When Shen Ying heard about Gu Min's life experience from Du Qianren, she also doubted whether Gu Min's motive for approaching her was just for revenge, but it was more of a "so it was" sudden.

No wonder he did those things, no wonder he tried his best to deal with several forces, no wonder he kept his true origin secret, all because Gu Min had such a tortuous life behind him.

If it were any normal emperor who grew up in the royal family full of all kinds of scheming and intrigue, he would definitely be jealous and suspicious of Gu Min after knowing his life experience. After all, Gu Min and the royal family have different relationships. Who would believe that an assassin who originally wanted to kill him would sincerely help him in the revenge of exterminating the family?

Du Qianren thought the same way. He had served three emperors, and he knew that being an emperor would inevitably lead to suspicion and overthinking. That's why he took the risk of reporting on Gu Min's life experience. He will be merciful to his subordinates, but before he dies, it will be worth it if he can pull Gu Min, who has caused him to such a situation, as a backup!

But Du Qianren would have thought that the emperor had already changed his core.

Shen Ying was not born into a royal family, nor was he born a politician. He was just an ordinary person, and he did not receive the education of the Three Guidelines and Five Constants in this era.

Even though he is now the ruler of a feudal dynasty, in order to maintain the stability and prosperity of this dynasty, he sometimes has to obey the system and ethics of the feudal society in thought and behavior, but it has been deeply imprinted in his bones. Thoughts are never erased.

In the past, he just looked at history from the perspective of a bystander, and would sigh for those loyal souls who died of the king's suspicion and were wronged in the long river of history. Now he, although he is in the historical trend, but that The heart of a child has never changed.

So even if Gu Min approached him to avenge the Xu family's case, Shen Ying would not blame Gu Min. There should be justice and axiom in the world.

He was afraid that Gu Min would approach him only for revenge, and that Gu Min would be blinded by hatred and would only live in hatred for so many years.

Fortunately, fortunately, Gu Min was not.

"The revenge of destroying the family is never forgotten, and the heart of loyalty and admiration for the king is also determined." When Gu Min said these words, Shen Ying knew that he was right. Yes, in Gu Min's heart, he not only has the hatred of being wiped out, but also has the righteousness of his family and country in his heart.

At this moment, Shen Ying just wanted to hug Gu Min tightly, and let him know that although he had lost all his relatives, he was not alone in the world, he still had him.

Shen Ying leaned her head on Gu Min's shoulder, and said in a muffled voice, "I only love you. It must be hard for a person to hide so many things in his heart for so many years, right?"

Gu Min couldn't believe what he heard, he was stunned for a while, and then he slowly raised his hand and hugged Shen Ying's back tightly, the throbbing in his chest was like waves, wave after wave brushed across his heart , The touch of understanding and deep love almost drowned all his internal organs.

Before he came to see Shen Ying, he had made countless assumptions about how Shen Ying would react, and thought about countless ways to deal with it, but he never thought that the situation would become like this, it was like a dream.

"You don't blame me?" Gu Min clenched his teeth, and his Adam's apple couldn't stop rolling. He endured it for a long time before he could lose his composure too much.

"If you want to blame you, it's only because you didn't tell me earlier." Shen Ying raised her head, turned her face to the side and pressed her forehead against Gu Min's side face, and said in a low voice, "But I also understand that this kind of thing is not so serious. It’s easy to speak. If it were me, I wouldn’t necessarily say it. Besides, I know that you want to tell me slowly. When we came out of the palace, you had already told me your real name, but at that time I was too careless to realize what you meant..."

"Stop talking..." Gu Min couldn't bear it any longer, turned his head and sealed Shen Ying's lips with a kiss, the lips of the two of them.The petals were stuck together, and they never separated when talking, "If I listen to you continue, I will think I am dreaming, and I dare not blink anymore, for fear that if I blink, I will wake up from the dream."

Hearing this, Shen Ying suddenly tilted her head back, and then touched Gu Min's forehead forcefully, but he didn't know how hard it was, and the impact almost made her eyes stare, but she still didn't forget to grin her teeth and ask Gu Min: "Does it hurt? Do you still think it's a dream?"

