My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

Wu Qinghui's grip tightened, and she immediately looked at Chang An, who was sitting there chatting comfortably with Hu Gui, and she became so angry that her teeth itched.

"But Your Majesty, at least my two brothers have done some things for Your Majesty. Although they have no merit, they have worked hard."

Li Longji said, "They have no merit, but does Dingkang Hou have no merit either?"

"When there was a rebellion in Chang'an, where were these two?" Li Longji pointed directly at the three people. "When the Yi and Ru rivers overflowed in Luoyang, and the court officials contributed money to the disaster relief, did they contribute money? When Lizheng Academy was first built, did they contribute anything?"

"None of these! When Quan Chubi rebelled, it was Marquis Dingkang who suppressed it himself with a few servants. When the Yi and Ru rivers overflowed, it was Marquis Dingkang who proposed to provide relief through work. Even the officials appointed to Lizheng Academy were found by Marquis Dingkang himself by asking for favors from people one by one!"

"this......"

Wu Qinghui was stunned. She had been so absorbed in fighting with the Queen that she had completely ignored what Chang An was doing outside.

"Let's not talk about the distant past, let's just talk about June." Li Longji continued, "Right now, the public ownership of land is at its peak. In addition, the people have been living in poverty due to the suspension of farming in the past two years. It was Marquis Dingkang's idea to discuss the taxation."

"The discussion has not yet been concluded. Marquis Dingkang and Yuwen Zhongcheng are still discussing it. They are still trying to frame Marquis Dingkang, and they are even using important matters to make trouble. How can this crime be let off?"

Finished!

Wu Qinghui thought to herself, this time I have really hit the tiger's butt. At this time, Guo Ping and Tang Bi were kneeling in two completely different corners, one with a face as pale as paper; the other with a face as pale as death.

"Your Majesty, could you please show leniency to my two brothers for my sake?" Wu Qinghui asked as if begging.

Li Longji shook his head and said, "Obviously, this is impossible. The evidence against these three people is solid, and no one can exonerate them."

Wu Qinghui looked at Chang An again, and this time she looked at him with great resentment, but he seemed to be blind and continued chatting with the Dali Temple Minister. The latter seemed to have a serious expression or be surprised from time to time.

"Hu Siqing!"

Li Longji suddenly shouted at this time, and Hu Gui quickly stood up, stopped communicating with Chang An, and responded: "Your Majesty."

"Take these three away and interrogate them thoroughly. Tell me clearly why you framed and targeted Marquis Dingkang!" Li Longji said.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Wu Qinghui closed his eyes, took a few deep breaths, and said, "Your Majesty!"

Everyone's eyes were focused on her. She said with tears in her eyes, "If Your Majesty wants to punish my two brothers, why not punish me as well!"

"I am from a family of criminals. It is possible that I have participated in the false accusation against Duke Kangguo!"

Li Longji looked at Wu Qinghui, feeling helpless and distressed, but only a little. He thought for a long time, and finally said, "Eunuch Cheng, have someone send Concubine Hui back to the palace!"

It was obvious that Li Longji had no intention of directly dealing with this woman's unreasonable behavior, so he could only send her back for the time being.

Then, the emperor said: "Li Linfu, Wu Zhong and Wu Xin are suspected of conspiracy to murder and falsely accusing the court's meritorious officials. They are now demoted to commoners and imprisoned in the Dali Temple awaiting trial!"

Hu Gui then sent someone to take away the three people kneeling on the ground. Finally, Li Longji looked at Chang An and said, "Marquis Dingkang, you can go back now."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

When most people had left, Li Longji was still sitting in his seat, holding his forehead. After a long while, he raised his head and looked at Hu Gui who had been standing in front of him for a long time, and asked: "What kind of punishment did Dingkanghou use? He just made the secret guard confess."

"Your Majesty, this is a torture method used during the Shang and Zhou dynasties."

"Shang and Zhou? Shang..." Li Longji felt even more helpless after hearing this. "Alright, no need to say more. How many of the punishments from Shang and Zhou have survived until now? Marquis Dingkang used it once, so don't use it again."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Hu Gui nodded.

"If there is any news, you should be the first to come to me." Li Longji said, "Notify me, and I will naturally notify Marquis Dingkang when I want to find him. He and Yuwen Zhongcheng still have to deal with taxation issues, so don't bother him any more."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After Hu Gui agreed, he left. At this time, Li Longji said to Eunuch Cheng: "Eunuch Cheng."

"exist."

"When you return, inform Gao Lishi and ask him to pay attention to any disturbances in the palace during this period - especially any news about Concubine Wu Huifei."

"Yes."

......

