Although Wang Chen is also ridiculous, he also knows what charges he can admit and what charges he can't admit, if he admits to this, then he will be finished, and the entire Wang family will be finished.

Wang Chen also made up his mind that he would rather die than affect the family, but as soon as Xu Guan brought up the torture instrument, he was instigated, and roared inwardly: "You, what are you going to do? Is it difficult to dare to bend into a trick? My aunt, my aunt is the queen of the day! Let her know that you all have to die, all have to die! ”

Xu Guanyi smiled lightly: "Young Master Wang, how can you be so naïve?" Since I want to torture to extract confessions, naturally I will not leave a handle, you may not know, there are many punishments that will not leave traces, even the doctor can't check them, but they can make people ......."

His voice was low and soft, which made Wang Chen shudder alive, Xu Guanyi instructed people to prepare torture tools, and said to this Wang Chen: "It should be my soul in heaven that comforts the soldiers who were killed by you, you killed his family and died unjustly, believe me, what you have endured is really nothing." ”

After a while, Wang Chen's screaming and wailing came from the prison, but it was only a two-time torture instrument, and Wang Chen couldn't bear it anymore, and he didn't need Xu Guan to ask again and again, he was already shouting to confess.

As soon as Xu Guanyi asked him to draw a detention, he walked out of the prison, and as soon as he came out, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

Yi Wu looked at him and said strangely: "I saw that Xu Gongzi looked calm, and I thought that he was talented, but I didn't expect Xu Gongzi to be nervous?" ”

Xu Guanyi said with a wry smile: "I was originally a scholar, and it was the first time I did such a thing, but I was actually nervous to death, but it made Yi Guards see the joke." ”

Yi Wu said sincerely: "Gongzi Xu has done a good job, and the young general really didn't see the wrong person." ”

"As long as I can live up to the expectations of the major general and not spoil the major affairs of the major general, I have nothing else to ask for." Xu Guanyi said seriously.

Wang Chen also personally drew the confession, pointing out that the confession of colluding with the Liao people in the north of the Jin Dynasty was quickly sent to Emperor Qianyuan, and the Marquis of the north of Jin naturally refused to admit it, shouting that he was wronged.

The so-called wall fell down and everyone pushed it, more and more people pointed out that the Northern Marquis of Jin was corrupt and perverted the law, and the bribes were sent to the case of Emperor Qianyuan, and some people even impeached the queen mother, in order to protect the brother who killed the lady, forced the noble woman to marry into the Marquis Mansion of the Northern Jin Dynasty, and there was no model of the mother of a country.

Emperor Qianyuan was deeply heartbroken, and ordered to copy the Marquis Mansion in Northern Jin, and his family members were all put in prison and awaiting trial, and the queen was confined in Fengqi Palace.

Overnight, the Hou Mansion of Northern Jin was swept away.

A group of ministers led by Chen Ge Lao wrote one after another, asking the emperor to severely punish the Marquis of Jin Bei, and the emperor soon made a decree, all the men in the five suits of the Wang family were beheaded, and the men outside the five clothes could not be examined within three generations, and all women were filled into official prostitutes.

It can be said that it directly cut off the back road of the Wang family.

And the second prince, Emperor Qianyuan, because of the love between father and son, did not kill him, but sent him to the imperial tomb to guard the spirits of the ancestors and ancestors, and he was not allowed to return to the dynasty for life.

The second prince, who had unlimited scenery and high hopes in the past, lost all his opportunities.

Xu Guanyi came to the capital this time mainly to deal with the affairs of the Wang family, now that everything has settled, he will also go back to Xuzhou, before leaving, he went to the Changsun Mansion to see Li Sheng, this time he did things in the capital so smoothly, Li Sheng helped a lot.

Li Sheng also had a good impression of Xu Guanyi, "I thought that Jun Yan was surrounded by people who could fight and kill, but I didn't expect that there would be a strategist like you, which is rare." ”

"Your Highness praised it falsely, but his subordinates just did what the young general ordered, and they didn't dare to ask for credit." Xu Guanyi said humbly.

Li Sheng smiled and bowed his head, smart but not arrogant, young but steady, bold and cautious, really a talent.

