Chapter 85 The Decree
The eldest lady Hao became more frightened as she thought about it. She looked nervously at Old Madam Cui, afraid that she might say something.

But Mrs. Cui didn't say anything, and only ordered: "Everyone go back to their own yard, restrain the servants, don't walk around, let alone provoke the guards outside. Without my order, no one is allowed to go out."

"At this moment, the people from Jinyiwei have not broken in yet. It can be seen that the guards are not ransacking the house. If the news of Hamiwei does not come back, our Qingyang Hou Mansion may never be free. You just have to endure it for a few days. The Marquis is a martyr. And die, die well, have not surrendered to the enemy and treason, we will all be safe and sound."

Seeing that everyone's vacillating expressions were much more stable than before, Mrs. Cui said: "Everyone go back. Mother Ding, go and see who is the person in charge of Jinyiwei outside. If it is convenient for him, please come in and talk."

As soon as Mrs. Cui's words fell, the housekeeper Wan Rong hurried in: "Old lady, Jin Yiwei said that we want our fourth lady to go to the second gate."

Mrs. Cui couldn't help frowning when she heard the words: "Si Yatou is only ten years old, what are they doing with Si Yatou?"

Wan Rong shook his head: "Those people didn't say anything."

"Nurse Ding, you go with Fourth Miss and protect Fourth Miss." Mrs. Cui said again: "If there is nothing wrong, let Fourth Miss come back quickly."

Gu Chongyang was very worried at first, but after hearing Mrs. Cui's words, he felt very warm in his heart.Mrs. Cui still treats people sincerely as always.

When he got to the second gate, Gu Chongyang realized that Hao Shaoyang was also standing there.

Seeing Gu Chongyang approaching, he hurried forward a few steps, trying to meet him, but Jin Yiwei blocked the door, blocking him out.

"Cousin Chongyang, how are you?" Hao Shaoyang looked Gu Chongyang up and down, his face could not hide his concern: "Did they make things difficult for you?"

"Why are you here?" Gu Chongyang stood inside the door and said softly: "When something like this happened to the Gu family, it was too late for others to avoid it. How could you come here? Go back quickly, I'm fine. They never made things difficult for me. "

"That's good, that's good." Hao Shaoyang felt relieved, and comforted Gu Chongyang: "Don't be afraid, I won't leave you alone. No matter what, I will protect your safety. If it's too late, I will Just go to ask the Queen's aunt, she loves me so much, she will definitely agree to my request. Don't worry, I won't let you go to prison, you believe me."

In such a chaotic time, he could still come to comfort himself without avoiding suspicion, and Gu Chongyang's eye circles turned red all of a sudden: "Of course I believe you, you have to believe me, my uncle did not defect to the enemy and treason, our Gu family did not Something will happen. You must not ask the empress, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, don't make it difficult for the empress. She is your aunt, you can't mess around."

"Oh, at this moment, you still say these things." Hao Shaoyang gritted his teeth and said, "Could it be that in your heart, I am the kind of fool?"

"Of course not. I know you have rules in how you do things, and I also believe that you will protect me. It's just that I'm fine right now, and there's nothing dangerous about it. You don't have to ask the queen. When I'm really in danger, I will At that time, if you don’t help me, I won’t agree.”

Gu Chongyang glanced at Jin Yiwei who was standing upright like a wooden stake, and smiled slightly: "They didn't break into the inner house, they just guarded outside the second gate. I'm the same as usual, I should eat and drink, treat me It doesn't have the slightest influence. Hao Shaoyang, don't worry."

"I can't rest assured. I didn't expect you to be worried at all." Hao Shaoyang sighed, and then suddenly remembered something: "This is the pea yellow from the imperial court. It tastes delicious. I brought it here specially. You try something new."

He took a small pastry box from the guard behind him and handed it to Gu Chongyang.

That Jin Yiwei immediately blocked it with the Xiuchun knife: "Open the box!"

Hao Shaoyang stared angrily: "This is a royal thing in the palace, can't you see it?"

Gu Chongyang quickly took it and opened it without hesitation. The bright pea yellow color looked very attractive.

In front of Jin Yiwei, Gu Chongyang picked up a piece and put it in his mouth, the sweet and soft pea yellow melted in his mouth, it was much more delicious than the ones made in the mansion.

Hao Shaoyang was full of anticipation: "Is it delicious?"

"Delicious." Gu Chongyang nodded again and again, with a satisfied smile: "It's the first time I have eaten such delicious pea yellow."

"Then I will send someone to give you a copy every day." Hao Shaoyang also smiled, seeing Gu Chongyang happy, he felt as if he had eaten pea yellow, and his heart was sweet and very satisfied.

"This is Zhang San, and this is Li Si." Hao Shaoyang introduced the two behind him to Gu Chongyang and said, "I'll keep Zhang San here, and if you have anything to do, just ask him to do it. What do you want to eat, what do you want to buy?" Anything is fine, if you want to see me, just tell him, and he will find me. Chongyang, don't be afraid."

