Mr. Lu's carriage stopped outside the gate of the imperial city. As soon as he got down to enter the city, he was blocked by someone.

The one who stopped him was a woman, about forty years old, dressed in a simple and simple manner, but her eyes were particularly bright and sharp.

When he saw Mr. Lu, he bowed to Fang Fuxian.

Old Marquis Lu looked at her carefully and confirmed that he didn't know this person. Out of politeness, he asked, "I wonder what this lady has to do?"

The woman is Qiu Shuyue, the aunt Qiu from the Duke's Mansion.

Facing the question from Old Marquis Lu, she remained calm and smiled, "I wonder if Old Marquis can speak with one step?"

Old Marquis Lu narrowed his eyes and said, "I have something to do to enter the imperial city." He didn't have time to mess with an irrelevant person.

Aunt Qiu said, "I know the purpose of the old marquis entering the palace."

Before he could react, Aunt Qiu saw that there was no one around, and lowered her voice and continued, "It was the Empress Dowager who asked me to wait for you here before her death."

Afraid that he would not believe it, Aunt Qiu took out the token of the Queen Mother from her sleeve.

Seeing this, Old Marquis Lu was silent for a while and asked, "Where are you going?"

——

In a teahouse not far from the imperial city, Aunt Qiu booked a private room.

There are only Mr. Lu and her in the private room.

The servant brought tea, and Aunt Qiu closed the door himself, waited for the seat to finish the seat, picked up the teapot and poured tea for Mr. Lu on the opposite side.

Mr. Lu was so anxious that he had no intention of drinking tea. He was straightforward, "What are you asking for me?"

Aunt Qiu did not rush to say his purpose, "I will introduce myself. I am the queen mother who was placed in the Duke's Mansion. At present, I am considered the concubine of Duke Su."

"Are you a member of the Su family?"

"No, it's the Empress Dowager's member." Aunt Qiu corrected, "I left many things to do during my lifetime, including blowing up the old Marquis's treasure pavilion."

Those collections were originally taken out by Mr. Lu to vent his anger for the empress dowager. He had expected that it would be blown up one day, but he was just surprised that these things were done by a concubine in Duke Su's Hou's house.

Seeing that the other party had no reaction, Aunt Qiu continued, "Before the Empress Dowager died, she sent me a secret letter, asking me to remind the old marquis at critical moments that if the weapon map has not been studied, don't go to the palace to meet the emperor."

Aunt Qiu is the confidant of the empress dowager.

After the empress dowager learned the truth, she naturally knew everything and understood that the old marquis was planning to ask Emperor Guangxi to confess and ask the other party to withdraw troops in time.

"But now is a critical moment." Old Marquis Lu's voice was deep, "One of us can't predict the possible consequences if General Chang Wei and the Left Army Governor did not withdraw their troops."

"Even if you have a secret order, you may not be able to persuade the emperor to enter the palace." Aunt Qiu said: "The emperor has been resentful to the Lu family for a long time. Even the Empress Dowager, even if he is the Empress Dowager, his every attempt to persuade him before his death could not shake his determination not to value the Lu family."

Mr. Lu didn't think so, "If the Empress Dowager had told the secret order at that time, maybe the emperor would not have sent troops to attack Xiyue this time."

"The old marquis has not entered the palace for many years, so I am afraid he has never understood the nature of this emperor at all, especially in the past two years, he has become more paranoid and suspicious." Aunt Qiu tried to state the facts, "You only have secret orders and no actual weapon maps, which is of no use."

Although Aunt Qiu's analysis was very clear, Old Marquis Lu decided to go to the palace to try it.

The responsibility given to him by the late emperor was great, and he could not watch the Great Chu fall into the war prophecy of the alchemist so quickly.

Aunt Qiu couldn't persuade her, so she could only sigh, "Hello, please do it yourself."

Old Marquis Lu entered the imperial city and went directly to the Ganqing Palace to seek the sight of Emperor Guangxi.

Emperor Guangxi was looking at the war report from the front line. When he heard Eunuch Cui say that Old Marquis Lu was coming and wanted to say he would not see him.

"Emperor." Cui said: "I saw that the old marquis seemed to be very anxious and said that I would see you immediately if there was an urgent matter."

Emperor Guangxi put the war report aside and "passed in."

Old Marquis Lu entered the hall and knelt down to Emperor Guangxi.

Emperor Guangxi did not let himself flat, and looked down at him: "Every time the old marquis enters the palace, it seems that something earth-shaking happens. If you don't say hello like this, I'm very frightened!"

Hearing that the emperor was in the process of empress dowager's death, Old Marquis Lu kowtowed and knelt straight, "The emperor has always been curious about what the old minister said when he entered the palace that day. The old minister came to the palace this time to tell the emperor the truth."

Emperor Guangxi looked completely uninterested, "After telling the truth, can my mother be resurrected from the dead?"

"cannot."

