Huo Jingchuan really didn't know where Lu Huan came from. This was the first time he had heard of a three-point free throw!

He had a perfunctory thought and hastily explained it. He found that Lu Huan was actually listening very seriously. Could it be that Lu Huan wasn't being modest when he said that he didn't 'know how to play basketball', but that he really didn't know how to play basketball?!

He really wanted to find a handsome guy who didn't know how to play basketball to set him off, but he didn't want to find someone who would drag him down!

Huo Jingchuan's expression suddenly became very indescribable.

He looked at Lu Huan and couldn't help but ask, "I have a question that I've wanted to ask for a long time. Did you transmigrate from some dynasty?"

Lu Huan glanced at Huo Jingchuan and calmly took out his ID card from his trouser pocket.

When Huo Jingchuan saw him take out a card as if it was some kind of treasure, he couldn't help but lean over to take a look. Lu Zhuo said calmly above his head, "The people of this city are honest with both the old and young."

Huo Jingchuan was speechless.

In his heart, he thought, "I'll be damned if I believe you!

How can there be people from this city who don't understand the dialect?! "

Although he was complaining, the basketball game hadn't started yet. Huo Jingchuan and a group of teammates surrounded Lu Huan and asked Lu Huan to try shooting a basketball first — to see which position he would be strategically placed in later.

Lu Huan already understood the rules. It was nothing more than throwing the basketball into the basket while surrounded by the enemy.

He took the basketball and felt that it was too light. It seemed to be filled with some kind of gas and didn't feel any weight in his hand.

Compared to long tasseled spears and heavy stone arrows, it was as light as nothing.

In this case, he needed to use less strength. Otherwise, he was afraid that he would be thrown out of the school in one fell swoop and cause criticism.

With this thought, Lu Huan took two steps back and squeezed the basketball in his palm.

His arm was hanging down, but the basketball seemed to have some kind of attraction and was tightly clasped in his hand.

Huo Jingchuan's teammate said, "The handsome guy you brought doesn't look like he doesn't know how to play!

Not everyone can hold a basketball with one hand!

You can't do it. "

"…" Huo Jingchuan crossed his arms, feeling a little embarrassed. "Damn it, I also suspect that he's fooling me …"

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Huan raised his hand and tapped lightly with his finger.

It was time to pitch.

The basketball drew an accurate parabola in the air.

Before the ball hit the basket, everyone on the basketball court knew that the ball was very accurate.

The people outside the field also widened their eyes and were about to cheer, "Good shot —"

But who would have thought that just as the cheers came out, the ball did enter the basket, but when it hit the ground and bounced up, it directly hit the basket and sent it flying!

The screws on the backboard loosened, and four of them fell to the ground!

After a few tenths of a second, the basketball hoop fell to the ground with a clang!

The basketball bounced back and forth a few times on the ground like a lethal weapon. The people around it dodged in horror. Finally, it bounced back and flew into the distant lawn.

Someone picked it up and held it up to the Huo Jingchuan people, saying, "It's cracked."

The basketball cracked.

Everyone on the basketball court was speechless.

The onlookers outside the basketball court were speechless.

Su Xi was speechless.

Huo Jingchuan sucked in a breath of cold air and rushed over to Su Xi. "Where did you get to know this kind of person who can uproot a weeping willow?

With a gentle lift of his hand, the basketball was cracked!

This basketball was brought by our class sports committee member. It's more than a hundred yuan! "

Su Xi was speechless.

Lu Huan looked at his hand and frowned slightly. He also realized that he used too much strength.

The reason was very simple. Whether it was drawing a bow, reining in a horse, or throwing a long spear on the school field, it all required a lot of strength. He had become used to it in the past few years.

Just now, he had clearly tried his best to reduce his strength, but he didn't expect the ball-shaped object and the basket to be so fragile like willows in the wind.

These words were naturally very provocative, so Lu Huan took the initiative to apologize. "I'll pay for this ball."

Under everyone's watchful eyes, he responsibly went to the teaching building to move a table and placed it under the backboard. Then, he picked up the basket and a few nails and put the basket in with his bare hands.

He even twisted it hard.

After he twisted it, the slightly loose basket immediately became impregnable. The basket probably wouldn't fall even if the school collapsed.

Su Xi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He said to Huo Jingchuan, "Please be considerate. Lu Huan was born with great strength and has never played basketball before. There's a first time for everything. Give him another chance."

Huo Jingchuan didn't quite believe him. He was afraid that Lu Huan would hit them when they played basketball.

Fortunately, the boys who played basketball didn't care much about the basketball. Instead, they were extremely amazed. They surrounded Lu Huan and wanted to see how his arms grew. He obviously didn't have too many exaggerated muscles. He was white, slender, and good-looking. He was even thinner than the two big guys in their group. But why did he have the explosive strength to smash the backboard?

Someone suggested, "Brother Lu, go a little further and try shooting a three-pointer. Maybe you'll be able to hit it easily if you go a little further."

Lu Huan picked up another basketball and walked to the three-pointer.

This time, he slightly restrained himself and used even less strength. He almost used his fingers to flick the ball.