Xu Guanyi said again: "The young general still has something to tell his subordinates to tell His Highness," after a pause, he said solemnly: "Now that the second prince has an accident, and the fourth prince's family is the only one, in this way, Your Majesty is afraid that you will not be able to tolerate Your Highness, and I hope Your Highness will be careful in everything." ”

Although the second prince was overthrown this time, it was not a good thing for Li Sheng, in the past, the second prince, the fourth prince and Li Sheng, the three of them could still maintain a balance, but now there is no second prince, among the princes, only the fourth prince is the most likely to succeed to the throne, and Emperor Qianyuan will soon aim at Li Sheng.

In addition to Li Sheng, the four princes can succeed to the throne justifiably, and Emperor Qianyuan will spare no effort to deal with Li Sheng in order to pave the way for his son.

They knew this matter, but Gu Junyan and Su Yunlai still chose this time to make a move against the second prince, because a moment of stability does not mean anything, between them and the emperor, sooner or later there will be this battle, even if they don't do anything, Emperor Qianyuan will not let them go.

Li Sheng nodded: "Let Jun Yan rest assured, he is at the border pass, and the battlefield is dangerous, please take care of him." ”

Xu Guanyi: "The subordinates will definitely convey His Highness's entrustment to the young general, and the time is not too early, and the subordinates will leave first." ”

The dust settled in the capital, and there was good news from the border pass, Gu Junyan led his troops to attack Xuzhou City successfully, the Liao army was caught off guard, and fled in a hurry from Xuzhou, which they had only occupied for a few months, and Gu Junyan successfully recaptured Xuzhou City.

The people of Xuzhou who had fled because of the war have returned to their homeland, even if the war is not over, but the city of Xuzhou garrisoned by the Gu family army can make them feel safe.

The Su family also decided to move to Xuzhou to live, because in the next step, Gu Junyan was going to start planning to send troops to Lingnan and recover Lingnan.

In order to show respect for the Su family, Gu Junyan personally led someone to escort the Su family into the city, and on the grounds of protection, he entered the house in a high-sounding manner.

However, Gu Junyan did not go to Su Yunlai, but accompanied Su Zhixun to talk, Su Zhixun now has a very good impression of Gu Junyan, and he is quite flattered to see him.

"The major general is busy with military affairs, and he is so worried about the move of his subordinates, which is really tiring." Su Zhixun said movingly.

Gu Junyan smiled with a righteous gentleman: "Lord Su is polite, Lord Su has also contributed to the war, and I also admire Lord Su tightly, Lord Su doesn't have to mind so much." ”

Su Zhixun was even more flattered, it was rumored that Gu Junyan had always been obedient and arrogant, but he didn't expect the rumors to be credible, this is obviously very polite.

Su Zhan looked at Su Zhixun pretending to be a big-tailed wolf on the side, and then glanced at his innocent father, and said secretly in his heart, if you know that Gu Junyan is thinking about your daughter in Xiao, I don't know if you can still laugh.

In fact, it proved that it was very easy for Gu Junyan to please someone, and it didn't take a few words to coax Su Zhixun to laugh, laughing again and again, and the title had changed from a young general to Jun Yan, extremely cordial and friendly, Su Zhan and Su Yunlai were stunned for a moment.

Su Yunlai swore that she had never seen Gu Junyan so humble and polite.

The group entered the city smoothly, and the Taishou Mansion was seriously damaged by the Liao, and it had not been cleaned up properly, so Gu Junyan invited Su Zhixun's family to temporarily settle in the General's Mansion first, and Su Zhixun agreed without hesitation, which shows that Gu Junyan's flattery along the way has been remarkable.

As soon as he arrived at the General's Mansion, Su Zhixun was dragged by Gu Yanshan to drink, and the Chen family took his subordinates to start cleaning up the mansion, the Gu family has no hostess all year round, and the mansion is also very simple.

Gu Junyan accompanied Su Zhan around the garden.

"Ah Wan, don't look at the bare garden now, but in the winter it snows, and the trees are covered in silver, which is a special taste, and I will invite you to enjoy it again." Gu Junyan said to Su Yun.

Su Zhan on the side felt that he was very redundant, and Qi Shuying was with him.

