Even though he smashed the things on the table, it did not reduce the anger in his heart at all.

The emperor has not been having a good time in the past few days and has been very worried.

In his heart, he naturally hoped that something would happen to Gu Jue and Wuhejialou at the same time, and it would be best if both of them died. However, he was also worried that all this was another trick played by Gu Jue and Chu Qianchen. They wanted to force him to take action first and put him in an unjust position.

These two possibilities are 50-50 and both are possible.

If it is the former, he must take action against Prince Chen's Mansion as soon as possible, so as not to miss the best opportunity.

But, if it's the latter...

The emperor had been thinking about this matter over and over again these past few days, tormented and hesitant. In just a few days, he had lost a lot of weight.

Unexpectedly, I received a letter from Gu Jue early this morning.

In other words, Gu Jue is still alive and well!

Just thinking about it, the emperor felt like a thorn in his back, as if there was a beast bathed in fire roaring and clamoring in his heart...

The emperor was in a bad mood, and the palace maids in the Yangxin Palace were not having a good time either. They were all trembling with fear and behaving themselves in fear these days.

When Crown Prince Gu Nanjin followed a young eunuch into the room, as soon as he entered the room, he saw a fist-sized blue and white porcelain paperweight smashing towards him with a fierce rage.

In front of the emperor, Gu Nanjin naturally did not dare to dodge and let the paperweight hit his feet. The paperweight bounced off the ground and hit the instep of the young eunuch.

"..." The young eunuch groaned, not daring to cry out in pain. He lowered his eyes and endured the pain.

Gu Nanjin clenched his fist hidden in his sleeve, ignored the mess on the ground, and continued to walk forward, respectfully bowing to the emperor behind the imperial desk: "Your Highness, your son pays respect to you, Father."

Gu Nanjin already knew that Gu Jue's memorial had just been delivered to the Yangxin Palace. He could guess that the emperor was so furious at the moment because of this matter.

And he came to the Yangxin Palace for this matter.

The emperor also guessed this, and he clenched his fists. He looked at Gu Nanjin with impatience in his eyes, and he also knew why he came.

The atmosphere was stagnant, heavy and depressing.

Gu Nanjin took a deep breath. He knew that the emperor would not be happy, but he still said what he was thinking. He suggested, "Father, the Ninth Prince has returned to the capital. I think if you can personally go out of the city to greet him, it can also ease the relationship between you and the Ninth Prince."

In Gu Nanjin's opinion, the emperor and Gu Jue did not have to reach the point of tension today. It was just that the emperor made a wrong move in the first step. When Gu Jue returned from the north in March, the emperor did not think it through and gave Gu Jue a warning first, which angered Gu Jue and made the situation too tense.

One wrong step leads to all wrong.

Gu Nanjin sighed deeply in his heart helplessly.

There was another reason why Gu Nanjin made this suggestion, which was because of the edict of repentance.

Even if Gu Jue was unwilling to accept the emperor's kindness, it would actually be beneficial for the emperor to pretend to welcome Gu Jue. At least it could reduce some of the criticisms brought about by the edict of repentance, and let the people of the world see that the emperor admitted his mistakes and corrected them, and make the people feel that although he and Prince Chen had some misunderstandings, they were still brothers.

That's why Gu Nanjin came to persuade the emperor.

The emperor's eyes became visibly darker and darker, veins throbbing on his forehead, filled with rage... and even a hint of murderous intent.

Gu Nanjin's heart skipped a beat and sank, but he continued, "Father, the people of the world will see your generosity and self-reflection."

Gu Nanjin knew that the edict of repentance was a knot in the emperor's heart, so he did not mention these three words often. However, the mere word "self-reflection" was like a knife stabbing the emperor's heart.

After Gu Nanjin finished speaking, the hall fell into deathly silence.

The emperor remained silent for a long time. Gu Nanjin became increasingly uneasy. He felt something was not right, and the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end.

"Father..."

