Qi Yang's silence continued all the way until he returned to the Princess' Mansion, and he didn't speak again until he lay on the couch and started to catch up on sleep.
Lu Qipei was also silent. She didn't defend herself or disturb Qi Yang's mood, she just kept guarding her. Guarding her back to the house, guarding her to fall asleep, and lying on the same couch as her, she was extremely tired but could not fall asleep anyway.
On the contrary, although Qi Yang was also full of worries, he unexpectedly fell asleep quickly.
When Lu Qipei heard the light breathing beside the pillow, his restless heart finally calmed down. She listened to the sound of breathing and waited for a while, and finally lifted the quilt carefully and got out of bed before sleepiness struck.
Qi Yang was not awakened.
Lu Qipei dressed neatly again, took a dark cloak and put it on again, and then went out the door quietly.
As Qi Yang asked, most of the incidents of Chaoyang Tower this time have nothing to do with Xie Yuan - although he died, it does not mean that the forces under his management also collapsed, especially in Liang country, Xie Yuan's forces are fundamentally Not oppressed. And Lu Qipei knew that Qi Bo's heart for revenge had never changed, and the forces of the Lu family and Xie Yuan were not actually very clearly separated.
If Qi Bo contacted Xie Yuan's remaining forces and planned this assassination... On the premise of completely avoiding the Lu family's forces, it is not impossible for Qi Bo to hide from Lu Qipei.
Lu Qipei was in a heavy heart, and the reason why he lacked confidence in front of Qi Yang was not because Xie Yuan was her father. It is more because of Qi Bo, because Qi Bo showed an abnormality when they met at the beginning of the year, but she did not attract enough attention.
If, if she had been interested at the time, would it not have happened yesterday under strict investigation
This idea has been lingering in Lu Qipei's mind since it arose. It made her feel guilty, made her uneasy, and made her unable to wait for a moment. That night, she would go to Lu Mansion to ask Qi Bo what happened!
Lu Qipei thought so, and did the same, and went out to the Lu Mansion in the middle of the night.
On the way, she had already thought about how to ask her questions, but when the carriage stopped at the Lu Mansion, she was stunned when she got off the car—Shangyuan just passed, it was for festivity, and the red lanterns hung in front of other houses. . Only the Lu Mansion, there are two white lanterns hanging in front of the door. In this festive color, it looks extraordinarily lonely and deserted.
There are white lights hanging outside the gate of the mansion, and usually there is a funeral in the mansion. However, there were only white lanterns outside the Lu Mansion, but no white flags were hung, and the only owner of the Lu Mansion was Lu Qipei. Now that Lu Qipei is doing well, what the white lanterns in the Lu Mansion represent becomes more subtle.
Lu Qipei looked at the white lantern in a daze, and immediately thought of something, his face changed slightly.
She stepped forward a few steps and knocked on the door. The concierge quickly opened the door, but Lu Qipei noticed the white filial cloth wrapped around his waist. The concierge was not surprised when she saw her coming back late at night, so he only let the door open and said, "Young Master is back?"
Lu Qipei frowned and asked, "What's the matter with the lantern at the door and Xiaobu around your waist?"
The concierge was a little surprised to hear her question, and immediately replied: "It's Qi Bo. Qi Bo is very old, so he left this morning. At noon, the mansion sent people to the princess' mansion to report, but the son was not in the mansion at that time. ...Young master, didn't you get the news?"
Lu Qipei's eyes moved slightly when he heard the words, and he understood - when she and Qi Yang returned to the mansion tonight, their faces were too ugly, so that the servants of the princess' mansion dared not tell them? After all, Qi Bo was only a housekeeper of the Lu Mansion. Lu Qipei was not very close to the Lu Mansion. From the outsider's point of view, he really couldn't blame the princess and the concubine for him.
But after he figured it out, Lu Qipei still couldn't believe that Qi Bo died like this. Such a person who might be the culprit died at such a sensitive moment, before she came to ask for an explanation!
Somewhat in disbelief and a little surprised, Lu Qipei was calm, and said to the doorman, "Take me over there."
The concierge did not suspect him, so he closed the door and took Lu Qipei to the mourning hall.
It was said that Qi Bo was only the housekeeper of the Lu Mansion, but who did not know the old people of the Lu Mansion that the entire Lu family had been supported by Qi Bo for the past thirty or forty years. If it weren't for his loyalty, let alone Lu Qipei's siblings, even their mother would have died long ago. So even if Qi Bo has handed over power and Lu Qipei has taken over the power of the Lu family, Qi Bo's status in the Lu Mansion will be different.
So he died, without Lu Qipei's order, a white lantern was hung outside the Lu Mansion, and a mourning hall was set up in the Lu Mansion, and even the servants of the Lu Mansion consciously wore filial piety.
When Lu Qipei entered the mourning hall, the servant next to the spirit was holding a filial cloth in his hand, and he didn't know if he should hand it forward.
Throughout the ages, no master has ever given filial piety to his servants. However, Qi Bo's status was somewhat different. Before Lu Qipei took over, he was actually the real master of the Lu family. But he still raised Lu Qipei's siblings, and even returned the rights to them. In the early years, Lu Qipei and Lu Qicheng also respected him as an elder.
