[Red Mansion] Ronghua Road of Mrs. Hou's Mansion

Facing the prince's stern face, Gu Zhaoyu felt chills all over his body and became more and more frightened, "Your Highness, what are you talking about? Did I do something wrong?"

The prince leaned over and pinched her chin, "If the princess is a step late, have you already told everyone about the Gu family?"

The prince's strength was so great that Gu Zhaoyu could hear the rattling of bones in a trance. Her tears flowed down like dew, her eyes were wet, and she looked panic-stricken.

"Your Highness, are you just blaming my concubine for this? But my concubine is for your own good."

"For my own good?" The prince smiled inexplicably.

Gu Chaoyu nodded, "I am wronged for you. A person with a dirty background like Gu Xingchi stole everything that belongs to you. I feel wronged by you and want to avenge you..."

"For me?" The prince let go of her chin, stood up, and stared at her with complicated eyes, "Whether it is for me or for yourself, I think you know better than me."

In the past, the prince always looked at her with pity, but now there is resentment besides disappointment.Gu Chaoyu felt a great fear. She grabbed the crown prince's robe and cried, "Your Highness, this concubine is really for you. I like your highness so much that I don't want your highness to be wronged. From the Gu family. My concubine made a mistake, and the mistake was that I was too impulsive. Please forgive me this time, Your Highness..."

The prince shook his head, "Gu may be confused about other things, but I have always been sober about this matter. You went to Gu's family to make trouble, which is not as high-sounding as you said. You just wanted to avenge yourself, so you didn't consider whether it would hurt the prince. government."

Gu Chaoyu burst into tears, "Even if I have selfish intentions, it's still a good thing for Your Highness. Don't you always hate Gu Xingchi, what's wrong with being a concubine to vent your anger on you?"

The crown prince threw her away at once, and slowly said: "Gu Zhaoyu, you acted without knowing anything. I do resent Gu Xingchi, and I wish he would die in front of me immediately. But at the same time, I also cherish my own. Fate, no matter how much I hate him, I won't bury him with him!"

Gu Zhaoyu was indeed a little clever, but she couldn't see through major issues. She thought that if Gu Xingchi's identity was exposed, the emperor would kill Gu Xingchi for the sake of fame, but she didn't know that this matter would lead to worse consequences.

Gu Zhaoyu's face turned pale, "Your Highness, even if I did something wrong, there is nothing I can do about it. Gu Xingchi and Mrs. Wang have done so much harm to our second wife. My mother died, my father fell ill, and my brother and I were expelled. How can I forget my hatred and live in peace?"

The prince still looked cold and stern, unmoved, "You still don't understand. I don't care how miserable the second wife of the Gu family is, nor do I care about your hatred for Gu Xingchi and his wife, let alone how you take revenge. What I care about is that you You even implicated me in this matter. If the matter reaches the ears of the emperor, will I have good fruit to eat? Gu Zhaoyu, you keep saying that you love me, but all your actions are for yourself, and you have nothing to do for yourself. I thought, I'm so disappointed in you."

Gu Zhaoyu's breathing was stagnant, and he stared blankly at the prince.Is the prince going to give up on her?

She shook her head, no, she cannot be given up by the prince, if she loses the favor of the prince, she will really have nothing.

At this time, a gentle voice sounded: "Your Highness, Gu Fengyi is also impulsive, please spare her this time."

The Crown Princess was dressed in a fine attire, with a ring pendant around her waist. She walked in slowly, and the phoenix hairpin on her hair was also shaking with her steps.

The prince looked at the princess suspiciously, "You are willing to plead for her?"

While crying, Gu Zhaoyu secretly scolded the princess for being hypocritical.

The Crown Princess glanced at Gu Zhaoyu, "The Crown Prince has always doted on Gu Fengyi. No one in the capital knows that even if I am the main wife, I can't compare to her status in His Highness's heart. Wouldn't it be suspicious if His Highness disposes of her now? , I also want to intercede for Gu Fengyi and gain a reputation for being a virtuous and generous person, even if my father and queen mother know about it, they will praise me."

The concubine's voice was soft, she seemed to be pleading for Gu Zhaoyu, but she was actually telling the prince that many people saw Gu Zhaoyu's visit to Gu's house to make a fuss today.If the emperor finds out about this matter, the prince will not escape punishment.

