The carriage of the Duke of Zhenguo was driving on the empty official road. The moon was dark and the wind was high. There were only horse hooves trampling on it. Gu Yu leaned against the wall of the carriage and let out a long sigh of relief.
The Sacred Heart is unpredictable.
Suspicion is probably a common problem among emperors, and a saint who claims to be a wise emperor will inevitably follow the old path of the previous emperor.
He is jealous of his brothers, jealous of his wives and concubines, and jealous of his sons.
Even though she didn't go to the Ministry of Punishment, she could probably guess what the Ministry of Punishment submitted to the Holy One.
Although the Sixth Prince had many flaws in the murder of Zheng Yuanlang, there was no concrete evidence pointing to him.
This kid has a habit of pretending to be innocent and pitiful. When he gets to the Punishment Department, he will burst into tears, and the people in the Punishment Department will be helpless against him.
On the contrary, the fifth prince unintentionally left a lot of "evidence" when he bullied the sixth prince, and he couldn't get rid of the blame.
We can only choose the lesser of two harms, since as mentioned before, there are two people, one kills and the other lets loose.
The fifth prince became the one who let loose.
And Ditai, who had blood stains on his sleeves, must be the murderer.
But the Di family, the famous family behind Di Tai, will naturally not take the blame easily, and the "conclusive" evidence must be refuted.
What should I do if I don’t want to admit it?
He can only rely on his own power to put pressure on the Holy One. The Holy One is already dissatisfied with the family. The more the Di family behaves like this, the more jealous he will be.
Together, they are afraid of the fifth prince, King Xiaoyao, and the eldest princess.
Gu Yu sighed. Her physical discomfort gave her a headache when she thought about these issues.
It's extremely cold at high places, and the Holy One should have more headaches than she does.
At that time, the eldest princess fought against all opinions and relied on the power of the Jun family, a century-old family, to support the emperor's rise to power.
He was afraid that one day, the eldest princess would imprison him in the same way and force him like the late emperor, making him reluctantly write the edict to pass the throne.
Looking back over the years, the Holy Emperor favored the eldest princess's house. Junze, as the eldest princess's son, was able to surpass the prince and be granted the title of king with a different surname, and he accumulated so many military exploits at such a young age.
If it weren't for his domineering behavior and bad character, he would have become a serious problem for the Holy Emperor.
But it's not too late to become one now.
According to what the Holy One said, King Xiaoyao knew about the hidden danger Zhu Jianchun mentioned about Prince An earlier than she did.
Perhaps at the beginning, the Holy Emperor had no intention of letting her get involved. She was the one who acted brightly, and King Xiaoyao was the dark one.
If necessary, she would probably be pushed out to block the knife by King Xiaoyao who was secretly probing her without knowing it.
The death of Zheng Yuanlang brought to light the violence of the fifth prince, the persecution of the Di family, and the power of the Jun family, and the Holy Emperor began to be afraid of him.
King Xiaoyao has already achieved a lot of achievements. If he continues to do more, His Majesty may not be able to sleep well.
In addition, Prince An was the favorite to win the throne at that time. The Lord was afraid that the Jun family would collude with Prince An, even if there was only a one in 10,000 possibility.
So the Holy One wanted to use her to temporarily contain King Xiaoyao. Then he told her the true purpose of going to Jiangnan.
She is a child of a down-and-out family, and her family's military power has long been taken back, so she can use it with confidence and ease.
The night wind blew into the carriage, and goose bumps appeared on Gu Yu's body. It was so cold in spring.
King Xiaoyao might not have guessed that he would fall into such a big trap with the Sixth Prince.
Pain hit her back, and she smiled bitterly. Didn't she guess that one day, she would be taken advantage of by the lamb-like Sixth Prince?
Don't underestimate anyone.
Back at Shendu Courtyard, Lan Yan stood at the door of the courtyard, apparently driven out by Luo Yan.
Seeing her coming, Lan Yan said with bright eyes, "Your Majesty, you are finally back."
Gu Yu saw a very familiar vial in her hand and asked, "What do you want from me?"
