in the sound of swallows

Chapter 99

When it was dark, Gu Chaobei came back.But he didn't see Shen Guiyan sitting by the flower bed in the yard, but went straight to Jiang's house.

"Master." Jiang's sweet voice came over: "I brought everything you asked for."

Gu Chaobei gave a "hmm" and went to close the door.

Shen Guiyan opened her mouth, and before she had time to call out to him, she heard the sound of the door being bolted.

She seemed, for some reason, to be left out again?
With a wry smile, Shen Guiyan shook her head, thinking that maybe she was overthinking, he just had something to do, and she shouldn't get in the way.But Gu Chaobei's mind was difficult to guess. Even when they got along day and night when they were in a good relationship, Shen Guiyan didn't really understand what was going on in his heart.

That's all, she's just a person in the backyard, if the husband doesn't come, she can only wait.

The uneasy atmosphere in the capital lasted for a month. The emperor, who was supposed to last until the beginning of spring, died suddenly at the end of the year.

The crown prince stood by the bed crying like hell to show his filial piety, but Gu Chaobei stood at the gate of the palace and didn't go in.

He was a little afraid to see the old man's face slowly becoming silent, he saw it only a few times, and he would never see it again.

He raised his hand to pick up the wine jar, took a few sips of wine, and Gu Chaobei was waiting at the gate of the palace.After the crown prince has finished crying and mourning, and wants to go back to the mansion to change his clothes and observe his filial piety, he will definitely pass through this door.

"Congratulations, prince." Han Lu followed the prince and led him to the palace gate: "Once the emperor dies, you will be enthroned in a short time."

Ming Xun felt guilty while wiping his eyes. Hearing Han Lu's words, he increased the dosage of his father's medicine. Although he didn't dare to go too far, the medicine for this month was enough for the imperial doctor to find out.Fortunately, the queen and the queen mother are both in grief, and no one can take care of the autopsy for the time being.When he goes back to the mansion and arranges for someone to clean up the matter, he can sit back and relax.

Thinking like this, Han Lu beside her suddenly stopped and couldn't move.

"What's wrong?" The prince looked at her curiously.

Han Lu said: "Prince, send all the followers back first, I have something to say to you."

She had a pitiful face, as if she had a big secret to tell him.Ming Xun was also unprepared, nodded and said: "Okay."

The five or six attendants who followed had all left cleanly before Han Lu came up to take him to Chongyang Gate.

"Prince, do you remember this palace gate?" Han Lu said softly, "The empress said that all emperors in the past must pass through this gate when they ascend the throne."

The prince looked up at the palace gate, nodded: "Yes..."

Nodding his head halfway, he suddenly felt something was wrong, Ming Xun frowned and turned to look at Han Lu: "Empress?"

When did she meet the queen empress?
Han Lu smiled, let go of his hand, and pushed him forward.When Ming looked back, he saw Gu Chaobei.

"His Royal Highness." Gu Chaobei was drunk and grinned at him unsteadily.

Ming Xun's back felt a little chilly, there was no one near the Chongyang Gate, and Gu Chaobei stood in front, which suddenly made him a little scared.

"Chaobei, the prince is going to look for you." Ming Xun forced a smile: "You have done a lot for the prince. Now that the emperor is dead, as soon as the prince ascends the throne, I will do it for you as a senior official." ,How about it?"

Gu Chaobei smiled lightly and said, "How did the emperor die?"

Prince don't open your eyes.

A long time ago, when he first took the position of prince, he had the idea of ​​attacking the emperor.It was around that time that Gu Chaobei contradicted him for the first time and had a disagreement with him.After that, due to various things, they became more and more alienated.

Ming Xun suddenly regretted it now, he should hold on to Gu Chaobei, he couldn't say why, it was just his intuition.

"I would like to ask the crown prince a question." Gu Chaobei said with a light smile, "A man who kills his father can be regarded as an emperor?"

The prince pursed his lips and said, "Why not? As long as I create a prosperous world, future generations will only sing praises to me."

Gu Chaobei nodded: "It makes sense, no matter what you did before enthronement, if it is good after enthronement, then it is good."

"What are you doing here? The prince is going back." Ming Xun took two steps forward, and walked to Gu Chaobei's side: "You also change into mourning clothes later, and enter the palace with the prince. Hero, you also have a place."

Gu Chaobei chuckled, reached out and hugged the prince suddenly.

Ming Xun was taken aback, and frowned: "Are you drunk?"

"Yeah." Gu Chaobei half-closed his eyes and said, "I have many older brothers, and now I have one less."

Why are you hugging him and saying these things for no reason?Ming Xun was about to frown and push him away, but his vest suddenly felt cold.

Gu Chaobei let go of the prince, his blood was all over his hands and body.

"The fourth young master of the Gu family is used to being naughty. He killed the prince when he was drunk. I don't know how he will die."

Ming Xun wanted to take a deep breath, but couldn't.He stared at Gu Chaobei in front of him with wide eyes, wanting to ask why.

Gu Chaobei only supported his body and put him on the ground.

