The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

Chapter 688: Clearing the Ledger (Part 1)

"This bastard..." The monarch looked at Xiao Douding in front of him, swallowed the words of account, and said with deep eyes, "Who told you?"

Outside the imperial study room, the eunuchs and maids who heard these words had already knelt on the ground, and even the chief executive who was entering with snacks plopped down on his knees at the door, lifting the tray in his hand high above his head, trembling all over. stop.

The little princess is a focused child, she has not noticed the movement outside the door and outside the door for the time being.

She said in a childish voice: "Cousin Shangguan Yan told me that!"

There was a terrible dark storm in the monarch's eyes: "She said that I was dead?"

The little princess's little head was very serious: "She didn't say it directly, but of course I can guess it because I'm so smart! When I asked who her father was, she seemed a little sad, and she said she hadn't seen him for more than ten years Passed her father! So I thought, her father must be dead, otherwise how could it be possible not to see her for more than ten years?"

The monarch had a mouthful of old blood on his chest, and almost had a stroke on the spot!

The palace people outside the imperial study room turned pale with fright.

Throughout the ages, you are the first one who has cursed the monarch so much.

You can't keep your head for a while, don't blame the servants for not pleading for you.

The monarch covered his heart, which was about to have a heart attack, and asked the content of the conversation between the two, and finally confirmed that Shangguan Yan did not say anything, nor did he have any hints in this regard, all of which were interpreted randomly by Xiaodouding alone.

If someone else said that, I would have been beheaded hundreds of times.

The monarch suppressed the roiling anger, and said in a deep tone: "Tomorrow, you go to the Imperial Academy and study with the Taifu."

"Ah? Why?" The little princess doesn't want to study!

The monarch said in a deep voice: "You are four years old, it's time to be enlightened." He whispered, "At least you must understand human speech!"

The little princess had sharp ears, heard his muttering, and said with a dissatisfied face: "I can understand people's language! I can understand what your majesty uncle is saying! Woooooo——"

Later, she wanted to say that the chief executive who came in covered her small mouth in time.

My God, little ancestor, you have already cursed the king to be dead, so stop cursing that the king is not human!

The chief executive laughed and said, "This servant takes the little Princess back to her room!"

"Wooooow!"

Don't cover my mouth, I still want to say it! I will say more!

The little princess was carried down by the head of the Ouchi.

After the head of the Ouchi settled down the little princess, the whole person seemed to have peeled off a layer of skin.

The little princess looks very obedient, but in fact he is not an easy child to deal with.

"Your Majesty." Zhang Dequan, the Chief Internal Officer, returned to the imperial study with sweat on his face.

At this time, night had fallen, the surrounding sky was dimmed, and darkness gradually enveloped the entire palace.

Although the imperial study room was lit, the night wind blew from time to time, causing the oil lamp to flicker on and off, making the monarch's already violent and stern face even more cloudy and uncertain.

The monarch asked in a deep voice: "Have you found out? How did the little Princess go there?"

Zhang Dequan replied: "The servant has carefully questioned the palace servants around the little princess, and the little princess ran away by himself."

In other words, no one led her there.

The monarch picked up a memorial and said, "Let's do that."

Zhang Dequan understood, and bowed respectfully: "Yes, the servant is in command."

At night, the secret guard next to the prince who injured the former princess was executed, and more than a hundred Jinyi guards under the prince were taken away overnight, imprisoned in a dungeon, and tortured.

The content of the torture is three, first, is the prince related to the assassination of the deposed princess; second, is the prince related to the destruction of the imperial tomb;

In the study room of the prince's mansion, the prince's face was very cold: "Gu really didn't expect that she would give Gu such a big blow as soon as she came."

Nangong strongly agreed and said: "This really doesn't look like a deposed princess."

The destitute lady was born too high, and all the conspiracies and schemes are nothing in front of her absolute strength. She doesn't bother to play tricks with others.

After pondering for a moment, Nangong Li said again: "However, people are subject to change. In addition, she has gone through so many things. She has been hiding her power in the imperial mausoleum for many years. Maybe she is no longer the abandoned princess we knew."

The prince snorted deeply and coldly: "I haven't seen you for many years, it really makes Gu admiration."

Nangong Li said: "I don't think His Majesty's move is to abolish the Crown Lady."

The prince sighed helplessly: "I understand, father is just suspicious."

The monarch is suspicious by nature. Rather than saying that he is worried that the prince will bully the abandoned princess, it is better to say that he is beating the prince so that he will not be rebellious.

The prince stood up, walked to the window, looked at the crescent moon in the sky, and said: "I am so loyal to my father, how can I be rebellious?"

