Xiao Changqing looked at the direction where Xiao Huayong disappeared and said in a deep voice: "I was careless."
He shouldn't have gone to see Gu Qingshu a few days ago out of curiosity about whether Shen Xihe and Gu Qingshu had any dealings. Now, he is a person Xiao Huayong is keeping a close eye on, and any movement will arouse Xiao Huayong's suspicion and investigation.
"What are you going to do with the daughter of the Gu family?" Xiao Changying cared more about this.
"Don't worry, I have a way to eliminate this trouble forever." Xiao Changqing looked determined.
Xiao Changying was a little suspicious. Could Xiao Changqing have figured out how to kill Gu Qingshu
In fact, Xiao Changying was too naive. Gu Qingzhi was secretly sent to Prince Xin's Mansion by Xiao Huayong's men. The next morning, Xiao Changqing brought Gu Qingshu into the palace and knelt in front of Emperor Youning to surrender: "My son replaced the death row prisoner. This crime is unforgivable. Your Majesty, please punish me severely."
Emperor Youning looked up at the two of them, then lowered his head to review the memorials, which took him an hour to complete one batch.
"It's been a year, and you only remembered to be honest with me?" Emperor Youning took a sip of tea and asked in a flat tone.
Xiao Changqing bowed his head and said nothing. Emperor Youning was a smart man, and so was he. This was obviously asking him who had caught him with evidence and why he had to turn himself in when he could no longer hide it.
Xiao Huayong accompanied Shen Xihe out of the palace yesterday. The itinerary was basically under the control of Emperor Youning. However, the person who later returned to the palace from the Princess' Mansion in a carriage was not Xiao Huayong himself. He went to Prince Xin's Mansion. Only Xiao Changqing's brothers and the Chief Secretary of Prince Xin's Mansion knew about it.
He was not afraid that Xiao Changqing would expose it, because he had a way to make Xiao Changqing say that everything he said was just slander and a crime of a greater degree in order to deceive His Majesty.
How could Xiao Changqing not know that since Xiao Huayong dared to come to his house so brazenly, he must be fearless, so he could only say: "The Gu family was killed, and my son lost his wife, so he has resentment in his heart."
Because I was filled with hatred, I didn't want to bring the person before His Majesty. Now I brought the person here because I have figured it out, not because I was exposed and I am retreating.
Ever since Gu's death, Xiao Changqing has been hating Emperor Youning with his neck stiff. Emperor Youning has always known this, but today he has finally bowed his head in submission. Emperor Youning looked at Gu Qingshu next to him, who was only 28 years old, with a little makeup on, and stood gracefully.
He thought of Gu Qingzhi, their biological sister. They had some similarities in their facial features, but they were also worlds apart.
"Gu family... I am also ashamed. Since you risked your life to save her, I will reward her to you as a concubine." A concubine's daughter is not qualified to be a prince's concubine.
This means that they don't intend to hold him accountable for replacing the death row prisoner. Xiao Changqing actually took this into account. His Majesty wants him alive to check and balance the Eighth Prince, or now he wants to check and balance the Crown Prince. If the Gu family had not been rehabilitated, he would never dare to do so. Now that the Gu family has been rehabilitated, His Majesty took the opportunity to spare Gu Qingshu, which can be considered a appeasement.
Gu Qingshu was overjoyed. She never thought that she could be by his side openly.
"Your Majesty, A Shu is my wife's younger sister. My wife has been dead for less than a year, and I don't want to remarry or take a concubine." Xiao Changqing bowed his head respectfully.
Gu Qingshu's face turned pale in an instant, tears welled up in her eyes, and she quickly lowered her head to avoid embarrassment.
Emperor Youning looked at Xiao Changqing for a long while, without any anger or reluctance: "Well, I will grant you your wish."
Xiao Changqing brought the daughter of the Gu family to see the emperor and confessed his crimes. Instead of pursuing accountability, the emperor returned some of the Gu family's property to Gu Qingshu, and made her a county lord, allowing her to return to the Gu family.