Cui Lin and the others never imagined that just by going to the palace, Emperor An would directly demote Lu Chongyuan from his official position and throw all the members of the Lu family into the imperial prison.
He followed the Second Prince and the others out in a daze. Only when he came to his senses outside did he show a look of joy. Was the Lu family really finished like this?
Several people standing in front of the hall saw a young man standing in the corner, but no one knew Di Tao. When they asked the eunuch in front of the hall, he only said that he was brought by Xiao Yan.
They just thought he was one of the guards under the Privy Council, so no one asked any questions and they just left the palace.
After walking for a while, Grand Tutor Liang looked back and thought of Xiao Yan and Marquis Wen Xin who were left alone. He felt a little uneasy.
"Mr. Cao, do you know what the Lu family wants to hide?"
Cao Dejiang smiled slightly "Even the Grand Master doesn't know, how can I know?"
"But what you said to me when you came to my house a few days ago..."
"What did I say to the Grand Tutor?" Cao Dejiang was puzzled.
Master Liang stared at the smile on Cao Dejiang's face and said, "You clearly told me that Lu Chongyuan was acting recklessly..."
"Isn't he rebellious?"
Cao Dejiang was surprised "He colluded with the Zhao family to frame court officials and killed the fourth prince's wife. He joined them in committing murder in the street. I was just reminding the Grand Tutor that the court is too chaotic recently and His Majesty has a headache. We must be cautious everywhere. Did the Grand Tutor misunderstand something?"
Looking at Cao Dejiang standing there looking innocent as if saying "I don't know what you are talking about".
Master Liang felt a surge of anger and wanted to punch him in the face and call him a shameless villain who destroyed the bridge after crossing it. But when he thought about it carefully, it seemed that Cao Dejiang did not say anything to him when he came to his house that day, and they had not even built a proper bridge.
That day, Cao Dejiang only mentioned one sentence, saying that the Lu family acted strangely and Lu Chongyuan was becoming more and more absurd. He also said that the Zhao family was implicated by Lu Chongyuan and was hated by His Majesty, and Zhao Yuanlang's future and career were probably over.
He said that Lu Chongyuan was now like a trapped beast without any rules, just running around everywhere and not knowing who he would use next. It happened that the Lu family sent a letter, and Lu Chongyuan begged him to pass on the message to let him meet the emperor. Master Liang subconsciously felt that Lu Chongyuan had bad intentions and directly rejected the letter.
But now think about it, it’s just an audience with the emperor, what can Lu Chongyuan do?
If he had not been desperate and had no other way, he would never have asked him for help. However, as the head of the Lu family and the Minister of the Court, even if something happened to the Zhao family, with Lu Chongyuan's connections in the court, if no one deliberately made things difficult for him, how could he not even be able to see His Majesty?
What Lu Chongyuan did tonight was not so much silencing of someone out of shame, but more like a desperate move. Cao Dejiang clearly knew the truth, but he pretended not to know and stopped him from seeing Lu Chongyuan.
Master Liang never imagined that after raising eagles all his life, he would be pecked in the eye by an eagle when the time came.
The elderly Liang Taishi was so angry that his face was shaking "Lord Cao claims to be noble, but I didn't expect him to stand up for a eunuch."
"What do you mean, Grand Master?"
"You don't need to pretend. Do you dare to say that you didn't know what happened tonight? I don't know when the people of your faction would stoop so low and get involved with Xiao Yan."
"Grandmaster, you are joking. We are all doing errands for His Majesty. There is no need to distinguish between different factions among officials in the court. As long as we can serve the country and the people, why would we degenerate?"
"You!" Master Liang said angrily, "How shameless!"
Cao Dejiang smiled modestly "Grandmaster, you are too kind."
Master Liang was so angry that he almost fainted. With trembling hands, he pointed at the unyielding Cao Dejiang, then flicked his sleeves and turned away.
The two men spoke in low voices. Cui Lin, who was leading the group behind and talking to the Second Prince, had just come over when he saw Grand Tutor Liang leaving in anger. He moved closer to Cao Dejiang.
"Lord Cao, what happened to Grand Tutor Liang?"
Cao Dejiang put his hands in his sleeves, frowned and sighed: "Maybe he feels sorry for what the Lu family did."
"After what happened tonight, Lu Chongyuan may not have a chance to escape. Grand Tutor Liang originally wanted him to take over, but who would have thought that his years of hard work would be destroyed in an instant. He is bound to be angry..."
He didn't look at Cui Lin's ugly face, but was worried: "After a night of trouble, I don't know what's going on outside. I have to leave the palace first. Lord Cui, please do as you please."
The aristocratic families are one. Although the Lu family was in the lead before, it was because everyone knew that Lu Chongyuan was the person that Grand Tutor Liang favored to succeed him. After he retired, the position of Grand Tutor could not fall to others and had to remain in the aristocratic families. Only then could the aristocratic families continue to control the court, and Grand Tutor Liang favored Lu Chongyuan.
Of course, Lu Chongyuan had his own reasons for being able to sit in the position of Zhongshu Ling in recent years, but he also had the help of the Liang family. In addition, the Lu family had a queen, a prince, and was close to Emperor An, so the other families highly respected the Lu family.
But now the Lu family has been in frequent trouble. Queen Lu and the fourth prince have been deposed, Lu Chongyuan has lost the emperor's favor, and both of Lu's sons have been ruined. Cui Lin secretly contacted Master Liang to ask him to lend a helping hand and grab that position after Lu Chongyuan lost the position of Zhongshu Ling.
Who knew that Grand Tutor Liang was not willing to help him at all. Not only was he distant and cold to him, but the court was even more unwilling to work for him. As a result, the vacant position of Minister of the Secretariat fell into the hands of a man no one had ever cared about half a month later. They would rather let others take advantage of it than let him take it.
The second prince whispered, "Lord Cui, what's wrong with you?"
Cui Lin sneered: "What can I do? I just think someone is blind and refuses to turn back even though he knows he is blind and will die against the wall."
He wanted to see who the Liang family could rely on after Lu Chongyuan died and the Lu family was gone.
That old man, Grand Tutor Liang, is about to retire at an old age. He knows that something is wrong with the Lu family, but he still dares to treat him so coldly. There will always be a time when their Liang family will ask him for help!
The Lu family will never be able to turn things around this time!
Cui Lin's eyes turned slightly, and he turned to the Second Prince and said:
"I will find a way to have someone investigate the Lu family to see what they are covering up. Go to the Imperial Prison and tell the Fourth Prince that there was a fire in Fengxi Palace tonight and the Queen was seriously injured and almost died. The Lu family wanted to kill Queen Lu. See if you can get something out of the Fourth Prince."
Seeing that the Second Prince looked a little disheveled, Cui Lin felt somewhat dissatisfied.
"Your Highness has already caused trouble on his own initiative in the last incident at Lingyun Temple. This time, we have finally got this opportunity. Please don't make any mistakes again, otherwise I will have a hard time explaining to the other families."
"The noble families have never had only Your Highness as an option. Your Highness should understand."
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