Chapter 173 Returning to Beijing
Xu Qiuyue didn't expect that the day to return to Beijing would come so soon.

The emperor issued an edict, telling everyone that Lu Yuan had returned to the capital from the north city to attend his father's funeral, and asked Xu Qiuyue to go back with him to observe mourning.

The reason is simple, Lu's father died.

Xu Qiuyue didn't expect that Father Lu would die so soon.

It is said that he was stabbed to death.

When Lu's father was the prefect of Yangzhou, he offended too many people.

The Holy One was furious.

The emperor was very angry and ordered a bloody massacre in Yangzhou. Almost all the officials in Yangzhou were replaced.

No one expected that the emperor would value Father Lu so much.

The emperor didn't seem to be so angry when the prince died.

No, His Majesty was also very angry, but perhaps he had buried it in his heart and had not vented it, so he took this opportunity to vent it.

The emperor summoned Lu Yuan back to the capital and promoted him to the position of Chief Justice of the Dali Temple, a fourth-rank official with real power.

This official position is higher than that of Lu's father, and the reason is very simple: Lu Yuan was meritorious for offering the pearl.

Xu Qiuyue received an imperial decree.

Without any achievements, he was granted an imperial decree.

This is incredible.

This also made everyone understand that Emperor Sheng actually valued Father Lu very much. When he exiled Father Lu, he placed Father Lu in Taohua Town instead of anywhere else.

Others who are exiled don’t have such a good life, they are basically exiled to poor and remote places.

Moreover, the entire court was ruled by Emperor Sheng. The only one who dared to scold Emperor Sheng and still survived was Lu's father.

The others died for various reasons.

What Xu Qiuyue didn't expect was.

Lu's mother also hanged herself.

Life and death are unpredictable.

When Xu Qiuyue found out, she was shocked. In fact, Mother Lu was very nice to her.

Lu's mother was also good at martial arts, but such a woman actually died.

She hanged herself after escorting Lu Changqing's coffin back to Beijing.

Because North City is too far away, it is too late when the message is received.

When Lu Yuan first received the message via carrier pigeon, he couldn't believe it.

He went straight back to the capital.

If this matter is taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives, the county magistrate will be punished if he leaves his jurisdiction without permission.

Emperor Sheng is not a man with a big heart. Although he is very old, he has a very small heart.

But Emperor Sheng actually issued an imperial edict to explain it to everyone.

It was he who asked Lu Yuan to go back, and also gave Xu Qiuyue an imperial edict, asking Xu Qiuyue to set off as well.

When Lu Yuan left, he asked Xu Qiuyue to handle the affairs of North City on his behalf.

At that time, Xu Qiuyue didn't even know that Father and Mother Lu had passed away.

She only knew that under normal circumstances, Lu Yuan would not leave North City.

Thinking that something big must have happened, Xu Qiuyue agreed immediately.

The people of the Wang family originally wanted to take advantage of Lu Yuan's absence to do something bad.

Unfortunately, Xu Qiuyue had seen a lot of storms in her previous life. She was not an ordinary farm girl. In her previous life, Xu Qiuyue had been a princess and managed a city without any trouble.

Instead, Xu Qiuyue found several flaws and directly dismissed the Wang family members from their official positions in the county government.

There are many other families in North City, not just the Wang family.

Those people have long wanted to take the top position.

They had already discovered that the Wang family was at a disadvantage, and they all wanted to take a piece of the pie from the Wang family.

Now, the Wang family’s official positions in the county government have been divided up.

Without rights, the day of losing wealth is just around the corner.

The new county magistrate had been severely suppressed by the Wang family before.

He and the Wang family don't get along well, and he will take the initiative to deal with the Wang family without Xu Qiuyue telling him. Now that the North City is without a county magistrate again, it is the county chancellor who is in power.

Although Lu Yuan was gone, no one dared to touch his shops.

Because Lu Yuan left, not died, but got promoted.

Lu Yuan’s shop cannot be moved, but Wang’s shop can be moved!

Moreover, before this, the Wang family had made a lot of money by selling water.

Everyone knows that the Wang family is very rich, and everyone is looking at the Wang family, wanting to make a fortune from them.

Xingzhu finally decided to marry Niu Dali.

Xu Qiuyue knew that Lu Yuan had talked to Xing Zhu before he left.

Xu Qiuyue guessed that Xingzhu must have listened to Lu Yuan and married Niu Dali.

Lu Yuan spent so much money in Beicheng, but he is still losing money and has not started to make any money yet.

Lu Yuan might know that Xu Qiuyue would leave with him.

He was unwilling to give up North City.

Now, if he is wanted by the court, he still has a way out, and that way is in the North City.

So Lu Yuan would never give up North City.

Then, he needs someone to help him watch over everything in North City.

Xingzhu is Lu Yuan's confidante, unlike Chunzhu, who is just a simple maid.

So Lu Yuan felt more at ease with Xing Zhu.

As for returning to the capital, Xu Qiuyue decided not to avoid it anymore.

She had made up her mind. She wanted to find out the truth of what happened eighteen years ago. She wanted to find out who had replaced Xu Chunhua's face. She wanted to get to the bottom of it all and find out who was behind it.

It's impossible for her to bear the tragedy of her life alone.

Another thing is that Xu Qiuyue felt that she had a way out.

Wangyue Island is a nice place. It would be a good idea to retire here in the future.

It would be nice for her to live on Wangyue Island in the future.

There are already several shops on Wangyue Island today. Lu Yuan also built a salt-making factory there. Many people work there with good pay. Basically, Wangyue Island is now self-sufficient.

And Xu Qiuyue also wanted to find out the truth about Lu's father's death.

Father Lu might not be that good to Lu Yuan.

But Mr. Lu is a good man and a good official.

Father Lu has many guards around him, and Mother Lu is also very good at martial arts. How could Father Lu die?

Although Father Lu will offend many people in Yangzhou.

But Xu Qiuyue knew that there were many masters in the Ning'an Palace, and some of them were protecting Lu's father.

There is no reason why Father Lu would die.

Unfortunately, Xu Qiuyue didn't have any connections and didn't get more detailed information.

Xu Qiuyue could only find out the official news.

Father Lu was poisoned to death.

But only Lu's father was poisoned to death.

Although poisoning can avoid the layers of guards at the Ning'an Palace.

But how is it possible that only Father Lu was poisoned to death while Mother Lu was not hurt at all?

Given the love between Mr. Lu and Mother Lu, they had always eaten and drank together. How was it possible that Mr. Lu died while Mother Lu was safe and sound?

Moreover, Lu's mother hanged herself after returning to the capital.

This made Xu Qiuyue wonder whether Mother Lu was forced to commit suicide.

Lu Yuan is her biological son. Doesn’t she want to see her biological son?
Couldn't she hold out a little longer?

At least he comforted Lu Yuan before he died.

Moreover, Emperor Sheng’s attitude was also very strange. Emperor Sheng was a little too nice to Lu Yuan.

You know, Emperor Sheng has been unhappy with the Ning'an Palace for a long time. Although Zhu Xing'er was deceived, she was the one who brought the assassin into the Qiuyue Banquet. This matter was enough to convict the Ning'an Palace, but Lu Yuan protected the Ning'an Palace.

Although Emperor Sheng exiled Lu Yuan, he continues to use Lu Yuan.