Prince Cheng lowered his eyes for a long while, then suddenly said sarcastically: "Your Majesty is willing to spare even my own brother, how can you spare A Yin?"
"Uncle Wang Cheng..."
"You don't have to say anything more. I will never tell you."
He raised his eyes with a ferocious look, "Xiao Yan, the eunuch thief, is the emperor's running dog. It's fine if he wants to deal with the aristocratic families and step on them to get to the top, but Xie Guangzheng, you have the blood of the Lu family flowing in your body, but now you are helping others to deal with the Lu family. I don't know if Lu Chongyuan will regret supporting you, an ungrateful person, all these years."
Prince Cheng suddenly turned hostile and started swearing, making the Fourth Prince look unhappy.
Cheng Ping said sternly: "How insolent!"
"How dare a slave who relies on his master's power to speak to this king about being presumptuous?"
Prince Cheng leaned against the wall with his gray hair hanging down, his eyes full of sarcasm: "I heard earlier that Queen Lu was ungrateful and abandoned the Lu family. How can I not remember how she knelt down to express gratitude and was adopted into the Lu family? If it weren't for the Lu family, would she, a concubine's daughter from a side branch, be worthy of marrying into the royal family and becoming the queen?"
"She was so humble and pitiful when she knelt down and kowtowed to the Lu family to cover up her origins. But now she has forgotten that the Lu family helped her and even raised a little ungrateful person like you."
"You mother and son still dare to say that the Lu family is shameless. In my opinion, you are the most shameless..."
"Shut up!"
The Fourth Prince's face suddenly turned cold when he heard Prince Cheng scolding the Queen. After the warmth on his face faded, he was so angry that he kicked Prince Cheng: "Don't refuse a toast and drink a forfeit. I tried to persuade him with kind words, but you dare to insult my mother?!"
King Chen was already seriously injured, and he was just hanging on by a thread during this period of time. He was kicked and hit the wall.
His face was filled with pain, but he still panted and sneered: "Insults? Haha, it seems you don't know that your good mother looks noble and graceful, but in fact she is the daughter of a lowly servant."
Seeing the Fourth Prince's eyes turn red, he glanced at Xiao Yan who was standing in front of the prison door and said sneerily, "Lu Qinghong really thought that she could cover up her humble origins by being adopted into the Lu family's direct lineage and changing her name to Qingfeng."
"Her mother was just a foot-washing maid. She climbed into the bed of a man from the side branch of the Lu family and became a daughter of the Lu family. If she had not won your father's favor at the time and her mother had some tricks, it would have been too late for the main branch of the Lu family to discover her background. How could she be adopted by Lu Chongyuan and become the queen..."
Bang!
As the Fourth Prince listened to King Cheng talking more and more, his face turned ashen. He grabbed King Cheng's neck tightly and pushed him against the wall, shouting angrily, "Shut up!!"
His face was extremely ugly, and he pinched King Cheng and said coldly: "Tell me, who is the one who is having an affair with you?!"
King Chen choked in his throat, looking at the angry face within reach, he said in a hoarse voice: "If you want to know, go check it yourself... Let me tell you, you're dreaming!"
"Xie Tianyu!"
The Fourth Prince wished he could strangle the man in front of him to death. He thought he was only here to inquire about the Lu family, but he didn't expect that he would actually involve his mother's life experience.
He didn't know how his mother came to be adopted by Lu Chongyuan, and he seldom heard his mother and the Lu family talk about the past . But Prince Cheng's words were very certain, and he had secretly met his real grandmother, who was a very shrewd woman.
Even though the Fourth Prince was unwilling to believe it, he subconsciously felt that what King Chen said might be true. However, it was because of this thought that he became even more angry with King Chen.
If he had known that these things would be involved and would embarrass his mother, he would rather not have come today.
The Fourth Prince tightened his fingers, and for a moment, murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
Xiao Yan said calmly: "Fourth Prince."
The Fourth Prince came to himself and looked at Prince Cheng who was almost suffocating. He remembered that this was the imperial prison and Xiao Yan and the others were still watching him from behind. His face turned grim, he let go of his hand and threw the man against the wall.
There was a sweet and fishy taste in Prince Cheng's throat, and he bent over and gasped for breath.
