Chapter 136: The truth is revealed, Gu finally died
Perhaps because of his recent illness, the emperor was not paying attention to anything. Jun Chenyi said a few more words, and the emperor thought they made sense, so he really did what he wanted and punished Jun Wenshu.
The seventh princess was spoiled on a daily basis. Many people had previously written to the emperor to impeach her for being unruly and unreasonable, but they were all suppressed by the emperor.
What's more, she was already 25 years old and still hadn't married. She acted arrogantly in the palace all day long, which made the emperor feel annoyed.
He also wanted to thank Jun Chenyi and Deng Youning for giving him a reason to drive Jun Wenshu away from him.
"County Master, please accept the order."
Eunuch Fu knew that Jun Wenshu could not accept the change of her status for a while. Seeing that she was slow to respond, he forced the imperial edict on her and turned to leave.
"Sir, please stay!"
The queen stood up and called him.
"What does your majesty mean? You don't even want your own daughter for Deng Youning?"
She couldn't understand. Shu'er was their precious daughter, and her father was the ruler of a country. It was impossible that he couldn't protect her!
"My lady, this matter has spread very widely. I don't know how, but in less than two hours, almost the whole capital knows about it."
"Many officials took this opportunity to bring up the princess's previous mistakes, making it impossible for Your Majesty to save her!"
Eunuch Fu said this and walked away with a breeze.
He didn't want to say anything more to these mother and daughter whose hearts were darker than coal.
The queen looked at her daughter with heartache. She had never left her side since she was a child. Now she went to the rural Lin'an County alone. She didn't know if she could adapt.
"Mother, it's all because of that damn Deng Youning and Jun Chenyi!"
"You must remind grandfather and uncle to be careful of those people from the Deng family and find the right time to avenge your daughter!"
Jun Wenshu didn't need to say much, the Queen was already at odds with the Deng and Han families.
"My son, don't worry. When your brother arrives in Qingzhou, he will take over the military power of the Han family and attack the imperial city. Let alone the Deng family and the Han family, even if you want to kill everyone in the capital, we can make your wish come true."
The queen gave a rather perfunctory consolation.
Although she loves her daughter, she will never tolerate it if her daughter's behavior affects her son's career and her own career as empress dowager!
"Oh, by the way, mother, I heard from Deng Youning that my brother has a mistress outside and she is pregnant."
"It seems to be in the north of the city. Do you want to send someone to look for it?"
Jun Wenshu still hasn't forgotten this.
The prince is almost thirty years old and has yet to marry. If a scandal of having an illegitimate child were to arise before he gets married, it would be difficult to explain to Prime Minister Jian.
Upon hearing this, the queen narrowed her eyes and decided to go and find out what was going on.
*
That night, at the Duke Zhenguo’s Mansion, at the Qiyue Waterside Pavilion.
After hearing the news that Jun Wenshu was demoted to county princess, everyone still felt unsatisfied.
But Deng Youning is very content.
After all, they are father and daughter, and being demoted two levels is already a severe punishment.
"Miss, there are small blood spots all over your clothes..."
When Ying was changing Deng Youning's clothes, she learned that she had been tortured with acupuncture. She kept complaining about her concern for her while she was working.
"When I was in the Valley of Ten Thousand Snakes, was my injury any more serious than this?"
Deng Youning smiled indifferently. This was indeed the lightest injury for her.
"How's things going with Shopkeeper Fan?"
According to Deng Youning's plan, at dusk, Shopkeeper Fan, who had been preparing the corpse for the entire afternoon, would be sent to the charity cemetery by the yamen runners of Jingzhao Prefecture.
And Yingshi had already been lying in ambush and waiting there.
She only needed to take advantage of the guards at the charity cemetery not paying attention and sneak back to the capital through a small path with Manager Fan.
"Don't worry, Miss. Manager Fan has been placed in Master Li's villa."
Hearing her mention Li Tianzhuo in advance, Deng Youning was still a little confused.
