Yin Yan was extremely angry.
This was the first time that his proud son refused his father's order, and it was in front of two outsiders, Gu Shubai and Yufu, making him unable to step down at all.
He is not the kind of old man who is self-righteous and afraid of being robbed of his power by his younger generations. He has been suffering from illnesses and illnesses this year in Central Fujian, and he has already learned to let go of certain stubbornness.
What he can't bear the most at this moment is not Yin Shuo's rejection, but how many ridiculous things he has done during the year he left!
Speculation, rebellion, regicide!
Even if he wins the bet, he will still be a lingering shadow in Yin Yan's heart of loyalty to the emperor and love for the people handed down from generation to generation.
He couldn't report on Yin Shuo, he couldn't tell everyone the truth, he was his own son after all, but it didn't mean he would tolerate Yin Shuo forever.
All the truths he learned since returning to the imperial capital made him accumulate countless anger, which finally erupted at this moment—
"Snapped!"
This slap fell on Yin Shuo's face, even Yu Fu and Gu Shubai were shocked.
This is by no means Yu Fu's original intention, seeing the conflict between Yin Yan and his son did not make them feel a little complacent, on the contrary it made people feel sad.
Yin Shuo's face was turned away from the blow, and when he raised his head again, the left half of his face was bloodstained.
Yin Yan had always been proud of him, and had never slapped him before, but Lao Cheng slapped him with all his strength, and in front of the two people he didn't want to be in front of, Yin Shuo couldn't help laughing at himself.
He looked at Gu Shubai and Yufu.
One is his rival who is equal to him, the opponent he has tried to get rid of several times, and the other is his favorite woman. The first time they meet, it seems that they are destined in the previous life.
He didn't want his most embarrassing appearance to be seen by these two people.
Yin Jiyao suddenly ran from outside the courtyard and saw this scene before entering the door, she was so frightened that she didn't know how to speak.
Seeing Yin Shuo being beaten for the first time, she felt mixed feelings, both shocked and worried, and even more relieved.
"Ji Yao."
Yin Shuo suddenly called out to her, "You send the eldest princess and the eldest son out first, my father and I have something to talk about."
Yin Jiyao looked at Yin Yan, and the latter did not object, so she looked at Yu Fu and Gu Shubai, and they said goodbye and left.
After walking a little farther, Yin Jiyao looked at the study room where the calm had returned, secretly thinking about what Yin Yan would talk to Yin Shuo, "Yufu, did you succeed in persuading your father?"
"It seems so, but I always feel that the conflict between the old prime minister and Yin Shuo didn't just happen today, what happened today is just a trigger."
Yu Fu saw it very clearly, she frowned, "I just think that Yin Shuo will not try to dissuade His Majesty when the situation becomes like this."
Yin Jiyao sighed, "You guessed it right. After my father came back, he often went to the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors. I heard him saying something that he was ashamed of the ancestors and the emperor. What he did to the elder brother I am very dissatisfied with what I have done, but because of the honor and disgrace of the father-son relationship, he can't report it but has to hide it for the eldest brother."
No one can understand this feeling better than Yin Jiyao.
Yu Fu said: "I understand."
On the sedan chair back home, Gu Shubai kept silent, as if he was thinking about something important.
Yu Fu carefully rubbed his shoulders, "Big brother, what are you thinking?"
Gu Shubai came back to look at her, and saw a small head in a flying fairy bun resting on his shoulder, only adorned with two plain silver cloves, which further accentuated the black hair.
He was a little distracted, and after a while he said: "I was thinking, why is Yin Shuo's attitude so firm? He didn't let go even when the old prime minister came forward in person. He thought that Gu Hou's mansion would definitely stop the matter of Li Hou, or did he not?" Worried about you being canonized as a queen?"
Yu Fu recalled the words she heard standing outside the door, and then thought of what Yin Shuo said to herself in Darui Palace when they got married, it was quite contradictory.
She said: "Maybe we are thinking too much. A heartless person like Yin Shuo can even abuse his own sister. How much is his love worth?"
Seeing her serious appearance, Gu Shubai smiled and said: "Yufu, I understand men's psychology better than you. When I mocked him as a cheap liking, his anger was definitely not faked."
"You mean..."
"I mean, his feelings for you are not fake, I just don't understand, how could he be willing to let His Majesty canonize you as queen when he obviously likes you so much?"
Gu Shubai held his chin and thought carefully, "There must be something wrong here, let me think about it."
"Eldest son, isn't that General Jin and the others?"
The following soldier yelled through the curtain, Gu Shubai poked his head out and saw that Lao Jin, Yan Huashi and others were in a hurry, and they were heading for the palace.
"Stop them."
The soldiers understood, and immediately greeted there, "General Jin, General Yan!"