Qi Shuying pulled Su Zhan's sleeve: "Hey, isn't your study not allowed to be touched by others, why don't we go back and tidy up your study?" ”

Su Zhan was very vigilant: "What do you want to do to my study?" ”

Qi Shuying rolled her eyes in her heart: "Let's go, let's go, go back and clean up the study." ”

Qi Shuying pulled Su Zhan away, Su Zhan was unwilling, but ...... But he doesn't have as much strength as hers! He can't resist! Third Young Master Su felt aggrieved in his heart.

Su Yunlai looked at their backs with a smile, and his eyes were gentle and almost overflowing with the brilliance of maternal love.

Gu Junyan blocked her sight and said in a low voice: "I don't like you to look at others when you are with me, Ah Wan, am I too unreasonable?" ”

Su Yunlai was stunned, but listened to him continue: "But, if I can't change it, will you hate me?" ”

Su Yunlai raised his eyebrows: "The young general is too worried, I see that you are very likable in front of my father, how can anyone hate you?" ”

Gu Junyan touched his nose and smiled shyly: "Yes, your father really likes me?" Then he wouldn't object to marrying his daughter to me, would he? ”

While the two were talking, the guards came to report that Xu Guanyi had returned.

Gu Junyan looked helpless, Su Zhan just left, why did he come again, can't he be with Ah Wan well?

However, he still immediately said, "Please," after a pause, he looked at Su Yun and said, "This is the person I sent to the capital, and it just so happens that you can also listen to the affairs of the capital together." ”

Gu Junyan already wanted to reuse Xu Guanyi, so he didn't want to hide it from Su Yun.

Su Yunlai nodded, and soon Xu Guanyi came over, he saw Su Yunlai, his eyes were slightly stagnant, and he couldn't help but take two steps faster, and when he arrived in front of Gu Junyan, he had already calmed down.

Gu Junyan didn't think much about it, looked at Xu Guanyi and said gently: "Guanyi, I have worked hard for you this time, Your Highness has praised you to me in a letter." ”

Xu Guan didn't squint, and clenched his fists deeply: "Fortunately, I don't disgrace my life." ”

The three of them walked to the pavilion and sat down, and ordered someone to bring a tea set, Gu Junyan didn't like others to serve on the side, so Su Yunlai had to stand up and pour him a cup of tea, Gu Junyan looked at her with a smile.

"Miss Su's clever plan to bring down the second prince as she wished, and I admire it very much." Xu Guanyi said to Su Yun.

Gu Junyan glanced at Su Yunlai on the side, "Isn't that all my vision good?" ”

Su Yunlai glanced at him, Gu Junyan's expression immediately changed, and he didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore.

After chatting for a few words, Xu Guanyi proposed to say goodbye, but he was much more eye-catching than Su Zhan.

Gu Junyan said: "You have worked hard all the way, go back early." ”

Xu Guan left one by one, and after a while, the Chen family sent someone to look for Su Yunlai, saying that the wing room had been cleaned up, and asked her to go back and see what was still missing, so that she could make up for it.

Su Yun came and went to see the Chen family, Gu Junyan didn't follow well, and when Su Yunlai came out of the pavilion, he happened to meet Xu Guanyi on the way to the wing.

Xu Guanyi's handsome face showed a hint of embarrassment: "Miss Su, this garden is very big, and I am here for the first time, I don't want to get lost." ”

There are few subordinates in the General's Mansion, and Gu Yanshan and Gu Junyan don't usually come back much, so Xu Guan didn't go out for a long time.

Su Yunlai couldn't help laughing, "I'll take Gongzi Xu out." ”

Xu Guan's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "There is Miss Laosu." ”

Neither of them spoke, they walked out quietly, walked together for a while, and when they arrived at the door, Su Yunlai said goodbye and left, and Xu Guanyi looked at her back until she disappeared.

Since the second prince went to the imperial mausoleum, the fourth prince has become the most favored son in front of the emperor, and there is an endless stream of people visiting the Chen family, but Chen Ge Lao is very smart at this time and chooses to act in a low-key manner.

Li Sheng's position is more embarrassing.

On this day, the county lord of Anning arrived at the eldest grandson's mansion again, and the subordinates couldn't stop her, so they broke into Li Sheng's study directly.

When Li Sheng saw her, he frowned slightly, but he still waved his hand and let his subordinates retreat.

"Why are you here?" Li Sheng asked gently.

"If you don't come to me, I'll have to come to you." The originally arrogant and domineering county lord of Anning was like a little girl being bullied at this time, and said with an aggrieved face.

