One lie must be covered up with countless lies. Gu Shiba Niang has already thought of this. At that time, she was taking advantage of Prince Zhun Wen's illness to seize the weakness of these high-ranking and powerful people who pursue fame and wealth and are afraid of death. , hit in one blow.
In the slowly moving carriage, Gu Shiba Niang and the middle-aged man sat opposite each other. According to this person's level, he could definitely use a good tulle carriage, but this carriage was made of ordinary and somewhat shabby coarse cloth curtains, which were not breathable. It's very bad, but it's also very good at isolating outside visitation.
"I just came here to know one thing..." the middle-aged man said in a deep voice, "How do you know?"
"I don't know..." Gu Shiba Niang lowered her head and said, "This matter is ridiculous..."
The middle-aged man snorted coldly, "Absurd words? It's not like you haven't said it before..."
Gu Shiba Niang hurriedly leaned over to plead guilty.
"Say." The middle-aged man said in a deep voice.
"My daughter was seriously ill and was about to die. Suddenly, she saw an old monk walking up to her. He said a few words and gave her a push. Then she woke up and her illness was cured..." Gu Shiba Niang lowered her head and said.
It turns out that lying is actually very simple.
"It's really ridiculous!" The middle-aged man snorted and frowned, "When did it happen?"
"April, the fifth year of Jianyuan." Gu Shiba Niang replied without any hesitation in her voice.
"What are those sentences?" the middle-aged man asked again.
"My little girl didn't remember exactly when she woke up..." Gu Shiba Niang whispered, "I just remember that he said that my brother was destined to be in disaster. I didn't believe it in my dream, so I argued with him, and he said the dates of seven years, May and June. Something..."
There was silence in the carriage, only the creaking of the wheels could be heard.
"My little girl didn't believe it, so she forgot about it after she woke up. I didn't expect that my brother would really encounter a big disaster..." Gu Shiba Niang said in a low voice.
"Then Gu Haisheng and Prince Zesheng are also... what the old monk said?" the middle-aged man asked, saying this very reluctantly.
Gu Shiba Niang lowered her head and answered yes.
After hearing the middle-aged man's reply, Prince Wen looked noncommittal.
"The prince... don't believe it?" the middle-aged man hesitated and asked.
As a literati, he himself did not believe this. As a counselor, he knew very well what those so-called auspicious words were, but this time the facts really challenged his cognition.
"Your Majesty, I have inquired about it. In April of the fifth year of Jianyuan, the girl fell off a cliff while going up the mountain to cut firewood and almost died..." He continued, "...that woman in Jiankang gave birth to a twin baby. The news is asking..."
"No need to ask." Prince Wen raised his hand to interrupt him.
"Prince..." The middle-aged man looked up at him in astonishment.
"If you don't know life, how can you know death." Prince Wenjun smiled faintly.
"But everything that girl said..." the middle-aged man frowned.
Prince Wen shook his head, "Humanity is close, but heaven is far away. It's okay if you don't believe what that girl said."
The middle-aged man was startled. Did the county prince never believe what the Gu family's wife said? Then why did you change your mind and speak for Gu Hai? No one knows better than him that Prince Wen does not intend to take care of Gu Hai originally. As for those Qingliu and the like analyzed later, it is of no use to them at present. If Prince Wen currently establishes the crown prince The identity is not bad, the identity of the crown prince has not yet been determined, so those things are all empty talk.
"The girl said she wanted to come and say thank you?" King Wenjun asked, changing the subject.
The middle-aged man came back to his senses from his deep thoughts and nodded, "Does the prince want to see her?"
In fact, he had already refused. A lowly craftsman like this could just pay his thanks at home, but it was not enough to come to the king's presence.
He looked at Prince Wen in front of him with a thoughtful expression, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, as if he thought of something happy, and he couldn't help but be surprised, could it be...
According to the current age of the county prince, it was time to get married. Because the selection of the heir was so important, he put it aside and was born in a prince's family. He was surrounded by beautiful clothes, beautiful food, beautiful flowers, and beautiful family members. The matter of male and female was already known.
It is normal human relations for young people to have romantic affairs. Since the county prince did not believe the absurd words of the Gu family lady, but he changed his mind after meeting her once, could it be because of her beauty
Although the little girl can be called somewhat pretty, she is not outstanding in terms of appearance, not to mention that she is a craftsman and has acted boldly.
But it’s hard to say what young people are thinking.
While the middle-aged man was in confusion, Prince Wen had already shaken his head and said there was no need to see him, which made his guess even more complicated. However, the matter of his children was not worthy of such trouble, so he left it alone.
"Prince, the Queen Mother declares."
The feminine voice of the chamberlain came from outside.
Wearing formal clothes, we entered the palace in a carriage. After passing through many palaces, we stopped outside the palace of the Queen Mother.
