When Emperor Yongping's holy decree was announced to the world, everyone was stunned. Especially the people of the Qi State Mansion.

The outside of the Qi Mansion was crowded with people watching the excitement, and many brocade guards surrounded the Guogong Mansion.

"You let me go." Gu Liang Dong, the Duke of Qi Guo, desperately struggled to break away from the control of Jinyiwei, rushed to the old lady Yu, and asked hoarsely, "Mother, what the hell is going on?" ”

Old Madam Yu's body shook slightly, without saying a word.

"Mother, you speak, why did Gu Shi'an become the orphan of the anti-king? Isn't he his father's outer chamber? ”

"Father, why did he take in the orphans of the rebellious ministers and thieves, isn't this going to kill our whole family?"

Old Madam Yu said tremblingly, "Father-in-law, is this a mistake?" The third child is our grandfather's outer room, how did he become the orphan of the anti-king? ”

The eunuch shook off the Buddha's dust, "Old lady, do you suspect that the miscellaneous family is falsely passing on the holy decree?" ”

Old Madam Yu was shocked, didn't that person say something? Why is this happening? The men of the Qi State Mansion were sent to the prison, and the female dependents were expelled from the State Mansion.

Why?

She grabbed the hand of the eunuch and said hurriedly, "Something must have gone wrong." It's not like that, it has nothing to do with us, he obviously ......"

Old Madam Yu didn't speak, and the former deputy commander of the Jinyi Guard, Lord Zhai, interrupted Old Madam Yu's words, "Okay, Master Gu, if you have anything to say, you can go to the prison and ask your brother, you speak slowly, don't delay us now." ”

"You go away......"

Gu Liangdong pushed away Lord Zhai's hand, and suddenly, Lord Zhai looked cold, kicked Gu Liangdong in the stomach, kicked him over, and sneered,

"Master Gu, do you think you are still the majestic Grandpa Guo? Our Jinyi Wei is not a subordinate of your mansion, and we can't allow you to go wild, come and take him away for me. ”

Old Madam Yu looked at the dazzling yellow and dazzling holy decree held by the eunuch who passed the decree, suddenly spurted blood, and her body rushed straight forward.

Gu Liangdong struggled to pounce, but he was pressed by several brocade guards and couldn't get out, and shouted in a hoarse voice,

"Let go of me, my mother fainted. What are you going to do? Is there a royal law? ”

Lord Zhai smiled coldly, "Wang Fa, what we serve is Wang Fa, if you have something to say, go in prison." ”

Over there, Mrs. Yu fell straight down, Yang's, Xiaoxiao's, Zhou's and other ladies pounced, and the maids in the house were also driven into a ball, screaming again and again.

Not to mention the rest.

Emperor Yongping had a very complicated heart for Gu Shi'an, he not only sympathized with him, but also felt that he was refreshed for a while, and let out a bad breath.

For so many years, for the sake of this descendant of King Su, he has worked diligently, not daring to slack off in the slightest, and trying his best to be a Ming Jun, he believes that even if King Su ascends the throne back then, he may not be able to do better than him.

Although King Su is not a mortal enemy with him, in his selfish heart, he still has many years of dark anger and anger in his heart.

It's just that he couldn't enjoy Gu Shi'an's frightened struggle, which made him very unhappy.

The punishment of the Duke of Qi is completely incidental.

The old Duke of Qi also had great achievements, but in this generation, there is no one who is promising, the exploits earned by the ancestors of the Gu family for several generations have allowed him to support the façade of the Hou Mansion, in fact, the inside has long been decayed, this contemporary has no achievements, and then the Marquis of the Gongfu who is in the shadow of the ancestors is of no help to the community, but the court wants to raise them, give them titles, and give them dignity, these people are the moths of the country.

If you copy it, you will copy it.

Finally, at the end of August of the 31st year of Yongping, Dongli lost another public house, the Gu family was confiscated, except for Gu Nian, the granddaughter of the eldest princess of the country, the whole Gu family was demoted to commoners, and all the slaves and maids in the family became official slaves and sold, and the big mansion given by the royal family to the Gu family was recovered, and all kinds of royal gifts, together with all the private property of the Gu family, were confiscated.

