Among the crowd, the most insipid performance of the news of Li Zijun's entry into the city was Prime Minister Alec. When he heard the report from his subordinates, he just nodded slightly, and then began to continue to deal with the official business at hand. It seems that Li Zijun's approach is not a big deal, and it is not enough to attract his attention at all.

While the dark tide in the capital was surging, Li Zijun and his party came directly to the palace. When they arrived at the palace gate, it was not yet fully dawn, but they saw from a distance that a large number of carriages had been parked there.

Li Zijun followed Fei Qi into the hall waiting for Emperor Bixia's reception, and he found that the originally quiet and spacious hall seemed a little crowded and noisy at the moment. Dozens of officials who had asked to be seen with Virgil Bixia crowded the front of the hall in disorder, scrambling to hold up signs representing themselves in front of the reception staff, constantly demanding that they be received earlier.

For the scene in front of him, Li Zijun saw it for the first time, and he couldn't help but be a little stunned.

At this moment, several people walked out of the crowd, their faces were full of guilty expressions, and they came to Li Zijun with their heads down.

"I'm sorry, Grand Duke! It's all our fault! Kate, Clemens, and Trollope said embarrassedly to Li Zijun.

"It's their bad luck, and it doesn't really have anything to do with you!" Li Zijun waved his hand and said to them with a wry smile.

While Li Zijun said this, he felt a little strange in his heart, with the identity of the three of them, if there was no announcement from Emperor Bixia, they were not qualified to directly request an audience, and he didn't understand that these three people wanted to come here to join in the fun.

Clemens was the most clever of the three, and he took half a step forward when he saw the doubt in Li Zijun's eyes.

"The three of us weren't qualified to see Virgil Bixia, but we couldn't afford to watch Gavin and York die, so we brought in some of our uncles, hoping that they could save Gavin and York. Clemens whispered to Li Zijun.

"It's really bothering you! At this time, in this place, I can't say anything, and when this matter is over, I will definitely thank these elders for coming to the door!"

"Don't talk about it, Grand Duke, if we hadn't encouraged Gavin and York to attend the ball, they wouldn't have ended up where they are today! Especially me, they didn't want to go, I should have dragged them there, I'm so sorry for you!" Clemens originally just wanted to let these two friends distract, but he didn't expect to cause such a big trouble, and now he regrets it to the core!

"If I hadn't been negligent, they wouldn't have suffered so much!" said Clemens, with some chagrin.

When Gavin and York were first arrested, Clemens thought it was just a routine investigation and didn't pay much attention. What he didn't expect was that due to Gavin and York's special identities, coupled with the instructions of some well-intentioned people, they were positioned as first-class suspects.

By the time Clemens learned of this, the two men had already been severely beaten several times. He didn't have time to review his mistakes, so he hurriedly contacted various relationships, including Kate and, who had dealings with Gavin and York, and asked them to help the two of them work with him.

Several people tried in many ways, but they only saved Gavin from punishment, and York suffered a serious crime during this time. If it weren't for the fact that he was strong enough, and the operation of several people played a certain role, even if he was not tortured into a trick at the moment, he would have been accused of trumped-up crimes. Thinking of this, Clemens and the others felt even more ashamed!

"I know a little bit about this, and I know you've done your best. This time I rushed back in such a hurry to save them. Don't worry!" Li Zijun comforted them as he took out the token representing his identity and handed it to the 'monkey', asking him to step forward and line up for himself.

At this time, some of the officials standing in the front row also saw Li Zijun, and after they were slightly stunned, they all showed surprised expressions, and invariably made way for the 'monkey', and watched him hopefully hand the token to the reception staff.

At the same time, the officials withdrew their tokens from their arms one by one, and the noisy hall fell silent.

"Has anyone asked for an audience?" the receptionist asked a few times, and the official, who was worried about being left behind, was silent at this time.

The reception staff saw that everyone was avoiding their eyes, these people were very different from their previous performance, and after laughing secretly in his heart, he only took Li Zijun's token and turned around to report inside.

It didn't take long for Li Zijun to receive an order to allow him to be seen, and a chamberlain led him into the palace, and the officials in the hall watched them leave with expectant eyes.

The chamberlain did not take Li Zijun to the palace where Virgil Bixia usually worked, but embarked on a very unfamiliar path for Li Zijun.

