Chapter 146: The End of the Gu Family (Part 2)

Old Master Gu knew it was over for Gu when he heard about the Three Corpse Worms.

Even so, when the emperor asked Princess Sui'an, he couldn't help being stunned: "Your Majesty, the guilty minister knows nothing about it! Even this incident of the three corpses was done by the stupid woman who was ignorant and hid it from the criminal minister." for!"

As a result of a thorough investigation by the Secretary of the Imperial City, the three corpses in Gu Jue's hands did indeed come from the family, but it was also true that Mrs. Gu did not know about it.

It was Gu Jue's mother-in-law and other female relatives who conspired to prepare it for her.

Chunjia also believed that Mrs. Gu was being concealed, mainly because of Mrs. Gu's subtlety, even if the girls in the clan were to murder the future mistress with three corpse insects, the figure of the mistress has not yet been settled, so first put The things were brought into the palace by Gu Jue, even if Gu Jue didn't betray him, what if someone else found out?

One had to wait for Gu Jue to become a concubine in a serious manner and establish a good relationship with the mistress, and no one doubted that she would make trouble out of nothing.

But none of these can conceal that Old Master Gu, as the current head of the Gu family, must bear the consequences for his clan's actions.

Chunjia interrogated for a long time, but Mrs. Gu firmly insisted that Mrs. Gu had nothing to do with Princess Sui'an's infertility: "The relationship between His Highness Yun'an and the imperial concubine is not bad. If Mrs. Gu did it, why did you let Yun go?" His Highness An? Even if Concubine Zheng is not the brother of the imperial concubine, His Royal Highness Yun An is good at dancing. If he is on the side of the imperial concubine, his assistance to the imperial concubine is probably more than that of His Highness Sui'an. Moreover, the Jinxi Princess under the knee of His Royal Highness Yun An , and maybe even gave it to the noble concubine's nephew. It can be seen how good His Royal Highness is with the noble concubine. Although the Gu family has always been at odds with the noble concubine, they have never thought of harming the royal family... Please, Your Majesty, be discerning and return Gu's innocence!"

The emperor felt that he did not seem to be cheating. After much deliberation, he was not sentenced to punishment. Instead, he called Yin Qu, Deng Chengzhai and other close officials to discuss the matter: "I have always thought about the matter of Sui'an back then, but after so many years, But there is still no clue... Now the Gu family is quite suspicious, but the few in charge of the family swear to deny it, and it doesn't look like a fake... What can I do?"

Yin Qu and the others had long forgotten about Sui'an. Now that the emperor mentioned it, he must first flatter the emperor's concern for the late emperor's own flesh and blood. Old Mrs. Gu has been worrying about the future of the family all day long. It is not impossible to say that he does not know the crimes committed by the younger generations.

And since it was Gu's doing, the old man didn't know about it, and the people below didn't know about it?

So just directly torture the people below.

In fact, the emperor also planned this way, but he is a benevolent emperor after all, he has favored the noble concubine for many years, and recently abandoned Gu Zhen, which has left some people speechless in the face of the evidence that the mother and son in the middle palace murdered the noble concubine and the emperor's heir. Out of instinctive suspicion, the emperor favored his concubine and killed his wife.

In addition, the Gu family has made great contributions to the country, and Marquis Longping spent half his life as a soldier. Before he could return to the imperial capital to reunite with his wife and children, he was assassinated and died.

After all, Chunjia has a good face and doesn't want to appear too mean.

At this moment, the most capable courtiers all agreed, and then he agreed to torture everyone in the Gu family.

There are no outstanding talents among the descendants of the Gu family, but how can they withstand the methods in the imperial prison.

In just three or two days, everything that should have been said and should not have been said was confessed.

Including but not limited to the matter of the Eighth Prince, the targeting and defense against the empress dowager for many years, the supervision and suspicion of the Xie family...

Chunjia was prepared when she gave the order. After all, how could such a long-standing family not be dirty?

