After Zhu Zhongjun ascended the throne for half a month, he rewarded the generals and relatives who should be awarded a reward, and then he brought the court to the right track.

Most of the military generals in the Hongde Dynasty were sentenced to prison and sentenced to death or exile. Zhu Zhongjun, who started his business through rebellion, did not need military generals. Instead, he needed civil officials to govern the country.

Gu Jinzhi said to him: "...I remember you mentioned the ministers with outstanding abilities in the capital many times. Last time, when the Queen of the Great was in charge of the country, I remembered the capable ministers I remember.

All of them have urged Empress Dowager Tan to exile in Lingnan. Now, if you call them back and entrust them with important tasks, they will not resist you, but will be grateful and loyal!"

Zhu Zhongjun hugged her tightly.

At that time, she did not think about exiling the generals because she knew that it was only a matter of time before Zhu Zhongjun could invade.

What she needs to do is to retain talents who govern the country for Zhu Zhongjun.

Humanities are honest.

Money may not necessarily win over those civil servants.

But the previous dynasty exiled them, and they were full of grievances, so Zhu Zhongjun took them back again, which was a kindness. They could not repay them.

Zhu Zhongjun was very moved that Gu Jinzhi could think so far at the beginning.

Zhu Zhongjun did not take all the exiled ministers back at once.

He first accepted two gentle ministers, promoted them to the titles and granted their wives and children, so that the whole court knew that the new emperor valued his talents. And the other civil officials who were exiled had a little hope in their hearts.

Even if it is stubborn, it can slowly melt.

It took Zhu Zhongjun half a year to recall all these ministers.

Instead of scolding Zhu Zhongjun's rioters, they assisted Zhu Zhongjun wholeheartedly and praised Zhu Zhongjun for his merits. This is a later story.

One month after Zhu Zhongjun ascended the throne, he dealt with Yuan Yuye's affairs.

The court officials and the people all blamed the fall of the Hongde Dynasty on Yuan Yuye. Yuan Yuye's house was confiscated. All males over ten years old were beheaded, and female relatives were used as official prostitutes. Males under ten years old were exiled to Guangxi.

The day of Yuan Yuye's execution was set on the first day of July.

Just before the first day of July, Gu Jinzhi's fourth sister Gu Shanzhi suddenly returned to Beijing.

Her eldest son is already thirteen years old.

She and Yuan Yuye have been separated for fifteen years.

She is back now. Everyone thinks that she wants to plead for Yuan Yuye.

The eldest lady of the Gu family said to her: "...Don't be confused anymore! If you plead for him, wouldn't it be that the son-in-law's heart was cold? Besides, do you know that he had tried to die in your Gu family many times.

?Once, I hurt your elder brother, but I almost succeeded! The Empress was captured in Beijing four years ago and fell into a fetus on the road. She still has some leg inconvenience. It is Yuan Yuye who helped the evildoer.

If you plead with mercy, let alone the Queen is unhappy, our Gu family will not recognize you!"

Gu Shanzhi sighed faintly and said, "Auntie, you look down on me too much...I don't want to come back and plead for mercy. I just want to come back and see him for execution..."

The eldest lady was stunned.

Sure enough, on the first day of July, when the Yuan family was dragged to Caishikou and beheaded, Gu Shanzhi took his eldest son to see it.

She stood in a relatively forward place and could see Yuan Yuye's face clearly.

She grabbed the eldest son's hand, a little tight.

Yuan Yuye looked proud and looked disdainful, not caring about going to die.

The rest of the Yuan family were either sad, sad, angry, or afraid, but Yuan Yuye looked calm. He held his head proudly and looked at the world coldly.

He also glanced at the crowd with contempt.

Then, he saw Gu Shanzhi.

He stopped his contemptuous expression and his expression was stunned.

He thought he had read it wrong, so he closed his eyes slightly and stared at Gu Shanzhi again.