Gu Nanjin wanted to persuade the emperor again in a tactful way, but was interrupted by a loud noise.

"Bang!"

The emperor slammed his palm hard on the imperial desk, making his palm numb.

“Rebellious son!” The emperor pointed at Gu Nanjin’s nose and shouted, anger boiling in his heart, even his facial features were slightly distorted because of anger, “What kind of evil idea did you come up with! I am the emperor of the Great Qi, why should I condescend to meet him, Gu Jue?!”

"How ridiculous! Gu Jue only sent Wuhejialou back to Nanhao. What kind of achievement is that!"

"You are a prince, but you always speak for the traitor Gu Jue. Have you been bribed by him?!"

The emperor was so angry that he lost his mind and even uttered the word "traitor" twice.

His scolding was as loud as thunder and as violent as rainstorm, and the eunuchs around him were terrified.

At this moment, if it was someone else standing in front of the emperor instead of the prince, he would probably have been dragged away and beaten with thirty sticks by the furious emperor.

The emperor cursed and vented his anger, and finally said coldly:

"Gu Nanjin, do you believe that I can make you the emperor or dethrone you?!"

The threat is evident in the words.

The emperor's cheeks turned red with anger, his breathing became heavy and rapid, and his eyes were almost vicious.

Gu Nanjin's pupils shrank slightly, and he felt heartbroken and disappointed.

However, as a son and a minister, he could neither disobey his father nor question the monarch.

He could only kneel upright on the cold, hard golden brick floor and said stiffly, "Father, please forgive me. This is not what I meant!"

Eunuch Ni looked at the emperor's furious face and hesitated whether to give him some advice. The next moment, he saw the emperor's face turn from red to pale. He raised his hand to touch his chest, with a look of difficulty on his face...

Eunuch Ni frowned in worry.

He also knew that the emperor had not rested well recently and had sores in his mouth. He advised the emperor to call the imperial physician, but the emperor said it was okay and that he would be fine after taking the elixir.

Eunuch Ni wanted to persuade the emperor to call the imperial physician again, but the next moment, the emperor fell backwards, holding his chest.

Eunuch Ni and the other eunuchs had no time to support the emperor, and the unconscious emperor fell limply onto the high-backed chair at the back.

The crowd rushed forward, surrounded the emperor and shouted:

"emperor!"

"The emperor has fainted, quickly call the imperial physician!"

"Hurry up and inform the Queen..."

There was chaos in the Yangxin Palace and the eunuchs were almost scared to death.

In a moment, the imperial physician from the Imperial Medical Bureau rushed over.

At noon that day, the news that the emperor was ill spread among all the government offices and civil and military officials in the capital, causing a sensation and causing panic among the people.

"The imperial doctors are still staying in the Yangxin Palace."

"More than half an hour ago, Wang Yushi from the Metropolitan Censorate submitted a memorial, saying that the Crown Prince was unfilial and had made the Emperor sick, and requested that the Crown Prince be deposed."

Tang Yuchu told Gu Jue roughly about the drastic changes that had taken place in the capital in just half a day.

Gu Jue raised his lips and chuckled, that inaudible chuckle seemed meaningful.

Chu Qianchen adjusted the red ribbon in his hair, twisted the end of the ribbon with his fingers, and said casually: "This is the emperor's arrangement."

Her tone was light, yet still so to the point.

The two of them sat at the stone table in the courtyard, with a small red clay stove next to them. Chu Qianchen made tea and poured water for Gu Jue, looking so leisurely as if they were enjoying the autumn in the suburbs.

"That's about right." Gu Jue nodded slightly. It was so easy to talk to this girl.

Tang Yuchu thought about it and agreed.

Even if the prince really made the emperor sick with anger, the prince of a country is the heir to the throne. Unless he forces the emperor to abdicate and plots treason or colludes with the enemy country, which imperial envoy would be so blind as to directly demand the dethronement of the prince?

If we eliminate those impossible factors, the answer becomes obvious: it can only be because the censor secretly received the emperor's instructions.