Unfortunately, it was only in the early years. Although Lu Qipei was a little afraid of Qi Bo in the early years, he really regarded him as an elder and a good person. Now that the two sides have almost torn their faces, Qi Bo is more likely to leave Lu Qipei with a mess, which is a headache to think about.
Lu Qipei ignored the servant, looked at the coffin in front of Ling, and strode over.
The mourning hall has stopped, and the coffin has not been sealed yet. Lu Qipei stopped beside the coffin, pursed her lips and stared at the coffin for a moment, and when no one knew why, she suddenly reached out and pushed the lid of the coffin.
The servants next to him were startled. They wanted to stop but didn't dare, so they could only watch Lu Qipei act.
With a slightly dull sound, the tightly closed lid was slowly pushed open. After Lu Qipei stopped his hands and looked around, he saw Qi Bo lying there. His face was usually closed, his eyes were closed, and his expression was peaceful and serene, as if he was only sleeping.
Lu Qipei looked slightly startled, and immediately put his hand into the coffin under the unbelievable gaze of others.
She probed for Qi Bo's breath, tried Qi Bo's pulse again, and finally even touched his face to make sure there was no trace of disguise, so she had to believe that Qi Bo was really dead. Died so unexpectedly!
After a moment of silence, Lu Qipei turned his head and asked, "What the hell is going on? Qi Bo is so good, why did he suddenly go?"
Until he came back from Lu Mansion, Lu Qipei didn't fully understand what Qi Bo was thinking.
It was obviously no coincidence that Zebo died at this time. However, Lu Qipei asked the servants in the mansion, but they all said that Qi Bo died peacefully and died in bed. He was not murdered.
Did he commit suicide just after successfully assassinating the emperor and the prince? Is it because there is no regret after the great revenge has been avenged, or does it not want to implicate more self-destruction? Lu Qipei couldn't understand, but he was so blocked in his heart that he was dazed and confused.
Even when she returned to the Princess Mansion, she did not rest, and sat by the window all night.
The next morning, Qi Yang woke up, but there was no familiar temperature around him. After she slept, her mind was still a little dazed, she sat up and subconsciously began to look for Lu Qipei's figure, until she saw the person sitting in front of the window, and the frown was relieved.
Xu Shi has calmed down a lot after this night, and perhaps he is simply unable to form a quarrel with the person in front of him. Qi Yang got up and walked over, asking, "Why did you get up so early?"
Hearing this, Lu Qipei looked back at her. Seeing that she was barefoot in the cold weather, he subconsciously picked him up first. Then he remembered Qi Yang's indifference last night, so his whole person froze. She glanced at Qi Yang's expression, and saw that there was no disgust and rejection in her eyes, her stiff and tense body relaxed a little, and then she was carried back to the couch and resettled.
Qi Yang's fingertips slid under her eyes, frowning tightly: "Why are you so blue and black right now?" He touched the other half of the bed, which was cold, and asked, "You didn't sleep again last night?! "
Lu Qipei lowered his eyes, not knowing how to answer, and after a long while he said, "Qi Bo went yesterday."
Qi Yang was also stunned when she heard the words, and she didn't react for a while. She even blurted out quite innocently: "Is this matter has nothing to do with him?" When she said it, she knew it was wrong.
Qi Bo died, but it was precisely because of his death that it proved that this matter must have something to do with him.
The two were relatively silent, and the atmosphere that had just improved in the morning seemed to have dropped back to freezing point. In the end, Lu Qipei mustered up his courage and said again, "I went back to the Lu residence last night and asked people to check it out. No one from the Lu family intervened in this matter."
Hearing this, Qi Yang looked at her, and met Shang Lu Qipei's frank and uneasy eyes, and his heart was mixed for a while. Of course, she believed in Lu Qipei, and no one on her pillow knew better than her, but in the current situation, it was too difficult to have no grudges.
After a long time, Qi Yang looked away and said, "You mean, there is another force dormant in Xie Yuan in the dark?"
Hearing this, Lu Qipei shook her head, and when it came to business, her expression became much calmer: "It should be gone. In my opinion, the change of Chaoyang Tower is a desperate revenge. Those forces hidden in the palace should be It was Xie Yuan's last trump card, but now it has been disintegrated by Dali Siqing. Unless they have a way to mobilize the army and disrupt the situation in Beijing, it will be a dead end."
It is impossible to mobilize the army, and the emperor is not a fool. No matter the Yulin in the palace, the cavalry camp outside the palace, or the garrison outside the city, the three commanders are all the emperor's confidants. If it weren't for the imperial edict of the emperor, it would be impossible for others to mobilize!
Qi Yang looked at Lu Qipei, Lu Qipei was stunned for a moment, then showed a clear understanding, took out the Yulin token from his arms and handed it to Qi Yang.
Lu Qipei's action was natural, and there was no trace of grievance and reluctance in his expression, which made people feel ashamed.
Qi Yang didn't take the token in the end. She turned her head and stood up: "You better take a rest. If something like this happens in the palace, you may be summoned at any time. And Yulin's side, you need to take over as soon as possible, after that There is no more time for you to rest."
After saying this, Qi Yang got up and stayed, this time she remembered to put on her shoes.
Lu Qipei withdrew his hands and brows softly, and replied in a low voice, "Okay."