Chapter 445: Become cannon fodder

Pei ordered people to set up a small Buddhist hall in Chunhetang.
Since the emperor had a stroke, she has been restless and can only pray for the blessing of the gods.
Every morning and evening, she would burn incense and pray in the small Buddhist hall, praying to the Buddha to bless King Ning to return safely.
It's been more than half a month, the news from Beijing should have been delivered to King Ning.
Hey!
King Ning is too far away from Beijing.
It will take more than half a month for the news to be delivered quickly.
After receiving the news, I set off to return to Beijing, I am afraid it will take a month.
People are not horses after all.
Even a horse cannot run non-stop twelve hours a day.
After reading a Buddhist scripture, Pei stood up from the futon with the help of the maid.
She asked the maid, "Have the first son and the fourth son come back?"
"Qi, Niang Niang, the fourth son has just returned to the house, and the first son is expected to wait until dark before coming back."
"Invite the fourth son, the princess has something to ask him."
"Slaves obey orders."
Pei left the Buddhist hall and returned to the Flower Hall. The smell of incense candles has been washed away.
Liu Yi greeted her, "Please greet the mother and concubine. How is the mother and concubine these days?"
Pei motioned him to sit down and speak, "If your father doesn't return to Beijing a day, my princess won't get better in one day. These days, I am in a dilemma, for fear that your father will have two shortcomings."
"Mother and concubine relax. The eldest brother has sent someone to protect the safety of the father, and there is Chang En and the father beside him, so there will be no accident."
"Two fists are hard to beat four hands. Ants often kill elephants. Don't be careless. By the way, when will your eldest brother send someone?"
Liu Yi shook his head, "This son is not clear, he has to ask his eldest brother to make it clear. The concubine also knows that the eldest brother never tells me this. The father and eldest brother also concealed some of the arrangements made by our palace privately from me and refused let me know."
Pei said: "That's because you were young in the past, no matter what, you like to go out drinking and messing around. I'm afraid that your mouth is not strict, and you get drunk and get ridiculous, so I refuse to tell you."
Liu Yi lowered his head and smiled, "Now that my son has changed his evil and returned to righteousness, my father and brother should also give me a chance."
"When your father comes back, you will behave well, and I will talk to your father well."
"Thank you, mother concubine."
"It's also on your own to win."
When Pei finished speaking, he sighed.
"Why the mother and concubine sigh again? The son said, don't worry about the father. The father will live a hundred years old and will definitely return to Beijing safely."
Pei frowned, "I hope so."
"Have you ever thought about the future? What if the father..."
"Don't think about it." Pei's decisively interrupted Liu Yi's words, "Yi'er, listen to what the mother and concubine said, don't think about anything. It's no good for you to think too much. Just assume that nothing will change in order to maintain a normal mind. ."
Liu Yi was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "The mother and concubine are right, the son has to think about nothing."
Pei smiled comfortedly, "That's right."
"Mother concubine must be deeply moved."
Pei sighed, "Back then, so many people had such good conditions, and they all had the opportunity to be crowned the Great Treasure. As a result, all those people were defeated and lost in the hands of your emperor's grandfather. What are you saying? It's because they thought too much and refused to accept it. down to earth."
Liu Yi thoughtfully, "Mother concubine will tell me about the things that year."
But Pei shook his head, "This princess doesn't know much. If you have a chance, you go to Lantai Temple. If some of the materials were not destroyed in those days, it must be at Lantai Temple."
is it?
Liu Yi suddenly became infinitely curious about Lantai Temple.
Although Lantai Temple is a yamen that is so unpopular that it can no longer be unpopular, working as an errand at Lantai Temple is tantamount to being beaten into the palace of the cold, and the dream of getting promoted and fortune is broken for a lifetime.
"Thank you for your mother and concubine for telling me that my son will definitely visit Lantai Temple if he has the opportunity.
Pei nodded, "Look more at the experience and lessons of the predecessors, it doesn't hurt."
Liu Yi smiled gently, his face was pure and harmless.
...
Every day when time passes, there will be an undercurrent in the peaceful capital.
