Gu Changbo was pushed to the court outside the Meridian Gate with a staff of eighty!
Generally speaking, a court staff of thirty or fifty is a lot, and a staff of eighty is meant to kill people.
When Concubine Shu heard the news, she ran to see Emperor Xingyuan.
At this time Emperor Xingyuan had returned to Qianqing Palace.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Shu wishes to see you——"
Concubine Shu pushed aside her chamberlain and rushed in, her hair disheveled as she ran, and she knelt down in front of Emperor Xingyuan in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, please leave someone under your staff!"
She didn't ask her brother what mistake he made. Time was tight and she didn't have time to figure it out. All she had to do was save her brother's life first. Only when people are alive can we talk about other things.
Emperor Xingyuan's face was cold: "Send Concubine Shu back to Hanlian Palace."
Two chamberlains came over to help Concubine Shu.
"I won't leave!" Concubine Shu pushed away her palace servant and took a few steps forward on her knees. "Your Majesty, Gu Changbo followed you in the north and south, and he was loyal. Please remember our past friendship. , spare his life..."
Sun Yan, who was in charge of the prison sentence, returned and reported: "Reporting to Your Majesty, Uncle Gu Chang could not bear the imperial staff and has already left..."
Concubine Shu seemed to be unable to accept the fact as if she had been struck by lightning. It took her a while to react and let out a heartbreaking cry.
Emperor Xingyuan ordered the palace officials with a cold face: "Send Concubine Shu back to the palace."
"Your Majesty, why exactly..." Concubine Shu cried miserably. She met Emperor Xingyuan's dark eyes and shuddered.
He was so stunned that he was helped and pulled out of Qianqing Palace by the palace officials.
After the room became quiet, Emperor Xingyuan closed his eyes, his mood indescribable.
I feel sad about the queen's death, but also feel happy about killing the person who killed my wife, and also feel sad that the king and his ministers have reached this point.
Before the news of Gu Changbo's death spread, Emperor Xingyuan sent He Qingxiao to the palace to explain.
"Gu Changbo said that the person who revealed the Queen's whereabouts to him was a Jinlin Guard named Zhou Tong. Do you know this person?"
"Zhou Tong was originally stationed in Wanyang and came to Beijing early last year..." He Qingxiao told Zhou Tong's origin.
Emperor Xingyuan's face was as dark as water: "I didn't expect that Jinlin Guards would be so unreliable. Qingxiao, you must clean up the internal affairs and don't have people like Zhou Tong anymore."
In fact, it is Nanzhen Fusi who is responsible for the internal military discipline and legal discipline of Jinlin Guards. But this time Zhou Tong was transferred to the capital before He Qingxiao took charge of the Beizhen Fusi. It can be seen that there were problems within the Jinlin Guards for a long time. Emperor Xingyuan trusted He Qingxiao more than the Nanzhen Fusi.
"As for this Zhoutong——"
"Reporting to your majesty, Zhou Tong is dead."
Emperor Xingyuan's face was stern, waiting for He Qingxiao to continue.
"In August last year, Zhou Tong died suddenly in his sleep. His wife Bai died of illness in the same month due to excessive grief."
Emperor Xingyuan's eyes flashed slightly: "Qing Xiao knows a lot about Zhou Tong."
He Qingxiao said calmly: "Zhou Tong was on duty at Fusi in Beizhen, and Wei Chen went to express his condolences. In addition, he died suddenly of illness in his prime, and Wei Chen went out of his way to find out more about it, so he was deeply impressed."
Emperor Xingyuan nodded when he heard this: "So, Zhou Tong and his wife are no longer alive, so do they have children?"
"There is a daughter left. She is sixteen years old and is living in Sister Zhou Tong's home..."
After hearing what He Qingxiao said about the situation at Sister Zhou Tong's home, Emperor Xingyuan suppressed the murderous intention in his heart.
Xinxin died because of Zhou Tong's whistleblower, and he would not let the Zhou family go. Since the Zhou family only has one daughter left, let's keep the status quo first and wait until the child is found.
