Force a good concubine

As if a bolt from the blue had hit her head, Mother Gu trembled her lips, unable to speak for a while.The atmosphere of Daqi is open, and the conclusion of the contract is not shocking. It is also a convention that it has its own set of etiquette. Even the empress also has the ritual of accepting concubines, but if someone like Gu Yuan does ambiguous things without a name, if it is in the eyes of others, you have to sit still The reputation of the sycophantic courtier who confused the emperor.

"A Yuan," she wobbled, but she pushed away Lu Chuan's supporting hand, took a step forward, and leaned over to stare at Gu Yuan, "A Yuan, tell me, but His Majesty forced you, or are you really greedy for fame and fortune?" , send it to the door by yourself?"

Gu Yan raised her head, the regret and anxiety in Gu's mother's eyes made her heart ache, she bit her lip, and said hard-heartedly: "Your Majesty, you never forced me."

Before she could finish her sentence, her left cheek suddenly felt sharp pain, a sweet smell came out of her mouth instantly, and her ears buzzed for a while before she felt the heat on her face.

"Auntie!" Lu Chuan didn't expect that Gu's mother, who had always been gentle, would slap Gu Yuan with such a raised hand. He couldn't stop him for a while, and watched Gu Yuan get slapped, and his left face immediately became red and swollen. He saw Gu's mother raise her hand again. When he raised his hands, Gu Yan knelt in the same place without any intention of dodging. He hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, and gently persuaded him: "Auntie! Ah Yuan is just fascinated for a while, and doesn't know the pros and cons, as long as——"

"My adopted daughter, of course I know her temperament." Gu's mother put down her hands, shook her head slowly and said, "A Yuan, since you came out of the palace, I knew you had something on your mind, but I didn't know that you did something like this." If you want to do such a thing, if I am determined to do such a thing, I will not stop it. It is just that your father made it clear when he was dying that the Chu family has been farming and studying for generations. Wealth and honor, I only want my children to live in peace and happiness, and have a clear conscience, if there is any disobedience, they are not children of my Chu family—do you remember these words?"

There was a throbbing pain in Gu Yan's heart, and he kowtowed: "My daughter still remembers."

"Okay," Mother Gu said seriously, "If you still remember your father's words, you will know what I want you to do. If you agree, you will still be a child of my Chu family. If you don't agree," she sighed deeply, "I don't want you to respect me any more. Our mothers and I will separate today, and you can go out and live alone."

"Auntie, although Ah Yuan was wrong, Auntie's teaching is the same, why did you come to such a place?" Lu Chuan was shocked, seeing Gu Yuan silently lying on the ground, not intending to repent and admit his mistakes, he was even more at a loss when he suddenly heard the courtyard door squeak As soon as the sound came, seeing Gu Yang enter the door, he quickly winked at him.

Gu Yangcai came back from the school. Although he didn't know why, he already understood the situation of the three of them. He had never seen Gu's mother look so serious, ignoring the four treasures of the study and copybooks in her hand, and rushed to hug Gu's mother. Weeping, "Aunt! When I was at home, Aunt often told me that my sister must have suffered a lot in the capital. Now that my sister came home with great difficulty, she did something wrong. Aunt sees For the sake of my sister's suffering, let her be spared!"

This sentence that was originally tried and tested is like adding fuel to the fire at this moment. Mother Gu trembled: "Enduring hardship? I thought she was suffering, but she thought she was enjoying happiness instead of thinking about herself!" She closed her eyes. , put one arm around Gu Yang, and sternly said to Gu Yuan, "A Yuan, your brother is here now, he is still young, and he has to be taught by adults in everything, you, as a sister, are you going to set his example? ?!"

The moment I stayed beside the emperor, did I already foresee the scene at this time, so I was able to be so calm at this moment?Gu Yan raised his head, took a deep look at Gu Yang, who was bewildered, and bowed to Gu's mother: "Mother, my daughter is not filial, so let's separate the family. It's just that my daughter has another request, and I ask my mother to agree. The mother refused to agree, and the daughter would rather disobey the mother than go out."

Gu's mother was on the verge of falling, she just supported Gu Yang and refused to take a step back, she said after a while, "Speak."

"Although the family is separated, the daughter doesn't need a penny, and she leaves the house. In the future, the daughter's salary will still be sent back to pay for A Yang's education." Gu Yuan said quietly, "My mother refused, so my daughter knelt and died here .”

Mother Gu didn't answer, she looked at Gu Yan with a sullen face for a while, then turned and went into the kitchen.Seeing that the fire was about to go out, she added a few pieces of firewood and sat down on the small stool in front of the stove. Although she tried her best to restrain herself, her eye circles were red, but when she turned around and saw Gu Yang standing at the door, she turned her face and wiped the corners of her eyes quietly. He asked Gu Yang nonchalantly, "What are you doing standing there?"