After a beautiful and smooth parabola —

"Clang!" The basketball decisively entered the basket.

This time, he controlled his strength just right. The basketball bounced off the ground with irresistible force, but its acceleration in the air was reduced to zero. When it was about to touch the basket, its speed also became zero and it fell back to the ground.

The people on the field who saw this scene were stunned.

Handsome people really didn't walk the usual path.

He didn't care about shooting one-pointer or two-pointer shots. He still had to shoot three-pointers to hit it.

Lu Huan's eyebrows relaxed. He felt that he basically knew how to use the strength. He picked up the basketball with great interest and said to Huo Jingchuan and the others, "You can start."

To be honest, Huo Jingchuan didn't believe that Lu Huan could play any position as a guard or a forward. After all, he even learned how to shoot on the spot —

But he never expected that in the next half of the game, Brother Lu's operation was as fierce as a tiger.

Whether it was defense, fierce attack, or the shooting that he just learned, he had almost no blind spots.

As long as he stood in the defensive position, several players from the opposing team could not break through. Instead, he easily reached out to grab the ball and snatched it away.

And as long as he attacked fiercely, he didn't even need his own teammates. He could break through the defensive line of several people on the opposing team alone and hit the three-pointer.

After the first half of the game, Huo Jingchuan was absent-minded as he listened to the intense cheers outside the field.

He ran here and there, but he didn't even touch the ball. He suspected that he wasn't here to play basketball, but to run.

He didn't even need to f * cking play. Brother Lu alone and the team were enough.

Half-time.

He and the others ran until they were out of breath and drenched in sweat. Lu Huan's forehead didn't have any sweat at all. He was refreshed and didn't look tired at all. He even walked to Su Xi to get a bottle of mineral water.

Huo Jingchuan looked at the girls outside the field who were completely attracted by Lu Huan. He was so worried that he wanted to vomit blood.

This was completely different from what he imagined!

The other boys on the court had the same thought. Why did they come to school to play basketball? To listen to the girls cheer for a handsome guy they didn't know?

They might as well play in the shabby basketball court near the neighborhood.

They wanted to urge Huo Jingchuan to discuss with Lu Huan and not let this tall, rich, and handsome guy play in the second half.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to live.

However, before Huo Jingchuan could urge them, Lu Huan looked at the sky and took the initiative to tell him that they were going to switch players.

He said, "It's late. I have to send Xiao Xi home."

If it was late and Su Xi's parents came back, the two of them wouldn't be able to enter Su Xi's room.

Huo Jingchuan breathed a sigh of relief. For the first time, he felt that Su Xi was a little useful. He said to her, "Hurry up, bring your Popeye home."

Su Xi rolled her eyes at him. "Zhong Wuyan, Xia Yingchun, you were the one who coaxed and pestered our Lu Huan to play basketball."

She turned her head and asked Gu Qin, "Do you want to go back together?"

Gu Qin's mind was completely focused on the beautiful girls outside the field. He said to her perfunctorily, "You guys go back first. I'll watch for a while."

Su Xi was also afraid that she would be exposed if she went back with Gu Qin. It would be awkward if Gu Qin found out that she actually directly brought Lu Huan into her house.

She pulled Lu Huan towards the school gate.

Lu Huan asked curiously, "What is Popeye?"

Su Xi said to him, "It's a cartoon. The protagonist eats spinach and becomes very strong."

Lu Huan smiled. "In that case, you're spinach."

Su Xi didn't understand what he meant. She walked side by side with him towards the school gate for a few steps before she realized what he meant. He meant that if she wasn't there, he wouldn't have played so seriously. He wouldn't have scored dozens of goals without missing a single one to Huo Jingchuan and the others. In the end, he was chased away by his teammates.

Su Xi's cheeks suddenly heated up.

Lu Huan wanted to say something but hesitated. He glanced at her.

Su Xi was a little amused and said, "Handsome.

Except for the first ball that broke the basket, the rest of the basketball games were very handsome!

I've never seen anyone more handsome than you! "

Lu Huan was satisfied.

With Lu Huan's looks, it was impossible that no one would have the guts to ask for his WeChat after walking around the school.

The two walked from the field to the school gate. On the short walk, there were already several groups of people who came to ask for his WeChat.

Even if Lu Huan turned a blind eye, it was annoying enough if it happened too many times.

Su Xi complained in her heart. She was clearly standing next to Lu Huan. Why did these sisters turn a blind eye to her? Did they all think she was dead?!

She couldn't help but throw the jacket in front of her to Lu Huan and said aggressively, "Hold it for me."

As soon as the couple shirts were taken out, sure enough, the people who came to ask for his WeChat disappeared.

The stunned gazes around turned into envy towards Su Xi, as well as a faintly discernible pity.

Su Xi was speechless.

Although Huo Jingchuan said that he would never ask Lu Huan to play basketball again and be tortured, he said what he said and did what he said. In the next few days, he begged Su Xi to call Lu Huan over several times.

However, the basketball location was no longer at the school, but near the community.

