Chapter 118:

Empress Dowager Liu slowly twisted the string of beads, and her thoughts also turned.
The emperor's treatment of Liu Renxun was nothing more than a seizure and exile, and did not harm the Liu family. The punishment was already light, and it was already for his grandfather and himself.
Although the Liu family was reduced to criminals, the imperial examination was not allowed within three generations, but it was the elder brother who committed the crime, that is to say, he can participate in the imperial examination when he reaches his great-nephew generation. The great-nephew Liu Yizheng is now five years old, just at the age of enlightenment. The Liu family still has a future, and he still has a few years to live well, so he can take care of one or two.
Liu Renxun stared at the Queen Mother Liu with scorching eyes. He didn't blink, trying to say something, but afraid of saying something wrong, and finally said nothing.
Finally, Empress Dowager Liu raised her eyes to the emperor, and said wearily: "The emperor has broken it."
These five words mean that the dust has settled.
The cabinet elders were a little surprised. Everyone thought that the queen mother would intercede with the Liu family, but this time the queen mother's attitude was so firm.
As if a bucket of cold water was pouring down, the little hope that Liu Renxun had ignited in his heart is now gone.
The Liu family's title is definitely gone, and now he can only protect the second prince.
Up to now, Liu Renxun blamed the empress dowager for not mentioning the matter of Concubine Fang, and it didn't help the matter, and yelling and cursing would only wipe out the affection for each other.
Even if the queen mother blamed herself for colluding with King Yu, she would not anger the other members of the Liu family, and would still take care of the Liu family.
Liu Renxun quickly weighed the pros and cons in her heart, humbled her forehead on the ground, and again raised the emperor's grandson: "The emperor, the minister confessed his guilt and received the punishment. However, the second prince's concubine Qin is pregnant, and she is pregnant. But the royal blood..."
Liu Renxun talked about the emperor's eldest grandson, not only for the emperor, but also for the empress dowager Liu. Empress Liu always liked children and would definitely pity the emperor's grandson.
really--
"The emperor, accept... This is true. The second prince is certainly wrong, but the eldest grandson of the emperor is a child of the imperial family and cannot be confined in the imperial mansion for a lifetime." Empress Dowager Liu frowned slightly and still interceded for the second prince. , "Second prince... the emperor, let's stay light."
The empress dowager Liu knew the bitterness of the ban. The emperor and her were banned by the first emperor for many years, and all kinds of tastes will not be forgotten in this lifetime.
The two princes were guilty of colluding with King Yu, and the crime is unforgivable, but the great-grandson is innocent after all. He is obviously of royal blood, and he will be trapped in a square inch of the ground when he is born.
Liu Renxun didn't raise his head, maintaining a prostrate posture, his heart warmed up again.
The emperor has always been filial, but the empress dowager did not intercede with the Liu family. Now it is the emperor's eldest grandson, and the emperor will most likely agree.
Gu Jing stared at the emperor without blinking, clenched his fists tightly, and told himself in his heart that the emperor had always been softhearted...
However, the emperor’s icy voice came from ahead: "The emperor's grandson?"
These three words are full of ridicule.
"Mother, you might as well ask Gu Jing, how did his eldest grandson come from!!" The emperor's words were so cold that they almost fell out of ice.
When talking about this, the emperor had nothing but disgust and disappointment with Gu Jing, and he didn't even want to look at this son again.
When his son was young, he was also a diligent, studious, modest and filial child. When did he gradually become this unrecognizable appearance? !
Gu Jing: "!!!"
The father knew the child in Qin Xin's stomach...
How is this possible? !
Gu Jing was completely shocked, her eyes were almost staring to the extreme, her eyes flushed, and her mind was even more chaotic.
He never thought that Emperor Father would know this secret. In his opinion, this secret should only be known by him and Qin Xin, and no one else would know it.
Could it be that Qin Xin was talking nonsense outside?
However, once this incident was leaked, it would be to confuse the blood of the royal family, waiting for Qin Xin to have only one word "dead", Qin Xin can't live, and the child in Qin Xin's belly can't live either.
Therefore, it should not be what Qin Xin said.
If it weren't for her, then, only the wild man who had affair with Qin Xin!
Thinking of this, Gu Jing's heart was even more confused, his hands clenched his fists tightly, and extremely strong emotions surged in his eyes.
To this day, he doesn’t know who the man is. He tried to ask Qin Xin several times to avoid future troubles, but Qin Xin gritted his teeth and just refused to say what he wanted to guard against. He "goes to mother and keeps son" goes on and on.
