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Lu Qing saw her concerns and pulled her into the living room: "Speak now, leaving Xiaoyao Palace is one thing, but inside the palace, you don't have to worry about ears."

"If there is no unusual movement on my father's side, but someone wants to find a pretext to use my father's status as a vassal king to accuse you of a crime, they can just find a pretext and send you to a place on the way to Shuo State.

If both sides attack simultaneously, and someone captures you and me, and King Yi attacks my father, then even if we open our mouths wide, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain ourselves."

"What if this possibility doesn't happen?" Lu Qing didn't seem to think that Zhu Yu's words were so outrageous.

"Then everything is fine. His Majesty may really have some difficult matters that he needs your help to deal with." Zhu Yu slowly exhaled.

The fact that Lu Qing asked this probably meant that he already had an estimate in his mind.

After all, she had been married for a short time and had only met Emperor Jin twice. She had no idea about the temperament and character of this common ruler of the world and could only speculate on everything according to ordinary logic.

"If he wanted me dead, he would have had plenty of opportunities over the past twenty years. There's no need to go to such great lengths." Lu Qing shook his head. "Besides, even if he really wanted to charge me with treason, he would have to make sure he caught me red-handed before involving Lu Zhang.

Few people, both inside and outside the court, don't know that Duke Yan and his faction regard me as a thorn in their side, and Lu Zhang is his good grandson.

If there were no hard evidence that King Shuo and I were plotting rebellion, how would outsiders view this matter? They would naturally think that this was Lu Zhang's attempt to eliminate dissidents, unite his faction to attack those who were different, and remove all obstacles in his way.

I was the first one to be pulled out for surgery, so the next one could naturally be another prince.

Although the emperor has not yet appointed a crown prince, he has his own considerations. However, he himself has experienced fratricide and is most wary of such things.

If Lu Zhang were to provoke such criticism, it would be extremely detrimental to his ambition to further advance."

"I understand. Ultimately, it's the compromise you mentioned before." Zhu Yu felt relieved after hearing what he said. "The princes are secretly competing with each other, which His Majesty is happy to see. But if they really start to fight, it would be too much."

Lu Qing smiled, nodded, and looked up at the sun outside: "The journey is long, I just asked Fu Lu to buy you some cakes, dried fruits and other things to take with you, so that you won't be hungry when you are in the middle of nowhere.

It won't be long before he's back, so remember to check to see if he's missed anything, or if there's something you particularly like, ask him to buy some more."

Zhu Yu knew that Fu Wen Fu Lu had been busy preparing things for going out according to Lu Qing's instructions these days, and he left early this morning. He didn't expect that he left to buy cakes for him.

It was just once when I was in Qingshui County that he happened to see me. I packed some snacks with me in case of emergency, but I didn't expect that Lu Qing would remember it.

The next day, at daybreak, Lu Qing, Zhu Yu and the two brothers Fu Wen and Talisman were already ready to go. Only in this way could they reach the next convenient place to stay before dark.

Before leaving, Lu Qing called the housekeeper and the most senior maid in the mansion, Madam Zhao, and gave them some instructions. They told them to tell everyone that the mistress was recuperating at home due to her previous illness and was not in a good condition. It was not convenient for her to see guests. No matter whose wife or daughter it was, they should use this excuse to refuse any visitors.

The steward of Xiaoyao Palace has always been a man who knows what he is doing but doesn't talk much. After hearing Lu Qing's instructions, he agreed without saying anything else.

Mother Zhao was, after all, a woman, older, and more talkative than the steward. "Master, I understand!" she nodded hastily to Lu Qing. "Other wives aren't taken on long journeys by their husbands. They just stay at home drinking tea and embroidering, never even going to the market. If anyone goes, they think it's beneath their status to show up in public."

If they heard about this, I don't know what they would say."

Mother Zhao looked happily at Zhu Yu who was about to go out with Lu Qing.

Although she felt deep down that her wife was a little unorthodox by always dressing up as a man and going out with the prince, she was full of admiration for her wife because she helped the prince's palace solve a huge problem with this outfit on the night of her wedding.

Secondly, the prince is not a person who follows the rules. If he is faced with a well-behaved lady, he might end up like before, with no one to show up all day long.

It's so good now! Ever since Madam came into the family, the prince has been at home much more often!
Mother Zhao looked at Lu Qing and sighed secretly in her heart.

The prince had suffered a lot since he was a child. Mother Zhao felt bad because she saw him spending all his time in places like Yunyin Pavilion and never wanting to get married, and the palace was always deserted.

it's good now!

No matter whether she is wearing men's or women's clothes, no matter whether she stays at home every day or goes out with the prince, as long as they have a good relationship, nothing else matters. If there is good news when she comes back from this trip, then the Xiaoyao Palace will have a new baby!
Lu Qing didn't correct Mother Zhao's words, but rather acquiesced. He pretended not to notice anything else in her eyes. After explaining the affairs of the mansion, the four of them mounted their horses and left.

Although Zhu Yu got up very early, she felt particularly refreshed. She didn't realize what Mother Zhao was thinking.

For her, this trip to Lizhou was essentially a "business trip". The "boss" who went with her was smart and a nice person. Seeing the mountains and rivers along the way was almost like a trip at public expense, so she naturally felt like a bird out of a cage.

However, Lu Qing's instructions before leaving, as well as the reactions of the servants in the palace, made Zhu Yu understand why Lu Qing did not seek the kind of pomp of being served by a group of servants in other wealthy families, and always maintained a pitifully small number of servants in the Xiaoyao Palace.

When there are so many people, there are bound to be gossips. If you want to do something secretly, it is harder than climbing to the sky.

Since no one except Emperor Jin knew the identity of the Golden-faced Censor, in order not to reveal their identities and whereabouts, Lu Qing naturally could not find an inn to stay overnight along the way.

The four of them had no choice but to ride fast during the day and find an inn in a county town along the way before dark.

They hurried all the way like this, and after walking for seven or eight days, they finally arrived at the border of Lizhou. At sunset, they entered a county town and found the largest inn inside to stay.

But they soon discovered something strange.

The sun was about to set in the west. It was obviously not a bustling and lively time for the county town, but it was extremely lively here.

To be precise, the inn they were staying in was too lively.

(End of this chapter)