"Back to the Ninth Prince, it is indeed true."
"Take me to see the Minister of Rites."
Instead of asking Shen Zhongbai about this matter and getting an ambiguous and evasive answer, it would be better to go directly to the Minister of Rites who oversees these matters. He was also present on the day that he and Gu Qiang got married.
"See the Ninth Prince." The new Minister of Rites is a young man. I heard that he is the top scholar in the new class. Shen Qianshan looks at the man in front of him, but he seems to have no energy. He does not seem to be high-spirited, but like he has been beaten by frost. Like eggplant.
"I would like to ask you, why is my princess not listed next to my name in this file? But you made a mistake and did not take my matter to heart?"
The Minister of Rites did not dare to offend the Ninth Prince Shen Qianshan. Even though he had never participated in government affairs, he was still the Ninth Prince of the royal family. He quickly bowed and saluted, "Your Majesty, it's not that my subordinates are not doing things well, it's just that you and Miss Gu's marriage has not been finalized and the wedding has not been completed, so Miss Gu cannot be included in the royal files. Miss Gu is not your princess at all now."
After saying these words tremblingly, the Minister of Rites dared to raise his head. The face of Shen Qianshan in front of him was solemn, and it seemed that he was deep in thought, "Your Majesty, it is better to consider this matter in the long term. In name, Miss Gu is not yours. Princess, so I have no right to modify the contents of the genealogy."
"you… "
Shen Qianshan thought about it and realized that it was indeed true. How could she, the Minister of Etiquette, have the final say on these matters? The main messenger behind this must still be Shen Zhongbai. As long as Gu Qiang's name is not removed from the genealogy, he will never admit that Gu Qiang is his princess. This move is quite clever.
Gu Qiang took advantage of Shen Qianshan to go out and secretly changed into men's clothes. Taking the token that Shen Qianshan left for him, he went to the dungeon where Gu Huaian was imprisoned. When the dungeon guard saw Gu Qiang holding the token, he let her in without saying anything.
The dungeon was not only dark and damp, but also filled with a very strong smell of blood, which almost made Gu Qiang nauseous. She resisted the churning feeling in her stomach and walked along the middle corridor to find the cells one by one. She believed that she My brother will definitely be fine, but will he really be fine if he is locked up in a place like this
The sound of the whip breaking through the air rang in Gu Qiang's ears. Gu Qiang felt a vague bad feeling in her heart. She quickened her pace and walked towards the place where she remembered the sound of the whip.
Gu Huaian did not expect that before he was convicted, someone would torture him to extract a confession. There was no daylight in the dungeon, and Gu Huaian didn't know whether it was day or night, but the jailer in the dungeon didn't think anything of him. Excessive behavior.
Gu Huaian was in prison, with no way to prove his innocence, and nothing else to do. He was groggy all day long, but he didn't expect that as soon as he woke up today, he would be attacked by two people of unknown origin. The person on the other side was held up and tied to the torture rack. No matter how he asked, the person opposite did not want to reveal his identity. One person brought a bucket of water and put a large bucket of water in front of him. Stir the salt and whip in the bucket.
"You intended to murder the third prince, can you plead guilty?"
Gu Huaian spent several days peacefully in jail, never expecting that he would be interrogated in this way.
He understood mentally that if he confessed, there would be no room for reversal. Shen Zhongbai probably just wanted to make himself unable to bear it, so he relaxed and put all the accusations on himself, Shen Qianshan and Gu Qiang. on, so that they could all enter the water together.
"Who are you?" Gu Huaian knew that Shen Zhongbai was probably controlling the things behind this, but he didn't expect that Shen Zhongbai would skip all the relevant parts and attack him directly. I'm afraid even Shen Qianshan They never thought that Shen Zhongbai, a prince who had not yet ascended the throne and was not even a heir apparent, would be so courageous.
Gu Qiang groped forward and the sound of the whip sounded like it was hitting herself. The uneasy feeling in Gu Qiang's heart became more and more obvious, and she really couldn't bear it anymore.
There were two beams of light in front of him, which must be the interrogation room in the dungeon. Gu Qiang didn't care about the people on both sides and ran towards that side quickly. As expected, the person tied to the torture rack was Gu Huaian.
"Brother—" Gu Qiang looked at Gu Huaian, who was covered in blood after being whipped, as if those wounds had also hit her own body.
The two people who were torturing her didn't recognize Gu Qiang, not to mention that Gu Qiang was still wearing men's clothes. The man holding the whip was obviously a little impatient, "Quick, quick, get away, or I'll beat you too."
