Yusui Chang'an

Chapter 1221 Missing Minister
Zheng Cheng told me that the Lin family submitted a petition to see the emperor, probably because Xu had died and Lin Wanrong had to observe mourning, so they came to the palace to discuss whether the wedding should be postponed.

The emperor was reading through the memorials from the Ministry of Justice. After the crown prince took over the Ministry of Justice, the backlog of government affairs was dealt with.

However, the complete memorial implicitly stated that the previous accumulation of government affairs was caused by the prince's obstruction.

The emperor threw the memorial in his hand aside:
"What he said was that he had satisfied the Crown Prince and there was no more backlog of government affairs. He was actually loyal to the Second Brother. Not only Qi Quan, but also Chen Qingshan. The Second Brother was indeed good at winning people's hearts.

Prepare the method for dealing with the Qi family a few days ago, and do it before Jingzhao Yin announces it. Also, remind Chen Qingshan that Xu's identity should not be mentioned to the public.

Go to the Lin residence again. Xu Shi has never been to the Lin residence, so she is not considered a member of the Lin family. The Lin family's daughters do not need to observe mourning, and the wedding date will remain the same."

Zheng Cheng responded and said secretly:

His Royal Highness Prince Jin's last attempt to stop the marriage didn't work.

The eunuch came in to report that it was Chu Chengping who wanted to see him. The emperor thought that he was afraid of having to change the wedding date and came to plead for mercy, so he nodded and called the man in.

Unexpectedly, Chu Chengping bowed, looked around carefully, and asked the eunuch who brought him in to be sent away.

Zheng Cheng said in a gentle and respectful tone: "Your Highness, may I take my leave?"

Chu Chengping: "You are the one who is most trusted by our father, so you don't need it."

The emperor was also aroused by the words. He put down the memorial in his hand and looked up at his son.

Since the last time he was scolded by him and he vomited blood, this brat has lost his previous gentle and sensible personality. Instead, he is like a sticky plaster, sticky and silly:
"What do you want to say? Why do you look so sneaky?"

Chu Chengping took two steps forward:
"Father, my uncle from the Gu family will be leaving for Mobei soon. He is afraid that he will not be able to make it to my wedding. This morning, he asked me to ride a horse..." The emperor picked up the teacup with a look of disdain:
"We haven't even gotten married yet, but you call me dear. What's wrong with riding together? Could it be that you lost the horse race and came to complain to me?"

Zheng Cheng laughed when he heard this, but Chu Chengping jumped up and down:

"My son is getting married soon, how can I do such a shameless thing?

I met a man at the horse farm. He was the long-missing inspector Xu Minghua. He asked me to see Your Majesty, saying that he had something important to report.

The emperor had been dealing with government affairs for a while and entertaining his son to relieve his fatigue. After hearing Chu Chengping's words, his faint smile suddenly disappeared:
"Xu Minghua?"

Chu Chengping reported the whole story of his encounter with Xu Minghua in detail:

"At that time, the two brothers of the Gu family thought someone was trying to assassinate their son and minister, and they almost killed Lord Xu as a thief."

The emperor put down his teacup:

"Who is chasing him? If he is being chased, why doesn't he follow you back to the city and the palace?"

Chu Chengping frowned and shook his head:
"Lord Xu had to see my father before he would speak. I took him back to the city, but he said there were people outside the city waiting to kill him...I couldn't protect him.

I asked the two brothers of the Gu family to take Lord Xu back to the Dingbei Army's camp outside the capital first. However, Gu's eldest uncle said that without the order of the emperor, no irrelevant people would be allowed into the military camp, no matter how high their official positions were.

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They all looked down on me, so I had no choice but to return home. On the way back, I looked around and found no assassins.

When the emperor heard that Xu Minghua had a high fever, the Gu Ruizhou brothers stuffed Xu Minghua into a carriage, took him to the Dingbei military camp, and invited a military doctor to treat him.