The emperor did not reply for a long time. Although Jun Liche still went to the morning court as usual, he no longer participated in political affairs.
He listened to the discussions among the ministers, but he didn't express his opinions. Jun Lixuan is not a master who likes to discuss with the officials. He always feels that the civil servants are slow in doing things. It takes five days to discuss and ten days to complete the matter. If he has that time, he might as well accompany Ling Qiyang and drill the soldiers Ma Lai is real.
So all the discussions in the morning fell on Jun Liyuan alone. He could understand Jun Liche's mood, and if it was him, he might do the same. Anyway, the three of them are people who love beauties and not Jiang.
Jun Liche was so negative, Emperor Yanxi didn't say anything. After all, he didn't refuse to go to court, nor was he disrespectful, but he didn't speak, and he couldn't be forced to speak. Even if his name is called, Yanxi can only sigh in his heart when he says "my son is incompetent", and really can't say anything to blame.
The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and the Deputy Envoy of the Department of General Affairs successively went up to report, and found out that the assassination of Jun Chengxi was indeed done by Jun Chengyan, and other ministers also participated in the report of Jun Chengyan's various crimes. Since the Rong family made such a fuss, those ministers who had no way to start also found a place to start. This careful investigation really dug up a lot of things.
Although there is no direct evidence to prove that Jun Chengyan intends to take the throne, his crimes of murdering his siblings, bullying others, and mutilating the innocent can be regarded as solid. However, Emperor Yanxi did not make a ruling immediately, but continued to confine Jun Chengyan.
After dinner, Ling Qiyang and Daddy Ling were playing chess in the house, while Gu Yao was reading medical books, Jun Lixuan went to Jun Liyuan to talk about business and hadn't returned home yet.
After a game was played, Ling Qiyang began to pack up the chess pieces, Luo Su hurried in and said: "Princess, Yue Qingjun, someone from the palace said that the emperor is not feeling well, please go and see the medical sage."
Ling Qiyang turned his head to look at Gu Yao, every time the emperor called Gu Yao into the palace, it was for other people's business, rarely for himself.
Gu Yao was silent for a while, and said: "The emperor is not feeling well, and the imperial physician will take care of him. Go back, I'm not free." If the emperor really had something to do, the people who came to invite him would have rushed in hastily. Wait for Luo Su to report.
Daddy Ling didn't say anything, as if he had expected Gu Yao's attitude, he just sipped the tea slowly.
Ling Qiyang didn't say much, he is still brooding over the emperor's attitude towards Xiaoying, so it's fine if the master doesn't want to go.
Seeing that no one objected or persuaded Luo Su, she knew that she didn't need to talk too much. After saluting, she went out to return.
"This afternoon, the kitchen has stewed good beef, so we will have beef noodle soup for supper?" Ling Qiyang said. He is very hungry now, so extra meals at night have become an indispensable item in the palace. In order to make Daddy Ling fatter, Gu Yao also began to ask for extra meals at night.
Gu Yao looked at Papa Ling, as if asking for his opinion.
Papa Ling nodded, agreeing. Gu Yao has no opinion either.
Just about to start the second game of chess, Luo Su came in again and said: "Master Gu Yao, someone said that the emperor has a decree and must invite you into the palace, otherwise their lives will be lost."
Gu Yao frowned, obviously a little unhappy.
Daddy Ling dropped his son and said, "Just go there, why make things difficult for them."
Gu Yao looked at Papa Ling, put down the book in his hand, got up and said, "If I come back late, you should go to bed earlier."
After returning from Yuncheng, although Gu Yao hasn't slept with Daddy Ling yet, Daddy Ling's attitude towards him is obviously much closer. Ling Qiyang thinks this is very good. After all, he also likes Master very much. If Master and Daddy are always so awkward, It's also awkward that he's caught in the middle.
"En." Papa Ling responded lightly, and waved his hand to signal him to leave quickly. Gu Yao smiled slightly and walked out of the room.
Emperor Yanxi met Gu Yao in the bedroom, dressed casually, and looked good, obviously nothing important, just looking for him to chat.
Gu Yao didn't salute, and Emperor Yanxi didn't care, letting him sit.
"Call me here?" Gu Yao asked.
After serving tea to the two, Emperor Yanxi's personal attendant withdrew to guard.
