The fake daughter of a fallen ghost is reborn

Today, Xue Tingliu no longer wears the official robes he used to wear. Instead, he wears plain white cloth and looks very shabby.

He clenched his fingers tightly, and tried to keep his voice as calm as possible: "I was harmed by a traitor and was stripped of my honor, but my loyalty to Your Highness remains the same as before."

Gu Shimin just sighed slowly: "But look, what have you done during the time I was away from Huajing? You have ruined the Rong family and yourself."

Xue Tingliu bowed, his head buried deeply: "Xue Zhentong is dead, and Lu Minchun, the fence-sitter, has also been sentenced to death. This will make Gu Shichong lose control of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Rites in an instant. It is not a pity for me to die."

Speaking of this, Gu Shimin's eyebrows did not relax much. "Lu Minchun, that loser, I originally wanted you to report him for cheating after Xue Tingsheng passed the exam, saying that he had known the exam questions long before the exam, and then Lu Minchun pointed out that the person who leaked the exam questions was Fang Ou, the Minister of Rites."

He snorted coldly: "In this way, we can not only get rid of Xue Zhentong and Xue Tingsheng, but also pull down Fang Ou, the old stubborn man who has refused my recruitment several times, so that Lu Minchun can take advantage of the opportunity to be promoted, and you can also avoid being implicated by the Xue family because of your merit in reporting the case."

Looking at the shiny sword, Gu Shimin's brows sank, and the sword reflected the cold light in his brows: "What a pity, such a plan to kill three birds with one stone, who would have thought that Xue Tingsheng was such a fool to dare to bring in during the imperial examination? He was really stupid beyond our expectations, and he was also very cowardly. After being arrested and interrogated for a few sentences, he gave Lu Minchun away, making it impossible for my plan to be implemented."

Xue Tingliu's bent waist was already sore, but he didn't dare to lift it even a little.

"Your Highness, now that things have come to this, we should arrange for our people to fill the vacancies as soon as possible. Although I don't know how the secret agent of Chunfeng Tower was discovered by Prince Gong, it seems that he is about to take action now."

Glancing at him, Gu Shimin uttered a sigh, "Stand up straight and talk."

"Yes, thank you, Your Highness." Xue Tingliu straightened up.

"You don't have to be dejected. It doesn't matter if you become a slave now. When I accomplish my great cause, I can pardon you with just a command. You just need to stay in Prince Cheng's mansion and continue to be my counselor. I can still give you this little protection."

Seeing that he was somewhat absent-minded, King Cheng asked him: "Are you worried about something?"

Xue Tingliu was stunned, but did not deny it. He just said, "My useless sister disappeared after our house was searched that day. My mother missed me and asked me to find her. However, I have searched all over Huajing in the past few days, and even went to the death row yesterday to look for her, but I couldn't find any trace of her."

"Of course you can't find her." King Cheng said.

"Your Highness, do you have any news about her?" Xue Tingliu raised his eyebrows and looked at Prince Cheng.

I only heard King Cheng say, "Since you are so loyal to me, I will not treat you badly. I asked someone and found out that after Xue Panrou was enslaved, she was exiled to the palace. A daughter of a guilty minister like her can only do the lowest level of menial work. But after all, she is in the palace, so it is not easy to get her out now. But don't worry, she is just like you. It only takes a word from me to get her out, but not now."

Xue Tingliu heaved a sigh of relief and bowed again: "I am very grateful that my life is safe. Thank you, Your Highness. I am willing to serve you at my utmost."

"I have always trusted your loyalty." After saying that, he looked at Xue Tingliu and said, "If there is nothing important, please leave first."

Xue Tingliu did not leave, so Gu Shimin asked him, "Why, is there anything else?"

After a moment of silence, Xue Tingliu said, "There is indeed one more matter that needs to be decided by Your Highness."

"Oh?"

"Yesterday in the death row, I met a man."

"Who?" Gu Shimin waited for him to speak.

"Fu Rongxin."

Recalling this name, Gu Shimin suddenly realized: "The one who has been making a lot of noise recently, the most beautiful woman in Linzhou who committed murder?"

Xue Tingliu said: "That's right."

Just yesterday, he used all his mother's remaining savings to enter the prison to find Xue Panrou's whereabouts, but he didn't expect to meet Fu Rongxin there.

It was Fu Rongxin who recognized him first and shouted for help.

He was very upset at that time, not to mention that he was the one who framed Fu Rongxin. Even in the past, he would not bother to care about Fu Rongxin, let alone he was now unable to take care of himself.

But he didn't expect that Fu Rongxin would really disregard everything in order to survive. Seeing that he didn't intend to care about her, she broke down and cried, "Second brother... Second brother! We are siblings, brothers! You can't ignore me!"

This call made his second brother laugh, so he simply stopped to listen to what other jokes she had.

But Fu Rongxin, who was once elegant and pure, was now dirty and smelly, and emaciated.

He asked Fu Rongxin: "Why should I save you? What ability do I have to save you now?"

But Fu Rongxin grinned and said, "You can't do it, but Prince Cheng can!"

With just one sentence, his expression changed. He didn't expect that Fu Rongxin would know that he was loyal to King Cheng.

He said coldly: "What else do you know?"

Fu Rongxin said, "I'll tell you after you save me."

Fu Rongxin's threat seemed particularly ridiculous, and Xue Tingliu said in return: "Tell me your value, otherwise you will be strangled."

Fu Rongxin panicked, her eyes darting around, as if she was recalling something: "The Yueling Pass Massacre... I know who the real murderer of the Yueling Pass Massacre is! Prince Cheng will definitely want to know this news! Not only that, Xue Zhiyi and I are sworn enemies, I will fight to the death to take her life!"

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“Xue Zhiyi?” Gu Shimin narrowed his eyes slightly. “The daughter that the Xue family has wrongly raised for more than ten years, Gu Shichong’s princess?”

As soon as Xue Zhiyi was mentioned, Xue Tingliu's eyes were filled with unconcealed anger: "Your Highness, I will fail this time, and it has everything to do with this bitch."

Hearing this, Gu Shimin smiled and shook his head: "Ting Liu, what nonsense are you talking about? How could you fall for a woman?"

Xue Tingliu snorted coldly, "Your Highness, I thought so at first, too. I only regarded her as an ordinary woman in the harem, so I neglected my guard and failed to deal with her early. As for now, if you don't believe me, think about it. No one in the Xue family was spared, but she was able to escape. It's really suspicious."

He gritted his teeth and said, "Xue Zhiyi is having an affair with Lin'an Hou Huo Wuyou. I'm afraid it's not a simple matter."

"Huo Wuyou?" Gu Shimin couldn't help laughing: "You should have told me such an interesting thing earlier. If my brother knew about it, I'm afraid he would lose face."

As he spoke, he found it more and more interesting: "Speaking of which, back then, Duke Lin'an Huo Yan was a stubborn person who refused to join my army no matter what. If he and Huo Wuji had not died at the right time, I would have really worried that he would become Gu Shichong's man one day and become a serious threat to me."

Xue Tingliu just looked at Gu Shichong calmly without saying anything.

Thinking of something, Gu Shimin asked, "You just said that Fu Rongxin knew who the real culprit of the Yueling Pass tragedy was?"

Xue Tingliu just smiled with an ambiguous meaning: "Everyone knows that Duke Lin'an and his eldest son died at the hands of the Northern Di people. I just don't know what other answer Fu Rongxin can come up with."

"I am also very curious."

After wiping the sword for so long, Gu Shimin finally sheathed it: "Get her out."