Lao Jin and the others saw that they were from Gu Hou's mansion, they came forward to take a look, and saw Gu Shubai walking out of the sedan chair, "What happened? Are you all planning to enter the palace in a hurry?"
Yan Huashi said: "Doesn't the young general know? The general was reprimanded when he entered the palace today. It was reported by the people who followed the general into the palace. After Qi Guanshi found out, he told us, no, we hurried into the palace to replace him." The general is sorry for the injustice!"
"The general was reprimanded?"
Yu Fu also stepped out of the sedan chair, "Is he still in the palace now?"
Lao Jin said anxiously: "Isn't that right! Our General is of the same generation as the late Emperor. I thought that before His Majesty ascended the throne, he would have called the General Uncle Gu! Now that he has ascended the throne, he turns his face and refuses to recognize anyone. Even the General Dare to scold him, he forgot who tried his best to clear his grievances?"
"This is not nonsense!"
Gu Shubai looked around, but fortunately the soldiers blocked the distance between them and the common people, so Lao Jin's words were probably not heard by anyone.
He lowered his voice, "Go back to the house first."
The generals refused, "Young general, do you want to let the general suffer humiliation in the palace?"
Gu Shubai glanced at everyone, frowned slightly, "I told you all to go back, this is an order! Forgot what father said last night?"
Gu Huaijiang said that if they entered the palace to dissuade His Majesty, His Majesty would only consider it a threat.
Today, when they heard that Gu Huaijiang was being reprimanded, they made such a big move. Wouldn't it be more detrimental to Gu Huaijiang to prove the charges against Gu Jiajun
Everyone was speechless, facing Gu Shubai subconsciously obeyed Gu Huaijiang.
Yu Fu said worriedly: "You guys go back first, I'll go into the palace to have a look. It's more convenient for me to enter the palace as my identity, if the general..."
"If there is no if, you can go back to the house obediently."
Gu Shubai didn't give her a chance to continue, he pressed her shoulder and pushed her into the sedan chair without any explanation.
His face was just above her, staring into her eyes, and said word by word: "Do you really understand your situation? The one in the palace is waiting to eat you like a wolf, do you still want to go into the tiger's mouth by yourself? "
"But the general..."
"Don't worry, father will be fine, everything will be discussed after we return home."
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When everyone returned to the mansion, Gu Jiuge and the others gathered in the upper room, anxiously waiting for the news.
Seeing Lao Jin and others coming back with Gu Shubai and the others, Gu Jiuge rushed up to greet him and said, "What's going on?"
Gu Shubai glanced at Qi Zhou, who lowered his head guiltily, "It's all my fault, I told several generals about Lord Hou's situation in the palace, and I regretted it afterwards, I should listen to Master Hou" !"
Lao Jin spoke for Qi Zhou, "Young general, don't blame Guan Shi, we are in a hurry to publish this book? Guan Shi is also for the good of the general."
Only then did Qi An know what Qi Zhou had done behind his back, "Confused, why are you so confused? Fortunately, the generals did not enter the palace today, otherwise, if His Majesty really thinks that the Gu family army is threatening him, do you know how serious the consequences will be? "
Qi An taught his son a lesson, and Lao Jin, Yan Huashi and others were embarrassed, feeling very ashamed.
They have fought with Gu Huaijiang for many years, they are not as knowledgeable as an old servant in Qi An, they are too impatient in this matter.
Gu Jiuge came up to smooth things over, "Okay, okay, whether it's Guanshi Qi or the generals, it's all for the good of father. The most urgent thing right now is, if His Majesty just reprimands father, will there be any other measures?"
This is what everyone is most worried about.
Gu Shubai turned to Qi An, "Steward Qi, you send someone to wait outside the palace gate, and send a message back immediately if there is any trouble."
"Yes, old slave, let's go!"
Qi An gave Qi Zhou a displeased look, as if telling him to take good care of the place, and walked out of the courtyard himself.
Gu Shubai said: "I expect His Majesty will not treat father differently. There are two reasons. First, father's power and prestige in the court cannot be eliminated overnight. Your Majesty has not yet stabilized the situation when he first ascended the throne. It is not wise to use a knife."
Gu Jiuge thought for a while, "Your Majesty is not stupid. It can be seen from his previous behavior of suppressing the Guhou Mansion that he is still afraid of the military power in his father's hands. I agree with the elder brother's point of view, father should be fine .”
Yan Huashi frowned, "That's not necessarily true! I think His Majesty has become more and more confused in his actions since he became the throne. On New Year's Eve, in front of the civil and military officials of the court, he almost made the general kneel down for him! If today What should we do if we disagree with each other and intend to humiliate the general?"
