Chapter 331 Young Prince Asked You to Kill the King
After Jiang Yashuang was called back, he listened to Qiu Yelan and a.s.sured her, “I will send someone to do it now!”
“The Gu family hasn’t collapsed yet!” Qiu Yelan reminded him not to take it lightly, “And I don’t know what they are going to do. After all, Qiu Qian kidnapped me in the past. Maybe they will think we have bad intentions!”
Jiang Yashuang smiled and said, “Everybody knows that the Gu Family won’t regain its prosperity according to the current situation. Unless they are determined to die, they will surely have a try even if they suspect that our family has bad intentions. Besides, if you want to kill them, why do you even bother with them?”
Qiu Yelan thought about his words and said, “I’ll be expecting to hear from you then. Give me a solution about how to arrange them. I don’t understand the matter of setting up an heir. I want to wait for my brother to come back and let him make the decision.”
“Find a remote courtyard for them.” It was easy for Jiang Yashuang. “Send a few people to look after them. Anyway, they are very weak now, so a few bodyguards are enough.”
The young couple settled the matter easily, but Empress Jiang, who was waiting for Prince’s Mansion of Guangyang to come into the trap, caught Mei Xue and Qiu Qian on the spot!
Jiang Yashuang knew the news from Empress Jiang quickly. In the Jiang family,n.o.body could do better than him in terms of information collection except for Marquess Qin. He hurried to the Palace to intercede for them after hearing the news!
Empress Jiang would not agree in the past. Although Mei Xue and Qiu Qian were not from the Gu family, they had been in the Gu family for so long. She was not afraid that the Gu family would not care for them! How could she think of the face of her nephew’s wife in such a big battle?
However, the excavation of General Ruan’s tomb made Empress always feel guilty. In addition, Jiang Yashuang’s statement made sense, “Gu Yan didn’t order the men of the Gu family to do it because he knew it was a trap. These two women were also victims and in the same group as Qiu Nie. Now Qiu Nie didn’t appear because he was taken hostage by Gu Yan. It was said that Mei Xue was in love with Qiu Nie and Qiu Qian was always respectful to him. At the beginning, Qiu Qian clearly knew that it would irritate his cousin Qiu Jinglan, but she still kidnapped Ning Yi to save Qiu Nie’s life! Aunt, what answers could you get from these two girls? They would rather choose to die!”
“Let it go. If these two women are unimportant, I will give them to you. You can take them back to your wife!” Empress Jiang rubbed her forehead. She managed to set such a trap, but now it was in vain. Naturally, she felt a little bit anguished. But she said, “Since Qiu Nie has been detained by Gu Yan, I am afraid that it will be difficult to save Qiu Zhongyan’s son. He has to choose another heir. I will ask somebody to take care of Qiu Nie. Try to save him afterwards.”
Jiang Yashuang smiled and said, “I know that you love us, my dear aunt!”
“I know that you love your wife the most!” Empress Jiang took a candied fruit from the fruit plate to beat him, “Go back and tell your wife!” If they had an heir for the Qiu family, there would be no hatred. Even if Qiu Yelan and his sister suspected that it was the Jiang family that manipulated the digging of the General Ruan’s tomb, they couldn’t do anything but just be unpleasant. After all, it was an important event about the heir!
Empress watched as her nephew laughed, took the candied fruit, and left. She thought in her mind.
Jiang Yashuang went out of the Palace and asked Jiang Tan to make arrangements for Mei Xue and Qiu Qian. These two were both young and beautiful and it was inconvenient for him to meet them. He returned to the Marquess’s Mansion to report to his wife.
After listening, Qiu Yelan was relieved but frowned, “Gu Yan is so vicious! He holds Qiu Nie! This is a trouble!” Qiu Nie was the key point for setting the heir!
“Don’t worry. My aunt has agreed to help us in the future. If she finds out him, she will rescue him immediately,” Jiang Yashuang said and comforted her. “Furthermore, Gu Yan doesn’t have the energy to do anything now. Mei Xue and Qiu Qian failed and were caught. He is too busy to deal with Empress Dowager Gu. He always makes the decisions for the whole Gu Family. Now, he must think about the future for the whole Gu Family. How could he have the time to get Qiu Nie into trouble?”
What he said was right. Gu Yan was shocked in a cold sweat when he knew that Mei Xue and Qiu Qian were caught as soon as they entered Gu E’nuo’s yard. “Sure enough!”
He was deep and complex and did many private affairs for Empress Dowager Gu over the years, which couldn’t go public with. People would be suspicious if they did too much private and vicious matters. His news was lagging behind because of the ban on entering the Palace for the past six months, so he didn’t know that the fake death Gu E’nuo was leaked deliberately by the Empress’ party. He instinctively sent two women first, whose relationship with the Gu family was not so deep, to have a test.
Now it seemed that he held back a trick, otherwise, Prince’s Mansion of Guangyang might have been surrounded by the Imperial Army!
Gu Yan was fortunate but he became worried now. His father, Gu Shuo, who was waiting for news from him, was always incompetent. Gu Shuo listened to others in his whole life. At this moment, he asked Gu Yan, “Yan, what should we do now?”
“What Empress Dowager Gu has asked must be done, otherwise she would be angry. She helped us to handle all the things in our family before! Empress wouldn’t attack Empress Dowager Gu for a while, so she must fight against our family first!” Gu Yan was confused and worried when he thought of this, but he knew that Gu Shuo was timid. If he was panicked and was seen by Gu Shuo, Gu Shuo would be scared to die. Therefore, he pretended to be calm and said, “Don’t worry about it. I have an idea. I’ll ask people to do it, so it will be fine afterwards!”
