"Thank you for your hard work, Yuan Zhao has thanked the housekeeper here, and Cheng Fu will ask you." Cheng Muan hugged his fist to Steward Wang.

"The third prince is serious, this is the duty of his subordinates." Steward Wang hurriedly returned the salute.

"Do what you need to do next, when I am gone, those who come to mourn must not be slack." Cheng Mu'an told Steward Wang.

"My subordinates understand." Steward Wang said.

Cheng Mu'an saw that the time was almost up, and he had to rush to the City God Temple at the east gate to meet Gu Haojun, so he bid farewell to Steward Wang.

The surroundings were quiet, and Cheng Muan walked along the alleys of the alleys.

He thought about the deep meaning of Liu Kuo's actions, and announced to the world that Cheng Mu'an died violently, which may mean that Liu Kuo didn't want to see him again from now on, and there was no more Cheng Mu'an in the world.

Cheng Muan didn't think there was anything, he never cared about anything outside his body, and his name was just a symbol, anyway, he had rehabilitated the Cheng family, and now there was nothing to regret.

Gu Haojun went to the palace in the middle of the night, and the guards didn't know what the emperor had told Gu Haojun.

Gu Haojun walked all the way to Liu Kuo's Zixia Palace unhindered.

Liu Kuo generously gave the position of the queen to the crown princess, but she still went to Zhao Guifei's Zixia Palace every night, and before the draft, there were only these two women in the harem.

Liu Kuo and Zhao Guifei have not yet gone to bed, and the two of them are playing against each other under the lamp.

As soon as Liu Kuo heard that Gu Haojun was coming to him, his long narrow phoenix eyes narrowed, and he told the eunuch outside the door to take Gu Haojun to the imperial study to wait for him first.

"Gu Haojun? Didn't Your Majesty let him retreat for half a year? Zhao Guifei casually collected the clouds.

"Hmph, this kid is getting less and less interested in me now, he really should discipline me well, you go and rest first, don't wait for me." Liu Kuo was thinking in his heart that Gu Haojun in the middle of the night must have something urgent, otherwise he wouldn't have run away in person knowing that he was hit by the board.

The eunuch opened the door of the imperial study, and Liu Kuo saw Gu Haojun honestly kneeling on the ground waiting for him.

Liu Kuo raised his eyebrows and said: "Gu Haojun, you are so bold, you dare not listen to my holy decree, and you are not allowed to go out for half a year, you will run out tonight. ”

Gu Haojun kowtowed again and again, and hurriedly said, "Wen Xiaomiao was poisoned and taken away by the master of Ouchi. ”

"Huh?" Liu Kuo really became interested, waved his hand at the guards, and asked them to go down first.

"Go on." Liu Kuo ordered.

Gu Haojun breathed a sigh of relief, didn't dare to look up at Liu Kuo, and didn't dare to stand up, "Wen Xiaomiao was taken hostage, now her life and death are unknown, and she has been poisoned, Lao Cheng has not found her body, he said that the secret guard left a message before he died, and the person who chased and killed them was a master in the palace, and the level was still very high, Lao Cheng said that it seems that only people in the palace know Wen Xiaomiao's whereabouts." "As for Cheng Mu'an's words about breaking into the palace, can you say it or not.

Liu Kuo sat quietly on the dragon chair, and Gu Haojun didn't know what his expression was, so he didn't dare to look at it.

Suddenly, there was a loud "clang" around Gu Haojun, which startled him, and he saw that the best Yan Yan beside him fell to pieces, and some fragments even burst onto Gu Haojun's body, he couldn't help but glance at Liu Kuo, Liu Kuo's face was gloomy.

"Mu An, what do you mean? Well? I have promised him that if he marries Princess Taishun, Wen Xiaomiao can marry him at any time, Jun has no jokes, he resisted the front, and he dared to suspect that I had secretly done something? Liu Kuo's sharp eyes were full of anger.

"The emperor is angry, Mu An didn't mean this, he just deduced that someone in the palace should know Wen Xiaomiao's whereabouts, he didn't suspect the emperor, he just hoped that the emperor could help him find Wen Xiaomiao based on the contributions made by the two generations of the Cheng family to the court." Gu Haojun hurriedly explained, it was not a joke to annoy the emperor.

"How can he be sure that this Wen Xiaomiao must be in the palace?" Liu Kuo said.

"Your Majesty, this Wen Xiaomiao may not be in the palace, but I am afraid that only the palace knows her whereabouts, whether she lives or dies, Mu An wants to see Wen Xiaomiao." Gu Haojun also knew that the palace was heavily guarded, and Cheng Mu'an had no chance to escape at first, and it would be difficult to bring a half-dead person into the palace.

"What about Cheng Mu'an? I want to see him and let him enter the palace. Liu Kuo felt that there were some things that needed to be explained clearly in person.

"Huh?" Gu Haojun looked at Liu Kuo, not knowing whether to let Cheng Muan in.

"What? Afraid I'll eat him? Liu Kuo said angrily.

"That's not it, I'm afraid that I will make the emperor angry when I meet Lao Cheng." Gu Haojun politely refused.

