Chapter 249: Arrests

Gu Mansion.
Master Gu walked around the room with a solemn expression.
Xie's Yin and Yang said weirdly: "I had thought that there would be this day, but I didn't expect it to come so soon. At the beginning, the child Gu Jiu pointed to the marriage to the son Zhao, and everyone was celebrating. I said at the time that I would be careful to bring trouble to the family. Sure enough. She had only passed the door for a few days, and the palace was surrounded by Jin Wuwei."
"Don't say a few words."
Master Gu shouted at Xie's impatiently.
Xie looked at Master Gu, "Master, you have to make up your mind as soon as possible. Our Gu Mansion cannot be implicated by the Royal Mansion."
Master Gu frowned, very irritable.
Gu Ling hummed twice, expressing dissatisfaction.
But he didn't fight Xie directly, because he was not good at talking, and he was definitely not Xie's opponent.
Gu Yan frowned, "Mother, this matter is not as serious as you think."
Xie was annoyed, and Gu Xie was now detached from her, blindly speaking for Gu Jiu, really knowing what's wrong.
She said: "The palace is surrounded by Jinwuwei. This is what you saw with your own eyes. How can you say it is not serious. Liulang, you can't talk nonsense and mislead your father."
Gu Yu said to Master Gu: "Father, my son went to the palace today, and everything is as usual in the palace. This time, Jinwu Guards surrounds the Ning palace, and it is not alone. In other palaces, there are also Jinwu Guards guarding at the door to prevent people from entering and leaving. Son. I think, this time, things must be surprising and will pass soon."
Master Gu gave a hum, not commenting.
Xie asked, "Is Gu Jiu coming back tomorrow?"
Gu Yu nodded, "Second Sister said with certainty that she will be back tomorrow."
Xie sneered, "I think she won't be able to come back tomorrow. The palace has been surrounded, and she can't even get out of the palace, so how can she come back."
Master Gu sighed secretly, "It doesn't matter whether you come back or not at this time. The important thing is, how serious is the prince's place, and will it involve our Gu Mansion?"
Gu Ling said: "Of course we won't involve Gu Mansion. My younger sister is a bride. Even if something goes wrong in the palace, it won't be counted as my sister, let alone Gu Mansion."
Gu Yu's tone was very positive, and he seemed very relieved of Gu Jiu.
Xie's eyes were gloomy, "San Lang, you don't want to talk big. Don't care if she is a bride or not, now she is a member of the palace. As the saying goes, every one is prosperous, and every one is damaged, there is absolutely no possibility that she is alone."
"Stop talking about it."
Master Gu finally made up his mind.
He said: "I will wait and see for two days beforehand."
The Xie family was a little unwilling, "Master, if you stop constantly, you will suffer the chaos."
Master Gu waved his hand, "Don't say anything about it. As soon as something happened to the palace, the matter has not yet been settled, I was anxious to separate from the palace, then in the eyes of the world, am I a treacherous villain? Wait until things happen. As a result, it’s not too late to separate the relationship with the palace."
"But, in case..."
"Nothing. It's so settled."
Master Gu made a final decision and left with his sleeve.
Gu Ling also left.
In the hall, only the mother and son of Xie and Gu Yu remained.
Xie was annoyed, "I really don't know what the master thinks. The obvious things, but he is not willing to make up his mind."
Gu Yu frowned, "Mother, that's not what I said. What if the prince is fine in the end?"
Xie said: "I bet that the prince must have trouble this time. You all look at it, you will regret it sooner or later."
Gu Yan shook his head, unable to continue the conversation, and simply left.
Palace.
The princess Pei fainted, and Gu Jiu hurriedly ordered his servants to bring the princess back to Chunhe Tang. At the same time, he ordered someone to go out of the palace and ask for a doctor.
Jin Wuwei, who was guarding the gate of the palace, didn't feel embarrassed.
The people who rushed to Chunhetang for questioning were all worried faces.
The princess is trapped in the palace, and the princess is unconscious, how can this be good?
Everyone seems to have lost their backbone, and they are all panicked forever.
Gu Jiu sat on the edge of the bed.