"How do I remember that this is not the same path I used to take before, is this a shortcut?" Li Zijun felt more and more puzzled the more he walked forward, and he couldn't help but stop and ask.

"Archduke, you have a good memory! This road is not a shortcut, it leads to the palace where Princess Gladys used to live. After Princess Gladys married to the Ziqing Empire, whenever Bixia missed her or had something to worry about, she would come here to sit down for a while. At the moment, Bixia is waiting for you there!"

"Princess Gladys?" Li Zijun felt that the name was very familiar, but for a moment he couldn't remember where he had heard it.

"When did this Princess Gladys get married?

"I don't know exactly when Princess Gladys got married, but I heard that it must have been at least sixteen or seventeen years ago!"

Hearing this, Li Zijun was stunned for a while, and he finally remembered where he heard the name of Princess Gladys! It was his mother's friend back then, and it was their relationship that created the scandal between Virgil Bixia and his mother.

It is said that not long after her mother followed her father back to the Seine Peninsula, Princess Gladys offered to marry far away to the Ziqing Empire, and since then, she has never returned to the Dongyu Empire.

If the guess is correct, the most fundamental reason why Virgil Bixia often appears there is not Princess Gladys, but to miss Edlaide's mother! He received him in such a place on this special day, and Li Zijun felt a faint sense of unease.

Li Zijun was taken outside the courtyard that resembled a Suzhou garden by the chamberlain, who smiled and said to him, "Virgil Bixia only allows him to enter alone."

Standing outside the courtyard, Li Zijun simply tidied up his clothes, and he took this opportunity to secretly investigate the situation in the garden. To his surprise, there was really only Virgil Bixia in the park, and all the other protective liliang was outside the park.

Sure that there were no traps in the garden, Li Zijun smiled and nodded to the waiter, and walked into the garden.

The garden is not large, but each building must be close to the water, and the buildings are very well coordinated with each other, and the layout is quite compact, and the attention to detail is very important. Even an absolute layman like Li Zijun can easily see the painstaking efforts of this garden!

"Ed, come here!" Virgil Bixia raised his hand from a small building not far away, calling to Li Zijun.

Li Zijun had already discovered the location of Virgil Bixia, but he still pretended to have just seen it. Hearing Fergill Bixia's voice, Li Zijun hurriedly bowed down to him and saluted, and then walked a few steps up to the small building.

"It's just the two of us here, don't be so restrained! Come and see, in Dongyu, the scenery here is not common!" Ferguill waved his hand to Li Zijun, who was a few steps behind him, and asked him to come to his side, pointing downward.

"The architectural habits of this courtyard seem to be different from ours Dongyu, I think it seems to be a bit similar to the style of the Ziqing Empire!?" Li Zijun came to the railing and took in the scenery of this garden. His eyes looked at the foreground, but in his heart he was speculating about Virgil Bixia's intention in summoning him here, and there was some temptation in his words.

"Gladys likes this tone of the Ziqing Empire, that is, she pestered me to build this garden for her! But as soon as this garden was built, she left, and it will be seventeen years since she left!" Virgil Bixia's tone revealed a deep sadness, and his eyes became extremely tangled and complicated.

Seeing Fergill Bixia's expression, Li Zijun didn't know what to say, he initially wanted to comfort Virgil Bixia, but then he felt that a monarch as strong as Virgil would not want to be considered weak by others, so he swallowed the words back from his mouth.

"I've heard that 'if you always think about the past, it means you're old'. Recently, scenes from the past have often come to my mind, and it seems that I am really a little old!"

"Bixia has been practicing martial arts all year round, and her body has always been healthy, and her current state is no less than that of her prime! You are still far from the word 'old'!" Li Zijun arched his hand.

"You're young, haode doesn't learn, how can you learn from those sycophants?!" Virgil Bixia glanced at Li Zijun and said angrily.

"The minister is just seeking truth from facts!" Li Zijun knew that he must not admit his mistake at this time, and insisted on it seriously.

"Forget it, forget it! Let's not talk about this boring topic. Seeing Li Zijun's appearance, Virgil Bixia smiled wryly and waved his hand.

"I want to know now, does the loss of 'Blood Jade Ruyi' have anything to do with you?" As soon as Virgil Bixia said this, he looked at Li Zijun coldly, and it was no longer the kind expression he had just now.