Gu Lingze touched his grandfather's knee and couldn't help but regret why he came up with such a bad idea.
Suddenly, a pair of warm hands gently patted his head. Gu Lingze looked up and met Xie Xiru's kind eyes. "I feel much better. You can get up."
After Gu Lingze stood up, Yu Tai, with a look of impatience on his face, urged: "Master Taifu, can we enter the palace now?"
Xie Xiru looked at Gu Tianhua, "The emperor ordered us to enter the palace, we..."
"The emperor only summoned the Grand Tutor and had no intention of summoning anyone else." Before Xie Xiru could finish his words, he was interrupted by Yu Tai.
"Master Yu wants me to go to the palace alone to see the emperor?"
Yu Tai said with a fake smile: "This is the will of His Majesty. I dare not act rashly."
Gu Tianhua took a step forward and looked at Yu Tai fiercely, "What if this general must go with you?"
"That means you are defying the emperor's will and harboring evil intentions." Yu Tai raised his eyebrows arrogantly and said, "I don't think you, the general who defends the country, can bear this charge, right?"
"My master has been kneeling for a long time just now, and now his legs and feet are unable to move. I will support him and accompany him into the palace. Please allow me, sir." Gu Lingze stepped forward and bowed.
Yu Tai looked him up and down, and saw the red mole on Gu Lingze's forehead. He thought: A young man like him can't cause any trouble, so he said: "Then you can help the Grand Tutor and enter the palace together."
Gu Lingze hurriedly bowed and walked towards Xie Xiru, bumping into Zhao Chengmo, but no one noticed.
Xie Xiru dismissed everyone, walked towards the crowd, and bowed deeply: "Thank you all for today's matter."
Everyone present was overwhelmed with emotions and they all knelt down to pay their respects to Xie Xiru. Everyone was moved by this scene.
Gu Lingze supported Xie Xiru and walked towards the palace gate. Before leaving, he put his right hand behind his back and shook his fist from side to side.
Zhao Chengmo gritted his teeth to suppress the impulse in his body. Regardless of whether Gu Lingze saw it or not, he still nodded solemnly.
All of them stood there, staring at the two men's backs until the palace gate slowly closed.
Zhao Chengmo clenched the things in his sleeves and said in a deep voice: "Let's go find the eldest prince."
Gu Lingze supported Xie Xiru as they entered the palace. Yu Tai walked quickly and hastily in front, not caring at all whether the two of them could keep up.
Gu Lingze didn't care about all this and just followed behind at a leisurely pace.
"You little dog slave, hurry up! You have delayed the time for the emperor to see you. Even nine heads of yours would not be enough to compensate you!"
Xie Xiru raised his head and looked at Yu Tai, his eyes were so stern that the other party couldn't help but take a step back.
"If there is any delay, I will be held responsible. Commander Yu, there is no need to be so harsh."
Yu Tai's face was gloomy. He was just scolding a servant, but Xie Xiru wanted to humiliate him. He simply didn't take him seriously.
Yu Tai snorted coldly, turned around and continued to lead the way. Now was not the time to get angry, otherwise Xie Xiru would be in trouble later.
Xie Xiru stared straight ahead, his expression unchanged, but his lips moved up and down slightly, "Lingze, if there is any danger later, you go first, don't worry about an old man like me, they don't dare to kill me."
Gu Lingze's fingers on Xie Xiru's arm moved slightly, and with his other hand he took out a few pieces of talisman paper from his sleeve and stuffed them all into the other's palm, "Grandfather, if there is any danger, you should be the first to leave. They can't do anything to me."
The grandfather and grandson gave each other instructions in this way and walked all the way to the main hall of the imperial city - Taichu Hall.
"Okay, Master Taifu, please go into the hall by yourself." Yu Tai pointed to a corner and said to Gu Lingze, "You, the servant, will go and wait there. Behave yourself."
"Don't worry, Commander Yu. He will come with me to the palace to see the emperor."
After Xie Xiru finished speaking, without waiting for Yu Tai to react, he pulled Gu Lingze in.
After entering the Taichu Palace, the emperor was not seen inside, but the third prince walked in from the side hall.
"Your Highness the Prince is greeted by this old minister." Xie Xiru bowed neither humbly nor arrogantly. Gu Lingze stood straight without making any movement.
The third prince walked to the desk with his back turned, then turned to look at Xie Xiru.
"Why is it you!" Qi Yixuan was surprised when he saw Gu Lingze.
"Yu Tai! Let your highness come in."
Yu Tai bowed and walked in. Qi Yixuan said angrily, "I ordered you to summon only Master Xie to the palace, why did you bring someone else?"
Yu Tai looked up with a puzzled look on his face. "Taifu Xie has difficulty walking, so he ordered this servant to help him into the palace. I will chase him out right away."
"Slave?" Qi Yixuan sneered, "The Taifu Mansion doesn't have a slave with such powerful means. You are wrong."
Gu Lingze raised the corner of his mouth and said sarcastically: "The Third Prince is newly married, no wonder he looks so good, he must be very happy."
Qi Yixuan was furious and stared at his face viciously, but Gu Lingze did not back down and continued to do as he pleased.
"Why? Is the Third Prince not satisfied with the bride? How about I change her for you?"
It would have been fine if he didn't mention this matter, but once he did, Qi Yixuan almost collapsed with hatred.
Gu Lingze caused him to have a 'second wife' for no reason. Now he has to worship her every morning and evening, more punctually than eating, otherwise Hongying will come to trouble him.
But what Qi Yixuan didn't know was that Gu Lingze had sent Hongying to reincarnate that day. Even if he didn't worship, Hongying would never come to him again.
The Third Prince was thinking of something, and a hint of viciousness flashed in his eyes. He looked at Gu Lingze and said, "How about changing this candidate to you?"
Gu Lingze sneered, "It doesn't matter. If people want something, they have to earn it with their own ability. Does the Third Prince have this ability?"
"Don't forget that we are still engaged. No one can disobey the imperial power and destiny."
Xie Xiru stepped forward at this time, "The emperor issued an edict to grant my grandson Gu Yangjia and Your Highness the title of concubine, and this matter does not interfere with others."
Qi Yixuan snorted coldly, "Xie Xiru, you and the Gu family did something sneaky, do you really not know about it?"
"Your Highness, please be careful with your words. Many things cannot be concluded simply by empty words." Xie Xiru was still polite, but he did not compromise in the slightest.
"You are just talking nonsense. Master Taifu, are you saying that I am talking nonsense here?"
Xie Xiru said with a serious face, "It is meaningless to talk about these insignificant things now. I am not here to discuss this matter with His Royal Highness the Prince, but to ask for His Majesty's opinion on the imperial examination."
Gu Lingze tried hard not to laugh out loud. Qi Yixuan must have been choked by his grandfather's words.
As expected, the other party was speechless for a long while. After taking a few deep breaths, he continued to speak.
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