The daughter of the emperor was reborn and was spoiled by the sickly prince.

It is now the transition from spring to summer, and the climate in the capital is unusually hot.

In the Qinzheng Hall, Li Zheng had already received news that Gu Mingzhao was on his way to the palace.

He stopped reviewing the memorials, dismissed all the servants, and waited for Gu Mingzhao alone in the hall.

The palace maids and eunuchs serving in the Qinzheng Hall were all extremely smart and good at observing people's words and expressions.

Anyone can see that His Majesty is really angry with His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin this time.

The servants retreated quietly, fearing that if the city gate caught fire, they would be affected.

Soon, footsteps were heard outside the hall and Gu Mingzhao appeared at the door.

Li Zheng withdrew his sedan chair and ceremonial guards today and allowed him to enter the palace on foot.

Gu Mingzhao didn't say much. He walked towards the Qinzheng Hall under the puzzled gazes of all the palace servants.

Before he met Li Zheng, rumors had already spread in the palace - His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin had angered His Majesty.

When Gu Mingzhao reached the gate of the Qinzheng Palace, Eunuch Desheng was waiting at the gate and reminded him in a low voice: "His Majesty has been worried about your Highness for some time and is in a very bad mood. Your Highness must be careful in dealing with it."

"Thank you, Master Desheng, for your advice."

Gu Mingzhao gave Desheng a piece of silver as a reward and then stepped into the Qinzheng Hall.

In the hall, when Li Zheng saw him, he first looked carefully to see if he was injured. After confirming that he was safe, he realized that he was going to teach him a lesson today.

Li Zheng picked up the inkstone on the table and threw it at Gu Mingzhao.

Gu Mingzhao did not dodge, but tilted his head slightly. The inkstone flew past his forehead, leaving a blood mark on his handsome face.

Blood flowed down, staining his left cheek red.

Gu Mingzhao immediately knelt down: "Your Majesty, please calm down."

"I have been too indulgent towards you, and you have become more and more lawless! How dare you leave the capital without informing me!" Li Zheng's voice echoed in the empty hall, with anger that was hard to conceal.

"Your Majesty, I know my crime. But Your Majesty should also know that five years ago I was poisoned in Jizhou and suffered a lot, so I had to go to Miaojiang to find a cure."

"Poison?" Li Zheng sneered, "You've been poisoned for a long time, but you wanted to go as soon as she woke up. King Qin, you were not so unstable before."

It’s self-evident who this “she” is.

"It has nothing to do with her, Your Majesty. I left only because the poison had reached a point where it had to be cured."

Seeing that he was still defending Liao Qinglan, Li Zheng became even angrier.

"It has nothing to do with her? You were clearly bewitched by her and had so much fun playing outside that you didn't want to leave. You are so arrogant and dissolute, ignoring the affairs of state. Are you worthy of my high hopes for you?"

"I am going here to cure the poison. The princess is going with me only because she is worried about me. I know my limits and will not delay state affairs because of this. I hope Your Majesty will not blame her." Gu Mingzhao said in a deep voice.

"Not delaying state affairs?" Li Zheng shouted angrily, "You left the capital for three months without permission and ignored state affairs. Is this what you call not delaying state affairs? Do you know what others are saying about you?"

Gu Mingzhao raised his head, looked directly into Li Zheng's eyes, and said firmly, "Your Majesty, I have no interest in power. You should know that I came back only to clear the name of my mother and my people."

"Not interested in power? Do you think you can do whatever you want now?"

After saying that, Li Zheng waved his hand angrily, and a pile of memorials fell at Gu Mingzhao's feet like snowflakes.

He said coldly: "Look, I just returned to the court and there are so many memorials impeaching you! As long as you lose power, someone will immediately take advantage of you. Do you think you can stay out of it?"

Gu Mingzhao silently picked up the memorial on the ground and read it page by page.

Most of them are groundless accusations, or small matters are magnified infinitely.

"Your Majesty is wise and will not be deceived by treacherous people," said Gu Mingzhao.

