The seventh princess looked a little confused after being hit, and flinched. Faced with the emperor's anger, she quickly leaned down and said, "Brother, please calm down."
"How do you want me to calm down? You should take a good look at the evil you have done!" The emperor roared, slapping the table and standing up, looking at her with angry eyes.
The seventh princess had no choice but to pick up the confessions and letters in her hand. These letters were written by her, but at the time, she remembered having them burned.
"Brother Imperial..." She raised her eyes and looked at him in panic, but she was unable to argue.
"Could it be that the imperial concubine ordered you to write these? She wants you to kill her, right?" he shouted.
Jin Xin didn't have the courage, let alone the motive. Among so many people, Jin Xin was the only one who cared about her, and he believed in her.
But he was really disappointed. He had given the seventh princess a chance. As long as she admitted her mistake, he would not be ruthless and would at most send her to leave the capital.
But she used such clever words and tried to destroy Jin Xin, just to remember her for agreeing to the marriage at that time.
This matter was his decision, but he didn't expect that the seventh princess would hold such a grudge.
The seventh princess looked at the evidence. The letters that were clearly burned were here. It seemed that someone had planted a spy to serve her.
She smiled bitterly, looked up at the emperor, but refused to give in, and said loudly, "I didn't want to kill brother emperor. I was being used. I just wanted to kill Jiang Jinxin. Brother emperor, you know better!"
"Use? Do you want to use the remnants of the vassal country to kill me?"
"I just wanted to kill Jiang Jinxin. I did something wrong in this matter, but you were not wrong? You could have chosen the sixth child to get married, but you chose me. This matter is enough for me to hate you for the rest of my life. !" The seventh princess shouted aggrievedly.
The sixth child was not the son of a favored concubine, and she had no relationship with the emperor's brother. She was one year older than herself. Shouldn't she go to the wedding?
When the emperor heard that she specifically killed Jin Xin, he stood up angrily, "You are so presumptuous!"
Staring at the Seventh Princess, "You are favored by the Heavenly Family, and it is your responsibility to get married. I chose you because you have a noble status and show your sincerity. This will bring you many years of peace and give the Heavenly Kingdom a few years of breathing space." , but you just got married and you have to do so many things, just when no one is available, do you know what it means?"
Does it mean that he has to fight in person and die on the battlefield to be considered as a brother?
"Then what happened in the end? Didn't Gu Zhao kill those thieves as usual? If, my dear brother, you had been tougher, I wouldn't have had to suffer the consequences."
"Bastard!" the emperor roared angrily, picked up the pen holder and threw it at him.
The seventh princess didn't dare to hide and was hit by the head.
That was a lucky divine general. What if Gu Zhao hadn't appeared? The national treasury was in crisis. He embezzled merchants' money regardless of his face and reputation. He supported the Liu family to monopolize wealth. Naturally, the money was used for military supplies, but as an emperor, he This method is very ineffective.
But the seventh princess took it for granted and completely ignored what the people behind her had done. She stared at her own grievances and had no righteousness in her heart. She just wanted to enjoy the honor of the princess and did not want to fulfill her duties.
Seeing the stubborn look on the seventh princess's face, he closed his eyes and sat back.
She wouldn't understand. If she did, she wouldn't collude with the remnants of the vassal state.
"Jianing, I first thought that you were willful and unruly, but your heart is pure and you are not an unscrupulous person. Now I can see clearly that you are no longer the kind-hearted Jianing when you were a child." The emperor said calmly, There is no emotion at all, it is completely understood.
The seventh princess didn't speak, but she was also afraid in her heart. Would the emperor really deal with her severely?
"You go to the imperial mausoleum to keep vigil for your father." The emperor said coldly.
The seventh princess bit her lip. Although she was not convinced, she could not accept this result. It would be the same when she returned to Beijing in a few years.
But, would Gu Zhao not wait for her anymore?
Thinking like this, she became a little anxious, "Brother Emperor, I have a request. Can you let me go again after the new year?"
Gu Zhaodu relented and allowed her to live in his house. She must have accepted her. She wanted to give birth to a child for Gu Zhao. If she was pregnant with a child, she would naturally be involved. She was not afraid that she would not be able to wait until she came back.
The emperor could naturally see her intentions. He didn't care about being demoted from the capital, he just wanted Gu Zhao.
The emperor sneered and called Huang Wanshun, "Publish the decree to strip away all the status and benefits of the seventh princess, confiscate the princess's palace, demote her to a commoner, demote her from the capital, and send her to the imperial mausoleum to guard her grave. She will not be allowed to return to the capital in this life."
The seventh princess was stunned when she heard this. She stood up and looked at the emperor, "Brother, do you really want to be so heartless? Don't you even care about the relationship between brother and sister?"
Demoted to a commoner and sent to the imperial mausoleum, where she would not be able to return in her lifetime, she was like a living dead. She might as well be dead.
"Take him out." The emperor didn't want to listen to her anymore.
Huang Wanshun stepped forward, but was pushed away by her. He stepped forward and asked, "You have forgotten that when you were deceived and locked up in the ice cellar, it was me who rescued you. If it hadn't been for me, you would have died in the ice cellar." Li, don’t you remember?”
"If you hadn't thought about this little affection, you should have been beheaded long ago." The emperor raised his eyes coldly and met the eyes of the seventh princess.
The seventh princess's breath suddenly suffocated. How could this be the royal brother who was gentle to her? This was an aloof emperor who could take away everything from others with just a raise of his hand.
It's not the brother who said she would love her all her life when she was a child.
Huang Wanshun couldn't move her, so he immediately called the guards in, one on the left and the other on the right to help her out.
The seventh princess didn't struggle or react. She just looked at the emperor unconvinced, but she was taken out just like that.
At this time, Gu Zhao entered the palace overnight and waited outside the palace to report that the emperor had been missing for a few days and that he had found out about the sabotage of some military officers.
It was about Pei An, and he had to go to the palace to see the saint in person.
The seventh princess did not struggle when she was escorted out, but when she saw Gu Zhao standing aside, she became excited instantly, struggled to take off her restraints, and rushed to Gu Zhao.
"Gu Zhao, you are here to plead for me, right?" The seventh princess looked at Gu Zhao in surprise.
These days, he allows himself to be taken care of by her side. Although she is alienated, the seventh princess feels that he has begun to accept her.
Now seeing him here, the seventh princess is of course happy.
Even if she was sent to the imperial mausoleum, she wouldn't be sad.
Gu Zhao saw her approaching her, but he frowned and took a few steps away, bowing and saying, "Princess, please respect yourself. I am not here to plead for you."
The seventh princess was startled and couldn't believe it. She frowned and couldn't understand, "Then why did you come here so late at night?"
"Business." He remained distant and indifferent, looking at the ground without raising his eyes.
The seventh princess laughed angrily, "Do you think that because I no longer have a noble status, you want to abandon me?"
"I have never had any intention of reaching out to the princess." He still had no mood swings.
Such a cold and distant attitude made the seventh princess very sad, a hundred times more sad than being sent to the imperial mausoleum by her brother.
"Then why did you let me get close to you before? Why? Why did you give me hope?" She asked angrily, tears falling down as she spoke.
Gu Zhao was silent, his expression did not change at all, as if he was facing an insignificant person. Seeing how heartless he was, the Seventh Princess immediately understood why he had even been investigated by the emperor a few days ago, but received nothing. The princess's mansion was investigated. No one sent news to him everywhere.
It was Gu Zhao, he took advantage of his feelings.
Her eyes turned red with anger, and she stared at him, wishing to kill Gu Zhao, and immediately raised her hand and slapped him in the face.
"I hate you!"