Mrs. Yu, who was sick in bed, was rolled up in the quilt and thrown out.

*

When Gu Nian received the news, he was happily packing up his things and preparing to go back to the city, and the eldest princess of the protector also said that she wanted to go back to the city.

Zhou Yuyan also wanted to live in Zhuangzi to raise a baby, so the eldest princess arranged for people to protect her in Zhuangzi.

It was painful at the beginning, but now Zhou Yuyan rarely takes the initiative to think about Fang Zhongwen.

The book was sent out a month after Fang Zhongwen left, Fang Zhongwen was in the northwest, and whether Fang Zhongwen could receive it, Zhou Yuyan didn't know, but she still wrote it.

This is the sorrow of women in this era, men can find a reason to divorce women at will, and women need the consent of their husbands if they want to divorce.

As long as Fang Zhongwen does not agree, the two will never be able to reconcile.

And Zhou Yuyan is already pregnant with a child, and it is just a daughter who is born, if it is a son, the Fang family will not agree to the two to reconcile.

What's more, Fang Zhongwen went to the battlefield, and it was a glorious thing for soldiers to protect their families and defend the country, and even the government would help the Fang family to persuade peace.

Fang Zhongwen also wrote a letter, but Zhou Yuyan didn't read any of it, with her understanding of Fang Zhongwen, what was written in it was exactly the same as what she could say without reading it.

It's nothing more than that he had to leave at the beginning, as well as his lofty ambitions, ideals, and guilt for Zhou Yuyan, asking for forgiveness and the like.

may also let Zhou Yuyan wait for him to return to his hometown.

When she was in the Marquis of Anyuan's mansion, the Fang family's parents often came to visit Zhou Yuyan, which made her annoyed, and now she is reluctant to return to the city, it is difficult to guarantee that it is not because she doesn't want to go back to see the people of the Fang family.

Gu Nian often accompanied Zhou Yuyan to talk, and on the second day of the Queen Mother's summons, Gu Nian, as usual, sat by the kang and read to the princess of the country, and Mama Su ran up in a panic.

"Your Highness, it's not good, my uncle has been sent to prison."

"What?" The book Gu Nian was holding in her hand fell to the ground, dizzy, and when she heard that the emperor had changed her surname, she slowly shook her head, what is her father's surname, what is her surname, she must not change her surname.

The emperor's will to let her change her surname was not accepted for a long time, but she only heard her say, "I am tired of my father-in-law running outside the city to deliver the decree, but the daughter of a criminal minister begs the emperor to take back her fate." ”

It was Yang Shun, the eldest apprentice of the emperor's close eunuch Yu Gonggong, who came to deliver the decree, and he couldn't believe his ears when he heard what Gu Nian said.

"This is a great gift, you don't want to, if not, you will also go to prison."

Gu Nian said, "The emperor loves the daughter of a criminal minister so much, he is flattered, the grace of the heavenly family should not be refused, but my father ...... My mother's unfortunate early death has left my father heartbroken.

Now he is neither the son of the Gu family, the courtier is the only daughter of his father, and he is his only relative, if I leave him at this time, how can I be worthy of my mother under Jiuquan?

"Please tell Your Majesty, I hope Your Majesty can understand the daughter of the guilty minister and fulfill my filial piety."

After Gu Nian finished speaking, he knelt on the ground, his forehead touched the ground, and he couldn't kneel for a long time.

Yang Shun was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Gu Nian to say this, he groaned for a while, and immediately said, "Lord Kangle, do you know what you're talking about?" If you don't accept it, you are resisting the will, have you thought clearly? ”

After speaking, he also subconsciously glanced at the direction where the princess of the protector was located.

