The real daughter's life was stolen, and she was reborn and became the best in the capital

After Gu Mingheng and Zhang Shouyi separated, they went straight to Baohedian.

He had already learned from the palace servants that his royal brother was currently in Baohe Hall.

The Hall of Preserving Harmony is located between the Outer Court and the Inner Court.

After the Hall of Supreme Harmony and the Hall of Central Harmony is the Hall of Preserving Harmony, which is also where Emperor Zhenguang usually handled official documents.

In Baohe Hall, Emperor Zhenguang had already known about Gu Mingheng's arrival.

As early as when he entered the palace, an informant had already come to pass on the message. When Gu Mingheng arrived at Baohe Hall, the chief eunuch Zhongning of Emperor Zhenguang was already waiting outside the hall.

He stretched his neck and looked outside, keeping an eye on the movements outside so as to see when Prince Chang'an would arrive and report back to his master in the inner hall in time.

finally--

"Master, Master, here he comes, Prince Chang'an is here!" The young eunuch beside him had sharp eyes and saw Gu Mingheng's figure first, and immediately replied to the master beside him excitedly.

Zhongning also looked forward immediately.

It really is!

A tall and mighty man was walking on the wide palace road.

Zhongning's face lit up with joy, and he immediately said to the eunuch beside him, "Hurry up and report to the Emperor." As he spoke, he went out to personally welcome Gu Mingheng.

Seeing Gu Mingheng coming from a distance, Zhong Ning excitedly went over to him and called out, "Prince!"

Zhongning called out to people and was about to kneel down and pay his respects to Gu Mingheng.

Gu Mingheng quickly stepped forward and offered his hand to support him.

"Father-in-law, please get up."

He held Chungning's arm.

Zhongning is about the same age as Emperor Zhenguang, in his early forties, a little younger than Eunuch An, and he also watched Gu Mingheng grow up.

Naturally, her feelings for Gu Mingheng are also very deep.

After being helped up, he looked at Gu Mingheng with red eyes and said, "Since His Majesty knew you were coming, he has been looking forward to it and has come out to ask questions several times."

Gu Mingheng also laughed when he heard this.

He looked forward and saw the Baohe Hall in front of him with its double-eaved hip roof and yellow glazed tile roof, which looked extremely magnificent.

But precisely because of its splendor and vastness, people outside cannot see clearly what is inside the house.

"I will go and pay my respects to my brother first."

Gu Mingheng said something to Zhongning, then let go of his hand and strode towards Baohedian.

He and Emperor Zhenguang have the same father and mother, and he was brought up by Emperor Zhenguang, so naturally the two brothers have a very deep relationship.

They haven't seen each other for more than a year, almost two years, and Gu Mingheng misses his brother very much.

He couldn't help but quicken his pace.

The eunuchs serving outside the hall saw him coming and greeted him respectfully.

Gu Mingheng nodded one by one.

Finally he walked into the hall and saw the middle-aged man in the imperial robes of the Ming Dynasty. He smiled and called out, "Brother Emperor!"

Emperor Zhenguang was sitting on the dragon throne. In fact, he had been waiting impatiently for a long time, but he pretended to be reviewing memorials.

He was still angry with his younger brother and didn't want to be nice to him for the time being.

But after hearing this, Emperor Zhenguang couldn't help himself.

He raised his head and glanced at Gu Mingheng with a look of resentment, then complained, "You still remember to come back!"

Although he said that, his eyes were full of concern as he looked at Gu Mingheng.

He was afraid that his brother would lose some weight after not seeing him for two years. But after seeing him, Emperor Zhenguang couldn't help but frown: "How come he has become so thin? How do those people around you take care of you?"

Gu Mingheng found it funny.

I feel that my royal brother and Eunuch An are exactly alike.

At his age, why would he care about being fat or thin? He ate and drank as much as he should every day, and he didn't feel that he had lost weight.

He smiled and didn't say much about it, for fear of saying more and making more mistakes.

He took a few steps forward and was about to salute.

But how could Emperor Zhenguang bear to see his brother kneel? He immediately put down the red pen in his hand that was reviewing the memorials and walked down. Before Gu Mingheng could bend down, he helped him up: "Okay, get up."

Wait for the young man in front of him to stand up straight.

Emperor Zhenguang did not let go of his hand and continued to look at him closely.

Both brothers inherited the good qualities of their parents and are tall and handsome.

But Emperor Zhenguang looked at the young man in front of him.

His younger brother, who was a head shorter than him when he was young, has now become half a head taller than him. He doesn't know whether his younger brother has grown up or he has grown old.

He was filled with emotion at the moment.

Emperor Zhenguang didn't say much, he just patted Gu Mingheng on the shoulder and said in a hoarse voice: "It's good that you're back."

Gu Mingheng knew what he was sighing about.

He was still smiling, his eyes passing over the strands of silver hair on the middle-aged man's temples. His gaze paused slightly, but soon, he withdrew his gaze without leaving a trace.

He helped Emperor Zhenguang to sit on the throne near the glazed window.

Zhongning personally served tea and pastries, all of which were the ones that Gu Mingheng liked in the past.

