"I'll give you two choices. One is to write a divorce letter and let my daughter take the children away and sever ties with these two children.
Second, I will now report you to the Golden Palace and send your family to prison. I will plead with the Emperor for your daughter and grandson. What happens to you will depend on what you have done."
Gao Tingyuan knew that once he went before the emperor, he would have no room for maneuver and the emperor would definitely not let him go.
"Ms. Cui, you really have no loyalty or affection at all!"
"Stop putting labels on my daughter. It's you, the Gao family, who are heartless and hypocritical, not my daughter."
He then turned to Cui's son and daughter.
"You are the descendants of the Gao family, and you carry the blood of the Gao family. Do you really want to break off the clan and leave?"
In this era, breaking off a clan is a big deal. You will be considered a person without ancestors and roots and will be laughed at.
But they also understood what happened today. Dad had wronged Mom first, and then he did something evil and was retaliated against. And from what Grandpa said, Dad had committed many crimes. I'm afraid that in the future...
Leaving with their mother now would save their grandparents and mother from running around for them in the future.
"Father has other filial people around him, so we'll just go with Mother!"
"Okay, okay, you are all great."
He hated the person who engraved the words for him. If he didn't have this skill, he wouldn't be in this situation now.
Gritted my teeth
"Well, since you guys have the final say, I'll do as you say!"
"Tingyuan, you can't let them go!"
Gao's parents wanted to stop
"Father and Mother, are you going to ask General Cui to report me to the Emperor? If that happens, we'll all be thrown into jail or even beheaded."
This sentence left them speechless
In just one morning, they went from being a loving couple to ex-husband and ex-wife, and their two children were also crossed out from the family tree.
Gao Tingyuan was not stubbornly refusing to let the person go. In fact, he had his own considerations.
He didn't dare to make too good plans about his own ending. No matter how false he had been to Cui before, the children were indeed his, and letting them go was also a way out.
If I get into trouble and come to them, they really can't ignore me.
"Madam Xia, please stay in the mansion and collect all my dowry. I'll have Dad send a team of servants to carry it back later."
"Okay, Miss, don't worry, nothing is missing."
Gao Tingyuan was no longer in the mood to care about the Man Mansion collecting Cui's dowry. He had to go and check the things he had hidden first. As long as he had money, he could live a good life even if he lost his official position.
After he had gone in and out of the stone wall gate three or four times, he still couldn't believe what he saw.
"There must be something wrong with my eyes, or my memory is wrong. It can't be like this, it can't be what I saw."
No matter how many times I closed and opened my eyes, I always saw the same empty underground warehouse.
"It's over. All the money is gone, all the account records are gone, and I can't even keep my life. Who did it? Who did it?"
No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't imagine who could have moved out so much valuables without making any noise, and they didn't even leave him a shelf.
He had no choice but to ask the King of Chu for help.
The King of Chu was busy dealing with the funeral of Concubine Gui at the time, so he just asked him to take a long vacation and wait at home. After he finished dealing with his mother's affairs, he would send someone to help him investigate this matter.
Gao Yanyuan had no other choice but to stay indoors on the pretext of illness and secretly seek out a famous doctor to remove the words on his face, but the process was extremely painful for him.
Bai Zhiyue will not let him go just like that. This time she will not report to the emperor and let him suffer for a few more days.
He had just scraped off the tattooed area and wrapped it up, and at night he went to tattoo "An unkind official with no conscience" on the empty area of his face.
Now I have to scrape off the whole face, but it's not so easy to remove. You have to know that there is no anesthetic at this time. Even if there is similar medicine, it will still hurt for a few days after the effect of the medicine wears off.
After his entire face was scraped, he was really scared and specially invited the King of Chu's secret guards to come, swearing to catch the thief who harmed him. As a result, not only was his face, which had just been scraped and wrapped, torn open that night, but words were also tattooed on his chest. The secret guards were all unconscious for a whole day, and no one found out who it was.
Gao Tingyuan was so frightened that he dared not sleep every night. He kept the lights on in the whole yard and had a group of palace guards accompany him.
He was on guard every day, and Bai Zhiyue was almost exhausted. Instead of looking for him, she went to the West Mansion and sent all the valuable things in their courtyard into the space. She even moved out all the savings of the woman over the years and the three children in the courtyard.
The children had no choice but to pack their clothes and go to the East Palace to seek shelter, and took the opportunity to be included in the Gao family's genealogy.
Wang was beaten every day by the angry old lady of the Gao family these days, and her body was covered with wounds, not to mention the wounds on her face.
Now that no one was helping him, Gao Yanyuan couldn't even take care of himself, let alone her. He was already the one who was about to give up. The children didn't dare to say anything, only going over to look after their mother after she was beaten and helping to get some medicine for her injuries.
As for his divorce from Cui, he couldn't care less about what people were saying outside, as his life was in danger.
Bai Zhiyue really admires General Cui's working style, which is straightforward and decisive. She hopes that after leaving Gao's house, Cui can be more careful.
Zhuang's funeral was an ordinary one. Seven days later, the King of Chu carried the coffin for burial, without following the etiquette for a noble concubine at all.
People from the Ministry of Rites had originally submitted a letter to the emperor, stating that it was against the rules, but the emperor rejected it. Later, they discovered that even the Duke of Zhenguo and the King of Chu had not mentioned a word about it, and that there seemed to be an unspeakable secret between them and the emperor, so they stopped harping on the rules of etiquette and closed their eyes.
Something must have happened, and it was a big deal. If no one says anything, it means it is something that cannot be told to outsiders. They should just stay away from it. It is better for them not to know about it if it involves royal secrets, otherwise they will die without knowing how they died.
Although the King of Chu suffered a loss, he certainly could not let it go.
"Go, arrange for someone to slaughter the Gong family for me. Also, Minister Wang and his son. If I don't kill them, I won't be able to vent my hatred."
"Your Highness, the Gong family has been taken into custody by the Emperor's men. Minister Wang has long been taken to the Dali Temple, and his son has been summoned to the Emperor's custody."
"For what crime was Minister Wang imprisoned in the Dali Temple?"
He had been busy with his mother's funeral these days and had not been able to deal with the palace family in time.
"They are colluding with the previous dynasty. However, our people have learned that the Gong Huaijin captured by the emperor is an imposter. He came to the imperial city in place of the real Gong Huaijin in order to infiltrate the inner court. He is said to be a descendant of the royal family of the previous dynasty. As for whether the Gong family and Minister Wang knew about this, the investigation is still ongoing."
"Is he from the royal family of the previous dynasty?"
The King of Chu felt a pang of fear in his heart. If the Emperor had not caught Gong Huaijin, would his mother be used by him? The fight between him and his brother was an internal issue, and it did not mean that he wanted the Daliang Dynasty to be overthrown by the previous dynasty again.
"In that case, we will not interfere in this matter for the time being."
"yes"
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