“Those who were beaten to death were all insignificant servants, but my son is an earl, and my grandson is the eldest grandson of the legitimate wife!”
Gu Shaoyu asked calmly, "Then what does Mother think should be done?"
"The culprit must pay with his life for my son! Even princes are subject to the same laws as commoners. Why is it that my son's family was destroyed, yet he was only confined for half a year?" the old lady said through gritted teeth. "My son died so tragically! Do you even care about your brother?"
"Mother, please pack your things. I'll take you to the palace. You can go and make a scene for His Majesty, and you must demand that His Majesty execute the Crown Prince!"
The old lady immediately backed down upon hearing this, and said angrily, "You're the Grand Secretary, and you won't speak to His Majesty yourself, but you want me to? What do I know?"
"No, you know a lot. I can't make the Crown Prince pay for his brother's life. If you go and plead with him, the effect will definitely be different. If you cry and make a scene, His Majesty might listen!"
Gu Shaoyu said, "Before we go, we should inform the Gu family to prepare in advance so that we can reunite with our brother in the afterlife."
You want the crown prince to be buried with him? Any one of the things your grandson did is a crime punishable by the extermination of his entire clan.
The Crown Prince is now wary of His Majesty discovering his private weapon manufacturing activities, and he is also wary of his addiction to the Panacea being made public. That's why he's suffering in silence. Do you think he's really afraid of the Earl's Mansion?
If things escalate to the point of mutual destruction, and the Crown Prince recklessly exposes the affair, harboring fugitives and harming the heir apparent, the entire Earl's mansion would be more than enough to go around cutting off heads.
The old lady was speechless and stared wide-eyed.
Gu Zheng and Gu Zhongyu were unaware of the inside story. Gu Shaoyu called Gu Zhongyu and Gu Zheng out and told them the whole story in private.
Both of them broke out in a cold sweat.
"Why don't we just tell Grandmother? If she keeps making such a fuss, it will be a crime punishable by the extermination of the entire family if it gets to His Majesty's ears," Gu Zheng said with a headache. "Grandmother is such a worry."
“We can’t tell her the truth. If she makes a fuss about it, it will only cause more trouble,” Gu Shaoyu said. “If she makes a scene again, we’ll have the gates of Ci’en Orphanage sealed off. We’ll just feed her good food every day.”
If they keep making noise, they'll be placed under house arrest!
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