Rebirth of marriage

The first assistant's wife once again begged to take Cao Zhicheng back to the palace, and the emperor nodded in agreement.

The empress's body was taken out of the coffin by Mr. Cao. In full view of the public, they did not dare to take it back to Cao's mansion. Instead, they ordered their servants to buy a rolled straw mat, wrap it in a straw mat and throw it away in a mass grave.

This is the destination one should have after being deposed.

The third prince and the fourth prince were all demoted to common people. The third prince plotted to depose the queen, and sent people to assassinate Liu Yuyi, who was sentenced to be beheaded.

Before leaving the palace, the fourth prince Gu Fan kowtowed to the emperor three times with tears in his eyes, "Father..."

Realizing that he couldn't scream like that anymore, he smiled bitterly and changed his words, "Your Majesty, take care of yourself."

He left the palace alone without taking anything with him. After leaving the palace, he went straight to the mass grave, snatched the mutilated body of the dead woman from the mouth of the wild dog, and buried her for peace.

Gu Fan's actions caught everyone's attention and changed their previous impression of him as a playboy and domineering person.

This also made the emperor feel a little bit intolerant towards him. He ordered Zhao Debao to prepare some money and give it to Gu Fan's former chamberlain, so that he could take care of Gu Fan in the future. The money he gave was enough for Gu Fan to live a wealthy life.

Gu Xiao and Xie Jiu had not yet left the palace, and the emperor's actions quickly reached their ears.

Xie Jiu held Gu Xiao's hand with a hint of sarcasm on his lips. The emperor was not lacking in paternal love for other people's sons.

"Send someone to keep an eye on Gu Fan." Gu Xiao ordered Mo Qidao.

Xie Jiu frowned, "Did he do it on purpose to show everyone?"

Gu Xiao nodded, "Jiangshan's nature is easy to change but hard to change. He has never been a kind person. Moreover, he grew up with the emperor since he was a child. He understands the emperor best and knows how to do what is beneficial to himself."

The emperor's deep self-esteem made him fond of being praised by others, and his ears were soft. After thinking about the emperor's character, and then thinking about the behavior of the fourth prince just now, she understood, "Then he will definitely not go to Cao family."

Gu Xiao hummed, holding her hand and walking towards the imperial study room.

Gu Fan may not have realized that the emperor had planned all this, but the only one who could keep him alive was the emperor, and even more likely, the emperor. In order to please the emperor or gain the emperor's sympathy, he would stay away from the Cao family.

What's more, the Cao family may not be willing to accept him.

The emperor saw the two coming and asked, "What else can I do?"

"Jiuer accidentally learned that Cao Jingyi had hatred for the Cao family, so he persuaded her to cooperate with today's incident. Now that there is no third prince, Cao Jingyi has become a commoner, and the Cao family will not let her go."

Gu Xiao bluntly stated his purpose, "I would like to ask Your Majesty to send Cao Jingyi to Mingyue Temple for her cooperation today, so that the Ancient Qingdeng Buddha can find a way to survive."

"Will the daughter of the Cao family hate the Cao family?" The emperor's eyes were filled with doubt.

Xie Jiu lowered his eyes and said, "Cao Zhicheng trained her as a future queen and was extremely harsh on her. She had no father-daughter relationship and could only use her. Moreover, the change of marriage was not what she wanted."

"You have a good way of employing people. Even the people of the Cao family can be persuaded by you and used by you." The emperor said quietly, "Most of the people in Mingyue Nunnery are sinners who have made mistakes. It is not a good place."

He looked at Zhao Debao and said, "I will do my good deeds to the end. Bring the person here and ask him."

Cao Jingyi had previously pretended to be crazy and was kept aside by the palace people. The third prince was dismissed and the Cao family couldn't care about her, so she was still in the palace.

This was also the reason why Xie Jiu and Gu Xiao did not leave the palace with the others.

Cao Zhicheng now believes that Xie Jiu has extraordinary abilities, and will definitely attribute Cao Jingyi's abnormality today to Xie Jiu's manipulation. There is no guarantee that he will not reveal this knowledge to the emperor in the future.

The emperor was suspicious, and he was already suspicious of the Yun Wu Clan. If he were to believe that Xie Jiu was capable again, he would inevitably cause a lot of trouble.

They used the excuse of interceding for Cao Jingyi to let the emperor know that it was not Xie Jiu who had the ability to manipulate people, but that Cao Jingyi wanted to escape from the Cao family and actively cooperated.

Cao Jingyi was quickly brought in. The emperor asked her why she hated Cao Zhicheng and concealed the fact that the original owner was dead. Cao Jingyi informed Cao Zhicheng of the cultivation of her daughter.

