In the imperial study, Tang Zhenhong still asked Tang Wenqi and his brother to carry him out of the sedan chair. Emperor Tianqi offered him a seat, but he insisted on kneeling on the ground.

"Your Majesty, please make the decision for me~" Tang Zhenhong looked stubborn and grief-stricken.

Emperor Tianqi sighed again in his heart. He knew that Tang Zhenhong's coming would not be a good thing.

He didn't want to hide it anymore and said directly: "My dear, you are here for the matter of Princess Jing, right?"

Hearing this, Tang Zhenhong looked up at Long Shang and Gu Lingyue, "Yes. This child and her mother are filial. They knew that I was ill, and so many things had happened, but they didn't write to tell me. And I am far away. If they don't tell me what happened in the capital, I won't know.

Today, my grandson went to Prince Jing's Mansion to ask them to come back to my house for dinner, but in the end, only he went back. Finally, under my questioning, they told the truth.

Is the life they have lived in the Gu family all these years what you call life? That is called lingering on…” At this point, Tang Zhenhong’s voice choked a little.

He had fought on the battlefield for so many years, and even when his second son was killed in the battlefield, he didn't shed a tear, but now he was crying.

"My daughter has been tortured beyond belief, my grandson lives a life worse than a servant in the Gu family, and this girl..." Tang Zhenhong looked at Gu Lingyue with red eyes, "Just because she has an unreliable father, this girl has suffered so much for so many years, and in the end, she even got married to someone else.

That’s fine, after all, I am very satisfied with my grandson-in-law now, and the emperor has re-granted them a marriage, which makes me very pleased.

But I could never have imagined that someone would actually assassinate them during this hunting trip.

There is only one girl among the younger generations of the Tang family, and I almost lost my youngest. If they hadn't told me the truth, I would still be in the dark."

Having said this, Tang Zhenhong looked at Emperor Tianqi and said again, "Your Majesty, please make the decision for me! It would have been fine if I didn't know before, but now that I know, if you still let them suffer injustice, I will never be able to rest in peace even if I die."

"..."

Emperor Tianqi was in a very complicated mood at this time, and he really could not refute this matter.

He could blame his son and daughter-in-law for not giving their royal brother a chance to survive, but he could not reprimand the loyal and meritorious official in front of him.

Because every word Tang Zhenhong said was true.

He knew that Tang Zhenhong must know that the eldest prince was the assassin. Now he didn't say it, in order to leave the eldest prince with the last dignity and to save face for himself.

The result of his own investigation was that Long Xian had secretly left the eldest prince's mansion and went to the enclosure to assassinate Princess Jing.

This is also the reason why he was unable to bring the murderer to justice even though he knew that his eldest son was killed by his other daughter-in-law.

Gu Lingyue guessed that the Marquis of Zhenbei came for his own matter, but she didn't expect that he came to seek justice for her.

This reminded her of her grandfather. In her previous life, her grandfather also protected her in this way. No matter what mistakes she made, her grandfather would always stand behind her and support her. He would not blame her easily, and would never let anyone bully her.

So at this moment, seeing the old and haggard man in front of her, Gu Lingyue felt an indescribable warmth in her heart.

Her eyes were a little moist and her nose was sore.

Gu Lingyue sniffed and tried hard to hold back her tears.

She secretly made up her mind to cure her grandfather's illness.

Seeing that Gu Lingyue’s eyes were red, Long Shang quietly grabbed her hand to comfort her.

In fact, when he heard that the Marquis of Zhenbei had arrived, he thought that the Marquis of Zhenbei was coming to plead with his father, but he never expected that the Marquis of Zhenbei was actually coming to complain.

Although both begging for mercy and complaining were to help his Yue'er, their meanings were completely different.

Moreover, he clearly heard the protection of his daughter Yue'er in his words, and he was very pleased that his daughter Yue'er had a family that loved and protected her.

The imperial study was eerily quiet at this moment. Apart from the sound of breathing, there was no other sound.

long long time...

"I have already ordered an investigation. It was the First Prince who led the assassination of Princess Jing, and the First Prince has received the retribution he deserved. As for why the First Prince wanted to assassinate Princess Jing, I will not elaborate. Minister Tang can ask Prince Jing or Princess Jing later."

Having said that, he glanced at Long Shang and Gu Lingyue, then looked at Tang Zhenhong, "I know that Princess Jing has been wronged, but the eldest prince is gone. Even if I wanted to send him to you as punishment, I couldn't do anything. Let's put this matter behind us. As for the grievances Princess Jing has suffered, don't worry, I will never wrong her again."

Hearing this, Tang Zhenhong decided to withdraw his thoughts and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."

He didn't originally want to do anything to the emperor. After all, the emperor's son was dead, and his daughter Yue was fine. He was just afraid that the emperor would punish his daughter Yue, so he took the initiative.

After saying that, Tang Zhenhong looked at Gu Lingyue and winked at her.

