When the Emperor heard His Royal Highness mention Shangguan Ruoli, his eyes paused, and the expression on his face did not change at all. In fact, he was absent-minded for a moment.

However, he lowered his head while drinking sea cucumber porridge, and no one noticed.

He has been in a high position for a year, and his ability to hide his emotions has improved a lot.

The tenth prince put a piece of fried chicken and dried bamboo shoots into the emperor's porridge bowl, "This is the dish that the eldest sister-in-law likes to cook, and my younger brother also likes it!"

As he said that, he picked up a piece of dried bamboo shoots and ate it. He was very satisfied with it, "Yeah, it's delicious, but it's far from the skills of the Queen's Wife!"

Duofu looked at the piece of dried bamboo shoots in the emperor's bowl and frowned subtly. Subconsciously, he didn't want the emperor to eat the dried bamboo shoots. He even didn't want the emperor to drink the porridge that night.

When the emperor eats, he personally prepares the dishes. How can he just eat what others give him?

Moreover, when serving dishes, he always puts them on a small plate in front of the emperor. Where can he put them directly into the porridge bowl?

But as a slave, he could not openly stop the emperor from eating. He wanted to give the emperor a wink, but the emperor only looked at the dried bamboo shoots. He seemed to see something through the dried bamboo shoots, and the corners of his lips raised slightly.

Duofu quickly picked up a pair of cold bean sprouts with chopsticks and placed them on a porcelain plate in front of the emperor. He also picked up a steamed shrimp dumpling and placed it on another small porcelain plate.

These two foods were also invented by Princess Xuan. I hope the emperor will eat these instead of porridge.

However, the emperor only looked at the dried bamboo shoots and did not look at him at all. Then he picked up the dried bamboo shoots and ate them, and continued to drink porridge.

Although Duofu was a little disappointed, he did not take this matter to heart. He had been watching the tenth prince since he came in, and there was no suspicious movement at all.

Besides, in this palace, there are not only these slaves, palace maids, but also secret guards watching. It seems that at such a young age, His Highness the Tenth Prince does not have the courage to do things that harm the Emperor in front of so many people.

The two brothers finished their breakfast in silence, and the maids brought them mouthwash tea to help them rinse their mouths.

His Highness the Tenth Prince wiped his lips with a cloth, stood up and thanked him and said, "Thank you, Brother Emperor, for the meal. I will go to the study."

The emperor said with satisfaction: "Okay, study hard with the gentlemen. Now you are a little tired. In the future, when you are more capable, you can share your worries with me."

"Brother, don't worry, I will definitely not let you down." His Highness the Tenth Prince smiled sweetly, with a pair of small dimples appearing on his cheeks, and his big eyes were still as cute as when he was a child.

The emperor felt guilty for a moment, regretting that he had doubted him without clear evidence and had given him a lot of extra homework in order to prevent him from getting closer to the Queen Mother.

Although his starting point is not very good, it will be good for him to learn more things.

After the tenth prince said goodbye and left, a young eunuch waiting at the door came in with small steps, knelt down and reported: "Your Majesty, Lord Gu is waiting in the imperial study. He said he has something important to report."

The emperor's eyes narrowed slightly, "Okay."

When Duofu saw the emperor getting up, he sang loudly: "The emperor is getting up! Let's go to the study room!"

When the honor guard outside heard this, they all took their places quietly but in an orderly manner.

His Highness the Tenth Prince turned around when he heard the voice and saw the Emperor coming out of the palace and walking toward the Imperial Study Room being cheered and swarmed.

He lowered his eyes slightly, and his long and thick eyelashes covered up all the emotions in his eyes.

Laixi looked at the majestic honor guard with envy, and said with admiration: "It is so majestic to be an emperor."

His Highness the Tenth Prince said calmly: "Let's go, don't be late."

He turned around and walked forward, with a tall and straight figure and vigorous steps. His face was solemn, his eyes were dark, and he had his hands behind his back. He looked young and mature, not at all the innocent and unscrupulous look he had just now.

Over there, the emperor soon arrived at the imperial study room.

Gu Lingran and several officials who had business were waiting at the door of the imperial study. When the emperor came, they all bowed and bowed.

The emperor said calmly: "No courtesy."

Then he walked into the royal study without squinting, sat down on the dragon chair behind the imperial desk, and said, "Xuan Gu Lingran."

Duofu said loudly: "Xuan Gu Lingran has an audience with Lord Gu!"

Soon, Gu Lingran strode in from outside the palace, saluted and said, "I am here to see you, Your Majesty!"

The emperor waved his hand and said, "Get up. What do you have to report?"

Gu Lingran stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I have received an urgent report from King Xuan. Nanyun has launched a war against Yuancheng and King Xuan's fiefdom."

The emperor frowned slightly, "How is the situation?"

He believed that Dongming Ziyu's ability would not allow Nanyun to take any advantage in the short term.

Gu Lingran said: "King Xuan has organized the local border garrison to resist. However, King Qin's concubine Sun and the Sun family raised 30,000 private soldiers in Lianshan, and they actually joined forces with Nanyun, trying to cooperate inside and outside."

The emperor was shocked, "That's unreasonable! Concubine Sun, I thought she was pitiful for losing her son, so I asked her to become a monk in her hometown and practice. It turns out she was hiding something from the truth!"

The news at this time happened at least three days ago. Dongming Ziyu wiped out Lianshan, solved the Sun family, and captured prisoners. The news about most of the private soldiers has not yet reached the capital.

Of course, Dongming Ziyu's reports and excerpts on these matters are also on the way.

Gu Lingran said: "King Xuan also found out that Concubine Sun gave birth to a daughter, Li Daitao, who pretended to be someone else's boy and lied that she gave birth to the eldest son of King Qin. Later, when King Qin's incident happened, she wanted to get away with it.

, and also falsely claimed that the eldest son had died in infancy, when in fact the eldest son was the child she now claimed to have adopted."

The emperor understood that those private soldiers must have a loyal master in order to become famous, and the fake eldest son of King Qin was the master they wanted to support.

"The bloodline of the royal family cannot be confused. Does King Xuan have evidence to prove that the eldest son of King Qin is fake?"

Gu Lingran said: "The midwife Mrs. Zhou and the eldest daughter of Prince Qin took the initiative to go to Prince Xuan's Mansion for help and have been taken in by Princess Xuan. I heard that they lived a miserable life and had to survive in the mountains full of poisonous snakes to survive until now."

A touch of tenderness appeared on the corner of the emperor's lips: she was always so kind and chivalrous.

Gu Lingran said: "King Xuan asked for instructions to ask Mrs. Zhou and the girl to reveal the true face of Concubine Sun. After recruiting those private soldiers, they were sent to the capital to have a blood test with the other children of King Qin before being added to the family tree."

"Yes!" The emperor ordered in a deep voice: "Eight hundred miles haste to spread my message and order the Nanyun border garrison to fully support King Xuan. We, Dongming, cannot lose an inch of our territory. In addition, we will assist King Xuan to wipe out the remnants of King Qin in one fell swoop!"

"Yes!" Gu Lingran clasped his fists and accepted the order.

I reported some more things and left.

The eunuch said outside the door: "Your Majesty, the Minister of Punishment is outside the hall asking for an audience."

The emperor still respected this grandfather and said calmly: "Xuan!"

The Minister of Punishment came in and lifted his robe to salute.

The emperor waved his hand, "No need."

The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment still gave the emperor a grand ceremony according to the etiquette. After standing up, he said: "To report to the emperor, I have received Sun Chengwen's apology letter!"
Chapter completed!