It is said that I was cannon fodder

The side hall of Chengqian Palace.

The emperor drank a little wine and became very excited. He chose a beauty to favor, lit special incense in the hall, and deliberately arranged candles, which seemed very ambiguous.

Through the tulle, the emperor just felt like looking at flowers in the fog. The beauty's face was somewhat hazy and familiar, but he couldn't see it clearly, which was not interesting.

He smiled, quite satisfied with today's arrangement, lifted the gauze curtain and pressed it up, and the nearby candles dimmed a bit, the emperor, who was still a little drunk, didn't notice it, but felt that today's beauty was not too active.

He felt a little dissatisfied in his heart, but was quickly dispelled by lust. After something happened, the eunuch waiting outside Xuan brought clean hot water and brightened the candles in the hall. The bewildered head was completely awake.

He was about to get off the bed, but he heard the uncontrollable sobbing sound, which was the sound of the beauty he had favored just now, and he felt displeased. He looked at the woman on the dragon bed, and was about to scold her. His face turned pale with shock.

"How could it be you?!"

The emperor had met Princess Yuexi a few days ago, so he would not forget it so quickly, but he never expected that the person who should have been in the fourth prince's mansion actually came to his dragon bed.

Princess Yuexi didn't answer, she just wept silently, her eyes rested on the roof of the tent in a daze, especially with ambiguous red marks on her body, like scattered flower bones, she had a sense of dejected beauty.

However, the emperor had no intention of admiring the beautiful scenery at all, and shouted: "Li Fuquan!"

"The slave is here!"

"Who sent this person?"

Li Fuquan heard the anger contained in his words, he was slightly startled, and replied honestly: "Your Majesty, Xiao Shunzi and Xiao Dezi are in charge, may Your Majesty call them to have an audience?"

"They also arranged this hall?"

"No, those two people sent them here and left without staying. Without His Majesty's order, the servant dare not make a claim."

Li Fuquan lowered his head, sweating coldly, he already understood that there might be some problems with the servant today, but he absolutely dare not get involved with it.

The emperor had a gloomy face and was silent for a while before saying: "Bring those two eunuchs up."

"Yes." Li Fuquan respectfully withdrew from the hall, and when he was out of the emperor's sight, Fang wiped off a cold sweat, and when he appeared in front of other people, he was that decent eunuch again.

He sent someone to look for the two young eunuchs, but what they were waiting for was the news of their death. Li Fuquan replied tremblingly, waiting for the emperor's punishment.

The death of the two eunuchs showed that this time the incident was serious. However, even though Li Fuquan was thinking carefully, he never expected that someone would be so bold as to send Princess Yuexi to the emperor's dragon bed.

"Good! Good! It's really good!" The emperor shouted angrily, and stood up abruptly, feeling a little dizzy and shaking his body slightly.

Li Fuquan felt anxious when he saw this, he hurriedly supported the emperor, and said with concern: "Your Majesty, if you are angry, you will attack this servant, don't let your anger break your body!"

The emperor took a few deep breaths before saying: "An Yi, order me to go down and investigate thoroughly! Whoever enters or leaves the palace today, all of them must be thoroughly investigated."

Someone appeared in the dark, responded with a sound, and quickly disappeared.

Li Fuquan pretended not to see or hear, and devoted himself to serving the emperor.

Chengqian Palace was full of oppressive atmosphere, the emperor did not speak, and the group of people below did not dare to speak out.

What broke the silence was the notification from outside. Gu Mingyou and his party searched all over the fourth prince's mansion and the residence of the envoy from the Kingdom of Jin, but they still couldn't find Princess Yuexi, so they had to report to the top.

After the emperor heard the news, his face became more and more gloomy. The person in charge not only sent Princess Yuexi to him, but also replaced the people in the fourth prince's mansion with the third prince of Jin Kingdom.

Fortunately, fortunately, the matter of the fourth prince's mansion was discovered. If the fourth prince was plotted to consummate the house with the third prince of Jin Kingdom, this matter would not end well.

"Send someone you trust to wash her up, and then let someone watch her, so that nothing happens to her." The emperor ordered, and he had someone to serve him, and he had to see his sons.

Li Fuquan breathed a sigh of relief, and respectfully complied. Before leaving, he glanced at the bed and was shocked. He finally understood the reason for the emperor's anger, but he didn't dare to show it.

He secretly thought in his heart, this is really a terrible job, and thinking about the few people who are still waiting outside, he couldn't help but want to sigh, there may be a lot of twists and turns in this matter, but he didn't know who had a hand in it .

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, apart from Gu Mingyu, Gu Mingyu, Gu Jinyu, Qi Ran and Chu Yechen were all present.

"I implore father to be the master of my son!" Gu Mingyu knelt on the ground with a sad and indignant expression, "This time, the prince and concubine of my son was replaced by someone, and her whereabouts are still unknown. There must be some villain behind it, so I ask father to thoroughly investigate this matter! "

The emperor felt uncomfortable when he heard this. Originally, this matter should be thoroughly investigated, but now Princess Yuexi is still in his palace. Even though he is also a victim, this matter has something to do with him , Gu Mingyu scolded him together.