He wanted to ask the Protector to dissuade her, but the Protector laughed, "She did the right thing, she deserves to be my granddaughter." Please go back and tell the emperor like this. ”

Yang Shun was stunned, "That's it, I'll see you for the first time in this kind of thing, since you are insistent, I will go back and pass the word, whether it succeeds or not, it depends on the emperor's intentions." ”

After Yang Shun returned to the palace, he went to Emperor Yongping to restore his life, and repeated what Gu Nian said and what the princess said to Emperor Yongping word for word.

Emperor Yongping was still flipping at first, but gradually stopped, his face was unhappy, if it weren't for Xiao Yue, he would have put the father and daughter in prison together, and he was still thinking of a way to protect her?

"So, she doesn't like my arrangement?"

Yang Shun said respectfully, "I don't know, I just passed the word to Your Majesty, Your Majesty is wise, and naturally knows what to do." ”

Emperor Yongping pondered for a moment, and said lightly, "That's it, let her go, for the sake of the eldest sister, follow her, it's hard for her, even put a high hat on me, forget it, I won't be reluctant, wait for Xiao Jiu to come back, let him watch it." ”

Duke Yu gave Yang Shun a look, asked him to step back, stepped forward and said with a smile, "The emperor is still wise, but this girl is filial, an ordinary woman, with such a good thing, she has long been busy agreeing, it seems that the Nine Emperors have a good eye." ”

Emperor Yongping said with a smile, "I don't know what happened to Xiao Jiu, this year is an eventful year, it is a big flood, and the orphans of the anti-king have come out, and the emperor is not good to do." ”

Father-in-law Yu bowed his head and said, "The Nine Emperor Princes can definitely solve it, it's not that those corrupt officials have been solved, and the rest are good officials, and the people are blessed." ”

Emperor Yongping smiled with satisfaction.

He seemed to think of something, and put away his smile, "The current commander of the Jinyi Guard is here." ”

After a while, Lord Zhai hurriedly arrived, "Weichen knocked to see the emperor." ”

Emperor Yongping looked at the middle-aged man below, and suddenly sighed, Gu Shi'an was just a small spy back then, and he was exiled for more than ten years, but he was actually working for him.

Step by step, he has become his confidant from an inconspicuous spy, entrusted with important tasks, and they have also cherished each other.

Or, it should actually be blood kinship.

Speaking of seniority, Gu Shi'an should call him uncle......

"I highly recommend you to the British Princess, and I hope you will do it well. I ask you, how did Gu Shi'an react after he was imprisoned? Emperor Yongping retracted his thoughts and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, Lord Gu, no, Gu Shi'an has not had any abnormalities since he was imprisoned, he eats and drinks on time, and his mood is stable."

Emperor Yongping was not very happy when he heard it.

Emotionally stable, should eat, drink, is this thinking that he will not treat him well?

"What's the reaction of the courtiers?" He asked again.

Lord Zhai thought for a while, "Most of them didn't react, only a small part hoped that the emperor could severely punish the descendants who opposed the king." ”

Father-in-law Yu on the side touched his smooth chin, this Lord Zhai, in order to be able to sit firmly in the position of the commander of the Jinyi Guard, the pit man also spared no effort.

*

Xiao Yue, who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, sat in the house, took off the clothes on his body, and after the outer coat was removed, he revealed the white middle coat inside, and saw that the shoulders had been stained with blood.

When the middle coat was untied, the bandage wrapped around the shoulder was revealed, and the bandage had been dyed red layer by layer.

Xiao Yue's eyes cut the bandage with scissors without blinking, revealing the hideous scars inside, and the skin and flesh had been turned up.

Dark one is guarding outside the door, this trip to Jiangnan has been ambushed five times, the old injuries on the prince's body are not healed, and new injuries have been added, but the prince doesn't care.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard him be told to come in and help treat the wound.

Dark One is the longest-standing guard with Xiao Yue, and the others are generally kicked away not long after they arrive at Xiao Yue's side, because they can't keep up with Xiao Yue's thoughts.

Over the years, he has followed Xiao Yue to run outside, and he doesn't know how many times he has seen life and death, and he doesn't know how many times he has been injured, even himself, and there are many scars on his body.

