Four years later.

In the capital of Layue, the remnant snow is condensed, the moon is hazy and bright, the night is four, and the bright lights are clear overnight. The palace in the capital is carved and painted, and the face has not changed, but it has long been a matter of people.

Gu Jinzhi has been resting in Jishan Palace these days.

Jishan Palace is the dormitory of the Empress Dowager Tan.

Gu Jinzhi has been living in Jishan Palace for a year and a half.

Four years ago, she was betrayed by the guards of the Luzhou palace and taken to the capital. Halfway through, the people from Luzhou caught up. Those traitors knew that they couldn't escape, so they only took Gu Jinzhi to the north and left Tongtong and Yanshao behind.

Gu Jinzhi was not only bumpy at that time, but also worried about Tongtong and Yanshao, and was anxious.

She didn't know if they had left Tongtong and Yanshao behind, or if they had harmed them.

Gu Jinzhi suffered such a double blow, and she was aborted at that time and almost died halfway. After the miscarriage, her bleeding could barely be stopped, and she was simply closed from the ghost gate. Now that I think about it, I am afraid. If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't let go of too much in her heart, relying on perseverance to support her, she would have returned to the underworld now.

Sun Su'an was bought by the emperor's people.

Gu Jinzhi was also imprisoned in Jinyiwei's edict, waiting to use her to threaten Zhu Zhongjun.

At that time, she was so sick that she was dying, so she relied on one breath to hold on. Now that I think about it, I feel creepy. In the edict prison, I don't know how many unjust souls have died, and the wind is gusting. In the middle of the night, there was a faint crying ghost. She was stunned, vaguely after a long time, and then she became numb.

The emperor was also afraid that she would die, so he sent a physician to treat her.

The imperial doctor who came to see her was actually Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan, a native of Suzhou, used to have a little friendship with Gu Jinzhi's uncle. More than ten years ago, Gu Jinzhi's eldest aunt suffered from a serious illness, and his eldest uncle invited Zhang Yuan to Yanling Mansion to see his eldest aunt, but Zhang Yuan, who was not good at women's diseases, was wrong.

Then, Gu Jinzhi cured his eldest aunt and slapped Zhang Yuan's face hard.

At that time, Zhang Yuan was very unconvinced, and he was also afraid that Gu Jinzhi and the Song family would speak out, thus ruining the reputation of his famous doctor.

But Gu Jinzhi didn't.

She kept this secret and saved Zhang Yuan's reputation.

Although Zhang Yuan is competitive, he is down-to-hearted, and he has always been grateful to Gu Jinzhi for this matter. He also thought about having an opportunity to repay Gu Jinzhi in the future. Therefore, when he saw Gu Jinzhi in prison, he was stunned.

Then he smiled, showing some kindness.

"I'll give you a prescription, and you can send me a message." At that time, Gu Jinzhi saw Zhang Yuan as if she saw a life-saving straw, she tried to hold Zhang Yuan tightly, and wanted Zhang Yuan to send her a message.

"Princess, Weichen doesn't dare." Zhang Yuan just tried his best to treat Gu Jinzhi's illness, and did not dare to send her a message.

Zhang Yuan is a smart person, and the empress dowager in the palace loves Princess Luyang very much.

If the news of Princess Luyang is spread, the Empress Dowager will definitely save her.

Gu Jinzhi can go out, and the emperor will definitely blame Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan came to see Gu Jinzhi, not to dismantle the emperor.

"You don't want the prescription of Angong Niuhuang Pill either?" Gu Jinzhi asked Zhang Yuan.

Angong Niuhuang Pill is a relatively good antipyretic in traditional Chinese medicine, but there is no one in this era. Gu Jinzhi just gave the prescription to Qin Shensi.

At this moment, she can't take care of Qin Shensi's interests, she wants to protect herself, and it is important to save her life. She knew that Qin Shensi didn't blame her. If it were possible, Qin Shensi would also be willing to go bankrupt to save Gu Jinzhi.

It's just that now, it's useless to go bankrupt.

In this cage, Gu Jinzhi can't get out.

"You just need to show the news to the Queen Mother." Gu Jinzhi was stunned when he saw Zhang Yuan, knowing that he was a little moved, and continued, "You don't have to tell the Empress Dowager. ”

Zhang Yuan frowned slightly.

In the end, he still helped Gu Jinzhi deliver the message, not for the prescription.

He secretly called someone to tell the Empress Dowager Tan about Gu Jinzhi's imprisonment. Empress Dowager Tan and the emperor are a little related, she is more inclined to the emperor, and it doesn't matter if she sues her.

Zhang Yuan thought so.

Having said that, Zhang Yuan is also quite risky.

He thought that he had left a line at the beginning, and now he gave it back to her, and he would not owe her anything in the future, so that Zhang Yuan himself could be debt-free.

Empress Dowager Tan was a little surprised when she knew that Gu Jinzhi was in prison, and asked the emperor what was going on.

She didn't want to save Gu Jinzhi.