Gu Shuo asked with worries, “What’s your idea?”
“I’ve roughed out a few ideas. I have to discuss it with other people to make a decision,” Gu Yan coaxed. “Father, don’t you believe in me? I’ve settled lots of trouble over the years.”
The ordinary Gu Shuo never understood what Gu Yan thought. He was in a daze and said, “Well, you do it. Tell me when everything’s done!”
“Father, I can a.s.sure you!” Gu Yan got up and sent his father away respectfully. When Gu Shuo left, he became vicious, “Go and find Qiu Nie!” He had no other way but used the biggest strength.
After Qiu Nie was brought over, he knew that something was wrong when he saw Gu Yan. He asked, “How are Mei Xue and Qian’er?”
“They were in trap!” Gu Yan looked at him viciously and said, “They were caught by the subordinates of Empress on the spot! It is said that Jiang Yashuang has taken them away. I wonder that they were not in trap but just took the opportunity to escape. Otherwise, how could Jiang Yashuang take them away? His wife is Ningyi who is very beautiful. Is she your cousin?”
“If she hadn’t had a good brother, she would have been killed by Qian’er!” Qiu Nie frowned. “Commandery Princess Ningyi and Qiu Jinglan are not generous people! We offended them in the past. How could it be possible to let us go? I am afraid that Ning Yi wants to revenge on us when she heard that Mei Xue and Qian’er were arrested by Empress. And thus she asked Jiang Yashuang to arrest them as a revenge!”
Gu Yan squinted his eyes and said, “If that’s the case, what can you do for us?”
Qiu Nie was nervous. “In the past few years, we did a lot for the Gu family.”
“Yes, you did something!” Gu Yan sneered. “But we sheltered you, right? Otherwise, Qiu Jinglan would have killed you all easily!”
“The protection for us was promised by Empress Dowager Gu when we went to the Gu family!” Qiu Nie’s scarred face twisted. “We did a lot for the Gu family these years.”
“We will protect you but not support you! That doesn’t mean we will pay for your meals and clothing these years,” Gu Yan glanced at him and said mockingly.
He made it clear that he dropped him as soon as his help was not required. How could he say it with justice? Qiu Nie knew that talking was useless, so he could only sigh, “I am willing to do my best as long as you need!”
“What can you do for the current situation?” Gu Yan asked with a sneer. “You were a waste after you were defeated by Qiu Jinglan. Now you are less useful than Mei Xue and Qiu Qian. They are beauties at least!”
Listening to his harsh words, Qiu Nie calmed down, “If I were really useless, why do you talk with me?” He would be killed by Gu Yan at once as Qiu Nie thought.
Gu Yan didn’t get angry but laughed. He even glanced at him appreciatively, “The Right Dharma Protector of Tianya, you are good. I do have something for you to do, but now Mei Xue and Qiu Qian were caught by the Jiang family. I am worried that let you do it alone. What should I do?”
Qiu Nie smiled indifferently, “Since you have asked me to come here, obviously you have a plan. I will do whatever you ask me to do!”
“In the past, you betrayed Qiu Jinglan and threatened Ning Yi. Although you didn’t succeed, your grudge with them was made,” Gu Yan drank a sip of tea. “You will be fine as the Gu Family is fine. You won’t be driven out. But if the Gu Family failed, you would be miserable. Mei Xue and Qiu Qian today are an example!”
Obviously, he also thought that Mei Xue and Qiu Qian were taken away by Jiang Yashuang and wouldn’t end well.
Qiu Nie said calmly, “If it is about reversing the situation, I will do my best!”
“Very good!” Gu Yan brushed his sleeves and sent others off before saying. “I want you to do one thing!”
“A big thing!”
“Kill Emperor!”
“What?” As soon as Gu Yan said, Qiu Nie, who was preparing to show his determination, raised his head in shock!
Gu Yan looked at him blankly, “Why? Didn’t you just say that you are willing to do everything?”
“But is there anything related with the current situation?” Qiu Nie looked at the madman.
“The current situation is not something that people like you can think about!” Gu Yan sneered and said, “You just do what I have ordered!”
Qiu Nie said in despair, “How is this possible?! Even if I didn’t lose my ability, I couldn’t sneak into the palace and a.s.sa.s.sinate the king as expected, not to mention I am a useless person now!”
“Don’t worry about entering the Palace!” Gu Yan said indifferently. “Although Empress Dowager Gu has failed this time, it is not a problem for me to take you into the Palace especially when Chu Weisang is selected as the Crown Prince. Empress has no time to take care of Emperor. It’s the right time for you to do it!”
Qiu Nie took a deep breath, “If this is the case, why do you ask me to do it?” Was the Gu family short of the manpower in the Palace?
“I have my own plan!” Gu Yan’s eyes were sharp, “Say! Do you want to do this or not?”
“Is it because I am from the Qiu family?” Qiu Nie thought for a while and asked quietly. “After I kill Emperor, you can declare that I am ordered by Qiu Jinglan or the Jiang family to pretend to defect. In fact, they intentionally kill Emperor and frame the Gu Family when the crown prince is determined. But you or Empress Dowager Gu found out the plan?”
Gu Yan was shocked but calmed down at once, “In fact, I only ask Mei Xue and another maid to do that task.”
Qiu Nie was shocked.
Gu Yan continued, “Your sister, Qiu Qian, has been sent to another place by me.”
“May I ask you when you will take me into the Palace?” Qin Nie fell silent for a while and asked calmly.