Empress Dowager Liu slowly twisted the string of beads, and her thoughts also turned.

The emperor's treatment of Liu Renxun was nothing more than a conquest of the noble and a disgrace, and he did not harm the entire Liu family. The punishment was already light, and it was already for the sake of his grandfather and himself.

Although the Liu family has been reduced to criminals and cannot take the imperial examination for three generations, it is the elder brother who committed the crime, that is to say, he can participate in the imperial examination when he reaches his great-nephew's generation. The Liu family still has a future, he still has a few years to live, and he can take care of Yi or two.

Liu Renxun stared at the Empress Dowager Liu, without blinking. He wanted to say something, but he was afraid of saying the wrong thing, so he didn't say anything in the end.

Finally, Empress Dowager Liu looked up at the emperor and said wearily, "The emperor broke it."

These five words mean the dust has settled.

Several elders in the cabinet were a little surprised. Everyone thought that the Queen Mother would intercede with the Liu family, but they didn't expect the Queen Mother's attitude to be so firm this time.

As if a bucket of cold water was pouring down, the little hope that had ignited in Liu Renxun's heart was gone now.

The Liu family's title is definitely gone, and now he can only protect the second prince.

Up to now, Liu Renxun blamed the empress dowager for not saying anything about Concubine Fang, and the clamoring and scolding would only wear away the little affection for each other.

Even if the Queen Mother complained that she had colluded with King Yu, she would not anger the rest of the Liu family, and would still take care of the Liu family.

Liu Renxun quickly weighed the pros and cons in his heart, humbly put his forehead on the ground, and mentioned the emperor's eldest grandson again: "Your Majesty, this minister pleads guilty and will also be punished. However, the second prince's concubine, the Qin family, is pregnant, and she is pregnant. But the royal bloodline..."

Liu Renxun talked about the eldest grandson of the emperor, not only for the emperor, but also for the Empress Dowager Liu. Empress Dowager Liu always liked children and would definitely pity the eldest grandson.

really

"Your Majesty, here's the truth. The second prince is certainly wrong, but the eldest grandson of the emperor is a child of the royal family, and he cannot be imprisoned in the prince's palace for the rest of his life." Empress Dowager Liu frowned slightly, and begged for mercy for the second prince. , "Second Prince... Your Majesty, let's take it lightly."

The empress dowager of Kuliu, who was imprisoned, also understood that the emperor and she were also imprisoned by the previous emperor for many years, and the various tastes will never be forgotten in this life.

The second prince was guilty of colluding with King Yu, and the crime was unforgivable, but the great-grandson was innocent after all, obviously of the royal blood, and it was pitiful to be trapped in a square inch of land as soon as he was born.

Liu Renxun didn't raise his head, he kept his posture on the ground, and his heart warmed up again.

The emperor has always been filial, and the empress dowager did not plead for the Liu family. Now it is the eldest grandson of the emperor, and the emperor will most likely agree.

Gu Jing looked at the emperor without blinking, clenched his fists tightly, and told himself in his heart that the emperor had always been softhearted...

However, the cold voice of the emperor came from the front: "The eldest grandson of the emperor?"

These three words are full of ridicule.

"Empress mother, why don't you ask Gu Jing, how did he come here as the eldest grandson of the emperor!!" The emperor's words were so cold that they almost fell out of ice.

When it came to this matter, the emperor was only disgusted and disappointed with Gu Jing, and didn't even want to look at this son again.

His son was also a diligent, studious, humble and filial child when he was young. When did he gradually become such an unrecognizable appearance? !

Gu Jing: "!!!"

The father knows the child in Qin Xin's womb...

How is this possible? !

Gu Jing was completely shocked, his eyes were almost stared to the extreme, his eyes were red, and his mind was even more chaotic.

He never thought that his father would know this secret. In his opinion, this secret should only be known by him and Qin Xin, and no one else would know it.

Could it be that Qin Xin was talking nonsense outside?

However, once this matter is leaked, it will confuse the royal blood, waiting for Qin Xin to have only one word "death", Qin Xin will not be able to live, nor will the child in Qin Xin's stomach.

So, it shouldn't be what Qin Xin said.

If it wasn't for her, then there would be only the wild man who had an affair with Qin Xin!

Thinking of this, Gu Jing's heart was even more chaotic, his hands clenched his fists tightly, and his eyes were full of extremely strong emotions.

To this day, he still doesn't know who that man is. He tried to press Qin Xin several times to avoid future troubles, but Qin Xin, this bitch, clenched his teeth and refused to say anything. He "goes to his mother and leaves his son" and so on.