The prince looked at Gu Zhaoyu's delicate and beautiful face with pear blossoms and rain, even if he felt reluctant to part with it, he had no choice but to part with it.He sighed and said: "In the past, Gu Zhaoyu was arrogant because of being favored, ignorant of his superiority, and offended his superiors. Now he has gone to the Jing'an Marquis Mansion to make a big fuss, completely disgracing the Crown Prince's Mansion. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Ruogu still Wouldn't it be a joke to keep you by my side?"

Gu Zhaoyu was in despair, still unwilling to believe that the crown prince really detested her.She begged bitterly, "Your Highness, for the reason that I have served you for so long, please forgive me this time. Have you forgotten the promise you made to me when you welcomed me in?"

The Crown Princess persuaded: "His Royal Highness, in my opinion, let's turn this matter into a trivial matter. After all, Gu Fengyi is young, and he was confused for a while. Besides, there is a lot of noise in our house. The Queen Mother and the Emperor Father have many eyes and ears. If you know you The backyard is restless, and I will call you to reprimand me again."

The prince was still a little bit reluctant to part with Gu Zhaoyu, but he was suddenly shocked when he heard this.

That's right, if he doesn't handle this matter decisively, the emperor may not know the real reason why Gu Zhaoyu went to Gu's house to make trouble.He stepped back abruptly, and said mercilessly, "After further investigation, it turns out that Gu Chaoyu ordered the concubine to have a miscarriage, and he bought a maid to frame the concubine. Such a woman with ulterior motives and vicious intentions is really not suitable to stay with the prince. Mansion." Then, he looked at the Crown Princess and said, "The matter has come to this, the truth is revealed, the Crown Princess has been wronged, and Gu Zhaoyu will leave it to you to deal with."

It's over, it's over, Gu Zhaoyu suddenly collapsed to the ground.

She originally wanted to threaten the Gu family with this secret, or die with the Gu family.But before her goal was achieved, she was taken back by the princess, and the prince who had always resented Gu Xingchi gave up on her because of this matter.

She still can't accept this fact.

Hearing the princess sneer, Gu Zhaoyu raised his head and stared at the princess fiercely, "Are you satisfied now?"

The Crown Princess's smile was sarcasm and somewhat happy, "I'm naturally satisfied that I've caught the murderer who killed my child."

As she spoke, the princess waved her hand, and immediately two nuns came in and dragged Gu Zhaoyu away.

Gu Zhaoyu yelled, "Go away, don't touch me with your dirty hands!"

A nun covered her mouth with a cloth ball, but Gu Zhaoyu still refused to give up, and made a whining sound as he struggled.

The princess glanced at her, and said to the nanny: "Move faster, don't upset His Highness."

The nanny understood, and subdued Gu Chaoyu in two or three strokes, and dragged him down.

The prince sat inside, listening to the movement outside, and rubbed his forehead.

However, not long after he was purified, people came to the palace. It turned out that the emperor summoned the prince into the palace.

Along the way, the prince was in a state of panic, and when he saw the emperor sitting on the throne, his heart was raised in his throat.

He took a deep breath, saluted and said: "I see my father..."

Before he could finish speaking, several notebooks were thrown on his face.

The prince shook his body, no matter why the emperor was angry, he knelt down and confessed his mistake, "I know my mistake, please calm down the emperor."

The emperor sneered a few times, "You're so cute, you know you should admit your mistakes first, do you know where your mistakes are?"

"Please... please let the emperor express."

The emperor pointed at him and said: "Look, look at these memorials, it's all about your lack of strict family management, conniving concubines, letting concubines go to the front of Gu's house to mess around, making all courtiers and common people laugh. Govern the country and the world. As a prince, you can’t manage your own backyard well. How can you govern the country? Besides, why did Gu Zhaoyu go to the Gu family to make trouble? Do you think I don’t know? You can’t tolerate him like this, do you have to put him to death? ?”

As expected, Father knew it!The prince was terrified, and knelt down on the ground, "Father, I really don't know about this matter, it was Gu Chaoyu who made it up on his own..."

"You don't know?" The emperor's eyes were as sharp as a knife, fixed on him, "If you hadn't told her about such a big matter, how would she have known about it? If it wasn't for your instruction, how dare she go to Gu's house to mess around and try to Make this matter known to everyone? Don't you just want to force me to kill him? Gu Xingchi will not form a party or seek selfishness, and will not endanger your crown prince. He is just guarding the Gu family's title and wealth. Forget it, don’t tell me you can’t tolerate him like this? Since you know his true identity, you should know that he is also your brother, and you are really narrow-minded for harming him for no reason.”

