General, the lady escaped again

Chapter 861: Steward Lu’s Past (1)

"Then I'll leave it to you!" Fang Chen nodded and said.

"I re-investigated Butler Lu's background and found that although Butler Lu was a pawn placed by the Prime Minister next to Li Hong, some things about him were very strange, even incredible." Bai Yichen said to Fang Chen, taking out a piece of paper from his arms and handing it to Fang Chen.

After reading it, Fang Chen felt a little puzzled and handed the paper to Ji Xiaomu. Ji Xiaomu couldn't help but raise her eyebrows after reading it. Chen Zihao took a curious look and was also stunned after reading it.

"This..." Ji Xiaomu looked confused.

"Are you confused? Me too." Bai Yichen said with a smile.

"It says that Butler Lu was an old lover of Li Hong's mother?? Then Li Hong's mother was sent to the emperor's side, and Butler Lu followed her into the palace? He got the position of a steward in the palace, and then the prime minister found him and made him a pawn to stay by Li Hong's side?" Ji Xiaomu felt that there was a huge melon here.

"Doesn't anyone know about the affair between Steward Lu and Li Hong's mother? Was it just a coincidence that the Prime Minister chose him?" Fang Chen looked at Chen Zihao.

Chen Zihao was silent for a moment, and said uncertainly, "There should be a timeline here. My father chose Steward Lu at that time and investigated him. He only had an old mother at home, and he did not find out about his past with Yang. He was chosen because he was assigned to the third prince."

"If that's the case, can we understand it this way?" Ji Xiaowu thought about it and pieced together the story. "Because Li Hong's mother was sent to the palace, Steward Lu resolutely followed her into the palace, and then got the position of steward, which happened to be assigned to Li Hong. When the prime minister saw that he was assigned to Li Hong, he made him a pawn, and he stayed with Li Hong all the time?"

"This may be his deliberate act." Fang Chen guessed. "You know, the emperor decides which prince the stewardship is assigned to. Li Hong was not favored at the time, so it should be decided by the chief steward. But given Li Hong's status at the time, Steward Lu wanted to assign the position to Li Hong, but his qualifications and background were not enough."

"Do you mean that he deliberately tried to become Li Hong's manager?" Chen Zihao looked at Fang Chen, who nodded. Bai Yichen also felt that this analysis made sense.

"I was also very curious, so I looked through the previous information and found something more interesting. Butler Lu was not just a pawn of the prime minister, he was even a pawn of the second prince and the fourth prince!" Bai Yichen took out another piece of paper, which recorded the people and things that Butler Lu had come into contact with at that time.

The name of the second prince's mother was clearly written on it, and he sent his confidants to bribe Steward Lu.

The fourth prince's mother also sent her trusted confidant, threatening his mother's life to force Butler Lu to join her.

In other words, except for Li Hong, Butler Lu accepted everyone who came.

"This... is amazing." Ji Xiaowu said with emotion. "Double agent? Oh, more than that, it's a triple agent! Butler Lu really knows how to play it."

"Is there a possibility..." Ji Xiaowu suddenly had an idea, "Butler Lu was doing this for Li Hong's mother from the beginning to the end. If he failed to protect her, then why not protect her child?"

The three men looked at each other, feeling that Ji Xiaomu had hit the nail on the head. "This... is really possible."

"He decided to enter the palace for the sake of the woman he loved, and worked hard to climb to the position of manager, only to find out that the woman he loved had been murdered, leaving only a child?" Ji Xiaowu blinked.