Chapter 230 This move is really despicable and mean.
Su Wanniang didn't understand why Chu Ruohan secretly invited those ministers to come?
Could it be that this was done specifically to embarrass Gu Chengyan?
Brother, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, brothers fighting...
She was about to go over and talk to Chu Ruohan when someone came from the palace.
The courtyard suddenly became quiet.
Marquis Anyang hurried forward a few steps and bowed, "Why are you here, Chief Steward Ma? What are your instructions, His Majesty?"
Ma Fuhai nodded slightly, his eyes sweeping across the ministers present. "In compliance with the Emperor's order, all ministers present are requested to enter the palace immediately to see Him without delay."
As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar at the banquet.
The ministers looked at each other, wondering what had happened that required them to enter the palace so anxiously.
Marquis Anyang asked quietly, "Master Ma, did the Emperor explain why he summoned you?"
Ma Fuhai's face remained calm, but he shook his head. "You'll know when you get there, my Lord. I dare not discuss state affairs. The Emperor is furious, and the Duke of Wei has already entered the palace."
The ministers looked at each other in bewilderment. The emperor urgently summoned him to the palace, but eunuch Ma refused to reveal anything. Something big must have happened, and someone might be in trouble!
"My Lords, please leave!"
The ministers left in a hurry, and the banquet at the Anyang Marquis's Mansion could no longer be held...
Most of the people had faded away. Su Wanniang looked at the scene in front of her. Although she remained calm on the surface, her heart was in turmoil.
She hoped that the emperor's sudden summons had nothing to do with the Su family and the Marquis' Mansion, but she felt a little uneasy.
She turned her head and glanced around the courtyard. Chu Ruohan and Gu Junze had already left. Weren't they worried about Marquis Anyang at all?
Gu Chengyan seemed to have noticed something, frowned, and quickly left...
Hongmeng Academy
"What's going on?" Chu Ruohan looked inquiringly.
"The mine collapsed." Gu Junze's tone was flat, as if he was just narrating a trivial matter.
Chu Ruohan's eyes widened in disbelief. "Are you crazy? How many casualties will this cause?"
Her voice trembled slightly with anger, and her hands unconsciously clutched her sleeves.
Gu Junze took her into his arms and sighed, "You just don't believe me."
Chu Ruohan looked at him and saw a hint of hurt in her eyes. She pursed her lips but didn't say anything.
Her body tensed slightly, but she didn't break free from his embrace. She was really afraid that Gu Junze would disregard the lives of the miners in his quest for revenge.
"Don't worry, no one will be hurt. I ordered the shadow guards to sneak in a long time ago. It's just that the entrance collapsed and they are trapped inside." Gu Junze's voice was gentle, and his hand gently stroked her hair.
Chu Ruohan breathed a sigh of relief, and the tension in her shoulders vanished. Fortunately, he was still himself, the seemingly cold yet humane Gu Junze.
"Why is the emperor so anxious that he calls everyone into the palace?" Chu Ruohan raised her head slightly and looked at Gu Junze's calm face.
"Prince Yong has received a secret letter." A gleam of light flashed in Gu Junze's eyes, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly, revealing a meaningful smile.
Three days ago, in a small courtyard outside Beijing, Gu Junze sat beside a desk with a burner of incense burning in front of him.
He held a secret letter in his hand, his eyes deep.
The courtyard door was gently pushed open, and a man in a green robe walked in. It was Lin Jingchuan, the young prince of Prince Yong's Mansion.
"Prince, thank you for keeping me waiting." Lin Jingchuan bowed with a perfect smile on his face.
Gu Junze looked up at him, motioned him to sit down, and then handed him the secret letter in his hand. "Here is the evidence that the Ministry of Industry falsely reported the content of the mine. You can take a look."
Lin Jingchuan took the secret letter and opened it immediately. His eyes quickly scanned the paper, and his expression became more and more solemn the more he looked.
"I'm curious about how the prince got this." Lin Jingchuan closed the secret letter and looked directly at Gu Junze.
Gu Junze did not answer, but picked up the wine jug from the table, poured two glasses of wine, pushed one of the glasses to Lin Jingchuan, and took the other glass to taste it slowly, as if he didn't care about Lin Jingchuan's question at all.
Lin Jingchuan continued to ask, "Why didn't the prince just give it to the emperor?"
Gu Junze still didn't say anything, just took a sip of wine, which made Lin Jingchuan feel frustrated for a moment.
He knew that Gu Junze was treating him as a pawn and didn't bother to give him an explanation.
Every time he met Gu Junze, he had no way to deal with it. He was either ignored or led by the nose. This feeling made him very uncomfortable.
"Prince, are you setting a trap for me?" Lin Jingchuan said half-jokingly, but there was a cautious test in his eyes.
Gu Junze then looked up at him and said lightly: "I'll give you a credit. If you don't want to, I can go to Duke Wei." As he said that, he was about to reach out to take back the secret letter.
Lin Jingchuan quickly put the secret letter into his arms.
"You did it on purpose!" Lin Jingchuan gritted his teeth, his voice filled with anger.
Knowing that the Prince Yong's Mansion and the Duke Wei's Mansion were incompatible, he still deliberately provoked him.
This move is really despicable and mean.
"The news cannot be wrong." Gu Junze stood up, indicating that the conversation was over, but Lin Jingchuan was unwilling to leave.
"Prince, the previous attempts to win over others are still effective." Lin Jingchuan said hurriedly, with hope in his eyes.
"I'll consider it." Gu Junze's answer was as vague as ever, neither a rejection nor a promise.
Chu Ruohan tugged at his sleeve, bringing Gu Junze back to reality.
"Have you thought about it yet?"
Gu Junze buried himself in her hair and took a deep breath, as if drawing strength from it. "Prince Yong is a royalist, he wouldn't want chaos..."
Chu Ruohan raised her head and looked into his eyes seriously, "But will those trapped people be in danger?"
"Don't worry, I've already made arrangements. The shadow guards will lead them out through the secret passage. It will only take two hours." Gu Junze lowered his eyes and looked at her, his eyes full of tenderness. "You are becoming more and more soft-hearted."
"Human lives are at stake," Chu Ruohan said softly, "They should be confronting each other in the palace by now, right?"
Gu Junze nodded, "Prince Yong must have presented the evidence to the Emperor by now, and the entire Ministry of Works will conduct a thorough investigation."
Just as Gu Junze said, the atmosphere in the palace was extremely solemn at this time.
The emperor sat upright on the dragon throne, his face as gloomy as water.
The Minister of Works was kneeling on the ground with cold sweat on his forehead, and several major officials of the Ministry of Works were kneeling beside him.
Prince Yong stood aside with a solemn expression, holding in his hand the secret letter that had been presented to the emperor.
"I ask you, has the gold content of the mine been reported truthfully?" The emperor's voice was not loud, but it was filled with suppressed anger.
Minister Su touched his forehead to the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I have always been conscientious and have never made false reports."
"What a diligent worker!" the emperor sneered, slamming the secret letter on the table. "What Prince Yong found is vastly different from what the Ministry of Works reported. Tell me, could this mine be possessed by a spirit?"
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