Chapter 118: The Next Set
The emperor ordered Gu Shaoyuan to secretly return to Beijing, the purpose of which was as Huo Yunxuan guessed, that is, to get rid of one of the arms of the Xue family. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info but in the end, Huo Yunxuan was narrow-minded, and if she wanted to get rid of Xue Guogong, it was not easy to get rid of Xue Guogong, even if it was an arm, and recalling Gu Shaoyuan was also a decision made by the emperor and several ministers after a long time of agreement.
The Xue family has always been Gu Shaoyuan's hate, and it involves a queen, and filial piety comes first, and Daqi advocates ruling the world with filial piety. The Xue family will not be destroyed one day, even if Gu Shaoyuan ascends to the highest position and becomes the emperor, with the queen mixed in it, Gu Shaoyuan is just a puppet. So this time, joining forces with the emperor to do this is just for a win-win situation.
A few days ago, Gu Shaoyuan found out that Xue Ruran was sneaky, and he knew that the Xue family was going to come up with some moths. Xue Ruran couldn't bear to do something too much to herself, and Gu Shaoyuan knew these things best in his heart. This is also the point that Gu Shaoyuan looks down on Xue Ruran the most in his heart, she is too passive and weak, and her heart is soft, she doesn't want to disappoint her mother's family for fear of losing the support of the Xue family, but she is also afraid of losing her own heart, and she can't bear to hurt herself, so she will mess things up every time.
Xue Ruran is not like Huo Yunxuan, Huo Yunxuan clearly knows what she needs and what she doesn't want, she clearly knows what she wants, and then works hard in that direction. It's like a little flattery to herself, in fact, Gu Shaoyuan also knows it in her heart, but she knows in her heart that she is her brother's master, but she just wants her brother to live better with the entire Pingyuan Marquis Mansion, so she will please her dog's legs. It is also very clear who her enemy is, unlike Xue Ruran, who does not even distinguish between the enemy and me, she is a spy sent by Xue Guogong to her mansion, but she falls in love with her enemy, if this is changed to Huo Yunxuan, according to Huo Yunxuan's realistic temperament, Huo Yunxuan knows too well what she wants and what she doesn't want, so even if she sends her to Xue Guogong's mansion as a spy, she will not look at the enemy squarely, let alone be as tempted as Xue Ruran.
However, this time, Xue Ruran's approach made Gu Shaoyuan a little impressed. This time, Xue Ruran really put his mind to the task arranged by the Xue Mansion - he really put a dragon robe on the Huaiwang Mansion.
When Gu Shaoyuan knew about this, Gu Shaoyuan was almost angry, Xue Ruran finally did a heroic thing among women, but the result was so laughable, she actually believed the Xue family's statement - if something happened in the Huai Wangfu, she would definitely be bailed out.
If something happened to the Huai Palace, how could she, as the princess of Huai, get out of it? In fact, since the day she married into the Huai Wangfu, she has been a grasshopper on a rope in herself, and she has long been with the Huai Wangfu, if something happens to the Huai Wangfu, especially the search for the private dragon robe, even the maids of the Huai Wangfu will not escape the involvement, not to mention that you are the princess who shares the bed with the Huai Wang!
It can be seen that the Xue family can do such a thing, and they are ready to sacrifice this daughter for a long time, but it is a pity that Xue Ruran believes in her mother's family too much, and always believes that her mother will not do anything to her. Gu Shaoyuan also regretted in his heart, he was a very shrewd person when he competed for favor in the house on weekdays, why was his brain so bad in other things?
These are all nonsense, let's not talk about it for the time being, just say that Gu Shaoyuan didn't make any moves after discovering this matter, but ran to the emperor, sold a miserable thing, and cried in front of the emperor with a handful of snot and tears - Father, you see, no one can really believe it these days, the father-in-law who respects the sons so much wants to unite with my daughter-in-law to harm the sons, father, the emperor, you said that the sons are not good enough for them, why do they treat the sons and daughters so much? Father, my son's heart hurts!
Gu Shaoyuan is not a person who likes to sell miserably, besides, Gu Shaoyuan has always been a true hero who killed the enemy in battle, and his hard temper has never shed tears since he was four years old, this son cried so miserably in front of the emperor, the emperor naturally softened in his heart, and thought of the rumors outside on weekdays, thinking that his son was really good to his daughter-in-law and had nothing to say, but he was hurt by his daughter-in-law and father-in-law, can you not be sad?
