The fake daughter of a fallen ghost is reborn

Hearing this, Xue Zhiyi did not seem to have any doubts at all, and said sincerely: "I am waiting for Your Highness."

Gu Shichong smiled at her, as if he was doting on her: "But, as you know, the Royal Grandmother and the Queen Mother have a lot of contact, and my mother's relationship with the Queen Mother has never been very good, so the Royal Grandmother is not very warm to me. You have to say something good for me in front of the Royal Grandmother, but don't be too obvious, lest the Royal Grandmother notices the relationship between you and me and makes things difficult for you again."

Xue Zhiyi was stunned.

Even a fool could tell that Gu Shichong was trying to bribe the people around the Queen Mother.

Gu Shichong only continued: "If the Royal Grandmother has said anything important in the past, you should remember it in your heart and tell me when I enter the palace, just like the matter of Lan Ying poisoning me this time."

After that, he thought he was very considerate and said, "Just don't hurt yourself like this time, otherwise I will be distressed, understand?"

This sentence was too disgusting. Xue Zhiyi almost changed his expression, but he held back.

She looked embarrassed: "But the Queen Mother has been very kind to me..."

"The Queen Mother is my grandmother, and I will not hurt her." Gu Shichong said seriously, "I just want my grandmother to love me more. I also want to know more about my grandmother's preferences and her food, clothing and daily expenses, so that I can be more filial to her."

As he spoke, he smiled again, "When this king accomplishes his great cause, he will also honor the Empress Dowager as the Grand Empress Dowager, and you will no longer be a mere concubine. This king can pamper you and love you, grant you wealth and honor, and make you his favorite concubine in the harem. Isn't that good?"

After a moment of embarrassment, Xue Zhiyi relaxed his brows a little, and tried his best to make his expression look stupid, like a fool who was blinded by love between a man and a woman.

"Then, Your Highness, can you take in fewer concubines?"

"Of course." Gu Shichong answered without hesitation, "Although I cannot grant you the position of principal wife, you will have everything you deserve besides me."

Xue Zhiyi then slowly smiled, and her tearful eyes narrowed unconsciously: "I am very grateful..."

……

Outside the palace gate, Huo Wuyou just crossed his arms leisurely, but he sneezed for no reason. After thinking about it, he thought it might be the spring cold, so he didn't take it to heart.

Beside him, Yangui was leading a horse and following behind Huo Wuyou, as if waiting for someone.

Suddenly, Yan Gui called out, "My Lord."

"What's wrong?" Huo Wuyou turned around and looked at him.

Yan Gui said, "Something fell on your hair, and it's all green."

Huo Wuyou didn't understand what was going on, so he touched his head and actually touched something. When he looked closely, he found it was a willow leaf that had fallen on his head at some point.

Just when I was about to say that a wild goose can’t spit out ivory, I suddenly heard a hustle and bustle.

It was time to leave the court, and many people in official robes were walking out.

Huo Wuyou locked onto one of them at a glance.

"Walk."

He walked towards the man, and Yangui followed closely behind him, leading the horse.

Huo Wuyou smiled and called out, "Master Tu!"

Tu Yuxian almost missed a step when he was getting on the carriage. He stumbled and turned around, only to bump into Huo Wuyou's smiling face.

He was a little upset for a moment: "Marquis Lin'an, you followed me for a few days. Wherever I went, you followed me. You just didn't follow me when I went to the toilet. Why did you do this?"

Huo Wuyou thought: When he went to the toilet, his secret guards followed him.

He thought so in his heart, but he intentionally or unintentionally swung the jade cicada given by the emperor and said, "Master Tu, why would I want to pester you like this? Since His Majesty has ordered me to do this, I can only work diligently. How dare I slack off in the slightest?"

As he spoke, he patted Tu Yuxian on the shoulder and said, "Master Tu, please bear with me. This is my first time handling a case, and I don't know the severity of it. But there is nothing I can do. His Majesty has said that if I don't pay attention to this case, he will punish me."

Having said that, he didn't care whether Tu Yuxian was willing or not, and just carried him here and sat him down.

In the car, Tu Yuxian held his head, his eyes numb.

Huo Wuyou continued to talk to himself, "Master Tu, tell me, those people who claimed that their family members were forced into prostitution, can't even explain what their own women look like. They brought the girls from Chunfeng Tower to them, but none of them were their family members. It's really weird, and they are all so scared that they are pale and covered in cold sweat."

Tu Yuxian looked pale: Ever since Huo Wuyou came, there has been no peace in the Dali Temple. After a whole day of interrogation, nothing could be found out, and one person escaped from prison. Huo Wuyou used this as an excuse to tie up all the people. It would have been fine if they had just tied them up, but they also half-hung them, making it impossible for them to sit or lie down, and not even sleep. He interrogated them for three days and three nights, it would be strange if they didn't look pale!

Suddenly, Huo Wuyou asked him, "Master Tu, don't you find it strange?"

"Strange, strange..."

Tu Yuxian wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Originally, those few people were instigated by Prince Gong. They were asked to stir up trouble so that the Dali Temple could use it as an excuse to search Chunfeng Tower.

It's fake in the first place, how can it withstand such scrutiny? It will be discovered sooner or later!

He glanced at Huo Wuyou with a gloomy look again. This guy was still excited. As an uneducated and unskilled playboy, he probably took handling cases as fun, which was why he enjoyed it so much.

Why not just find an opportunity to silence those people!

But Huo Wuyou suddenly said, "Master Tu, I have good news for you."

Tu Yuxian had no idea what this ancestor was going to do next, so he could only pretend to be calm.

"I thought that those people would not tell the truth even if they were hung, so I ordered them all to be hung upside down."

Tu Yuxian was shocked: "When did the Marquis do this?"

Huo Wuyou said confidently: "Of course, it's when you go to court, sir."

Tu Yuxian's face was a little awkward: "In theory, they can't open the trial without my permission."

"Yes." Huo Wuyou said, "They are too inflexible, so I had people surround the cell and interrogate them on my own initiative."

Huo Wuyou said, and patted his shoulder again: "Guess what?"

Tu Yuxian blinked guiltily.

But Huo Wuyou laughed and said, "Just when I was waiting for you to leave the court, the Dali Temple came to report that they had confessed!"

"Admit it?!"

Tu Yuxian only felt his face turn pale and sweat broke out on his back, as if he had been hanging for three days and three nights.

Huo Wuyou nodded: "They said they were instructed by someone, and no one in their family was forced into prostitution. They all did it to curry favor with King Sheng."

Suddenly, he became concerned about Tu Yuxian: "Master Tu, are you feeling unwell?"

"Thank you, Marquis Lin'an, for your concern. I'm fine." He said, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

Huo Wuyou then said, "However, they insisted that they would wait for you to come before they would reveal who ordered them to do this, so I came here specially to wait for you to leave the court."

As he said this, he grinned, "Isn't this extremely good news?"

Tu Yuxian wiped the sweat from his forehead, forced a smile, and said, "Yes, yes..."