Died In Infancy! My Wife Is Actually A Villain

"Uncle, have the Nangong family come to the Criminal Department to cause trouble during this time?"

"Of course I'm here, but they don't have the guts to ask for someone from my Xiao family. Haha, it's really a relief to be able to give the Nangong family a hard kick this time!"

In the Xiao family's residence, Gu Chen sat across from a middle-aged man and asked him about something about the Ministry of Punishment.

This person is none other than Xiao Fang, the Minister of Punishment, and the eldest son of Mr. Xiao.

Seeing how happy Xiao Fang was, Mr. Xiao, who was sitting above him, slowly reminded him: "Boss, you have to be careful about what you do. Although Nangong Qin is being held in your place now, don't push him too hard, lest the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion The dog jumps over the wall in a hurry and makes the same mistake as the second child."

The Xiao family is not afraid of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but they are afraid that the other party will do things without mercy.

At that time, Nangong Jue's youngest son was greedy for military pay and secretly killed an army officer. The second son was ordered to arrest and investigate him as a warning to others.

As a result, two months later, his second son was assassinated by an assassin, and his body was not found.

Now that Nangong Qin is in prison, he can be tortured, but he must remain silent so that the Prime Minister's Office does not dare to make any moves.

"Dad, don't worry, I know it in my heart."

Xiao Fang immediately calmed down when he mentioned what happened to his second child.

"Um."

Mr. Xiao nodded, and then looked at Gu Chen on the other side, "Chen'er, you should know some things in your heart, but grandpa still wants to mention it to you here. Judging from the current situation, you and the prince will definitely meet in the future. Disagreements arise and you compete for the top spot. Although there are many officials in the court supporting you, most of them are still swaying around and waiting to see the situation."

"Although this prince has bad conduct, he is also a prince, and he is protected by the Prime Minister's Office behind him. He is the most likely candidate to inherit the throne in the future. If you want to get the support of this group of officials with their own agendas in the future, you must first What you need to do is to let them know your abilities and His Majesty's recognition of you, so that they can put their mind at ease and spare no effort to help you ascend to the throne."

"My grandson understands." Gu Chen responded slowly, with a very humble attitude.

What Mr. Xiao said is true.

No matter how bad the prince is, he is still a prince, and he is the heir recognized by most officials.

Moreover, the battle for the throne is not a trivial matter. If you side with the wrong faction, your family may be ruined in the end.

Therefore, ordinary people do not dare to take sides easily.

However, suddenly, Mr. Xiao sighed slightly, "Well, I met with His Majesty last time when I went to the palace, and I really don't know whether to say something or not."

"Grandpa just said it's okay."

Mr. Xiao glanced at Gu Chen, hesitated for a moment, and whispered: "I can obviously feel that your Majesty's body is not as good as before, and even his spirit is a little listless. I don't know about the strange people that your Majesty has recruited into the palace." Can you refine an elixir for him..."

Gu Chen fell into silence.

For rich people, life is more valuable than gold. Those who have no money can exchange money for their lives.

Emperor Wu was over fifty years old, and as he was busy with state affairs every day, his body suffered serious losses. Even though there were highly skilled doctors in the palace, they could only cure illnesses, not extend lives.

Therefore, a few years ago, Emperor Wu began to recruit strange people and people to refine the elixir for him that could lead to immortality.

From then on, every time Emperor Wu went to court to deal with the affairs of the court, he would stay in the alchemy room all day and no longer care about the affairs of the harem.

Judging from the current timeline, Emperor Wu will not have any serious problems. It will take at least a year or two before the other person's body completely collapses.

Gu Chen once thought about whether to remind Emperor Wu that his group of strange people were just deceptive sorcerers.

But then I thought about it and decided to forget it.

But when a person begins to fear the coming of death, he will seize every opportunity, even if there is only one chance in a thousand, he will try.

Emperor Wu was naturally not stupid if he could become an emperor.

Emperor Wu actually killed many of the strange people who helped him refine the elixir. Emperor Wu could tell that someone was a liar just by looking at them.

But it doesn't matter.

When the people are gone, he can continue to recruit.

As long as one of these thousands of people knows how to refine the elixir of longevity, then he has a chance to live forever.

What Mr. Xiao said just now was actually not just about worrying about His Majesty's health, but also the implication was to remind Gu Chen, telling him that His Majesty's health was starting to fail now, and that he should have made plans in advance.

However, Emperor Wu and Gu Chen have a father-son relationship after all, so he said this very cryptically and did not even dare to express his opinions.

At this moment, a guard hurried in and said, "Mr. Xiao, there is a woman at the door who claims to be Princess Zhuang's maid and wants to see Prince Zhuang."

Spring and summer! !

Before Mr. Xiao could speak, Gu Chen frowned and said directly: "Let her in!"

"Go quickly!"

Mr. Xiao noticed something was wrong with Gu Chen's expression and quickly gave instructions.

"yes."

After hearing Mr. Xiao's instructions, the guards immediately exited the room.

In less than a moment, the guard came in with Chun Xia.

"Chun Xia, why are you here?"

Seeing the other party enter the room, Gu Chen looked at the other party curiously.

Hasn't this girl always stayed by He Yan's side?

Why do you want to come to Xiao's house to find him?

The moment Chun Xia saw Gu Chen on the opposite side, she knelt down on the ground, tears streaming down her eyes, and her voice choked with sobs as she said, "Uncle, it's not good, the little... miss is gone."

Gu Chen's eyes were stunned, and his whole face instantly turned cold.

"What's going on?! Where are the people I sent to you?"

Ever since something happened to Jiang Anran last time, he had been worried that people from the Prime Minister's Office would take action against those around him.

Jiang Heyan was surrounded by four golden sword guards and six silver sword guards to protect her safety. At the same time, there were also hidden guards observing in the dark at all times.

Ordinary people have no chance to get close, let alone attack her.

Chunxia said fearfully, "I don't know. Today, a guard suddenly ran back to the palace to report that you were seriously injured outside. The young lady didn't have time to think about it at all. She thought you were framed by someone from the Prime Minister's Palace. I took the guards around me and searched for the place mentioned by the other party non-stop."

"Then, we were ambushed halfway. When I woke up, the lady was gone."

"This stupid woman!" Gu Chen couldn't help but curse.

Even if something happened to her, she would definitely ask her to go to the Zhenguo Palace and the Xiao family for help.

She couldn't see through such an obvious trap.

"Where is the guard who came back to report? Are you sure he is from the house!" Gu Chen tried his best to stay calm.

Chunxia shook her head, "I don't know, but...but he is wearing the clothes of our royal family's soldiers."

After listening to Chun Xia's explanation, Mr. Xiao couldn't help but remind him: "Chen'er, do you think he is from the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

Gu Chen's face darkened and he said: "Go to the Prime Minister's Mansion!"

The last time Nangong Yue came to the palace, she had hinted to him not to be too decisive in his actions, lest those around him would be in danger.

Unexpectedly, in order to save Nangong Qin, this woman would actually dare to attack the people around him.

"Boss, send someone to accompany Chen'er."

Upon seeing this, Mr. Xiao quickly ordered Xiao Fang next to him.