She just didn't understand why she arrested Gu Jinzhi.

The emperor knew that Empress Dowager Tan would not intercede for Gu Jinzhi, let alone sue Empress Dowager Sù, so he truthfully said to Empress Dowager Tan: "The people of Luzhou are restless. Over the years, I heard that the king of Luyang has trained countless elite soldiers, and there are even artillery. They want to rebel! I arrested the princess of Luyang first, if they dare to rebel, I will kill his princess, see if he has the guts! ”

"King Luyang is just a fool, how can he have such ambitions, don't be provoked, right?" Empress Dowager Tan said, "Your Majesty recklessly arrested Princess Luyang like this, will it anger King Luyang?" ”

King Luyang is alive or dead, Empress Dowager Tan doesn't care, but she doesn't want Gu Jinzhi to die too. Over the years, Luzhou has been sending medicine to the Empress Dowager Tan, which is indispensable for the Empress Dowager Tan.

The emperor arrested Gu Jinzhi in the capital, which was equivalent to cutting off Empress Dowager Tan's medicine.

"I'm not entirely sure. As for anger, it is even more nonsense, if King Luyang did not have this mind, he would not be provoked. The emperor said, "But the affairs of this world will not come out of nowhere." If Luzhou is fine, how can it be associated with such rumors? I have my own measure on this matter, and the queen mother doesn't need to ask more. ”

"Your Majesty, how do you deal with yourself?" Empress Dowager Tan smiled and said, "The mourning family doesn't want to interfere in His Majesty's affairs. It's just that Princess Luyang sends medicine to the mourning family every year, if you want her life, what will happen to the mourning family's medicine? If you cut off the medicine of the mourning family, what is the difference between killing the mourning family? ”

The emperor's face fell slightly.

Empress Dowager Tan accused him of wanting to kill his mother.

Over the years, Empress Dowager Tan has used filial piety to suppress the emperor.

Of course, things were not excessive, and the emperor did not hate her.

He didn't want to be entangled with the Empress Dowager Tan anymore, so he said: "Don't worry, the queen mother, I just locked up the princess of Luyang, and I don't want to kill her, I also passed the book to Luzhou and let the king of Luyang enter Beijing." If there is no military training in Luzhou, the king of Luyang will enter Beijing to show his innocence. Moreover, the rebellion of the eldest princess of Yanping was even involved in the rebellion of the eldest princess, and even the king of Nanchang was involved, and it was difficult to keep Luzhou clean! All these must be checked. ”

In this way, the grass and trees are all soldiers, and the Empress Dowager Tan is also harsh when she hears it.

This emperor has been acting very fiercely and treacherously recently, which makes Empress Dowager Tan dislike. I heard that it was Yuan Yuye's idea, and Empress Dowager Tan didn't want to persuade her.

She doesn't care who lives or dies.

It doesn't matter what the eldest princess of Yanping and what the king of Nanchang have Empress Dowager Tan.

She doesn't care about anything but her medicine.

"As long as Her Majesty stays alive, she will leave the mourning family alive, and the mourning family should be grateful." Empress Dowager Tan said, "As for how to place her, if Her Majesty wants to interrogate, it doesn't hurt to cut off her feet and ruin her appearance, but her hand has to be left, and she has to give medicine to the mourning family." The Majesty can take care of this, and the mourning family is grateful to the Majesty."

The emperor didn't plan to torture Gu Jinzhi severely.

But as soon as Empress Dowager Tan said this, the emperor wanted to interrogate and see if he could get something out of Gu Jin's mouth.

The emperor already knew about the Gu family's escape.

He was suffering from the lack of evidence, and he couldn't forcibly keep Gu Yantao in the capital.

Gu Yantao's family went south, which is also reasonable and legal.

If you can extract something from Gu Jinzhi, it will be good for the emperor.

The emperor smiled and said to the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, you are relieved, I will not destroy her medical skills!" ”

That night, the emperor went to the imperial prison to interrogate Gu Jinzhi.

Gu Jinzhi was born and went north, leaving only one breath.

The emperor interrogated her and needed to be executed, which she could not bear. Every time she was interrogated, she would faint to death, and her body would collapse more and more.

She suffered a lot in prison, and one of her legs later became immobile.

A month after she was in Beijing, the Empress Dowager heard the news.

Because of the matter of the eldest princess of Yanping, the Empress Dowager was sick before.

When she is old, the Empress Dowager is not very strong, and she is so sick that she no longer cares about trivial matters.

By the time she heard the wind and guessed what was happening in Luzhou, a month had passed.

The Empress Dowager called the emperor to Renshou Palace, ready to scold the emperor, but the emperor threw the song in front of the Empress Dowager, and her face was pale: "Imperial grandmother, King Luyang, he is the opposite!" ”

The day before yesterday, the emperor got the news that the king of Luyang not only did not enter Beijing to show his innocence, but officially rebelled.

When the Empress Dowager heard this, her eyes darkened, and she came back to her senses for a long time.

She picked it up and looked at it.

