After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 1221 Su Ai's Concubine Confesses

"He harbors bandits to enhance one's own power. Commander Jiao and these spies from enemy states are the enemy bandits that Gu Chengyong has been raising. Lord Yan, as the head of the largest civil service office in the Northeast, surely you have noticed something amiss?!"

"Injustice!" The old woman's words became increasingly outrageous, and Lord Yan hurriedly protested his innocence: "I have already reported the clues to Imperial Envoy Qi and secretly sent the information to the capital..."

"Now that you've discovered the clues, why didn't you bring your men to help us earlier? Are you trying to side with whoever wins?!" Madam Sun was being unreasonable because of her age; the situation in the study was truly terrifying.

"If it weren't for the bravery of Master Qin and the valiant Qi, and the assistance of powerful weapons, the Ye King's lineage would have perished here, and the enemy's plot would have succeeded!"

"These events are indeed due to the dereliction of duty by myself and many officials in the capital city. I will submit a memorial to His Majesty to apologize and ask His Majesty to punish me." Lord Yan formally admitted his mistake.

Madam Sun then stopped her tirade: "Gu Chengyong and a group of assassins have escaped through the secret passage. You must immediately order a city-wide search to capture them."

"Send as many men as you have to hunt them down, regardless of life or death, but absolutely do not let a single one escape!"

"Yes, I will immediately draft the official document and mobilize the manpower to carry it out." Lord Yan drafted the document on the spot, affixed his seal, and had his attendant take it to the Provincial Administration Commissioner: "Have Commissioner Su and the others carry it out immediately. Anyone who dares to neglect their duties and let the villain escape will have to go to the capital to plead guilty!"

"Yes." The minor official from the Provincial Administration Commission hurriedly took the official document and led several yamen runners to deliver the order.

Prefect Fei also wrote an official document, stamped it, and ordered Cheng, the head of the prefectural government, to take the document back and assemble his men to apprehend the thieves throughout the city!
After admitting his mistake and sending out the official document, Lord Yan finally dared to make a request: "Madam Sun, where are the Qi envoy and the Prince of Ye's lineage? I must go and see them and set some rules; things can't remain in this mess."

He wanted to see not only the person, but also the imperial edict.

Without an imperial edict, the so-called order to kill the traitors was nothing but a forged edict!

Madam Sun: "You all know how chaotic things are right now? Then why don't you step in to help kill the enemy and quickly restore order to this mess?!"

“Zhou Shan, Lord Yan has done very well. Lord Yan is still the highest-ranking official in the capital city, even higher than you. You must not make things difficult for Lord Yan.” The voice of Old Madam Guan came.

"Sister, why did you come here? Go back to the next courtyard and rest... Or, you can go back to my Zhou Shan County Princess's mansion. My mansion is clean, and you can stay there more peacefully." When Madam Sun saw Old Madam Guan, her fierceness disappeared, leaving only worry and concern.

He then asked, "How is Da Bao'er? Is he able to tolerate the medicine prescribed by Master Xun?"

"Calm down, how old are you? Don't act like a child." Old Madam Guan came over, patted her hand, and comforted her.

Madam Sun's eyes reddened again: "I feel sorry for my elder sister."

The eldest sister was the most outstanding and noble among these heroines, but she suffered a miserable life due to the royal family's grudges.

She lost her husband and son in middle age and came to this harsh land with her grandson to make a living. Her grandson was even disliked by others, which led to her first marriage being unsuccessful. She wasted her life until her early thirties before finally getting married again, giving her a great-grandson.

But the great-grandson had to endure such a calamity before he was even a month old!

"Guards, drag Gu Chengyong, Gu Xuan, and Su Jianfei out!" Madam Sun's murderous aura surged as she gave the order.

"Yes." The female leader, Shanshan, led her female guards towards the main study, but they couldn't drag the person out.

The Imperial Guard leader, Wei, said, "They are serious criminals and must be guarded by us. No one can take them away at will."

"Then I will personally teach them a lesson!" Madam Sun stormed into the study, and immediately a half-arm-long, thumb-thick iron rod appeared in her hand.

Bang bang bang!
The iron rod struck Gu Chengyong hard.

Gu Chengyong was severely injured by the explosion and could not even scream.

