If it’s the emperor’s will, then Gu Wu would be executed by slow slicing.
However, as a modern person, Gu Youyou just couldn’t stand the bloody scene.
If he were to be decapitated directly, it felt too easy for him.
Thinking it over again, she said, "I kindly ask Father Emperor to leave his corpse intact, so my parents can recognize him when he reaches the other side."
"Leave an intact corpse?" The Emperor looked towards Wan Decheng.
Wan Decheng said, "If he were to leave an intact corpse, either grant him a cup of poisoned wine or let him hang himself. But it would be too easy for an evil person like Gu Wu to die that way."
Madam Lin also disagreed, "Youyou, people like him should be executed by slow slicing, you must not soften your heart at this mont."
But Gu Youyou said, "Yu Jizi fed poison for ten years, I just want him to experience it once. Searcy has also studied that cold poison, why not use him to test the poison?"
Upon hearing this, everyone had no objections.
Gu Wu was taken away, temporarily locked up in the Ministry of Punishnt’s Prison.
The village head and County Magistrate traveled a long way from Qingshui Town to Beijing, they were quite worn out and would rest for a few days before leaving.
Gu Youyou was also generous, directly sending two servants along, taking them to tour around Beijing. If in the mood, they could even go to Jinxiu City.
Whatever they wanted to eat or buy, Gu Youyou covered it all.
After all, what she lacked the least was silver.
Thus, the farce ended, leaving everyone a bit dazed.
Gu Wu clearly wasn’t a good person, so why did so many people believe him back then?
The storyteller explained, "People have this ntality, it’s better to believe it exists than not."
...
In the morning, Searcy brought a packet of poison to Gu Youyou. Holding it, Gu Youyou gazed at it, lost in thought.
Just poison Gu Wu then?
After so thought, she sighed deeply, still having soone call Erya and Sanbao over.
These days, Erya hadn’t opened the Fish Manor at all. No matter how much their father erred, this fact couldn’t be erased.
When Gu Youyou asked for them to be called, they arrived quickly, just in ti for Gu Youyou to not yet put away the black powder poison.
"You’ve co?" Gu Youyou turned around.
"Big sister!"
"Big sister!"
Both looked sowhat haggard.
Gu Youyou’s face slightly darkened, and she said blandly, "You are aware of everything, aren’t you?"
Erya and Sanbao nodded lightly.
Gu Youyou pursed her lips, her chest heaving several tis, gathering the courage to speak.
"He’s still your father. If you want to give him a chance, I..."
"No!" Erya interrupted her.
Gu Youyou saw her slightly trembling hands and the trembling in her voice.
"He’s our father; he’s our kin, but so are our uncle and aunt, and you, big sister. Grandpa, and mother died unfairly because of him. Big sister, he’s our father, we don’t want to see our father die like this, but we can’t fail to avenge our other family who died unjustly."
Sanbao helped Erya sit down, too, with a crying voice said, "Mother didn’t close her eyes when she died, her eyes couldn’t close. The village elders said she didn’t die content. Even at her burial, her eyes remained open."
Saying so, the siblings began to cry.
"The night before she died, mother sat at my bedside saying she wasted her life. I didn’t understand then, I still don’t now, but I grasp one thing, when a woman says she wasted her life, it’s because of that man. Big sister, if he doesn’t die, mother won’t close her eyes."
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