Surrounded by a group of middle-aged uncles and aunties, Huo Jingchuan and the other boys felt justified. They could finally enjoy the pleasure of being led by Lu Huan to kill the other team's teammates.

There were two sides to the story.

An undercurrent was surging under the calm lake in the capital.

The Prime Minister learned that the Grand Commandant Of Cloud and a few officials went to the Drunken Flower Brothel in Xi City in private after court. The Grand Commandant Of Cloud and these officials didn't have any wedding or funeral banquet or other important events in their mansions recently. They gathered outside the mansion for no reason and deliberately kept their whereabouts a secret. No one knew what they were plotting.

The Prime Minister was worried, so he asked the spies in the mansion to keep an eye on them.

However, this stare caused the Prime Minister to notice something big.

His spies told him that there was a private gambling house under the teahouse near the Drunken Flower Brothel. There was a barbarian businessman who had a bad temper. If he won, he would take all the money in his arms. If he lost, he would punch and kick the person who won his money.

This time, he kicked the second son of the Chenzhou magistrate, who was studying in the capital.

The second son of the magistrate of Chenzhou was not a nobody. Logically speaking, he should have made a big fuss and arrested the barbarian merchant. However, for some reason, the barbarian merchant, who was just a commoner, seemed to have a backer. As a result, the magistrate of Chenzhou had no choice but to escape from the capital that very night.

There were many cases of officials colluding with merchants in the capital.

If there were officials in the imperial court who wanted to launder money, they would go through some merchants.

Among these merchants, the barbarian businessmen from the Western Region were the best candidates.

These barbarian businessmen came and went as they pleased. After they finished their business, they could leave the capital with a customs clearance document and no one could find any evidence.

Therefore, some barbarian businessmen thought that they could do whatever they wanted in the capital and didn't take the lives of the people in the capital seriously.

When the Prime Minister heard what his spies said, his first reaction was that there was something fishy about this barbarian businessman. If he followed the clues, he might be able to find some corrupt officials.

Moreover, this matter might have something to do with the Fifth Prince and the Supreme Court, who were dealing with the bandits in the capital recently.

If they found out that the Fifth Prince was guilty of harboring the barbarian businessman, they could use this opportunity to weaken his power in the capital. Even if they found out that it had nothing to do with the Fifth Prince, it would still be a merit and could be credited to the Crown Prince.

Although the Crown Prince had been conferred the position of the East Palace in the past two years, his position was really unstable. Compared to the Fifth Prince and the Ninth Prince, who had been brought back by the Emperor, the Crown Prince could be said to have no political achievements. The Prime Minister was also afraid that in the long run, the East Palace's position would be shaken.

Therefore, he sent someone to secretly investigate.

However, he didn't expect that the barbarian businessman was only related to the Crown Prince.

Could it be that the Crown Prince was the one who secretly protected the barbarian businessman, used the barbarian businessman and the gambling house to launder money and secretly drove the second son of the Chenzhou magistrate out of the capital?

How was this possible?

The Prime Minister would never believe it.

It wasn't that he didn't believe that the Crown Prince was unparalleled in loyalty and integrity and that it was impossible for him to do something like corruption. However, he didn't believe that with the Crown Prince's straw-like brain and indecisive character, he would be so thorough in driving the second son of the Chenzhou magistrate out of the capital. He even did it neatly and neatly and framed the few people caught by the Supreme Court.

This matter must have been planned by someone to frame the Crown Prince.

With such an analysis, the Prime Minister couldn't sit still anymore.

He first asked his relatives to send a letter to the East Palace, vaguely mentioning this matter in the letter.

The Crown Prince replied that night, claiming that he definitely had nothing to do with this matter and that his uncle shouldn't be misled by rumors.

Only then did the Prime Minister feel completely relieved.

He was afraid that when the Emperor found out about this matter, he would also accuse the Crown Prince of colluding with the barbarian businessman.

The Crown Prince indeed had nothing to do with this matter, but it was hard to guarantee that someone would frame him!

Therefore, the Prime Minister entered the palace that night and decided to preemptively inform The Emperor of this matter.

No matter who was behind this, the Crown Prince had to be removed from this matter first.

With the help of the Prime Minister, Lu Huan finally reported this matter to the Emperor.

Chenzhou was a remote and desolate place with a shortage of food and clothing. Between fame and money, the second son of the Chenzhou magistrate chose the latter. He took the bag of silver that Zhong Ganping gave him and left the capital overnight.

A person like him had to be timid and weak when facing the barbarian businessman. Only then would the Prime Minister become suspicious and investigate.

He was the bait that Lu Huan threw out.

That night, the Emperor was furious.

First, he was furious that someone actually dared to collude with the barbarian businessman right under his nose and embezzle a large amount of money.

Second, he was furious that the Fifth Prince and the Supreme Court didn't catch the real culprit in the investigation. Instead, they caught a few scapegoats. Someone actually dared to swap out the suspects right under the nose of the Imperial City.

Third, he was furious that this matter was obviously not that simple. It definitely involved the killing and framing of the princes.