Gu Min didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and raised his hand to rub Shen Ying's red forehead, "How can there be someone as incomprehensible as you?"

"Don't you think the atmosphere just now was too sad, and you're afraid that if it continues like this, two people will hug each other and cry? Men don't cry easily, so don't try to make me cry." Shen Ying also rubbed Gu Min Rubbing his forehead, "Okay, now that it's all said and done, don't worry about the past anymore. If you ask me if I blame you, how can I dare? It was Gaozong who ordered the whole family of Xu's family to be executed. Just take your anger out on me, what position do I have to blame you?"

"This matter has nothing to do with the emperor." Gu Min held Shen Ying's hand and pressed it against his chest, "You were only five or six years old at the time, and you didn't participate in it. How could I not distinguish between right and wrong and settle the blame on the emperor? On the head, besides, the emperor is a Mingjun, which is different from Gaozong."

Shen Ying raised her eyebrows when she heard the words, and wanted to ask Gu Min if she had forgotten that she wanted to assassinate him when she first entered the palace, but on second thought, what Gu Min wanted to kill was the little cannon fodder emperor, and his Shen stalk gizzard Zhong Xing cuts down the burden

And doesn't this mean that what Gu Min likes is from the beginning to the end, it's the him after transmigrating, and it has nothing to do with the original owner?

Besides, he only read from the book that Gu Min wanted to assassinate the emperor. What if the facts were different from what was written in the book, or if he had no intention of assassinating at all, if he asked so rashly, if Gu Min denied it? Isn't it embarrassing?

Forget it, it's rare to be confused in life, and sometimes it's not a good thing to care too clearly.

After Shen Ying figured it out, she was relieved, but she still said deliberately with a sullen face: "Don't pour me the ecstasy soup, think I don't know what you mean? Now you are touting that I am a Mingjun, which is different from Gaozong, then if I don't help you If the family overturns the case, it is not a Mingjun, but a foolish monarch like Gaozong, right?"

Gu Min frowned, and looked at Shen Ying helplessly, "You know that's not what I meant."

"Just kidding," Shen Ying glanced at him, smiled, then sat back on the bed, pulled Gu Min to sit next to him, picked up the file on the table and said, "About Prince Zhaohuai's treason I have already read the file of the case. Although I have not personally handled the case, I can see how sloppy the case is. Many testimonies and statements are inconsistent, and the authenticity of the physical evidence has not been checked clearly. It was about the empress, the prince, and the Xu family, the Shu family and other royal family members. Such a big case was rushed to a conclusion in only half a month after investigation, which shows how anxious the people in power at that time were to convict them. I was still young at that time. Xiao, I have no impression of this case, but from the analysis of these files, is it because Emperor Gaozong was afraid of the Prince Zhaohuai's influence and dared to widow and speculate? He was worried that the prince would affect his throne, so he did not hesitate to hurt his Empress Xu and the prince. Killer?"

Gu Min shook his head, "The truth is not just that. Back then, Prince Zhaohuai had Xu and Shu as his assistants. It was true that Gaozong was a little jealous of the prince, but after all, Gaozong had a relationship with Empress Xu for decades. , the prince has always followed the rules, respectful and filial, so Gaozong would not kill his wife and son. The real reason is that the prince gave Gaozong a secret memorial to explain the strategy of cutting the vassal, but this memorial was rejected. At that time, Guo Jiuchen, who was Emperor Gaozong's close attendant, looked at it by accident, and Guo Jiuchen told Concubine Liu Gui, who is now Empress Dowager Liu, the contents of the memorandum."

"The Empress Dowager Liu has been dissatisfied with the Queen for a long time, and she also has a son. In order to help her son ascend to the throne, the Empress Dowager Liu secretly contacted several powerful vassal princes, including King Xin, King Huai, and King Yong, and advised Prince Zhaohuai that Gaozong should cut him down. The matter of Fan told them that in order to protect themselves, these princes naturally would not want to see Prince Zhaohuai, who wanted to remove their authority, enthroned as emperor, so these people jointly planned a conspiracy to frame Prince Zhaohuai for rebellion .”

