"The second girl is right." The patriarch nodded repeatedly, feeling that Gu Yanfei was right.

After the separation of the family just now, the patriarch's impression of Gu Yanfei has improved a lot.

In the past, Mrs. Gu and Gu Jian always said that this child had an unruly temperament and refused to obey discipline, but today he saw that this child spoke and acted generously, knew right from wrong, knew righteousness, and had the style of being a father.

On the contrary, Mrs. Gu and Gu Jian's mother and son...

The patriarch glanced at Gu Jian with an expression of surprise.

In any case, Mrs. Gu cannot be allowed to kneel at the Meridian Gate all the time. This is too embarrassing for the Gu family, and it will make the emperor think that the Gu family is ignorant, so they have to bring them back quickly, but the palace gate is important, so many people It's not good to surround them all.

After discussing with Gu Jian, the patriarch asked someone to prepare a car and hurried away from the mansion with Gu Yuan to pick him up.

A group of chariots and horses galloped all the way, speeding up their horses, and arrived at the Meridian Gate after a stick of incense.

But the middle of the Meridian Gate was empty, and there was no Mrs. Gu, only the guards on both sides of the Meridian Gate with spears in their hands, and the tips of the grass.

Gu Jian's heart skipped a beat, she was not sure if Mrs. Tai returned home by herself, or...

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw a pudgy middle-aged servant on the other side of the Meridian Gate leisurely walking towards him, saluted Gu Jian and Gu Yuan casually, and said in a thin voice: "Mrs. Gu was summoned by the emperor."

"The emperor ordered us to wait here and wait for Lord Hou."

"Master Hou, Gu Qianhu, let's invite together."

As he said that, the middle-aged servant stretched out his hand to make a petition with a smile on his face, and his gaze swept across the patriarch standing between Gu Jian and Gu Yuan.

Gu Jian was even more confused, listening to the meaning revealed in the servant's words, the emperor knew that he would come sooner or later?

He felt dry in his mouth, and dryly introduced the patriarch to the servant: "Eunuch, this is the patriarch of my Gu clan."

The patriarch bowed and introduced himself politely: "The old man's surname is Gu, his name is An, and he has met his father-in-law."

Being in an important place with palace gates, the patriarch felt uncomfortable anywhere. He had never been in a palace in his life, and the majestic high walls and palace gates around him gave him a sense of oppression, making him restrain his hands and feet.

"Old Master Gu, come with our family too." The middle-aged Siyuan smiled very kindly on his face, and walked in the front to lead the way for the three of the Gu family.

So, the three of them followed the middle-aged servant and walked straight forward, passing through the palace gates with high and dignified appearances unimpeded.

The patriarch was terrified and kept his eyes fixed all the way. He didn't dare to cast his eyes at all. He just felt that today's sun was so bright and dazzling that people couldn't keep their eyes open.

He hadn't walked more than a hundred feet, his back was already drenched with sweat, and his figure and steps became more and more stiff and cramped.

The patriarch didn't remember the way at all. After passing through many palace gates, he entered a lush garden. There were no high palace walls around, which made people suddenly feel enlightened.

The sky was clear and blue, and the imperial garden was full of fragrance, and the winter jasmine blossomed on the branches with bright yellow buds.

The weather in early spring is warm and cold, and the afternoon wind is still chilling on the body.

After walking through the garden for a while, they came to a water pavilion by the lake.

There were more than a dozen people gathered in the water pavilion, and the figures were crowded. The patriarch immediately saw a familiar figure kneeling on the ground stiffly. The crown shone with dazzling brilliance.

The kneeling woman is Mrs. Gu.

When the three members of the Gu family walked past Mrs. Gu under the guidance of the servants, Mrs. Gu noticed them.

She didn't expect them to come, and her eyes widened slightly in surprise.

Mrs. Gu tightly pursed her lips, her dull lips were dry and peeling, and there was a trace of anxiety in her eyes.

After Gu Yuan left, Mrs. Gu knelt at the Meridian Gate for nearly half an hour, and more and more courtiers came and went to the Meridian Gate. Although those courtiers didn't ask Mrs. Gu about what happened, they inevitably cast strange glances.

Later, she was brought in by a strange eunuch, and brought straight to the Tinglan Water Pavilion in the Imperial Garden, and brought her to the emperor and his son.

Mrs. Gu knelt down and was about to "plead guilty" on Gu Yuan's behalf, when Xiao Shoufu, Wang Kangyin, Feng She and others heard the news and rushed to see the emperor.

Most of these people are powerful ministers who take on important responsibilities in the court. Once they came, Mrs. Gu, a woman, had no room to speak at all, so she could only wait here, waiting, waiting, waiting for half an hour , just wait until Gu Jian, Gu Yuan and the others arrive.

Mrs. Gu felt uneasy, and quietly winked at Gu Jian, meaning, why did he come into the palace?

Gu Jian received his mother's wink, but the palace was so important that he couldn't make any noise, so he could only stare at Mrs. Gu tangled up. He was full of words and didn't dare to answer or ask questions. He looked forward to the left.

The emperor was sitting by the window, facing the elder prince Chu Yi who was wearing an apricot-yellow python robe, across the tea table. There was a torreya chessboard between the father and son, and there were only a few pieces on the chessboard.

A colorful parrot is parked on the gilt bird stand hanging in the window, and the lively parrot flutters its wings on the bird stand.

