After becoming a princess, she fell in love with the emperor of the enemy country

"You want to usurp the throne?" Gu Yuan was shocked.

Gu Ming covered his ears, wishing he had lost his hearing.

He Yun looked at Gu Yuan, unable to put it into words, "Am I a bad guy who does all kinds of evil in your eyes?"

"Uh," Gu Yuan scratched his head. He seemed to have some prejudice against He Yun.

"Forget it," He Yun sighed, "Remember to report to me what you heard in the bookstore."

After saying that, He Yun left.

Originally, Gu Yuan was wondering what kind of information he could get from a shabby bookstore, but he was dumbfounded when he got there.

The private room looked quite soundproof, but actually it had a mechanism. Once the mechanism was turned on, everyone in the next room could hear everything clearly.

At the end of the day, Gu Ming had written down enough information to fill a small notebook.

"Why does he have to ask us to do this?"

After closing, Gu Ming slumped on the table, looking as if he had lost all hope in life.

I spent the whole day listening to gossip and writing.

Chen Ying happened to pass by and said, "Because of this, the waiters are all illiterate."

"I've heard so much that it's a mess to repeat it, and it's not as convenient as writing it down."

As he said that, he took the notebook in front of Gu Ming and said, "Okay, you guys go back. I'll go deliver the things."

"Brother Chen," Gu Yuan stopped Chen Ying who was about to leave and asked shyly, "Brother, where is the girl who came with us?"

At this time, Gu Ming looked at Chen Ying without blinking.

"Her," Chen Ying stroked his chin, "Why are you asking this?"

Gu Yuan said calmly, "We came here together, why can't we be together?"

"What do you know?" Chen Ying said unkindly, "Girls have their own places to go. We don't recruit girls here."

"Why?" Gu Ming asked, blinking.

"Why so many whys? Just do what you need to do!"

"Isn't this discrimination against women?" Gu Ming muttered after Chen Ying left.

"That shouldn't be the problem. Look, there are quite a few female customers in the store."

This is true. This bookstore is quite big. You can read as much as you want for ten cents a day. The key is that it has a huge collection of books.

Almost everything including the Four Books and Five Classics, Strange Stories and Essays, Qin Scores, Poems, etc. is included.

The key is that you can take it back to study, but you have to pay a deposit of one or two taels of silver.

If the book is intact, the deposit will be fully refunded. If it is damaged, you will be charged according to the rules.

You can also choose not to pay, but you will have to go to Jingzhao Prefecture.

But because of He Yun's face, this situation did not happen.

There are also many poor scholars who come here to copy books.

In this case, Chen Ying will give a discount and tell you to pay the money and stay as long as you want.

For several days in a row, the two of them were collecting information in the bookstore. You wouldn't believe it, but they actually managed to find out some information.

For example, the tenth prince accepted all the beauties sent by officials, but there was no woman in his backyard.

The rest is basically speculation about where those women went.

For example, although the Eighth Prince supported the Tenth Prince openly, he also secretly won over many officials.

As for the list of officials, Gu Yuan only heard a general idea.

However, the tenth prince seems to have a very high prestige in the court, and he is generous and kind...

What He Yun received was not written in the little book, but he could guess it.

After all, since the Fourth Prince fell, the Tenth Prince can be said to be very popular.

First of all, the Eighth Prince is a coward. With his brain, he is incapable of winning over the ministers.

He Yun guessed that those people must have been bribed by his biological mother, Concubine Yin.

Furthermore, everyone with a discerning eye speculated that Concubine Yin might have died, so praying for the country sounded good.

But the people don’t care about this. His mother has become a nun, so what’s wrong with supporting him?

Finally, the stubborn illness that the Tenth Prince had since his mother’s womb seemed to have been cured, and he was now both talented in literature and martial arts.

It is said that the tenth prince went to the horseback archery field two days ago and actually defeated this year's martial arts champion!

He Yun rubbed his eyebrows and flipped through the booklet again, and he probably had a clue.

According to Gu Yuan's memory, there should have been dozens of beauties sent by various high-ranking officials, but there was no movement at the Tenth Prince's Mansion.

For so many women, rouge, powder, colorful clothes and jewelry are all indispensable.

However, the servants in charge of purchasing for the Tenth Prince's Mansion did not buy these things as usual.

It was as if these beauties had never lived in the Tenth Prince's Palace.

He Yun frowned, and the princess's admonition suddenly flashed through his mind, "Be careful of the Tenth Prince."

"Okay, I got it," he said, then packed up and prepared to go back.

"That's all?" Gu Yuan opened his eyes wide, a look of disbelief. They had been memorizing it for several days and this is all they got?

He Yun was stunned for a moment, then reacted and slapped Gu Yuan on the shoulder, "Oh, keep up the good work."

Gu Yuan pushed He Yun's hand away in disgust, "Did you see it clearly?"

"The emperor is ill. The tenth prince is very popular and is likely to become the crown prince!"

He Yun nodded and said calmly, "I saw it!"

He was not blind, so of course he could see such a large line of words.

Gu Yuan was filled with anger, "Didn't you say he couldn't become the crown prince?"

He Yun nodded and said, "That's right," he did say that.

"But in this situation, how can you win the support of the people alone?"

The more Gu Yuan talked about this, the angrier he got. He didn't expect that Concubine Yin's marriage would pave the way for the Tenth Prince.

He Yun shrugged. "What's the use of public opinion? The choice of the crown prince is decided by His Majesty!"

Gu Yuan frowned, "Isn't your majesty sick?"

"Yes, I am sick," He Yun waved his hand indifferently, "but I haven't realized it yet."

He Yun understood His Majesty, not to mention his incomprehensible obsession with the throne.

What's more, given Concubine Yin's situation, with His Majesty's suspicious character, he might even doubt whether the Tenth Prince is his child!

But Gu Yuan didn't know these things, "Are you so confident?"

He Yun raised his eyebrows, "It's not that I am confident, but I understand Your Majesty."

After hearing what He Yun said, Gu Yuan stopped talking. Anyway, he didn't understand the affairs of the court as well as He Yun.

In the end, all he needs to do is achieve his own goal.

Over the next few days, fewer people came to the bookstore.

Gu Yuan and Gu Ming were also free. They were resting in the lobby when they suddenly saw several people coming.

Gu Yuan knew the leader, and he seemed to be from the Ministry of Justice. His surname was Feng, and he was the one who secretly joined the Eighth Prince's sect.

As for the others, they all looked more or less familiar.

But Gu Yuan couldn't recognize them all.

"Where is Boss Chen?" Feng Bi looked around but didn't see Chen Ying.

Gu Yuan replied, "My cousin is out for some business, and it's true that if I tell you anything, it's the same thing."

Feng Bi nodded, "Same as before."

"Okay," Gu Yuan smiled servilely and led the way, "Master, let's go to the same place as before. I'll lead the way for you."

After working in the bookstore for so many days, Gu Yuan has long been accustomed to this.

Gu Ming had already gone upstairs and hid in the next private room under the pretext of delivering tea to the guests.

Just waiting to hear something useful from these people.