"If only she didn’t lack an arm or leg, that would be even better. But seriously, I genuinely didn’t expect my royal sister could actually suppress this little girl so effectively. You know, when there are things she doesn’t want to do, no one has ever been able to force her before. I didn’t expect my royal sister could make her practice calligraphy obediently for several days!"

Upon hearing this, Princess Lianchun rolled her eyes, "Didn’t you hear what she just said?"

The Emperor teased with a laugh, "What did she say? That Ji Youyuan actually taught her how to write?"

Princess Lianchun: "..."

"Alright, the urgent task now is to quickly investigate the truth behind the fire at the Prince’s Mansion. Tell me, is Lu the Minister really the mastermind behind this?"

With some sorrow, the Empress Dowager looked at the snowflakes fluttering outside and spoke softly.

"I feel pretty sure about it. Lu Zezhong dared to have secret dealings with the royal family. Is there anything in the world he wouldn’t dare to do?"

Princess Lianchun was furious and slammed the table, her whole face turning blue.

"What should we do next?

How can we find out the truth?"

The Empress Dowager asked.

"I have a plan. When we interrogate this afternoon, we won’t question Lu Yun Province’s identity anymore."

When Princess Lianchun said this, the Emperor’s eyes lit up, and he exclaimed in surprise: "Royal sister means we should find out who truly decimated the Prince’s Mansion, and at that time, Suisui will read their thoughts, and we will search for clues based on what we gather from their minds?"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Exactly, this is an excellent approach."

"What are you thinking, Youzhi?"

After discussing for a long time, the mother and sons realized that Ji Youzhi had been silent all along.

"I am contemplating if Suisui’s final reading of Lu the Minister’s thoughts is correct, then Lu the Minister’s plans are huge.

Your Majesty, Lu the Minister probably has long prepared for contingencies, and today’s actions might have already alerted him."

Upon hearing Ji Youzhi’s words, the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, and Princess Lianchun’s faces changed drastically.

"Lu Zezhong dares?" The Empress Dowager exclaimed in shock and anger.

"He dares to have secret dealings with royal family, what wouldn’t he dare to do?" 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Princess Lianchun retorted upon hearing this.

The Emperor rubbed his temples, troubled, "This matter must be resolved."

After saying this, he looked up at Ji Youzhi.

"Do you have any good plans?"

"I’m afraid I can’t do it alone!"

"Old Eight is attending the imperial exams in the Taihe Palace and can’t help me."

"It’s quite troublesome, Ji Old Eight is attending exams, Dugu Xiao is not in the capital, how can we ensure nothing goes wrong later?"

Hearing this, the Emperor furrowed his brows tightly together, "Do you have any ideas? Tell me, and I will fully support you."

Ji Youzhi shook his head, "I haven’t thought it through yet; for now, let’s have the Palace on strict guard for a few days, increase patrols in the city, and after the exams are over, find a place to first detain Lu Yunsheng; Lu Zezhong will surely care about his safety!"

The Emperor nodded.

Everything was left for him to handle.

In the Imperial Study, Lu Zezhong and Liu Hengyu were kneeling together.

"Minister, what shall we do?

Does His Majesty know... does he know everything?"

Worried, Liu Yuheng leaned towards Lu Zezhong’s ear and asked anxiously.

"Why panic? Look at you, a governor of a region, in charge of everyone in the Southwest Road, how can you be so easily upset?

I’m telling you, hold on. Only by holding on can we continue to eat and drink, and enjoy riches and honor, but the premise is you must shut your mouth. If you slip up even once, we’re all done for!"

At this moment, Lu Zezhong showed his fierce side, intimidating Liu Yuheng.

"Yes, yes, yes! You can be assured I won’t speak indiscriminately, furthermore, we’re all being interrogated together now, right?

What should or shouldn’t be said, aren’t you always there to listen?

If you think there’s something I shouldn’t say, just cough to remind me!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Zezhong rubbed his temples, finding this idea from his ’pig teammate’ ridiculous.

He really wanted to cut his throat, regretting deeply why he didn’t deal with him earlier?

Thinking back, it’s not that he was ever soft-hearted, but Mr. Wu said that if he were to accomplish great things in the future, he would be a reliable helper!

But now...

Lu Zezhong and Liu Yuheng never expected that at this very moment, every word of their conversation was being overheard by an undercover guard hiding on the beam.