"..." The patriarch was about to go crazy, cold sweat dripped down from his forehead like rain, and his gray temples were already drenched.

His second grandson was gifted since he was a child, and he studied at the famous Wansong Academy when he was only twelve years old. Several gentlemen in the academy said that the second grandson would be able to give it a try in two years.

Their house pointed to his second-in-law to take the imperial examination, so that he could shine in the family in the future.

But the emperor's sentence "no imperial examination for three generations" blocked his grandson's imperial examination path, and he was already old, so he still waited for his great-grandson to read a trick? !

The patriarch became more and more anxious as he thought about it, and he didn't care about others, so he solemnly kowtowed to the emperor and made a "dong" sound.

He said all he knew: "Your Majesty, Gu Ce is indeed a descendant. The old Hou Ye once had a wife who was married to the Da Qi family. Thirty years ago, after the Da Qi family died of illness, , Gu Xuan continued to marry his first wife's younger sister, Xiao Qi, who is now Mrs. Tai."

"Little Qi's family remarried when the old Hou Ye was in charge of Xizhou, because Gu Ce was still young at that time, and Xiao Qi's family was his aunt, so the stepmother couldn't help it, and the old Hou Ye was afraid that the mother and son would have suspicions, so he kept it secret. "

"Gu Ce is a descendant. When he was three years old, the old Marquis invited him to be the son of the prince. The imperial decree of the emperor Taizu's decree to be the son of the prince is now enshrined in the Gu family's ancestral hall."

"The emperor clearly learned that the Gu family did not use concubine as a concubine."

The patriarch said as if walking on thin ice, and followed, bent down and kowtowed heavily again, until his forehead was red and swollen, he was embarrassed and panicked, and he only hoped that the emperor would treat the Gu family lightly.

Old Hou Ye Gu Xuan married Da Qi's family thirty-eight years ago. At that time, the patriarch also went to Xizhou to attend the wedding, and met Da Qi's family once, and only this time.

Five years later, when Gu Xuan returned to Beijing from Xizhou with his wife and children, the patriarch discovered that his wife had changed. Gu Xuan explained that this was his second wife, the younger sister of Da Qi, and begged the patriarch to Do not speak foreign language. Although the patriarch felt that it was wrong, but at that time Gu Xuan had already brought his wife to face the saint, so it was a done deal, so he had no choice but to accept it.

Thinking about these past events, the patriarch was in a state of confusion, collected himself, and said sonorously and forcefully: "The Gu family has done something wrong. When we go back, the Caomin will reopen the ancestral hall and serve as the sons and daughters."

His voice became tense, and he humbly pressed his forehead to the ground, maintaining a prostrate posture, not daring to move, anxiously waiting for the emperor's verdict.

Mrs. Gu's body trembled even more, her old face was pale, her chest hurt, and she couldn't hang herself up.

The patriarch's words just now seemed to be the final word, and under the eyes of everyone, it gave her a fatal blow.

The elder sister became Gu Xuan's first wife, but she herself became a stepmother, a stepmother with a dishonorable name and no order, who would always be a concubine to her original stepmother.

Obviously the eldest sister is her substitute, but now, she will always be dominated by the elder sister.

She is unwilling, she is unwilling!

Mrs. Gu, who was kneeling on the ground, was both angry and helpless. She was so distraught that she almost fell to the ground.

The swaying sound of the jeweled Wuzhai crown attracted the parrot's attention, and the parrot flapped its wings and called twice.

A glimmer of hope rose from Gu Jian's dull eyes, and she stared at the emperor without blinking.

It is a serious crime to use a concubine as a concubine, and the Hou Mansion must not bear this crime.

As for whether the mother is a stepmother or not, it is only a trivial matter, whether it is first spouse or stepmother, it is just a false name.

There are priorities, and at this moment, I can only wrong my mother to endure the status of the step-wife first, and get through the current hurdle first.

The emperor didn't say a word, neither saying yes nor bad, holding the chess pieces in the chess box with one hand, as if he was thinking about it.

Chu Yi took two sips of Biluochun, slowly put down the teacup in his hand, smiled slightly, and suddenly asked, "Gu Yuan, why did you enter the palace this time?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, it was like a ray of spring breeze blowing, melting the ice and melting the snow.

Just as Gu Yuan was about to answer, Gu Jian couldn't wait to rush and said: "Your Highness, I feel that my mother's move is inappropriate. Brother Yuan is my nephew, and Feng He's matter is up to the emperor to decide. I will take Brother Yuan with you." Come together with my son to persuade my mother to go back."

Gu Jian tried hard to make a smile, and put all the responsibility for this excerpt on Mrs. Gu, hoping that the emperor would be lenient and expose it lightly.

"Going back to Your Highness, it's to separate the family." Gu Yuan clasped his fists in both hands, and replied calmly to Chu Yi.

"..." Gu Jian's face turned black, like the bottom of a pot, but Mrs. Gu suddenly came back to her senses.

Gu Yuan didn't care about Gu Jian's reaction at all, and continued: "Second Uncle wants to separate from his humble brothers and sisters."

After finishing speaking, Gu Yuan turned his head and whispered to the prostrate patriarch: "Uncle and grandpa, in front of the emperor, nephews and grandchildren dare not lie."

Hearing the words, the patriarch was sweating profusely, and sighed secretly in his heart: Hou's mansion has angered Longyan, and any concealment now will only make the emperor feel even more displeased with the Gu family.