Li Sheng lowered his gaze and looked indifferent: "What are you doing with me?" Anning, you are a wise girl, don't give yourself and don't make trouble for your father. ”

"Now those people outside are going to curry favor with the Four Princes! I don't! What kind of thing is he, you are the emperor's grandson! You should have inherited the throne! The subject of Anning County was not shocked, "I won't be like those villains!" Brother Sheng, I know that you will definitely become the emperor. ”

Li Sheng's face changed: "Tranquility! You're such a big person, what should you say and what shouldn't you say, do you still need someone else to teach you? ”

"I didn't go outside to say it, I just told you." The county lord of Anning said indifferently: "Brother Sheng, you go and propose marriage to my father, now the four princes are powerful, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty support him!" Although my father is only an idle prince, but he is deeply favored by the Queen Mother, you marry me, I will go to my father, let the Queen Mother support you, so ......"

"You go back." Li Sheng calmly interrupted her words, and his expression also faded: "Could it be that the county lord of Anning thinks that I need to rely on a woman to get what I deserve?" If that's the case, even if I get my wish, I won't say anything to meet the emperor! ”

"Brother Sheng! How can you rely on a woman? Between royal families, it is normal for each other to marry each other, why can't it be me? Lord Anning asked anxiously: "I never thought that you were a person who relied on women, Brother Sheng, don't you understand my heart for you?" ”

Li Sheng looked at her with an unmoved expression, "An Ning, I have always regarded you as a sister, the same as Wuyang." ”

The county lord of Anning's face turned pale, "It's okay, you don't like me, it's good if I like you." She said, an innocent smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "I just need to be with you, you all want to marry a wife, so why not marry me?" Is it still useful to you? ”

"You go back." Li Sheng said lightly: "I will marry a wife, but I also want to marry a woman I really love like you, An Ning, I should have never heard these words, you have forgotten it." ”

Lord Anning's eyes turned red, looking at his indifferent look, he finally had to admit that he just didn't like her and didn't want to marry her, even if he knew that marrying her would be beneficial, but because she was not the person in his heart, he didn't want to even if there was a benefit.

She suddenly had a feeling of hatred that she couldn't love, and she yelled at Li Sheng: "I hate you, I hate you!" I'm going to make you regret it! ”

After the county lord of Anning finished shouting, he ran out crying, Li Sheng looked at her back and did not chase out.

Princess Wuyang walked in from outside, glanced at the peaceful outside, and then said to Li Sheng, "Who do you want to marry?" Is Su Yun coming? ”

Princess Wuyang and Su Yunzi have rarely interacted since the last incident, and then Su Yunlai went to Xuzhou again, and the two have not seen each other for a long time.

Li Sheng lowered his head and said with a wry smile: "Wuyang, you should know that with an identity like you and me, I can't help it for life, and marriage is even more involuntary, I said that just to make her die." ”

Princess Wuyang was silent, and after a long time, she said: "Actually, An Ning is right, there are indeed many benefits to marrying her, at least the Queen Mother will not let the emperor assassinate you again." ”

The Queen Mother loves her young son, and Princess Zhuang only has one daughter, Princess An Ning, Li Sheng is her husband, and the Queen Mother will never let the Queen kill him.

Li Sheng glanced at her, sighed in his heart, and suddenly thought that if it was Su Yunlai, he wouldn't have said that.

Princess Wuyang saw the disappointment in his eyes and couldn't help frowning: "Am I not right?" ”

"After all, the Queen Mother is very old, and I heard that her health has not been very good recently, so I don't know how long she can protect Lord Zhuang." Li Sheng said calmly: "And Zhuang Wangye's behavior is ridiculous, because he is the emperor's younger brother, so he can live so nourishingly, the emperor is his biggest backer, what is a son-in-law?" If the son-in-law dies, he can also let his daughter remarry, and Prince Zhuang will not necessarily disagree with the emperor for a son-in-law. ”

"There are no simple people in the royal family, otherwise for so many years, how many nobles there are in the capital, but only Zhuang Wangye lives the most chic and free." Li Sheng continued.

When Princess Wuyang heard this, she realized that Li Sheng hadn't thought about it, but she had already thought too thoroughly, and An Ning couldn't bring him the greatest benefit, so he wouldn't marry her.