The emperor ignored him, and looked at the other people in the hall, "Ming Yu came because of the disappearance of the prince and concubine, why did you come here?"

Everyone was speechless for a while.

The emperor said: "Chu Aiqing, tell me!"

Chu Yechen seemed to be in doubt: "The fourth prince suspected that the manipulator was hiding in the fourth prince's mansion, and ordered everyone not to leave. To prove his innocence, the minister simply accompanied the fourth prince into the palace to face the saint."

The emperor glanced at him, knowing that his four sons were still too reckless. Although they could prevent them from destroying evidence by restricting the officials so roughly, it was not foolproof, and even offended everyone.

Moreover, his intentions were too obvious. The emperor looked at Gu Jinyu who was hanging his head and said nothing, and thought to himself, these four sons are really intolerant, even his own sister is too vicious.

The emperor did not reveal what was in his heart, but he issued an order to thoroughly investigate the people who entered and exited the Fourth Prince's Mansion and Jin Kingdom's residence today.

When the crown prince was alive, although his sons fought secretly, they were still reasonable, so he turned a blind eye, but now they are fighting more and more fiercely, and he is counted on him, crossing the line Yes, there should be punishment.

The emperor closed his eyes and meditated, and several other people stood like woodcarvings. Only Gu Mingyu just appealed his grievances and knelt on the ground. The emperor didn't ask him to get up, so he had to keep kneeling. Dare not speak out.

But he was uneasy in his heart. He didn't know whether the emperor forgot or punished him on purpose. I'm afraid it was mostly the latter, but he couldn't think of what he did wrong at all.

Time passed bit by bit, and when the commander of the imperial guards who was in charge of the investigation presented the evidence collected, the emperor opened his eyes, as if he realized that Gu Mingyu was still kneeling on the ground, and said, "Mingyu, get up."

"Yes, thank you, Father." Gu Mingyu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and he was no longer as arrogant as before.

The emperor flipped through the things in front of him, who and when he came in and out and where, all of them were clearly remembered, and a jade pendant sealed in a wooden box was handed over at the same time.

After reading these, the emperor asked: "Xiaoyou, is the unicorn blood jade that I gave you the year before last still there?"

Gu Mingyou was startled when he heard the words, and replied: "That piece of blood jade was bestowed by the emperor, and my son cherished it very much, so it is treasured in the mansion..."

"Where?"

"On the third shelf in the south of the study, it is properly stored in a brocade box."

"Go and see." The emperor said this to the commander of the Imperial Guard.

Gu Mingyou seemed to realize something, his face turned pale, he never thought that the fire would burn him.

Although he hated Gu Mingyu, he didn't want to do something that would ruin his future, so he didn't want to do anything wrong on their wedding day, but why...

When the leader of the imperial guard came back, he dealt him a fatal blow!

"Returning to Your Majesty, the blood jade bestowed by the emperor has never been found in the second prince's mansion."

The emperor's face darkened, "Your blood jade is not in your mansion, but in Princess Yuexi's residence, what else can you say?"

Gu Mingyou knelt down with a "plop", "I am wronged, Father, I really did not wear that blood jade today, if someone sneaks into the prince's mansion and steals the jade pendant, I will not know about it."

"The evidence is convincing, and you still want to argue? You just can't see me well, so you made such a plan, trying to trap me in injustice!" Gu Mingyu said viciously, he was already resentful because he was punished to kneel down, and this was just the right way to vent his resentment. Take it out on Gu Mingyou.

Gu Mingyou didn't return him, he kowtowed heavily, and said in a hoarse voice: "Today, my son attended the fourth brother's wedding banquet, and heard a scream in the middle of the way, so I thought of going to the backyard to check. The fourth brother said it was a servant Fighting and fighting, Er Chen felt something was wrong at the time, and was about to ask again, when he heard the sound of discord from the new house, and then he took everyone to check what happened, and found that Princess Yuexi was missing. Now that I think about it, all this is too much It was a coincidence, I implore Father to investigate clearly!"

Hearing this, Gu Mingyu's face changed. Although he ordered people to hide Meng Yun, he didn't know if his father's people could find him.

The commander went away under orders, but finally brought back a young man, that young man was handsome, at first glance, he was somewhat similar to Meng Yun, with a sense of tenderness.

The young man had never seen such a battle, and when he was led by the guards, his face turned pale with fright, and when he entered the hall, his trembling trembled even more, he couldn't even stand still, and he knelt on the ground.

When he saw Gu Mingyu, his eyes lit up, and he said in surprise, "Your Highness, Your Highness, save me!"

Gu Mingyu thought this person was Meng Yun at first, but after seeing it clearly, he realized that he didn't know this person, and said disgustedly: "Who are you? I didn't know you before!"

When the young man heard the words, his eyelashes trembled, tears flowed from his eyes, and he cried out: "Your Highness, I know I was wrong, I shouldn't act recklessly just because of His Highness's favor, I beg Your Highness to forgive me this time!"

