"Your Highness!"
Sun Li presented a letter.
Xihe opened it, glanced at it and couldn't help but sneer: "Go, bring Gu Qingyun here."
The guards hurried out and brought back Gu Qingyun, who looked reluctant. The boy looked about fifteen or sixteen years old. He stared at Xihe with anger in his eyes, pursed his lips and said nothing.
Xihe threw the letter directly on his desk: "Take a look."
Gu Qingyun gave her a suspicious look, then picked it up without hesitation. After reading only the first line, his expression changed and he cried out, "Impossible!"
Xihe sneered repeatedly: "Impossible? Could it be that I deliberately found false news to deceive you?!"
She stood up and picked up the envelope. "He mobilized troops privately, contacted the generals of Liang State in secret, and even transferred a batch of food from South Korea... Gu Qingyun, what do you think your brother wants to do?"
Gu Qingyun's expression kept changing, and he simply couldn't believe that these were all done by his brother.
"No." He shook his head vigorously and looked straight at her. "My Gu family is loyal to the emperor and the country and will never rebel. Fang Jinrong, there must be something wrong. Send someone to check it out. This must be a misunderstanding!"
"Of course I will check!"
Xihe's eyes were calm: "But what if the news is correct?"
She twitched the corners of her mouth, half smiling, "Your eldest brother left alone, but what about your parents, the old Duke, and the women and children of your Gu family who stayed behind in the capital? Gu Qingyun, have you thought about all this?"
Gu Qingyun's face turned pale instantly. He thought of the Royal Guards, who were extremely powerful and one man could defeat a hundred people!
He believed that as long as she wanted, no one would be an obstacle to her, including the Gu family.
Gu Qingyun spoke with difficulty: "Princess..."
Xi He turned around and sat down, raising his chin. Sun Li immediately presented him with a porcelain vase. Xi He said, "I will definitely not let your brother go, but the rest of the Gu family..."
Gu Qingyun immediately looked up and stared at her.
Xihe said slowly: "As long as you swear allegiance to me, I will naturally consider letting them go."
Gu Qingyun just opened his mouth: "I."
Xi He: "No rush, just tell me the news before you leave the city." Turning to Sun Li, he said, "Send Master Gu Qi back home."
Sun Li immediately stepped forward and said, "Master Gu Qi, please come in."
A month later, Gu Qingchen finally returned to the Gu Mansion. Madam Gu was overjoyed and repeatedly asked him why he had been in the Imperial Guards instead of returning home. Did the princess force him? She couldn't help but wipe away her tears.
Gu Qingchen was in a state of confusion and could only make up excuses to get away with it.
The old Duke sensed something was wrong and pulled the man into the study to interrogate him.
Gu Qingchen simply spoke directly: "Grandpa, do you know what my eldest brother did?"
The old Duke frowned: "What's the matter?"
Gu Qingchen then told the story of what his brother had done after going to the border. In an instant, the whole study was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. The faces of several men in the Gu family changed, but then they remembered something and relaxed their expressions.
Seeing this, Gu Qingchen couldn't help but ask, "What on earth does Big Brother want to do?"
The young man, who had been brought up with the ideals of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, had never imagined that his elder brother would disregard the safety of his family and do such a thing. His parents were still in the capital, and his grandfather was also there. Wasn't he worried? Even though he hated Fang Jinrong and the emperor who only knew how to protect his daughter, he had never thought that his family would rebel!
Master Gu took a deep breath and said, "We need to investigate this matter. Qilang, please leave first."
After the people left, the old Duke sighed deeply and couldn't help shaking his head: "I didn't expect Ye'er to end up like this."
He has always paid attention to this child in his family who is very good in both cultivation and literary and martial arts. He knows that the child has great ambitions and will never be willing to be inferior to others, but he really did not expect that this day would come so soon. Fortunately, he had been prepared for such a day.
The old Duke looked at his third son and said, "Write a letter to your second brother and say this..."
Xihe had been sending people to monitor the Gu family's actions, so she naturally knew everything clearly. All the carrier pigeons were shot down and sent to her. Xihe was so angry after seeing this that she almost laughed. Probably, except for the stubborn Gu Qingyun and the women in the backyard, all the men in the Gu family supported Gu Ye's rebellion.
Xihe was not polite and handed every letter to the emperor.
The emperor was in disbelief. After reading it, he was furious and slammed the table and said, "They are so bold!"
Xi He was very calm: "Father, the matter is now settled. Gu Ye has tens of thousands of troops under his command. I believe it won't be long before he sends troops to the capital. We must prepare early."
The emperor was reminded and immediately calmed down: "Yes, go and ask General Yuan!"
Xihe shook his head: "General Yuan, I'm afraid it's not possible."
The emperor's eyes widened: "Why?"
Xihe suddenly smiled bitterly. How could she tell the emperor that General Yuan, as Yuanfu's grandfather, would definitely stand on Gu Ye's side?
Yuanfu, the heavenly official who bestows blessings, is Shangyu Fairy's best friend and descended to earth to protect her. If Gu Ye were to attack Dazhao, Yuanfu would undoubtedly side with Gu Ye for Shangyu Fairy's sake.
Ignoring the discomfort in his heart, Xihe looked at the emperor: "Father, I want to go south."
The emperor suddenly had an idea: "You want to find..."
Xi He nodded. "Although the uncle went to the southern border in anger and established the Southern Kingdom because of the succession dispute, Dazhao is his homeland anyway. I believe he will definitely agree to send troops."
Thinking of his twin brothers who were forced to leave their homeland, the emperor was speechless for a moment.
The royal family regarded twins, a boy and a girl, as a good omen, and the two princesses were also a good story. However, the two princes could only have one die and the other live. As the elder brother, the emperor naturally became the crown prince, but his younger brother was not so lucky.
Although the queen at that time could not bear it and saved his life, he could only be kept in a dark room.
When he was young, his uncle was ignorant and didn't understand. As he grew older, he refused to accept it! Why was it that among all the princes, his brother could become the emperor, but he couldn't stand it? In a fit of anger, he broke off all ties with his mother and brothers, ran away to the south, and after going through untold hardships, he established the Southern Kingdom.
The emperor felt unhappy: "Will he agree?"
After they hurt him so much, and for decades, even though he sent them gifts every year during festivals, he never received a gift in return. It was obvious that he still resented Dazhao.
Xihe: "He will agree."
Because in his previous life, when Gu Ye's army was approaching, Uncle Li had returned with his troops. Unfortunately, Gu Ye was too powerful, and Da Zhao, along with the entire Southern Kingdom, became part of Gu Ye's conquest of the world.
The scene was so tragic that Xihe didn't want to take it slow with Gu Ye at all, she just wanted to crush him to death quickly and efficiently.
The emperor was a little dazed: "Then it's as you say."
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Time was urgent, so Xihe arranged for the Imperial Guards to defend the capital, not letting even a mosquito fly out and not letting even a fly fly in. He then brought Gu Qingchen and Song Chenyin with him and set off directly.
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