Under the order of the Queen Mother, Gu Huai and King Xuan were taken down on the spot, and Concubine De begged for pain at first, but the Queen Mother had made up her mind, and her tears and delicateness did not play any role.

Therefore, seeing the powerless feeling of her first lover and son being forced to the ground, desperate and helpless, she was so ashamed that she picked up the dagger that Qi Hao had thrown on the ground before and stabbed it into her heart without hesitation.

The blood flowed all over the ground, and the dagger was all submerged in Concubine De's chest, which shows that she has the heart of death.

Before she could even take a second look at King Xuan, she fell in a pool of blood.

The beloved woman died in front of him, and Gu Huai broke out with a heart-rending roar.

The roar made the Queen Mother even more angry, and she immediately sent people to surround the Prime Minister's Mansion.

In addition to Gu Huai, everyone in the Prime Minister's Mansion, from Gu Chengen, who was accompanying the butterfly in the other courtyard, down to the maids and domestic servants, there were just a hundred people in total, and none of them were spared.

Of course, Gu Nianshi, the second son of Gu who worked in the palace, was also a member of the Gu family, and he couldn't avoid the fate of being beheaded.

At that time, Gu Nianshi was still patrolling the palace, but then he was suddenly taken away by several Praetorian Guards, and was temporarily escorted into the dungeon with Gu Huai and King Xuan, waiting for three o'clock in the afternoon to be beheaded with others at the entrance of the vegetable market.

After Gu Huai, King Xuan, and Gu Nianshi were escorted down, the Eighth Prince and Qi Hao also left one after another.

Probably because this matter is not a good thing to do, so it is not easy to speak, neither of the two spoke, after leaving the courtyard, nodded and counted as a farewell.

Qi Hao did not leave the palace directly, but went to the old emperor's bedroom first, and told the old emperor in detail about the results of the blood test just now and the decision of the queen mother.

Regarding the fact that King Xuan is the son of Concubine De and Gu Huai, the old emperor may have prepared for the worst in his heart, and he was no longer as angry as he was when he first heard the news.

The old emperor's mood was quite stable, and he only cursed Gu Huai and Concubine De a few words.

Concubine Mei was carried back to her palace by Gu Nian when she had a miscarriage last time, and the old emperor didn't let her toss back and forth because she needed to cultivate her body.

In the impression of the old emperor, Concubine De has always been an image of keeping to herself and being indisputable with the world.

Even after so many years, people are old and yellow, and they can't compare to a finger of Concubine Mei, but the old emperor still has some feelings for her in his heart.

After all, she is also the woman who has been by his side for many years.

is a little tasteless, but compared to the queen, Concubine De is error-free and keeps to herself.

However, Concubine De, who has never been jealous and participated in the intrigue of the harem, actually made a big mistake of daring to secretly tie the knot before entering the palace, which is really innocent!

The Queen Mother was still too merciful, so she just threw her into a mass grave.

If it is replaced by the old emperor, he will send someone to chop up Concubine De's body and feed it to the dogs!

There is also Gu Huai, the old emperor was already dissatisfied when he learned that he was destroyed in Fengguo two years ago, saved Feng Se without telling himself, and hid Feng Se in Nanshan for more than ten years.

Later, it was the identity exchange of Gu Jinxiu and Gu Jinli.

Later, the father-son relationship between Gu Huai and Gu Chengen was false and caused a storm in the city.

A series of events have deepened the old emperor's mustard against Gu Huai.

And now, King Xuan is Gu Huai's son again, if the old emperor can, he really can't wait to rush out of the cage like the tiger with sharp teeth and bite Gu Huai and King Xuan to pieces!

There are hundreds of people in the Gu family, and the nine clans are already forgiven, but the old emperor didn't expect that Qi Hao would intercede for Gu Nianshi in the end.

"Father, the son thinks that although Gu Nianshi is Gu Huai's son, he is honest and loyal to you, and it would be a pity to kill him too." Qi Hao and Gu Nianshi did not have a deep relationship, but he knew that when Gu Jinli was still living in the Prime Minister's Mansion in the past, he had a very good relationship with Gu Nianshi, and Gu Nianshi also took care of her.

If Gu Nianshi died, then Gu Jinli would definitely be sad.

That's why Qi Hao will say good things about Gu Nian.

After hearing this, the old emperor snorted coldly: "According to what you say, then Gu Chengen is not only loyal to me, but also as a servant of the Criminal Department, he has solved problems for me for many years, do I have to let him go?" ”

"Father, Gu Chengen and Gu Nianshi are different." Qi Hao smiled slightly, and said unhurriedly: "There is no need for the sons and daughters to say more, my father should also remember that Gu Huai and Gu Chengen had a blood test in front of you back then." ”

"Gu Chengen is the son of Mrs. Gu and whom, Erchen believes that you must know it in your heart."

