Gu Qian disobeyed orders once again, but was still forced to be granted a higher title.
Then, he immediately began searching for evidence for his master to salvage the Li family's reputation.
And he wasn't the only one.
Li Wenshu, who had been out of the public eye for some time, and He Lin also began their investigation.
They visited the prison, found the person who had spread the slander, and began to look for a breakthrough by talking to him.
When Li Zheng heard the Emperor's order, his heart sank.
He had previously explained and defended himself, but ultimately, he fell silent.
While the executioners were on their way to General Li's residence, Li Zheng embraced his wife and urged her to escape.
However, no matter what Ye Qiuyun said, she was determined to stand with Li Zheng through thick and thin and bear everything together.
"Brother Li, so what if I die? I'll go with you. On the way to the underworld, I'll have someone to take care of me."
For the first time, Ye Qiuyun felt a distance from Gu Qian.
It was because he succeeded Li Zheng as Grand General.
She believes that Brother Li has raised an ungrateful child.
Li Zheng and his wife, along with their servants and children, were taken to the imperial prison and executed three days later.
On the day they were imprisoned, Gu Qian and his two companions made their utmost efforts and finally found a witness to prove Li Zheng's innocence.
That is, the person who spreads rumors.
Under their coercion, the man revealed the despicable acts of the Northern Qi emperor.
When Gu Qian and He Lin tried every means to bring the person spreading the rumors before His Majesty,
This still did not change His Majesty's deep-seated resentment towards Li Zheng.
He refused to pardon Li Zheng for his serious crimes.
He knew from the beginning that Li Zheng was innocent.
Now that he could not be killed, he had no choice but to change the death penalty to exile.
He feared being criticized for forcibly executing him.
His Majesty's thoughts at the time
Exile can stabilize the army.
...
"Exile," Gu Xiaoran couldn't imagine how much suffering and hardship her maternal grandparents' family endured on the road.
He truly believed that his mother should have married the Third Prince; that way, at least she wouldn't have died, and his maternal grandparents could have suffered less.
Even though he was never born.
"Where is my mother? What is she doing on the road to exile?" Gu Xiaoran could not change the grudges of the previous generation.
He Lin: "She was powerless to do anything, so she secretly followed the road to exile, all the way to the border."
"No matter what you say, you still haven't said how you wronged her."
Gu Xiaoran wasn't just there to listen to stories.
The story is too long, and He Lin keeps going around in circles, still unwilling to mention that sad past.
"Jin'er, it's almost dawn, go to sleep for a while."
“I’m not sleepy. I just want to know about the grudges between you and your mother back then.”
"We have no grudges." He Lin was unwilling to talk about it, instinctively avoiding the topic, but reluctantly, he began to recount the past.
"General Li was exiled thousands of miles away, and my father was worried about his safety. So he sent assassins all the way. Gu Qian secretly cleared all obstacles for General Li."
In order to please his father, He Lin expressed that he had no ambition for the throne and that he would follow his elder brother’s lead from now on.
He would also occasionally try to please his elder brother, the crown prince.
As a result, Prince Rui trusted He Lin more and began to express his deep brotherly affection for his second brother to His Majesty.
His Majesty saw He Lin's loyalty and gradually lowered his guard against him, but he never entrusted him with any important responsibilities.
Although He Lin and Gu Qian are cousins, they do not interact at all in order to avoid suspicion.
Gu Qian was even lobbied by the eldest prince.
Secretly, the two had always been very close.
With Gu Qian's help, He Lin began his struggle for the throne step by step...
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