Emperor Xingyuan knew very well that not everyone wanted his and the queen's son to be found.
"Those people in Guchangbo Mansion in the south are arresting them secretly, so no news can be leaked. On the other side of the valley, first send people to guard..."
After saying this, Emperor Xingyuan was silent for a moment and asked He Qingxiao: "Qingxiao, do you think the child is still in Wanyang?"
"I don't know," He Qingxiao said.
"I think he will come to the capital." Emperor Xingyuan said his guess, his eyes never leaving He Qingxiao's face.
There was a bit of surprise in He Qingxiao's eyes.
"Perhaps -" Emperor Xingyuan pondered for a long time, looking at the person in front of him.
The young man in front of me asked, "Could he be Mr. Songling?"
He Qingxiao looked shocked and lowered his eyes slightly.
Emperor Xingyuan obviously didn't care about He Qingxiao's answer, and he analyzed it by himself: "Miss Kou said that Mr. Songling should be a young man, which is consistent with the child's age. Mr. Songling knows many things about the queen, and at his age And being so close to the Queen, who else could it be if not that child?"
He Qingxiao lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes, not talking much.
"Qingxiao, leave other matters to reliable people. You stay in the capital and try your best to find Mr. Songling. Even if you dig three feet into the ground, I will find him."
"Wei Chen accepts the order."
"Wait a minute." Emperor Xingyuan called to He Qingxiao who was about to leave, "Go see Miss Kou again and see if there are any new clues."
"yes."
During the secret conversation between the king and his ministers, Gu Changbo's body was sent back to Gu Changbo's mansion.
Mrs. Gu Changbo received a report from a servant that someone was coming from the palace and asked her to pick up her uncle. She still felt strange. She didn't realize something was wrong until she saw the serious-faced chamberlain and Jinlin guard.
"Uncle, he——" Could it be that Ze'er was punished again?
The chamberlain took a look at Mrs. Gu Changbo and explained the reason why Gu Changbo was given the royal stick: "When Gu Changbo and Jin Shang were drinking, he called Jin Shang's name out of character during the wine and was given the imperial stick... Gu Changbo couldn't bear it. The beating with the rod has already gone..."
"Gone -" Mrs. Gu Changbo looked around with a pale face, and saw a frame behind the chamberlain, covered with a dark quilt.
"Uncle, uncle!" She rushed over, lifted the corner of the quilt and saw Gu Changbo's twisted and painful face, and fainted with a cry.
The Guchangbo Mansion was in chaos because of this sudden bad news.
Dai Ze was found by his family servants while he was listening to books in a teahouse.
"Your Majesty, something happened at home, please go back quickly!"
"What's wrong? I haven't finished listening to the book yet." Dai Ze didn't want to leave.
He ran out to listen to a book because his father was summoned to the palace again today. It was all because of him that he had been summoned to the palace several times before, and he probably wouldn't be able to escape this time.
Dai Ze thought about it and couldn't figure out what trouble he had caused recently, but it was better to avoid it.
The servant wiped away tears: "Your Majesty, don't waste time, my uncle has gone..."
"What did you say?" Dai Ze grabbed the servant, raised his hand and slapped him in the face, "Can the bastard talk? Can he go anywhere?"
"Your Majesty, my uncle is gone. I can't bear the loss of my imperial staff in the palace!" the servant cried.
Dai Ze was stunned for a moment, then ran away.
In the teahouse behind him, the storyteller's voice could be heard vaguely: "Then the Monkey King——"
"Father!" Dai Ze fell off his horse and rushed into his home.
What came into view was the mother who was crying heartbrokenly, and the father who had put on the shroud and remained motionless.
"Father, father, wake up—" Dai Ze cried loudly.
Gu Changbo received the imperial staff outside the Meridian Gate, but he could not hide it from the officials on duty, and it soon spread to various government offices.
In comparison, King Qing knew about it later, from a letter sent by Gu Changbo Mansion.
He hurried to the Guchangbo Mansion, grabbed Dai Ze and asked, "Cousin, what on earth is going on?"
