The bored parrot started jumping around on the bird stand again, imitating its mouth and shouting "no wonder" repeatedly.

Most of the people present didn't know the secret of Dingyuanhou's Mansion until now, but there were also two or three people who had heard the conversation between Mrs. Gu and Gu Yuan at the Meridian Gate before.

Now recalling the emperor's "no wonder", these people can't help but think deeply.

No wonder Mrs. Gu wants to impeach Gu Yuan!

No wonder eight years ago when the news came that Gu Ce opened the city gate to surrender the enemy, even the late emperor hadn't made a judgment yet, Mrs. Gu went ahead and begged Gu Ce to split the clan with the Marquis Mansion. ...

At that time, everyone believed that Mrs. Gu made such a difficult decision for the benefit of the entire Gu family, and for the sake of survival.

But if Gu Ce wasn't her own son, then her choice back then would have to be thought-provoking, especially when thinking about her confession today, her thoughts are already clearly revealed.

This Mrs. Gu is really a cold and ungrateful person!

Mrs. Gu's whole body was already soaked with sweat, as if she had been picked up from the water.

She is a sensitive person, and she has already felt his dislike for her from the emperor's "no wonder", and her pupils shrank sharply.

What happened today was completely beyond her expectations, giving her a rather bad premonition, and her heart beat like a drum.

Mrs. Gu's nails dug deeply into the palm of her hand, almost piercing the skin, but she suddenly didn't feel the pain.

When she was panicking, Zhao Rang's sharp questioning voice sounded in her ears again:

"Mrs. Gu, what's going on?"

"First Dingyuan Marquis Gu Ce was not born by Mrs. Tai, but he inherited the title. Could it be that the Gu family used a concubine as a concubine?!"

Even if he was questioning, Zhao Rang's voice was still slow, not impatient, but there was a thunderous power in these few words, which made the air in the water pavilion seem to vibrate.

As soon as this remark came out, the whole room was in an uproar.

Everyone looked at Gu's family present with subtle expressions, and they didn't know whether it was more shock, more contempt, or more pity.

No one expected that in this short day, after the Feng family and the Yu family, another family was facing the crisis of the collapse of the building.

Gu Jian's complexion changed drastically, and he suddenly felt bad.

Patriarch Gu, who stood with his hands down, shook violently, sweating profusely in panic.

If a concubine acts as a concubine, the position of his wife and concubine will be messed up; if a concubine succeeds to the throne, it is unrighteous and a serious crime.

This law was ordained by Emperor Taizu himself.

Emperor Taizu was a romantic man all his life, and had many children under his knees. Originally, he treated his concubine and concubines equally, and he also treated his princes as well.

However, after the founding of the Dajing Dynasty, some honored families followed suit, making it unclear what their descendants were.

Later, the descendants of Yongcheng Bo's mansion were murdered. In order to seek the title, the four concubine sons first poisoned two direct brothers and one concubine brother, and then assassinated the grandchildren under the elder brother's knees one by one. In the end, because the aunt gave birth to a younger brother, he simply poisoned his biological father to death.

Emperor Taizu and Yong Chengbo were close friends, and when he heard the news of Yong Chengbo's death, he was deeply saddened. He felt that Yongcheng Bo was in good health and died too suddenly, so he ordered the imperial physician to conduct an autopsy together with Wu Zuo. Only then did the truth come to light. The whole country was in an uproar.

After that time, Emperor Taizu reflected on it for a long time, and finally accepted the opinions of several great Confucians, and used the law to rectify his concubine and concubine, so as to imitate others.

In the noble family of the clan, the son of the son should inherit the title. If there is no son, the son of the son should inherit the title and be degraded by one level. If the duke is degraded to the marquis, the marquis will be degraded to the earl.

If there is a concubine as a concubine, he will win the title.

Emperor Taizu had always acted vigorously and resolutely in the world. Once this law was enacted, there was absolutely no room for negotiating and refusing. Even he himself set an example.

Taizu had a concubine son, the tenth son of the emperor, who was also the later Prince Cheng, Chuchi. Gritting his teeth, he gave the throne to his only son-in-law, the first emperor Chu Luo.

Another example is the Marquis of Weibei, because the old Marquis has no sons under his knees, but only two sons, he had no choice but to adopt the eldest son who was born to his second brother at the age of sixty, and granted his nephew the throne.

Beppu is like this, and Dingyuan Hou's Mansion is no exception.

If first Dingyuan Hou Gu Ce came from his concubine, then Dingyuan Hou's mansion is using a concubine as a concubine.

The patriarch's whole body trembled uncontrollably, and he looked at Mrs. Gu with an almost resentful look, with raging anger hanging from the corners of his brows and eyes.

Is this woman crazy? !

Can this kind of thing be said casually? !

Mrs. Gu herself also thought of this, she was a little panicked, her half-drooped eyes were vacillating, she didn't dare to raise her head, let alone look at the emperor.

When she said those words to Gu Yuan before, she never expected to confront him in front of the imperial court. She just wanted to humiliate Gu Yuan and let him be judged.

But now at the imperial court, these words can no longer be said indiscriminately.

Mrs. Gu didn't know how to reply for a moment.

Zhao Rang always had a smile on his face, with a gentle tone, he reminded: "Mrs. Gu, the emperor is asking you something."

Mrs. Gu: "..."

