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

Chapter 156: Barrier

The two were chatting when the Grand Tutor returned from the palace and saw Zhao Wuji and Xu Jinxin meeting. The Grand Tutor's expression changed.

The Grand Tutor walked directly to Xu Jinxin and shielded Zhao Wuji behind him. He scrutinized Xu Jinxin from head to toe, a cold glint in his eyes. "Miss Xu, do you not know the principle of propriety between men and women? Moreover, Miss Xu is still unmarried. If others were to see this, it would ruin your reputation. I urge Miss Xu to be more mindful of this in the future..."

Xu Jinxin understood that this person who had undergone abdominal surgery was not very capable. Despite her inner pain, she could only nod and look after Xu Jinxin.

"Thank you for your guidance, Grand Tutor."

Zhao Wuji felt a dull ache in his heart. He never expected that his father would dislike Xu Jinxin so much. Xu Jinxin turned to leave, but Zhao Wuji tried to follow her, only to be stopped by his father.

This scene was witnessed by Lin Fengmian, who happened to be passing by. Lin Fengmian couldn't help but sneer, "What a tragic couple!" In the end, Lin Fengmian returned to the princess's residence.

"Did you find anything out during your investigation? If so, you must tell me everything."

Gan Luo was questioning Lin Fengmian when Lin Fengmian looked up at him with a half-smile. Had Lin Fengmian encountered something good?

"Your Highness, your investigation today did not yield any results, but you did witness a performance, and I believe Your Highness will find it very interesting."

Gan Luo was very interested in the play, and he had been thinking about it carefully. But at this moment, he was very curious and asked Lin Fengmian what kind of play it was.

Lin Fengmian then told Gan Luo that Zhao Wuji and Xu Jinxin had met, but Zhao Wuji's father had a lot of opinions about Xu Jinxin.

More importantly, tomorrow is the day when the envoy from the neighboring country will come to pay tribute. I wonder how the arrangements are going. Afterwards, Gan Luo gave Lin Fengmian a letter and asked him to deliver it to the National Protection Army.

General Su received Gan Luo's letter, opened it, and immediately summoned all the men. He selected a small group to hide among them, while another small group watched from the city gate. The rest of the men remained hidden inside.

On the other hand, when Xin Ruyu learned of this, he was in a state of shock.

Xin Ruyu never expected that Gan Luo would make such a grand spectacle this time. More importantly, he also sent these people to observe and patrol at the city gate.

However, this also shows how much importance Gan Luo attached to this matter.

After thinking about it carefully, I realized that this matter was actually quite important. If anything went wrong on the way, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Your Highness, I would like to know if His Majesty has invited Your Highness to attend the tribute mission tomorrow, as Your Highness is, after all, an official of the court."

"As far as I am concerned, I don't care much about these things. Besides, if I don't go, I'll be happy to have some peace and quiet. Why should I make myself suffer because of those complicated rules?"

But before he could finish speaking, the palace eunuchs had already arrived. One eunuch shouted, "His Majesty's decree!"

Sure enough, this was referring to Cao Cao, who had already arrived. This left Xin Ruyu speechless. Upon arriving, Xin Ruyu knelt on the ground and began to read what the emperor had written.

In no time, the eunuch informed Xin Ruyu that he had been invited to a banquet the next day. Xin Ruyu had no intention of attending, but upon receiving this news, he could not escape it.

"Your humble servant obeys the decree and will certainly arrive tomorrow."

After the eunuch left, Xin Ruyu sat down in a chair, picked up a cup of tea, and drank it all in one gulp. He then sighed silently.

Xin Ruyu's advisors were indeed a little puzzled. Shouldn't Xin Ruyu be happy? After all, he was invited to the banquet, which meant that the banquet organizers valued him.

"My intuition tells me what I will definitely do at the banquet, and that's why I don't want to participate."

"But Your Highness, His Majesty has already invited you to participate, so Your Highness has no other choice, right? Since you're here, you might as well make the best of it."

Xin Ruyu felt that the strategist's words made a lot of sense. In that case, he would attend such a banquet tomorrow. There was also an even more important matter: what kind of tribute would the envoys from the neighboring country present at this banquet? For some reason, Xin Ruyu was looking forward to it.

Gan Yanling stayed in the palace. She learned that the Minister of War was ill. More importantly, the Minister of War's son had been kicked out of the princess's residence by Gan Luo.

Everyone was shocked in that instant, wondering what Kong Hong had done to anger Gan Luo so much.

In the end, Gan Yanling sent people to investigate thoroughly. It seemed that after Gan Luo imprisoned Kong Hong and released him, Kong Hong began to curse Gan Luo as a poisonous woman.

So that's why Gan Luo kicked him out of the princess's residence. If it were him, he would definitely do the same. It's all Kong Hong's own fault. Who can he blame? However, since the Minister of War is sick, as a monarch, he naturally has to go and see him.

He then had a sedan chair prepared outside and personally went to the residence of the Minister of War. Upon learning that Gan Yanling had come here, the Minister of War was so frightened that he immediately lay back down on his bed.

The Minister of War never expected that the emperor of a nation would condescend to come to a place like his.

The Minister of War then pretended to be sickly.

"Your Majesty, please do not come near me. Please keep a certain distance from me, for I am afraid that my illness may be contagious to you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gan Yanling declared that he was strong and healthy and would not be infected. He then walked up to the Minister of War, whose face was extremely pale and who was coughing from time to time, indeed looking like he was sick.

"You can have someone come and see what the doctor says."

"Your Majesty, I have already sent someone to check on him. He will be fine after a period of rest."