The Emperor first removed the Fifth Prince and the Supreme Court's authority to investigate this matter and ordered the leader of the Imperial Guards beside him to personally investigate.

It was originally a small matter, but it suddenly involved such a big matter. For a moment, the officials in the capital were all in danger, afraid that they would stand on the wrong side.

Especially the people in the Fifth Prince's party.

Even if the person behind the barbarian businessman wasn't the Fifth Prince, the Fifth Prince couldn't avoid the accusation that he didn't investigate the case well.

The Fifth Prince's expression didn't look good in the throne room.

But at this time, he had offended the Emperor, so no official dared to come forward to comfort him.

While the Emperor was investigating the case, some officials in the capital heard the news and couldn't help but secretly visit Lu Huan.

After all, they previously thought that the most likely person to ascend to that position was either the Crown Prince or the Fifth Prince. But after this matter came out, it made people think that the Ninth Prince, who didn't make a move, might have the greatest hope.

Even if they couldn't stand behind him like the Zhenyuan General and the others, they might be able to make a last-minute effort to curry favor with him.

But the Ninth Princes didn't meet anyone.

Lu Huan stayed out of this matter.

Other than attending court and handling government affairs, he stayed in his bedchamber and went to Su Xi's side.

And every time this happened, he would announce to the outside world that he was tired and went to bed early.

Perhaps it was because he slept too much, but for some reason, the news in the capital gradually spread that the Ninth Princes had been raised in the Monastery of Eternal Spring since he was young. His body was weak and his face was pale. In addition, he hadn't recovered from his injuries in the North, so he didn't have enough strength all day long.

When this news spread, the noble ladies in the capital who had designs on Lu Huan also retreated a bit. No matter how noble they were, their future husband wasn't someone who couldn't do anything.

Although these rumors were messy and extremely absurd, since it was convenient for Lu Huan, Lu Huan also told his subordinates to turn a blind eye to these rumors.

He told Su Xi about this matter, and Su Xi laughed until his stomach hurt.

Su Xi couldn't help but look down.

Lu Huan's face was a bit dark. "… I can do it."

Ten days later, something big happened in the capital. It shocked all the civil and military officials and caused them to discuss it fervently.

It turned out that the truth of the bandit case half a month ago came to light.

There were many officials involved in the case. Among them, the Crown Prince actually colluded with the barbarian merchants and amassed countless wealth in the residence.

This barbarian merchant used the Crown Prince's authority to hurt people several times in the West City, but no official went to arrest him. Because the Crown Prince helped to replace him, the Supreme Court mistakenly caught a few scapegoats.

The Fifth Prince didn't investigate the case well and really caught a few innocent people by mistake.

Now the people in the capital were boiling with anger. The first petition was to let the Supreme Court release the innocent scapegoats. The second petition was to let the emperor be punished the same as the commoners!

In order to appease the people's anger, the Emperor killed the barbarian merchant and the people he brought from the West City. He also took away the Crown Prince's seal and ordered him to be grounded to reflect on his mistakes. The Fifth Prince didn't do anything in the case and was fined his salary for a year.

As for other officials who embezzled and amassed wealth, if the case was serious, their families would be exterminated. If the case was less serious, they would be stripped of their official position.

Most of these officials were related to the Crown Prince and the Prime Minister's family.

The Crown Prince's party suffered heavy losses.

And because the Prime Minister took the initiative to report this matter, the Cha Family was spared.

This matter was reported by the leader of the Imperial Guards sent by the Emperor to investigate the case. After the truth came to light, the Prime Minister didn't dare to believe it.

He shouted in the Throne Room: "The Crown Prince is loyal and honest. He is definitely not a person who amasses wealth. This matter must be framed!"

The main reason was that he didn't believe that the Crown Prince's simple-minded mind would be able to launder money and amass wealth.

Moreover, before he rushed into the palace that night, he had clearly sent a guard to the East Palace to pass a message. The Crown Prince didn't know anything about this matter.

But the Emperor was furious. He threw the evidence of the confession and the missing account books in front of him: "The evidence is conclusive. Does the Prime Minister still want to speak for the Crown Prince?!"

After the Prime Minister flipped through the account books, his legs went soft.

There was a heavy rain in the capital. The sky was gloomy. Because of the recent matter, no one dared to provoke the Emperor. A few Crown Prince's party members even claimed to be sick and didn't go out. They tried to reduce their presence.

The evidence was there. The Imperial Guards found the gold and silver that he seized during the disaster last year. The case couldn't be overturned.

After the Prime Minister walked out of the Throne Room, he had a deep grudge with the Empress and the rest of the Crown Prince's party members. After all, he entered the palace late at night and reported this matter.

How could he explain this?

The Prime Minister couldn't explain. He held back his anger and fell ill. He laid in bed for three days and didn't go to court.

He still didn't believe that the Crown Prince could do these things by himself.

Even if the amassing of wealth was done by the Crown Prince, what about the substitution, finding a scapegoat, and framing the Fifth Prince for not doing his job well?

The Emperor didn't think that the Crown Prince was stupid. Did he have the brain to do this?

