General, he's cheating again

At that time, Lin Wenshan, who had detained Gu Zhen and Lengji for an audience in the palace, had just walked outside the courtyard of the Chuigong Palace when he heard Song Xun's angry curses.

"Did he eat the bear's heart and the leopard's guts! How dare he even touch my people?"

Picking up the jade cup on the imperial case, Song Xun threw it out of the hall full of anger, the jade cup was smashed and the fragments splashed hit Lin Wenshan's clothes, and then fell at his feet.

"Your Majesty, calm down, the thief Gu Zhen has been detained by the old minister in the car and brought back."

Lin Wenshan stepped into the hall in shock, glanced at Ye Ruan beside him strangely, then retracted his gaze, he cupped his hands at Song Xun and said, "According to what the old minister sees, why don't you put Gu Zhen in the dungeon and lock him up?" Three or four years will also sharpen his temper."

"Hmph, shut him down?"

A trace of sternness flashed across Song Xun's eyes, and he said angrily: "Gu Zhen dares to commit such a crime of disrespect, I will punish his nine clans!"

"Zhu, Zhu Jiu Clan..."

Lin Wenshan couldn't help being embarrassed when he heard the words, because Huai Ji had repeatedly told him not to hurt Gu Zhen in the slightest.How did he know that Song Xun would lose his temper so much that he was so enraged that he wanted to kill the nine clans of the Gu family.

Immediately speaking to persuade, Lin Wenshan frowned slightly and shook his head: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that Her Highness Huai Ji is fortunately unharmed. If the nine clans of Gu Zhen are implicated because of this, I am afraid that the ministers in the court will be terrified!"

"He has repeatedly committed the following crimes, and I have tolerated him again and again, but he has become so used to him!" Song Xun said decisively: "Don't persuade me about this matter, I just use him to respect and imitate you, let's see which minister dares to do it in the future." Make another mistake!"

Song Xun's words were obviously side-firing at Lin Wenshan, telling him to be honest in the future and not to always dictate Song Xun's decisions.

Lin Wenshan nodded embarrassingly when he heard the words, and then quietly retreated outside the hall with Ye Ruan.

Ye Ru'an originally only wanted to use this incident to demote the emperor Gu Zhen, and then persuade Qin Qingrong to see Gu Zhen's true character.Unexpectedly, Song Xun would kill Gu Zhen and implicate the Gu family.

After he left the palace gate, Song Xun's will was immediately spread outside the palace.In just a few moments, the news of Gu Zhen's death spread across the city like birds and beasts in the forest.

After Qin Xiaoxiao heard the order, she slumped on the chair in the main hall and burst into tears. When she noticed a familiar figure outside the door, she stopped crying, stood up and walked towards the door.

Seeing that it was Ye Ru'an, Qin Xiaoxiao couldn't help but clenched her fists tightly, tears came out of her eyes again, she choked up and said: "People in the city say that Brother Ru'an rushed to the palace to complain as soon as you returned to Beijing, I know you have always secretly liked my brother.

That's why you don't agree with your brother being with Gu Zhen, and you've been estranged from us recently.

But no matter what, my brother already has a deep-rooted affection for Gu Zhen, and I also recognize him as a family member.He is a family member of my brother and me, so you just hope for his death regardless of our feelings?

What you have done so much, is it for my brother or for yourself? "

"Smile..."

Ye Ru'an couldn't answer the question. He felt guilty but he still didn't want to admit his mistakes. Finally, he argued palely: "I didn't know that the emperor would punish him for such a serious crime. Besides, I stopped Qingrong and Gu Zhen We have always been together for your Qin family, and for Uncle Qin Yi."

Speaking of his father, Qin Xiaoxiao cried more and more uncontrollably, "Brother Ru'an, my father is such an open-minded person! I said that if he is still alive, he will only respect his choice and wish him happiness.

Forget about being cowardly, you haven't dared to reveal your feelings to your brother for many years, and you always use my father as an excuse to deceive yourself.But why are you still so selfish, making it difficult for yourself, and not willing to make my brother feel better.

