"Thank you, Eunuch Zhou, for your reminder." Gu Tingchen said with a calm smile, "I'll send someone to invite my father to the palace."
After he finished speaking, he immediately signaled to Liu Zhang to inform his father.
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In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the emperor and Empress Dowager Gu sat side by side on the dragon couch.
Seeing Gu An and Gu Tingchen, father and son, being led into the hall by Zhou Fuhai, the emperor flew into a rage without waiting for Empress Dowager Gu to speak, and threw the memorial in his hand fiercely in front of Gu Tingchen.
"Gu Erlang, you are so bold! As an imperial censor, facing the pirate invasion, you did not persuade the Pacification Commissioner to resist the enemy. Instead, you allowed Xue Jiu to abandon the city, disregarding the safety of millions of people in Yuezhou. What crime should you be punished for?"
Seeing the gloomy faces of the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, Gu Tingchen smiled disapprovingly, knelt down slowly, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, this is wrong. It is for the safety of the people of Yuezhou that I have no choice but to take this bad measure."
After hearing this, Queen Mother Gu's eyes suddenly lit up and she quickly asked, "Tingchen, what do you mean?"
"Your Majesty," Gu Tingchen said solemnly, his voice awe-inspiring. "Xue Jiu has colluded with pirates and flooded Qizhou. He has taken control of Qizhou and is now armed with his own troops. It's clear he intends to be an enemy of the imperial court. If he leads the troops of the Pacification Commissioner to defect, it will inevitably lead to even greater disaster. Only by tricking him into returning to Yuzhou and stripping him of his military power can we prevent him from colluding with the pirates."
"It may seem like a bad idea, but considering the situation at the time, it was actually the best idea."
Empress Dowager Gu looked at the Emperor with a look of relief. "Qizhou has already suffered a tragedy. If Xue Jiu were to lead the troops of the Pacification Commissioner to defect, it would undoubtedly be the greatest loss to the court. Your Majesty should be relieved that Tingchen acted decisively."
This statement left the emperor with no room for rebuttal. On the surface, Gu Jia Erlang's move really resolved the crisis for the court.
The emperor glanced at Gu Tingchen with a forced smile and lowered his eyes and replied, "In that case, I will have to reward Erlang well."
"It is my duty to share the worries of Your Majesty, and I dare not take credit for it." Gu Tingchen said solemnly.
The emperor's current thoughts were not on dealing with the Gu family, so he followed Empress Dowager Gu's wishes and said, "Draft an imperial decree to appoint Gu Tingchen, the commander of the Imperial Guard, as Privy Councilor and Grand Tutor to the Crown Prince, and grant him ten thousand gold and a thousand pieces of brocade."
Upon hearing the appointment of the Prince's Grand Tutor, Gu An and his son Gu Tingchen looked at each other and quickly turned their gaze to Empress Dowager Gu.
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