A burst of whispers suddenly broke out in the temple.
Ouyang Yanran and Duke Yi took a deep breath of air-conditioning and frequently glanced at Chunjia on the Danqi.
Chunjia sat high on the throne of the emperor, with twelve hanging pearls covering his holy face, making it difficult for the ministers directly below to see his expression clearly.
Only Yan Yin, who was serving beside him, caught a glimpse of the emperor's expressionless face from the corner of his eye.
"Your Majesty, I am wronged!" Mr. Gu then fell to the ground, sweating profusely, and screamed, "How dare your family have such courage? Besides, everyone in Xingning's house is not a three-year-old, will they?" If you understand the importance of the Mother Queen Mother to them, will you remember the affection the Mother Queen Mother has for them? How could you have evil intentions towards the Mother Queen Mother just because an outsider provoked a few words?!"
The head of the Meng family sneered and said: "But it is an indisputable fact that the Yuan family conspired to kill the empress dowager! Is it possible that, without outside provocation, the Yuan family would be so crazy?! Not to mention that the empress dowager and the Yuan family are related by blood. , it can be said that everyone in the Yuan family, including the entire family, looks up to the Queen Mother and Your Majesty. And everyone in the world knows that Your Majesty is very filial to his mother. The Yuan family’s murder of the empress dowager, his loving mother, is tantamount to extirpating himself from the world! If one or two of the Yuan family’s children are like this If you do it, you can say that he is delirious! Many people do this, even the direct brothers of the empress dowager... As we all know, the empress dowager is kind, kind, courageous and smart, and everyone in the Sixth Palace is convinced by her. Consider it a role model! Is it possible that such a Queen Mother can influence the palace, but not even the flesh and blood of her closest relatives?!"
"Xing Ningbo and his wife, no, I should say, Yuan Qihuai and his wife, how crazy and crazy do they have to be to kill their biological sister without being deceived by the outside world?!"
After hearing these words, Mrs. Gu's expression changed drastically.
Ouyang Yanran, Yi Guogong, Cui Wan, Deng Chengzhai and others also looked at him sideways.
Of course, the head of the Meng family was the one who got the attention.
To be honest, although the Meng family and others are long-established and famous families, they have been keeping a low profile for almost twenty years.
Mainly because in the last years of Sejong's reign, the Ji family began to rise suddenly.
After that, there was an unstoppable power over the three dynasties of Shenzong, Xiaozong and Chunjia seven years ago.
High-ranking families are very experienced in dealing with this kind of situation. Seeing that they can't fight against the Ji family if they join forces, they may find excuses to suppress them. For example, the Ouyang family... simply hide their abilities and bide their time, concentrate on cultivating their children, and not show off their talents. Keep your family's heritage alive until the time is right. For example, Chunjia has been building momentum for a long time, and then swarms forward, using the power of the Tian family to suppress the Ji family, and regain their own status with all the capital and profits.
Originally, after they teamed up with Chunjia to solve the Ji family, in addition to taking advantage of the trend to revitalize the family, they would also decide whether to stage an internal fight for Chunjia based on the emperor's wisdom, so that the emperor could use their family with peace of mind. , instead of worrying about Ji's incident happening again in their family.
However, the emperor's remorse about the succession, the subsequent series of confrontations with the regent, and the suppression of their noble daughter by the concubine who was indulged by Chunjia in the palace... The Meng family felt that this emperor seemed a little bit He was difficult to deal with, and he didn't dare to play tricks in front of him, but he suddenly became honest.
It's even so honest that people forget that people like them, who can experience the rise and fall of dynasties and remain rich and powerful, are never good.
At this moment, the sudden attack, chanting and beating, even made the old man Gu, who was considered mature and prudent, speechless!
... Actually, Mrs. Gu is not really speechless.
At least he knew very well in his heart that the destruction of Xingningbo Mansion was definitely not because Yuan Qihuai and others murdered the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager Mother and the Twelve Princes.
As the head of the Meng family said, Yuan Qihuai and the others were not crazy, how could they possibly touch their loving mother, the Empress Dowager
Even if they were planning to kill the king, they would not be able to deal with the loving mother-in-law, the Empress Dowager!
After all, the empress dowager, a loving mother, is the Yuan family’s greatest protection!
With this person, no matter what wrong things they did, there would always be someone to deal with the consequences. Moreover, with the methods of the loving mother, the Empress Dowager, Xing Ningbo Mansion encountered obstacles, and they had to ask her to make the decision.
If this person is gone, it will be the biggest blow to the Yuan family!
But neither Mrs. Gu nor anyone who knows or guesses dare to say this.
Because the real reason for the destruction of Xingningbo Mansion involves the life experience of the eighth prince, this is Chunjia's shame. In order to wash away his own grievances, a minister ignored the dignity of the emperor. What does Chunjia think
Instigating Yuan Qihuai and the others to murder the empress dowager... Gu did not do this.
Chunjia is not the kind of mediocre leader who is easily fooled. On the contrary, he is so profound that many veterans dare not make mistakes.
Old Mrs. Gu made a quick calculation in his mind. He lost the argument, or even suffered a loss. It didn't matter. Such a big crime could not be settled in just a few words. The emperor knew it well and would not plead guilty on Gu's head. . Even out of the emperor's taboo against relatives like Ji, now that he lost and was embarrassed, he might still be in line with the emperor's wishes.