Qin Xin couldn't ask, and Gu Jing didn't dare to send someone to investigate. After all, this matter was of great importance, and there was absolutely no telling about it.
Empress Dowager Liu moved her eyebrows confusedly, and asked the emperor: "Why did the child come from?...Did you go to the Xianwen aisle?"
Empress Dowager Liu couldn't help but think of Yun Guang's "Birth Child Talisman", and remembered how the concubine of An Ding Hou Mansion asked for a son from Yun Guang.
Could it be that Gu Jing and Qin Xin also went to which demon way to beg for a child?
Thinking of this possibility, Empress Dowager Liu's heart felt cold, her face instantly became unsightly, her face sinking like water, she almost crushed the stream of beads in her hand.
"Gu Jing, what's the matter?" Empress Dowager Liu looked at Gu Jing with an arrow-like stare, and asked Ge Ge with his first name and last name.
Even Liu Renxun, who was kneeling beside Gu Jing, sighed, an ominous premonition emerged in his heart. Could it be that what's wrong with the child in Qin's stomach?
Gu Jing denied without thinking: "The emperor's grandmother, grandson and Qin have never been to beg a son.
"Father, my son doesn't know what you are talking about." Gu Jing's voice became increasingly sharp.
How can Gu Jing recognize this kind of thing, and absolutely can't recognize it!
If he recognizes it, then he will become a joke for the whole Daqi!
Gu Jing's forehead was sweating like rain, and even the hair on his temples was soaked with sweat. Even if he exhausted all his energy to cover up his panic, the despair that came from within still radiated out irresistibly.
The emperor asked faintly: "Gu Jing, you really don't know?"
The emperor sitting behind the imperial case calmly looked down at Gu Jing who was kneeling on the ground. He was not disappointed anymore. He was calm as if he was looking at a stranger, with a kind of indifferent distance.
Gu Zezhi finally retracted his gaze from the window and drank tea leisurely.
At this moment, the spider web was already empty, and only the translucent wing attached to the spider web was still shaking slightly with the wind, announcing its end silently.
Now that the prey has stepped into this net of heaven and earth, there is no chance of escape from birth!
The flame of the silver frost charcoal basin in the corner was dim, and it was about to go out, but in the atmosphere at this moment, the servants serving in the imperial study did not dare to move, for fear of making any unnecessary noise.
Queen Mother Liu looked at Gu Jing and then at the emperor. From the eyes of the father and son, she knew that things might be worse than she thought, and her heart felt tight.
If Gu Jing and Qin Xin really encountered something like An Ding Hou Shizi concubine after being drugged, they would only have pity for their son because of the emperor’s temperament, but now, the emperor’s detached attitude is completely tired of Gu Jing. .
Empress Dowager Liu's heart sank even lower, and asked hardly, "The emperor, what is going on?"
The emperor slowly turned the jade finger on his thumb. He felt that his mouth was dirty with this kind of pickling, and he said, "Gu Jing, you say it yourself."
Gu Jing still killed him and refused to admit it: "Father, I don't know the children."
Liu Renxun was also dumbfounded, asking: Is there anything wrong with Qin's child? It is still said that there is a problem with the doctor's diagnosis, but even if it is a girl, it is the emperor's first grandchild, and it will not make the emperor unhappy! What is wrong with this?
The others in the Imperial Study Room looked down, with subtle expressions.
Even if the emperor hadn't said what he said, their shrewd veterans could also tell that it was mostly imperial privates.
They are not sure whether they want to stay. After all, the second prince and Liu Renxun colluded with the king of Yu. It was a matter of the dynasty. How the children in the concubine of these two princes were actually the royal affair.
Chen Junwang and Liu Renxun are nothing more. One of them is the clan, the other is the emperor's uncle, and the relatives of the emperor. Compared with him, these foreign ministers are a bit embarrassed.
"The emperor," after thinking and thinking, Shoufu stood up and said hesitantly, "Whether the account book submitted by Commander Yuan will be checked by the household department..."
What Shoufu wants to say is that Liu Renxun's impeachment of Wei Xiu Shi had caused a lot of noise in the court. Now this matter can't be left silently, just walk through the process on the bright side and return Wei Xiu Shi uprightly. .
However, to put it bluntly, this is actually just an excuse for Shoufu to remind the emperor that these outsiders are still there, so they can retreat.
