Chapter 369: Panic
It was a chaotic night.
When Mu Wenxuan arrived at the front yard, he saw his father and mother talking to the housekeeper. The guards in the mansion came and went in a hurry, and they all looked anxious. It was obvious that they were paying close attention to what was happening outside.
"Father." Mu Wenxuan walked into the hall quickly, "How is the situation in the prime minister's mansion? Is there any room for maneuver?"
When Princess Yu saw him come in, her face suddenly turned cold: "Wenxuan, divorce your unlucky wife quickly! The Prince Yu's mansion must not be implicated by them! Write a divorce letter now!"
"What's the hurry?" Prince Yu frowned, "Even if there is anything, we can talk about it tomorrow. Why write a divorce letter in the middle of the night? Besides, this marriage was granted by the emperor. The emperor has not issued an order yet. Do you have the right to let Wenxuan divorce his wife?"
Princess Yu choked: "But ... Didn't the emperor agree before?"
"He agreed before, but you didn't divorce her before." Prince Yu's face was not very good, "Anyway, if you want to divorce your wife, the emperor must give an order, otherwise this matter must not be mentioned again!"
Prince Yu's wife was furious: "The Prime Minister's Mansion collapsed overnight, and Gu Anxian is no longer useful to us. Do we have to let her occupy the position of Wenxuan's wife? "
If I had known that day in the palace, I should have insisted on my attitude and divorced that bitch directly, and I wouldn't be here today, worried and scared.
Mu Wenxuan's eyes turned, and he suddenly said, "It doesn't matter whether she is divorced or not. Anyway, she still has so much dowry. The emperor can't send people to Prince Yu's Mansion to confiscate all of Gu Anxian's dowry, right?"
Princess Yu's face changed: "Yes, there is still dowry! Wenxuan, you should quickly count the dowry brought by Gu Anxian and see if you can hide some of it first. What if the emperor really sends someone to-"
"Nonsense!" Prince Yu interrupted her coldly, "Gu Anxian has already married into the palace. According to the usual practice, the emperor will not vent his anger on her, nor will he implicate Prince Yu's Mansion."
"But-"
"Besides, there is a list of the dowry she brought, and the list clearly records various dowries. If the emperor wants to confiscate it, do you think it will be useless if you hide it privately?" Prince Yu looked at her coldly, "I'm afraid she was innocent, but you have hidden it like this."
Princess Yu was speechless.
"Fortunately, we have no interest in the Prime Minister's Mansion." Prince Yu frowned, with a tone of fear and relief on his face, "Except for the marriage granted by the emperor, we have not asked them to do anything else, nor have we used Prime Minister Gu's power in the court to achieve any purpose. The emperor should not be angry with us."
Mu Wenxuan looked at the servants coming and going outside anxiously: "Although the emperor will not be angry, after the fall of the Gu family, Gu Anxian is the descendant of a criminal. It is not good for Prince Yu's Mansion to have her around."
"What can we do?" Prince Yu frowned, "You can't kill her."
Killing her is not necessary.
At this juncture, if something really happened to her, the emperor would first suspect them.
"The Prime Minister Gu's mansion is also courting death." Prince Yu, with his hands behind his back, dodged in the hall, "Why would they go and provoke Princess Nanyang? Yan Li is no longer the same as before. Not only is she protected by the Emperor, she is also the wife of the Ninth Prince and the daughter of the Queen of Jin! She will return to Jin in the future. If something really happens to her, won't Jin and Mu fight immediately? They are so stupid!"
Prince Yu, who has always been considered dull and incompetent, now seems like a wise man who sees things clearly from the sidelines, unscrupulously criticizing the powerful ministers whose families have collapsed. It really feels like a role reversal.
Mu Wenxuan seemed to have a sudden inspiration, as if his mind was suddenly enlightened: "Fortunately, I am a dandy son, and Prime Minister Gu has always looked down on me. Apart from using the dowry brought by Gu Anxian, we have no other involvement with the Prime Minister's Mansion, so we should be safe this time."
It must be said that stupid people have stupid luck.
Although Mu Wenxuan is stupid, what he said at this time is right.
The most hated thing for the people in power on the throne is the marriage between the powerful officials and the royal family, especially the close connection and interest-related marriage relationship.
Although Prime Minister Gu's daughter was married by Emperor Zhaocheng, not only Gu Anxian looked down on Mu Wenxuan, but Prime Minister Gu also ignored Prince Yu.
Apart from maintaining superficial courtesy, the two families really have no interest in private.
If Mu Wenxuan is a man of great potential and can make the Prime Minister see that his future is limitless, the situation will be different.
So it is said that a blessing in disguise?
That's the truth.
Like Prince Yu's Mansion, there are many officials who are connected with the Prime Minister's Mansion who can't sleep tonight. They are as anxious as frightened birds.
The lights in the major mansions were almost kept on all night.
Many officials couldn't sleep and looked at the sky outside frequently, thinking that this night was long and hard.
I'm afraid that tomorrow morning, the emperor will start to settle accounts one by one. I wonder who can escape and who will be buried with the prime minister's mansion.
The palace is also brightly lit.
Emperor Zhaocheng quietly flipped through the list in his hand.
Don't ask why Prime Minister Gu, such a cunning man, left such important evidence, because there are too many people on the list. In addition to recording the money transactions, there are also handles on many officials under him.
Money buys people's hearts, and handles control people's hearts.
These evidences should be safe in the secret vault.
Who would have thought that they would be presented to the emperor tonight along with the huge wealth in the secret vault?
Emperor Zhaocheng was leaning on the dragon bed, his eyebrows covered with frost, and he was looking through the pages in silence without saying a word. His eyes passed over the familiar or unfamiliar names on the roster. His eyes were dark and cold, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart. What.
The palace people stayed far away, standing on both sides with lowered eyebrows and lowered eyes, not daring to make the slightest sound.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Suddenly a shrill, uncontrollable and excited voice sounded, suddenly breaking the oppressive silence, "Your Majesty, I beg you to see me! Your Majesty, I am unjustly accused, and my brother is unjustly accused! Your Majesty!"
Emperor Zhaocheng didn't seem to have any reaction and just opened a page of the roster.
"Your Majesty!" The voice of fear and despair was getting louder. Concubine Gu cried bitterly outside the palace and begged for mercy. "I kneel down and beg you to see me! Your Majesty, I beg you, Your Majesty!"
Xiao Changhai glanced at the emperor quietly, remained silent for a moment, turned around and walked out.
"Your Majesty is upset, please go back, Your Majesty." Xiao Changhai stood outside the palace door, "My Majesty, don't-"
"Eunuch Xiao!" As if seeing a life-saving straw, Concubine Gu suddenly stepped forward and pulled Xiao Changhai, "Please go and beg the emperor. I was wronged and my brother was wronged! Someone must have framed me, Eunuch Xiao!"
"Your Highness." Xiao Changhai gently took her hand away, frowned slightly, and quietly took a step back, "The evidence is conclusive, the Emperor did not unjustly accuse Prime Minister Gu."
"This can't be-"
"Xiao Changhai." Emperor Zhaocheng's voice came from the palace, with a somewhat cold and ruthless tone, "Let Concubine Gu come in."
Concubine Gu, as if she had received an amnesty, turned around and ran into the hall, kneeling down with a plop: "Your Majesty, please give my brother justice! He was framed! Your Majesty, please see clearly and clear my concubine and my brother's innocence. ——-”
"See for yourself!" A roster was thrown at her with great force, accompanied by Emperor Zhaocheng's cold anger, "Have I wronged him?"