Turning misfortunes into good fortune starts with seizing the direct descendants in Kowloon

Chapter 55 A gentleman ignores his conduct and his heart

"Your Highness, I'll wait"

When Lu Mingyuan heard Hong Wan and Ziyun's embarrassed voices and their long wet hair, he realized that it would be a bit awkward to treat guests at this time, so he immediately ordered:

"Miss Qi, I will entertain you. Just come into the house."

"Yes."

The two women bowed, lifted up their skirts and walked towards the house with flushed faces.

Lu Mingyuan stepped forward to open the door, and soon he saw a woman in green clothes standing on the stone stairs outside the door. There were no unnecessary patterns on her clothes, she was simple and graceful. She wore a bun with hanging clouds and a silver flower hairpin in her head. Seeing that the door had not been opened yet, he was looking at the plants and trees around him. When he saw the door open, his beautiful eyes turned around.

It was Qi Muxue whom I had not seen for many days.

The woman turned her head and looked back, and Lu Mingyuan felt that the flowers were blooming and the trees were shaded, and they all felt eclipsed.

He is not a country bumpkin who has never seen the world. In his previous life, technology was advanced. He had plastic surgery, makeup, and photo editing. He could turn ordinary people into fairy-like beauties. He socialized every month, went to clubs and bars frequently, and had never seen any beauties. Although he was not sure that the woman in front of him was the most beautiful person he had ever seen, the thrilling classical beauty in her body was definitely not something that a girl living in an exaggerated modern world could possess.

"It's Miss Qi. What brought you here? How could you come to my courtyard?"

Lu Mingyuan smiled and greeted, but his heart was pounding and he couldn't help but think.

Could it be that my mother really deceived Qi Muxue?
  Is she going to marry me?

"After my father was dismissed as prime minister and resigned as mountain chief, rumors spread among the people that my father was treasonous, so I was determined to give him justice. So I investigated for several days and found some clues related to His Highness."

Qi Muxue got straight to the point, didn't talk nonsense, and said calmly.

Hearing this sentence, Lu Mingyuan knew immediately.

I think too much.

Qi Muxue looked around the palace courtyard and said, "It's inconvenient here. Let's go inside and talk."

"The house is being cleaned, so let's talk in the yard."

Lu Mingyuan made some random remarks and extended his hand to signal.

"also."

Qi Muxue nodded and took a step forward.

After following the other party and looking closely at Lu Mingyuan, he realized that she was quite tall, six and a half feet tall. She was not weaker than a man, but half a head shorter than him. She had a long and thin figure and a waist as thin as a willow.

"Miss Qi, please sit down. What did you mean by the clue you just mentioned?"

Lu Mingyuan sat on the stone chair, poured a cup of tea for the other party, and said curiously:

"I remember Miss Qi said that night that she seldom worried about temple affairs and devoted herself to teaching and educating people."

Qi Muxue shook her head helplessly, with a complex look in her eyes: "The reason why I don't want to worry about temple affairs is because I am worried that these things will affect my pursuit of Confucianism."

"But I am the daughter of the prime minister after all. Although I don't want to be involved, it is not that easy. Before this, my father was in charge and I was not afraid of anything. Now the eldest prince's party has collapsed, his father has been dismissed from the prime minister, and he has not been seriously ill for three days. Since then, my daughter has also been influenced by the eldest prince’s party and has been removed from the position of teacher by Shengjing Academy. Now I am the one who has to support the Qi family, so I can’t just sit back and wait for death.”

"The best is to help my father get better."

After Lu Mingyuan heard what she said, his eyes were puzzled and even more curious: "Why did Miss Qi tell me this? It seems that we have only met twice."

Qi Muxue said with stern eyes: "A gentleman's actions do not matter his heart. What a person's character is depends on how he behaves, not on how he expresses his thoughts. Even after meeting him twice, I can tell Your Highness’s character.”

"Oh?"

Lu Mingyuan was very surprised.

Among the many people he had met, only Qi Muxue was different. She was the only one who did not look at him with colored eyes.

I didn't listen to any rumors or hearsay, but slowly observed him.

And then pass judgment on a person.

Such a person is a true gentleman.

"Then what have I done? Those nasty things, aren't they enough?"

Lu Mingyuan smiled.

Qi Muxue replied seriously: "Your Highness, the Sixth Prince, I used my father's connections in the Denwen Drum Academy to discover the original manipulation of the file. The original case of forcible civilian girls was caused by the Fifth Prince Lu Mingkong who was behind the scenes. He deliberately arranged the brothel. The woman went to bed, but went back on her promise and sued His Highness. As the saying goes, the immortal jumped."

The so-called Dengwen Drum Courtyard, compared to the other two chambers, was mostly composed of Confucian scholars and gentlemen recruited by the imperial court. In addition to collecting advice from the people of Dayan and complaints from scholars, it also had an important responsibility, that is, to complain about grievances, regardless of whether they were princes, nobles, or civilians. Common people can all be wronged. They can beat drums to avenge their grievances. Gentlemen will judge on their own and judge things or people with awe-inspiring aura.

Lu Mingyuan was really confused now. This woman really went to investigate him.

She doesn't want to clear herself up.

Qi Muxue continued: "As for frequently listening to music, it cannot be used as a standard to measure a person. As the saying goes, a gentleman does not care about his heart based on his deeds, and no one is a true gentleman based on his heart. This is exactly the truth."

Hearing this, Lu Mingyuan couldn't help but laugh and said: "Miss Qi is indeed a wife. When she defends others, she always makes sense and speaks eloquently. You really should be a lawyer."

"That's too far."

Qi Muxue sipped the tea cup slightly.

