Gu Shi'an thought of the seemingly ridiculous secret that the British Duke told him last time, he pursed his lips and ordered the attendants around him to report to Emperor Yongping quickly.

A quarter of an hour later, the attendants turned around from the palace, and His Majesty asked Gu Shi'an to bring the British Duke into the palace.

Emperor Yongping met the British Duke in the Palace of Nourishing Hearts.

The English duke sat neatly dressed on the chair brought by the eunuch, and his back was so straight that he did not look like an old man in his old age.

When Emperor Yongping came out of the side hall, he looked at this back for a long time, drew away the depth in his eyes, walked to the back of the imperial case and sat down, and said,

"King Su said that you have a secret about me and want to tell me, I wonder if I have any secrets that I don't even know? I still have to worry about my 'uncle' to tell me. ”

This uncle has the merit of being a dragon, he is respected, but his heart is depressed after all.

No one likes to be tied, and even more so as an emperor.

Fortunately, he rarely cared about the affairs of the court later.

It's just that now that I think about it, it's even worse, he doesn't care about the affairs of the court, he wants to overthrow the court!

"Do you want me to say it in front of so many people?" The British public opened his mouth.

Emperor Yongping thought that he had been in power for so many years, how could he be considered calm, and suddenly, when he heard such unkind words, he couldn't help but shake his hands.

Emperor Yongping asked Yu Gonggong to vacate the people who served in the palace, and Yu Gonggong willed, let people retreat, and closed the palace door, and guarded the palace door himself.

"Say it." Yongping Emperor Road.

"The criminal minister knows that his sin is unforgivable, and he should have made his own decision, but every time he feels the emperor's favor and love, he is deeply afraid that he will die hastily and live up to the emperor's grace, so the criminal minister invites the emperor to see the emperor today in order to bring these supporting evidences to make the emperor abdicate and return to the court."

"English Princess!"

Emperor Yongping raised the case, "The Duke of the Kingdom is in me, and the contribution of Yu Dongli to the Dynasty is indelible, but please also remember your identity!" ”

Abdicate or return? To whom do you pay it back? Give it back to Gu Shi'an?

A deep anger welled up in his heart, and his expression became fierce, if he began to see him because he remembered the friendship of the Queen Mother, at this moment, he was glad that he had seen him.

At the beginning, Gu Shi'an said that he dug up the bones of King Su and others, and he just felt that the British Duke was deep and indefensible, and now, he felt that the British Duke was a little terrible.

"The emperor should understand what the old minister said in his heart." British justice, "The old minister has an incomparable desire for power, but the old minister has no interest in sitting on that dragon chair." ”

"Lao Chen can play with power, but he can't play with the emperor's art. Lao Chen's mission has been to help the emperor stabilize the imperial power from the very beginning, and this will not change until death. ”

"Just like now, the old minister is still consolidating the imperial power." The British Duke paused, stood up, and said slowly.

Emperor Yongping frowned, "Really?" ”

"Is the emperor really confused, or is he fake?" The British Duke walked up to him, "What the old minister said, the emperor knows it!" ”

"The old minister has been planning for so many years, just to make this dynasty belong to whom, who it is, if the emperor is on the throne, everyone will look good."

Emperor Yongping's expression slowly tensed, "Then who do you say I should be in?" ”

"Whoever should have belonged in this world will be returned to whomever it is!" The British Duke stood in front of the imperial case and looked condescendingly at Emperor Yongping who was sitting on the dragon chair.

The British duke's voice was full of anger and resoluteness, and it was not at all like his usual soothing and affectionate appearance.

"Uncle, you've been planning for so many years, aren't you just dreaming of being able to sit on this supreme throne and wash away your unappreciated concubine name? It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven, and you are destined to be busy in vain. ”

Emperor Yongping slowly got up and dusted off the regular clothes embroidered with dragon patterns on his body.

The British Duke looked at him teasingly, "If my goal is to seize the throne with the emperor, then I still ran to the palace to tell you what to do?" ”

"That's because you're too good at planning, how many soldiers and horses do you have? How many soldiers and horses did the imperial court have? With your soldiers and horses, don't say you can't hurt me, those soldiers and horses that you have managed to raise with great difficulty will die if they don't show any effectiveness. ”

"What's more, the real purpose of your British Duke is not to destroy the forces of the imperial court, but to eliminate me, the emperor himself."

