Chapter 160 The Queen Mother's Troublemaking
When Ling Chan and Xiao Jin arrived at Guo's house, Zuo Lun's men had already rushed in and were killing Guo's servants at will.
Zuo Lun stood at the door of Guo's mansion, looking at the tragic situation inside.
When Ling Chan arrived, he was even laughing.
She rushed forward and kicked Zuo Lun in the waist.
"Ouch." Zuo Lun screamed and fell to the ground.
"Who? Who?" He turned around and saw Ling Chan and Xiao Jin had already rushed in.
Zuo Lun climbed up and chased after him, "Prince Rui? Marquis Zhenbei?"
Ling Chan and Xiao Jin went up and started fighting. After a while, those guards who were killing people wantonly were injured by them.
"How bold! How presumptuous!" Zuo Lun pointed at the two men. "I'm here on the Emperor's orders to confiscate your property. Are you, are you disobeying his orders? Are you plotting a rebellion?"
Ling Chan pushed his hand away and pressed the pistol in her hand against Zuo Lun's forehead.
"Zuo Lun, what crime did Lord Guo commit? Whose orders were you following to bring so many people to the Guo residence to kill people and confiscate property?"
Zuo Lun stiffened his neck and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty's order."
"Where's the imperial edict?"
Zuo Lun licked his lips and said, "Yes, it is the emperor's oral order."
Another oral order. Ling Chan snorted coldly, "For such a serious matter as confiscating property, the Emperor won't issue an imperial decree?"
"In the middle of the night?"
"Zuo Lun, who are you trying to help?"
"Yes..." Zuo Lun wanted to make an excuse.
Ling Chan didn't give him a chance and grabbed him directly with her backhand. "If you have anything to say, go to the palace and speak in front of the emperor."
She has been back in Beijing for so long, but the emperor has never seen her.
Zuo Lun struggled twice but couldn't break free.
"Marquis Zhenbei, your father's family is in prison, but you don't care. Instead, you like to meddle in other people's affairs."
Ling Rui had been imprisoned for over half a month, and Ling Chan had never once asked about him.
Instead, it was Mrs. Ling's father who looked for him many times.
Ling Chan punched him rudely and said, "Be quiet."
Ling Rui's family was in prison, and she did not show up for this reason, but she arranged for the sisters from Qingyi Tower to watch them secretly.
As long as Zuo Lun didn't torture them, everything would be fine.
In fact, not only would Zuo Lun not torture them, he would also have to serve them well.
The new Mrs. Ling is the daughter of the Minister of War and is pregnant again.
Madam Ling is old and has a bad temper...
Guo Yiwen comforted his family and followed Ling Chan and the others out.
"Prince Rui, Marquis Zhenbei, I will go into the palace with you." Guo Yiwen rolled up his sleeves, and his anger was obvious.
When the group arrived at the palace gate, it was already closed.
The guards guarding the palace gate stopped them.
"Your Highness... Marquis of Zhenbei..." The guards at the gate were surprised to see Xiao Jin and Ling Chan...
"General, please open the palace gate. The king and the Marquis of Zhenbei want to go into the palace to see the emperor." Xiao Jin said.
"But..." the leading general was embarrassed, "The emperor has already gone to bed."
The Emperor is only a ten-year-old child, he goes to bed early and gets up late...
At this time, he was already asleep.
Ling Chan said solemnly, "Wake him up if he falls asleep."
As the head of a country, you have a heavy responsibility!
"This..." The general was embarrassed.
The emperor is still a child and often speaks without thinking, but what he says is an imperial decree.
So he really didn't dare to wake up the emperor in the middle of the night. If the emperor said he deserved to die, he would just be beheaded.
"Open the door!" Ling Chan said angrily.
The general still hoped that Ling Chan would think twice, "Marquis Zhenbei may not know that the emperor is already fast asleep..."
"If the emperor is woken up, he..."
"Marquis Zhenbei, please don't make things difficult for us."
"Open the door." Prince Rui stepped forward. "I will protect you in front of the Emperor."
"But if you don't open the palace gate today..."
"If you delay something important, it's not something you can afford."
When the general guarding the gate heard this, he immediately ordered the palace gate to be opened.
Only after he made sure that Xiao Jin and Ling Chan had no weapons on them did he let them in.
And he followed me closely.
Inside the palace, the gates were tightly closed and the entire palace was in darkness.
Inside and outside the palace, soldiers stood guard closely, paying vigilant attention to everything around them.
Seeing the general bringing Ling Chan and Xiao Jin in, everyone whispered to each other, and a tense atmosphere filled the air for a moment.
They arrived at the emperor's palace.
"No." There was a group of armored soldiers standing at the door of the emperor's bedroom. They were holding weapons and were determined not to let Ling Chan and Prince Rui enter.
"Your Majesty, Marquis Zhenbei, no matter what, please wait until the Emperor wakes up."
Ling Chan pushed Zuo Lun forward and said, "Lord Zuo falsely conveyed the imperial edict, intending to assassinate Lord Guo's entire family, but this marquis discovered his plan."
