The scumbag ran away from marriage, I remarried on the spot

The next morning.

Gu Jingxi woke up at dawn. His young wife was still sleeping soundly beside him. Needless to say, she was tired from last night. He bent down and kissed her forehead, then got up, washed, dressed, ate some breakfast, and headed for the palace.

There is a court meeting today, and all the civil and military officials have arrived at the Golden Palace early to await the arrival of the Emperor.

When the Minister of Justice Yu saw Gu Jingxi had arrived, he moved to Gu Jingxi's side and asked in a low voice: "Master Gu, in your opinion, what should we do about this matter?"

Gu Jingxi replied without thinking: "After the court session, I will go to the Imperial Study with Lord Yu to see the emperor."

Hearing this, Lord Yu nodded slightly. He actually thought so too. It would be better to talk to the emperor in private than to say it in front of all the civil and military officials. This is the emperor's family affair, and the emperor needs to think about how to make a decision.

Nothing major had happened recently, and the ministers didn't know what to report, so they reported all kinds of trivial matters. The lengthy court meeting ended only when the emperor became impatient.

After the court meeting, Gu Jingxi and Lord Yu walked together tacitly and headed to the imperial study.

Emperor Jingwen looked at the two ministers and asked, "Lord Yu, Lord Gu, what is it that is so mysterious about you? Why do you want me to dismiss my attendants?"

Lord Yu replied, "Your Majesty, Lord Gu and I have already investigated the matter of Crown Prince Huizhao's assassination, and we are here to report this to Your Majesty."

As soon as these words came out, Emperor Jingwen sat up straight. His eldest son was assassinated and he and the queen had never really gotten over it. Now that there was finally a result, a cruel look flashed through his eyes and he asked in a deep voice, "Who was it?"

Lord Yu lowered his head slightly, not seeing the expression on the superior's face, and said truthfully: "It's His Royal Highness the Second Prince."

Emperor Jingwen was stunned, and then he shouted, "How dare you! What does this have to do with the Second Prince? Do you have any evidence for what you said, my dear minister?"

When Lord Yu heard the furious voice of Emperor Jingwen, he secretly sweated for himself. Fortunately, they did not say it in the court meeting in front of the civil and military officials. He quickly took out the letter and confession from his arms and stepped forward to present it: "Your Majesty, I am not slandering the Second Prince out of thin air. This is the evidence that Lord Gu and I have found. The witness is still in custody. If Your Majesty wants to see him, you can bring him here at any time."

Emperor Jingwen took the letter and the confession and read them carefully. They were correspondence between the Second Prince and his uncle, Lord Xiao. One of the letters mentioned getting rid of the Crown Prince, and another confession also confirmed that the Second Prince and Lord Xiao were the masterminds behind the incident.

Emperor Jingwen looked at these things with a terribly gloomy expression. He slammed the confession on the imperial desk with a "bang" and remained silent for a long time. Perhaps he was too angry, or he could not accept this fact for a while.

It was common for princes to fight and brothers to kill each other. Even the emperor ascended the throne through fighting between brothers. However, every emperor hoped that his children would not encounter such a situation, and did not want to see his children encounter such a situation.

His second son killed his eldest son. In order to avenge his eldest son, he had to kill the second son.

He values ​​his eldest son the most, and he also values ​​his second son very much. His eldest son died just like that, and the murderer must pay the price he deserves. However, in order to severely punish the murderer, he killed his second son. As a father, it was difficult to make a decision whether to kill him or not, after all, he had already lost a child.

Gu Jingxi and Lord Yu lowered their heads slightly, not daring to say a word to provoke the emperor who was on the verge of a rage.

Soon, Emperor Jingwen thought of another question. He narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the two ministers with half-closed eyes, and asked in a deep voice: "Lord Yu, Lord Gu, how did you get the letters from the Second Prince and Lord Xiao?"

This is a good question. Such letters are usually destroyed after reading, or kept as evidence. If one of them gets into trouble one day, this thing can be used as a bargaining chip to threaten the other party. The other person will definitely help for his own sake, which can serve as a check on each other.

Even if such letters were left behind, they would not be accessible to ordinary people. The Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple were investigating the case, so they could not search for the Second Prince and Lord Xiao's belongings.

Lord Yu replied truthfully: "Your Majesty, a few days ago when I was on holiday, a little beggar brought me a letter. The letter said there were clues about the assassination of Prince Hui Zhao. Early in the morning, the little beggar knocked on the door to deliver the letter. As for who asked the little beggar to deliver it, I don't know."

Gu Jingxi also spoke up at this time: "Your Majesty, when Lord Yu received the letter, he came to discuss with me. Lord Yu and I both believed that it was better to believe it than not to believe it. So we followed the letter and went to the Broken Mask outside the city to investigate. We found the witness lying on the ground. The witness had been fed medicine and was so weak that he didn't even have the strength to commit suicide. Next to the witness were letters from His Royal Highness the Second Prince and Lord Xiao."

Emperor Jingwen frowned even more tightly: "So the case was not discovered by you, but someone else found out the truth and guided you to get the evidence?"

Gu Jingxi replied: "That's right."

Emperor Jingwen lowered his eyes and looked at the letters and confessions in front of him with gloomy eyes. It was true that his second son killed his eldest son, but behind this case, there were bystanders who knew the truth of the matter and calmly watched the situation reach a point where it was beyond redemption. He watched his eldest son being assassinated. Now that his eldest son had passed away, that person had produced evidence of his second son's crime.

In this way, he killed two birds with one stone and lost his two sons directly. What a vicious plot. Who is watching all this?

After a long silence, Emperor Jingwen asked again: "Where is that little beggar now?"

Lord Yu shook his head and said, "Lord Gu and I secretly searched for beggars in the capital, but we couldn't find the little beggar."

After hearing this, Emperor Jingwen's face became even more solemn. If he couldn't find the person, how could he not be a real beggar and just found an excuse to deliver the letter? Or maybe he was a real beggar but died after delivering the letter.

The case of the assassination of Prince Huizhao has been solved, but it is still shrouded in mystery.

After a long while, Emperor Jingwen took a deep breath and said, "You two ministers have worked hard. Please leave first."

Lord Yu was stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted and, together with Gu Jingxi, bowed and left.

After leaving the Imperial Study, Lord Yu was still a little confused. The Emperor knew the murderer who murdered the Crown Prince, but he did not say how to punish the murderer. He just sent them out. He asked in a low voice: "Lord Gu, what do you think the Emperor means by this?"

Gu Jingxi replied: "The emperor's mind is hard to predict. How can we guess what the emperor is thinking?"

Lord Yu frowned slightly. He and Gu Jingxi had no real contribution in solving the case. After all, the evidence was given to them by others. He did not ask for any reward, but only hoped that the emperor would not vent his anger on them, who knew about the case. Then he asked, "So the Second Prince and Lord Xiao conspired to murder the Crown Prince, so we're just going to let it go?"

Gu Jingxi did not answer this question, but only said: "The Anguo envoy will be here soon."

Lord Yu was stunned for a moment, but soon understood. The envoy of An Guo was visiting. It was very shameful for the royal family of Zhao to make such a scandal at such a critical moment. It was estimated that the emperor would wait until the envoy of An Guo left before dealing with the second prince and the Xiao family. As for whether the second prince lived or died, that depended on the emperor's will.