"When I die, as an old minister of the two dynasties, and the relationship between the queen mother, you can do whatever you want, empty the imperial power, and in the case of your protégés in your own court, you can get the throne you want without spending a single soldier."

"Because at that time, there was no one to resist you, the princess of the protector was already old, Yang Ge was always your accomplice, and the queen mother was your sister-in-law, at that time, my prince, the crown prince was not strong, although the four princes said that they were a little strategic, but they were not enough for you here, let alone the rest."

"No matter who ascends the throne, it can only be to give you the throne, otherwise, there is only a dead end."

"This is a hundred times better than the situation back then, when you supported me to ascend the throne, at that time, you could only be a courtier, but this time, you can be the emperor. With these thousands of miles. “

With a smile on his face, the British man walked under the dan qi and said in a deep voice, "It's a good arrangement." ”

"If you don't attack me in advance, maybe I'll continue to hibernate, and you can sit on the throne a little longer."

"But you shouldn't, you shouldn't, you shouldn't want to behead the British public, since you want to behead, why don't you even kill the Queen Mother?"

"She is also surnamed Zhang, and she is also a stumbling block for you to continue to sit firmly on the throne."

"You can't get rid of me, so you have to ask Gu Shi'an and Xiao Yue to deal with me."

Emperor Yongping glanced at the British Duke and said, "If you don't raise soldiers, how can I do it to you, I ask myself for so many years, I have treated you with great courtesy, and how much grace I have to the British Princess, how are you going?" ”

"If you come to ask for sins today, it will be too late, the time for you to atone for your sins has passed, and what awaits you now is a dead end."

Emperor Yongping stood on the Danqi, staring at the British duke, and did not move for a long time.

The British Duke was very calm, his expression was not panicked at all, but very stoic.

"Don't you know why I'm where I am today?" The British public said loudly.

After speaking, he took out a blood letter from his arms, threw it in front of Emperor Yongping, and said, "You should know better than me what it says, right?" ”

Emperor Yongping didn't seem to hear it, he held the cinnabar pen, slowly picked up the curly cloth, and looked at it word by word.

"The world says how heroic Xiao Yi, the king of Jin, is that he did not hesitate to block the sword in order to protect the emperor. But who would have thought that the heroic King Jin had been sitting high on the dragon chair, looking down on all beings. ”

"And it was the original emperor who really died. What could be more appalling? ”

"Those who achieve great things are most afraid of indecision, you should know that in this world, there are no secrets at all, even the dead, they may not be able to keep secrets."

"And you, but let the emperor's entourage eunuch survive, which was written by the eunuch in his own blood when he was dying.

"Also, Zhang Chunzi, who helped you change your face at the beginning, you pity him for his good medical skills, and you can't bear to kill him, which is also your failure."

"After all, you are an emperor who is a monk halfway, you don't have the heart of an emperor, you are too kind of a woman."

There was silence in the hall, only the curtains under the long windows were closed in the wind, and the early summer sun slanted against the floor tiles, making the black places darker, and the white places whiter, and the chaotic and unknown places were the blurred light and shadow under the curtains.

Emperor Yongping was silent for a long time, and slowly opened his lips, "No matter what, you conspired with Yang Ge Lao to do bad things, set up a conspiracy to frame Gu Shi'an, and then raised so many private soldiers, this pile is an unforgivable sin in any dynasty and generation, you overestimate yourself too much, Zhang Changge, I can't forgive you." ”

"Do you think you can drive me away with these things? I tell you that it can't be, because I hold in my hands something you can't imagine. ”

"Didn't you wait until today because you weren't ready to be together? And you really want to destroy me, but not for yourself to sit on this throne, you are for Gu Shi'an! Emperor Yongping looked directly into the eyes of the British duke.

"You betrayed King Su back then, this betrayal, for so many years, is like a cancer, across your heart, you dare not die, you are afraid that you will not be able to face King Su who treats you as a brother after death."

