Cypress Boat Floating

Chapter 184 Lost

As the curtain opened, suddenly, whether it was the emperor, the crown prince, the King of Qin and other capable princes, they all found a lot of evidence about Ye Honghai's treason.

All these evidences were sentencing Ye Honghai to death. Lu Zhixing kept wandering around, trying to see if there was any other evidence that could prove Ye Honghai's innocence, but no matter who it was, they were afraid at this critical moment and dared not have anything to do with Ye Honghai.

What kind of crime is treason? It is a serious crime, a crime that can kill your whole family and make you infamous for eternity. The whole country will throw rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs at you. Who dares to get close to you?

After many days without any sign of improvement, the imperial edict summoning Ye Honghai to return to Beijing to report had probably already reached Beiguan, and Lu Zhixing felt increasingly powerless.

This matter seems strange no matter how you look at it, but the emperor thinks it is true, so it cannot be false.

The anger and powerlessness in his heart tormented Lu Zhixing deeply. The experiences he had as a teenager in Beiguan kept replaying in his mind. The appearance of Ye Honghai, who was serious to others and never smiled all year round, but cared for him like an uncle, was also echoing in his mind. When he was a teenager, Ye Honghai taught him every move, every word and deed, and even how to lead an army.

Ye Honghai never married in his life and stayed in the military camp all year round. He had no close friends around him and no children, so he really treated himself as his own nephew from the bottom of his heart.

How can we make Lu Zhixing believe that such a good uncle is really a traitor?

Wei Wangshu came over with a bowl of freshly cooked mung bean soup. Seeing her husband in such pain, she felt bad too.

"Are you worried about General Ye again?" Wei Wangshu walked behind him, put his hand on his head, and gently rubbed his forehead to relieve the headache.

"I can't find any trace of falsification in those obvious evidences. But I just know that they are fake." Lu Zhixing leaned back to make it easier for Wei Wangshu to move.

"Could this be related to the desert?" Wei Wangshu tried to come up with the most reasonable explanation.

"I have the same suspicion. Nar has been wanting to get rid of General Ye and me for a long time. If something really happens to General Ye, no one at the border will be able to resist him for a while. He forces me to choose the capital or the North Gate." This is the most realistic situation and the most reasonable guess.

"Has the evidence, General Ye, been sent to the emperor's case?"

Lu Zhixing nodded. This was what bothered him the most. He didn't know who was so quick that all the evidence was found by his father's people on the second day after the incident.

"General Ye is probably on his way back to Beijing now." If Ye Honghai was really convicted, Lu Zhixing would have to think about how to clear himself. He could only do what he could.

Lu Zhixing felt sorry for Wei Wangshu who was still pregnant, and he didn't want to let her stand, so he took her hand and brought her to him to sit on his lap, put his arms around her waist, and rested his head on her shoulder.

"General Ye is so successful that he has been in the military camp all year round. All the people in the Flame Army are his people. It would be too easy for him to rebel. Our father is getting older and his health is getting worse. He wants to continue to hold absolute power and continue to stand in the highest position. He is afraid of people like us." Lu Zhixing's voice was not loud, but Wei Wangshu felt distressed when she heard it.

"The third brother was sent to the west to guard Yumen Pass early on, the seventh brother was sent to Nanlin as a hostage, and the fourth and sixth brothers, if not for one of their poor health, which looked like they would not live for many more years, and one of them was only obsessed with worldly affairs and didn't care about the affairs of the court, would have been transferred away long ago and assigned fiefdoms to guard for the rest of their lives." Lu Zhixing snorted coldly.

"He asked me to come back from Beiguan because he didn't want the Crown Prince to dominate the country. He needed someone to check and balance the Crown Prince. But among the princes, the fifth prince and the Crown Prince are born of the same mother, and the others are all under the age of 16. There is no one else except me."

Wei Wangshu felt very distressed. Having grown up in this palace with Lu Zhixing since childhood, how could she not know all this? She had even prepared to accompany Lu Zhixing to Beiguan.

