Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 61
"Liu Aiqing, tell me."

The Liu Aiqing mentioned by the emperor is Liu Zimin, Minister of the Ministry of War. Over the years, the emperor has ordered him to secretly monitor Gu Lingqing, and this matter is unknown to outsiders.

This Liu Zimin is the younger brother of the current empress and Gu Zixing's uncle. He has never been on the battlefield in person, but he has a treacherous mind and is used to acting on the face of others.

"Back to the emperor, what His Royal Highness said is true, and Gu Lingqing is no longer in that small village at this time."

"Presumptuous!" The emperor roared, and the people standing under His Highness knelt down one after another, kneeling on the ground, lowering their heads and not daring to make a sound.

At the moment when all the people in the hall were kneeling tremblingly, Liu Zimin suddenly stood up and bowed his hands.

"Back to the emperor, Weichen's subordinates have already learned of Gu Lingqing's current whereabouts."

After hearing Liu Zimin's words, the emperor's face became a little better: "Prince, tell me, how should we deal with this matter?"

Gu Zixing stood up, respectfully and respectfully: "Return to father, this Gu Lingqing has been pretending to be crazy and foolish for so many years, and suddenly left this time, it must be a conspiracy. Father should immediately issue an order to arrest him and bring him to justice."

The emperor also quite agreed with the prince's words, and nodded lightly: "Pass my order to arrest Gu Lingqing immediately."

Hearing this, Gu Zixing's face showed a stern look, Gu Lingqing, long time no see, we will meet soon, it's a pleasure to meet you.

"Yes, I will do it right now." Minister of the Ministry of War made a slight bow and was about to leave the hall.

"Wait a minute!"

I saw a man in a white costume, got up from the side, walked into the hall, and bowed to the emperor.

The crown prince looked at the man who suddenly stepped in, and couldn't help opening his eyes wide, and scolded: "Lao Qi, do you have any doubts about the decision made by the emperor?" The crown prince gritted his teeth and blinked his eyes. He stared at Lao Qi unblinkingly, a bit threatening.

The person who spoke out to stop Liu Zimin from leaving was the Seventh Prince of the dynasty——Gu Qi.

His mother and concubine are the first of the four concubines - Concubine Xian.And he was well-behaved since he was a child, with a gentle and refined temperament, and he was also deeply loved by the emperor. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the emperor's most beloved youngest son.

Originally, the emperor was dissatisfied when he heard that someone stopped the action of Minister of the Ministry of War. At this juncture, stopping his action was undoubtedly questioning his own decision-making, and he was naturally unhappy.

When he saw that the person standing in the hall was Gu Qi, the dissatisfaction on the emperor's face was wiped away, and instead he looked forward to what his youngest son would say next: "Qi'er, what's different about you?" Views?"

I saw Gu Qi took out a letter from his sleeve and offered it with both hands: "Father, please have a look."

Eunuch Li, the chief eunuch next to the emperor, hurried down the steps with small steps, took the letter from Gu Qi, and presented it to the emperor.

The emperor took the envelope from Eunuch Li. After coughing twice, he straightened up and opened the envelope. While he was reading, Gu Qi also spoke at the right time.

"Father, I received this letter yesterday. I wanted to report it to my father alone after I retired from the court today, but I didn't expect the crown prince to be so impatient. I had no choice but to take it out now and ask my father to read it."

As soon as these words came out, the crown prince frowned, wondering what was in the envelope?

"Father, this letter has already said that Gu Lingqing is seriously ill now, and he had to leave the town as a last resort. The letter stated that Madam Gu took him to Zhang County, just because the retired doctor Li's hometown is in Zhang County. I don’t know if Lord Liu found out whether the route of the two of them was heading to Zhang County.”

The Shangshu of the Ministry of War was suddenly asked, he was stunned for a moment, and then he stabilized his mind: "The whereabouts of the two are indeed going to Zhang County."

At this moment, the emperor was also finishing reading the contents of the letter.

In fact, there is absolutely no need for the seventh prince to say these things in front of everyone, as long as the emperor understands it in his heart, but he just did it.

Gu Qi's purpose is to let everyone know, so as not to give the emperor the slightest chance to play tricks.

I saw the emperor handing the finished letter to Eunuch Li next to him: "Xiao Lizi, you and Nanny Gu are old acquaintances, you look at the handwriting on the letter, but she wrote it herself?"

After Eunuch Li took the envelope, he looked at it carefully for a while: "Return to the emperor, the handwriting is indeed that of Nanny Gu."

As soon as the words came out, the prince's face was as ugly as if he had eaten shit.

It never occurred to me that I came here triumphantly, and I thought I was very sure, but at this last moment, such a big mistake happened.

"Father, you always use letters as evidence, but you can't prove that the two of them have no disagreement. Gu Lingqing has been pretending to be crazy for so many years, and his thoughts are really deep. Father, think twice."

The prince was afraid that the emperor's heart would soften for a while, so he let go of Gu Lingqing, and hurriedly said, grabbing Gu Lingqing's braid.

"Heh!" Gu Qi didn't care about what the prince said just now, "The prince keeps saying that Gu Lingqing is pretending to be crazy, but is there any evidence? Is it just based on your own words?"

"You!" The prince angrily pointed at Gu Qi with a finger, but he was speechless for a moment. He really had no real evidence, and he only relied on the letter from Zhang Yi Feige. Can you do evidence?

"Okay, okay, stop arguing, it's making my head hurt!" the emperor stopped the two people's tit-for-tat confrontation in the hall.

Hearing the emperor's voice to stop it, the hall was completely quiet. Looking at the letter in his hand, the emperor was full of thoughts.

"Since Ling Qing is unwell, I don't think he should go to Zhang County anymore. Master Liu, just bring him back to recuperate. I don't know what the emperor thinks?"

The emperor was suspicious by nature, even with the letter submitted by Gu Qi as evidence, he still had some doubts in his heart, for fear that other troubles would arise.

Why don't you use this as an excuse to bring him back and put him under your nose, even if the facts are as the prince said, forgive him for not being able to cause any trouble.

"Father is wise." The prince and Gu Qi said in unison.

For Gu Qi, this is already a good result.

For the prince, this is not the worst. Gu Lingqing has come to his own territory, and he will not let himself decide when the time comes.

Outside the Zhengyang Hall, the crown prince and Gu Qi came out side by side, the crown prince glared at Gu Qi viciously: "I really can't see that the seventh brother and Gu Lingqing have such a good personal relationship!" After speaking, he snorted coldly and walked away.

Gu Qi looked at the back of him leaving, and his expression was a little ugly, so he hurriedly stepped up and left in a hurry, so he had to send the news to Gu Lingqing as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)