The Lady's Code for Raising Her Husband

King Pingnan and Gu Yuanlang are back? Ye Yuxiao and the others quickly got up and went to Weihu Hall.

In the hall, King Pingnan looked solemn and frowned, while Gu Yuanlang had a complicated expression and glanced at Han from time to time.

What's happening here? Ye Yuxiao was confused and sat next to Ouyang Sheng.

King Pingnan looked around the hall and saw that everyone had arrived, so he spoke: "Gu Heng was stabbed to death by his concubine with a dagger in his sleep."

What? ! Everyone in the hall had their eyes widened with disbelief on their faces.

No wonder Gu Yuanlang looked at the Han family frequently. It turned out that Gu Heng was stabbed to death by his concubine, and the concubines who accompanied him in the army were selected for him by the Han family. It was said that they were all honest people.

The concubine who had always been honest and responsible assassinated Gu Heng? Ye Yuxiao thought it was incredible.

Gu Changping also felt that this matter was a bit strange, and asked King Pingnan: "Grandpa, what is the background of that concubine? Could it be that she is a spy of the enemy army?"

King Pingnan looked at Han.

Mrs. Han hurriedly defended: "The crown prince's concubine is named Cheng Diefei. Her ancestors have been from the capital for eight generations. Her family's ancestral grave is in the suburbs of Beijing. Her parents and brothers still live in the house of Prince Pingnan."

Seeing that she was anxious, Mrs. Jiang hurriedly explained to her on Gu Changping's behalf: "Sister-in-law, Changping never meant to question you. He just wanted to find out the reason why the concubine assassinated the uncle. I believe you feel as strange as us. Right wrong?"

Han nodded slowly: "Die Fei had no reason to assassinate the crown prince. This is indeed strange..."

When Gu Changping saw his mother comforting the Han family, he continued to speculate: "Could it be that the concubine was instigated by the enemy to rebel?"

It's not impossible. Han said nothing and looked at King Pingnan.

King Pingnan said: "The concubine has not yet been brought to trial, and I don't know why she wanted to kill Gu Heng."

He doesn't know either? It's true that as soon as one mystery is solved, another one comes right after. Everyone wanted to rush to interrogate Cheng Dieyi now so that they could find out the reason why she assassinated Gu Heng. However, as Gu Heng was a general at the edge of the town, the emperor was responsible for investigating his death, and they could not interfere at will.

King Pingnan stood up and said to Mr. Han: "You decorate the mourning hall and prepare for the funeral. Gu Heng will be sent back after the autopsy is completed in Dali Temple."

Han responded with tears.

King Pingnan looked around the hall and said again: "A Sheng, Chengxuan, you come with me."

Ouyang Sheng and Zhang Chengxuan responded in unison and followed King Pingnan to the study.

King Pingnan didn't even call his own grandchildren, but brought them to the study. Ouyang Sheng and Zhang Chengxuan both guessed what he was going to say.

Sure enough, King Pingnan opened his mouth and said not the cause of Gu Heng's death, but the border defense in the north: "Gu Heng was suddenly killed, and the border guards are leaderless. We have to discuss this matter."

The border officer lost his general. That was the emperor's business. They had nothing to discuss. But Zhang Chengxuan fully understood what King Pingnan meant: "Those officers and soldiers were all brought out by my father-in-law. If the emperor sends others, I'm afraid they won't." Obey discipline.”

If you can’t obey the discipline by sending other people, then you can only send your own people? Ouyang Sheng asked King Pingnan: "Do you mean to let Yuan Long replace his father?"

King Pingnan did have this intention and looked at him and Zhang Chengxuan: "What do you think?"

Naturally, they would not have any objections, but... Ouyang Sheng shook his head and said, "I'm afraid the emperor will have other ideas."

Over the years, Pingnan Prince's Palace has been married to Yingchuan Prince, Lu Prince and Chengguo Palace, and their power has become increasingly powerful. The emperor only dreams of weakening them. Now that he suddenly has such a good opportunity, how can he let it go?

Zhang Chengxuan thought the same as Ouyang Sheng: "The Emperor has a ready reason for rejecting Yuen Long. He just got married and has no children yet. How can he guard the border? What's more, he has never been on the battlefield and has no ability to lead an army. experience."

King Pingnan looked at him, then at Ouyang Sheng, and sighed. The two of them had experience in leading troops, but like Gu Yuanlang, they both had no sons. The emperor would definitely use this as a reason to reject them.

Ouyang Sheng guessed what King Pingnan was thinking and said: "Grandpa, even if Chengxuan and I already have a daughter, the emperor will not let us go. He still hopes that Chengxuan and I will lead the army to attack Tianyun Jiuzhou." Woolen cloth."

Yes, Ouyang Sheng is right. Attacking Tianyun Jiuzhou is much more difficult than guarding the border. The emperor will not let them go. King Pingnan thought about it and found no suitable candidate, so he could only say: "Since the Gu family has no one available, then we can't blame others. If the emperor wants to send someone else to guard the border, I can only write a letter to appease Gu Heng personally. The generals under his command warned them to obey the new general’s orders and not to cause trouble.”

They had to be comforted, otherwise they would not obey the new general's discipline, and the emperor would have thought that Prince Ping Nannan's palace was going to rebel. Ouyang Sheng and Zhang Chengxuan nodded in agreement.

Ouyang Sheng mentioned the emperor's attitude just now, which made King Pingnan more suspicious about the cause of Gu Heng's death: "Then why the concubine suddenly assassinated Gu Heng, could it be that the emperor was behind it?"

It is not impossible, at least once Gu Heng dies, the power of Pingnan Palace will be greatly reduced. This is a situation that the emperor is happy to see. Ouyang Sheng and Zhang Chengxuan looked at each other and said, "I want to know if the emperor ordered it. It's very simple. We can find out by testing it."

"How to test?" King Pingnan asked.

Ouyang Sheng said: "We will go into the palace now, meet with the emperor, and demand that the concubine be interrogated immediately, and we will personally participate in the interrogation. If the emperor agrees, it means that he has nothing wrong with him. If he refuses, then the matter must be reconsidered. ”

As Gu Heng's close relatives, it was not too much to make such a request to the emperor. King Pingnan thought about it and agreed.

Ouyang Sheng also proposed to bring Gu Yuanlang and Han.

Gu Yuanlang is Gu Heng's biological son, so there is no reason not to go; and the person they want to interrogate is Gu Heng's concubine. The Han family may know this person better than they do. With her by their side, they can avoid detours.

King Pingnan agreed, and immediately called Han and Gu Yuanlang, explained to them, and they went to the palace together.

When the emperor heard that they asked for an audience, he first asked Eunuch Wei to bring King Pingnan in and told him about the leaderless people at the border. King Pingnan had already discussed this matter with Ouyang Sheng and Zhang Chengxuan, so he followed the emperor's suggestion and sent others to guard the border. He also told the emperor on the spot that Gu Heng was the emperor's minister and the soldiers at the border were the emperor's soldiers, not Gu Heng's soldiers. As long as the new general held the tiger talisman, they would obey orders and would never cause trouble.

The emperor was very satisfied with King Pingnan's attitude, and then asked: "You just left the palace and came back with your family. What's the matter?"