"What happened after that is almost all written in the file, and the emperor should know almost all of it." Gu Min's mind was withdrawn from the memory, with a hint of sarcasm on his face, "They first bought the maids in Empress Xu's palace. The technique of victory slanders Empress Xu and cursed Gaozong to die early so that the prince can ascend the throne, and then the prince's aides report that the prince is often dissatisfied with the emperor in the East Palace. The evidence was presented to Gaozong... Gaozong was suspicious at first, and the art of hating victory has been a taboo in the palace since ancient times. In his later years, Gaozong was a devout Taoist and believed in witchcraft, so he decreed that Empress Xu and the crown prince should be imprisoned However, there were many ministers in the court who supported the prince, and they all pleaded for the prince's grievances. This move undoubtedly aroused Gaozong's dissatisfaction and suspicion towards the prince. The ministers who pleaded for the crown prince killed batch after batch, but they couldn't stop the raging public opinion..."

When Gu Min said this, he let out a long sigh, and said sadly: "No emperor would tolerate his court heart to speak to one person, even if this person is his own son. In the end, Gaozong listened to Liu Guifei and Guo Jiuchen. Slander, ordering the death of Empress Xu and Prince Zhaohuai, Empress Xu's mother's family and the Crown Princess's mother's family Shu Guogong's family were also imprisoned, and the entire family was copied and beheaded."

When Gu Min was speaking, Shen Ying kept holding his hand tightly, and her heartstrings were also involved in the fate of those who were wronged. Finally, when Gu Min was about to say something, she asked with concern: "Then what are you doing?" survived?"

Gu Min's empty black eyes refocused, and turned to look at Shen Ying with a self-deprecating smile, "The emperor may not believe it, but Concubine Liu Gui saved me in the end."

"Who are you talking about? Concubine Liu Gui? Isn't that the Queen Mother?" Shen Ying was a little surprised, "Didn't she harm someone in your family? How could she save you?"

Gu Min said coldly: "Your Majesty does not know that before becoming Gaozong's concubine, Concubine Liu Gui was a maidservant in Empress Xu's palace, and she had some old friends with my father. In order to save my life, my father wrote a letter pleading Concubine Liu Gui saved my life. Perhaps it was because Concubine Liu Gui still had some old feelings for my father and felt ashamed of my father, so she promised my father to help him keep the last trace of incense in the Xu family. After I was rescued from prison , was handed over by Concubine Liu Gui to my adoptive father, King Pingyang, and brought back to Minyang to be raised. Until my adoptive father was framed and imprisoned by Du Qianren earlier this year, I returned to the capital to save him. knew."

Where did Shen Ying think that there were such twists and turns in the inside story, she nodded thoughtfully, "So that's the case, no wonder you would tell me that in Minghua Pavilion, I didn't expect Prince Zhaohuai to be framed for treason The ultimate reason for this is actually because of the cutting of the feudal clan."

Both of them were immersed in the tragedy that involved hundreds of people. There was a relative in the center, and they didn't speak for a long time. Suddenly Shuoyu asked outside: "Your Majesty, the imperial dining room has roasted some venison and brought it here. How about you?" Do you want to pass the meal?"

Shen Ying came to her senses, touched her stomach subconsciously, and when Shuoyu said that there was roast venison, her stomach consciously let out a "gurgling" sound, and sang "Empty City Strategies".

Shen Ying felt strange, the dining room didn't say there was venison in the evening, and now where did the deer come from, so she asked, "Where did the venison come from?"

"I took a taxi on the way back to Beijing." Gu Min took over the conversation, "I wanted to go back to the mansion to cook barbecue for the emperor, but when I got back, I found that the building was empty, so I brought the venison into the palace together. , Has the emperor not had dinner yet? How about passing the meal first? Otherwise, it will be too late, and the venison is not easy to digest."

Shen Ying nodded, "It just so happens that I'm hungry too, okay, let's pass on the meal first!"

The dinner was quickly brought in and set on the table. After washing their hands, the two of them sat down at the table, and Shuo Yu stood beside them serving dishes for them.

