The old lady is reborn

Duke Dingguo was stopped by the virtuous king's guards, and Gong Qifang lowered his head and remained silent.

My father doesn't like me. I finally understood and accepted it after crying and feeling disappointed countless times since I was a child.

But at the same time, I also understood that my father really loved my sister.

On the few occasions when he had to show some courtesy in front of guests or at banquets in the palace, he had to try his best to please his concubine sister when he came back.

The servants in the mansion had all been replaced long ago, with people favored by concubines or sisters-in-law.

No matter where he went or what he did, his concubine sister would get the news from the gods of hearing, and Duke Dingguo knew everything, but he liked his concubine sister and was happy to be controlled by her.

Instead, because my sister-in-law had many banquets and couldn't attend, she simply claimed to be ill and declined.

Or she could take her half-sister with her, but that would be a nightmare for both sisters.

One feels bullied and bullied outside, while the other is always scolded and beaten when he returns home.

Because of this, her father became even more dissatisfied with Gong Qifang for taking the position of the legitimate daughter.

In Gong Qifang's memory, even when her father came to her yard to scold her, he seemed to be doing it secretly away from her half-sister.

She remembered that once, Duke Dingguo personally brought servants to her yard to punish her, and her concubine's sister rushed into her yard, hugged her father and wanted to take him away.

At the same time, he blamed Duke Dingguo: "Just ask a few servants to come and beat him, whether it's a slap in the face or a spanking, why do you need your father to come in person?

There are so many servants, just send two to be in charge and wait for their reports afterwards.

Is she pretending to be pitiful again to please her father? Father, please don't come to her again!"

If she guessed correctly, Duke Dingguo came this time, although it was a rare visit to her courtyard in Yunlan Temple for his concubine sister, he still came secretly and with a small entourage.

It is estimated that there is only one coachman for each carriage, and the hood with the logo of Duke Dingguo's Mansion is probably useless.

Since there is no sign, they can probably only stop at the front gate where the common people's carriages are parked. Now they are stopped here by the wise king's men and there is no one to report the news. They can only cry out to heaven and earth for help.

The wise king should have confirmed this.

The concubine's sister probably knew it all, and now she didn't even dare to let her father say a few more words, for fear of angering the wise king.

But even if Duke Dingguo brought people with him, what would it matter?

Can you defeat the virtuous king's men, or do you dare to fight with the virtuous king's men?

Even if some news gets out, he is not only a prince but also a wise king.

You, Duke Dingguo, have long been notorious for favoring your concubine over your wife, and this fake legitimate daughter is not presentable enough.

Gong Qifang's eyes swept over Gong Yan. To be fair, Gong Yan's upbringing was not bad. Because of the favor of Duke Dingguo, she enjoyed almost all the best.

But her temper and personality are really bad. When she is angry, she will do rude things and say rude things.

Perhaps because of this, the wise king seized on her weakness and constantly provoked her to expose her shortcomings in front of everyone.

Duke Dingguo seemed very angry, with veins bulging on his forehead. Although he was stopped by the guards, he still walked out step by step.

The guards took a few steps back and finally stopped, "Duke, it is our duty and we cannot retreat any further. If you move forward, I'm afraid you will be killed."

Duke Dingguo turned a deaf ear and continued walking forward. The long sword on his neck really pierced into his flesh, and blood oozed out.

The virtuous king picked up the teacup again, and Gong Yan seemed to be frightened.

"If you let my father go, we promise not to tell anything."

The virtuous king said: "It's just that your father's methods are not good enough. Now that the truth has been revealed, it will soon be traced back to him.

Rather than believing what you say, it is better to believe that the dead cannot speak.

If he dies, I will feel at ease. I will welcome the daughter who was wronged in the past into the mansion and make her the mistress of the house. Let the world know that I have long since separated from you two and that we are on different paths. "

Duke Dingguo: "Yan'er doesn't know anything, Your Majesty can rest assured when I die.

I am willing to die here today. I will also write down for you the people who knew about those things and who did it.

As long as you give Yan'er a chance to live and let her leave."

Gong Qifang recalled that in his dream, his mother was killed by Duke Dingguo, and he was heartbroken.

Duke Dingguo should have experienced this kind of pain. If his beloved daughter Gong Yan died in front of him, perhaps he would be able to empathize with her.

So Gong Qifang said slowly: "If we just found out about Duke Dingguo, he had a conflict with the prince's people and died, that wouldn't be appropriate, right?

When a duke dies, even a prince has to give an explanation.

But if something happens to a woman in your own family, whether she is your wife or concubine, it is easier to explain. "This is a sad fact.

Hearing this, Duke Dingguo glared at Gong Qifang and said, "Yan'er is right. You are indeed a vicious person. How can you pretend to be so gentle and weak in normal times?"

Gong Qifang said: "My Lord, you probably forgot how you and Gong Yan used my grandmother and cousin to threaten and hurt my mother and me.

My mother was gentle and weak all her life and never hurt anyone, but what was her final fate in the Duke’s Mansion?

