"What happened?" Huarong hurriedly asked.
"I asked around just now, and it's said that Zhang Xiaotian's father is secretly hiding a traitor."
Huarong pondered, "Hiding a traitor is a capital offense. Do you know who he is hiding?"
Lin Heqing shook her head and said awkwardly, "I didn't find out."
"Alright, let's disperse. It's almost the end of the year, so try not to cause any trouble and have a good New Year." Huarong gave a few simple instructions and dismissed everyone.
She leisurely returned to the residence with Shuxiu and Zhu Liu. As soon as she reached the entrance, she was stopped by Zhang Xiaotian's personal servant, Tong Ying.
Tong Ying fell to his knees in front of Huarong, "Miss Gu, please save my young master."
Huarong was stunned. She pointed at her own nose and asked Shuxiu, "Do I look like a good person?"
Shuxiu nodded, "Miss, you are a good person to begin with."
"But I don't think I can interfere with the matters of the General's Residence, right?" Huarong turned to look at Tong Ying.
Tong Ying was already in tears and begged pitifully, "Miss Gu, you are the Emperor's new favorite. As long as you promise to speak up for the General's Residence, the Emperor will definitely be lenient."
Although Zhang Xiaotian was her new subordinate, Huarong really couldn't do anything about it. The General's Residence was no longer within the scope of her jurisdiction. "It's not that I don't want to help your young master, but there's nothing I can do. I was born into a merchant family, and the General's Residence is a prominent family. It's different."
"Miss Gu, the General didn't hide a traitor. He only saved a child from the Dong Family. It's not a capital offense." Tong Ying kowtowed repeatedly after he finished speaking.
Huarong didn't understand, "The Dong Family? Which Dong Family? "
"Dong Zhongming, the former head of the Department of Shipping."
"What happened to the Dong Family?"
Tong Ying raised his head and looked at her. He looked very pitiful with tears on his face. "The Dong Family was annihilated overnight. Young Master Dong was a guest at the General's Residence that day. He didn't dare to go back after hearing the news and has been staying at the General's Residence ever since. He's not a traitor. He has nothing to do with the Prince Of Qi."
Huarong looked around. Fortunately, the weather was cold and it was drizzling, so there were no pedestrians on the road. Otherwise, who knew how much of an uproar these words would cause?
"Come in first." Huarong asked Shuxiu to help him up.
After entering the Gu family, Tong Ying didn't dare to hide anything and told them everything. "The Dong family is involved in an old case. It's related to the palace. The general only found out about it recently, but it's too late. The emperor can't tolerate the Dong family and implicate the general's estate."
"You seem to know a lot," Huarong said coldly.
Tong Ying was stunned. He didn't know why Huarong said that. "Miss Gu …"
"Okay, stop talking. Since the emperor can't tolerate the young master of the Dong family, just throw him out. The emperor is not muddle-headed. Why would he joke about the general's Residence? But you, Tong Ying, did your young master mistreat you? You betrayed him. "
Tong Ying looked at Huarong blankly and couldn't find an excuse for a while.
After a long time, he cried, "Miss Gu, I'm telling the truth. Only you can save my young master …"
"Shut up!" Hua Rong was irritated by his wailing, and his tone was incomparably cold. "Lock this person up. I want to see who sent him."
In order to stop him from making a sound, Huarong stuffed a sock into his mouth and asked Zhu Liu to throw it into the woodshed.
"Miss, is Tong Ying really a spy? Why would he betray Zhang Xiaotian? " Shuxiu asked Huarong carefully. In order to make Huarong happy, she served her ten times more carefully than usual.
"A servant who doesn't even serve by the master's side. He knows too much and even knows about the emperor. If he's not a spy, then what is he? The general's Residence is so important that he needs my help. Is there something wrong with Zhang Xiaotian's father's head? "
Huarong wasn't in a good mood to analyze the situation for Shuxiu. She was also considering this matter. Perhaps she was being paranoid and felt that someone wanted to deal with her.
Following the principle of caution, she ordered, "Shuxiu, find a way to find out what happened to Zhang Xiaotian's family. Didn't Brother Six give ten thousand taels? I can use it. "
"Yes." Shuxiu's Eight Trigrams seed sprouted crazily. She took the taels and ran out.
