Rebirth of marriage

Even after going down to court, the papers about the impeachment of Prince Xiao floated to the emperor like snowflakes, piling up his imperial papers. He was so bored by looking at them that he pushed the mountain of papers to the ground.

Hearing that King Xiao left the city just after the city gate opened in the early morning, he didn't know what happened, and he felt a little worried.

He only had this son. This time the third son of the Cao family died. The Cao family was very angry. From the rumors spread outside the palace, it was known that the Cao family had launched a revenge.

Gu Xiao went out of the city at this time. If the Cao family sent people to assassinate him like before, Gu Xiao would be in great danger. I heard that he didn't take many people with him when he went out.

Without Gu Xiao, he alone would not be able to completely overthrow the Cao family.

The most important thing is that he cannot break the inheritance.

He stayed there restlessly for a whole day, and even when Lan Yue Pavilion came to invite him, he didn't even bother to go.

But at sunset, he heard that Gu Xiao had gone out of the city to catch geese.

He quickly thought about what Gu Xiao wanted to do with the wild goose, and kicked the table leg angrily. It was already this time, he had been worried about him all day, but he only had one woman in his heart.

He asked Zhao Debao to send Gu Xiao to the palace, hoping to give him a good scolding.

Zhao Debao looked at the sky outside and said hesitantly, "Your Majesty, go and send the message now. I'm afraid His Highness won't be able to leave the palace in time. If you meet someone from Yungui..."

The emperor told Gu Xiao more than once that he wanted father and son to work together to deal with the Cao family, but he went back on his word on Cao Laosan's case for Cai Wei. Zhao Debao's mention of Cai Wei reminded him of this matter, and he felt a little guilty.

Besides, she couldn't leave the palace in time, so she had to stay in the palace. The queen was furious at this moment, and there was no guarantee that she wouldn't take the opportunity to attack Gu Xiao. The emperor threw down a few books in annoyance and changed his words, "Then let him come to the imperial study after the morning court tomorrow." See me."

The next morning, Gu Xiao still didn't come.

The emperor looked at the empty place, and the anger that had been calmed down by the Yungui people last night was rising again.

Was he going to leave him alone to deal with Cao's party?

What is unfilial is that for a woman, even the father is ignored.

The emperor thought bitterly.

He was in a bad mood, so he kept a cold face the whole time.

However, Cao's party members got the order from Cao's chief assistant and were bound to force the emperor to punish Xiao Wang. Therefore, even though they knew that the emperor was unhappy, everyone in Cao's party came out one after another and repeated what they said yesterday.

The emperor was still speechless, but today Prince Gong and Duke Zhenguo refuted them.

The old censor who had taken leave in Fenghan also came back and explained some of the true facts about the widow's remarriage that he had learned during his exile. Then the Minister of Punishment, Master Xu of the Ministry of Households and others also came out to express their approval of King Xiao's decree.

Cao Dang did not expect that so many people would speak for King Xiao today, and the words became more intense, and the two sides started to quarrel directly in the court.

The object of their argument, King Xiao, was sitting across from Xie Jiu.

As soon as Duke Zhen went to court, Xie Jiu got up.

Yesterday, Gu Xiao went out of the city early in the morning to catch wild geese, and also to take the child who replaced Qing Shu out of the city.

Previously, she was worried that Cao Laosi would attack Qingshu and his son, so she ordered the antidote to be delivered to Shao Yifan. She also brought back some of their food and drinking water for inspection, and found that the Cao family only poisoned the children's food.

He asked them to hide the poisonous food secretly, but to avoid being noticed by the Cao family, they still let the children pretend to be poisoned without knowing it.

Perhaps it was the death of Cao Laosan yesterday that stimulated the Cao family to advance the matter of dealing with Gu Xiao. They gave medicine to the child who was disguised as Qingshu in front of Shao Yifan and his wife.

Then he pretended to have discovered Shao Yifan's murder, reported it to the official, and in the name of protecting Qing Shu Niang, held Qing Shu Niang in his hand to blackmail Shao Yi Fan into admitting that he was forced by Xiao Wang to marry a widower, and he was dissatisfied. Only then did he kill his stepson.

