When Gu Yanling stood in front of Cining Palace again, she no longer felt like a world away, and she didn't know much about every brick, tile, flower and grass here than Empress Dowager Guo, who was sitting in Cining Palace at the moment. That kind of thoroughness that goes deep into the bone marrow, just like she knew the Empress Dowager Guo in the past. It's just that at that time, she followed the route hoped by Empress Dowager Guo, Concubine Cheng and Xiao Yan, and brought the Gu family and the Xie family into their camp. So at that time, she and the Empress Dowager Guo were in harmony, but even so, in the face of her later methods, the Empress Dowager Guo didn't like it.

Just like the literati are light on each other, the strong and the strong are under the same roof, even if the surface is harmonious, it cannot avoid the waves in the dark.

And in this life, she completely deviated from the Empress Dowager Guo's thoughts, which was even more like a fish in the throat for the Empress Dowager Guo.

She hates the emperor, so she also hates the Yuan clan, which the emperor used to balance her and marry, but unfortunately, Empress Yuan has fought with her for so many years, and she still sits firmly in the back seat, and now she has the eldest grandson of the East Palace.

Empress Dowager Guo understands very well that Empress Yuan and the East Palace are both towards the emperor, and it is the emperor's grace, if she sees the East Palace ascending to the treasure in the future, when Empress Yuan is the queen mother, it will be the day of her Guo's defeat.

However, the emperor was too vicious and killed all her brothers, leaving her unable to support her. In contrast, Xiao Yan, although his mother Cheng Guifei came from a famous family, in the end, she is a declining literati family, and there is nothing to lose, plus Xiao Yan is weak, I am afraid that she will not live long after ascending the throne.

At that time, the Guo family has the merit of supporting the new emperor, and it is even more powerful to hold the male army, that is, to control Xiao Yan's heirs, get rid of Cheng Guifei, kick the Wang family out of the court, and let the Guo family, who is in power, dare to beak?

But she didn't expect that today's East Palace has become more and more difficult for her to achieve. And once he married into the East Palace, he invisibly tied the Gu family, the Xie family and the East Palace together, and when the three families were really twisted into a rope, it would be a big trouble.

Therefore, from the beginning of the embarrassment on Chinese New Year's Eve, Gu Yanling knew that people like Empress Dowager Guo who wanted to control the entire situation would not let go of her, the future great-grandson and daughter-in-law.

What she needs is an obedient puppet, not someone who goes against her.

"Miss Gu, let's go. ”

The girl smiled politely at Mama Shangyu's kind smile, and then bowed her head slightly.

When the group came to the front of the main hall, Mama Yu paused slightly and smiled: "Miss Gu will wait here first, and the slave will go to say goodbye." ”

Gu Yanling nodded when he heard this: "I'm tired of Mama." ”

As soon as the words fell, Mama Yu had already walked in with a smile, and when she came to the inner hall, her feet couldn't help but feel a little lighter, and it was almost impossible to hear the sound.

The inner hall is graceful and bright, the Empress Dowager Guo is quite leisurely lying on the soft collapse of the mink skin at the moment, her left hand is bent and leaning on the soft pillow, the right hand wearing pearl and emerald tourmaline is holding a tube of painted enamel cloisonne hookah, and a palace maid is kneeling on the soft blanket in front of the couch, and she is carefully leaning over and adding water to the hookah, and then the thin tobacco is rolled up and put into the cigarette holder and lit with fire. (Note: Shisha originated in the Middle East and was introduced to the Central Plains in the Ming Dynasty.) ）

When the cigarette was glowing red, Empress Dowager Guo took two puffs lightly, spit out the cigarette leisurely, and couldn't help but close her eyes comfortably.

"Queen Mother. ”

A voice suddenly sounded in the hall, and Empress Dowager Guo lazily raised her eyelids, and saw the respectful Mama Yu in front of her, and a slight coldness floated in her eyes.

"Someone's coming?"

Hearing this, Mama Yu nodded hurriedly and said, "Back to the Queen Mother, when I arrived, I was already waiting outside the palace gate." ”

Almost unnoticed, Empress Dowager Guo snorted lightly.

"The people who make Kunning Palace and East Palace so nervous, they should still come. ”

Mama Yu naturally understood the sarcasm in Empress Dowager Guo's words, and immediately smiled and said: "The Empress Dowager is the master of the Sixth Palace, and whoever she summons is a gift." ”

As she spoke, Empress Dowager Guo lazily took two puffs of cigarette, and then spit out.

"Call in, we've been standing at the door for a long time, just when we bully a junior. ”

When Mama Yu heard this, she immediately squinted and smiled: "The Queen Mother is kind and friendly, which junior in the palace is not good?"

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Guo couldn't help but smile, and Mama Yu respectfully withdrew.

And at this moment, Empress Dowager Guo's eyes gradually narrowed slightly, and the coldness at the corners of her lips became more and more cold.