"Are you two messing with less?" Liu Kuo stood up, walked in front of Gu Haojun, and said, "Do you want me to follow you out of the palace in the middle of the night?" ”

Gu Haojun was a little embarrassed, "Your Majesty, do you think this is okay?" Send someone to investigate Wen Xiaomiao's matter tonight, and then summon Lao Cheng to the palace when there is news? ”

Liu Kuo stared at Gu Haojun coldly, and thought for a while, "Okay, you get up first, since that's the case, I'll leave this matter to you." ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers can't." Gu Haojun didn't wait to stand firm, and knelt down again, "The minister is just a petty official, the emperor should spare me." "If you investigate this, I'm afraid it will involve a few big people who live in this palace, and he can't afford to pay for the Gu Mansion.

Liu Kuo frowned, "Okay, you get up, I'll make arrangements." ”

Gu Haojun was so frightened that his sweat came out, and he reached out and wiped it.

Liu Kuo summoned the guards and eunuchs, explained the matter, and arranged the task.

Of course, Gu Haojun couldn't be idle, and he was also sent to follow them to investigate.

The next day, after the morning hour, there was finally news that they found out that one of the guards around the Queen Mother was missing, and one was seriously injured.

The Queen Mother refused to admit it, but she didn't know where the missing guard went, and she was still strange, as for the injured guard, he was injured by other guards when he was learning martial arts.

Liu Kuo personally interrogated, and the Queen Mother finally confessed Princess Taishun.

Liu Kuo summoned Princess Taishun alone, Gu Haojun sighed in his heart, meet alone.

Sure enough, the final conclusion was that Princess Taishun cried to the Queen Mother because Cheng Mu'an was cold to her, and the Queen Mother's protector was anxious, so in order to let Cheng Mu'an marry Princess Taishun with all her heart, she sent the guards around her to kill Wen Xiaomiao.

All this sounds reasonable, and the guards also confessed that it was the Queen Mother, as for Wen Xiaomiao, he had been forced to drink Heding Hong, because of Cheng Mu'an's sudden appearance, his companion reported to him, and he threw Wen Xiaomiao down the cliff.

Gu Haojun knew in his heart that Liu Kuo was Princess Libao Taishun, his only sister, and it was human nature.

It's just a pity that Wen Xiaomiao died like this, Lao Cheng didn't find her body, I'm afraid she was eaten by a wild beast, or she ran away and didn't know which hole to hide or buried in the soil.

Liu Kuo ignored the opposition of the former emperor and sent the queen mother to the cold palace and canceled all her titles.

Is this a gesture of goodwill to Lao Cheng? Gu Haojun felt that this was the case nine times out of ten.

After solving this problem, it is time to tell Cheng Muan the bad news.

"You, go and bring him into the palace." Liu Kuo pointed at Gu Haojun and ordered.

Of course, Gu Haojun knows who this "he" refers to, the problem is that Wen Xiaomiao is dead, and Cheng Mu'an still has a fart when he enters the palace.

Liu Kuo saw Gu Haojun's concerns, "If he doesn't come, then it's okay for me to go, and some things are better to explain clearly in person." ”

Gu Haojun seemed to see the former Liu Kuo again, the Liu Kuo when he was still the prince.

Liu Kuo really only brought a few henchmen and guards with him, and he went out of the palace with Gu Haojun in the posture of a private visit.

Gu Haojun was a little uneasy, but Liu Kuo couldn't shake it off, so he could only take one step at a time, I hope Lao Cheng wouldn't show up recklessly, although he brought a few people in the open, but I don't know if there are still him in the secret.

Everyone rode horses to the City God Temple at the east gate, because they heard that the City God here is very spiritual, so pilgrims gather all year round, and it is very lively.

Cheng Mu'an chose this place because there are many people here, and it is easy to hide.

The shouts of small traders and vendors outside the City God Temple came and went, and the good men and women who came and went to burn incense and worship the Buddha.

Gu Haojun and Cheng Muan did not agree on a specific location, so they could only wait for Cheng Muan to come to him.

Liu Kuo didn't seem to be in a hurry, he was very interested in the lively City God Temple, looking around.

The liveliness of the City God Temple is different from the bazaar, it has money, rice, medicine, alms for coffins, or the last refuge for the poor, homeless refugees, can get a meal, ask for a night, ordinary people's weddings and funerals, the ups and downs of officialdom, the profits and losses in business, can find shelter and comfort here.

"Master, why don't you find a place to rest first?" Gu Haojun suggested to Liu Kuo that he hadn't seen Cheng Mu'an yet.

"No, wouldn't it be better to let Mu An see it? Hiding it is easy to make him suspicious. Liu Kuo picked up a small sugar monkey and looked at it.

"Yes, Ye Yingming." Gu Haojun hurriedly flattered him.

After walking around, Gu Haojun and Liu Kuo entered the gate of the City God Temple, where there was cigarette smoke.

Liu Kuo sent the guards to add incense money, and he also bowed to the temple god and inserted a few sticks of incense.

Gu Haojun looked around, and suddenly saw "Hong'an" standing next to the pillar, and Cheng Mu'an changed his face.

Gu Haojun blocked the guard's sight, put his hand in front of him seemingly casually, and made a small gesture, first pointing at Liu Kuo and then at Cheng Mu'an.

Cheng Mu'an blinked, then turned around and left.

Gu Haojun knew in his heart that Cheng Muan was going to meet Liu Kuo alone.

"Master, Lao Cheng wants to see you alone." Gu Haojun saw that Liu Kuo had bowed, and stepped forward and whispered in his ear.

Liu Kuo glanced at Gu Haojun, looked around, and said, "Okay, you guys just wait here." ”

The guards wanted to stop it, but Liu Kuo waved his hand and strode away.