In the early years, there was an elimination mechanism for maids in the palace.
Either stupidity or misbehavior or character flaws, there are all kinds of reasons.
Many maids in Prince Qi's palace were eliminated from the palace at that time.
For example, three of the Western University personals.
Who is stupid and who is dumb... Needless to say.
Xi Ren and Tan Yun took their seats accordingly.
As for Mingyan, it is because of "hidden dangers."
The specific evaluation is that "I am naturally charming, but I may have troubles in the future."
In the early years, Zhao Yan was quite speechless about this and thought it was complete nonsense.
What's so charming about a ten-year-old girl?
In addition, he was quite disgusted with this elimination mechanism, so he accepted some poor people from it.
Thinking of this comment many years later, he couldn't help but sigh at the vicious eyes of the female officials in the palace at that time.
Now that Mingyan has grown up, in addition to her attractive figure, her charming appearance and charming temperament are like bone-corrosive poison.
With just one glance, her appearance will be imprinted in people's bones.
Fortunately, he had grown up with Mingyan since he was a child, and he had a strong resistance to the charm she exuded all the time.
At the age of eighteen, Zhao Yan even tasted this supreme beauty.
Although I am still fascinated by it occasionally, at least I am not obsessed with it.
The next day, Zhao Yan took only Ming Yan and Li Mochou south to Jiaxing.
Wang Yuyan and others went to Mantuo Villa. She had been away from home for many years, but she still wanted to go back and have a look.
Even though the memory of that time has been so blurred that I can’t remember it.
After all, it is a place called hometown.
The distance from Suzhou to Jiaxing City is only over a hundred miles.
Lujiazhuang is located between the two cities, so it is closer.
Starting early in the morning, it only takes less than two hours to ride a horse.
The three of them galloped all the way and arrived at Lujiazhuang in just six seconds.
Zhao Yan stood on horseback and inspected this villa.
Compared with the grandeur of Sanxian Village, Lujiazhuang is much more pyrotechnic.
Except for the main courtyard behind the archway, which looks quite elegant, the rest of the various private houses scattered in the mountains are very ordinary.
"Lujiazhuang."
He gently read the words on the memorial arch and glanced at Li Mochou quietly.
Her face was calm, and she seemed to have no disturbance in her heart.
In fact, during the days on the ship, except for the pain caused by Wang Yuyan's back stab on the first day, Li Mochou's mood improved a lot in the following days.
But she spent the whole day with Wang Yuyan and Huang Rong, and Zhao Yan didn't know how these three cobblers healed each other.
"My lord, please go and inform them."
Standing under the archway was a man from the village of Ximing. Seeing that Zhao Yan and the other two were dressed gorgeously and riding tall horses, they didn't dare to say anything presumptuous.
Seeing Ming Yan dismounting and walking towards him, everyone swallowed.
Although this woman is wearing a veil, covering most of her face, just looking at her eyebrows makes people think more.
"Excuse me, please let me know. There is a visitor from Prince Qi's Mansion looking for Mr. Lu, your master."
Mingyan's tone was cold, and she was used to the looks from several people, but being used to it didn't mean she didn't care.
If it weren't for the fact that the prince had something to do today, she wouldn't mind teaching this Westerner a lesson.
"Qi...Prince Qi's Mansion?"
The villagers suddenly woke up.
A title, "The No. 1 Master of the Song Dynasty" flashed through his mind.
Zhuang Ding, who was in charge, quickly bowed his head and saluted, and said:
"My lord, please wait a moment. I will go and report to the village owner now!"
"Um."
Seeing the village man running towards the main courtyard quickly, Mingyan also turned around and walked back.
"Miss Li, what are you going to do when Lu Zhanyuan comes out?"
As soon as she came back, she heard her prince asking questions with a strange smile on his face.
What can I do? I'll stab him to death with a sword.
Mingyan thought about her decision and smiled with satisfaction.
