"Your Highness!"
Sun Li presented a letter.
Xihe opened it, glanced at it twice and couldn't help but sneer: "Go and bring Gu Qingyun."
The guards hurried out and soon brought the reluctant Gu Qingyun over. The boy looked fifteen or sixteen years old, staring at Xihe with eyes full of resentment, and pursed his lips without saying a word.
Xihe threw the letter directly on his desk: "Let's take a look."
Gu Qingyun glanced at her suspiciously, then picked it up unceremoniously. After just reading the first line, his expression changed and he lost his voice: "Impossible!"
Xihe sneered again and again: "Impossible? Did I deliberately find a fake news to deceive you?"
She stood up and picked up the envelope: "Mounted troops privately, secretly contacted General Liang Guo, and even transferred a batch of food from South Korea... Gu Qingyun, what do you think your brother wants to do?"
Gu Qingyun's expression kept changing, he didn't believe that these were things his brother had done.
"No." He shook his head vigorously and looked straight at her: "My Gu family is loyal to the emperor and serves the country, and will never rebel. Fang Jinrong, there must be a mistake somewhere. If you send someone to check again, it must be a misunderstanding!"
"Of course I will check it out!"
Xihe's eyes remained calm: "What if the news is correct?"
She twitched the corner of her mouth, half-smiling: "Your eldest brother left alone, but what about your parents, the old Duke, and the women and children of your Gu family who stayed in the capital? Gu Qingyun, have you ever thought about this?"
Gu Qingyun's face instantly turned pale. He thought of those imperial guards, who were so powerful that one person could defeat hundreds of them!
He believed that as long as she wanted to, no one would be an obstacle to her, including the Gu family.
Gu Qingyun said with difficulty: "Princess..."
Xihe turned around and sat down, raised his chin, Sun Li immediately presented a porcelain vase, Xihe said: "I will never let your brother go, but the rest of the Gu family..."
Gu Qingyun immediately raised his head and stared at her closely.
Xihe spoke slowly: "As long as you swear allegiance to me, I will naturally consider letting them go."
Gu Qingyun just opened his mouth: "Me."
Xihe: "There's no rush, you just need to tell me the news before the expedition." Turning to Sun Li, he said, "Send Young Master Gu back home."
Sun Li immediately stepped forward: "Master Gu Qi, please come."
After a month, Gu Qingchen finally returned to the Gu Mansion. Mrs. Gu was overjoyed and asked him repeatedly why he had been in the Royal Guards and never returned home. Did the princess force him? As he spoke, he couldn't help but wipe away his tears.
Gu Qingchen was in a state of confusion and could only excuse himself by giving random excuses.
The old prince noticed something was wrong and took him to the study for questioning.
Gu Qingchen simply said directly: "Grandpa, do you know what eldest brother did?"
The old man frowned: "What's the matter?"
Gu Qingchen then told what his brother had done after going to the border. In an instant, the whole study became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. The faces of the men in the Gu family changed, and then they thought of something and softened their expressions.
When Gu Qingchen saw this, he couldn't bear it anymore: "Brother, what on earth does he want to do!"
The young man who grew up with the concept of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism never thought that his elder brother would do such a thing regardless of the safety of his family. His parents are still in the capital, and his grandfather is also there, so isn't he worried? Even though he hated Fang Jinrong and His Majesty who only knew how to protect his daughter, he never thought that their family would rebel!
Mr. Gu took a deep breath: "This matter needs to be investigated. Qi Lang, please go out first."
After waiting for the people to go out, the old Duke sighed and couldn't help but shake his head: "I didn't expect Ye'er to reach this point after all."
He had always paid attention to this child in his family who was very good in both education and martial arts. He knew that he had great ambitions and would never be willing to be inferior to others. But he really didn't expect that this day would come so quickly. Fortunately, he had been prepared for this. one day.
The old Duke looked at the third son and said, "Send a letter to your second brother and say this..."
Xihe had someone keeping an eye on the Gu family's movements, so they knew it clearly. All the carrier pigeons were knocked down and sent to her. The women and men in the backyard all supported Gu Ye's rebellion.
Xihe was not polite and handed the letter to the emperor without any hesitation.
The emperor couldn't believe it. After reading it, he became even more furious and shouted: "They are so ambitious!"
Xihe was very calm: "Father, the deal is now done. Gu Ye has tens of thousands of troops in his hands. I believe it won't be long before he sends troops to the capital. We must prepare early."
The emperor was reminded and immediately calmed down: "Yes, go and invite General Yuan!"
Xihe shook his head: "I'm afraid General Yuan can't."
The emperor's eyes widened: "Why?"
Xihe suddenly smiled bitterly. How could she tell the emperor that General Yuan, as Yuan Fu's grandfather, would definitely side with Gu Ye?
Yuan Fu is a heavenly official who has been blessed by heaven. He is a close friend of the goddess Shang Yu and came down to earth to protect her. Once Gu Ye attacks Dazhao, Yuan Fu will definitely side with Gu Ye for the sake of his concubine.
Ignoring the discomfort in his heart, Xihe looked at the emperor: "Father, I want to go south."
The emperor had a flash of inspiration: "You are going to find..."
Xihe nodded: "Although the emperor's uncle went to the barbarians and established the Southern Kingdom in anger because of the incident of seizing the direct descendants, Dazhao is his homeland no matter what. I believe that he will definitely agree to send troops."
Thinking of the twin brothers who were forced to leave their homeland, the emperor was speechless for a moment.
The royal family regarded the twins "dragon and phoenix" as auspicious, and the two princesses were also a legend. Only the two princes could only live and die. As the elder brother, the emperor naturally became the prince, but his younger brother was not so lucky.
Although the queen at the time couldn't bear it and saved his life, she could only keep him in a dark room.
When I was young, I was ignorant and the emperor didn't understand. As he got older, he stopped working! Why is it that everyone is a prince and my brother can be the emperor, but he is so invisible? In anger, he severed all ties with his mother and brothers, ran to the south alone, and went through untold hardships to establish the Southern Kingdom.
The emperor felt uncomfortable: "Will he agree?"
After they hurt him so much, and for decades, even though he sent gifts every year during the holidays, he never received a gift in return. It was obvious that he still resented Dazhao.
Xihe: "He will agree."
Because in the previous life, when Gu Ye's army was approaching, Emperor Li's uncle came back with his soldiers. It's a pity that Gu Ye is too powerful. Dazhao and the entire Southern Kingdom have become a part of Gu Ye's conquest of the world.
The scene was so tragic that Xihe didn't want to take things slowly with Gu Ye, he just wanted to crush him to death.
The emperor was a little distracted: "Then it will be as you say."
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Time was urgent, so Xihe arranged for the Royal Guards to guard the capital tightly, not letting a mosquito fly out or a fly flying in. He immediately grabbed Gu Qingchen and Song Chenyin and set off directly.