Han Lu from behind came over, looked at him with a smile and said, "The prince is going to go on the road with the emperor."

how come?Are they in a gang?Ming Xun did not rest in peace, Han Lu was still pregnant with her child!
"By the way, in order to let the master feel at ease, I'd better tell the truth." Han Lu took his hand and said softly: "I'm not pregnant with your child at all."

The same scam, cheated two people.She has a body, so Ming Xun is not defensive against her, after all, no woman is stupid enough to cut her back.

It turned out that her body was fake.

Ming Xun could have taken a few more breaths, but now he was so angry that he couldn't bear it anymore.

A gust of wind blew, and it began to snow in the sky.

The staff that the Queen had already arranged came out and sent Gu Chaobei to the prison in a smooth manner.

The emperor and prince died on the same day, the whole country mourned, and the whole court was shocked.

Gu Chaobei actually borrowed wine to kill the only crown prince who could succeed him. This is simply the worst evil, heinous, he will implicate the whole family!

Even if the Gu family is the prime minister's family, once this happened, the whole family would be imprisoned.

People who used to come to Gu's house frequently, now they all put aside their relationship, never asked a question, and never stood up to speak.Some disciples added insult to injury, saying that Gu Chaobei was a person who didn't know how to measure himself, and was unbearable to be an official.Wu Tianying, who had previously filed a lawsuit with Gu Chaobei, was even more delighted. He listed Gu Chaobei's many crimes and couldn't wait to step on them.

Shen Guiyan was changed into a prison uniform and locked in a sky prison.

The people in the north courtyard are locked in a cell, and the other courtyards are next to it.From the day she came in, Mrs. Gu and the other aunts kept cursing and cursing.

"If you want to kill yourself, why do you drag us such a big family?" Mrs. Gu said angrily: "I don't know what is good or bad, and I didn't give birth to it. Why should I be involved?"

"Exactly!" Aunt Guan cried with red eyes: "I haven't lived enough yet! Luckily, Xi'er is married, this harmful thing."

Aunt Liu also wanted to speak, but was held back by Xu Mengdie.

Gu Chaonan's face was quite calm, probably because of what Xu Mengdie said to him, there was even light in his eyes.

"Why don't you let me say it?" Aunt Liu looked at Xu Mengdie and said angrily: "We are going to die, why not scold him?"

Xu Mengdie chuckled, looked around, and said with a low smile, "Don't worry, I won't die. You'd better praise Fourth Young Master more now, and you will have endless benefits in the future."

Why?Aunt Liu was puzzled, but this daughter-in-law is smart, and her words can still be listened to.

So although she was very angry in her heart, Aunt Liu still said: "I think the fourth young master should have his reasons for doing things. It is impossible to kill the prince for no reason. How can there be such a big hatred?"

Shen Guiyan was taken aback and glanced at her.

Aunt Guan who was next to her scolded even more fiercely: "What reason can he have? It has caused the whole family to be implicated!"

"Shut up!" The prime minister couldn't stand the noise, and finally yelled angrily.

The cell fell silent, and Prime Minister Gu said in a deep voice, "Don't be so bluffing before you get to the guillotine, do you still have a bit of everyone's demeanor?"

Mrs. Gu squatted in the corner wiping her tears, and said angrily, "I wish I had no contact with him, what kind of style do I need! I just want to live..."

When she cried, many family members cried along with her.

Shen Guiyan sat calmly on the pile of straw without making a sound.Today's catastrophe came too suddenly, she didn't see Gu Chaobei for a few days, and then went directly to kill the prince.

He is not such a reckless person, let alone dragging the whole family to die.So many people are planning in secret, Shen Guiyan believes that he has some preparations.

Jiang Shi next to her was still calm, but Qinghuan Qingluo had been crying for a while, but she didn't scold much, just cried.

There was a sad atmosphere in the prison.

Three days after the national mourning, the empress discussed with all the ministers what to do next and who to support.Whether it is the princelings or the queens, they are a little bit lost, because there is no blood of the royal family to inherit the rule.

At this time, the queen said: "There is another person who is of royal blood."

Manchao rekindled hope, and hurriedly asked where the blood was.When the Nian clan went to court, he presented the evidence proving that Gu Chaobei was the blood of the royal family.

It was the emperor's personal letter, addressed to the prime minister.The content of the letter was to ask him to raise the prince well and keep the prince away from fighting with the royal family.

The queen mother immediately asked Prime Minister Gu to go to court for trial.

"The four sons of the Gu family are facing north, and they are indeed of royal blood." Prime Minister Gu knelt in the court hall, with a serious expression on his face: "The reason why the emperor sent the baby to his ministers was to keep the child clean during this royal struggle. Unexpectedly, It’s still involved now.”

It is a good thing that someone can inherit the great power, no matter who he is, he has to be supported to stabilize the people's hearts.

However, the princelings disagreed with helping Gu Chaobei ascend the throne.

"Killing the crown prince and ascending the throne by himself, how can there be such a way?" General Lian stood up and said: "If Gu Chaobei is really the prince, he is killing his brother, a treason! How can a treason be called emperor?"

"Then dare to ask the general, killing your brother is treasonous, what about killing your father?" Gu Chaobei's voice sounded from the entrance of the Chaotang hall.

(End of this chapter)