Indeed, King Luyang is the opposite.

The song slipped silently from the empress dowager's fingertips, and she fainted. After waking up, the Empress Dowager was dying, and she has been in a state of collapse ever since.

Two months later, the Empress Dowager died.

At that time, Gu Jinzhi was also in prison, and he only had his last breath left.

When she heard that the Empress Dowager had passed away, she burst into tears.

In the end, she didn't even have a chance to give the Empress Dowager incense on the ground.

At that time, her legs were not good enough to walk.

In the next half year, Gu Jinzhi was in prison.

Her hands and feet were getting worse and worse.

In that half a year, she didn't know how Luzhou was. When did Zhu Zhongjun's father and son get into trouble, and when did they get there, Gu Jinzhi didn't know.

Half a year later, Qin Shensi no longer sent medicine to Empress Dowager Tan, and Empress Dowager Tan's medicine had been broken.

At this time, Empress Dowager Tan took Gu Jinzhi from the edict prison to the palace, and asked her to open a vacant land in the imperial garden, plant poppies, and give medicine to Empress Dowager Tan.

Gu Jinzhi was also temporarily settled in the cold palace.

However, it takes time for opium poppy to grow.

Empress Dowager Tan couldn't get the medicine, so she took Gu Jinzhi out of anger.

Therefore, she suffered a lot again.

It wasn't until she made the medicine that her situation improved slightly.

For the remaining two years, she has been living in the cold palace, with the concubines who have fallen out of favor.

The Empress Dowager died, Concubine De was also grounded, and she was not allowed to walk in the palace, Gu Jinzhi's life and death, no one in the entire harem cared about.

Until a year ago, Empress Dowager Tan's health gradually deteriorated.

Gu Jinzhi was only at this time that he completely controlled the situation.

She also moved from the cold palace to Jishan Palace.

Empress Dowager Tan obeyed her.

****

The night was as cold as water, Gu Jinzhi sat quietly on the bed, flipping through the medicine book.

This is the medicine book left by the old man, which Empress Dowager Tan got for Gu Jinzhi.

These days, Gu Jinzhi's memory has plummeted.

Some of the prescriptions that were deeply imprinted in her mind were slowly fading.

This has been the case for more than half a year. In his previous life, even before he died, Gu Jinzhi never felt that the prescription in his memory had disappeared.

Medical skills seem to be engraved in her life.

But now, she is only thirty-five years old, and she has reached the point of forgetting. Her memory is declining rapidly, and if she is either sick, she is nearing the end of her life.

Gu Jinzhi felt very shocked.

If she can't survive, what will Zhu Zhongjun do? For the rest of his life, he was alone again. Thinking of this, Gu Jinzhi's heart was wet, and he wanted to cry a little.

She can't let go of the children, let alone Zhu Zhongjun.

The children will have families and their own lives. And Zhu Zhongjun, without Gu Jinzhi, he will always be alone like in his previous life.

For he said, He is sick, He does not love women, He does not love men, He does not love the world.

He only loves Gu Jinzhi.

Gu Jinzhi was worried about himself, so he found the medicine book left by the old man, slowly flipped through it, and slowly lost it.

"Princess, the Queen Mother is awake" When Gu Jinzhi was flipping through the medicine book, the little palace maid came in to talk to her.

Gu Jinzhi put down the book and said, "Got it." ”

She got up and went to see the Empress Dowager Tan.

Empress Dowager Tan has been ill for more than half a year, and she relies on Gu Jinzhi to give her life every day. Her rich ruyi ointment is still used every day, but she is so thin that she is skinny and bone-ty, which is terrible.

Empress Dowager Tan no longer wants to see anyone.

Except for the emperor, no one was seen. It's Queen Li, and Empress Dowager Tan doesn't see her anymore. Empress Dowager Tan privately said to Gu Jinzhi that Empress Li is a good person, but she is too enthusiastic, which annoys Empress Dowager Tan.

Gu Jinzhi was like a palace maid, taking care of Empress Dowager Tan.

The emperor wanted to take Gu Jinzhi back to prison several times, but the Empress Dowager Tan refused, and it was the Empress Dowager Tan who protected Gu Jinzhi.

"She's a woman, what kind of storm can she set off? You men are in charge of political affairs, don't implicate women. If she would have sent a secret report to Luzhou, the mourning family would be punished together. Empress Dowager Tan said, "The mourning family makes sure she's okay, the emperor still puts his mind on the government, don't always be suspicious of this, suspicious of that"

For this matter, Empress Dowager Tan repeatedly raised filial piety to suppress the emperor.

The emperor was angry, but there was nothing he could do.

After all, Empress Dowager Tan can't get in touch with any military and political secrets, so Gu Jinzhi can't become a spy. Gu Jinzhi's stay in Jishan Palace and his stay in the Imperial Prison are actually the same.

The emperor thought so, and did not embarrass Gu Jinzhi anymore.

Gu Jinzhi also lived in Jishan Palace with peace of mind.