When she heard the voice again, Empress Dowager Guo closed her eyes comfortably as if she was in a meditation, inhaling the hookah in her hand, even if she heard the sound of the girl saluting, she didn't pay attention to it.

It wasn't until she felt that the person in front of her was not moving, that Empress Dowager Guo opened her eyes lazily, and then she was pleasantly surprised: "It turned out that Ah Jiu was here." ”

Speaking of this, Empress Dowager Guo glanced at Mama Yu on the side and said: "Old slave, the mourning family is old and sluggish, and you are also dizzy, such a big daughter is standing in front of you, and you don't know how to call the mourning family." ”

Mama Yu was not stunned when she heard this, and immediately said with a smile: "It's the slave's fault, it's the slave's fault, it's just that the Queen Mother, your grandmother, has never spoken, how dare the slave and maid trust this big." ”

Empress Dowager Guo turned to look at the girl in front of her, her eyes were full of love and said, "Get up." ”

When the girl got up, Empress Dowager Guo looked at her whole body, and then praised: "My daughter's family is getting better and better, and it looks different from the year before last when she entered the palace." ”

Saying that, Empress Dowager Guo smiled and said, "Give me a seat." ”

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Gong'e stepped forward to lead Gu Yanling to take a seat, Gu Yanling bowed respectfully, and turned around to sit down.

Looking at the girl's dignified and polite skirt, putting her hands in front of her, her eyebrows were humble but not humble, the more she looked at it, the more she liked it, she exclaimed: "In the past, the mourning family didn't give birth to such a pleasing daughter as you." ”

Speaking of this, Empress Dowager Guo's eyes became gloomy, and she seemed helpless and sad: "There is nothing to do in my life, you say mourning, but it is sad." ”

Looking at the Empress Dowager Guo, Gu Yanling's heart was slightly touched, in fact, she had too many similarities with the Empress Dowager Guo in the previous life, she fought hard for the family all her life, and sat in the seat admired by tens of thousands of people, but she didn't even have a descendant to retire and send her to the end of her life, the only emperor, although she called her mother, she never shared her heart with herself.

If Empress Dowager Guo didn't regard her as a thorn in her side, pressing forward step by step, thinking of these, she didn't want to confront each other.

It's a pity that whether it is in the previous life or this life, they are destined to not be able to coexist.

She knew that the Empress Dowager Guo at this moment was not talking sincerely with her, but threatening to tempt.

"The Queen Mother's mother is the world, the blessings are profound, whether it is Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, or the Prince, the eldest grandson, all filial piety to the Queen Mother, and now the people are all saying that the Queen Mother is the real blessing and longevity in this world. ”

"Happiness and longevity. ”

Empress Dowager Guo raised the tail of her eyes, read it like an aftertaste, and then sneered lightly, obviously smiling on her lips, but it was cold and cold.

"Can anyone believe these words?"

At this moment, it was like a cold sword suddenly unsheathed, so that everyone present couldn't help but be stunned, the Empress Dowager Guo pressed away in her words, but the girl under the seat was neither humble nor arrogant: "The Queen Mother is the most noble person, this blessing is naturally the most perfect in the world, these, Your Majesty believes, the six palaces believe, and all the people believe in it, because of this, the four seas respect the supreme blessing of the Queen Mother." ”

Empress Dowager Guo sat up with a smile, holding the hookah pipe in her hand, and said with an unclear meaning in her eyes: "What do you mean is that only the palace itself doesn't believe it, and the palace itself is too mediocre to disturb itself?"

As soon as these words came out, the girl in the seat stood up and said: "The courtiers are stupid, they don't dare to speak easily, and they don't dare to speculate about what the Queen Mother thinks. ”

There was silence around, and at this moment, Empress Dowager Guo snorted coldly, and unhurriedly stroked the smoke pipe of the enamel cloisonné: "Yes, there is too much speculation, and it is easy to die." ”

Empress Dowager Guo's words were full of warnings and threats, like a string tightly between the two, as long as it was cut lightly, it would break suddenly.

Speaking of this, the corners of Empress Dowager Guo's eyes were coldly provoked, and she looked at the girl below and said, "However, you are not stupid, if you are dull, I am afraid that there are few smart people in these six palaces." But—"

Empress Dowager Guo took a faint puff of cigarette, spit it out lightly, and said, "The mourning family hates those smart people. ”

The corners of Gu Yanling's lips were slightly hooked when she heard this, and then she was neither humble nor arrogant: "The courtier is praised by the Empress Dowager Xie, but even if the courtier is not dull, she is not a smart person, but an ordinary mediocre person." ”

"Bang-"

Empress Dowager Guo put the hookah in her hand on the case indifferently, took the handkerchief handed by the palace maid, wiped her hands and said with a smile: "Last time I was here in the mourning family, I didn't see you so sharp and toothy. ”

Saying that, the Empress Dowager Guo threw the veil lazily, looked at the girl in front of her, and looked intriguingly: "The mourning family wants to see how you do this golden mean, the left side is not biased, and the side is not leaning, but you can't stand steadily." ”