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"Humph!" "These damned servants, they actually refused to hand over my jade pendant. I just wanted to teach them a lesson!"

Liu Yanhan didn't argue with Yun Ruo and told the whole story. She just didn't explain what kind of jade it was.

"Oh? Is that so? "What a coincidence, when my sister was passing by the garden this morning, she coincidentally picked up a purple jade pendant. I wonder if it was the piece that my sister lost."

The word purple jade was very rare, and even in the palace, there weren't such jades, so Liu Yanhan naturally understood what it meant when she heard it.

"All of you, retreat for me!"

Liu Yan Han dismissed all the crying servants in the room, then closed the door. She looked at Yun Ruo Lu warily and said: "If you have any conditions, say it! But you must return that jade pendant to me! "

Liu Yanhan wasn't stupid. When Yun Ruo Lu mentioned the jade pendant, she immediately understood that there was something wrong with her, so she didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point.

"Since you are an understanding person, then I will say it clearly! There's no problem with giving this jade pendant back to you, I just want you to help me save the Yun Family! "

When Yun Ruo Lu revealed her purpose for coming, she could not place all her hopes on Yuchi Chen.

"Hahahaha!" Yun Ruo Lu, aren't you overestimating my abilities? It is the Duke that has caused trouble for your Yun Family, and what virtue or ability does this one have to be able to save your Yun Family? "

Liu Yan Han laughed like flowers were trembling, as if she heard the funniest joke in the world.

Yun Ruo Lu was no longer as polite as before, and directly said: "Liu Yan Han, you don't need to pretend to be stupid here. Since I dared to come here, of course I investigated the origins of this jade pendant, and if you think this jade pendant is not as good as the Yun Family's, then I'll bring it to the palace and go directly to the emperor to plead for mercy!"

Yun Ruo Man was full of confidence when she spoke. Her eyes were sharp and her face was cold, which made Liu Yan Han have no choice but to hesitate.

"It's you …!"

Liu Yanhan thought for a few seconds and suddenly looked fiercely at Yu Feng, who was behind Yun Ruo Ran. Other than Xi Feng, she couldn't think of anyone else who would know the origins of this jade pendant.

Xi Feng was scared into retreating by Liu Yanhan's fierce gaze. He didn't dare to say anything, as if he was very afraid of Liu Yanhan.

Liu Yanhan seemed to have understood a lot of things at once, and suspiciously said, "It seems like Jing Feng told you about the things in Huan'Er, so the ghost from that night wasn't really Huan'Er. It was something you two played with!"

"You're smarter than I thought. Since everyone knows that, why don't we have a good chat?"

After Yun Ruo Lu said that, she walked to a nearby chair and sat down, then began to drink her tea.

Liu Yanhan followed and sat down next to Yun Ruo. She was not in a hurry and said as if she was negotiating, "You can have me help you, but whether or not you succeed will depend on yourself."

"What do you mean?"

If she could save the Yun Family, then there was no need to take the risk to find Liu Yanhan.

"I can only go to the empress dowager to plead for your Yun family, but the emperor attaches great importance to this matter, so if you want the Yun family to be fine, you naturally need to find a scapegoat to get rid of all your crimes."

Yun Ruo Lu thought about what Liu Yanhan said. Saving the Yun Family was fine, but she didn't want to implicate the innocent by saving the Yun Family. Moreover, this matter was originally the Yun Family's fault.

Seeing that Yun Ruo Lu was hesitating, Liu Yan Han continued to say, "I know that there is a mountain called Feng Feng Mountain in Ye City. In that mountain, there is a group of heinous bandits who would do anything to harm the people. If you can think of a way to bring the Yun Family's crime onto this group of bandits, not only can you save the Yun Family, you can also eliminate the harm that has been done to the people. "

Feng Fengshan? Yun Ruo thought about it in her heart. She had some impression of this Feng Fengshan. There was indeed a group of bandits who would commit all sorts of crimes in the mountain, and that really gave the imperial government a headache.

Seeing that Yun Ruo Man seemed to want to give it a try, Xi Feng reminded her in a low voice, "Empress, those bandits do not even put the imperial court in their eyes. It's best that we don't provoke them."

How could Yun Ruo Lu not be worried? On the surface, Liu Yanhan's move looked like she was helping her. If she succeeded, the Yun Family could be saved. But if she failed, not only the Yun Family, but even she herself would be stuck in a quagmire.

Except, other than this, she couldn't think of a better way to resolve the situation.

"I can give it a try!"

After hesitating for a long time, Yun Ruo finally agreed. As for the method to clear her name, she still needed to go back and think about it carefully.

After exiting Liu Yanhan's palace, Jinsi had already prepared the carriage. After she told the butler where the esteemed lady went, no one in the Mansion dared to stop her.

With such a huge incident that happened to the Yun Family, it made sense for Yun Ruo to make a trip back to the Prime Minister's Estate.

Yun Ruo You brought Jin Se and Xi Feng to the Prime Minister's manor. Along the way, she had seen the notice posted in the carriage, and the people were pointing at the Yun Family. They had even scolded them, thinking that being sealed off was a very satisfying thing to do.

