famous eldest daughter

Chapter 701 Mezzanine
The chamberlain lowered the gauze curtain on the copper hook for the emperor. His sad little eyes glanced at the sleeping emperor through the hazy gauze curtain, sighed quietly, and turned around to go down.

In the early morning of the next day, after the morning court, before the emperor summoned him, Xiao Yi offered to report something.

In the imperial study, green smoke rises from the ambergris in the auspicious incense burner. The winter sunshine shines through the large window covered with clear paper in the imperial study. Half of the room is filled with sunlight, but the emperor's desk becomes a dividing line.

After writing the book, the emperor was lying on a large dragon chair. In a place where the sun could not reach, his face was indistinct, making it difficult to see his expression.

Xiao Yi felt guilty after all because of the incident at the Yongning Marquis Mansion. After saluting and saying hello, he took a deep breath and said: "Father, last night, I received an urgent report from Wang Dao, the scribe of the Ministry of War, who was sending it to Kyoto. When the document arrived, a letter was discovered. Because the location of the letter was so secret, it was not noticed when it was delivered that day. He only saw the important contents of the letter after sorting through the case files last night. , as soon as we find it, we will immediately send it to Erchen’s residence.”

Listening to what Xiao Yi said, the emperor couldn't help but think of what the commander of the Forbidden Army reported back last night: Wang Daosheng, the scribe of the Ministry of War, was brought back to the mansion from outside by Xiao Yi's personal servant.

What the commander of the imperial army saw was Wang Daosheng arriving after being summoned by Xiao Yi. When Xiao Yi heard it, it turned out that Wang Daosheng came to the door on his own initiative.

As Xiao Yi opened and closed his mouth, the emperor's mind was racing with thoughts, and a thick layer of fog rose between his brows. However, he was sitting in the dark, standing in the bright sunlight, and Xiao Yi couldn't see clearly.

After Xiao Yi finished speaking, he took out two neatly folded rice paper letters from his sleeves, bowed his head respectfully and raised his hand, holding the letters in his hands, "Father, I have seen it, and this is the letter that was carried."

He held it up, and the head chamberlain naturally went to pick it up. When he handed it over to the emperor, he couldn't help but look at Xiao Yi deeply.

The letter was unfolded, and as the handwriting came into view, the Emperor's face suddenly became livid, and due to the momentary anger, his throat made a whirring sound, like a bellows blowing.

The handwriting on the paper is flying, vigorous and powerful, and the dancing dragons and phoenixes are as uninhibited and free as the wind. With just one glance, the emperor can conclude that these are Gu Zhen's own handwritings.

The content of the letter was a private communication between Gu Zhen and the Liaodong royal family. The letter agreed that Gu Zhen would pretend to be defeated on the battlefield and intentionally lose to the Liaodong army, while the Liaodong royal family promised Gu Zhen thousands of taels of gold.

After the great victory in Liaodong, the imperial court ceded the land. Liaodong took half of the land under its jurisdiction and transferred it to Gu Zhen's name as his private property.

After reading the words line by line, the emperor was so angry that he slapped the letter paper in his hand on the table with his backhand. He was so angry that he grabbed a Langhaohu pen at hand and used force in his hand. The pen was suddenly broken into pieces by him.

Gu Zhen, almost the person he trusted the most in the world, actually colluded with the Liaodong royal family behind his back...

This kind of betrayal made the emperor a hundred times more angry than King Duan's betrayal.

Shaking away the broken pieces of bamboo, the emperor stood up angrily, clenched his fists and said angrily: "Where did you come from?"

He was so angry that he had already forgotten what Xiao Yi had just said.

Seeing this, Xiao Yi felt secretly happy and repeated his explanation, "Wang Daosheng, a scribe from the Ministry of War, sent it to the residence of the minister last night. Seeing that the matter was of great importance, the minister did not dare to make any arbitrary decisions, so..."

"Wang Daosheng..." Anger that was about to burst out of his eyes flashed in his dark eyes, and the emperor said these three words through grinding his teeth, "Go, call him here!"

If it was said that someone else was plotting rebellion, he would have no doubt based on this secret letter written by himself. But at the moment, the person who plotted rebellion was Gu Zhen, and it was Gu Zhen who he would rather hand over his family and life to. Even though the emperor's heart was filled with blood, But he couldn't accept it no matter what.

The chief chamberlain received the order and executed it immediately.

Although the time of waiting for Wang Daosheng was not long, it was enough for the emperor to calm down slightly from his frightened and angry mood. He lowered himself and sat down again. Even though his heart was still agitated and his blood was rushing, the manic anger on his face dissipated, leaving only Cold and sinister.

As the wooden door of the imperial study room was pushed open again, a thin man with a bowed head and a bowed head came in together with the chamberlain. He walked gingerly to the table, knelt down and saluted. Out of the corner of his eye, he couldn't help but glance at Xiao Yi, who was standing on one side.

The scribe has no rank and cannot be regarded as a serious courtier, but he still calls himself a courtier.

After he saluted, the emperor threw the rice paper of the secret letter on the table in front of him, and said in a calm but not lacking in cold voice: "You found this letter?"

When Wang Daosheng heard this, he immediately trembled, knelt and crawled towards the direction where the letter fell, picked up the letter and glanced at it briefly, saying, "I found it."

The voice trembled unreasonably.

No wonder he was nervous. On the one hand, he felt guilty. On the other hand, although he had served in the Ministry of War for more than ten years, today was his first time to meet the Holy Spirit, and the location was the majestic imperial study room. How could he calm down?

Xiao Yi saw that he was trembling uncontrollably, fearing that he might have missed the clues and his father, who was suspicious by nature, immediately coughed lightly and said to Wang Daosheng: "Father is wise, just tell the truth. That’s right, no need to be nervous.”

Hearing Xiao Yi's voice, Wang Daosheng felt a little more at ease.

"Last night, I was sorting through recent files from the Ministry of War, and found this secret letter in a document that had been reviewed. The cover of that document was sandwiched, and I accidentally got water on the cover. The cover was wet, revealing the clues, and the minister discovered the interlayer, and immediately opened the interlayer, and found the secret letter inside."

As he spoke, Wang Daosheng lowered his head, took out a letter from his sleeve, held it in both hands and handed it over, "This is the secret letter found here."

The chief chamberlain bent down to take it and delivered it to the emperor.

The document was indeed reviewed by him personally. The above content was marked by Gu Zhen's great victory. The emperor clearly remembered how excited he was when he received the eight hundred mile urgent document that day.

That feeling was still echoing in his mind, but in front of him, he actually had to deal with Gu Zhen's rebellion. The feeling in his heart was really...
Clenching his fists and sighing, suppressing the anger in his heart, the emperor picked up the sandwich that Wang Daosheng said and took a look.

Sure enough, this interlayer is exquisitely made, and you really can't find it without looking closely.

Since this secret letter was sent from the Liaodong battlefield, it must have been done by someone close to Gu Zhen. Who could have put this secret letter in?Was this secret letter really written by Gu Zhen himself?

As an emperor, he also knows a lot of cunning tricks. In this world, there are many people with wonderful pens who are good at imitating other people's handwriting, so as to confuse the real with the fake.

As soon as it appeared before his eyes, whether someone deliberately framed Gu Zhen or it was true, he had to deal with it carefully.

Gu Zhen, that’s Gu Zhen!
　Thanks to the cute little Bai Xiongfang for the tip!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)