C466 Abacus fail

Xiao Zhenhai began to realize the seriousness of the situation. If Lu Jingyao really did commit some evil deeds, it would be difficult for the Xiao family to break away from their relationship.

Ever since Lu Jingyao came to the capital, he had been staying in the Xiao family. Although he had nominally sent Xiao He and Xiao Hu to accompany him, the truth was that he was also monitoring him in case he did anything bad to the Xiao family.

Xiao Hu reported to him every day and didn't find anything abnormal, so why did something happen all of a sudden?

At the bonfire, everyone tensed up. No one knew what would happen, and everyone nervously waited for the situation to develop further.

The masked man in black drove the carriage as fast as he could as he ran towards the south. In four hours, he had traveled a long distance, and then he slowly slowed down and ran a distance. The carriage stopped in the middle of the road, and then he took off the black cloth covering his face.

At this time, he could faintly hear the faint sounds of horse hooves coming from not far away. Apparently, a large number of pursuers had arrived!

His face revealed a smile that said he was finally going to succeed. He took out a piece of parchment paper, tore open Lu Jingyao's clothes, and stuffed the paper inside. With a sneer, he said:

"Who do you think you are up to? To think that you're up to something like the county lord Lian Ruyue. How could His Highness let you go?"

The night wind could vaguely make out the flickering of the torch. Lu Jingyao's palm struck the back of his neck before he quickly left, disappearing into the night without leaving a single trace.

On the carriage, Lu Jingyao felt dizzy and opened his eyes in a wave of discomfort.

"Lu Jingyao, you've got guts! Suddenly running away, what are you trying to do?" At this moment, he heard a shout coming from the carriage, and he also heard the sound of hooves coming from all around him. The light of the torch shone through the curtain onto his face, and a look of confusion appeared on his face for a moment.

He sat up abruptly, realizing that he was in a carriage, and his bodyguard was lying beside him, slowly waking up.

What was going on?

Why was he in the carriage? He recalled everything that had happened at the relay station —

The net that fell from the sky, someone knocked him out!

"Lu Jingyao!"

Lu Jingyao was startled. He quickly pulled open the curtain of the carriage and saw that the carriage he was riding was tightly surrounded. The guards held their torches up high, illuminating the dark night. The archers in front and behind aimed their arrows at him.

As for the two horses sitting in the middle, one was the eighth prince, Feng Ye, and the other was the ninth prince, Feng Yunzheng —

What was going on?

"Eighth Prince, Ninth Prince, you …"

"Lu Jingyao, you took advantage of the night to travel more than two hundred li to the south. The Emperor suspects that you have ulterior motives, so he sent us here to apprehend you." Feng Ye looked down at Lu Jingyao in a condescending manner.

"Insolent?" Although he truly did have an ulterior motive, he had not revealed it, nor did he take any action. Originally, he had wanted to borrow Xiao Zhenhai's hand to obtain the formation diagram, "Your Highness, this matter is definitely a misunderstanding. Please allow me to explain it to His Majesty and the two Princes."

"Search!" Feng Yunzheng looked coldly at Lu Jingyao and decisively gave his order.

"Yes sir!" The guard walked up to Lu Jingyao with his spear in hand.

Lu Jingyao coldly looked at the guard and refused, "I am the eldest grandson of Prince Anping, and the eldest son of Crown Prince Lu Mao, Prince Jiayu. Both of you, your highnesses, have no right to search my body."

He crossed his arms over his chest and said, "How funny, he actually used the name of his grandfather and father to suppress everyone in front of the Emperor's son. Ninth royal brother, do you want us to introduce us to him as well?"

"Heh." Feng Yunzheng chuckled softly, his eyes full of coldness. He said, "Since they want to introduce us like this, then eighth prince, let's also introduce us."

"No, I, I didn't mean that. Your Highness, please don't misunderstand. Today's matter, there was a misunderstanding …" Only now did Lu Jingyao feel that he was in the capital. The two men in front of him were the two most powerful princes in the capital, whereas he was only the grandson of a vassal lord.

"Cut the crap. If you want to prove that it was a misunderstanding, you should first accept the body search!" Feng Ye withdrew his smile and said coldly.