"His Majesty knew that you were back, so he specially asked the imperial kitchen to prepare it and send it over urgently." Zhongning said to Gu Mingheng.

Gu Mingheng had only eaten some dry food that day and hadn't eaten much, but he didn't refuse and started eating the cakes with his tea.

Emperor Zhenguang couldn't help but feel distressed when he saw this: "Didn't you eat?"

Without waiting for Gu Mingheng to speak, he said, "Go, have someone prepare some dishes that the prince likes."

Zhongning was about to follow the order when he was stopped by Gu Mingheng.

Gu Mingheng looked at Emperor Zhenguang and said, "We will have dinner soon. If we eat now, we won't be able to eat later. I came here on an empty stomach to have dinner with my brother and sister-in-law today."

When Emperor Zhenguang heard him say this, he couldn't help but laugh: "If your sister-in-law knew you were back, she would definitely be happy."

He turned to Zhongning and said, "Go to Weiyang Palace and tell the queen to come over for dinner tonight."

Zhongning smiled and agreed to leave, feeling relieved.

A while ago, the Crown Prince made His Majesty angry. The Empress tried to help by saying a few good words, but was punished by His Majesty.

During this period, His Majesty neither went to the harem nor visited the Empress.

Today is all thanks to the prince.

Gu Mingheng didn't know about these things and continued to eat the cakes.

Emperor Zhenguang looked at him, told him to eat slowly, and asked, "I thought you were going to arrive last month. Why did you go to Yangzhou for no reason? And you're investigating a case."

Speaking of this case, Emperor Zhenguang was still angry.

He really didn't expect that Nanzhili was so chaotic.

If Yixian hadn't happened to go to Yangzhou and follow the clues to get to the bottom of the matter, he would have been kept in the dark and allowed to be deceived by those bastards.

He uses the power he gave him to do whatever he wants.

When Emperor Zhenguang thought of the news coming from Nanzhili and the huge wealth amassed by the Yangzhou prefect and Situ Lian, he was filled with resentment.

For this reason, he specifically asked someone to keep a close eye on this year's test results.

He also scolded Zheng Qingquan severely. Although this matter had nothing to do with Zheng Qingquan, it was he who recommended Situ Lian after all.

Gu Mingheng didn't tell the truth.

Hearing this, he just casually responded: "I just happened to be passing by. Since I heard about it, I can't just ignore it."

"I can't just sit there and watch this group of people squander the people's trust in us."

Emperor Zhenguang nodded and agreed: "You are a good manager. You are my brother and the Prince of Chang'an of Daqian. If I can't go out, you should keep an eye on me and keep me in the dark."

Gu Mingheng vaguely felt that there was something wrong with what his brother said.

Recalling that when he came here earlier, Eunuch An talked about the crown prince being different from before, he looked at his brother, whose face looked a little decadent at this moment, and was about to ask something when Zhongning suddenly handed in a memorial.

When Emperor Zhenguang heard the noise, he put away the strange expression on his face and asked in a normal tone, "Whose memorial is it?"

Zhongning replied respectfully, "It was sent in by Marquis Anyuan."

When Gu Mingheng heard this name, he couldn't help but think of the letter last night, and his face gradually turned cold.

He didn't speak.

Emperor Zhenguang raised his eyebrows. "Why did he suddenly submit a memorial for no reason? I haven't heard Yuan Hun mention that there is something going on in the Ministry of War recently."

Although he said so, Emperor Zhenguang still stretched out his hand and handed it over.

When I opened the letter, I was very surprised.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?" Zhongning asked.

Emperor Zhenguang smacked his lips and said, "The missing child of Mingyuandu family is back."

This was indeed a strange thing, even Zhongning widened his eyes in surprise, and then both the master and servant turned to Gu Mingheng.

I originally thought that Gu Mingheng would be happy and excited, but looking at his expression...

"Have you known this a long time ago?" Emperor Zhenguang asked him.

Seeing Gu Mingheng nodded, Emperor Zhenguang didn't think much about it. Others might not know the obsession in his younger brother's heart, but how could he, as an older brother, not know it?

If it weren't for this incident, he wouldn't have been so reluctant to get married.

But this was a good thing. He quickly told Zhongning, "Go find someone at the Imperial Hospital and have someone go to Anyuan Marquis's Mansion."

"what happened?"

When Gu Mingheng heard this, he frowned.

Emperor Zhenguang did not hide it from him: "Ming Yuandu said he wanted to invite an imperial physician to see his daughter."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw his brother's face change slightly. Emperor Zhenguang explained: "It's not a big problem, it's just that there is a scar on her neck that needs to be removed."

Gu Mingheng didn't know that she had a scar on her neck.

But after hearing what Emperor Zhenguang said, he felt relieved. He thought she had been in trouble again.

The originally tense body relaxed again.

Zhongning was about to leave with the memorial, but before he could move, he heard a man's voice behind him: "Let Lu Shulan go."

Lu Shulan was the director of the Imperial Medical Service and also the head of the hospital.

Apart from treating the emperor and empress, he seldom appeared in public.

Zhongning first glanced at Emperor Zhenguang.

Emperor Zhenguang didn't say anything, but waved his hand and asked Zhongning to do as he was told.