freenovelworld Chapter 79: The Audience
Chapter 79: The Audience
"There's no need for such formalities. I know why you've come here."
These officials were astonished by Gan Yanling at that moment.
Unexpectedly, Gan Yanling knew the purpose of their visit.
"Your Majesty, I truly do not understand why you would bestow the Imperial Palace upon me at this time?"
Gan Yanling naturally gave them a brief explanation.
"Moreover, the Prince Yu poses no threat to me whatsoever, so why should I care so much? The Prince Yu just wants to stay in the capital for a while longer."
These officials were speechless.
They all shook their heads, and ultimately their attempts to persuade them failed.
The officials left naturally, but then found the officials outside and spoke to them.
Unexpectedly, the officials were furious and rebuked them.
"absurd!"
Gan Luo returned to the princess's residence and received a report from his spies.
Today, all the officials went to the palace to pay their respects at Gan Yanling.
Gan Luo was suspicious, wondering what had happened.
"I heard that His Majesty bestowed the mansion upon the Prince."
Gan Luo wondered what had happened while he hadn't been at the princess's residence for the past few days.
Gan Yanling already has a residence.
What is the reason for Gan Yanling's departure from his residence?
Meanwhile, in the Grand Tutor's residence.
When Zhao Wuji learned that Gan Luo had gone out, he made a special trip to the restaurant.
I carefully inquired about the name of the restaurant.
After several investigations, it was learned that the restaurant was owned by Gan Luo.
"How does this woman possess so much wealth these days?"
This is enough to make someone richer than a country.
Even though Gan Luo did not have the status of a princess.
Even the emperor would have to show him respect.
After all, Gan Luo was truly too powerful.
As luck would have it, Xu Jinxin had already found Zhao Wuji.
"Brother Zhao, why haven't you come to the Prime Minister's residence to see me all this time?"
Zhao Wuji glanced at Xu Jinxin and gently comforted her, saying that he had been busy lately.
"Brother Zhao, what's wrong?"
Zhao Wuji casually made up excuses to fool Xu Jinxin.
The two were deeply in love in the Imperial Garden, a scene that was clearly witnessed by the Grand Tutor.
The Grand Tutor's face was gloomy. He walked directly in front of the two men and coughed.
"In broad daylight, a lone man and a lone woman, what kind of behavior is this?"
Xu Jinxin was startled when she heard those words.
She immediately opened her arms and kept a certain distance from Zhao Wuji.
Xu Jinxin kept her head down, and Zhao Wuji quickly tried to smooth things over when he saw this.
"Father, you're mistaken. Miss Xu just accidentally kicked a pebble and almost fell. I happened to catch her, which is why this happened."
I never expected that Zhao Wuji would start lying.
The Grand Tutor walked straight up to Zhao Wuji and slapped him across the face.
“You never used to lie to your father, but I never thought you would start lying now.”
Xu Jinxin's situation is not good, she has to get out of here quickly.
Xu Jinxin immediately focused her gaze on Zhao Wuji.
"Brother Zhao, I'm going back now. I'll come see you again in a couple of days."
Seeing Xu Jinxin leave in a panic, the Grand Tutor sneered.
"Ha, cowardice."
The Grand Tutor compared Xu Jinxin to the princess and truly felt that Xu Jinxin couldn't even compare to one of the princess's fingers. He really didn't know what kind of person his son was...
Wait a minute, why would he compare Xu Jinxin to the princess? This princess bullied Zhao Wuji quite a bit.
"From now on, you should have as little contact as possible with the young lady from the Prime Minister's residence, understand?"
"Father, there's something I don't understand, you..."
The Grand Tutor naturally understood what Zhao Wuji wanted to ask.
"There are rumors circulating that the Grand Tutor's Mansion is currying favor with the Prime Minister's Mansion."
How could this please the Grand Tutor? The more he thought about it, the angrier he became.
If this continues, the Grand Tutor feels that he will become depressed.
"But if Father always cares about what others think, wouldn't that be exhausting?"
Although that's what they said, these rumors still reached his ears, and even if he didn't want to hear them, the constant nagging from others was really unbearable for the Grand Tutor.
"Father, there's one more thing I want to know. If I were to marry..."
Upon hearing the word "marry," the Grand Tutor hurriedly interrupted Zhao Wuji.
"You can marry anyone, but you absolutely cannot marry Xu Jinxin."
...Zhao Wuji had a terrible headache at that moment.
I never imagined that the Grand Tutor had such a big rift with Xu Jinxin.
The Grand Tutor still has matters to discuss with other officials.
The Grand Tutor merely glanced at Zhao Wuji.
"Stay put in the Grand Tutor's residence. I have other matters to attend to, so I'll be leaving now."
After leaving the Grand Tutor's residence, Xu Jinxin came outside and patted her heart.
In fact, Xu Jinxin never understood why the Grand Tutor had such a deep opinion about her.
When they returned to the Prime Minister's residence...
Upon seeing Xu Jinxin's return, the Prime Minister summoned her to his study.
"I want to ask you, now that you're of marriageable age, is there a man you've taken a liking to? If so, please tell me."
Xu Jinxin directly mentioned Zhao Wuji, but unexpectedly, the Prime Minister refused outright.
"Zhao Wuji is incompetent and useless; he is of no help to us whatsoever. You cannot marry him. If you do, your life will be ruined. Do you understand that?"
But for Xu Jinxin, there is only Zhao Wuji in her heart.
No matter how powerful others may be, all Xu Jinxin wants is to spend her life with Zhao Wuji.
Moreover, Zhao Wuji treated her extremely well, so how could Xu Jinxin not want to...
"You must never mention this matter in front of me, otherwise, your father will send you to a temple to copy scriptures."
Xu Jinxin didn't understand why Zhao Wuji's father disliked her so much.
Her father, however, loathed Zhao Wuji.
What if Zhao Wuji could become emperor in a single day?
Unexpectedly, Xu Jinxin directly questioned the Prime Minister.
"If Zhao Wuji becomes king one day, will Father still have a problem with him?"
??"presumptuous!"
The prime minister got angry and threw all the bamboo slips on the table onto the ground.
"If I hear you say these things again, don't blame me for being impolite."
This would explain why the person in front of you is very angry.
After saying nothing, Xu Jinxin apologized to the Prime Minister.
Then they came to this outside.
The Prime Minister's wife happened to be passing by when she heard the commotion inside the study.
Upon seeing Xu Jinxin emerge again, the Prime Minister's wife hurriedly went to Xu Jinxin's side.
"What happened? Why is your father smashing things in the study?"
Xu Jinxin told the Prime Minister's wife the whole story.
"That's absolutely not allowed! Your father has high hopes for you. If you marry the son of the Grand Tutor, your future will be ruined."
"Don't worry, I will never mention this again."