Ying Shi explained, "Soon after I arrived at the charity cemetery, Xiu Ming also arrived. If it weren't for his help, Shopkeeper Fan and I wouldn't have been able to enter the city so easily."
I don’t know if it was Deng Youning’s illusion, but I always felt that the more this girl spoke, the redder her face became.
What did she do with that kid Xiu Ming today?
"How is Shopkeeper Fan's injury?"
Deng Youning continued to ask.
Although she was prepared, Gu's knife really stabbed into his chest in the private room of Tianxiang Tower today.
"The young lady had foreseen the situation and placed a water bag of chicken blood on his heart in advance. The skin of the water bag was thick, and combined with the chicken blood, it blocked the knife for him and he was not injured."
Sakura said cheerfully.
Deng Youning was also very happy to hear this.
She felt relieved that Manager Fan was not injured.
The next morning, when Prefect Feng ordered the summons to find out that the suspect was Gu, who should have been dead long ago, the onlookers were stunned.
"Isn't this the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo who had an affair with the coachman? Shouldn't she have been drowned? Why isn't she dead yet?"
"Shopkeeper Xu Fan was killed but not dead, so why can't she be drowned in the pond and not die?"
"In my opinion, Shopkeeper Fan must have survived because he was saved by Princess Youning; and Mrs. Gu must have survived because Deng Zheng found a scapegoat for her and drowned her in the pond!"
The eyes of the masses are sharp, and there are many people who have good hearing and good eyesight.
When the gavel sounded, Gu's heart trembled.
She glanced at Deng Youning and was defeated by her again!
Hate it!
I really want to strangle her!
"Prefect Feng, the incident happened just as Manager Fan said. Whether it was the person who bribed our dock workers to maliciously sprinkle water on the cloth, causing it to mold, or the person who killed someone in Tianxiang Tower yesterday, they were all Gu who faked his death and escaped."
"Gu is so audacious and has repeatedly made mistakes that he refuses to change. This county lady has specially asked Feng Fuyin to report to His Majesty and request that Gu be executed by slow slicing!"
Deng Youning also wished that there would be no more delay and that Gu would die immediately.
"Sir, please ask the great Lord of Heaven to make the decision for me!"
"If the county lady hadn't come to my rescue, I would have been killed by this vicious woman!"
Shopkeeper Fan also started crying.
Prefect Feng slammed the gavel angrily, "Gu, do you have anything else to say?"
Now, the laborer and Shopkeeper Fan have both pointed out her. Even if she has a thousand mouths and irrefutable evidence, she can do nothing without the help of someone with great power.
"Don't worry, County Lady. I will go to the palace right now to ask for the decree for Ling Chi."
Just as Feng Fuyin was about to get up and leave, Li Tianzhuo appeared in front of the government office on his horse at full speed, holding the imperial edict.
It's just a request for permission, and he did it for you!
"The imperial edict has arrived—"
Xiu Ming shouted excitedly.
He was also happy for Deng Youning to see Gu's head cut off.
Gu, who was still kneeling in the hall, knew that she could not escape today no matter what. She rolled her eyes and fainted out of fright.
Deng Youning looked at her with a sneer.
Well, after this sleep, I won’t have to wake up again!
After Gu died, Prefect Feng randomly sent someone to throw her body into a mass grave in the back hills.
No one came to collect her body!
"Miss, Miss Han sent a letter saying that she has a way to repair these flooded and moldy floating brocades."
"After repairing it, although it cannot be restored to its original state, it can still be sold cheaply as low-end goods, allowing us to make up for some of our losses."
Ying Shi excitedly reported to Deng Youning that the 800,000 taels they had invested had finally been found.
Deng Youning also curled her lips and smiled.
The cloth business was run by the mother and daughter of Shi, the second branch of the Han family. After something went wrong with Manager Fan's goods, Deng Youning sent someone to ask the expert Han Xinxin.
Be it people or goods, Gu risked his life but didn't harm a single one!
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