The Cannon Fodder and Villain’s Happy Ending

Now in this cold winter, the ground outside is as cold as ice cubes. If I kneel for an hour, I might freeze my knees!

After she married the emperor, Concubine Liu Gui had the support of her own aunt, the Queen Mother, and she had never been punished. The first time she was punished, it was the Queen Mother who opened her mouth.

"Grandma!"

Gu Jing wanted to intercede for Concubine Liu Gui, but Empress Dowager Liu was annoyed at the sight of the mother and son, and waved her away: "Concubine Gui, Gu Jing, you two go out."

"How about things in this court, the emperor is the master."

The Empress Dowager Liu's tone was very firm, and Gu Jing couldn't say anything else. She was afraid that she would be even more unhappy if she provokes the Empress Dowager too much. Instead, she completely pushed the Empress Dowager towards Empress Wei and Gu Zhen.

"Yes, grandmother."

Gu Jing stood up and bowed, and gave Concubine Liu a reassuring look, meaning that she was wronged this time.

Concubine Liu Gui felt a chill in her heart, she had expected her son to intercede for her.

She closed her eyes and could only bend her knees and step back.

The moment Gu Jing turned around, the expression on his face changed instantly. The original gentleness and gentleness were no longer there, and his expression was gloomy. A palace maid next to him glanced at him and was startled. He hurriedly lowered his head and did not dare to look at Gu Jing again. .

Concubine Liu Gui knelt for an hour outside the Shouning Palace, and was finally carried back by the palace people with a shoulder yoke.

Concubine Liu Gui and Empress Wei came to Shouning Palace one after another, but in the end, Concubine Liu Gui was punished by the Queen Mother to kneel. Although everyone in the palace did not know what happened in Shouning Palace, at least it could be seen that Empress Dowager Liu was standing by the Queen. here.

In the next few days, so many pairs of eyes in the palace looked at Fengluan Palace. Seeing that the emperor was staying in Fengluan Palace every day as usual, he knew where the Sacred Heart was. Only then did a ripple appear in this harem, It calmed down again. On the contrary, the courtroom was full of storms.

Duke Chengen impeached Wei Xiushi again in the early court righteously, and asked the emperor to report to the public to deal with it. He should not be biased because Wei Xiushi is the queen's biological father. Such injustice will chill the hearts of courtiers and the people.

However, his impeachment again brought the emperor down.

In addition to Duke Chengen, several courtiers followed suit, scolding Wei Xiushi for colluding with King Yu. However, most of the courtiers were neutral about this and watched noncommittally. They had been arguing about this matter for several days in the morning. It was so fierce that other court affairs were delayed.

After three full days of trouble, the early morning of the tenth day of the new year ended with the emperor leaving with a swirl of his sleeves.

The emperor left, and the early court naturally dissipated. The courtiers bowed and bowed to send the emperor away. After that, their eyes all looked at Duke Chengen, with different expressions, some scrutiny, speculation, thinking, and some wander.

In response to this, Duke Cheng Eng calmly walked out of the Golden Palace, his eyes deep and complicated.

He walked forward with big strides, and walked out of the palace gate with a clear goal, but his heart was not as calm as he showed.

At first, when Gu Xi, the third son of King Yu, came to look for him, Duke Chengen was hesitant. Although the second prince married Tang Fengchun, the cousin of Prince Yu's mansion, as his concubine, Duke Chengen still felt that King Yu could not do it, and the emperor was right. King Yu hated it to the core, and the hatred between the two parties could not be reconciled at all.

Once they take refuge in King Yu, they will inevitably make the emperor completely disgusted, and the second prince almost gave up the possibility of taking the throne from the emperor.

This is really unwise.

Therefore, Duke Chengen never planned to cooperate with Yu Wangfu at first, and even wanted to persuade Gu Jing not to get too close to Tang Fengchun. After all, Tang Fengchun's heart must be towards Yu Wangfu.

Until the news of the Tai'an Palace fire spread all over the capital a few years ago, Gu Xi actually brought Concubine Fang back to Yuzhou quietly. When he heard the news, Duke Chengen felt that the situation was not good.

Obviously, King Yu has always been very ambitious. He tried his best to make this accident happen. It must be a northern expedition. The best time for the Northern Expedition.

Now that King Yu has an excuse for the Northern Expedition, and there are no hostages in the capital, it can be said that King Yu's Northern Expedition is unstoppable.

