Without waiting for Zhao Qiu Ming to answer her, Concubine Zhao continued, "Without any evidence, just based on a secret report, you led your troops to search the Gu Mansion? Today is the wedding day of Her Royal Highness the Princess, do you still have the royal family in your eyes? How do you explain to your family on a daily basis? The emperor is the heaven, you must be loyal to him and serve the public. Father, do you remember what your daughter said?"
After hearing what Princess Zhao said, Zhao Qiu Ming and his son looked at each other, and Prime Minister Zhao immediately called out a name.
Xianzong said, "Come here, bring this Zhang Keji over."
Gu Xingnuo gritted his teeth and said, "Zhang Keji?"
Yu Xiao: "What's going on?"
Gu Xingnuo smiled bitterly and whispered, "He was originally a retainer of my Gu family, but now he has gone to the Zhao family."
"Zhang Keji," Yingnianyun whispered to Gu Chen at this time, "He is dedicated to his duties. It seems that they have chosen a scapegoat."
Old Marshal Gu frowned. At this time, they knew that Concubine Zhao was reminding Zhao Qiu Ming, but if they exposed Concubine Zhao's tricks, would Emperor Xianzong believe them?
Xianzong looked at the door of the bedroom and sighed, "It's hard for my beloved concubine to be so thoughtful."
When Gu Chen and others heard what Emperor Xianzong said, they were filled with despair.
The person who went to take Zhang Keji back soon came back and reported to Emperor Xianzong: "Your Majesty, Zhang Keji has committed suicide by taking poison."
"Dead?" Xianzong and Yu Xiaoxiao said in unison.
The leader of the imperial guards did not dare to look up and said, "Yes, I have ordered people to take care of Zhang Keji's body. Your Majesty, please give your instructions."
"Committing suicide out of fear of punishment?" Concubine Zhao said in the bedroom.
Emperor Xianzong looked at the two clearly divided groups of ministers standing on the left and right sides of the courtyard and said hesitantly, "Is this a misunderstanding? Did Zhao Qing believe in the slander?"
"Your Majesty is wise!" Prime Minister Zhao and his group praised Emperor Xianzong together.
Gu Chen could only look at Emperor Xianzong in silence. Why would such a "wise" emperor let them meet? With Zhang Keji's death, there would be no evidence for this matter, and it would be another unresolved result.
"Father, how could you be so foolish?" Concubine Zhao scolded her father through the door, "The emperor gave you the military order to mobilize the imperial guards so that you can protect the safety of the imperial palace, not so that you can believe in slander and ruin the eldest princess' wedding!"
Zhao Qiu Ming kowtowed heavily to Emperor Xianzong, leaving a pool of blood on the ground, and apologized: "Your Majesty, I was just concerned about your country. I was confused and I deserve to die!"
"Your Majesty," Concubine Zhao also said in the bedroom, "I deserve to die."
Xianzong sighed, waved his hand at the Zhao father and son, and said, "Forget it, I will fine you one year's salary as a warning to others. Zhao Qiuming, if you do such stupid things again in the future, I will never let you off easily!"
"I thank your majesty," Zhao Qiu Ming hurriedly thanked Emperor Xianzong, "I will remember your majesty's words."
"Get out," Xianzong told Zhao and his son to get out.
Yu Xiaoxiao watched Zhao Beicheng supporting Zhao Qiuming and leaving before she spoke: "Is this matter over? Isn't this right?"
Many of the ministers sighed. It seemed that the three members of the Zhao family had been acting for quite some time, but the princess didn't understand.
Concubine Zhao cried, "Your Highness, I am sorry for you, for the Queen, and for Your Majesty, I really deserve to die!"
Yu Xiao: "Then you can just die now."
Concubine Zhao paused in crying.
Xianzong glared at Yu Xiaoxiao and said, "Linglong, don't be unreasonable! What did your father teach you?"
Yu Xiaoxiao looked at this old man with a wooden face. What else could this tyrant teach her except his experience in eating, drinking and having fun?