There must be someone behind the scenes. But who was it? The Fifth Prince?

The Second Prince?

Or the Ninth Princes?

The Prime Minister felt that the letter between him and the Crown Prince that night hadn't reached the Crown Prince's hands. He was afraid that he had been tricked by someone.

At this time, the Crown Prince was under house arrest. No one could go to the Eastern Palace. He couldn't ask the Crown Prince.

But there was still that relative. He just remembered to call the relative who had sent the letter over. But he didn't expect that the servant would rush in with a pale face and kneel in front of him. He said that the relative had lost his footing last night and drowned in the canal while patrolling.

The Prime Minister almost couldn't breathe.

The trail was cut short.

The raindrops were like connected lines. They pitter-pattered and smashed all over the capital, washing away the blood of the people who had died in Xi City.

The shocking matter was still fermenting among the officials, but no one dared to discuss it openly.

Late that night, a small green curtain sedan was parked on the side path of the Ninth Princes' residence.

The servants of the Ninth Princes' residence had originally obeyed Lu Huan's orders. No matter who came, they were not to meet or inform him.

But when the person in the small green curtain sedan reached out with a hand and took out a token, the servants at the door hesitated. After a while, they hurried in to report.

But after half an hour, the servant returned and said in fear and trepidation to the person in the sedan, "His Highness is asleep. Second Prince, please go back."

The smile on the face of the person in the sedan suddenly froze. Then, his eyes turned cold.

A moment later, the small green curtain sedan returned home.

This matter, from beginning to end, could be said to be very simple.

Lu Huan had guessed it on the day he went to see the Minister of War.

The Hu merchants had connections with him, the Crown Prince, and the Fifth Prince. Who was the only one who had completely disappeared?

This matter began when several innocent civilians in the capital were killed one after another in the middle of the night. One of the corpses lay there for an entire night and happened to bump into the Empress Dowager, who was in plain clothes worshipping Buddha. The Empress Dowager was frightened and fell ill.

The Emperor became angry and ordered the Fifth Prince and the Supreme Court to thoroughly investigate this matter.

The Fifth Prince was no fool. He had long since found out that this matter was related to the Crown Prince.

However, he chose to restrain himself and not make a move. Instead, he followed the clues the Crown Prince threw out and let the Hu merchants go, capturing the scapegoats and bringing them to justice.

It wasn't that he let the Crown Prince go, but rather that he was waiting for this matter to ferment. When the time came, he would reveal the truth and report it to The Emperor. He would expose the Crown Prince and some of his henchmen for accumulating wealth.

Otherwise, how could the Crown Prince be toppled with the deaths of just a few people?

The Emperor would probably turn a big matter into a small one and turn it into nothing.

He was bound to let the people seethe with anger and abuse until they reached the feet of the Son of Heaven. The Imperial Court would be unable to give an explanation, and The Emperor would fly into a rage.

However, the Fifth Prince hadn't expected that before he could wrap up this matter, the Prime Minister would suddenly appear and enter the palace in the middle of the night, causing the East Window to be exposed ahead of time.

The Fifth Prince's expression was ugly. This way, he wouldn't be able to accomplish anything.

He would also have to suffer in silence. He would become an idiot who was "muddle-headed, caught the wrong person, and didn't do his job well."

The Emperor confiscated his salary.

However, what made the Fifth Prince feel better was that with the Crown Prince being grounded, he didn't know when he would be able to return to court.

Even the Crown Prince's seal had been taken away. It seemed that The Emperor was very angry.

The only thing he didn't understand was why the Prime Minister, who had always been on the Crown Prince's side, suddenly turned against him.

He didn't understand. The Empress and the rest of the Crown Prince's henchmen didn't understand either. Because of this, they practically cut off all contact with the Prime Minister and became estranged.

However, the Prime Minister was right about one thing in the throne room. The Crown Prince was mediocre and couldn't have handled the aftermath so perfectly.

The Crown Prince was greedy for wealth, the Second Prince was low-key, the Third Prince was lustful, and the Fifth Prince was meritorious.

Last year, the Crown Prince had taken advantage of the famine to amass a large amount of wealth. This matter was indeed the Crown Prince's doing. The account books that the Imperial Guards had uncovered were also conclusive evidence.

After spring came, the Crown Prince couldn't help but contact the Hu merchants and use the Hu merchants to launder money. This was also true.

However, everything that happened next had nothing to do with the Crown Prince.

After the Second Prince found out about this, he planned for a long time.

Before the Hu merchant entered the city, he secretly kidnapped the Hu merchant's wife and son and had the Hu merchant listen to his orders.

This matter could be traced back to before the Hu merchant entered the city. The Hu merchant didn't have any traces, so it was impossible to find out.

On the surface, the Hu merchant was chosen by the Crown Prince to launder money, but in reality, it was the Second Prince who sent him to the Crown Prince.

The Crown Prince lay dormant for an entire winter and finally found a way to launder money with great difficulty. In addition, the Hu merchant was very capable, so he conspired with him at the banquet a few months ago.

The Crown Prince only did this one thing.

