Yin Yan was extremely angry.
This was the first time his proud son refused his father's order, and it was in the presence of two outsiders, Gu Shubai and Yufu, that he could not come to stage at all.
He is not the kind of self-righteous old man who is afraid of being robbed of power by his younger generation. In Minzhong this year, he has been suffering from illness and he has learned to let go of certain stubbornness.
At this moment, what he couldn't bear the most was not Yin Shuo's refusal, but how many ridiculous things he had done in the year he was away!
Make profit, rebel, kill the king!
Even if he wins the bet, there is still a lingering shadow in the heart of loyalty and love for the people handed down from generation to generation in Yin Yan.
He could not report on Yin Shuo, could not tell everyone the truth, that was his biological son after all, but this did not mean that he would always tolerate Yin Shuo.
The various truths that he had learned since returning to the imperial capital caused him to accumulate countless anger, and finally broke out at this moment—
"Snapped!"
This slap fell on Yin Shuo, and even Yufu and Gu Shubai were shocked.
This was definitely not Yufu's original intention. Seeing the conflict between Yin Yan and his son did not give them a trace of pride. On the contrary, it made people feel sad.
Yin Shuo's face was slapped away, and then raised his head, the left half of his face was bloody and hideous.
Yin Yan has always been proud of him. He has never beaten him before. Instead, Lao Cheng slapped him with all his strength. Even in front of the two people he didn't want to be in front of him, Yin Shuo couldn't help but laugh at himself.
He looked at Gu Shubai and Yufu.
One is a rival that is equal to him, the opponent he wants to eliminate several times, and the other is his favorite woman. The first meeting is like a destiny in a previous life.
He didn't want his most embarrassed appearance to be seen by these two people.
Yin Jiyao suddenly ran from outside the courtyard and saw this scene without entering the door. She was so frightened that she didn't know how to speak.
The first time she saw Yin Shuo being beaten, she was filled with mixed feelings, shocked and worried, and even more relieved.
"Ji Yao."
Yin Shuo suddenly called to her, "Send the eldest princess and the eldest son out first. My father and I have something to say."
Yin Jiyao looked at Yin Yan, but the latter had no objection, so she looked at Yufu and Gu Shubai, and the two wisely left.
After walking a little farther, Yin Jiyao looked at the study room that had recovered her peace, and thought to herself what Yin Yan would talk to Yin Shuo, "Yufu, did you succeed in persuading your father?"
"It seems to be, but I always feel that the contradiction between the old prime minister and Yin Shuo didn't just arise today. Today's events are just a fuse."
Yufu saw it very clearly, she frowned, "I just think that the scene becomes like this, and Yin Shuo will not dissuade your Majesty."
Yin Jiyao sighed, "You're right. After his father came back, he would often go to the ancestral hall to worship his ancestors. I once heard him saying something to the ancestor and the emperor. What he did to the elder brother. What he did was very dissatisfied, but because of the honor and disgrace of his father and son, he couldn't report it but wanted to conceal it for his eldest brother."
No one understands this feeling better than Yin Jiyao.
Yufu said, "I understand."
On the sedan chair back home, Gu Shubai never spoke, as if thinking about something important.
Yufu rubbed his shoulder carefully, "Big brother, what are you thinking?"
Gu Shubai turned back to look at her, and saw a small head with a flying fairy bun resting on his shoulder, only embellished with two plain silver cloves, making her hair black as ink.
He was a little lost, and it took him a while before he said: "I was thinking, why is Yin Shuo's attitude so determined? He didn't even let the old prime minister come out in person. He thought that the Guhou Mansion would definitely be able to prevent Lihou, or he didn't. Worried about you being enrolled as a queen?"
Yufu recalled the words she heard standing outside the door, and then thought of what Yin Shuo said to herself in the Dari Palace during her wedding, which was quite contradictory.
She said: "Perhaps we think too much. Such ruthless people like Yin Shuo can abuse even their own sisters. How much is his love worth?"
Gu Shubai looked at her with a serious face, and laughed: "Yufu, I understand men's psychology better than you. When I mock him for cheap likes, his anger is by no means pretended."
"You mean..."
"I mean, his feelings for you are true. I just don't understand. Why would he be willing to let your majesty canonize you as a queen?"
Gu Shubai raised his cheeks carefully, "There must be some problem in this, let me think about it."
"Eldest son, isn't that General Jin and the others?"
The soldiers who followed shouted through the curtain, and Gu Shubai poked his head out to see that Lao Jin, Yan Huashi and others were in a mighty and hurried hurry, looking towards the palace.
