"absurd!"
The emperor slammed the table. Long before Changping came in, the eunuch beside him had told the emperor what had happened. At first, the emperor thought it was not a big deal, but now Changping was covered in blood!
No matter how great the truth is, Gu Yong can't be so ambitious and bold as to break into the mansion of a royal princess! Do they really think that the Gu family can be comparable to the royal family just because they are given the national surname? ! "What's going on, Changping, tell me in detail?" Queen Pei looked at Princess Changping with a distressed look on her face.
"Aunt, Changping wants to know how he suffered such an unprovoked disaster!" Princess Changping wiped her tears, "At night, an assassin came to my house and tried to kill me. Marquis Gu said he would catch the assassin, but he colluded with the assassin and even watched the assassin threaten me and scratch my face!"
Changping pointed at the mark on his nose and continued, "After catching the assassin, Marquis Gu didn't hand her over. Instead, he took her back to the Marquis' Mansion in broad daylight!"
"I have never offended Lord Gu, but what he did is too much!" Changping cried, "Aunt, you have to make the decision for your niece!"
She took Liu, and Gu Yong dared to break into the princess's mansion at night for Liu. Since he had already offended her, it would be better to break off relations completely.
Her legs were pierced. She couldn't just pierce a few holes on Gu Yong, but she had to pierce a few holes on Liu and her daughter! Gu Yong wanted to protect them, dreaming! When the emperor heard that it wasn't Gu Yong, he felt a little relieved.
"Lord Gu has arrived." The eunuch next to him reported.
The emperor pinched his temple and said, "Xuan."
Originally, the emperor wanted to question him directly. After all, Gu Yong had made great military achievements over the years and was a war god known throughout the country. He couldn't abandon such a meritorious minister after his death, but it would be good to take this opportunity to reduce his prestige.
“Plop!”
As soon as Gu Yong entered the room, he knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, please help me!"
This kneeling not only confused the emperor, but also Empress Pei, who was comforting Princess Changping.
"What do I have to do for you?" The emperor was so angry that he laughed. "I see that Princess Changping's legs and face are covered with wounds, but Lord Gu doesn't have any wounds on his body? I have to ask you how dare you break into the Princess's mansion at night!"
Gu Yong knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please understand clearly. That day, the servants of the Princess's Mansion shouted for help, saying that there was an assassin in the Princess's Mansion. That's why I broke into the mansion without paying attention to etiquette. I did it for the safety of the Princess and to catch the assassin!"
"Ridiculous!" the emperor said angrily, "You said you wanted to catch the assassin, but where is the assassin?"
Gu Yong said: "I'm afraid that the emperor will find it even more ridiculous when he sees the assassin."
The emperor didn't understand what she meant for a moment, but soon Shen Qingqiu asked someone to bring her up. Apart from other things, Shen Qingqiu's face was still particularly deceptive. Her big eyes were black and bright, and she was wearing bright clothes. She looked very cute. The emperor was now in his fifties and sixties, and he loved these cute things.
When I suddenly saw this little girl who looked like a New Year picture doll, I naturally had some good impression of her.
"May I ask, Princess, is she the assassin you are talking about?"
Shen Qingqiu's beautiful black pupils looked innocent to the emperor, but they looked completely different to Princess Changping. Especially when she looked at her, she raised her eyebrows and sneered, which reminded her of the horror of having her bones pierced through yesterday! "It's her, it's her!" Changping hurriedly grabbed her aunt's clothes, "Aunt, quickly get someone to put her in jail!"
Even Empress Pei, who was on the side of her niece, looked at her with an indescribable expression.
A seven-year-old child is an assassin, how dare she say that? Princess Changping is not stupid, she is just blinded by anger and hatred. Seeing the expression of Queen Pei, she quickly figured it out. She just pointed at Shen Qingqiu and said, "Aunt, don't look down on her young age, but she is very skilled! If she hadn't broken into my Princess's Mansion, would I have stabbed myself a few times?"
Queen Pei frowned for a moment.
Shen Qingqiu below burst into tears.
Adults say what they like, but children can attract everyone's attention just by crying.
"She captured my mother, I want to find my mother!" Shen Qingqiu didn't say anything else, just cried these two sentences, "I want my mother, I want my mother!" It's normal for a seven-year-old child to cry for his mother, but Marquis Gu hugged the child in his arms and looked at Changping aggrievedly, "This Marquis would also like to ask Princess Changping why she captured this Marquis's fiancée? Qiu'er has always been a stubborn child. If she hadn't broken into the Princess's mansion to find her mother and asked someone to be an assassin, I'm afraid this Marquis wouldn't be able to find my fiancée now!"
Changping was speechless, "No, she is an assassin—"
"Fiancée, what fiancée?" The emperor was interested. "Gu Yong, deceiving the emperor is a serious crime. How come I have never heard that you have a fiancée?"
Gu Yong said, "The woman Liu is the mother of this child. I have already made a private engagement with her." He then glared at the princess, "But just when I was about to propose marriage, my fiancée was kidnapped in the street. If it weren't for Qiu'er's recklessness, how would I know that she actually asked the princess to hide in the princess's mansion!"
