Jiang family.

"My aunt has asked herself to be deposed. I think the emperor will not pursue this matter any more. Grandpa can rest assured."

Jiang Qian breathed a sigh of relief while speaking.

But the Jiang Taifu above sighed deeply at this moment: "The emperor is not so soft-hearted, your aunt...she didn't ask to be deposed for the Jiang family."

"My aunt is connected with our Jiang family's interests. If she wasn't for the Jiang family, why would she ask to be deposed?" Jiang Qian smiled and shook his head, "Grandfather, you are just too careful, how could aunt..."

"She's for the third prince!" Jiang Taifu yelled heavily, causing Jiang Qian, who was in a state of relaxation, to sit up straight instantly, and subconsciously asked, "Aren't the third prince and us a family?"

"You want to have a family with him, but the emperor doesn't think so." Jiang Taifu smiled coldly, the coldness in his eyes spread inch by inch, like the cold wind in winter, making Jiang Qian's body stiff.

It took a long time for Jiang Qian to regain his mind.

"What do you mean? Auntie will not help us?"

"It's not that I won't help." Jiang Taifu sighed, looking at the blue and cloudless sky above his head, his voice was soft, showing a sense of powerlessness, "It's because she can't help."

"You take people and leave Beijing immediately." Jiang Taifu stood up, his voice was very flat, as if he was talking about a trivial matter.

Falling into Jiang Qian's ears, these words were like a boulder, stirring up thousands of waves.

"Grandfather! The matter has not yet been settled, you might as well wait!" Jiang Qian knew what this meant, and he tried his best to dissuade Jiang Taifu, "Hasn't the emperor returned to the palace? There is no movement in the palace, why should we mess ourselves up?" position?"

"It will be too late when there is movement in the palace." Jiang Taifu's face was unprecedentedly anxious, and his voice became hoarse because of the anxiety.

Seeing that Jiang Qian still had a cold face and did not move, Jiang Taifu's expression became completely gloomy. He stood up suddenly, clearly an old man with a stooped figure, but at this moment, he burst out with great energy. He grabbed Jiang Qian "Don't you understand? In your aunt's eyes, the most important thing is the third prince! Before this matter is exposed, our Jiang family is the strongest backing of the third prince, so naturally she will not give up." The Jiang family, but now the Jiang family has become a burden to the third prince! As long as our Jiang family is still alive, the emperor will not feel at ease! He will not make the third prince the crown prince!"

"But as long as the Jiang family is gone, the third prince will have no shortcomings. With his ability, the position of prince and even the throne is his. Your aunt has been planning for this position for so many years. What do you think she will do? ?”

Jiang Qian was completely stunned by Jiang Taifu's words.

That's right, the emperor was suspicious by nature, and he was extremely afraid of the Jiang family, and it was precisely because of this that the position of the crown prince was in doubt, and he was worried about his relatives taking power.

Realizing this, Jiang Qian didn't hesitate any longer: "I'll take people to Jiangnan right now."

"You go." Jiang Taifu's face seemed to be ten years old at this moment, and he was full of energy, but now he exudes a decadent aura.

Seeing Jiang Qian leave, he leaned on his crutches and stood up unsteadily.

"Prepare the car, I'm going to see the emperor!"

Several carriages left the capital at the fastest speed, under the cover of a crowd of passing pedestrians, no one was alerted.

All the aristocratic families in the capital were attracted by Jiang Taifu.

Just after the Jiang family asked to be deposed, Jiang Taifu hurried to see the emperor. Could it be to intercede?

In Pei's residence, the eldest princess who had just sat down had not yet finished her cup of tea. After hearing the news, her complexion changed drastically, and she quickly got up and walked out.

Holding the teacup, Gu Ning also changed his face at this moment, and quickly followed the eldest princess.

"Grandmother, are you worried about accidents?" Although Gu Ning said in a questioning tone, her eyes and the eager steps under her feet showed her inner anxiety.

The Eldest Princess held Gu Ning's hand tightly, and said in a deep voice, "If I'm not mistaken, he wants to cut off his tail to survive!"

This is consistent with Gu Ning's guess. She squeezed the eldest princess's hand hard, giving her the strength to support her: "Don't worry, so what if you cut off your tail to survive? Without Taifu Jiang, is this Jiang family still the old Jiang family? "

Hearing this, a smile appeared on the eldest princess's face, and her eyes became much more relaxed: "I was the one who worried too much. The Jiang family without Taifu Jiang is nothing to worry about!"

"It's just the queen mother..." Her eyes were dark, and she uttered a sentence after a long time, "It's time for her to pay some price!"

Gu Ning blinked, and immediately understood the intention of the eldest princess.

The Jiang family was able to develop to this day, relying on Jiang Taifu on the outside, and the Queen Mother on the inside. She is the emperor's biological mother, and what she said can naturally shake the emperor's decision.

From the various attitudes of the Eldest Princess towards Xie Yan, it is enough to prove that she is on Xie Yan's side, or that what the entire Pei family has done up to now is to pave the way for Xie Yan.

If Xie Yan wants to take revenge and take back everything that belongs to him, apart from the emperor, no matter it is the Jiang family, the Fang family, or the second prince's nephew, the Song family, they are all his enemies.

