Qin Guang struggled to sit up and wanted to salute Emperor Mingzheng, but Emperor Mingzheng waved his hand and said, "Since you are injured, there is no need to salute."
Qin Guang hurriedly said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."
Emperor Mingzheng asked, "Were the injuries on your body caused by Gu Yun?"
Qin Guang ignored the wound on his neck and nodded repeatedly. With red eyes, he said angrily, "Your Majesty, Gu Yun crippled one of my hands and one of my feet."
"Why did he hit you?" Emperor Mingzheng glanced at the memorial in his hand and asked.
Qin Guang picked up the information that was beneficial to him and said, "Gu Yun has always disliked me. He is brave and aggressive. Last time he beat me in the leg and I had to stay in bed for three months before I recovered. Yesterday I just went to Xinglou to drink, but I don't know why Gu Yun suddenly rushed out and attacked me viciously. He almost took my life. The son of Yang Xu, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, who was traveling with me, also suffered this unprovoked disaster."
Old Uncle Qin began to wipe his tears again and said, "Your body and hair are given by your parents. My good grandson will be disabled in the future. Your Majesty, please take charge of the Qin family. Gu Yun is arrogant and reckless, and he is too much. It is said that princes who break the law are guilty of the same crime as common people. Guang'er is also the prince of my Tongzheng Earl's Mansion. Gu Yun's behavior is clearly contempt for the royal power and disregard for the law!"
The memorial in Emperor Mingzheng's hand listed dozens of Qin Guang's evil deeds. It had been a long time since the eldest son of Qin family had become incompetent. Emperor Mingzheng had known about it a long time ago, so naturally he did not believe the one-sided words of Qin Guang and the other man.
But someone brought me a pillow because I was feeling sleepy.
Emperor Mingzheng's eyes flashed with a gleam of light, and his majestic face showed anger. He slammed the memorial in his hand heavily on the table, "Gu Yun, how dare he commit such a heinous crime, it's simply lawless! Come, go to Annan Marquis' Mansion and bring that evil creature Gu Yun to the palace for me!"
A guard immediately took the order and went down.
Emperor Mingzheng asked someone to find a seat for Old Uncle Qin, who thanked him profusely before getting up and sitting down.
After only an incense stick of time, the guard who had left came back and said with a strange look on his face, "Your Majesty, Young Marquis Gu is kneeling outside the palace gate right now, carrying a thorn stick on his back, saying that he wants to apologize for his crime."
"Now he knows how to admit his guilt. Bring him to the Yangxin Palace!" Emperor Mingzheng said with a cold face.
The guards led the people to the outside of the palace gate, and a young eunuch outside came to announce, "Liu Ci Fu is outside the palace asking to see the emperor."
Emperor Mingzheng was determined to punish Gu Yun first and deal with the matter of Qin Guang molesting Liu's family members another day, so he asked the eunuch to send Liu Yu away.
The eunuch went outside the palace gate and came back in a few moments later to report, "Liu Cifu said that the emperor is going to make a ruling on the matter between Prince Qin and Young Marquis Gu. His third daughter is the victim of this matter. If she is not present, it will be unfair."
After hearing this, Emperor Mingzheng connected the dots and made a rough guess.
His face suddenly looked a little ugly, and he glared at Qin Guang with a fierce look. It would be difficult to convict Gu Yun now.
"What victim? My grandson's hands and feet were crippled by Gu Yun, what does it have to do with the Liu family?" Both Old Master Qin and Qin Guang looked confused.
Last night, Old Master Qin carefully questioned the servant who followed Qin Guang and learned that he had only bullied two country girls, so he didn't care at all.
Qin Guang woke up last night and was secretly upset that if it weren't for Chen Rou's instigation, he wouldn't have lost his limbs.
Seeing how Gu Yun was protecting the woman from yesterday, she couldn't help but become suspicious. She asked Chen Rou about the woman's origins. Chen Rou swore to her that the woman was of low status and was bought by someone in their village as a bride for a wedding. She had no background to rely on.
Seeing how confident she was, Qin Guang thought that Gu Yun was protecting that woman out of a bad habit of standing up for the weak, so he deliberately said that she was the one he was protecting.
After all, the last time Gu Yun broke his leg was because of an unrelated person.
"Idiot, look at what you have done!" Emperor Mingzheng threw the memorial in his hand heavily on Qin Guang's face. Unfortunately, the wound on his neck had just healed and before it had time to heal, it started bleeding again.
Qin Guang shrank back and picked up the memorial in confusion, not understanding why the emperor suddenly got angry at him!
Qin Guang only read a few lines before his face changed drastically. His eyes trembled. He glanced at the dozens of crimes listed at the back and, not caring about his injuries, he got up and knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I... I didn't know that girl was the daughter of Liu Ci Fu!"
At this time, Old Uncle Qin could no longer sit still. He snatched the letter from Qin Guang's hand, glanced at it, and the expression on his face changed several times.
He glared at Qin Guang with anger, saying, "Why do you bully anyone else? You bully the third daughter of Liu Ci Fu's family and say she is just a country girl."
Civil servants are the most powerful with their tongues, and Liu Yu is respected by everyone in the Qingliu faction. I'm afraid that this time he won't be able to punish that bastard Gu Yun, and he will get himself into trouble.
Old Uncle Qin handed the memorial back to Emperor Mingzheng and knelt on the ground, "Guang'er is young and ignorant, please forgive me, Your Majesty."
The guards outside the palace had already brought Gu Yun, who was carrying a thorn stick, over. Emperor Mingzheng pinched his brows and said with an annoyed look, "Let him get in!"
He added, "Let Liu Yu enter the palace as well."
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