Doting on concubines and destroying wives? I don’t want to be the mistress of the Hou clan anymore.

Chapter 97: Their own knots

"What does it have to do with you?" Lin Miaofu looked at Gu Zhao calmly: "It's because I don't have the ability. I don't have enough strength to protect my family." Lin Miaofu said mockingly: "I How could you put this kind of thing on others?"

Gu Zhaoming knew that there was nothing wrong with what she said, but he felt very uncomfortable.

Seeing that Gu Zhao still didn't speak, Lin Miaofu didn't want to continue the topic, but asked directly: "Suddenly coming at night, it doesn't seem like something you would do. Did something happen to you?"

"Yes." Gu Zhao nodded, but he was debating whether to say it or not.

"Do you want to tell me?"

Lin Miaofu was not actually curious, she just asked this out of her understanding of him.

In the past, when he encountered this kind of thing, did he face it alone or discuss it with his relatives?

Lin Miaofu couldn't help but sigh in her heart when she thought of Jiang, who had never been masked before.

"Do you want to hear it?"

"If you are willing to talk, I naturally want to listen, but I don't want to force you to do anything, just like I know you will never force me."

Lin Miaofu said it very calmly, as if she really thought so.

But in fact, she wanted to use such words to restrain Gu Zhao.

The emotion in Gu Zhao's eyes when he looked at her recently was clear. Having lived in two lifetimes, she naturally understood what it meant.

Although Gu Zhao is a good person, in her previous life, she loved Liang Yuqi wholeheartedly. Even if her love turned to disgust in this life, she would not be able to trust another person without any grudges like she did in her previous life.

"What has Mr. Lou been doing lately?"

Gu Zhao cheered up and talked about the main purpose of coming today.

"Are you looking for Mr. Lou? But what happened in Yanzhou?" Thinking of Gu Zhao's question, she returned embarrassedly: "I opened a pen and ink shop, and Mr. Lou is helping me with this matter. If you want When you see him, I’ll write him a letter and ask him to find you tomorrow.”

"Okay, I'll leave this to you." Gu Zhao was still a little dull.

Lin Miaofu nodded, having nothing to say, and the atmosphere was filled with weird embarrassment. She took a sip of strong tea and put down her pajamas.

The night wind blew through the treetops, making a rustling sound.

"Something may have happened to my uncle and the others, so I need Mr. Lou to provide me with some clues."

Lin Miaofu just opened her mouth, and her yawn was suppressed: "What... happened?"

Gu Zhao also hesitated for a long time before deciding to tell the matter. He had already refined the concise word order and told what he had found out.

"You suspect that someone is causing trouble, and no news can come out?"

Lin Miaofu thought for a moment, but in her heart, she was wondering who had the ability to do this without anyone noticing.

Not far from Yanzhou, there are one hundred thousand Jiang family troops stationed. Are they not aware of it at all?

Or was it Ding Guogong who did this?
What she could think of, Gu Zhao could naturally think of. He must have come to her, maybe he just wanted to find someone to talk to.

"It's not doubtful, Yanzhou is not far from the capital."

"But..." Lin Miaofu bit her lip and almost said that Duke Ding would soon be escorted to the capital by his majesty because he respected himself for raising bandits. On the way, he would die from being tortured so severely that he had no idea. People can redress their grievances.

In order to vindicate the Jiang family, Gu Zhao made friends with the eldest prince, and shot the prince with one arrow, becoming a knife in the eldest prince's hand.

He was competing against Liang Yuqi at that time, and it was hard to say who had more favor with the eldest prince. "Do we need to investigate this matter carefully?" Lin Miaofu thought for a while: "Do you think Dingguo Guild would do such a treasonous thing?"

"No." Gu Zhao said firmly.

"Then let's think from the fact that someone deliberately framed him." Lin Miaofu helped list the clues: "Now there are rumors that Duke Dingguo framed his colleagues."

"What if when the emperor ordered us to investigate this matter, we discovered that Duke Dingguo had established himself as king in Yanzhou... What would your majesty do?"

"Your Majesty will be furious." Gu Zhao seemed to understand something and said with a sneer: "It's a vicious plan, but I don't know what method that person used to pull it off."

If just a descendant of the Xue family went to Beijing to complain and slander Duke Ding, it would naturally not cause any harm to Duke Ding. But if His Majesty were to find out that Duke Ding had different intentions, then the entire Jiang family would be doomed!
"If I had known earlier, I might have broken the situation, but now..."

Gu Zhao wanted to say that it was too late now, but when he saw Lin Miaofu's unusually firm eyes, he stopped talking.

He wanted her to rely on him before, but now, he just encountered some difficulties and he felt that he couldn't get over it. It was really ridiculous.

"It's not too late. If we find the person behind the scenes, why is it too late?"

"I know."

There is another situation, which is to figure out why Yanzhou is surrounded.

His uncle was not a man who could be easily captured.

But why are you trapped in Yanzhou, neither saving yourself nor asking for help?
"Is there a possibility that someone induced Duke Ding?" Lin Miaofu only had a preliminary inference. In her opinion, it is actually very difficult to make a pure minister rebel.

Even if they threaten the lives of their wives and children, with their loyalty and patriotism, it will be difficult for them to rebel unless their own New Year collapses.

Regardless of whether it was in the previous life or in this life, Jiang died at this time. Could someone have taken advantage of Jiang's death?
There are just too many missing factors.

Lin Miaofu couldn't figure it out.

"Do you have a chance to ask Duke Dingguo?" Lin Miaofu looked at Gu Zhao and said, "Dongguo Ding has been living in Yanzhou for a long time. I'm afraid that someone will use a stratagem to alienate the monarch and his ministers."

"I plan to ask my uncle myself."

"No." Lin Miaofu said firmly: "You can't go."

"Why?"

"If so, you are trapped in Yanzhou together, who else can help Duke Dingguo?"

More importantly, Lin Miaofu was worried that this matter was a big deal, and she didn't want Gu Zhao to be involved.

"I have an idea." Lin Miaofu said in a guiding tone: "Now, the emperor does not want to replace the prince, so why not just think about who wants Duke Ding to turn against his majesty."

"The eldest prince?" Gu Zhao looked at Lin Miaofu doubtfully.

He vaguely felt that Lin Miaofu seemed to be very afraid of the eldest prince, as if she knew that he would soon rebel and become emperor.

"Do you think he is going to rebel?" Gu Zhao subconsciously turned the rosary in his hand and said, "You seem to have been doubting him."

He used a determined tone and looked at Lin Miaofu sharply.

Lin Miaofu lowered her eyelids and drank tea to hide it, still thinking about how to answer.

"Are you... feeling guilty?"

(End of this chapter)