Chapter 112: Be extremely vigilant
After seeing Gu Qingheng off, the Duke of Zhenguo couldn't help scratching his head with both hands and walked back and forth with his hands behind his back.
Just like the anxiety and entanglement Zhao Mingzhu felt when she came to visit that day.
Seeing his anxious look, the old butler consoled him, "Your Majesty, would you like some tea? This time, His Highness has brought some rare and precious tribute tea."
After hearing this, the Duke of Zhenguo fixed his eyes on the pile of tea. He sat in front of it and waited for the maid to prepare various spices for the tea.
He was patient enough to make tea at first, but when he put the tea leaves in at the end, he just broke off a piece and threw it into the teapot, mixing all the light and strong flavors together.
Seeing this, the old housekeeper showed a distressed look: "My Lord, if people outside saw you drinking tea like this, I wonder how regretful they would be."
These teas are worth a fortune, and ordinary officials may not even be able to taste them.
"I don't care what they think."
The Duke of Zhenguo cooked it like porridge, blowing it cool before pouring it all into his mouth, and then spitting it out like spitting out melon seed shells.
"Grandma's legs are so bitter. How can I drink something so disgusting?"
The old butler smiled helplessly. It would be difficult for the food to taste good if it was cooked casually like this. The Duke was clearly taking the opportunity to vent his emotions.
The next moment, the Duke of Zhenguo stood up and continued walking around. After a moment, he seemed to have made up his mind.
"Tell someone to go to Chuncheng in person and have Mingzhu go as far away as possible and hide well."
When he saw Gu Qingheng's crazy look, he felt like there was a knife hanging over his head.
The old housekeeper nodded after hearing this and said, "Yes, I will do it now."
The Duke of Zhenguo watched him roll away like a meatball and sighed even more: "Slow down, don't get too excited later, or you'll be caught and made into soup."
The housekeeper was about to go out, but when he heard this cold joke, he didn't know whether to laugh or not:
"Thank you, Duke, for the reminder."
Gu Qingheng, who was in the carriage, listened to Changshu's report on Bo Ling's recent situation. Changshu said:
"Bo Ling said everything went smoothly, but he spent quite a bit of money along the way. I hope Your Highness can double the amount."
Changshu didn't get a response from Gu Qingheng, so he picked up his pen and wrote back naturally: Wait, I'll see it in my dreams.
Gu Qingheng narrowed his eyes slightly, and suddenly said, "Let's go to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion."
Changhe and Changshu looked at each other.
In the alley behind the Duke of Zhenguo, Gu Qingheng tapped his knees with his knuckles and looked at the chessboard in front of him.
After a while, Changshu came back and said, "I heard from you that after we left, the steward of the Duke's Mansion ordered his servants to go out of the city to do some business."
But what's so strange about this? The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion is such a big place, it's not surprising that some things require leaving the city.
Gu Qingheng picked up a black chess piece and made his move.
The originally trapped Black Dragon suddenly seemed to get a glimmer of hope and came back to life.
"Tell someone to keep a close eye on this. From now on, all correspondence in and out of the Duke's Mansion must go through our hands."
Changshu was surprised after hearing this. Why did they suddenly want to monitor the Duke's Mansion?
"Your Highness, the Duke of Zhenguo is the Crown Princess's father. Should we..."
Gu Qingheng: "Go."
Changshu shut up: "Yes."
Gu Qingheng leaned against the car wall and opened the secret drawer, which contained the snacks that Zhao Mingzhu had left over from last time.
Hopefully he's just being paranoid.
Otherwise, it would be puzzling why, when the topic of resurrecting Zhao Mingzhu was mentioned, the Duke of Zhenguo was not only surprised but also resisted.
Given the Duke Zhenguo's excessive love for his daughter, this shouldn't be the case.
Gu Qingheng's expression gradually became cold.
"Go to Changle Palace."
In Changle Palace, Gu Yu was drinking medicine. She was in better spirits today than usual.