Over the years, King Yu has been hoarding troops and supplies in Yuzhou. He has both money and soldiers.

King Yu and Yuzhou were at their peak, but what about the imperial court?

After more than ten years of foreign wars and civil strife, natural and man-made disasters, the imperial court was somewhat lacking in military strength, lacking major generals, and the most troublesome thing was that the imperial court lacked money.

Fighting is the most expensive thing to do. If this war is fought, hundreds of thousands of taels will be small, and it will be millions of taels at every turn. Even the two sides may fight for several years. war?

!

Just thinking about it, Duke Cheng's heart felt heavy.

He is the most clear. Last year, Jinzhou suppressed bandits. In order to collect money, the emperor could only compromise with the second prince.

The treasury is empty to such a degree that if it really fights with King Yu, the court's winning rate is probably not high.

This made Duke Eng have to seriously consider Gu Xi's proposal, and secretly discussed with Gu Jing several times.

Gu Jing persuaded him persuasively: "Grandfather, once the emperor has established the crown prince, I have no hope at all.

The prince of this dynasty is difficult to establish and also difficult to abolish. Even if the grandfather of the emperor favored King Yu so much at the beginning, he could not resist the opposition of the ministers to abolish the prince and replace the king of Yu. "

"Don't you know about this?"

Indeed, Cheng Engong is very clear.

Back then, there was such a big turmoil for the late emperor's abolition of the prince. For a few days, even he thought he might not be able to keep the prince's position today, but in the end the late emperor compromised under the remonstrance of Qin Xu and his ministers. , he could only exile Qin Xu to Minzhou.

Eunuch Cheng pondered over and over for several days, but he didn't sleep well for several nights, and he opened his eyes until dawn.

He had to admit that what Gu Jing said was not unreasonable. Once the emperor made Gu Jing the crown prince, Gu Jing would completely miss the throne.

It is precisely because of this that Duke Chengen made up his mind to impeach Wei Xiushi, even though he didn't have much confidence in his heart.

In his thoughts, the carriage he was riding in stopped, and the driver's respectful voice came from outside: "Old man, here we are."

Cheng Engong came back to his senses, pushed the door and got off the carriage. He entered the restaurant familiarly, and came to a private seat at the end of the corridor on the second floor.

Gu Jing was already waiting in the elegant seat, looking at Duke Cheng En with burning eyes.

"Grandfather, sit down and talk."

Gu Jing got up personally and welcomed Duke Cheng En, and left a servant dressed as a servant to guard the door outside the elegant seat.

Cheng Engong sat down with a solemn expression.

Gu Jing poured wine for Duke Chengen himself, and eagerly asked, "Grandfather, how was the morning morning today?"

Cheng Engong didn't have the heart to drink, he briefly talked about the situation of Zaochao, and finally said: "The emperor still ignores it..."

Duke Cheng's fingers rubbed the white porcelain wine glass, and said hesitantly, "Second prince, I don't know if King Yu can be trusted."

Duke Cheng'en was always a little uncertain about his cooperation with King Yu. King Yu had bad intentions. To put it bluntly, he was a chaotic thief, and was King Yu really reliable?

Gu Jing's choice to cooperate with Yu Wang is to seek skin with a tiger.

However, Gu Jing did not have so many entanglements with Duke Chengen. From the time he decided to marry Tang Fengchun as his concubine, he had already made a decision and decided to cooperate with Yu Wangfu.

There is a saying that wealth is sought in danger.

The father is partial. If he follows the trend like the three emperors and the others, he can only live a mediocre life. He refuses to accept it. He is obviously better than the sixth emperor. If he wants to fight, if he wins, he will have the world.

This plan was made by Gu Xi before he left, but Duke Chengen was hesitant until the emperor decided to establish a crown prince a few days ago, and then he pushed Duke Chengen.

As they had planned, everything went smoothly, only one step away... One more step, and they could drag Queen Wei down from the phoenix position.

"Grandfather, I don't want to wait any longer."

Gu Jing looked at Cheng En, who was sitting opposite him, and said justly.

Originally, he thought that as long as he worked hard, the father would see him, but the father never turned a blind eye to him, even if he made great contributions in Jinzhou;

Originally, he thought he still had Qin Xin at least, but now he realizes that he knows people and faces without knowing his heart, Qin Xin is not what he thinks at all, this woman is despicable and lustful, greedy for power, the person she admires has never been herself, It is the identity of the second prince;

Originally, he thought he still had time to prove himself to his father and the courtiers...