"So, if you want to drive me down, it's just to let Gu Shi'an return to his place."

"Most of your soldiers and generals are former subordinates of King Su, you wanted to hold Gu Shi'an in your hands, but the old Duke of Qi disagreed, he loved Princess Su, he knew that if you raised Gu Shi'an, then Gu Shi'an would not be at peace in his life, and he would be used by you."

"And he, according to Princess Su's wishes, will let Gu Shi'an be an ordinary man who stands up to the sky."

"Before the old Qi Guogong died, he had a dispute with you, he didn't like the Jingning County Lord to be Gu Shi'an's wife, but Gu Shi'an liked it, and he also loved the house and Wu, it was you who forced the old Qi Guogong to attack the Jingning County Lord, and after he refused, you ordered the old servant beside him, that is, the entourage around King Su back then, to ......poison the Jingning County Lord."

The British duke's eyes were like knives, looking at Emperor Yongping standing proudly on the Danqi.

"When did you find this? How would you know? "The British public atmosphere is unstable.

It seemed that compared to the others, this incident made him feel more incredible.

"Only a few people around me know about this matter, where did you find out?"

Emperor Yongping stepped down from the Danqi and came to the front of the British Duke, "From the time you asked people to tell Elder Yang Ge about Gu Shi'an's life experience, and then the world knew about it, I began to investigate. ”

"Maybe some things have been broken in the past few decades, but the heavens are looking at the world with their eyes open, and some things, if you want to check, it is not so difficult, when I target you, all your actions are worth my study."

The British Duke gasped, his hands trembling slightly.

"If something like mine is a strange thing in the world, then what are you? There is a saying among the people, called the table and the archway, there is no doubt that you are like this! ”

"If you want to have the face to see King Su, you want to drive me down, but poor Yang Ge Lao, who became your gunman and ended up beheaded, but you don't even know what you really want to do."

The British man snorted coldly, "That's because he is too ambitious and can't complain about others." ”

"I sit on the throne frankly, I will not be coerced by you, those private soldiers of yours, I am not afraid!"

"Those private soldiers of yours, it doesn't matter if you tell me, or if you don't tell me, I won't be afraid, and I also tell you that in the future, I will change my surname to Xiao!"

The British Duke glared at Emperor Yongping fiercely, rose up, and attacked Emperor Yongping, his posture was so agile that it was difficult for people to imagine that he was close to antiquity.

It's just that Emperor Yongping was also a military general back then, in terms of martial arts, he used to be one of the fierce generals in Dongli, and in terms of age, he was much younger than the British duke.

Therefore, the British duke's move did not hurt Emperor Yongping, but was injured by the shadow guard who secretly guarded Emperor Yongping, who held a sword in his hand, and saw that the British duke was about to be pierced through the throat by a sword.

"Stop!"

At this critical moment, Emperor Yongping suddenly drank the shadow guard, and the shadow guard heard the voice and suddenly deflected the momentum, and at this time, the British prince had already jumped to the side with agility.

Emperor Yongping's gaze stopped at the British public for a long time, and said, "Although you have done a lot of evil, I have promised him not to hurt his relatives, I will give you a chance, you will cut yourself off, I will protect your whole family, and men will not be allowed to go out of office within three generations, as long as they do not do bad things, I will let them enjoy glory and wealth." ”

"If you insist on making a big fuss about the world, I am not afraid, because I have the Zen handbook he gave me at the beginning."

Emperor Yongping stood there steadily, and more than a dozen Xuanyi shadow guards suddenly poured into the main hall, and the guards were in front of Emperor Yongping.

The British duke's face is pale, and in this way, it is tantamount to tearing his face. If Fang Cai can kill Emperor Yongping on the spot, it is easy to say, now that people are not dead, it is impossible to do anything again.

He couldn't be sure if the emperor really had a Zen handwritten book in his hands, but he had been in power for more than ten years, and he had already taken over the military power and the political power in his hands.

If it is forced, the consequences may be a little difficult to manage.

The British Duke was silent, stood silent for a while, and finally knelt down slowly......

Zhang Ying's death, and the news of the British safety out of the palace, and then self-destruction at home spread to all parts of the capital.