Even if the crown prince wanted to kill Gu Xingchi, he didn't dare to reveal it. He hurriedly explained, "Father misunderstood. As you said, he is my son's brother. How could my son have the heart to kill him? Everything is Gu Zhaoyu's fault." It has nothing to do with my ministers to make claims for my own selfishness."

Four years ago, the crown prince had sent someone to assassinate Gu Xingchi. Even if the crown prince became honest later, the emperor did not believe that he stopped thinking about getting rid of Gu Xingchi, so he did not believe the crown prince's explanation.

"It has nothing to do with you? Do you dare to say that you have no resentment against Gu Xingchi? Do you dare to say that you have no intention of murdering him? Prince, do you still want to lie in front of me?"

Facing the emperor's questioning, the prince knew that no matter how he explained, the emperor would not believe that he was innocent.

Gu Zhaoyu was all to blame, it was Gu Zhaoyu who harmed him.

The emperor continued: "I know what you think, you just blame me for being too kind to him, so you hate him and think he will take everything from you, even this dragon chair, right?"

The prince gritted his teeth secretly, "I dare not."

"If I really wanted to pass on the throne to him, I wouldn't raise him in the Gu family, let him be a descendant of the Gu family, inherit the title of Marquis of Jing'an, and give him a new identity from the moment he was born, so that he could be my son justifiably. Isn’t your son better? Because I couldn’t give him the status of a prince, I tried my best to compensate him, but you are so stupid and narrow-minded, you never thought of giving him a way out.”

The crown prince's voice trembled, "I don't have it, I dare not."

The emperor said: "Is it clear in your heart, this is the last time I remind you, you just step back."

"Father!" The prince raised his head, his eyes panicked.

But the emperor seemed to be very disappointed in him, waved his hand, and didn't even look at him.

Eunuch Zhang knew that after the prince slept with Cui Meiren, the emperor had already made up his mind to get rid of the prince. What the prince did was just to catalyze the emperor's thoughts.

He said softly: "His Royal Highness, Your Majesty still has to deal with government affairs, you should go back to the mansion first."

The crown prince bowed and said dejectedly: "Yes, my son, I will leave..."

The prince left the palace in a daze. Under the sun, he looked back at the majestic palace gate and the majestic palace walls. He couldn't help being in a trance. government.

Is he really going to be finished, is the father going to abolish him sooner or later?

If this is the case, he must take action, and must not sit still.Since the emperor never thought of passing the throne to Gu Xingchi, then it can only be King Ning.

But no matter who it is, his crown prince will be lost.

Sister Feng listened to Gu Jin's report, and the surprise in her eyes flashed away, "You mean the crown prince is dejected and lost, as if he has suffered a big blow?"

"Indeed."

Sister Feng smiled, and said to Gu Xingchi: "It seems that the crown prince has indeed been reprimanded by His Majesty. But in the past, the crown prince was scolded and became more irritable when he left the palace. Why is he so depressed this time?"

Gu Xingchi seemed to point it out, "Perhaps he has recognized a certain fact."

Sister Feng said casually: "Could it be that he guessed that His Majesty was going to abolish him? His Majesty had already thought of abolishing him when he found out that he was having trouble with Cui Meiren. Now the Crown Prince has finally realized it. It is really not easy."

Gu Jin retreated, and Gu Xingchi went over to wrap her in his arms, "Of course, there is also a possibility that His Majesty deliberately revealed his disappointment with the prince, so that the prince would realize that he was going to abolish the prince, make the prince jump over the wall in a hurry, and force the prince Doing something wrong. Given time, the crown prince will definitely be abolished, and at the same time, the Xu family will be forced to do things they should not do. It will be justifiable to attack the Xu family at that time."

In the past, the emperor wanted to get rid of the Xu family, maybe he didn't think that he must get rid of the crown prince, but now he saw how disobedient, unfilial and incompetent the prince was, so he decided to get rid of it together with the Xu family.

Sister Feng nodded, then pushed him away, "It's so hot, what are you doing so close, get away from me."

Gu Xingchi reluctantly moved away, and looked at her quietly, "You are pregnant, and I am closer to you, so it is convenient for me to serve you."

Sister Feng shot him a sharp look, "Who wants you to serve me?" It was clearly with bad intentions.