How can a place that eats people without leaving any bones be qualified to talk about others' vicious hearts?"

Everyone says that their mother married into a wealthy family, but they don’t know that the Duke’s Mansion at that time lost the ancient books and armor diagrams that the Ministry of Works had obtained with great difficulty. How could they return the things half a year later?

It was precisely because they wanted to ask their mother's family for help that they wanted their grandmother to take out the ancestral atlas to make up for it.

But after getting through that hurdle, he took advantage of the person and treated his own mother like that, even killing her.

In the dream, my mother died, and in reality, my mother had no choice but to leave the family.

If you had the ability, you could have held your own at that time.

Or he could have told his grandmother and mother the truth about what happened, but he had to act like a mean person and deceive his fifteen-year-old mother.

When the virtuous prince heard what Gong Qifang said, he seemed to remember: "My virtuous prince's mansion had also investigated the incident back then.

Her mother has been kind to your Duke's Mansion. She married you at the age of fifteen or sixteen with all her heart. It would be unwise for the Duke's Mansion to repay her kindness with enmity.

But the Duke is capable of doing this, so I naturally have to be on guard."

After hearing this, Gong Yan began to cry and scold Gong Qifang, and then said to the virtuous king: "Even if we are married for a day, we still have a hundred days of grace. I have been married to the prince for these years, and even if I have no merit, I have worked hard.

Is the prince going to support this woman, an outsider? Wasn't it her grandmother's family and her mother who were seeking to repay a favor?

My father was forced to do this, why do you blame him?"

Duke Dingguo couldn't help but turn his head away when he heard her still saying "One day we are husband and wife, we have worked hard together". When he heard her say "repaying a favor", he felt uncomfortable.

The wise king glanced at her and said, "Merit and hard work? Think about what you have done over the years.

You were spoiled by your father in the Duke's Mansion. Not only do you have a bad temper, but you also think that the whole world revolves around you?

If I hadn't investigated the Duke's Mansion carefully, I would have known about the marriage between the two mansions. If I marry you, I would be "marrying" the Duke's Mansion.

Talking about the past, you are more arrogant than your father. The Duke's face turned red and white and it was difficult to speak. Are you here to repay a favor?

You know how your father used all his tricks to deceive people, and how he patted his chest and swore an oath to that person's grandmother.

How did you get hold of someone else's ancestral heirloom?

If I hadn't investigated, I wouldn't have "valued" your father so much. He is really a fraud and a deceitful man, using any means to achieve his goals. I admire that.

Sure enough, after marrying you, I feel I am worthy of your father’s contributions and hard work.

But if the job is exposed, you have to take responsibility for it."

Gong Yan asked, "Your Majesty, are you going to kill the donkey after it has done its job?"

"If we talk about discarding a donkey after it has done its job, you are not as good as the Duke..." When the wise king said this, he suddenly felt an unbearable stomachache. He had only drunk tea since he came here.

But the person who brought the tea has already experienced it, what’s going on?

He glanced at the tea on the table, then looked at Gong Qifang: "Are you poisoning me?"

Gong Qifang said in a panic, "How dare you? Isn't Jingxin still targeting the prince?"

After saying this, he glanced at Duke Dingguo again and said, "Father came first. After he came in, he approached the teacup but didn't drink."

The guards of the virtuous king were surrounding the Duke of Dingguo. After hearing the virtuous king's order, they all said, "Master, the Duke has a scent of 'intestine-twisting killing' on him."

Duke Dingguo was full of confusion: "What do you mean by strangulation? I don't know what you are talking about?!"

Suddenly, he seemed to understand and turned to look at Gong Qifang: "It's you. That small compartment is full of incense. This is the smell of that incense."

Gong Qifang said, "The incense I use in my little compartment is just ordinary sandalwood. Duke, please stop talking nonsense."

One of the virtuous king's men had gone in to check, and soon he took out an incense burner and said to the virtuous king, "Master, this is indeed sandalwood."

Gong Qifang added: "My Lord, you should take out the antidote as soon as possible, if not for yourself, then for Gong Yan."

"you!"

As soon as Duke Dingguo uttered the word "you", the guards tore off his outer robe that was in the way, took off his whole body, including his shoes, and searched him thoroughly.

Then he shook his head at the wise king: "Master, no!"

Duke Dingguo was now in a rather embarrassing state, with his hands twisted behind his back by two guards as he knelt on the ground.

Gong Qifang seemed to see her former self and remembered the countless times she was beaten and punished.

I couldn't help but look at Gong Yan, who sometimes still felt unsatisfied and would kick and slap himself.

There will be reports.

The virtuous king was in so much pain that his forehead was covered in sweat. The guards received the order and dragged Gong Yan to the side of Duke Dingguo.

"If the Duke doesn't give me the antidote, your daughter will lose her hands, feet, or even her head."

The virtuous king was in so much pain that he was furious: "Let her drink this tea and see if he will take the antidote."