Gu Yanfei made up his dress a little, ignored the cat, and went to the lobby of the outer courtyard with the old woman who came to report.

From afar, she saw the clan leader wearing the Grand Tutor Qing straight, walking back and forth in the hall. Even if he didn't say a word, he could not hide the anxiety and cramping in his heart in every move.

Seeing Gu Yanfei coming, the clan leader's old face showed a flattering smile.

"Yan Fei, you asked someone to call me, but what's the urgent matter?" The patriarch asked angrily, with no elder's attitude on his body and his posture was very low.

Since Gu Jian and his team were imprisoned in the imperial prison, the tribe was panicked, fearing that one day the Jinyiwei would rush to their house to get people and let them be punished with Gu Jian.

Therefore, as soon as Gu Yanfei sent someone to send a message, the patriarch couldn't wait to come.

Gu Yanfei stroked his sleeves casually and said lightly: "Gu Yunhao has changed his surname to Li. I specially invited my uncle to come here to modify the family tree."

"..." The patriarch didn't know what happened in Tianheyuan, and his eyes widened in surprise.

Gu Yanfei said it briefly, and the clan leader was amazed and mixed feelings.

When he learned that it was the emperor who issued an oral order, the clan leader naturally had no objection and responded without saying a word: "I will send someone to call the clan elders, immediately open the ancestral hall to change the genealogy, and remove Gu... Li Yun'an from the genealogy."

When things got to this point, the patriarch had no trouble with whether there could be a Princess Kang in the clan.

What he cares more about is-

"Yan Fei, then your second uncle, Brother Xiao and others..." The patriarch looked at Gu Yanfei carefully and tentatively, his gray brows frowned deeply. He had already scolded Gu Jian, his brainless cousin in his heart for many times.

Gu Yanfei took a sip of tea, moistened his voice, sighed slightly, and answered the question that he was ill-fated: "After King Kang came back from Tianheyuan, he had already gone to the Beizhen Fushi Office to take Li Yun'an out of the imperial prison. The emperor allowed them to get married in three days."

"..." The patriarch continued to stare at Gu Yanfei, but he didn't react. After all, Li Yun'an's surname was Li, and whether she married King Kang or not had anything to do with the Gu family.

Gu Yanfei raised his eyebrows and said earnestly: "Don't my uncle understand?"

She used a questioning tone, but her expression was very confident.

The patriarch frowned and thought for a while. Then he slowly understood the meaning of her words just now, and his pupils quickly shrank.

Gu Yun'an changed his surname to Li and married King Kang three days later.

This matter seems to be the emperor's kindness, but it is actually to make trouble for King Kang and let King Kang marry a family and have a son and become the princess.

In other words, Gu Jianjue had no chance to escape from his crime, so King Kang had to go this far in order to let the Jinyiwei release Li Yunhao.

The patriarch's whole body was shocked, and the muscles on his face jumped uncontrollably a few times. He grabbed the armrest of the red sandalwood Grand Master's chair with his right hand, and blue veins suddenly appeared on the back of his hand covered with old-fashioned spots.

He realized something deeply:

Since even King Kang was helpless, Gu Jian was no longer saved.

This case is a foregone conclusion.

This perception made the patriarch feel scared. It was a happy and peaceful outside, but his heart was as cold as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and his eyes showed a look of trepidation.

Gu Jian was involved in rebellion, so what should they do if they were the tribe members?

Even if the crime is not implicated in the nine tribes and exiled, some people in the tribe are suspected of treason, and they may be punished and confiscated, and even their children's marriages will be affected by their children's studies and imperial examinations, and their children's marriages will be affected.

According to the old rules, those involved in plotting against the enemy are serious, such as the Yu family raiding their families, and those with minorities will be punished and confiscated, and even three generations will not be admitted to the imperial examination for three generations.

Gu Yanfei slowly slid away the foam with the tea cover, and a cold light shone in his eyes.

Nine years ago, his father Gu Ce was charged with surrendering to the enemy, and his father was not even buried in the Gu family's ancestral tomb. Of course, it was impossible for Mrs. Gu to decide alone, and it must have been agreed by the clan leaders and clan elders in the clan.

Back then, the eldest brother Gu Yuan was only nine years old and his future was not yet determined, but Gu Jian inherited the title. Why did the patriarch and others make this choice at that time? To put it bluntly, it was to weigh the gains and losses of interests.

It’s not incomprehensible, but it makes people feel cold!

For their own interests, they stood by Mrs. Gu and Gu Jian nine years ago and abandoned the eldest house.

For their own interests, what will they choose now nine years later?!

The more the patriarch thought about it, the more he felt uncomfortable. He hurriedly went to serve the teacup. He took a sip of tea absent-mindedly, and his tongue was numb by the boiling tea.

He put down the teacup impatiently again, which gently hit the teacup on the coffee table, and the collision sounded particularly loud in this silent hall.

After the initial panic and uneasiness, the patriarch tried to stabilize his emotions and said in a friendly tone: "Yan Fei, uncle, have an idea for you."

"I also know that your grandmother and your second uncle have made a big mistake, but if they are convicted, what should you do with your elder brother's errands... and your marriage?"

The patriarch frowned deeply and tactfully suggested to her.

Gu Yanfei chuckled and pulled the tea lid down and made a tingling sound of porcelain knocking.

Every sound was like a needle pricking the clan leader. The clan leader felt a little embarrassed and felt that in front of Gu Yanfei, his little concern was nowhere to hide.

