Farmer's Wife Has Space

Chapter 1192 It's better to go through the back door

Besides, at Nanyue Palace, the box of silver ingots wiped clean was carried back to the lobby, and placed in a conspicuous place together with the things rewarded by the emperor.

Gu Zheng and Yue Lingzhi dealt with the guests with ease as if nothing had happened.

If the enemy doesn't move, they don't move for a while.

According to Yue Lingzhi's words: "Today is the day of the second brother's great joy, try not to have any killing or bloodshed."

Gu Zheng also thought so.

The eyeliner he installed in the palace sent out news every once in a while.

Last night, two mysterious men went to the emperor's bedroom, and they never came out after entering.

They deliberately covered their faces, obviously for fear of being recognized.

Yue Lingzhi suspected that one of these two people was the third prince.

The other man may be the third prince's master, or he may be the third prince's subordinate.

It is unclear whether the time bomb was brought over from the modern world, or was created in this world.

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Before the luncheon was over, the palace sent four other father-in-laws over and handed Gu Zheng a letter from the emperor.

Gu Zheng opened the letter and read it, thinking it was funny.

The dog emperor's statement is full of loopholes, and there is no silver 300 taels here.

The letter said that the emperor suddenly received a secret report that Eunuch He, who was sent to the Nanyue palace to give gifts in the morning, belonged to the third prince, and he had been in contact with the third prince in private.

Upon learning of this, the emperor immediately tortured and interrogated him. Under the torture, Eunuch He confessed completely. The third prince wanted to take advantage of Gu Ming's wedding to avenge his mother and concubine.

They tampered with the things that the emperor had given them. They replaced one of the silver ingots and put another problematic silver ingot in it.

Eunuch He said that this special silver ingot will release poisonous gas at night, which can poison the entire Nanyue palace to death overnight.

The emperor was terrified, and hurriedly asked the four father-in-laws to come over and find out the problematic silver ingot.

Gu Zheng remained calm on the surface, and asked people to carry two wooden boxes containing silver ingots inside.

The four dolls searched carefully, inspecting each piece of silver ingot carefully, but none of them saw any flaws.

They even weighed it, and all the silver ingots were of the same size: 25 taels.

A father-in-law counted the number of silver ingots and suddenly realized: "One piece of silver ingot is missing!"

In ancient times, a catty was 16 taels, and a thousand taels of silver was about 20 catties. It was divided into two boxes, and one box contained [-] yuan of silver ingots.

But in one of the boxes, there was only 19 yuan of silver ingots.

The leader, Eunuch Chen, asked Gu Zheng respectfully: "King of Nanyue, why is there one piece of silver ingot missing?"

Gu Zheng was very calm: "You may have to ask Eunuch He to find out."

Then he added: "You can take everything back to the palace for inspection."

Eunuch Chen is the emperor's confidant, he bowed his head and explained: "There is no need to take all the things back. The emperor means that if you don't find any problematic silver ingots, you will bring all the silver ingots back to the palace."

Gu Zheng looked indifferent: "Are you going out through the front door or the back?"

Eunuch Chen quickly replied: "It's better to go through the back door."

It is still the king of Nanyue who is thoughtful. I am afraid that this matter cannot be made public.

If they go out through the front door, all the guests can see the box being carried away. They, who don't know the inside story, will inevitably have a lot of discussions, which may be detrimental to the emperor.

If you go through the back door, you can completely avoid being seen by outsiders.

(End of this chapter)