However, the royal father refused to give him a chance!

If that's the case, then he's going all out.

Gu Jing tensed all over, tightly holding the wine glass in his hand, the darkness in his pupils was like a bottomless abyss, and even the air in this elegant seat froze.

Anyway, he has nothing now, and the only thing he wants is the throne.

Once it is done, it will rule the world.

At that time, what does he want?

!

At that time, all those who have ever been sorry for him will humbly kneel at his feet and beg for pity!

"Grandfather, you will help me, right?"

Gu Jing's eyes were full of brilliance, and his whole body released a pressing determination, as if he saw the day when he ascended the throne.

"..." Duke Chengen's eyes darkened, of course he was impatient, and of course he also wanted to help Gu Jing ascend to the throne.

After all, the emperor has to decree the sixth prince to be the crown prince. If you miss this time, Gu Jing will miss the throne. Then, all your hard work on Gu Jing over the years will be in vain!

Duke Cheng rubbed his brows and said solemnly, "Second prince, you know the emperor's temperament. It is impossible for him to abolish the queen and punish the Wei family just because of a few letters in this area."

not to mention……

Cheng Engong raised his head and drank the contents of the cup, and hid a word without saying a word.

To force the emperor to abolish the queen, it is not enough for these courtiers, but because of Gu Jing's repeated defeats before, many courtiers are just like the grass on the wall, and they start to wait and see again. Now Duke Chengen can use it. Not many people.

Eunuch Cheng sighed and said helplessly, "Now, we can only take a step by step."

He did his best and obeyed the mandate of Heaven. Up to now, Duke Chengen felt that the possibility of this happening was probably less than 30%.

Gu Jing's eyes flashed, and he took a red lacquered wood carved box from the side, opened the box himself, and said, "Grandfather, if there are not enough letters, what about the account book?"

Cheng Engong opened his eyes slightly, looked at the blue booklet in the box, his heart beat faster, and said, "The account book?

Second prince, where did you get the account book? "

The corner of Gu Jing's lips twitched, and he pushed the box containing the account book to Duke Cheng En, and said calmly, "It was brought by Tang Fengchun yesterday, so I specially invited my grandfather to meet here today."

"As long as Wei Xiu Shi Gou's charges against King Yu are confirmed, even the emperor can no longer cover up the queen."

"Isn't Feng Yuen from your grandfather?

Why don't he take this evidence and hit a pillar on the Jinluan Hall? "

"Father, the emperor, always wants to whitewash the peace, so he has to push him harder."

Gu Jing stared at Duke Cheng En like a beast staring at its prey, with a pun, his words were not only for Duke Cheng to force the emperor, but also to pressure Duke Cheng at the same time.

Eunuch Cheng was still looking at the account book. Under his seemingly calm eyes, many emotions flashed, such as hesitation, struggle, measurement, consideration, and so on.

He also knew that when he impeached Wei Xiushi this time, he must have completely offended the Wei family and the queen... He had already stepped into this situation with one foot.

Gu Jing naturally saw the entanglement of Cheng En Gong in his eyes, and no longer urged, the corner of his mouth drew a sneering smile in the arc that the other party could not see.

Most of the people in this world are just grass, not only the courtiers who once claimed to be loyal to him, but also his grandfather.

He knew very well that his grandfather wanted to strive for the power of the dragon, but he had been hesitant all the time and would not do his best to help him. Since his grandfather still hesitated, then he would just push his grandfather.

As the old saying goes, one rush, another decline, and three exhaustion.

If you want to succeed, you have to keep moving forward!

Gu Jing raised his head and drank all the wine in the cup.

After a while, Duke Cheng finally picked up the blue leather account book from the box and slowly turned it over, page after page.

He looked at it very slowly, as if carefully remembering every word on it.

This ledger is about firearms.

The imperial court set up a firearms manufacturing workshop in Jiankang City in the south of the Yangtze River, specializing in the manufacture of various types of firearms, such as rockets, tribulus fireballs, thunderbolt fireballs, flaming guns, poison smoke balls and so on.

The account book recorded how many firearms Wei Xiushi had secretly moved from the firearms manufacturing workshop to King Yu in the past few years under the name of "wear and tear".

This account book is so beautifully done that Duke Cheng couldn't make a mistake at all.

Even if he knew it was fake, he still felt that the account book looked like the real thing, but it is conceivable that King Yu put a lot of thought into it.

With this booklet...

