There was silence in the main hall, only the sound of Gaozong turning pages could be heard.
Mr. Guo's face was pale, and beads of sweat oozed from his forehead.
Gaozong looked at the booklet, his face became more and more gloomy, and finally he closed the booklet and shouted sternly: "Guo Lianqing! Do you know your guilt?"
"Your Majesty, I have been wronged!" Guo Lianqing hurriedly knelt down, his face turned earth-colored.
However, the evidence was right in front of him, so Emperor Gaozong did not believe that he was unjust and shouted: "Come here! Put Guo Lianqing in jail! The entire Guo family will be detained for trial!"
"Your Majesty, this veteran is unjustly accused! Your Majesty knows this for sure! This veteran is devoted to your Majesty with all your heart!" Guo Lianqing's face has turned green and white. You must know that he will definitely die if he enters the prison!
It is true that he colluded with the Jianghu people. Now that the Xia family has exposed it in public, he is completely unprepared. He can't do anything except complain.
"Humph! Absolutely no two minds?" Gaozong snorted coldly. No one in a high position can tolerate his subordinates raising a group of their own forces in a place they don't know, because it will make them restless: "
If there is no second intention, why do you want to collude with the Jianghu people?"
"Your Majesty..." Guo Lianqing turned green, his eyes filled with fear.
Guo Wanrou, who was standing aside, looked at her father's fearful expression, her face turned ashen.
She raised her eyes to look at Zhao Yuan, but she didn't expect to see a hint of a faint smile on the corner of his lips. Suddenly, her heart dropped and she murmured: "It was all planned! You planned it all."
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The sound was not loud, and the only person who heard it was Zhao Yuan.
Zhao Yuan turned around and glanced at her. The hatred in his eyes was so clear that it made her so frightened.
"Okay! Take him down! Hand him over to the Ministry of Punishment for review!" Gaozong waved his hand, and the imperial guards suddenly swarmed up and dragged Guo Lianqing out of the palace.
With one sentence from Emperor Gaozong, the Guo family was convicted and their house was confiscated and put on trial.
The court is like this. Life and death are determined by the words of the superior. Maybe those who are showing off their power in front of others one moment will become prisoners the next moment, just like the Guo family.
Seeing Guo Lianqing being pulled down, Guo Wanrou was completely desperate and collapsed on the ground. She was like a puppet that had lost its soul, her eyes were lifeless.
After Guo Lianqing was taken away, everyone's eyes fell on Guo Wanrou.
Emperor Gaozong looked at the concubine who was still superior a quarter of an hour ago, shook his head gently, and asked Zhao Yuan with a complicated expression: "Yao'er, even if I allow you to divorce your wife, she was once your wife."
.So I leave her disposal to you!"
Hearing this, Guo Wanrou seemed to have found a glimmer of hope. She quickly raised her head and looked at Zhao Yuan with pleading eyes. She didn't dare to think about anything now. The Guo family had fallen, and she only hoped that Zhao Yuan could spare her a life.
However, she had too much hope and forgot Zhao Yuan's deep hatred for her.
Zhao Yuan's thin lips opened slightly and he said coolly: "Father, the prince is as guilty as the common people when he breaks the law! Especially as a prince, if he forgets his duty, he should be severely punished!"
This severe punishment chilled Guo Wanrou's heart.
"Ms. sir..." Guo Wanrou's voice trembled, and she slowly stretched out her hand to pull the corner of Zhao Yuan's clothes.
But Zhao Yuan brushed her hand away and said in a deep voice: "If you leave it to me, father, then I will first give you twenty sticks and knock out the child in your belly! Put a mark on your face and parade it through the streets for three days."
, let people remember the consequences of practicing witchcraft! In the end, they will be deprived of their palace status and sent to the military camp to be used as military prostitutes! From now on, they will be slaves and maids for three generations, and they will not be able to stand up!"
Every punishment from Zhao Yuan is fatal to Guo Wanrou. She would rather Zhao Yuan kill her with one blow than suffer such pain!
