General Gu's heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition suddenly arose.
No way! It can’t be what he thinks!
If the emperor is really involved in this matter, what should he do?
General Gu thought a lot for a moment, and thought of the promise the two made when they were young. At that time, they said they would be honest with each other throughout their lives and could not hide from each other.
What should we do if the emperor is really not honest with him and it is the emperor's own intention to let him go to Qingchuan County this time?
Can he still face the emperor well?
But in just a moment, General Gu's mind went back and forth and he thought a lot.
The emperor didn't know that General Gu had thought so much in one moment, so he explained: "I really didn't know what happened in the court that day."
General Gu thought of that day in the court hall, among the officials, several highly respected people came out to ask him to come forward to suppress the bandits, and said a lot of flattering words.
The emperor also said at that time that he was old and it would be appropriate for Gu Xiao to go.
As a result, even the Prime Minister stood up and said that Gu Xiao had just gotten married, and the only suitable person in the entire imperial city was General Gu. Then he said that as a minister, he had to share the emperor's worries.
At that time, he also saw that the emperor was in trouble, so he stood up and agreed.
Thinking about it this way, the emperor seems to have been very passive and has said a lot for him.
I feel a little better.
The emperor continued: "It was only after you left that I found some clues and found out that the queen was behind this matter. The harem is not allowed to interfere with the affairs of the court. The queen has broken the rules."
Knowing this at that time, he went to see the queen and had a big quarrel with her.
The queen was still angry and argued that he had not gone to the queen during this period because he was still angry.
The emperor continued: "No matter what, this is all my fault. I have beaten all the officials involved that day, but I am really sorry for you in this matter."
General Gu didn't want to hear sorry words. What he cared about was what punishment the emperor would give the queen: "The emperor just had a quarrel with the queen? Didn't he ignore her afterwards?"
The emperor was embarrassed, but still nodded.
If other ministers had asked him this question, he would have become angry.
General Gu is different.
The emperor tolerates everything General Gu does.
General Gu was obviously angry and said with a mocking smile: "Does your Majesty know that the Queen sent someone to assassinate Qingying?"
The emperor stood up in surprise, looked at General Gu in surprise, and said in disbelief: "What did you say?"
General Gu continued: "The Queen sent someone to assassinate Qingying."
Then he told Jiang Lian's story, including the transaction between the Queen and Jiang Lian.
This is something the emperor never expected!
The emperor was angry: "That's too much! She doesn't take me seriously!"
He had warned the queen not to do anything to Gu Qingying before.
General Gu said slowly: "I can tolerate whatever the emperor does to me, including the queen, and I can tolerate this plot, but I can't tolerate it for Qingying. Qingying's life is miserable. He lost his mother early, and later got married.
It's not going well. I always feel that I owe her. I can't do anything to the queen. I don't dare to ask the emperor to do anything to the queen. But if there is a next time, even if I risk my life, I can't let my daughter go to waste.
I have been wronged."
He also has a bottom line.
In his heart, the people of Tianyuan Kingdom are very important, and his friend the emperor is also very important, but Gu Qingying is the most important.
The emperor was not angry when he heard this, only felt guilty.
Yes!
He feels guilty.
It was because he failed to manage the harem well that Gu Qingying and General Gu suffered.
"I will give you an explanation for this matter."
General Gu said: "Jiang Lian is with Qingying now. Qingying gave Jiang Lian the Heart-Eating Pill from the Beiliang Royal Family and used the pill to control Jiang Lian to stay with him. As for the Heart-Eating Pill, Wanyan Tiancheng gave it to Qing
Ying, you also know that Qingying and Wanyan Tiancheng are good friends."
He didn't hide anything from the emperor.
In fact, there are concerns about explaining things directly.
He was worried that the queen would defeat him.
The emperor knew something in his mind and repeatedly promised: "Don't worry, I will give you and Qingying an explanation."
General Gu left the palace.
The emperor was about to go to the queen's palace when Li Cangjue came.
It just so happened that the emperor also wanted to hear Li Cangjue's thoughts.
Li Cangjue, who returned to the Imperial City first, did not stop. There were still a lot of things waiting for him to deal with in the Imperial City.
This time when I entered the palace, I also had something important to ask the emperor for instructions.
The emperor asked Li Cangjue to sit down and talk, and then said: "You know General Gu is back!"
Li Cangjue happened to bump into General Gu when he came just now, and the two even said hello.
So he nodded and said: "I know!"
The emperor continued: "Because you wanted to vent your anger, your mother plotted against General Gu, and by the way, you also plotted against Gu Qingying, right?"
Things in the imperial city cannot be hidden from Li Cangjue at all.
So Li Cangjue nodded.
The emperor felt uncomfortable. Thinking of what General Gu said, he continued: "Your mother is stunned."
Now it was Li Cang's turn to be stunned.
Li Cang was absolutely puzzled: "My child doesn't understand what my father means."
The emperor patiently told Jiang Lian about his assassination of Gu Qingying.
Li Cangjue frowned: "Jiang Lian is no match for Gu Qingying, Jiang Lian knows this!"
He felt that this was not a big deal, the main reason was that Gu Qingying's kung fu was better than Jiang Lian's.
Even if he was assassinated, Gu Qingying would not be in danger.
Gu Qingying was not in danger, so what his mother did was just a trivial matter.
The emperor shook his head in disappointment: "Do you think this is a trivial matter?"
Li Cangjue said seriously: "The Queen Mother must be wrong to do this, but Jiang Lian absolutely knows that he cannot assassinate Gu Qingying, so... the Queen Mother should also know that it will fail. Maybe the Queen Mother is upset, so she wants to warn Qingying!
"
The emperor was very glad that General Gu had left. If General Gu were here, he might have slapped Li Cangjue in the face.
"What nonsense are you talking about! Jiang Lian is no match for Gu Qingying in an open and fair fight, but is it the same with assassination? It's hard to guard against! And is this a question of success or failure in assassination? Your mother has broken the rules!"
The emperor was very disappointed with Li Cangjue.
Originally, Gu Qingying did nothing wrong.
Just break it cleanly, and there is no need to hang Li Cangjue with the broken silk thread.
Nor did he ruin Li Cangjue's reputation after the reconciliation.
Not to mention that he didn’t completely hate the royal family because of what happened to Li Cangjue.
And what did the queen do?
He snorted and continued angrily: "What did Qingying do wrong? But because she didn't like you and rejected you, your mother hated her. It was just a calculation, and she actually sent someone to assassinate her. This time she sent someone
How about Qingying next time?"
The emperor didn't like Li Cangjue's reaction very much. He was already quite voyeuristic.