Covered by her sleeves, she was quietly checking the pulse of Princess Pei.
Slumped in the heart, repeatedly stimulated, angered, so he fainted.
Pei's situation requires meditation.
However, in the eventful autumn of the palace, where can the dignified princess contemplate. It is good not to be affected by successive bad news.
Gu Jiu retracted his hands, looked at the anxious, worried, and helpless people, and said, "The princess and empress are extremely angry, and she faints temporarily. There shouldn't be any serious problems in thinking about it. You don't need to worry too much."
"How do you know that the mother's concubine's body is not in serious trouble? Are you a doctor?" Xiao Qin'er stood up and asked Gu Jiu.
Gu Jiu raised her eyebrows, she and Xiao Qin'er were naturally at odds. There are reasons for the discord between Liu Zhao and Liu Yi's brothers. The most important thing is the dispute between interests and power.
There can only be one head in the huge palace.
Under the princess, whether she is respected by Xiao Qin'er or Gu Jiu must be contested.
Whoever holds the power of the palace will control the finances of the palace.
Authority is both benefit.
The two have different positions and are destined to not coexist peacefully.
There is always one person who has to surrender at the feet of another person.
It's not her Xiao Qin'er or Gu Jiu.
Therefore, as long as there is a chance, Xiao Qin'er will always get ahead and find Gu Jiu's trouble.
It may not be useful, and may even be counter-killed.
But if she didn't make such a gesture, everyone in the palace thought she had already surrendered to Gu Jiu and respected Gu Jiu.
Therefore, even if you know that small disputes are useless, you must fight.
This is like an office struggle.
Not every fight is a matter of interest. In many cases, it is purely because of stance, because it is not pleasing to see the other party.
It's not surprising that many people have done things that are harmful to others.
Gu Jiu asked Xiao Qin'er, "Do the four younger siblings hope that the princess and empress will be seriously ill?"
Xiao Qin'er was annoyed, "Don't misunderstand what I mean. You are not a doctor, how do you judge that the mother and concubine are not in a serious condition? If the mother and concubine are sick and delay the illness, can you bear the responsibility?"
Gu Jiu smiled coldly, "Before you come, I have ordered someone to go to the imperial physician. The imperial physician will be there soon, and will not delay the condition of the princess and empress. Four younger siblings, before convicting me next time, somehow check the situation. Understand clearly. Otherwise, you are the one who is ashamed."
As soon as the voice fell, the maid at the door reported that it was an imperial doctor.
The doctor Li couldn't help frowning when he saw the people in the room.
"There are so many people, the room is breathless, and it affects the body of the princess and empress. Go out, don't crowd in the room."
Gu Jiu nodded, "Then trouble Dr. Li."
After all, Gu Jiu took the lead out of the bedroom.
The others waited and all followed out.
Everyone is waiting for news in the side hall, everyone is full of thoughts.
Ouyang Fu wringed her handkerchief and asked Gu Jiu quietly, "Sister-in-law, there will be nothing wrong with the mother and concubine."
Gu Jiu said, "Don't worry. The mother and concubine will be fine."
"In that palace, what will happen to the prince and the eldest son?"
Gu Jiu stared at Ouyang Fu, "I don't know."
Ouyang Fu bowed his head, disappointed in his eyes.
She thought that Gu Jiu would know something, and looked forward to getting some news from Gu Jiu.
After a while, Doctor Li came out of the bedroom.
The crowd rushed up and asked: "How about the princess? Does it matter?"
Doctor Li coughed lightly and interrupted everyone's questioning.
When everyone calmed down, he said, "The princess was so angry that he was in a coma. The old man has given the princess a needle, and he is awake, and his body is fine. But he needs to rest and do not disturb. In addition, the old man will open another one. Zhang Yaofang takes the medicine according to the prescription every day."
"Wang Hao's body is really not serious?"
"That's natural."
Everyone is fortunate.
Fortunately, I couldn't help but look at Gu Jiu.
Unexpectedly, Gu Jiu really got it right. The princess's body really didn't hurt.
