After rebirth, the wife of the Houfu shark went crazy

Chapter 169 Entering the Palace

"This military token is fake." Xu Rui stared at the military token in his hand, his eyes full of anger.

No wonder he got it so easily, it turned out to be fake, Gulin was actually playing a trick on him.

The leader of the Golden Guards could not see anything wrong with the military token, so he did not dare to ask any more questions.

"Go back and look after the lady."

Xu Rui put the military token back into the brocade box, gave some instructions to the leader of the Golden Guards, and then jumped and disappeared.

The leader of the Golden Guards did not dare to delay and immediately returned to Jingyu Garden to guard Jiang Xiyu.

Xu Rui took the brocade box directly into the palace.

In the palace, Gu Wei, who was lying on the imperial concubine's bed, heard the eunuch's report with a look of disbelief on his face, and subconsciously asked, "Who are you talking about?"

"Your Majesty, Marquis Yonglin requests an audience." The eunuch reported again.

Gu Wei was very surprised. Why did Xu Rui come back suddenly and ask to see him in the middle of the night? What happened?

Gu Wei immediately got up and put on his boots. Without even having time to put on his clothes, he hurried out.

The imperial concubine, who was originally fast asleep, suddenly opened her eyes and winked at the maid outside.

The maid immediately understood and quietly retreated.

Gu Wei hurried to the imperial study and saw a man dressed in black standing there waiting for him.

Seeing Gu Wei coming in, Xu Rui immediately knelt down and saluted, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

Gu Wei immediately looked at Xu Rui, and before he could sit down, he asked urgently, "Didn't I ask you to suppress the bandits? Why did you come back so suddenly? What happened?"

Xu Rui kowtowed to Gu Wei before speaking, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. My wife is seriously ill. I was very worried when I heard the news, so I returned to the capital without permission."

Upon hearing this, Gu Wei's face suddenly turned dark.

"You just came back to see your wife? You are not treating the affairs of the court as a joke."

Xu Rui fell to the ground, not daring to look up as he explained.

"I dare not, but a few days ago, my wife was seriously ill. If Princess Yunling had not invited the imperial physician, my wife would have..." After a few seconds of pause, Xu Rui continued, "That is why I disobeyed the imperial decree. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me."

Jiang Xiyu was seriously ill, and he knew about it because Gu Yunling had asked someone to invite the imperial physician.

But when he came back secretly, Gu Wei's face was still full of resentment. "I know that you are concerned about your wife, so I let you come back secretly this time. Tell me, what's the matter with you suddenly entering the palace?"

Xu Rui said cautiously, "When I came back this time, I didn't forget the mission that Your Majesty gave me, so I took advantage of this opportunity to sneak into the Prince of Qin's mansion."

Hearing this, Gu Wei's anger subsided a lot. "But what did you gain?"

Xu Rui took out a brocade box from his bosom and presented it with both hands, "I will not disappoint Your Majesty."

Unexpectedly, Xu Rui actually stole the thing for him. Gu Wei was instantly overjoyed. He immediately took the brocade box from Xu Rui and couldn't wait to open it.

Seeing the military amulet in the brocade box, Gu Wei's eyes suddenly lit up and he was extremely excited. "That's it! This is the golden tiger amulet that my grandfather left for Gulin."

Gu Wei said, excitedly stepped forward to help Xu Rui up, "Ruizhi, I really didn't misjudge you, you really didn't let me down."

Xu Rui raised his drooping brows slightly.

"This is what I should do. Previously, I went to the Prince of Qin's mansion and was trapped by the formation there. After that, I tried to figure out how to break the formation. This time, I wanted to try again. Unexpectedly, I actually broke the formation. I successfully entered the Prince of Qin's study and found this brocade box. When I came out, I had already alerted the secret guards of the Prince of Qin's mansion. They chased me for over an hour before I was able to escape. I dared not neglect anything and immediately went to the palace to see His Majesty."

Gu Wei listened to the thrilling process of Xu Rui getting the military token, raised his hand and slapped his keyboard vigorously, "Ruizhi, you have made great contributions this time. Whatever you want, I will definitely reward you handsomely."

Xu Rui looked terrified. "I dare not. It is my honor to share your majesty's worries. I do not need any reward. I only hope that your majesty can take care of my family while I am away from the capital. I will be very grateful."

Gu Wei also knew that he cared about his family, especially his wife, so he agreed without hesitation, "Just go and fight the bandits with peace of mind. I will take good care of your family for you."

"I thank Your Majesty." Xu Rui immediately kowtowed towards the ancient curtain.

"Get up and talk." Gu Wei was in a very good mood and asked him to get up directly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xu Rui then stood up.

"I have been thinking about it day and night, dreaming of it, and finally I got it." Gu Wei stared at the golden tiger talisman in the brocade box excitedly for a long time, and finally picked it up carefully.

But once he got it, his excited expression instantly collapsed, "This military token..."

At this moment, Xu Rui's eyes flickered slightly, and he looked up pretending to be confused, "Is there any problem?"

Gu Wei took the Golden Tiger Talisman and shook it in his hand, saying coldly, "The weight is wrong, there is something wrong with the military talisman."

Xu Rui looked terrified and immediately said, "How could this be? This is the military token I found in the Prince of Qin's study. The Prince of Qin's palace is full of traps, and I went through many hardships to get this token. How could there be a problem?"

Seeing that he didn't believe her, Gu Wei turned around and went to the inner room.

The eunuch gave Xu Rui a warning look, and Xu Rui immediately lowered his eyes politely, but his ears were erect, listening attentively to the movements in the inner room.

Gu Wei came to the secret compartment and glanced at Xu Rui outside. Seeing that he was standing there with his brows lowered and eyes lowered, which was quite well-behaved, he opened the secret compartment and took out a brocade box from it.

He took out the brocade box, closed the secret compartment of the ancient curtain again, and looked at Xu Rui again.

Seeing that Xu Rui still didn't look up, Gu Wei looked at the eunuch again. Only when the eunuch nodded at him did Gu Wei breathe a sigh of relief and come out of the inner room with the brocade box.

Gu Wei took out a military token from the brocade box, but his military token was very different from the one Xu Rui brought.

The military talisman that Xu Rui stole from the Prince of Qin's Mansion was a golden tiger talisman, while his was a silver leopard talisman. From the appearance, it was obvious that the military talisman from the Prince of Qin's Mansion was superior.

Gu Wei took the two military tokens in his hands and weighed them, becoming more certain.

"The Qin King's military token is a first-class token of the Yun Dynasty, capable of commanding half of the entire Yun Dynasty's military forces. It is forged from gold and shaped like a tiger. The one in my hand, on the other hand, can only command 30% of the Yun Dynasty's military forces. It is forged from silver and shaped like a leopard, making it a second-class token."

This is why he has always been wary of Gulin. When his royal grandfather passed away, he passed the throne to his father, but gave the most important golden tiger talisman to Gulin.

When my father was alive, Gulin had always been a thorn in his heart. Now that he was here, Gulin was a thorn even deeper.

At that time, when his father was dying, he held his hand and repeatedly told him to take back the golden tiger talisman from Gulin.

In fact, even if his father hadn't mentioned it, he would definitely find a way to get the Golden Tiger Talisman back. It was 50% of the Yun Dynasty's military force, and half of the Yun Dynasty's military force was in Gulin's hands.