Duke Cheng squinted his eyes, his eyes became darker and darker, his heart beat faster, and even the blood in his veins boiled little by little.

Gu Jing could see that Gong Eng had intention to move, and the corner of his lips twitched.

While adding drinks to both himself and Duke Cheng En, he continued: "Grandfather, this is the 'sincerity' that King Yu gave us."

Gu Jing's eyes brightened, as if two flames were burning.

He believed in the sincerity of King Yu, as long as King Yu could help him win the crown prince, he would naturally repay King Yu, and they both got their own way.

As for the future...

"Grandfather," Gu Jing said again, looking at Duke Cheng Eng with burning eyes, "I know that grandfather is worried that if King Yu succeeds in raising an army, I will be busy for nothing."

"But, don't forget, the father is the rightful monarch of Daqi. If King Yu doesn't want to be infamous for thousands of years, he must support someone to succeed him for the sake of fame."

"Since King Yu let Tai Concubine Fang's substitute die in Tai'an Palace, then his northern expedition will be under the guise of 'Qingjun's side', so he will not take the throne by himself."

Once King Yu himself ascended the throne, it would be a rebellion, not the Qingjun side.

Gu Jing's remarks seemed reasonable and well-founded, but Duke Eng felt very uncomfortable when he heard it.

He put down the account book in his hand, his eyes darkened, and he said sternly: "Second prince, you have worked so hard just to be a puppet for King Yu?"

If King Yu was in charge of the government, then why did he spend so much effort for the second prince?

!

"Grandfather, do you think I would be so stupid?"

Gu Jing asked indifferently.

Duke Chengen: "..."

Gu Jing took another sip of wine, played with the wine glass in his hand, and said calmly: "You don't even think about it, even if I am willing to be this puppet, do you think King Yu will tolerate me as a puppet?"

Eunuch Cheng's eyes widened, and he also wanted to understand.

Yes, if King Yu can really hold the Son of Heaven to command the princes in the future, then his next step is to kill Gu Jing silently, and then let Gu Jing's son ascend to the throne, and King Yu can name himself one. The Prince Regent really controls the government in his hands, and no one in the world can fault him.

Gu Jing put down the wine glass and said sternly: "Grandfather, don't break it, don't stand!"

"When the time comes, the overall situation of the court will be decided, and King Yu will also suffer greatly. If I go to fight with King Yu for this country, why is it better than letting Gu Zhen win this country now!"

"Better than hopeless now!"

"Grandfather, this is our last chance!"

"Now or never."

When it came to the last eight words, Gu Jing was almost word for word.

In fact, Gu Jing had said these words to Duke Chengen before and persuaded him. However, Duke Chengen always felt a little uneasy, and always felt that he seemed to have overlooked something, so he had always been cautious and reserved. After all Cooperating with King Yu, you will accidentally put your family in.

Cheng Engong stared at Gu Jing quietly, the seat was quiet, the needles could be heard falling, only the noise of pedestrians on the street outside came in through the window.

After a long time, Duke Cheng's eyes turned to the account book on the table. Finally, he moved. After taking a sip, he put the wine glass on the table with a slap.

"it is good!"

Cheng Engong nodded in agreement, silently reciting Gu Jing's words just now - no breaking, no standing.

Gu Jing was relieved, and solemnly bowed to Duke Chengen: "Grandfather has worked hard, and everything will trouble grandfather."

He also diligently poured wine for Duke Cheng'en himself, looking like his grandson and grandson were happy.

"Don't worry, Your Highness."

Cheng Engong replied and accepted Gu Jing's gift calmly.

He has Feng Yushi's handle in his hand, which is enough to send the Feng family into exile for 3,000 miles, and three generations are not allowed to be officials.

After this was settled, Duke Cheng Eng was no longer tangled, his eyes widened, and he continued to look at the account book.

After his mentality changed, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that this ledger was very beautifully done.

This time, the queen and the Wei family are set!

This road to succession is naturally full of blood. Since the Wei family wants to be named a marquis in the future by relying on the outside family of the sixth prince, this is also a risk they must take.

While looking at the account book, Duke Cheng drank the wine, and said casually: "Second prince, you still have to be more careful with the queen mother."

"The queen mother likes children. This is your greatest help. After the emperor abolishes the queen, if you want to succeed, you have to rely on the queen mother to speak well for you in front of the emperor."

According to Eunuch Cheng, Qin Xin's identity is a little off after all, but now she is pregnant with the emperor's grandson, and Tang Fengchun is involved with the Yu Palace after all, and it is not appropriate to get too close to him.