Prince Wen got off the carriage and stepped into the palace gate under the leadership of the young chamberlain. He saw the other three princes standing there.
The Queen Mother's palace is surrounded by lush greenery, gardenias are falling from the branches, and the fragrance is fragrant.
At this time, the three of them were standing under the tree and burst into laughter.
"Brother Wang." He walked over and saluted the eldest among them.
"Brother Wang is here. We are tired from the journey. Let's sit down and have a rest. The Queen Mother asked us to wait for a moment." The elder prince said with a smile.
Three of the four princes were left in the palace. Only Prince Wen was displeased by the queen mother because he showed signs of illness at the banquet, so he set up his palace outside.
His words seemed to be concerned, but in fact they reminded King Wen that this situation was full of ridicule.
Prince Wen naturally understood, smiled and said nothing, and greeted the other two young princes. .
Several people greeted each other, and then King Wen saw two young princes holding a gray-white cat and laughing. The cat didn't like being scratched and kept barking anxiously.
"But the Queen Mother's cat?" Prince Wen asked casually.
"No." The older prince shook his head and looked at the cat struggling to escape with a smile, "It fell from the palace wall. The Queen Mother doesn't like cats and dogs, and was just about to drive them out..."
Before he finished speaking, the cat broke free from the hands of the two little princes and bumped into the corner of his clothes.
"Go away." He frowned, raised his foot and kicked it, throwing the cat onto King Wenjun's feet.
The cat was thin and had rough yellow fur. It was obvious that it had not been carefully cared for by humans. It seemed to be dizzy after being kicked. It lay on its back at the feet of Prince Wenjun and could not turn over.
Prince Wenjun couldn't help but look down. The cat looked panicked, but because of its wild nature, it looked a bit arrogant.
This is a spirit of survival that is shared by all things.
"Brother Wang, kick it to me." The two little princes waved and shouted.
He didn't like cats and dogs either. Before, he would have kicked them away in disgust, but at this moment, he hesitated, then bent down, stretched out his hand, and let the cats turn over.
"Go." He whispered.
The cat took the opportunity to run away, climbed the tree and jumped up the wall three times and disappeared.
The two young princes stamped their feet, while the older prince smiled and said nothing.
A majestic cough suddenly sounded, making the noisy scene suddenly quiet. Everyone turned their heads and saw a bright yellow figure standing at the entrance of the palace, with a bunch of people behind him.
For a moment, everyone knelt down and shouted "Long Live the Mountain".
"Get up." Emperor Longqing came slowly. Because he had been suffering from illness for a long time, his face was a bit abnormally pale, which made his face that almost never smiled even more gloomy.
His eyes swept through several princes one by one, and finally stopped at King Wen.
"Wen'er, come with me." He said suddenly.
This sentence shocked everyone present. Even Prince Wen himself could not conceal his surprise. This was the first time the emperor invited him to speak since he came to the capital.
My age is neither above nor below these candidates, and I don't have any advantage. What's more, I suffered from wind and cold syndrome some time ago, which made the emperor and the queen mother have a worse attitude towards him than the other three. a lot of.
"Prince Wen, hurry up, don't keep your majesty waiting." A smiling old eunuch reminded.
Prince Wenjun came back to his senses, thanked the old eunuch, quickly followed Emperor Longqing who had already walked over, and entered the Queen Mother's palace amidst the surprised and uncertain eyes of everyone.
Soon, this seemingly inconspicuous scene caused by a wild cat spread to the ears of the princes and nobles of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Everyone will start to take a new look at King Wenjun, and then trigger an undercurrent of re-alignment, which is not understandable to outsiders.
The news reached Jiankang a few days later, but it caused quite another sensation.
The shock caused by the unexpected endings of Gu Hai and Gu Yu has not yet subsided. Prince Wenjun was favored by Emperor Longqing and granted him a meal and a stay in the palace to speak freely. For so many years, he had been expecting that he could still give birth to a son, so he was very fond of other people's sons. For the shameless Emperor Longqing, this move really caused people to speculate.
"So, that Prince Wen is very likely to become a prince?" Gu Changchun said to himself.
People in the main hall were talking a lot, covering up his voice.
"I have long said that we cannot be so short-sighted..."
"It's good now. We have such a big backer and will have a safe future. We are afraid that others will implicate us. Now it's not easy for us to want others to implicate us..."
"Why is it not easy? We didn't do anything to him..."
"What's the matter? They all kicked the mother out..."
Gu Changchun coughed heavily, and then the room became quiet.
"What happened when Cao was kicked out?" He glanced at everyone with an extremely ugly expression.
During these days, he was worried day and night and ignored the Cao family's affairs. Today was the first time he heard that the Cao family was not in the clan.
Gu Leshan quickly stood up.
"Did you do it?" Gu Changchun glared at him.
