Li Yuanzhao grinned and said mysteriously, "I have something important to ask you! Clear out everyone in this room quickly, leaving no one behind!"
"This..." Guo Tianyang looked at Li Yuanzhao hesitantly.
Then he whispered, "Your Highness, just talk here. It's okay. No one can hear us."
Li Yuanzhao's eyes widened when he heard this, and he said angrily: "What! It's useless for me to speak now, right? This matter is serious, quickly clear out all the others!"
Guo Tianyang was extremely hesitant and looked at Li Yuanzhao with confusion.
"Hurry up! What are you hesitating for? I'm going back to sleep after this!" Li Yuanzhao kept urging.
Guo Tianyang gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! Your Highness, please wait a moment. I will go and clear them out right away!"
Not long after, Guo Tianyang came back panting, looked at Li Yuanzhao and said flatteringly: "Your Highness, there is no one else now, you can tell me now!"
Li Yuanzhao was very satisfied and smiled, "Well done!"
Then he returned to his mysterious state and whispered, "Actually, there's nothing else to say. You know I'm running a newspaper recently, right?"
"Yeah," Guo Tianyang nodded repeatedly.
"The reporter in the newspaper found out something from the public. It is said that the seal of the emperor has been replaced! It is no longer the original seal!"
"The authentic seal has a scratch on the dragon's tail! I came here to verify this."
"If the seal that Father used is really a fake one, it will be a big trouble if it gets out. Take me to have a look!"
Guo Tianyang was horrified: "What! How is this possible? Since the founding of Dajing, the seal has never changed!"
Then he shook his head vigorously: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! I check it every day! There is absolutely no mistake about the seal!"
"These are just rumors among the people. Your Highness, don't take them to heart!"
Li Yuanzhao sighed and said, "Yes! I thought so too, but such a rumor has spread among the people, which shows that there is a big problem!"
"Now I am worried, so I want you to check it again and make sure it doesn't get to anyone else's ears. If there is no problem, I will immediately have someone publish an ad in the newspaper to refute the rumor!"
"If this continues, where will my father's face be?"
Guo Tianyang couldn't help but relax and agreed, "That makes sense. Your Highness has thought it through. I'll take you to have a look."
After saying this, he began to lead Li Yuanzhao.
Soon they arrived at the place where the seals were stored. Guo Tianyang opened the box, carefully took out the emperor's treasure, the jade seal, and placed it on the table.
"Look, Your Highness! I said it was just a rumor. There is no scratch at all!"
Li Yuanzhao picked up the jade seal, looked it over carefully, and licked his lips unconsciously: "Yes! That's right! It is indeed a folk rumor. This way, I am relieved."
Guo Tianyang said proudly: "Your Highness, don't worry about this kind of thing in the future. With this old servant here, nothing will go wrong!"
"Huh? There's someone behind you!"
Guo Tianyang turned back without hesitation.
With a "bang", Guo Tianyang's eyes went dark and he fell down!
Li Yuanzhao held the emperor's treasure in both hands, his eyes flashing with excitement.
The experience of fighting on the streets of Mid-Levels finally came in handy today! Not too light, not too heavy, just right!
Then Li Yuanzhao put down the seal and began to search through the boxes and cabinets.
It didn't take much effort to find a few blank imperial edicts, and then put everything back in place.
Afterwards, he walked to the door of Shangbaojian, poked his head in and called Liu Jin and two guards in.
The three of them fell into great panic when they saw Guo Tianyang lying on the ground.
Liu Jin's legs were shaking, his eyes were blank: "Godfather... Godfather..."
Li Yuanzhao faced the three people and said coldly: "Carry him to my bedroom!"
"If the emperor knows about this, it will be a capital crime worth losing your head! If you don't want to die, just listen to my instructions! Do you understand?"
The three of them nodded in unison.
Now that things have come to this, I have been inexplicably dragged into this by the prince. What else can I do?
"Just support him and walk. I will be in front. If anyone asks you questions, don't speak. I will speak."
After saying that, Li Yuanzhao stuffed the blank imperial edict into the clothes of the three people, took the jade seal, and swaggered out of the Shangbaojian.
As soon as they walked out of the door, a eunuch saw two guards carrying the unconscious Guo Tianyang towards them.
He hurriedly asked, "Ah! Your Highness, what happened to Eunuch Guo?"
Li Yuanzhao had a sad face: "Alas! He is old and has a sudden illness! He fainted while talking to me! Now I have to take him to see the imperial physician for a diagnosis."
"Just do what you need to do! Don't go out and make a fuss. I'll tell Father when I ask how he is."
A few eunuchs who came over looked anxious and nodded helplessly.
Along the way, we met two teams of palace guards and we fooled them with the same excuses.
The four of them arrived at the prince's bedroom smoothly.
When he got into the house, Guo Tianyang was placed on the bed and slept peacefully.
Liu Jin and the other two guards stood in the room in panic, not knowing what to do.
Li Yuanzhao said to the two guards, "You two keep an eye on him, find a rope to tie him up, and gag him! I will deal with him when I come back. If someone finds out, hmm..."
"Liu Jin, follow me to greet my father."
Liu Jin hesitated and said, "Your Majesty should be resting at this time, right?"
"Don't worry! I know that my father must be in the imperial study right now, and he must not be asleep!"
Then he took Liu Jin to the imperial study.
Arriving at the imperial study, Li Yuanzhao glanced at Liu Jin.
Seeing him trembling all over, I couldn't help but kick him on the butt.
"Why are you shaking? If you keep shaking, I'll cut you off! Even a magnifying glass can't save you!"
Liu Jin swallowed, forced a smile, and his expression became determined.
"I'm ready!"
Li Yuanzhao nodded with satisfaction and ordered someone to go in and inform Emperor Jing.
Emperor Jing was a little surprised when he saw Li Yuanzhao: "Why are you here at this time?"
Li Yuanzhao smiled and said, "I forgot to greet my father. I am late."
Emperor Jing smiled and said, "I see. I thought you were resentful and didn't want to come."
"I dare not! I went back and thought about it, and I felt that what Father said today made sense. The world is a big chess game, and moving a chess piece will affect the whole situation."
"So, I have no complaints."
Emperor Jing was very satisfied with what he heard, and said with relief: "It is a good thing that the Crown Prince can understand me. You should learn more and watch more in the court meetings in the future."
"Then father...when do you think Lao Fang will be able to come back? Can he come back earlier?" Li Yuanzhao asked tentatively.
Emperor Jing immediately frowned, "No! Miao Han also came to me today to talk about this matter. Can't you live without Fang Zheng?"
"He's caused such a big disaster, there's no way he can stay here any longer! This is for his own good."
"What!" Li Yuanzhao screamed, "Miaohan also pleaded for him? Then let him stay in Jianjiang and don't come back!"
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