Daqian Night Emperor

Chapter 124 The Sick Prince

In the outer city of Kyoto, inside a luxurious mansion.

The maids and servants in the "Gao Mansion" discovered that since the day the Second Master went to the Observatory, his temper became even more irritable after he came back.

According to the concubine who has been serving him these days, Master Gao has been tossing and turning and unable to sleep these past two nights. Even if he does fall asleep, he will always wake up suddenly from his sleep, sit up suddenly, and mutter something like "this is too much" and "this is too much".

Master Gao has a bad temper to begin with, and the maids and servants in the mansion have had an even harder time these days. If things don't go their way, being beaten and scolded is the least they can do.

For a time, everyone in the Gao family felt insecure.

One day, Mr. Gao was sitting in the courtyard drinking tea when he suddenly said to himself, "When he scolded me like that, I should have responded with words like '****'. Why didn't I think of that at the time?"

Afterwards, he looked annoyed and regretful.

The concubine who accompanied him to drink tea and the beautiful maid who served him on the side all looked at him with their eyes and noses, pretending not to hear anything.

But in their hearts, they were all worried.

This is always the time when Master Gao is at his most irritable. If you go up to him and talk to him at this time, you will be asking for trouble.

Master Gao said to himself, "But he won't have many days of good life left. He abused public power for personal gain and forced the death of a royal relative... If this crime is proven, I think he will be dead or at least suffer a lot."

"But why haven't those royal relatives made things worse yet? Should we add fuel to the fire?"

While thinking about these things, he picked up the tea on the table and brought it to his mouth.

But as soon as his lips touched the edge of the tea bowl, he frowned and spit out a mouthful of tea: "Pah, why is it cold? Who made the tea?!"

As soon as the voice fell, a maidservant was so frightened that her face turned pale. She knelt down with a plop, her body shaking like a sieve, and cried, "Master, spare my life!"

Before Master Gao could make a punishment, a subordinate came hurriedly from outside the courtyard. Upon seeing Master Gao, he shouted:
"Second Master, something terrible has happened! Those royal relatives have stopped the lawsuit!"

"what?!"

Master Gao immediately lost the intention to punish the maid and stood up suddenly.

He grabbed his men and said in an urgent tone, shocked and angry: "What's going on? Why did you end the lawsuit for no reason? Someone is dead!"

The subordinate was immediately panicked and said hurriedly: "I, I don't know either. It's just that the Astronomical Observatory posted a notice, saying that the dead family was killed by someone else, and listed a lot of evidence..."

"Evidence? Evidence is useless!"

Mr. Gao was furious and kicked over the table beside him.

The table fell over, the teapot and tea bowls on it broke into pieces, the tea spilled all over the floor, and the concubines and maids around stood up in panic.

He took a few deep breaths, but in his heart he didn't believe that a single notice from the Astronomical Observatory could suppress the matter.

No matter how much evidence is presented, it will be useless because many of those royal relatives have taken bribes!

How can you take money and not do the job?

Master Gao felt that something was wrong, so he forced himself to calm down and told his men, "Go to the inner city and invite the master here, and tell him that there is something important."

The eldest uncle of the Gao family, Gao Qirui, is the Lieutenant General of the Xiaowu Guard among the “Five Palaces and Six Guards”, a fourth-rank military officer, and is also considered a core figure of the Third Prince’s lineage in the court.

Compared to Second Master Gao, who acted as the "black glove" for the Third Prince, First Master Gao was naturally much more glorious and naturally more capable.

So when this unexpected situation occurred, Mr. Gao immediately thought of asking his brother to take charge of the situation.

……

Inside the Imperial Palace, in the Tianxin Hall.

Although it was early summer, there was still a stove in the hall, the fire was burning brightly, and the whole palace was warm.

The eunuchs and palace maids serving in the palace tried to wear lighter clothes, but even so, beads of sweat still dripped down their foreheads.

But they didn't dare to wipe it. They stood quietly in the corner of the hall, letting the sweat slide down their foreheads.

In the center of the hall, there was a man kneeling behind a low table. Although he looked to be in his early fifties, he was full of energy and vigor. He knelt straight and was wearing thick armor, but he did not show any sweat in this steaming hall.

This person is none other than the eldest master of the Gao family, a fourth-rank military officer, Gao Qirui.

"Cough cough..." A few light coughs were heard from the hall.

Gao Qirui looked over when he heard the sound, and saw a man in a purple robe lying on a low couch in the hall, holding his chest and coughing.

The third prince Ji Yunrui is younger than the second prince, but he is already forty-six years old this year.

He didn't look old at all. He looked like a young man in his thirties, without a single wrinkle on his face.

Although Ji Yunrui's appearance was not as handsome as Ji Qingkong, he could still be considered handsome. However, his face was too pale and sickly, making him look a bit frail and feminine.

It is hard to imagine that the third prince, the wise and holy ruler whom all the military officers in the court admired and who had been competing with the second prince for so many years, is such a sickly person.

Gao Qirui looked at the third prince with worry in his eyes.

Your Highness's health... has been getting worse over the years.

After the Third Prince coughed a few times and drank the medicine brought by the palace maid, he seemed to have recovered and called out, "Ah Da..."

Gao Qirui stood up and bowed: "Your Highness, I am here."

Ji Yunrui ordered: "Go and talk to Ah Er. Give in when necessary and give up when necessary. Don't worry about it."

Gao Qirui's eyes widened immediately, and he said in astonishment: "Your Highness..."

Ji Yunrui seemed to know what he was going to say, and waved his hand and said, "I know this is strange. Why would my father send an outsider from the Zhao family to investigate me? It's also strange that the Astronomical Observatory is cooperating with the Zhao family."

"But...even if the probability is one in ten thousand."

"Do you dare to bet?"

Gao Qirui was silent.

Ji Yunrui looked at his silence and said with a wry smile: "I dare not."

"I know what to do now."

Just as Gao Qirui stood up to receive the order, a young eunuch hurried in from outside the hall, came to Ji Yunrui's side, and whispered a few words.

Ji Yunrui smiled and said to Gao Qirui, "Look, Ah Er has sent someone to the palace to look for you. Go ahead."

Gao Qirui bowed and accepted the order: "Yes, I will take my leave."

……

Gao Qirui left Tianxin Hall and was about to walk out of the palace when he suddenly heard someone calling him.

"Uncle!"

Even his own children and nephews would not call him this.

There is only one person in the world who calls him that.

He stopped and looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a young man in white standing at the corner of the palace. He stood there with his hands behind his back, looking at him with a smile.

The "young man" in white had red lips and white teeth, a slight bulge on his chest, but an unclear Adam's apple.

Obviously, this is a "young lady".

Gao Qirui saluted the "young man" in white and said helplessly, "Princess, what are you doing?"

This "young lady" is the only daughter of the current Third Prince, Princess Changning Ji Mingyue.

Ji Mingyue came over and said with a chuckle, "Big uncle and little uncle didn't come to the palace to see me, so I had no choice but to leave the palace to see you."

Gao Qirui asked, "Has the princess reported this to His Highness the Third Prince?"

Ji Mingyue pretended to be confused and walked forward, muttering to herself: "Oh, I have to leave quickly. It will be difficult to leave after the curfew."

Gao Qirui looked up at the sun hanging high above his head, smiled helplessly and shook his head.

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