"She... they are a loser... I'm so worried about you, grandpa," Gu Leshan said with a smile, "And you're tired..." Gu Changchun's face became even more ugly, and he said hurriedly, "I This is all for the good of the clan..."
"For the good of the clan? Is it for you?" Gu Changchun snorted coldly.
In terms of closeness, Gu Leshan's family is the closest to Gu Hai. If the thunderbolt gets angry and implicates the family, the first one to be unlucky will be his Gu Leshan family. Gu Changchun originally wanted to exterminate this family. But when there was no movement, Gu Leshan couldn't wait any longer, so he went to Cao's place to make trouble, threatening and scolding her, and finally asked her to move out of the "Laosheng" house.
"Where did they move?" Gu Changchun asked coldly.
"...In the drug store..." Gu Leshan said.
Gu Changchun slapped his palm on the table with a loud sound, which made Gu Leshan tremble in fear.
"Go get it back for me!" he shouted.
It's easy to ask the gods but hard to give them away. Everyone couldn't help but look at Gu Leshan with a look of gloating. They had already seen the old boy's deeds as annoying, but now he was groveling.
Gu Leshan, however, did not feel depressed and readily agreed. The Cao family was coaxed back with just a few words. He had to be grateful to himself, so he turned around and sent his wife Guo family there. When it comes to minor matters, he, the head of the family, doesn't need to intervene.
"Master..." Not long after, Guo came back in a hurry.
The tea in Gu Changchun's hand was still cold. "It's pretty quick," he blew the tea powder with a bit of pride.
"Quick! It's not very fast!" Mrs. Guo sat down, grabbed the fan in the little girl's hand, and fanned herself hard.
Seeing that she looked wrong, Gu Leshan asked: "What? She won't come back? Is she embarrassing you?"
"It's better to lose face," Guo said with a snort, "Everyone has left and I haven't seen them at all."
Gu Leshan put down his tea cup and asked hurriedly: "Gone? Where did you go?"
"The rich daughter of a family in the capital sent someone to pick her up," Guo replied calmly.
It is said that the cart was pulled by three horses and used the most fashionable gauze pattern in the capital, making Jiankang Street very lively.
Isn't it just a little money? Look at the way she shows off. No matter how much she shows off, she is just a lowly craftsman's wife.
After hearing Gu Leshan's reply, Gu Changchun remained silent for a long time.
"This kid wants to draw a clear line with us," he said with a bit of tiredness, "Leshan, you have gone too far..."
Gu Leshan looked unconcerned, "What are you afraid of? There are still fishermen. We fishermen are by no means the things in the pond. It's just a temporary bad luck. That kid will draw a clear line if he draws a line. It will save you money in the future." To cause trouble."
Hearing him mention Yu'er, Gu Changchun's expression softened slightly. They all sighed secretly about what happened to Gu Yu, but as Gu Shen'an said, this was also a kind of experience given to him by the emperor, and it was not a bad thing.
Looking at it in detail, Gu Yu's behavior was ultimately caused by Gu Hai's anger. Compared with Gu Hai's actions, Yu'er's behavior made them feel much more at ease.
Fortunately, there is still Yu'er. Gu Changchun breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at this generation, there is no decent person. It can be imagined that in the future, after Gu Shen'an, Gu Yu will only be able to support the entire Gu family.
"Just leave," he stretched out his hand and pressed his forehead. Thinking of all the actions of Gu Shiba Niang, he felt slightly relieved. Everyone was now clean.
It was already late June when Mr. Cao arrived in the capital. Peng Yizhen's wife and children also came to the capital with them. There were three or four carloads of people, which was really lively.
When mother and daughter met, they naturally shed tears and talked about everything in detail.
Mrs. Cao didn't say anything about being forced out of the house by Gu Leshan, but the servants seemed to have the backbone of the lady when they saw her, so they talked about it in a few words.
"Ignore them." Gu Shiba Niang said calmly after hearing this.
The maids looked at each other and felt that after not seeing each other for a while, the young lady seemed to have changed a bit, and her facial features were a bit calmer, not as violent as before.
"Then the mother lives in the shop?" Gu Shiba Niang asked.
At this time, Peng Yizhen's family had met her and came in. After hearing her words, the Peng family's wife immediately smiled and replied: "The shop is small, why have I wronged the madam? It was the Xin family's sister-in-law who invited the madam to live with her." "
Sister-in-law from the Xin family? It must have been arranged by Xin Chaoyang. A smile appeared on Gu Shiba Niang's face. She looked at Mrs. Cao and saw that she looked a little strange.
"Then thank her." She nodded and said.
"Thank you for what, what else can a family say?" Peng said with a smile.
"Big sister," Mrs. Cao interrupted Peng, looking a little panicked.
family? Gu Shiba Niang's expression was slightly condensed. She looked at Mrs. Peng and then at Mrs. Cao. It seemed that besides being made things difficult by Gu Leshan, something else had happened.