Chapter 483 The Most Suspicious

Chapter 483 The Most Suspicious

After Su Ding and Du Hanping finished their ceremony, they took their seats with Gu Mengzhen's permission.

Gu Mengzhen's face was calm, without a trace of joy on his face.

"My dear ministers, what do you want to report?"

Du Hanping's brows were filled with panic, with a look of admitting her mistake. She raised her eyes tremblingly and glanced at Mr. Su.

Su Ding responded to the gaze, gently and kindly.

She was a girl and young, so he always took good care of her.

In this situation, she resolutely followed and was willing to face it together. It was already a gesture of righteousness and friendship. Of course, he couldn't bear to let a girl take the lead, so he stepped forward.

"Reporting to the emperor, I am stupid and was tricked by Lin Mu. I am afraid that Feng Zhengtai has fallen into the hands of King Di Jin."

"I am blind and guilty. I beg Your Majesty to punish me severely."

When Gu Mengzhen stared, his eyes were filled with shock.

"what?"

"Why do you assert that?"

Du Hanping thought for a moment and stood up.

When things get dangerous, it is not a good thing to let Mr. Su bear all the blame alone.

After thinking about it, she cheered herself up and put away her frightened expression.

"Reporting to the emperor, yesterday, the two gentlemen Xie and Teng presented Yin Sitai's plan of setting fire to His Royal Highness Prince Chen."

"Lin Muyuan proposed this plan. First, His Royal Highness Prince Chen will be completely unprepared and will be caught in the fire of Yin Sitai. While getting rid of Prince Chen, the Emperor can also attack Yin Sitai, suspecting that they are offering advice and seem to be plotting to murder the prince. Prince Dijin is anxious to rescue his subjects, so he is inevitably too busy to do anything else."

"Secondly, Lin Mu controlled the fire and saved the two gentlemen Qi and Tao as a life-saving favor. After the incident, Lin Mu invited them to stay in the Lin Mansion temporarily, explained the pros and cons to them overnight, and persuaded them to return to the emperor and avenge the prince together."

"If the two of them cooperate with each other, by today, when Qi and Tao come to the palace to meet the emperor, the plan will be complete."

"But, the secret agent reported this morning, and we have been on guard all night, searching the Lin residence dozens of times, but there is no trace of Qi Tao."

"Lord Su and I, a humble servant, realized that the situation was not good, so we sent people to the Qi and Tao mansions to get information. Unexpectedly, we saw the people from the Supervisory Office surrounded the Qi and Tao mansions, and we had no way of finding out what was going on inside the mansions."

"Therefore, after discussion, we have come to a conclusion. First, Feng Zhengtai made a mistake; second, Lin Mu actually has his heart set on King Di Jin!"

After listening to her quietly, Su Ding respectfully asked for her advice.

"As for the choice, we dare not make our own decision. We pray for the emperor's wise judgment."

Gu Mengzhen already trusted Lin Mu and expressed his opinion directly.

"Lord Lin's family is a branch of Queen Zhenyu's maternal family. I have no doubts about their intentions."

The black dragon eyes became deeper and deeper, and he slowly fell into deep thought.

"There may be something fishy about this matter."

"I guess that Lord Xiaolin's suggestion was not made voluntarily. It is very likely that someone plotted against me and lured me into the game to seize the throne for Prince Dijin."

Su Ding knew the situation well and asked in confusion.

"Your Majesty's opinion is brilliant, but I am a foolish minister who does not understand. The Holy Word says that 'someone is plotting something'. How do you see that?"

Gu Mengzhen spoke with a firm tone, hitting the nail on the head.

"My dear Xiaolin, you are still young and inexperienced, so you don't have such a brilliant plan."

Su Ding listened carefully, observed the situation, judged the appearance and expression, and changed the way he addressed Lin Mu in a respectful manner at the right time.

"These days, I have witnessed with my own eyes that Lord Xiaolin has encouraged His Royal Highness Prince Chen to join the game. His mind is immeasurable. It can be imagined that Lord Xiaolin usually hides something when he interacts with us."

Du Hanping immediately echoed.

"Wei Chen seconded the proposal."