"Everything that needs to be checked must be checked." The emperor interrupted Shoufu with a grim expression, "No hurry, come one by one!"
Now the emperor is not too embarrassed, he also wants to be thorough. There are certain things that these people can see and understand, otherwise there will always be people who are lucky and want to fight for the merits of the dragon. These people have tossed like this again.
Shoufu and other courtiers looked more embarrassed, but they could only keep under pressure.
The emperor said to Gu Jing again: "Say!"
The silver frost charcoal in the charcoal basin was completely extinguished, and the air seemed to cool down.
"Erchen doesn't know." Gu Jing still had the same four words, and his tall and straight figure showed a feeling of huddiness, as if the sun was going down.
The emperor's mouth pulled out a sneer, and he spoke clearly and slowed down his speech: "Gu Jing, do you want me to find an imperial doctor to come over?"
"..." Gu Jing's heart jumped suddenly, as if he had been hit in a deadly spot.
The father even knew about this? !
impossible! ! !
He was dying and struggling to say to himself that he had obviously dealt with all the people involved at the time, even the doctor was secretly dealt with by him, and so was the servant.
Gu Jing’s eyes flickered brightly and darkly. At this moment, he seemed to be back at the time. When the doctor staggered and told him that he might hurt his children, he felt that his world was turned upside down and there was no light around him. Cold despair remained.
He never thought that he would encounter such a thing. Since he was born, he has been the proud son of heaven. His grandfather and concubine have told him that he will be able to ascend the throne of God in the future.
He was scared and panic, too scared to tell anyone, let alone telling his father.
In the beginning, it was just because of fear. Later, even he himself didn't know what emotions came from.
People with disabilities cannot succeed.
He is already like this and can't lose the throne anymore. Besides, if it weren't for Daqi to negotiate with Beiyan, how could he provoke the madman Yeluluan, he fell to this point because of Daqi, and the throne should be him. Yes, why should I let Gu Jui this useless child?
He hurriedly accepted Qin Xin just to cover himself, but he didn't expect that the woman who he took seriously and even ran into the queen mother would treat him like this!
She betrayed him, still using the most nasty way to make him feel dirty.
Since the winter solstice last year, more than two months have passed, and even Gu Jing himself cannot tell whether his anger stems from being betrayed by the one he loves, or whether he has seen the wrong person.
There is only one thought left in his mind, and neither of these two things can be known.
And now, the emperor father knew all about it.
Gu Jing's face became more and more ugly, showing a lifeless gray, as if he had lost half of his three souls and seven souls.
Liu Renxun and Gu Jing were the closest, and seeing the slightest changes in his body made him feel more uncomfortable.
Liu Renxun knew that Gu Jing, his grandson, would often be able to force him to tell a little bit if he ignored him. What is going on? !
The emperor still had the same word: "Say!"
"..." Gu Jing trembled violently, her eyelids drooped, and she could no longer look directly into the emperor's eyes.
His mind was so messed up that he couldn't think. He just wished it was a nightmare, and he would wake up from it the next moment.
His fingertips were squeezed into the palm of his palm, and the pain told him that this was reality.
Gu Jing's body trembled visibly.
Looking at this unfilial son, the emperor's heart could not be rippled long ago, and he was not soft-hearted.
Since Gu Jing refused to say, the emperor simply asked others to say: "Yuan Minggang, come on!"
Yuan Minggang: "..."
Yuan Minggang felt the powerlessness of 10,000 horses galloping past, and he wanted to scold vulgar words, these two princes were too men!
Not right, is the second prince still a man now?
Yuan Minggang resisted not going to see Gu Jing, and tried his best to deal with it in an official manner:
"Last year, the second prince was stabbed by the second prince of Beiyan. On that day, his Royal Highness insisted on pushing the imperial doctor, which was given to his Royal Highness by Doctor Wang of the Qianjintang in Beijing. The minister checked the doctor Wang, and Doctor Wang is dead. On the night that Doctor Wang died, the head guard of the Second Prince's Mansion did not return all night."
Although the others in the room didn’t know what was going on when they heard this, the four words have naturally emerged in their hearts
Killing people.
Obviously, Doctor Wang knew some unknown secret of the second prince, so he had to die.
