allonlinenovel Chapter 91 Husband and wife turn against each other
Chapter 91 Husband and wife turn against each other
"Yes!" Zhao Ji accepted the order.
All the officials looked down at their feet, and not one dared to stand up and speak up for Gu Yong.
Even Crown Prince Yuchi Rui and Prime Minister Zhu Zhishun turned their faces away, not wanting to look at them again.
The Emperor may not know about the Gu family's affairs, but surely those who are on good terms with the Gu family know? They have no right to speak up for Gu Yong after what he and his wife did to their eldest daughter, Gu Simo!
"Crown Prince!" Yu Chi Sheng called out again.
"My son is here."
"Follow me to the Imperial Study!"
"Yes!"
As the father and son left, Qi Sui loudly proclaimed, "Court adjourned!"
Looking at Gu Yong, who was slumped in a daze, Ye Gengxin was still not satisfied.
However, since the Crown Prince had already explained the origin of the items from Beilin Kingdom, he could no longer use the charge of "treason" against Gu Yong.
Upon realizing that Luo Lixian was actually the fifth princess of Bei Lin Kingdom, he no longer delayed and returned to his residence as quickly as possible.
……
The General's Mansion is still holding a fake funeral for Gu Simo.
Ye Shishu and Yuchi Ling came to the General's Mansion yesterday. In her words, if you're going to put on an act, you have to go all the way. If she, as the younger sister-in-law, doesn't come back for the funeral, it will definitely arouse suspicion.
The three siblings gathered together, waiting for news of Ye Geng's new court appearance.
According to their expectations, even if the Gu family isn't wiped out this time, their good days are over.
But they never dreamed that Ye Gengxin would bring back astonishing news.
"Luo Lixian is the fifth princess of Beilin Kingdom?!" The three siblings exclaimed in unison.
Even Yu Chi Ling, who was drinking tea in his wheelchair, looked up in surprise at Ye Gengxin.
Ye Shishu suddenly realized, "No wonder the Crown Prince has such heavy tastes. He doesn't mind other people's women, even women who have just had a miscarriage. He even went so far as to accept them into the Eastern Palace as concubines despite the rumors. It turns out he had already discovered that Luo Lixian was no ordinary person!"
Ye Shiting asked, "Father, we have always been at odds with the Northern Lin Kingdom, and in recent years we have been constantly at war. Can a fifth princess who has been missing for many years really turn the two countries from enemies to friends?"
Ye Gengxin said, "His Majesty has long intended to cease hostilities. If Luo Lixian can truly improve relations between the two countries, she and the Crown Prince will have made a contribution to both nations."
After saying that, he looked at his son-in-law in the wheelchair and asked, "Your Highness, what do you think?"
Yu Chi Ling curled his lips into a smile. "If Luo Lixian is indeed the Fifth Princess of Bei Lin Kingdom, then I will naturally congratulate her on her happy marriage with the Crown Prince."
Upon hearing this, Ye Gengxin frowned in displeasure, "They weren't friendly to you and Shu'er, so why did you still congratulate them?"
Seeing the meaningful smile on Yu Chi Ling's lips, Ye Shi Shu suddenly guessed something and said, "Father, if Luo Li Xian is really the princess of Bei Lin Kingdom, the one who should be most worried is not us, but the Crown Princess!"
"..."
"Think about it, isn't it an insult to the Northern Lin Kingdom to make the Fifth Princess of the Northern Di Kingdom the Crown Prince's concubine? But if he were to elevate Luo Lixian's rank, even if the Prime Minister's Mansion could understand, wouldn't the Crown Princess feel resentful? I think the Crown Prince has always refrained from publicizing Luo Lixian's background for these reasons. It's just that he didn't expect that Gu Yong wouldn't have used those things from the Northern Lin Kingdom well, and they almost backfired on them. That's why he had no choice but to reveal that Luo Lixian was the Fifth Princess of the Northern Lin Kingdom."
After listening to his daughter's words, Ye Gengxin thought about them carefully and also felt that there was some truth to them.
Ye Shishu smiled and comforted him, "Father, regardless of whether Luo Lixian is the Fifth Princess of Beilin Kingdom, we have already made enemies with the Crown Prince's faction. Let's not be too worried. As the saying goes, we'll deal with whatever comes our way, don't you think?"
