A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

Chapter 271 Contrasted cuteness, hidden deep!

He was gone for a whole month and a half.

Qi Huan also misses him all the time.

At this time, he suddenly appeared in front of him without any warning, Qi Huan looked at his face in a daze for a moment.

At this moment, there are many people in the audience, but Gu Zhan doesn't care much about her.

He heard the emperor next to him say "huh" and said with a smile: "Your boy is just in time, and you are back today."

Gu Zhan took Qi Huan and turned around, and solemnly greeted him and Queen Gu: "My minister is late, congratulate me on my grand pilgrimage, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, the country is prosperous, your majesty and your mother are in good health, happy reunion."

He was wearing a casual robe, but it was obvious that he was dusty.

The emperor happily called Pingshen.

Gu Zhan bowed to the crown prince and concubine Sheng Xian again.

In the back seat, Ning Shi, who had been standing still since the beginning of her career——

At this moment, however, his eyelids twitched, and he looked at him from afar, taking a deep breath.

She took the opportunity to lower her voice, and quickly warned Yang Pan'er beside her: "No matter how things develop for a while, if you can keep silent, try not to open your mouth, and leave the green hills behind!"

Although their family is hidden in the crowd and is not eye-catching, there are hundreds of pairs of eyes around...

She had no choice but to speak to Yang Pan'er, and she stopped there.

Yang Pan'er had dug out all the people on their line because of Qi Huan like pulling out a carrot, she was shocked and terrified, but at this juncture Gu Zhan came back, she was feeling bad- —

Suddenly, she heard her grandmother come close to her ear and say such a sentence. She didn't even understand what the old lady meant, she just turned her head to look at the old grandmother in a daze.

Ning was afraid of so many pairs of eyes around her, she was holding a string of Buddhist beads in her hands, and she was still sitting there with her face as still as a mountain, not seeing anything unusual.

Only--

Invisibly, she warned Yang Pan'er again with stern eyes.

Yang Pan'er was startled by her look, and had no time to think about the deep meaning of her words, so she blurted out and answered in a low voice: "Yes..."

In the eyes of outsiders, Yang Chenglian has been in the officialdom for these years and has been promoted steadily. He is already a high-ranking and important minister. His family is also from a poor family. It should also be the pillar of the world.

Can--

It is true that Yang Chenglian is the pillar of the family, because the whole family has to rely on him to live, but in fact the real authority and backbone of his family is the old lady Ning!
It was in front of Yang Chenglian...

Maybe it's something she doesn't want to care about, otherwise, Yang Chenglian would habitually listen to her opinions on big and small matters in the family.

At this table, he is the head of the family. The old lady, his step-wife and Yang Pan'er sat at the table behind him. He heard the movement behind him, and his heart skipped a beat, and he turned his head hastily.

It seems that because Mrs. Yang, an "outsider" who didn't know the truth, was present, and she couldn't whisper to the old lady, the mother and son only exchanged secretive glances with each other. Yang Chenglian could only suppress his emotions, and quickly gritted his teeth and looked away.

On the side of the emperor and the others, after Gu Zhan had completed the etiquette, Queen Gu looked at him and smiled and said, "I don't know how to go back and change into clothes before coming to face the saint. It's strange that there are no rules."

It is true that this is just a joke between siblings.

Gu Zhan said: "It's getting late, I'm afraid that if you come too late and enter the palace after the palace banquet is over, it will disturb your majesty and empress's rest."

By now Qi Huan had calmed down.

Hearing this, he rolled his eyes in his heart.

The sudden appearance of Gu Zhan just now made her emotionally fluctuate for a while, and she didn't react, but now she has figured it out a long time ago——

Today, the person on duty here is not the Martial School Captain at all. The gate of the Jinyang Palace, from the time she came in before the banquet, and chased Yang Qingyun out halfway, the guards outside the courtyard were noticed both times. It's Captain Wu.

Originally, when Captain Martial Arts appeared, she just felt weird for a moment, but didn't think about it deeply, but now it's clear at a glance——

Gu Zhan should have found him temporarily!

Give Yang Qingyun more favorable personal and physical evidence, preconceived, and stabilized the victim's position in one fell swoop!

and so--

It should be basically that he had arrived here just after the incident happened, but he didn't show up to play tricks.

Qi Huan's thoughts drifted away for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, Gu Zhan had already stood beside her and held her hand.

Gu Zhan noticed that she was distracted, so he didn't call her when he went. He just said to the emperor: "My fiancée has a strong temper, and she can't stand plots and plots and innocent injustice. I'm a little emotional. Thank you, Your Majesty and Your Majesty, for your kindness." Thank you for not taking responsibility."