After that, he found a scapegoat with a clean background. The matter of the corpse colliding with the Empress Dowager was all done in secret by the Second Prince.

There was no other reason other than that, just like the Fifth Prince, he wanted to incite public resentment. When the public resentment was enough, he would expose this matter in one fell swoop. This way, the Crown Prince would die faster.

In his original plan, the one to expose this matter was either the Fifth Prince or Lu Huan.

If the Fifth Prince exposed it, he could cause the Crown Prince to fall from power. The Fifth Prince and the Crown Prince Faction would form a blood feud.

If Lu Huan exposed it, not only could he cause the Crown Prince to fall from power, but he could also cause the Fifth Prince to have a bad reputation for incompetence. He could also cause Lu Huan and the Crown Prince Faction to form a grudge.

In any case, when the sandpiper and the clam fought, he could sit back and reap the benefits.

However, when he was using others as chess pieces, he didn't expect that Lu Huan would be one step ahead of him.

Lu Huan led the Prime Minister's informants to Drunken Flower House in Xi City and transferred the knife to the Prime Minister's hands.

In fact, Lu Huan only did this step, and it was a step that was equivalent to self-preservation.

He had seen the Emperor before and understood the Emperor's nature very well. When it came to informants, none of the princes had as many as the one in the Imperial Palace.

In the capital, no matter what was done, it was impossible to hide from the Emperor.

Therefore, the one who changed the Prime Minister's letter midway was actually the one in the Imperial Palace.

The Crown Prince himself might not believe it, but the one who wanted the Prime Minister to fall from power and weakened the relationship between the Prime Minister and the Crown Prince Faction was actually the Emperor.

When the Emperor saw that Lu Huan had delivered the Prime Minister to his door, he took advantage of the situation and put the hat of denouncing this matter on the Prime Minister's head.

After that, no matter what happened to the Crown Prince, the enmity between the Crown Prince Faction and the Prime Minister grew. To a large extent, the Crown Prince, the Prime Minister, the Empress, and the Crown Prince Faction were scattered.

However, on the Second Prince's side, they probably thought that the final blow would be Lu Huan. Therefore, they especially came tonight to see if there was any leeway for an alliance.

The Second Prince, the Fifth Prince, the Prime Minister, and the Crown Prince couldn't see the full picture.

The Emperor and Lu Huan were probably the only two people who knew the whole story.

The Emperor didn't do anything to the Second Prince. Lu Huan could guess what he was thinking. It wasn't because he was reluctant, but because this matter already involved a lot of people. If another prince was involved, the royal family's face would be damaged too much.

While Lu Huan was silently guessing the Emperor's intentions.

The Emperor was in the Great Ming Palace. Looking at the portrait of Noble Lady Qing, he also felt that the Ninth Prince was unfathomable. What did Lu Huan do in this matter?

He didn't do anything. If you carefully analyzed him, you wouldn't be able to punish him.

Because he did nothing more than pass a message to the Grand Commandant Of Cloud: I heard that the wine at Drunken Flower House is delicious. Why don't the Grand Commandant Of Cloud invite a few officials to have a taste? I'll pay for it.

Could he be punished because of such an invitation?

But it was with such an invitation that he managed to deflect Lao Er and Lao Wu's attempt to drag him into the quarrel. He also delivered the knife to them.

The Emperor even suspected that he had guessed his intentions, which was why he chose the Prime Minister.

In the Great Ming Palace, The Emperor's expression was unclear.

In just a few short days, many major events happened in the capital.

Three days after the Crown Prince was grounded, the frightened Empress Dowager died in the Palace of Earthly Tranquility.

The whole country mourned.

It rained heavily for many days in the capital. The relatives suggested that someone should go and guard the Imperial Mausoleum for the Empress Dowager.

The Emperor chose Lu Huan among the people.

The imperial edict came down. It said that only the Ninth Princes didn't have a wife and the Ninth Princes was filial and benevolent. Therefore, he broke the Yan Dynasty's rule that princes could only be titled after reaching the age of 20. He was titled Prince Yanqing and had to observe mourning for a year.

After the imperial edict came down, all the civil and military officials were shocked. Why was the Ninth Princes, who had been famous in the capital recently, sent to guard the Imperial Mausoleum?

Wasn't he being demoted?

The General Zhenyuan and the Minister of War tried their best to dissuade him. They said that the Ninth Princes was young and should send another relative to guard the Imperial Mausoleum.

However, The Emperor insisted and had Lu Huan leave with the coffin in seven days.

What the General Zhenyuan and the Minister of War didn't know was that it was Lu Huan who took the initiative to mention guarding the Imperial Mausoleum to The Emperor.

His idea was simple. It was only a year. This year, Su Xi would take the college entrance exam. If he wanted to get into a university in that world, it would be best to go to her side and study for a year.

If there were too many government affairs in this year, he might not be able to smoothly finish his senior year of high school.

In addition, last time, in order to complete Mission 17, he might have encountered some vigilance from The Emperor. At this time, it was a good thing to avoid the sharp edge.

