After being reborn, I was won over by the heartfelt words of my loyal bodyguard.

Chapter 234: An Excuse to Leave

"Since that's the case, then this matter is settled. I still have memorials to review, so I will return to the palace first."

After Gan Yanling left, Gan Luo naturally left as well. After they had all left, Prime Minister Xu walked up to Xu Jinxin and asked her if her face hurt.

"Father, look at Gan Luo. I never expected Gan Luo to treat me like this. No matter what I say, I am his cousin, aren't I? He doesn't give me any face at all, and instead beat me here."

The more Xu Jinxin spoke, the more distressed she became.

Besides feeling upset, he was mostly angry, wishing he could skin Gan Luo alive to vent his rage.

"My dear Xin'er, one day I will definitely get justice for you, and Dad will make them pay the price."

The best course of action is to be patient and patient. In a few days, I will be going to Jiangnan. If I am interested, I can go and see how the people here are doing, or perhaps I can recruit soldiers.

He was secretly training his army, and the reason for doing so was simple: he had decided to find a time when he could seize power.

After Gan Luo left the Prime Minister's residence, she turned her gaze to Lin Fengmian. "I want to ask you, do you think I did something wrong?"

"Your Highness did nothing wrong. I think Your Highness did the right thing."

Hearing Lin Fengmian's words, Gan Luo couldn't help but find it amusing.

However, Gan Luo did not laugh. Instead, he reached out and patted Lin Fengmian on the shoulder. "To me, Cheng Gong is someone who will always seek revenge. Since he killed one of my men, I will make him pay the price."

The group then returned to the princess's residence.

Meanwhile, the spies that Gan Luo had sent out had returned.

“Your Highness, I have investigated Lin Fengmian’s identity for you, but I couldn’t find anything. It seems that someone is deliberately concealing Lin Fengmian’s identity. However, the only thing I can confirm is that Lin Fengmian is indeed an orphan.”

In other words, Lin Fengmian had no relatives in this world, which made Gan Luo feel a little heartbroken.

"Have you been able to find out the origin of this jade pendant?" Gan Luo asked the scout thoughtfully. The scout told Gan Luo that he had not been able to find out.

The spies initially thought they could investigate the origin of the jade pendant, but ultimately found that they couldn't at all.

"However, Your Highness, you can rest assured that Lin Fengmian is completely loyal to you. You don't need to worry about that."

How could Gan Luo not know that Lin Fengmian was loyal to him? But for some reason, Gan Luo really wanted to find Lin Fengmian's family, who had followed him for so many years.

He had always been a man of hard work and dedication, but Gan Luo felt a pang of guilt towards Lin Fengmian, and then he recalled his previous life...

At this moment, inside the palace.

Gan Yanling then inquired about Jiang Yu, who was now a eunuch in the Imperial Household Department and rarely spent time with Gan Yanling.

"How do you feel about being the chief eunuch in the Imperial Household Department?"

"This servant thinks it's quite good. I wonder why Your Majesty has such doubts? Does Your Majesty wish to transfer this servant to your side? If Your Majesty is willing..."

Unexpectedly, Gan Yanling shook his head. "I have been thinking about something. Why do you think my elder sister has such deep hostility towards the Prime Minister? Just today, when I went to the Prime Minister's residence, my sister Huang told me directly that she wanted the Prime Minister to go to Jiangnan."

"As far as this servant is concerned, Her Highness is a person who will seek revenge. Perhaps it is because the Prime Minister offended Her Highness that Her Highness is taking this opportunity to retaliate. As for the root cause of this matter, His Majesty will need to send someone to investigate."

Gan Yanling's investigation revealed the whole story. He was surprised to find that Gan Luo's subordinate was the top courtesan in the brothel, and more importantly, that this top courtesan was trampled on by Prime Minister Xu.

Not only were they trampled on, but they also suffered severe injuries. When Gan Luo took them back, he discovered that they would only live for a few more days.

Finally, Gan Yanling remembered that some time ago, Gan Luo had seen a girl in the palace. Perhaps this girl was the top courtesan in the brothel.

"But this servant thinks that Your Majesty should still find a way to take back the power. After all, the military power of the National Protection Army is in the hands of the princess. The princess is just a woman. Since ancient times, women have not been allowed to interfere in politics or military power."

But now Gan Luo is not only interfering in politics, but also in military power. If Gan Yanling does not take back military power, he will be ridiculed by the world.

If an emperor has no military power, he is merely a puppet. And if he is a puppet, how many people would be willing to listen to him?

This time, Gan Yanling felt that Jiang Yu's words made a lot of sense.

However, Gan Yanling now doesn't know how to seize military power.

On the other side, Shangguan Mufeng was somewhat surprised to learn that the Prime Minister was going to Jiangnan. After some questioning, he learned that this was Gan Luo's doing, and it seemed that Prime Minister Xu had offended Gan Luo.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing I forgot to tell you, Young Master Shangguan: Gan Luo is still investigating Lin Fengmian's background."

Shangguan Mufeng thought, "Isn't Lin Fengmian just an orphan? What's there to investigate?"

"This matter is nothing to worry about, so we don't need to concern ourselves with it too much. It's just that I've always wanted to go to Jiangnan, but now the Prime Minister has seized this opportunity."

At this moment, the person next to Shangguan Mufeng asked him, "I don't quite understand why you want to go to Jiangnan, since it's quite tiring."

Shangguan Mufeng then told him, "Because I need to perform well. If I perform well, I will be valued, and my position will be promoted again and again. The more power I have in the court, the more I can help Gan Luo, right?"

This person never imagined that everything Shangguan Mufeng did was for Gan Luo.

"Because for me, Her Highness the Princess has helped me a lot in the past, and I have always kept it in my heart. How can I be an ungrateful person?"

However, Shangguan Mufeng also knew that Gan Luo's intention in doing this was simply to make Prime Minister Xu tired, since Prime Minister Xu was already middle-aged and his hair was somewhat gray.

"I've heard something else: the reason Gan Luo sent the Prime Minister to the south was because the Prime Minister gave Gan Luo's subordinates..."

The man whispered something in Shangguan Mufeng's ear, and Shangguan Mufeng instantly realized what was going on.