Gu Yang came over and knelt down at her knees, looking up at her: "Mum, sister is gone." Seeing that Gu's mother was still stern and silent, he continued to talk to himself, "Sister didn't take anything, just took After taking off the official uniform, Senior Brother Lu and Sister Xu sent her away—Mother, even if my sister did something wrong, she is still my sister, if I grow up, can I bring my sister back?"

There was a wry smile on Gu's mother's face: "Even if your sister provoked a great person, are you willing to take your sister back?"

"Of course my son is willing."

"Okay." Gu's mother stroked Gu Yang's hair, and said slowly, "A Yang, remember what you said today, and remember what my mother said today: If your sister is safe and prosperous in the future, we don't expect her to take care of you. In trouble, you must seek justice for your sister."

"Mum?" Although Gu Yang still didn't understand Gu's mother's words, but when he saw Gu's mother choked up, he raised his hand to wipe Gu's mother's tears, but felt that the tears became more and more, and he was suddenly hugged by his mother. The mother was extremely sad this time, so she obediently stood still, still confused in her heart, what did the elder sister do to make the mother so sad and angry?

Although Gu Yuan remained silent in front of the emperor and behaved as usual, but because of the previous lessons, the emperor paid close attention to Gu Yuan's whereabouts and soon discovered the clues.

"Why did you stay in Luan Yisi's duty room for three consecutive days? Go to Luan Yisi and ask, and send less errands to A Yuan." She seemed to mention it casually, and she was still writing non-stop. Cui Chengxiu had sharp eyes Seeing that the imperial pen paused for a moment, knowing that the emperor was interested, he bowed down and replied: "The slave girl went to the Luanyi Division to ask, and there is no other errands except to learn the palace law. It was Miss Zheng who mentioned it, saying yes Mrs. Gu has moved out of her own home, and she is asking her to find a cheap place to settle down."

"Ah Yuan moved out from home?" The emperor put down his pen and fixed his gaze on Cui Chengxiu's face, "Why?"

"Well, this servant has no way of knowing." The emperor's eyes were very unfriendly, Cui Chengxiu stopped, and stuttered in fright, and then his words gradually became fluent, "Mr. How can outsiders know the inside story? Master Lin just mentioned that on the day Master Gu moved out, people from Prince Gong’s Mansion came to visit us, but it’s unknown whether it is related or not.”

The emperor pursed his lips, and picked up the small begonia red teacup to drink tea.Although his face was calm, his fingertips turned white with force, and it took him a long time to put the empty teacup on the tea tray casually: "You go to Prince Gong's mansion, and pass the prince Gong's son into the palace."

The emperor's voice was indifferent, without any trace of joy or anger, but Cui Chengxiu could hear the smell of thunder coming, and dared not say anything more, she bowed in response, cleared the tea tray, and walked out cautiously.

In terms of how well-informed the Gu family was, Yuanli was far above the emperor.He got the news that day, and waited patiently for another three days before calling people to discuss how to impeach Gu Yan.Because Cheng Su was not there, he summoned the two senior officials on the left and right, and then he started. Cui Chengxiu went to the mansion to pass the decree, so he had to change clothes and go to the main hall to receive the decree, and then asked Cui Chengxiu: "Eunuch Cui, Your Majesty never summons me. Yes, how did you remember today?"

"Your servant is humble, how can you know what the young master thinks?" Cui Chengxiu looked at the bank note handed over and felt hot, and pushed it back involuntarily, and said with a haha, "His Royal Highness should come in with the servant earlier." Let’s go to the palace, my young master is still waiting.” He rambled and babbled, until he saw the main hall gate of Qinghe Hall, and then gently wiped the sweat from his forehead.

To Cui Chengxiu's surprise, the emperor didn't get angry, politely let Yuan Li die, gave him a seat and tea, talked about the health of Prince Gong and Princess Gong in a gentle tone, and asked about the old affairs of Prince Gong's family in Yunzhou. After asking all the questions, he picked up a booklet from the case and signaled Cui Chengxiu to pass it to Yuan Li: "This is the booklet sent by Guo Yu, the chief envoy of Yunzhou. Your son should also take a look."

The booklet is not long, it just narrates what Guo Yu has seen and heard when he visited Prince Gong’s mansion several times by order. Prince Gong was weak and frail, but he still tried his best to support it, which was unbearable. , Watching Cui Chengxiu return to the emperor's hand, he left his seat and knelt down: "Your Majesty sent people to visit my father several times, and I am here to thank His Majesty for your father's grace."

"You and I are close relatives, don't say these polite words. It's just Prince Gong's body, which makes people worry." The emperor frowned and pondered, as if he was very worried, "What I mean is that now that the Chengjue test has passed, you Or go back to Yunzhou to serve the decoction, so as not to worry about it, how about it?"

As the emperor spoke, he raised his eyes to look at Yuan Li, with a slight smile on his lips, but his eyes were calm and deep, which made people secretly startled.Yuan Li pondered for a moment, then readily accepted the order.It's just that he kowtowed, while he couldn't help sneering from the bottom of his heart: just because of a seductive witch, he drove his brother thousands of miles away, Lin Yuanjia, I want to see how the whole court judges this reasoning!