Tang Yuchu's nose twitched and he felt that the rose tea was really fragrant.

Seeing how greedy he was, Chu Qianchen pointed at the teapot and snacks, and told him to help himself.

Tang Yuchu was not polite either. He drank the scented tea happily, and ignored what his two masters said.

Chu Qianchen sighed with emotion: "The prince is so miserable."

Gu Nanjin didn't have a good ending in his previous life. When she and Qin Yao led the army into the capital, Gu Nanjin was already turned into dust.

Gu Jue was playing with the white porcelain teacup in his hand. The teacup was only the size of a woman's fist. In Gu Jue's hand, it looked unusually small, as if it would break if squeezed.

But when Chu Qianchen held the same-sized teacup in his hand, it felt completely different. He couldn't hold it completely in his hand at all.

Her hands are really small. Gu Jue lowered his eyes and stared at her hands, thinking absentmindedly, and said, "Gu Lang probably doesn't really want to depose the crown prince now."

Chu Qianchen took a sip of scented tea and thought about it.

If the emperor really wanted to depose the prince, it would not be just one royal envoy who submitted a memorial, but a hundred people would respond with one voice and all would work together.

Chu Qianchen recalled the fact that the emperor in his previous life had deposed the crown prince twice.

After all, she still had some advantages in her previous life, so it was natural for her to guess this. It was still natural that the prince saw things more clearly than she did.

"The Emperor probably just wants to teach the Crown Prince a lesson right now, to prevent him from always 'disobeying' him." Chu Qianchen said as he speculated.

Thinking that the prince had "angered" the emperor at this time, Chu Qianchen pursed his lips thoughtfully, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind.

Chu Qianchen tilted his face slightly and guessed, "Could it be that the prince wanted to come and welcome the prince, but the emperor refused, so there was a fuss?"

Tang Yuchu drank tea and unceremoniously took a piece of dessert and ate it. He replied vaguely, "That makes sense!"

Chu Qianchen also felt that this was the case and felt sympathy for the prince in his heart.

Seeing that the cup in Gu Jue's hand was almost empty, she put down her own cup and wanted to use the teapot to add more tea for him, but Gu Jue got there first.

Gu Jue picked up the white porcelain teapot and added tea to Chu Qianchen's cup while saying, "When the people arrive, we will return to Beijing."

Gu Jue's movements were so natural that Tang Yuchu almost choked. He felt a feeling of admiration for that bastard Su Mubai.

Su Mubai really tricked the prince into getting a good princess. Tang Yuchu's lips, hidden behind the teacup, curled up slightly, and he added, "I received the news. They should be here in two or three days."

The "people" they were talking about were the one hundred Black Armored Soldiers who were accompanying Wuhejialou on this trip. Because Wuhejialou was poisoned before, they had split up to avoid being noticed and to avoid becoming too conspicuous.

Now, if Gu Jue wants to officially return to Beijing to "report", he needs to meet up with these one hundred Black Armored Soldiers and then enter Beijing together openly.

As for Chu Qianchen, she always agreed to whatever Gu Jue said, and only asked, "What about Wuhejialou?" Should Wuhejialou continue to stay in Gaoling Manor, or return to the capital with the prince? For Chu Qianchen , it didn't matter at all. It was because the poison in Wuhejialou had been there for too long and too deeply, and the toxin had penetrated into his internal organs, and he would not be able to recover within a month.

If he stayed at the farm, she would probably have to come here to see patients every three days.

"Let's go back to Beijing together first." Gu Jue put down the teapot and said.

Before she finished her words, Jing Feng came running over and reported, "Princess, the Great Prince Wuhe has woken up."

Chu Qianchen had just taken a sip of the newly added tea. Hearing this, he continued to drink without stopping until he had finished all the tea in the cup. Then he slowly stood up and said, "Let's go."

Gu Jue's wife followed her husband and left with Chu Qianchen.

Chu Qianchen naturally pulled his sleeve.

(End of this chapter)