"Stop hitting him! County Princess Zhou, please stop! He'll die if you keep hitting him!" Lord Yan followed into the study and nearly fainted when he saw the corpse, severed limbs, and pieces of flesh inside.

But what shocked him most was that Gu Chengyong was still alive! If they didn't kill him, weren't they afraid he would recant his confession?
It can't be turned over, simply because...

Bang bang bang!
Madam Sun was also afraid that Gu Chengyong would die before the flag was offered as a sacrifice, so she had no choice but to beat Su Aifei severely.

"Ahhh, don't hit me... I, I'll confess everything, waaaaah!" Su Aiqi cried out, then cursed Jiao Qianhu: "You heartless bastard, you broke your promise! Didn't you say you'd protect me for life?!"

Lord Yan and Prefect Fei: "..."

Unbelievable! There's such a ridiculous inside story?
Ugh, Gu Chengyong vomited another mouthful of blood upon hearing this... Gu Chengyong never imagined that Su Biniang, whom he treated with all his heart, and Jiao Qianhu, whom he trusted most, would betray him!
Those two bastards! He'll haunt them even as a ghost! Ugh!
Jiao Qianhu didn't want to make things so dramatic, but Gu Chengyong was least guarded around Su Aiqie, so he had no choice but to sell himself to win her over.

Su Aifei was also spoiled by Gu Chengyong. Once someone gains favor, they become incredibly bold and dare to betray him, but...

"Waaah, it's not my fault. I'm young and beautiful, and I know a lot of high-class etiquette. The ladies of the capital city all praise me... I also like young bodies."

She deserves a more perfect man, not just someone who serves the same old geezer year after year.

She smelled like an old person, and no amount of incense could cover it up.

"Men, drag him to the next room for interrogation," Chief Wei ordered, fearing that if Su Aiqie continued, Gu Chengyong would die before the flag-raising ceremony.

"Yes." Three imperial guards stepped forward and escorted Su's beloved concubine to the next room.

Su Aiqie experienced a great upheaval and even considered dying rather than confessing. However, having been pampered by Gu Chengyong for twenty years, she simply couldn't bear the shock of seeing her own flesh being cut off piece by piece.

She confessed everything she knew.

In the early years of Ningkang, Gu Chengyong adopted a group of orphans to serve as his personal guards, and Jiao Qianhu was the one among them who pleased him the most.

That's how they were brought into the public eye.

After the century-old spy case was exposed, Gu Chengyong also realized that there might be problems with the group of orphans he had adopted, but they were all carefully raised, and he really couldn't bear to part with them.

They even thought they could use them to negotiate with the Eastern Desert people, or offer them to the imperial court to gain merit.

However, he also damaged his brain from drinking the divine tea, losing his ability to distinguish friend from foe, and ultimately became prey for the enemy, ending up in his current predicament!
"What is the Divine Tea? Why did Gu Chengyong and Gu Xuan have different reactions after drinking it?" Chief Wei asked.

Concubine Su sobbed, "It hurts, give me some pain relief..."

Chief Wei sneered: "Speak quickly before we administer the medicine, or we'll cook your flesh and make you eat it."

Su Aifei has truly gone mad to try and bargain with the Imperial Guards, who are even more ruthless than assassins.

Waaah, Su Aifei had no choice but to spill the beans: "Commander Jiao said that the divine tea given to Xuan-ge'er can change Xuan-ge'er's physique and make him the bravest in the army."

"The divine tea given to Gu Chengyong is meant to make his mind foggy and dull, causing him to lose his sharpness and become our puppet."

Jiao Lang said that Gu Chengyong was too long-lived. If the old man didn't die, he and Xuan Ge'er wouldn't be able to take over, and they would have to keep their relationship secret.

But Gu Chengyong couldn't die too early, so they gave him the divine tea to make him dizzy and lose his judgment, making him increasingly dependent on and trusting of them. They used Gu Chengyong's power to achieve their various goals.

"Where did this divine tea come from? Is there a warehouse in the capital city? Tell me!" Chief Wei was horrified by the harmfulness of this divine tea and pressed for answers.

Lord Yan and Prefect Fei, who were observing the execution, were also very anxious. They never expected that Dongmo would come up with such a vicious thing to harm their Great Wei.

If one of their family members were to accidentally drink the "divine tea," the consequences would be unimaginable!