The emperor had always known that many aristocratic families cultivated their daughters just to pave the way for the men in the family, but he never thought that Cao Zhicheng's indifference towards Cao Jingyi was like polishing a tool.

This suddenly reminded him of Qi Yunwei. Didn't Qi Bo's Mansion treat his daughter as a ladder to climb up? After discovering that there was a better way with the Cao family, they abandoned Yunwei as their daughter.

The hatred and fear towards Cao Zhicheng in Cao Jingyi's eyes did not seem to be fake. The emperor suppressed his doubts and ordered Cao Jingyi to be sent to Mingyue Temple.

When they were about to let Gu Xiao and the others leave, Gu Xiao said again, "Your Majesty, I want to take my beloved aunt out of the palace."

"She is the aunt in charge who is needed by the deposed queen. Since the others have to be interrogated, she also has to go through the motions." The emperor said coldly. He could not be killed, but a beating could always be done.

After Gu Xiao rejected Cao Zhicheng's intention to execute everyone around Fei Hou, everyone in Fengyi Palace was taken to the Criminal Division for interrogation. Those who were found guilty would be punished according to their charges, while those found guilty would be transferred to other palaces to serve, or released from the palace.

Aunt Qing was also taken to the Criminal Punishment Department. Gu Xiao knew that this punishment could not be avoided, but in order to prevent the emperor from being aggrieved and plotting against Aunt Qing, he and Xie Jiu went to the Criminal Punishment Department in person.

The rules of the Criminal Punishment Department require execution before extorting a confession.

When Gu Xiao left, Aunt Qing had been whipped more than a dozen times and her fingers had also been tortured.

In order to gain the trust of the deposed queen, it was impossible for her to have clean hands. At least no one was killed. When the steward of the Shenxing Department saw that Prince Xiao came to take the person in person, and the emperor did not say anything to stop him, he hurriedly asked people to release Aunt Qing. .

Prince Xiao is now the only heir to the throne and the future master of the Shenxing Division. No one dares to offend him easily unless necessary.

The emperor knew what was going on here before Xiao Wang and others walked out of the palace. After being silent for a long time, he suddenly asked Zhao Debao, "Debao, am I getting old?"

Is it because in everyone’s opinion, he, the emperor, can’t serve on the throne for many more years?So everyone started to please the future emperor?

The emperor wanted to find an answer from Zhao Debao.

But, who dares to say that the emperor is old?

Zhao Debao did not dare to respond to such a topic of death, so he just stood aside with his head bowed.

The emperor found it boring, so he turned around and went to Lanyue Pavilion and asked Caiwei the same thing.

Zhao Debao didn't dare to go back, but Cai Wei did.

She rested her delicate body in the emperor's arms, propped her feet and whispered in his ear, "It's been a day, and I'm still in pain today. If His Majesty hadn't shown mercy, I wouldn't have been able to bear it."

She was praising the emperor for his strength. How could a mighty man grow old?

The emperor felt a little relieved. He lowered his eyes and looked at her face that had recovered as before. Looking further down, the smooth lines started from the snow-white neck all the way down. The traces of last night's sex were vaguely visible on the plump part.

Those are his achievements.

He stretched out his hand and pinched it, "The Taoist priest you are looking for does have some skills. There is not a trace of scar on your face, but it is more tender and smooth than before."

And the pills prepared by the Taoist priest made him feel full of energy and blood in his body, full of vitality.

After she removed the gauze a few days ago and her appearance recovered, he had an idea when he saw her. After what happened last time, she became honest and well-behaved.

Now that the Cao family is no longer a serious problem, it would be great if they could add another heir to suppress Gu Xiao's arrogance.

As if she understood what he was thinking, Caiwei put her arms around his neck and whispered, "The Taoist Master has developed a new pill that can not only make my concubine pregnant, but also make your majesty live forever." Long live."

"Oh? Take me to see it." The emperor's eyes lit up slightly.

Caiwei smiled tenderly and held his hand, walking towards a palace.

Outside the palace, Gu Xiao and Xie Jiu had just settled Aunt Qing when Ah Qian arrived.

"When can we save Xiaojing?" There was a hint of anxiety in his eyebrows.

He inquired and found out that Mingyue Nunnery was not a good place. Many of the nuns there were extremely fierce. Xiaojing was small and he was worried that she would suffer.

But Xiaojing wouldn't let him follow her for protection, so he could only come to thank Xie Jiu.

Xie Jiu had already seen his feelings for Cao Jingyi. He was naturally worried when his beloved was suffering, so she sympathized and comforted her, "Don't worry, I have arranged for a female guard to enter Mingyue Temple in advance, and she will protect Cao Jingyi.

What you have to do now is to lure Cao Xier to Mingyue Temple. At that time, I will help Cao Jingyi escape. "