"Lord Shen praised it falsely. Leng Shuang bowed slightly and said politely.

"Lord Leng doesn't have to be modest, Lord Leng is the champion of the dynasty, rich in learning, talented, and well-deserved champion."

Shen Lingyuan's words sounded a bit exaggerated, but Leng Shuang didn't refute it, but said shyly, "Lord Shen is overrated."

Shen Lingyuan was slightly stunned, obviously he didn't expect Leng Shuang to show this posture, and for a while, he was a little depressed.

Leng Shuang noticed Shen Lingyuan's strange appearance and hurriedly said, "Lord Shen, Weichen retires."

After saying that, Cold Frost left in a hurry.

Shen Lingyuan looked at the back of Cold Frost leaving, and a bitter smile rose at the corner of his mouth.

As soon as Leng Shuang returned to the mansion, he heard that Gu Tingyu had left, so he let go of his hanging heart.

"Husband, when I went to the court this morning, I heard that Lord Liu, the secretary of the ministry, impeached you for corruption and bribery, and now there is an uproar in the court, and the emperor has decreed that you will be demoted to a commoner."

After listening to Leng Shuang's words, Gu Tingyu's face became gloomy, "Why didn't you tell me about this?"

"The concubine body is also known today." Cold Frost said cautiously.

Gu Tingyu narrowed his eyes, staring at Leng Shuang with a cold gaze, "I gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it, since that's the case, I don't have to keep you, come on, drag it down and kill it!"

Cold Frost was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground, moved his knees, crawled backwards, and begged, "Xiangye, spare your life! The concubine knows that she is wrong, and the concubine knows that she is wrong."

Gu Tingyu waved his hand, and immediately came in with the guards, pulling the cold frost and going out.

Leng Shuang struggled in horror and cried, "Xiangye, please spare me, the concubine really knows that she is wrong."

The guards didn't listen to Leng Shuang's words at all, and dragged Leng Shuang out, and after a while, a terrible scream sounded outside the door.

Gu Tingyu picked up the teacup on the table and drank water expressionlessly, without even lifting his eyelids.

When the screams of cold frost faded away, he put down his teacup and walked out of the hall.

In the evening, after Gu Tingyu finished handling government affairs, he ordered someone to send the meal to his bedroom.

He went straight to the Queen Mother's bedroom.

When he pushed the door and walked into the room, there were already three beautiful girls sitting in the room, all of them were maids from outside the palace who were found by the Queen Mother to serve Gu Tingyu, and one of them was a maid named Zi Yan who was waiting for the Queen Mother to freshen up.

The Queen Mother is already very old, so her hair is gray and her face is full of wrinkles, but she is extremely well maintained, and her whole person looks energetic and graceful, which makes people dare not force them.

Gu Tingyu quickly restrained his emotions, walked to the bed, bent down to support the Queen Mother, and said softly, "Queen Mother, Erchen is here to help you make up."

The Queen Mother smiled kindly, "Okay."

The Queen Mother's personal maidservant, Biyun, came over and took the things on the dresser.

"Xiangye, the slave maid serves the Queen Mother's makeup." Biyun blessed his body.

Gu Tingyu glanced at Biyun and did not refuse, "I'm sorry for you."

Gu Tingyu picked up the wooden comb handed over by Biyun and curled the queen mother's hair.

The Queen Mother closed her eyes in enjoyment, with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, she reached out and patted Gu Tingyu's arm, slowly opened her eyes, and asked, "Yu'er, have you encountered any difficulties?" If you are in trouble, tell your mother."

Gu Tingyu held the hand of the wooden comb for a slight pause, and then continued to help the Queen Mother comb her hair, "Thank you for your concern, the son is fine."

The Queen Mother nodded, and said, "Although you haven't encountered any difficulties, the Queen Mother still hopes to be able to share one or two burdens for you, after all, the Queen Mother is old and can't do anything."

"Queen Mother, don't think so, the Queen Mother is in the prime of life, and after a hundred years, she still needs her mother to take care of her son's funeral." Gu Tingyu reassured.

The Queen Mother sighed, "Hey, the queen mother's health is getting worse and worse, maybe the queen mother won't be able to hold on in a few years, and at that time, I'm afraid I won't be able to be by your side."

"Queen Mother, you must take care of your health!" Gu Tingyu said, his eyes red.

The Queen Mother patted Gu Tingyu on the shoulder, "Don't worry, the Queen Mother will, the Queen Mother is reluctant to let you go, you must live well and don't live up to the expectations of the Queen Mother."

"Well, Erchen remembered."

The mother and son chatted for a while, and Gu Tingyu said goodbye and left.

After returning to the palace, Gu Tingyu handed over Lord Liu's excerpt to Lin Qing and asked Lin Qing to investigate according to the original plan.

Lin Qing retreated.

The next day, Lin Qing entered the palace with the fold.

"The ministers bow to the emperor." Lin Dian fell to his knees.

The Emperor leaned back on the soft couch and said lazily, "Calm down."

"The minister has something to report to the emperor."

"What?" The emperor glanced at Lin Qing nonchalantly.

Lin Qing lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, and said respectfully: "Back to the emperor, recently, Lord Liu, the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials, wrote a letter to participate in the Xiangye's corruption and bribery, and asked the emperor to punish him severely."

When the emperor heard this, his face changed instantly, and he said angrily, "Nonsense, I see that he is full of food! Dare to frame Gu Xiang, it's really a crime that deserves death!"