The Eight Immortals crossed the sea and each showed their magical powers. Everyone is racing against time, seize the time to make arrangements.
Liu Zhao suddenly disappeared.
Asked the yamen, the yamen told the tolerance.
No one in the yamen knew exactly where to go for business.
Asking the palace, the palace is asking three questions.
Pei was very worried, everyone was thin.
She called Gu Jiu to Chunhetang for questioning.
"Where did Zhao'er go? Why didn't he say hello to the princess when he went out. The situation in the capital is getting more and more tense, and he is going out at this time. What if something goes wrong in the palace."
Gu Jiu lowered his head and said: "Return to the mother and concubine. Before going out, the son only said the tolerance and didn't say a word. The daughter-in-law asked him, so he just told me not to ask more."
Pei didn't get angry. "You are his wife. You don't know where he went. How did you become a wife?"
Gu Jiu lowered his head and smiled, "My father often goes out for three to five days and does not come back. The mother and concubine also don't know where the father is going. But the father and the concubine get along very well, and the father does not say that the mother and concubine are doing a bad job."
"You're presumptuous! Who are you talking to? Are you up and down?" Pei patted the table angrily and scolded Gu Jiu.
Gu Jiu sighed faintly, "Daughter-in-law knows the mistake, and I ask the mother and concubine to forgive me. The daughter-in-law also kindly reminds the mother and concubine that some things are really not what we want to do. If the masters are doing things outside, it is our turn to intervene. Concubine, my daughter-in-law is right."
Pei's anger turned upside down, "You are becoming more and more presumptuous now. I really think that there is a Zhaoer who will support you, and this princess dare not use family law?"
Gu Jiu lowered his head and smiled, and said: "Mother concubine calms down her anger. Before using the family method, the concubine first think about when it is now. We Ning Palace can't mess around with ourselves."
"Then be honest, you will answer whatever the princess asks you."
"My daughter-in-law has already said everything she knows. The mother-in-law also told me to say, I can't make up things, just make it out of nothing."
Gu Jiu was also aggrieved.
Pei was anxious, if it wasn't the timing, she really wanted to clean up Gu Jiu.
"Before Zhaoer went out, did he say how long he would return to Beijing?"
Pei still took the initiative to return to the topic.
Gu Jiu shook his head, "I didn't say. I guess this trip will take at least half a month and as long as one or two months."
"So long?" Pei's face changed.
"At this time, if you go out for such a long time, what should you do if something happens in the house during the period."
Gu Jiu gave her an idea, "Mother concubine might as well go into the palace to ask Concubine Shu for instructions."
Pei's worried, "This princess will enter the palace to greet the empress. If you ask you anything, you don't know what you want. You give me back."
Gu Jiu didn't have the same knowledge as Pei's, who made King Ning have not returned to Beijing, Pei's temper is understandable.
She bowed down and left Chunhetang.
Before Liu Zhao left Beijing, he did not tell Gu Jiu where he was going.
Gu Jiu speculated that Liu Zhao might be going to respond to King Ning.
It is possible that King Ning was in an ambush and encountered danger. He was caught on the road and could not return to Beijing in time.
In short, everything is possible.
Everyone is blocking news now.
Whoever gets the upper hand will win half of the game.
Gu Jiu is self-aware, she knows what she is good at and what her shortcomings are.
She didn't cause trouble to Liu Zhao, so she didn't ask where Liu Zhao went.
Even Qianfu did not ask too much.
However, she successively gave two huge sums of money to Qian Fu as a turnover.
Gu Jiu is always refreshed when giving money.
She handed the money to Qian Fu, and only said: "The son trusts you, so this lady trusts you too. I hope the money can be used on the blade."
"Madam, rest assured, the money must be spent on the blade."
Gu Jiu said, and did not forget to dig people at the critical moment, "If you are too tired to stay with the son, you might as well come to me as a errand. I live easily here and earn a lot of money."
"Thank you, Madam, the old slave is used to being a errand with the son. I am afraid that I will not adapt to changing places."
"Fine, I won't force you."
Although not reluctant, but also will not give up.