Gu Jing didn't dare to send someone to investigate. After all, this matter is very important, and there is absolutely no way to reveal the slightest rumor.

Empress Dowager Liu moved her brows in confusion, and asked the emperor, "How did the child come here?...Did you go to ask Xianwen to ask?"

The Empress Dowager Liu couldn't help thinking of Yunguang's "childbirth talisman", and how the prince concubine of the Marquis of Anding asked for a child from Yunguang.

Could it be that Gu Jing and Qin Xin also went to some demon dao to ask for a son?

Thinking of this possibility, Empress Dowager Liu's heart froze, and her face suddenly turned ugly.

"Gu Jing, what's going on?" Empress Dowager Liu looked at Gu Jing with eyes like an arrow, and asked with her first and last name.

Even Liu Renxun, who was kneeling beside Gu Jing, snorted, and an ominous premonition appeared in his heart. Could it be that there is something wrong with the child in Qin's stomach?

Gu Jing denied it without thinking: "Grandmother, grandson, grandson and Qin family never went to ask for a child."

"Father, my son doesn't know what you're talking about." Gu Jing's voice became sharper and sharper.

How can Gu Jing admit this kind of thing, and absolutely can't admit it!

If he admits it, then he will become the joke of the whole Daqi!

Gu Jing's forehead was dripping with sweat, and even the hair on his temples was soaked with sweat. Even though he tried his best to hide the panic in his heart, the despair that came from within was still uncontrollable.

The emperor asked lightly, "Gu Jing, you really don't know?"

The emperor sitting behind the court case calmly looked down at Gu Jing, who was kneeling on the ground. He was no longer disappointed. He was as calm as he was looking at a stranger, with a kind of indifferent alienation.

Gu Zezhi finally withdrew his gaze from the window and drank tea leisurely.

At this moment, the cobweb was already empty, and only the half-transparent worm wings stuck to the cobweb were still shaking slightly in the wind, silently announcing its end.

Now that the prey has stepped into this net of heaven and earth, there is no possibility of escape!

The silver frost charcoal pot in the corner was dimly lit, and it looked like it was about to go out, but in the atmosphere at this moment, the servants serving in the imperial study did not dare to move, for fear of making any unnecessary noise.

Empress Dowager Liu looked at Gu Jing, and then at the emperor. From the eyes of the father and son, she knew that things might be worse than she thought, and her heart tensed again.

If Gu Jing and Qin Xin really encountered something like the concubine of An Ding Hou Shizi was contaminated by drugs, the emperor's temperament would only pity his son, but now, the emperor's detached attitude clearly has completely disgusted Gu Jing. .

Empress Dowager Liu's heart sank even lower, and she asked in a hard voice, "Your Majesty, what's going on?"

The emperor slowly turned the jade wrench on his thumb. He felt that his mouth was dirty with this kind of pickle, and said, "Gu Jing, you speak for yourself."

Gu Jing still bites to death and refuses to recognize it: "Father, my son, I don't know."

Liu Renxun was also stunned, thinking to himself: Is there anything wrong with Qin's child? Or say that there is a problem with the diagnosis of the imperial physician, but even if the diagnosis is a girl, that is the first grandchild of the emperor, and it will not make the emperor unhappy! What's wrong with this?

The rest of the imperial study room lowered their eyes with subtle expressions.

Even if the emperor's words hadn't been made clear, the shrewd old ministers of them could hear that it was mostly the royal privateness.

They are not quite sure if they want to stay. After all, the second prince, Liu Renxun colluded with King Yu, that was a matter of the court, and the child in the womb of the second prince's concubine was a private matter of the royal family.

The Duke of Chenjun and Liu Renxun are nothing more than that. One of them is the imperial family, the other is the emperor's uncle, and he is a relative of the royal family. Compared with him, these foreign ministers are a little embarrassed.

"Your Majesty," after thinking for a while, the first assistant bravely stepped forward and said hesitantly, "Whether the account book presented by Commander Yuan has been handed over to the Ministry of Accounts for inspection..."

What the first assistant wants to say is that before Liu Renxun impeached Wei Xiushi, there was a lot of uproar in the court, and now this matter can't be ignored silently, just go through the process on the bright side, and dignifiedly return Wei Xiushi's innocence .

However, to put it bluntly, this is actually just an excuse for the first assistant, or to remind the emperor that these outsiders are still there, then they can retire.

