Jiang Fuguang is back? Gu Jiayan was overjoyed, and then, he felt strange, isn't it a good thing for the eldest princess to return to Beijing? Why did the father's voice seem so solemn, as if he didn't want the eldest princess to come back at all.

What's going on?

"Father, what are you waiting for?" Gu Yuheng's voice was hoarse, and his face showed a hint of defeat, "The eldest princess has great ambitions, for the long-term peace and stability of the Southern Dynasty, fighting disasters and saving the people, treating epidemics and quelling disasters, investigating and selling smuggling, pacifying the southwest, and conquering Yun China, it can be said that she has made great contributions." ”

"If she is a man, she is a concubine, and my Gu family is also willing to change course for him, abolish the heir, and swear allegiance to the death, but she is a woman, she underestimates the hearts of the people, breaks the long-standing balance of the family, and the family will not give up."

Gu Xiang looked at him silently, without saying a word, the dim candlelight reflected on the mottled frost white of his temples, looking extremely old.

This is the eldest son he has high hopes for, and he is the successor he has carefully cultivated, and when he is old in the future, the imperial power of the imperial court will change, and he will take the initiative to step down, send the eldest son to the peak of power, and continue the glory of the Gu family.

But he never imagined that the eldest son would be reduced from a chess player to a chess piece at the mercy of others.

His father's cloudy eyes revealed his pain and disappointment with him, Gu Yuheng almost didn't dare to look directly, he lowered his head.

"After Your Majesty ascended the throne, how many remnants of the family have been cleaned up? But you see, those remnants of the family are deep-rooted, intertwined, endless, they are only temporarily defeated, as long as they are given a little time, sooner or later they will resurrect and make a comeback, you see that now the government and the opposition, those who are making waves, how many of them are those old Xun parties that have been defeated? ”

Gu Xiang was speechless, after the eldest princess left Beijing, the clan relatives headed by the king of Changjun, and some families whose interests were damaged, began to make waves in the court, not only His Majesty wanted to avoid it, but even he, the prime minister of the dynasty, didn't know what to do.

He still remembered that the day before the eldest princess left Beijing, she personally came to visit him in the Prime Minister's Mansion and asked him to stabilize the court situation and contain the remnants of the old school hidden in the court on the day he left Beijing.

He said yes.

But he never imagined that his son was one of them.

"Father," Gu Yuheng raised his head and said confidently, "Since the eldest princess took power, everything she has done is contrary to the family, the Gu family is the number one literary family in the world, if we can't benefit the family, how can other families continue to support us?" Without the support of the major families, how could the Gu family maintain these fame and fortune today? ”

"Don't you understand? The eldest princess is opposed to the family, that is, she is opposed to the Gu family. ”

Gu Xiang frowned: "The eldest princess is still measured." ”

Before the ministry selected talents, His Majesty repeatedly rejected it, and the ministry asked the eldest princess to recommend talents, and the eldest princess did not interfere too much later.

Gu Yuheng's face turned pale: "Since the establishment of the Southern Dynasty, my Gu clan has been the prime minister for generations, but now, too many families have been implicated in the private salt case, and His Majesty no longer trusts the family, how many officials have been investigated and prosecuted in the private salt case?" There are many more vacancies in the court, but His Majesty would rather reuse those cold families than promote the clan. ”

"The eldest princess is the representative of the Hanmen, and she is safeguarding the interests of the Hanmen, she can now give the family a little face, because she has an unstable foundation in the court, and wants to sell people's hearts, after the eldest princess takes power completely, the entire Southern Dynasty, that is, the Hanmen and the family share the world equally, how many people can I Gu stay in the court?"

Gu Xiang's gaze deepened, but he quickly regained his composure, looked directly at him, and said word by word: "These are just your high-sounding reasons." ”

"Father, just think it's for the child," Gu Yuheng pounced and knelt on the ground, her face full of remorse, "If the eldest princess is completely in power, she will continue to thoroughly investigate the illegal salt, the son went to the Jianghuai area to patrol the salt earlier, and accidentally involved the illegal salt case, you know, the private salt case is related to the old Xun party, it is a chaotic party, the son has already been deeply involved in it, it is difficult to extricate himself, and the son will definitely be in trouble." ”

Mentioning this, Gu Xiang still looked calm: "When I go back, I will enter the palace and ask to see Your Majesty......"

"Father." Gu Yuheng raised his voice and interrupted him, "Back then, Qi Nan died in a storm, General Qi's leg was sick, Mu Guifei had a miscarriage, and Hou Cheng'an Hou repeatedly assassinated the eldest princess...... All of them have the handiwork of the old xun, and His Majesty deeply hates the old xun party. ”

"Look at Your Majesty, this time I have been using the private salt case to clean up the clan on a large scale, without any scruples about the love of the same blood, and I have the intention of killing them all, and Your Majesty will not tolerate any chaotic party at all."

Gu Xiang's voice looked extremely old: "I, Gu Shi, although I dare not boast of being full of loyalty, but I also inherited the family motto of "self-cultivation and Qi family governing the country and leveling the world", the clansmen have been neutral for generations, do not participate in any partisan disputes, safeguard the interests of the royal family, the court is stable, and the society is prosperous, so that the people can avoid the suffering of war. ”

Gu Yuheng said in a low voice: "My son is the heir you have worked hard to cultivate, and I will inherit the phase in the future and maintain the glory of the entire Gu family, if something happens to my son, not only will your reputation be lost, and you will not be able to sit firmly in the position of prime minister, but it will also affect the entire Gu family, causing the prestige of the Gu family to be damaged, and the phase of the Gu family will be completely ended in your generation, and the reputation of my Gu family for hundreds of years will also be completely ruined." ”

For thousands of years, all dynasties have pursued the "primogeniture inheritance system", the eldest son, from birth, is destined to be the inheritor of the entire family, the family's bloodline, territory, wealth, official position, status, reputation, everything, all belong to the eldest son inheritance, the eldest son can share, are the eldest son does not want.

But at the same time, the eldest son also shouldered the honor and disgrace and the rise and fall of the family, and was taught by the most respected elders in the family at birth.

As soon as he was born, he was instilled with the concept of family-oriented, it doesn't matter if the eldest son is not good enough, there are countless excellent people in the family to open the way for him.

The father and son looked at each other for a long time.

The candlelight shrouded Gu Yuheng's handsome face, reflecting his depressed face, he was silent for a long time, and sighed long: "It's not a pity for the son to die, but because of the disaster of the son, the father is not guaranteed in the evening, and the Gu Manchu family is affected, and the son is really unwilling." ”

In a word, it also talked about Gu Xiangxin.

"To blame, I can only blame my son for being young and vigorous, not knowing how to be cautious, falling for the tricks of thieves, in ignorance and unawareness, being tricked by others, and mixing into the case of private salt, when I found out, it was already too late, and now I am stuck in the mud, and I want to earn more and more, and the more I fall into it, the more I can't get out, so I Gu Shi, incurring such a disaster."