After returning from the Gu Mansion, Gu Jiu was exhausted both physically and mentally, and it took him two days of lying down to recover.
She wanted to find someone to talk to, and Liu Zhao was the best person.
The two of them each held a cup of tea and lazily nestled on the soft couch, and then she brought up her previous speculation.
"The old man probably chose to commit suicide in order to exonerate my father."
After saying that, she laughed at herself.
"I made the most daring guess, but I can only keep it to myself. My father wasn't truly innocent in the Ministry of Revenue corruption case. But he never considered why he was able to escape punishment. He's now busy making connections in an attempt to transfer out of the Imperial Household Department."
Liu Zhao held her hand and asked, "What do you need me to do?"
Gu Jiu looked at him and said, "Tell me, Your Majesty, why did you want to force the old man to death? You could have demoted my father and dismissed him from his post, why did you have to force him to death?"
Liu Zhao was silent for a moment before he said, "This is Mr. Gu's choice."
"Yes, this was the old man's choice, so I didn't reveal the truth. He didn't want to tell the truth even when he was dying, and I respect his thoughts."
Gu Jiu was helpless. "I just can't figure out what taboo the old man had committed that forced him to die."
Her heart was filled with questions. She said, "I remember when my father was imprisoned, you made a deal with the old man and let him go. What did you get from the old man? Do you know the truth about why the old man had to die?"
Liu Zhao's eyes were complicated, and he finally said calmly: "I heard a word from Mr. Gu."
"Just a word?"
"Yes, just one sentence."
"Can you tell me what it is?"
Liu Zhao slowly shook his head, "There are some things you don't need to know."
"I want to know why the old man must die."
"You know that Mr. Gu was the most famous playboy in the capital back then."
Gu Jiu nodded, she knew this.
Liu Zhao continued, "Old Master Gu is a dandy, and he's truly the best among them. He's well-versed in everything from eating, drinking, and having fun to appreciating and appreciating things. He could even be called a master."
Having said this, he stopped talking and didn't say any more.
Gu Jiu frowned, "If you stop talking halfway, you will be struck by lightning."
Liu Zhao smiled and said, "I'll drag you along to be struck by lightning."
roll!
"My old man was a prominent playboy. What does this have to do with his death?"
"Whether it matters or not, you have to ask His Majesty."
Gu Jiu sighed. After going around in circles, he finally returned to the starting point.
"Could it be that my old man has offended His Majesty, and His Majesty is holding a grudge against him and is determined to force him to death?"
Liu Zhao remained noncommittal. "Actually, I don't know much about what happened back then. I might not have been born yet."
Gu Jiu looked at him with disdain, "What use do I have for you?"
Liu Zhao laughed heartily, "This young master will warm my wife's bed."
"Your only use is to warm the bed."
…
In Xingqing Palace, the emperor sat at his desk.
The imperial seal was placed in front of him.
Chen Dachang served the emperor alone.
He bowed and said, "The Gu family has decided to hold the funeral for seven days."
"Only keep the body for seven days?" the emperor asked casually.
Chen Dachang said, "The fourth daughter of the Gu family was betrothed to the second son of the Zhuguogong family. The wedding was originally scheduled for the beginning of next spring. When Mr. Gu passed away, he specifically left a will, instructing that the fourth daughter be married off while the mourning period was still high, so as not to waste her youth. The Gu family had to prepare for the daughter's wedding, so they had to hold the funeral early."
"He has thought it through very carefully." The emperor snorted coldly, seeming dissatisfied.
Chen Dachang didn't dare say more.
The emperor stared at the imperial seal for a long time before ordering Chen Dachang to put it away.
A eunuch came to the emperor's bedroom with a stack of documents.
"Your Majesty, the kidnapping case has finally been thoroughly investigated."
"oh!"
The emperor suddenly became alert.
After arresting so many people and using various means, have the leader behind the kidnappings finally been found?
"Who is it?" The emperor was a little anxious, but then he quickly calmed himself down.
The eunuch bowed and said, "Based on everyone's confessions, we finally identified this person."
The eunuch handed over the information.
Tianzi looked at the name on the file and was obviously stunned for a moment. It took him a while to come back to his senses, "It turned out to be her."
It's her, not him.
"She is still alive?" Tianzi muttered to himself.
Chen Dachang stretched his neck and glanced at the name on the information, and was also shocked.
She turned out to be the late emperor's favorite concubine, and the only one still alive among his many women.
The emperor asked, "Where are the people?"
"She became a nun at Ganye Temple."
"Haha... I was actually played around by a nun. Even the harem was controlled by her."
The emperor gritted his teeth, feeling deeply hurt.
His enemy was not a hero or a great man, but a woman.
A woman!
The veins on the emperor's forehead were throbbing. He was actually being toyed with by a woman, and she was the most beloved concubine of the late emperor in his last few years.
How outrageous!
As soon as this woman's name appeared, it brought back the emperor's most painful memories.
The last few years of the late emperor's life were the most painful, twisted, hateful and the time he most wanted to forget.