Thinking about these past events in her heart, she went to Empress Dowager Tan's bedroom.

"Queen Mother" Gu Jin stepped forward and supported Queen Mother Tan, "Are you awake?" ”

Empress Dowager Tan nodded slightly.

"Go, bring the medicine." Gu Jinzhi instructed the little palace maid.

The little palace maid said yes.

Empress Dowager Tan looked concerned and asked Gu Jinzhi: "How many days can the mourning family live?" ”

"You want to live." Gu Jin said, "In this splendid and prosperous world, how can it be short-lived?" Your longevity is with the sky"

Empress Dowager Tan's expression remained unchanged, and she said lightly: "Shou and Tianqi are such nonsense, the mourning family has long been unconvinced. It's hard to live like this now. But people are like this, they have to endure hard work, and they can't take a breath. ”

The little palace maid brought the medicine, and the Empress Dowager Tan drank it.

The medicine was very bitter, Gu Jinzhi got up, went to take the candied fruit on the table, and gave it to Empress Dowager Tan.

Her left leg was immobile and she stumbled as she walked.

Empress Dowager Tan had always known that Gu Jinzhi was lame, but today she suddenly had mercy and asked Gu Jinzhi: "Your foot, can't get better?" Aren't your medical skills very good? ”

Gu Jinzhi smiled, turned around, gave candied fruit to Empress Dowager Tan, and served her to rinse her mouth.

After a while, Gu Jinzhi said: "I was interrupted in prison at that time. If you can get the treatment as soon as possible, you will be fine. In the early years, my father also broke his leg and shattered his bones, but then he moved as usual. My leg is delayed. Not to mention healing in prison, it's dark and damp, and you can't even eat enough, how can you cure your legs? ”

"It's all the King of Luyang who hurt you!" Empress Dowager Tan said, "If he is not ambitious, how can he let a woman in Beijing suffer these hardships?" When His Majesty takes him down, the mourning family will let people lift his head to show you."

Gu Jinzhi sneered.

She knew that Empress Dowager Tan did not intend to provoke. But she still couldn't hear it.

The court and the emperor who obviously harmed her, how did it turn around and become Zhu Zhongjun's fault?

"It doesn't have to be." Gu Jin said, "If he is defeated and dies, I am afraid that I will not survive." ”

"You actually have affection for him." Empress Dowager Tan sighed, "You may not be unable to live, you can be in the palace of the mourning family." The ministers of the court, no one knows that you are in the capital, you still stay in Jishan Palace to take care of the mourning family, and the emperor will still be filial."

Whether it is really filial piety, Empress Dowager Tan does not delve into it.

Anyway, the emperor did not dare to violate filial piety.

When the king of Luyang is dead, what is the value of Gu Jin's female stream? It should be okay for her to stay and serve in Jishan Palace like a palace maid, right?

Empress Dowager Tan rarely asks about court affairs, so she thinks naïvely.

And Empress Dowager Tan and the emperor both felt that Gu Jinzhi, a woman with a lame leg, was thirty-five years old, and this life was coming to an end, what else could she do? Therefore, they don't take Gu Jinzhi to heart.

On the Luzhou side, it seems that he didn't deliberately pay attention to Gu Jinzhi.

In the past year and a half, Gu Jinzhi himself has never mentioned half of Luzhou. She seems to be like a palace maid, and then by the side of the Empress Dowager Tan, she thinks about the Empress Dowager Tan everywhere and cures the Empress Dowager Tan's illness again and again.

Empress Dowager Tan was so sick that she thought that Gu Jinzhi had probably forgotten about Luzhou.

Luzhou, it's already far away, right?

Empress Dowager Tan has no children and has never loved a man, she will never be able to appreciate Gu Jinzhi's feelings for Luzhou and her feelings for Zhu Zhongjun.

Therefore, she looked down on Gu Jinzhi.

Gu Jinzhi never explained.

Useless work, she doesn't do.

She was calm and light-hearted, and she also gave Empress Dowager Tan an illusion.

In this harem, it is the emperor's territory, Gu Jinzhi may lose her head at any time, she needs the protection of Empress Dowager Tan, so she has never offended Empress Dowager Tan.

Rather than being imprisoned, she would rather live in Jishan Palace. Although at the beginning, Empress Dowager Tan was moody at first, and she was not good to Gu Jinzhi.

Gu Jinzhi also had a trick to deal with her.

Empress Dowager Tan couldn't do without Gu Jinzhi's medicine.

These days, Empress Dowager Tan has become close to Gu Jinzhi, and even regards Gu Jinzhi as a confidant. Gu Jinzhi couldn't understand what Empress Dowager Tan was thinking.

Perhaps, raising a small animal can be affectionate for a long time, let alone a person?

After Empress Dowager Tan had a good impression of Gu Jinzhi, she began to think that Gu Jinzhi was not worthy, and often said that the king of Luyang was not good, and the people of Luzhou were ruthless and unrighteous.

She didn't mean to provoke, but she really thought so.