Concubine Sheng Xian's mother and son could not see Qi Huan showing off his presumptuousness, but now that Gu Zhan came back, seeing this posture, he came to support her again!

Concubine Sheng Xian wants to make use of the topic...

Prince Yun Zhan, however, spoke faster than her. He had already walked in front of Gu Zhan, and said with a smile: "Where! I think that your fiancée is smart and eloquent, but it's just a matter of reasoning in public. .These people..."

In order to prevent suicide from happening again, at this moment Xu Qiu and the three of them have been pinned down by the military captain respectively.

Yun Zhan looked at them.

Although Qi Huan had smoothed out the whole incident, these people still refused to admit who was behind the scenes.

To deal with this kind of matter, it is natural to strike while the iron is hot!
Under such an occasion, if the murderer is found out, the emperor and empress will have to "under pressure" and deal with it impartially and severely.

But if you bring someone to the Punishment Division...

After tonight, even if I ask, I will owe so much meaning.

Naturally, Yun Zhan also has a way to extract a confession. He just said to send him to the Department of Punishment, just to intimidate them to confess. Who would have thought that Xu Qiu would go to extremes!
And seek death——

Often it was just a momentary impulse to get angry and blood, Xu Qiu tried to die, but at this time the whole person seemed to have lost his soul, his eyes were slack, as if he had lost all fighting spirit.

"I probably heard what happened tonight when I just entered the door," Gu Zhan said, "Since we have followed the vines and tried everything to this point, good things still don't last overnight, let alone such evil things like murder and robbing. Nothing is wrong. Master Lao, for the follow-up... I should make a deal for Huan'er."

Both the emperor and the empress had acquiesced in Qi Huan's coming to sort out the case, and now they will not stop Gu Zhan from intervening.

Yun Zheng didn't want to see Qi Huan and the two proud——

But what Qi Huan said earlier was right, the mother and son shouldn't be used as gunmen for nothing!
and--

He was also curious about who wrote it and set up such a situation in the palace.

Therefore, he clenched his fists and held back his temper.

Gu Zhanyan turned around and blocked Qi Huan behind him, obviously not wanting her to intervene.

He glanced at the three people who were under escort, and said in a cold voice, "You are all servants in the palace. How about the rules of the palace and the laws? How much do you know by heart. To this day, the three of you are carrying the clothes on your back. A total of killing and extorting goods, framing courtiers, and deceiving the emperor are the three serious crimes, any one of them is enough to kill your entire family and slaughter the nine clans."

Of these three people, some held important positions and personally killed people, some coordinated the overall situation and took the risk to get in front of the emperor to fool the emperor, and some...

Even those who didn't know the inside story, just used money to do things, tripped Miss Tang's foot.

But the whole conspiracy revealed that they had indeed committed serious crimes that could never be redeemed by death, and they must die without a doubt.

Although when they first accepted this job, they were all lucky, thinking that they could pass the test smoothly and make a lot of money.

But now-

Since there is no doubt about death...

Several people, although they had different expressions, they all felt the same, and no one made a sound.

"Anyway, this whole case must be settled tonight, and you are only given one chance..." Gu Zhan neither tortured nor oppressed, but just looked at the expressions of the three of them and continued: "You three must be condemned to death, There is no way out, recruit the person behind the scenes, I ask Mr. Yang to intercede for you, pardon Zhu Lian's felony, and leave your family and relatives a way out. If you don't recruit... this matter will be blamed on you, and everyone will be executed , you can also explain it to the people of the world, so as to imitate others!"

The so-called killing and killing, but that's all!

These few people joined hands to kill and steal money in front of the emperor, and even tried to get away with it. This is simply a ridiculous joke. If the key points are not found out, the emperor will become the laughing stock of the whole world.

Therefore, even if they confess, they have to die.

Since they are certain to die, there is no hope...

To die alone, or to die with the whole family, it is natural that one more person can live, and a fool knows how to choose.

At this time, it is no longer the time to regard death as home and show loyalty.

The little eunuch who stumbled was the least involved, and immediately rebelled.

He was restrained by the Imperial Forest Army and couldn't move, so he turned his head to support the eunuch in charge who was also suppressed beside him and shouted: "I have a cheap life, but I really don't know that they are going to kill and steal, but I just took ten taels of silver from Eunuch Qiu and listened to him." He ordered the people outside to be tripped. Eunuch Chou only said that he wanted the people who came in to make a fool of himself in front of His Majesty. He didn’t tell the slave that they killed someone and would blame Lord Yang. The slave deserves to die, the slave deserves to die! But the slave really I don’t know the inside story!”

Even if Gu Zhan believed what he said, Yang Qingyun, the victim, could come forward and ask the emperor to forgive his family. He lost his life for ten taels of silver...

It is also wronged enough!

