The eunuch went outside the palace gate and called Gu Yun and Liu Yu in. Gu Yun, carrying a bundle of brambles, entered the palace, glanced at Qin Guang, knelt down and said, "I pay my respects to His Majesty."
Emperor Mingzheng frowned and looked at him, his eyes dark, "You really can't stop for a moment, you can't be happy if you don't cause me some trouble every day?"
Gu Yun raised his head, looking like a scoundrel, "You are wrongly accusing me. It was Qin Guang, the blind bastard, who bullied Ziqi's sister first, and I taught him a lesson later. Anyway, if you want to punish me, I will accept it, but if you want to punish me, you must also severely punish Qin Guang, the bastard!"
When Old Master Qin heard him calling him a bastard, his face turned blue with anger. "Gu Yun, do you still have any respect for the inferiors? You dare to use foul language in front of the emperor. You are disturbing the emperor's hearing and offending the majesty of heaven!"
Gu Yun laughed and sneered, "I think you are just like those ministers in the previous dynasty, you only know how to show off your words and gossip, and you falsely accuse me of being disrespectful and defying the majesty of the emperor in front of His Majesty. How can you fool His Majesty?"
He looked at Emperor Mingzheng and said flatteringly, "My Gu family is the most loyal to His Majesty."
Emperor Mingzheng frowned and said in a deep voice, "Gu Yun, you openly hurt people and crippled Qin Guang's hands and feet. You are really bold! I think you are getting more and more stubborn now. I have indulged you again and again in the past. If you continue like this, I think you will do even more lawless things in the future!"
Gu Yun snorted in his heart, but didn't show it on his face. He just said, "If the emperor wants to punish me, I, Gu Yun, will accept it. But Qin Guangxian bullied the third young lady of the Liu family first. If I hadn't arrived in time, this bastard would have wanted to kidnap the third young lady Liu and take her directly to his house. You have to deal with this daring bastard who broke the law first, and then punish me."
Qin Guang stared at Gu Yun angrily. Seeing that he was going to drag him into the water, he quickly explained, "Your Majesty, I went to Xinglou for a drink yesterday and a girl bumped into my clothes. It happened that I have a maid who is from the same hometown as that girl and we have known each other since childhood. I kindly invited that girl to my mansion so that she can reminisce with my maid."
Gu Yun let out a light "tsk" and looked at Qin Guang with a sidelong glance, his eyebrows and eyes full of mockery, "You dare to lie in front of His Majesty, you are guilty of deceiving the emperor. Everyone says that I am bold and daring, but I think the one who is truly lawless and deceiving the emperor is you, the Qin Shizi from Tonggong Bo's Mansion!"
Liu Yu spoke at the right time, "Your Majesty, as far as I know, what Prince Qin just said is not true."
Emperor Mingzheng was almost pissed off at Qin Guang's stupidity. He had intended to severely punish Gu Yun today, and wait for Marquis Annan to return to the capital so that he could use this as an excuse to take action and get the military command back.
Unfortunately, Qin Guang kept making stupid mistakes, which resulted in him revealing more evidence.
Emperor Mingzheng looked at Liu Yu and asked, "Why don't I remember there is a third lady in your mansion?"
Liu Yu showed a bit of embarrassment on his face. "It's an old story. When I was serving as the governor, I met the mother of the third girl. Later, the mother of the third girl passed away, and the whereabouts of the third girl were unknown. I just found the third girl recently."
A young eunuch came close and whispered something in the ear of Emperor Ming Zheng. Only then did Emperor Ming Zheng know that the Liu Mansion had held a banquet some time ago. Liu Ci Fu found his three daughters and opened the ancestral temple. He also specially registered the three daughters under the name of his first wife and raised them with the dignity and respect of legitimate daughters.
Emperor Mingzheng was either in the harem or practicing Taoism in Fengtianzhai on weekdays. How could he care about the family affairs of a minister?
"My daughter said that she and her best friend went to Xinglou for dinner yesterday and accidentally bumped into Prince Qin. Prince Qin ordered Yang Congwen, the son of Yang Xu, the Junior Official of the Dali Temple, to take the girl to the door of Xinglou and slap her. He then flirted with my daughter and ordered the servants to forcibly take them to the mansion. The guests at Xinglou yesterday all witnessed this with their own eyes, and everyone can testify to it."
Liu Ci Fu spoke slowly, in an orderly manner with detailed facts. One could tell at a glance who was telling the truth between him and Qin Guang.
Emperor Mingzheng cast a cold gaze at Qin Guang, his face as gloomy as water, "Qin Guang, is everything Liu Ci Fu said true?"
Qin Guang was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. His face, which had already lost too much blood, turned even paler. He said timidly, "Yes... it's true, but I really didn't know that she was the daughter of Lord Liu..."
Liu Yu spoke again, but his voice was a little colder, and he said sharply, "Prince Qin, what you mean by this is that if the girl is not from my family, you can bully her as you please?"
"Your Majesty, please understand. I have already reported to the emperor last night that the prince of Qin had taken a woman by force, used coercion and bribery, and did not allow the husband to complain and report the case. This forced the man's family to be separated from his wife and children, and his family was destroyed and died. There were also several other evil deeds of bullying men and women. All of this can be verified. Your Majesty, please punish them severely and give these people justice!"
Emperor Mingzheng knew that Liu Yu was difficult to deal with and it gave him a headache.
Old Uncle Qin wanted to defend himself, but there was nothing he could do. Everything was true, and if the matter was really investigated, Qin Guang would not be able to escape the guilt.
Qin Guang was already so frightened that he didn't know what to do. He just knelt on the ground, not daring to breathe loudly. Previously, he had been thinking about how to sue Gu Yun severely, but now his mind became how to escape this disaster.
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