Gu Qiang calmed down and took out the token in his hand, "Who are you? Do you know who I am? How dare you use lynching! Do you still have the law in your eyes?"
"You brat, our master is Wang Fa. What use can you get with a token from the prince's palace?"
Shen Qianshan returned to the palace with a lot of worries. Since the marriage, things had not ended satisfactorily, so he could not take Gu Qiang back to the villa. When he returned to the house, he found that Gu Qiang was not in the room. Gu Qiang is not a person who likes to wander around. Where will she go
"Where's the princess?" Shen Qianshan directly stopped Liu Yun who was walking over with his head lowered. Judging from Liu Yun's expression, he seemed to know something. Liu Yun had been with Gu Qiang since he was a child. If Gu Qiang really Liu Yun might know what he was going to do.
"My slave... I don't know." Liu Yun really couldn't face such a Shen Qianshan who was on the verge of anger. He spoke tremblingly. As soon as he opened his mouth, he knew that he couldn't hide it.
"Where has she gone? Don't test my patience, don't think that the princess is doting on you, and I will be as good to you as she is!"
Liu Yun had never seen such a scene before. He was so frightened that he knelt on the ground. "Prince, Liu Yun is wrong. Liu Yun doesn't dare anymore. Princess, princess, she went to the dungeon..."
"Dungeon? What is she doing there!"
"Princess, the princess was worried about the eldest son, so she came back..."
"absurd!"
He should have known that Gu Qiang was not a person who could calm down. When he was not by her side, she would be so angry and unreasonable. What would happen if Shen Zhongbai's people met her!
"You are very courageous. It is not yet known who will be the emperor, but you have already obtained the throne for your master?" Gu Qiang looked disdainful. These two people must be Shen Zhongbai's people. I'm afraid Qianshan has just returned home. It may take a long time for him to arrive. Now he can only hold on and confront the two people opposite him.
Gu Huaian's injuries made him unable to breathe in pain, but he was even more afraid, afraid that his sister would do something impulsively, "Qian'er, leave quickly..."
Gu Huaian used all his strength to ask Gu Qiang to leave quickly, but he did not expect that his sister would be so stubborn and still confront the two people opposite.
Although Gu Qiang said she was not inferior to the momentum, she was actually a weak woman after all. The person opposite was too lazy to waste time with Gu Qiang. He stretched out his hand and grabbed Gu Qiang's arm and told her to throw her aside, " Let me tell you, if you continue to be ungrateful, I will really attack you and beat you too!"
Gu Qiang was so shaken that she felt dizzy and felt bad all over. After finally getting up, the whip behind her fell down again.
The whip fell deeply on Gu Huaian's legs. The two people in front of him were both experienced. They knew clearly that the whip hurt the most when it hit the limbs. The wound on Gu Huaian's hand had not yet grown. Well, he clenched his fist tightly, and blood had already seeped out of the gauze.
"Stop!" Gu Qiang didn't know where the strength came from, and she rushed in front of Gu Huaian, trying to help him block this...
When Gu Qiang woke up, she was already lying on her own carved wooden bed in the Ninth Prince's Mansion. She opened her eyes in a daze, and it was Shen Qianshan in front of her.
"Brother!" Gu Qiang opened her eyes suddenly. Everything that happened before seemed like a dream, but the blood stains on Gu Huaian's body were so real in front of her eyes.
Shen Qianshan touched Gu Qiang's head and said, "It's okay. Your brother is in his previous room. The doctor is treating his wounds. He will be fine soon."
Gu Qiang had a large bruise on his arm and a scratch on his knee. Shen Qianshan had never been so impulsive, but at that moment, he acted impulsively and killed the two men without even giving them any chance. Two people.
Shen Qianshan looked at Gu Qiang, who was unconscious in his arms, and Gu Huai'an, who was tied to the torture rack and covered in blood. He suddenly felt that he was useless. He even failed to protect himself. spouse…
"Then I'll go see my brother first..."
"Nonsense!" Shen Qianshan's expression suddenly changed, "Do you know how dangerous what you did today is? If I didn't arrive in time, do you know how serious the consequences would be?"
Shen Qianshan really couldn't imagine that he would see such a scene. Only when the whip hit his palm did he realize how important he had done. Even if it was only one whip, it was not Gu Qiang's. Such a weak body could withstand it. He couldn't imagine that he, a person who had practiced martial arts for many years, was beaten to pieces. What would have happened to Gu Qiang if he hadn't arrived
"But that's my brother, the only relative I have in this world. Do I want to watch him die?"