Over the years, Lu Zhixing had to live such a hard life just to please the emperor and accumulate more power for himself. Why did he have to live such a hard life?

The young man was full of vigor and vitality, elegant, dressed in fine clothes and riding a horse. When he was still a teenager, because of a fight in the palace, he traveled thousands of miles to the north alone with his luggage. Whenever Wei Wangshu thought of this, his heart was filled with pain and he felt very uncomfortable.

"Wangshu." Lu Zhixing lowered his head and whispered her name.

"Yes, I'm here." Wei Wangshu replied. She would always respond to Lu Zhixing the first time he called her name, letting him know that she was still with him.

"The prince will most likely use General Ye's incident to bring me down. If something really happens to me, you should take Yuanyuan back to her parents' home and give birth peacefully. Don't worry about anything and don't care about anything."

Wei Wangshu's eyes were filled with tears. She kept shaking her head. If something really happened to Lu Zhixing, what would she do? What would happen to Yuanyuan? Lu Zhixing was everything to her, her life. She wanted Lu Zhixing to stop talking, but she was trapped by him and couldn't move.

Lu Zhixing heard her choking sobs and gently helped her to smooth her back, comforting her: "If, I mean if, it's okay, don't be afraid, it's okay. We still have our eighth brother, he is so smart, he will definitely help us, right?"

"Aren't you planning to send our eighth brother to Beiguan? I'm afraid that's not possible given the current situation." Wei Wangshu spoke with a tearful voice.

Lu Zhixing was silent for a while. Some time ago, he found out some things that were not good for himself and Lu Ci Qiu, so he thought of sending Lu Ci Qiu to Beiguan to avoid the limelight. After all, he had his own people in Beiguan who could protect Lu Ci Qiu.

But in the current situation, if Lu Ci Qiu is sent to Beiguan again, he might be harmed. But if he is left in the capital, Lu Zhixing is worried that the prince will take action against him.

"Let's wait and see, but my eighth brother can't stay in the capital forever. I must send him away. The crown prince has been restless recently."

"Then what will you do?" Wei Wangshu was worried, as she really couldn't help much with these strategies.

"Even if the prince wants to take this opportunity to bring me down, he has to consider whether what he has in his hands is worthy enough. There is someone else behind General Ye's incident. If he is smart, cooperating with me is the best solution. If he only cares about his own little piece of land, then there is nothing we can do. The most important thing now is to find out who is behind this."

Wei Wangshu was worried about his safety, but he also knew that she had no opinion on Lu Zhixing's decision, and everything he proposed was well considered.

Wei Wangshu thought for a moment and said, "It's not easy to pin this crime on General Ye. Unless this person can get some token from General Ye, he can prove to my father that General Ye is indeed in collusion with the desert."

"Indeed, so I suspect that this person is probably from the North Gate. The prince has no deep connection with the North Gate. The only thing he can control is the city defense army outside the capital. This is why I said that the mastermind behind this matter is not the prince."

Wei Wangshu pursed her lips. The matter was of such serious importance that she did not dare to make a decision easily. She knew that Lu Zhixing knew what he was doing, and she only needed to be with him when he needed her.

"Have you been going to Chunmanlou these days?" Wei Wangshu asked.

Lu Zhixing shook his head: "There's no need to go for now."

As he spoke, he tightened his hold on Wei Wangshu's hand and said apologetically, "I'm sorry for making you suffer during this period of time."

Wei Wangshu chuckled: "I believe you. You have seen many beautiful women over the years. If you really want to change your mind and marry another one, you would have done it long ago. How can I stop you?"

Lu Zhixing still felt that Wei Wangshu had been wronged. He had never agreed with the implementation of this plan in the first place. He was annoyed by Wei Wangshu saying sweet words to a woman he didn't love every day. As soon as he got there, he just wanted to come back quickly to be with his wife and daughter.

"It will be over soon. Very soon." Lu Zhixing promised.