Zhang Guifen obviously misunderstood and thought Li Hao was agreeing to some conditions for Empress Cao.
Li Hao saw this and said quickly: "Don't think blindly. Empress Cao asked me to go this time. She really just asked me not to interfere in the matter of establishing the crown prince.
My original intention is indeed not to help each other, so there is no problem with this request. "
After hearing this, Zhang Guifen breathed a sigh of relief and then continued: "If that's all, then that's fine, but how did Empress Cao figure it out? Maybe she already had other plans."
Regarding more details, Li Hao didn't want to talk to Zhang Guifen anymore, so as not to worry her.
He just said: "Let it be blown by the wind and rain, I will remain unmoved. As long as we don't mess up our position, nothing will happen."
You can take care of your home now, and I will take care of the outside matters. "
After hearing this, Zhang Guifen nodded and agreed: "Okay, you are the master of the house and I am the master of the house. You don't have to worry about things at home."
After confirming this, Zhang Guifen planned to leave.
But before leaving, Li Hao said: "By the way, I called Gu Tingye, Yang Wenyuan, and Yuan Wenshao to come over today because I have something to discuss.
When they arrive, you remember to arrange for someone to bring them directly to the study. However, there is no need for anyone to wait on them here. There are also a few trusted people outside to look after them. "
Regarding Li Hao's request, Zhang Guifen agreed: "Okay, I will arrange this matter. As for the person who will look after him, I will arrange for the government to bring him out. What do you think?"
Li Hao had no objection to this arrangement and asked Zhang Guifen to leave.
Not long after, when Gu Tingye and the others arrived, Zhang Guifen brought some tea and fruits with her servants. After making arrangements, she exchanged a few words with Gu Tingye, Zhang Wen, and Yuan Wenshao.
After all, after marrying Li Hao, she followed the Wei family and became familiar with Minglan, and by the way, she also became familiar with Hualan and Pinlan.
I often get together with them on weekdays, and even get to know Gu Tingye and the others better.
However, Zhang Guifen knew that Li Hao wanted to talk about business, so she quickly left with her people.
After everyone else left, Gu Tingye and the others looked at Li Hao, waiting for Li Hao to tell him why he came to them.
Li Hao said: "Today at noon, Empress Cao summoned me into the palace and told me her request.
This time she is not asking us to support Zhao Zonghan's ascension to the throne. She just needs us to remain neutral and try our best to restrain the troops and horses in the western suburbs camp.
Regarding this request, I agreed to it in the palace. Of course, if you have different opinions, you can just say so. "
When Yang Wenyuan heard this, he was very surprised by Queen Cao's reaction, and immediately asked: "Why did Queen Cao take the initiative to give in so much? Could it be that she was absolutely sure and thought she had controlled the situation."
Li Hao replied: "I think so. After all, in Empress Cao's view, the defense of the palace is in the hands of Zeng Chaosheng and Bi Zhongyou, and both of them are her own.
Now that the situation in the palace is under control, as long as the western suburbs camp can stand still, Queen Cao may think that she will not lose. "
After everyone heard this statement, they all agreed with it. This was the same as King Yan back then.
It's just that King Yan was unlucky to meet Li Hao and was mobilized from the western suburbs camp, so his success fell short.
Then Gu Tingye answered and asked, "I think this is good. We have more things to protect now than before. It's hard to take risks."
Zhang Wen and Yuan Wenshao couldn't help but nod at these words. After all, these two people are now the hot bed of their wives and children, and they really don't want to take risks again.
As for Yang Wenyuan, Ling Guogong also gave him repeated orders, hoping that he would not intervene in the fight for the crown prince. This time, he felt even more relieved after hearing Li Hao's words.
Just when everyone was thinking about it, Zhang Wen suddenly said: "Then
Queen Cao has made up her mind, but Zhao Zongquan wants to express his attitude. "
What Zhang Wen asked was really a question. After all, this matter affected both sides at the same time. He only agreed with Empress Cao. Who knows what Zhao Zongquan would think.
However, Li Hao had already made plans for this.
He replied: "It is always inappropriate for us to take the initiative to talk about this matter.
It might be more appropriate to let some rumors out first and let Zhao Zongquan come to us, and then talk about this matter. "
Although the method Li Hao thought of was a bit old-fashioned, it should have good results, so no one else said anything.
Seeing that the opinions were unified, Li Hao began to assign tasks and said to Gu Tingye: "Okay, in this case, I will personally handle the matter of delivering the news.
