396. Chapter 396 Tell the Truth

Lu Lingzhi looked at Ye Zhen's leaving back, but he didn't catch up. He didn't suspect that she betrayed him and told the emperor that Shuang'er was not dead. When he saw her today, he denied this idea. Yaoyao is not sure that Shuang'er is still alive, she has no evidence, and the emperor has found the little nun, how could he suspect that Yaoyao betrayed him.

He didn't want to force her to accept his feelings. Now that he has nothing, he will be demoted to the border town. If the emperor didn't see that he still has the merits of being a dragon, he would probably have ransacked his house. Why would he be sent to the border town to guard the border? .

Maybe there is another reason, it is because of Yaoyao.

Lu Lingzhi shook his head in frustration and smiled wryly. Even though he pretended to be indifferent and confident, he still couldn't hide his bewilderment in front of Yaoyao. He really didn't know...whether there was a chance to make a comeback. For the first time in so many years, he had the feeling The fear of being overwhelmed.

Before he knew it, he had already arrived outside Lu Shiming's study.

"Third Uncle." He knocked on the door lightly, knowing that Third Uncle must be waiting for him in the study.

"Come in." Lu Shiming's deep voice came out.

When Lu Lingzhi walked into the study, he realized that his third uncle had prepared dinner for him. For a moment, his eyes were a little wet, "Third uncle, I'm back."

"You must have not eaten all day, come and sit down, just to eat with me." Lu Shiming said with a smile, pointing to the opposite seat for Lu Lingzhi to sit down.

"Third Uncle is bothering you today." Lu Lingzhi suddenly knelt down, "I failed Grandma and your expectations."

Lu Shiming patted him on the shoulder, "Don't say these words for now, fill your stomach first, the old lady didn't mean to blame you, but just worried about you."

"Third uncle..." Lu Lingzhi lowered his head, he really didn't know what to say.

"Let's eat." Lu Shiming said, "Your mother was stimulated today, and the doctor has already seen her, but you still need to persuade her."

Lu Lingzhi stood up and sat down opposite Lu Shiming, holding the chopsticks tightly in his hand, "I have already told my mother, she won't make any noise."

It's best for Liu Shi to be quiet and quiet. Lu Shiming can't be as tolerant of Liu Shi as he is for his nephews, "Let's eat, we're talking about things after eating."

The uncle and nephew quietly ate up all the food on the table. This was probably the most delicious meal Lu Lingzhi had ever eaten.

After both of them were full, Lu Shiming asked someone to come in to clean up, and then he and Lu Lingzhi sat down on both sides of the coffee table, "We will move back to the original house tomorrow morning, and I have sent the servants to clean up today, and we can go there tomorrow." Staying here, it's just...the ordinary mansion is a bit different from the Hou's mansion, I just hope everyone can get used to it."

"Tomorrow..." Lu Lingzhi said bitterly, "Third Uncle, I was demoted to a border town to guard the border, and I should leave tomorrow."

Lu Shiming raised his head in surprise, "The emperor demoted you to the border town?"

"Without the emperor's decree, I will never be able to come back." Lu Lingzhi lowered his head, this was his biggest worry.

"What did you do to make the emperor so..." Show no mercy! It is already a great punishment for Lu Lingzhi to go to the border and not come back.

Lu Lingzhi said, "There is one thing I haven't said all this time. The reason why Shuang'er was canonized as a noble concubine is because she pretended to be the savior the emperor met when he was young. It was only then that I lost my favor, and because of something wrong, I was abolished as a concubine and became an aunt. I couldn't bear to see her only end up in Nianci Temple for the rest of her life, so... I sent her to another place, and the emperor found out. "

"Pretending to be...the emperor's savior? Is Shuang'er crazy? How can you pretend to be so casual?" Lu Shiming stared at his nephew in shock, "Didn't Shuang'er be burned to death, or was you let go? You set the fire in Nianci Temple?"

"Third Uncle, it was hard to ride a tiger back then. I couldn't bear to see Shuang'er sad, so..." Lu Lingzhi sighed. In fact, it was because of Shuang'er, and another reason was that he also had his own ambitions.

Lu Shiming yelled at the case heavily, "You are simply nonsense! For Shuang'er, can you gamble the whole family's life? You are not only a crime of deceiving the emperor, but a serious crime of punishing the nine clans. You Do you know? Even if Shuang'er is deposed as a concubine, she is still the emperor's woman, you... you actually burned the Nianci Temple like this and sent her away?"

"Yes." Lu Lingzhi lowered his head with a pale face.

"No!" Lu Shiming was furious, remembering the rumors about a stunning woman in the palace not long ago, "What's the matter with that Ye Yaoyao?"

Lu Lingzhi knew that there was nothing he could hide from the third uncle, so he told the third uncle all the truth so that the Lu family could be saved in the future, "... Shuang'er told the emperor that it was her father who asked her to pretend to be the savior and really saved the emperor. The woman in the house was put under house arrest, so I did what I could and sent Ye Yaoyao out."

"Ye Yaoyao is not the real savior, you have already prepared it, right?" What a smart person Lu Shiming is, he guessed Ye Yaoyao's purpose at once, "Yan Zhi, Ye Yaoyao is the back move you have prepared a long time ago." , prepared to prevent Shuang'er's identity from being exposed, you...you really let me down."

"Third Uncle, I have no choice. Apart from doing this, I don't know any other way to keep the Lu family from being implicated." Lu Lingzhi said in a hoarse voice. He actually regretted it a long time ago, but... what can he do? After he poisoned Ye Zhen, there was no turning back for him.

"This Ye Yaoyao is not the person the emperor is looking for, who is the person who really saved the emperor?" Lu Shiming really wanted to reprimand this nephew, but what's the use of scolding now?

Lu Lingzhi took a deep breath, "I just found out today that the woman who saved the emperor had a nickname named Yaoyao... the same name as the third sister, no wonder... the emperor would be so sure that Shuang'er is not The person who saved him back then."

"Yaoyao?" Lu Shiming exclaimed in astonishment, "Is it because of Yaoyao that the emperor doubted Shuang'er?"

"I don't know when the emperor began to doubt Shuang'er, third uncle, it's just like this, the emperor will abolish my title today..." Lu Lingzhi lowered his head in pain, in fact, the emperor should have suspected him a long time ago. Is it because I miss the old love that I haven't made an order to move him for a long time?

What is the reason why the emperor no longer cares about the old love?

Lu Lingzhi thought of Lu Yaoyao.

"The emperor just abolished your title, and he is showing mercy." Lu Shiming said in a deep voice, "You can only tell me about this matter, and you are not allowed to mention a single word to the old lady, so as not to hurt her heart."

"I know." Lu Lingzhi nodded lightly, "Third Uncle, Yaoyao...whose biological daughter is it?"