The beautiful and powerful minister hooked up with the crazy emperor and couldn't escape

"Jian Xiang is really direct."

Jian Han lowered his eyes and bowed his hands, saying, "I dare not take the responsibility for deceiving the emperor. Being honest with Your Majesty is the duty of a minister."

"I don't want to believe it was the Grand Tutor, but all the evidence points to him, so I have to believe it." Mo Ling sighed and sat back on the stone bench in the pavilion.

"Your Majesty, have you ever thought about what would happen if the Grand Tutor was wronged from the beginning to the end?"

Mo Ling raised his eyelids and looked at Jian Han: "If that's the case, I will apologize to the Grand Tutor. But Yi Ran saw this with his own eyes, and I believe Yi Ran."

Jian Han did not express his opinion on this matter, but asked another question: "Your Majesty, what do you think of your Excellency?"

Mo Ling's eyes became sharper: "You little liar who never tells the truth."

The little liar who stole my true heart.

Jian Han was stunned for a moment. Little liar? Is this the hobby of His Majesty and the Grand Tutor? This is not what he wanted to ask!

"Your Majesty, don't you think that your Excellency knows a lot? Your Majesty has always been suspicious of your Excellency because he is from the Grand Tutor's residence. But I think that your Excellency will never harm your Majesty, and neither will the Grand Tutor."

Mo Ling chuckled and looked at Jian Han meaningfully: "Are you the lobbyist sent by the Grand Master?"

Jian Han knelt slowly on the ground: "I dare not, but Your Majesty, I suspect there is someone behind all this, and everything they do is to alienate Your Majesty and the Grand Tutor. I originally suspected the Grand Tutor's intentions towards Da Yue and Your Majesty, but it was not until I saw Your Majesty that I realized that the Grand Tutor would never hurt Your Majesty."

"how you said that?"

Jian Han knew that he couldn't tell His Majesty that the Grand Tutor was Ming Qing now, otherwise he would not be helping the Grand Tutor, but would be adding fuel to the fire.

"Your Majesty is the one that the Grand Tutor pampers and raises in his mansion. He himself is reluctant to touch a hair on your Majesty, but he is willing to give you your Majesty. This shows how much the Grand Tutor cares about your Majesty."

Mo Ling threw the chess piece in his hand casually, breaking several lotus flowers.

"Intentions? Let Ming Qing deceive me, that's the intention of the Grand Tutor? I can't bear this intention."

Jian Han silently felt sorry for the broken lotus, and after a long while he said, "Your Majesty, those private soldiers could have been raised by anyone except the Grand Tutor. Could it be that Commander Yan made a mistake? After all, the Grand Tutor has never shown his face in public and has always worn a mask. But the person wearing a mask may not necessarily be the Grand Tutor."

Mo Ling also fell silent. It was true that the Grand Master had never revealed his face, but ordinary people did not dare to wear the Grand Master's mask.

When he first ascended the throne, someone used a mask to impersonate the Grand Tutor and abducted a good girl. When the Grand Tutor found out, he was furious and sentenced the man to death by slicing at Caishikou.

Not only that, all those who wore similar masks as the Grand Tutor were punished to varying degrees, and from then on no one dared to wear a similar mask as the Grand Tutor.

If his guess was correct, Yiran must have seen someone wearing the same mask as the Grand Tutor among the group of private soldiers. But as Prime Minister Jian said, this person might not be the Grand Tutor. He was so angry at Qingqing for severely injuring Yiran and the Grand Tutor's appearance among the private soldiers that he ordered the arrest of Qingqing and the Grand Tutor.

The imperial edict had already been issued, so there was no reason to withdraw it. However, if he really wronged the Grand Tutor, then he would have to bear the consequences of angering the Grand Tutor. Judging from past experience, it would be enough for him to drink a pot, but it wouldn't be too much.

If it really wasn't the Grand Tutor, he would have no choice but to do so. If he didn't let the Grand Tutor in, how could the person behind the scenes reveal his true colors? Originally, he came to the Grand Tutor's residence today to let the people there contact the Grand Tutor. Even if the Grand Tutor didn't want to return to the court, it should be possible for him to meet with the Grand Tutor, right?