Even so, his face was livid with anger!

If there were other considerations about whether to kill the Gu family, at this moment, he didn't want to delay at all.

Even Gu Jue didn't want to let her go. No matter how dignified, virtuous, sensible, and considerate she looks, no matter how dignified, virtuous, sensible, and considerate she is, how can she rest assured to keep her by King Qin's side, no matter how dignified, virtuous, sensible, and considerate she is?

Especially his eldest son is not the master of the city, who knows if he will turn around and be deceived?

"Your Majesty, after all, the Gu family is the natal family of the abolished Hou family, and Marquis Longping has contributed to the country." Yun Fenghuang was delighted when he found out about this news, but on the surface he persuaded him hypocritically, "Just punish the culprits." , but there is no need to kill them all.”

Chunjia had made up her mind, she just smiled when she heard the words, and said, "Ah Huang just concentrates on confinement, and I was there in the previous dynasty."

This is the proposal to decline the imperial concubine.

Yun Fenghuang was clear in his heart, but pretended not to hear it, agreed with a smile, and immediately changed the topic, leading him to talk about some interesting things about the children.

She was only gloating at Gu's misfortune here. The emperor went back to the front, and Yin Qu sent a message, saying that Gu was tortured by the prison. Some things were found to be related to Xie Wuzheng, and it was suspected that Gu had kept the key She always cheats the Qing Palace, but under severe punishment, how can she care about it? Everything was said.

Yun Fenghuang couldn't help frowning: "What are these things?"

After knowing that it was nothing more than ordinary corruption and perverting the law, and cooperating with some big households in Yanzhou, finding excuses to kill and seize other big households, etc., it was a long sigh of relief.

She knows Chunjia very well, no, it should be said that the former rulers have such a characteristic: as long as it is not treason and other crimes that will shake the royal rule, they will actually have a high tolerance.

I am even very satisfied that the courtier has such a defect.

Because this means that it is easy to control, and even pulled out at a critical moment, whether it is killed or demoted, it is easy.

Even honest officials who are neither corrupt nor cruel have a good reputation.

The most annoying thing is actually the kind of saint-like subordinates.

These things Xie Wuzheng did are not commonplace for officials who are not of high background but want to climb up.

Not to mention that he still has his cousin Yunfenghuang as a backer, even if he didn't, Chunjia would not directly take advantage of his talent and the fact that he didn't really affect the people at the bottom. What to do with him.

He had to wait for someone to devote himself to him for more than ten or twenty years, when it was useless, and then turn over the old score.

The imperial concubine calmed down and said: "I know, I thank Yin Shangshu on my behalf."

Seeing that the visitor had no intention of leaving, he raised his eyebrows slightly, "What else?"

"Returning to your mother, my adults said that it is not a big deal to know these crimes." The visitor hesitated for a while, and said in a low voice, "I am afraid that the aftermath can be dealt with without the mother's trouble. It's just that the East Palace has not been established for a day, and these things are not serious. It won't be a flaw, so I ask the empress to make a plan early."

"Also, my lord has another sentence, which is quite hesitant."

Yun Fenghuang was surprised and said: "Yin Shangshu and I have been friends for many years, so what else can we not say?"

"My lord said, Mr. Fu Wang and Mr. Ah Li are getting older, and the empress should support her a little bit more. There is no need to blindly favor Xie Ma. After all, the concubine has been eye-catching enough over the years."

It's no wonder that Yin Qu was hesitant. After all, Yun Fenghuang and Xie's children belonged to the Xie family's internal affairs. As an outsider, he hinted that Yun Fenghuang would support his nephew more in the future and stop blindly promoting Xie Wuzheng, and even vaguely let him go. She was wary of thanking Wuzheng, because she might be suspected of being a distant relative.

"But what else does Yin Shangshu know?" Yun Fenghuang frowned subconsciously when he heard the words, but soon calmed down, and asked softly, "Although it is enough to say, Yin Shangshu is for my own good after all. Still don't believe him?"