My elder brother finally found the true love in his life, but you stopped him because of your own selfish desires.Even I can see your thoughts, how could such a smart brother not understand.

He didn't tell the truth, he just regarded you as his best friend and didn't want to hurt you. "

"It's not such a smile, I really have to do it for your brother's good..."

Assuming that Qin Xiaoxiao misunderstood him, Ye Ru'an hesitated to speak with a heavy expression, but found that he couldn't argue.Seeing that Qin Xiaoxiao and Qin Xiaoxiao insisted on their own opinions, it didn't make sense. He stared at Qin Xiaoxiao who was crying for a long time with frowning brows, and finally walked away with a frown.

However, Qin Qingrong searched the garden all afternoon but had no clue. When he returned to the mansion in the evening, he learned that the emperor had ordered Gu Zhen to die.

Qin Qingrong could no longer deal with things calmly, Qin Xiaoxiao saw that her brother was about to go out as soon as he came back, she quickly ordered the housekeeper to prepare a car and follow him all the way.

At this time, when the palace gates were about to be locked, Qin Qingrong asked for an audience outside the palace gates, but was rejected by Song Xun, and even the palace gates were ordered to be locked in advance.

Unable to enter the palace gate, Qin Qingrong knelt outside the palace gate and insisted on asking for an order.

Seeing this, Qin Xiaoxiao hurriedly got out of the carriage and walked to Qin Qingrong's side. She looked up at the closed red lacquer palace door beside her, then squatted down and reached out to touch the hard gray ground under her feet.

Seeing her brother's emaciated figure standing upright kneeling in the wind, she carefully straightened her brother's tousled hair at the temples and said distressedly: "Brother, let's go back and find other ways to save brother Gu Zhen.

It is useless for you to do this, and it may even anger the emperor. "

Although there is no evidence at the moment, the emperor's anger has passed and he should have calmed down. Qin Qingrong didn't want to give up this last chance when he announced the decree just now and still had room to persuade the emperor to investigate the matter thoroughly.

He looked at Qin Xiaoxiao with a pale face and said with a gentle and guilty smile: "Xiaoxiao, can you indulge my brother this time? At this time, the emperor should have realized that his impulse is in hesitation. My brother still persuades the emperor to take it back." A chance of life."

There was a gloomy look in his eyes, Qin Qingrong paused and continued: "But you are not joking, once the emperor makes up his mind and stops hesitating, there will be no room for change in this matter.

Smiling, my brother was afraid that Gu Zhen would die, and he didn't want to be without him. "

"Then smile and stay with brother."

When Qin Xiaoxiao heard the words, tears welled up in his eyes and choked with sobs: "Xiaoxiao can't live without a brother, Xiaoxiao only has a brother."

The night is getting darker, and the lights in the vertical arch hall are bright.

Song Xun was holding a pen and bowed his head facing a pile of memorials, but he was unintentionally reviewing them with an irritable face. His thoughts became more and more chaotic. Finally, Song Xun threw the memorials in his hand on the ground beside the imperial case, and then shouted outside the door: "Li Chengfu!"

Li Chengfu then pushed the door open, picked up the memorial on the ground, and held the memorial to Song Xun with both hands.

Seeing that Song Xun seemed to have something to say after receiving the memorial, he hastily whispered: "When you return to the emperor, it's past the time of Hai, Lord Qin and his sister are still kneeling at the gate of the palace, refusing to leave, it's windy outside but not too cold. "

Hearing this, Song Xun only felt a headache, rubbed his brows lightly with his fingertips, closed his eyes tiredly and said: "I see, you go out."

Walking outside the hall and closing the door softly, Li Chengfu sighed and shook his head with emotion.

Suddenly seeing Huai Ji coming, he couldn't help showing joy and turned to beg Huai Ji with bitterness: "Oh, Your Highness, it's hard for you to think of the emperor coming to see him at such a late hour, please go in and persuade the emperor." Bar."