"Thank you, Empress Dowager." Gu Jin said, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't know how much suffering I have endured now, and I remember your kindness." ”

Empress Dowager Tan smiled.

After drinking the medicine, Gu Jinzhi gave her pulse again.

Empress Dowager Tan's time is running out.

Gu Jinzhi also admired Empress Dowager Tan's willpower. It seems that since ten years ago, her health has not been good, but she has survived to this day. But man is not a god, and no matter how strong his willpower is, he can't stop the failure of his body's organs.

Empress Dowager Tan's life is coming to an end.

If Gu Jinzhi can survive, he needs Zhu Zhongjun to fight to the capital or find a new host.

Neither of these things can be controlled by Gu Jinzhi. The former is Zhu Zhongjun's efforts, and the latter depends on opportunities. There is no chance, and every qiē is in vain.

Empress Dowager Tan took the medicine and couldn't sleep, so Gu Jinzhi pushed it for her.

Slowly, she closed her eyes and took a nap.

The little palace maid secretly gave Gu Jinzhi a look and asked her to come out and speak.

Gu Jinzhi came out.

"The queen mother came to greet the queen mother and asked the queen mother if she had rested." The little palace maid said.

Although Empress Dowager Tan did not see Empress Li, Empress Li would come to greet her on the fifteenth day of the new year, and she never stopped.

Gu Jinzhi nodded and came out of the dormitory in person.

She saluted Queen Li, and then said: "Queen Mother, Queen Mother has just taken medicine and has fallen asleep."

For most of the past six months, the Queen Mother has not seen anyone.

In addition to keeping Gu Jinzhi by his side.

"Then don't disturb the queen mother." Empress Li smiled and said, "Princess, let's talk." ”

Empress Dowager Tan doesn't see herself, which has become the norm for Empress Li. If she saw it one day, she should be surprised. Therefore, it is natural for her to get into a family relationship with Gu Jinzhi.

Gu Jin's way is.

The queen sat down in the main hall and let Gu Jinzhi sit aside.

"I heard that the thief doesn't know your whereabouts." Queen Li said, "It's been four years, and the thieves in Luzhou have calculated that you are dead, and you are already going to marry a new princess." ”

After Zhu Zhongjun rebelled, the imperial court withdrew his name and no longer called the king of Luyang.

However, inside and outside this palace, she is still called Gu Jin as a princess.

For the sake of this, Gu Jinzhi can also understand a thing or two.

She is willing to do anything in order to survive.

Hearing Queen Li's words, Gu Jinzhi's face immediately turned pale. The corners of her lips trembled, and she looked at the queen, as if she wanted to confirm the truth of the matter, and tears welled up in her eyes.

The queen sighed and said, "This is true. The thieves have colluded with Meng Yanjing, the governor of Sichuan, and made the governor of Sichuan also rebel. In order to form an alliance, the rebel wants to marry Meng Yanjing's young daughter, Meng Chucheng. ”

When Gu Jinzhi heard this, he suddenly lost his voice and cried.

She could barely sit still and fell off the ground.

The queen was busy giving the palace maids on the left and right glances, and asked them to support Gu Jinzhi.

"This palace is not worth it for you. The young man has a white head, not to mention, you also have three sons. The thief doesn't miss the love of husband and wife, and your children, and they don't miss their mother, and they leave you alone for the sake of an alliance. Queen Li's voice was mournful.

Speaking of this, she also wiped away tears.

****

Gu Jinzhi held it up and half sat on the brocade.

Gu Jinzhi, who was already pale and thin, suppressed the sensation on his shoulders and cried so much that Queen Li was a little unbearable.

Empress Li's heart is still a little soft.

The emperor sent her to do this, and Empress Li was also a little resistant in her heart.

Seeing Gu Jinzhi crying like this, Queen Li's resistance became even stronger.

She hated to tell Gu Jinzhi everything she knew.

How many good things do men have? As a woman, is it worth it for you to suffer in Beijing for four years?

This is what Empress Li had thought before. Every time she thought of Gu Jinzhi, she felt very pitiful. Her husband, her sons, who else remembers her?

Now, her husband says she's dead

Hearing this kind of words, it is better to really die!

"Don't cry," Empress Li's voice was also slightly wet, "No matter what the thief is, you are the sixth aunt of this palace, and we are also relatives." Think about it, how is it good that you have endured hardships in Beijing all these years and have been forgotten by them in the blink of an eye? The thief has a new concubine, what else do you have worth? I'm afraid you're dead. ”

Gu Jinzhi suddenly raised his head and looked at Empress Li.

Her tearful eyes were full of horror.

The shoulders are getting thinner and more shaky.

Empress Li knew that she didn't want to die.

"What can I do?" Gu Jinzhi cried.

"It's better to write a letter to the thief and ask him to come to Beijing to save you." Empress Li said, "Your Majesty said that if the thief is willing to surrender now, he can return to Luzhou in the future, and His Majesty will continue to crown him the king of Luyang." This is to reward him for knowing that he has lost his way. ”

"He's going to accept new people, where do you still care about me?" Gu Jinzhi cried, "If he really cares about it, he should have come to Beijing to save me in the early years." Now, I'm afraid I'm dead."