Gu Jian almost didn't jump up, she blew her beard and stared and retorted: "Your Majesty, it's clear that Gu Yuan and his siblings want to separate!"

"Not a minister..."

Gu Jian felt that she was more wronged than Dou E, and was about to explain a few words, but was hurriedly interrupted by the patriarch beside him: "Your Majesty, the grassroots can testify that it is Hou...it is Gu Jianjian who split up the family!"

The patriarch said these words loudly, and now he looked at Gu Jian again, with disgust in his eyes.

At this point, Gu Jian still talks nonsense, which is simply audacious. Does he want to drag himself into the crime of deceiving the emperor? !

Zhao Rang took a quick look at the emperor's face, and then questioned the patriarch instead of the emperor: "Gu An, why did the Dingyuan Houfu suddenly want to separate the family?"

The patriarch honestly told him about being called to the Hou Mansion to preside over the division of the family.

It was the first time for him to see the emperor, and he was flustered and afraid. What he said was confusing and bumpy, but he also made three main points clear:

Today, Gu Jian sent someone to invite him and the clan elders to the Hou Mansion to preside over the separation of the family;

Gu Jian and his wife planned to divide the long room separately;

In this division of the family, Gu Jian's family accounted for 70% of the family property, Gu Yuan's brothers and sisters in the eldest house only got 15% of the entire family property, and the remaining 15% was divided equally between the fourth and fifth families.

In the water pavilion, only the patriarch's dry voice echoed in the air. Gu Jian next to him tried to interrupt the patriarch several times, but he still remembered that this was not the Marquis's Mansion, but the Imperial Palace, and he was not allowed to be presumptuous.

Mrs. Gu didn't know about the separation until now, her whole body was shocked, she turned her head to stare at Gu Jian in disbelief, panting slightly.

How could the son separate from the head of the family at this juncture? Isn't that inferior and arousing suspicion? !

Why didn't he discuss it with himself, so he made his own opinion!

She has only been away for more than an hour, and there is a feeling that the world has been turned upside down.

The patriarch kowtowed for the third time, and solemnly pleaded guilty: "Your Majesty, the division of the family was too hasty, and it's all because the grassroots didn't investigate."

"..." Mrs. Gu was already in a daze.

I want to argue and argue, I want to scold my son, but I can't talk about it.

Even if she said that all of this was Gu Jian's own idea, and that their mother and child were one, no one would believe it, nor would it make any sense.

"Snapped!"

The emperor raised his hand again to slap the case again, and said with a sneer, "Oh, now I know what the purpose of this excerpt is."

While speaking, the emperor threw the booklet towards Gu Jian and Mrs. Gu, and the booklet happened to be thrown on Gu Jian's calf, causing Gu Jian's legs to soften in fright, and she knelt down in a "plop".

Several censors cast a disdainful glance at Gu Jian, and the young censor stood up with his head held high, bowed to the emperor solemnly and said, "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Dingyuan, Gu Jian, wants to seize the family property and does not allow his nephew, What's more, speaking falsely in front of the imperial court, intending to kill your relatives and nephews, is really disloyal, unkind, and unrighteous."

"Such evil deeds should be severely punished. I also ask the emperor to convict him of his title, so as to serve as an example to others."

The young censor spoke impassionedly and well-founded, and the other Qingliu censors all felt that what he said was reasonable and nodded frequently.

To win the title? ! Gu Jian only felt that her heart was stabbed severely again, and a strong salty smell rose from her throat.

At this moment, he really wanted to kill the censor.

Why take away his title? !

Gu Jian felt aggrieved in her heart: Gu Yuan was clearly the one who proposed the separation of the family, why in the end the censor turned the blame on him and asked the emperor to take away his title? !

The blood faded from Gu Jian's face, and she was as pale as snow.

He wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say, his mouth opened and closed, his throat seemed to be on fire, and he looked at Xiao Shoufu with pleading eyes.

Xiao Shoufu on the side frowned, the wound on his neck had stopped, his gray hair was a little messy, and his eyes were cloudy.

The Yu family and the Feng family had accidents one after another, and the aristocratic family was even more defeated today. After this incident, the power of the aristocratic family in the imperial court may have lost a lot...

It was Feng He who Xiao Shoufu felt most sorry for.

It was not easy for him to insert Feng He'an in Jing Zhaoyin's position.

Jing Zhaoyin is the parent official of the capital, but he is only a fourth-rank official. His rank is not high, and his power is not great. If there is a murder case committed by a noble family, Jing Zhaoyin cannot handle it, but everything in the capital cannot be escaped. Jing Zhaoyin's eyes can cut off the emperor's eyes and ears, and even...

Xiao Shoufu's eyes were dim, and the more he thought about it, the more he had a headache, so he rubbed the center of his brows.

This time their family lost too much.

Xiao Shoufu did not speak, and the officials of other aristocratic families were all headed by him, and they all judged the situation, silently watching with their hands down.

And the envoys next to him all pointed their finger at Gu Jian, and followed up one after another:

"Han Yushi is right, this wind must not last long!"

"Otherwise, wouldn't other people have to learn and behave, and after the death of the brother, they would drive the orphans and widows out of the house in the name of dividing the family."

"That's right, my Dajing Dynasty ruled the world with loyalty and filial piety, and such despicable acts must be suppressed."

"..."

These imperial envoys are best at playing tricks, and most of them are upright and strong in fighting. You and I reprimanded Gu Jian one by one, and asked the emperor to punish Gu Jian severely.

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