Hearing this, Xue Zhiyi seemed to have no doubt at all and said sincerely: "This servant is waiting for Your Highness."
Gu Shichong smiled at her, seemingly doting on her. "But, as you know, the Imperial Grandmother and the Queen Mother have frequent interactions, and my mother's relationship with the Queen Mother has never been good, so the Imperial Grandmother isn't very warm to me either. You have to say something nice about me in front of the Imperial Grandmother, but don't be too obvious, lest the Imperial Grandmother notice the relationship between you and me and make things difficult for you again."
Xue Zhiyi was stunned.
Even a fool could tell that Gu Shichong was bribing the people around the Queen Mother.
Gu Shichong only continued, "If the Empress Dowager has said anything important in the past, you should remember it and tell me when I enter the palace, just like what happened this time with Lan Ying poisoning me."
After saying that, he thought he was being very considerate and said, "Just don't hurt yourself like this time, otherwise I will be heartbroken, understand?"
This sentence was too disgusting. Xue Zhiyi almost changed his expression, but he held it back.
She looked embarrassed: "But the Queen Mother has been very kind to me..."
"The Queen Mother is my grandmother, and I will not harm her." Gu Shichong said seriously, "I just want my grandmother to love me more. I also want to know more about my grandmother's preferences and her food, clothing, and daily expenses so that I can better respect her."
He said, and smiled gently, "When this prince accomplishes his great cause, I will honor the Empress Dowager as well. And you will no longer be a mere concubine. I can pamper you, love you, grant you wealth and honor, and make you my favorite concubine in the harem. Isn't that a good idea?"
After a moment of embarrassment, Xue Zhiyi's brows relaxed slightly, and he tried his best to make his expression look stupid, like a fool who was blinded by love between men and women.
"Then, Your Highness, could you please take in fewer concubines?"
"Of course." Gu Shichong answered without hesitation, almost without thinking: "Although I cannot grant you the position of principal wife, I will not lack any other necessary things."
Xue Zhiyi then slowly smiled, and her tearful eyes narrowed unconsciously: "I am very grateful..."
…
Outside the palace gate, Huo Wuyou just crossed his arms leisurely, but he sneezed for no reason. After thinking about it, he thought it might be the spring cold, so he didn't take it to heart.
Beside him, Yangui was leading a horse and following behind Huo Wuyou, as if waiting for someone.
Suddenly, Yan Gui called out, "My Lord."
"What's wrong?" Huo Wuyou turned around and looked at him.
Yan Gui said, "Something fell on your hair, and it's all green."
Huo Wuyou was confused, so he touched his head and actually touched something. When he looked closely, he found it was a willow leaf that had fallen on his head at some point.
Just when I was about to say that the geese have returned and a dog's mouth can't spit out ivory, I suddenly heard a commotion.
It was time to leave the court, and many people in official robes were walking out.
Huo Wuyou locked onto one of them at a glance.
"Walk."
He walked towards the man, and Yangui followed closely behind him, leading the horse.
Huo Wuyou smiled and called out, "Master Tu!"
Tu Yuxian almost missed a step when he got on the carriage. He stumbled and turned around, bumping into Huo Wuyou's smiling face.
He was a little overwhelmed for a moment: "Marquis Lin'an, you have been following me for a few days. Wherever I go, you follow me. You only left me alone when I went to the toilet. Why did you do this?"
Huo Wuyou thought: His secret guards followed him when he went to the toilet.
He thought this in his heart, but he intentionally or unintentionally dangled the jade cicada given by the emperor and said, "Master Tu, why would I want to entangle with you like this? Since His Majesty has ordered me to do this, I can only work diligently. How dare I slack off in the slightest?"
As he spoke, he patted Tu Yuxian on the shoulder and said, "Master Tu, please bear with me. This is my first time handling a case, and I don't know the severity of it. But there's nothing I can do. His Majesty has said that if I don't keep a close eye on this case, he will punish me."
Having said that, he didn't care whether Tu Yuxian was willing or not, and just dragged him over and sat him down.
In the car, Tu Yuxian held his head, his eyes numb.
Huo Wuyou continued to talk to himself, "Master Tu, tell me, those people who claimed that their family members were forced into prostitution can't even clearly explain what their own women look like. They brought the girls from Chunfeng Tower to them, but not a single one of them is their family. It's really bizarre, and they are all so scared that they are pale and covered in cold sweats."
Tu Yuxian's face turned pale: Ever since Huo Wuyou came, there has been no peace in the Dali Temple. After a whole day of interrogation, nothing could be learned, and one person escaped from prison. Huo Wuyou used this as an excuse to tie up all those people. It would have been fine if they had just tied them up, but they were half-hanged, making it impossible for them to sit or lie down, and not even allowed to sleep. He interrogated them for three days and three nights. It would be strange if they didn't look pale!
Suddenly, Huo Wuyou asked him, "Master Tu, don't you find it strange?"
“Strange, strange…”
Tu Yuxian wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Originally, those people were instructed by Prince Gong to stir up trouble so that the Dali Temple could use it as an excuse to search Chunfeng Tower.
It's fake to begin with, how can it withstand such scrutiny? It will be exposed sooner or later!
He looked at Huo Wuyou with a gloomy look again. This guy was still excited. He was an uneducated and unskilled playboy. He probably took handling cases as fun, which was why he was so happy.
Just find an opportunity to silence those people!
But Huo Wuyou suddenly said, "Master Tu, I have good news for you."
Tu Yuxian didn't know what evil this ancestor was going to do next, so he could only pretend to be calm.
"I thought those people wouldn't tell the truth even if they were hung, so I ordered them all to be hung upside down."
Tu Yuxian was shocked: "When did the Marquis do this?"
Huo Wuyou said confidently, "Of course, it's when you, sir, are in court."
Tu Yuxian's face was a little tense: "Logically speaking, they can't open the trial without my permission."
"Yes," Huo Wuyou said, "They were too inflexible, so I had the cells cordoned off and interrogated them on my own initiative."
Huo Wuyou said, patting his shoulder again: "Guess what?"
Tu Yuxian blinked guiltily.
Huo Wuyou laughed and said, "Just when I was waiting for the adults to leave the court, the Dali Temple came to report that they had confessed!"
"Admit it?!"
Tu Yuxian only felt his face pale and sweat broke out on his back, as if he had been hung for three days and three nights.
Huo Wuyou nodded: "They said they were ordered by someone, and no one in their family was forced into prostitution. They all did it to curry favor with Prince Sheng."
Suddenly, he became concerned about Tu Yuxian: "Master Tu, are you feeling unwell?"
"Thank you, Marquis Lin'an, for your concern. I'm fine." He said, wiping the sweat from his forehead.
Huo Wuyou then said, "However, they insisted on waiting for the Lord to come before they would reveal who the instigator was. That's why I came here specifically to wait for the Lord to leave the court."
As he said this, he grinned and said, "Isn't this extremely good news?"
Tu Yuxian wiped the sweat from his forehead, forced a smile, and said, "Yes, yes..."
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