Lord Liu's villa is outside the city, very close to the inner city.
The villa is located in a mountain valley. It is not large, but it is very exquisite. Although it is in a mountain valley, the road is very flat.
After getting off the carriage, Lord Liu introduced the property to Gu Xin: "Your Highness, this villa was awarded to me by the Imperial Envoy a few years ago for my meritorious service in capturing the remnants of the King of Qu's faction."
Because this villa is so exquisite, and Lord Liu just said that he is a good official who serves the people, such a fine villa must have cost a lot of money to build. His family is poor, and he cannot let people misunderstand, so he has to make it clear.
Gu Xin was taken aback: "Qu Wang's remnants?"
Lord Liu nodded and explained to Gu Xin, “Yes, the remnants of Prince Qu’s faction. When I first arrived in Taizhou, wasn’t there an incident at Prince Qu’s residence? I was lucky enough to recognize one of the escapees as a close relative of Prince Qu. I sent someone to investigate secretly and then reported to the court, which directly sent people to arrest Prince Qu’s remnants. This villa is in Taizhou, far from the capital. The imperial envoy who came was an upright official. He only took the gold and silver treasures from the villa, arrested the people, and gave me the land deed directly. He said that the Emperor said that I had rendered meritorious service in this matter, and since I had just taken office in Taizhou, he bestowed this villa upon me so that I could bring my family to cool off during the hot summer months.”
Gu Xin recalled that a few years ago, after her father became the top scholar in the imperial examination, her family went to the capital. At that time, Li Muyan also went to the capital. He was the granddaughter of the Prince of Qu, and that was what she called a princess. Because Li Muyan was fighting with her sister, he even kidnapped her sister.
It was on that occasion that the fact that the Prince Qu's mansion was raising an army was exposed. His father spared no effort in finding evidence to kill the Prince Qu. Although the Prince Qu eventually managed to escape, that incident made it more difficult for him to rebel.
Gu Xin sighed inwardly. Her sister was right about something: it's not the formidable opponent you should fear, but the incompetent teammate.
Few of the descendants of King Qu are capable, yet he still wants to become emperor. After becoming emperor, to whom will he pass the throne? Isn't this directly ruining the foundation of the Ye family?
In Gu Xin's opinion, among the descendants of King Qu, Peng Mu was probably the most capable!
However, this person is still no good; he's too arrogant.
Thinking of Peng Mu, Gu Xin couldn't help but think of Cheng Huaiyu. If only Peng Mu hadn't been there, Xiaoyu would have lived a good life and wouldn't have been taken to Lange Kingdom, and none of what happened afterward would have happened.
Baiyi noticed that Gu Xin was acting strangely and reminded her, "Lord Liu, let's go inside first. The princess hasn't been getting much rest lately, and she's going to have dinner with General Ying and the others tonight. We need to get some rest this afternoon."
Gu Xin came to her senses and nodded to Lord Liu.
Lord Liu quickly led his men into the house.
He had prepared for this in advance, so he had someone come and tidy up the villa a couple of days ago. A middle-aged man opened the door, with a woman and a little girl beside him.
One of the two was a cook, and the other was a maid. Lord Liu had inquired and learned that Gu Xin didn't like using maids very much. She had brought a maid with her this time, and she was still at the Donglin Prince's Mansion. He planned to send someone to pick her up for Gu Xin later.
There were two servants in this separate courtyard, and with so few people attending to them, it was quite peaceful.
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