Three days later, King Qu returned to the capital.
The Gu sisters and Princess Jinghe were also summoned to the hall, because the matter originated from these children.
A large crowd of people had gathered outside the Dali Temple government office.
This was a case of treason, and the judge was Hu Yutong, the Chief Justice of the Court of Judicial Review, a serious-looking man nearing fifty with a long beard.
He was skilled at judging cases, and with the emperor's orders, he rearranged the original cause and effect.
The emperor had already discovered the King of Qu's private army, but they didn't have the dragon robe. The emperor had sent someone to place the dragon robe there.
The news came from Kuncheng that Lu Zheng had captured one of the King of Qu's men, tortured him, and extracted his address for recuperation.
Sure enough, the emperor found out as soon as he investigated.
The emperor was still planning how to openly and legitimately deal with Prince Qu, but then, Sister Gu arrested Prince Qu's grandson and granddaughter.
When Princess Jinghe took Gu Hui to the Imperial Study, the Emperor, upon hearing the news, felt like roaring to the heavens. He deeply felt that the Gu family was his lucky star!
He immediately dispatched Gu Shouxin, who was in the Imperial Study, and the Commander of the Imperial Guard to rescue the child.
That's right, it's about rescuing the child, and incidentally discovering the secret room, the secret passage, and the dragon robe.
The place where the King of Qu raised his troops was very well hidden. It was only after the emperor sent Xue Qianyu with 100,000 imperial guards that they were subdued.
This is the true process of becoming an emperor.
The process of the trial by the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review was that the grandson of the Prince of Qu had lost face in the North City last time, and the Princess of Linglan had turned her love into hatred, so the brother and sister tricked the Gu sisters away.
Princess Jinghe said that she had spent the whole morning with the Empress Dowager and only learned from Gu Hui after leaving the palace that someone had invited the Gu family's daughter in her name.
Gu Hui explained why she didn't go, saying she went to see General Peng instead.
General Peng was also popular with the people. It was because of the existence of the Peng family army that the Great Zhou Dynasty was able to maintain peace. For generations, the Peng family had guarded the frontier.
As for Princess Jinghe, just as she herself said, she was raised in the eyes of the people of the capital. She was already hitting people and throwing tantrums when she was three years old. You could say she had a bad temper, but it's absolutely impossible for her to lie.
As for Princess Linglan's love turning into hatred, it was because she fell in love with the heir of the Duke of Rongguo, but the heir of the Duke of Rongguo was engaged to Princess Jinghe. Since she couldn't do anything to Princess Jinghe, she thought of bullying the Gu sisters, whom Princess Jinghe liked, with the aim of forcing Princess Jinghe to beg her to let the Gu sisters go.
Then, because Gu Hui went to the Peng family, she happened to meet Princess Jinghe. As soon as they met, they knew something was wrong and immediately went to report to the Emperor. Just then, Scholar Gu was giving a lecture to the Emperor, so the Emperor sent the Imperial Guards to accompany Scholar Gu.
The work of the Hanlin Academy included lecturing to the emperor, so Gu Shouxin's appearance was not abrupt.
When the Imperial Guards arrived, they naturally noticed something was amiss.
This logic was reasonable, and the people believed it. However, they were unwilling to believe it in their hearts: how could such a good King Qu and his heir possibly rebel?
When they didn't believe him, the Crown Prince of Qu, who is currently the Vice Minister of War, confessed. He took all the blame himself, saying that his father knew nothing. In recent years, his father had been getting old and his health had deteriorated. He was either doing good deeds or recuperating. He was unwilling to accept this.
He was also the grandson of the founding emperor. When the crown prince died, his father was also qualified, even more qualified than the late emperor.
His father, like the second emperor, was the biological son of the founding empress, making his claim even more legitimate.
The late emperor was born to a palace maid favored by the second emperor. Why should the late emperor inherit the throne? It should have been his father, Prince Qu, who inherited it.
But his father was neither assertive nor competitive, and he couldn't persuade him otherwise, so he had to devise his own plan.
When he spoke so sincerely, the people believed him.
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