"Since he deliberately proved that he was Gu Huai's sister-in-law, then the Gu family was beheaded all over the house, so he naturally had no reason to hide from it!"

"Besides, at the beginning, Gu Huai deceived his superiors and subordinates, and Li Dai was stiff and married Gu Jinli to his son, which is already a crime of bullying the king."

"Later, he dared to cheat with Gu Chengen, father, such two people, it is not a pity to die a thousand times or ten thousand times!"

"What's more, since Gu Chengen broke up with Gu Huai, he has been wooing courtiers behind his back three times and twice, and he also wants to form a gang to monopolize the branches, how much do you think people with selfishness and ambition will be loyal to you?"

The old emperor hated Gu Huai and wanted to crush his entire family.

Moreover, according to his temperament, he will not cut the grass and leave the roots.

"Fourth, I don't need you to say it, I won't keep Gu Chengen, but you are also Gu Huai's son when you think about it, if I kill his whole family, won't he have a grudge against me??" The old emperor pursed his lips and said quietly: "If I am soft-hearted and leave him, I will undoubtedly be troubled by raising tigers and burying a thunder by my side." ”

"Father, this is a bad word." Qi Hao shook his head with a smile, and said slowly: "According to Erchen's understanding, Gu Nianshi is a person with different temperaments from Gu Huai and Gu Chengen. ”

"If it weren't for the pressure of the family, I guess I wouldn't have entered the palace."

"However, since he entered the palace, he has been loyal to his duties, honest and peaceful, and has rarely interacted with his father and brother."

"Therefore, Erchen feels that if his father can spare his life, it will not only make him grateful to you, but also show his father's benevolence."

"After all, although the whole house has played a role in killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys, in the end, hundreds of lives are not a small amount."

"Fourth, are you blaming me for killing innocents?" The old emperor heard other meanings from Qi Hao's words of intercession for Gu Nian, and the old eyes looked at him fixedly: "I can let Gu Nian go, but I can't let go of the Gu family's servants." ”

"Gu Huai has repeatedly bullied his superiors and subordinates, lied, and even put this green hat on my head!"

"If I don't use Gu Huai's knife this time, then there will be more people who will follow his disloyal and unrighteous deeds in the future!"

Exhaling a heavy breath of turbidity, the old emperor said in a sullen voice: "I have left a vein for the Gu family, and it is really benevolent and righteous, so you don't have to talk about anything else." ”

In fact, Qi Hao didn't have to let the old emperor let go of the rest of the Gu family, his main target was Gu Nianshi.

Gu Nianshi had a close relationship with Gu Jinli, and as for the others, he just asked casually.

The old emperor can let it go, and it doesn't matter if he doesn't.

Those people are innocent, but in all dynasties and dynasties, there are so many doors that are full of doors, and if you want to blame, you can only blame the bad fate, and the chosen master is not good.

Qi Hao is not a saint, he is used to seeing such things.

The rare kindness was only because Gu Jinli had been in the Gu family for four years.

If it was someone else, according to Qi Hao's cold-hearted and cold-faced temperament, he didn't bother to ask more.

Qi Hao nodded, but he didn't insist anymore, "What my father said is that his son didn't think it through. ”

The old emperor now has a fire in his heart, and if Qi Hao fights with him like before, he will inevitably be angry again, so he will occasionally pretend to compromise once, and he will not lose face.

Seeing Qi Hao's rare obedience, the old emperor's face looked much better, he leaned back on the cushion, and instructed Gonggong Jia: "Xiao Jia, send someone to bring Gu Nian up." ”

"Tell him that Gu Huai and Concubine De are guilty of this matter, and it has nothing to do with him."

After a pause, he added: "As for Gu Chengen, if you announce it to the outside world, it is the first crime for him to form a gang and entrap the courtiers, but he is not Gu Huai's sister-in-law, but he joins forces with Gu Huai to bully the king, which is the second crime." ”

"I killed him, and I killed him for a legitimate reason!"

I have to say that the old emperor is now very sober and thoughtful.

No matter what kind of reason Gu Chengen wants to get away with, he will inevitably die.

Moreover, the old emperor also left a step for Gu Nian to be pardoned, so as to prevent him from being attacked by gossip.

For example, if Gu Chengen took the identity that he was the illegitimate son of Mrs. Gu and Guo Mingyi, and admitted that he was not from the Gu family, then the old emperor could deal with him for the crime of bullying the king.