Gu Lingyue understood immediately, "Thank you, Father, for your magnanimity. I will let bygones be bygones."

Emperor Tianqi snorted coldly, "Lord Tang, you may take a seat now."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for allowing me to sit down." The Tang Wenle brothers lifted Tang Zhenhong onto the chair.

"Lord Tang and Prince Jing stay here. You two can leave first."

"Yes."

After Gu Lingyue, the two Tang brothers, and Gao Ming came out, Gao Ming stayed at the door of the imperial study. After Gu Lingyue and the others had left the imperial study for some distance, she asked in confusion, "Why did you and grandpa come to the palace?"

"Rui'er went back and said that the emperor summoned you to the palace, and that your maid was injured while hunting. Adding to that the eldest prince's murder, Grandfather suspected it might be related to you. I went to ask your maid, and it turned out to be just as Grandfather suspected.

Grandfather was worried something might happen to you, so he asked us to carry you into the palace," said Tang Wenqi.

Gu Lingyue felt warm in her heart when she heard this.

If she had to take care of the original owner's family at the beginning because she promised her, now she felt that she seemed to have completely integrated into this family, and she was willing to do her best to protect those who were good to her.

"I didn't expect that cousin Yue also knows archery. Let's have a competition that day?" Tang Wenle said with a smile.

"Aren't you ashamed? A grown man, you actually compare yourself with your cousin. I'll compare myself with you later." Tang Wenqi rolled his eyes at him.

"Hmph, let's compete, don't you think I'm afraid of you?" He then looked at Gu Lingyue and said, "Cousin Yue, what kind of pet do you want to play with? I'll get you one later."

Gu Lingyue smiled and shook her head, "I already have a little fox."

"Is that so? Then Fourth Brother will catch you a little wolf cub."

Gu Lingyue refused with a smile on her face: "No, it's not convenient to raise wolves in the capital."

Tang Wenqi gave Tang Wenle a look of disdain, then looked at Gu Lingyue with a smile on his face, "Third brother has a Ferghana horse, I'll send it to the palace for you later."

He also suddenly thought of it after hearing that his cousin was good at archery.

Before he came back, he was still worrying about what gift to give his cousin, and now here it is.

Hearing this, Tang Wenle pointed his finger at Tang Wenqi and complained, "Third brother, you are biased. I asked you for it so many times, but you didn't give it to me."

Tang Wenqi looked at him like an idiot and asked, "Can you compare with your cousin?"

"You..." Tang Wenle was so angry that he couldn't speak.

Gu Lingyue couldn't help laughing as she watched the two brothers fighting each other.

At this time, Gao Ming shouted: "Princess Jing, Prince Jing and his men are leaving."

"Okay, got it."

When Gu Lingyue and the other two returned to the imperial study, she saw Long Shang standing there.

"What's going on?" Gu Lingyue walked up to him and asked in a low voice.

Why did he stand up when she was out for a while?

"I'll tell you when I get back."

Gu Lingyue nodded.

The Tang Wenqi brothers were also shocked. It turned out that Prince Jing's legs were fake, which made them think that he was really disabled.

"What are you looking at? Come here and carry me out." Tang Zhenhong shouted angrily.

The two men hurried towards their grandfather.

Emperor Tianqi felt much better after seeing this. It turned out that he was not the only one yelling at his unfilial sons, but others as well.

Just as he was thinking this, he saw Long Shang also walking towards Tang Zhenhong, and together with his two brothers, he lifted Tang Zhenhong into the sedan chair.

Emperor Tianqi was so angry that he gritted his teeth. He had never treated him like this before.

After Tang Zhenhong and his grandson said goodbye and left, Long Shang sat in the wheelchair again, "I'm sorry to trouble Yue'er again. I can't let anyone else know that I'm fine now."

"No problem." When Gu Lingyue was about to leave with Long Shang, Long Shang suddenly turned around and said, "You haven't given the prize yet."

Gu Lingyue stopped and looked at Emperor Tianqi.

Yes, she won first place in this hunting competition, so she can ask the emperor for a prize.

"Father, this time it was I who won first place."

Emperor Tianqi became angry when he saw the couple and said angrily, "Someone will send a reward to your house later."

"This...is the annual prize a reward?" Gu Lingyue asked tentatively.

She thought it would be something special, such as a golden medal of immunity from death or a promise.

She has now completely integrated into this role. It is impossible for her to abandon the Tang family. She can only arm them. Although she has a promise from the emperor, the more the better.

"You can also propose a condition to the emperor." Long Shang said.

He had never participated in a hunting activity before, so when his daughter Yue'er was about to join, he had already sent someone to find out.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have mentioned the prize. The rewards given by the emperor are useless except for looking good.

However, even if others won the prize, they would only symbolically mention some insignificant things and would not dare to frown upon the emperor.

At this time, he didn't know that Gu Lingyue's space could be upgraded. If he knew, he would definitely not think so.