Thinking of this, Wuyang felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart, a little distressed and a little uncomfortable.

"Brother, what about Ah Wan? Will you marry her? Princess Wuyang couldn't help but ask.

Do you want to marry Ah Wan? The woman you really treated, but couldn't bring you any good.

This time it was Li Sheng's turn to be silent, and finally he said lightly: "It's too early to say this, in my current situation, it's too early to talk about this, but I won't always be like this, no." ”

In the end, his voice was slurred, as if he was convincing himself.

The so-called one person has ascended to heaven, and the fourth prince is now the best choice for the prince, and Mrs. Su Wu is also more and more proud in the mansion.

Su Chen helped the four princes a lot this time, and the four princes also used him a lot, so they let him stay in Xuzhou.

Now that the second prince is gone, the fourth prince has paid attention to Li Sheng.

Now that the four princes are in the limelight, the fifth wife in the entire Su Mansion is the most proud, and even the fourth wife, who has been singing against her, has been much more honest recently, and she bowed down in front of her, which made the fifth wife very angry.

In the current Su Mansion, the fifth wife can be said to be the same, even the old lady Su is quite kind to her, the fifth wife's son is angry, and the fifth old man is also outstanding, because through Su Chen's relationship, he also has some dignity in Chen Gelao, and he is following Chen Hui on errands.

But even so, the fifth wife also has a bad thing, that is, Su Chen has been staying in Xuzhou and can't come back, although Su Chen said that this is to do a better errand for the four princes, but Xuzhou is in chaos, and the sword is not long-sighted, if it hurts, what if it is hurt?

Moreover, the fifth wife was also worried that if Su Chen was far away from the fourth prince, the relationship would fade, and in the future, the fourth prince would become unified, and he would alienate Su Chen, so the fifth wife always wanted Su Chen to return to the capital.

The fifth wife thought about it for a long time, and finally she set her eyes on Su Zhan's body, if this was before, she would never dare to plan like this, but now the biggest backer in the second room, the Lin family has fallen, Su Zhixun has no support, and her son is with the most promising prince, what else is she afraid of?

So after thinking about it, the fifth wife went to Lingyun Courtyard.

The fifth lady rubbed Mrs. Su's shoulders and said cautiously: "Mother, now Chen'er has been reused by the four princes, this is all because of your good teachings and blessings......"

Old Lady Su squinted her eyes and said casually: "This is Chen'er's own fight, you don't have to say this to flatter me." ”

"Now our Chen'er is trusted by the four princes, this is his blessing, and it is also the blessing of our Su family, but mother, Zhan'er is following His Royal Highness the eldest grandson, and the current situation is clear, if the four princes think of this in the future, won't they be suspicious of our Chen'er?"

Old Mrs. Su's expression gradually became solemn, and the fifth lady's eyes turned, and she continued: "Now the Lin family, that's it, although the emperor didn't make an order, it's just because he is dealing with the affairs of the Marquis of Jinbei, and he hasn't taken care of it, the Lin family has no chance to turn over in the future, and we don't have to worry about anything, mother, the most important thing now is our Chen'er's future, we can't let irrelevant people drag it down." ”

In the past, Mrs. Su raised the second room, a big reason was because of the Lin family, but now that the Lin family has fallen, Mrs. Su doesn't have to worry about it anymore.

"It's just that I've heard that Zhan'er is very close to the young general now." Old Mrs. Su said worriedly.

"That's why you should let Zhan'er come back, and you can't let him continue to contact the young general." The fifth lady said immediately.

Su Zhan was appreciated by the young general, and it was not good for Mrs. Su; And because Su Zhan was close to the Gu family, he was suspicious of the four princes, which was even more beneficial to them.

Old Lady Su thought about it for a while and nodded solemnly.

"Zhan'er's family affairs should also be settled this time." The fifth lady said cautiously: "And Ah Wan, it's time for her age to start seeing each other, where can I find a good family in Xuzhou?" ”

Old Mrs. Su nodded, "You go and write a letter, just say that I am sick, and I want to see my grandson, let them come back." ”

The grandmother is sick and wants to see her grandson, which is understandable, Su Zhan has to come back even if she has a big reason.

The fifth wife's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly responded: "Yes, the daughter-in-law will do it!" ”