"If you do not awaken the Emperor, I will execute Zuo Lun in front of the Emperor's chambers as a warning to others."
Zuo Lun shouted to the guard at the door, "Why don't you wake up the emperor quickly?!"
The guard who had just refused to let Xiao Jin and Ling Chan in immediately changed his expression and said, "Yes, I'll go right away."
Ling Chan looked at Zuo Lun's back. The Zuo family was very ambitious. Everyone in front of the emperor's palace was theirs...
After a while, the emperor's crying could be heard from the bedroom.
"What are you doing? I'm sound asleep."
"Who is it? How dare you?"
"Uncle Rui Wang? Marquis Zhenbei?"
After hearing the names of Xiao Jin and Ling Chan, the little emperor stopped crying.
After about two cups of tea, the little emperor yawned and led a few guards to the study next door.
As soon as I sat down, Zuo Dongrou also came.
When she saw Zuo Lun being taken into custody, she immediately ordered, "Release Master Zuo."
Ling Chan was holding Zuo Lun, "I am here to question you, Lord Zuo."
Zuo Dongrou sat down and slammed the table when he heard this, "How outrageous."
"Ling Chan, it's fine if you were so rude to me, but now that the Emperor is here, you're still so rude. Don't you think you have the Emperor in your eyes?"
"Lord Zuo falsely conveyed the imperial edict, intending to assassinate Lord Guo's entire family... How can we let such a ruthless person go so easily?"
"Uncle, why did you want to assassinate Lord Guo?" Xiao Ze blurted out.
Zuo Lun's heart sank. The emperor's question confirmed his crime of falsely conveying the imperial edict.
He looked at Zuo Dongrou for help.
Zuo Dongrou frowned...
Ling Chan has been paying attention to their expressions. Seeing Zuo Dongrou like this...could it be that Zuo Dongrou doesn't know about this either?
"Empress Dowager..." Zuo Lun asked for help.
Zuo Dongrou sat up straight, "It's my father's order."
Ling Chan asked, "May I ask the Queen Mother why you want to assassinate Lord Guo's family?"
"Lord Zuo has devoted all his energy to the country and personally assisted the emperor in everything. Lord Guo, however, has delayed state affairs due to personal grudges. Shouldn't he be killed?" Zuo Dongrou spoke every word with gems of wisdom, but did not dare to look at Guo Yiwen.
She just found out that Zuo Lun led people to assassinate Guo Yiwen's family.
If she had known in advance, she would definitely not agree.
Guo Yiwen is the censor and the immediate superior of Liu Yuanshan, the son of Liu Hong.
His personality is similar to Liu Yuanshan's, and the two can be said to be a powerful combination.
People like them...it's hard to find an excuse to frame them.
So Zuo Dongrou can only say that he is delaying state affairs...
Ling Chan snorted coldly and turned to look at the little emperor Xiao Ze, "Your Majesty, what do you think?"
Xiao Ze yawned, "Since it is the Queen Mother's decree, then my uncle is not falsely conveying the decree. Marquis Zhenbei, please release my uncle."
He looked at Guo Yiwen, "As for Lord Guo, I know you are loyal, but you really shouldn't insult the emperor's uncle and delay state affairs because of personal grudges..."
"I will fine you one month's salary as a warning to you."
After saying that, Xiao Ze looked at Xiao Jin and Ling Chan, "Uncle Rui, Marquis Zhenbei, this is just a misunderstanding. There's no need to make such a big fuss..."
"That's it, let's leave it at that. Don't mention it again."
After saying that, Xiao Ze stood up and left, "Just because of this little thing, I can't sleep well."
Zuo Lun stood up triumphantly, "Prince Rui, Marquis Zhenbei, why did you have to make such a fuss?"
He shook his sleeves. After all this trouble, he didn't get any punishment at all.
Not only did so many servants die in Guo Yiwen's house, but he was also fined one month's salary.
Ling Chan glanced at Xiao Jin, who patted her on the shoulder, and then they both looked at Guo Yiwen.
Guo Yiwen shook his head and sighed...
"As long as the whole family can be saved...that's enough." His sigh was full of disappointment.
The three of them walked to the palace gate. Guo Yiwen bowed to Ling Chan and Xiao Jin and said, "Prince Rui, Marquis Zhenbei, goodbye."
Ling Chan looked at Guo Yiwen's back. His back was much more hunched than when he came. Maybe his inner faith collapsed?
In the following days, the Zuo family lived in peace for several days, perhaps because of this incident.
Xiao Jin and Ling Chan's wedding continues to be prepared in full swing.
Zuo Dongrou pretended to be deaf and dumb, pretending she didn't know about this matter.
Xiao Jin and Ling Chan didn't care. They didn't want their wedding to be too grand.
So, on a sunny day, the two got married in a low-key manner...
But this was just Ling Chan and Xiao Jin's initial thought, they never thought of it.
When Ling Chan's sedan chair left the house, the surrounding people lined the streets to see her off with great fanfare.