They finally opened their hearts to each other, Gu Min has never felt so relaxed like this moment.

All the stress and apprehension before coming here disappeared at this moment. What Gu Min didn't tell Shen Ying was that when Shen Ying took the initiative to hug him and say "I love him", he felt as if he was in heaven, and he even felt that even if he listened, He died the next moment after finishing that sentence, and he had no regrets.

But of course it was only a momentary feeling, and now he is reluctant to die. Gu Min used drinking as a cover-up, and glanced at Shen Ying from time to time. He condescends, and if he can have such a confidant and good relationship in life, fate is not too harsh on him.

How could Shen Ying have not noticed the way Gu Min looked at her, and there was tenderness in her heart, she couldn't help but look at Gu Min and joked, "Why are you so busy drinking instead of eating?"

Gu Min put down his wine glass, "I'm not hungry."

Shen Ying raised her eyebrows in disbelief and said: "I see that you haven't eaten much, how can you be full?"

"Because," Gu Min looked deeply at Shen Ying, and said word by word, "Show, sex, Ke, meal."

There are still servants in the palace next to him, and Shen Ying has to put on the majestic airs of the emperor in front of them. He can't laugh and play at will. Although his heart is full of enthusiasm, he can't show it on his face. Seriously, he said: "You can let the cooks in your mansion not need to add oil to cook in the future."

Gu Min didn't understand, so: "Why?"

Shen Ying sneered and said: "Because you are an oily person, why are you still talking oily?"

Shuoyu, who served Shen Ying with dishes, couldn't hold back the sound of "Puchi" after hearing Shen Ying's words against Gu Min. Afraid of Shen Ying's punishment, she quickly put down her chopsticks and knelt down to admit her mistake: "Your servant is disrespectful in front of you, you deserve to die!" !Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Shen Ying raised her hand, "Get up, I was telling a joke. If someone laughed, it meant that I succeeded in telling the joke. If no one laughed, then I would be embarrassed. What's wrong with you?"

Gu Min protested in dissatisfaction: "Your Majesty, I don't think it's funny, how can I be so glib?"

Obviously some people don't understand the style.

Shen Zhinan Ying said seriously: "I was just joking with you, if you are serious you will lose."

Gu Min: "..." My heart is so tired, I feel that I will never speak sweet words again.

The two were chatting and laughing while eating, when suddenly a young eunuch hurried in from outside, knelt down and reported: "Your Majesty, Concubine Feng is dead!"

Shuoyu hurried over to scold the little eunuch: "You're out of your mind, what is Concubine Feng, that's Shuren Feng!"

Concubine Feng and Du Qianren conspired to usurp the throne, and Shen Ying decreed that she should be deposed as a commoner and imprisoned in the cold palace long ago. After hearing the news of her death, Shen Ying showed no surprise on her face, and slowly put down the wine glass in her hand and said, "I see. For the sake of serving Emperor Gaozong back then, I gave her a thin coffin to be buried, and let the people below figure out the rest."

Shuoyu bowed his waist and said, "The emperor is merciful, so this servant will order someone to do it."

Shuo Yu led the little eunuch who sent the message out, Shen Ying waved his hand, and asked the left and right palace people to withdraw to serve, leaving only Shen Ying and Gu Min in the Nuan Pavilion.

Gu Min suddenly thought that before he entered the palace, he sent someone to Beizhen Fusi to question, but the person who came back reported that Du Qianren had hanged himself and died in prison, and on the same night, Concubine Feng also died in the cold palace. Is there any connection between the death of people?

Gu Min looked at Shen Ying's calm expression, and asked tentatively: "The emperor heard the news of Feng Shi's death, and he didn't even ask how she died. It seems that he had expected Feng Shi's death a long time ago?"

Shen Ying looked up at Gu Min, and asked without answering, "Do you know how Du Qianren knew your real identity?"

Gu Min shook his head and said, "To be honest, I was also a little surprised that Du Qianren would know who I am, and I never expected when he would find out who I was."