In Bingyue Palace, Wu Qinghui was so angry that she started smashing things, and the maids and eunuchs who served her in the palace were kneeling outside the house. Hearing the sound of smashing things in the palace, no one dared to look up.

Even if some broken porcelain pieces flew out and scratched someone's face or clothes, no one dared to move.

Li Longji was originally planning to go to Concubine Zhao Li's place, but when he arrived at the gate of Bingyue Palace and looked at the people kneeling in the yard, he subconsciously raised his hand, and finally put it down.

He stood at the door and watched for a while, then finally just sighed lightly, waved his sleeves, and walked away.

As for Chang An's house, it was also very noisy. He had just returned to the courtyard gate when he heard Gu Li's voice coming from inside:

"Why did the people from the Dali Temple come here at this time? It's to arrest someone. Maybe Chang Lang's method didn't work last time, so they came to arrest Chang Lang and convict him!"

Chang An was stunned for a moment, and then he heard Huaiqin say: "It's not Sanniang, don't worry..."

"Why am I not anxious?"

"I was still asleep when Chang Lang followed that Hu Gui away! If they really wanted to do something, why didn't they inform me?"

"Chang Lang always told me when he went out, but now he left without even saying anything. If he wasn't captured by the Dali Temple, what else could it be?"

Gu Li's voice was now filled with tears.

Zhen'er also spoke up to comfort her, "No, Sanniang, the young master followed Hu Siqing out on his own. Just like last time, the young master didn't inform Sanniang because he was afraid of disturbing her sleep."

"Yes, Hu Siqing from the Dali Temple did tell you that he had something to discuss with him." Huaiqin was the person involved and said quickly.

"Impossible! How many times has Hu Gui arrested my Chang Lang? Once he accused me of some inexplicable crime, the second time he said Chang Lang was the mastermind of murder, and this time he said he wanted to take him away for something."

Gu Li became more and more agitated: "You believe him, but I don't! I will never believe a word he says in my life!"

"I'm going to find Chang Lang now and bring him back!"

Chang An was stunned for a moment, realizing that something was wrong, and hurriedly quickened his pace. But when he arrived at the door, he saw Gu Li walking straight towards him, but he seemed to be too angry to pay attention, and at this time he bumped into Chang An's arms.

Chang An quickly supported her and patted her back gently. Gu Li came back to her senses at this time, smelled the scent that made her feel so relieved, and felt Chang An's embrace. Gu Li couldn't help crying.

"Chang Lang!"

Chang An saw Gu Li crying and asked quickly, "What's wrong? Why are you crying? I'm still here, what's wrong?"

"Oh my...I thought Chang Lang was captured!"

Gu Li hugged Chang An tightly, holding Chang An's clothes with both hands, crying and saying: "Chang Lang didn't call me today, and I heard... I heard Huaiqin and the others say..."

"They said Chang Lang was taken away by Hu Gui. I was afraid that Chang Lang would be arrested and taken to be the scapegoat..."

Chang An was being held tightly by Gu Li at this moment, and could only pat her back gently and comfort her: "It's okay, nothing happened to me, I just went to the Dali Temple to talk to His Majesty."

"I...I don't believe it...I don't believe it!"

When Gu Li heard that His Majesty was still around, he grabbed him even harder: "Chang Lang can't leave! Chang Lang has never lied to me, and he can't lie to me now!"

Although it was the end of July, the weather had not gotten cold, and Chang An was only wearing a robe and underwear. At this moment, Gu Li's tears penetrated the robe, and the slight coldness stimulated Chang An's chest.

"I didn't lie to Mother Gu. When has your Chang Lang ever lied to you?" Chang An said with heartache. When she cried, Chang An's heart almost broke on the spot.

"Alright, alright, let's stop crying, okay? Today we are really just going to talk about some things. The real culprit has been caught, and we will know the result in two days."

"Shall we go back to our room? The family is still watching us. If the servants see us crying, we'll be embarrassed. Shall we go back to our room and cry?"

"Um..." Gu Li buried his face deeper, and even the sound of his crying became a little softer.

Helpless, Chang An had to pick up Gu Li and take her back into the house.

After putting Gu Li on the bed, Chang An finally escaped. Gu Li's face was full of grievances and her eyes were red. Chang An reached out and wiped the golden beans on her face, saying:

"You're already a mother, and you're still crying. If you cry too much, you won't look good."

Gu Li was still feeling aggrieved. When he heard Chang An's words, he pouted and said, "I am timid to begin with. Chang Lang knows that. It's obvious that Chang Lang despises me."

"I guess Chang Lang saw how I looked just now. I was so fierce."

Chang An helped her up and smacked her mouth several times, saying, "It's impossible for me to dislike Gu Niang, but what's wrong with Gu Niang today? Why are you so anxious again?"