Gu Mingyu's face became more and more ugly, and he was about to say more, when he heard an exclamation: "Ah, this young master is somewhat similar to Meng Fang...Meng Yun, the fourth brother still cares about Meng Yun, that's why I found him." Replaced by someone similar?"

The eyes of the people in the hall fell on Gu Jinyu for an instant, and he seemed to realize that he had said something wrong, so he covered his mouth and remained silent, with a look of remorse on his face.

Qi Ran turned slightly to block it, and said, "Weichen and Meng Yun have only met each other a few times from a distance, and at first glance, they really look alike."

Gu Mingyu's eyes flickered, wondering what they meant, was this a threat or a hint?

There was clearly no such person in his house, but in the end it was this person who was brought from his house, not Meng Yun. If the investigation continued, would Meng Yun be found?

Did Gu Jinyu intervene in today's matter?

He weighed the pros and cons in his heart. If Meng Yun was found out, although he would be completely rejected by the emperor, he could still drag Gu Jinyu into the water. Now, although he would also be rejected by the emperor, there was still room for manipulation.

He had resentment towards Gu Jinyu, but when he thought of the other party begging Chu Yechen to save him, he hesitated again. Maybe, maybe his younger brother still has feelings for him!

"Father, I know my mistake! I shouldn't have kept a male favorite in the house, and let him make trouble on the day of my wedding." Gu Mingyu knelt down deeply, and for a while, only the young man was left in the hall. sobbing.

"Okay! You are really my favourites...Pfft!" The emperor was plotted against by someone today, and the plotter was most likely his son, and I saw that his four sons ignored his words and raised male pets privately in the mansion. , suddenly out of breath, spurted out a mouthful of blood, and passed out directly.

"His Majesty!"

"Father!"

"Hurry up and tell the doctor!"

Several people in the hall panicked immediately, and when the emperor was sent back to Chengqian Hall, Gu Mingyu and others waited inside the hall, while Qi Ran and Chu Yechen waited outside the hall.

"Your Majesty is in a bad mood, and his mood fluctuates too much, which leads to the retrograde flow of qi and blood. Wait for me to prescribe some medicines for invigorating blood and activating qi, and then recuperate for a few days. However, your majesty should not be emotionally fluctuating during these days." Imperial Physician Li said rather Be cautious.

They were all spirits who had been in the palace for a long time. Although he didn't know exactly what happened, he also felt that the atmosphere was not right, so he didn't dare to say more.

The emperor was already awake at this moment, and waved his hand, motioning him to step back.

"You also retreat together."

"Father!"

"Back off!" The emperor increased his voice.

"Yes, my son is resigning." Gu Mingyou and the others did not dare to say more.

Seeing them coming out, Qi Ran walked up to Gu Jinyu's side with concerned eyes, Chu Yechen glanced over there, his expression remained unchanged, and asked concerned: "How is your majesty's dragon body?"

"Father is fine, you just need to cultivate for a few days." Gu Mingyou cheered up and replied, he was in a difficult situation now, and he really didn't want to offend this powerful prime minister again, so he spoke very politely.

Gu Mingyu was preempted by him, suppressed his anger, and showed some kindness and kindness to Chu Yechen.

Chu Yechen didn't seem to notice the strangeness between the two of them, he breathed a sigh of relief, the nervousness on his face melted a little, and he looked completely worried about the emperor.

Gu Jinyu looked around, with a bit of interest in his eyes, he quickly restrained himself, saluted a few people, and was about to leave.

"and many more!"

"Second Brother, what else can I teach you?"

"It's just a reminder to the fifth emperor sister that if you put all your heart into it, the other party may not appreciate it, so be careful not to be in a cocoon." Gu Ming pointed out worryingly.

Gu Jinyu's bright eyes moved and landed on Qi Ran, with a look of expectation on her face: "My lord, will you let me down with my sincerity?"

"Heaven and earth can learn from each other, and I will live up to you in this life!" Even knowing that he asked casually and using him as a shield, Qi Ran answered very seriously.

Gu Jinyu immediately showed a sweet smile, "Second Brother, did you hear that? I believe in the prince."

The three people present had different expressions after hearing this conversation.

Gu Mingyou didn't know whether he understood it, so he deliberately prevaricated, or if he really didn't understand it, he said with a fake smile: "The fifth imperial sister has a good home, so I am naturally happy. Thanks to the Fourth Emperor, you have a precise vision, and you have long expected that Jing'an Wang Jiren has his own celestial appearance and can wake up and recover."

"you……"

"What the second prince said is," Qi Ran interrupted Gu Mingyu, who had an ugly face, and said lightly, "The sky will be bright, I should not stay for a long time, so I will leave first, everyone please go."

After speaking, he led Gu Jinyu away, no one dared to stop them this time.

Chu Yechen resigned after them, making it clear that he didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the two brothers.

The remaining two looked at each other with disgust, looked at each other, and left separately.

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