"Everything that needs to be checked must be checked." The emperor interrupted the first assistant with a grim expression, "No hurry, come one by one!"

Now the emperor is not too embarrassed, he also thinks it through, some things are good for these people to see and understand, otherwise there will always be people who are lucky and want to fight for the power of the dragon. Since these people are so frustrating.

Shoufu and other courtiers looked even more embarrassed, but they could only keep it under pressure.

The emperor said to Gu Jing again: "Speak!"

The silver frost charcoal in the charcoal basin was completely extinguished, and the air seemed to cool down with it.

"My son, I don't know." Gu Jing still had the same four words, and his usual tall and straight body showed a hunched feeling, as if the sun was sinking.

A sneer emerged from the corner of the emperor's mouth, and he spoke clearly and slowed down: "Gu Jing, do you want to ask me to find an imperial physician to come over?"

"..." Gu Jing's heart skipped a beat, as if he had been hit in the dead end.

Does the emperor even know about this? !

impossible! ! !

He struggled to the death and said to himself that he had dealt with all the people involved at that time, and even the doctor had been secretly dealt with by him, and so were the servants.

Gu Jing's eyes flickered brightly and secretly. At this moment, he seemed to be back at that time. When the doctor fumblingly told him that he might hurt his offspring, he felt that his world had been turned upside down, and there was no more light around him. A gloomy despair remained.

He never thought that he would encounter such a thing. Since he was born, he was the favored son of heaven. His grandfather and mother-in-law told him that he could ascend to the throne in the future.

He was scared and flustered, too scared to tell anyone, let alone tell his father.

At first it was just because of fear, but later, even he himself didn't know what emotion it was after.

People with disabilities cannot succeed.

He is already like this, and he can no longer lose the throne. Besides, if it wasn't for Daqi's peace talks with Beiyan, how could he provoke a lunatic like Yeluluan? Oh, why should you give it to Gu Zhen, this useless little boy!

He hurriedly accepted Qin Xin just to cover for himself, but he didn't expect that the woman he put into his heart and dared to contradict the queen mother would treat him like this!

She betrayed him and made him feel dirty in the most filthy way.

More than two months have passed since the winter solstice last year, and even Gu Jing himself can't tell whether his anger stems from being betrayed by the person he loves, or whether he sees the wrong person.

There was only one thought left in his mind, and neither of these two things could be known.

But now, the father knows everything.

Gu Jing's face became more and more ugly, showing a lifeless gray defeat, as if half of his three souls and seven souls had been lost.

Liu Renxun was the closest to Gu Jing, and seeing the slightest changes in him made him feel more and more bad.

Liu Renxun knew about Gu Jing's grandson, and he was often able to distinguish it by ignoring him, but now, he seemed to be strangled and speechless. What the hell is going on? !

The emperor is still the same word: "Speak!"

"..." Gu Jing trembled violently, and lowered his eyelids, unable to look directly into the emperor's eyes.

His mind was too chaotic to think, he just wished it was a nightmare, and he could wake up from the dream the next moment.

His fingertips were pinched into the palm of his hand fiercely, and the pain told him that this was the reality.

Gu Jing's body trembled visibly.

Looking at this unfilial son, the emperor's heart has long been unable to show a ripple, and there is no softhearted.

Since Gu Jing refused to say anything, the emperor simply asked others to say, "Yuan Minggang, tell me!"

Yuan Minggang: "..."

Yuan Minggang really felt powerless with 10,000 horses galloping past. He wanted to scold swear words, this second prince is too much a man!

Also, is the second prince still a man now?

Yuan Minggang refrained from seeing Gu Jing's sex, and tried his best to act in a businesslike manner:

"Last year, His Highness the Second Prince was stabbed by the Second Prince of Beiyan. His Highness insisted on pushing the imperial doctor on the same day. It was Doctor Wang from Qianjintang in Beijing who gave His Highness the consultation. The minister checked that Doctor Wang, and Doctor Wang was already dead. On the night that Doctor Wang died, the chief guard of the Second Prince's Mansion did not return all night."

Although the other people present didn't know what was going on when they heard this, the four words naturally came to their minds——

Murder and kill.

Doctor Wang obviously knew the unknown secret of the second prince, so he had to die.

