Chapter 1471: 719 Mother and Child Share One Heart (two updates)

Shangguan Yun was taken away by the people of Duwei Prefecture, and along with her, the Lord of Ming District was also taken.

The people from Jingzhao Residence were fuming with anger.

They had arrived first, yet in the end, the credit was all taken by the people from Duwei Prefecture.

On the carriage ride back to the palace, the Lord of Ming District felt extremely bitter.

If he had known this would happen, he would rather have sat upright in the room. At worst, he would have been seen as idle, but hiding in a cellar, what was that about?

It obviously looked suspicious.

“Your Highness, please accompany us back to the palace to meet with His Majesty,” Wang Xu said from outside the carriage, escorting it on horseback.

What does Duwei Prefecture do? It serves as the eyes and ears of the sovereign. Upon finding the Lord of Ming District sneaking around in a cellar, how could they not bring him to see His Majesty?

Others might not dare to arrest him, but Duwei Prefecture was not afraid.

The Lord of Ming District felt deeply that Shangguan Yun had sabotaged him.

She must have done it on purpose, knowing she couldn’t escape, so she dragged him down with her as a cushion.

This aunt, after having trapped his father the last time, now came to trap him.

The Lord of Ming District hadn’t seen Shangguan Yun for many years, and he no longer recognized her, so how did Shangguan Yun recognize him?

What happened to the amnesia?

No, he must go and complain to his grandfather!

Accuse Shangguan Yun of pretending to have lost her memory, of deceiving the emperor!

After the people from Duwei Prefecture and Jingzhao Residence left, Xun Fengxian cheerfully called out to the guests, “Let’s continue! Keep going! Ladies! Sing!”

Tianxiang Pavilion resumed its previous bustle.

Gu Jiao also found an excuse to leave the compartment and went upstairs.

“They didn’t notice you, did they?” Gu Jiao asked Xiao Hen.

Standing by the window overlooking the street, Xiao Hen watched the direction in which Wang Xu and his party were leaving, and said with a complex expression, “Those are people from Duwei Prefecture.”

Gu Jiao murmured, “Duwei Prefecture?”

Zhan Country did not have a Duwei Prefecture.

It was a military institution unique to Yan Country, which she had learned about from Mu Chuan on the day she entered the palace; to the right of the outer hall of the Imperial Palace were Dali Temple and the Six Ministries, and to the left were Zongren Residence and the four major Duwei Prefectures.

However, what exactly Duwei Prefecture did, Gu Jiao was not very clear.

“The court official on the right side of the carriage is Guan Duwei Wang Xu; he is a man of the sovereign,” Xiao Hen informed her. He had investigated the information of all the major officials of Dayan, among which just happened to be Wang Xu, the legitimate heir of the Wang Family, and the nephew of Noble Consort Wang.

Noble Consort Wang had no princes under her knees, only two princesses. The Wang Family did not participate in the rivalry for succession, being wholly devoted to their loyalty to the sovereign.

Gu Jiao thoughtfully said, “So it is the sovereign who is arresting people. Is the woman just now related to the sovereign?”

Why then was she dressed so shabbily?

But upon closer reflection on her appearance, indeed, she could be described with the words of exquisite beauty.

And then there were her eyes.

They seemed to be a pair of standard phoenix eyes, but partly obscured by disheveled hair, so Gu Jiao could not be completely sure.

“You…” Gu Jiao noticed Xiao Hen was staring in a trance at the carriage that was getting farther and farther away, “what are you thinking about?”

Xiao Hen handed her the watermelon he was holding, “She carved it for me, said it was for me to eat.”

When he said this, his heart felt somewhat heavy. He thought about the fearful look in her eyes at the prospect of being rejected and also remembered how, when he hadn’t reached out to take it, the pain that flashed through her eyes when she looked down.

In the end, when the people from Duwei Prefecture came, she directly stuffed the watermelon into her arms.

The watermelon was chilly, yet when he held it in his hand, he felt an overwhelming heat.

“And this.” Xiao Hen continued, handing Gu Jiao a dazzling piece of gold–it was the piece Gu Jiao had broken off to divide the spoils with Shangguan Yun, “She gave it to me, telling me to pursue a wife well.”

Gu Jiao: “…”

Did she realize I was a woman in disguise?

When I spoke to her, I clearly used a boy’s voice, and even when I entered the room, I didn’t change back to my own voice while talking with Xiao Hen.

If she suspected anything between me and Xiao Hen, she would probably assume a homosexual relationship.

Of course, it’s also possible she meant pursuing a male wife.

Hmm, do I really look like the submissive one?

Ah, I’m getting sidetracked!

Who is that woman? Why does she seem to know Xiao Hen?

…

Imperial Palace.

The sovereign had already learned about the capture of that scourge by Duwei Prefecture, and at this moment, she was on her way back to the palace to be punished.

He had gathered all his firepower, ready to launch an attack on Shangguan Yun, but to his surprise, Duwei Prefecture also brought back the Lord of Ming District.

The Lord of Ming District’s sneaky appearance at the location where Shangguan Yun was hiding aroused deep suspicion at such a critical time.

The fact that the Lord of Ming District went to Tianxiang Pavilion actually had nothing to do with Shangguan Yun.

But sometimes the truth is not important, what the sovereign thinks is what matters.