"Stop them."
The soldier knew, and immediately said hello to that place, "General Jin, General Yan!"
Lao Jin and others saw that they were from the Guhou Mansion. They came forward and saw Gu Shubai walked out of the sedan chair, "What happened? Are you in a hurry to enter the palace?"
Yan Huashi said, "Does the major general still know? The general was reprimanded when he entered the palace today. It was sent by the person who followed the general to the palace. After learning about it, Qi Guan told us, "No, let's enter the palace as soon as possible." The general holds an injustice!"
"The general was reprimanded?"
Yufu also walked out of the sedan chair, "Are people still in the palace today?"
Old Jin said anxiously, "Isn't it! Our general is in the same generation as the first emperor. I think that when his majesty had not yet ascended the throne, he would call him the general Uncle Gu! Now he turned his face on the throne and denied him, even the general. They dare to rebuke, he forgot who tried so hard to clear his grievances?"
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Gu Shubai looked around. Fortunately, the soldiers were blocking the distance between them and the people, so that Lao Jin's words were probably not heard.
He lowered his voice, "Go back to the house and talk later."
The generals refused to follow, "Major General, shouldn't the generals be allowed to be humiliated in the palace?"
Gu Shubai glanced at everyone and frowned, "I told you all to go back, this is an order! Forgot what my father said last night?"
Gu Huaijiang said that if they enter the palace to discourage His Majesty, they will only make His Majesty think it is a threat.
Today, when they heard that Gu Huaijiang was reprimanded, they went into such a big fight. Wouldn't it make those who have the intention to take the charge of Gu Jiajun more seriously, and it would be even more detrimental to Gu Huaijiang
Everyone was speechless, and in the face of Gu Shubai, they subconsciously had the obedience to Gu Huaijiang.
Yufu said worriedly: "You go back first, I'll enter the palace to have a look. It is more convenient for me to enter the palace, if the general..."
"If there is no if, you will return home obediently."
Gu Shubai didn't give her a chance to continue, pressing her shoulders, involuntarily pushing her into the sedan chair and sitting down.
His face was just above her, staring into her eyes, and he said word by word: "Do you understand your own situation? The man in the palace is waiting to eat you like a wolf. Do you want to eat your own sheep? "
"But the general..."
"Don't worry, there will be nothing wrong with my father. Everything will be discussed in the long term when we return home."
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When everyone returned to the mansion, Gu Jiuge and several people gathered in the room, waiting anxiously for news.
Seeing Lao Jin and others coming back with Gu Shubai and the others, Gu Jiuge hurriedly greeted him and said, "What's the matter?"
Gu Shubai glanced at Qi Zhou, who lowered his head guiltily, "It was all my fault. I told several generals about the situation of Lord Hou in the palace. Afterwards, I regretted it. It was the one who should listen to Lord Hou. !"
Lao Jin spoke for Qi Zhou, "Major General, don't blame you for taking care of everything. Aren't we in a hurry to publish this second volume? We are also doing everything for the good of the general."
Qi An knew what Qi Zhou had done behind his back, "Fuzzy, why are you so confused? Fortunately, the generals didn't enter the palace today. Otherwise, if your majesty really thought that Gu Jiajun was threatening him, do you know how serious the consequences are? "
Qi An taught his son, Lao Jin, Yan Huashi and others were very ashamed.
They have followed Gu Huaijiang in the North and South for many years, and they are not as knowledgeable as an old servant of Qi An. They are too uncontrollable in this matter.
Gu Jiuge came up to make the rounds, "Okay, no matter if it's the general affairs or the generals, it's for the good of the father. The top priority now is, if your majesty just scolds his father, will there be other ways to deal with it?"
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 you will send a letter back if there is any turmoil."
"Yes, the old slave will go now!"
Qi An glanced at Qi Zhou displeasedly, as if he had told him to take care of this place, and walked out of the courtyard in person.
Gu Shubai said: "I don't expect your Majesty to treat his father differently. There are two reasons. First, the 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. The operation is not wise."
Gu Jiuge thought for a while, "Your Majesty is not stupid. From his previous actions in suppressing the Guhou Mansion, you can see that he is still a little jealous of the military power in his father's hands. I agree with the older brother's point of view that his father should be fine. ."
Yan Huashi frowned, "This is not necessarily true! I see that his Majesty has acted more and more confused since he became the throne. On New Year's Eve, in front of Manchumen and Martial Arts, he almost let the general kneel down for him! What if it was today? How can it be good to say something wrong and then 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 won't be torn with Guhou Mansion for the time being. ."
