After redemption, he took away the luck of the future queen

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Sang Yanjiao couldn't listen to what her father, Uncle Sang, said, but she knew that her grandfather, Chang Xingbo, had been imprisoned for two days. If she didn't agree to marry Mr. Lin, her grandfather would be troubled, as well as other people and the emperor. She would never leave this room due to her suspicion of Changxing Bo Mansion.

Is she really going to die of old age in this room?

Sang Yanjiao was unwilling to give in.

But she also knew that it was useless to cry, hang herself or even go on a hunger strike.

Changxing Bo Mansion and the Queen will not miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for her alone. What they are planning this time is the long-term future and future glory of Changxing Bo Mansion, and there is no room for failure.

Marry a chicken, follow the chicken, marry a dog, follow the dog. No matter who you marry, it will be your fate after all, she accepted it.

Chang Xingbo breathed a long sigh of relief when he saw that his granddaughter Sang Yanjiao agreed. But he didn't know that the conversation between them was listened to by someone hiding in the dark.

Dingguo Gongfu.

Duke Dingguo listened to the reports from the confidants he sent out. Although he found no direct evidence that Chang Xingbo had murdered his granddaughter, he was certain that Chang Xingbo did it based on what he brought back from his confidants.

Duke Dingguo was very angry. Chang Xingbo had a big plan. Not only did he want to kill his granddaughter, but he also took the life of the prince into consideration.

But what he never expected was that Hu Pianxuan, a woman who came out of a remote and barren land, was so thoughtful and aware of the subtleties that she could see through the foggy situation at a glance and point directly to Chang Xingbo's ultimate goal. .

If she were a man, he would definitely give Ling Changlu to Hu Pianheng.

Could this be the reason why Gu Jianli brought her to the capital?

Pian He's speculation was very reasonable. Chang Xingbo's granddaughter and his granddaughter were both on the list of the prince's concubines. I guess this list was drawn up early in the morning, right? It was not improvised after the prince-in-law died.

Chang Xingbo was afraid that his granddaughter Ling Changlu would steal the love of his granddaughter Sang Yanjiao and threaten Sang Yanjiao's status, so he decided to kill his granddaughter Ling Changlu in advance, right?

But something unexpected happened. His granddaughter Ling Changlu escaped death, but Sang Yanjiao, because she expressed her feelings to Gu Jianxing, so Changxing Bo had to let Sang Yanrou replace Sang Yanjiao into the prince's mansion. Otherwise, Changxing would... The uncle's house is just slapping the prince in the face.

No, the granddaughter must not be allowed to enter the prince's palace, Duke Ding made up his mind.

He took out a pen and paper, bent over his desk and wrote furiously, wandering about like a dragon or a phoenix.

After writing the letter in one go, after the ink dried, Duke Ding folded the letter and gave it to his confidant, who secretly gave the letter to Gu Jianli.

He would not let his granddaughter enter the prince's palace. He explained his reasons in the letter. He wrote down Pian He's guess about Chang Xingbo and the clues he found in the letter.

Duke Dingguo did this, obviously to show his goodwill to Gu Jianli. I believe that after Gu Jianli read the letter he wrote, he would definitely not let his granddaughter Ling Changlu enter the prince's palace, let alone do anything to Duke Dingguo's palace. Feeling resentful.

Indeed, as Duke Dingguo expected.

After Gu Jianli saw the letter sent by Duke Dingguo and knew that Chang Xingbo and even the queen had the purpose of killing the consort, and that the sword pointed at his own life in the end, he silently changed Ling Changlu's name from Cross it out on the roster and record the kindness of Duke Dingguo.

You must know that he has just become a prince, has no power, his status is unstable, and he urgently needs to build his own strength.

Since he became the prince, many people expressed their desire to be loyal to him secretly. However, he did not accept everyone. He originally intended to be friends with powerful people like Ding Guogong. Now, Ding Guogong secretly helps He wanted such a big favor from him, so he happily accepted Duke Ding Guo's overtures and reciprocated the favor. He would naturally agree to Duke Ding's request and not let Ling Changlu enter the prince's palace.

He obviously didn't dare to win over Duke Ding, and he wouldn't do it. After all, he was just a prince. If he went too far and aroused the emperor's suspicion, the gain would outweigh the loss.

But it was different when Duke Dingguo showed his favor to him secretly. He remembered this favor.

The list of concubines was drawn up by the emperor, and the queen agreed. Finally, she asked him what he meant. He crossed out Ling Changlu, the granddaughter of Ding Guogong, which eliminated the emperor's suspicion of him and also reduced the queen's suspicion of him. His defensiveness can be said to have served him multiple purposes.