The atmosphere in the water pavilion was extremely solemn.

Gu Jian bowed to the emperor and Chu Yi together with Gu Yuan and the patriarch with her head down: "See the emperor, Your Highness the First Prince."

Gu Jian's palm was covered with cold sweat.

He didn't expect that Mrs. Tai would be brought to the imperial court.

Originally, Mrs. Tai would only kneel at the Meridian Gate for a while to make a show, and then he would go to the Meridian Gate to pick him up after half an hour.

No matter what, the emperor and the eldest prince are biological father and son, the emperor will definitely not punish the eldest prince for the sake of a dead person, and will definitely protect the eldest prince.

If the Gu family is too flamboyant, they will become the first birds on the contrary.

Xiao Shoufu and other officials in the water pavilion all fell silent, looking at the three of Gu's family with different expressions.

After two breaths of silence, the emperor's calm voice sounded: "Zhao Rang, show Mrs. Gu's brochure to Gu Qianhu."

Zhao Rang agreed, and took a fold from the side of the torreya chessboard and handed it to Gu Yuan.

Gu Yuan had already seen this excerpt from Chu Yi, but at the moment he didn't show any abnormality on his face, he looked at the excerpt pretendingly, and recalled what his sister said to him in his ears.

Immediately afterwards, Gu Yuan lifted his robe and knelt down without saying a word. Even when he knelt down, his waist was still straight, like a green pine standing proudly on the edge of a cliff.

Xiao Shoufu bowed to the emperor, and said in an upright and awe-inspiring manner, "Please punish Gu Yuan, Your Majesty."

Feng She and the others next to him exchanged glances quickly, their eyes shining brilliantly.

As long as Gu Yuan is convicted, it means that the eldest prince has done something wrong, and their Feng family will be saved!

And Xiao Shoufu wanted to get more, he not only wanted to save the Feng family, but also wanted to save the Yu family.

The emperor glanced at Xiao Shoufu, Feng She and others indifferently, took a handful of fish food from the box, casually sprinkled it into the lake outside the window, and asked, "Shoufu thought it was Gu Qianhu's fault?"

In the lake, hundreds of golden and red carps come to smell the fragrance, forming a gorgeous picture like a hundred birds returning to their nests, dotted with sparkling lake water.

Chu Yi looked at the rippling lake surface outside the window, the corners of her beautiful lips were slightly raised, as if she had never heard of it, as if it had nothing to do with her.

Xiao Shoufu raised his head and looked at the emperor, still clasped his hands together, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, Mrs. Gu is Gu Qianhu's grandmother, so there must be a reason for the ancestor to sue his grandson."

As he said that, Xiao Shoufu raised his voice, turned to forcefully ask Mrs. Gu who was kneeling down: "Mrs. Gu, is that so?"

Xiao Shoufu usually speaks neither light nor heavy, neither slow nor urgent, but at this moment there is a sharp coercion in his voice.

Mrs. Gu was already sweating profusely, and the heavy make-up on her body was pressing down on her like a mountain, making her feel breathless.

Now that the matter had come to an end, since she had handed over her confession, it meant that she had become a knife in Xiao Shoufu's hand, and she had no other choice.

Mrs. Gu gritted her teeth heavily, and said in a difficult voice: "Your Majesty, Xiao Shoufu, the eldest grandson of my wife, has a tyrannical temperament. Since childhood, most of them like to fight and fight. They often cause trouble and have hurt many people."

"and……"

She paused, glanced at Gu Yuan, who was kneeling not far away, and acted hesitant to speak, as if hesitating for a while, before continuing: "On the ninth day of the ninth day, the minister's wife After his eldest grandson returned to the mansion, he once told his wife that he accidentally killed someone..."

"My wife has been thinking about it these days, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, and I can't let him make a big mistake and make troubles all over the court, so I come to apologise."

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Gu lowered her head heavily again, her well-maintained hands were hidden tightly in her sleeves like a girl's.

Hearing these words, the patriarch's eyes widened in disbelief, with shock, disappointment, anger, and sudden realization in his eyes.

He watched Gu Yuan grow up, so he naturally knew that Gu Yuan was not the kind of person Mrs. Gu said.

Reminiscent of today's family separation, the patriarch looked thoughtfully at Gu Yuan next to him, full of pity, and thought: Mrs. Tai is partial to the second wife, and she dares to speak such presumptuous nonsense in front of the imperial court, I'm afraid it has always been like this all these years , Brother Yuan is really suffering.

Gu Yuan knelt on the ground with his back straight, still silent, with a stern expression.

With a stern face, the emperor looked around the crowd again slowly, taking into his eyes the reactions of the crowd, whether they were anxious, expecting, dissatisfied, or somewhat gloating.

There was a moment of silence in the water pavilion.

There was a smile on the emperor's old and elegant face, like a sneer, like a sneer, and he said slowly: "So Mrs. Gu and all the adults feel that Feng He didn't assassinate the eldest prince. It was the eldest prince who wronged Feng He." ?”

The emperor's voice was fairly calm, but anyone could hear the resentment in the words, and the tone was a little colder.

Responding to the emperor was a dead silence, only the occasional sound of carp flopping outside the window.

Madam Gu didn't dare to answer, she knelt down with her eyes on her nose and her heart on her knees.

Xiao Shoufu, Feng She and others really thought so, they also didn't answer, but wrote their answers clearly on their faces: Of course Feng He didn't assassinate the First Prince!

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