If you don't say it, it's enough. If you say it, the little eunuch burst into tears and cried miserably.

And even if he is just the most insignificant little person, once this hole is torn open, the entire interlocking situation can only collapse completely!
Ning Shi, who had been as steady as Mount Tai in the seats behind, finally closed her eyes hard.

No matter how lucky she was, she had no choice but to admit the fact——

The trend is over!

The manager Qiu was accused, and his psychological defense was instantly defeated. He screamed in panic, "The slave is also deceived by others. It is Chu Qin from Yonghe Palace... She arranged the slave to do everything..."

Chu Qin, who was standing behind Concubine Wen, was so frightened that his legs went limp at the first moment, and he hastily knelt down.

But before Guanshi Qiu finished speaking, Concubine Wen stood up angrily, pointed at him and reprimanded him loudly: "Bold slave, you have done something wrong yourself, and dare to shamelessly bite someone in this palace? This is looking at yourself. If you are going to die, do you want to pull people on your back?"

She didn't even dare to threaten with harsher words.

Because of this situation, Xu Qiu and the others knew they were bound to die, and being fooled by Gu Zhan, she could no longer guarantee the position of these people.

Concubine Wen was furious, but she was afraid of the presence of the emperor, so she didn't dare to rush up and do something to them.

The expression on the back of the emperor is very calm, maybe it is not that he is not surprised, but he is not surprised at all.

Concubine Sheng Xian's eyes widened like a ghost, she turned her head to stare at Concubine Wen for a long while, opened and closed her lips a few times, and then sneered meaningfully: "Sister Wen Concubine? It's you? You are really hiding something! "

Among all the concubines, Concubine Wen is really the most inconspicuous one in terms of beauty. The reason why she can enter the palace is because she has both talent and virtue and has the best reputation.

And in the ten years since she entered the palace, even if she gave birth to a prince and was promoted to the position of concubine, she has always been a person who does not fight or grab in the harem, and is the most disciplined and aloof from the world.

It looks harmless to humans and animals!

This contrast is cute——

Not only Concubine Sheng Xian couldn't bear it, most of the people present were shocked and lost their souls in an instant.

Concubine Wen was only panicked at first, but she blushed when she was ridiculed by Concubine Sheng Xian, and hurriedly turned around in front of the emperor in embarrassment and impatience, and continued to defend: "Your Majesty, Chu Qin is an old man brought into the palace by my concubine's natal family. My son, I have been acting honestly and following the rules, these servants know that they are doomed to die, and wantonly accuse them of slander...their words cannot be believed."

Chu Qin was so frightened that he dared not make a sound, and pressed his forehead to the ground tightly, making the most humble gesture.

In just a moment, the floor tiles underneath were wet.

The sixth prince has always been in a state of ignorance and at a loss. It was not until Concubine Wen knelt in front of the emperor that he slowly reacted...

No, or it was not a reaction at all, but an instinctive reaction.

In short, he also knelt down with the corner of his robe in his hands.

Facing Concubine Wen's defense, the emperor did not give any reaction. At this moment, he looked past her, looked at the sixth prince kneeling behind her, and asked in a cold and serious tone: "You also participated in this matter?"

Concubine Wen regarded her son as hope, and when she saw that the emperor had gone towards her son without warning, her voice choked up and her nervous face turned pale.

For the princes, the emperor is a lenient and loving father most of the time, even though he doesn't see them often, but if they didn't cause a catastrophe, the emperor wouldn't even say harsh words to them, let alone like This is what it is now, showing obvious signs of anger.

The sixth prince's face turned white in an instant, and he shook his head instinctively under his control: "No... I don't know..."

His thinking must have completely failed to keep up with the speed of the development of the situation, he was in a daze, and he didn't even know how to defend himself.

Then—

The emperor actually didn't criticize him harshly, he just emphasized his tone and said harshly: "Then get up!"

The sixth prince was terribly frightened, and he instinctively climbed up again without thinking about it.

Concubine Wen was involved, and the Yang family at the banquet could not pretend not to see it. At this moment, Yang Chenglian supported his old mother, and the four of them rushed over, kneeling together without explanation.

Concubine Wen was still flustered, but when she saw her own brother and grandmother, she suddenly calmed down a bit and regained some confidence.

Yang Chenglian first kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, calm down. This daughter has been in the palace for many years. She has always followed the rules and treated others leniently. She has never done anything wrong. I will never believe that what happened tonight has anything to do with her. Moreover, these servants are afraid of Shizi Gu. In order to reduce my guilt, it is not impossible to forcibly frame others. Please calm down and be careful, don't let your mother suffer innocent injustice!"

Concubine Wen was silent at this time.

