At this moment, there is silence in the Cining Palace, and the strong smell of herbs almost fills the entire hall, and the furnishings in the hall are as before, solemn and noble, but now they fall into the eyes, but they seem to be covered with layers of mist, which makes people feel a little more depressed. The palace attendants in the hall all put their hands in front of them, carefully bowing their heads, and there was not a trace of sound even when they came and went.

Walking into the dormitory, I saw that the Empress Dowager Guo, who had been well-maintained in the past, was in excellent spirits but was lying on the soft collapse, wrapped in a thick brocade quilt at the moment, her breath was turbid and heavy, and her throat seemed to be holding something, making a "whir-hu-" sound.

Through the eight-treasure glazed Fushou lamp, Gu Yanling, who was gradually approaching, could almost see the fine lines that could no longer be blocked in the corners of Empress Dowager Guo's eyes, layer upon layer, and it seemed that even those compelling eyes were much smaller.

This scene is not surprising to Gu Yanling, who used to be the queen mother above 10,000 people, and behind her is the Guo family, who holds military power and is alone in Liaodong. And now, the Queen Mother is still the Queen Mother, but once the Guo Mansion falls, I am afraid that the name of the Queen Mother is just an ornament.

"Ah Jiu said hello to his great-grandmother. ”

As soon as the words fell, what responded to Gu Yanling was a hoarse and rapid cough, Gu Yanling raised his chin slightly, and saw that Empress Dowager Guo's dark face was red from the violent cough at the moment, and her pupils almost dilated a lot at that moment.

Mama Yu, who was originally standing next to her, was immediately shocked when she saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward to nervously follow her back for Empress Dowager Guo, and loudly reprimanded the maid beside her: "Don't you send water by courier, are you dead?"

The maid on the side was shocked, and hurriedly handed over the water tremblingly, and the Empress Dowager Guo almost snatched it and drank it, but seeing that most of the water was used, the Empress Dowager Guo's cough did not stop at all, but her voice became more hoarse, seeing that she was almost violently clutching the placket of her clothes, as if her throat was pinched, Gu Yanling couldn't help but step forward, wanting to smooth her chest for her.

But Gu Yanling's hand just covered it, but the Empress Dowager Guo raised her hand violently, only to hear a crisp sound of "pop-" in the hall, and everyone in the hall was startled, but the Empress Dowager Guo spent most of her body's strength, panting heavily, her left hand was firmly propped on the brocade quilt, and her fingers grabbed a cluster of auspicious patterns on the brocade quilt, and her right hand barely loosened the placket, almost squeezing out a few words with all her strength, and pointed angrily at Gu Yanling in front of her.

"What are you doing here? Are you trying to murder the mourners?"

As soon as Empress Dowager Guo's words fell, everyone on the side lowered their heads in fear, not daring to look at this scene, while Mama Yu on the side carefully stepped forward to help Empress Dowager Guo, looking at Gu Yanling's half-stretched right hand, her eyes were a little more defensive and vigilant.

To everyone's surprise, the eldest grandson in front of her, Gu Yanling, didn't seem to have too much expression, as filial and gentle as usual, at this moment, she just withdrew her right hand plainly, looked at the red marks on her hand, and then put down her hand without care, her words were full of patience.

"Ah Jiu wanted to come to see his great-grandmother before going to bed, to see if there was anything that his great-grandmother needed to serve here. ”

Hearing this, everyone except Mama Yu was moved by Gu Yanling's docile and humble demeanor, but the more the girl in front of her was like this, the more disgusted Empress Dowager Guo felt, and the more Mama Yu felt that this eldest concubine was too scheming.

"You go out to the mourning family! The mourning family doesn't want to see you. ”

Hearing Empress Dowager Guo's cold words without a trace of emotion, Gu Yanling smiled indifferently, but said more considerately: "Ah Jiu stayed in Cining Palace in order to serve in front of his great-grandmother's knees, great-grandmother is like this, but where is Ah Jiu not serving well? Ah Jiu is willing to change." ”

"You-"

Empress Dowager Guo was stunned by these words, and her chest, which was originally slightly unobstructed, was uncomfortable at the moment.

The girl in front of her seemed to be humble and supple, but Fang Cai's words told her one by one that she had summoned her to Cining Palace in the first place, so even if it was an eyesore at this moment, she would follow Yi's will to stay here, even if it was to hinder her eyes and poke her heart.