Yuan Minggang was still orderly reporting: "The minister continued to investigate Doctor Wang and found that Qianjintang no longer accepts medicinal materials from Yao Nong since May. Doctor Wang claimed to Yao Nong that the medicinal materials are sufficient, but in private he was looking for the dentist. The acquaintance dentist secretly said that he was going to sell the shop and planned to go back to his hometown. However, before he sold the shop, he went to a doctor at night when he was in the third day of June and fell into a ditch and died."
"The neighbor next door to the Qianjintang confessed that Dr. Wang had a wife and children in his hometown. After his death, his son had been to the capital for a funeral. The minister personally ran to Dr. Wang’s home and met Dr. Wang’s son, Wang Lifu. "
"Wang Lifu said that his father knew the secret of a big man. He had guessed that he would probably be killed. He sent him a letter in advance, saying that if the big man would not let them go, with this letter, Maybe he and his mother could get their lives back."
"After the minister passed, Wang Lifu gave the secret letter left by his father to the minister."
Having said this, Yuan Minggang stopped, his eyes flickering slightly. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the emperor, not knowing whether to continue.
The emperor picked up a letter on the imperial case and threw it directly at Gu Jing...
Yuan Minggang finally breathed a sigh of relief, but fortunately, it seemed that he didn't need to talk anymore. He was quite lucky to have escaped.
The letter fluttered on the ground in front of Gu Jing, and there was a faint smell of medicine on the envelope.
To Gu Jing, the smell of medicine was like another nightmare. He seemed to have returned to the days when he was just injured, and he felt like a ghost was staring at him, lingering like a shadow.
Why did it happen to him? Why did this happen to him? !
There was a voice roaring in Gu Jing's heart, sweating like rain, as if he was fished out of the lake.
He dared not read the letter, and knelt there motionless.
There was a dead silence in the imperial study room.
Liu Renxun's complexion changed endlessly.
Finally, he couldn't help picking up the letter, opened the envelope with trembling fingers, took out the letter paper, looked at it at a glance, his face became more and more ugly, as if someone was holding a knife at him. My heart stabbed again and again.
His hand holding the letter paper trembled, and when he turned his head to look at Gu Jing, his dark and gloomy eyes seemed to be looking at a monster, and he was holding his breath on his heart, and he was almost palpitating.
The Liu family gave everything to support Gu Jing, and he also gave everything, but the truth turned out to be so!
Very complicated emotions surged in Liu Renxun's old muddy eyes, annoyance, regret, hatred, and contempt.
He thought that the Liu family could win the merits of being a dragon, and he thought that the Liu family could rely on Gu Jing to continue its glory, but Gu Jing deceived him.
Gu Jing lied to him to hold all the Liu family on him.
If he had known that Gu Jing was injured and inhumane, he would definitely not drip in this mess again. Even if Gu Jing succeeds to the throne, he will not have children, which means that he is bound to adopt a stepbrother's heir...
Child! !
Liu Renxun immediately thought of the child in Qin Xin's womb. Qin Xin went through the door after Gu Jing was injured, so the child in her womb was not Gu Jing's?
Qin Xin must be pregnant. She was diagnosed by the imperial physician at the Shouning Palace in the winter solstice last year and could not move her hands or feet.
Then there is only one truth left. In other words, for the throne, Gu Jing would not hesitate to cuckold himself and "borrow his son".
For a man to achieve his goal, he would not hesitate to cuckold himself, which is equivalent to abandoning the bottom line of being a man!
And he actually regarded such a person as the future king of Daqi!
It was only half an hour since they were captured by Jin Yiwei, but to Liu Renxun, this half hour was like half a lifetime. One heavy blow made him almost unable to face the reality, and his heart seemed to be lost. Only the invisible big palm was held in the palm.
Except for Liu Renxun, everyone present did not see what the letter was written in. But think about the conversation between the emperor and the second prince. You can see how Liu Renxun wished to kill the second prince. abnormal.
Someone quietly craned his neck and glanced at the letter paper in Liu Renxun's hand...
Liu Renxun unconsciously crumpled the letter paper, gritted his teeth, and questioned Gu Jing with difficulty: "Is it true?"
With these words, Liu Renxun's anger and hatred burst out like a volcano, burning him out of reason.
"You were so injured by Yeluluan that you were inhumane, and for the throne, you asked the Qin clan to'borrow your son'."
"The child in Qin's womb is not yours at all, right?!"
Liu Renxun shouted more and more loudly, interrogating Gu Jing, almost roaring, his voice was rough and hoarse as if it had been rubbed by gravel.
At this moment, he had long forgotten that there were other people here, he just wanted to ask the truth, and while he was saying this, he was also stabbing his own heart with one knife after another.
