Minglan is reborn, this time with no regrets!

Gu Yankai felt extremely ashamed. Gu Tingye had talked to him about these problems many times before, but he was trying to avoid them at the time, thinking that as long as he didn't open the scar, he could live his life as usual. He never thought that one day he would have to kneel down and confess his past mistakes like this.

The emperor shook his head and sighed, "This man of yours, who stays at home every day to recuperate, can actually figure out my thoughts and temperament so thoroughly. He can hit my heart with just a few words and easily make me lose my composure. He is so good at killing people with borrowed knives. He is not even an official yet, but he can stir up the situation. If he inherits the title and enters the court one day, won't the whole world become his plaything?"

The emperor spoke calmly, but his words were so sharp that the palace people outside the door trembled.

Gu Yankai felt numb all over, and felt that every word hit him sorely.

Recently, hasn't he felt like he was on a boat in the sky, looking at flowers in the fog, and he couldn't see the faces of the people in his family clearly? They kept saying that they were thinking about Gu Tingye, but in the end, they all used him to make Gu Tingye worse and worse. Isn't it because they have figured out the temper of him as the head of the family, making him lose his sense of proportion in disciplining Gu Tingye, and pushing the only hope of the Gu family step by step into the fire pit?

The most fatal thing is the last sentence the emperor said. He clearly implied that Gu Tingyu was suspected of treason and political disorder! If this crime is really confirmed, the entire Gu family will be in danger!

As expected, the emperor became angrier and angrier as he thought about it. He pointed at the back of Gu Yankai's head and scolded him, "The eldest son of the Gu family, you are a man who has been cheating on others, spreading lies to confuse the emperor, deceiving the emperor, disrupting government affairs, repaying kindness with enmity, being unkind and unjust, fighting for family property, being unfilial and unfraternal! For such an unforgivable crime, even if you give me your royal seal and title, I will still exterminate your entire clan!"

The fear seemed to be real, turning into a life-threatening white silk scarf that strangled Gu Yankai's throat.

His heart was beating like a drum and his head was ringing like a bell. He hated himself for not listening to Erlang earlier. Why did he keep being soft-hearted to Dalang because of Daqin? Why didn't he clean up the secrets in his family earlier, which led to the current situation of the Gu family?

When he thought about the foundation that the ancestors of the Gu family bought with their flesh and blood, which was going to be destroyed in his hands, Gu Yankai collapsed to the ground, trembling all over, and cried in a trembling voice: "As a father, I have no way to educate my children, and I have taught my children badly... I am ashamed of my ancestors of the Gu family, and even more ashamed of the emperor's love for me for many years. I really deserve to die! However, the second son Gu Tingye is really innocent. Now he is polite, hardworking, and wholeheartedly thinking about serving the court. He is a good child who was delayed by me... As for the eldest son Gu Tingyu... he... he... his biological mother passed away suddenly. I lost my beloved and was at a loss. I indulged a good child into what he is now. It is my fault, it is my fault!"

"You are not the only one who remarried after losing his wife. Which son can be like your son, who doesn't even take the emperor seriously? I think your Gu family is not afraid of death even if you have the imperial decree in your hands!"

Gu Yankai kowtowed like crazy: "I dare not, I dare not! Your Majesty... Your Majesty!!! I am willing to use my own head to atone for the sins of my rebellious son. I will use this old life to make amends to Your Majesty and to the Empress!"

The emperor snorted coldly: "I want to kill your entire clan, but you said you want to exchange your own head for it. Do you and your son think I am a fool?"

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, you are the most wise and intelligent person in the world! You stopped the war and promoted benevolence, which brought our dynasty decades of prosperity! You are virtuous and cautious, and even when the court officials openly confronted you, you did not get offended! You are so generous. After you have found out the rebellious behavior of the rebellious son, you still only summoned me to question me alone, and did not discuss it publicly in the court, because you were afraid of causing a shock in the court and completely destroying the entire Gu family!!! Your Majesty is so kind and virtuous that I am deeply grateful, and I am even more ashamed that the rebellious son repays kindness with enmity. I have no choice but to die... I have no choice but to die!"

Emperor: "Do you think he will repent if you die for him? Do you really think he will wake up if the blame does not fall on him?"

Gu Yankai: "It's the father's fault for not raising and educating his children. I have lived for most of my life, but I have not achieved any achievements outside, and I can't even take care of my sons at home... I am really... really useless. But the children are still young, they still have a chance to change. I beg the emperor to give these two evildoers another chance. I am willing to exchange my life for my two sons to have a chance to start a new life..."

He fell to the ground, sobbing.

The originally tall and majestic figure is now curled up into a ball, hunched and dilapidated like a rotten tree or branch.

The emperor paused for a while, and suddenly said: "If the father's head can be exchanged for the child's life, I also want to exchange my son back."

As soon as he said this, all the palace maids and eunuchs in the hall fell to their knees in an instant.

Gu Yankai was horrified: "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and he will rule for thousands of years! Prince Yan and Prince Yong are also outstanding men, and both are worthy of trust."

The emperor waved his hand and said, "It's fine to say this kind of thing outside. After all, I'm just a powerless father like you."

Gu Yankai said: "Your Majesty is the emperor and father of the people of the world, and you are also concerned about the people of the world. I... I can't even take care of my own two sons, how can I be compared with your Majesty."

"I am the emperor and father of the world? Ha, but anyone in the world can interfere in my succession, and anyone can force me to appoint an heir early. Who has ever thought about me? My own sons... none of them are left... none of them are left..."

He slumped down in his chair.

The chief eunuch ran back to him crying, held his arm, and called softly, "My lord!"

Gu Yankai swallowed hard. He didn't know why the emperor was so strange today. He was clearly talking about his family's affairs, but he also brought up the issue of establishing a crown prince. How could he, a nobleman who was born a military commander, dare to discuss such an important matter in front of the emperor?

Gu Yankai broke out in a cold sweat and looked up at the chief eunuch. The chief eunuch kept shaking his head at him, telling him to stop talking.

The emperor looked out the window and said, "Neither of my two sons is good enough. Both of them make you worry. But if I ask you to choose one, what will you do?"

Gu Yankai stood there in a daze, his mind went blank.

The emperor looked back at him for a while, then suddenly laughed and said, "I forgot that you have a third child, who is also your biological child."

When he smiled, Gu Yankai became even more panicked.

"My third son is a fool. He is good at drinking and spending money, but he is not good at studying or martial arts..." He did not dare to hide it and told the truth.

"Then forget about the third son. I only want to ask you, if I ask you to choose the future heir from among your two sons, and you kill the other one to make amends for me, who would you choose?"