"Cough cough." The patriarch coughed a few times, feeling embarrassed, and said warmly, "Yan Fei, A Jian is your second uncle. If he is involved in the crime of treason..."

"Grandfather," Gu Yanfei interrupted him, put down the pastel enamel teacup in his hand, and reminded him with a smile, "The emperor knows that my elder brother's grandmother is Qi Chaoning."

"Also, did the old lady and her second uncle forget about the murder of my elder brother?"

"..." The patriarch naturally remembers it.

The day when Mrs. Gu and Gu Jian broke up, the patriarch went to the emperor to clarify the matter in person. The emperor knew very well about the conflict between the Gu family's house and the second house.

Gu Yanfei shook his head and sighed: "A such a grandmother?"

"This is the second uncle?"

She clearly revealed her disdain for Old Lady Gu and Gu Jian and his son.

"..." The patriarch was speechless and his eyebrows were frowned even more: The emperor pity Gu Yuan, Gu Yanfei and his brothers and sisters, and would not take their anger at the eldest son because of Gu Jian, but it is hard to say in the Gu clan.

Gu Yanfei sighed quietly: "It would be great if my grandfather hadn't re-reinforced..."

The patriarch's heart was shocked, his eyes were slightly wide open, and Gu Yanfei, who was sitting on the top, smiled with his eyebrows, but his smile was not as good as his eyes.

The two looked at each other quietly for a moment.

The clan leader felt enlightened and suddenly understood.

indeed.

It would be great if my cousin Gu Xuan didn't re-string...

Then, the old lady, Xiao Qi, has no name and no share, and Gu Jian is not even a member of the Gu family, so naturally he will not be involved in the clan!

The clan leader's originally chaotic and nervous eyes gradually settled down, but hesitated in his heart.

Gu Yanfei's lips, which had been slightly raised slightly, raised a little higher again, as if he could see the hesitation of the patriarch, and asked with a smile: "Grandfather, do you think so?"

She looked at the patriarch calmly.

Should the clan choose to clarify the relationship with Gu Jian, or just sit back and wait for death, waiting to be implicated by Gu Jian?!

The patriarch grabbed the armrest of the Grand Master's chair tighter and swallowed.

This choice is too easy.

The patriarch could hear his heavy heartbeat in his ears, and he was beating faster and faster.

After a while of silence, the patriarch let go of his right hand holding the handrail and suddenly relaxed.

He corrected his expression, rationalized his thoughts, and said seriously: "Your grandfather hired the daughter of Qi as the Yuanmaster. After you and your elder brother's biological grandmother, Da Qi, passed away, your grandfather did not tell the clan that he would renew his marriage."

"Is that true?" Gu Yanfei took another sip of tea and lifted his eyelids, "I don't know this."

Her expression was neither surprised nor happy, as calm as water, but the patriarch seemed to have received encouragement.

He stroked his gray beard and sighed seriously: "Maybe it was when your grandmother Daqi passed away that he was thinking of Ace's young, so he asked his widowed sister to take care of Ace."

"I didn't expect that Xiao Qi took advantage of your grandfather's death and took her son to occupy the magpie's nest."

At first, the patriarch spoke a little dry, and the more he spoke, the more he spoke, the more he became, the more smooth he spoke, and his heartbeat gradually changed from rapid to calm, and the last sentence was very loud.

He completely denied the marriage between Gu Xuan and Xiao Qi. These words were made up casually, and naturally there were loopholes, but the patriarch knew that no one would pursue these loopholes, as long as it sounded natural.

"So that's how it is." Gu Yanfei casually echoed, his eyes as deep as a pond.

The patriarch seemed to have taken a reassurance pill, and he continued seriously: "Fifteen years ago, your grandfather got an acute illness and went there too quickly, so he didn't have time to leave anything."

"For so many years, you and your elder brother have regarded Xiao Qi as your own grandmother, and it is also my uncle's... Alas, I was also deceived by Xiao Qi. I used to think that she was very kind to Ace and your brother and sister."

The patriarch looked at Gu Yanfei almost breathlessly, with a restrained expression.

Gu Yanfei smiled slightly and looked at the patriarch with a very "simple" and "innocent" look, "Grandfather, I am young and don't understand these things. What should I do about this matter? I have to rely on you to get a charter."

She gently and skillfully pushed this matter to the patriarch, and made a big move.

"..." The patriarch's expression froze again, and a thin cold sweat emerged from the forehead.

He felt as if Gu Yanfei was pinching his heart in his palm, and he could hardly look directly at her transparent eyes.

The girl's face is clear and smiling like a flower, which is brighter than the pink peaches blooming outside the window. Her eyes are extremely clear and bright, and she shines with a sharp light like a sword.

The patriarch's heart suddenly shrank, and through the girl's eyes, he couldn't help but think of Gu Ce.

The patriarch stayed for a long time before he came to his senses, calmed down, and quickly agreed: "Yan Fei, tell your elder brother, I will do this properly, so don't worry."

He comforted himself in his heart: At this point, the clan has to cut off his tail and survive, and Xiao Qi and Gu Jian and his son also suffered their own efforts.

Gu Jian was deposed and was helpless, but Gu Yuan and Gu Yanfei had a good future. It is obvious how to choose would be beneficial to the clan.

"What are my uncle saying? What do I want to 'rest assured'?" Gu Yanfei smiled with a tilted face, with an innocent smile.

The patriarch realized that he had made a mistake and hurriedly said, "It's my slutty word that I am trying to make things happen. I have been doing it for many years, and I should have made things happen for a long time!"
To be continued...