If someone questioned that Gu Nianshi should have been beheaded because he was Gu Huai's son but saved his life, then the old emperor dealt with Gu Chengen on the charge of forming a party for personal gain.

Anyway, it was reasonable to be released when Gu Nian, the old emperor achieved his goal and bought people's hearts, killing two birds with one stone!

"Yes." Gonggong Jia answered, and just as he wanted to leave, the old emperor called him again: "Wait." ”

Gonggong Jia stopped and looked at the old emperor, waiting for his next words.

The old emperor sighed, and his voice was a little lower: "Concubine Mei, is she in a better state today?" ”

Jia Gong said fairly: "Imperial Doctor Wei said that Concubine Mei still has to lie in bed for two days, so that she can be raised." ”

The old emperor said "um", waved his hand, and said, "You tell her that I will go to see her another day, so that she can relax and recuperate." ”

Father-in-law Jia nodded and withdrew.

Qi Hao saw that the old emperor seemed to be sincere to Concubine Mei, but then immediately dispelled this ridiculous idea.

The love of the emperor, where is there anything long-lasting?

The old emperor taught Qi Hao from a young age that men should have grand ambitions and hegemony in their hearts, instead of focusing on the love between men and women.

What is a woman? Women are the spices of men's lives, and they must not be sincere.

A ruthless person like the old emperor could have been hindered by the Fang family and allowed the queen to kill so many harem concubines and heirs, how could he have any sincerity towards anyone?

Seeing that he is now considerate and considerate to Concubine Mei, and what he cares about, maybe it's just because of the bed and Concubine Mei dropped a child for him.

With a sneer in his heart, Qi Hao stood up and said in a deep voice: "Father, if it's okay, the son will go back first." ”

Seeing that the old emperor didn't speak, he left the dormitory.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the news that the Gu family was beheaded spread all over the streets and alleys of the capital.

Gu Huai has a personal affair with Concubine De, and everyone knows that King Xuan is not the emperor's heir, and no one knows about it.

There was still an hour before three o'clock in the afternoon, but a street near the entrance of the vegetable market was crowded with people.

At this time, in the Fuyuan Courtyard, Gu Jinli sat quietly in front of the bed, holding a book in her hand, but her vision was wandering, and she was wandering when she saw it.

Although Aiyue had no feelings for the Gu family, she couldn't help but be shocked after hearing that the Gu family was going to be beheaded by the whole house.

She hugged Xiao Hei and walked back and forth in the house.

Aiyue wanted to say something to Gu Jinli, but Gu Jinli was still in a state of "amnesia" in her heart, and besides, Gu Jinli had just warned herself and Hexiang last time, don't mention the Gu family again, Gu Jinli is now "Lin Sheng", and has nothing to do with the Gu family.

Therefore, Aiyue thought of the little maids in the house who had a good relationship with her, and the old grandmother who had been kind to her, and felt very uncomfortable.

Hexiang knew Aiyue's thoughts, so she whispered: "If you are not happy in your heart, go out to breathe." ”

"The master is reading, and you are wandering back and forth, disturbing the master."

"Hexiang, I'm ......" Aiyue glanced at Gu Jinli, bit her lip and hung her head out of the house.

Gu Jin's eyes moved slightly, turned her head to look at Hexiang, and her voice was light: "Hexiang, are you also sad for the Gu family?" ”

At the moment when she decided to expose King Xuan's identity, she expected that the Gu family would face such an ending.

If her memory hadn't recovered, there wouldn't have been any fluctuations in her heart.

However, the Gu family is the place where she has been staying for four years, and it is impossible for her to say that so many people have died because of her, and she doesn't feel it at all.

Gu Huai is not her father, and he is also the man she has called her father for four years, but he pushed himself out when his biological daughter Gu Jinxiu was in trouble.

Gu Chengen protects her like a brother, but he has a deformed love for her.

What she owed them, she had already paid back that year.

Two years later, she returned to Beijing in a new capacity.

Then, there is only a struggle of power and interests between her and them, and there is no affection at all.

As for Gu Nianshi, she was already ready to let Chen Zexuan or the Eighth Emperor intercede with the old emperor, and she would not die without help.

It's a pity that Qi Hao took the lead.

This favor, she remembered in her heart.

And for those domestic servants who can't hide, Gu Jinli will send someone to take care of their funeral and send a generous amount of consolation money to their families.

In the midst of this whirlpool of struggle, it is an unrealistic luxury to keep your hands clean.

Originally, she could be as pure and immaculate as the turbid world Qinglian.