Everyone looked at Yufu, who wrinkled his face and shrank in the chair of the teacher, feeling helpless.
Since she entered the Guhou Mansion, Gu Huaijiang has always been omnipotent and can give her all the envy of others, including clothes, jewelry, and rare tonics.
She casually wanted to visit the West Lake, so he got a dragon boat bestowed by the emperor, and accompanied by a large group of distinguished relatives.
The overwhelming lover Gu Houye caused the imperial capital to set off an upsurge of "not regenerating men and regenerating women" for a while, but now he lowers his breath to ask Ning Chengzhi for Yufu, and is still being reprimanded and insulted.
His love for Yufu didn't fade in the slightest, but Yufu felt that he couldn't afford it.
She didn't want any person from Gu Huaijiang or Guhou Mansion to suffer such grievances for her.
Gu Xiang and Gu Yi avoided everyone to persuade her, "Xiao Yufu, don't be sad, father will be fine. Think about how prominent the mansion of Guhou Mansion is in Dongling, your majesty will not give up face! "
"Yes, when the first emperor wanted to marry Princess Danyang to his eldest brother, didn't his father end up without a problem as soon as he insisted? Now it's okay for my father to persuade your majesty to dispel your thoughts!"
Yufu sighed lightly, "If your Majesty had the first emperor so reasonable, this matter would not evolve to where it is today. No, I still have to go into the palace to see—"
Before she finished her words, she suddenly heard an announcement from outside, "Master Hou is back! Master Hou is back!"
The crowd greeted them quickly, and saw Gu Huaijiang walk in as usual, not as unbearable as they thought, and smiled when they saw the crowd.
"You all come to pay New Year's greetings?"
Yan Huashi and the others looked at each other, and Lao Jin simply went out, "Grand General, we originally wanted to enter the palace to pay a New Year greeting to Your Majesty. We were stopped by the Major General on the way! If you don't want us to enter the palace to pay a New Year greeting to your Majesty, just say today. Tell us honestly what happened!"
Yan Hua practically looked at him with a look that you are looking for death.
Lao Jin didn't care about it anymore, and he didn't dare to say it so flabbergasted that he violated Gu Huaijiang's orders.
He looked at Lao Jin, Lao Jin looked at him, and made a nuisance at the corner of Gu Huaijiang's clothes.
Everyone noticed his movements and looked in the direction he was pointing. Gu Huaijiang was wrinkled at the corner of his clothes, faintly stained with a thin layer of gray.
Everyone knew what the situation was like.
Gu Huaijiang remained calm. Since he couldn't hide it, he simply didn't hide it, "Go into the house and talk. I'm thirsty. It's okay to let me drink and talk?"
Old Jinle said, "Yes, you can, I will pour tea for you at the end!"
In front of everyone, Gu Huaijiang repeated the situation in a plain tone as much as possible, "... Your Majesty was originally angry because of what happened last night. After hearing me say that he was here to persuade him to give up the Yufu, I fell a tea cup. I just knelt. I knelt, and then I heard that the ministers of the cabinet came to see your majesty, and your majesty ordered me to leave the palace."
But knelt down.
He spoke lightly, and the crowd became more angry as they thought about it.
Gu Shubai said: "The cabinet ministers are upright. If your majesty dares to be against your father, they will surely persuade you. Your majesty did not punish him severely today, maybe for this reason. I'm afraid that the next time your majesty sends a formal will to the center, he won't allow his father. Resisted."
At that time, Yining Chengzhi's temperament will definitely no longer care about the face of Guhou Mansion.
Everyone imagined the scene he said, once the imperial edict was sent to the Guhou Mansion, they refused to resist the edict and disrespect, and regarded it as a crime of profit.
The hearts of the people were hanging over, and Gu Huaijiang said: "The imperial decree must be sent through one of the cabinet or the prime minister. Can you gain something from going to the Xiangfu today?"
Gu Shubai was planning to tell him about the situation in Xiangfu today, when he suddenly saw Qi An hurriedly dragging his old body, "Hou Ye, it's not good!"
Gu Huaijiang turned to look at him, "Speak slowly, what's the matter?"
Qi An was out of breath, his tone was full of despair, "The decree that just came from the palace, your majesty is going to abolish the cabinet!"
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Happy New Year everyone~
During the Chinese New Year, four thousand words a day have been clearly stated, how can someone tell me so little... I am speechless.