After Xiao Fubao's life was stolen, he became the favorite of everyone in the capital

Chapter 420 Missing

Upon hearing this, the Imperial Master sneered and said, "Master Li, don't you think that you are still the emperor's favorite? Don't you think carefully about which favorite minister would be sent by His Majesty to leave the capital and never come back? His Majesty seems to have praised you highly, but in reality, how much power do you have in your hands?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Li Ziqin's face turned ugly. He had been inspecting the border town under the emperor's order for nearly half a year. During this period of time, he also realized that his power had actually decreased rather than increased.

Although it was called an inspection, in reality the people in the border town were not under his control at all. Even if he said a few bad words about others and submitted a memorial, there was no reaction from the capital. He was just a clay statue of a third-rank official.

The Imperial Master continued, "I was clearly casting a spell for your queen, but it backfired in the end, and your queen never regained her high position. It's not that there's something wrong with my spell, but that there are enemies of your queen in the palace now."

Before this, Li Ziqin only knew that the Imperial Master practiced evil techniques and used the blood of young boys and girls to practice his skills on a daily basis. However, he did not know that his sister's favor and his own official position were inextricably linked to the Imperial Master.

"The matter of changing your destiny is just like borrowing luck. It's always a trade-off. If your enemies rise, you will fall. If you are really willing to be a servant, then just pretend that I never said these words to you." The national teacher said coldly.

Li Ziqin has already experienced the wealth and glory of being in a high position, so how could he tolerate these things passing him away?

"Master, please tell me who my enemy is?" Li Ziqin asked.

The Imperial Master opened his mouth and uttered a name: "Gu Mingda."

Li Ziqin suddenly felt that he understood everything. No wonder his sister was like a madman and asked him to deal with the Gu family during that time.

"Since you knew it already, why did you hide it from me?" Li Ziqin was very unhappy about being kept in the dark.

The Imperial Master had always looked down on Li Ziqin and said, "Can you accept this? Don't you always think that you got the position by your real ability?"

Li Ziqin was speechless.

The Imperial Master continued, "Things have always been done in secrecy. You tell your concubine everything. Who can trust you more than you do?"

Li Ziqin had a favorite concubine whom he loved very much. Nothing in the family was hidden from her. Even the third daughter of the Li family was the daughter of the favorite concubine, but she was registered under the name of his wife.

Everyone in the capital knew that Li Ziqin favored his concubine and killed his wife, but because the Li family was so powerful, no one talked about it openly.

"I don't know how many times your queen has advised you to send this beloved concubine away, but you just couldn't bear to do so. Otherwise, I would have told you these things long ago." said the national teacher.

The Imperial Master actually didn't understand why Empress Li hated this concubine so much from the beginning, but Li Ziqin was like a person who had been bewitched, and no matter what others said, he just let the concubine do whatever she wanted at home.

Hearing this, Li Ziqin touched his nose and changed the subject, saying, "Do you really want to take this step? Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. If it fails, there will be no recovery..."

The Imperial Master looked at him coldly and said, "Do you think you have any other choice now?"

After Li Ziqin left the room, he was sitting in the yard, and before he could recover from the shock, a servant came in hurriedly to report.

"Sir, today in the court, His Majesty issued two decrees. One is to promote Gu Mingda, and the other is to demote you to the governor of Qiuzhou. You'd better hurry back to the border town. If the messenger arrives but doesn't see you, what will you do?"

After hearing this, Li Ziqin did not worry about being demoted at first. Instead, he thought that if Gu Mingda was promoted, he would be demoted, which was exactly the same as what the imperial teacher said.

This is a long time.

Gu Mingda is his enemy!
Li Ziqin turned around and went back to the secret room.

"Just tell me what you want me to do! If I don't succeed this time, I'll die!" Li Ziqin had obviously made up his mind. The Imperial Master opened his mouth and said a name.

Li Ziqin's eyes were full of confusion. After a moment, he said, "Okay."

As soon as they left the secret room, Li Ziqin told his confidant, "Send someone to send the Madam and the young masters and young ladies to the south, and bring them back after a while."

The confidant looked embarrassed and said, "Sir, the lady has always been clinging to you, chasing you from the capital to the border town and back again. If you make such an arrangement, I'm afraid she won't want to leave."

The "Madam" Li Ziqin mentioned was naturally not his legal wife, but his favorite concubine, Li.

"If she doesn't want to, then tie her up in the carriage and tell her that this is not a joke." Li Ziqin had obviously made up his mind.

The confidant had no choice but to agree.

After finishing today's classes, Gu Mingda got on his own carriage and waited at the palace gate for a long time before finally seeing the jumping figure.

Niu Niu, accompanied by the little palace maid, ran quickly towards the carriage.

"Dad, I learned a new song today. I will play it for everyone when I get back." Niu Niu said with a smile.

Gu Mingda held his daughter in his arms and said with a smile, "Okay."

Niu Niu added, "There is no class tomorrow. The Emperor said he is going out hunting, and he will take me with him!"

Niu Niu was very much looking forward to this, after all, she had never hunted in the hunting grounds in the capital.

Gu Mingda smiled and nodded, saying, "Since His Majesty is willing to take you with him, you have to behave yourself tomorrow and don't cause trouble for others, understand?"

Niuniu nodded vigorously.

Since she no longer had to live in the palace, Niu Niu's mood had visibly improved. Now the empress dowager and the emperor had almost the same status as Sun Jiaxing and his wife in her heart, and they were all elders who treated her very well.

"Dad, will you be a minister in the future?" Niu Niu suddenly asked.

Gu Mingda was puzzled: "Why do you suddenly ask this?"

"Miaomiao told me. Miaomiao said that the emperor thinks highly of daddy and promoted him so quickly. He will definitely let daddy enter the cabinet in the future. She said that her grandfather entered the cabinet in this way!" Niu Niu said.

Gu Mingda shook his head: "It's too early to say whether he can join the cabinet. Who can predict what the future will be like?"

"Then Daddy, do you want to join the cabinet?" Niu Niu asked.

Gu Mingda said: "As a minister, you naturally want to be the most powerful official, but things in this world cannot be achieved just by thinking about them, so you are not allowed to make wishes casually."

Gu Mingda made a patch, and Niu Niu couldn't take advantage of it, so she could only cover her mouth and nod.

The carriage had just returned to Gu's house, and the father and daughter had not yet gotten off the car when Qi Dashan came to greet them with an anxious look on his face.

"Master, it's bad. Doctor Yan from Baiyun Town sent a letter saying that Young Master Zhao left home in the afternoon and never came back. No one knows where he went!" Qi Dashan said.