Chapter 254: One person, one decree to determine life and death

September, the 26th year of Tianxi.

The originally one-month autumn hunt ended early due to the third prince Yuan Dian.

Sure enough, after returning to Duanhua City, Yunwei ordered Nandi to ask Sansi to end the assassination in Qiuhun as soon as possible.

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Prince Zongjun’s Mansion.

Yuan Zhan leaned alone by the window of the study room, looking up at the colorful garden with fallen leaves.

Suddenly, a cold "Your Highness" came from behind.

Yuan Zhan glanced back and saw Mu Fan half-kneeling in front of him and said lightly, "How?"

"Go back to Your Highness, as you expected, the Seventh Prince has seen the Third Prince."

"Where is the Nan Di?" Yuan Zhan did not fluctuate with his answer, as if everything was taken for granted.

"This..." Hearing this, Mu Fan suddenly felt a little embarrassed and didn't know how to reply.

"Why, Is there a hidden secret?" Yuan Zhan saw Mu Fan hesitating, so he turned around and leaned forward.

"That..." Mu Fan closed his eyes and bit his lip and said, "Lu... Lord Lu Sheng said that Lord Nan Di will ask about it personally and we are not allowed to interfere."

"He said he was not allowed to intervene, so won't you go?" Yuan Zhan said coldly, and a depressing low pressure spread out behind him.

"No, Your Highness!" Mu Fan clearly felt Yuan Zhan's displeasure and hurriedly explained, "The subordinates sent people, but they were all discovered."

"Did you find it?" Yuan Zhan frowned, "Nan Di?"

"No, it's Lord Lu Sheng."

"A Sheng?" Yuan Zhan lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then said lightly, "I understand, let's go down."

"Yes." Mu Fan retreated in response.

Yuan Zhan did not change his movements, but raised his eyes and said, "Come out, I know you are."

After the words fell, the study room suddenly fell into silence.

After a long time, Lu Sheng fell from Yuan Zhan's eyes.

"You finally want to show up?" Yuan Zhan curled his lips slightly.

"I have no other meaning, I just..." Lu Sheng heard the conversation between Yuan Zhan and Mu Fan just now, so he knew Yuan Zhan was unhappy at this moment. He also wanted to explain, but he didn't know where to start. This was probably the first time Lu Sheng was so hesitant in front of Yuan Zhan.

"I know." Yuan Zhan followed Lu Sheng's unfinished words.

Lu Sheng suddenly met Yuan Zhan's eyes, gentle, comfortable and comfortable.

"I understand what you want to do, but..." Yuan Zhan stood up and walked to Lu Sheng's side, "I only trust you!"

"A Zhan..."

"I know you want to win him for me. He is your brother. He can go through fire and water for you and sacrifice everything. He is the person you are closest to and trust most. That's enough." Yuan Zhan's low air pressure disappeared without a trace when Lu Sheng appeared. Now only warm comfort is left on him.

"A Zhan, I..."

"Listen to me first." Yuan Zhan interrupted Lu Sheng and said, "Your senior brother can look at me directly because you are by my side. If I implicate you in the future, he will definitely sacrifice me to protect you! He is your retreat. So, don't push him to me. I just hope that one day in the future, you will be able to escape unstoppable!"

"What are you talking nonsense? Will I abandon you to protect myself?" Lu Sheng stared at Yuan Zhan.

"I know."

"Do you know?" Lu Sheng asked back and continued, "You have thought of a way out for all of us, what about you?"

“I don’t need it.”

"Do you remember what I said when we first met?" Lu Sheng kept looking at Yuan Zhan's eyes and never left for a moment.

"I'm more handsome?" Yuan Zhan tilted his head, as if he was deliberately trying to break the topic.

"That's what you said." Even though he knew Yuan Zhan was joking, Lu Sheng still replied very seriously.

"Okay, you're talking about you're more handsome." Yuan Zhan shrugged and continued to joke.

"Yes, so I have this confidence to see you rule the world!" Lu Sheng didn't care whether Yuan Zhan was a joke or not, but he said it seriously. This was his greatest wish!

Yuan Zhan was stunned and then smiled slightly. He had obviously had a lot to say, but in the end it only turned into two words, "Thank you!"

"If you really want to thank me, then you can plan what to do after receiving the imperial edict tomorrow!" Lu Sheng chuckled, then moved Yuan Zhan's gaze away.

"Imperial Imperial?" Yuan Zhan was a little confused when he heard this.

"Senior brother tells me that the emperor plans to let you decide the final judgment of the third prince." Lu Sheng replied.

"Me?" Yuan Zhan blinked in surprise, "Why is it me?"

"The emperor's reason is that the parties involved in this assassination were not hurt, and you were only shot by an arrow, which was considered as compensation." Lu Sheng explained slowly.

"Compensation? Is it so hasty?" Yuan Zhan's mouth twitched.

"Yes." Lu Sheng nodded expressionlessly.

"How many people know about this?" Yuan Zhan calmed down and asked with a frown.

"Senior brother said this was the emperor's oral order. Tomorrow the emperor will tell you to enter the palace, and call you in front of you, and then directly announce the imperial edict. At that time, only the senior brother was present, and he only told me one person." Lu Sheng replied.

"Are you sure?" Yuan Zhan glanced at Lu Sheng.

"I believe in senior brother."

"If you believe it, I will believe it." Yuan Zhan responded immediately.

...

...

Dayin Palace, Qinzheng Hall.

Yuan Zhan stood in the center, quietly waiting for Yunwei to issue an order.

"Zhan'er, how are you injured?" Yunwei asked with concern leaning against the dragon chaise.

"Thank you for your concern, my son's injuries have been greatly improved." Yuan Zhan bowed and replied.

"That's good." Yunwei nodded with confidence, narrowed his eyes and continued, "I asked you to come this time to ask you. If I hand over the decision to you, what are you going to do with your third brother?"

"Of course, it's speaking according to the evidence." Yuan Zhan lowered his head and bowed slightly.

"Evidence? Then let's talk about it according to the evidence." Yun Wei raised his hand to support his head and signaled Yuan Zhan to continue.

"First of all, the third brother did not plead guilty, and the so-called evidence was just a dead body. The corpse did not find a special cause of death after repeated inspections, so this did not constitute a conviction at all, and it was not ruled out that frame-up was carried out." Yuan Zhan began to explain his point to Yunwei.

"You mean your third brother is innocent, is he innocent?" Yunwei asked.

"No sin does not mean innocent. The body is indeed the third brother's personal bodyguard, and it doesn't make sense to say innocent. What's important is that although I guess someone framed the blame, there is no evidence. Everything is speculation." Yuan Zhan raised his eyes and looked at Yunwei's cold and majestic eyes calmly.

"so what?"

"So the so-called evidence in this case means that there is no evidence to prove that all this was done by Brother San," Yuan Zhan added.

"You mean your third brother should be acquitted?" Yun Wei said lightly, his eyes kept looking at Yuan Zhan's face as bright as a mirror.

"No! Although there is no evidence to prove that everything was done by the third brother, there is no evidence to prove that everything was not done by the third brother. Therefore, the third brother cannot be acquitted!"

(End of this chapter)
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