Favoring Concubines and Destroying Wife: Reborn, I Married to a Rich Man and Destroyed His Whole Fam

royal palace.

The secret guards reported to the emperor some of the events that took place in the capital today.

After listening for a while, the emperor spoke.

"I heard that today is the fortieth birthday party for Minister Gu of the Ministry of Revenue?"

When Eunuch Hai heard the emperor ask this, he was stunned for a moment.

"In reply to the emperor, Minister Gu is indeed attending the birthday party today."

"Send someone to keep an eye on it and see which families went to his party."

Eunuch Hai agreed immediately.

After a while, Eunuch Hai came back.

"emperor."

After hearing what Eunuch Hai said, the emperor spoke again.

"Didn't the Dali Temple find some people who lent money at high interest? They asked them to go to Minister Gu's birthday banquet and capture some people to cheer him up..."

Eunuch Hai's heartbeat quickened. He was confused. What did the emperor mean by this? Was he unhappy with Minister Gu's grand banquet?

Lord Gu, you are really shooting yourself in the foot.

"The slave obeys."

Gu Zhao got on the carriage and set off only after he finished his work in the mansion today.

"Master, there are currently 50 to 60 officials from the Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of War, Ministry of Rites, etc. attending Minister Gu's birthday banquet..."

Hearing this, Gu Zhao's face turned slightly cold.

It’s bad enough that Mrs. Gu Zhu is stupid, but Minister Gu is also so stupid.

Although these ministers were all low-ranking officials, with so many people attending the banquet, the gifts they brought must have been considerable. If Minister Gu held any other official position, that would be fine.

The Ministry of Revenue is the most likely to cause controversy. A 40th birthday party is held with such a grand ceremony. Someone will definitely suspect Minister Gu and think that he has embezzled the Ministry's money.

Minister Gu is a man who doesn't dare to be greedy, but he is definitely not clean. If you don't investigate, it's fine, but if you investigate, you will definitely be covered in mud.

The people in the Ministry of Revenue are also aware of these things.

"The cabinet officials have all sent gifts, and several dukes' and marquisates' mansions have also sent gifts."

Gu Zhao frowned even more.

"Did Gu Zhu send invitations to all these families?"

When she was asked to go home and asked for tens of thousands of taels of silver to hold a birthday banquet, she also told Gu Zhu and the others not to make a big fuss about it. She thought that even if Gu Zhu invited more guests, they would only invite relatives and some other people with good relationships.

Now hearing Cuihua say this, Gu Zhao suspected that Gu Zhu had sent invitations to all these families.

"Master, you guessed correctly. Zhu Shi did send invitations to all these families."

Gu Zhao laughed angrily.

How could Gu Zhu have such a big face, a third-rank assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, to hold a birthday banquet and send invitations to the hereditary dukes' and marquises' mansions, and so many aristocratic families. Just because he is the father-in-law of the son of the Marquis of Qin?

Minister Gu really thinks too highly of himself.

Just like the cabinet ministers, they don't dare to post so widely.

Even ministers who had already chosen sides did not dare to contact other ministers in private. If they displeased the emperor, they would be confiscated and exiled.

"Something is bound to happen at the Gu Mansion today. Cuihua, ask Qin Shiyi to send people to guard a few intersections to see if anyone from the Dali Temple or the prefectural government is coming..."

Gu Zhao had a bad feeling in his heart.

If Minister Gu was a duke, a marquis, or even a minister of the first or second rank, or if the Gu family had a stronger background, it would be fine to hold such a banquet. But Minister Gu and Gu Zhushi should not have sent invitations to so many people.

Cuihua and Hong'er were both shocked when they heard Gu Zhao's words.