Emperor Yanxi sat on the main seat, sighed, and said: "I've been a little annoyed recently, and I want to talk to someone. After much deliberation, only you are the most suitable, so I asked them to invite you." What bothers him is nothing more than As Gu Yao, he is the most qualified to know about the affairs in the palace, and because of Gu Yao's status, even if he knows, he has no position to participate, let alone participate, so Emperor Yanxi is willing to talk to him.
Gu Yao didn't ask, just sat there silently.
Emperor Yanxi didn't mind either, and said self-consciously: "It's okay to talk about other things. The biggest headache for me is the matter of the sixth child. He fell in love with the children of Tangxi Mansion. I was very hesitant, but I couldn't bear to be really hurt. His heart. I didn't expect this kid to be so stubborn, and he actually wrote a letter asking to leave Beijing. I really don't know what to do with him for a while."
"Since you look down on the children of the Tangxi family, there is no need for the Tangxi family to be honored by the royal family." Gu Yao said without expression: "I didn't quite agree with Qiyang marrying Lixuan. Now you can keep Xiaoying It's fine, but you have to let people watch the sixth prince, and don't get close to Xiaoying."
In fact, Gu Yao didn't really want to care about this matter, but looking at Ling Qiyang felt unhappy, and his father certainly didn't feel happy. Now that the instigator actually came to talk to him, he naturally didn't need to give any face.
"You..." Emperor Yanxi was so blocked by him that he couldn't speak, if he could really do this, he would have already done so, why is he so bothered? He has been dreaming of Jun Liche's biological mother Xian Guifei almost every night these days, but Xian Guifei just looked at him with a smile and didn't say anything. He opened his mouth and called her name, and Xian Guifei disappeared in an instant, so He also couldn't figure out what Concubine Xian meant.
"If there is nothing else, I'll go back first." Gu Yao got up and wanted to go outside.
"Come back!" Emperor Yanxi obviously didn't intend to let him leave like this. Sometimes Emperor Yanxi himself has some doubts, why can't he get angry with Gu Yao's attitude towards him? Thinking about it, the first time he saw Gu Yao, he was astonished as a heavenly man. Needless to say, Gu Yao's appearance is really cold, and he rarely talks. This is such a person, even when the first emperor was alive, he couldn't bear to let him down. He knelt, let alone him now. Maybe there really is such a person in this world who is so outstanding that no matter what he does, I can't blame him. It seems that he can and should be like this.
Gu Yao stopped and turned to look at Emperor Yanxi.
Emperor Yanxi sighed again, and said: "I came to you to discuss with you, not to let you draw conclusions." In fact, seeing Jun Liche being so serious, his heart was a little shaken, but he was still a little unwilling.
Gu Yao was silent for a while, and said: "I didn't like Qiyang and Lixuan at the beginning, but now I have to admit that he is very good to Qiyang. Now Qiyang also has a child and lives very well. Children and grandchildren have their own Son and grandson Fu, why bother? You want Jun Liche to marry a high-ranking woman because you hope that he can succeed you in the future, but even if you pass the throne to him, after a hundred years from you, he might be able to marry you again. Hand over to others. And your current plan may destroy the father-son relationship between you and Jun Liche, so you can decide for yourself whether it is worth it or not. "
That's all Gu Yao said, then turned and left. This time, Emperor Yanxi didn't stop him, but fell into silent thinking.
In the early morning of the next day, Emperor Yanxi finally convicted Jun Chengyan of 18 crimes including mutilating siblings, robbing civilian women, murdering human life, and abetting treason. Jun Chengyan was originally dissatisfied, but after the elders of the Gu Master's tribe came to identify him, he completely shut up.
It turned out that Jun Chengyan had mentioned about the Gu master to Jun Chengxi cryptically, and Jun Chengxi looked for a lot of anecdotes and strange books from the south, and believed that as long as the Gu master helped him, he would be able to get Daye. country. So Jun Chengxi began to privately look for a Gu Master that he could use. Jun Chengyan cleverly stepped in at this time, found the ambitious Gu master who had been selected before, and revealed to him what Jun Chengxi wanted. So the Gu Master arranged a chance encounter and gained Jun Chengxi's trust.