The common people lined the streets to escort Ling Chan to Prince Rui's Mansion. When Xiao Jin kicked the sedan chair and carried Ling Chan down, everyone congratulated them on their wedding in unison.
Before the two of them clasped their hands, the emperor sent someone to deliver a gift, saying that he was busy with state affairs and could only send gifts to congratulate Uncle Wang and Aunt Wang on their wedding.
As for the Queen Mother, there was no movement at all.
Lord Guo, who was rescued two days ago, did not receive an invitation, but he also sent someone to deliver a gift.
When Concubine Xi heard that the people lined the streets to see them off, she immediately asked her servants to go to the bank to exchange copper coins. She stood at the gate of Prince Rui's mansion and scattered them, inviting the people to join in the fun.
On the second night of the wedding, a palace maid came with an imperial edict to invite Xiao Jin into the palace.
Xiao Jin stayed in the palace until the next morning court session ended before returning.
In the following days, Xiao Ze and Zuo Dongrou took turns inviting Xiao Jin to the palace, and each time he stayed for a whole night.
But every time I went to the palace, there was actually nothing important.
At most, he would give Xiao Jin some unimportant memorials to deal with.
On this day, Zuo Dongrou sent someone again to invite Xiao Jin to the palace, saying that the emperor had difficulties with state affairs and needed Uncle Wang's guidance.
Ling Chan listened to the palace servants' words in a depressed mood. In order to put Ling Chan off, these palace servants now brought imperial edicts every time they came to invite people.
"Go." She was now dressed as a woman, looking more majestic than before.
The palace maid breathed a sigh of relief...
The next second, the palace servant heard Ling Chan's voice...
"I will go with the King of Rui."
The palace maids' hearts tightened, "This...Zhenbei Hou, the Queen Mother only summoned Prince Rui..."
"I do not need the Queen Mother to summon me. I have something to report to the Emperor."
The palace maid was speechless, "My Lord, it's so late, if you have anything to do, it's better to do it tomorrow..."
"It's not too late. Doesn't the Emperor still need to discuss state affairs with Prince Rui?"
"Isn't this a coincidence?"
Ling Chan changed into comfortable clothes and followed Xiao Jin into the palace.
The two were taken to the study in the side hall of Xiao Ze's bedroom, where the memorial had already been prepared.
Ling Chan walked over and fiddled with them casually. There were quite a few of them.
But according to Xiao Jin, the contents of this memorial are very simple.
Xiao Jin looked at Ling Chan with a doting look on his face. They had been married for half a month, but they had only been intimate on their wedding night.
They are both new to the wedding and dare not be too greedy on their wedding night...
Who could have thought that from that day on, we would be separated for half a month.
"Since the Queen Mother summoned Prince Rui to come and instruct the Emperor... then please invite the Emperor to come." Ling Chan looked at the palace maid who brought them into the palace.
The palace maids were dumbfounded...
"this..."
"By the way, please invite the Queen Mother as well. She is the Emperor's mother. The Emperor is young, so she should accompany him..."
The palace maids were even more dumbfounded.
But...the stupidest ones are Zuo Dongrou and Xiao Ze.
When Zuo Dongrou came to the study with a depressed look on her face, the emperor was already sitting there with a sleepy look on his face.
"Let's begin." Ling Chan sat down leisurely. In front of her were tea and cakes prepared by the palace servants.
In order to better accompany the emperor and the empress dowager tonight, she deliberately took a good nap.
Let's see who can last longer tonight.
"Bring me a gong..."
Throughout the night, whenever Xiao Ze dozed off, Ling Chan would strike a gong next to his ear, making him feel dazed and confused...
The same goes for Zuo Dongrou...
Throughout the night, he looked dazed whenever he did something moving. The emperor was also dazed during the morning court session. If an official spoke a little louder, he would shudder, which made all the officials very nervous.
Ling Chan thought that the emperor and the empress dowager would learn their lesson, but Zuo Dongrou couldn't swallow this anger and summoned them for two more days.
On the fourth day...
Ling Chan sat calmly on the edge of the bed, holding her glasses and watching the surveillance footage of Ningshou Palace.
"Empress Dowager, do you still need to summon Prince Rui to the palace today?" Nanny Zhou asked in a low voice.
Zuo Dongrou shuddered when she heard that, then frowned and shook her head in panic, "No, that's not necessary."
She stroked her temples with one hand, shaking it repeatedly, "Whenever I hear about Prince Rui and Marquis Zhenbei... my head hurts."
"Don't invite me, don't invite me."
Seeing this scene, Ling Chan put down her glasses proudly.
Fight her? Humph!
When Xiao Jin walked into the room, he saw a flash of pride on her face.
"What are you so proud of?" Xiao Jin asked her.
Ling Chan stood up, walked to his side, and hugged his waist directly, "What's the matter..."
"Of course it's a good thing..." Her hand wandered around his waist, and in just two or three seconds, Xiao Jin's belt was untied.
Throwing it to the bedside, her hand came back to his chest and she slowly pushed him towards the bed.
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