Gu Lingze looked at the sky and said, "It's too late. Let Chen Mo put the test paper back first to avoid alerting the enemy. We will go to the Taifu Mansion after daybreak."
"good."
When the morning light was just beginning, Zhao Chengmo returned safely, and Gu Lingze finally understood the other party's previous feelings.
"What? You didn't allow me to check the papers yesterday? The Ministry of Rites is really getting more and more unreasonable now."
Gu Lingze then recounted what happened yesterday, and did not hide the fact that Zhao Chengmo visited the Ministry of Rites at night. After all, this matter could not be concealed.
"The first volume has been replaced, where is the second volume?"
Zhao Chengmo said: "When I went to the Ministry of Rites, I searched carefully, but I only found this one, nothing else."
Xie Xiru's face was solemn. Ever since the emperor had been seriously ill and cured by Cheng Jiao, he had been obsessed with some kind of magic and had ignored state affairs for a long time.
The court is now in chaos, and even the imperial examinations for selecting talents can be manipulated at will.
Now the rumor that the third prince will be named the crown prince is spreading like wildfire. As the current Taifu and one of the three highest officials, he cannot even see the emperor.
When Xie Xiru thought of this, he couldn't help but feel sad. He leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes dejectedly.
Everyone saw that he was in a bad mood and wanted to speak but didn't know where to start.
"Why are you three here?" Gu Feirui rushed in from outside.
"My brother and I have been looking for you all morning."
After saying that, he picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, then turned around and said to the people following him: "Go and inform the eldest prince and my brother that they are with my grandfather, and ask them to come quickly."
"What's the urgent matter?" Gu Lingze asked.
"It's the eldest prince who wants to see you."
"He came to our house early in the morning, very anxious, and said he went to your yard but couldn't find you, and asked us if we knew where you had gone."
"Then we helped to look for someone, and we haven't had time to ask what it is yet."
Qi Junhuai and Gu Xiuyi rode their horses at lightning speed all the way to the Taifu Mansion. When they arrived at the door, they dismounted and ran inside as fast as a meteor.
"Master Gu, please save your father and Jin'er."
Even a prince had to use the word "beg", so one can imagine how critical the situation was.
"What happened? What happened to the Queen and the Crown Prince's Consort?"
Just as Li Jin said before, the Emperor and the Empress have always been deeply in love since their marriage, and can be considered a perfect match.
Apart from the episode involving Concubine Yu, the two have always been very loving.
But ever since the third prince introduced Cheng Jiao to the emperor, the relationship between the two has taken a sharp turn for the worse in the past few years.
From being in mutual support to being on and off, now the king and queen have been completely rejected by the emperor.
Who would believe that there is no conspiracy?
In the past, the emperor had many beauties in his harem, and it was common for him to get tired of the old and fall in love with the new. But the current emperor has only had one queen from his wedding to his ascension to the throne.
Even though he had Concubine Yu added to his family, he only favored her for a short period of time. Later, when the third prince was born, the emperor would just visit Concubine Yu's palace every month as a routine and never stay overnight there.
However, as the relationship between the Emperor and the Empress broke down, Concubine Yu regained the Emperor's favor, and the Empress was placed under house arrest in the palace by the Emperor's personal order a few months ago.
When the Queen was under house arrest, Qi Junhuai took great pains to place a spy next to him.
When this person came to see him five days ago, he mentioned that the Queen was in very poor health and had had difficulty eating in the past few days.
After hearing this, Qi Junhuai was extremely worried. He asked him to do his best to take care of the child while he himself tried to find a way to meet his father.
"It was supposed to be the day for him to report to me, but he didn't show up until dawn."
"I thought something must have happened in my father's palace. I was so scared that I wanted to force my way in, but Jin'er and my second brother stopped me and told me to think about it."
"I didn't expect that when I woke up, Jin'er was gone, leaving only a letter for me."
After saying that, she handed the letter to Gu Lingze. Gu Lingze opened it and saw that Li Jin had written on it that she had a way to sneak into the Queen's Zhengyang Palace, so Qi Junhuai didn't have to worry.
Gu Lingze frowned slightly after reading the letter, "Is there still no sign of the prince's wife?"
Qi Junhuai nodded vigorously, "That's why I'm in a hurry to come find you now."
Gu Lingze glanced at Xu Mingyan, and the other party knew what he was thinking when he saw his eyes.
"Lingze, you go ahead. This is just a small matter for me. There is no rush."
"good."
Gu Lingze immediately decided to let Qi Junhuai take them into the palace in disguise.
"Hey, why did the Third Prince specifically order us to strictly check the people and carriages entering and leaving today?"
"Well, we'll just do whatever the boss says. Why are you thinking about it?"
"That's true."
Just as the palace gate was about to be locked, a carriage came galloping towards them from afar.
“Stop.”
"This is the eldest prince's carriage, please get out of the way." Sitting outside driving the carriage were the disguised Gu Xiuyi and Gu Feirui.
One of the guards looked at the nameplate hanging next to the car and was about to let it pass.
"Wait." Another imperial guard stopped them again.
"You two look very unfamiliar to me. Have you ever accompanied the eldest prince into the palace before?"
At this moment, a crisp sound suddenly came from the car. The four guards standing at the door all became dazed and slowly retreated to both sides.
"Go."
The carriage drove quickly into the palace gate and headed towards the eldest prince's residence in the palace.
"What are you four doing standing there like idiots? It's time to rekey the palace gates, why don't you hurry up?"
The shout woke up the four people, and they hurried to close the palace gate.
Looking back, I felt as if I had forgotten something, but I couldn't remember it no matter how hard I tried, so I just put it out of my mind.
After the five of them had discussed a strategy, they split into two groups and headed towards the palace where the king and queen lived.
When Qi Junhuai arrived in front of Zhengyang Palace, he strode inside at high speed. As expected, he was stopped.
"Your Highness, the Emperor has ordered that no one is allowed to enter Zhengyang Palace."
"How dare you! As the eldest prince, can't I even visit my own king and father?"
The guards felt that the eldest prince was a little different today. He was not usually so harsh and stern. What happened today?
"Your Highness, please don't embarrass us. We are just following orders."
Qi Junhuai threw his sleeves and shouted angrily: "Who do you think you are? How dare you..."
Qi Junhuai was acting in the front, while Gu Lingze and the other three sneaked into the side hall of Zhengyang Palace.
"Wait." Gu Lingze suddenly spoke.
"Tie the car channel I gave you before on your wrist." The other three did as they were told and nodded to Gu Lingze.
"Walk."
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