After guessing Cao Laosi's purpose of arresting Shao Yifan's family and coming to the capital, they speculated that after the incident, the Cao family would go to that yamen to report to the officials. The Minister of Punishment was a member of the emperor's family and was very cunning. He would not associate with the Cao family and would be punished first. The Cao family was excluded.

Jingzhao Mansion is the power of the Cao family and the first choice of the Cao family, but it is extremely disadvantageous to them.

So Gu Xiao went to find Wu Chong.

The people from Jiuxiao Pavilion have been secretly protecting the Shao family. After knowing the Cao family's plan, Gu Xiao informed Wu Chong in advance. When the man reported to the official, people from Dali Temple happened to be nearby and took over the case.

The child was clever. He held his breath after being given medicine. The servants of the Cao family just thought he was dead.

Wu Chong personally took the people there and brought the child back to Dali Temple.

The Cao family only needed to confirm that the child was dead and that Shao Yifan had indeed murdered his stepson. They would no longer stare at the child's body.

Wu Chong used the body prepared in advance by Jiuxiao Pavilion to replace the child and delivered it to Gu Xiao. Gu Xiao took the opportunity to send the child to Lin Shu in the mountains.

After Gu Xiao returned to the city last night and didn't come over, Xie Jiu felt a little worried.

Passing a cup of tea into Gu Xiao's hand, she asked, "Is the child okay?"

Gu Xiao took the tea, took a sip, and said, "The Cao family gave them a lot of medicine. Fortunately, Shao Yifan gave them the antidote when they were not paying attention. However, the antidote was given a little late, and the child suffered a lot. He has already been sent to the hospital." Lin Shu has it in her hands, and she will bring it back when the child gets better."

"That's good." Xie Jiu breathed a sigh of relief, "Then the child can stay with me from now on."

"Okay." Gu Xiao nodded.

The child, who was only seven years old, was able to deal with the servants of the Cao family so tactfully, without being noticed by them. If he stayed with Xie Jiu and trained him well, he would be of great use in the future.

After talking about the child, he put down the tea cup and held Xie Jiu's hand, "They are afraid that they will spread some unfavorable rumors to you today, so don't listen to them."

Xie Jiu smiled, "No problem."

She never thought that she and Gu Xiao's affairs could be kept secret for a lifetime. Their opponents were the powerful chief minister of the dynasty and the Cao family who controlled half of the imperial power. She even thought that one day she would be defeated miserably at their hands. .

What are the mere rumors?

What's more, didn't Grandfather and Prince Gong also take action?

Seeing her like this, Gu Xiao raised his hand and rubbed her head, and said warmly, "Today is a good day. Later I will invite the matchmaker and uncle to propose marriage, and the appointment will be made in three days.

Jiu'er, I want to move the wedding date as early as possible. I never thought of it in such a hurry, but things happened suddenly, and I want to make a decision with you as soon as possible, so that I can do the rest with peace of mind. I have wronged you. "

He originally wanted to wait for revenge and give her a grand wedding. He had secretly prepared the betrothal gifts, some of which were already on their way, but these were far from enough. It was too late to search again. He felt ashamed in his heart to thank the bride and groom. Her one game.

Marrying Gu Xiao and becoming his wife is what Xie Jiu has been looking forward to most since his rebirth. Moreover, she understood his actions. She pinched his face and said angrily, "Silly."

How could she feel wronged?

He couldn't tolerate other women asking for favors in front of the emperor in front of his mother, nor could he tolerate the Cao family using him like this after killing his mother, so he must do something.

And what he wants to do is very likely to turn against the emperor.

He was worried that the emperor would take revenge on her in the future, so he had to decide on their marriage before taking action.

She understood it all, and was even a little moved.

He put her before revenge.

She once said that no matter what he did, she would be by his side, even if he went to hell.

When she thought of going to hell, she also thought of the fake Nihuang. She is still in prison and will be sent to Yuyouguan tomorrow after Mingyuan Hou is sentenced to death.

Before she leaves the capital, the accounts of her previous life always have to be settled.

And this is what Gu Xiao was thinking at this time, he said, "Tomorrow we will go to 'give away' the fake Nihuang."