Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

"Yes, Prince." Li Junsheng was already extremely nervous, so he readily agreed, but then he asked,

"But, my brother, your guards have all come to my brother's side. What can we do about your safety?"

"Don't worry about me. I have arranged everything. Let's go." Li Junhao happened to see Sang Mo rushing back from outside the palace, so he took Li Junsheng to see Li Juncheng's body...

Gu Xunwei paced back and forth in Xunxiang Courtyard, with all kinds of thoughts flashing through her mind.

Ever since she received the letter from Sang Mo, her eyelids have been throbbing and her heart was in a state of panic.

Li Junhao said in the letter that no one in the Gu family should go out, let alone leave Beijing, and that all forces should be kept around the Gu Mansion for defense. They must not be careless in the next few days.

Gu Xunwei had already sensed the tense atmosphere in the palace from the other party's words. Even though she didn't know what had happened, she could roughly guess.

Sure enough, after a while, Bai Zhi came back from outside with news.

Her face was covered in sweat and her cheeks were red from the heat.

After entering the door, she didn't even have time to catch her breath before she grabbed Gu Xunwei's arm and said, "Miss, this is bad, oh..."

"Baizhi, don't be anxious. Drink some water first." Seeing her like this, Chenxiang quickly brought a cup of tea to her.

"Oh, gulp," Bai Zhi took a sip of tea and spoke incoherently, "The fifth prince was murdered outside the palace. I heard that he was killed by a group of people in the south of the city when he went to look for his uncle. He was stabbed in the throat and died on the spot."

Gu Xunwei almost dropped the teacup in her hand. She stood up from her chair in an instant and asked, "When did this happen?"

"Just now, at about 3:45 pm today, someone saw it with his own eyes and described it vividly in Louwailou. He also mentioned a key link.

It is said that some of those who assassinated the fifth prince wore a badge on their waists. If he read it correctly, the word on it should be..."

Bai Zhi was a little afraid to continue talking here, but Chen Xiang urged her anxiously, "Hey, Bai Zhi, it's already this late, don't keep us in suspense."

Gu Xunwei also looked at her, and a guess gradually emerged in her mind.

Bai Zhi saw Gu Xunwei's expression, and although she was not sure, she still said hesitantly, "That word should be "Eastern Palace"."

"An old man who retired from the army said that he also saw the skills of those people. It seemed that they were from the army and the moves were very familiar."

"No, no, that's not right. This is not the right time." Gu Xunwei shook her head and said with some doubt.

"This incident happened after Your Highness sent the letter. In other words, the situation Your Highness was talking about must have happened in the palace and has not yet been reported."

Although this matter was full of conspiracy, and people who knew the inside story knew at a glance that someone was framing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, something more serious must have happened in the palace.

Bai Zhi seemed to remember something and whispered, "Someone said that today's morning court session was cancelled, and the court officials don't know what's going on."

The morning court was not held on time. This is no small matter. Something must have happened.

"Is there anything else? Tell me all at once." Gu Xunwei asked Bai Zhi to think about it again.

Louwailou is a place where all kinds of people gather, especially the lobby on the first floor, where all kinds of people talk about it.

Bai Zhi thought hard for a while before continuing, "It is said that the child of Concubine Hui in the palace died not long after she became pregnant.

Then the emperor was furious and ordered a search of the palace to find the drug that killed Concubine Hui's child. But after a lot of trouble, they found nothing. However, they did find a banned drug in Concubine Yu's palace. "

Apart from this incident, Baizhi also talked about two or three unrelated things in a disjointed manner, all of which made Chenxiang frown as he listened.

Gu Xunwei stood up suddenly and said, "Come on, Baizhi, let's go to the front yard and look for your brother."

After she finished speaking, she walked out of Xunxiangyuan without waiting for the two maids.

The two maids naturally sensed something unusual and quickly ran out as well.

In the front yard of the Gu Mansion, Zhu Dazheng gathered together all the servants and retainers who could be of use and watched them train.

Hearing that Gu Xunwei was looking for him, he quickly wiped the sweat off his face and ran in two steps to Gu Xunwei, "Miss, do you have any instructions?"

"Well, quickly arrange all the servants to the Mingde Hall in the Gu Mansion, and hire escorts from the Nanhai Escort Agency. We will hire as many as they can."

Gu Xunwei spoke very quickly, but her words were very clear. Zhu Da's originally relaxed expression immediately tensed up after Gu Xunwei finished speaking.

It's not just the expression, but the whole person.

"Yes, miss, I'll arrange it right away." Zhu Da agreed, turned around and left without any further delay.

Gu Xunwei didn't stop for a moment and turned around and went to Mingde Hall again.

What is rare is that today Gu Ziyu did not go to the incense-making room, but was chatting with Su.

Seeing Gu Xunwei coming in, Gu Ziyu pouted at Su, "Just now I kept talking about why Wei'er didn't come today. Look, isn't it that Cao Cao is coming soon?"

Su turned around and saw Gu Xunwei rushing over.

It was supposed to be the end of August and the weather was gradually getting cooler, but Gu Xunwei was sweating all over as she walked, with a few strands of hair wet and sticking to her forehead.

After all, Su was a careful person. When she saw Gu Xunwei like this, she immediately realized the problem. She stood up from the chair, walked over and held her daughter's hand.

"Weier, what's going on? What happened?"

Gu Xunwei did not hide anything and simply said to the two of them,

"Father, mother, the situation outside is very serious right now. It may involve the crown prince, so we should not go anywhere in the next few days. We should wait until the dust settles before doing anything."

Her words were serious, and Gu Ziyu immediately realized the seriousness of the situation. He asked nervously,

"Weier, is there something wrong in the palace?"

Gu Xunwei nodded almost imperceptibly, and then said, "The Fifth Prince was killed, and someone wants to link it to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. And there may be other more serious things happening in the palace."