Chapter 409: Secrets of the Previous Dynasty
"Your Majesty, you may not know that last night my home was visited by a strong man. I don't know which god that evildoer offended, so he was chased to my door..."
The emperor moved his arm that was scratched last night, raised his uninjured left hand awkwardly, and touched his beardless chin.
Last night, he was lectured by his wife for a long time. She knew that if it got out that he, an emperor, tried to climb over the wall of the prime minister's house, it would not only be a shameful thing, but also something that would cause dissension between the emperor and his ministers.
Last night, he had just gotten revenge on impulse without giving it much thought. But now that the victim had confronted him, Li Laosi couldn't help but feel a little guilty.
The shrewd Prime Minister Ji, seeing the discomfort in the emperor's eyes, raised an eyebrow at the empress. The empress could only helplessly smile apologetically at the Prime Minister, all the causes and consequences were self-evident.
Fortunately, Prime Minister Ji wasn't a pedantic person. Since the Queen had admitted her fault, there was no point in him pursuing her. After all, the Ji family had only lost a courtyard, so earning another favor from the Queen was worth it.
He seemed to have suddenly gone blind, and was unable to see Huang Chang's embarrassment, so he tried to make up for it himself.
"Last night was so dangerous that I didn't dare go out to check. But I suspect that the evildoer had probably already provoked someone he shouldn't have.
He kept talking about that "beautiful girl", and it was most likely the woman they were hanging out with. Yes, them! Not only Leng Yi, but I heard there was also a prince, and it seemed like someone else...
I'm old, and I've seen a lot of things over the years, but this is the first time I've heard that not only can a man take three wives and four concubines do this, but she can also manage the male relatives in her harem so smoothly. Hey, she really knows how to enjoy life... cough cough cough, sorry, I've gone off topic..."
Seeing that the emperor's expression was becoming increasingly strange, he realized what was happening and coughed twice awkwardly, then quickly brought the subject back to the right track.
"I tried to get Ji Yunzhi to tell me what he was talking about last night. He was probably too angry, so he wasn't as tight-lipped as before. He kept saying that he dared to act this way because he relied on orthodoxy..."
"Pah, he has no legitimacy!"
Li Chengxiu couldn't stand it any longer and spat angrily.
"Although I didn't inherit the throne from my father, the Emperor, it was designated by my brother, the Crown Prince, and my eldest brother, Prince An, who strongly supported me. That's why I was able to succeed in taking the throne!
If we are to talk about legitimacy, apart from my two brothers who have both served as legitimate princes, who else dares to claim to be legitimate? "
"Husband, please be patient."
The queen patted her husband's arm to calm him down. Then, with a questioning look on her face, she stretched out her finger and hesitantly wrote the word "Gu" on the table.
Then, Prime Minister Ji nodded bitterly.
"Your Majesty and Empress, please allow me to report this. I truly do not know how that evil creature became connected to the remnants of the previous dynasty!
The person he was talking about was from the royal book of the previous dynasty. I looked through it last night, but I didn't find any mention of a prince named Gu Kui.
The sons of the tyrant Gu Daihua should clearly be of the Xingchun generation, and all eleven of them are on the list of those who have been killed. Where did this wild guy come from?"
When it comes to whether the previous dynasty's royal family has been completely wiped out, Old Ji is definitely the one who knows best. After all, it was he and the previous emperor who jointly carried out this absurd act of eradicating the entire family.
I guarantee they'll chop off the old Gu family's royal family records one by one, leaving no one behind. How is it that after all these years, a prince from the previous dynasty can still show up, waving the banner of legitimacy?
Isn't this equivalent to slapping Prime Minister Ji in the face?
"Old Ji, your memory is really bad. How could there be no heirs of the previous dynasty who escaped? I know of two.
It’s not that I like to find fault with people, the key point is that you are really not good at doing things with my dad!
"Back then, some people fled from the capital to Dongling Prefecture and started causing chaos in the Donghu area. It was my father-in-law who took me with him to deal with them. Have you forgotten?"
Li Chengxiu looked angry and confronted the cricket man in person.
“There was a woman in the group who claimed to be the princess of the Gu family. She was holding an ugly child about two or three years old and said it was her younger brother.
She was abducted by the bastard prince of Dali and his men, but later I heard that Duan Shaoyan was cuckolded by his half-brother.
Whether it's true or not, I'm not sure. Our secret agents in Dali are not well-hidden and can't even get into the Prince's Palace."
"Fake!"
Old Ji refuted it decisively.
"At the beginning, I killed them one by one according to the portraits and the royal jade book. There is absolutely no possibility of missing any of them!
The remnants of the previous dynasty who fled to Dongling Mansion were not the descendants of the tyrant Emperor Daqi, but rather the descendants of his half-brother, Prince Xian. It was only because they were close to Dongling Mansion that they were able to escape by chance.
Li Chengxiu opened his eyes.
"If that's what you said, then Gu Xiaoxiao isn't even the daughter of the old Gu family?"
"...Not necessarily. Let me recall carefully. It seems that there is indeed such a person in the Gu royal family, but she is not listed in the royal genealogy of Daqi."
Old Ji frowned and flipped through the secret records of the previous dynasty's royal family that he had read before. Some secrets were clearly recorded on them.
"Your Majesty, there is such a person as Gu Xiaoxiao. But let alone the title of princess, she doesn't even have the status of a royal princess.
According to records, the tyrant Emperor Daqi was a man of lustful nature and a playful person. He also had a very unpopular habit of stealing other people's women..."
"Oh my gosh! What's up with this old man? Tsk tsk tsk, look at what I said, wife..."
"Don't say anything, just listen to Prime Minister Ji first!"
After silencing the chattering emperor again, the queen signaled Prime Minister Ji to continue recalling.
"That Gu Xiaoxiao is indeed the daughter of a tyrant emperor, but her origin is extremely disgraceful."
Looking at the Queen with some hesitation, Old Ji didn't know whether he should continue speaking, for fear of polluting the Queen's ears.
"Prime Minister Ji, please feel free to speak."
Seeing that he seemed to be having trouble speaking, Jiang Wan waved his hand very openly.
"I'm not the kind of girl who hides away in the boudoir. I've been traveling around with the emperor for a few years. What kind of weird things have I not heard and seen?
Go ahead.
Now we know ourselves and our enemies, so we can deal with them better in the future."
"yes!"
Ji Xun continued to report with a frown on his face.
"Gu Xiaoxiao's biological mother is said to be a lowly palace maid in the Ye Ting Bureau, but in fact, she is the daughter of the legendary Princess Cangyu!"
"Fuck, are all members of the Gu family so indifferent to food?"
The little country bumpkin Li Sigou was led by his knowledgeable uncle Ji and kicked open the door to new knowledge.
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