The best ring

The current situation of Yuanji and Houzhong is indeed not good, but it is easy to solve the current dilemma, that is, to clear the suspicion of the second prince and rescue him from prison.

Nowadays, among the three princes, the eldest prince escaped by himself, the second prince was arrested, and although the third prince has a will, because of his past performance, not many people in the court support him. In this case, if the second prince can clear the suspicion and leave the prison, and with the help of Yuanji and Houyi, the second prince will definitely be the prince with the highest voice. At that time, Yuanji and Houyi can also win over more officials under the banner of the second prince.

After all, the candidate for the new emperor will be determined sooner or later. As long as the second prince comes out, I believe that other officials will know what to do.

Once the second prince ascends the throne, the current dilemma of Yuanji and Houyi will be solved.

"Not yet." Hou Yi shook his head and said, "Guan Zhuo has been investigating, but has not found any useful information."

This matter is indeed not easy to investigate at present, and Guan Zhuo has not slacked off, but there is still not much progress.

At this time, a servant knocked on the door.

"Master, there is a beggar outside who wants to see you."

"Beggar?" Yuan Ji was stunned at first, and then he said angrily: "Do you think I am idle? A beggar can see me if he wants to see me?"

After all, he is the Minister of Personnel. Usually, even ordinary officials who want to see him have to see if he has time and mood, not to mention a beggar. Is this the kind of person he needs to see?

Yuan Ji was in a bad mood, and now he was messed up by this servant in his mansion, and his mood was even worse.

"No, master." The servant hurriedly explained: "The beggar said that he came from the palace and has what you need."

"Palace?" Yuan Ji was stunned again: "How can a beggar come from the palace?"

"This... He said that when the master sees him, you will know." The servant said.

"I think we should let him in." Hou Yi said, "Maybe there is some useful information."

Yuan Ji nodded and said, "Okay, bring him in."

If it was an ordinary beggar, Yuan Ji would never meet him, but the other party said he was from the palace, which aroused Yuan Ji's interest.

Soon, a beggar with unkempt hair and ragged clothes was brought in. When the beggar saw Yuan Ji and Hou Yi, he knelt down with a plop: "Minister Yuan, Minister Hou, I finally see you."

"Do you know us?" Hou Yi asked in confusion.

Officials in the court naturally knew their identities, but most of the people in the folk would not know them, let alone a beggar.

"Of course I know them." The beggar raised his head: "My two ministers, I am Gu Lin."

"Gu Lin?!"

Yuan Ji and Hou Yi also saw the beggar's face clearly at this time, and were immediately surprised.

The two of them naturally knew Gu Lin, and even had some interactions with him. After all, they were Shangshu, and Gu Lin was Zhao Xuan's chief of staff. It was normal for the two to have some interactions.

However, the two did not expect to see Gu Lin in such a situation, and they did not expect that Gu Lin would be so embarrassed.

"It's me, it's me." Gu Lin kept nodding, and even cried with excitement.

God knows how difficult he has been these days.

When he escaped from the palace, he was not prepared, so he didn't even have money, let alone clothes to change. He originally wanted to go to the Ministry of Justice to report the eldest prince after escaping the palace. As a result, after discovering that there were people of the eldest prince outside the Ministry of Justice, he had to give up.

Gu Lin knew that the eldest prince would never let him go and would definitely send someone to catch him. Therefore, after he left the Ministry of Justice, he found a place to hide. He knew that once he was found by the eldest prince, he would definitely die.

This hiding lasted for several days. Because he had no money, Gu Lin could only support himself by begging, which was why he became so embarrassed.

Because he had been hiding, Gu Lin was not very well-informed. Until now, he knew that the eldest prince had escaped from the imperial capital and the coronation ceremony of the third prince had not been completed. After all, these two things were big events. After they happened yesterday, they were widely spread throughout the imperial capital. Gu Lin heard the news while begging.

Hearing that Zhao Xuan had escaped from the imperial capital, Gu Lin was overjoyed and dared to come out.

Gu Lin originally planned to find Guan Zhuo, but after thinking about it, he gave up.

Guan Zhuo had always remained neutral and might not kill the eldest prince. As long as the eldest prince was not dead, Gu Lin would be in danger of his life at any time. What's more, he had seen the eldest prince outside the Ministry of Justice before, so after hesitating for a while, Gu Lin did not go to the Ministry of Justice, but came to the residence of the Minister of Personnel.

As Zhao Xuan's chief of staff, Gu Lin naturally knew that Yuan Ji was the second prince's man, and the second prince was competing with the first prince for the throne, so Yuan Ji would never refuse anything that was not in the first prince's favor.

That's why Gu Lin came this time.

"Why are you like this?" Yuan Ji asked.

Seeing Gu Lin in such a mess, Yuan Ji and Hou Yi were very confused, and they were even more confused about Gu Lin coming to them. After all, Gu Lin was Zhao Xuan's man. Yuan Ji and Hou Yi thought that when Zhao Xuan escaped from the imperial capital, he took Gu Lin away with him, but they didn't expect that Gu Lin was still there, and he became so embarrassed.

"It's all Zhao Xuan's fault!" Gu Lin gritted his teeth and said, "He wants to kill me!"

"He wants to kill you? Why?" Yuan Ji asked.

"Because I know his secret." Gu Lin said, "The late emperor was poisoned by him!"

"What?!"

Yuan Ji and Hou Yi were shocked when they heard Gu Lin's words. They never thought that Gu Lin would say such a thing.

Yuan Ji and Hou Yi had suspected the eldest prince before, but they had no evidence, so they couldn't do anything to the eldest prince. Now, Gu Lin actually took the initiative to mention this matter, which surprised and delighted the two.

If it can be proved that the late emperor was poisoned by the eldest prince, then the suspicion on the second prince can be washed away, and he can come out to compete for the throne, and the dilemma they are in now can be broken.

"What's going on? Tell me quickly." Hou Yi urged anxiously.

This matter concerns the future of both of them. They cannot but take it seriously and be anxious. Especially now the situation is very unfavorable to them, they want to know the truth of the matter even more.