There are many cronies of the former Marquis Ning Yuan in the western suburbs camp. It is up to you to appease them. "
Hearing this, Gu Tingye agreed: "Okay, I generally know about my father's old troops, and I will contact them after I return.
But you also know the situation in my family. My fourth and fifth uncles are not fuel-efficient.
A few years ago, when my father was here, they relied on my father's connivance to keep in touch with some people. I can't say anything about their situation. "
Everyone here is aware of the situation in the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, and they naturally know the two families that have failed to succeed and failed more than they should.
Originally, no fundamental interests were involved and no one cared about it, but now they can no longer ignore it.
Li Hao then said: "The current situation is not the time for them to mess around.
When there was a rebellion involving King Yan, the two families of your family were involved. If the eldest ladies of both families hadn't died in the palace, I'm afraid there would have been a catastrophe.
This time, whether it's for your father's sake or for the sake of the two ladies, we can't let them cause trouble again, what do you think? "
The meaning of Li Hao's words was very clear, that is, he supported Gu Tingye to take action directly and clean up the two families.
Anyway, now the Marquis of Ningyuan has been inherited by Gu Tingye, and he has gained real power in the court.
Now that Gu Tingyu and Mrs. Xiao Qin are dead, Gu Tingye and his wife are now in charge of the Hou Mansion.
I believe that as long as things are not too outrageous, the elders of the Gu family will not choose to support the fourth- and fifth-bedroom people to go against Gu Tingye.
Especially now that the court is full of dangers, those mature guys among the Gu family elders will not fail to see it. I believe they will also support Gu Tingye in this matter.
Then Yang Wenyuan also said: "Yes, at this time, there must be no chaos in the family.
You are now the head of the Gu family, and you should shoulder the heavy responsibility of rectifying the family. "
Seeing that Li Hao and Yang Wenyuan both expressed their support, Gu Tingye felt confident.
To be honest, Gu Tingye has long been disgusted with the people in his fourth and fifth bedrooms.
Some people were also sent to investigate, and it was at this time that they unexpectedly discovered that they had interacted with Zhao Zongquan.
Gu Tingye did not deal with it at that time. Firstly, it was because the timing was inappropriate and he was afraid that it would alarm Zhao Zongquan.
On the other hand, it was also because they finally showed their faces in the Yanwang Rebellion, and later they were registered with Zhao Zhen because of the matters involving Gu Tingdi and Gu Tingbing.
To move them, Gu Tingye must have sufficient reasons, both internally and externally. Of course, the most important thing is not to disrupt Li Hao's plan.
Now that Li Hao has spoken, Gu Tingye does not intend to keep them anymore.
This matter was just a small matter, and Li Hao never worried that Gu Tingye would not be able to solve them.
After mentioning it, he continued to switch to the issue of how to get Zhao Zongquan to come to the door.
After hearing what Yuan Wenshao said, he suggested: "Speaking of which, Zhongjing Hou Mansion and Zhao Zongquan are still related by marriage. Should we contact them through them?"
Logically speaking, this method is indeed good, especially after confirming that Zhao Zongquan may know Zeng Chaosheng's true identity, Li Hao believes that the relationship between the two families can be resolved.
Could he be as cold as he thought before?
But Yang Wenyuan said: "Marquis Zhongjing has always been very strict in running his family, and he has never been willing to let his children participate in party struggles.
Therefore, the relationship between his family and Zhao Zongquan is not that good, and it is useless to contact Zhao Zongquan from his family. "
Seeing that Yang Wenyuan was so sure that there must be some inside information, Li Hao asked his doubts: "Where did you hear this? Is it reliable?"
Yang Wenyuan said: "My father told me this personally. He once worked with Marquis Zhongjing.
He said that Zhongjing Hou was an old-fashioned and upright person, and would never support Zhao Zongquan just because of his in-law relationship.
Moreover, Mrs. Shen's situation in the Zhongjing Hou Mansion is not good now. I heard that something happened to anger the Zheng family.
Although he didn't receive much harsh punishment, he and General Zheng had been living in separate rooms for a long time. It didn't look like the two families had a harmonious relationship. "
If what Yang Wenyuan said is true, it proves that there may be an old nobleman hiding on Zhao Zongquan's side, otherwise Zeng Chaosheng's identity would never be exposed so easily.
It's just that Li Hao has now decided not to help each other, so there is no urgency to know the truth in this matter, just let it happen.