"What the emperor said is extremely true, Lord Liu dares to frame Zhongliang, it is really an unforgivable sin!" Lin Qing said indignantly.

"Present the evidence."

"Why?"

Lin Qing presented the fold, and the emperor flipped through it several times, and the more he looked at it, the more angry he became.

In the end, the emperor was furious and threw the fold on the ground, "Liu Haisheng, it's just too deceitful!"

"The emperor is angry." Lin Qing hurriedly explained.

The emperor took a deep breath, tried to suppress the raging fire burning in his chest, and snorted coldly, "Lin Qing's family, I will leave this matter to you, and you must find out this matter clearly."

"Obey!" Lin Qing gave up his hand to take the order.

"Also, in this imperial examination, you must strictly control every candidate, and you will never allow favoritism and malpractice." The Emperor exhorted in a deep voice.

"I understand." Lin Qing's head was bowed.

The emperor then gave up and changed the subject, "How is Yu'er doing?"

Lin Qing hurriedly replied, "Back to the emperor, Xiangye has been very busy recently, and he stayed in the study all the time last night."

The Emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, "Oh?"

"Your Majesty, Xiangye has indeed been very abnormal recently, and the minister has sent someone to investigate Xiangye's recent whereabouts, and found that Xiangye and the Prime Minister's wife are very close." Lin Qing reported truthfully.

Hearing this, the emperor's face suddenly sank, and he stared at Lin Qing coldly, "Is this serious?"

Lin Qing nodded, "It's true!"

"How can it be?" The emperor stood up angrily and kicked over the chair, "The Prime Minister's Mansion is a loyal family for generations, and it is ridiculous that he dares to collude with the demon concubine!"

Seeing that the emperor was angry, Lin Qing hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Xiangye is not a demon concubine, Xiangye has just been blinded in the dark."

"Bastard!" The Emperor scolded angrily, "He is my only son, how can I harm him!"

"The emperor is angry, Xiangye is just confused for a while, and the minister believes that he will wake up sooner or later."

The Emperor snorted lightly, "Lin Qing's family, do you think I will give him this chance?"

"Your Majesty!"

Prime Minister's Mansion, Prime Minister's Study.

Gu Tingyu is immersed in correcting documents.

"Bang!" Suddenly, there was a loud noise from the window, and immediately, Gu Tingyu raised his head.

I saw a man in black jump in.

"My subordinates have seen Xiangye." The man in black hugged his fist towards Gu Tingyu.

"Shadow, what are you doing here?" Gu Tingyu raised his eyebrows.

The Shadow immediately knelt down on one knee and replied respectfully, "The master asked his subordinates to report something to the Prime Minister."

Hearing this, Gu Tingyu's eyes flickered, and then he waved his hand and motioned for the shadow to get up.

The shadow then stood up, and his eyes fell on the table in front of Gu Tingyu, only to see that the table

There are dense official documents on it, which are obviously just corrected by Gu Tingyu.

"Say it." Gu Tingyu said lightly.

"My subordinates met Miss Qin outside the Imperial History Mansion today, and she seemed to be aware of my existence, so my subordinates specially came to report to Xiangye."

Gu Tingyu frowned, "What's unusual about her?"

"Nope." The shadow shook his head, "Miss Qin just basked in the courtyard and then left."

Hearing this, Gu Tingyu breathed a sigh of relief, since Qin Muyao didn't show his stuffing, then he didn't have to be wary of Qin Muyao.

The shadow looked at Gu Tingyu, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Xiangye, why don't you like Miss Qin?"

"Qin Muyao is the eldest daughter of the Duke of Qin, and she is the first beauty in the capital, her temperament is arrogant, willful, and rude, where is she suitable to be a wife?" Gu Tingyu unceremoniously belittled Qin Muyao.

The shadow shook his head, "My subordinates think Miss Qin is quite likable."

"You know what?" Gu Tingyu frowned and reprimanded.

The Shadow lowered his head and said no more.

Gu Tingyu rubbed his swollen and painful forehead and said, "Shadow, I'm tired, you should step back first."

"Yes, Xiangye."

After the shadow retreated, Gu Tingyu rubbed his sore eyebrows and muttered, "What's so good about this Qin Muyao? Why does my father always think about her?"

Gu Tingyu's head suddenly flashed over Shen Yurou's alluring face, and a trace of guilt inexplicably welled up in his heart, and then he shook his head, dispelling the chaotic thoughts in his mind.

He is the only seedling in the Prime Minister's Mansion, he must not marry Qin Muyao!

"Alas, forget it, I don't want to think about it, let's think about how to bring down Liu Haisheng." Gu Tingyu sighed, then cheered up and sat at the desk to write hard.

Half an hour later, a secret letter was sent to the hands of the criminal department Shangshu, who was shocked after receiving the secret letter, and hurriedly wrote a letter, ordered it to go down, and let people secretly send it to the prime minister's mansion.

Gu Tingyu put the letter in his sleeve pocket, and then continued to review the official document.

"Xiangye." The butler's voice sounded outside the door.

"What?" Gu Tingyu asked without raising his head.

"Xiangye, the old slave has something important to discuss."

Gu Tingyu raised his eyebrows and walked out of the study slowly.

Gu Tingyu followed the housekeeper to the garden.

The butler pointed to the stone bench not far away and said, "Xiangye, you sit first."

Gu Tingyu bowed his head and sat down.