It was sure that it was Gu Shanzhi. Yuan Yuye's face was filled with various emotions in an instant: shock, resentment, grief, hatred. These expressions flashed one by one, and in the end, there was only a trace of sorrow left.

He smiled at Gu Shanzhi.

Gu Shanzhi's face was expressionless, but his legs became weak.

Her eldest son supported her.

In her life, she couldn't untie the knot of Yuan Yuye, and she always hated her. She used to love Yuan Yuye and the Yuan family to treat them well, but in the end, the Yuan family let her down.

Even if it is a separation, I will always be in unfair.

She thought that only when Yuan Yuye ended like this could her heart be untied, so she returned to Beijing.

But at this moment, her emotions were surging and she couldn't tell it.

Yuan Yuye smiled at Gu Shanzhi. Seeing that Gu Shanzhi's face turned pale, Yuan Yuye knew that she still had his in her heart.

My eyes suddenly became wet.

When the Yuan family was confiscated and the female family was appointed as official prostitutes, Yuan Yuye's mother and wife committed suicide. At that time, he did not cry. He felt that it was good. They left, kept their innocence and suffered less, which was good.

He is not sad.

He didn't regret it when he ended like this throughout the process.

Until he saw Gu Shanzhi in the crowd, his astringent intention could not be stopped. His eyes were filled with tears, and Gu Shanzhi's face became blurred. He blinked, as if he wanted to see her more clearly.

His staring straight at Gu Shanzhi felt intent.

Gu Shan took two steps back.

Finally, the execution time was almost here, and Yuan Yuye suddenly burst into tears.

He himself didn't understand why.

His lips opened and he said something, but no one understood.

Only Gu Shanzhi knew, he was saying: Shanzhi...

Why call her?

Gu Shanzhi was just watching the fun. She needed to know that he would not die well, and she needed to know that he had retribution so that she could let go of her unwillingness and move forward.

But at this moment, she was afraid that she would be unable to let go in her life.

Yuan Yuye, did he do it on purpose?

He knew her character, so he was sure of her?

The bloody head rolled down, and Gu Shanzhi could still see the tears at the corners of his eyes.

With a breath of breath in his chest, Gu Shanzhi fell down.

"Mom!" Her eldest son caught her and squeezed out of the crowd with her.

The crowd fainted only when they thought Gu Shanzhi was afraid.

Gu Shanzhi came back from the execution ground and was reluctant to eat.

The eldest lady was both angry that she was not good at her and worried about her. She traveled all the way from Jiangning to the capital to see Yuan Yuye beheaded, which meant that she had made up her mind.

Now that I look sad again, something naturally happened.

But Gu Jinzhi listened to his mother Song Pan'er, and Gu Shanzhi returned to Beijing.

She also wanted to meet her fourth sister, so she invited Gu Shanzhi to the palace.

Seeing Gu Shanyi's listless look, Gu Jinzhi asked her: "Where is the fourth sister uncomfortable?"

Gu Shanzhi felt a little timid in front of Gu Jinzhi, but he also told Gu Jinzhi what happened on the execution ground that day: "...I don't know why he cried.

Now, when I close my eyes, I can see him crying. When I was a husband and wife, he never cried for me..."

Speaking of this, Gu Shanzhi's voice choked up.

She quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, calmed her mood, and continued, "Empress, I have lost my composure."

"...I heard that when the Yuan family was raiding the house, Old Lady Yuan and his own wife committed suicide, and he never cried." Gu Jinzhi said slowly, "He was afraid that he was in his heart.

Sister is ashamed..."

As soon as he said this, Gu Shanzhi felt that his heart was filled with pain.

But after the violent pain, the haze that had been suppressed in her heart for many days gradually dissipated.

She seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

A breath that was difficult to calm for more than ten years finally slowly came out.

It turns out that he had a love affair.

Gu Shanzhi only needs to know this, which is enough, and finally makes up for the efforts he has made to him in the past ten years...

She seemed to be willing to go back to Jiangning with peace of mind.
Chapter completed!