Madam Qin, who was next to the princess, came to invite, "The princess invites the eldest lady to come in and talk. Everyone else will come back."
Concubine Shen Bian asked: "Haven't the princess even see us?"
Mother Qin nodded, "The princess is physically weak and has limited energy. Everyone needs to be considerate."
"What about me? I want to share the worries for my mother and concubine." Xiao Qin'er asked.
Mother Qin shook her head, "The princess didn't say to see the fourth lady."
Xiao Qin'er's face changed, biting her lip, and looking at Gu Jiu suddenly.
Gu Jiu remained indifferent, and followed Mother Qin into the bedroom.
Why Princess Pei wanted to see her, she knew well.
Pei had already sat up and leaned against the head of the bed.
She waved to Gu Jiu and motioned to Gu Jiu to sit on the round stool in front of the bed and get closer to talk.
Gu Jiu followed the kindness and asked with concern, "Is the mother's health better?"
Pei's face was pale, with a weak and godless appearance, "That's it. Jin Wuwei came to arrest people, does it mean that the prince is fierce?"
Gu Jiu shook his head, "It's not like that."
Pei stared at Gu Jiu.
Gu Jiu lowered his voice and said, "Kin Wuwei came to arrest people, and it can only prove one thing. They did not ask any useful clues about the prince and the son. From this, it is speculated that Jin Wuwei was with other princes and did not ask. Useful stuff."
"But Jin Wuwei arrested people and sent them to imprisonment. Can those servants Huang Ceng hold the torture? Once they say something unfavorable to the prince, what should they be done?"
Pei was anxious and panicked, clutching the quilt tightly with both hands, with blue veins protruding.
Gu Jiu comforted: "Even if those servants Huang Men can't bear the big torture and confess, does the mother concubine think how many facts they can tell against the prince?
The prince is ridiculous, everyone knows. Those servants in the yellow door can confess nothing more than drinking, gambling, robbing women and so on.
Can those people tell one thing about the prince’s poisoning? Or does the mother concubine think that the prince was poisoned by the prince? "
Pei sternly denied, "Of course there is nothing to do with the poisoning of the prince and the prince. What the princess is worried about is that someone can't bear the big sentence and will talk nonsense in order to get away."
Gu Jiu shook his head, "Mother concubine’s worries are unnecessary. As far as I know, the palace man who poisoned the prince had already served in the East Palace more than ten years ago. In other words, the man was at least in the East Palace. Latent for more than ten years.
The little yellow gates around the prince came to the palace only eight years ago. The two servants, although they were the elderly by the prince's side, were only in charge of the prince's daily life and food, and their knowledge was limited. "
In Gu Jiu's view, if King Ning really poisoned the prince, then King Ning must only take action after careful consideration. And at the beginning of the operation, the tail was cut off and all evidence was destroyed.
Therefore, no matter how Jinwuwei investigates, it is impossible to ask the truth from the dead.
As long as King Ning insisted that he was wronged, Jin Wuwei did not dare to impose torture on the prince.
Unless the emperor does not ask for evidence, he will convict King Ning based on suspicion.
Thinking about it this way, it will be sooner or later that King Ning will return.
It's just suffering Liu Zhao.
Many things in King Ning's private were actually handled by Liu Zhao.
Are the people around Liu Zhao strict?
Pei's still worried, "hasn't the people who went to Luhou Mansion come back?"
Gu Jiu shook his head, "I never came back. It is very likely that Jin Wuwei blocked the door and couldn't enter."
Pei frowned, "How can this be good?"
"Don't worry about mother and concubine, father and king will return safely." Gu Jiu's voice is gentle, with a soothing effect.
Pei suddenly grabbed Gu Jiu's wrist.
Gu Jiu felt pain, but he couldn't get rid of Pei's hand.
Pei stared at Gu Jiu, "Is the prince really able to return safely? Didn't you lie to the princess?"
Gu Jiu nodded, "The daughter-in-law dare not deceive the mother and concubine."