High-end talents such as rich and rich are hard to come by. Gu Jiu would not give up easily.
Autumn has passed and winter has arrived.
As time passed day by day, the atmosphere in the capital became increasingly tense.
When the weather became cold, the emperor’s illness worsened and he could only be bedridden every day.
In the past, I could handle a little government affairs and verbally criticize memorials.
It's dysfunctional now, physically exhausted.
After all, the emperor is old, his health is not good, his vitality is fading little by little. The various organs of the body also fail irreversibly.
Everything is destined for birth, old age, sickness and death.
Tianzi lay on the bed, breathing very lightly.
After waking up, he beckoned, Chen Dachang bent and stood by the bed, "Your Majesty, you are awake."
The emperor nodded and said vaguely: "Help me up."
Together, the servants helped the emperor up and sat on the bed.
The emperor gasped, first let the imperial physician examine the body, and then drink the medicine.
After drinking the medicine, I felt better, and then asked, "Are the princes back?"
"not yet."
"How long has it been, why haven't you come back?"
"The journey is far away, and it will take time for the decree to be sent to your Royal Highness, and it will take time for your Royal Highness to pack up and set off for Beijing."
The emperor frowned.
"Decree to urge the rascals to return to Beijing as soon as possible. I am afraid that time is running out."
"Your Majesty!" Chen Dachang looked shocked.
The emperor waved his hand, "Now that I have seen things through."
Chen Dachang bowed to take the order, and when he was about to withdraw, he turned around and said: "Today the courtiers are discussing the establishment of the crown prince again. Please show me what the old slave should do."
The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, "The crown prince has to wait."
As for what to wait, only the emperor may know.
Chen Dachang bowed and said, "The old slave understands."
After a pause, he said again: "Master Gu, the head of the household department, was found to be greedy with a huge amount of ink, and now he has been dismissed for investigation."
The emperor was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses, "Gu Jiu's father?"
"Exactly."
"When did this happen?"
"It was the decree issued by several elders from the Political Affairs Hall early this morning."
The emperor frowned, "At this time, they still have the heart to check a household servant, what are they so comfortable with?"
"Your Majesty calms down. The evidence for what Mr. Gu committed is conclusive. There is no way to hide the matter. The adults in the political affairs hall have no choice but to dismiss Mr. Gu first. The specific trial and sentence must be determined by your majesty. ."
The emperor snorted coldly, "I have given an oral order to take Gu Zhili into Dali Temple, and Dali Temple will thoroughly investigate the case."
After Chen Dachang was surprised, he bowed his head and left the palace to deliver the emperor's verbal order.
...
Palace.
"Madam, the big thing is not good."
Xu Yousi hurried back to the east courtyard.
Obviously it was winter, but he was sweating.
"What's going on? Take a breath and speak slowly." Gu Jiu was calm.
Xu Yousi panted and said, "Master Gu has something wrong."
Gu Jiu's expression changed, "Master, what happened?"
Xu Yousi took a sip of tea, panting well before continuing: "The master was taken into custody by the Dali Temple. It is said that the master was greedy for a huge sum of money, and several adults in the Zhengshitang ordered the dismissal and investigation."
Gu Jiu frowned when he heard the words.
She is not surprised that Master Gu is greedy for ink.
Mr. Gu is not a clean official, and it doesn't match the word clean.
He is greedy for huge sums of money, this is doubtful. It depends on the standard of huge sums of money.
What makes Gu Jiu feel uneasy is that this matter came too late.
When is this?
Everyone stared at the palace, stared at the princes rushing to the capital, stared at which prince the emperor would make the prince.
At this time, the case of Master Gu’s corruption of ink suddenly happened, and the Zhengshitang also very efficiently ordered the dismissal and investigation, and Dali Temple immediately came forward and detained Master Gu.
Such efficiency is not logical.
It stands to reason that no matter what the case is, it should be pushed at this time, or procrastinated at this time. It’s not too late to wait until the crown prince is established.
As a result, everyone didn't care about the palace, they all stared at a little Master Gu.
Gu Jiu took a deep breath.
Master Gu may have become cannon fodder.