Gu Jinzhi cried so much that he fell to the ground again.

Her body was as soft as bones, and her crying was even more pitiful, which made her heart sad.

She couldn't stop crying.

Empress Li had to persuade her. Empress Li thought that Gu Jinzhi had suffered so much in this deep palace, and there must be a hope in her heart, hoping that her man would come to save her.

This hope sustained her survival.

Now, that hope is slim, and she must be in despair.

This kind of discouragement made her cry too sadly, which made Queen Li's heart heavy.

Over the years, Empress Li has not had a good life. Although she is the main palace, she is not beautiful.

She gave birth to two daughters in a row and had no sons.

If it weren't for the Luzhou rebellion, the emperor would have had no worries in the past four years, but he was afraid that he would have already made Concubine Sun Chen's son the crown prince. Concubine Sun Chen was born to the eldest prince, and she was very liked by the emperor.

Empress Li was worried day and night, for fear that Concubine Sun Chen's mother and son would gain power.

Gu Jinzhi cried like this, and Queen Li thought of her sad heart, and her eyes were also wet. Her heart is also heavy, so Gu Jinzhi's tears can arouse her sympathy.

In the end, Empress Li persuaded Gu Jinzhi and asked her to write a letter to Zhu Zhongjun, telling Zhu Zhongjun that she was still alive, and begging Zhu Zhongjun to save her and make peace with the court.

Regardless of whether Zhu Zhongjun came or not, Empress Li persuaded Gu Jinzhi to try, and only if she tried did she have a chance.

Gu Jinzhi didn't write like this.

She copied an ancient poem to Zhu Zhongjun, which was a poem in which his wife accused her husband of abandoning her.

She wrote word by word, very hard: "I go in the wilderness, cover up its canopy, and because of the faint marriage, I will live in my words, and I will not live, and I will return to my state." I walk in the wilderness, my words are picky, and because of the faint marriage, I will stay in my words, and I will not be my animal, and I will return to my words; I do my own thing, I take what I say, I don't think about the old marriage, I ask for a new special, I am not rich, but I am also different. ”

Especially when she wrote the paragraph "Don't miss the old marriage, ask for a new one", she burst into tears and wet the letterheads......

After writing it, she handed it over to Empress Li.

Empress Li breathed a sigh of relief. She read the letter again. Such a sad sentence, coupled with the tear-stained mottled sentence, is moving, but it may not be able to touch a man's heart.

Empress Li sighed lightly.

She received the letter, and finally completed the matter that the emperor had given her.

Empress Li carried Gu Jinzhi's letter and left Kunning Palace. She walked slowly, and for some reason, she was always worried in her heart.

After Empress Li left Jishan Palace, Gu Jinzhi wiped away her tears and went in to serve Empress Dowager Tan.

I just cried, my eyes were red, and I looked pitiful.

After Empress Dowager Tan woke up, she needed to use rich and noble ruyi ointment, and Gu Jinzhi helped her load a cigarette gun again.

When Gu Jinzhi was in the mansion Empress Dowager Tan, she was distracted for a moment, her lips couldn't help but curl slightly, and a touch of joy flashed from the corners of her lips. This little bit of love is very fast, it comes quickly, and it is received quickly.

Others didn't notice that Ao Xue, the female official next to Empress Dowager Tan, saw it in their eyes.

Ao Xue used to be just a little palace maid, because she was very clever and intelligent, and she took good care of Gu Jinzhi. After Gu Jinzhi arrived at Jishan Palace, she wondered if she was the eyeliner that Zhu Zhongjun had arranged in the palace before, otherwise why would this palace maid take care of her everywhere?

Gu Jinzhi didn't believe that there were really people who were naturally enthusiastic.

Like Gu Jinzhi's identity, whoever treats her well is likely to be implicated. If there was no background, Ao Xue would not have paid attention to Gu Jinzhi.

After observing for a while, he found that Ao Xue was indeed defending Gu Jinzhi everywhere, and Gu Jinzhi was sure that Ao Xue was really his own person. But Gu Jinzhi didn't dare to ask, for fear that the wall would have ears.

After determining Ao Xue's identity, Gu Jinzhi deliberately recommended Ao Xue in front of Empress Dowager Tan and made her a female official.

Therefore, in Ao Xue's eyes, Gu Jinzhi is the real master.

Gu Jinzhi's seemingly sad appearance, the pleasant color that was inadvertently revealed was seen by Ao Xue. Ao Xue always pays attention to Gu Jinzhi's words and deeds.

Aoxue was a little surprised.

When Empress Li came to look for Gu Jinzhi, Ao Xue was beside her. Therefore, Ao Xue knew what was going on, and she felt sorry for Gu Jin, so she really couldn't think of the reason why Gu Jinzhi was happy.

