The abandoned wife of the noble family, she is Black Heart Lotus

When Gu Deyin heard this, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Xiao Mingzhang. What did this mean?

Gu Jianghuai and Bo Qingya's expressions changed. They had been doing business outside all year round, so they naturally understood what this meant.

The capital is going to be in chaos.

At this time, it is not a good idea for them to return to Beijing. They will probably be controlled by others because of their wealth. Who knows what King Yu can do to raise funds?

Especially Gu Jianghuai. His danger this time was related to King Yu. If he went back at this time, he would be throwing himself into a trap.

Gu Deyin understood his father and brother's worries after thinking about it for a moment, and his expression changed accordingly.

Although she had already guessed Xiao Mingzhang's plan, she always felt that it had little to do with her. After all, she could not intervene. All she could do was to avoid it as much as possible, and then secretly add insult to injury to avenge her father and brother's pursuit.

Of course, she also welcomed the destruction of the Xuanning Hou Mansion.

After thinking about it, she felt that returning to Beijing at this time was not the best option, so she looked at her father and brother and expressed her opinion with her eyes.

If a family of three is in trouble, what's the point of staying here if they don't leave?

Let's go, this is not a good time.

Finally, Gu Jianghuai said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for informing me of this news. It's just not appropriate to continue living here. Let's go out and find a house to temporarily avoid the limelight..."

Anyway, he has a lot of money, so the housing problem can be easily solved.

Xiao Mingzhang sneered softly, and this time he simply looked at Gu Deyin.

"That's what you mean too?"

Seeing his expression, Gu Deyin felt uncomfortable, but she still nodded respectfully. After all, money can make all the difference.

The anger in Xiao Mingzhang's heart became even stronger, and he couldn't help but have a sneer on his face.

"The imperial doctor told me that you were pretending to be my wife, a certain princess, and we often went in and out of the city before. People in the city are familiar with our appearance. Who do you think this assassination is aimed at?"

When she heard the words "the king's wife", Gu Deyin's face was slightly frightened.

But soon, the shyness on her face receded, now was not the time to be shy.

She had naturally thought about this problem, but thinking that Xiao Mingzhang's goal was bigger than hers, she took it easy and thought she could escape smoothly.

Now after listening to Xiao Mingzhang's question, she asked, "Are those assassins from the prefect Lin who were arrested before?"

Xiao Mingzhang looked at her noncommittally.

Gu Deyin's heart sank slightly, this was not good news.

After all, she had been very high-profile when she entered the city before, and she and Xiao Mingzhang visited the military camp two days ago. Many people knew her appearance. If she moved out of the prefect's Yamen, she would probably be retaliated against.

After all, there are still three nails in the rotten ship. The previous prefect Lin has been operating here for many years, and it is impossible for his minions to clean it up in a short time.

It would be fine if she was the only one, but there were still her father and brother here. She couldn't take this risk, and she couldn't drag them into a dangerous situation again.

This time, there was no need for her father Gu Jianghuai to come forward. She stood up and saluted Xiao Mingzhang.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for reminding us. I'm afraid we will have to bother you here for some time. Please be patient with us, Your Majesty..."

Her words were extremely polite, and Xiao Mingzhang's expression returned to his calm look.

"I still owe you a favor, so I will treat it as if I have repaid you for saving your life."

After talking about it, Gu Deyin felt much more at ease. With his words, she could feel at ease living here again.

Gu Jianghuai and Bo Qingya wanted to say anything more, but Gu Deyin stopped them.

They didn't stay here too long, so they said goodbye and left, returning to the small courtyard where they had stayed temporarily.

Xiao Mingzhang looked at her leaving figure with an inexplicable expression, his fists under his sleeves clenched tightly. He didn't know what he was missing, he just felt extremely unhappy.

In the end, he attributed everything to the unlucky King Yu. If this half-brother had to bump into him, don't blame him for not respecting brotherhood.

