delicious little cook

Chapter 897 Consequences
"How could my family lie to me?" Gu Xu's defense was weak, "Even if there was something wrong with Gu Chan, it is a fact that she was injured by Bai Kou. My mother asked Bai Kou to apologize. Bai Kou got an internal injury from kicking. Do you know that she is deliberately killing people? My mother is the wife of a fifth-rank official. !"

"Bai Kou kicked people? Do you know how they fought? Do you know how the bridge of the servant's nose was broken next to the second aunt? It was her fault that Bai Kou kicked and injured people, but the servant woman pulled her Is it right for the second aunt to slap her? That was in Prince Cheng's mansion, Bai Kou was a guest, and he beat up his guests in the owner's house. Do you know how angry the prince and princess are? My parents came to apologize repeatedly Where were you when you were here? You didn’t show up to the long house and grandmother the whole night yesterday! You don’t care about how it happened, you only know that your family members are hurt and you are wronged,* ***** Only thinking about how to ruin Bai Kou's reputation, I guess you haven't come to apologize for such a serious matter as the second aunt's wild behavior in the palace!"

Gu Yun pressed forward every step of the way, and Gu Xu backed away again and again, breaking out in a cold sweat. He really forgot to apologize!

"Only the Princess of Chengjun is at home during the day, so it's inconvenient for me to visit. I will definitely go tonight."

"You only apologized tonight for what happened yesterday. It's really your usual style. When something happens, you either evade responsibility, or pass the buck to others to clean up the mess."

"Don't talk nonsense, when will I live like this?!" Gu Xu jumped to retort, this is the imperial study room, if you don't deal with it, it will affect your future, Gu Xu felt so guilty that his legs trembled.

"I'm talking nonsense? Do you want me to count it for you? How did your two illegitimate children come from? Obviously the two couples were pregnant first, but they deliberately concealed this from their in-laws when they signed the marriage contract. As a result, the sister-in-law came in front of the door. The other roommates gave birth right after you. You were the one to blame for this matter, but you didn’t apologize at all. With the pitiful salary you earn every month, when those two roommates cry to you, you can give them money. Go half, and the other half is not enough for you to socialize outside. The sister-in-law can't get your money, so she has to use the dowry to raise children and pay for living expenses. I haven't heard a few good words from you. I didn't wrong you for arguing about money, did I?"

"That's my son after all, it's already a debt if I can't cultivate them, what kind of words do you want me to treat them harshly in terms of money?!" Gu Xu was annoyed by being forced to ask, and suddenly raised his voice.

"How did those two illegitimate children come about? How did your two concubines get pregnant together? If you insisted on abortion, why would you have troubles later? Why did you hide this important fact when discussing marriage? You cheated into marriage The first daughter of the Gan family in Pingzhou doesn't treat her well, and just after giving birth to a daughter, the mothers on both sides will quarrel. Are you a husband like this?"

"I dealt with this matter at the time, and replaced the old servants with new ones. You know this, and you supported me. As for my marriage, it was my mother who facilitated it, and it has nothing to do with me."

"That's right, I do support you in replacing the newcomers who listen to you, but the twelve girls you bought yourself were severely beaten by your second aunt, and five of them died. , the mother-in-law who took care of them only showed up at meal times, and took away the sick meals they were recovering from, and only left them steamed buns and clear porridge. After I took over, Bai Kou went to visit and found out that they were living in a pigsty. Girls Sweeping out the rubbish in the yard, the doctor came only once and never came back for a follow-up visit, no one took care of them when the medicine was used up, no one washed the dirty clothes for them, and it was Bai Kou who gave them needles and threads Make new underwear by yourself. The servants of your second room are always bold. Bai Kou is my manager, and they dared to sneak up on her from behind with a big stick to kill her. The reason why Bai Kou was attacked was because you used her as a cover. Use it first, and your servants in the second room will do it later. I never regret letting Bai Kou practice martial arts because of this. So many things happened before and after, and so many lives were lost in it. Have you ever felt guilty? In your eyes , What exactly is human life?"

"Third Brother, this is the Imperial Study Room, can we talk about our housework when we go home?" Gu Xu was covered in cold sweat, begging in a low voice with a guilty conscience.

"No, you two keep talking, I'm listening." The saint's cold voice came over.

Gu Xu and Gu Yun hurriedly stood upright and pleaded guilty to the saint.

"I'm not going to mention the housework from the past. I'm just talking about what happened yesterday. What was the cause? When did Gu Chan and Bai Kou meet?" Saint asked.

"This..." Gu Xu glanced at Gu Yun, seeing his expressionless face, he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the cause of all this is related to Yang Siyuan and his son suing Tang Lin for being instructed to set up a bureau in Dacheng Mansion to frame King Yu a few days ago. Tang Lin is Bai Kou's uncle, and it was proved to be a false accusation after the court trial. The Tang family filed a countersuit for the sake of their own reputation. The government government ruled in favor of the Tang family and demanded that the Yang family pay money. Gu Chan happened to be staying at her natal family for a few days. As Yang Mi's wife, she felt that Bai Kou must be behind this matter. Instigated, I wanted to talk to Bai Kou and asked her to stop, and then yesterday's scene happened." Gu Yun cupped his hands and explained the whole thing concisely.