After overturning the method of contacting through the Zhongjing Hou Mansion, several people discussed it again and decided that it would be better to wait for work in leisure and not show any deliberate attitude.
Anyway, Zhao Ceying has been very active among nobles recently. As long as he finds a way to spread some news, I believe he will come to you soon.
After confirming the matter, Gu Tingye and the others left to do things without staying any longer.
The first one to take action was Gu Tingye. This guy had really disliked the people in the two rooms.
After returning to the palace, he began to make arrangements to collect evidence that the two houses were involved in the dispute between the crown prince.
Of course, judging from the IQ gap between the two parties, Gu Tingye's collection was extremely smooth. Not only did he find out how many people they had contacted after taking the name of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, he also found out where their letters were.
Now Gu Tingye was really rude. Taking advantage of the absence of the people in the fourth and fifth bedrooms, he directly sent someone to sneak in and verify the authenticity of the letter.
After confirming that there was no problem, Gu Tingye rushed in with his people and seized all the correspondence.
Then Gu Tingye sent people to each family to inform the family elders and ask them to come to the ancestral hall to discuss.
While Li Hao was waiting for the clan elders, Gu Tingbing and Gu Tingdi came back together and were about to return to their yard.
Gu Tingye directly asked Shitou to lead the person over, and pushed the person to kneel in the ancestral hall.
Shitou's move was indeed scary at first, but it frightened the two of them.
After all, this guy didn't treat Gu Tingye well at first, and now he's afraid that Gu Tingye intends to retaliate.
After directly entering the Gu family ancestral hall, the two of them cheered up again, because they knew that there was no way Gu Tingye would abuse lynching in the ancestral hall.
Of course, this is correct. After entering the ancestral hall, Gu Tingye just asked people to press them down and kneel under the ancestral hall, without any intention of taking action.
This also made the two of them even more arrogant until Gu Tingye's fourth uncle and fifth uncle, the masters of the fourth and fifth rooms of the Gu family, came back.
I heard that my son was forced to kneel in the ancestral hall, so I immediately found him.
He shouted at Gu Tingye: "What are you going to do? What did Ting Bing and Ting Di do wrong to deserve such punishment?"
Gu Tingye said: "Don't worry, I have already sent people to invite the elders of the clan. When they arrive, we will discuss it in detail."
Hearing this, Gu Tingye's fourth uncle and fifth uncle were immediately stunned. They must know that if nothing major happens, even the clan leader cannot invite the elders without permission.
After finishing speaking, Gu Tingye did not stay here longer, leaving space for Ting Bing and Ting Di to their father.
After Gu Tingye walked away and realized the seriousness of the problem, the fourth elder of the Gu family hurriedly asked his son, "Ting Di, what on earth have you done to allow Gu Tingye to invite the elders of the clan to discuss it."
Gu Tingdi this
Shi was a little scared and said immediately: "No, I'm the same as before, I haven't done anything else..."
Just as he was talking, Gu Tingdi suddenly thought of something and quickly motioned to the fourth master to lower his head and said in his ear: "Go to my yard now. There is a stack of letters in a cabinet next to the bed in my room. Can you help me?" I'll put it away."
Seeing this, Gu Tingbing continued: "I have some there too, you have to help me put them away."
After hearing these words, how could the old men in the fourth and fifth rooms not understand that the source of this trouble should lie in these letters.
In order to make peace for their son, the two of them turned around and prepared to go back and take away the letter in a tacit understanding.
But before he could leave the ancestral hall, he was stopped by Stone, who said, "The Marquis has an order to prevent the matter from being leaked and causing the Gu family to get into unnecessary trouble.
No one who enters the ancestral hall can leave until the clan elders discuss it together. "
Naturally, the two of them refused to admit this and had to go out, which made the situation very embarrassing.
Seeing that there was no use anymore, Shitou simply took action and pulled out the knife.
Then the old men in the fourth and fifth bedrooms immediately gave up and went back to sit in the room obediently.
Next, the elders of the Gu family arrived one after another. After everyone arrived, Gu Tingye slowly returned to the ancestral hall.
As a result, at the stall where Gu Tingye did not arrive, in front of these clan elders, those in the fourth and fifth bedrooms started to cry out.
Said: "Gu Tingye is too arrogant. He pushed the people from my fourth and fifth bedrooms to the ancestral hall without saying anything.
He can do this to our two sons today. If he is not properly taken care of, he may dare to do this to us tomorrow. "
What he said was clearly provocative, and the expressions on some clan elders' expressions were obviously wrong.
