Within the time it takes for a stick of incense to burn, several people came back.
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, the people we arranged earlier saw Xiao Luzi bringing a child to Zhang Qian's residence this morning." One of the guards replied.
Gu Nianchen clenched his fists. He knew that some eunuchs had abnormal hobbies due to their own defects, but he didn't expect that they would dare to target him, the Crown Prince.
Last time, I had finally managed to get Bai Luoyu here, and I didn't want to cause any more trouble and report it to the emperor. If he didn't agree to let Bai Luoyu be kept in the Prince's Palace, it would be very troublesome.
Besides, Xiao Luzi is just a little eunuch, and he won't make any waves if he is left alone.
Just to be on the safe side, he just secretly arranged for people to monitor Xiao Luzi and Zhang Qian, but he didn't expect that he would be so bold and presumptuous.
"Come with me." Gu Nianchen took his men directly to the queen's bedroom.
"Chen'er, why are you here at this time?" Although they are mother and son, they don't see each other often in the palace. Especially as Gu Nianchen is the crown prince, he has a lot to study every day. Usually, after paying his respects in the morning, he will not come unless summoned.
"Reporting to the Queen Mother, please make the decision for me." Gu Nianchen knelt on his knees and said sadly.
The Queen was horrified when she saw this: "What is this, Prince? Tell me what happened."
"Mother, when I came out of Wen Pavilion today, I saw Zhuanbi waiting for me. He told me that the hostage Bai Luoyu was abducted by Xiao Luzi, claiming that it was Zhang Qian who asked for her and they did not dare to stop him." This was the rhetoric that Gu Nianchen had thought of before. He must make the Queen feel that there is someone behind Xiao Luzi who does not take the Prince seriously, which means he does not take the Queen seriously, and then the Queen will step in to resolve the issue.
He now had to constantly remind himself that he was only ten years old. Although some things could be solved directly by force, he was afraid that if he was too ostentatious, it would not be the other princes who would be wary of him, but the current emperor.
Since ancient times, emperors have been suspicious, and the relationship between the emperor and the prince has been very delicate. The emperor is afraid that the prince will not make progress, but also afraid that the prince will make too much progress.
"What? How dare he be so bold as to go to the Prince's Palace to snatch someone? He is rebelling. Come, bring him to me." The Queen was furious when she heard this.
The prince is his only child. Due to physical reasons, she will only have this one child, so Gu Nianchen is everything to him.
Hearing that Xiao Luzi dared to go to the Prince's Palace to seize someone, in her eyes this was not a simple matter. There must be someone behind the scenes instructing him, and there must be a conspiracy.
Gu Nianchen was just sitting there waiting. He was not in a hurry because he had already asked the Prince's guards to guard the place. If they found that Bai Luoyu was in danger, they could use the Prince's token to protect Bai Luoyu. If anyone dared to stop them, they would kill them without mercy.
Moreover, Zhang Qian should be in the imperial study with his father now and has no time to go back. I'm afraid he doesn't know yet that Xiao Luzi has caused him a trouble that could cost him his life. I wonder if he will regret having such a stupid and bad subordinate.
Soon, little Luzi was brought here. He was a little nervous along the way.
When he was doing his errands and passing by the Prince's Palace in the morning, he found that the palace door was open. He saw Bai Luoyu sitting obediently not far from the palace door.
He remembered that Zhang Qian told him that he had no new toys recently, so he had a bad idea. He thought that no one would find out, so after Zhang Qian had enjoyed them, he would kill the animal and bury it.
Unexpectedly, not long after this incident, he heard that the Queen had summoned him, and he was worried that the matter would be exposed.
"Do you admit your guilt?" The queen looked at Xiao Luzi kneeling on the ground with disgust.
"Reporting to the Queen, I don't know what crime I have committed." Xiao Luzi still wanted to play dumb and deny it.
Gu Nianchen's eyes were cold and fierce, and he made up his mind that this man must die. If the queen was merciful, he would do it himself.
But what he didn't expect was that the queen was not a weak woman.
"Come here, take him away." After the queen said this, two guards came and carried Xiao Luzi away.
When Xiao Luzi wanted to say something, the guard covered his mouth with a handkerchief and took him out without making a sound.
The queen didn't say anything else, just drank her tea and waited quietly, and Gu Nianchen didn't say anything either.
In less than an incense stick of time, the guards came back dragging Xiao Luzi, who was covered in blood and had deformed facial features.
"Reporting to the Queen, he confessed everything and was holding a grudge. In order to please Zhang Qian, he brought young children to him from the people many times. Today, when he passed by the Prince's Palace, he saw the hostage Bai Luoyu playing alone at the door. He was holding a grudge for being scolded before, so he had the evil intention of taking the child away. He didn't expect to be discovered." One of the guards reported to the Queen.
"Well, take him to Zhang Qian's residence to bring the hostage back, and then collect all the evidence and hand it over to His Majesty for disposal." The Queen's tone was light, but the meaning was obvious.
She has been in the deep palace for so many years, and she is not completely unaware of some dirty things, she just turns a blind eye to them.
How could she tolerate the fact that the eunuchs were now reaching out to the Prince's Palace? The reason why she handed the evidence to the emperor was because the eunuchs did not belong to the harem, and it would be an act of usurpation for her to deal with them directly.
However, the emperor could not protect the evidence she handed over even if he wanted to, so she was not afraid that Zhang Qian would escape.
"Prince, you must remember one thing: you must cut the grass at its roots, otherwise there will be endless troubles." After the guards left, the queen said to Gu Nianchen.
"Yes, I understand." Gu Nianchen replied respectfully.
"Go back. I will have the guards send him directly back to the Prince's Palace. If you don't move forward, you will move backward. Remember, you must not lose your ambition because of pleasure." The Queen reminded him again. All her hopes are on Gu Nianchen. She will try her best to meet his requirements, but the prerequisite is that he works hard enough and is good enough.
Gu Nianchen returned to the Prince's Palace with his guards, and Bai Luoyu was soon sent back.
The little guy was frightened again. When he came back, tears were still on his face. When he saw Gu Nianchen, he immediately threw himself into his arms and said, "Brother Chen, Xiaoyu is scared."
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. It's all Brother Chen's fault that Xiaoyu was captured by the bad guys. Now nothing happened, and nothing will happen in the future." Gu Nianchen held Bai Luoyu in his arms and comforted him.
"The bad guy said...Brother Chen is in danger, and that I should take Xiaoyu...to find my brother. He lied to Xiaoyu, so bad." Bai Luoyu spoke intermittently, his frightened eyes filled with tears that were about to burst out.
"Yeah, the bad guy has been punished, Xiaoyu is not afraid." Gu Nianchen originally wanted to tell Bai Luoyu not to believe the bad guys in the future, but then he thought, how can he blame Bai Luoyu for believing the bad guys.
He was still so young, and it was because he didn't think it through that others took advantage of him.
So he didn't say anything else, but just ordered lunch to be prepared, including everything Bai Luoyu liked to eat.
After this incident, the number of guards in the Prince's Palace nearly doubled.
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