Gu Mengzhen listened to the autumn wind but remained unmoved.

"Even if there is someone behind him, he will do this naturally."

"What you saw and heard was not his strategy, but the cunning of the man behind it."

"Empress Zhenyu is pure and virtuous, and is known throughout the world. Since Xiaolin Aiqing is her distant relative, he must be pure and unadulterated. Even if he has many tricks, he is still ordinary. How can he be unpredictable?"

Su Ding and Du Hanping looked at each other, both speechless.

"This……"

They did not dare to make any comments about Empress Zhenyu, and quickly gave up the idea of ​​admonishing her and responded as she said.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Gu Mengzhen had already made a judgment in his mind.

"From my guess, he is so smart that he can manipulate others, easily move between the three parties, and play both me and the prince around. The mastermind is about to be exposed."

When it comes to wisdom, He'er is second to none. Su Ding is secretly worried, always feeling that the emperor is referring to her.

"May I ask who it is?"

Du Hanping listened attentively and was also concerned.

Gu Mengzhen ignored it.

"I will take care of it. It's still early, my two dear ministers, go back home and rest, there's no need to worry."

Upon seeing this, Su Ding understood the hidden meaning and became impatient. He stood up and bowed, wanting to find his granddaughter to ask about the situation. Du Hanping followed closely behind him.

"Yes, Wei Chen is resigning."

The two of them retreated respectfully.

Xiao Fuzi observed the man's expression and stopped the palace maid who was serving tea in time. He took the teacup himself and served it carefully.

"Your Majesty, please have some tea."

Gu Mengzhen asked in a deep voice.

"Tell me, who is this person?"

Xiao Fuzi smiled awkwardly.

"I heard nothing and have no idea what Your Majesty meant."

Gu Mengzhen was a little impatient.

"You are not guilty."

"Guess."

Xiao Fuzi pursed his lips slightly and smiled moderately, neither being disrespectful nor appearing to be gloating.

"The Fang family is well-known for its foresight. I think this is Lord Fang's plan."

Gu Mengzhen held an opposing view.

“There may be extraordinary talents, but if they don’t have the support of others, they will be at a disadvantage.”

Knowing that he was being perfunctory, Gu Mengzhen emphasized seriously.

"Take a good guess."

Xiao Fuzi is happy.

"Zhou Shi, even tried to outdo the people in the Gaofang clan, but he was in the Tongshitai mansion, and it was inconvenient for him to do anything."

"Could it be that his own children were behind this?"

Gu Mengzhen asked very specifically.

"Guess who it is?"

Xiao Fuzi answered tremblingly.

"Your Highness Prince Li is far away from home; Lord Ning, the governor of the state, is missing; Lord Feng, the secretary of the secretariat, is in seclusion, thinking about the plan."

"In my humble opinion, they are all suspects."

Gu Mengzhen had already made a conclusion and then analyzed it.

"Feng Yihe is the most suspicious."

"Earlier, in Qianyan Snow Mountain, she let King Dijin go for no apparent reason and pushed all the blame onto Lord Xu. Then, Lord Su came to me and made me suspicious of Lord Xu. All these things happened step by step, pushing Lord Xu to the side of King Dijin."

"The mastermind Xiao Lin is plotting something, and the secret office is willing to cooperate. Who else could be the mastermind behind this if not her?"

"Alas, I really shouldn't have wrongly blamed Lord Xu."

Having said this, he acted decisively and handled the matter with ease.

"Go and pass on the imperial decree, granting the minister a thirty percent salary increase, and granting him gold and precious objects. By the way, have him tell the Minister of Copper Affairs, Wei Aiqing, to meet with Minister Xiaolin Aiqing, to quickly go to the Prince of Chen's mansion, capture the Prince of Chen, and secretly force all the ministers of Fengzhengtai not to follow Prince Dijin."

He paused for a moment and added a sentence.

"If Feng Zhengtai disobeys, King Gu Nianting will execute him on the spot for the crime of privately collecting retainers and embezzling money."

If he heard anything missing, Xiao Fuzi would ask one more question to serve as a reminder.

"Then, Lord Feng..."

Gu Mengzhen was determined.

"Send it to me. I will do it myself."