In the years of famine, I was well versed in history and pampered the Northern Army

Chapter 182: Gathering Strength

Although I know that His Royal Highness Prince Jing is very powerful, but now the Queen Mother and her cronies are so overbearing, I am a little confused:

"Your Highness, Prince Jing, I don't understand what you're saying. The Queen Mother usually dislikes you so much and is also domineering, so why are you afraid?"

This servant didn't have much contact with Lu Yan on weekdays, but he was gifted in martial arts, so Lu Yan kept him by his side. It was normal for him not to understand.

After all, although everyone in the capital likes Lu Yan now, what is passed down by word of mouth is the story of Lu Yan being bullied by the Empress Dowager.

Now, Lu Yan was actually a white flower pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger. He couldn't help but sigh that fortunes really change.

Lu Yan smiled:

"Now I'm worried that I can't find any fault with her."

After saying this, he just got off the carriage at Prince Jing's Mansion and saw the group of well-disguised servants again. Upon closer inspection, he found that they were all first-rank officials in the court.

Lu Yan wanted to laugh, seeing him like this:

"Why would Mr. Zhou disguise himself like this? Lu Yan didn't even recognize him for a moment."

The man in front of him knew that Lu Yan was mocking him, but he was too embarrassed to say anything else and could only blush:

"You're still laughing at me, an old minister. I'm here to discuss this with you, Your Highness. The situation in Yunjin is so critical right now. If I don't come, I'm afraid I won't even have a place to stay in the future."

Lu Yan believed what he said. Although Mr. Zhou was a man who got things done and did a lot of good things for the people, he was also not above taking bribes. That was why his house in the capital was really dazzling.

Although he had three wives and four concubines, they could not live in even one-tenth of the house. Instead, he was favored by those people from the Western Regions. Now, when he went to court, his house was taken away by those people from the Western Regions.

He really has no place to vent his anger.

He looked at Lu Yan who was still smiling faintly, but he really didn't understand:

"I don't understand why His Royal Highness Prince Jing is so happy. I'm almost dying of anxiety."

"I'm not happy. After all, you shouldn't be here just for this matter."

That's true. If he just wanted to complain, he wouldn't have to pretend like this in the middle of the night. It would be really unfair.

"Your Highness Prince Jing is truly a man of foresight. He has many other things to do now, but none of them are good."

Lu Yan looked at him and sighed, then smiled:

"Oh? It's not a good thing? Tell me about it."

"Now, this old minister and others in the court have already learned that there seems to be a 100,000-strong Western Regions army lying in ambush at the border. Even if the Empress Dowager doesn't mention it, we know that there are always unusual movements at the border, and they are almost always related to the Western Regions. If this is true, then the Empress Dowager's plan is more than just allowing Western Regions people to live in Yunjin."

Although they were unwilling to share the Feng Shui treasure land of Yunjin with the people from the Western Regions.

However, if the Queen Mother Ning wanted to overthrow the dynasty and make them either slaves or become dead souls at the hands of the sword, they still felt that the former was better.

Indeed, but Lu Yan had already guessed it.

However, Lu Yan did not mention any solutions. After hearing so much, he kept asking:

"If that's the case, do you have any evidence?"

He was furious:

"Your Highness, Prince Jing, we are friends who have risked our lives for you. How could we possibly deceive you? We knew you would believe us, so we didn't bring any evidence with us."

Lu Yan shook his head:

"It's not about whether you trust me or not, but this evidence is essential. So, tomorrow at court, you must bring me this evidence. The more you remember, the better. Even if you have to stay up all night, you must collect it all for me."

The next day, Lu Yan and Xu Qingyin went to court together. These days, since he came back, every time he went to court, he would personally go to the door of Xu's house and bring Xu Qingyin with him to pick her up and go with her.

"Why do you look so tired?"

Lu Yan caressed Xu Qingyin's hair lovingly. Xu Qingyin had just woken up and was still sleepy. Her voice sounded especially sweet as she said:

"There have been so many things going on lately. Although I seem to be the most useless imperial tutor, all the major and minor matters of Yunjin have fallen on me during your absence, so I've been quite busy."

Usually Xu Qingyin would be alert when she went to court, but when Lu Yan came that day, she always felt a little relaxed with him around.

Lu Yan found Xu Qingyin's dazed look adorable, but he also felt very distressed. He didn't know how much suffering a girl like her must have suffered secretly behind his back when he was not around.

"You've been so busy today, I'm afraid you haven't had time to eat breakfast again?"

Lu Yan looked at Xu Qingyin with her eyes closed in a daze, and his heart ached.

"Oh, that's right. I didn't have dinner yesterday either. But how did you know I didn't have breakfast?"

Lu Yan was helpless. Xu Qingyin had lost so much weight since he left. Now she was working so hard, he felt so distressed.

"Here, I brought it to you."

Speaking of this, Xu Qingyin was really hungry. She opened her eyes and they suddenly became bright and shining from being confused and lifeless.

"Why are you so thoughtful?"

Xu Qingyin hurriedly took his lunch box. She didn’t expect that breakfast could be so sumptuous!

Lu Yan didn't respond to her, but secretly thought in his heart:

"Of course it's thoughtful. I've been thinking about taking care of you for ten years."

Xu Qingyin looks like a little squirrel when eating breakfast, so cute. These are all specially made by Lu Yan to take care of Xu Qingyin's irregular diet. Although they are not the best, they are delicious after all.

Lu Yan just looked at her quietly, feeling the final tenderness.

A fierce battle is about to begin.

Just after getting off the car, Xu Qingyin had already slept in Lu Yan's arms for half an hour, and she felt refreshed.

Arriving at the court, the Empress Dowager was the first to attack Lu Yan:

"How dare you? Do you know that he is our envoy from the Western Regions? You just let him be beaten by a coachman in the street?"

Although the Queen Mother was furious, everyone present couldn't help but think in their hearts:

"I don't know how weak this envoy from the Western Regions is. He could actually be beaten by a coachman."

However, Lu Yan did not directly address the Queen Mother's question:

"These are all Lu Yan's fault, but please, Queen Dowager, please understand. These things naturally have causes and consequences."

After he said this, some ministers began to grumble:

"Isn't it? We in the Duke's Mansion have never seen anyone so arrogant as to dare to hit someone in the street."

The Empress Dowager's face turned green with anger:

"So what? They are envoys from the Western Regions. Are you going to go against me?"