Ye Gengxin glared at her irritably, "What you said is the same as saying nothing at all!"
Ye Shijun, who hadn't spoken until now, suddenly said, "Actually, what I'm most curious about right now is the Wei family's reaction! Luo Lixian was originally Wei Yonghuai's woman. She was once an orphan who couldn't be brought into the public eye, but now she's become a princess of a country. Won't they regret it to the core?"
"Pfft!" Ye Shishu couldn't help but burst out laughing. "Second brother, I hadn't even remembered them if you hadn't mentioned them!"
"It's alright. Wasn't Yu Niang taken into Wei Guangzheng's mansion? We'll find her later and ask her about the Wei family's reaction in person!" Ye Shijun said with a smile.
Looking at his unreliable children, Ye Gengxin said irritably, "The mourning hall is still there. Hurry up and burn paper money and start mourning. The Emperor wants to investigate Gu Yong's mistreatment of Mo'er, and he will definitely send someone to our residence to investigate the cause of Mo'er's death. We've already gone this far, we can't let anyone find any loopholes!"
“Okay!” Ye Shishu replied with a smile.
This time, they didn't expect to bring down the Crown Prince; they only wanted to deal with the Gu family.
Although they failed to confiscate the Gu family's property, since the Emperor had spoken in front of all the civil and military officials, they were determined to cooperate to the end and make Gu Yong lose his official position!
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Wei House.
Just as Ye Shijun had jokingly said, upon learning that Luo Lixian was the fifth princess of Beilin Kingdom, Ge Shi found it hard to accept and kept pressing Wei Guangzheng for answers, "Are you sure? Is she really the fifth princess of Beilin Kingdom? Could it be that the Crown Prince made it up to protect Chief Minister Gu?"
Wei Guangzheng said with a dark face, "Would the Crown Prince make up such a thing?"
Madam Ge slumped into a chair, muttering, "How did she become a princess? She should have been Huai'er's woman, and our Huai'er should have been the prince consort of Beilin..."
Wei Guangzheng glared at her with hatred, "Isn't it all your fault for looking down on people! Before, when Huai'er wanted to marry her, you insisted that she had an unknown background, no relatives or support, and was not good enough for Huai'er! Now look what's happened, you've ruined both a general's daughter and a princess of Beilin Kingdom!"
Suddenly, Ge jumped up from her chair, pointed at his nose, and retorted, "You have the nerve to insult me? Don't you have any contempt for people?"
Wei Guangzheng angrily said, "You've been in charge of everything in the family all these years. I thought you were shrewd, but I was wrong. I've been manipulated by this stupid woman! Do you know how many people are laughing at us, father and son? It's all because of you!"
Ever since he became obsessed with brothels, Madam Ge had harbored resentment towards him. After he spent several thousand taels of silver to bring Yu Niang, a courtesan, back to his residence, Madam Ge witnessed firsthand how Yu Niang had bewitched him, and she wished she could kill him and Yu Niang.
Hearing his words of such hatred towards her, Madam Ge flew into a rage, grabbed a teacup from the table and smashed it at him, cursing, "You heartless dog! I've done so much for you and your son for so many years, and instead of being grateful, you bring that slut into the house to humiliate me! Do you believe I'll kill that slut right now?"
"How dare you!" Wei Guangzheng also lost his temper, pointing at her and cursing back furiously, "Yu Niang is gentle and innocent, unlike you, a vicious woman! If you dare to lay a finger on Yu Niang, I will definitely divorce you!"
Just then, a delicate figure entered the hall.
Her exquisite figure moved with graceful grace, as if a thousand charms were hidden within her delicate body. Not to mention, she also had a face of unparalleled beauty, with captivating eyes that made her look like a vixen reincarnated, as if she wanted to steal the souls of every man in the world.
"Master, why are you arguing with Madam again because of Yu Niang?" Yu Niang gently pressed herself against Wei Guangzheng, her slender fingers lightly stroking his chest, her eyes filled with half heartache and half self-reproach as she looked at him. "If you're angry, you should be angry with Yu Niang. If Yu Niang hadn't come to the Wei residence, you wouldn't have argued with Madam like this. Every time I see you arguing with Madam, Yu Niang feels so heartbroken and guilty."