King Yu's visit to the capital was not small. He first went to the palace to pay homage to the young emperor and Qi Meizhi. He had little interest in Qi Meizhi, the queen mother, and he felt quite disgusted with the beauty who had been used by others. Qi Meizhi showed her kindness extremely, but when she saw that the other party was quite arrogant, her self-esteem was hit and she became very angry.

As expected, this King Yu has never been lovable.

Qi Jinzhi glanced at his sister and told her not to get angry at this juncture. A little impatience at this time would ruin the big plan.

When he handed his sister's autographed letter to King Yu, as a man, he could see the disgust in King Yu's eyes, so he didn't say much about the Queen Mother's secret marriage. He only said that Xiao Mingzhang was suspected of being seriously injured and went with him. The other party forms an alliance.

Of course, he also brought back this crazy girl Yuan Jia this time. With this hostage in hand, King Yu could feel more at ease when he entered the capital.

Of course, if Xiao Mingzhang is really seriously injured and about to die, then the little Yuan Jia will not be affected either.

When King Yu left the palace, he went straight to the Regent's Palace. He wanted to see with his own eyes how injured his half-brother was.

Although he sent the murderer, his people failed to discover the injured Xiao Mingzhang immediately, which caused him to miss first-hand news.

Of course, if Xiao Mingzhang could still breathe a few breaths, he would take the opportunity to hit him with a finishing blow and kill him completely.

Then he will naturally become the new regent. When the situation stabilizes, it will not be too late for him to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.

When Princess Yuanjia returned to the palace, she learned that her brother had been attacked. She was so shocked that she almost fainted and felt that the sky was about to fall.

When she was dealing with her half-brother King Yu in Jiangnan, she didn't know how to be afraid, but now, she was so scared that her back was wet.

Her limp body couldn't exert any strength, but even if she could crawl, she had to go see her brother first.

The servants carried her to the prince's courtyard. Once they entered the inner room, Eunuch Zhou personally helped Princess Yuanjia up and took the opportunity to whisper a few words to her.

Princess Yuanjia, who was already worried, had some color on her face after hearing his whisper.

"Really?"

"When did the old slave lie to the princess?"

Eunuch Zhou's smile calmed Princess Yuanjia's frightened heart.

But she still had to see it with her own eyes before she could believe what Eunuch Zhou said.

At a glance she recognized that the man lying on the bed was not her brother, he was a substitute.

At this point, she felt like she was alive again.

"I'm scared to death."

She patted her chest and said.

But Eunuch Zhou said, "Princess, now is not the time to relax. Since we have tricked King Yu into Beijing, this drama must continue."

Princess Yuanjia understood that she had to let King Yu show his flaws in order to close the net.

So, when King Yu rushed to the Regent's Palace to visit Xiao Mingzhang who was seriously injured, he saw Princess Yuanjia crying into tears. She was so weak that she couldn't exert herself. It was obvious that she had been greatly shocked.

He pretended to come forward to comfort him, and then asked tentatively.

Princess Yuanjia didn't answer any of the questions, which shows that she was completely helpless at this time.

After a while, she grabbed King Yu's sleeve and said, "Brother Eleven, my brother is unconscious. What should we do?"

King Yu believed a little more about Xiao Mingzhang's serious injury. After appeasing Princess Yuanjia's mood, he found an excuse to visit Xiao Mingzhang.

Seeing Xiao Mingzhang lying there unaware of his identity, he was ecstatic in his heart, but pretended to be sad on his face.

After a show of brotherly love, he left the Regent's Palace.

Subsequently, the news that Xiao Mingzhang was seriously injured and unconscious spread in the capital, making several auxiliary ministers and people down to the Li people worried.

King Yu took the opportunity to build momentum, and he was eager to replace him at this time.

Before he officially took office, he first released a group of nobles who followed him from prison, including Xu Ninghou Xu Xiaoli and the Xu family. Of course, the Mu family was also exempted from prison.