When Emperor Mingzheng saw that Gu Yun was being bullied by him, he changed his previous lawless, impulsive and reckless appearance and stood tall in the hall with a calm face. He couldn't help but narrow his eyes, with more doubt in his eyes.
Thinking of the fact that Gu Yun kept silent, he found the dirty silver and captured Qin Huaiyuan, which messed up his good deeds. He felt that Gu Yun's previous impulsiveness and innocent appearance were most likely all pretended. The Marquis of Annan occupied Lingnan and had an army of 200,000. He summoned him back to the capital several times to report on his work, but he always made excuses. The Emperor Mingzheng became more and more uneasy, and murderous intent began to grow in his heart.
At this moment, His Highness Gu Yun suddenly started to yell, "Shen Tian, you old bastard with a mouth full of piss! Do you think I'm easy to bully if I don't show my power? You keep saying I have a disloyal heart, who are you blaming? Lingnan is a place full of smoke and poisonous insects. My father has been guarding it for more than ten years. He was separated from my mother and couldn't give me a brother or sister! You old bastard who can only show off your quick words, who are you saying has a disloyal heart? The loyalty of our Annan Marquisate to His Majesty is witnessed by heaven and earth!"
Shen Tian had been the Prime Minister for so many years, but he had never been yelled at and scolded by name in the court. He was so angry that his face turned red.
After Gu Yun finished scolding Shen Tian, he looked at Emperor Mingzheng with a wronged face, "Your Majesty, I was in a hurry to capture Qin Huaiyuan, and forgot to ask you for the imperial edict first. I was so angry that I lost my mind! I finally went to Jiangbei for a trip, but encountered a flood. The official silver for dredging in Jiangbei was embezzled, and the river bank was washed away. I almost drowned in Jiangbei that day and returned dead."
Gu Yun was like a child throwing a tantrum, treating Emperor Mingzheng as a close elder as before, and complained, "Your Majesty, my father only has me as his son, and I haven't married or had children yet. If I drown in Jiangbei, my father will have no descendants, and my mother will probably cry herself blind! How can I not hate the corrupt person behind this? As early as when I was in Jiangbei, I swore that I would capture the greedy devil with my own hands to relieve my hatred!"
Seeing Gu Yun's unbridled behavior, Emperor Mingzheng's expression improved a lot, and his doubts were dispelled a lot.
It was not known whether it was because he had been on the throne for too long or was just naturally suspicious, but the more cautious a person was, the more Emperor Mingzheng felt that they had ulterior motives. On the contrary, he would feel more at ease when someone like Gu Yun acted boldly and spoke without restraint.
Although in recent years, as he got older, Emperor Mingzheng became more and more afraid that someone would usurp the throne and had his eyes on Marquis Annan, Marquis Annan did defend Lingnan during his more than ten years in Lingnan and resisted many invasions by barbaric tribes.
A gleam of light flashed across Emperor Mingzheng's eyes. The New Year was approaching, so he might as well take this opportunity to summon Marquis Lingnan back to the capital to test the waters.
His Highness Gu Yun was still stiff-necked, talking non-stop, and now he had directed his spearhead at the Left Vice-Chief Censor, "You said that I was greedy for merit and exceeded my power. Do you think I was a bearded old thief like you who has survived half of his life by relying on verbal battles to get a small official of the third rank in the Inspectorate? I was born as the young marquis of Annan Marquis's Mansion. Even if I have never done anything meritorious and held an official position, I am still more noble than you, a long-tongued old thief! For a person like Qin Guang who is not presentable, if it were not for the face of Weiyuan Marquis's Mansion, I would not hesitate to discipline him! You are fighting for him, but you are not afraid of helping the tyrant. In the future, Qin Guang will tease the daughter of your relatives in your mansion!"
Gu Yun felt happy while cursing, and the Left Vice-Minister-General was almost fainted from anger. Although he was a censor in the Inspectorate, he usually made sarcastic remarks and made indirect accusations when impeaching someone, and he had never heard such straightforward words.
"You...you..." The Left Vice-Chief Censor was so angry that he was shaking all over. He managed to utter a word after a long while, "Young Marquis Gu! How can you be so presumptuous and speak such dirty words in the palace?"
Emperor Mingzheng also spoke up at the right time, calling out with a warning and deterrence, "Gu Yun, don't be rude!"
After being stopped by Emperor Mingzheng, Gu Yun became more sensible and took the initiative to say, "I was wrong to mobilize the troops privately and I deserve the punishment. Your Majesty will deal with me. However, Your Majesty, you must give that bastard Qin Huaiyuan a good beating before killing him, so as to help me vent my anger!"
Emperor Mingzheng looked extremely troubled and said, "Gu Yun, you really need to change your temper. I used to sympathize with Annan Hou guarding the Lingnan area, and you couldn't be reunited with your family, so I indulged you a lot on weekdays, and that's why you got spoiled. Let someone else take over the post of commander of the Wucheng Military Department, and the tiger talisman will be temporarily confiscated. You stay in the mansion and work on your temper."
Gu Yun looked nonchalant and responded neatly, "Gu Yun accepts the punishment."
Emperor Mingzheng added, "Your father is stationed in Lingnan, so your family can't be together. Lingnan is peaceful now, there is no war, and the New Year is coming to an end. You might as well let your father return to Beijing this year so that your family can be together for a few days."
Gu Yun's face lit up immediately, without showing any of the complicated thoughts in his heart. He just said happily, "Gu Yun thanks His Majesty."
This shows that Emperor Mingzheng seemed to be very fond of Gu Yun. He had just punished Gu Yun and then summoned the Marquis of Annan back to the capital for a family reunion as compensation.
And those who think deeply have already smelled a different meaning.
Shen Tian looked at Gu Yun's happy and complacent look, and couldn't help but secretly sneered in his heart, "Idiot!"
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