It turned out that there was still a glimmer of hope that he could still lie to his Liu family. Gu Jing was temporarily downcast, and he might not be able to resurrect with the emperor's grandson in the future. It is not uncommon for the emperor to pass his son and pass the throne directly to the emperor's grandson.
But now, this last ray of hope is also dashed!
At this moment, Liu Renxun's faith completely collapsed.
He can only blame Gu Jing.
Yes, it's all Gu Jing's fault!
If Gu Jing told him in advance that Yelvluan was hurt by Yeluan, he would not risk taking the Liu family in and agree to cooperate with the King of Yu. He wholeheartedly assisted Gu Jing. Over the years, he helped Gu Jing so much, but Gu Jing even lied to his grandfather, Gu Jing was already a useless person!
Gu Jing dug a hole full of blades and pushed himself into it!
Liu Renxun felt more pain in his heart.
One wrong step, wrong step.
Now, the Liu family's title, his future, the future of his children and grandchildren, and the future of the Liu family are all gone.
nothing left! !
There is no future and no hope! !
Even more stupid, he just tried to use a "wild species" of unknown origin to ask the emperor to show mercy to Gu Jing's men.
Stupid, he is so stupid!
"Gu Jing, you say!" Liu Renxun's eyes were red, as if they were stained red with blood, with a maddening anger, "Is this true?!"
Gu Jing: "..."
Gu Jing's face turned blue and white, white to purple, purple to black, and the colors changed wonderfully.
He didn't know what to say, panicked, his mind buzzed, and he couldn't look directly at Liu Renxun at all.
Liu Renxun had already spoken so plainly, and the courtiers around naturally understood it, and took a breath of air.
This is really the royal privates!
The courtiers wished that they didn't have long ears. I was really afraid that the emperor would feel the response when he looked at them afterwards.
There were also one or two courtiers who were a little frightened. They couldn't help but feel a little scared. They were also fortunate that they were clever: When the two princes were beautiful in the first two years, they didn't think about standing in line, just because they were cautious and didn't move, they planned to wait and see. for a while.
These two princes are not humane anymore, it is conceivable that the position of the prince will not be his turn!
It seems that there is no suspense in this princely dispute.
Hey, this time I also made the emperor shrewd. Otherwise, if the child in Qin's stomach is really remembered under the name of the second prince, it would be confusing the royal blood.
Empress Dowager Liu naturally understood, and she felt dizzy and dizzy before her eyes, and she almost collapsed.
Mother Liu cleverly hurriedly massaged the acupuncture points on her hands and gave her comfort.
Empress Dowager Liu took a few deep breaths, and she still didn't relax. She looked at Gu Jing's eyes with shock, disappointment, and heartache, but this heartache was not pity for Gu Jing, but heartache. How could the grandson she once loved had changed? In this way! The series of things he did after his injury has no lower limit, it is disgusting!
Liu Renxun seemed to be crazy, and continued to question Gu Jing, "Speak up!"
"It's not like that." Gu Jing finally recovered, her voice tightened, "No."
He didn't know what else he could say except for a dull denial.
Gu Jing's denial is undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire for Liu Renxun, who is even more angry.
He threw at Gu Jing excitedly, holding his front tightly with both hands, "Now that's the matter, you still don't tell the truth!"
Liu Renxun's eye canthus is about to split, really wishing to swallow Gu Jing alive.
Gu Jing was frightened, his pupils shrank sharply, and under Liu Renxun's murderous gaze, he seemed lack of confidence.
The emperor coldly watched them biting the dog, as if they were watching a play.
Gu Jing said intermittently, "Yes, it's all... Yeluluan."
Gu Jing was ashamed, hated, and angry. He was a victim, so why did his grandfather blame him! Why does the father have to expose his privacy to so many people!
He was already embarrassed, it was because of Daqi that he was hurt by Yeluluan! !
Liu Renxun: "..."
Gu Jing's words were like breaking the tight heartstring in Liu Renxun's heart.
"Snapped."
Liu Renxun seemed to hear the sound of the string breaking, and his strength was pulled away, his limbs were weak, and his whole body collapsed.
"Big Brother!" Empress Dowager Liu called in horror. She stood up abruptly and looked at Liu Renxun who fell to the ground worriedly.
I saw Liu Renxun on the ground twitching all over, foaming at the mouth, turning his eyes white, obviously losing consciousness.