Sometimes, he felt that the prince was not only not afraid of being hurt, but enjoyed the pleasure of being injured.

Darkly helped him clean his wounds carefully, Xiao Yue looked at the case file on the table, and whispered secretly,

"Lord Wang, the person I caught yesterday ......"

"Find a place to settle it first, and then it will be useful."

Hearing this, he opened his mouth secretly, and soon it should be that this time he went down to Jiangnan to supervise the flood case, but he didn't expect that it would be widely implicated, and the prince's resolute and resolute actions hindered the interests of many people.

Although there were many ambushes, there were also many gains, but I didn't expect what I had gained to be related to the anti-king case that the prince had been pursuing.

After Dark One helped Xiao Yue bandage his wounds, Xiao Yue got dressed and still sat on the side of the bookcase looking at the file.

Dark Yi silently put the blood-stained middle coat and outer robe under his armpit, picked up the basin of blood, and went out quietly, when he was burning the bloody clothes, he heard Xiao Yue roar angrily, "Get in." ”

He didn't have time to extinguish the fire, so he stumbled over, only to see Xiao Yue's forehead with bruised tendons, pointing to the bookcase,

"Where did the dossier on the anti-king go? Doesn't it make you look good here? How can something get lost? ”

Dark One stepped forward, "Except for you who asked someone to come and get the file once, no one else came, but that file was given to him by you......"

Xiao Yue narrowed his eyes, daring to do it under his nose.

In that dossier, there was all the information he had collected about the anti-queen's descendants, but he didn't expect to go around and find Gu Shi'an.

He originally wanted to polish the information before sending it to the emperor, so that the possibility of Gu Shi'an being punished was very small.

It's just that before he finished reading it, the file was gone......

He always thought that others were under his surveillance, but he didn't expect that he was also being watched.

He looked at Dark One with unkind eyes, and Dark One hurriedly said, "Lord Wang, my subordinates have always been in and out with you." ”

Xiao Yue retracted his gaze, remembering who had come to the study, and he had secretly arranged for someone to guard the study, if it was an outsider, it would definitely be impossible to get close.

The only possibility is that the person who came to get the Jiangnan corruption case file, but this person has returned to Beijing with the file to present it to the emperor, and the capital should have been turned upside down at this moment.

Xiao Yue's breath was cold, and he commanded word by word, "Check." ”

After that, "immediately return to Beijing, and leave all the affairs here to the newly raised prefect." ”

"Lord Wang, your injury, the doctor said you can't hurry."

"Long-winded, I can't die!"

He was in a panic, he knew Emperor Yongping's attitude towards the anti-queen, and he was really afraid that if something happened, he wouldn't be able to catch up.

His injuries wouldn't have killed him, but the dossier had left her grief-stricken.

*

Gu Nian received the news that Gu Shi'an was sent to the prison, and rejected Emperor Yongping's will to let her change her surname to Zhou, so she took a carriage back to the capital with the princess of the protector.

On the way back to the city, Gu Nian was panicked, I didn't know what was going on with Gu Shi'an at the moment, the eldest princess of the protector was not healed from her illness, and she insisted on accompanying Gu Nian back to the city, and at the moment she leaned on the carriage tiredly, closing her eyes and recuperating.

Both grandparents and grandchildren had thoughts, and the carriage was quiet, only the sound of the wheels of the car was heard.

The coachman was Uncle Yang, a good driver of the car, fast and steady, and on a fork in the road that was about to reach the gate of the city, suddenly a dozen horses galloped wildly.

The horse was extremely fast, and in a blink of an eye, it reached the side of the carriage that Gu Nian was riding.

Rao is Uncle Yang's good hand at driving the car, and he controlled the reins in time, but he still bumped a little.

The two doors of the carriage were opened by themselves, and the princess of the protector in the carriage also shook a little, but fortunately, Gu Nianyan on the side quickly supported her to avoid being fallen.

However, Gu Nian bumped into the carriage, and there was a burst of pain, and she looked forward angrily, wanting to see who was riding the horse.

The carriage door opened and closed, but in a short time, Gu Nian had already seen who the man who rode the horse was.