Yuan Minggang is still reporting in an orderly manner: "This minister continues to investigate Dr. Wang, and found that Qianjintang has stopped accepting medicinal materials from medicinal farmers since May. Dr. Wang claimed to medicinal farmers that the medicinal materials are sufficient, but in private he is looking for Yama, facing the The acquaintance of Ya Po secretly said that he was going to sell the shop and planned to return to his hometown. However, before he could sell the shop, on the third day of June last year, he went to the doctor at night and accidentally fell into a ditch and fell to his death. "

"The neighbor next door to Qianjintang explained that Dr. Wang had his wife and children in his hometown. After his death, his son came to the capital to pay him a funeral. The minister went to Dr. Wang's hometown in person and met Dr. Wang's son, Wang Lifu. "

"Wang Lifu said that his father knew the secret of a big man and had long guessed that he would most likely be killed, so he sent him a letter in advance, saying that if the big man didn't let them go, with this letter, He and his mother might save a life."

"After the minister passed, Wang Lifu gave the secret letter left by his father to the minister."

Having said that, Yuan Minggang stopped, his eyes flashing slightly. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the emperor, not knowing whether to continue.

The emperor picked up a letter on the imperial case and threw it directly at Gu Jing...

Yuan Minggang finally breathed a sigh of relief, but fortunately, it seems that there is no need to talk about it by himself. He was quite lucky to have escaped the catastrophe.

The letter fell lightly on the ground in front of Gu Jing, and there was a faint smell of medicine on the envelope.

Yawen Library

For Gu Jing, the smell of the medicine was like another nightmare. He seemed to be back in the days when he was just injured.

Why did it happen to him, why did this happen to him? !

There was a voice in Gu Jing's heart roaring, sweat dripping like rain, as if he was pulled out of a lake with sweat.

He dared not read the letter, and knelt there motionless.

In the imperial study, there was a dead silence.

Liu Renxun's face changed from blue to white.

Finally, he couldn't help picking up the letter, opened the envelope with trembling fingers, took out the letter and looked at it with ten lines, his face became more and more ugly, as if someone took a knife to him It was like a stab after a knife in the heart.

His hand holding the letter was trembling, and when he turned his head to look at Gu Jing again, his dark and gloomy eyes seemed to be looking at some monster.

The Liu family gave everything to support Gu Jing, and he also gave everything, and it turned out to be the truth!

Liu Renxun's old and turbid eyes were full of extremely complex emotions, annoyance, regret, hatred, contempt, all of them.

He thought that the Liu family would be able to win the dragon's feat, and he thought that the Liu family could continue to be brilliant with Gu Jing, but Gu Jing deceived him.

Gu Jing tricked him into betting the entire Liu family on him.

If he had known that Gu Jing had been hurt to the point of being inhumane, he would definitely not have been in this mess again. Even if Gu Jing succeeded to the throne, he would not be able to have children, which meant that he would have to adopt his brother's heir...

offspring! !

Liu Renxun immediately thought of the child in Qin Xin's womb. Qin Xin only passed the door after Gu Jing was injured, so the child in her womb is not Gu Jing's?

Qin Xin must be pregnant. The fact that she was pregnant was diagnosed by the imperial doctor at Shouning Palace last year's winter solstice, and she can't move her hands or feet.

Then there is only one truth left, that is to say, for the sake of the throne, Gu Jing would not hesitate to give himself a cuckold and "borrow a child".

A man who does not hesitate to cuckold himself in order to achieve his goals has abandoned his bottom line as a man!

And himself, he actually regarded such a person as the future Mingjun of Daqi!

It took only half an hour since they were taken down by Jin Yiwei, but to Liu Renxun, this half hour felt like half a lifetime. The repeated blows made him unable to face the reality. Only an invisible big palm was clenched in the palm.

Except for Liu Renxun, other people present did not see what was written in the letter, but thinking about the conversation between the emperor and the second prince, and seeing how Liu Renxun wanted to kill the second prince, they knew the letter Unusual.

Someone quietly craned their necks to glance at the letter in Liu Renxun's hand...

Liu Renxun unconsciously crumpled the letter, gritted his teeth, and asked Gu Jing with difficulty, "Is it true?"

Following these words, the anger and hatred in Liu Renxun's heart erupted like a volcano, burning him to the point of ignorance.

"You were hurt inhumanly by Yelu Luan. For the sake of the throne, you asked the Qin family to 'borrow a child'."

"The child in Qin's womb is not yours at all, right?!"

Liu Renxun grew louder and louder, questioning Gu Jing, almost roaring, his voice was hoarse as if it had been ground by grit.

At this moment, he has long forgotten that there are other people here, he just wants to ask for the truth, and while he is saying this, he is also stabbing a knife in his heart, one knife after another.

