Your Majesty, regarding this matter, I can also testify. Gong Cheng had the courage to ask Your Majesty for marriage that day because I wanted to repay him for saving her life, but in fact, I had no intention of doing anything to him.
I have no love at all, and I have always treated her with courtesy after marriage. But after thinking about it, I felt that it was wrong to miss her life in this way, so I chose to divorce without authorization a few months ago. I hope your majesty will not blame her.
she..."
He couldn't help but blurted out the excuses, and Xiang Yan gritted his teeth after secretly complaining. He knew that cutting off the relationship at this moment was the best way to protect her, but...
"The rest of the sin will be borne by me alone. I will never complain!"
The important ministers in the imperial court did not pursue much of the concern Xiang Yan showed for that moment. In the past six months, Emperor Yuan, who seemed to have turned into a matchmaker, had granted marriages to countless courtiers, big and small, just like
The marriage between Princess Sai'an and Hao Shenying was the same. Everyone only thought that Hao Shenying took the initiative to ask for the marriage. Emperor Gu Yuan agreed to the marriage almost without hesitation, so that the sensation between Xiang Yan and Gong Cheng at that time was
The marriage has long been forgotten by everyone.
But it was precisely because of this that when they were mentioned by the fourth prince, they saw a lot of tricks in it.
Naturally, all the ministers could see Xiang Yan's clumsy lie. The so-called life-saving favor was just a prevarication. If used on a civilian woman, it is indeed reasonable to offer one's body to him, but
Gong Cheng is the prime minister's daughter who is favored by thousands of people. If she doesn't want anything, how can she give her life to her savior as a reward?
So why did she abandon Xiang Yan and where did she go?
For a moment, all the courtiers looked around and secretly suspected. Once you get involved with interests, nothing can become simple.
Looking at the people whispering and talking around him, Gong Shizhong had a calm look on his face, knowing that only he could save the situation in time at this moment.
"Your Majesty, this matter is definitely not the fault of Xiang Yan alone. If we really want to pursue the case, the old minister will not be able to escape the blame. In fact, the old minister already knew what happened between the two of him. My daughter did not listen to the old minister and insisted on pleading.
Your Majesty granted you a marriage, but after suffering the consequences, you were shocked to realize that the one you loved was Mr. Hao Liu. However, the overall situation was decided, and when you regretted your mistake, you learned that General Yan was willing to become a man of beauty. He didn't inform the old minister from the beginning, so he recklessly disobeyed.
A divine marriage..."
"Afterwards, my daughter felt so ashamed of her impulsiveness that she went to Wuling Mountain, determined to fast for a year and pray for His Majesty. Your Majesty also hopes that your Majesty will see that my daughter sincerely repented and devoted all her efforts to serve His Majesty.
Go ahead and bypass Cheng'er and Xiang Yan with just one life!"
In the blink of an eye, the oppressive Jinluan Palace staged a farce like a child playing house. When Prime Minister Gong finished speaking, no ministers agreed or questioned, and it was so quiet that a pin dropped on the ground.
He could hear clearly. The expressionless Emperor Yuan didn't mean to be angry, but he looked at the fourth prince with meaning.
"Now, Yu'er, do you know that this is the fact?"
This was too short a sentence, and it sounded more or less like a word of favoritism. But everyone present understood that this was just a word that Your Majesty came to Taiwan to make it possible for the Fourth Prince and Prime Minister Gong to come to Taiwan. He has always acted hastily.
In this way, I finally feel that there is still hope for the Gu Yuan Dynasty...
Only one fresh and refined fourth prince opened his mouth as if he wanted to refute something. Seeing this, Gong Shizhong began to sweat a little on his forehead. He glanced at him hastily, with some vigilance in his eyes.
And hate that iron cannot become steel.
I don't know whether it was because he finally realized that something was wrong, or because Gong Shizhong was also a veteran of the dynasty, and there was a concubine behind him who was favored by the emperor, so the fourth prince silently shut his mouth.
Seeing that the fourth prince finally stopped stalking him, Gong Shizhong was helpless and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Then he turned to look at Emperor Gu Yuan: "What the old minister said is absolutely true. I can guarantee it with my life. If anything happens,
bully..."
"Okay, okay." In the middle of Gong Shizhong's words, Emperor Gu Yuan on the dragon throne waved his hand, showing his loyalty to his oath with weak interest.
This has always been the emperor's consistent behavior. No one was suspicious at all. On the contrary, they all looked sympathetically at the fourth prince who could be said to have died before he left the army. Of course, with just a few pounds of his weight, he might still be able to survive.
Don't deserve such praise.
"Excuse me, do you know your guilt?" Emperor Yuan, who was sitting on the dragon throne, also had his eyes fixed on the fourth prince.
"I know the crime!" Fortunately, Shenyu had some brains and didn't insist on correcting himself. He immediately admitted his mistake.
Seeing his sincere performance, Emperor Gu Yuan finally dissipated half of the anger in his heart. He never thought that during his military life, his own son would be either stupid or too shrewd. His calm eyes stayed on She Jue calmly.
After a few seconds, it returned to She Yu.
"What's wrong?"
As soon as Emperor Yuan's words fell, the people in the audience were stunned. The tearful sincerity disappeared without a trace, and even showed a moment of panic.
His performance had to make everyone around him stunned.
These fourth princes...do they think His Majesty will let him go as easily as he let Prime Minister Gong go...
Seeing the fourth prince who really started to tremble as expected, with strings of cold sweat pouring out from his forehead, all the ministers who didn't know what to say held their breath.
, not even daring to make a sound.
"My son is wrong." After a long while, She Yu spoke tremblingly, and these words almost seemed to be forced out from between his teeth...
Even Emperor Gu Yuan was speechless at this time.
After guessing this, everyone looked at each other and then all looked at the person on the dragon chair. Their cautious but extremely firm eyes seemed to indicate that they would understand that the fourth prince's intelligence was actually somewhat handicapped.
Tight-lipped.
Feeling the sympathetic eyes coming from below, Emperor Gu Yuan was completely helpless.
...
In the early morning when many ordinary people have not yet woken up, the tireless birds are still singing, and a ray of morning light often shines into the exquisite water chestnut windows.
The brightly lit hall is filled with fragrance, and although its exterior furnishings are not as luxurious as other adjacent palaces, it is extremely warm and can even give people a sense of home.
The neatly dressed maid was waiting respectfully at the door early.
A lady who could tell by looking at her clothes that she was of a higher rank than them came with a slight step, carrying a basin made of gold, and walked to the dressing table.
A pair of slender hands gradually poked out from the delicate moon-white clothes, picked up the silk face towel in the basin, and slowly moved it to his face.
The beauty in the mirror has untouched red lips and a bare face. She still cannot hide her elegant temperament, but she seems a little absent-minded. (To be continued)