After entering the book, he stole the heroine's charming attributes

The war is over and the people of Qi Dynasty have returned to their previous peace.

Shen Li's business has no longer been affected, and is even better than before.

After this experience, Beiyuan finally began a new round of rest and recuperation, and her ointment export business also recovered.

At this time, the Shen family was busy with the marriage of Shen Liang and Li Erya.

At this time, the Gu Mansion was deserted and a funeral was being held.

When Shen Li learned the news, he and Qin Yu went to Gu Mansion.

After entering the hall, I saw Gu Cheng'an kneeling in front of the coffin burning paper, but Gu Cheng was not there.

Qin Yu took a complicated look at the tablet under the coffin, 'The tablet of the late mother Huo Nanlian Huo'.

He didn't expect that she would die like this. He actually didn't care that much about her life or death.

Shen Li glanced at him, then stepped forward and lit a stick of incense.

After inserting the incense into the incense burner, she glanced at Gu Chengan, who was kneeling there with a numb expression: "Are you okay?"

"What is good and what is bad? But thank you for coming."

"You still have to take care of yourself."

"Yes, if I fall, the Gu family will be finished." Gu Cheng'an said, then turned to look at Qin Yu: "Is this the result you would like to see?"

"I'd be lying if I said I didn't care, but I wasn't that obsessed with her life or death when I went to the battlefield."

"Yes, you are not obsessed anymore, but she herself does not want to live anymore. My mother has always said that Gu Cheng is a hypocrite, and now I really believe it. When my mother was under house arrest in the mansion, Gu Cheng tried every means to make her life difficult. You also know that my mother is a proud person. Now that she is tortured by someone she has always looked down upon, I think she can't stand it, right?"

"Is Gu Cheng torturing your mother because of the affair between your mother and the former prince consort Yu Bin?" Shen Li felt that since Gu Cheng was cuckolded by Huo Nanlian and was under house arrest in the mansion, he had to torture her to vent his anger.

"Yeah, he couldn't get over it, and he couldn't kill my mother, so he thought of ways to torture her."

Shen Li knew that Huo Jian was seriously injured on the battlefield. After Qin Yu's treatment, he is almost recovered now. However, he has been the leader of the military officers in these years because of his failure on the battlefield. With him around, it is impossible for the military officers to stand out.

Ruikangdi had wanted to make a move on him for a long time, but because of his ability, he never dared to do so easily.

In addition, because Huo Nanlian threatened Rui Kangdi, he should have wanted to deal with him a long time ago. Now that he was defeated on the battlefield, it was a good opportunity.

But before Emperor Ruikang could find a reason to demote him, Huo Jian resigned on his own initiative.

This is better, at least one life can be saved. If Ruikangdi comes, even if one life can be saved, it is likely that one will be seriously injured.

"You know, after my uncle resigned, Gu Cheng felt that my mother had no one to rely on, so he wanted to kill her. They are husband and wife after all, why is he so cruel?" Gu Cheng'an said sadly.

"My mother and I have already experienced what kind of person he is," Qin Yu said.

"Yes, my mother knew he was going to kill her, so she committed suicide. She said that even if she had to die, she wanted to die with dignity, and she wanted to decide how to die."

Although Shen Li had not met Huo Nanlian many times, she still had some idea of ​​what kind of person she was. She was undoubtedly a proud person. The Huo family was in trouble now, and she was under house arrest in the Prime Minister's Mansion and was tortured by Gu Cheng.

So choosing to commit suicide should be the most dignified way for her, right?

"Shen Li, do you think my mother ever liked Gu Cheng?"

"She should have liked him before. After all, when your uncle was looking for a son-in-law, your mother didn't strongly object. She even wanted to get rid of Qin Yu and his mother. If she didn't like him, she wouldn't think they were a threat, right? And she gave birth to you and your sister Xiruo."

Gu Chengan nodded: "You are right, I think he likes her."

"So even though they have come to this point, they cannot erase the sincerity they had before."

"I understand. Thank you Shen Li."

"No, I didn't do anything. Anyway, you have to take care of yourself."

At this time, several eunuchs came to the mourning hall.

"The imperial edict has arrived, Gu Cheng will receive it."

Gu Cheng'an stood up and told his servant to call Gu Cheng.

"Lord Qin, Miss Shen, you are here too." said the chief's eunuch.

"Eunuch Li, thank you for your courtesy." Shen Li said.

"Eunuch Li." Qin Yu also greeted him politely.

After all, he is the emperor's close attendant, and everyone should give him some face.

After a while, Gu Cheng arrived at the mourning hall. Seeing Qin Yu standing there, he immediately smiled and said, "Are you here to see me? Son, can you forgive me for what happened before? Haven't you always wanted to avenge your sister? Look, Huo Nanlian is dead now. Can you forgive me now?"

Hearing Gu Cheng's words, Gu Cheng'an's face couldn't be colder.

Shen Li felt that if Gu Cheng was not his father, he would have taken action already.

"Okay, listen to your orders, Prime Minister Gu..." said Eunuch Li.

Gu Chengli immediately knelt on the ground, and Shen Li and others followed suit.

"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims that Prime Minister Gu Cheng abandoned his wife and children, and later attempted to kill his wife. His conduct is so corrupt that he is no longer fit to be the head of an official. He is now removed from his position as Prime Minister and demoted to a commoner. This is my decree!"

Gu Cheng looked up at Eunuch Li in surprise, then closed his eyes and fainted on the ground.

Shen Li was still a little surprised by this result. He didn't expect that the emperor would simply dismiss Gu Cheng from his post.

But Qin Yu seemed to have expected it. Now everyone in Kyoto knew that Gu Cheng abandoned his wife and children, and now he wanted to kill Huo Nanlian. Naturally, his reputation was even worse.

Many imperial censors also reported him, saying that he had misbehavior and was unfit to be the head of all officials.

Although he had many followers, he still had rivals and enemies who took this opportunity to report him.

In short, it was said that he was not worthy of being the head of all officials, and now Emperor Ruikang had finally made up his mind to deal with him.

However, directly demoting him to a commoner was still a very harsh treatment.

"General Gu, you should keep the imperial edict." said Eunuch Li.

Gu Chengan took the imperial edict and said, "Thank you, Eunuch Li."

"This is our family's responsibility. There's no need to be so polite. Although Prime Minister Gu has been demoted, your career is limitless. So General Gu, don't be too sad."

"I will."

"Then we'll leave."

"Goodbye, eunuch." After saying this, Gu Cheng'an asked someone to carry Gu Cheng away.

"Gu Cheng'an, don't be too sad. What Eunuch Li said just now should be the emperor's instruction to him. Now the Gu family depends on you. You should be more open-minded and accept my condolences." Shen Li comforted him.

"I understand. I will keep the Gu family going."