But now, after two years of hatred indoctrination, hellish training in the "Ten Thousand Cave Building", and conspiracy and calculation, she has an unknown amount of blood on her hands.

Direct, indirect, deserved, innocent.

The person who died in her hands, Gu Jinli couldn't tell whether she really deserved to die.

In this world, the strong often dominate the fate of the weak.

Everyone is a chess piece, but the person who holds the chess is different.

Gu Jinli's eyes were a little dark, so that Hexiang couldn't see her emotions.

She lowered her eyes and whispered: "Although Hexiang will be a little sad, Xiangye and the eldest prince made mistakes first, and they deserve it." ”

He Xiang said so on her lips, and she thought so in her heart.

For Gu Jinli, Hexiang has always been honest.

I don't know if Hexiang is telling the truth or comforting herself, after Gu Jinli heard this, her depressed heart felt a lot of comfort.

She put down the book, her eyes fell on Aiyue who was entangled in the courtyard, and said slowly: "If you and Aiyue have people in the Prime Minister's Mansion who can't let go, you can go to the vegetable market to see them for the last time." ”

"Master, what ...... Don't you go to see the master and the eldest son? Hexiang's heart moved, and she blurted out a question.

"I'm ......" Gu Jinli shook her head and pulled the corners of her lips: "I'm not going." ”

She went, what was it? It's just to increase the anxiety.

"Yes." Seeing Gu Jinli smiling reluctantly, Hexiang withdrew lightly from the door.

Gu Jinli watched Hexiang lie on Aiyue's ear and whispered, Aiyue's expression was a little surprised.

She looked back at Gu Jinli in surprise, then hesitated for a moment and stuffed Xiao Hei into Ah Qiao's arms, who was coming back from the backyard with her clothes, and then took Hexiang's hand and ran out of the yard.

Seeing this, Gu Jinli sighed softly.

Human beings are emotional creatures, so people with humanity are the most vulnerable.

is like the sentence "no desire, no desire, no lungs, no chance not to give others a chance to find her weakness".

A person's heart is not safe to hand over to anyone, so it is better to keep it by yourself.

When she thought of Gu Nian, the only remaining seedling of the Gu family, Gu Jinli's heart softened.

She didn't expect that Qi Hao would go to say good things for Gu Nianshi, and the old emperor actually agreed, she couldn't say what she felt in her heart.

It's a little touching, it's a little warm, and it's a little heavy.

In short, the mood is very complicated.

Between her and him, from the beginning to the present, it is still so entangled......

Suddenly, her legs were a little itchy, Gu Jinli lowered her head, and saw Xiao Hei jumping from Ah Qiao's arms to the bottom, rubbing her legs with her fluffy head.

Looking at Xiao Hei, Gu Jinli tried hard to recall the little red fox that was like fire back then, and unconsciously curled the corners of her lips.

Picking up Xiao Hei, she stroked Xiao Hei's fur and secretly sighed to herself, if you can say that you can empathize with yourself the most along the way, it may only be Xiao Hei.

After all, Xiao Hei also has no memory, and was raised in a dog pile for a period of time with a different fur color, and after a long time, even Xiao Hei himself didn't know that it was originally a rare red fox with dexterity and intelligence.

Today's little black, chubby and likes to stick out his tongue, the shadow of the red fox is gone, like its owner who has changed his face and changed his identity and personality......

Pursing her lips, Gu Jinli said to herself: "I don't know, can I change back." ”

"Master?" Ah Qiao thought that Gu Jinli was talking to herself, and asked a little puzzled.

Gu Jinli shook her head, put Xiao Hei down, picked up the book again, abandoned the distracting thoughts in her mind, and forced herself to calm down and not think nonsense.

Xiao Hei was very comfortable being kneaded by Gu Jinli just now, and when he saw that pair of gentle hands pulled out of his hair, he fell coldly on the cold ground again, and he bit the hem of Gu Jinli's clothes dissatisfiedly.

Ah Qiao smiled and took Xiao Hei away and went outside to bask in the sun.

It was almost three o'clock in the afternoon, and the place within a radius of five miles from the entrance of the vegetable market was completely surrounded by the crowd.

The people crowded in front may still be able to see the scene, but the people in the back can't even see the platform, but they still don't give up and squeeze forward.

It seems that there is not something beheading going on, but a great celebration for the whole world, so that everyone is rushing to see with their own eyes how the head of the prime minister's family falls.

Even if they can't see it, they have to be exposed to this breath full of killing and blood in order to satisfy the gossip psychology of schadenfreude and excitement.

