The real daughter's life was stolen, and she was reborn and became the best in the capital

When Emperor Zhenguang heard the name, his eyes suddenly lit up. He swept away the previous gloom and said hurriedly, "Let someone in quickly."

Zhongning also breathed a sigh of relief and eagerly went to pour tea.

He also had the broken teacups in the inner room collected to prevent the prince from accidentally stepping on them when he turned around.

But this bit of debris still caught the eye of Gu Mingheng who had already entered.

Gu Mingheng's gaze paused on the wreckage. When the eunuch lowered his head and left, he withdrew his gaze and walked forward to salute and greet Emperor Zhenguang.

"Brother Royal."

"Come here quickly!"

Emperor Zhenguang felt much better when he saw his younger brother.

He patted the seat next to him and asked Gu Mingheng to come and sit over.

Gu Mingheng didn't refuse either.

He could see that his brother was obviously not in a good mood at the moment.

He didn't know what had just happened and just thought that his brother was angry about the incident in Mingyue Tower. When he entered the palace earlier, he also heard that the three officials would enter the palace together today.

"But things are not going well at Mingyue Tower?" he asked Emperor Zhenguang.

When Emperor Zhenguang heard him say this, his expression turned a little unhappy.

He said in a deep voice: "It's not going well."

Then, Emperor Zhenguang told Gu Mingheng everything that happened in the Ministry of Justice prison yesterday.

After he finished speaking, he angrily said with a sullen face: "He is so bold to kill someone at this time! I have asked the three courts to conduct a thorough investigation! I don't believe that the real murderer behind this can really get away with it!"

After listening to this, Gu Mingheng also frowned. He didn't expect things to turn out like this.

Thinking back to what Yanyan said before, this might be related to Yue Qing...

Could this really be Yue Qing’s work?

If that's true, then he is so brave!

However, if the collapse of Mingyue Tower was really related to him, then killing someone would not be a difficult task for him.

Gu Mingheng's heart sank.

I also remembered that when I entered the palace just now, I heard someone say that Yue Qing had a forehead injury when he left the palace...

Thinking of the pile of wreckage just now.

Gu Mingheng asked calmly, "I just heard that Yue Qing also entered the palace?"

When Emperor Zhenguang heard the name, his face became gloomy again.

"what happened?"

Gu Mingheng noticed that he was in a bad mood.

This matter is not easy to tell outsiders. If people knew about it, it would only cause more gossip about the royal family. However, when facing his own brother, Emperor Zhenguang did not have so many thoughts.

He didn't hide it.

He told Gu Mingheng about the prince bringing Li Chang here and the collusion between the fourth brother and Li Chang.

Gu Mingheng knew about this before, but he was still a little surprised when he heard about it.

He didn't expect Cheng Qian to take action at this time.

No time to think deeply.

He heard his brother's lament first.

"I really don't understand how my sons have become like this. Brothers are fighting each other. If this gets out, how will people outside view our royal family?" Emperor Zhenguang was really sad.

He seemed to have suddenly aged several years.

After he finished speaking, he held Gu Mingheng's hand, looked at him with a sad face and asked, "Yixian, what do you think I should do?"

Gu Mingheng looked at Emperor Zhenguang and said bluntly: "My royal brother should know that brothers are brothers, but since ancient times, it is these brothers who are the most fierce in the competition for the throne."

Emperor Zhenguang certainly knew.

But he thought that as long as he could keep his promise, his sons would not dare to do anything wrong.

But now it seems that he really did something wrong.

The emperor will not easily admit his mistakes.

Even in front of his closest people, Emperor Zhenguang would not easily bow his head, but facing this brother whom he had raised, Emperor Zhenguang could not help but ask: "Yixian, do you think I did something wrong?"

The prince is his most beloved son.

But they were not only father and son, but also monarch and subject. The older the prince grew, the less close he was to him as he was when he was a child, and he even always spoke out against him in the court.

He is the emperor, how can he not care about his face?

After many arguments, he wanted to let the prince know that he was not only his father, but also the emperor! So he deliberately promoted the third brother and gave him power, firstly to warn the prince, and secondly to check and balance, so that the prince would have a sense of crisis.

But he always knew in his heart that the prince would be the next emperor.

But now it seems that these checks and balances of his have made things worse and worse… Although the prince no longer targets him in the court, he has never been close to him again.

Whenever the father and son met, they talked about business.

The same applies to the closest relatives, spouses, and sons.

And the third and fourth...

Their ideas are becoming more and more.

Emperor Zhenguang couldn't even imagine what would become of these brothers in the long run.

Emperor Zhenguang felt a little scared.

At this moment, my hand was suddenly held back.

Emperor Zhenguang heard his brother's voice ringing in his ears: "Brother, it's not too late now."