As long as the Seventh Prince needs her for a day, Yin Qu can be trusted.

And the two nephews are growing up, even if no one mentions it, Yun Fenghuang will definitely lean towards Xie Fuwang and Xie Li in the future.

After all, these two brothers are the heirs of their fourth family.

The visitor stepped forward on his knees and said in a low voice: "Returning to your mother, Yin Shangshu checked Gu's confession. Gu has been following Xie's son-in-law very closely over the years, and found that Xie's son-in-law has almost no regard for the remaining children and daughters of Xie's main branch. Supporting and caring. On the contrary, some distant branches that have little to do with Xie's close branches, and even outsiders, are quite wooing... Even if you carefully analyze Mr. Fuwang and Mr. Ari, they are all superficial, in fact there is no How much profound assistance and planning."

"Even outside, I never mention the two sons."

"To the extent that the people who follow Xie Consort only recognize Xie Concubine, they are separated from the empress, let alone loyal to the two young masters."

Yun Fenghuang frowned.

After a while, he said slowly: "I understand, thank you Yin Shangshu, I will inquire with the son-in-law."

After the man retired, the imperial concubine turned to look at Chen Jing beside her: "Is what he said true or false?"

"Your Majesty, forgive me." Chen Jing knelt down to plead guilty, sweating all over her head, "This servant is incompetent, and I didn't find out about this... I will let the servant do it!"

The Qing people and other close attendants were worried and persuaded Yun Fenghuang to calm down: "Since the decline of the Xie family, the 21st son has depended on his wife for life, and he will definitely not do this on purpose. Is there some misunderstanding in this?"

Yun Fenghuang was not angry. In the final analysis, Xie Wuzheng's relationship with her only became close after the Xie family was destroyed.

In the past, although this cousin was not far in blood, he was just a pawn in her eyes.

Xie Xiaoyu's elder brothers who grew up with the same mother are the real ones in her eyes... that is not as important as herself!

Two years ago, when she and Xie Wuzheng were weeping in each other's arms, she was still thinking about teaching Xie Fuwang and Xie Li, the only remaining nephews, to a good extent. On these two nephews, not Xie Wuzheng in the next room.

If Xie Xiaoyu was guarding her secretly, she might still fly into a rage.

But Xie Wuzheng...

Yun Fenghuang's feelings for him are just that, the closeness of these two years, in fact, is more about mutual support under the same disease.

When it comes to pure love, it's far from it.

Therefore, although his face was cold at the moment, he didn't mean to be angry. He just said lightly: "Is it a misunderstanding? We will find out when our people check it out. It's just that Yin Qu is not stupid. He has joined hands with Ben Gong for many years. After all, It's just for Xiao Qi's consideration, not for Ben Gong! Therefore, unless he thinks it might hinder Xiao Qi, he will definitely not talk too much... This matter is probably true."

The attendants were actually quite shocked, after all these years, Xie Wuzheng is a proper member of Huanhua Palace.

Who knew that he would do tricks behind Yun Fenghuang's back?

She even acted so covertly, if it wasn't for the noble concubine who refused to wait for a year, she would have sent Gu Shi down before the year, I'm afraid she would be kept in the dark by now!

"Niang Niang, do you still remember what Sanfang said to Wufang when you were just leading the family earlier?" The Qing people thought for a while, sent the others out, and said in a low voice with Yun Fenghuang, "Don't be afraid of being widowed, but be careful." There are many people in the family, there are always some people, even if they know the benefits, they will inevitably feel jealous... Maybe the son-in-law didn't do it on purpose, but it was a last resort?"

Yun Fenghuang looked at her and said calmly: "He refuses to support the surviving members of the main branch, I can understand it. But, don't tell Fu Wang and Li'er to be known outside and say that they have no selfish intentions, does that make sense?"