Pei breathed a sigh of relief, "It’s good to be able to return safely. This princess is convinced that the prince’s poisoning has nothing to do with the prince. It is correct to say that the prince knows how to eat, drink and have fun. It is said that the prince was planning and planting decades ago. The spies are in the East Palace waiting for an opportunity to poison the prince. That is absolutely impossible. The prince has no such skills."
Gu Jiu didn't know what to say.
If King Ning knew that Pei looked down on him so despised, he would not be proud of it or he would feel heartbroken.
As Pei said, Ning Wang is really smart?
Gu Jiu slowly shook her head, she did not agree with Pei's words.
At a young age, King Ning knew that the palace maid of Sleeping Xingqing was self-defeating and lowered the emperor's standards for him. This alone can tell that King Ning is not lacking in wisdom and courage.
Be cruel to others, be cruel to yourself.
Similar to this self-defeating method that risked being reprimanded, most people don't have the courage to try it.
Gu Jiu said: "Since the prince was poisoned and it was not the prince who did it, then sooner or later your majesty will release the prince."
Pei nodded repeatedly, "You are right, the prince will be back sooner or later."
The maid ordered a soothing fragrance.
Pei's spirit was unhealthy and soon fell asleep.
Gu Jiu got up, stepped lightly, and left quietly.
She didn't expect Ouyang Fu to stand under the eaves, waiting for her.
"Sister-in-law, is the mother-in-law all right."
Gu Jiu nodded, "The mother and concubine have nothing to do and have fallen asleep. Why didn't the second sibling go back to the room?"
Ouyang Fu was full of worry, "I don't worry, I want to stay and take care of my mother and concubine."
"Second siblings are interested. However, there are maids around the mother and concubine. The second siblings are tired for two days, so let's go back to the room and rest early."
"Where is my sister?"
"I also want to go back to my room and rest."
"Tomorrow on the second day of the day, will the sister-in-law go back to her natal family?"
Gu Jiu said, "I want to go back to my natal home, so I'm worried that Jin Wuwei, who is guarding the door, will not let me out of the house."
Ouyang Fu looked haggard, "Sister-in-law, how is this situation now?"
Gu Jiu looked at the night sky and said after a long time, "The second sibling should ask the second son. I am a woman in the house. I don't understand the overall situation of the court, and I don't even understand the rules of the palace."
"Sister-in-law, why should I be humble."
Gu Jiu smiled, "Second siblings, I forgive me for not being with me. After a day of tiredness, I will go back to my room and rest. Goodbye!"
Gu Jiu walked neatly and did not give Ouyang Fu a chance to ask questions.
Ouyang Fu stomped his feet and had no choice but to return to the room first.
Gu Jiu was tired, but he was not sleepy.
After she finished washing, she leaned against the collapse of the small study and closed her eyes to rest.
For a moment, she suddenly opened her eyes, "Go, call Deng Nei Attendant."
Ome took the order and left.
Deng Cunli was invited to the small study, "The old slave greets his wife."
"No ceremony, sit down and talk,"
After a pause, Gu Jiu opened the door and asked straightforwardly: "Nei Deng has been a servant in the palace for dozens of years. From your point of view, the prince poisoning case, what will your Majesty do in the end?"
Deng Cunli considered it, "There are two possibilities."
"Appreciate further details."
"The first possibility is to find the real culprit and execute it directly, and at the same time clean the palace interior again. His Royal Highness can also get a respite.
The second possibility is that there is no real culprit, and the case becomes a headless case. However, your Majesty is suspicious and will punish all princes severely. The fines are light, and it is even possible to directly lose the titles of the princes. The prince became a target, not far from being abolished. "
Gu Jiu nodded secretly, "Then which one do you think is more likely?"
Deng Cunli said: "This question must be answered by Madam."
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "My answer is that there is no real murderer."
"Exactly. There can be no real culprit in this case."
The palace, civil officials, military commanders, a three-way game.
In private, the court has already contacted the generals. They will not allow the real culprit in this case, and give an explanation to His Royal Highness.
It took nearly ten years for those people to finally let the emperor's side, no one speak for the prince.
Ninety steps have been taken in one hundred steps, and you must not lose everything in the last ten steps.
Even if thousands of people were to die, they would not hesitate to pull the prince down.