Zhao Yunling knelt down with a white face: "Mom, please calm down. The people sent by the prince have all received death orders. If they can't escape, they will take poison and commit suicide. They will never be caught alive."
Concubine De was still angry: "He is simply an idiot!"
Zhao Yunling bit his lip and did not dare to speak.
"You go back first." Concubine De said coldly, "Tell Prince Yu that you are not allowed to act rashly recently and wait until I think of a safe solution."
"yes."
Zhao Yunling stood up and left. When he walked out of the palace gate, his steps were weak and he couldn't help but staggered and almost fell to the ground.
"Princess, be careful." The personal maid quickly supported her, "walk slowly."
Zhao Yunling looked at the sky and let out a breath. Suddenly he was extremely envious of Chu Yunfei's good life. Although he was of low birth and had a temper that the imperial concubine didn't like, he didn't feel angry at all.
The imperial concubine didn't like her, so she wouldn't get close to the imperial concubine. The war king also protected her at all times, so the imperial concubine had no chance to get angry even if she wanted to.
However, as the legitimate daughter of the Duke, she was obedient and never said anything at home. She also often went to the palace to listen to instructions and pass messages for the prince. When the prince did something wrong, she was the one who got scolded.
Even though Concubine De was recognized as having a good temper in the palace.
But Zhao Yunling knows better than anyone else, how many women in the palace are really good-tempered?
What's more, there was still a layer of filial piety suppressing her, and she really didn't dare to have any thoughts of resistance.
When she left the palace and got on the carriage, she couldn't help but ponder, how did Chu Yunfei please the queen, and how did she get the emperor to take extra care of her?
Did the queen let her live in Shuhuang Palace out of love for her, or just to protect the child in her belly?
The carriage moved slowly.
Zhao Yunling leaned against the carriage, her mind seemed to be shrouded in layers of haze, and she always felt that a violent storm was coming, which made her feel deeply uneasy.
…
On April 13th, just three days after Rong Cang left Beijing, morning news broke out in the morning.
"Your Majesty, there is news from Jizhou that Gu Qingwu, the head of the Gu family, committed suicide out of fear of crime. This is the memorial sent urgently from Jizhou Station!" Zhao Shangshu of the Ministry of War went out with the memorial in his hands and reported respectfully, "Please make your decision, Your Majesty! "
As soon as the words fell, the sound of gasping suddenly sounded in the hall.
The expressions of all the ministers in the court changed.
"The head of the Gu family committed suicide out of fear of crime?" Emperor Mu stood up and stared at Zhao Shangshu in shock, as if in disbelief, "What on earth is going on?"
Zhao Shangshu said: "Reporting to the Emperor, the specific information is in the memorial. Please take a look at it."
Yang Dexi hurriedly walked down the steps of the palace, took the memorial from Zhao Shangshu, turned around and hurried to the emperor's side, and respectfully handed the memorial to the emperor.
Emperor Mu slowly sat down on the dragon chair, unfolded the memorial and read it carefully.
It was so quiet in the main hall that you could hear a pin drop.
All civil and military officials in the court were shocked and couldn't believe that the head of the Gu family could die so suddenly.
Suicide out of fear of crime? To apologize with death?
Totally impossible.
Qi Jin and Xie Lin had only left for a few days, and the head of the Gu family got the news so quickly?
Even if the news were received in advance, the dignified head of the Gu family, the powerful overlord, would never commit suicide in fear of crime. There must be something fishy in it.
The officials of King Chen's party in the court seemed to have a big stone on their minds. They could not help but connect the death of the Gu family leader with King Chen's loss of power. The recent events seemed to have foreshadowed King Chen's end.
The situation is over, and I'm afraid there will never be a turnaround.
"The report said that when the head of the Gu family learned that I sent the War King to investigate the disaster in Shuozhou, he found out that someone had secretly colluded with the chief envoy of Shuozhou in recent years to lie about the disaster and enrich himself. He was angry and convened an emergency family meeting. , trying to find out the traitor in the Gu family who colluded with the chief envoy of Shuozhou."
