prince has dug a big hole for himself that he himself cannot avoid.
"Your Highness, you have opened your palace, and you cannot barge into the harem."

Inside the palace, an old eunuch followed behind Li Yu with a helpless look on his face.

"I heard that my father was planning to arrange a marriage for Yueyao, so I came to see what happened to her. I say, you old thing, you have watched us grow up since we were young, don't you know what the relationship between me and Yueyao is?"

The old eunuch was helpless: "Your Highness, relationships are relationships, and rules are rules!"

He did not refute the other party's words. Although Princess Yueyao was the prince's biological sister, she had been closer to the Third Prince since childhood.

"These are rigid rules. Father must change them."

The eunuch rolled his eyes and was about to say something else when a stern voice came from a distance: "How do you intend for me to change this?"

The old eunuch knelt down hurriedly, while Li Yu lazily saluted and said, "My son greets my father." "Every time you see me, you look so nonchalant!" The emperor glared at him, looking stern on the surface, but with a smile in his eyes.

Among the many princes, he valued the crown prince the most because he was the eldest son born to the queen, but his favorite was still Li Yu.

The other person is intelligent, free and easy, has the least respect for me, but is also the most like a son.

"Just let big brother do the pretending, I can't learn it, and neither can father. It's scary to suddenly show up like this in broad daylight."

"Oh, you are so brave that I can scare you?" The emperor said sarcastically, then looked behind him and said, "Come to see Yueyao?"

"I'm worried she'll get bored." Li Yu grinned and said, "Why are you so rude, Yueyao? I didn't even say hello to my third brother when I saw him!"

Behind the emperor stood a figure in a purple dress. She was a beautiful woman like a daffodil, but lifeless. In the early spring sunshine, she looked like an expressionless sculpture.

"You still look like this." Li Yu curled his lips: "I thought you would change a little when the emperor was going to choose a son-in-law for you."

"Shut up!" The emperor's face suddenly became stern.

Yue Yao, who was as solid as a sculpture, raised her eyes slightly and looked at Li Yu expressionlessly: "Brother, are you here to see a joke?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Li Yu immediately put away his smile and asked seriously, "Am I that kind of person?"

"You know that's bullshit?" The emperor rolled his eyes at him.

"Then brother might as well persuade father." Yue Yao said lightly.

"Yueyao." A hint of tenderness flashed in the eyes of the emperor, who was only fifty years old but looked like a man of seventy. He valued his daughter very much as he had a daughter in his old age, and she was born to his most beloved queen.

What happened three years ago made him extremely furious, and he sent out half of the inner court sorcerers to investigate. Unfortunately, there was something strange behind the incident, and several major forces in the capital joined forces, but in the end, they couldn't find any clues at all. At that time, he knew that this case was not a simple one.

Now that the spring examination is approaching again, as an emperor, he naturally cannot choose to retreat, but he doesn't know whether his daughter can still bear it. After all, the blow back then was too great for her who is still in her prime.

Many people only know that all the candidates for the third place in the imperial examination died, but they don’t know that most of those candidates died in front of the princess!
"Father, I really don't want to see it again!" Yue Yao said, biting her lip.

The emperor looked back, his eyes full of reluctance, but the more this happened, the more the royal family could not retreat. The hidden threat had to be found out!
"I heard that the eldest brother recommended someone." Li Yu suddenly interrupted.

The emperor turned around and frowned, "You are quite good at asking questions?"

"Since it concerns Yueyao, I naturally have to find out more." Li Yu shrugged indifferently.

"Humph," the emperor snorted coldly, and then said, "I heard that Zhang Rui also had dealings with you?"

"It can be considered that I saved the child." Li Yu said with a smile.

"Oh?" The emperor narrowed his eyes. "He saved you and the prince at the same time. So I owe him two life-saving favors."

"Yes," Li Yu nodded, "Father should reward me well."

"It takes a lot of skill to rescue you from the Painting City, right?"

"You are quite capable." When Li Yu thought of the other party's intention to destroy his eldest brother, the Crown Prince, he couldn't stop smiling: "The Crown Prince should know this best."

"Really?" The emperor also became curious: "Then I have to meet him tomorrow. The prince asked him to participate in this case. Do you think it's reliable?"

"Reliable, of course it's reliable!" Li Yu smiled even more happily: "Maybe I can give my father a surprise."

The emperor laughed when he heard this: "I am looking forward to it."

Yue Yao, who was standing by, also showed a hint of curiosity in her cold eyes. She rarely saw her third brother praising someone so much.

But she didn't think that man could give any surprises, because she rarely saw the prince hate someone so much.

It won't be long before he's dead.
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