Shen Yueshan did not have Gu Zhao's righteousness to repay his king with his death, even though he would be vindicated in the end.
He knew very well that he had to stay alive so that his two children would always be bright and beautiful, and the brothers who had been with him through thick and thin would always be loved and stand tall between heaven and earth.
“Mr. Gu is actually…” Bu Shulin couldn’t believe it. She had always believed that the demise of the Gu family was just the result of a game between the monarch and his subjects.
I never expected the background to be so complicated!
"Human hearts are inherently complicated." Shen Xihe smiled faintly.
"Mr. Gu is so...righteous." Bu Shulin couldn't find any adjectives to describe Gu Zhao.
If she were a commoner, she would definitely be grateful. After all, when two tigers fight, the ones who suffer are the innocent people who cannot control their own destiny.
But if she were a descendant of an aristocratic family, she would definitely scold Gu Zhaomei and call him a traitor.
"Ah Lin, do you know that if he hadn't made this move, the Xue family wouldn't have escaped unscathed today, and the Cui family wouldn't have been as prosperous as it is today. If he led the family to go all out, both sides would suffer. By then..."
By then, more people will die, and the Gu family may not be able to survive. In the midst of their fight, the foreign tribes that have just been pacified will wait for an opportunity to make a move, and internal and external troubles will arise again. How many families will be torn apart
Gu Zhao understood that he did not have a strong desire for power. Because of the previous emperor's recklessness, he had seen the mountains and rivers broken in his childhood and the world devastated when he was a teenager. He was born into a noble family and was supported by the people. He just wanted to do something for this world with all his strength.
From the eighth year of Youning to the nineteenth year of Youning, he has put Your Majesty under great pressure for these eleven years. Your Majesty hated him as much as he did back then, and he probably hates him even more now, but Your Majesty should also be grateful to him.
"My father always told me that I can't read too many books, because it will damage my brain." Bu Shulin was still frightened. She admired people like Gu Zhao, but she didn't want her father to be such a person. She didn't want to be sacrificed for no reason. "It's really pitiful for a beauty like Princess Xin. You don't know how dazzling she is if you haven't seen her..."
Bu Shulin coughed and continued, "But in my heart, Yoyo is the most dazzling. Princess Xin is like a living dead... Bah, bah, bah, I shouldn't be disrespectful to the dead. But I really feel that when she was alive, she seemed to be arrogant. It's not that she was arrogant, but... it's that she didn't seem to have any attachment to the world. Now that I think about it, she is such a wise person, I'm afraid she had seen through Lord Gu's plan a long time ago, so she would..."
Thinking of this, Bu Shulin actually felt a little guilty. In the past years, these playboys had talked about the girls in Beijing behind their backs. Before Gu Qingzhi broke off the engagement with Xie Yunhuai, they all felt sorry for Xie Yunhuai for having such a fiancée who seemed to suffer in life.
Later, Xie Yunhuai broke off the engagement, and Gu Qingzhi married Xiao Changqing. They sympathized with and pitied Xiao Changqing again, and that was exactly what happened. After the marriage, Xiao Changqing became more and more irritable and gloomy, but after the death of his wife, he regained some of his pre-marriage composure.
Only now did she realize that if she was born in a family like Gu Qingzhi's, and had known about her father's plan so early, she would have either gone crazy or died long ago. How could she be like Gu Qingzhi, without any sadness or joy, living a calm life, and waiting for death
"Your father is not uneducated, but he is in a different position." Shen Xihe shook his head gently, "Mr. Gu just understands that the era of imperial power has arrived, and the aristocratic families should withdraw from the political stage they have played for thousands of years. He sacrificed the least and let others withdraw unscathed. This shows that he, as a member of an aristocratic family, is worthy of the support of his clansmen and the gentry.