"Do you understand what it means to be afraid of what people say? I can protect you, but if someone else were to take over, who would protect you?"

"I am aware of my guilt."

"Of course you are guilty! If you are not punished, the government will not be able to recover! Come! Take Gu Mingzhao back to the Prince of Qin's mansion and put him under house arrest for three months! No one is allowed to visit him without my order!"

The imperial guards entered in response.

But when he walked to Gu Mingzhao, he felt a little troubled.

Although His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin did not usually take care of them, he was the nominal commander of the imperial guards after all.

For a moment, the imperial guards looked at each other, and no one dared to capture Gu Mingzhao.

Although Liang Wu also felt quite embarrassed, as the deputy commander of the imperial guards, he had to stand up at this time.

He stepped forward and whispered, "Your Highness, Prince Qin, please."

Gu Mingzhao nodded, without saying anything more, turned and left the Qinzheng Hall.

The imperial guards did not come forward to surround or escort him. They kept a certain distance and followed Gu Mingzhao silently.

Although the imperial guards did not treat Gu Mingzhao like a prisoner, such an order was enough to humiliate Gu Mingzhao.

What's more, there was such an obvious scar on his forehead, and the blood on his face was almost dried. It was obvious that it was done by His Majesty in anger!

The palace servants he met along the way all turned their backs and dared not look at him.

The spies of various forces who were lurking in the palace also passed the news back to their masters.

Therefore, after Gu Mingzhao entered the palace and his sedan chair was taken away, all the dignitaries in the capital knew that His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin had angered the emperor and was taken back to the Prince of Qin's Palace by the imperial guards and placed under house arrest!

A small number of people are worried, many are happy, and even more are watching the situation in North Korea.

After this incident, many people felt that serving the emperor was like serving a tiger. Even if the King of Qin had been favored in the past, once he angered His Majesty, it would all be gone in a flash.

Some people also speculated that Your Majesty was afraid that the King of Qin would control the government and began to suppress his power.

Gu Mingzhao was escorted from the capital to the Prince of Qin's Palace as if he were being paraded through the streets.

Along the way, we passed by the gates of many houses of prominent families.

Some people even wondered whether His Majesty deliberately let everyone see that the King of Qin had fallen out of favor.

In front of the Qin Palace, Liao Qinglan stood at the door, feeling uneasy, her eyelids twitching constantly, as if foreshadowing that something bad was about to happen.

She looked towards the palace from time to time, waiting for Gu Mingzhao to come back.

Finally, there were sounds of uniform footsteps outside the door.

Liao Qinglan looked up and saw a huge group of imperial guards slowly approaching, led by Gu Mingzhao.

Half-surrounded by the imperial guards, although not tied up with ropes, the atmosphere of being escorted was very obvious.

Liao Qinglan's heart sank suddenly, and she quickly walked down the stairs to meet Gu Mingzhao.

When she saw Gu Mingzhao clearly, she couldn't help but exclaimed: "A Zhao, what's wrong with your head? Why... so many people?"

Seeing her anxious look, Gu Mingzhao smiled and shook his head, saying lightly: "It's okay, don't worry, let's go back."

Liao Qinglan was not comforted by Gu Mingzhao's words. She noticed that the expressions of the imperial guards were unusual and it was obviously not a simple escort.

She turned to look at Liang Wu: "Liang Wu, tell me, what's wrong?"

Liang Wu hesitated for a moment, but finally replied respectfully: "Your Majesty has confined His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin to his house for three months. The imperial guards have been ordered to guard him. Please, Your Royal Highness and the Princess, do not embarrass those on duty..."

"Grounded?"

Liao Qinglan was shocked when she heard this. She couldn't understand why Gu Mingzhao, who had always been favored and had just been to Fengming Mountain, a place only the emperor and empress could go, was suddenly punished like this.

Gu Mingzhao just smiled faintly, with a hint of fatigue in his expression.

Liao Qinglan suppressed all her doubts and went back home with Gu Mingzhao.