Changping bit her lip. She had originally planned to send Liu out of the city so that there would be no evidence.
Even if Marquis Gu was very capable, he would not dare to search the Princess's mansion, but now Liu had found it. But so what, she was the Princess, would the Emperor let her be wronged because of an ordinary woman?
"Aunt..." Changping sniffed, "I only arrested Liu because she offended me with her words, and I just wanted to teach her a lesson. Could it be that I, a princess of a country, want to be abused like this just because I want to arrest a woman?"
"So, Princess, you think that you can arrest the wives of our soldiers at will?!" Gu Yong knelt towards the emperor, "Your Majesty, this move really makes me feel disheartened!"
"Lord Gu, please stop slandering me!" Princess Changping said, "Could it be that you will really marry that Liu? You are now looking for an excuse to hold me accountable, but you are just trying to shirk your responsibility—"
Before he could even utter the word "shirking responsibility", Gu Yong knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, I have already made up my mind. I will marry her in this life! The princess took my wife, and my daughter went to look for someone, but the princess accused her of being an assassin? I feel wronged, Your Majesty!"
Princess Changping looked at Gu Yong in disbelief. How could he confuse right and wrong like this? Shen Qingqiu, the evil star in front of him, was leaning on his cheap father's arms, crying silently. At first glance, the father and daughter looked like they were bullied by a bully.
"How did you fall so deeply in love with her? And when did you first meet her?" The emperor became interested.
He was fifty years old, and Gu Yong and Chang Ping were both juniors in his eyes. When the whole story came out, he thought it was just juniors making a scene over trivial matters. Since there was no struggle for party power, he was curious about the matter between Gu Yong and Liu.
Gu Yong honestly explained Liu's identity and the opportunity for their acquaintance.
The emperor understood: "So that's it, it's that Liu."
"But my dear, Liu is not only a married woman, but also of humble origin. If you ask her to be your legal wife, I'm afraid your old lady won't be able to handle it."
Gu Yong raised his eyes and saw the emperor's understanding look. He was shocked and confirmed that there was an eyeliner arranged by the emperor around him. Otherwise, even if he knew Liu's identity, he would not have been able to tell it in such detail. Gu Yong lowered his head and pretended to be deeply in love with Liu. "Your Majesty, I only want to marry the woman I love, otherwise I will never marry again."
"I didn't expect you to be such a playboy."
The emperor's eyes were smiling, and he didn't look angry. He glanced at Shen Qingqiu again and waved, "Come here."
Shen Qingqiu glanced at Gu Yong, and he nodded at her, so she walked over.
"Did you break into the princess's mansion and kidnap the princess?" asked the emperor.
Those who can become emperors are naturally shrewd. When Gu Yong said this, he deliberately avoided the question and only said that Shen Qingqiu went to the Princess's Mansion to look for his mother, but the emperor was furious. After all, there were many sons at that time. If Shen Qingqiu lied now, it would be a crime of deceiving the emperor.
"I hijacked him." Shen Qingqiu said.
"Aunt, Your Majesty, look, she admitted it!" Princess Changping finally found her voice and quickly pointed at Shen Qingqiu.
Empress Pei glanced at Changping and signaled her to shut up. Having been married to the emperor for many years, she naturally saw that the emperor had other intentions.
"Little girl, no matter why you want to enter the princess's mansion, according to the laws of this dynasty, rebellion is a capital crime. Do you know that?" The emperor's voice was flat and his face showed no joy or sadness.
Gu Yong knelt on the ground, "I am willing to guard the border and never return to the capital, I only ask the emperor to spare Qiu'er's life!" Since he was guarding the border, he naturally had to hand over the military power of the capital. To put it bluntly, Gu Yong meant to use the military power in exchange for Shen Qingqiu's life. The emperor's eyebrows were slightly lowered. At this time, his son needed a capable general like Gu Yong in the court and the country, so he naturally would not ask him to hand over the military power. Just such a slight test allowed him to test the weakness of this person.
"Am I such an unreasonable person?" The emperor laughed loudly, "Well, since you like Liu so much and insist on marrying her as your principal wife, I will raise her status, adopt her as my adopted daughter, and make her a princess--" As soon as the emperor finished speaking, Changping's face froze. Isn't it obvious that the emperor is slapping himself in the face by doing this?
He didn't care what Changping thought at all. "If you ever want to get married, I will give you an imperial decree to grant the marriage." Gu Yong thanked him for the decree.
The emperor said, "Forget it. The morning court has been delayed for a long time. Seeing that you are frightened, I will skip it this morning and you can go home."
"Yes." Gu Yong stood up and took Shen Qingqiu away. He looked at Changping again, "The wound is still rotten, so don't be so anxious to complain." He glanced at the queen, "Since she is your niece, take her down to find the imperial physician to check the wound."
Empress Pei stood up and said, "Yes." Then she took Changping downstairs first.
The two entered the Queen's bedroom. Queen Pei ordered someone to invite the imperial physician over. Princess Changping was still dissatisfied, "Aunt, Marquis Gu is clearly quibbling! How can this crime of treason go unpunished? Even if she is not treated, Shen Qingqiu must be -"
"Pa!" Before she could finish her words, Empress Pei slapped her.
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