Hearing this, Gu Ruizhou straightened up and said calmly:
"Wei Chen is guilty of resisting the decree and accepts the punishment voluntarily."
The emperor's face darkened with anger: "Okay! What a willing person to accept the punishment! Zheng Cheng, drag him down and beat him hard!"
Gu Ruizhou kowtowed to the emperor, stood up and followed Zheng Cheng outside without fear.
In the general's mansion.
Gu Qingyun was neatly dressed and sitting upright. When he saw the time, he got up and walked out.
Bai Yiran stood up and said goodbye: "Don't be brave, be careful in everything."
Gu Qingyun patted Bai Yiran's shoulder and strode out of the house.
Royal study room.
The Queen Mother hurried over and chatted with the Emperor over a cup of tea. The Emperor frowned and said in surprise:
"The Queen Mother said that Yun Ping had a secret meeting with my foreign husband and was caught by General Anbei? How did she get out of the palace? And how did she meet my foreign husband?"
The Queen Mother sighed: "The fault lies with the Queen Mother. She thought that Yun Ping would have a dull temperament after losing her mother since she was a child, so she gave her the token of Longevity Palace so that she could go out to relax. Unexpectedly, when she went out, she met other men. ."
The emperor's anger surged: "Doesn't she know that she has been given a marriage? When the princess of the dynasty had a secret meeting with her foreigner when they were engaged, what was she going to do? She wanted to embarrass the royal family!"
Queen Mother: "The Queen Mother asked her carefully and found out that Yun Ping was the foreign man she met before the marriage was granted. She originally wanted the man to come and propose marriage after gaining fame, but she didn't want to suddenly marry her to General Anbei. Yun Ping was deeply impressed. Knowing the importance of this marriage, Qiqiao Ye left the palace originally because she wanted to break off the relationship with the foreigner, but she didn't want to be caught by General Anbei."
The emperor stood up angrily and paced back and forth:
"Mother, I know that Yun Ping was brought up by you, and I can understand that you feel sorry for her. But how can she let her do whatever she wants? What are the palace people around her doing? Why don't you report back? What about my husband? Who is it again?"
The Queen Mother: "The Queen Mother only found out about this the day after Qi Qiao Ye. The Lingxiu beside Yun Ping had been killed with a stick. The foreign man was a scholar waiting to take the exam. The Queen Mother had sent people to look for him a few days ago, but there is still no trace."
"Zheng Cheng! Send someone to investigate for me! I want to see what kind of cowardly scholar he is who dares to deceive my daughter! Bring him to me and I will chop him alive!"
The little eunuch at the door walked in fearfully, bent down and said respectfully:
"Back to Your Majesty, General Manager Zheng is taking General Anbei to the execution. If he is not here, can I ask my servant to call General Manager Zheng back?"
The emperor suddenly came back to his senses: "Gu Ruizhou can't fight! Go and call Zheng Cheng back! Call General Anbei back too, go quickly!"
After the young eunuch agreed, he exited the imperial study and ran outside quickly.
"No wonder Gu Ruizhou came to break off the engagement... No matter how angry I was, he never said anything wrong to Yun Ping. He only took the responsibility on himself. Such a responsible man is better than that thief. The intellectual scholar is hundreds of times stronger. If such a good son is missed, Yun Ping will really treat fish eyes as pearls, and his uncut jade will be like worn shoes."
The Queen Mother then let out a long sigh: "After beating her mother and killing Lingxiu with a stick, and sending people to find the scholar, Yun Ping began to go hungry for several days without eating or drinking. It was General Anbei who comforted Yun Ping earlier. "Ping has eaten. It's rare to see such a tolerant and generous child, so my mother came over to explain the matter clearly to avoid the Gu family being disappointed."
The emperor frowned and exhaled a hot breath: "After this incident, it became difficult to settle the Gu family's affairs through the marriage."