The British government deprived the Duke of Yipin Guo of the title and demoted him to the third class Rong Enbo, and the emperor's decree clearly pointed out that although the British Duke was extremely evil and should have been beheaded all over the house, he remembered that the Queen Mother was also the Zhang family, and she was extrajudicial and only punished the first evil.

Gu Nian was speechless when she heard the news, she was not surprised that Zhang Ying would end up in life and death, and the death of the British duke, it was really too cheap for him.

I always feel that the emperor is exalted and careless.

However, this matter is no longer something she can interfere in, and even if she can kill her, she can't find a chance.

When it comes to Yang Ge Lao, there is no such benefit, the Yang family dismissed the official and raided the house, the men were beheaded one by one, and the female dependents were punished in turn to the teaching workshop as slaves and maids, and the crime was not as good as marrying a daughter, but if they married the daughter of the Yang family, they either found a reason to divorce their wives, or sent the Yang family daughter to the nunnery for the rest of their lives.

With the fall of Yang Ge Lao, even many people were pulled out, such a situation is still the same as when the emperor convicted the king of rebellion, and another large-scale purge, it is said that there are twenty or thirty people involved in the rough estimate, how to convict for the time being, the court has undergone another big purge.

All the convicts were imprisoned awaiting trial.

During this time, Xiao Yue was very busy, and sometimes he didn't even return to the palace for two or three days.

And the five princes, Emperor Yongping decreed that Zhang Ying was married, the five princesses were born and died, and the five princesses were still dead, and the coffins of the five princes would be placed together in the future.

And reprimanded the five princes for being too cold-hearted and cold-hearted, and the former British prince forced the Zhang family daughter to death before he could do anything, which was simply inferior to a beast, and he was originally a prince, but he was demoted to the king of the county, and let him cultivate himself in the mansion.

Xiao Yue finally returned to the house to accompany Gu Nian, and when eating, Xiao Yue saw her sullen appearance, so he comforted, "You still have to eat one bite at a time, the old thief Zhang is dead, and the Zhang family is no longer a climate." ”

Gu Nian sighed silently and said, "It's too cheap for him to die like this, although the Zhang family has demoted his title, he still enjoys the glory and wealth, maybe he will go up again one day." ”

When she thought of what her mother, grandfather, and grandmother had gone through after her death, she could think of a hundred ways to torture the British duke.

Xiao Yue thought for a moment and said, "Or, we will also dig up the bones of the British duke, so that he can't be buried in the ground?" ”

"There are also people from the Zhang family, three generations can't be outstanding, it's already a very severe punishment, and the Zhang family itself doesn't have any outstanding talents now, and after three generations, it probably has nothing to do with the civilians."

Even though this is the case, Gu Nian still feels like a fish in his throat, unable to spit it out or swallow.

You can't really dig up the bones of the British duke as Xiao Yue said, isn't that a dog biting you, and you bite back?

Xiao Yue was also very disappointed with the emperor's performance, and also questioned Emperor Yongping, but Emperor Yongping didn't say anything, just looked at him deeply and drove him out.

Yang Ge Lao's case is widely implicated, as a celebrity in front of Emperor Yongping, Xiao Yue is naturally the object of many people's bribes.

But Xiao Yue is a 'living Yama' like an existence in everyone's eyes, and since the Living Yama married his wife, he has changed his personality and changed his ways.

So, those people naturally turned their attention to Gu Nian.

Gu Nianwo was in the house, only saying that he was unwell, and he didn't see anyone, but outsiders could resist it, but his family couldn't resist it.

On this day, Gu Nian was enjoying the cool in the water pavilion, and a mother-in-law hurriedly came and said, "Mrs. Hou Shizi of Pingyang came to see you, and Mama Qin placed her in the flower hall. Let the slave and maid come and report to the princess. “

Gu Nian was surprised, why did Zhou Yushu come to the door? After the prince of Pingyang Hou returned to Beijing, she rarely met except after meeting in the Anyuan Marquis Mansion.