It is undoubtedly the best and least suspicious choice to use the emperor's hand to remove these obstacles.

"Your grandfather has already entered the palace, let's wait outside the palace." The Eldest Princess sneered with a relaxed expression, "I'd like to see what else he can come up with."

……

Outside the Tai Chi Hall at that time, Jiang Taifu held his official hat and knelt on the cold floor.

"Your Majesty! Your subject is guilty!"

As he spoke, he knelt down on the ground, the winter sun fell on him, there was no warmth, only the severe cold of winter.

The emperor rubbed his brows, and there was a bowl of pitch-black medicinal juice in his hand. Li Dehai was persuading him earnestly: "Your Majesty, good medicine is good for your illness, and the tranquilizing medicine that Xiao Yuan is preparing will definitely make you..."

With a "snap", the emperor waved the bowl containing the tranquilizing medicine to the ground.

Hearing the crisp sound of porcelain shattering, a carefree and distorted smile appeared on the emperor's face: "I'm already tired of taking the medicine from Xiao Yuanzheng, I'd better wait for Daoist Chen to bring the elixir to me before taking it. Same effect."

When he was speaking, Jiang Taifu's hoarse voice just came in from outside the hall.

"The minister's ineffective discipline has developed such a vicious heart as the queen, which has caused the Princess Anyang to stay sick all year round. This is the first! The minister's lust for profit and connivance of Fang's family to cause chaos in the public arena is the second!"

"All these things are all my fault. I know that my crime is unforgivable, but my majesty, for the sake of saving your life, bypass the rest of the Jiang family! They are all innocent!"

"There is no pardon for my crimes, I only ask for death!"

The movement of the emperor's hands paused, and soon he continued to talk to Li Dehai as if he hadn't heard anything: "My body is almost recuperated, the matter of the harem..."

"Your Majesty!" Li Dehai knelt down immediately, and said in a low voice, "Chen Daochang has ordered you to cultivate your body and mind these days, and never get close to women! Otherwise, those elixirs you have taken before will be in vain! "

Hearing this, the emperor angrily threw the Buddhist beads in his hand on the desk, his eyes were cloudy, and he said coldly: "Let's go, go and see my Jiang Taifu, what kind of tricks is he playing again!"

Li Dehai followed behind him cautiously, tapping the ground with his toes as he walked, not daring to make any noise.

Outside the main hall, Jiang Taifu's face was pale, seeing the emperor's appearance, the boulder in his heart fell to the ground.

"Your Majesty!" He spoke loudly, then smacked his head heavily on the ground, "Your Majesty is guilty!"

The emperor pretended to go down the steps, and personally helped him up: "Teacher! You have taught me for many years, these are just trivial things, I can't blame you!"

Jiang Taifu shook his head again and again: "As the Taifu, the head of all officials, I should be a role model for all officials. However, I have misbehaved and indulged the Fang family to make big mistakes under the influence of profit. This is already a felony of beheading! The family is restless every day, and now the only thing I want is death, and I ask the emperor to do it!"

He burst into tears and was extremely sincere.

The emperor's eyes flickered, but he still didn't agree: "In the final analysis, it was Jiang's fault. She has been in the palace for many years. If you say that you have no way to teach, it is not justified. It is better to say that it is my fault. As for the Fang family... The smuggling incident is indeed a felony, but you are not the mastermind, on the side of the Fang family, I will let the people in Dali Temple deal with it according to the law, so you don't have to take these responsibilities on yourself."

The gentler his attitude was, the more disturbed Jiang Taifu felt.

Jiang Taifu entered the palace this time with the determination to die. He closed his eyes, shook his head heavily, and said earnestly: "The emperor is the king of a country, how can he play favoritism for his ministers? If you commit such a mistake, you can only die It can appease the anger of all the officials! You must not implicate your sageness, the emperor, just because of your minister!"

However, the emperor still did not agree: "Teacher, you have taught me for many years, how can I send you to the execution ground with my own hands? You still..."

"Your Majesty!" Jiang Taifu said eagerly, "I only want to die! Use my death to pardon the rest of the Jiang family! They are innocent! I don't want to implicate them because of my fault!"

The emperor lifted him up, and several forbidden soldiers immediately came forward and supported Jiang Taifu vigorously.

Under Jiang Taifu's uneasy gaze, the emperor was very gentle: "Don't worry, I won't execute you, so why would I take action against the other Jiang family?"

"It's just that you're right." The emperor sighed, "If you don't punish you for committing such a mistake, it will appear that I don't distinguish between rewards and punishments."

"How about this, please leave Beijing and return to your hometown, so that the rest of the Jiang family will not be implicated by you."

Jiang Taifu held his hands firmly, his whole body was cold, his old eyes shone with wisdom, and he just looked at the emperor like this.

"What if... the minister insists on dying?" He said firmly, "The law cannot be violated! The minister is willing to die!"

"Then I'm afraid Lord Jiang will be disappointed."

Old General Pei strode up to him, bowed to the emperor, and said something that made his face change drastically.

"Report to the emperor, everyone in the Jiang family fled in fear of crime, and they have all been captured by the imperial army!"

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