"I am not saying this to defend His Highness, but I discovered that my father's dismissal as prime minister and the defeat of the eldest prince's party seemed to be related to the second prince."

When Lu Mingyuan heard this, he was awakened by Qi Muxue's words.

He had indeed never heard of what the second prince had done.

All I know is that he was thrown into prison by the eldest prince, but he seemed to be released later. From the beginning to the end, he never showed up, as if nothing happened.

If you think about it carefully, it is indeed a bit strange. First, there was the case of the demon girl, and then there was the palace incident.

It was Lu Changfeng who suffered the loss, but it was Lu Guangjing who enjoyed the gains. However, he had nothing to do, and all the advantages were taken by him.

"What did Miss Qi find?" Lu Mingyuan asked.

Qi Muxue replied seriously: "As the teacher of the eldest prince, my father often makes plans in the academy. I often hear a few words about the second prince. I never paid attention to it until I heard what my father said to me the day before yesterday. You know, it is very likely that the second prince is plotting against my father, and at the same time he is plotting against you."

"Second brother is plotting against me?"

Lu Mingyuan groaned, but he was mentally prepared for this outcome.

He was controlled by witchcraft and imprisoned. It will not be known who is behind the scenes.

In addition, when he first entered the cold palace, Lu Mingkong came to test her, and there was something wrong.

Until now, with the identification of Qi Muxue and Qi Xingyan, he could definitely judge that it was most likely the second prince.

It's just that Qi Muxue took such a big risk to expose such news to herself from Mr. Qi.

What is the purpose?

After Lu Mingyuan thought about it, he raised his eyes to look at the other party and asked, "After saying so much, does Miss Qi want to exonerate the eldest prince?"

If the second prince could be identified as the witch, the palace coup, and the tampering of the imperial edict, then the person who would benefit in the end would become the eldest prince, and he would be cleared and walk out of the cold palace.

"No, I just want to give my father justice."

"At the beginning, my father did not stay in the Confucian temple, but chose to serve as an official to benefit all living beings and join the Great Yan Dynasty. What was the reason? He was to make a difference in this prosperous age and hope that all the poor scholars in the world would be like dragons. Now I see him It makes me uncomfortable to look like this.”

Qi Muxue held her jade forehead with her bare hands, thinking deeply, with a hint of sadness on her beautiful face.

Students from Confucian temples are all over China. In addition to the Great Yan Dynasty, the Great Shuang Dynasty, and the small southern country of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, the predecessor of the Southern Zhou Dynasty was the Great Zhou Dynasty. There are many countries, and they are all good places for students to serve as officials.

Lu Mingyuan stopped all his smiles and said seriously:
  "I advise Miss Qi not to do this."

"Why?"

Qi Muxue looked at the sixth prince, whose expression was different from usual, and was slightly stunned.

Lu Mingyuan said calmly: "This kind of justice is not easy to get, and it is impossible to get it. There is a danger of death at any time. Miss Qi may only know how to teach and educate people, and she is not deeply involved in the affairs of the court. My grandpa is the new prime minister, and he is with I said this."

At the critical moment, he could only move his grandfather out to control the situation.

"The matter of seizing the direct descendants is dangerous and dangerous. If one is accidentally involved, he will be doomed. This is not only a fight among many princes, but also a fight between many immortal families, cave heaven forces and the three religions."

"Miss Qi, although you are a descendant of a Confucian sage, thousands of years have passed. Looking at the classics, it is found that the sages have never interfered in the affairs of the secular human dynasty. The power behind the second prince is not great. If you provoke them, it will be the worst. Case."

"Didn't the benevolent sage in your mouth say, 'A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall'? He is telling us to do everything according to our ability and never put ourselves in danger."

Qi Muxue looked slightly startled. She didn't expect that the rumored dandy prince could actually tell such a truth.

"Your Highness, what you mean is that a gentleman will not save you?"

"Exactly."

Lu Mingyuan nodded.

"Right."

Qi Muxue seemed to realize something. After thinking for a moment, she laughed at herself: "I am a Confucian scholar in the sixth realm of Confucianism, but I am still far away from a gentleman in the seventh realm. It is because I have too many concerns in my heart. On the contrary, I am Stagnant. The way of a saint is nameless and fearless. A true saint will not have any fear in the face of the sufferings in the world, even if the building is about to collapse, even if his reputation is damaged. But I am still far from being able to do that, let alone a gentleman. .”

"It seems that I will continue to study."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for helping me wake up from my dream."

Does Qi Muxue really not know how dangerous the fighting formation in the imperial court is?

No, she knew, but as a scholar, jade can be broken but not changed to white, and bamboo can be burned but not destroyed. She cannot accept this reality.

"Your Highness, we have changed our clothes."

At this time, Hong Wan and Zi Yun walked out of the house and changed into brand new clothes.

When Lu Mingyuan saw this, he stretched out his hand and said, "Miss Qi, you might as well come and sit in the house."

"it is good."

Qi Muxue nodded slightly.

Hongwan at the door couldn't help but widen her eyes when she saw the woman in green in front of her.

After the two people passed by her, she whispered to Ziyun:

"Isn't this Qi Muxue, the most talented woman in the Imperial Capital? Why does she come to see His Highness?"

Qi Muxue can be described as an idol in the eyes of all the women in the Imperial Capital.

He is proficient in music, can write poems, paintings, compositions and poems. He can be said to be a master of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. He is proficient in everything, knowledgeable and has a transcendent status. He is a doctor of the Imperial Academy.

"She seems to know His Highness."

Ziyun seemed not to be surprised.

Hong Wan was puzzled: "With His Highness's temperament, how can the two of them communicate together?"

(End of this chapter)