The emperor is here, even if there are many people around, it is very quiet. Basically no one talks.
Everyone heard what the guard leader reported, and they were immediately shocked. Even those who were quite surprised by this incident only exchanged glances with others secretly and did not dare to comment out loud.
The emperor's face was already majestic, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking at this time, but people who knew him well knew that he already wanted to get angry.
In fact, before the guard finished speaking, it still depends on whether the emperor is willing to interrogate the person in public, or whether he wants to take the person back and interrogate him carefully behind his back.
After a long while, the emperor asked in a deep voice, "Concubine Yuan, what do you have to say?"
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of An Guohou and his wife immediately changed drastically.
The fact that the emperor would ask such a question means that he has begun to doubt, or in other words, he has already made a decision in his heart.
Liu Yuan knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, I have no personal relationship with anyone else. I don't know why the guard said this. Please investigate clearly!"
Wen Ruxu kowtowed, "Your Majesty, the minister and the empress are just old acquaintances and have no personal relationship."
Liu Yuan's face was covered with a veil, and her face could not be seen under the veil. Only her eyes were sparkling, and she was looking at him with a bit of tears in her eyes, pleading.
The Emperor's heart softened, and he was wondering if there was a misunderstanding... His eyes turned, and when they fell on the face of Li Cuicha beside him, he was slightly startled, and searched a few times on her and Liu Yuan, his expression became even colder.
,"Who are you?"
Li Cuicha met the emperor for the first time and said in a trembling voice, "The civilian girl's surname is Li and her name is Cuicha... When I return to the emperor..." she was a little incoherent.
The emperor frowned, "Since you are a daughter of the people, why are you here?"
Li Cuicha turned pale with fright, "The daughter of the people... The daughter of the people is friends with Prince Wen, and he brought me here."
The emperor looked at her with serious eyes.
Over there, Liu Yuan's face suddenly turned pale when Li Cuicha was talking incoherently. This was almost exactly the same as when she first entered the palace and spoke and acted!
"Master Wen, how did you meet her?"
By this time, everyone who knew the emperor knew that he was furious.
Wen Ruxu didn't dare to look up, "She was rescued by Wei Chen's wife, and we got to know each other after that."
The emperor's expression became more majestic, which meant that he was even more angry. Liu Yu pulled Chu Yunli's sleeve and motioned for her to go out on her own.
Chu Yunli also wanted to go out, but the tone of her words was different, and the results were different. She took a step forward, knelt down, and said, "Your Majesty, Miss Li was indeed brought back by your servant."
Seeing that the emperor did not object to her words, Chu Yunli continued, "I went to the teahouse that day and happened to meet her third uncle who was hired by her parents as a concubine. At that time, Miss Li did not want to be a concubine and was very resistant to it.
, during the commotion, I happened to bump into her, and seeing that she looked similar to my sister, I couldn't bear to embarrass her, so I asked my third uncle for her, and took her back to the Anguo Hou Mansion."
At this time, someone brought a chair over. The emperor sat down and said, "You are the daughter of the Marquis of Dingguo!"
Chu Yunli explained patiently, "My daughter married into the Anguo Marquis' Mansion four years ago, and they divorced shortly after taking Miss Li back. Miss Li was brought back to the Dingguo Marquis' Mansion by my daughter, and it happened that my sister
After becoming the empress, I could see my sister, so I gave Miss Li a reward to send her out of the house. What happened next... I don’t know. When I arrived at the villa two days ago, I met the prince and her by chance.
According to the prince, he couldn't bear the harsh treatment of Miss Li by the Li family, so he took her back to the Anguo Marquis Mansion."
"Can't bear her being treated harshly?" The emperor looked at Wen Ruxu, "You are very courageous." Then he looked at Liu Yuan, "You are the same."
The two of them hurriedly lay down on the ground, and Wen Ruxu explained again, "My wife and I are just old acquaintances, and have no personal relationship. I beg the emperor to investigate clearly."
"I'm not stupid!" The emperor looked at the two of them, and after a long time, he looked at Chu Yunli, "You saved me just now, but now your sister has done something wrong, do you want to plead for her?"
That posture seemed to be willing to pardon Chu Yunli as long as he begged for mercy.
Chu Yunli noticed Liu Yuan's pleading eyes and Wen Ruxu's expectant eyes, and bowed her head deeply, "I don't want to!"
Why!
She was the one who saved the emperor. If she used this kindness to save these two people in order to show her generosity, she would be sick to death, and Liu Guyu would not agree!
She said frankly, "She was the one who arranged the marriage between my daughter and the prince. I didn't want to thank her. She was the one who did the wrong thing. I am a petty person and I didn't want or be willing to save her. I
I know that I am not doing this right. I am willing to use all my dowry to organize charity. All poor people can beg for a bowl of porridge... I will never marry again in this life. I only want to do more good deeds and help more people in the rest of my life.
Man, atone for your sins!”
In front of the emperor, he said that all the dowry would be used to help the poor. This matter will never be changed after today, otherwise it will be a lie to the emperor.
Chu Yunli didn't want to deceive you. She really wanted to use all her dowry to do good deeds. Now that she has passed the Ming Road, no one dares to embarrass her, such as the old lady of Dingguo Hou Mansion.