The fourth prince said coldly: "I was thinking of pleading with the emperor on your behalf, giving you a chance to atone for your crime, but since you don't want it, then you can wait until the Lu family's affairs are investigated, and then you and Xie Yin will die without a burial place."
"Cheng Ping, let's go!"
The Fourth Prince walked out of the prison in anger. Prince Chen couldn't help but look up at him. Although he soon lowered his head and panted softly, Xiao Yan could still see the change in his eyes in that instant.
The prison door was closed again, and the Fourth Prince wiped his hands with a handkerchief, looking unlucky: "Master Xiao, what happened just now..."
"It's the Queen's private affairs, and I won't interfere."
The fourth prince looked at Tang Ning again, and Tang Ning said softly, "I didn't hear anything."
The Fourth Prince was relieved when he saw their statements. Although the Queen's origin was a long-standing story, she was adopted by Lu Chongyuan and married into the royal family as the legitimate daughter of the Lu family. Even if those things were exposed, it would not affect her status. However, it was a scandal after all, and it would become a stain on Queen Lu to some extent.
The fourth prince relaxed and then said angrily, "That Xie Tianyu is talking nonsense, making accusations everywhere, but he never mentioned the whore he had an affair with."
His face looked bad, and his tone became increasingly vicious when he spoke of those who colluded with King Cheng.
Adulterers and adulteresses are really disgusting!
"Xie Tianyu refuses to repent and protects that whore. I'm afraid we won't be able to get anything out of him. We've come here for nothing."
"Not necessarily."
Xiao Yan's words startled the Fourth Prince. Seeing Xiao Yan walking out, he quickly chased after him, "What does Governor Xiao mean by this?"
Xiao Yan said calmly: "Your Highness, have you ever thought about how Prince Cheng knew the Queen's background?"
Seeing the Fourth Prince's stunned expression, and obviously not reacting yet, he said:
"The Empress was married to Your Majesty by the late Emperor. The world only knows that she was adopted by Lu Chongyuan from a side branch. Has anyone ever mentioned her background?"
"Prince Cheng also said just now that the Lu family only found out that the Queen and the side branch had deceived them after the adoption. However, the marriage had probably already been granted at that time, and the Lu family and Lu Chongyuan could not bear the crime of deceiving the emperor. They were also afraid that people would know that the Queen was born a concubine and her biological mother was of low status and was despised by His Majesty. So the Lu family tried to cover up the matter, and they were able to conceal it so well that no one noticed it for many years."
When the Fourth Prince listened to Xiao Yan's words, he suddenly remembered what King Chen had just said.
He said that the Queen Mother had to kowtow and beg Lu Chongyuan and others to cover up for her. Given Lu Chongyuan's personality, if he wanted to hide it from the world, then the Queen Mother's life experience before she was adopted into the main branch would never be known to outsiders. So how did Prince Cheng know about it?
The fourth prince looked at Xiao Yan: "Master Xiao, you mean the man who had an affair with Prince Cheng..."
Xiao Yan said, "Prince Cheng is colluding with Hou Rui of the Ministry of War. It was that person who pulled the strings for him. He was able to use the Lu family's connections and resources, and he was able to know the secret that the Lu family deliberately concealed back then and then told Prince Cheng. Who do you think it is, Your Highness?"
As soon as Xiao Yan finished speaking, the Fourth Prince checked the women of the Lu family.
The person who can act as a matchmaker for Prince Cheng and stir up trouble in the capital should be living in the Lu family, otherwise he would be out of reach and his hands would not be so long.
Hou Rui listened to her and acted accordingly, so her identity must be extraordinary. Moreover, since Lu Chongyuan had intentionally concealed his mother's secret, he would definitely not tell anyone else. The person who knew about it must be someone very close to Lu Chongyuan, or someone very close to the important people in the Lu family.
After the aunts of the Lu family got married, they could no longer use the Lu family's connections, nor could they command the Lu family. Apart from them and the elderly Madam Lu, the only female relatives who lived in the Lu family for a long time and had the opportunity to access the Lu family's secrets and had sufficient status were the Lu family's wives...
The Fourth Prince's expression changed, and he looked up at Xiao Yan and asked, "Those aunts of the Lu family?"
Several Lu wives flashed through his mind. It was hard to believe that any of them would have an affair with Prince Cheng. But if it was really one of them, then which uncle of the Lu family would be the one who was turned into a cuckold by Prince Cheng? !