People who understand can hear Zhao Yuan's hatred from his plain words, but people who don't understand only think that he is killing his relatives out of righteousness.
"Take him down!" Zhao Yuan waved her hand and asked someone to pull Guo Wanrou out of the Zichen Palace.
However, when Guo Wanrou walked out of the palace, she suddenly burst into laughter: "Zhao Yuan, you used me, you used our Guo family, and now you treat me like this! You have to die! Zhao Yuan, you will never be the same in this life."
It's impossible for Leng Changxi to be together! She's dead! She's dead!"
Guo Wanrou's words echoed in the night sky, with a hint of sadness, and finally disappeared in people's ears: "What on earth did I do wrong? I just like you, and I just want to be your wife! What on earth did I do wrong...
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Everything changed in an instant, and when everything settled, it was a foregone conclusion.
Gaozong waved his hand and told everyone to leave, except Zhao Yuan.
Looking at the majestic man in front of him, Gaozong lamented for the first time that he was getting old.
"Father, what are your orders?" Zhao Yuan was still kneeling in the hall.
The hall was empty, and the silence was filled with sadness.
Gaozong looked down at Zhao Yuan and said nothing for a long time. It was not until a long time ago that he sighed slowly and said with a bit of hoarseness and fatigue in his voice: "My child, come to me."
After hearing this, Zhao Yuan stood up and walked respectfully to Gaozong.
Gaozong patted the seat next to him and said, "Sit down. Now, I am not the emperor, I am just your father."
Zhao Yuan nodded after hearing this, walked to Gaozong and sat down, quietly waiting for Gaozong to speak.
After a long time, Gaozong sighed quietly: "My child, I am very lucky to you for this journey."
"Father, my son and minister are not suffering." Zhao Yuan lowered his head and replied.
However, Gaozong simply shook his head: "My father has also walked this way on the road to the royal family. My father is fully aware of the difficulties involved. How can you not be miserable? You have been taken away from me since you were a child.
He followed me into the palace, but he didn't stay in the palace for long before he was sent to the Leng family. Others don't understand these hardships, and my father also understands them."
Gaozong took a breath and continued: "It's just that my father had too many worries at that time. Being in the royal family, there were too many helplessness and too many last resorts. So I can only send you away."
"My son understands! Father, there is no need to blame yourself!" Zhao Yuan replied.
But Gaozong shook his head and continued: "I am telling you this not only to make you understand, but also to be aware. Being in the royal family, and now that I have become the prince, there will be more last resorts and more problems in the future.
Unfortunately, not everything is as easy as you think."
Gaozong looked deeply into Zhao Yuan's eyes, but Zhao Yuan understood in an instant. Gaozong knew very well how he got rid of Guo Wanrou and the Guo family. He also knew that the person in the back garden was not Shui Ruoxi, but...
Leng Changxi.
But Gaozong didn't say anything, because he felt it was unnecessary, or because he felt that this was what Zhao Yuan would have to face in the future, so he did not interfere.
Zhao Yuan nodded reluctantly, the fear and surprise in his eyes flashed past, and then became a bit sad.
In the royal family!
Seeing that Zhao Yuan understood what he meant, Emperor Gaozong raised his hand and gently patted the back of Zhao Yuan's head and said: "My son, go down! I believe you will be a good prince, and I also believe you will be a good prince in the future."
Emperor! Another day, choose a good day, and help the daughter of the Xia family to become the crown princess."
Zhao Yuan nodded slightly, turned and left.
At this moment, he understood that he had really lost Leng Changxi completely, lost his freedom, and even more so, lost himself!
In this life, Zhao Yuan would often walk into the restored back garden in the dead of night, stand by Nianxi Lake and look at the tall Bronze Sparrow Tower, imagining that there was a woman beside him laughing at him.
His biggest wish in this life is to see Leng Changxi again, even if it is just from a distance.
However, he could not see her again until he closed his eyes completely.