Xu Yuehuai breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. It was enough that Pei Xuan could meet Qi Guze once; at least the situation was no longer so passive.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xu Yuehuai bowed deeply and then hurried back to her side.
After returning to the house and changing his clothes, Xu Yuehuai came out and said, "Yinhu, go to Tianxiang Tower right now. If nothing unexpected happens, Pei Xuan should be there too."
She picked up her pen and wrote a letter stating that the Emperor had granted Pei Xuan permission to visit Qi Guze, and instructed Pei Xuan to avoid Ningyuan Marquis's spies as much as possible, and to find out if Qi Guze had recently offended anyone.
Yin Hu looked at the letter in her hand with mixed feelings. Xu Yuehuai had been soaked in the rain for half a day, only to receive this. She didn't know if it was worth it. But she dared not say it directly and hurried towards Tianxiang Tower.
...
The first floor of Tianxianglou was still bustling with activity, with the sounds of clinking glasses and exchanging toasts filling the air. Even the rain couldn't dampen their enthusiasm.
Upstairs, however, a gloomy atmosphere prevailed. Pei Xuan paced back and forth in the room, his brows furrowed in deep worry.
“Lord Pei, please have a seat. We saw the Zhenguo Duke’s carriage enter the palace earlier. It seems that Manager Xu has already received the news and is currently negotiating with the Emperor.” Zhou Wan’s eyes were almost blurry from watching him walk back and forth.
“I can’t calm my mind,” Pei Xuan said, sitting down and clapping his hands.
No sooner had he finished speaking than Zhao Ping came running up, panting, and said, "Third Sister, the silver pot is here."
"Quickly, invite them upstairs." The three people upstairs were startled by this, and Pei Xuan clenched his fists tightly.
After Yin Hu came up, she immediately saw Pei Xuan, chuckled, and said, "Miss is indeed a prophet; Lord Pei is indeed here."
"Does Xu Yuehuai have anything to tell me?" Pei Xuan asked anxiously.
"Miss sent me with a letter," Yin Hu said, quickly taking out the letter.
Pei Xuan took it and quickly scanned the contents. A huge weight was lifted from his heart. It made things much easier now that the Emperor had agreed to let him see Qi Guze. However, he didn't know what Xu Yuehuai had done to secure this opportunity.
"Lord Pei, let's go to the palace together in our carriage," Yin Hu reminded him at the opportune moment.
“Alright.” Pei Xuan didn’t stand on ceremony. After bidding farewell to Zhou Wan and San Niang, he rode in Yin Hu’s carriage into the palace.
Outside the Ministry of Justice prison.
"Lord Pei, I can only escort you this far. Please do not disappoint Miss's good intentions." Yin Hu bowed and pleaded with Pei Xuan.
He nodded in agreement, then opened his umbrella and walked towards the prison gate.
The guard at the door was the same one from earlier that day. When he saw Pei Xuan approaching, he swallowed hard. He had already received the Emperor's orders, so he naturally dared not stop him and let Pei Xuan in directly.
Pei Xuan finally got to see Qi Guze, and asked with a worried look, "Have you offended anyone recently? Why are you bringing this up again?"
Qi Guze, who had been resting with his eyes closed, sighed upon hearing Pei Xuan's words and said, "Come closer."
Pei Xuan leaned closer, and Qi Guze whispered in his ear, "The current crown prince is definitely a fake; the real crown prince has a birthmark on his arm."
"Really?" Pei Xuan was shocked to hear this. If that were true, then everything would make sense.
“Absolutely true, otherwise I certainly wouldn’t be here,” Qi Guze said, shaking the chains in his hand.
“Then we should rescue Qi Guze as soon as possible…” Pei Xuan wanted to say that they should rescue Qi Guze as soon as possible, as he was worried that the fake crown prince would kill him to silence him, but Qi Guze interrupted him.
"I have already arranged for people to search for the true prince's whereabouts. Don't worry about me. I'm fine for now, and it hasn't come to the point of no return," Qi Guze said.
“But with you here, it’s inevitable that…” Pei Xuan knocked on the cell pillar, his words filled with worry.
"Please pass on a message to Xu Yuehuai for me, telling him not to worry about me, that everything is under control," Qi Guze replied, waving his hand.
Seeing Qi Guze so calm, Pei Xuan felt much calmer and turned back to inform Xu Yuehuai.
...
Meanwhile, Xu Yuehuai was also constantly pondering the cause of this matter.
The people who colluded with the Mingyue Kingdom were clearly Ningyuan Hou and others, but they were mistakenly identified as Qi Guze. There must have been correspondence between Ningyuan Hou and Maimaiti. If we could obtain these documents, we could prove Qi Guze's innocence.
Xu Yuehua gritted her teeth. It seemed they needed to plant a spy next to Marquis Ningyuan.
Just as she was thinking this, the silver pot came in.
Yin Hu repeated Pei Xuan's words word by word, which made Xu Yuehuai frown involuntarily.
"Princess, is something amiss?" Yin Hu asked repeatedly.
Xu Yuehuai's eyes widened as she asked, "Are you sure this is true?"
"It's absolutely true, I wouldn't dare utter a single falsehood." Although Yin Hu didn't understand why she was so shocked, she still replied immediately.
Xu Yuehuai paused.
She remembered clearly that she had only glanced at it briefly, but there was a birthmark on Anan's arm.
She quickly wrote a letter, subtly mentioning the birthmark on Anan's body, and asked Pei Xuan to go find Zhao Ping.
After finishing the letter, she immediately handed it to Yin Hu and instructed him, "You must deliver this letter to Zhou Wan or San Niang at Tianxiang Tower. You absolutely cannot entrust it to anyone else, and you must not let anyone know about this. Do you understand?"
“Princess, what about the Madam…” Yin Hu paused.
She naturally knew that since she was now serving Xu Yuehuai, she had to listen to her in everything, but she was afraid that this would worry the Lady of Zhenguo, so she looked worried.
Xu Yuehuai patted her hand and said, "Don't worry, I will personally apologize to my godmother after everything is done."
"Yes," Yin Hu could only agree.
Just as she was about to turn around and go out to do her business, she suddenly remembered something else and quickly stopped in her tracks, saying, "Princess, although the Duke used a scheme to make His Majesty recognize Xu Mingzhi's literary talent, for some reason His Majesty restored his official rank. Now that man is a member of the Hanlin Academy, I'm afraid they might cause trouble. Do you think we should send Aunt Cui back to them to avoid any problems in the future?"
“No need.” Xu Yuehuai paused. “They are nothing but petty people who only care about profit. They are only driven by money. You should ask your godfather and godmother to send people to keep an eye on them and see who they associate with.”
"Xu Mingzhi has no real talent or ability, and he will be exposed sooner or later."
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