The cute apprentice of the national teacher is charming and wild

Chapter 52 052: What does Gu Zhirou want?

Empress Dowager Mei felt that this matter was tricky, so how could the thoughtful Gu Zhirou not have thought of this?
Not to mention that she promised Queen Mother Mei to assist Jing Chao to resign and thoroughly investigate this matter, even she herself wanted to know who was behind the manipulation.

Now she and the Mei family are grasshoppers on the same rope. The other side is secretly and they are open. If this matter is not found out, then they will always be on the passive side.

It's not good for any of them.

Hearing this, Emperor Hongyuan opened his sharp old eyes, turned the white jade finger on his thumb slightly, stared deeply in thought, and then spoke for a moment: "According to Concubine Ai, how should this matter be resolved?"

Gu Zhirou smiled, she knew that Emperor Hongyuan took her words to heart, "According to my concubine's opinion, the emperor might as well agree with His Royal Highness King Rui to investigate thoroughly who did it, so that it would be better for Lord Kangbei." An explanation, otherwise, the Marquis of Kangbei would not be able to suffer this injustice."

Emperor Hongyuan cast a cold glance at Jing Chaoci, and snorted coldly: "The Marquis of Kang Bei spent a whole day and night and didn't find anything useful. If the second one checks thoroughly again, can he send the tax money to me?"

Jing Chaoci secretly clenched his fists, his father did not believe in his ability.

"What if?" Gu Zhirou smiled softly, "What if His Royal Highness King Rui did it, how can the emperor know the conclusion if he doesn't give him a chance to try?"

She said again: "Even if Lord Kangbei is imprisoned now, it won't help, so the tax money should be found, shouldn't it be?"

Emperor Hongyuan narrowed his eyes, pondered, thinking about Gu Zhirou's words.

For a moment, he said to Jing Chaoci annoyed: "I will give you a chance to check this matter again. If you can't find anything useful, don't come to see me."

"Father, don't worry, my son will definitely not let you down."

Jing Chaoci got up, his familiar eyes met with Gu Zhirou's smiling eyes, and a faint look flashed across his eyes.

Afterwards, he left the royal study.

Not long after, Gu Zhirou resigned to Emperor Hongyuan: "In order not to disturb the emperor's approval of the memorial, the concubine retired first."

Before leaving, Emperor Hongyuan held her little hand and kissed her, "Aifei will wait for me in the bedroom at night."

"Emperor~"

Gu Zhirou groaned coquettishly, blushing, and went out with the soup left on the desk.

A hundred meters away from the imperial study, Gu Zhirou's face was as cold as usual, without the shyness of Cai Cai's daughter's family just now, her beautiful eyes were shining brightly.

"Concubine Rou is really good at it, and the emperor's grandmother is right."

In front, Jing Chaoci who suddenly appeared on the sidewalk scared Gu Zhirou a little, and after a moment, she returned to normal, with a little light in her eyes, and said with a smile: "Since you have entered the camp of His Highness King Rui, you can't let His Highness hold you back." .”

Empress Dowager Mei made the right move, betting her treasure on Gu Zhirou, having her whispering to Emperor Hongyuan would indeed save Jing Chaoci a lot of trouble.

Jing Chaoci took a few steps forward, staring intently at Gu Zhirou with his sharp eyes, "This palace, what this king wants is the throne, what do you want?"

Gu Zhirou looked at him, but she couldn't see the slightest timidity. The clouds and mist in her beautiful eyes made it hard to see clearly. She curled her red lips and smiled: "What I want is to have a safe place in this big and cold palace." A worry-free shelter."

"That's right." Jing Chaoci chuckled faintly, somewhat coldly.

Just want to find peace so simple?
But he saw the same thing in this woman's eyes: ambition.

Gu Zhirou lowered her eyes, "A concubine is just a woman, she doesn't have the lofty ambitions of His Royal Highness Rui, in this palace where every step of the way is taken care of, she will be content to live the rest of her life safely."

Then he said with a smile: "Joining His Royal Highness Rui's camp is to believe that His Royal Highness will make his concubine's wishes come true."

To realize her wish of keeping her safe in the palace?

Jing Chaoci sneered: "If Concubine Rou's wish is as simple as that, in the future when the king takes power, he will surely help you realize it with ease."

Gu Zhirou smiled deeply: "Then, the concubine will just wait and see."

After finishing speaking, he walked away from Jing Chaoci, and the moment he was separated from him, the smile on the corner of Gu Zhirou's mouth turned cold, like frost in late autumn.
Jing Chaoci turned around and looked back, looking at Gu Zhirou's receding figure, his cold eyes narrowed slightly, his eyes as deep as a well.

She said that she wanted to live a safe and worry-free life, it depends on whether she thinks so in the "ambition" in her eyes.

Whether you want a peaceful and smooth life, or a position of glory and power, only Gu Zhirou knows best in her heart
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In the afternoon, Jing Chaoci took people to the location where the tax bank was stolen and checked it again. During this investigation, there was indeed a major discovery. Jing Chaoci found something around the stolen tax bank.

At Xushi, the sky was dark, Jing Chaoci's face was gloomy, and he took that thing into the palace to face the saint.

Emperor Hongyuan was furious when he saw the thing, and Prince Xuan Jing Yuanzhao saw it.

At the moment of Xu Shi, Jing Yuanzhao came to the imperial study room without knowing what to say, and when he entered the door, he saw Jing Chaoci sitting beside him, with a gloomy face and no concealment of hostility towards him in his eyes.

Jing Yuanzhao frowned secretly. He and Jing Chaoci had been fighting secretly for a long time, because they cared about the royal face, but the two of them had never been so jealous, let alone in front of their father.

Jing Chaoci's appearance made him suddenly uneasy
Stepping forward, Jing Yuanzhao greeted Emperor Hongyuan who was sitting on the chair first: "I have seen my father."

Emperor Hongyuan's dark face, as if the wind and rain were coming, threw something on the desk with a "snap", and his deep voice was filled with restrained anger: "Prince, show me, what is this?"

Jing Yuanzhao fixed his eyes and was instantly horrified: "This, this is the token of the son's East Palace, why is it here?"

This token disappeared five years ago. He always thought it was lost, and he never looked for it. Why did it suddenly appear in his father's hand today?
Jing Chaoci interjected with a sneer: "Brother Prince, why bother to ask questions knowingly? You shouldn't know the token of your East Palace the best?"

Jing Yuanzhao narrowed his eyes, feeling more and more uneasy, but his expression remained unchanged, "This token was lost five years ago, as for why it suddenly appeared again, I really don't know."

Five years ago, there was a fire in the East Palace. (Remember this fire, you will pass the exam)

After that fire, the token of the East Palace disappeared. It must have been thrown into the fire. The token was used by Jing Yuanzhao to dispatch the Shadow Guards of the East Palace. He didn't care too much about the token loss.

It was really unexpected for him to appear here suddenly today, but he really didn't know about it.

I don't know!Jing Chaoci sneered, and his tone was aggressive: "Brother Prince, do you want to perform a scene of 'covering ears and stealing bells' in front of my father and me?"

Jing Yuanzhao narrowed his dark eyes coldly: "What does the second emperor mean?"

(End of this chapter)