Mrs. Gu's face was bloodless, she hesitated again and again, and said tremblingly: "Back to the emperor, Gu Ce was born by the minister's wife, and the minister's wife was just talking angry with Brother Yuan before."

She didn't dare to look up at the emperor at all, she could only hear the parrot croaking, as if mocking herself, and the gazes of other people around her made her even more anxious.

The emperor didn't speak, and looked indifferent. He picked up the teacup and slowly wiped off the foam on the tea soup with the tea lid.

"Speaking angry in front of the emperor?" Zhao Rang's tone suddenly turned cold.

"..." Mrs. Gu fell silent again, feeling uneasy in her heart.

She knelt in front of the palace gate to plead guilty to the emperor on behalf of Gu Yuan, so what she said in front of the palace gate was actually equivalent to being in front of the emperor.

This is an imperial disgrace.

Zhao Rang casually flicked the long silver whisk in his hand, and reminded coolly: "Mrs. Gu, it's better to answer after you think it over."

Pounding! Mrs. Gu's heart was beating violently in her chest, her pupils were fluttering, and cold sweat was dripping from her forehead.

The expression on her face changed wonderfully, and the tangled emotions were obvious. Almost everyone present could see it, and most of them knew it in their hearts.

Even the question of whether Gu Ce is her own can be entangled like this, so there is only one answer——

Sure enough, Gu Ce was not from Mrs. Gu, but the Gu family inherited the title with the son of a concubine as the legitimate son!

Everyone has different expressions and complex expressions.

No one thought that a piece of scriptures that the ancestors told the grandchildren would lead to such a secret of the Hou Mansion, in front of the emperor, even if the Dingyuan Hou Mansion wanted to lightly reveal it, it would not be possible.

The patriarch at the side quickly lifted his robe and knelt down, between Gu Yuan and Mrs. Gu.

"Your Majesty," the patriarch explained hastily, with an anxious expression on his face and disordered breath, "Gu Ce is not from a concubine, but from the original wife of the old Marquis."

"This little Qi family is just..." He frowned and thought for a long time before he slowly squeezed out two words, "The second wife."

No, she is not. Mrs. Gu shouted and refuted in her heart, her chapped and white lips moved slightly, these words were on her lips, and she almost shouted out.

Mrs. Gu's eyes once again appeared the familiar yet unfamiliar voice of the eldest sister, and her heart throbbed.

When she was fifteen years old, she met Gu Xuan, and she liked him the first time she saw him, but Gu Xuan only had his eldest sister in his eyes and heart.

She really didn't understand what was so good about elder sister, and she couldn't figure out what Gu Xuan liked about elder sister, so she was entangled in her heart every day, even after elder sister died, it was still a thorn in her heart.

The devil in her life!

Mrs. Gu's turbid pupils were in chaos, her emotions were almost crazy, a terrible storm was brewing quickly, her body was shaking like chaff, even the pearls and emeralds on the five-zhai crown couldn't stop trembling, making a slight rustle rustle.

The drama suddenly took another turn.

The other people in the water pavilion were all silent, watching quietly and coldly, and the Feng family brothers were too busy to care about themselves now, and they didn't have the heart to pay attention to these bad things about the Gu family.

"Successor?" The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly, his expression was indifferent, he couldn't see any joy or anger, he just turned his head and asked the eunuch Zhao Rang, "Has Gu Xuan ever married?"

Zhao Rang frowned slightly, pretending to remember, and shook his head: "Nothing."

Gu Xuan does not need to report to the imperial court if he continues to marry, but if he wants to ask for an imperial order for his successor, he must submit a letter.

The emperor sneered slightly, looked down at the patriarch who was kneeling on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Do you know that lying in front of the emperor is a crime of deceiving the emperor?"

The others were equally suspicious and looked at each other in blank dismay.

After all, no one has ever heard of the old Marquis Gu Xuan having a "original spouse". Obviously, it was Gu An who forced his concubine to avoid the crime of "taking the concubine as a concubine" and fearing that the Marquis's mansion would be seized. The concubine became the original partner.

Only Chu Yi, who was opposite the emperor, was calm and breezy, with a faint smile on his lips, warm and genial like a gentle breeze.

His eyelashes drooped slightly, as if he was looking at the chess game on the chessboard, making it difficult for people to see his eyes clearly.

"Your majesty..." The patriarch wanted to explain something, but the emperor didn't want to hear it.

The emperor frowned his gray eyebrows, and when he glanced at Mrs. Gu, Gu Jian and Patriarch Gu, his indifferent eyes seemed to be looking at ants, and there was no emotion on his face.

The emperor said coldly: "The Gu family not only used a concubine as a concubine, but also committed the crime of deceiving the emperor. The crime is added to the crime, which is irrefutable."

Zhao Rang sighed and shook his head, as if to say, this Dingyuanhou's mansion is simply daring and reckless.

"..." Mrs. Gu and Gu Jian seemed to be strangled by the neck. They wanted to explain, but they couldn't say a word.

The same despair was written on the faces of both mother and son.

"Father, since the crime is added to the crime, in addition to being dealt with according to the law, it should be punished separately. How about punishing his descendants for three generations without imperial examinations?" Chu Yi's voice was warm and clear, and he dropped a piece casually, and the black pieces on the chessboard were aggressive. , totally different from his elegant and gentle appearance.

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