The carriage traveled through the bustling capital city for nearly an hour before they arrived at the Residence of Yun. The sight of the seal on the door gave one the feeling of desolation.

It was a good thing that the emperor did not chase all the members of the Yun Family out of the estate. Otherwise, the more than one hundred people would only be able to sleep on the streets and beg.

Yun Ruo walked up the stone stairs and wanted to enter through the main entrance, but was stopped by the guard at the entrance: "Who is it! This is the Prime Minister's Mansion, you are not allowed to barge in without permission! "

"You guys don't know anyone, could it be that you don't even know the Fifth Marquis' Mansion's carriage?!" My esteemed mistress wants to enter, but you guys actually dare to stop her! "

Upon seeing that, Jin Se jumped out from behind Yun Ruo Lu, pointed at the two guards that were blocking them, and cursed.

"Without the imperial edict, no one is allowed to enter or leave this place! Hurry up and leave, otherwise don't blame us for being impolite and catching you all! "

As the guard spoke, he drew his sword, not giving the slightest bit of face.

Jin Se wanted to say something, but Yun Ruo Lu stopped her, signalling to her not to meddle in other people's business. She then turned around and left with Jin Se and Xi Feng.

She didn't think that things would be so strict that they wouldn't even be allowed to visit. It seemed things were really as Liu Yanhan said. The emperor really valued this corruption.

"Empress, are we just going to return like this?"

After turning around and walking away for a short distance, Jinsi pouted unhappily and had a dissatisfied look on her face.

"If you had cultivated properly and were able to beat that guard, I wouldn't have stopped you."

Yun Ruo Lu glared at Jin Se without any trace of politeness. In her heart, she hated herself for not being able to do what she wanted. She felt that Jin Se's actions were too reckless.

Just a moment ago, she had suffered the anger of the two guards, and now that Yun Ruo Lu had taught her a lesson, she was so wronged that tears almost fell from her eyes. When Yu Feng saw the situation, he hurriedly consoled, "There's no need to rush. The Empress will definitely have a way."

Since they had come, with the Empress' attitude, they definitely wouldn't let the matter rest.

"You're still as smart as ever. Jin'er, you should learn properly."

As the three of them spoke, they had already returned to the carriage. The carriage shakily moved to the back door of the mansion, and there were still guards guarding it.

Seeing this situation, Jinsi could not help but sigh from within the carriage.

"Empress, what should we do now?"

Yun Ruo Lu pondered for a moment. Just now, they had been circling around the area outside of the mansion, and there were guards guarding every meter around the perimeter of the wall. It seemed like entering wasn't an easy task.

Even if he forced his way in and took care of the two at the door, he would alarm the people beside him.

Just at that time, a servant hurriedly ran out from the residence and said something to the guard at the entrance.

Yun Ruo Lu immediately recognized that the servant girl was her elder sister Yun Ruo Yao's personal maid, Cui Yu. Yun Ruo Lu carefully observed the way the two of them talked, and found out that her elder sister was sick, and needed a doctor, and the guards at the front door did not let her out, so the maid could only run to the back door and try to plead for mercy.

However, the guard refused to let her go. He was so anxious that she started to cry.

"Empress, something seems to have happened. Should we go over and take a look?"

Upon realizing the problem, Jin Se leaned his head against the window with a puzzled look on his face.

Yun Ruo Lu ignored Jin Se and focused on observing the guard at the door. In the end, the guard could not refuse Cui Yu's request and agreed to let her go to a doctor, but the rest of them could not leave the house.

Seeing that Cui Yu had left, Yun Ruo immediately got the coachman to follow.

"Follow that maid quietly and don't let anyone notice her."

He saw Cui Yu walk up the street in a panic, then start to look around, then start to walk around, it didn't seem like she was going to find a medicine store.

Yun Ruo realized that something was wrong, she asked the carriage to stop by the side, then the three of them got off the carriage and followed Cui Yu into the alley.

Only when the people in the surrounding became less and less did Yun Ruo You call out to Jadeite and ask, "Jadeite! Where are you going? "

Hearing someone call her name, Cui Yu turned around in alarm. Seeing that it was Yun Ruo You, she let out a sigh of relief and put on a surprised expression.

"Second Miss!"

Cui Yu ran to Yun Ruo's side, her face was filled with excitement, and her eyes were filled with tears.

"It's not safe to talk here. Let's move somewhere else."

Yun Ruo Lu brought Cui Yu to a remote place and asked: "What happened?"

Seeing Yun Ruo Lu, Cui Yu's originally nervous mood gradually relaxed, and she slowly explained: "Something happened to the Yun family, and First Miss was imprisoned in the residence and was worried about the safety of Master and Second Miss, she finally sent someone to send a message to Second Miss, but did not reply, so First Miss feigned sickness, and told me to come out and find Second Miss."

It was just pretending to be sick. Yun Ruo Lu immediately let out a sigh of relief and asked, "How is the situation in the residence?"

"The mansion is fine, it's not very messy. It's just that the young miss has suffered so much. In order to act like she's sick, she forced herself to be half dead and half alive. Now that there's no doctor to treat her, she doesn't know what to do. "