Gu Lingze slapped his head and said, "Yes, yes, yes, the teacher taught me well. As a parent of a student, I should toast you."
Xu Mingyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this. "Student's parents"? What kind of new term is this?
The three of them were all filled with joy and raised their glasses to celebrate, and they all drank a lot in the end.
In the afternoon, the entire capital city was in an uproar because of one incident.
"What did you say?!" Xie Xiru was shocked and slammed the table and stood up.
"Sir, the Emperor personally issued an order to have the eldest prince and his wife imprisoned in the Dali Temple Prison." The butler repeated it with a serious expression.
"Hurry up and prepare the car to take me to the General's Mansion!"
In the 19th year of Taichang, the eldest son of the emperor presided over the palace examination of the imperial examination. In front of the palace, he angrily denounced five tribute students as "the most inferior in quality, and their answers were inappropriate". They were demoted even to the title of Jinshi, and it was clearly stated that they would never be employed again, and the following three generations would not be allowed to take the imperial examinations.
He then denounced the Ministry of Rites for favoritism and corruption, and for intentionally promoting the sons of court officials. It seemed that they were selecting talents for the court, but in fact they were all idlers. He immediately ordered the Minister of Rites Wu Yingcai to be beaten with a stick in front of the palace.
Before the palace examination was over, the eldest prince walked out in anger, leaving all the tribute students in the hall terrified and confused.
When the news came out, the whole capital was in an uproar.
The emperor was furious about this and ordered the eldest prince to go to Taichu Palace to reprimand him in person.
Unexpectedly, the eldest prince not only did not reflect on himself, but also contradicted the emperor in person. The emperor was furious and ordered the eldest prince and his wife to be imprisoned.
Now, the capital city was in an uproar of discussion. This year's palace examination could be said to be full of ups and downs. First, Taifu Xie pleaded for mercy in the street, and then the eldest prince reprimanded him in front of the palace. It was really one wave after another.
Xie Xiru sat in the carriage and felt more and more that something was wrong.
Qi Junhuai has always been steady and self-controlled. Even though he was very angry during the palace examination, he knew the emperor's physical condition clearly and would not say anything contradictory in Taichu Palace.
When I arrived at the General's Mansion, I found that Dai Zhengqi was also there.
It turned out that when the eldest prince was summoned to Taichu Palace in the afternoon, he was also there because he was also called there to be "scolded".
"The eldest prince didn't say a word at first, but later, perhaps because he was scolded by the emperor, he became very emotional, and the father and son started arguing. The emperor was furious and had the eldest prince kidnapped and taken to the Dali Temple."
Everyone fell into deep thought after hearing this.
Even if the eldest prince's rude words angered the emperor, why was the pregnant eldest prince's wife also imprisoned? Wasn't Qi Yixuan afraid that others would say that the emperor was cold-blooded and heartless, and then discuss this matter?
At this time, Qian Bo walked in with a package in his hand.
"Someone left this package at the door and left a note."
Gu Tianhua took it and looked at it. There were only three crooked words written on it: Gu Daojun.
"Brother Qian, go call Lingze over."
Gu Lingze had drunk some wine and was sleeping in his room when Qian Bo came over and told him that his father asked him to come over. Gu Lingze packed his things and went to the main hall with Qian Bo.
"Lingze, someone left this package at the door and left a note saying it was for you."
As soon as Gu Lingze saw the two words "Daojun", he knew it was written by Li Jin. She only wrote these three words and they were crooked. It seemed that she had not yet mastered the brush.
Gu Lingze opened the paper package and found a pile of off-white powder inside.
Gu Lingze dipped a little with his index finger, then rubbed it carefully with his thumb, and put it under his nose to smell the scent, "This is the powder made from the horns of male antelopes. In order to cure the Queen's Datura flower poison, we need to use this as medicine to make Taiyi Liujin Powder."
"It seems that this thing was sent by the eldest prince or the eldest prince's wife."
Gu Lingze was a little confused, "Why is it just placed at the door, but no one comes in?"
Gu Tianhua told him everything that happened today.
After listening to this, Gu Lingze also frowned and then stood up.
"Grandfather, Dad, Mom, there is no time to lose. I will go make the medicine first."
Gu Lingze asked Zhao Chengmo to help him. He pounded the realgar, orpiment, alum stone, and ghost arrow feathers that he had bought before into powder, and then sifted them through a sieve.
Then he took some black bean water, mixed the medicine powder with it, and fed it to the queen.
The medicine powder was divided into several equal portions and given to Qian Bo, who was carefully told how to take it.
"Don't worry, young master. I've got it all down."
Gu Lingze and Zhao Chengmo returned to the main hall. Xu Mingyan was also there. He was a little surprised after hearing about the eldest prince.
Gu Lingze looked at Xie Xiru's worried expression and knew that he was worried.
"Grandfather, don't worry. Cheng Mo and I will go to the Dali Temple Prison tonight."
After hearing this, Xie Xiru hesitated again. He really couldn't bear to let Lingze put himself in danger every time.
“Don’t worry, Grandfather. I have Cheng Mo with me. Nothing will happen.”
Xie Xiru swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth, stood up and patted him on the shoulder.
"Be careful, we are all at home, waiting for you two to come back."
After nightfall, just as Gu Lingze and Zhao Chengmo were about to leave, Gu Tianhua walked in, still wearing a nightgown.
"Dad, what are you doing?" Gu Lingze asked puzzledly.
"I'll go with you." Gu Tianhua thought about it and still felt uneasy, so he decided to protect the two of them personally this time.
Gu Lingze understood his intentions, so the three of them set off together.
The three of them ran quickly all the way to the west wall of the Dali Temple and climbed over it swiftly.
Gu Lingze gave each of them an invisibility talisman. For ordinary people, the talisman would only be effective for about one meal. If they found anything wrong, they had to retreat immediately.
The three of them squatted on a roof and waited for their opportunity. After about an incense stick of time, two jailers walked towards them while talking.
The three of them exchanged glances, put on invisibility talismans, and followed the two men in.
After the second jailer went in and was about to close the door, he suddenly staggered and almost fell.
"Why, did you just drink two sips?" a jailer asked jokingly.
"Well, how dare I?" The jailer touched the spot where he was hit. "Now that person is imprisoned here, Lord Yuan comes over from time to time. Who among us dares to drink? Unless we don't want this job anymore."
Gu Lingze and the other two walked inside. If their guess was correct, Qi Junhuai and Li Jin should be imprisoned in the innermost cell.
Sure enough, there were two jailers standing inside, one on the left and one on the right, guarding the cell door motionlessly.
Gu Lingze and the other two exchanged glances and were about to take action when they suddenly heard a noise at the gate.
"Greetings, Lord Yuan." The jailers saluted one after another.
Yuan Lun waved his hand, "All of you go out, don't come in without orders."
"yes."
Yuan Lun and another hooded man walked over here, and Gu Lingze and the other two hurriedly stood against the wall.
"After opening the door, you two go out as well."
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