flstandardbreds Chapter 344: I Feel the Emperor Has No Good Intentions
Chapter 344: I Feel the Emperor Has No Good Intentions
[Yes, it's easier to push the responsibility onto others.]
Wu Guiyi deliberately pushed the blame onto Xie Ci'an, hoping to gain his mercy. As long as Xie Ci'an showed mercy, she and the young guard would be able to survive. She's truly a clever woman. I just wonder if the young guard feels the same way, considering she's so intent on taking all the blame on herself.
Gu Jianchu's cold gaze fell on the young guard and asked in a cold voice, "Really?"
The guard glanced at Wu Guiyi and saw that she kept winking at him. He hesitated. After a moment, he looked at Gu Jianchu with a firm look, "No, it was me who seduced Empress Guiyi. You can kill me or chop me up as you wish."
"It's not like that. It's really not like that. It was me. I was the one who seduced him." Wu Guiyi became anxious in an instant and kept making excuses.
"They are truly a pair of loving and loyal mandarin ducks. Even at this time, they are still covering up for each other." Gu Jianchu couldn't help clapping his hands.
Wu Guiyi glanced at the man beside her, then knelt at the feet of Gu Jianchu and Xie Ci'an. "I know I am guilty of defiling the imperial palace, but this is all my fault. I beg the Emperor and Empress to forgive him. He was truly seduced by me. I was unable to bear the loneliness and this is why I did this. I beg the Emperor and Empress."
Wu Guiyi kept kowtowing in front of Gu Jianchu, but soon her entire forehead became red and swollen.
The young guard knelt forward, but instead of begging for mercy, he stared at Wu Guiyi with a firm gaze and said softly, "Don't beg anymore. It takes two to tango in this kind of situation. It's not your fault alone. You can kill me or chop me up as you please. It would be great if we could die together, so we can be together in the next life."
Gu Jianchu was moved when he saw the two of them gathered together and expressing their true feelings to each other, but the palace rules were the palace rules and there was no way to change them.
Gu Jianchu glanced at Xie Ci'an undecidedly, only to see Xie Ci'an resting his chin on one hand, his eyes deep and thoughtful, as if he were pondering something. Gu Jianchu leaned forward and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, how do you think this matter should be handled? Wu Guiyi is guilty of defiling the imperial court and deserves death, but these two people have such a deep relationship."
Xie Ci'an looked at the Queen's profile and said lazily, "Wu Guiyi is right about something."
Several people looked at Xie Ci'an in confusion at the same time.
Is that statement correct?
Gu Jianchu thought about it carefully again and again, but couldn't figure out why Wu Guiyi's words touched Xie Ci'an.
Gu Jianchu could only look at Xie Ci'an expectantly, waiting for Xie Ci'an to speak on his own initiative.
"I favor the Queen and indeed ignored your feelings, but you were forcibly sent into the palace by your father and brothers. I didn't force you to enter the palace. What does this have to do with me and the Queen?" Xie Ci'an said with a cold expression.
Wu Guiyi stared at Xie Ci'an in a daze, unable to refute.
"Do you still want to force me to favor you?" Xie Ci'an asked back.
Wu Guiyi remained silent and dared not say a word.
Gu Jianchu stared at Xie Ci'an in confusion.
Is there something wrong?
Why would Xie Ci'an be so fussy about this matter with a concubine who cheated on him? He should have just dealt with it directly.
"Your Majesty?" Gu Jianchu called softly.
Xie Ci'an remained silent and did not respond to Gu Jianchu.
These women staying in the harem would be a disaster after all. He didn't like them and didn't favor them. It would be better to take this opportunity to get rid of these women at once, so as to completely dispel the hearts of those ministers with bad intentions. After all, those ministers were still thinking about how to stuff women into the harem so as to get information. It would be tiring to have such women around and have different dreams from them. Unlike the queen, who was a soft and cute little white rabbit, he could know clearly what she was thinking.
The Queen never had any bad intentions.
What he thought about was not to help the Gu family seek benefits, but to make the Gu family keep a low profile and how to preserve the Gu family. The Gu family did not disappoint people and always acted in a low profile and contributed to the court.
It can even help him see through the evil intentions of those court officials.
[Tongzi, what is the emperor thinking? It seems like he hasn't made up his mind.]
Gu Jianchu really couldn't figure out what Xie Ci'an was thinking, so he could only ask Tongzi for help.
Tongzi's mechanical voice sounded in Gu Jianchu's mind.
【can not see.】
This is not the first time that the dog system has failed to see Xie Ci'an's thoughts.
[Tongzi, your bug needs to be fixed. This bug has been there for a long time and it has not been fixed yet. You are not good enough. ]
The system also realized that its bug had been present for a long time.
[The key is that I haven't found out what the problem is. Forget it, give me some time and I'll check it out. If it doesn't work, I can only ask the main god system for help.]
Just as Gu Jianchu was distracted, Xie Ci'an's cold voice pierced his eardrums, "Wu Guiyi's crime of defiling the harem is unforgivable. Her status as a noble concubine is stripped away and she is expelled from the palace. Without the consent of me and the Queen, she is not allowed to enter the capital for the rest of her life."
"As for this little guard, he seduced the concubines and defiled the palace. He shall be punished with thirty strokes of the cane and expelled from the capital. Let them fend for themselves."
The moment Xie Ci'an's voice fell, everyone in the hall looked in Xie Ci'an's direction in unison, some with shock, some with confusion, and some with bewilderment.
Gu Jianchu was the most puzzled.
[What's going on? The Emperor isn't angry at all and is planning to let these two people go.]
These are the two people who cheated on him, but Xie Ci'an doesn't care at all?
Looking at Gu Jianchu's puzzled eyes, Xie Ci'an knew what the queen was thinking. He didn't like Wu Guiyi, and he didn't even know that there was such a person as Wu Guiyi in the palace, so how could he be cuckolded? If he blamed the ministers for this matter, they would have stuffed people into the harem when they had nothing better to do, ruining the lives of his daughter and sister.
The palace servants in the hall had the same expression as the two people kneeling on the ground, their faces full of shock, and they even suspected that they had heard it wrongly.
Especially Wu Guiyi and the young guard, they looked at each other and couldn't believe that the emperor would let them go.
They were all waiting with the determination to die, after all, committing debauchery in the imperial palace would result in death.
The two were shocked and couldn't understand why the emperor chose to let them go. Before, the emperor had argued with her about entering the palace.
Wu Guiyi reacted quickly, fearing that the emperor would go back on his word, and kowtowed heavily, "Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, Your Majesty, for sparing my life."
Wu Guiyi quickly glanced at the young guard beside him. The young guard kept kowtowing to Gu Jianchu and Xie Ci'an to express his gratitude. Not only did they not have to die, but they could also stay together forever. Who said that the emperor had a bad temper? It was obviously a good thing.
Cheng Song could not understand why the emperor made such a decision. Although he could not understand, Cheng Song did not dare to ask. As the emperor waved his hand, Cheng Song hurriedly took the two out, leaving only Gu Jianchu and Xie Ci'an in the palace.