She was born bright and beautiful, and her pair of phoenix eyes are even more charming. She just glanced at him, and he was moved and held her hand instead. Just as he was about to say something, he heard Gu Qiongju shouting at the door. .

Sister Feng withdrew her hand, "Go away."

Gu Xingchi: "..." He looked at her resentfully for a while, and could only sit aside.

After a while, Gu Qiongju came in, "Hey, the third brother is here too, doesn't the third brother have any business today?"

Sister Feng's eyes sparkled, she took a quick look at Gu Xingchi, and beckoned Gu Qiongju to sit down.

Gu Qiongju said excitedly: "Sister-in-law three, I heard good news."

Sister Feng laughed and said, "What news makes you so happy?"

"There was news from the Crown Prince's Mansion that the truth about the miscarriage of the Crown Princess was found out. It was indeed Gu Chaoyu who harmed the Crown Princess's child and planted the blame on the Crown Princess. Now that the truth is revealed, it is natural to deal with Gu Zhaoyu. I heard that the Crown Princess Abolishing her status as an instrument and sent her to a farm in the suburbs to be guarded, it seems that her life will be difficult in the future."

It is said that he was imprisoned in the farm, but in fact, even if he died, it has nothing to do with the Prince's Mansion.She killed the Crown Princess' child, will the Crown Princess allow her to live?

Gu Qiongju grinned, "I heard all this on the way back to the mansion. Today I went to see my sister at Prince Qing's mansion, and at the Lu's house to see Cheng Wan. Now she is pregnant and can't play with me. gone."

Sister Feng said, "Give the chessboard to Qionghua?"

"Yes, my sister was also very surprised. She asked me to thank my sister-in-law for her. It's hard for you to think about such a trivial matter. At the beginning, the Yi'an county lord took my sister's things by relying on his status as the county lord. Isn't it returned to the original owner now? It can be seen that if you forcibly occupy something that does not belong to you, you will have to return it one day."

"That's the truth." Sister Feng agreed with a smile.

Gu Qiongju thought of something else, and sighed again, "But seeing Cheng Wan's gloomy look, I was worried about her."

Sister Feng wondered: "She is pregnant now, the Lu family should want to hold her in the palm of their hands, why is she in a bad mood?"

"The third sister-in-law lived comfortably during her pregnancy because the third brother was sincere to you, the grandmother was kind and amiable, and the second wife left again, so no one would trouble you. But Cheng Wan is different."

Sister Feng frowned, "Madam Lu is causing trouble for Cheng Wan?"

Gu Qiongju said: "Sister-in-law, you really guessed right. In fact, it's not just Mrs. Lu, but also the second and third householders of the Lu family. Son, she felt that Cheng Wan was pregnant, but Lu Li still had no other women to serve her. It was really out of order. She also said that Cheng Wan was jealous, so she decided to give Lu Li two concubines. The third wife also suggested that Lin Suxian be a good concubine. Cheng Wan was furious, but fortunately, Mrs. Lu still had some sense of propriety, and she couldn't do the thing of letting her cousin be a concubine. Originally, Lu Li was afraid that Cheng Wan would hurt his heart during pregnancy, so he didn't touch the two concubines, but for some reason , I found out one morning... Oh, anyway, Cheng Wan is very sad. But no matter who sees it as normal for a husband to have a room, she can't go back to her natal family to make a fuss about this, which makes her seem petty, so She can only hold back this tone, no matter what, the husband will give birth to the child."

Hearing this, Sister Feng couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Mrs. Lu is quite old, and she still doesn't know how to take care of her life and enjoy the happiness. She still has such a strong desire to control, so she must hold her grandchildren and daughter-in-law firmly in her hands." ah."

Gu Qiongju snorted coldly, "Isn't that right, I'm really wronged."

Sister Feng smiled helplessly, "As things are like in the world, even if it gets out, no one will sympathize with Cheng Wan, instead they will blame Cheng Wan for being jealous and selfish. They think it is normal for men to have concubines and concubines, and wives should not be angry, but instead You should be magnanimous in taking concubines for your husband, and even the main wives of some families use their dowry money to support their husband's concubines and concubine children. As the son of the Marquis of Nanning, Lu Li has no concubines and only a few common houses. He is already Cheng Wan's Fortunately. However, most of the people who hold this idea are women."

Gu Qiongju's cheeks puffed up, "I would rather be at peace like Mrs. Lin than tolerate someone bullying me like this."

