It is useless for Empress Sun to be anxious, what fate Sun Jizong will end up in can only depend on Gu Tingjun's attitude.

He naturally wanted to take it lightly, but Xie Chenfeng took him into an army and brought this matter to the early dynasty, and now the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty are all watching, even if he wants to show favoritism, it is not so easy.

or detain the crime on Sun Jizong and abandon him, which not only protects himself behind the scenes, but also gives the Xie family a satisfactory explanation; Either find a scapegoat and put all the blame on that person, saying that he intends to provoke the dispute between the Xie family and Uncle Guo, so that he can not only clear Sun Jizong's name, but also block the Xie family's mouth.

He is personally inclined to the latter, after all, Sun Jizong is the only relative of Empress Sun, if Sun Jizong is really done, Empress Sun must not die of sadness? Now the reason why the harem can maintain a harmonious state depends on Queen Sun, in case she is in a hurry, she will be called ill, and the harem will be chaotic.

After keenly perceiving Gu Tingjun's choice, Xu Tianci said: "Your Majesty, if you want to do this, that person must be a henchman of the Hou Ye, and it is best to have something to do with the Xie family, otherwise it will not make sense." ”

Gu Tingjun nodded and said, "You're right, so I'll trouble Aiqing to go to the prison in person, first, to ask the truth of the matter, and second, to let that idiot push someone who can convince the public." ”

Xu Tianci was ordered to leave, his face was sincere, but his heart was full of bitterness.

It is said that he is lucky, from a poor man who has nothing, to now the Hubu Shangshu who has received the emperor's grace, who can know the pain in his heart?

As the saying goes, "a companion is like a tiger", he simply walks on the tip of a knife every day, and the slightest mistake may cause his head to fall to the ground.

In order to gain power, in order to become a superior person, he really sacrificed too much and paid too much.

It's a pity that I am about to enter the age of no confusion, but I have no children under my knees, and who can inherit the family business that has worked hard for many years?

Sometimes he couldn't help but wonder if he was wrong at the beginning, but things have developed to the point where he can't regret it, so he can only continue to walk hard, only hoping that Su Fengjiao's stomach can fight for breath and give him a son, otherwise......

That's right, Su Fengjiao is pregnant, and she has been with Xu Tianci for many years, and she can finally be more expensive than her son, otherwise he would not have delayed until now to decide to accept this noble concubine.

Xu Tianci is not that kind of womanizer, the only woman he likes in this life is Xie Linlang, but it is impossible for the two of them to fall in love with Su Fengjiao, just because there is a little bit of Xie Linlang's shadow between her eyebrows, which is just a comfort.

In fact, Su Fengjiao knew this matter very well in her heart, but for her ambition, she could only pretend that she didn't know anything, and worked harder and harder to please and serve Xu Tianci.

Raising a dog for a long time will produce feelings, let alone a person?

Back to the point.

When Xu Tianci came to the prison, Sun Jizong was sitting against the wall in a silent daze.

From birth to the present, how has he ever suffered such a grievance? He didn't expect that his dignified uncle would be imprisoned one day.

When he heard the jailer open the cell door and let Xu Tianci in, his eyes lit up, as if he had burned his buttocks, he bounced up from the ground with a bang, and ran to Xu Tianci in three or two steps, dragging his arm deadly, full of grievances: "Lord Xu, I was really wronged!" Get me out of here! I don't want to stay in this place for a moment! ”

Xu Tianci held back the disdain in his heart, pulled him to the side of the bed and sat down, and said in a soft voice: "Master Hou, don't worry, this official is here to save you, but you have to tell me honestly, what's going on?" ”

"I can swear to God, I didn't poison that kid! I still don't understand how he was poisoned! And those poison antidotes or something, I don't know how they ended up in my house! Believe me, I was really wronged! As he spoke, Sun Jizong wanted to cry again.

What a hell! Who is harming him? If he finds out, he's going to kill that bastard!

Xu Tianci carefully observed for a moment, and after making sure that he didn't seem to be lying, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes.

Xie Chenfeng's reaction really didn't look like a lie, so his first reaction with Gu Tingjun was that Sun Jizong had nothing to do, but now it seems that things really have nothing to do with him.

"Who do you think it would do? Do you have a candidate in mind? Xu Tianci asked.