"…" Lu Jingyao had no choice but to let the guards search his body. After searching for a bit, he naturally found a blueprint on his body. He was surprised. Since when did he have this blueprint on his body?

"Eighth prince, ninth prince." The guard handed over the blueprint. Feng Ye was immediately shocked when he saw it.

"Ninth Royal Brother, it's a military formation diagram!"

What? Military formation diagram? This was something that he had yearned for day and night, and it was actually on his body. Was this something that someone placed on him when he was unconscious?

"It really is a military formation. So he ran away to take away this formation. It seems that King Anping has a grudge against him." Feng Yunzheng indifferently said.

Feng Ye was stunned. Listening to Feng Yunzheng's tone, he slowly raised his head to look at him. Seeing the assured smile on the corner of his mouth, Feng Ye seemed to have understood something.

He concealed the doubt in his eyes and spoke to the crowd. "Duke Jia Yu, Lu Jingyao, escape with the military formation diagram. Capture him immediately and tie him up in front of the emperor."

"Unjustly accused, unjustly accused!" Your highness, I never knew why this formation was with me, I never thought of taking this. Today, I was knocked unconscious so I brought it here! " Lu Jingyao realized the seriousness of the situation and hastily cried out his grievances.

"If you have something to say, then go ahead and say it, Your Majesty!" With Feng Yunzheng's order, Lu Jingyao was tied up and escorted in front of Zhou Chengdi.

On the way back …

Feng Ye caught up to Feng Yunzheng's horse. The two of them walked side by side as they said, "Ninth Royal Brother's move is brilliant."

"I don't know what eighth prince is talking about. Lu Jingyao stole an array formation to escape, and you and I were ordered to catch him. As for the results, they can only be judged by royal father."

"But this way, not only will Lu Jingyao not win over our capital's women, it will also be difficult for him to return to Pingzhou." Feng Ye had already thought of Lu Jingyao's ending.

"…" Feng Yunzheng smiled without saying a word. In the darkness of the night, his entire person seemed to be even more unfathomable, as if he had the power to organize and control everything.

"It was all for the sake of that little girl that Ninth Royal Brother put in so much effort and scheming. I'll do my best to cooperate so that this Lu Jingyao will never be able to stand up again!" Feng Ye tightened his grip on the reins as he spoke.

Feng Yunzheng finally turned his head and glanced at Feng Ye. He said, "Then I'll have to thank eighth prince for taking care of Yue'er."

Feng Ye's heart sank. He was assuming himself as the little girl.

Lu Jingyao was dragged in front of Zhou Chengdi. After he took out the military blueprint, Zhou Chengdi flew into a rage.

Following that, Zhou Chengdi began to investigate Lu Jingyao's actions in the capital. Feng Ye and Feng Yunzheng both testified that Lu Jingyao had plotted to steal the array diagram, and several pieces of evidence proved that Lu Jingyao was disobedient.

Even the blacksmith at the weapon shop said that Lu Jingyao had asked about the forging process of the Royal Armament several times.

Xiao Zhenhai, Xiao He, and Xiao Hu did their best to prove to the emperor that they knew nothing about this matter.

In the end, the Emperor decreed that Lu Jingyao should immediately be stripped of his title. Furthermore, he could not leave the capital for three years. Although he could not leave, in reality, he had been imprisoned for three years.

In this way, Lu Jingyao didn't have the qualifications to ask the Emperor to grant them marriage. Lu Jingyao was just like his previous life; he didn't ask to marry a woman from the capital, and Xiao Zhenhai and Madam Xiao's wishful thinking failed.

The emperor ordered Lu Jingyao to be taken away, and also announced that they would return to the Imperial Palace tomorrow morning. Tonight, all of them would stay in their tents.

The matter had finally come to an end. Lu Jingyao would no longer harass Lian Rubing. Her mood was exceptionally comfortable.

As for Princess Thirteen, she intentionally ran over to tell the Emperor that Lian Zhaoyi hadn't come. She would be afraid if she slept alone in her tent, so she asked if she could share a tent with Aunt Eleven. The Emperor agreed.

Thus, Princess Eleven complied with Thirteenth Princess' request and asked Zhili to move the bedsheets to Thirteenth Princess' tent.