It turned out that he could still lie to himself that the Liu family still had a glimmer of hope. Gu Jing was temporarily down, and he might not be able to rely on the emperor's eldest grandson to recover in the future. It is not uncommon for the emperor to pass the throne directly to the emperor's grandson.

But now, this last ray of hope has also been shattered!

At this moment, Liu Renxun's belief completely collapsed.

He could only blame Gu Jing.

Yes, it's all Gu Jing's fault!

If Gu Jing had told him in advance that Yelu Luan had hurt him that day, he would not have agreed to cooperate with King Yu at the risk of taking the entire Liu family in. He assisted Gu Jing wholeheartedly. Over the years, he has helped Gu Jing so much, but Gu Jing has even lied to his grandfather. Gu Jing has long been a waste!

Gu Jing is like digging a hole full of blades and pushing himself to jump into it!

Liu Renxun felt more pain in his heart.

One wrong step, one wrong step.

Now, the Liu family's title, his future, the future of his descendants, and the future of the Liu family are all gone.

nothing left! !

No future, no hope! !

What's even more stupid is that he just tried to use a "wild species" of unknown origin to ask the emperor to show mercy to Gu Jing.

Stupid, he is so stupid!

"Gu Jing, what do you say!" Liu Renxun's eyes were red, as if they were dyed red with blood, showing a frantic anger, "Is this true?!"

Gu Jing: "..."

Gu Jing's face turned blue and white, white and purple, purple and black, and the colors changed wonderfully.

He didn't know what to say, panicked and buzzing in his head, unable to look directly at Liu Renxun.

Liu Renxun had already said it so plainly, and the courtiers around him naturally understood it, and all of them took a deep breath.

This is indeed the big yin of the royal family!

The courtiers wished they didn't have long ears, and they were afraid that the emperor would feel embarrassed when they looked at them afterwards.

There were also one or two courtiers who were a little frightened. They couldn't help but feel a little scared, but they were also thankful for their cleverness: when the second prince was beautiful in the past two years, they didn't think about standing in line, but because they were cautious and did not move, they planned to wait and see. for a while.

These two princes are inhumane, but it is conceivable that he will never be the crown prince!

It seems that there is no suspense in the battle for the prince.

Hey, this time, the emperor is shrewd, otherwise, if the child in Qin's belly is really recorded in the name of the second prince, it will confuse the blood of the royal family.

Empress Dowager Liu naturally understood, she felt dizzy and almost fell.

Madam Liu cleverly hurriedly massaged the acupoints on the hands of the Empress Dowager Liu, and gave her a smooth breath.

Empress Dowager Liu took a few deep breaths, but she didn't relax. She looked at Gu Jing with shock, disappointment, and heartache, but the heartache was not pity for Gu Jing, but heartache for how the grandson she once loved had changed. Be like this! This series of things he did after being injured has no lower limit, it is disgusting!

Liu Renxun seemed to be crazy, and continued to question Gu Jing: "You talk!"

"It's not like that." Gu Jing finally came to his senses, his voice tightened, "No."

He didn't know what to say other than a dull denial.

For Liu Renxun, Gu Jing's denial undoubtedly added fuel to the fire, and Liu Renxun was even more angry.

He rushed towards Gu Jing excitedly, clasping his front with both hands tightly, "So far, you still haven't told the truth!"

Liu Renxun's eyes were splitting, and he really wanted to swallow Gu Jing alive.

Gu Jing was frightened, his pupils shrank sharply, and under Liu Renxun's murderous gaze, he seemed to lack confidence.

The emperor looked at the two of them coldly as if they were watching a play.

Gu Jing said intermittently, "Yes, it's all... Yelu Luan."

Gu Jing was ashamed, hated and angry. He was clearly a victim, so why did his grandfather blame him!Why did the emperor have to expose his secrets in front of so many people!

He was already embarrassed, obviously he was hurt by Yelu Luan because of Da Qi!!

Liu Renxun: "..."

Gu Jing's words were like breaking the tight chord in Liu Renxun's heart.

"Snapped."

Liu Renxun seemed to hear the sound of a broken string, his strength was pulled away, his limbs were weak, and his whole body was paralyzed.

"Big Brother!" Empress Dowager Liu called in horror, stood up suddenly, and looked at Liu Renxun, who had fallen to the ground worriedly.

I saw Liu Renxun on the ground twitching all over, foaming at the mouth and rolling his eyes, apparently losing consciousness.

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