Huai Ji slandered Lin Wenshan in her heart, he was really unreliable, he had clearly instructed him many times and even made the emperor extremely angry and directly sent Gu Zhen to death.Looking at Li Chengfu and nodding with a smile, he bit the bullet and walked into the Chuigong Hall.

As soon as he opened the door, Song Xun saw that it was Huai Ji who came and said strangely: "You were just frightened during the day, and now you don't have a good rest, what are you doing here so late?"

"Your Majesty, Huai Ji is here to intercede."

Eyes slightly lowered, Huai Ji pretended to blame herself, knelt down and sighed coldly, "Although Huai Ji hasn't really entered the palace yet, she has put the emperor in her heart.

Huai Ji knew that the border rebellion in Liaodong had just been rehabilitated by General Gu. At this time, the people's hearts were still uncertain, and General Gu's reputation was still needed to calm him down.And Mr. Qin is also an important minister of the court, and the emperor will rarely need his help in governing the government in the future.

In fact, General Gu did not do what happened today on purpose.Seeing his drowsy look, Huai Ji guessed that he acted recklessly because he was drunk.

When Huai Ji inquired in the evening, she also heard that General Gu was locked in the prison and has not woken up until now.

Huai Ji didn't want the world to grasp this point in the future and privately say that the emperor acted recklessly and couldn't see clearly.So Huai Ji also asked the emperor to give General Gu a lighter sentence and punish him to confine him in the mansion.

Knowing that the emperor has such deep affection, Huai Ji is very satisfied, the emperor must not act impulsively for Huai Ji. "

At that time, in front of the palace gate, Qin Xiaoxiao finally couldn't bear the sleepiness and fell asleep leaning on Qin Qingrong's shoulder. Qin Qingrong ordered the housekeeper to help Qin Xiaoxiao back into the carriage.

Seeing Qin Xiaoxiao being helped into the carriage by the maidservant, he turned his head and lowered his eyes and continued to kneel, but suddenly saw someone beside him stretching out a hand towards him, and when he looked up, he didn't expect it to be Zhang Tingyu.

"I think your legs should be numb after kneeling for so long. Why don't you kneel on my knees, so that I can show my merits in front of Gu Zhen."

Although Zhang Tingyu stretched out a hand to Qin Qingrong, there were thorns in his words.

Turning his face away, Qin Qingrong no longer looked at Zhang Tingyu, and still knelt expressionlessly.

Seeing this, Zhang Tingyu was also kneeling beside him, regardless of whether Qin Qingrong would pay attention to him or not and said bluntly: "You went to the garden to check this afternoon, I guess you didn't find anything after all, you weren't there at the time, Know that there are too few clues.

But I witnessed everything with my own eyes, and the evidence was naturally found by me with ease. "

As he spoke, he took out a small jar of medicine bottle from his sleeve and handed it to Qin Qingrong. Zhang Tingyu looked sideways at the calm-looking person beside him and said, "This bottle contains medicine powder that was sprinkled in the palace. I return it to you." Jing Hou went to the pharmacy to inquire and learned that the powder can cause hallucinations.

I think as long as there is it, it is not difficult to prove that Gu Zhen fell into the trap set for him by others, and the emperor has a reason to send Gu Zhen lightly.

It's no use just kneeling like this, though.Now that we have evidence, we have to shout it out so that the people in the palace can hear it so that we can send a letter to the emperor. "

Speaking of this, Zhang Tingyu's starry eyes showed a deep smile, "The emperor has always been the most partial and loves you. Now that you have knelt for so long and shouted twice, he is probably so distressed that his heart is about to break. If If nothing goes wrong, I'm sure he'll let us in soon."

Leaving aside Zhang Tingyu's muddled remarks, some of his words still make some sense.

Qin Qingrong took the medicine bottle in Zhang Tingyu's hand and stared at the palace gate with concentrating eyes. When he leaned his forehead to the ground and stood up, he respectfully raised his voice: "Your Majesty, Mr. Gu has been wronged! Now that I have evidence, please grant your permission." My ministers will see you."

Following Qin Qingrong and kowtowing to the palace gate over and over again, Zhang Tingyu also raised his voice in earnest to ask for orders.