Chapter 201: Requesting the Assassin's Body
Soon, the guard led Lu Hanyang to Ji Xuan.
"Your Highness, Princess!"
Ji Xuan enjoyed the grapes handed to her by the young man beside her with a comfortable look on her face. She glanced at Lu Hanyang who bowed and waved.
"Master Lu, there is no need to be so polite. Come, please take a seat."
"No need, Your Highness."
Lu Hanyang had an indifferent expression. He raised his deep and calm eyes slightly and frowned when he saw Ji Xuan's arrogant and licentious behavior at the moment.
"Your Highness has just recovered from a serious illness. You should cultivate your body and mind and must not indulge in pleasure."
Ji Xuan's face was gloomy, and she stared at Lu Hanyang with gloomy eyes: "Master Lu, are you teaching me a lesson?"
Lu Hanyang narrowed his eyes slightly: "I dare not, I am just giving you a piece of advice. After all, the imperial physician said that you have just recovered and should rest more."
Lu Hanyang didn't care at all, and snorted coldly: "I know my health condition very well, so there's no need to bother you, Lord Lu."
"Lord Lu, what do you want from me? If not, I won't see you off."
The words clearly showed impatience, but Lu Hanyang remained calm and composed.
"I have come to ask Your Highness for a person."
"Oh?"
Ji Xuan was touching the boy's hand beside her, teasing him so much that he looked shy. When she heard Lu Hanyang's words, she said nonchalantly without even raising her head.
"who?"
Lu Hanyang raised his cold eyes slightly and looked directly at Ji Xuan: "The body of the assassin."
Suddenly, Ji Xuan's teasing expression froze, and she glanced sideways at Lu Hanyang, with no smile in her eyes.
"I don't understand what Lord Lu is saying. If you want to find a body, you should go to the morgue or the charity cemetery. Why are you here?"
"Could it be that you suspect that I have hidden a dead body?"
Facing Ji Xuan's denial, Lu Hanyang said calmly, "Not long ago, the people in the Dali Temple prison reported to me that someone took away the body of the criminal in the Dali Temple prison this morning under the order of the princess. I heard about this and came to ask the princess for confirmation."
However, after hearing this, Ji Xuan sat up suddenly with a look of anger on her face.
"who is it!"
“Who dares to forge my order? I have never sent anyone to the Dali Temple!” Lu Hanyang raised his eyelids slightly: “Really?”
Ji Xuan said solemnly, "Lord Lu, I did not give such an order. Someone must be trying to frame me."
"That assassin came to kill me, but now he's been rescued. The person behind this must be afraid that he will reveal something!"
Lu Hanyang frowned: "Your Highness, the assassin has committed suicide out of fear of punishment."
fear……
Ji Xuan was stunned for a moment, then she remembered that Lu Hanyang had said before that he was here to ask for the corpse.
She coughed awkwardly and said in a serious voice, "In short, Lord Lu, there is something fishy about this matter. You must investigate it thoroughly and clear my name, so that I won't be misunderstood by the Queen Mother."
Lu Hanyang stared at Ji Xuan with his deep eyes for a while, then retracted his gaze and narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Since it is not Your Highness, then I have another unwelcome request."
"Although this was not done by Your Highness, it was after all an order issued in Your Highness' name. I ask Your Highness to gather everyone in the palace and have the Dali Temple prison guards identify him. If Your Highness did not issue the order, he will naturally be able to prove his innocence."
Ji Xuan froze when she heard this, and laughed dryly and hesitated, "That... is not necessary. After all, there are so many servants in the mansion, and it would be troublesome to check them one by one."
Lu Hanyang said righteously: "In order to clear your Highness' name, I don't think it's a bother."
There was a slight flash of anger in Ji Xuan's eyes.
The young man next to her sensed her low pressure, boldly reached out and gently tugged at her sleeve, whispering.
"Your Highness~"
Ji Xuan came back to her senses after being pulled by him. She remembered that her expression was not right, and immediately suppressed her anger, and gave Lu Hanyang a forced smile.
“Since Lord Lu is worried, let’s check it out.”
As he said this, he gave a dark look to the guard beside him and said, "Go, call everyone here so that Lord Lu can have a good look at them."
The guard got the princess's meaning, his eyes flickered slightly, and he lowered his head to hide his murderous intent.
"Yes, Your Highness!"
(End of this chapter)