Maybe it's a delusion? Thinking like this, Ao Xue stood aside silently, not daring to look at Gu Jinzhi any more, for fear of attracting the attention of Empress Dowager Tan.

Empress Dowager Tan only saw Gu Jinzhi's eyes red, and she didn't notice Gu Jinzhi's slight smugness like Ao Xue, so she just asked Gu Jinzhi: "Okay, is this crying?" ”

Gu Jinzhi paused slightly.

Her tears welled up again.

She cried and told the Empress Dowager Tan about Fang Cai: "I am still alive, he will marry another husband and wife for more than ten years, and he will not care about me, if he does not think that I will suffer or suffer, he will marry another."

When Empress Dowager Tan heard this, she frowned slightly.

The women in this harem have never longed for men and love. Zhu Zhongjun stopped his wife and remarried, Empress Dowager Tan felt that it was too expected, she didn't think there was anything to be sad about.

There are so many bitter women in the world, who has seen an infatuated man?

"In the future, you can serve the mourning family with peace of mind." Empress Dowager Tan listened to Gu Jinzhi's words, and her tone was a little annoyed. She didn't like Gu Jinzhi's attitude very much, as if she wouldn't be able to do without a man.

Seeing that Gu Jinzhi was still crying, Empress Dowager Tan said again: "Don't cry, the mourning family is unlucky!" ”

Gu Jinzhi stopped crying.

She was born thin, and if she cried, she would look very pitiful, Empress Dowager Tan sighed softly and said, "King Luyang rebelled, you were originally going to be cut by a thousand knives." His majesty looked at the mourning family, and only left you a life! When the rebels are dispersed in the future, the king of Luyang is a dead end, you still think of him, what's the benefit? It's best for him to marry another, and when the rebels are pacified, the mourning family will have an excuse to protect you."

King Luyang stopped his wife and remarried, which was absolutely not good for Gu Jinzhi.

is no longer the princess of Luyang, can she save Gu Jin's life, or is it another way, this point is not optimistic. The greatest value of her life now is that one day she can contain King Luyang.

Over the years, Gu Jinzhi did not mention it.

She followed Empress Dowager Tan's wishes, nodded and said, "Thank you Empress Dowager." My life is all up to the Queen Mother. ”

Empress Dowager Tan was a little satisfied, and smiled slightly......

Gu Jinzhi accompanied and served Empress Dowager Tan with rich and noble ointment.

Empress Dowager Tan fell asleep after that.

Gu Jinzhi returned to the house, changed his clothes, and changed into a clean long jacket.

When she washed her face, the warm towel was attached to her face, and she didn't put it down for a long time.

The female official Ao Xue followed over to serve Gu Jinzhi.

She saw that Gu Jinzhi was a little abnormal, and the doubts in her heart were even worse.

Ao Xue felt that if Gu Jinzhi was either mad and out of shape, there was something else hidden.

Why on earth did she do this?

Why is she happy?

Ao Xue was sure that Gu Jinzhi was happy.

No matter why Gu Jinzhi was different, Ao Xue was not ready to say it, she was very protective of Gu Jinzhi.

After Gu Jinzhi washed his face, he finally put down the towel and looked calm.

"Princess, you don't have to be too sad" Ao Xue thought about it, but still comforted Gu Jinzhi, "The slave doesn't understand the things outside the palace, but now that the Queen Mother loves you, you can keep peace for a while." ”

Gu Jinzhi nodded and said, "We can't manage the things outside." You're right, I'm not sad. Then, she smiled, took Ao Xue's hand, and said, "For more than a year, thank you for taking care of me!" ”

Ao Xue's face was slightly red, and she said, "The princess's words are tormenting to the slaves. It is the slave's job to take care of you. If it weren't for the princess's support, the slave and maid would not know what it is now. The slave did not dare to thank him. ”

"Aoxue, you deserve it." Gu Jin said, "In this world, no one will help you for no reason. I also saw that you were smart, so I decided to recommend you to the Queen Mother. So, you see, if you don't fight for yourself, what's the use of me helping you? Ability is ability, kindness is kindness. ”

Aoxue bowed her head and said yes.

"Ao Xue, although I have been in the palace in the past few years, there are always people who follow me when I go in and out, and I don't dare to inquire about anything." Gu Jinzhi lowered his voice, "The first person lives in the cold palace, except for going to the medicine garden in the imperial garden, he is not allowed to take one more step; In this Jishan Palace, it is even more cautious step by step. I am a doctor, and the queen mother's phoenix body is not as good as day by day. If we want to live, we can't just rely on the Queen Mother. Aoxue, you have also had some years in the palace, how is the queen? ”

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Ao Xue listened to Gu Jinzhi's words, and her heart moved slightly.

The queen mother's phoenix body is not very good

Aoxue's mind was full of these words, like an echo in the empty valley, and she couldn't stop.

If the Queen Mother is not good, what will the princess do?

Will His Majesty want to kill the princess?

Aoxue was stunned.

