Minister Gu almost fainted and collapsed to the ground.
He really hated those assassins now. Did they get kicked in the head by a donkey?
Why do these things?
Still hiding it from the master?
No, that's not right!
Suddenly, he thought of the assassin in the prison, and said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, something is fishy. Qinghua may have been deceived. Someone else wants to kill the Crown Prince and framed Qinghua!"
"Where's the evidence?"
The emperor was very frugal with words, and his expression remained calm.
"Yes, there is evidence!"
Minister Gu said hurriedly: "That living assassin is the evidence! I went in to find him, but before I could say anything, he started yelling, saying that I wanted to silence him!"
"He must have framed me on purpose!"
Minister Gu wailed, "Also, when I entered the prison, I found that one of the jailers was abnormal. The person behind him must be the master of that assassin!"
"Please Your Majesty, please look into this matter!"
As he spoke, he pressed his forehead against the cold ground again.
"emperor……"
Eunuch Yuan stepped forward and whispered in the emperor's ear: "That person..."
The emperor raised his hand gently to stop him.
Eunuch Yuan then realized that the truth was not important.
What’s important is that the right person should die at the right time, without having to match all the evidence.
The Shangshu Mansion was doomed because of another piece of news the Emperor received three days ago, not because of the Crown Prince’s death.
But, there is no need to say that.
In short, it is the same crime of exterminating nine generations of a clan, so it is extermination no matter how you do it, there is no need to be too serious about it.
Minister Gu didn't know that something else had been exposed.
He also hoped that the Dali Temple would find out the truth.
But the emperor made the final decision, "Since you are here, you don't have to leave. I will show you something."
As he spoke, he motioned to Eunuch Yuan to show Minister Gu a piece of paper underneath the memorial.
After reading this, Minister Gu was so shocked that he couldn't utter a single word, and even his breathing was intermittent!
"Take Minister Gu to the secret prison."
The emperor gave the order in a light voice.
"Minister Gu, please."
Eunuch Yuan stepped forward, his tone quite polite.
But Minister Gu couldn't get up. He tried to crawl several times, but fell to the ground because he had no strength in his hands and feet.
"Someone, come and help the Minister."
Eunuch Yuan greeted the imperial guards outside the door.
Two imperial guards stepped forward and took Minister Gu away.
It was snowing heavily late at night.
Minister Gu looked at the hazy night, his vision gradually becoming blurred, and in a trance he seemed to see a scene from many years ago -
Back then, the emperor was still a prince.
There are two concubines in the mansion, one is the current Concubine Li, and the other is Bai Wanru, the daughter of the Cao Gang whom the emperor himself likes.
The emperor's love for Bai Wanru is like a raging fire, like long waves in the deep sea, it is a collision of souls, and it is unstoppable.
As long as Bai Wanru is around, Concubine Li cannot become the queen.
For the back position...
He wrote a letter to King Xun of Nanyan, asking him to send someone to kill Bai Wanru to pave the way for Concubine Li.
Unexpectedly, Bai Wanru died at the hands of an assassin from Southern Yan, and the emperor did not appoint a queen for more than 20 years.
To this day, the throne remains vacant.
This happened too long ago.
It happened so long ago that Minister Gu almost forgot about it.
However, he did not expect that his handwritten letter from that year would appear tonight, unfolded from under the emperor's memorial and placed in front of him!
There is no escape from the death penalty!
The extermination of nine clans is a foregone conclusion!
If he was not sure before, now Minister Gu understood deeply that the person Fang Yizhou was waiting for in the Sky Prison tonight was him, and the emperor wanted to kill him but did not want to disgrace the late queen.
So, the charge was misplaced!
The crime of assassinating the crown prince would definitely fall on them even if it wasn't the second prince and the Gu family.
Not to mention, among those who took action, there must be the Second Prince’s guards!
Finished!
On the way to the secret prison, Minister Gu suddenly stumbled and fell headfirst to the ground.
Afterwards, he vomited blood and fell into a coma.
…
The night wind swept through the capital city which was under martial law, causing the windows of the Ninth Prince's mansion to make a whistling sound.
The light in his study was still on.
Because the cabinet had just been established and the palace examination was about to begin, he still had a lot of things to do.
There were footsteps outside the door and Fengying walked in.
"Your Highness, Minister Gu has gone to the Heavenly Prison and has entered the palace. Do your subordinates and others need to do anything?"
The death of Minister Gu, besides his collusion with foreign nations and assassination of the late queen, also had another reason in Rong Yan's mind -
The Gu family went too far and hurt Ruyi.
"Don't do anything. He can't get out. Just wait for the Gu family to be exterminated."
Rong Yan looked at the document in his hand without raising his head, "Send someone to check and see if there are any survivors in Ruyi's grandfather's family. If there are, rescue them."
Three days ago, the news coming from Fengyu Pavilion was from Bai Wanru and Su Wanyi.
The truth about Bai Wanru's death was delivered to the emperor through the third in command of Fengyu Pavilion.
Su Wanyi's family was exiled to the northern border of Mobei, but since Xiao Hongling, who was exiled with her, came back alive to seek revenge, it is possible that Su Wanyi's family is not dead yet.
Rong Yan wants to be with Ruyi forever.
It's not that he doesn't have a possessive heart.
But he also knew that if you love someone, you should let her have all the love, with more and more people loving her, instead of trapping her by your side with no relatives.
The Xiao family alone is not enough.
If he ascends the throne as emperor one day, he will be supported by all the people.
Then his queen must also need the love and support of everyone and be the center of attention.
Fengying took the order and left.
Rong Yan turned around, poured a cup of tea and took a short rest, listening to the whistling wind outside with a calm look in his eyes.
He inherited all the good qualities of Emperor Wu.
Even though they were two miles apart, Emperor Wu was in the palace and he was in the prince's mansion, he felt that his father was right in front of him, as if there was a faint resonance of souls connecting them.
He is proud to have such a father.
But there are some things that he won't do in person, because that would make him seem too anxious, and anxiety would lead to mistakes, and mistakes would lead to death.
When a person dies, there is nothing left.
For example, the prince.
Taking a deep breath, he took out the "Heart Sutra" and the "Nine Emperor Sword Manual" copied from the old beggar, trying to combine the two things to see if he could quickly give birth to a master.
Perhaps, being gentle yet strong is the secret to invincibility.
The day after tomorrow, he will give Ruyi a gift that can protect her for a lifetime.
…
It's like telepathy.
Ruyi dreamed of Rong Yan.
He stood in the moonlight and smiled, then handed her his hand and said, "Come on, I'll take you to see the sunrise."
Ruyi's heart was beating like a drum and she held his hand.
She followed him to the top of the mountain and saw a sea of clouds covering the sky like silk. The sun was rising into the sky. In an instant, thousands of beautiful scenes rushed into her eyes and her heart.
She got up before daybreak to practice swordplay.
In fact, she was also thinking about using the "Prajna Heart Sutra" to lay a foundation for her body, and using it as a basis to connect with the "Nine Emperor Swords". Perhaps it would be more powerful and faster than separate methods.
The death of the prince had no impact on her.
However, Rong Yan and the prince are brothers, and now that the prince's funeral is imminent, he must go and take a look.
The time he can come today is probably limited.
Soon, Lingling brought breakfast and new news, "Gu Shangshu has not returned from the palace, and Gu Qinghua has been taken away by Fang Yizhou."
She looked at Ruyi with a strange look in her eyes, "I heard that he was your fiancé before? Do you want to go and beat the man who is down and out?"