Nangong Li went to the prince's side: "It is not only for the prince, but also for all the princes and civil and military officials. After all, your majesty will never want another Xuanyuan family to appear."

Thinking of what happened back then, the prince was silent for a moment.

Nangong asked worriedly: "Will Zhang Dequan get anything out of torture?"

The prince smiled coldly: "I really hope he can ask something. Gu is also very puzzled. How did the bridge break, how did the imperial tomb be destroyed, and how did the princess lose her memory? Oh, amnesia!"

When Nangong Li heard this, he almost understood that everything that should be cleaned up on the prince's side was cleaned up. The Jin Yiwei who was taken away should have nothing to do with the assassination of the prince, so no matter how tortured, there would be no testimony against the prince.

The prince looked at Nangong Li coldly: "Didn't you say that she has no one available around her? Why didn't any of the people who were sent alone come back!"

Nangong hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said: "The minister has secretly investigated the crown lady. It is true that the crown lady has not had any powerful experts around her these years. Could it be... some remnants of the Xuanyuan family?"

The prince said: "Xuanyuan's family has been exterminated long ago, where are the remaining evils?"

The male members of the Xuanyuan family either died in battle or were executed, not even the infants were spared. Although the female family members were assigned to the priest, they could not bear the humiliation and committed suicide.

The prince went on to say: "The remaining evil is just the abolition of the princess and the eldest grandson of the emperor!"

When the eldest grandson of the emperor was mentioned, the prince's face turned cold again: "Have you found out the whereabouts of that child yet?"

Nangong Li hurriedly said: "The minister has already ordered it to go down, and there should be a result soon."

The prince said coldly: "When weeds are cut, we must get rid of the roots."

Nangong sternly said: "I obey the order!"

"Father! Father!"

Suddenly, a childish voice came from outside the study.

As soon as the prince changed the coldness on his face, he winked at Nangong Li, who understood, and dodged behind the bookshelf.

A small toddler stumbled in.

The prince walked over with a smile on his face, and hugged his little daughter: "Why is Ling'er here?"

The youngest daughter said: "I can't sleep, I miss my father."

The prince smiled and said, "Father will sleep with you, okay?"

"Okay. I want my father to tell a story."

"Okay, okay, tell me, what story does Ling'er want to hear?"

The prince carried his little daughter out of the study room, and the whole journey was filled with his joyful and doting laughter.

Nangong Li came out of the study, touched the wound on his right arm, his eyes turned cold, and said: "Xiao Liulang, father's debt is paid by son, this time, you can't escape!"

...

Gu Jiao had dinner at Tianxiang Pavilion and was about to go back, when suddenly, a sea dongqing flapped its wings and flew to Gu Chengfeng's window sill.

Gu Jiao was surprised: "Xiao Jiu?"

Xiao Jiu also looked at Gu Jiao in surprise, her wings fluttering in the air.

The only one who was not surprised was Gu Chengfeng.

It seems that Xiao Jiu has not come here once or twice.

Xiao Jiu's right foot was tied with a red string to a rolled-up note, Gu Jiao looked at Gu Chengfeng, Gu Chengfeng said: "Take it down and read it, it is probably written by Xiao Heng."

Gu Jiao learned from Mrs. Nan that she was away for the past few days, Xiao Heng and Gu Chengfeng ran into each other because they frequently went to the rented house to wait for her.

It's just that Gu Jiao didn't expect that these two people would secretly pass on the letter.

Gu Chengfeng explained: "He is inconvenient in the inner city. If he can't go out of the city someday, he will ask Xiao Jiu to send a letter to ask me if you are back."

Gu Jiao untied the note on Xiao Jiu's right foot.

On the note was Xiao Heng's handwriting, not many words, first asked about Gu Jiao's whereabouts, and then said one thing.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Gu Jiao's cold expression, Gu Chengfeng couldn't help asking, "Did something happen to Xiao Heng?"

Gu Jiao handed him the note: "He met Nangong Li."

It was because of meeting Nangong Li that Xiao Heng gave up going out of the city, so as not to accidentally bring people from Nangong Li to Gu Jiao.

With Nangong Li's means, he will definitely investigate the people of Zhaoguo who entered Shengdu, especially the two identities of "Gu Jiao" and "Xiao Liulang". Xiao Heng reminded Gu Chengfeng to pay attention to the movement of Tianqiong Academy in the note.

Seeing this name, Gu Chengfeng's eyes darkened suddenly: "Is it Nangong Li who injured Gu Yan?"

It caused Gu Yan to have a heart attack and was half dead, so he had to go to the country of Yan for surgery.

"It's him." Gu Jiao looked towards the direction of the inner city through the window, her eyes were full of murderous intent, "It's time to settle the account with Nangong Li!"