The leader was the Four Princes and their retinue.

It just so happened that at that time, the fourth prince also looked at it, and it was such a coincidence, and he met Gu Nian's gaze.

At the moment of confrontation, the eyes of the four princes magically lit up, and the light of light was pierced by Gu Nian's eyes.

It was already quiet outside, and Gu Nian heard the faint sound of horses' hooves, and then the apologetic voice of the four princes,

"I don't know if it's my aunt's car, but my nephew is reckless, and I ask my aunt to forgive me."

The eldest princess of the protectorate suppressed her anger and said, "How dare you blame the acting king, we are not right, blocking the way of the acting king." ”

After speaking, she instructed Uncle Yang to give way to the fourth prince and let him go first.

The fourth prince said again and again that he didn't dare, and said that the eldest princess of the protector was an aunt and should go first.

The eldest princess insisted on letting the four princes go first, but I saw the four princes driving their horses close to the car door and said, "I don't know if my aunt's return to the city is because of Lord Gu's business, Xiao Wang advises my aunt, it's better to say less and do less." ”

When the eldest princess heard this, she laughed loudly, "Thank you, Your Royal Highness, how to say and do, this palace doesn't need you to teach." ”

The fourth prince was not annoyed at all, with a smile on his face, he commanded the entourage behind him, asking them to step aside and let the frame of the eldest princess of the country go first.

The eldest princess did not postpone this time and let Uncle Yang drive into the city.

The fourth prince rode on his horse, watching the eldest princess's chariot drive in front of him, his eyes became strangely warm, and he tightly locked the vanishing carriage.

*

Originally, Gu Nian wanted to move out of Anyuan Marquis to live in the Gu Mansion in Liyu Hutong, but the house had already been sealed like the Qi State Mansion.

As a last resort, she still lived with the eldest princess of Anyuan, and there were also people from the Duke of Qi who stayed together.

After the female dependents of the Gu family were driven out of the house by the Jinyi guard, they happened to run into the carriage of the princess who came back from outside the city.

In the carriage, the eldest princess of the protector pondered for a while, and said to the housekeeper of the Marquis of Anyuan's Mansion who was following the car outside, "Since the Gu Zhou family has become a good friend of Qin and Jin, now although the son-in-law is not the Gu family.

"The Gu family can be regarded as raising him, and now that it is difficult, we can't stand by and say to the Hou Ye, clean up the house on the edge of the garden, and give them a place to live."

Gu Nian was on the side, silent, grandmother don't hate the Gu family too much, especially the old lady, she has a lot to do with her mother's death.

Now, when they are in trouble, it is not easy to lend a hand.

However, she was not in the mood to care about the people of the Gu family, and the eldest princess of the protector had already sneaked Zhou Yan, an old man left by the former Marquis An Yuan, to inquire about the news before returning to Beijing.

After the eldest princess of the protectorate told Mama Su to settle the Gu family, she called Zhou Yan, and at the same time asked Gu Nian to listen to it on the side.

"Your Royal Highness, County Lord, Lao Zhou has two people he knows in prison, strange to say, when my uncle started to be imprisoned, he was just an ordinary dozen jailers."

"In the middle of the night, there were already many more guards with knives in the prison, led by the generals, and I don't know whether it was to prevent robbery or murder."

The eldest princess of the protector was silent, Gu Nian frowned, it is normal to prevent the robbery, after all, it is rumored that there are still many people who are loyal to the king of Yusu, and those people may come to rob the prison.

It's just that she is very nervous now, and the people who go to prison have never been kind, what if she is tortured?

Although she didn't speak, the eldest princess could see her anxiety, she stretched out her hand to hold Gu Nian's hand, Gu Nian raised her head, and the eldest princess said, "Your father will be fine." ”

Gu Nian smiled bitterly, she looked at Zhou Yan, "If I want to visit my father, can I go in?" ”

Zhou Yan glanced at the princess of the protector faintly, and after receiving the signal, he said, "County lord, you can go." But let my subordinates arrange it. ”

Gu Nian cried and laughed, "As long as I can see my father." ”

The eldest princess asked some more questions, and then asked Zhou Yan to go down to Zhang Luo to visit Gu Shi'an in the heavenly prison with Gu Nian.