She asked people to tidy up some clothes, comb her hair in a new bun, and went to the flower hall to see Zhou Yushu.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhou Yushu saw Gu Nian, he cried, "Niannian, save your brother-in-law, save my father-in-law." ”

Gu Nian raised his eyebrows, Pingyang Hou Shizi had scheming and ambitions, otherwise he would not have let go of the glory and wealth of Beijing, and went to a remote county to be a county order, and climbed up step by step.

At the beginning, he stood in front of the Marquis of Anyuan's mansion for three days before Marquis Anyuan agreed to marry his daughter, just to take advantage of the power of the eldest princess of the country.

But later, his grandmother has been avoiding Jiangnan, so he has no way to borrow, so didn't he have the idea of taking a concubine?

Now, he is even implicated in Yang Gelao's case again.

Gu Nian hugged Zhou Yushu, I don't know why, the women of the Zhou family, the marriage road is so bumpy, the matter between Zhou Yuyan and Fang Zhongwen has not been solved until now, and now Zhou Yushu has such a thing.

She pulled out her handkerchief and gently wiped away her tears for Zhou Yu, "You say slowly, what's wrong with my brother-in-law?" ”

Zhou Yushu wiped away his tears, "My father-in-law and the prince were arrested, saying that it was the Yang Party and related to Caoyun's case, but how could the prince have something to do with that case?" ”

"He gave up his glory to be an official in that remote place, and he was all for the people, how could he be corrupt and deducted?"

After listening to it for a while, Gu Nian realized that it was Pingyang Hou and Yang Ge Lao who were implicated and called by Dali Temple for questioning.

She comforted softly, "Don't panic, now I'm just looking for questions, and I didn't say that it must be related to Yang Ge's old case, maybe this will already go back." ”

"You wipe your tears first, and I'll have someone fetch water to clean your face."

"You didn't ask people to go back to your grandmother, did you?"

Zhou Yushu shook her head, her grandmother can't say anything now that she is old, and it is useless for her to look for it, King Jin is the master of this case.

Gu Nian breathed a sigh of relief, she didn't go to her grandmother, she didn't want her grandmother to worry about these things.

No matter what the situation of the Pingyang Hou Mansion is, wait until Xiao Yue comes back and ask clearly.

However, she did not agree to Zhou Yushu, but said, "We women can't intervene in the affairs of the court, the prince is now eating and living in the palace, and it will only be an hour or two when he comes back, cousin, you go home first, and wait for me to ask." ”

Huang Qi brought the little maid in with clear water, and helped her clean her face with Zhou Yushu's maid, and combed her slightly scattered bun.

Zhou Yushu relaxed at this time, her eyelids were red and swollen, and she said embarrassedly, "Niannian, let you see the joke." ”

Gu Nian said, "A sister, what are you talking about?" ”

Zhou Yushu raised his eyes and glanced at Gu Nian, lowered his eyes again, twisted the handkerchief, and said, "Niannian, can I ask you one thing?" ”

Gu Nian said, "You say." ”

Zhou Yushu seemed to have made a lot of determination, and suddenly said, "Niannian, grandmother hurts you the most, can you persuade grandmother to let her agree to my mother's return?" ”

"My mother is alone in Jinling, and she is ...... older."

"Niannian, no matter what, my mother is also your aunt and your relative, and she raised you for another ......"

Zhou Yushu's eyes turned red again as she spoke, her grandmother was not her own grandmother after all, otherwise she would not lick her face and plead here for mercy this time.

If it was her own grandmother, as soon as she went back to the Marquis of Anyuan's mansion and said it, her grandmother would definitely call Niannian back and handle this matter.

When Gu Nian heard this, her expression suddenly turned cold, she stared at Zhou Yushu for a while, and turned her head away.

"Niannian, what are you doing looking at me like this? I...... It doesn't matter if you want to or not, I'll just say that. ”

Gu Nian frowned, she and Zhou Yushu grew up together since childhood, and the friendship was naturally extraordinary, and she hated it when she thought of Mrs. An Yuanhou drugging her grandmother at the beginning, so that her originally healthy body was now like this.

She said, "Cousin, I said that we are sisters and grew up together since childhood, so if you want me to ask about the situation of the son, when the prince comes back, I will naturally help you ask." ”

"It's just that I ask my cousin not to mention Mrs. again."