After Emperor Mu finished reading the report, he slowly raised his eyes and looked at the officials in the palace expressionlessly, "It takes four or five days to get there from the capital to Jizhou, and it also takes four or five days to get the news from Jizhou to the capital. God, it takes about ten days to go back and forth. In other words, when I ordered Qi Jin and Xie Lin to go to Shuozhou to learn about the disaster, the news flew to Jizhou like wings."
The ministers knelt down in fear: "Your Majesty is aware of this!"
The emperor's words not only showed that the death of the head of the Gu family had nothing to do with King Zhan and the others, but also suspected that someone in the court had tipped off the news, but they really didn't...
"Gu Qingwu said that he had uncovered a thief in the Gu family, but he knew that the sin was too serious and could not be forgiven. He could only apologize with death, but he asked me to spare the entire Gu family, let alone implicate King Chen and Concubine Gu." Emperor Mu finished. , his voice suddenly turned cold, "The Gu family was an insider in the false report of the disaster. This fact makes me sad, shocked, and unbelievable!"
The air in the hall seemed to have entered the cold winter from early summer.
The ministers' faces turned pale and they were worried.
Emperor Mu looked at the ministers in the palace in silence, his expression looking calm and unpredictable.
Gu Qingwu died, committing suicide out of fear of crime.
A very good way to die.
Ji Ziyi is indeed pretty good, quite capable and very efficient.
But calculating the time, he should have arranged this matter before leaving the capital, otherwise the news would not have reached the capital so quickly.
Emperor Mu relaxed his body and remained as calm as possible, so that the officials in the palace could not guess his thoughts.
He was thinking that it was originally just to make the Gu family leaderless. Once the head of the family died, the sons would definitely start a civil war fighting for the position of the head of the family. He would have another chance to weaken their power.
Unexpectedly, it was such a coincidence that someone in Shuozhou was lying about the disaster situation.
In this way, it should be smoother for Rong Cang to handle the case, because the Gu family has lost the person in charge. In the past few days, he has to be busy with the funeral affairs of the family head and the new head of the family. I am afraid that the Gu family will be in chaos and have no time to take care of other things. , naturally there is no way to create obstacles for Rong Cang and Qi Jin.
Ji Ziyi did it beautifully.
Emperor Mu secretly thought that it would be too unfair for Ji Ziyi to stay in Langya City, so it would be better to join the court and help Rong Cang in the future.
He raised his head and looked up at the main hall. As far as he could see, almost all of them were old men over fifty years old. They had no energy at all and it was annoying to look at them.
"The Gu family is in Jizhou. Although it is not far from Shuozhou and Liancheng, it is not yet known whether the Gu family is involved in the Shuozhou disaster case. I still have some doubts about whether this emergency report was handwritten by Gu Qingwu himself. , we will wait until Rong Cang and Qi Jin find out the results and come back."
The ministers shouted: "Long live my holy emperor! Long live! Long live!"
"Let's retreat first." Emperor Mu sighed, "I'm going to see the noble concubine."
Yang Dexi sang loudly: "Retreat from the court!"
"Best regards, Your Majesty, long live my Emperor!"
Emperor Mu left surrounded by Yang Dexi and others, but the kneeling ministers in the hall did not get up for a long time.
I don’t know how many people were frightened and how many people could still remain calm.
They knew in their hearts that there must be a reason for the death of the head of the Gu family.
The Gu family has great influence in Jizhou and has a prominent family. It is a century-old family with great reputation in Chu State. The head of the Gu family was protected by countless overt and covert masters, but he died so lightly?
And it was such a coincidence that he died at this critical moment.
Does this mean that once a family becomes disloyal and the family is so large that it threatens the royal family, the emperor can make a person disappear anytime and anywhere?
Today he is the head of the Gu family, and tomorrow he might be Prime Minister Jiang.
This year he is majestic and majestic, but next year he may die in an unknown way.
The ministers couldn't help but have a terrible thought in their hearts, could it be... could it be that the emperor had planned to abandon King Chen a long time ago, and was worried that the Gu family was too powerful, so the head of the Gu family had to die?
