General Peng had said these words before, but Gu Shouxin ignored him at the time.
This time, knowing about Gu Xin's whereabouts, Gu Shouxin felt a little relieved and said, "Grandpa, I only have one request. Once you find Peng Mu, I want him."
General Peng remained silent for a moment, then nodded: "Now that we've found the person, I'm handing him over to you to handle!"
Gu Shouxin smiled and saw the grandfather and grandson out the door.
Peng Liulang has disappeared. After Gu Xin's accident, the emperor immediately sent people to arrest Peng Liulang. However, the person in the Peng Mansion in the capital was not Peng Liulang at all. He had already run away, and no one knew where he was hiding now.
Yin Yueli is currently imprisoned by Gu Shouxin. Gu Shouxin has people watching over Yin Yueli, torturing her, and making her suffer unbearable pain. As long as Gu Xin does not return to Kuncheng, Yin Yueli can forget about dying a quick death.
As for Peng Liulang's personal guards, they were all punished with hard labor, their hands and feet shackled as they did so.
The emperor returned to the capital at the end of last month. It's time to reel in the fish he's cast and go home to catch the big ones.
The Empress Dowager and Empress Xue, on the other hand, were living in Chunnan City, and to this day, neither of them knew about Gu Xin's accident.
Every few days, Gu Nian and Gu Si would go to Chunnan City to accompany the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager had also asked about Gu Xin, and the two of them only said that she had gone to the battlefield with Lu Zheng.
The Empress Dowager didn't ask any further questions. She knew that when the Emperor left, the Sand God Kingdom and the Izumo Kingdom were at war with the Great Zhou.
She was still telling the emperor that once things stabilized in Kunzhou, all the Gu sisters' achievements should be counted, and those who deserved to be granted the title of princess should be granted it.
Anyway, she didn't want to see her great-granddaughter marry as a princess anymore; she wanted her to be a princess, including Princess Jinghe.
The emperor naturally agreed.
Empress Xue is pregnant, and the emperor plans to have her live with the Empress Dowager until the baby is born next year. Coincidentally, the Xue family is also in Kuncheng, and the Duke of Chengen has always been in Chunnancheng. With his maternal brother and sister-in-law there, the emperor is very relieved.
He thought that once his youngest son was born, he would immediately appoint him as the crown prince. This time when he went back, he would take all the big fish and leave the small ones to Lu Zheng and Xue Qianyu. After all, these boys would be assisting his son in the future. He couldn't let them take over the prosperous era directly without doing anything. How could they shoulder great responsibilities without being tempered?
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In the Kingdom of Flowing Sands, Gu Xin spent three days sightseeing with Cheng Huaijin and bought quite a few things.
Judging from the current situation, Gu Xin felt that the ruler of the Flowing Sand Kingdom was kind to her, and she was happy to go out with Cheng Huaijin to learn about the local customs and culture, get familiar with the area, and make things easier for the future.
“Brother Xiao Jin, to our left and slightly behind, there’s a man wearing a black hat. Doesn’t he look like one of those bandits from before?” Gu Xin said casually to Cheng Huaijin as she walked to a musical instrument stall and picked out some instruments.
Cheng Huaijin glanced at the distance casually, pretending to look into the distance, and then said, "I'm not sure. I didn't remember all the people from that day. And their outfits and everything else has changed."
After a moment, Gu Xin said, "I'm sure it's one of them. He has a mole on his face with a hair on it, and his little finger is broken. These two features are not easy to match. He went to the pharmacy. Should we follow him and see if we can find the bandits' lair?"
Cheng Huaijin hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "We can give it a try, but we can't follow too closely."
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