"Then you came with your own intention."

When the palace was mourning for the Queen Mother, no matter how he asked, Mr. Lu always seemed to be willing to die than to say anything. Emperor Guangxi didn't believe that he would come so kindly to confess.

"Yes, the old minister hopes that the emperor can order the withdrawal of troops and accept the negotiations from Xiyue."

Before Emperor Guangxi got angry, he solemnly said: "When the late emperor was alive, some alchemists had already predicted the fate of the Great Chu based on visions and Tuibei Tu. It was destroyed within a hundred years because of the war that the old ministers received the trust of the late emperor and could not watch the Great Chu go to that point."

As soon as Mr. Lu finished speaking, Emperor Guangxi threw a cup of tea on the ground, "Rareless! Who gave you the courage to discuss the country's destiny privately?"

Old Marquis Lu stopped talking and took out the secret order of the late emperor from his sleeve.

Seeing this, Eunuch Cui hurriedly went to pick it up and presented it to Emperor Guangxi.

Emperor Guangxi glanced at the content above, and then reshooted the scroll on the imperial case, "Who else knows about this?"

Mr. Lu answered truthfully, "The Empress Dowager has passed away. So far, only the emperor and the old ministers are familiar with the matter."

Seeing that the emperor was so angry, Eunuch Cui brought tea again.

Emperor Guangxi took it, was in a bad mood to drink, and said to the person below: "Tell me, what is the purpose of the late emperor asking you to find four paintings?"

Old Marquis Lu thought for a moment and retelled what he said to the Empress Dowager.

In particular, the importance of the Liu family's divine weapons to the upcoming war was emphasized.

There are very few records of the Liu family in the Jin Dynasty in history books. Emperor Guangxi only knew that the family was destroyed by the suspicion of the emperors at that time. As for the relationship between the Liu family and Mr. Liu, and even the secret hidden in the four paintings, Emperor Guangxi had never heard of it.

Whether it is true or false is almost impossible to verify.

After hearing what the old Marquis Lu said, Emperor Guangxi asked him, "Where is the weapon map?"

"The old minister is still thinking."

"That's nothing?"

“…Not yet.”

Emperor Guangxi stood up, picked up the secret order from the imperial desk, walked to the candlestick, placed the secret order above the flame, and let the flame tongue swallow it.

When Mr. Lu smelled the smoke of fire, he raised his head and saw this, he was shocked, "Emperor, that's the secret of the late emperor's personal writing!"

Emperor Guangxi's answer seemed a little impatient, "It's all just a personal statement. Mr. Lu raised two good sons, one of which can kill the enemy with your true teachings, and the other can make a decision in a thousand miles. What's the difficulty of helping you forge a secret decree of the late emperor?"

"emperor……"

Old Marquis Lu never expected that his confession could not only prevent the emperor from retreating his troops, but also attracted the emperor's suspicion and destroyed the secret order of the late emperor.

The secret order turned into ashes. Emperor Guangxi wiped his hand and turned back to the dragon throne to sit down. "Lu Xingzhou held 300,000 military power in his hand, and was finally taken back in such a way. Do you dare to say that your Lu family has no complaints about me?"

Old Marquis Lu was heartbroken, "The old minister dared to swear with the head of Xiang, that the Lu family has no different intentions towards Da Chu and the Emperor."

"I am not the queen mother, and I will not be confused by you." Emperor Guangxi did not hide his ridicule in his words. "It is the secret order of the late emperor and the so-called Liu family magic weapon. When you come to see me, aren't you just want to tell me that Xu Guangfu and Su Qing are too heavy to use and cannot take over the Xiyue country, but your Lu family can."

Only then did Mr. Lu realize why the Empress Dowager had to keep such a move before her death? Emperor Guangxi in front of him was no longer the young emperor who was willing to listen to the elders' opinions when he first ascended to Dabao.

The late emperor passed away early, and Emperor Guangxi ascended the throne at a young age. Even if the empress dowager was in charge of the affairs behind the curtain, it was inevitable that the relatives of the foreigners would control the court. He was constrained by the Su family for many years and finally disintegrated the power of the foreigners step by step. How could anyone allow him to threaten him?

Therefore, he suspected that the Lu family would have made some private plans because of the confiscation of 300,000 military powers that year. He even imagined the secret order of the late emperor and the Liu family's divine weapons as part of the Lu family's power plan, and believed that his arrival was just to threaten to return the military power with the Liu family's divine weapons.

Old Marquis Lu was full of regret. If he knew that this would be the result of coming to see Emperor Xi early, he should have been able to reach the weapon map.

The hall was silent for a long time, and the emperor's cold voice came again, "I promised that my youth would not move your Lu family, so before I regret it, Old Marquis Lu would have left the palace earlier. You have been unemployed for so many years, so you don't have to participate in the affairs of the court. From now on, I don't want to see Old Marquis again in the palace."
Chapter completed!