Sun Jizong shook his head helplessly and said: "Since the Xie family came to make trouble, I have been thinking about who is deliberately framing Ben Hou behind my back, but I can't figure out who it is even if I break my head, but there is one thing I can be sure of, there must be ghosts in my house, otherwise it is impossible for those antidote to come to the door to suddenly appear in the dark room!" ”

Does this need to be determined? You can think of it with your toes! After Xu Tianci secretly cursed a few straw bales in his heart, he continued to ask, "Who do you think the inner ghost will be?" ”

"The only people who know the location of the dark room and how to enter it are the housekeeper and the two brothers Chunxi and Chunwang who have been serving me, but the three of them have followed me for many years, and I have never treated them badly, so I shouldn't betray me, right?"

"It's hard to say, what if someone lures him with a heavy profit?"

"Then go check on the three of them, there's no one else but them!"

"Your wife doesn't know?"

"In a place like the study, how could I let a woman's family get close, and there are a lot of good things in my dark room that can't be known by her, Lord Xu, you are also a man, you know."

Xu Tianci glared at him angrily, he knows how to fart! This is talking about the right thing, how can you say that the question is crooked? A straw bag is a straw bag, and having a good girl can't change the fact that he is a straw bag!

After carefully asking Sun Jizong about some details, Xu Tianci comforted him that he would definitely save him as soon as possible, let him be at ease for a while, and instructed the jailers a few words to let them not wait slowly, and only after receiving a guarantee did they leave the prison.

After returning to the palace, Gu Tingjun asked him to investigate the three housekeepers privately, and assigned a skilled secret guard to him to facilitate his actions.

Xu Tianci had just left the imperial study with his front foot, and his father-in-law Wei came in to preach that Empress Sun was here, and asked Gu Ting if he saw it.

"Let her in." In fact, he didn't really want to see Queen Sun now, he was afraid of hearing her cry, and he was very disgusted with women's tears and nagging, but if he didn't see her, he was afraid that she would stay outside and not leave, so he had to reluctantly pass her in.

As soon as Empress Sun came in, she saluted him in a proper manner, and before she could open her mouth to point out the topic, Gu Tingjun preemptively asked, "The queen is here for the matter of the Marquis, right?" ”

"The emperor Mingjian, my brother is not angry, and he has always worried the emperor, but the concubine can guarantee that no matter how stupid and bad he is, he will never do such a vicious thing as poisoning a young man, and please don't listen to Lord Xie's words, be clear-sighted, and give my brother justice! The concubine bowed to thank the emperor Longen! After saying that, she knelt down, and her phoenix eyes were full of tears.

Gu Tingjun was inexplicably a little upset, Xie Chenfeng knelt down and asked him to give justice, and now the queen knelt down again to let him give justice, is this asking or threatening?

Holding back the unhappiness in his heart, he got up and walked to Queen Sun to help her up, and comforted her softly: "The queen doesn't need to be like this, I have asked Xu Aiqing to go to the prison to visit Xiaoyaohou, and he also said that he was wronged, and now I have ordered Xu Aiqing to investigate this matter, and the truth will be found out in a few days." If Xiaoyao Hou is really innocent, I will definitely return his innocence. ”

Empress Sun was overjoyed, and said with a choked voice: "The emperor is sage, the concubine has thanked the emperor for her brother!" ”

"I am not a faint king, how can I wronged others without finding out the truth? Don't worry, the queen should go back to the palace to rest well, don't be too sad, if you hurt your body, I will feel distressed. ”

"The concubine will go back to the palace first, and please ask the emperor to take good care of the dragon body, and the concubine will retire."

After sending Empress Sun away, Gu Tingjun sat back in front of the imperial case, raised his hand and patted it three times, and immediately a light figure suddenly appeared, a dark guard dressed in black.

"Go and find out where my third brother is."

"Yes."

Compared with those scholars who can't be uprooted for the time being, Gu Tingfeng, as his only brother, is the biggest threat to him.

Although his mother tried her best to keep him back then, and she has been acting indifferent to the world all these years, but his sons are still young, and it seems that no one is qualified at present, seeing that there may be no successor, how can Gu Tingjun rest assured that this is the most powerful contender for the throne?

The previous dynasty was not without the example of the incompetence of the prince, so the emperor was finally forced to pass the throne to his brother, for the prosperity of the dynasty and undefeated, even as an emperor, sometimes in order to take care of the overall situation, he had to make some compromises.

But Gu Tingjun didn't want to compromise, the throne that he had worked so hard to get in his hands couldn't be handed over to Gu Tingfeng's hands, wouldn't that mean that he was making wedding dresses for others in vain?

"My good third brother, you said that you ran around all day long, why was you so lucky and didn't suffer a little accident?" The corners of Gu Tingjun's mouth provoked an evil smile and muttered to himself.