When the queen saw that her adopted son Gu Jianli had crossed out the name of Duke Dingguo's granddaughter from the list of concubines, she was naturally happy to see such a result, so she added the name of another person.

Before the death of the consort, in addition to Chang Xingbo, Linjiang Hou was also by his side. In order to confuse everyone and divert attention, Linjiang Hou's granddaughter Cui Yiyu was the most suitable candidate to replace Ling Changlu.

Linjiang Hou Mansion.

Linjiang Hou Cui Lishan learned that his granddaughter Cui Yiyu was one of the prince's three concubines. He raised his hand and stroked his beard frequently, smiled from ear to ear, and asked the eldest son Cui Yichen: "Yichen, how is Fang Daxiang?"

At this critical moment, Fang Daxiang's presence cannot be noticed by others.

Cui Yichen smiled and said, "Dad, don't worry."

After saying this, he made a gesture of wiping his neck, trying to convey that Fang Daxiang was already dead.

He knows what it means to do something right.

Chopping the grass does not remove the roots, but the spring breeze blows and regenerates.

"Yes." Linjiang Hou nodded happily, and then said: "Go down and ask the people in the second, third, fourth and fifth bedrooms to be careful with me and let them know all their shady thoughts. Put it away for me and take care of the minions outside. Don't let the enemies get caught and cause trouble for nothing. Qiu Jiaojiao is the prince's cousin, but don't let the enemies catch the opportunity to replace Yi Yu."

Duke Dingguo didn't know what medicine he took wrongly, but he refused to let his granddaughter enter the prince's palace. Everyone knew that the side concubine was inferior to the main concubine, but Gu Jianli's side concubine was different from the side concubines of other princes or princes. , his concubine may be the imperial concubine in the future.

Duke Dingguo is really old and confused. He will not thank Duke Dingguo for his humility. The position of imperial concubine should belong to the Cui family. His wishful thinking has not failed. Duke Dingguo will regret it.

"Dad, don't worry. My son knows about this and will give the instructions later. However, my cousin seems to be very reluctant to leave Fang Daxiang. She refuses to marry the husband I found for her. She says she wants to stay for Daxiang. On."

Linjiang Hou snorted coldly after hearing this, and said displeasedly: "If she wants to be guarded, let her guard her. When she regrets it and wants to get married, you have to guard her and don't let her cause trouble again." Something happened."

"Okay." Cui Yichen responded, turned around and went out to do errands.

The Marquis of Linjiang stood there complacently, but little did he know that the Queen was using him as a weapon to distract everyone from suspicion of Chang Xingbo.

When Gu Jianli saw that the person who replaced Ling Changlu was the granddaughter of Linjiang Hou, he did not object vocally and silently accepted the queen's arrangement.

He also had the idea of ​​using Linjiang Hou's granddaughter Cui Yiyu to compete with the queen's niece Sang Yanrou, to find something for the queen and Sang Yanrou to do, and to muddy the water a little more to prevent them from focusing all their attention on him. on the body.

Gu Jianli suddenly felt that the emperor's decision to appoint Duke Ding's granddaughter Ling Changlu as his concubine had the same purpose as Linjiang Hou's granddaughter Cui Yiyu.

If this is the case, doesn't it mean that the emperor has already guessed the plans of the queen and Chang Xingbo?

So has the emperor already guessed that the death of the consort is related to Chang Xingbo?

It would be interesting if that were the case.

Ling Changlu knew that she didn't have to join the prince as a concubine, so she completely let go of her thoughts and no longer had any illusions about Gu Jianli. Her expression was natural and she didn't want to live and die for it.

Duke Dingguo was very happy and hurriedly ordered his daughter-in-law to arrange marriage arrangements for Ling Changlu. At the same time, he did not forget who once again helped his granddaughter and Duke Dingguo's palace, and prepared a thank-you gift for Hu Pianxuan.

Pian Huan looked at the thank you gift sent by Dingguo's official envoy, and felt so happy that he almost jumped up.

Duke Dingguo was so mean that he gave her a shop and a thousand taels of silver as a thank you gift. This thank you gift was what she needed most now.

Speaking of the powerful people in the capital, are they really so generous in giving gifts? Either a luxury house or a shop?

Pian He happily took over the title deed of the shop and was about to go out to see where Ding Guogong's shop was located, how big it was, and what the layout was like inside. She also told Sun and Lin Xi not to go out, and she would bring vegetables when she came back. , without them going out to buy it.

Just as Pian He was about to go out, Gu Jianxing came with an angry look on his face.