At this moment, Rong Heng suddenly leaned in closer and whispered in Gu Lan's ear:
"Jiang Qu is pretending to faint."
Gu Lan's brow twitched, and he said: "Probably Duoji couldn't bear to knock out his own brother. It doesn't matter; he's convinced Jiang Qu to cooperate anyway."
Outside the Drunk Flower House, besides the household soldiers of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, Capital City Governor Lu Bingxin and nearby Ministry of Justice officials also brought government officials rushing over. On the outermost layer, many commoners surrounded the area.
Everyone already knew that Minister of Revenue Qian Zhen had colluded with Qiangrong.
Gu Lan understood that initially, Qian Zhen leveraged his status as a relative of the Second Prince to gradually gain the Emperor's trust, eventually securing the position of Minister of Revenue — it was the Emperor who elevated him.
