Seizing the throne, abolishing the adopted son, the imperial concubine rose to prominence

After seeing the emperor off, Gu Youning gently pinched his son's face and said.

"Father won't be angry. Hasn't he always loved Zheng'er very much?"

Xiao Yunzheng looked up with an innocent look on his face, his black eyes twinkling, cute and sincere.

"Zheng'er is right."

She had always been afraid that her son was too kind and would repeat the mistakes of his previous life, but now it seemed that beneath that white and tender skin, there was probably only runny sesame seeds.

She could finally rest assured.

"master."

He'er came in from outside.

"Mother, Zheng'er is sleepy."

Xiao Yunzheng raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, looking very sleepy.

"Let Aunt Xianyu accompany you to the back to rest."

Gu Youning smiled gently.

"What happened?"

As soon as his son left, the smile in Gu Youning's eyes disappeared completely.

Just now, when the emperor was still having his meal, He'er was standing aside, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

"It was Eunuch Xiao Shengzi. He caught a young eunuch under the north palace wall. He recognized the man as a low-ranking eunuch in Guanju Palace."

In order to prevent someone from causing trouble secretly, Gu Youning asked several eunuchs to divide into three teams to patrol Changchun Palace day and night.

"Go and call Xiao Shengzi in."

Gu Youning said.

After a while, Xiao Shengzi came in.

"I heard from He'er that you recognized that eunuch as the one who worked with He Chongyuan?"

"My Lord, that young eunuch is indeed from Guanju Palace, but as far as I know, he is not close to He Chongyuan. He only does rough work like sweeping and chores."

"Did he tell me what he wanted to do by sneaking into Changchun Palace?"

"He said he had something important to report to the Emperor."

As Xiao Shengzi spoke, his face darkened. This eunuch was obviously lying. Even if there was something important in Guanju Palace, they would not assign a mere eunuch to meet the emperor.

Even if you want to discuss something in front of the emperor, you can just ask to see him at the palace gate. Why bother climbing over the wall sneakily?

"What do you think about this?"

Gu Youning looked at Xiao Shengzi.

"In my opinion, this matter should be reported to His Majesty or Eunuch Cao as soon as possible."

Xiao Shengzi said almost without thinking.

Gu Youning seemed shocked by the idea, and looked up at Xiao Shengzi as if in a trance.

"Master, absolutely not. We don't know the eunuch's true intentions. If we rashly send him before the emperor, what if this is a setup?"

Tan Yin, who was standing next to him, heard this and glared at Xiao Shengzi.

Gu Youning keenly noticed the guilty look that flashed across Xiao Shengzi's face, and his heart sank.

She has trusted Xiao Shengzi these days. Although she lets Tan Yin and He'er do the secret things, she doesn't guard against him in public matters.

Xiao Shengzi, is there really someone behind this?

"The Emperor is busy with state affairs, so please don't bother him with these trivial matters."

"Since he is a eunuch of Guanju Palace, Xiao Shengzi, you should return him to He Chongyuan."

"That eunuch was probably just having fun and didn't do anything."

Gu Youning used his eyes to stop Tan Yin who wanted to object, and gave orders to Xiao Shengzi, seemingly not caring about the young eunuch at all.

"Yes."

A trace of worry and anxiety flashed across Xiao Shengzi's face, but perhaps because he felt guilty, he still lowered his head and accepted the order to go out.

"Master, why don't you interrogate this eunuch? Perhaps you can get some evidence against He Chongyuan."

"Although Xiao Shengzi said that this eunuch was not close to He Chongyuan, I don't believe that someone from Guanju Palace climbed over the wall without He Chongyuan's instructions."

Tan Yin Fangzi stopped Xiao Shengzi from sending the person to the emperor, not to calm things down, but to get to the bottom of the matter before making any plans.

"No need, he was not sent by He Chongyuan."

He Chongyuan was pretending to be noble, but even if she wanted to harm her, she would not order a useless eunuch to climb over the wall in broad daylight, not to mention that the emperor was still there at that time.

He could only order the young eunuch to come when the emperor was present, and said that he had important matters to discuss with the emperor. It was too easy for Gu Youning to think of the person behind the young eunuch... Xiao Yun'an.

As for sending the person to He Chongyuan, no matter what choice she makes, Xiao Yun'an's life will not be easy.

……

Guanju Palace.

"What does Concubine Gu mean?"

He Chongyuan casually glanced at the eunuch who was pressed to the ground, and looked coldly at Xiao Shengzi.

"This young eunuch climbed over the wall and entered Changchun Palace for no reason. He should have been sent to the Ministry of Punishment, but our master is kind-hearted and will only let this servant return to his original owner."

Xiao Shengzi bent over in a gesture of respect.

"Who is returning to the original owner? What does this servant have to do with me..."

The words "What are you doing" in He Chongyuan's mouth were not uttered because of the look from her personal maid Jinzhu.

"Please go back and report to Concubine Gu. There are already many palace servants serving in Guanju Palace. In recent days, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has added a lot more according to the imperial decree. Our master has a lot of things to do and has not had time to train them yet. I believe Concubine Gu can understand."

Jin Zhu's words were a mixture of soft and hard words. She wanted to show how much her master favored her, but she also wanted Gu Youning to let the matter go. This was too condescending.

"If Chongyuan is alright, I will take my leave."

After hearing this, Xiao Shengzi slowly put away the respectful smile on his face, and after paying his respects, he turned around and left.

After Xiao Shengzi left, Jinzhu met his master's puzzled gaze and whispered, "This young eunuch is responsible for sweeping the back hall."

The second prince now lives in the rear hall.

"Who instructed you to frame me?"

He Chongyuan looked at the young eunuch who was lying limp on the ground with disgust.

"No, Master, please spare my life. I was ordered by the Crown Prince to go to the Changchun Palace to see the Emperor."

The young eunuch was already frightened out of his wits. He trembled as he took out a jade pendant from his bosom and said, "I am not lying. This is the jade pendant that the eldest prince gave to me."

"Master, this is something that was sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs a few days ago."

Jinzhu took the jade pendant, looked at it carefully, and said to the leader.

"What else did the eldest prince tell you?"

He Chongyuan felt upset. She didn't want to raise the second prince, but the second prince didn't know if he had taken the wrong medicine. He believed that it was Gu Youning who saved him that day, which made her very unwilling. When he was sick and confused, he called for his mother.

Between the Queen and Gu Youning, who has done him a favor?