Thinking about it like this, the emperor's hatred for the Xue family in his heart became even more layered, and he originally wanted to delay for two more days to catch a few more handles of the Xue family, but as soon as this incident came out, the emperor didn't want to wait any longer, thinking that now he would pluck one of his wings first to teach the Xue family a lesson, and then the matter would be discussed in the long run.
Only then did he discuss with Gu Shaoyuan, Huo Chenyi and other ministers, discussing how to let Xue Guogong take the bait.
Don't look at Xue Guogong in the past few years, he seems to be old and confused, and he generally acts in such a high-profile manner, but in fact, he is as good as an old fox inside, and he will fall into his way if he is not careful!
The one who found Gu Shaoyuan in Jinghuan Tower was actually not Xue Guogong, but Xue Guogong's youngest son. Xue Guogong's youngest son, Xue Yang, although he is a concubine, but after all, he is an old man, Xue Guogong is very pampered, and Mrs. Xue intends to raise this son to abolish it, so naturally it is also the usual means of killing, so Xue Yang is almost one of the best children in the capital, and Jinghuan Lou is the largest green building in the capital, and Xue Yang almost lives in that place.
So if Gu Shaoyuan appeared in Jinghuan Tower, it would be no accident that he would definitely be seen by Xue Yang, a frequent visitor to Jinghuan Tower. Xue Yang was fed up with the fact that several of his brothers in the house were better than him on weekdays, and he was fed up with his father saying that it was useless for him not to learn and not to know all the skills, so when he met Gu Shaoyuan in Jinghuanlou, he didn't even want a beautiful concubine and a pretty maid, and hurriedly asked the little girl around him to go back to the house to inform his father, and he was staring at Gu Shaoyuan here without blinking, for fear that Gu Shaoyuan would slip away under his nose - if he let his father know that Gu Shaoyuan was caught by himself, his father would definitely be impressed by himself.
And Xue Guogong, who was carried away by Gu Shaoyuan and lost his normal thinking, had long forgotten to think that on such a cusp, Gu Shaoyuan would go to Jinghuanlou to die by himself if he was crazy.
Therefore, Xue Guogong didn't expect that all this might be a trap at all, and he took the guards of the mansion to Jinghuan Tower, and Gu Shaoyuan only symbolically dodged a few times before pretending to be caught.
Xue Guogong escorted Gu Shaoyuan to Qianqing Palace all the way, and when Xue Guogong escorted Gu Shaoyuan to the emperor, the emperor was already unhappy. No matter how bad it is, Gu Shaoyuan is also the emperor's son, and Xue Guogong treats the emperor's son so rudely, the emperor is naturally uncomfortable.
Although he felt uncomfortable in his heart, he still had to do enough drama on his face: "Presumptuous! How daring! ”
Xue Guogong only thought that the emperor was talking about Gu Shaoyuan, and he poured another handful of oil on the emperor's anger: "Your Majesty, King Huai now has two crimes to be established!" ”
After that, he patted his sleeves and knelt down: "The first crime, King Huai returned to Beijing without edict; The second crime, King Huai's private possession of the dragon robe means rebellion......"
Before he finished speaking, the emperor interrupted with a sneer: "Say that King Huai is guilty, Xue Aiqing, do you know that you also have two crimes!" ”
Xue Guogong was naturally frightened by the emperor's sneer, and immediately had a bad premonition in his heart, but he pretended to be calm on his face, looked up at the emperor, and puzzled: "The minister doesn't know what is wrong with the minister." ”
The emperor sneered, glanced at Xue Guogong coldly, and sneered: "The first mistake is that you don't know the etiquette and can't distinguish between the monarch and the minister!" The so-called monarchs and ministers, you dare to directly bind King Huai as a prisoner and escort him to me! There is no distinction between monarchs and ministers, if you are passed on like this, where is the royal face? How dare you say you are not guilty! ”
It turned out that he was talking about this matter, Xue Guogong's heart relaxed slightly, and he argued with reason: "King Huai returned to Beijing without an edict and didn't take the laws of Daqi in his eyes, what is the difference between him and a prisoner?" Second, the minister had already searched the dragon robe on the Huai Wang's Mansion, and the Huai Wang's private dragon robe meant rebellion, and the emperor also surrounded the entire Huai Wang's Mansion, saying that before the matter was not clear, all the people in the Huai Wang's Mansion were people who were to be punished, so what was the difference between the Huai King and the prisoner at this time? ”
"What a sharp mouth!" The emperor directly angrily threw a piece of board to Xue Guogong's mouth, and said angrily: "I'll talk about your second mistake!" You keep saying that King Huai returned to Beijing without an edict, how do you know that King Huai has no secret edict from me! slandering the prince, do you dare to say that you are not guilty! ”
After that, he glanced at Gu Shaoyuan, Gu Shaoyuan understood, and immediately took out the emperor's secret edict from his arms and handed it to Xue Guogong, and said coldly: "A few days ago, my father was unwell and issued a secret edict to secretly edict the king to return to Beijing, how did he become the king of this king and return to Beijing without edict when he arrived at his father-in-law?" ”
King Huai took the secret edict handed over by Gu Shaoyuan, his brain was already blank, and then he thought of where he caught Gu Shaoyuan - if Gu Shaoyuan really returned to Beijing without an edict, how could he be stupid enough to swagger to a place like Jinghuan Tower to throw himself into the net? Besides, according to Shaoyuan's kung fu, how can he be able to fight with a few of his own guards? This time, Gu Shaoyuan was caught so easily, he should have known that there was a trap in it! Besides, every time he asked the emperor to ask Gu Shaoyuan to return to Beijing without an edict, the emperor's answer was always ambiguous, although he did not explicitly say that he would not let himself go to the search again, but he also ignored his behavior of searching all over the city......