The word "child" stabbed in Gu Jing's heart like a knife. His face was not very good-looking, and his eyes were even more sinister like a yaksha from hell, but after all, he agreed: "Grandfather, I understand."

"And Tang Fengchun..." Duke Chengen wanted to remind Gu Jing, but Gu Jing didn't want to listen.

"Don't worry, grandfather, I have a sense of what to do with Tang Fengchun.

However, the grandmother has been in a bad temper recently, and even the mother-in-law has been angered. "

Speaking of the fact that Concubine Liu Guifei was punished for kneeling a few days ago, Gu Jing also felt distressed that Concubine Liu Gui was punished in vain. Afterwards, he also let Tang Fengchun go to the palace to visit Concubine Liu several times, and sent nourishing medicines into the palace.

Duke Chengen sighed deeply and said solemnly, "It's only natural that the Queen Mother has been in a bad temper recently, and you don't even think about it. After all, Concubine Fang fled back to Yuzhou, just like today's Emperor Gao is far away..."

and many more!

Duke Cheng's eyes were suddenly rounded, and at this moment, he suddenly understood what he had neglected these days.

Something was wrong, because Empress Dowager Liu's reaction was not quite right.

The person Empress Dowager Liu hated the most was Concubine Fang. If Concubine Fang really escaped and went to Yuzhou, with Empress Dowager Liu hating the other concubine, how could she let Concubine Fang go to Yuzhou to enjoy her happiness without any grudge? Should be furious, or even get sick with rage.

but--

From the fire in Tai'an Palace to the New Year's month, rumors about Princess Fang spread in Beijing, but Empress Dowager Liu's mood did not seem to be affected. It is very unusual to have hired a troupe from the bell and drum division to sing a play.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and he asked seriously, "Second prince, when you and your mother-in-law went to see the queen mother in Shouning Palace, how did you feel about the queen mother?"

Although Gu Jing didn't know why Duke Cheng En asked this question all of a sudden, he still answered truthfully: "I think the imperial grandmother was in a good mood at first, but later, for some unknown reason, she suddenly became angry with the concubine and punished the concubine to kneel outside the hall. an hour."

Duke Chengen: "..."

Duke Cheng's expression became more and more solemn, and a possibility emerged in his heart: Could it be that the one who died in Tai'an Palace was the real Concubine Fang?

If this is the case, Duke Cheng En suddenly felt that the account book in his hand was a little hot.

"Grandfather..." Gu Jing felt that there was something wrong with Duke Cheng's face, and wanted to ask a question, but at this moment, there was a messy and hurried footsteps in the corridor outside, and it seemed that a group of people were running towards this side.

The inner servant who was guarding the door let out a nervous low voice: "The hall..."

The sound stopped abruptly, and then only heard a "bang", and the door of the private seat was rudely kicked open from the outside.

Outside the gate of the elegant seat, Yuan Minggang, the commander of Jin Yiwei, appeared outside the seat with several Jin Yiwei guards, all of them dignified and menacing.

Gu Jing and Cheng Engong's expressions changed at the same time, and stood up almost at the same time. Chengengong's bulging belly accidentally hit the table, and a wine glass rolled off the table and shattered on the floor.

The liquor and broken pieces of porcelain were splashed all over the place, creating a mess.

However, Duke Cheng Eng had been unable to care about these details, and he was in shock: Why did Jin Yiwei come here?

!

Yuan Minggang walked in without a smile, casually bowed his hands to Duke Chengen, and said coldly, "Master Guo, the emperor has called Master Guo into the palace for a chat."

Duke Cheng immediately felt that the account book in his hand seemed to be covered with charcoal fire, which was extremely hot.

"Commander Yuan, this gentleman just drank alcohol and behaved in a bad manner. It is not appropriate to enter the palace to face the Holy Spirit."

Cheng Engong tried to find an excuse to shirk one or two, "It's better to let this master go back to the house to finish the hangover soup, change clothes and then enter the palace."

How could Yuan Minggang be fooled by Duke Chengen with a few words? He didn't even bother to talk nonsense to the other party, so he casually raised his hand and made a gesture, "Take it away!"

"Master Guo, offended!"

The two Jinyiwei immediately stepped forward to get the person, and their subordinates were not polite at all.

Not only did they take people, they also took the account book from Duke Cheng'en's hand and presented it to Yuan Minggang.