Gu Cheng had always handled matters well, but after a few days, he had already made preparations to enter the palace.
The Emperor, who had never seen him before, even decided to make a grand show of inviting all of the officials to the palace. It seemed that Duan Chengxuan at the border trial didn't make a move, while Gu Cheng was worried about his movements, even suspecting that his plans had been seen through by others, and was extremely busy every day.
Lai Xuan and Ai Qi no longer spoke to her, but Geng Sheng came to her from time to time to teach her how to play chess.
It was just that she was good at scheming, but knew nothing about chess.
Today, she was going to enter the palace, and play chess with Gu Sheng while waiting. Unsurprisingly, she lost to Gu Sheng without a single piece left. She was not angry, and only looked at the chessboard strangely, "Why can't I enter? Let alone win, I don't even know the rules yet."
"Naturally." Gu Sheng could not wrap his head around this matter. Seeing that Gu Pingyan seemed to want another round, he glanced at the sky and said in a low voice, "We are entering the palace today. Are you prepared?"
"No need to prepare, just do as you like." Gu Daiyan had no choice but to stop and allow the maidservants to put away the chess pieces.
"Do you really think you won't do anything?"
"What do you want me to do?" Gu Danyan raised his eyes to look at him, but the latter shut his mouth and didn't say anything. Gu Danyan waved his sleeves and walked out, preparing to enter the palace.
Every day, Lai Xuan would tell Gu Sheng about Gu Danyan's movements, but other than reading books, she also played chess. She didn't have much sleep, but she liked to look at the grass in a daze and instead preferred to sit on the steps rather than on a stool.
The more he thought about it, the more he was unable to see through Gu Pingyan's preferences. At most, he knew that she liked to eat some pastries and didn't like bitter things, but she had a soft spot for bitter and bitter herbs.
His identity was not enough for him to enter the palace, so he could only wait and see.
As for Gu Cheng, he personally brought Gu Mingyan into the palace. The two of them sat quietly within the carriage, all the way until they took their seats at the banquet table. Everything was going according to plan.
Such a lonely princess who came alone only made people feel more and more suspicious.
The emperor was naturally observing her, but he didn't expect that Gu Daiyan would look at the emperor after tasting the wine. He frowned and asked, "Has the emperor been sleeping restlessly recently? Is he in low spirits?"
"What, the princess also knows medicine?"
"Master." Gu Danyan did not even blush when he said this. He leisurely stood up and said, "If the Emperor does not mind, I can examine the pulse of the Emperor."
The Emperor laughed. He actually agreed, wanting to see whether this princess was boasting shamelessly or not.
Gu Danyan then walked up to him to check his pulse, but ignored the looks of others. After checking his pulse, he raised his head and said, "Your majesty, it's time to reward me."
Before the ministers could say anything, Gu Danyan had already raised his chin and said in a clear voice: "The Emperor was poisoned for two years. Half a year ago, there seemed to be a chronic poison added in, which should only make the Emperor feel weak and unwell, but when the two poisons are mixed together, this disease will come out."
At this time, Gu Danyan had continued to raise his voice. He stood up and swept his gaze across the ministers in front of him, "Not only that, this poison is not tricky, even ordinary doctors would be able to detect it. Why do the royal doctors not know about this?"
When he finished, curses sounded out one after another. One of them even stood up and pointed at Gu Daiyan's nose and said: "Bullsh * t!" "You're just a fake princess, and now you want to slander everyone for their meritorious service …"
"As the princess of a country, even if I were to slander you, so what?" Gu Danyan raised his chin slightly, making the officials turn red with anger, but they could not fight back.
At this moment, the emperor's face was also pale as he scolded the people from the Grand Hospital to come over.
Gu Cheng persuaded Gu Danyan amidst the chaos and reprimanded him in a low voice, "I only wanted you to speak of this matter. How did you create such a commotion?"
"I am this unruly. As long as I am weak, I will be expelled." Gu Liuyan also responded in a low voice, but on the surface, she shook off Gu Cheng's hand: "What I said was the truth. Lord can't tell me to say something that doesn't exist. If you don't believe it, just pull a random gangster from the outside and we'll know."
Gu Cheng felt rather awkward. Everyone felt that this princess truly did not know her place, and some people's expressions even changed.
Gu Cheng himself also felt it was strange. Why were there two types of poison?
At this moment, the news of the Imperial Physician of the Imperial Hospital committing suicide arrived. At this moment, only two Imperial Physicians came over and told the truth, "There seems to be someone in the Imperial Hospital buying out the two Imperial Physicians specially for the emperor. We didn't dare speak carelessly before finding evidence, we only thought that they wanted to serve the emperor and earn some silver coins, so we didn't say it."
The emperor was infuriated and immediately demoted the family of the suicidal imperial physician to a servant.
The banquet immediately quieted down. Just as the emperor was about to continue pursuing the matter, a few officials stood up and said, "This person is not Princess Eldan. The emperor can bestow rewards to her directly, so she shouldn't be treated as a guest.
Ridiculous.
Gu Danyan laughed coldly as he heard those people finish their words.
It was as if he wanted to directly push the matter of the poison to her, or perhaps it could be said that she was actually brought here by a powerful official, and the current Princess of Navy Tide was the real deal.
His every word and action not only wanted to drag down her identity, but also wanted to pull Gu Cheng down into the water.
Gu Cheng remained calm on the surface, as if he was trying to think of a way to deal with the situation.
Gu Liuyan had her own plans. It was only when the last person finished speaking that she saw the official with the same face as Ai Yan, and knowing that he was the official the Ai family had left in the capital, she lifted her dress slightly and walked in front of him: "You said that Princess Cang Lan is the real princess, and I am just an adopted daughter? And you're still saying which lord invited you in to beguile the masses? "
"If that wasn't the case, how could you have come to my Jiang Yan negotiations without a servant and without any sincerity at all?"
When the man finished speaking, he felt a burning pain on his left and right cheeks.
Gu Danyan slapped him twice without any change in his expression, and he didn't forget to wave his hand gently: "Even my father wouldn't dare to speak to me like that."
"You!" The person covered his face and slammed the table as he stood up.
"I'm even more curious about your rudeness. You don't care about the matter of Emperor Yu's poison, but you've been holding on to my identity the entire time. Could it be that you've sent someone to poison me in an attempt to usurp my position?" Gu Liuyan looked at him coldly.
Such disrespectful words once again silenced everyone.
Even the official surnamed Ai did not dare to speak. He saw that Gu Danyan had already bowed to the Emperor, "If Your Majesty does not believe in my identity, you only need to send people to go to Er Dan. But if Your majesty really poisoned me and used my identity as an excuse to change the topic, does that mean you do not want Jiang Yan to receive my Er Dan's help?"
Gu Cheng held the cup with a smile on his face.
Gu Mingyan's every move was indeed like that of an arrogant and despotic woman.
These words were very reasonable, and he was the one who ordered it.