Lan Yan lowered her head and said full of grievance: "The eldest lady and Aunt Su have gone to bed. I want to help Prince Gu apply the medicine, but Sister Luoyan won't let me enter the courtyard."
Gu Yu looked at her and said, "So you stood guard at the door all night?"
Lan Yan said with affection, "Yes, Lan Yan will be satisfied if she can see the prince once."
These words of love are so sticky. If Gu Yu were a native man, he probably wouldn't be able to bear it.
Fortunately she is not.
Gu Yu frowned, clicked his tongue in disgust, and said, "Go and tell your master that Jiangnan and his party hope that the prince will take good care of them."
Even in the dark night, Gu Yu could clearly see that Lan Yan's face suddenly turned pale. She seemed to want to explain something for herself, but she couldn't explain it clearly when she opened her mouth.
Gu Yu took out the medicine bottle from her hand. After Broom Star wanted to take off her clothes and apply medicine to her in Yangkang Bookstore, she really didn't do any superficial things now.
She blatantly asked Lan Yan to give her the same golden sore medicine.
Then what else is she pretending to do? Tomorrow the bad guys will know that she was summoned to the palace by the Holy Emperor overnight, so she might as well just talk about it.
Declare war with him.
She is bound to win the power of Jiangnan.
When Luoyan heard the commotion, he quickly opened the courtyard door and said, "Your Majesty, you are back."
Gu Yu stepped through the door, raised the medicine bottle in his hand, and said to Lan Yan: "Don't waste your time thinking like this in the future. Don't come to my yard if you have nothing to do. I don't want to see you."
Lan Yan nodded and saluted, "Yes, Your Majesty."
Gu Yu said to Luo Yan again in front of her: "Watch her."
The weird atmosphere between the three of them made both Lan Yan and Luo Yan feel ashamed.
Luo Yan endured the embarrassment and closed the door, helped Gu Yu boil water and helped her wash up.
Gu Yu struggled to clean the wound in front of the bronze mirror, then opened the bottle of golden sore medicine and smelled it. It was indeed good medicine.
If you don't use it, you won't use it.
It is always very inconvenient to apply medicine by yourself, especially the wound I got from a tree branch today, which was very painful when I carried my hand behind my back.
After messing around, there was medicinal powder all over my clothes.
The sound of the watchman's clock was heard, and Gu Yu lay down on the bed and closed her eyes.
Another very tiring day.
...
The palace of the fifth prince was brightly lit.
All the palace residents held candles and knelt on the ground neatly. Hot wax dripped on their fingers, and no one dared to make a sound.
There was an even louder sound, and the bodies of some palace residents began to sway.
Derong's face was deathly pale while he was lying on the bed. The imperial doctor wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and carefully applied acupuncture on him.
Jing Shang stared at Derong expressionlessly, a violent storm brewing in his eyes.
It had only been a while since Derong was tortured at the handyman's office until he looked like this. He was covered in injuries and was as skinny as a stick.
How dare they!
How dare you do this to Derong!
They beat and kicked him, refused to help him find a doctor, and refused to give him food.
If he hadn't come to see Derong today, he might not have known about Derong's death at the handyman's office.
A palace maid who was leaning against the wall holding a candle could no longer hold on. As soon as she fell down, the candle ignited her dress, and she stood up screaming.
When everyone was about to make a move, they heard the fifth prince say: "Whoever dares to move will be dragged out and killed with a stick."
The palace maid's body was engulfed in flames, and her screams filled the entire palace.
Everyone was trembling.
Derong, who was unconscious on the bed, frowned. Jing Shang suddenly stood up and walked outside, cursing in a low voice: "It's so noisy, are they all deaf? Drag her out, cut her tongue out, and punish her to Ye Ting."
Do hard labor."
The palace maid's whole body was burned by the fire, and she couldn't even cry out for mercy, and the people around her didn't dare to plead with the fifth prince.
After hearing this, he pulled her out regardless of whether his sleeves would be burned by the flames.
Derong finally made some movement on the bed. He coughed lightly and said vaguely: "Your Highness, please don't."