Chapter 676: Wading in troubled waters
Gu Chan held back her laughter and reached out to help the two of them up from the ground.
After the father and son stood up, they still stood nearby and did not dare to sit down.
Shen Yang said with a smile, "Okay, uncle, stop teasing them. In the past year or so, they, father and son, have been really good to me. Just for my sake, spare them!" ”
"Yeah! Okay, for the sake of my good nephew, I won't tease you anymore. Come sit down and eat!" Gu Chan waved her hand.
"Thank you, Master." The father and son thanked each other in unison.
After saying that, they dared to sit at the table and eat dinner with Gu Chan.
After thirty years of drinking.
The father and son were no longer so nervous, and the atmosphere had relaxed.
It was only then that Yan Kuan sighed and said, "Prince Chan! You don't know that since the Ninth Prince was arrested, the civil and military officials in the whole court have been in fear all day long. Fortunately, you came and the Crown Prince calmed down a little. Otherwise we would be really scared!”
"I'm not that good! Don't flatter me." Gu Chan said angrily.
"It's not that you're great, it's that since you came, he's been staring at you all day long, and he's become more relaxed about the rest of us." Yan Kuan said with a smile.
Gu Chan pouted, cursing her mother in her heart.
Dry!
She really didn't expect that she would become a shelter for all the civil and military officials of the dynasty.
It's okay now, she's stuck in it, and it's hard to get out!
Yan Kuan added, "Prince Chan, if you have time, I still hope you will visit Wanhuang Garden."
"Wanhuang Garden? What is this place?" Gu Chan asked.
She had been in Kyoto for a few days, but she had never heard of this place.
Yan Kuan whispered, "This Wanhuang Garden is where the prince and princesses are now imprisoned. Currently, except for the ninth prince who is in the heavenly prison, the second prince who died in Jiangnan, and the thirteenth princess who is locked up in Yonghe Palace, the rest are The princes and princesses are all imprisoned there.”
"So that's it! I said, why have I entered the palace several times, but except for the thirteenth princess, I can't see the other princes and princesses. After a long time, they were all imprisoned." Gu Chan said with relief.
"Hey! Now that the late emperor has passed away, the crown prince can be said to have monopolized power. With his methods, I am afraid that after the enthronement ceremony, these people will not escape death!" Yan Kuan sighed.
Gu Chan nodded secretly and didn't say much.
Judging from the situation where the second prince Xuanyuan Lie committed suicide by taking poison in Jiangnan, she did not deny that the prince would use ruthless tactics on other brothers and sisters.
So in this case, it was best for her not to get involved, lest she be implicated as the seventeenth prince in name, which would be detrimental to her.
Thinking like this, Gu Chan said indifferently, "They are killing each other, it's none of my business, I'm too lazy to wade through this muddy water!"
"But after all, you are the seventeenth prince in name of Tiancang Kingdom. If you don't take action, you may not be able to escape death after the Crown Prince has finished dealing with them and then frees up your hands!" Yan Kuan reminded.
Gu Chan stared at him and said, "There's something wrong with you! You just want me to go to Wanhuang Garden. What do you want to do?"
"Prince Chan, to be honest, our Ministry of War is under the jurisdiction of the Third Prince. For so many years, we have regarded ourselves as subordinates of the Third Prince. If the Third Prince falls, we, the old people in the Ministry of War who have always been loyal to him, will probably die as well. Yes, I did this to protect myself," Yan Kuan said frankly. The situation in Kyoto is very serious now. If the old people in the Ministry of War want to survive, the only one they can count on may be Gu Chan. This is the most direct reason why he said this.
Gu Chan said clearly, "Then I understand. Since you are so frank, I won't talk nonsense. You go tell the people at the Ministry of War that I will go to Wanhuang Garden tomorrow to find the third prince and give the Ministry of War jurisdiction. Take it over and you will be my subordinates. If the prince wants to touch you, he must ask me first.”
"Thank you, Master, for your great kindness. Yan Kuan is deeply grateful." Yan Kuan hurriedly cupped his fists to express his thanks.
Gu Chan waved her hand indifferently.
Yan Kuan quickly looked at Shen Yang and said, "In this case, tomorrow you will accompany Prince Chan to the Wanhuang Garden to find the third prince. As for the reason, you can just say that you, the chief secretary of the Ministry of War, went to report the affairs of the Ministry of War to the third prince. ”
"Yes, Master Yan." Shen Yang said respectfully.
Yan Kuan let out a long sigh, and the heart hanging in his chest finally calmed down temporarily.
After that, the four of them stopped talking and continued to eat dinner.
After dinner, Yan Kuan and his son sent a carriage to take Gu Chan back to Prince Chan's Mansion.
Shen Yang got on the carriage and sent Gu Chan back.
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When they arrived at the gate of Prince Chan's Mansion, the two got off the carriage. Gu Chan said solemnly, "Don't worry, after a while, when I'm done with my work, I'll ask Zuo Yun to transfer you to the Kyoto camp. Now the Ministry of War is a place of right and wrong. , there will definitely be no peace in the future, it will be better if you go to the Kyoto Camp.”
"I'm very grateful to you for worrying me, uncle." Shen Yang said politely.
"Why do we need to talk to two different families? I had wanted to go to the Ministry of War to see you for a long time, but who knew that after coming to Kyoto to become a prince, there are too many things to pay for, and there is nothing I can do." Gu Chan said helplessly.
Shen Yang smiled lightly and said, "Of course. As the saying goes, one moment and another moment, your status is completely different now than before. There are naturally many people in Kyoto who want to curry favor with you. I also hope that the second uncle will be more cautious in the future and cannot Humans and ghosts must interact with him, otherwise there will be endless troubles.”
"Then let me ask you, what do you think of Master Yan's family?" Gu Chan asked.
"I can only say that he is not bad, and everyone in the entire military department is not bad either. After all, the third prince is a good person. It is a pity that he is too bookish, otherwise neither the crown prince nor the ninth prince would be him. opponent." Shen Yang said seriously.
Gu Chan's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she immediately became interested in the third prince.
Shen Yang added, "But this is good, at least the prince will not be cruel to him, otherwise he may have to stay in the prison now and be tortured beyond recognition."
"Okay, that's it! You go back first and pick me up at Prince Chan's Mansion tomorrow morning. Then we will go to Wanhuang Garden together." Gu Chan reached out and patted Shen Yang on the shoulder.
Shen Yang nodded silently in agreement, and then said goodbye to Gu Chan, got on the carriage and left to return to Yan Mansion.
Gu Chan stood at the door and watched Yan's carriage go away before she entered the mansion in a good mood.
However, what she didn't expect was that as soon as she stepped into the front lobby of Prince Chan's Mansion, she saw Zhang Wanshan and Ding Meihua, both sitting on chairs with sad faces.
Gu Chan's heart skipped a beat when she saw it on the spot, and she felt bad.
She really knew her grandparents very well, and whenever they looked like this, something big was usually going on.