Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

More than half an hour later.

The carriage convoy stopped outside the princess's palace in the south of Kyoto.

The two men got off the carriage. Princess Thirteen stood at the door and looked at the huge princess mansion with a happy smile on her face.

Gu Chan stood there in a daze, her brows furrowed. At this moment, she felt a slight pain in her head. At the same time, fragments of memories began to emerge in her mind.

The Thirteenth Princess did not notice that something was wrong with Gu Chan, and she shouted to the servants behind her, "Come on, move all the things in."

"Yes, Princess." The servants responded in unison.

Then everyone began to unload the luggage from the carriage and moved it into the mansion.

The Thirteenth Princess turned to Gu Chan and said, "Prince Chan, let's go! Let's go in and take a look."

Gu Chan was still staring at the huge mansion gate in front of him, distracted, without saying a word.

"Prince Chan?" Princess Thirteen called in her ear again.

Gu Chan then came back to her senses and said, "Well! Come in!"

"What's wrong with you? I feel like you looked strange since you got off the carriage and saw the mansion gate. Are you feeling unwell?" Princess Thirteen asked with concern.

"No, no, I just think that this mansion is pretty good." Gu Chan quickly covered up.

After saying that, she quickly followed the Thirteenth Princess into the mansion and started to walk around.

The Thirteenth Princess said as she walked, "Of course this mansion is nice. It used to be the Prime Minister's residence. When Prime Minister Gu and his family lived here, they took good care of the mansion. Otherwise, it would have been dilapidated by now."

"Princess Thirteen, I just came from a poor mountain village and I don't know what happened before in Kyoto. I just want to ask, since Prime Minister Gu has such a good reputation in the eyes of the common people, why was his family of dozens of people raided?" Gu Chan said cunningly.

Although she had no memory of her previous life, after experiencing so much, she now knew that her previous life was named Gu Cui'er, and was the family member of the former prime minister of Tiancang Kingdom.

As for what the relationship between her predecessor and Prime Minister Gu was, she couldn't explain it clearly and couldn't remember it at all.

Now, with the fragments of memory that emerged in her mind, she could confirm that her predecessor must have lived in this mansion before, so she naturally wanted to find out why Prime Minister Gu's family was raided.

The Thirteenth Princess said ambiguously, "I'm not sure about this either, but I heard that it seemed that Prime Minister Gu had an affair with a spy from the enemy country and betrayed his country, which led to his family being confiscated. It's a pity to think about it. He was such a good prime minister, but because of a momentary thought, he ended up in a tragic situation where his family was confiscated and all his family members were exiled to the border!"

"Princess Thirteen, do you really believe that Prime Minister Gu is collaborating with the enemy and selling out his country?" Gu Chan asked.

"I actually didn't believe he would do such a thing, but the evidence was conclusive at the time, and I had no choice but to believe it!" Princess Thirteen said with her hands spread out.

Gu Chan said in a deep voice, "Is it possible that Prime Minister Gu was framed?"

"That's impossible! After all, he was not the only one whose property was confiscated. Many people in the court were also implicated. How could someone frame him for such a big thing?" The Thirteenth Princess sighed.

Gu Chan fell silent after listening to this, thinking that her previous family was indeed quite tragic, as they were all exiled to the border just because of the crime of treason.

Of course, the most tragic one was Prime Minister Gu. Not only was he beheaded, but all the officials who were close to him also did not escape! I think these people must hate him to death.

Thinking of this, Gu Chan couldn't help but sigh and said, "It seems that in the future when I am in the officialdom, I still have to be prudent and protect myself. Otherwise, if I am implicated, the consequences will be disastrous!"

"That's right. Think about the case of Prime Minister Gu. The family of the Minister of Rites and the family of the Minister of Justice among the six ministries were all implicated. It was only because the two of them were on good terms with Prime Minister Gu that not only were they beheaded, but their families' properties were also ransacked." said the Thirteenth Princess.

Gu Chan's eyes widened in surprise and said, "What did you say? Both families are implicated?"

"Yes! There are about one or two hundred people in the two families together! It's really tragic." Princess Thirteen said affirmatively.

"Then the previous Minister of Rites, was he called Wei Tao?" Gu Chan asked.

Princess Thirteen nodded and said, "Yes! What's the matter? Do you know him?"

"Um... I don't know him, I was just asking." Gu Chan quickly covered up.

As she said this, a hint of guilt clearly appeared on her face.

Because Wei Tao is Wei Xing’s father!

When she first met Wei Xing in Zhongyuan City, Wei Xing told her that his father was framed.

Originally, Gu Chan thought that this matter had nothing to do with her, but until then, she realized that the Wei family’s confiscation was also caused by her Gu family!

After understanding all this, Gu Chan immediately made up her mind that she would find a way to get to the bottom of Prime Minister Gu's affairs and overturn the Gu family's verdict.

The Thirteenth Princess stared at Gu Chan and frowned, saying, "Prince Chan, why do I feel like you care a lot about the Gu family's affairs?"

"No! I'm just asking out of curiosity. It's not illegal." Gu Chan said pretending to be indifferent.

"I'm telling you, you'd better not ask questions that you shouldn't ask. The Gu family case was handled when my father was alive. It's a long time ago now. It's best for you not to find out about it, so as to avoid getting into trouble and hurting yourself." Princess Thirteen reminded.

Gu Chan nodded quietly and quickly changed the subject, saying, "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's go and help you clean up your boudoir! Later, I'll send someone to the Kyoto camp to invite Zuo Yun to eat hot pot. Then you can make your move."

"Well! Thank you for helping me. I will always remember your kindness. If you encounter any troubles that you can't solve in the future, remember to come to me and I will definitely help you solve them." Princess Thirteen said happily, patting her chest.

Gu Chan chuckled and didn't take her words seriously.

After all, Kyoto is a place where hidden dragons and crouching tigers are hidden. The truly capable people have been hiding in the dark until now. If it is a problem that she cannot solve, even if she finds the Thirteenth Princess, it is estimated that it will be difficult to solve it.

So she just smiled and continued to tour the mansion with Princess Thirteen.

In the afternoon, after Gu Chan helped the Thirteenth Princess to put the entire mansion in order, she sent someone to the Kyoto camp to invite Zuo Yun.

When Zuo Yun came over in the evening, Gu Chan had already been sitting in the front yard lobby with the Thirteenth Princess, waiting for him.

At this time, the hot pot was already on the table, and piles of dishes were arranged.

Zuo Yun stood beside the table and stared at Gu Chan, who had a smirk on her face. He felt a creepy feeling in his heart and a chill running down his back. He really didn't dare to sit down easily.