The emperor looked at Liu Yu and praised, "You gave birth to a good daughter."
Chu Yunli's hanging heart was slightly relieved. If this happened, the emperor would not move to the Nuhou Mansion.
Then the emperor said in a deep voice, "But your eldest daughter... They say that it is the father's fault that a son does not teach him well. The Marquis of Dingguo, Liu Yu, did not teach his son well and was fined half a year's salary. The prince of Anguo Marquis had a wrong heart and took away the position of his father's son.
The Marquis of Anguo failed to teach his son well, so he was fined ten years' salary."
After saying that, he turned around and walked away with everyone.
Just leave like that?
It can be said to be handled with care.
Everyone was talking about it, and Liu Yu reached out and pulled Chu Yunli up, "Stop kneeling and go back."
Wei and Yang pulled Chu Yunli, and the three of them supported each other and were about to leave. Liu Yuan became anxious, "Dad..."
Liu Yu didn't look back, "You can take care of yourself!"
The emperor did not mention the punishment for Liu Yuan just now, but the more this happens, the more it shows that the punishment for Liu Yuan will not be low.
It was already afternoon when the group of people returned to the courtyard. As soon as Chu Yunli returned to his room, a little girl hurriedly ran over, "Girl, Eunuch Liu who is with the Emperor went to the next door with the imperial edict. The slave asked the little girl who was traveling with him to inquire and said
I want Prince Wen to give Concubine Yuan a ride."
Let Wen Ruxu send Liu Yuan away in person?
It seems that the emperor is also a narrow-minded person.
Wen Ruxu now works in the Ministry of Punishment, so this matter is a special matter for him, but the emperor has a decree, so he has to go and see her off.
Chu Yunli ignored it and asked for food to be served. After finishing the meal, she heard that after Wen Ruxu left, the palace people wanted to collect the body, but found that the courtyard where the concubine lived was on fire.
The fire was not extinguished until midnight. The fire completely burned the main courtyard, and only three dark and unrecognizable corpses were found inside. They were all women. After inspection, they were indeed the concubine and her two maids.
Liu Yu and his son sat in front of Chu Yunli, "What happened today is thanks to your cleverness. If you hadn't happened to discover the assassin, it would have been difficult for the Dingguo Hou Mansion to escape unscathed."
He sighed, "The emperor is older, and his behavior was much gentler when he was younger. But the Anguo Marquis Mansion... At first glance, the emperor was letting go gently, but he, the younger generation of the Wen family, could only be gentle and took away the title of heir apparent from him.
If you want to apply for the title, there is no suitable candidate at all. Even if you adopt an heir, the emperor still has the final say whether and when he will be granted the title. You also said that the emperor will use all the dowry to do good deeds.
It's gratifying. Compared with them, being a father is only a penalty for half a year, and it's all because of you."
Liu Gucheng had been listening silently. When he heard this, he couldn't help but said, "Sister, you can donate the dowry, and I will prepare it for you, but you shouldn't say that you will never marry again."
Chu Yunli laughed, "Brother dislikes me?"
"Of course not." Liu Gucheng frowned, "It's too lonely to live alone. Also, don't you feel it's a loss for you to be there for Wen Ruxu?"
Even if you feel you are at a loss, you can’t just find someone to make do with it!
"Let's talk about it later," Chu Yunli said casually.
Both the father and son saw her perfunctory attitude. They were very happy that they had just recovered from the disaster today, and did not want to bring up Wen Ruxu anymore, which would spoil the fun, so they talked about other things.
Chu Yunli asked, "The emperor is not willing to let Yuan concubine be buried in the royal mausoleum. Should we take her back?"
Liu Yu pondered, "We still have to pick her up, but we can't make a big fanfare. After the body is sent away, we can pick her up secretly and bury her with her mother."
"She did these things and almost destroyed the century-old foundation of the Hou Mansion. Why should she do it?" Liu Gucheng was indignant.
Liu Ye glared at him, "You are still too young." He lowered his voice, "The emperor has paid more and more attention to family ties in recent years. If we don't accept it, the emperor will probably think that we are cold. You don't need to worry about this matter. I will personally
Go do it.”
It was getting late at this time, Chu Yunli had a good sleep, and finally revealed the matter to the world, and also solved the big knife hanging on the head of Dingguo Hou's house after the matter was exposed. This mission was considered a success.
More than half of it.
He slept until noon the next day before Chu Yunli woke up. After washing, the sun was shining outside. Although it was not as hot as the capital, it was still a little hot. If he wanted to cool down, he had to go to the waterside pavilion.
So, after eating, Chu Yunli took the maid over to cool off.
The three masters and servants walked out of the courtyard door and saw at a glance that the door of Anguo Hou's Mansion next door also opened, and Wen Ruxu walked out.
The two of them looked at each other from a distance, and when they noticed Wen Ruxu's unkind gaze, Chu Yunli sneered coldly, "If you don't save them, you would be wrong!"
The two of them walked towards the waterside pavilion one after another without saying hello. Looking at the back of the person in front of him who seemed a little haggard, Chu Yunli felt satisfied. His sweetheart was dead and it was time for him to feel uncomfortable.
But what was a bit strange was that Li Cuicha, who had always been inseparable from him, was not here.
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