This time, The Emperor couldn't guess what Lu Huan was thinking. However, he felt that it was a good thing for his Ninth Prince to observe mourning for a year.

The struggle between the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, and the Fifth Prince was surging. It wouldn't end in a short time.

After the Ninth Prince returned to the capital, the situation became even more chaotic.

The Ninth Prince was simply toying with his brothers in the palm of his hand.

When the Second Prince and the Fifth Prince realized what was going on, they would definitely join hands to deal with him.

The Emperor was very conflicted. On the one hand, he didn't want anyone to covet his position. On the other hand, he knew that he had to choose a suitable successor.

On one hand, he felt that Yan Qing was the most suitable among the princes to shoulder the world. On the other hand, he was somewhat afraid of this son that he had only recognized more than ten years later.

Now that Lu Huan took the initiative to ask to guard the Imperial Mausoleum for a year, the Emperor was slightly relieved and immediately agreed.

The matter of guarding the Imperial Mausoleum was still in dispute. Su Xi had been rushing to do her homework these few days and didn't have her phone on all the time.

The hot summer vacation was coming to an end. She was having a headache over another matter.

Last night, a notification popped up in her class group. According to tradition, the senior year of high school would all have to live in school.

[There are still three days before school starts. Students, please do your job as a parent. On the day of school, bring some luggage and daily necessities to school. The form teacher will be waiting for you in the classroom. Everyone will be assigned to live in the dormitory./smile]

This was indeed the tradition of Su Xi's school. However, before the summer vacation, the teacher said that the policy might change this year and they didn't have to live in school. Therefore, Su Xi and Gu Qin didn't pay much attention to it. Unexpectedly, the summer vacation was coming to an end. The school had thought it through and still had to live in school.

Su Xi's parents were a little worried. After returning from work, they said unhappily, "Why do we have to live in school all of a sudden? Can the school cafeteria keep up with the nutrition?

We're already in our senior year. What if we don't have enough nutrition? "

Su Xi fully understood the reason for living in school. She said, "Maybe it's because we're in our senior year. The school wants to hurry up."

Su Xi's parents thought about it and agreed. Even though the house they bought was only a few streets away from the school and wasn't as far as the one in the Third Ring Road, Su Xi did spend a lot of time on the road to and from school every day.

Moreover, there was a TV and wifi at home. It wasn't realistic to focus on studying.

After discussing for a while, they signed the agreement.

Su Xi's mother went to buy daily necessities for Su Xi before school started.

Su Xi didn't have any objections to living in school. She was only worried about one thing.

If she lived in school, how would Lu Huan come over every time? If the starting interface was still her room at home, then Lu Huan would be caught by her parents sooner or later.

Was there a way to change the starting interface?

However, if she wanted to change it, where could she change it?

After she lived in school, she would definitely live in the same dormitory as the other three girls in her class. There wouldn't be a single room. She couldn't possibly let Lu Huan appear in her dormitory out of thin air.

There was a big problem.

On the night before school started, Xia Chan was chirping non-stop on the tree in the neighborhood. It was very noisy.

Su Xi had already finished her summer homework. She downloaded a few sets of materials for senior year from the Internet and printed them out at the printing shop in the neighborhood. She slowly prepared for the lessons ahead.

The temperature was gradually cooling. She didn't turn on the air conditioner. Instead, she opened the windows. The cool breeze at around ten o 'clock rolled up the papers.

Su Xi pressed the papers with her elbow. She was a little impetuous and couldn't read the content for a long time.

She was still thinking about what to do with Lu Huan after she lived in school.

In addition to this, she definitely couldn't use her phone frequently in her senior year. Even if Su Xi's parents didn't care much, Su Xi still had to focus all her attention on her studies in order to be responsible for herself.

She could meet Lu Huan every day during lunch.

She just needed to give Lu Huan a set of keys to her house. At that time, her parents wouldn't be at home. Lu Huan could directly enter and leave through her room.

But — sigh.

Su Xi felt that there would be fewer opportunities to meet in that case.

They hadn't separated yet, but she already felt a faint sense of reluctance.

Su Xi didn't think too much about the problems between her and Lu Huan in the future.

She couldn't say that. In fact, she had thought about it before … She thought that after she successfully passed the college entrance examination, finished university, and graduate school, she would find a job and occasionally go home to visit her parents.

Lu Huan went to court to deal with government affairs, which was no different from going to work. When they both got off work, they could do a lot of things together.

She didn't have to worry about finances. He could bring some money out at any time.

And even if he couldn't bring it out one day, she could still earn money to support him.

But the sudden idea of living in school made Su Xi realize that she was still thinking too simply.

Her previous plan was equivalent to completely classifying Lu Huan as a person from that world. His role in this world was only to stay by her side and accompany her.

But in fact, if Lu Huan lived in this world, he would also need friends and interpersonal contacts here.

After he went out, people would ask him what he did for a living and where he graduated from.

If his experiences were completely blank, then there would always be a sense of alienation between him and her world …

More importantly, what would her parents say when the time came?

Su Xi bit the tip of her pen. She was a little bald.