On the contrary, it is even more dangerous to argue and say things that should not be said.
If Chunjia is offended and the Sacred Heart is lost in the process, the consequences will be even more disastrous...
Thinking of this, Mr. Gu did not find any flaws in the words of the two heads of the Meng family and the Luo family. He just burst into tears and kept kowtowing to Dan Qi, saying that he was wronged.
Sure enough, after he did this, Chunjia was silent for a moment and stopped the farce. However, he stared at the two family heads in person, asked them questions over and over again from beginning to end, and carefully picked out all the flaws. Fallacy... These two people simply came from aristocratic families, and their ancestors had no shortage of experience in palace preludes for generations. He also knew that Chunjia was shrewd and would certainly not be unprepared if he dared to speak to him.
At this moment, both of them were crying, looking very pitiful. They recited a set of rhetoric very fluently, the cause and effect were clear, and all the details were consistent. Not to mention Chunjia alone, the courtiers who were listening also found that there was no mistake at all. Can't fault it.
so…
This must be fake!
What did the two family heads say when they first came up
It happened early in the morning. I didn't notice it at first, but I gradually noticed the clues recently. I wanted to find out more about it before reporting it. As a result, the investigation process was leaked, and Gu Shi started to silence it... In this case, would there be such a comprehensive excuse to submit? If this is the case, we should ask them why they are not reporting it to the emperor even if they can directly convict the minister of Dali Temple who is not so smart with their rhetoric.
What's the intention!
"Your Majesty, please make the decision for me! Make the decision for your family!" The two family heads also knew that this fraud could not be hidden from the emperor and the important ministers, but they did not care.
After all, it was Gu who started it this time, right
Originally, Gu Zhen, the successor, was snatched away from these families.
Over the years, the legitimate daughters of the Luo family, the Meng family, the Yin family, and the Ouyang family have always been well-behaved and sensible in the palace. Even when they were young and energetic when they entered the palace, they only tested the noble concubine Yun Fenghuang, but they had nothing to do with Gu Zhen. Discourteous place!
The results of it
Gu Zhen himself was incompetent and couldn't find out the real culprit who murdered the imperial concubine. He actually wanted to drag the daughter of the Luo family and the Meng family to top the vat... Gu Zhen could frame the case, so why couldn't the two families resist
Knowing that the emperor intends to continue the etiquette of the dynasty so far, there are direct descendants but no direct descendants, and he is taboo on Ji's teachings. He does not want his descendants to be too powerful and the queen to be too shrewd, so after making a selection, Gu and Gu Zhen are the most suitable ones. . Therefore, Chunjia would not touch Gu and Gu Zhen unless absolutely necessary.
However, the heads of the two families felt that even if the emperor was satisfied with the descendants of the Gu family and the not-so-intelligent queen Gu Zhen, the two families were not unknown, and they could not have no status in the eyes of the emperor.
In this case, Chunjia might take care of him if he makes trouble for nothing.
Now that there is a well-founded counterattack, the emperor will not target them indiscriminately, right
To put it bluntly, the Gu family did not have any particularly great contributions to the emperor. Even the expedition to Weihe, which was supposed to be a smooth battle to promote the country's prestige, ended up in a quagmire due to various reasons.
In terms of comparison, it is not as good as the Luo family, the Meng family, the Yin family and the Ouyang family. At least they played a role in Chunjia's seizure of power and the destruction of the Ji family
The emperor had always protected this family simply because he felt that a famous family like theirs, which seemed to be prosperous and powerful but actually had no heirs, was suitable to be a descendant.
It’s not that I have any deep affection for them!
"...How can we prove that the dead men who attacked your family last night were from the Gu family?" Chunjia's general thoughts on the throne were indeed similar to those of the two family heads.
Gu and Gu Zhen had caused him a lot of trouble recently, which made him worry a lot.
If this is the kind of imperial concubine he really likes, he will not only worry about it, but also feel distressed.
But neither Gu family nor Gu Zhen is what he really loves, he just thinks it is suitable after weighing the pros and cons.
Therefore, it is very annoying.
At this moment, seeing the heads of the two families insisting that the Gu family committed murder and arson in an attempt to silence them, and even dragged out the Xingning Bo Mansion and the Empress Dowager to frame her, they didn't know that they might not really want to pin such a crime on the Gu family. It was just to express injustice for Concubine Wan and Concubine Jing, and to vent her anger at being deprived of her position as successor.
In this case…
The emperor pondered for a moment and then asked, "Since he is a dead soldier and he has committed such a heinous act, is there any evidence left behind?"
"Your Majesty, there are indeed no credentials on those dead soldiers." The two family heads looked at each other, their expressions were a little strange, but they still said, "But... they all have traces of the Dingbei Army. I didn't know it at first, because Luo Tieyi, the direct son of the Luo family, also served in the Dingbei Army. He once arranged for several disabled veterans to work in the government. But it was those veterans who discovered it! Who else in the world besides the Gu family can command Dingbei? The nobles from the Northern Army serve as dead soldiers?!"
These words shocked the emperor and his ministers, and they all looked at Mr. Gu!
Old Mrs. Gu was originally prepared to give up the struggle to win the emperor's sympathy, but he was still thinking that doing so would be regarded as risking his life... Hearing this, he was shocked: "This... how is this possible!!!"