The color of her lips changed a little, and she looked back at Gu Jinzhi. After a long time, Ao Xue came back to her senses, lowered her voice and said, "Princess, if the Queen Mother and Phoenix are not in harmony, what should you do?" ”

Now it is Empress Dowager Tan who protects Gu Jinzhi.

Once the Empress Dowager Tan has something, what will the princess do, this is Ao Xue's first thought.

"Let's take refuge in the Queen!" Gu Jin's way.

She said let's.

Aoxue's eyes were hot, and she almost burst into tears. She doesn't care about her future, even if the Queen Mother dies, Ao Xue is just a palace maid who has returned to the past, and her life is not in danger, but the princess

"Do you think the queen is reliable?" Gu Jinzhi saw that Ao Xue was silent, and asked again, "She doesn't have a son, and I used to have the name of the Holy Hand of the Apricot Forest, I used to give birth to a prince as bait, can I catch her?" ”

Aoxue's eyes trembled a little.

Isn't that too risky? If you are in a hurry for quick success, the gains outweigh the losses.

Aoxue didn't dare to pour cold water. The current Princess of Luyang needs hope the most, and Ao Xue can only say something encouraging to her.

After a moment of silence, Ao Xue's heart calmed down, and then she said: "Your Majesty has five princes, but none of them are from the queen. Last month, another one was added, making a total of six princes. Princess, if you want to serve the queen in the name of this, you will definitely get what you want. ”

Aoxue felt that the queen must really want to have a son.

But how to do it, you have to be skillful. rashly asked, but annoyed the queen.

Aoxue was uneasy. She always felt that Princess Luyang had taken another risky move.

"Queen Mother, how is she?" Gu Jinzhi asked again.

Aoxue has been in the palace for a long time. She entered the palace at the age of twelve and has been doing some chores in Jishan Palace, and it has been almost nine years. She is not like Gu Jinzhi, her whereabouts are monitored, so she must know some gossip.

For example, what is the queen's character, those palace maids dare not say it openly, and they will definitely mumble in private.

Where there are people, there is gossip.

"When the Empress Dowager was alive, she loved the Empress Mother the most." Ao Xue whispered, "The slave maid heard that the Empress Dowager has praised the queen mother many times for being virtuous and gentle, and her personality is similar to that of the princess."

Gu Jinzhi was stunned.

She thought that the Empress Dowager had been dead for four years.

At that time, she was still in prison, and she didn't have a chance to kowtow to the Empress Dowager.

Now, although he is no longer in prison, his movement is also restricted, and he has not been able to offer incense to the Queen Mother. Thinking of the Empress Dowager's love and trust in her when she was alive, Gu Jinzhi's eyes were a little astringent.

The Empress Dowager has too much favor for Gu Jinzhi. She is Gu Jinzhi's mother-in-law, but she is the same mother and daughter as Gu Jin. Thinking of the Empress Dowager's love for herself, and then thinking that she had not fulfilled her filial piety for a day, Gu Jinzhi's heart shrank into a ball.

After thinking about it, if the Empress Dowager was still alive and saw Zhu Zhongjun's actions today, she knew that Gu Jinzhi and Zhu Zhongjun had already planned to rebel, and even thought that they might use the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager would be disheartened.

It's good to be gone, less sadness and disappointment, and less suffering.

Gu Jin sighed softly in an instant, his heart turned a thousand times.

"Princess" Ao Xue thought that she had said the wrong thing, and her tone became uneasy.

Gu Jinzhi came back to his senses and said with a smile: "I'm fine." It's just that according to what you say, the queen is a person who can be trusted. ”

Aoxue did not answer, nor did she deny.

The human heart is unpredictable.

Ao Xue has never served in Kunning Palace again, how can she know the true nature of the queen. In this harem, who wouldn't pretend to be virtuous? But what kind of face is in private, you have to get close to it in person to know.

And Aoxue is not qualified to approach the queen.

Therefore, Ao Xue didn't know if Empress Li had to be entrusted.

"Aoxue, if I can win the trust of the queen, I will not forget you." Gu Jinzhi said again.

Ao Xue smiled bitterly and said, "If you can keep yourself, Ao Xue will have nothing to worry about!" ”

Gu Jinzhi nodded and said with a smile: "You treat me well, I will always remember it." ”

In the following time, Gu Jinzhi's mood was much better.

In the past, before Ao Xue showed up, there was a palace maid named Shui Lan in Jishan Palace, and she was not very good to Gu Jinzhi in front of people. But in private, he helped Gu Jinzhi everywhere. She is one of Zhu Zhongjun's eyeliners left in Beijing and has not been eradicated.

She probably passed the news of Gu Jinzhi to Zhu Zhongjun.

But two months ago, Shui Lan suddenly disappeared.

At that time, Gu Jinzhi also panicked.

Zhu Zhongjun outside must have been in a hurry.

He was so careful that he didn't dare to let Shui Lan pass half a word to Gu Jinzhi, just because he was vigilant and considered Gu Jinzhi, for fear that he would make a mistake, and there would be no news of Gu Jinzhi from then on. rs