When Zhou Yan left, Gu Nian squatted at the feet of the princess of the protector, and said in a choked voice,

"Grandmother, once, I thought I wasn't your granddaughter, and at that time, my heart ached and I was scared."

She pressed her hand to her chest and continued, "Later, it was finally confirmed that I was your own granddaughter, and to this day, I am still very scared. ”

"I'm afraid you'll dislike me because of who I am. Last time, my father told me never to forget how you raised me, and he said that there will never be a second person who loves me as much as you do. ”

"If my father doesn't say it, I will always remember it, but, grandmother, I can't choose my birth, and my father can't choose either, if he can, he will definitely be willing to be the son-in-law who makes you 100% satisfied."

While listening to Gu Nian's incoherent words, the eldest princess of the protector was in tears, how could she want to dislike her son-in-law.

If she doesn't look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face, she likes him so much that she won't be embarrassed by him.

It's just that there will always be a knot in her heart that can't be opened.

The enmity of life and death, how can it be so easy to resolve.

She said with a complicated expression, "Niannian, don't worry, things will always pass slowly." ”

Gu Nian knew that this sentence was a lie, where was it so easy to pass, if it was so easy, it would be impossible for the emperor to put his father in prison.

It's just that she has no choice, and she doesn't want to lose her grandmother, so she can only trust her.

She would rather be mutilated than be irretrievably ugly when the illusion is exposed.

She knelt on the ground and sincerely kowtowed to the princess and thanked the princess.

The eldest princess caressed Gu Nian's face lovingly, "You are a good child, my grandmother is very happy to have you, how can I be reluctant to do without you." ”

People always have a thought when they live, and now, Gu Nian has become her only thought, for this, she is willing not to think about Gu Shi'an's bloodline source for the time being.

also willingly went to take Gu Shi out of security.

It was getting late, and the eldest princess sent Gu Nian to rest and asked Mama Su, "Is everything arranged by the Gu family?" ”

Mama Su said, "It's all in order, it's all women's dependents and children." Each of them is equipped with two mothers-in-law and a proper maid, especially the old lady, the imperial doctor said to prepare for the old lady's funeral, even if she can survive, she will be paralyzed in the future, and she can't speak. ”

"Although she is sick now, the people waiting in the courtyard and the things are all compared to the old lady of the mansion, and the maids and daughters-in-law are not allowed to neglect the people who take care of the family."

When Mama Su said this, she paused and said, "That Mama Bi is still serving by the old lady's side, you see?" ”

The eldest princess of the protector thought for a moment, "Let her be, maybe she has something else to do, the news that should be given to us has already been given." However, you still have to send someone to keep an eye on her and don't make a mistake. “

Mama Su said, "I didn't expect that Mama Bi was still very loyal, and she actually served the old lady in person, and did everything herself." ”

The eldest princess lowered her eyelids and said nothing, what Mama Bi wanted to do, she knew.

As soon as she thought of her Jingning, who died at a young age, it was all because she married the Gu family, and now that she thinks about it, it should have something to do with the anti-king, and there is such a hand that has been manipulating behind the scenes, she can't help but cry heartbreakingly.

"If I hadn't agreed to marry Jing Ning, I wouldn't have died early, and there wouldn't have been such rights and wrongs as I am now."

"I hate myself for being useless, I hate myself for being supreme, watching Jing Ning die but unable to do anything."

"I obviously want Gu Shi'an to die, but because of my soft heart and that little bit of blood, I can't do it."

"How did he, Gu Shi'an, pat his chest and say that he would take good care of Jingning for the rest of his life? But in the end, the vow became empty talk, even if he didn't marry for the rest of his life? My tranquility will never come back. ”

"Did the old woman think that she would have a good life if she was paralyzed? She dreamed, and this was the beginning of her hard life. Just wait and see. ”