Chapter 289 The Daughter of the Sinful Minister37
In the Zeng Dynasty, which advocated "establishing a direct descendant for seniority, not for virtue; establishing a son for nobleness, not for seniority", there were direct descendants.
The prince is not the queen's biological child, but the son of the imperial concubine. The queen had only two daughters and one son died in infancy. The prince was the eldest son, and his mother was one of the emperor's two concubines, so naturally the position of prince fell on him.
The emperor frowned: "What does it have to do with the queen?"
Xu Mian said quietly: "The Queen's first prince died in infancy, and the Queen thought it might have been the Emperor's concubine who killed him."
One word stirred up a thousand waves, and two of the most noble women were implicated.
"Bold!" The emperor stood up suddenly, feeling dizzy and shaking.
"Your Majesty!" The eunuch in charge hurried forward and supported him nervously.
Xu Mian knelt there, motionless. The prince was stunned and looked sideways at Xu Mian, not knowing how to defend his mother-in-law.
Wonderful! Xi Ning felt that his brain was running out of energy. If he wanted to get results from something that seemed clear, he needed to connect all the connections and judge whether the evidence obtained was reliable, which was not something ordinary people could do.
The eunuch in charge supported the emperor, his voice trembling: "Master Xu, do you know what you are saying? Do you want to turn the entire palace into chaos?"
Xu Mian was still kneeling and said calmly: "My duty is to reveal the truth of the matter. As for the punishment, I will listen to the emperor."
The emperor finally recovered and sat down slowly.
The eunuch in charge quickly opened a small brocade box, took out a few bright red pills, and asked the emperor to take them.
Are you still taking Jindan at this time? Look at the red face, the fire in the body is already quite strong, and I am really worried that blood will spurt out from the nose and mouth anytime and anywhere.
The emperor, who had taken the golden elixir, took a few deep breaths and seemed to have stabilized his mood: "Don't make any announcement about this in advance, let me think about it."
"Yes!" Xu Mian responded.
The prince and Qianhu next to him immediately kowtowed, and Xining followed suit.
The emperor's eyes finally turned to Gu Yuanxin, who was kneeling at the end. After a while, he said: "You have done a good job in this matter. I will make the final decision on your marriage to Gu Yuanxin."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Xu Mian said after saluting, "But I may postpone the marriage for one or two years."
The emperor frowned slightly: "Why?" It was obvious that a marriage was going to be granted. Generally speaking, the date of the marriage would be written on it. If the marriage was requested next month, it would be done no matter how urgent the time was. If the date is not written, when the woman reaches the marriageable age, it will take at most half a year to prepare.
Xu Mian replied: "The Gu family can't afford much dowry at present. I don't want her to be too shabby when she gets married, and she won't be able to show her great grace."
Oh, that's it! Gu's house was ransacked. In fact, it's not that the Gu family cares about whether the dowry is shabby when marrying off a daughter, but that the marriage is too disgraceful and unsightly.
The emperor turned to ask: "Is Gu Tingrui really that poor?"
The eunuch in charge replied: "Exactly!" After all, he was not poor. After the second order, he also sent a thousand taels of silver and a jade Ruyi. In the end, he was given five taels of silver for running errands.
In this case... the emperor thought for a while: "Then return the things that the Gu family confiscated before to the Gu family."
Xining was overjoyed and kowtowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Then let's do it. The prince will stay and the others will go." The emperor kept the prince mainly because he wanted to hammer the prince some more, and also to teach the imperial concubine outside some lessons.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Everyone, regardless of the situation, knelt down and retreated.
After walking out, no one looked at the imperial concubine, who was still kneeling under the scorching sun, already tanned to the point of collapse.
After leaving the palace gate, Qianhu raised his hands to Xu Mian and said, "Congratulations to Mr. Xu and congratulations to Miss Gu." Don't forget that the gift was given before.
Xu Mian nodded and helped Xining onto the carriage: "Zhang Zhong, send Miss Gu to review the house! If anything happens to the Gu family, take care of it."
"Yes, sir." Zhang Zhong saw Qianhu congratulating him just now. It seems that the marriage has been decided and the emperor has let Miss Gu go. Xining opened the curtain and watched Xu Mian mount his horse.
Xu Mian saw her looking inside the car, so he pulled the reins over, stretched out his hand in front of the window, and gently held her hand holding the window: "Is it time to go?"
Xining nodded casually.
Xu Mian seemed to be nostalgic: "I still have a lot to say..."
Xining said calmly: "We will talk slowly after we get married." But she should be gone by then.
Qianhu laughed when he saw it: "I'm so envious."
Zhang Zhong rolled his eyes: "You are already married, why are you envious?" He is still the fifth child, and Master Xu said that he would find a marriage for him when he comes back, but it has not happened yet.
Xu Mian turned to look at him: "Zhang Zhong, it seems that what I promised you has not been done yet."
Zhang Zhong was overjoyed: "Yes!" He finally remembered it and thought he had forgotten it.
Xu Mian looked calm: "Are you happy to give Xiaohong to you?"
"Xiaohong?" Zhang Zhong suddenly shouted: "Is that a man woman? You can kill people faster than me. You should spare me, sir."
"Yes!" Xu Mian nodded, and before Zhang Zhong was happy, he said, "How about Miss Gu's personal maid Furong?"
Zhang Zhong called again: "Is that the little girl who ate six meat buns?"
Six meat buns... Xining sweated. In fact, Furong didn't eat that much usually. She was frightened that day, and because she had no fixed meals for her escape, she just performed beyond her level.
Zhang Zhong said with a bitter face: "My lord, it's better not to worry about it. I'll figure it out myself. After all, I'm a deputy Qianhu now, so there should be a young lady willing to marry me."
"Never mind it, don't mention it in the future." Xu Mian turned to Xining again, looked at it for a long time and then said: "Send Miss Gu back!"
As the carriage drove by, Xining looked back from the window, watching Xu Mian on the horse getting further and further away. When he could no longer be seen around the corner, he retracted his head and lowered the curtain of the carriage.
Zhang Zhong, who was escorting next to him, laughed: "The relationship between Miss Gu and Mr. Xu is really good. No wonder Mr. Qianhu is jealous."
Xining sat in the car, sighing secretly, thinking that this farewell might never see each other again.
Mo Ming: "As promised, shake your sleeves and leave no cloud behind?"
Xining: "There is no way to stay, so I don't stay. You don't understand this bloodless system..."
Mo Ming: "Tch, I don't want to hurt you...if you play slowly, you will find that there are many good men. If you see them too much, you won't feel anything anymore."
Xining became curious: "What does your so-called good man look like?"
Mo Ming: "It depends on where you are. If it's the Three Kingdoms era, naturally Lu Bu will be among the men and Red Rabbit will be among the horses. If it's this place, Xu Mian might be careless. He's better than the prince or the emperor."
Xining smiled and deliberately teased: "The king among the main gods, the king among the systems."
"Bah, bah, bah!" Mo Ming became angry in a very rare way: "If you mention the names of these two guys again, I will turn against you. Next time, I will make you rival the most evil evil villain. He is so perverted and evil."
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Xining surrendered immediately: "I'm sorry, I was wrong! You don't remember the faults of villains, please let me go."
Mo Ming: "Humph~"
(End of chapter)