The emperor felt like he had discovered a big secret. He looked at Akino with a dull expression, but happened to meet Akino's eyes.

The emperor panicked and quickly looked away.

No!

For the sake of friendship between the monarch and his subjects, I don't know, and the Prime Minister certainly doesn't want me to know.

The Prime Minister certainly wouldn't want anyone to know about such an unethical thing, otherwise it would be impossible that there was no one around him for so many years, not even men, who had never heard of it.

"Your Majesty, I know this is a rebellious act, but Qing'er is my son born in my old age, and my wife suffered a lot when she gave birth to him. I just want my son to live a happy life, and I really don't want him to be unhappy. I hope your Majesty will forgive me."

The emperor looked back at the old Marquis Gu and sighed deeply.

"Whatever. I take back what I just said."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The emperor knew that it would be impossible to let this matter go so easily today.

The Gu family has such an unfortunate fate!

Forget it, I am a benevolent king.

"The clothes you are wearing look familiar to me. Stand up and let me take a look." The emperor looked at Gu Jue.

At this point, Gu Jue was almost certain of what Old Marquis Gu was going to do, but he didn't expect that Old Marquis Gu was so willing to spend so much money.

Gu Jue stood up and accepted all the looks in the hall. He lowered his eyes calmly.

"Turn around."

Gu Jue turned around.

The emperor was a little surprised. This marquis's family was not unlucky as they could give birth to such an outstanding daughter.

His gaze even made many younger officials feel uneasy.

I didn't expect that Gu Jue could be so calm and unmoved.

Quite a good one.

After thinking for a while, he said, "I remember this dress. Old Gu led my soldiers to drive away Dayu who invaded Dayan and took back the lost city."

"I saw how brave and good at fighting you were back then, and I remembered it in my heart, so I specially gave you this military robe. It was also on that day that you succeeded Gu Yuanhou as the marquis. Now, Gu Jue came here wearing this robe, is it because of the title of marquis?"

"Your Majesty is wise. I have never concealed what I think in my heart from Your Majesty. Now, the fate of the Marquis's Mansion is ill-fated, and I can only shamelessly come to Your Majesty for help." Old Marquis Gu had a loyal face.

The emperor naturally understood what the old Marquis Gu meant, "My dear, do you want to pass the title of Marquis to your granddaughter Gu Jue?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I hope you will grant my wish." Old Marquis Gu and Gu Jue kowtowed.

Gu Jue didn't care too much because she knew that this thing would not succeed.

Sure enough, before the emperor could speak, the group of stunned censors below finally reacted.

Instantly, someone rushed over, knelt down with a "swish", and shouted:

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely not allowed. This is absolutely not allowed. The ancestral etiquette and laws cannot be violated! Your Majesty!"

Following the lead of the elderly censor, officials continued to kneel down one after another, each of them shouting "Absolutely not!"

Among them, several censors and people from the Ministry of Rites were the most excited.

In an instant, the hall was in chaos.

Even the Third Prince was stunned. He never expected that Old Marquis Gu would do such a thing and even directly skipped Marquis Gu Yuan. He also did not expect that his father would be shaken and actually have the idea of ​​agreeing.

That won't work. The one who has surrendered to him is Gu Yuanhou, and Gu Yuanhou is still needed for the Lingchuan matter. It will never succeed.

Then the third prince gave a signal and more officials knelt down.

There was chaos in the hall, and officials who had nothing to do with the matter knelt down for various reasons.

Only a few princes, the prime minister and a handful of court officials were left sitting quietly in their seats.

Anyone who observes attentively will find that these sitting court officials are all neutral without exception, but in fact, most of them are in the imperial camp.

During the whole incident, the one who remained the calmest and whose expression did not change at all was Akino.

But no one knows what's going on in his heart.

The emperor rubbed his brows and listened to the voices constantly ringing in the hall: The laws of our ancestors cannot be violated, and this is against common sense and rules.

The emperor had a headache and thought for a long time before signaling the courtiers to be quiet. "Okay, okay."

"My dear, the laws of our ancestors cannot be violated. I have thought about this for a long time. How about this? I will allow Gu Jue not to marry, stay in the Marquis' Mansion and marry a son-in-law. The son born will directly inherit the title of the Marquis' Mansion. How do you think?"

After saying this, he felt a little guilty, so he continued,

"There is no precedent for a woman inheriting a title in Dayan."

"But now that Mr. Gu is not feeling well, it is inconvenient for him to attend court. I will allow you to attend court whenever you want."

"As for the accumulated official duties, let Elder Gu teach Gu Jue step by step, and let Gu Jue handle them on behalf of his father from now on."

The meaning is very clear. Although he does not have an official title, he has the right to handle the military affairs of Marquis Gu Yuan, and can even directly handle all matters under the name of Marquis Gu Yuan, including government affairs.

It is equivalent to a marquisate, but it is not displayed openly and there is no imperial edict to indicate it.

However, with so many ministers present, the emperor was not kidding. This was the best solution given by the emperor. It was also a compensation for the Marquis's Mansion. After all, Marquis Gu Yuan was in trouble because of guarding the territory of Dayan.

Before the censors could say anything, Lord Gu immediately took Gu Jue aside to express his gratitude.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will follow your instructions."

Gu Jue was a little surprised, it seemed that she had misunderstood something.

It turned out that this was the old man's real purpose. He knew it would not succeed, so he did it on purpose.

Knowing that the emperor would compensate the marquis's mansion for this, this was his original purpose.

She originally thought that the emperor would at most agree to let her child inherit the Marquisate, but she didn't expect this to happen.

I didn't expect the emperor to be so generous?

What Gu Jue didn't know was that in the emperor's heart, there was more than just the reason why Marquis Gu Yuan was injured. The most important thing was that the Marquis's Mansion had always been an imperial faction, and Marquis Gu was a pure imperial faction. The emperor had always been generous to his own people.

The kneeling courtiers were stunned.

But now that things have come to this, Lord Gu has already received the order and the verbal instruction has been given. It is too late to regret it.

But they couldn't understand why the emperor was so good to the Marquis' Mansion and to Old Marquis Gu, even giving him the title of Marquis.

Finally, when the banquet was over, the court officials all looked at Old Marquis Gu and Gu Jue with strange expressions as they left.

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