She liked Lu Huan. Just like she promised that night, no matter what happened, she wouldn't be separated from him.

Her parents wouldn't agree?

Was that a big deal?

He didn't have a degree from this world?

That shouldn't be a problem. As long as the two of them were together, they could slowly solve it.

With this thought, Su Xi put down her pen and decided not to do the test paper for now. She turned on her phone and planned to call Lu Huan over to discuss in a low voice while her parents had finished showering and entered the bedroom.

In the end, as if they had a telepathic connection, Lu Huan suddenly appeared in her room.

Su Xi was startled. She lowered her voice: "Why did you suddenly come over?"

"School is starting tomorrow. I want to take you somewhere." Lu Huan also lowered his voice.

He was familiar with this place.

He quickly went to Su Xi's bed and pulled out a cardboard box. Inside it were some of his clothes from this world.

"Now?" Su Xi looked at her phone: "It's almost eleven."

Lu Huan was wearing a white robe. The cloth that bound his hair was also white. Su Xi realized that the Empress Dowager had died two days ago. He was still in mourning and could only return to the prince's residence at night. She didn't know if he was hungry after mourning for an entire day.

Su Xi immediately said: "Are you hungry? I'll go cook some noodles."

"I'm not hungry."

Lu Huan patted her head and said: "It's just that I really couldn't get away during the day, so I could only come now."

He took the clothes and glanced at Su Xi.

Su Xi's cheeks immediately burned. She turned around and didn't look at anything.

Now that her parents were in the master bedroom, she would make a noise if she went out of the room. Lu Huan wouldn't be able to change his clothes. Anyway, it would be the same if she turned around.

Su Xi asked him: "Where are we going?

We won't be back too late, right? "

Lu Huan said: "Just for a while."

Su Xi looked at the pajamas she was wearing and then looked outside the room. She felt like a thief.

She whispered: "But how are we going to go out? From the room to the door, we have to make a sound."

Lu Huan picked up her coat from the back of the chair and put it on for her as if he was dressing a child. Su Xi obediently stretched out her hands.

"This way, you won't make a sound." Lu Huan leaned over, picked up her knees, and carried her horizontally.

The first time he carried Lu Huan in a princess carry, his ears were red. He was very nervous, afraid that he would be rude to Su Xi. But now, he seemed to be very familiar with it. He leaned over and whispered in Su Xi's ear: "I walk very lightly."

Su Xi was nervous and excited. She nodded.

Lu Huan really walked very lightly. Except for a little noise when he closed the door, it was almost unnoticeable, let alone Su Xi's parents who were snoring loudly in the master bedroom.

He skillfully took the key and put it in his pocket.

The two of them left the neighborhood.

Lu Huan stopped a taxi and drove all the way.

Su Xi found that he actually asked the driver to drive to the opposite side of her school.

Opposite the school was a high-end neighborhood. Because of the good location, it was very expensive. Because of the school district, the price rose a lot.

If Su Xi remembered correctly, this place should be around thirty thousand yuan per square meter.

Su Xi vaguely guessed something in her heart and became more and more excited.

Lu Huan took her in and pressed the elevator of one of the buildings. Then, he stood in front of an apartment, took out the key from his other pocket, and opened the door.

As soon as the door opened, the light at the entrance lit up. It was a clean American-style apartment with bright windows.

Su Xi was a little afraid of dirtying the ground, so she didn't dare to speak loudly. She exclaimed excitedly, "When did you rent it?"

"I bought it."

Lu Huan raised his eyebrows. He was a little proud, but at the same time, he was a little nervous. He was afraid that Su Xi would refuse. After thinking, he said, "There's something else I want to tell you."

Su Xi turned to look at him. She felt that he was very serious. Suddenly, she had a bad feeling. She was afraid that he would say something like "I'll never come back again." But she didn't expect that.

Lu Huan's next words made her look forward to her future life to the extreme.

He stared at Su Xi with shining eyes and said, "I'm going to your class as a transfer student."

Su Xi was stunned for two seconds. She felt that it was very unreal. She couldn't help but take two steps forward and pinch his face. It was true.

But how could he say such nonsense?

Lu Huan suddenly smiled. He picked her up and spun her around in the air. When Su Xi was breathless and put down, he lowered his head and gently kissed Su Xi's forehead. He looked at her and said, "I understand your concerns.

I made a request to the imperial court to guard the Imperial Mausoleum for a year. "

"But guarding the Imperial Mausoleum, won't it be very cold?

Aren't the guards of the Imperial Mausoleum in TV dramas all green lamps and ascetic Buddhas … "Su Xi's heart suddenly ached. She couldn't tell if she was touched or distressed.

She hugged Lu Huan even tighter.

Lu Huan said in his heart, "It'll be cold if I can't see you often."

But he didn't say it. He felt satisfied as Su Xi hugged him tightly because of heartache. Her soft hair swept across his neck. It was soft and warm.

Everything was silent. The lights of ten thousand houses were lit. Another house was added.

In the past, Lu Huan had never felt the taste of home. But he thought that he had it now.

Whether it was in this world or the other world.

Home was where she was.