Silver was indeed a good thing. It didn't take long for Shuxiu to find out what happened.
"Miss, the Dong family was also killed on the way back to their hometown. Only a dandy young master was left. He used to follow Zhang Xiaotian, but because he was too dandy, the Dong family was very disappointed with him and left him alone. He didn't want to leave the prosperity of Jinling and refused to go back to his hometown. That's why he escaped."
She took a sip of water and continued, "But the emperor couldn't tolerate the Dong family. The Dong family was involved in an old case in the palace. I don't know the details of the case. No matter how much money the palace offered, the Dong family refused to say."
Huarong didn't know that Dong Zhongming's family was killed. But it was understandable. Dong Zhongming couldn't be compared to Yue Chongyang, who had disciples all over the world.
"What about Tong Ying?" Huarong asked.
"I spent a lot of money to enter the General's Residence. Zhang Xiaotian didn't know that Tong Ying came to find you."
Huarong snorted, "Sure enough, this Tong Ying was arranged by someone to trick me."
"Miss, what should we do?"
"Return Tong Ying to Zhang Xiaotian. He's a traitor. Zhang Xiaotian won't forgive him." Huarong snorted, "Shuxiu, pay more attention these days. See if there are any suspicious people loitering around our residence."
The next day, when Huarong just got up, someone from the palace came, "County Princess of Minhui, the emperor summons you."
Huarong frowned slightly. Tong Ying came to find him yesterday, and the emperor summoned him early this morning. If she didn't see through Tong Ying, she would definitely speak for Zhang Xiaotian, considering how she took care of her little brother …
Thinking about it, Huarong shivered. This person's status was not low!
After tidying up, Huarong took a fried dough stick and a few pieces of pastries and got into the palace sedan.
"Eunuch, why did the emperor summon me to the palace today?" Huarong asked lightly as she signaled Shuxiu to give her the money.
Everyone in the palace knew that there were three popular people around the emperor recently. One was the Crown Prince of Zhenguo Gong, the second was General Zhang Yue, and the third was the County Princess of Minhui, Gu Huarong.
Flattering the powerful and stepping on the weak was a common problem for most people in the palace. The eunuch took the money and said, "Yesterday, the emperor and the ministers discussed government affairs until dawn today. The emperor was upset and the princesses were not obedient, so the emperor wanted to talk to the County Princess."
Huarong thought, "Does she still want her reputation?"
When she arrived at the palace, she found that she thought too much. The emperor was accompanied by a princess.
Huarong didn't come to the palace many times, so she didn't know the princess. She just recognized her from her palace dress.
"Greetings to the emperor and the princess."
"You are the newly appointed County Princess of Minhui, and I am Princess Higashito."
Huarong was speechless. So she was the princess of the first wife and the most favored princess in the palace. However, he heard that Princess Higashito had gone out to learn martial arts. He didn't expect her to come back.
"Greetings to Princess Higashito." Huarong bowed again.
"No need for formalities. This princess only arrived today. Otherwise, the title of Jinling's number one hedonist might not be yours." Princess Higashito was born delicate and pretty. When these words came out of her mouth, it was not annoying at all. In fact, it made her seem even cuter.
The old emperor chuckled, his face full of kindness. "You, ah. You can't compare yourself to a hedonist."
"Father ~ ~ ~" Princess Higashito acted like a spoiled child.
Huarong wanted nothing more than to go home. What was the point of staying here and watching the father and daughter being happy? It wasn't like she didn't have a father.
"Minhui, I originally wanted to talk to you, but Higashito suddenly came back today. I won't keep you. Go back early." The emperor said.
Huarong took a long time to realize that Minhui was calling her. She immediately knelt down.
Zhao Han-chul was also called early. He received the same order as Huarong. The emperor's first wife's daughter suddenly came back to the capital. The old emperor had to hold a welcoming feast for his daughter, so he didn't have time to meet with outsiders.
"In just a few days, Miss Gu suddenly became a county princess. Congratulations." Zhao Han-chul cupped his hands. His expression and words were very formal.
Huarong rolled her eyes. "It would be perfect if I didn't get tricked."
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