"It wasn't that you showed your clues in front of Du Qianren," Shen Ying stood up after eating, moved her body, and said casually, "It was Feng Shi who told him. Feng Shi said that you and your father, Mr. Xu, look very similar. Like, she felt familiar from the first time she saw you, but then she remembered who you looked like, and guessed that you were a descendant of the Xu family."

"It turned out to be like this." Gu Min touched his forehead, quite surprised, he didn't expect that after such a long time, there are still people who remember his father's appearance, and there are still people who can recognize him by his appearance, and there is a moment of silence , Thinking of something again, stood up and looked at Shen Ying, "So the deaths of Du Qianren and Feng Shi were all caused by the emperor?"

Shen Ying walked up to Gu Min, and readily admitted: "Yes. They have committed an unforgivable capital crime, and death is only a matter of time. What's more, they know your identity. They can't."

Gu Min stared blankly at Shen Ying. The person in front of him seemed more like a decisive emperor. He used to stand in front of Shen Ying and charge for Shen Ying, but now it was Shen Ying who protected him. In order to protect him, he did not hesitate to get blood on his hands.

"Since the Feng family can recognize you by your appearance, other people who have met your father may also be able to." Shen Ying said with a serious face, "But it is not yet known that the Xu family still has descendants. People, otherwise, if those feudal lords know that I keep a descendant of the Xu family by my side, it will definitely arouse their jealousy, and the spearhead will definitely be pointed at you. So think about it quickly, who else may have guessed your name identity?"

"The Empress Dowager and Guo Jiuchen actually knew early on that I revealed my identity in order to gain their trust. But I was rescued by the Empress Dowager back then, so she probably wouldn't tell outsiders my identity." Gu Min thought for a while, Shen Sheng said, "Other people who may know my identity have also been killed by me."

"Then only the empress dowager and Guo Jiuchen's dog are left?" Shen Ying snorted softly, walked to the charcoal basin burning with silver charcoal, stretched out her hand to warm it, and looked coldly at the burning red under the cover Di Tan said, "In this case, the weather has turned cold recently, and the Queen Mother has lived in the palace for a long time, and it is time to welcome the Queen Mother back to the palace."

Gu Min walked behind Shen Ying, hugged him from behind, put Shen Ying's hands together in his palms and warmed them with the temperature in his palms, and asked in a low voice, "Why does the Emperor defend me so much?"

Shen Ying leaned on his chest and asked lazily, "Why do you think?"

Gu Min calmly guessed, "In order to atone for Gao Zong?"

Shen Ying nodded lightly, "Naturally, there is a reason for this. Gao Zong misunderstood the slander and caused the unjust case between Xu and Shu. As a son of man, I should atone for my father."

"Is there anything else?" Gu Min raised Shen Ying's chin from the side, making him look up at himself, his black eyes were burning and deep, and suddenly caught Shen Ying's gaze, "Is the emperor not selfish?"

Shen Ying turned sideways and put a hand on Gu Min's shoulder, raised her head to reveal her fragile Adam's apple, kissed Gu Min's chin, her soft lips rubbed against the rough stubble, and said softly: "Selfishness is natural. Yes, since you are mine, who will I protect if I don’t protect you? Pay off the debts of the father and the son, and I will compensate you for what our Shen family owes to your Xu family. From now on, the grievances and grievances of the previous generation will be settled, how about it? "

Gu Min's hand held down the emperor's slender neck, slowly rubbing Shen Ying's protruding Adam's apple with his rough thumb, and asked with great interest, "How does the emperor plan to make up for it?"

Shen Ying was ticklish, so she grabbed Gu Min's evil hand, lowered her head and bit it, "To make Zhonghun feel wronged, and then grant you the highest honor, how about it?"

Gu Min wrapped his arms around Shen Ying's waist, shook his head rascally and said, "It's not enough."

Shen Ying looked at him with raised eyebrows, "Huh?"

"It's not enough for the emperor to compensate me." Gu Min simply tore off the emperor's jade belt, and then pulled out the emperor's golden hairpin. He hugged him horizontally and announced loudly, "The emperor must give me Give me compensation, that's enough."

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