Chapter 245： Nonsense (one more)

Chapter 245 Nonsense (one more)

"Second girl is right." The patriarch nodded again and again, thinking that Gu Yanfei was right.

After the separation of the family just now, the patriarch's impression of Gu Yanfei has improved a lot.

In the past, I only heard Mrs. Gu Tai and Gu Jian say that this child has a reckless temperament and refuses to obey discipline. But today, he sees that this child speaks and acts in a dignified manner, knows right and wrong, knows righteousness, and has the style of being a father.

Instead, it was Mrs. Gu Tai and Gu Jian's mother and son...

The patriarch glanced at Gu Jian with a face full of fear.

In any case, Mrs. Gu cannot be left kneeling at the Meridian Gate all the time. This will hurt the face of the Gu family too much. It will also make the emperor feel that the Gu family is ignorant and have to bring people back quickly, but the palace gate is heavy, so many people It's not good to be around.

The patriarch discussed it with Gu Jian, and then asked someone to prepare a car and bring Gu Yuan to the house to pick him up in a hurry.

A group of chariots and horses galloped all the way, and arrived at the Meridian Gate after a stick of incense.

But the center of the Meridian Gate was empty, and Mrs. Gu Tai could not be seen. Only the guards on both sides were guarding both sides of the Meridian Gate with spears.

Gu Jian felt a little in her heart, not sure if Mrs. Tai had returned to the house by herself, or if...

He was thinking about it when he saw a squat middle-aged servant on the other side of the Meridian Gate leisurely walking towards this side, gave Gu Jian and Gu Yuan a casual salute, and said in a thin voice: "Mrs. Gu Tai was called by the emperor."

"The emperor's decree, let our family wait here to wait for Lord Hou."

"Master Hou, Gu Qianhu, please come together."

Having said that, the middle-aged courtier stretched out his hand to make a request with a smile on his face, and his eyes swept over the patriarch standing between Gu Jian and Gu Yuan.

Gu Jian's heart is even more uncertain. Listening to the meaning of the inner servant's words, the emperor knows that he will come sooner or later?

He felt dry in his mouth, and dryly introduced the patriarch to the servant: "Father-in-law, this is the patriarch of my Gu clan."

The patriarch bowed and introduced himself in a proper manner: "The old surname is Gu, the name is An, and I have met my father-in-law."

Located in the important area of ​​the palace gate, the patriarch is not comfortable anywhere. He has never entered the palace in his life, and the majestic high-walled palace gate around him invisibly gave him a sense of oppression, which made him constrained.

"Grandpa Gu also come with our family." The middle-aged maid had a very friendly smile on her face, and walked at the forefront to lead the way for the three of the Gu family.

So, the three of them followed the middle-aged servants all the way straight forward, passing through the tall and majestic palace gates unimpeded.

The patriarch was frightened, never looked sideways, and didn't dare to glance at him at all. He just felt that the sun today was so dazzling that it was hard to open your eyes.

He didn't walk more than a hundred feet, his back was already wet with sweat, and his figure and steps became more and more stiff and cramped.

The patriarch didn't remember the way at all, and after passing through many palace gates, he entered a lush garden with no high palace walls around, which made people feel suddenly enlightened.

The clear sky was as clear as blue, the fragrance of flowers in the imperial garden was overflowing, and the spring jasmine blossomed with bright yellow buds on the branches.

The weather in early spring was warm and cold, and the wind in the afternoon was still chilling.

After walking around the garden for a while, they came to a water pavilion by the lake.

A dozen people gathered in the water pavilion, and the figures were moving. The patriarch saw a familiar figure kneeling stiffly on the ground at a glance. It was a woman in her fifties, wearing heavy makeup, with a magnificent Wu Zhai on her head. The crown shone with dazzling brilliance.

The woman kneeling on the ground was Mrs. Gu Tai.

When the three of the Gu family walked past Mrs. Gu Tai under the guidance of the inner attendant, Mrs. Gu Tai noticed them.

She didn't expect them to come, and her eyes widened slightly in surprise.

Mrs. Gu Tai pursed her lips tightly, her dull lips were dry and peeling, and there was a trace of unease in her eyes.

After Gu Yuan left, Mrs. Gu Tai knelt at the Meridian Gate for nearly half an hour, and more and more courtiers came to and from the Meridian Gate. Although those courtiers did not ask Mrs. Gu Tai for a reason, they inevitably cast a strange look.

Later, she was brought in by an unfamiliar eunuch, straight to the Tinglan Water Pavilion in the Imperial Garden, and brought to the emperor and his son.

Mrs. Gu Tai knelt down and was about to "please guilt" on behalf of Gu Yuan, when Xiao Shoufu, Wang Kangyin, Feng She and others heard the news and came to ask to see the emperor.

Most of these people are high-ranking officials and ministers who play important responsibilities in the court. When they came, Mrs. Gu Tai was a woman, and there was no room to speak at all. They could only wait here, wait, wait, wait for half an hour , until Gu Jian, Gu Yuan and the others came.

Mrs. Gu Tai was uneasy in her heart, and quietly winked at Gu Jian, meaning, why did he come to the palace?

Gu Jian received his mother's wink, but the palace was very important, so he couldn't make any noise. He could only stare at Mrs. Gu Tai tangled.

The emperor was sitting by the window, facing the eldest prince Chu Yi, who was wearing an apricot-yellow python robe, across the coffee table. There was a chessboard between the father and son, and there were only a few pieces on the chessboard.