Sister Feng joked, "Does Third Sister want to get married?"

Gu Qiongju covered his face, "I don't have one, don't talk nonsense."

Sister Feng looked at her flushed little face, "You are indeed not young, and I don't know if Third Aunt has any ideas."

Recently, Mrs. Jiang is very happy, but she is also a little busy, because in another month, Yin's labor will be due.In order to ensure Yin's safe delivery, she specially came to Gu's house and asked Sister Feng which stable wives she invited when she gave birth to Qiao's son, so that she could invite them in advance.

Sister Feng just said that there is no need to trouble, she directly invited some stable women to Wang's house.

The people sent by Gu Xingchi successfully received Wang Ziteng, but they have been secretly protecting them in case of accidents.

Half a month later, news came that Wang Ziteng had been assassinated on the road not far from Beijing, so he had to temporarily postpone his return to Beijing to report on his duties until he recovered from his illness.

The emperor agreed, and asked people to investigate the assassination of Wang Ziteng.

For some reason, the prince was clearly not the one who did this, but the prince felt upset, always thinking that someone would blame him for this.

Mrs. Jiang was also worried for several days, and Sister Feng also went to see her at Wang's house to reassure her not to worry too much.

Soon, news came from the person Gu Xingchi sent to protect Wang Ziteng.

"Master Wang was indeed assassinated, but with my people protecting him, the injury was not serious. Originally, I just needed to find a doctor to recuperate for a period of time. However, Mr. Wang was exhausted all the way, and accidentally contracted the wind and cold. Injury, the condition is getting worse, the doctor's medical skills are not very good, the condition has not improved at all."

Sister Feng was startled, "Does that mean it's not that simple?"

Gu Xingchi held her hand reassuringly, "Looks like I'm going to take Xia Yanqi to have a look."

Sister Feng was even more surprised, "Are you going in person?"

Gu Xingchi smiled, "If I don't go in person, I'm afraid it will make the other party happy."

"Then...be careful all the way." Sister Feng said, "Auntie might be even more worried, so I won't tell her about it."

Gu Xingchi nodded, "Don't run around when I'm not around."

Sister Feng stroked her lower abdomen and said with a smile: "I know, you can rest assured, don't worry about me."

Ten days later, Gu Xingchi sent a message. In the letter, he told Sister Feng that the doctor had been bribed, and the reason why Wang Ziteng was seriously ill was because he was poisoned.After being discovered by him, the doctor took poison and committed suicide. Now Wang Ziteng's poison has been cured, but it is best to rest for half a month, let Sister Feng tell Mrs. Jiang, don't worry too much.

Of course, he concealed the fact that he was ambushed and assassinated on the road. Anyway, he was not seriously injured, so why bother Sister Feng by telling it?

Time passed quickly, and the Yin family activated on this day.

It was about the heirs of the Wang family, and Sister Feng kept people watching Yin's movements, so even though Yingzhu persuaded her, she still decided to go to the Wang's to watch Yin's give birth.

Before dawn, the Yin family activated it, and it is already early morning, and no big movement has been heard inside.

Outside the delivery room, the maids and women were busy. Mrs. Jiang stood and paced in the yard for a while, and begged God to bless the Yin family to give birth to a brother safely.

Sister Feng and Wang Xihe also watched from the sidelines, comforting Mrs. Jiang from time to time.

Sister Feng suddenly asked, "Where did eldest brother go?"

Only then did Mrs. Jiang think of Wang Ren, "I haven't been home all day, I don't know where he went, I'm afraid he didn't come back last night."

After all, Mrs. Jiang was not Wang Ren's biological mother, nor did she live with her like Sister Feng since she was a child, so it was not easy to control Wang Ren too strictly.

Knowing that his wife is about to give birth, he doesn't know how long to live in peace and wanders around. He can't be a good husband, nor can he be a good brother and father.

How did he have the face to live in this world?

Sister Feng asked someone to call the servant who often served Wang Ren. Sure enough, he didn't return all night, and she severely asked Wang Ren what he was doing recently and where he liked to go.Only then did I know that Wang Ren didn't want to go back to Jinling after he entered Beijing. He made a group of drinking and meat friends in the capital. He went out to eat, drink and have fun every day.

Sister Feng asked the boy to go down, and she had an idea in her mind.

It would be best if the Yin family could give birth to a brother this time, then Wang Ren could live or die.