Emperor Zhenguang looked at Gu Mingheng.

Gu Mingheng looked at him and said, "The brothers have all grown up. It's time for them to be crowned kings and given fiefdoms."

Zhongning, who was originally standing there like a statue, couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard these words.

He looked at King Chang'an in shock.

If it were someone else, they would not dare to think such words even if they dared to think about them. Only Gu Mingheng dared to think about them, dare to say them, and even dare to advise.

"Brother, the world needs checks and balances, but this kind of checks and balances cannot exist between father and son."

"If you do this, it will only alienate Cheng Qian from you and make the third and fourth brothers want more. The current party-political disputes have made the court a mess. You should make a decision as soon as possible before it is irreversible."

"I don't want you to be sad and worried about this matter in the future."

Emperor Zhenguang hesitated to speak.

Gu Mingheng did not try to persuade him further, but his eyes were always looking at Emperor Zhenguang sincerely.

Emperor Zhenguang looked at Gu Mingheng and was silent for a long time before saying, "...let me think about it."

After all, being named a vassal is not a trivial matter.

Gu Mingheng didn't try to persuade him much.

Afterwards, the two brothers talked for a while, and Gu Mingheng accompanied Emperor Zhenguang for lunch before leaving the palace.

After he left the palace, he did not return to the palace immediately.

Instead, he asked Wu Ji and others who followed him to return home, while he rode his horse to the Princess's Mansion in front.

When the servants of the Princess's Mansion saw him coming, they smiled and shouted, "The Prince is here."

Nowadays, Gu Mingheng can be said to be a frequent visitor to the Princess's Mansion.

As their princess's fiancé, the gatekeeper said to Gu Mingheng without even announcing his arrival: "The princess is in the mansion, please come in."

Gu Mingheng didn't say anything either.

After he got off the horse, he handed the whip in his hand to the servant beside him, then lifted his robe, stepped over the threshold and entered the princess's mansion.

After knowing Mingjin was in the boudoir.

Gu Mingheng did not let the servant lead the way, but walked towards where Mingjin was.

to there.

It was quite lively.

Several maids were playing with the colored ropes in the yard.

Further ahead, in the corridor, Ying Ge was holding a scimitar and wiping it with a handkerchief. As for Ming Jin's other two personal maids, they were doing needlework and making lace.

Brother Ying was the first to notice Gu Mingheng.

She didn't say anything, but just took a picture of the spring rain around her.

"What's wrong?" Chunyu looked up and asked.

Seeing Brother Ying pursing his lips towards the outside, she looked over and saw Gu Mingheng.

"king--"

She exclaimed, stood up and wanted to greet Gu Mingheng.

But he was stopped by Gu Mingheng.

The others also saw him, but seeing Gu Mingheng's appearance, they naturally did not dare to speak rashly. They could only stand up and greet him silently.

"Where is your princess?"

Gu Mingheng walked closer and asked in a low voice.

Chunyu replied: "The master is reading inside."

Gu Mingheng nodded: "I'll go in and take a look."

The relationship between the master and the prince is obvious to all, so Chunyu and others naturally dare not and will not stop them.

Seeing Gu Mingheng go in, Chunyu thought about it and led everyone back to the yard.

The room was quiet. After Gu Mingheng entered, he found Mingjin wearing a light blue dress and lying on a lounge chair by the window.

Actually fell asleep.

The winter afternoon sun shines on Mingjin.

warm.

Ming Jin held the book in his hand and covered his face with it.

Gu Mingheng thought of the small statue that Qingxin had given him on the way back to Beijing, and she felt the same way.

He was not in a good mood all the way here.

That’s why I thought of coming to see Yanyan.

Every time he was with Yanyan, he would feel much better.

He said nothing and walked over with light steps.

He carefully moved a chair next to the recliner. Just by looking at Yanyan, Gu Mingheng felt that his mood had improved a lot.

While looking at Ming Jin, he was thinking about what happened before.

Although he was not as close to the third and fourth brothers as he was to Cheng Qian and the fifth brother, he had watched them grow up after all.

The friendship we had in our childhood is still vivid in my mind, but now it has become like this because of power.

And the matter of Mingyue Tower...

There is no result yet and another person has died.

But it can also be confirmed that it was done by humans.

I don’t know who it is, but they did such a thing for their own benefit... Gu Mingheng felt sad whenever he thought of those who were injured and died in Mingyue Tower.

His mind gradually emptied.

He didn't notice that the woman next to him woke up at some point and took off the book covering her face.

Until a soft hand gently covered his cheek, and an equally soft female voice reached his ears: "What's wrong?"

Gu Mingheng blinked his thick eyelashes and came back to his senses.