The contempt in the girl's eyes was so strong that Xianzong asked, "What is that look?"
"He burned down my new house," Yu Xiaoxiao looked at Zhao Qiuming and said, "He brought so many soldiers to my house to mess things up, and you're just going to let it go like this?"
The ministers looked at each other, wondering if there was something wrong with what he said.
The three generals of the imperial guards who followed Prime Minister Zhao to Gu's house stood together at this time, all with bruised faces and noses. When they return home, their mothers and wives will definitely not recognize them. The three of them wanted to cry but had no tears. This guy brought people to beat up more than a thousand of them. What else does this guy want? Killing people is not enough!
Xianzong slapped his forehead. Concubine Zhao crying in the bedroom made him anxious, and the girl in front of him gave him a headache. "Then what do you want?" Xianzong said to Yu Xiao: "Don't say the word 'kill' to me again."
"Execution," Yu omitted two words. She didn't understand classical Chinese, but she knew synonyms.
Xianzong felt aggrieved and couldn't utter a word.
Concubine Zhao cried, "Your Highness is now married and you must obey your husband. Princess, no matter how big the matter is, it is not bigger than the country. Your Highness should know this."
Concubine Zhao said openly and secretly that after the princess got married, she only thought about her husband's family and ignored her father. This was ungrateful. Emperor Xianzong understood, and so did all the ministers. Only Yu Xiaoxiao failed to hear the wit in Concubine Zhao's words and said, "So I deserved to be killed by your father?"
Zhao Qiu Ming hurriedly asked, "How dare I hurt Her Royal Highness the Princess?"
"What about my new house?" Yu Xiao: "It caught fire by itself?"
"Where is the evidence?" Unable to convince his own daughter, Xianzong looked at Gu Chen and asked.
Gu Chen could not produce any evidence. When the new house caught fire, the Zhao father and son were being beaten on the front street. They did not catch anyone belonging to Zhao Qiu Ming in the backyard, so they had no evidence.
Xianzong saw that Gu Chen was speechless, and then he said to Yu Xiao: "Without any evidence, how can your father punish Prime Minister Zhao?"
"Then I've lost my house, so let's just forget about this?" Yu Xiaoxiao frowned.
Xianzong gritted his teeth and said, "How about this, I will return the original Zhenguohou Mansion to the Gu family. Linglong, are you satisfied now?"
Yu Xiaoxiao asked Gu Xingnuo: "Which mansion is bigger than the one we live in now?"
Gu Xingnuo was embarrassed for a moment and nodded.
"Brother," Yu Xiao said, "Can you analyze for me whether I can kill the entire Zhao family today?"
Gu Xingnuo said awkwardly: "Without any evidence, we can't punish Zhao Qiuming, let alone execute him."
Oh shit!
Yu Xiaoxiao looked at the Zhao family father and son with a sharp and ruthless gaze. She could kill them in a minute, but she couldn't do it now! This world really couldn't be played happily!
Zhao Beicheng supported his father and hid behind Emperor Xianzong, fearing that Princess Linglong would suddenly attack and kill him.
"Go back," Xianzong waved his hand and sent them away.
Yu Xiaoxiao was the first to turn around and walk out of the courtyard.
Xianzong opened his mouth and wanted to call his daughter, but in the end he said nothing. Many things cannot be treated equally. His daughter was wronged, but Concubine Zhao was hurt and cried like that. Xianzong unconsciously leaned towards the pitiful Concubine Zhao.
All the ministers bowed to Emperor Xianzong and took their leave.
Emperor Xianzong pointed at a chief eunuch and said, "Take your people back with Gu Chen and help them move to the Zhenguo Marquisate Mansion today. If the princess is missing anything, please use my private storehouse to get it."
"I obey your command," the eunuch in charge said quickly.
Yu Linglong! Concubine Zhao almost bit her lips in the bedroom. This bastard born by the queen had insulted the Zhao family so much. She would not be a human being if she didn't let this bastard die without a burial place!
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