"Father, is it true?" Gu Lingyue looked at Emperor Tianqi with starry eyes.

Emperor Tianqi glanced at Long Shang unhappily and turned to Gu Lingyue.

"Don't you have a condition that I promised you?"

Gu Lingyue said excitedly, "That's the condition you promised, Father. Your Majesty's word is golden, no amount of more is too much."

Emperor Tianqi was so angry that he laughed. He only now realized that these two people were equally shameless and were a perfect match. No wonder his son liked her.

"Then tell me, what do you want?"

"My daughter-in-law wants a 'golden medal of immunity from death', is that okay?" Gu Lingyue pretended to be cautious, but she was already looking forward to it in her heart.

The golden medal of immunity from death is a life-saving talisman. She was thinking about it just now.

Who knows if there will be more things like Long Xian in the future? What if it happens again? He is the emperor's own son. How can she compare with him?

Emperor Tianqi knew why Gu Lingyue wanted the 'Golden Medal of Immunity from Death'.

With a gloomy face, he opened a drawer on the imperial desk beside him, took out a box, opened it, took out a golden sign and threw it to Gu Lingyue. Long Shang reached out to take it and handed it to Gu Lingyue.

Seeing a big word "free" on the sign, the smile on Gu Lingyue's face never faded.

"Thank you, Father."

As she spoke, she put the golden medal of immunity from death into the space through her sleeve.

Emperor Tianqi was so angry that his teeth were itching.

So many things happened during this period of time, seemingly unrelated to each other, but when you think about it carefully, they are all related to this girl, and this time she even took the life of one of his sons.

He originally wanted to summon her into the palace to dampen her arrogance and make her more restrained. But instead of suppressing her, he rewarded her with some things and even gave her a 'golden medal of immunity from death'. It made him angry just thinking about it.

"Get out of here!" Emperor Tianqi waved his hand, not wanting to look at them any more.

There was only one person who made him angry before, but now there are two. He now regrets arranging their marriage.

Gao Ming shook his head helplessly. His emperor had no way to deal with Prince Jing, and now there was another Princess Jing. It would be strange if the emperor was not angry.

However, he was happy for Prince Jing.

In the past, Prince Jing didn't care about anything and lived like a walking corpse. Now he has finally found someone he likes, and he finally has hope for the future.

Gu Lingyue happily pushed Long Shang out of the imperial study and out of the palace.

Tang Zhenhong and his two grandchildren were waiting at the door. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Gu Lingyue come out.

"Grandpa, why don't you ride in the carriage with us?" Gu Lingyue suggested.

"No, you guys go ahead, we'll be there soon."

He was afraid that something might happen if he arrived at the palace too late. In addition, carriages were not allowed in the palace, and it was inconvenient for him to walk, so he took a sedan chair. He was waiting here now because he saw that the girl had not come out for a long time and was a little worried, so he waited and did not leave.

The Tang Wenle brothers looked miserable.

When they came, their grandfather was afraid that something might happen and kept urging them to come. They have already used their lightness skills to the extreme. Do they have to rush further now?

But seeing their grandfather's determined expression, they could only shut up.

Seeing this, Gu Lingyue did not insist and followed Long Shang in the carriage and went ahead.

As soon as the carriage stopped in front of the Zhenguo Mansion, Qin Bo came out with Qin Lan and shouted, "Your Highness, the princess is back."

Gu Lingyue got off the carriage and said with a smile, "Well, where are my mother and grandmother?"

"The old lady, the young lady, and two other ladies are waiting for you in the main hall."

Then he looked at Qin Lan beside him and said, "Go and tell the old lady and the young lady that the prince and princess are back."

Qin Lan nodded and ran into the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion.

Gu Lingyue pushed Long Shang into the mansion.

When they were almost at the main hall, they saw Tang and another lady supporting an old lady with gray hair and a hunched body walking towards them, followed by another lady, Wenxiu and others.

When they arrived, everyone wanted to bow. Gu Lingyue quickly stepped forward to support the old lady, then looked at everyone and said, "We are at home. We don't need to follow so many rules."

After saying this, she bowed to the old lady and said, "Yue'er greets grandma."

Long Shang also followed Gu Lingyue in saluting.

"Okay! Okay!" The old lady looked at the two of them with a loving face, tears already in her eyes.

She stroked Gu Lingyue's face with her hand and said in a choked voice, "Grandma finally saw Yue girl!"

Mrs. Tang and the other two ladies were also wiping their tears. Gu Lingyue guessed that these two ladies should be her two aunts.

"Let's go inside quickly." Old Madam Tang took Gu Lingyue's hand and walked towards the main hall, and everyone else followed.

Long Shang looked at Gu Lingyue walking away with a face full of resentment.

Has his Yue'er forgotten herself?

In the end, Yun Hao had no choice but to push his master into the main hall amid his master's complaints.

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