Chapter 1348 The Emperor's Methods
Now everyone around realized that someone was deliberately targeting the Gu family. Before, it was because the emperor had a daughter, Gu Die'er, serving him, so the people in the dark didn't have the courage to do it even if they had the intention to do it. Now that Concubine Gu was sent back in a coffin, it proved that the Gu family could no longer rely on their support, so the people in the dark took action.
Although the people who caused a scene at the funeral were arrested by the government and fined, Gu Minglang was also injured. After hurriedly burying his mother, he began to sell his property to pay off his debts. In order to raise money, he even went to Xuzhou to sell his shipping business.
Gu Minglang's business in Xuzhou went smoothly. After selling the shipping business, he collected enough money to pay off his debts. He immediately rented a car and rushed back. Unfortunately, he encountered bandits on the way. Not only was his money robbed, but he was also abducted. The bandits threatened to sell him to mine. Only a servant ran home with injuries all over his body to report the news.
Gu Minglang's wife was also a person without her own opinion. She was at a loss for a moment and had no choice but to release Master Gu, who had been imprisoned for many years, and let him take charge of the household affairs. The first thing she did was to report to the police.
The government sent yamen runners to the scene to investigate. The scene was in great chaos and a fight had indeed taken place. The bloodstains had not yet dried. However, apart from the damaged carriage, no one was found.
The bailiffs searched the mountain, but there was no hiding place for the bandits on the nearby mountains. Someone immediately realized that these people must have been eyeing the Gu family for a long time, and when they saw that the other party was returning to Youzhou with a large sum of silver, they found someone to stage such a drama and pushed the matter onto the bandits. It must be that some people robbed the silver and then killed people to silence them.
The case remained at a stalemate, and rumors spread that the Gu family was probably on the verge of collapse.
Two days later, Mrs. Gu took her son to the clinic for treatment, but they were trapped in a sea of fire, and both mother and son were burned to death.
When the government officials went to investigate, they found that the boy who was boiling medicine in the backyard had sneaked out to play and burned the medicine pot dry. The pot exploded and the sparks fell on the dry herbs drying on the side, and then a fire started.
"Do you think it's such a coincidence?"
"What do you think?"
"Let's go, let's go back and report, and let the Gu family take the body back for burial!"
The bailiff went back and explained the results of the investigation to the chief officer, and then sent his men to the Gu residence to inform them.
Zuo Ci'an turned the tables and returned to his domineering life. He had long been fed up with his son who looked quite like Mrs. Gu, but since he was the recognized head of the Gu family, he could only choose to endure it.
Soon after, he received news that his son was missing. Although he had lost a large sum of money, he no longer felt worried. He just symbolically sent people to the yamen to inquire a few times, and then began to live a life of debauchery to make up for his past losses.
Now even Gu Minglang's wife and son were burned to death. Zuo Ci'an knew that no one would compete with him for the family property anymore. The little granddaughter left in the family was only ten years old and would not be an obstacle to him at all. However, he also realized that the Gu family was being targeted, so he valued money more and more. After hurriedly holding a funeral for his daughter-in-law and grandson, he sold the yard where he lived, took the remaining money from the Gu family and settled somewhere else.
Since then, the Youzhou Gu family has completely disappeared from everyone's sight, and Xin Yuan, who was far away in Kyoto, only learned about this not long after. He immediately sent people to investigate and found that the Gu family members were either dead, missing, or had fled, and had completely disappeared.
Only then did he remember what Concubine Gu said before she jumped off the cliff. He went to Fengyi Palace where the Queen was, and then issued an edict to posthumously confer the title of Concubine Jing on Gu Die'er, allowing her to enjoy royal worship forever.
Queen Yang Peirong respectfully saw the emperor off, then held the hand of a palace maid and returned to the inner room.
The maid noticed that the Queen's hands were cold and trembling slightly, so she immediately asked:
"The Queen is not feeling well. Do you want to summon the imperial physician?"
"No need. Make me a cup of ginseng tea. I want to be quiet for a while."
"Yes, madam."
After the palace maid took the order and left, the queen's face darkened. She now feared the emperor more than she loved him, and was terrified more than she respected him.
She knew very well how Gu Die'er entered the palace, and it was her fault that she was infertile. But even so, the Gu family always stood by the emperor, giving him money and food when he asked for it. The reason why the emperor's personal expedition was so smooth this time was not only because of the emperor's own ability, but also because of the Gu family's support.
But just because the other party was captured by the Hu people for a day and a night, the emperor gave up on her. Although Concubine Gu saved the royal family's face by committing suicide, it was not the Gu family's fault. What was the result? What happened to the Gu family?
What's the point of posthumously honoring her? It's just a fig leaf for herself. She is sure that the emperor must have been behind the Gu family's misfortune. It's simply killing the donkey after it has done its work, and she wants to squeeze the last bit of the Gu family out of it.
The Queen Mother has a very strong imagination, but this does not prevent her from clarifying her attitude towards the Emperor in the future. She also pays more and more attention to the education of her children. She does not want her son to live alone in the future.
The emperor frowned as he looked at the news about the Gu family sent back by the secret guards. He really wanted to take over the Gu family's assets completely, but when he saw the news he found out, he knew that he might not be able to do so this time.
Because the Gu family had to draw down the money for raising military funds and purchasing food and fodder, their business ran into problems. After he returned victoriously, he was busy dealing with the mountains of memorials, also in an attempt to forget about Gu Die'er. As a result, his actions made the onlookers think that he disliked Gu Die'er, and that the Gu family had lost its backing, so they all rushed up to tear off a piece of their flesh.
Then the Gu family fell into bad luck. Misfortunes happened one after another, including to the head of the family. In the end, only a little girl and Zuo Ci'an, who came to live with the family, were left.
Zuo Ci'an was such a scoundrel that he sold his own granddaughter just to get a concubine. He was really evil to the core. This made Xin Yuan look even uglier. He felt offended.
He is the emperor with great wealth. These people actually did such a thing without his permission. Naturally, he is unwilling. At the same time, he also wants to uphold justice for Gu Die'er who is in the netherworld. Those people must spit out as much as they swallowed from the Gu family.
Not long after, those merchants who took the opportunity to take advantage of the situation met with misfortune. They had to spit out all the money they had swallowed from the Gu family and were also put on the government's blacklist, forcing them to keep their tails between their legs for a while.
Zuo Ci'an accidentally fell into the lake while drunk and drowned, thus ending his life.
After everything was settled, some people realized that the real beneficiary of the Gu family's defeat was the royal family.
Lian Yi looked at the information that Boss Feng had gathered and could only sigh:
"As expected of a royal prince, you play a very good chess game! How much of his love for you do you think is genuine?"
A veiled woman nearby shook her head and said:
"Maybe there is love, but compared to his kingdom, it is nothing. He wants my wholehearted love, but he only gives me two points. Why should I sacrifice my life for these two points of love?"
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