It just so happened that this woman appeared before the late emperor during those years and won his favor.
Suddenly, the emperor had an idea.
In the last few years of the late emperor's reign, this woman suddenly appeared. Could it be that she was secretly manipulating the succession to the throne again?
"I want to see her!"
"I will bring him here right away."
"No, I will go to Ganye Temple to see her."
Ganye Temple was located in the city, in the northwest, not far from Zongzheng Temple, and was under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu. It was specifically used to house the barren concubines left behind by the previous emperor.
"But what about Your Majesty's health?" Chen Dachang was very worried.
"No problem!"
The emperor insisted on leaving the palace, so Chen Dachang quickly asked someone to make arrangements.
Early the next morning, the emperor quietly left the palace without disturbing any court officials.
The carriage moved slowly along the way, passing Zongzheng Temple, and soon arrived at Ganye Temple.
The entire Ganye Temple had been cordoned off, and not even a fly could escape. Unrelated individuals were detained to avoid offending the emperor.
The emperor sat in a sedan chair and was carried into the Buddhist temple by several strong eunuchs.
Buddha is merciful.
Under the Buddhist temple, there was a cushion with a thin nun kneeling on it.
The nun was wearing a thick cotton coat and a simple hat on her head, without any other decoration on her body.
The sedan chair was put down, and the eunuch carried the emperor on his back and sat in a wheelchair.
The door of the Buddhist temple was closed, leaving only three or five eunuchs and Chen Dachang to serve inside the temple just in case.
There were at least a hundred people gathered outside the Buddhist temple, alert to any movements around them.
The nun was beating a wooden fish and reciting scriptures silently. She was completely unconcerned about the disturbances around her and appeared to be very pious.
The emperor did not disturb the other party.
Only after the scripture was finished and the hand that was striking the wooden fish slowly dropped did the emperor sneer.
The nun stood up, and it was then apparent that she had a very slender figure, almost as tall as a man.
She slowly turned around and looked at the emperor sitting in the wheelchair.
The emperor also looked at each other.
When the other person turned around, the muscles on Tianzi's face twitched and his lips opened and closed, but he couldn't utter a word.
"You, you are old too!"
"We are all old." The nun smiled knowingly.
"Noble Concubine Su, you..."
"I am a poor nun, please be careful not to call the wrong name, Your Majesty."
Nun Jingsi looked at the emperor with a smile, oblivious to the danger that was about to fall upon her. She was not surprised by the emperor's presence.
She simply knelt and sat on the futon, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. My legs are not so convenient and I cannot stand for long."
Tianzi's face instantly darkened, "We haven't seen each other for decades."
"We haven't seen each other for thirty-seven years and eight months." Master Jingsi said softly.
"You remember it clearly."
"I have never forgotten it. After all, it was His Majesty who personally issued the decree to send this poor nun to Ganye Temple to become a nun."
The emperor angrily rebuked him, "You bear a grudge against me, so you arranged for people to stir up trouble in the harem, attempting to overthrow the Great Zhou. You deserve to die!"
Nun Jingsi lowered her head and smiled, "If I had intended to overthrow the Great Zhou, Your Majesty would have died in the palace long before he ascended the throne."
"What do you mean?" the emperor asked in a trembling voice.
Nun Jingsi said calmly, "Your Majesty wasn't the only one qualified to inherit the throne. It's fair to say that Your Majesty wasn't the most outstanding among the many princes, nor was he the strongest. Why was it you who ultimately ascended the throne?"
"Your Majesty, do you really think you won the throne by your own ability? Haha, how naive!"
"How dare you! Didn't I win the throne on my own? Could it be that I relied on you?"
Nun Jingsi actually nodded, "I did help Your Majesty, but Your Majesty is unaware of it."
The emperor's expression was distorted.
His guess was confirmed. Was it true that he could not ascend the throne and become emperor without this woman?
No!
He is the emperor, holding the power of life and death, how could he rely on a woman?
"Stop talking nonsense."
Nun Jingsi sneered, "How did those people die back then? Do you want me to tell Your Majesty one by one?"
The emperor clutched his chest and said, "Why do you say you helped me? What reason do you have to help me? I am the prince, and it is only natural that I will succeed to the throne."
Nun Jingsi smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. I will answer all your questions. You are confused, but why am I helping you? Because back then, you were the weakest among the princes, and also the one with the most twisted personality. If you succeeded to the throne, you would have set off a bloody storm, with countless lives lost. That is why I am helping you."
"Ridiculous!" The emperor denied flatly, "You are slandering me. Concubine Su, just because I didn't kill you then doesn't mean I won't kill you now."
Nun Jingsi said calmly, "Your Majesty can kill me at any time. Even if Your Majesty doesn't believe what I say, it doesn't matter. Your Majesty has been on the throne for over thirty years, and I have witnessed everything. You are indeed the one with the most twisted personality. How many people have died because of you. It's really exciting."
She lowered her head and smiled with great joy, as if the loss of a head was something worthy of praise.
They are all a bunch of perverts.
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