Thinking of this, Xue Guogong Ma understood that he was most likely in a trap, and the person who was in the trap was none other than the emperor himself.
It seems that he is indeed too ostentatious these days, which makes the emperor Lao'er have a sense of crisis. Xue Guogong sneered in his heart, not afraid of what would happen. The various mansions in the capital are intertwined, and the Xue family has big roots and deep roots, so they will not fall because of this trivial matter at all. This time it's just a reminder to give yourself some blood.
It seems that after this time, I will be quiet for a few days.
Therefore, Xue Guogong looked at the secret edict with a calm face, folded it, and handed it to King Huai, with a calm face: "Back to the emperor, the minister just heard the news about King Huai's return to Beijing without an edict, and in line with the idea that he would rather kill a hundred by mistake than let go of one, he searched for King Huai everywhere, who knew that King Huai actually had a secret edict issued by the emperor, and the minister only thought that the emperor should not be held accountable for the minister's responsibility, but the person who spread this rumor!" ”
The emperor snorted coldly and said in a cold voice: "You will shirk your responsibility, and you say, where did you get this news from!" ”
At this point, Qing Ning paused, and then continued: "...... Only then did Xue Guogong confess to Hou Ye, saying that he got the news from Hou Ye. ”
"That's why the emperor sent someone to our mansion to escort the eldest brother over?" Huo Yunxuan squinted her eyes, sneered, and suddenly thought that a few days ago, Baguio did swagger in the kitchen and said that Gu Shaoyuan returned to Beijing without an edict, and she also suspected that Baguio was a spy sent by Baguio because of this matter, and Huo Yunxuan finally understood, it turned out that all this was instructed by the emperor, and Huo Chenyi and Gu Shaoyuan just did what they were told.
With a sneer, Huo Yunxuan asked again, "What happened later?" Later, how did the eldest brother escape? ”
"What can be done!" Speaking of this, Qing Ning suddenly covered her mouth and laughed, her eyes were full of smiles: "The girl doesn't know something, and the Hou Ye is also a top rod when he plays a scoundrel." ”
As he spoke, he paused, and continued with a smile in his eyes: "Hou Ye has been pretending to be stupid since he entered the palace, first of all, how could King Huai suddenly appear in the Qianqing Palace, and after the emperor asked him, he refused to admit that he had spread such rumors. ”
Not only that, but also a handful of snot and tears - the emperor, how can you think of the minister like this, the minister has grown up with King Huai since he was a child, and his feelings have long been like siblings, how could the minister spread such rumors to frame King Huai, Your Majesty, don't listen to the villain's words, the minister is absolutely loyal to you and King Huai.
What kind of virtue does his eldest brother have, Huo Yunxuan is still clear, through Qing Ning's description, Huo Yunxuan can also come up with that scene, and she also covered her mouth and smiled for a long time, and then asked, "What is the emperor's reaction?" ”
"The emperor naturally believes in Hou Ye," Qing Ning covered his mouth and smiled, and then said: "When the emperor saw that Hou Ye seemed to be about to cry, he immediately pretended to be soft-hearted, believed Hou Ye, and asked Xue Guogong, 'You not only slandered King Huai, but even the court's ministers dared to slander, Xue Guogong, are you guilty!'" ’”
After that, Qing Ning paused, and said with a smile: "Xue Guogong probably guessed that the emperor deliberately set him a trap, and at this time he also knew that no matter how much he struggled, it was useless, but he was still dying." ”
Huo Yunxuan nodded, and her eyes were full of smiles: "What did the emperor do with it later?" (To be continued.) )