He just bit his lower lip tightly, bearing the humiliation and bearing a heavy burden, as if he had suffered a great injustice.

Qi Huan watched coldly, looking at the family.

But her attention was neither on Concubine Wen nor on Yang Chenglian, she was looking at the old lady Ning.

Although the Ning family is an elder, but because they are of the generation of women and there are differences between monarchs and ministers, they kneel behind Yang Chenglian and Concubine Wen.

Coincidentally, they pulled a little distance away, right next to the chair where Concubine Wen was sitting, very close to Chu Qin.

After she knelt down, under the cover of the seat, Chu Qin, who had been touching the ground with his head, saw the corner of her clothes, and quietly raised his eyes slightly.

Ning quickly gave her a look to hint...

Qi Huan noticed that she glanced over to indicate the direction of Yang Pan'er who was kneeling in the farthest corner.

How-

At this moment, Yang Pan'er was so frightened that she lost her mind, instead she stared intently at the direction of her father and sister, hoping that they would have the ability to turn the situation around again.

Chu Qin followed the old lady's line of sight and quickly glanced at her, but she didn't notice anything.

Qi Huan looked at the little actions of this family and thought it was so funny.

Could it be that the old lady naively thought that if Yang Pan'er was pushed to take the blame, she would be able to fool the past and settle the matter completely?
Qi Huan sneered in his heart, and looked away again, but accidentally found that his old mother was staring at Ning Shi with a dark and cold eyes that kept secret.

She thought of something, and her mind moved slightly, but she couldn't ask Yang anything now, so she could only hold back.

Gu Zhan, who was at the time, had already paced over.

Standing, he was looking down at Yang Chenglian from a high position. He curled his lips and said coldly: "Your Excellency, you mean that this son intimidated witnesses and planted them in Concubine Wen's palace? There are several concubines present, several princes, five in the whole capital." Officials above rank and above, all royal family members and lords' families are almost all here. Even if this son is putting pressure on them, did I mention the word Concubine Wen and your Yang family? Fortunately, Master Yang is still an official residence From the title of first-rank censor, why did that slave not identify others, but insisted on confessing the servants of Yonghe Palace?"

Although he is young, his official position is not low, coupled with the blessing of the title and the status of the uncle of the country, he can naturally surpass Yang Chenglian and firmly suppress him.

Therefore, Yang Chenglian, a high-ranking official of his age, had no choice but to accept being scolded in public by a brat like him.

Although Gu Zhan's words were rude and wild——

But it is the truth.

Seeing that the Yonghe Palace refused to admit it, Yang Chenglian even tried to put the blame on them again, and Qiu Guanshi ignored it and argued again: "Your Majesty Yang's house has a high position and authority, and Concubine Wen is your majesty's concubine, with a distinguished status. I will die for this kind of eunuch, slave. I have neither slandered Concubine Wen nor identified Lord Censor. This slave is just discussing the matter. It was half a month ago, and Chu Qin from the Yonghe Palace came to look for this slave, and promised two hundred As a reward, I asked my servant to help her with this matter during today's palace banquet."

As for why he was only found half a month ago, everyone in the palace knows everything——

Empress Gu presided over the palace banquet, and the manpower at the door to take orders was determined half a month ago. Manager Qiu and another manager Liu were in charge together.

Qiu Guanshi was also afraid that after his death, the Yang family and Concubine Wen would retaliate against his family, so he didn't dare to really bite them at this time, but just bit Chu Qin, and continued: "This silver, she first gave fifty. The two fixed money is now hidden in the kang hole of the servant's house, and the remaining one hundred and fifty taels will be paid after the agreement is completed. The slave is illiterate, so he didn't ask her to make a written receipt, only kept A jade wrench she often wears in her hand is used as collateral, and she plans to pay both money and goods in the future."

Empress Gu gave Eunuch Jia a wink: "Go and investigate."

Eunuch Jia took the order to leave.

At this moment, Gu Zhan glanced at Xu Qiu who had been ashen-faced and silent.

As long as Eunuch Qiu's evidence is solid, it doesn't really matter whether Xu Qiu confesses or not.

Xu Qiu raised her eyes dumbly. After trying to die once, she no longer cared about anything, and sneered feebly: "It's Chu Qin. The servant was sold into the palace by the gambling father at the age of twelve. I didn't recognize him long ago. If he hadn't been beaten to death because of bad gambling, I would be happier if you find him and kill her for my business. I didn't take their money, but Chu Qin agreed. After the completion, she will clear up the relationship and let me go out of the palace, so I did it. She is in charge of everything from the beginning to the end, and she orders and arranges every step of the way, and I just do it. "

But to let her out of the palace, unless Concubine Wen came forward, otherwise——

How could Chu Qin do it? !
(End of this chapter)