The saint's face became even more ugly.

"It's just nonsense! As a wife, Gu Chan doesn't know how to dissuade her father-in-law and husband from doing stupid things, and she still has the face to involve others indiscriminately?"

The sage slapped the table vigorously, shaking the pile of notebooks piled high in his hand, they fell down with a crash, and some even fell to the ground. Eunuch Xi bent down to pick them up.

"Your Majesty, calm down!" Gu Yun and Gu Xu urged.

"Gu Xu, your father Gu Yunkuan couldn't take care of the family when he was working in another place. As the eldest son of the family, this is how you take care of the family? You let your mother and younger sister make troubles, but you didn't stop them?"

"Your Majesty is guilty! Please appease your anger!"

"Gu Xu, your term of office as a concubine has expired this year, and I will let the officials carefully consider your future." The saint waved his hands, "Go down."

Gu Xu's body shook violently, he lowered his head deeply, and bowed to the bottom, "Thank you, Your Majesty, I will take my leave."

Gu Yun thought he was going to retreat too, but just as he raised his hand to salute, he was stopped by a look from the saint, so he could only silently watch Gu Xu leave alone.

After the door of the imperial study was closed again, the sage spoke again.

"Gu Yun, what's going on with your family?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, it's just an ordinary contradiction accumulated over household chores."

"Contradictions? It doesn't look like it. It's almost a grievance." The saint flicked his finger on the table, "Why are your second wife so chaotic?"

"Your Majesty, as a junior, it's not easy for me to speak ill of my elders. The second uncle is not at home, and the second aunt is in charge of the house. Gu Xu is a self-reliant man who disdains to participate in housework. Everything is decided by the second aunt alone. Not happy."

"So the killing of the five girls was ordered by your second aunt herself?"

"Exactly. Of the twelve girls, except for one who died because of a broken rib inserted into the internal organs, the other four suspected that they might have died due to poor care. The remaining seven had scars and some disabilities. At that time, the minister accepted the After seven people, Bai Kou went to visit, only to find out that the servants of the Second Household had already gone to evict them, and there was another commotion, but fortunately, the Second Uncle was at home at the time, and with him making the decision, the matter could be considered as a successful conclusion."

"When did this happen?"

"It was the few days when Bai Kou saved the little emperor's grandson, and the prince and concubine are coming to visit."

"Tell me the whole story. I didn't understand just now. What does it mean when two mothers quarrel after giving birth to a daughter?"

"Yes, Rong Chen detailed."

Gu Yun thought for a moment, typed up a draft, and slowly told the sage a lengthy story, all the way until Gan took the dowry to participate in the farm shares but was unable to continue investing and had to give up, and returned the shares in exchange for money to Gu Chan to prepare the dowry and To deal with living expenses, as for the money and things that others flattered Gu Xu, most of it went into the hands of Mrs. Gu, and she didn't hide it.

"Since this second room makes you worry so much, why didn't you think about it?"

"To tell the truth to His Majesty, we intend to separate the family, but the three masters are all the sons of the grandmother, if we mention the separation, it will inevitably hurt her old man's heart."

"You go back and tell the old man that the second room was acting wild in Chengjun's mansion, and the source of it eventually involved the disaster relief case of King Yu. There is no way to solve it. Gu Yun'an was the fifth-rank doctor of the Ministry of Rites who succeeded after the New Year, and now he is about to expire. Please The old lady of the family thinks about which end is important."

Gu Yun was delighted, and made a long bow, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"By the way, in the case of Tang Lin's family's counter-suit, how much should the Yang family have to pay in the government's judgment?"

"Return to Your Majesty, the sentence is 500 taels."

"so much?!"

"Your Majesty, the Yang family can afford it." Gu Yun said with hints.

"Oh?" The saint narrowed his eyes slightly, "That's interesting."

After thinking for a while, the sage flicked his fingers at Gu Yun, "Okay, I already know it, you can go back."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I will take my leave."

Gu Yun left the palace without delaying outside, and went straight home to tell his mother the good news.

When Mrs. Gu heard that the sages supported their separation, she felt confident and told her son to go back to the house to rest. She waited for her husband to come home and discuss with him again.

At that time, Gu Xu had already arrived home earlier than Gu Yun, and was furious in his mother's room, while Gu Chan sat in a corner of the room and wept uncontrollably.

"I said yesterday that I can't sue. Now it's all right. The sage knows! He said that I let my mother and sister make troubles. Now is the critical period when my term of office is over. I just want to stay in the Imperial Academy." If you are cleared of your post, you will be promoted sooner, but once this happens, there is no hope! There is no hope! Mother, do you know?!"

"No! No! No! How could it be?! Aren't you the emperor's close minister and imperial celebrity?! How could the saint not even give you this little face?!" The second Mrs. Gu who was lying on the bed anxiously wanted to lift the quilt to comfort her son , the girls and servants tried to dissuade them.

"Daddy's term expires at the end of the year. He is the patriarch of our second bedroom. What will happen to him in his next term is now at the mercy of fate!"

Gu Xu walked back and forth in the room irritably, Gu Chan was frightened by his brother's frightful rage, and prayed for his sister-in-law to come and save them while crying.

(Author's note: This chapter is 3000 words, not a price increase, not a price increase.)
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