A multicolored parrot is parked on the gilded bird stand hanging on the window, and the lively parrot flutters its wings on the bird stand.

The atmosphere in the water pavilion was unusually dignified.

Gu Jian bowed his head and bowed to the emperor and Chu Yi together with Gu Yuan and the patriarch: "See the emperor, His Royal Highness the first prince."

Gu Jian's palm was already covered in cold sweat.

He also did not expect that Mrs. Tai would be brought to the imperial front.

Originally, Mrs. Tai would only kneel at the Meridian Gate for a while to pretend, and then he would go to the Meridian Gate to pick up people after half an hour. It would not be good for the imperial court to make trouble.

No matter what, the emperor and the eldest prince are father and son, the emperor will definitely not punish the eldest prince for a dead person, and he will definitely protect the eldest prince.

If the Gu family is too flamboyant, it will become a standout.

Xiao Shoufu and other officials in the water pavilion all quieted down and looked at the three of the Gu family with different expressions.

After two breaths of silence, the emperor's calm voice sounded: "Zhao Rang, show Gu Qianhu Madam Gu Tai's book."

Zhao Rang agreed, picked up a book from the chessboard and handed it to Gu Yuan.

Gu Yuan had seen this book in Chu Yi for a long time, but at this moment there was no strange expression on his face, he pretended to look at the book, and recalled what his sister said to him in his ears.

Immediately afterwards, Gu Yuan lifted his robe and knelt down without saying a word. Even when he knelt down, his waist was still straight, like a pine tree standing proudly on the edge of a cliff.

Xiao Shoufu bowed to the emperor and said solemnly: "Please punish Gu Yuan, the emperor."

Next to   , Feng She and the others exchanged glances quickly, their eyes shining brightly.

As long as Gu Yuan is convicted, it means that the first prince has had it, and their Feng family will be saved!

And Xiao Shoufu wanted to do more. He not only wanted to save the Feng family, but also wanted to save the Yu family.

The emperor glanced at Xiao Shoufu, Feng She and the others with a light expression, squeezed some fish food from the box, and threw it into the lake outside the window at will, and asked back: "Shoufu thinks it is Gu Qianhu's fault?"

In the lake, hundreds of golden and red carp came to smell the fragrance, forming a gorgeous picture like a bird returning to its nest, and the lake water was sparkling.

Chu Yi looked at the rippling lake outside the window, the corners of his beautiful lips were slightly raised, as if he had never heard of it, as if it had nothing to do with him.

Xiao Shoufu raised his head to look at the emperor, his hands still clasped, and said calmly: "Emperor, Mrs. Gu Tai is the grandmother of Gu Qianhu, and the ancestors told the grandson. There is a reason for this."

Speaking, Xiao Shoufu raised his voice and turned to ask Mrs. Gu Tai, who could not afford to kneel, and said, "Mrs. Gu, is that true?"

Xiao Shoufu usually speaks neither light nor heavy, neither slow nor hasty, but at this moment, there is a fierce pressure in his voice.

Mrs. Gu Tai was already sweating profusely, and the heavy makeup on her body was pressing down on her like a mountain, making her feel breathless.

The matter has come to this point, since she has handed over her plea for guilt, it means that she has asked herself to be a knife in Xiao Shoufu's hand, and she has no other choice.

Mrs. Gu Tai gritted her teeth and said sternly: "Your Majesty, Xiao Shoufu, the eldest grandson of the minister has a tyrannical temperament. He likes to fight since he was a child. He often causes trouble and hurts many people."

"and…"

She paused, glanced at Gu Yuan, who was kneeling not far away, and appeared to be hesitating to speak, and seemed to hesitate again before continuing: "On the ninth day of the first day, the minister's wife After his eldest grandson returned to the mansion, he personally told the minister's wife that he accidentally killed someone..."

"The minister's wife has been thinking about it these days, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, and can't let him make a big mistake and make a lot of trouble, so she came to accuse him."

After    finished speaking, Mrs. Gu Tai lowered her head again, keeping her well-maintained like a girl's hands taut in her sleeves.

Hearing these words, the patriarch on the side widened his eyes in disbelief, with shock, disappointment, anger, and sudden realization.

He grew up watching Gu Yuan, and he naturally knew that Gu Yuan was not the kind of person Mrs. Gu Tai said.

Thinking about the separation of the family today, the patriarch looked thoughtfully at Gu Yuan beside him, full of pity, and said to himself: Madam Tai is partial to the second room, and she dares to speak so arrogantly in front of the royal family, I am afraid it has been like this all these years. , it's really painful, Brother Yuan.

Gu Yuan knelt on the ground with his back straight, still silent, his expression solemn.

The emperor had a stern face, and looked around the crowd slowly again, taking into account the reactions of everyone who were either anxious, expected, dissatisfied, or a little gloating.

The water pavilion was silent for a moment.

There was a smile on the old and elegant face of the emperor, like a sneer, like a sneer, and he said slowly: "So, Mrs. Gu Tai and all the adults feel that Feng He did not assassinate the first prince, and the first prince wronged Feng He. ?"

The emperor's voice was relatively calm, but anyone could hear the anger in his words, and his tone was three-pointed cold.

responded to the emperor with a dead silence, except for the occasional sound of the thumping carp outside the window.

Mrs. Gu Tai dared to answer, she knelt down with her eyes looking at her nose and her heart.

Xiao Shoufu, Feng She and others really thought so. They didn't answer either, but wrote their answer clearly on their faces: Of course Feng He didn't assassinate the eldest prince!

(end of this chapter)