And after Gu Master and Jun Chengxi came to Beijing, maybe Jun Chengxi was afraid that Jun Chengyan would also come to share a piece of the pie, so he kept Jun Chengyan behind his back about Gu Master's affairs. This also gave Jun Chengyan a chance to escape. Then he successfully pulled himself out of it.
And when Jun Chengyan went to see the Gu Master, it was easy, the Gu Master didn't know his true identity and appearance. And that elder just happened to go up the mountain to collect medicine that day, and on the way back to the village, he saw Jun Chengyan who was taking off his disguise while walking. At that time, Jun Chengyan only regarded him as an old man who was deaf and blind, so he was not prepared. It wasn't until Emperor Yanxi sent someone to bring Jun Chengyan's portrait to investigate, that he was fully confessed.
And before Jun Chengxi died, he also told Emperor Yanxi the reason why he was looking for a Gu master, and that he killed the son in the womb of his mother and concubine. It was also because Jun Chengyan said that if the child was born, he might not have the chance to become the crown prince again. bit up.
In front of all kinds of evidence and witnesses, Emperor Yanxi decreed that Jun Chengyan would be stripped of his imperial status and imprisoned for life.
The same fate as Jun Chengxi's is also self-inflicted, all of which are insufficient greed and unhappy retribution. Jun Chengyan thinks that the clothes are perfect, but it is also a hundred secrets and one sparse.
Because it was almost the end of the new year, Jun Chengyan's affairs were not delayed, and the Ministry of Punishment and Jun Lixuan started the work the next day.
The place where Jun Chengyan was imprisoned was a single courtyard on the back mountain of Guyan Temple with only one path leading to the outside. Guyan Temple was actually built to accommodate some insane prisoners and homeless people due to madness. There are guards all year round, and there will be no idlers waiting to come.
Jun Chengyan was arranged here. Although it was not a good place, it was still separated from those crazy people, and it could be regarded as isolated from the world.
Jun Chengyan was dressed in Tsing Yi, and he was much more haggard than before. There was no word on the road, just sitting in the prison car, looking at the sky outside.
After setting up the people, Jun Lixuan was about to leave, but was stopped by Jun Chengyan.
Jun Chengyan looked at him and said with a smile: "I have never had a good conversation with you. If you go out today, I am afraid that we will never see each other again in the future. Can I say a few words?"
Jun Lixuan turned around, sat on the stone bench opposite Jun Chengyan, and waited for him to speak. It's not that he is soft-hearted, it's just that Ling Qiyang hasn't gotten up yet, and if he goes back now, it may disturb him, so he stays for a while.
"Do you know who I hate the most among the princes?" Jun Chengyan smiled, and didn't expect Jun Lixuan to answer, so he continued: "I hate you the most. You have everything, great military exploits, brothers who support each other, Love your empress, smart wife, and soon-to-be-born child."
Jun Lixuan didn't speak, he knew that all of this was because of his rebirth, so he was extraordinarily perfect, otherwise he was just alone, and he had nothing to envy.
"My fate is not good, mother and concubine died early. The imperial concubine only regarded me as a pawn to support his son as the prince, and the mother concubine killed the concubine Xian, and even took me with her, and she was not welcomed by the emperor. So I I have to fight, I have to fight, in order to give myself a good future to make up for my shortcomings and unwillingness in the past twenty years." Jun Chengyan raised his eyes to look at the houses in the yard, and said with a smile: "Actually This result is also expected, winner and loser, I admit it. I only hate that I don’t have a good mother and concubine. Now that Jun Chengxi is dead, the imperial concubine is no different from a madman, and I can also take revenge for my mother and concubine.”
Jun Chengyan's thoughts can be understood by Jun Lixuan to some extent, but if this is applied to his relatives, he will never forgive him.
"I think that among our brothers, the luckiest one should be Li Che. Although his mother and concubine are dead, he is still his father's favorite, and he is raised by the queen. The queen is not partial, and the children he teaches are naturally brothers. Youdi Gong." Jun Chengyan smiled bitterly, "Sometimes I also think, if I were raised by the queen, would I be able to make friends with you, or not to fight?"
Jun Lixuan stood up and said: "Emperor's mother's teaching is one aspect, but the most important thing is nature. You should cherish it yourself." Some things cannot be turned back once they are done, and some resentments will not be wiped out once they are born. This is life, but it also depends on how you treat your own life...