However, then again, the reason why so many people come to watch is because Gu Huai's identity is the prime minister.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, it seems that Gu Huai is still the only official with a second-grade official rank or above among the ministers who have been beheaded all over the house.

In the past few years, there have been people who have been beheaded all over the house, but most of them must be four-rank or even smaller officials.

People like Gu Huai who have achieved the position of prime minister are all old men, and they must be able to understand the emperor's mind thoroughly, how can they do the dangerous thing of pulling out the tiger's whiskers?

Gu Huai wasn't stupid to that point, but the mistakes he made were all old things, and others couldn't blame him.

The official robe on his body had already been stripped off after being taken into prison, and in prison clothes, Gu Huai knelt on the platform with five flowers tied, listening to the pointing and pointing of the people around him, he lowered his head, his face was expressionless, and he couldn't hear it.

The same is true of Gu Chengen beside him, his messy hair covers half of his face, and there is a lot of blood on his body.

The reason why he was injured was because when the Praetorian Guards rushed to the other courtyard to arrest people, Gu Chengen and the Praetorian Guards made a futile resistance.

No matter how high Gu Chengen's martial arts are, he can't withstand the entanglement of a group of Praetorian Guards.

So, he ended up with a lot of injuries.

Gu Chengen's side was a thin woman.

Aiyue and Hexiang didn't dare to get too close to the platform, they stood a little farther away, and when they saw Qi Die's face that was almost similar to Gu Jinli, they couldn't help but feel a little sad.

They have nothing to do with Qi Die, and they are sad only because of her appearance.

Among the nearly 100 figures, Aiyue couldn't tell which one was the little maid and the old lady she had befriended before, she was close to Hexiang, afraid that she would see the cruel scene of the executioner's knife falling down.

Today's supervisor is Guo Mingshun, he slowly paced in front of Gu Huai with his hands behind his back, and smiled with a weird smile: "Tsk, Lord Gu, this official really didn't expect it, the first time in his life to supervise the beheading, it was actually for you, Lord Gu, it was an honor!" ”

Gu Huai looked coldly at Guo Mingshun, who was a villain, indifferent, and still chose to ignore it.

At this moment, the execution is imminent, and his mood is abnormally calm, different from those domestic servants behind him who are crying and grabbing the ground and wailing for their lives.

Because, the beloved woman and son are dead, and he is notorious, even if the old emperor lets him go, he himself has no face to live in the world.

is not even afraid of death, how can he still care about Guo Mingshun's cynicism?

It's just that Guo Mingshun's next sentence still made Gu Huai's body tremble: "However, being able to attack his own son, the official admires Master Gu so much." ”

Gu Huai thought that when he was in prison, King Xuan was lying on the grass, his mouth was wide open in embarrassment, and his eyes were full of pain when he begged him to give him a good time.

King Xuan was afraid of cutting off his head, so he wanted Gu Huai to end his life with another way of dying that was slightly easier than that.

The prison contained broken porcelain bowls, sharp stones, and long chains that could not be broken off from the hands.

Other than that, there is nothing else available.

Even though he was paralyzed in bed for two years, Gu Huai never gave up on him, and his love for him only increased.

As King Xuan's father, Gu Huai certainly didn't want to see his son's head cut off.

Therefore, with strong reluctance and helplessness, he still strangled King Xuan with the chain after some struggle and suffering in his heart.

King Xuan was already weak, and after a while, he rolled his eyes and stuck out his tongue and died.

Gu Huai closed his old eyes, and a cloudy tear overflowed from the corner of his eye.

Well, at this point, he only begged for the executioner's knife to be sharper, so that he would cry less.

The hundreds of members of the Gu family all followed him to pay for their deaths, but when the old emperor left him Gu Nian, he had no regrets.

Guo Mingshun glanced at Gu Chengen, who was like a lost dog, and squeezed a few words, but Gu Chengen didn't even respond to a rebuttal, and couldn't help but feel like a punch on cotton.

With a cold snort, Guo Mingshun glanced up at the sky, and then walked back to the table with his sleeves flicked.

Raising his hand, he threw the wooden sign with the word "chop" written on it in the wooden cylinder on the ground, and he shouted: "Execution!" ”

As soon as the voice fell, the eyes of the bold people in the crowd of onlookers were so straight that they didn't dare to blink, and the timid people such as Aiyue and Hexiang hurriedly covered their eyes with their hands.

"Click!"

"Gollum, Gollum."

The knife fell from the hand, blood splattered on the spot, and many heads rolled to the ground.

In his ears were the exclamations and sighs of everyone, and Aiyue saw the blood red in her eyes between her fingers.

Her legs went limp, and she leaned on Hexiang's shoulders.