Gu Shubai said: "This is the second point I want to say. Your Majesty's purpose is nothing more than to marry Yufu, and his father is also Yufu's adoptive father. If he still wants to marry Yufu, he will not tear himself apart with Gu Houfu for the time being." .”
Everyone looked at Yu Fu, who crouched in the grand master's chair with a wrinkled face, at a loss what to do.
Since she entered Guhou's mansion, Gu Huaijiang has always been omnipotent, able to give her everything that others envy, including clothes, jewelry, and rare supplements.
She casually said that she wanted to swim in the West Lake, so he bought a dragon boat bestowed by the late emperor, accompanied by a large group of distinguished relatives.
That pampering Lord Gu Hou caused the imperial capital to set off an upsurge of "don't give birth to a boy and give birth to a girl", but now he humbly begs Ning Chengzhi for Yufu, and he is still reprimanded and insulted.
His love for Yufu has not faded in the slightest, but Yufu feels that he cannot afford it.
She didn't want Gu Huaijiang and anyone in Guhou's mansion to suffer such grievances because of her.
Gu Xiang and Gu Yi avoided the crowd to persuade her, "Xiao Yufu, don't be sad, father will be fine. Just think about how prominent our Guhou's mansion is Dong Ling's mansion, His Majesty will not lose face!" "
"That's right. At the beginning, the late Emperor wanted to marry Princess Danyang to Eldest Brother. If Father insisted on it, it would have ended without a problem. Now that Father wants to persuade His Majesty to give up his thoughts on you, it will definitely be possible!"
Yu Fu sighed softly, "If Your Majesty was as reasonable as the late emperor, this matter would not have evolved to where it is today. No, I still have to go to the palace to see—"
Before she finished speaking, she suddenly heard a notification from outside, "Master Hou is back! Master Hou is back!"
Everyone greeted them quickly, only to see Gu Huaijiang walking in with his normal expression, he didn't look as bad as they imagined, and he smiled when he saw everyone there.
"Are you all here to pay New Year's greetings?"
Yan Huashi and the others looked at each other, and Lao Jin decided to go all out, "General, we originally wanted to enter the palace to pay New Year's greetings to His Majesty, but we were stopped by the young general! If you don't want us to enter the palace to pay New Year's greetings to His Majesty, you can send us today Tell us honestly what happened!"
Yan Hua looked at him with the look that you are looking for death.
Lao Jin was usually indifferent, and he did not dare to openly violate Gu Huaijiang's order, and still say it so blatantly.
He looked at Lao Jin, and Lao Jin looked at him, pouting at the corner of Gu Huaijiang's clothes.
Everyone noticed his movements, looked in the direction he pointed, and saw that the corner of Gu Huaijiang's clothes was wrinkled, vaguely covered with a thin layer of dust.
What is the situation, everyone knows.
Gu Huaijiang remained calm, since he couldn't hide it, he simply didn't hide it, "Go into the room and talk, I'm thirsty, can you let me drink some water before talking?"
Lao Jin said happily, "Yes, yes, I will pour tea for you at the end!"
In front of everyone, Gu Huaijiang repeated the situation in a calm tone as much as possible, "... His Majesty was angry because of what happened last night. After hearing that I came to persuade him to give up the book, he dropped a teacup. I just knelt down I knelt down, and later I heard that the cabinet ministers came to see His Majesty, and His Majesty ordered me to leave the palace."
But kneel down.
He spoke lightly, and the more people heard it, the more they thought about it, and the more angry they became.
Gu Shubai said: "The ministers of the cabinet are upright. If His Majesty dares to harm father, they will definitely speak out to persuade him. Perhaps there is a reason why His Majesty did not punish him severely today. I am afraid that next time His Majesty sends a formal order to the center, he will not allow father Resisted."
At that time, with Ning Chengzhi's temperament, he will no longer care about the face of Gu Houfu.
Everyone imagined the scene he said, once the imperial decree was sent to the Guhou Mansion, if they refused it, it would be disrespectful to resist the decree, and it would be regarded as a serious crime of profit-seeking.
Everyone was in suspense, Gu Huaijiang said: "To issue an imperial decree, one of the cabinet or the prime minister must go through. Can you gain anything from going to the prime minister's mansion today?"
Gu Shubai was about to tell him about the situation of the prime minister's mansion today, when he suddenly saw Qi An rushing over with his old body, "Master Hou, it's not good!"
Gu Huaijiang turned to look at him, "Speak slowly, what's going on?"
Qi Anshang was out of breath, and his tone was full of despair, "The order just came from the palace, His Majesty is going to abolish the cabinet!"
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Happy New Year everyone~
Four thousand words a day during the Chinese New Year has already been clearly stated, how can someone tell me that there are so few words... I am speechless.