Gu Chongyang opened his eyes wide and asked, "Aren't Zhang San and Li Si the two guards you had before? Why did they change their appearance?"

"This is the bodyguard my aunt found for me. Zhang San and Li Si are not their names, but their positions." Hao Shaoyang said: "It turns out that those two people were punished by my aunt because I was going to Ningxia Wei, and they have been sent to went elsewhere."

"You!" Gu Chongyang shook his head: "Then you must never mess around again in the future."

Hao Shaoyang nodded: "Then I'm leaving, if you have something to do, you must notify me."

"Go back quickly."

The new Zhang San looked at Hao Shaoyang's back with resentment, and when his gaze fell on Li Si, it turned into envy.

He is a bodyguard, not a door god, it would be too annoying to stay here and stare at Jin Yiwei.

Gu Chongyang smiled and said: "Go back, you are not needed here."

"No!" Zhang San said: "The Lord ordered me to guard here, so I must guard here."

"Okay." Gu Chongyang looked at the imperial badge on Zhang San's waist, and then at Jin Yiwei's face covered with black lines, his depressed mood suddenly cleared up a lot.

Hao Shaoyang seems to be a very good person sometimes!
She thanked Nanny Ding, and then returned to Haitang Courtyard.

For the next whole month, Qingyanghou's mansion was imprisoned, even the second and fourth masters were also imprisoned in the mansion, and they were not allowed to go out and move around.

The entire Gu family was panicked and fearful. The second wife had poor tolerance and often cursed the dead Qingyang Marquis Gu Zhanpeng behind his back and Mrs. Ge's back for not doing good deeds and implicating others.

Hao Shaoyang came to visit Gu Chongyang from time to time and brought delicious snacks, which made the second lady Gu Chongzhu very jealous. She either came to trouble Gu Chongyang, or ran to the second gate when Hao Shaoyang came.

Although they are both cousins, Hao Shaoyang treats them very differently, and sometimes speaks ill of Gu Chongzhu.

At first Gu Chongzhu could bear it, but she finally couldn't bear it anymore, tore off her disguise, and cursed at Hao Shaoyang.

Of course, after the two had a big quarrel, when Hao Shaoyang came again, Gu Chongzhu never appeared again.

Gu Chongyang spent his 11th birthday in such a situation.No one knows, no one remembers, everyone is busy with life and death, no one will pay attention to her birthday, let alone celebrate her birthday.

On her birthday, she woke up very early, first put a stick of incense on the fourth lady's memorial tablet, said something silently to the fourth lady in her heart, and then ordered a bowl of longevity noodles by herself.

At the end of September, when the autumn wind in the capital gradually turned chilly, Jin Yiwei finally presented the findings to the emperor's case.

The next day, the emperor's will for Qingyanghou's judgment finally came down.

"Gu Zhanpeng, Marquis of Qingyang, has received the kindness of the country, and does not want to repay it. He forgets righteousness when he sees sex, and spoils the public; Thinking that he died for the country with his own life, so the net is lenient, and his family members will not be held accountable. When the decree comes, he will be relieved of all duties and titles, so as to serve as an example to others."

Everyone in Qingyanghou's mansion was stunned.

No one expected that the title passed down from the ancestors would be taken away like this.

Mrs. Ge passed out on the spot, the eldest lady trembled in disbelief, and even Mrs. Cui, who had experienced many storms and waves, looked very ugly.

But after all, she can still support Xie En to receive the eunuch and arrange the eunuch who announced the order. After sending him away, she said to the eldest wife, Ge Shi: "Brother Peng, daughter-in-law, the matter has deteriorated to this point. No one would have thought . Lord Hou..."

Remembering that the title had been taken away and that Gu Zhanpeng was no longer the Qingyang Marquis, she paused and changed her words: "The Eldest Master made a mistake first, and the Holy Majesty did not pursue it. It is already a great grace of the Emperor. Simply did not offend the family, you and I It also avoided a disaster, and the ancestral land and foundation were also preserved. After this incident, if the Gu family can learn to work hard, the sons and daughters can take this as a warning, always encourage and strive for self-improvement. It is not a good thing that it is not finished, and our Gu family is not finished either. You can't join the hairpin gate again."

What Mrs. Hao cares most about is the Marquis. Now that the Marquis is gone, so is her ambition.The whole person sat there wearily, wanting to cry without tears.

Mrs. Cui remembered that when her husband passed away, she had only been married for a few months, so why wasn't she in constant anxiety?Later, her son also died, and she thought she would not survive, but she still survived slowly.

Now, it would be futile for others to persuade her, she had to turn the corner by herself.

Mrs. Cui shook her head, she didn't know whether she was disappointed or couldn't bear it: "You have a mother-in-law and children, and they all count on you. The old man is gone, you should stand up. If Brother Rong lives up to his spirit, everything will be better in the future. It's all possible."

(End of this chapter)

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