Li Mochou frowned imperceptibly, then relaxed her brows at any time.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, Lu Zhanyuan and I have been strangers for a long time. We have neither love nor hatred. He is no longer worthy of my thoughts."
“……”
Oops…
Zhao Yan was stunned for a moment.
What kind of medicine did you take?
Forgetting Pill?
How many times the dose is this!
I've been teasing it for two months without making any progress. How come it suddenly dawned on me after just a few days on the boat?
His face looked even weirder, but he expressed relief in his mouth.
"It's good if you think so. If I kill Lu Zhanyuan later, don't be sad."
"Kill? Why?"
Li Mochou was suddenly startled.
Aren’t you here to look for clues today?
Why did it turn into murder...
"It doesn't necessarily mean killing him. It depends on how Master Lu chooses."
Zhao Yan said calmly.
The information he currently has is fragmented.
Apart from the two factories and one guard, no one else is known to be his enemy.
As for what the other party's purpose is, there is no way to talk about it.
But now that Li Yuan has revealed a flaw, it means that a trap may have been set in Lujiazhuang where he is going next.
No matter who set this trap, Lu Zhanyuan, as the owner of the village, cannot escape the blame.
If he still had a role in participating, he would have deserved to die.
Zhao Yan is lazy and he doesn't want to kill anyone.
But when it's time to take action...
Never hesitate.
After Zhuang Ding entered, Lujiazhuang reacted quickly.
From a distance, Zhao Yan could see a man in purple robe leading a large group of people running out of the main courtyard and heading towards the archway in a mighty manner.
"Miss Li, is the man in purple the same as Lu Zhanyuan?"
When Li Mochou heard this, she raised her head and looked into the distance, her eyes suddenly trembled, and then she said as calmly as possible:
"it's him."
Although she said they had nothing to do with each other, she was still a little touched by the sudden meeting.
But the reaction was much smaller than she expected when they met again.
"Mingyan, did you inform me of my identity just now?"
"Your Majesty, this servant only said that he is a visitor from Prince Qi's Mansion."
"Then Lu Zhanyuan actually brought so many people out to welcome the guests..."
Zhao Yan snorted with a half-smile.
I don't know whether to laugh at Lu Zhanyuan for being too stupid, or because Jin Yiwei entrusted him with something wrong.
Logically speaking, visitors to Prince Qi's Mansion should not be greeted like this.
Unless it's King Qi himself...
Lu Zhanyuan's behavior was completely self-inflicted.
I had known for a long time that Zhao Yan would come in person.
After a while, there were more than thirty people of all kinds standing under the archway.
"The common man Lu Zhanyuan meets His Highness the King of Qi!"
"See His Highness King Qi!"
Before Zhao Yan could speak, the group of people in front of him bowed in greeting.
Except for Lu Zhanyuan, who was standing in front of everyone, there were about a dozen monks in cassocks and a dozen young men in Diancang sect costumes.
"No gift."
Zhao Yan got off his horse and walked in front of everyone.
"Master Lu, please forgive me for coming here uninvited."
"Your Majesty's words are strong, Your Majesty is here to bring glory to Lujiazhuang!"
Lu Zhanyuan never looked at Li Mochou sitting on the horse from beginning to end. At this moment, his head was lowered and he couldn't even see her.
"It's easy to say. The Lu Family Village is famous far and wide. I am passing by today and naturally want to visit. Master Lu, can you lead the way?"
Zhao Yan ignored the others. He didn't ask questions, and Lu Zhanyuan couldn't take the initiative to introduce them.
"As it should be, please, Your Majesty."
Lu Zhanyuan quickly turned around and invited the three people in.
Zhao Yan tapped his chin, put his hands on his hips, and took a few steps forward.
When passing by Lu Zhanyuan, he seemed to suddenly remember something, turned his head and asked:
"I am very curious about something."
"Your Majesty, please speak."
"Master Lu, how do you know that the visitor to Prince Qi's residence must be the king himself?"
Lu Zhanyuan's body trembled slightly, and he suddenly broke into a cold sweat.