Who knew that the Grand Tutor's Mansion would be empty? Then he had to find another way.

"What Prime Minister Jian said makes sense. Since Prime Minister Jian and the Grand Tutor have a personal relationship, could you please write a letter to inform the Grand Tutor and ask him to return to the court?"

Jian Han shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I can write the letter, but I don't think it will be of any use. Your Majesty has hurt the Grand Tutor's heart, and the Grand Tutor has already retired. Since he did not return to the court when the imperial edict was issued, it is even more impossible for him to return to the court now. Your Majesty might as well check who is pretending to be the Grand Tutor, so as to clear his name."

Mo Ling looked indifferent: "At present, all the evidence points to the Grand Master. I have no idea who is behind this."

Jian Han looked at Mo Ling in surprise and said, "Your Majesty, I was thinking that since the person behind the scenes dared to do it, he would definitely leave some evidence. But Your Majesty didn't find any traces, which is too unreasonable. Could it be that there is a traitor who wiped out all the evidence, so we can't find the mastermind behind the scenes?"

Insider? Mo Ling almost handed over all matters related to the mastermind to Yiran to investigate. Jiazi had been guarding Wen Chu in Xishan Garden these days and did not participate in it.

If there is a traitor, then there must be something wrong with the Hidden Dragon Guards.

It seems that one of the Hidden Dragon Guards defected a few days ago. This shows that the Hidden Dragon Guards are not an impenetrable wall.

"I understand. But what does Jian think of the Grand Tutor's Mansion? Given how desolate the Grand Tutor's Mansion is, the people in the Mansion should have left long ago. If the Grand Tutor did nothing wrong, why did he let everyone in the Mansion evacuate?"

Jian Han shook his head: "I can't guess, maybe the Grand Master doesn't want to come back again."

The Grand Master has been by your side and has been serving you peacefully. It is understandable that he does not want to be the Grand Master again. After all, the Grand Master is a powerful official, and you are the emperor. The Grand Master voluntarily gave up his status as the Grand Master in order to be by your side. Just like his silly dog ​​Bai Yunjin, in order to be with him, he gave up his status as the son of the Marquis's mansion and worked his way up from a seventh-rank official to where he is now.

It turns out that a person like the Grand Tutor also has times when he is troubled by love, but now it seems that Your Majesty must have hurt the Grand Tutor's heart, otherwise in such a critical situation, the Grand Tutor would not have failed to help Your Majesty.

In the past, the Grand Tutor assumed the identity of an actor and became a noble prince. He dared to offend half of the people in the court for Your Majesty and solved Your Majesty's problems. But now he is unwilling to appear in front of Your Majesty, and Your Majesty still doubts the Grand Tutor.

Alas, he has done everything he can to help His Majesty, but he always feels that His Majesty will pay the price for his suspicion.

"You won't come back?"

Mo Ling raised his eyes again and took in the desolate scene around him. Maybe.

After Jian Han left, Mo Ling summoned Shangguan Zhu, the commander of the imperial guards. Shangguan Zhu was a martial arts candidate he met by chance, who later passed the imperial examination and became the top martial arts scholar. He was considered his disciple and one of his confidants.

He asked Shangguan Zhu to secretly investigate the matter of the private soldiers and Qingqing's murder and escape from the palace. He would go to see Yiran later and ask him to thoroughly investigate the traitor.

Before that, since we were all out of the palace, we went to Xishanju to see Wen Chu. According to the report from Qianlongwei, Wen Chu seemed to have woken up today.

It just so happened that he had a lot of questions in his mind, so he went to talk to Wen Chu to clarify things and dispel his doubts.

Mo Ling rode out of the capital in a low-key carriage and headed towards Xishan Garden. He couldn't concentrate on reading today, so he took a nap in the carriage.

However, before he reached Xishanju, he heard the sound of weapons and someone shouting, "Stop them, don't let them take Wen Chu away!"

"kill!"

"Crack! Bang! Clang clang clang!"

Mo Ling opened his eyes immediately. What happened?

Someone wants to kidnap Wen Chu?