Chapter 144: Escape
The next day, Gu Tingcheng ordered the palace people and said, "You leave from Qifeng Palace from now on, don't come back." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ā
Faced with the sudden order, the palace people couldn't help but be a little stunned, and knelt down one after another and said, "Queen Mother, the slaves and maids are willing to stay by your side all the time." ā
Gu Qingcheng smiled faintly, she was about to escape from the palace, how could she implicate them, if Shen Tianao knew about her escape, he would definitely punish them severely, so before leaving, she had to let them leave from Qifeng Palace in advance, even if something happened to her escape later, Shen Tianao couldn't blame them.
Thinking of this, she said ruthlessly: "The palace has already notified the father-in-law in charge, he will come to wait for you to leave in a while, and reassign you to other palaces, while there is still extra time, you might as well go and pack up your things." ā
Seeing that she insisted on this, the palace people knew that there was no room for maneuver, but they didn't understand why the queen mother, who was usually kind and pleasant, had become so cold today.
Before the palace people left, Gu Qingcheng divided his excess ornaments equally among them, and the palace people wanted to refuse, but she forced them into her arms: "Take it, there are places in this palace that need to be touched, and it is a good thing for you to write more money and silk." ā
Many palace people were red-eyed, kowtowed to Gu Qingcheng, and said in unison: "The kindness of the queen mother, the slaves and maids are difficult to repay." ā
Gu Tingcheng didn't need others to repay her anything, what she did was just to prevent them from being affected by it, she waved her hand and said in a commanding tone: "You guys go quickly, don't appear in Qifeng Palace in the future, this palace doesn't want to see you again." ā
Regarding the attitude of the queen mother, the palace people don't know why she suddenly has such a big change, they only know that this departure may never return to Qifeng Palace, and everyone turns back step by step.
The sky gradually darkened, the huge Qifeng Palace looked extremely empty, the corners of Gu Qingcheng's mouth overflowed with a slight smile, she was already cold to the bottom of her heart for this gorgeous palace, and she couldn't wait to leave here soon.
The matter of driving away the palace people soon reached Shen Tianao's ears, and he was very puzzled by Gu Qingcheng's approach, so he turned his face and said to his father-in-law: "Could it be that she was angry with me, so she did such a thing?" ā
The father-in-law cautiously replied, "Your Majesty, maybe the mother will be able to calm down in a few days." ā
"Maybe." Shen Tianao's eyes showed a little helplessness, saying that he hadn't gotten up Qifeng Palace to see her for a long time, and he still neglected her for too long, "When I finish dealing with the matter in front of me, I will go to Qifeng Palace to visit the queen." ā
The father-in-law hurriedly smiled and said, "Your Majesty still has a mother in his heart." ā
Shen Tianao was noncommittal, but he didn't respond, just smiled.
Gu Qingcheng hurriedly arranged for herself to leave the things to prepare, she first packed up some soft clothes, and then put some food, and when it was nightfall, she quietly pushed open the door and saw that it was very quiet outside, so she was relieved and put on the ordinary dress that had been prepared a long time ago.
She made a disguise in her dormitory to make it look nothing abnormal, and then she came to the back of the bronze mirror, touched the protruding mechanism with her hand, and opened the crack in the wall again with her fingers, Gu Tingcheng picked up the candlestick and hurriedly walked in. She turned around and pressed a mechanism in the crack in the wall, and the crack closed in an instant like a door, so that no one outside could see the flaw, and could buy her some time to escape.
Gu Qingcheng walked in a hurry in the secret passage, she was afraid that Shen Tianao would catch up at any time, and even the only way to leave would be blocked by him at that time, she didn't dare to imagine the days when she continued to stay in the palace, even if it was for the sake of the child, she would have to leave this place of right and wrong.
The sky was still dark, Gu Qingcheng plucked up the courage to walk into the woods, and the dark woods in front of her at this time did not suffocate her like the palace.
She walked for an unknown amount of time, and walked down a winding path, all the way full of thorns, and kept hanging her dress, which she deliberately tore off for the convenience of walking.
In the early morning, the news of Gu Qingcheng's disappearance in Qifeng Palace still reached Shen Tianao's ears, and he was shocked and said to the guards: "You go and search the palace for me, the palace is tightly handled, how can she leave?" ā
Shen Tianao ordered, he walked towards Qifeng Palace by himself, he wanted to find out if it was Gu Qingcheng hiding in a corner of the palace, the purpose was to make him anxious.
When he saw the empty Qifeng Palace, Shen Tianao's heart was half cold, and then he looked at the dormitory where he had stayed and it had become deserted, and there was no one in it.
"Allure, where are you?" He yelled at the dormitory.
But no one responded to him, the luster in Shen Tianao's eyes became gray, his face became heavy, and he couldn't wait to search Qifeng Palace to the bottom, but no matter how he took people to look for it, he never found Gu Qingcheng's figure, he looked at the bed again, the bedding was folded very neatly, he touched the futon, and it was cold on it, indicating that Gu Qingcheng had been away for a long time.
"Bring me the palace people." Shen Tianao ordered, "Don't alarm the other people in the palace, this matter must be hidden." ā
After a while, the palace maids who had stayed in Qifeng Palace before were all brought into Qifeng Palace by the guards, and when they saw Shen Tianao's calm face, they suddenly had a bad premonition in their hearts.
Shen Tianao grabbed one of them by the neck and said, "Where did your queen mother go?" ā
The little palace maid's face was flustered, and she looked at Shen Tianao begging for mercy and said: "Your Majesty, the slave maid doesn't know where the queen mother went, yesterday Niangniang suddenly let the slaves and maids leave Qifeng Palace, and the slave and maid didn't know what was going on. ā
Shen Tianao slowly let go of the little palace maid, he also knew about Gu Tingcheng dispersing them yesterday, but there must be some connection between this, he knew that Gu Tingcheng was a kind-hearted person, and he must not want these people to be affected, so he did such a thing.
"Allure, you are so bold." Shen Tianao said this secretly, and his cold gaze glanced at the palace maids, who were all lying on the ground, not daring to raise their heads.
"Your Majesty, what should the palace ladies do?" The guard asked.
"For the time being, they are all detained in Qifeng Palace, waiting to be released." Shen Tianao said expressionlessly.
The palace maids didn't know what fate awaited them, the disappearance of the queen mother was a big deal, and a few timid people couldn't help crying.
Su Yi looked at the safety of the group, she stood up and said to Shen Tianao: "Your Majesty, the slave maid has something to tell you. ā
Shen Tianao waved his hand to signal her to approach, and Su Yi stood in front of him and whispered, "Queen Mother, she may be pregnant." (To be continued.) )