She was a little surprised to hear that Gu Qingheng was coming.
"What brings my brother here?"
Gu Yu went out to greet him and saw that Gu Qingheng had already sat down. She looked at him calmly and said.
Gu Qingheng said: "Your illness is serious."
The room is filled with the fragrance of medicine, which only happens when Gu Yu falls ill.
Gu Yu sniffed it lightly, revealing a look of disgust. She really hated the strong smell of medicine, but she couldn't live without it.
"I have to thank my royal brother for preparing those medicines for me so early. Otherwise, I might not have survived the winter this year."
Gu Yu held the hot tea in her hand and looked at Gu Qingheng through the steam. Just as she would not easily go to the East Palace, Gu Qingheng would not easily come to Changle Palace either.
Something must have prompted him to come.
"What brings you here, my royal brother?"
Gu Qingheng looked at his sister in front of him. When Zhao Mingzhu was around, she would go to the East Palace. Later, when Zhao Mingzhu was gone, she stopped going there.
Before this, Gu Yu had not appeared in the East Palace for five years.
This shows how much influence Zhao Mingzhu had on her.
"Zhaohua, did you two meet before the Crown Princess fell off the cliff? Did you exchange any words?"
Gu Yu was already drowsy, but was awakened instantly. She picked up the teacup to hide her abnormality.
In just a moment, Gu Yu had already thought of what to say.
She sighed a lot.
"My Royal Brother, what you said reminds me of this."
Gu Yu put down his teacup and continued to sigh softly: "Zhao Mingzhu played a game of mahjong with me before, and she didn't pay me in the end. She told me to pay her back in my next life. I didn't expect her words to come true."
Gu Yu couldn't help but sigh. After sighing, she said to Gu Qingheng:
"Brother, look at this money... even brothers should settle accounts clearly, right?"
Gu Qingheng got up and left.
After Gu Yu waited for the footsteps to completely disappear, she couldn't help but frown. Feicui came over to support her: "Princess, you have to go and rest for a while."
Gu Yu helped her stand up, and then her body swayed. She stood still for a while and then said to Feicui:
"Hurry up and go to the Grand Tutor's Mansion. Let An Yun lie in bed and be unable to see anyone. My brother will most likely come looking for her."
No, Gu Yu felt that he had to go there in person. An Yun was simple-minded, and it would be disastrous if she was tricked into confessing something.
Outside Changle Palace, Changhe watched Gu Yu leave the palace from behind a rockery, then turned around to look for Gu Qingheng.
"Your Highness, the princess has left the palace."
Gu Qingheng stood on the waterside pavilion. He scattered a handful of fish food and said calmly:
"Follow her and see where she's going."
Changhe said: "Yes."
Gu Qingheng was the only one in the water pavilion. He looked at the fish in the lake scrambling for food.
An idea vaguely emerged in my mind.
Gu Yu, who had gotten on the carriage, realized what was happening later. She asked the driver to stop. Feicui asked, "What's wrong, Princess?"
Didn’t you say you were going to the Grand Tutor’s Mansion? Why didn’t you go?
Gu Yu closed her eyes tightly. She was so worried that she was confused. If Gu Qingheng left as soon as he left, she would go to the Grand Tutor's Mansion right after.
They happened to be going to the home of another close friend of Zhao Mingzhu's, which seemed a bit too hasty.
Her royal brother must not reveal any flaws and must be extremely vigilant in dealing with him.
Gu Yu took a deep breath and said, "Let's go to the Jinlou on Zhuque Street. I want to see the new jewelry that has been released recently."
Although Feicui didn't understand much, she never contradicted her and said to the driver:
"Go to Suzaku Street."
As the sky gradually darkened, Changhe found Gu Qingheng in the water pavilion. He had never left.
"Your Highness, the princess spent a long time browsing the Golden Building and bought a lot before returning to Changle Palace."
Gu Qingheng remained silent after hearing this.
"Return to the East Palace."
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