Chapter 786 Clash - Guidance

Since the Minister of Rites suddenly fell, the wise prince, who is currently the only one in charge, naturally needs to arrange for the Minister of Rites to be sent back first.

When he finally arrived, he was a little slower than the others.

"Your Highness, all the ladies have passed away; there is no hope of saving them."

Yun Yichen's words were a message to Lu Hexuan that those women were completely dead.

Lu Hexuan had suffered one blow after another today. After hearing that even those women were gone, he couldn't help but look at Yun Yichen with suspicion.

Yun Yichen saw through his thoughts, but this was not the time for him to explain. He simply said, "Let's go back first!"

The group then returned to the main hall. Because the Minister of Rites had suffered a setback, the affairs of the Ministry of Rites were temporarily handed over to the Vice Minister of Rites for arrangement.

It was clearly a big job, but the Vice Minister of Rites didn't look happy at all.

In a single day, first the eldest prince died in a brothel, then the emperor was poisoned by the fourth prince and died together with him, and finally even all the concubines in the harem died.

The royals seemed to be under a curse, dying one after another. This also caused great suffering for the people in the Ministry of Rites. The Vice Minister of Rites was even wondering how to hold the funeral.

"Let's prepare the coffin today. We'll discuss the specifics after the Imperial Observatory has chosen an auspicious date."

Lu Hexuan was in excruciating pain. Everything had been fine just yesterday, but suddenly everything had changed completely.

Now that Lu Hexuan was the only remaining member of the royal family, his words carried more weight than the emperor's edict, and everyone quickly took their leave.

Just as Lu Hexuan was about to leave, the Vice Minister of Rites couldn't help but call out to him, "Your Highness, today's events happened so suddenly, regarding the coffin..."

With so many people dying at once, how could the Ministry of Rites possibly provide so many coffins? In the end, he could only seek help from Prince Xian.

Lu Hexuan suddenly remembered this matter and was in a dilemma. He looked at Yun Yichen who had left. Although he didn't want to ask him, he had no choice but to ask him for help now.

When Yun Yichen mentioned that there weren't enough coffins, he simply gave the Vice Minister of Rites a gesture and then walked away again.

"Your Highness, what does Lord Yun mean by this?" The Vice Minister of Rites repeated Yun Yichen's actions and continued, "...?"

Lu Hexuan really didn't know what Yun Yichen meant. Watching his departing figure, he was about to say something unpleasant when Gu Renjie spoke first.

"Lord Yun probably means to ask the ministers for help!"

Gu Renjie's words were as good as nothing, and the two men looked at him with incomprehension. Gu Renjie shook his head helplessly and pointed to an older minister in the distance.

The Vice Minister of Rites quickly realized that Yun Yichen meant for him to crowdfund.

"This humble official thanks the Grand Secretary for his guidance."

The Vice Minister of Rites shouted loudly at Yun Yichen, but Yun Yichen simply waved his hand and quickly left.

On the way out of the palace, Lu Hexuan's face was very unpleasant. Seeing that no one was around, he approached Gu Renjie and asked in a low voice, "Was today's incident his doing?"

He was undoubtedly referring to Yun Yichen, who, in Lu Hexuan's eyes, had become a symbol of a bad person.

Gu Renjie couldn't help but turn around and glance at Lu Hexuan, then said in a light tone, "No, he was also quite affected by today's events."

Lu Hexuan clearly didn't believe Gu Renjie's words. In his opinion, if it weren't for Yun Yichen, who could wipe out the entire emperor's family in a single day?

"Was it really the fourth prince who killed my elder brother?"

Lu Hexuan asked again, his face clearly showing his disbelief.

Upon seeing this, Gu Renjie paused in his steps and simply crossed his arms over his chest.

"In the prince's eyes, is Yichen just a demon who only knows how to kill?"

Gu Renjie's voice was quite loud, which startled Lu Hexuan, who hurriedly reached out to stop him.

However, as soon as he reached out his hand, Gu Renjie resumed his previous posture and walked forward again.

"It's not that I want to doubt Yichen, it's that I'm worried that you might do something impulsive that you'll regret for the rest of your lives."

Lu Hexuan tried to find an excuse for himself, but Gu Renjie didn't want to listen.

"Since Your Highness is unwilling to believe us, there's no need to ask about the truth anymore."

As he spoke, Gu Renjie quickly walked forward and caught up with several ministers, leaving Lu Hexuan far behind.

Looking at this scene, Lu Hexuan couldn't quite describe his feelings, but he knew he was destined to have a sleepless night.

As soon as Yun Yichen returned to his residence, he told Gu Shuyan about what had happened in the palace.

Gu Shuyan clearly hadn't expected so many unexpected things to happen.

"With such a major event happening now, I'm afraid there will be a lot of debate in the court tomorrow. And the wise prince, although he has always been well-behaved, it's hard to guarantee that there won't be any ambitious people who want to cause trouble."

After all, Lu Hexuan is currently the only royal descendant on the surface. If someone wants to seize the opportunity to take over the throne of the Great Zhou, they will naturally make a big fuss about today's events.

Yun Yichen had also thought of what Gu Shuyan said, and immediately nodded, "I've already had people keeping an eye on things. If anyone dares to spread rumors or cause trouble, I'll make them wish they were dead."

Yun Yichen has been somewhat tyrannical lately, and things seem to have been planned from the beginning, always deviating from his plans.

Just like today, he originally brought Gu Renjie into the palace to expose the Fourth Prince, tell him the truth, and force the Emperor to his death.

In other words, the whole plan only required the death of the emperor, but in the end, the fourth prince chose to perish together with the emperor, and the concubines in the harem were inexplicably poisoned in the empress's palace. Everything went too far astray.

Gu Shuyan noticed that Yun Yichen was in a bad mood, so she brought Jiankang over and let him play with Jiankang for a while to relieve his stress.

The next day, Yun Yichen went to the palace before dawn.

Gu Shuyan, who was about to finish her postpartum confinement, did not sleep in. Instead, she got up early and had Pearl and the other two dress her in her travel clothes, put on a cloak, and went out.

Logically speaking, Gu Shuyan shouldn't be exposed to the cold wind right now, but she insisted on going out, and the group of people who couldn't persuade her could only surround her tightly.

The carriage departed from the Yun residence and soon arrived at the gate of the Third Prince's residence.

At that time, the Third Prince's residence appeared extremely desolate. Although the words "Third Prince's Residence" on the plaque were still relatively clean, they had lost their former splendor and grandeur.

The surrounding banquet hall was covered with cobwebs, which showed how careless the cleaner was. It seemed that apart from the few words that were used to decorate the entrance, it didn't even look like a perfunctory job.

"Yufei, knock on the door."

As soon as Gu Shuyan finished speaking, Yu Fei knocked on the gate of the Third Prince's residence.