"Are you satisfied with this?"

Gu Yanling pretended not to know when she heard this: "Ah Jiu doesn't understand what his great-grandmother meant. ”

At this moment, Gong E, who was serving the medicine, walked in, and the hall gradually became quiet, but Gu Yanling stepped forward to take the medicine and motioned to the palace E to retreat with her eyes, and the palace E glanced at the Empress Dowager Guo cautiously, and finally handed the medicine to Gu Yanling.

Seeing Gu Yanling stirring, then sat in front of him, and was about to hand over a spoonful of medicine, but the Empress Dowager Guo raised her hand and knocked the bowl to the ground, as the medicine bowl exploded with a bang, splashing broken porcelain stained with medicinal juice, Empress Dowager Guo's eyes were almost irrepressible and said with anger: "The general Fang has an accident in Liaodong, and your Gu family has been on the rise, do you think the mourning family is a fool?"

At this moment, the hall seemed to be calm, there was not even the slightest sound, Gu Yanling patiently took out a silk handkerchief and wiped the medicine traces on his hands, and the calm and obedient words gradually sounded.

"The general's return to Beijing is the decision of the court, and the promotion of the fourth uncle and the eldest brother is also the decision of the court, Ah Jiu is not talented, but the ancestral regulations of the harem that are not allowed to interfere in politics are not disobeyed at all, and the great-grandmother just said, Ah Jiu really does not understand, and hopes that the great-grandmother will forgive the sins. ”

After speaking, the girl turned her head up, her eyes were firm and frank without hesitation, and the sentence "The harem shall not interfere in politics" was like a sharp awl into the heart of the Empress Dowager Guo, and the girl's words were clearly a slap in the face of everyone, but she could not refute it at all.

As the rule set by the ancestor of the Xiao family, even now she does not dare to openly violate it.

Gu Yanling in front of him was almost a soft nail, which made Empress Dowager Guo unable to grasp it at all at this moment, and the qi stagnation in her chest became more and more serious.

At this moment, a chamberlain hurriedly walked in, almost tripped and fell, and before he got close, he knelt down with a weak leg, and everyone looked at it, only to see that he was sweating profusely, his face was pale, and his whole body was shaking like chaff, and he was almost unable to speak at this moment.

"Too-Queen Mother, no, it's not good-"

Empress Dowager Guo was originally full of anger, but when she saw this chamberlain, she couldn't help but grab the hand stove at hand and smash it down: "What's the matter!"

The hot charcoal fire fell down the inner servant's body, and almost instantly, he could hear the sound of the skin and flesh being burned, and the people present couldn't help shaking their bodies, frowning and lowering their heads, and the inner servant was obviously hot, but when he saw the Empress Dowager Guo's dazzling gaze, he gritted his teeth and said: "Slave damned, it was His Majesty's holy decree to enter the Marquis Mansion of Wei State, and the Hou Ye has been invited to prison at this moment." ”

"What did you say?"

Empress Dowager Guo straightened up almost instantly, her strength was so great that she almost didn't fall down, and her voice was even sharper and distorted.

Seeing this, the chamberlain couldn't help but shudder, and said more carefully: "Because of his participation in King Huai's rebellion, Hou Ye smelted weapons privately in Fengxian County and trained the army to attack Jinyiwei, and now he has been brought to prison. ”

At this moment, the atmosphere in the hall seemed to be frozen and frozen, and the palace people present all looked up in panic, as if under the heavy fog, a thunder finally slashed down.

On this day, it was finally going to collapse.

Empress Dowager Guo's body was stiff and motionless, her face was pale and terrible, and the next moment she saw that she couldn't stand it anymore, leaned over and grabbed the edge of the bed, and spit out a mouthful of blood.

With Mama Yu's exclamation, Empress Dowager Guo leaned over with one back, and her mouth was still stained with sticky and bright red blood, and she fell straight on the soft collapse, and she could almost hear a "bang-" sound.

"Pass on the Imperial Doctor! Quickly pass on the Imperial Doctor—"

Mama Yu's scream breaking through her throat suddenly rang in her ears, and Gu Yanling quietly looked at the scene in front of her, but she was calmer than anyone present.

This scene had been expected in her mind too many times, and at this moment, the Guo family had really come to an end, and there was no end to it. 1.