novelraw Chapter 369: Panic
Chapter 369: Panic
There was chaos all night.
When Mu Wenxuan arrived in the front yard, he saw his father and mother talking to the housekeeper. The guards in the mansion were coming and going in a hurry, and they all had anxious expressions. It was obvious from a glance that they were paying close attention to what was going on outside.
"Father." Mu Wenxuan walked into the hall door quickly, "How is the situation in the prime minister's house? Is there any room for maneuver?"
When Princess Yu saw him coming in, her face suddenly hardened: "Wenxuan, divorce your wife who is the star of the family quickly! Prince Yu's palace must not be implicated by them! Go and write the divorce letter now!"
"What's the rush?" Prince Yu frowned, "Even if we have anything to do, we'll talk about it tomorrow. Why write a divorce letter in the middle of the night? Besides, this marriage is a gift from the emperor. The emperor hasn't issued a decree yet. You have the right to let Wenxuan divorce his wife." ?”
Princess Yu choked: "But... didn't the emperor have a will before?"
"It was my intention before, but you didn't divorce me before either." King Yu's face was not very good, "Anyway, if you want to divorce your wife, it must be the emperor's decree, otherwise this matter must not be mentioned again!"
Princess Yu was so angry that she said, "The Prime Minister's Palace collapsed overnight. This woman Gu Anxian is no longer of use to us. How can we let her occupy the identity of Wenxuan's wife?"
If I had known that day in the palace, I should have persisted and divorced that bitch directly, so I wouldn't have been worrying here all the time.
Mu Wenxuan's eyes turned, and he suddenly said: "It doesn't matter whether she is dead or not. Anyway, she still brought so much dowry. It is impossible for the emperor to send people to Prince Yu's Mansion to confiscate all Gu Anxian's dowry, right?"
Princess Yu's face changed: "Yes, there is also a dowry! Wenxuan, please quickly count the dowry brought by Gu Anxian and see if you can hide some of it first, in case the emperor really sends someone here-"
"Nonsense!" Prince Yu cut off her words coldly, "Gu Anxian has already married to Prince Yu's palace. According to usual practice, the emperor will not vent his anger on her, nor will he implicate Prince Yu's palace."
"But--"
"Besides, the dowry she brought has a list, and the list clearly records various dowries. If the emperor confiscates it, why would it be useless for you to hide it privately?" King Yu gave her a cold look, "Just I'm afraid that if you are innocent, you will hide your guilt."
Princess Yu was immediately speechless.
"Fortunately, we don't have any interests involved with the Prime Minister's Mansion." King Yu frowned, with a fearful and somewhat thankful tone on his face, "Except for the marriage given by the emperor, they have not been asked to do anything. For other things, Prime Minister Gu’s power in the court has not been used to achieve any purpose. The emperor should not be angry at us. "
Mu Wenxuan looked uneasily at the servants coming and going outside: "Although the emperor will not express his anger, after the fall of the Gu family, Gu Anxian has become the guilty minister. Her presence is always not good for Prince Yu's palace."
"Then what can be done?" King Yu frowned, "We can't kill her."
There is no need to kill him.
At this juncture, if something really happened to her, the emperor's first suspicion would be them.
"Gu Xiangfu is also looking for death." Prince Yu carried 꿛 on his back and hid in the hall, "Why bother provoking Princess Nanyang? Yan Li is not as good as before. Not only is the emperor protecting her, but she is also the wife of the ninth prince. , and she is the daughter of the Queen of Jin! She returned to Jin. If something happened to her, wouldn’t Jin and Mu get into trouble immediately? "
King Yu, who had always been considered dull and incompetent, was now like a wise man who was watching the show, unscrupulously criticizing the fallen powerful ministers. It really felt like a role reversal.
Mu Wenxuan seemed to be suddenly blessed, and something suddenly opened up in his mind: "Fortunately, I am a dandy, and Prime Minister Gu has always looked down on me. In addition to using the dowry brought by Gu Anxian, we will stay with the Prime Minister. The government has no other involvement at all, so we should be fine this time.”
It has to be said that stupid people are blessed.
Although Mu Wenxuan was stupid, what he said at this moment was correct.
What the people in power on the throne hate most is the marriage between powerful officials and the royal family, especially the in-law relationship that is closely connected and related to interests.
Although Prime Minister Gu's daughter was granted a marriage by Emperor Zhao, she had always been indifferent to Mu Wenxuan, not only by Gu Anxian, but also by Prince Yu.
In addition to maintaining a superficial courtesy, the two families really had no exchange of interest at all privately.
If Mu Wenxuan was a man of great ability and could let the Prime Minister see that his future was limitless, then the situation would be different.
It is said that a blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise.
That's the truth.
Like Prince Yu's Mansion, there were many people who couldn't sleep that night. There were also many officials who were connected with the Prime Minister's Mansion. They were as panicked as frightened birds.
The lights in all major mansions were turned off almost overnight.
Many officials could not sleep peacefully and frequently looked at the sky outside, feeling that the night was long and difficult.
I'm afraid that early tomorrow morning, the emperor will start to count them one by one. I don't know who can escape and who will be buried with the Prime Minister's Mansion.
In the palace, all the lights are brightly lit.
Emperor Zhao 늅 quietly looked through the roster in 꿛.
Don't ask why someone as cunning as Prime Minister Gu would leave such heavy evidence, because there are too many people on the roster. In addition to recording money transactions, there are also handles on many officials under him.
Money buys people, and leverage controls people.
The evidence should have been safe hidden in a secret vault.
Who would have thought that they would be presented to the emperor together with the huge wealth in the secret library that night?
Emperor Zhao was leaning on the dragon bed, his eyebrows were covered with frost, and he was silent as he looked through the books. His eyes passed over the familiar or unfamiliar names on the list. His eyes were dark and cold, and he didn't know where he was. Think about something.
The palace people stayed far away, standing on both sides with lowered eyebrows and lowered eyes, not daring to make the slightest sound.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Suddenly a shrill, uncontrollable and excited voice sounded, suddenly breaking the oppressive silence, "Your Majesty, I beg you to see me! Your Majesty, I am unjustly accused, and my brother is unjustly accused! Your Majesty!"
Emperor Zhaoyu didn't seem to have any reaction and just opened a page of the roster.
"Your Majesty!" The voice of fear and despair was getting louder. Concubine Gu cried bitterly and begged for mercy outside the palace, "I kneel down and beg you to see me! Your Majesty, I beg you, Your Majesty!"
Xiao Changhai glanced at the emperor quietly, remained silent for a moment, turned around and walked out.
"Your Majesty is troubled, please go back, Your Majesty." Xiao Changhai stood outside the palace door, "My Majesty, don't--"
"Eunuch Xiao!" Concubine Gu seemed to have seen a life-saving straw. She stepped forward and dragged Xiao Changhai, "Please go and beg the emperor. I was wronged and my brother was wronged! Someone must have framed me, Eunuch Xiao!" "
"Your Highness." Xiao Changhai gently opened her hand, frowned slightly, and took a step back quietly, "The evidence is conclusive, the Emperor did not unjustly accuse Prime Minister Gu."
"This can't be-"
"Xiao Changhai." Emperor Zhaoyu's voice came from the palace, with a somewhat cold and ruthless tone, "Let Concubine Gu come in."
As if she had received an amnesty, Concubine Gu turned around and ran into the hall, kneeling down with a plop: "Your Majesty, please give my brother justice! He was framed! Your Majesty, please see clearly and clear my concubine and my brother's innocence. ——-"
"See for yourself!" A roster was thrown at her with a big bang, accompanied by Emperor Zhao's cold anger, "Have I wronged him?"