Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

Gu Chan suppressed her laughter and reached out to help the two of them up from the ground.

After the father and son stood up, they still stood aside and did not dare to sit down.

Shen Yang said with a smile, "Okay, Uncle, stop teasing them. Over the past year or so, they have indeed been very nice to me. Just for my sake, please forgive them!"

"Well! Okay, for the sake of my good nephew, I won't tease you anymore. Come sit down and eat!" Gu Chan said, waving her hand.

"Thank you, master." The father and son thanked in unison.

After saying that, they dared to sit down at the table and have dinner with Gu Chan.

After drinking for thirty days.

The father and son were no longer so nervous, and the atmosphere became relaxed.

It was only then that Yan Kuan sighed and said, "Prince Chan! You don't know that since the Ninth Prince was captured, the entire court has been worried all day long. Fortunately, you came and the Crown Prince restrained himself a little, otherwise we would really be scared!"

"I'm not that great! Don't flatter me." Gu Chan said unhappily.

"It's not that you're so good, it's that after you came, he's been keeping an eye on you all day, so he's naturally more relaxed towards the rest of us." Yan Kuan said with a wry smile.

Gu Chan curled her lips and cursed in her heart.

Dry!

She really didn't expect that she would become a safe haven for all the civil and military officials in the court.

Now she has fallen into it and it’s hard to extricate herself!

Yan Kuan added, "Prince Chan, if you are free, I still hope you can go to Wanhuang Garden for a visit."

"Wanhuang Garden? What is this place?" Gu Chan asked.

She had been in Kyoto for a few days, but she had never heard of this place.

Yan Kuan whispered, "This Wanhuang Garden is where the Crown Prince imprisoned the princes and princesses. Except for the Ninth Prince who is in the Heavenly Prison, the Second Prince who died in Jiangnan, and the Thirteenth Princess who is imprisoned in Yonghe Palace, all the other princes and princesses are imprisoned there."

"So that's how it is! I was wondering why I've been to the palace several times, but apart from seeing the Thirteenth Princess, I couldn't see any other princes and princesses. It turns out they were all imprisoned." Gu Chan said with relief.

"Alas! Now that the late emperor has passed away, the crown prince has taken over all the power. With his methods, I'm afraid that after the coronation ceremony, these people will not be able to escape death!" Yan Kuan sighed.

Gu Chan listened and nodded secretly without saying anything more.

Judging from the fact that the second prince Xuanyuan Lie committed suicide by taking poison in Jiangnan, she did not deny that the prince would use cruel tactics on his other brothers and sisters.

Therefore, in this situation, it would be better for her not to get involved, so as to avoid implicating herself as the nominal seventeenth prince, which would be extremely disadvantageous to her.

Thinking of this, Gu Chan said nonchalantly, "They are killing each other, it's none of my business, I'm too lazy to get involved in this mess!"

"But you are, after all, the nominal seventeenth prince of Tiancang Kingdom. If you don't take action, and wait until the crown prince has dealt with them and has time to spare, you will probably still be doomed!" Yan Kuan reminded.

Gu Chan glared at him and said, "Something is wrong with you! You just want me to go to Wanhuang Garden. What do you want to do?"

"Prince Chan, to be honest, our Ministry of War is under the jurisdiction of the Third Prince. For so many years, we have considered ourselves his subordinates. If the Third Prince falls, I'm afraid that the group of old people in our Ministry of War who have always been loyal to him will be finished as well. I do this to protect myself." Yan Kuan said frankly.

The situation in Kyoto is very serious now. If these old men in the Ministry of War want to survive, the only person they can count on may be Gu Chan. This is the most direct reason why he said this.

Gu Chan understood and said, "Then I understand. Since you are so frank, I won't waste words. You go and tell those people in the Ministry of War that I will go to Wanhuang Garden to find the Third Prince tomorrow and take over the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War. Then you will be my subordinates. If the Crown Prince wants to make any moves on you, he has to ask me first."

"Thank you for your kindness, lord. Yan Kuan is grateful." Yan Kuan hurriedly clasped his fists to express his gratitude.

Gu Chan waved her hand indifferently.

Yan Kuan quickly looked at Shen Yang and said, "Well, tomorrow you will accompany Prince Chan to Wanhuang Garden to find the Third Prince. As for the reason, you can say that you are the Chief Clerk of the Ministry of War and you are going to report the affairs of the Ministry of War to the Third Prince."

"Yes, Lord Yan." Shen Yang said respectfully.

Yan Kuan let out a long sigh, and the heart that had been hanging in his chest finally calmed down temporarily.

After that, the four of them stopped talking and continued to eat dinner.

After dinner, Yan Kuan and his son sent a carriage to take Gu Chan back to Prince Chan's Palace.

Shen Yang then got on the carriage to send Gu Chan back.

Arriving at the gate of Prince Chan's mansion, the two got off the carriage. Gu Chan said solemnly, "Don't worry. After a while, when I'm done with my work, I'll have Zuo Yun transfer you to the Kyoto Camp. The Ministry of War is a place of controversy right now, and it will definitely not be peaceful in the future. It would be better for you to go to the Kyoto Camp."

"Thank you for your concern, uncle. I'm very grateful." Shen Yang said politely.

"We're family, why should we be so discreet? I've wanted to visit you at the Ministry of War for a long time, but after you became a prince in Kyoto, there were so many things to raise, and there was nothing I could do." Gu Chan said helplessly.

Shen Yang smiled faintly and said, "Of course, as the saying goes, things change at different times. Your current status and position are completely different from before. There are naturally many people in Kyoto who want to curry favor with you. I also hope that Second Uncle will be more cautious in the future and not associate with anyone, whether it is a human or a ghost, otherwise there will be endless troubles."

"Then let me ask you, what do you think of Lord Yan's family?" Gu Chan asked.

“I can only say that he is not a bad person, and all the people in the entire Ministry of War are not bad either. After all, the Third Prince is a good person. It’s a pity that he is too bookish, otherwise neither the Crown Prince nor the Ninth Prince could be his opponent.” Shen Yang said seriously.

Gu Chan's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she immediately became interested in the Third Prince.

Shen Yang added, "But it's good this way. At least the prince won't be cruel to him. Otherwise, he would probably have to stay in the prison now, being tortured beyond recognition."

"Okay, let's do this! You go back first and come to Prince Chan's Mansion to pick me up early tomorrow morning. Then we'll go to Wanhuang Garden together." Gu Chan patted Shen Yang's shoulder and said.

Shen Yang nodded quietly in agreement, then he said goodbye to Gu Chan, got on the carriage and left back to Yan's house.

Gu Chan stood at the door and watched the Yan family's carriage go away. Then she went into the mansion in a good mood.

However, what she didn't expect was that as soon as she stepped into the lobby of the front yard of Prince Chan's Mansion, she saw Zhang Wanshan and Ding Meihua, both sitting on chairs with sad faces.

When Gu Chan saw this, her heart skipped a beat and she thought something bad had happened.

She knew her grandparents too well. Whenever they showed this kind of expression, it usually meant something big had happened.