Chapter 42: Dismissal of Nagato
"Give me a search!" Seeing Gillian's behavior so abnormal, Liu Che's suspicions increased greatly, and he insisted on searching despite Gillian's obstruction.
It didn't take long for the guards of Weiyang Palace to search out the Chu clothes hiding in the side hall, and they were already trembling like chaff in fright, and the guards saw that there were strange charms hanging everywhere in the hall, and they were shocked, and hurriedly pushed them out of the hall, and said to Liu Che: "Your Majesty, we will find this man in the side hall." ”
Liu Che looked at Chu Fu, and he was still wearing his own clothes, and couldn't help but be angry: "Okay, Chen Ajiao, I heard that the palace people first told you that there was an unknown man in Jiaofang Palace, I still don't believe it, what do you have to say now?" ”
Gillian He had thought that inviting Chu Fu would be such a result, and she was speechless for a while. Chu Fu was already frightened and collapsed to the ground, seeing that today's son was angry, Chu Fu was even more soulful for nine days, and kept kowtowing to the ground and begging for mercy: "Your Majesty spare your life!" Your Majesty spares your life! ”
Liu Che was already furious, and asked sharply at Chu Fu, "Where did the clothes on your body come from?" ”
Chu Fu said in a trembling voice: "Queen, it is the queen who makes Xiaodao dress His Majesty." ”
"You demon way, obviously you asked the palace for Your Majesty's clothes, how can you bite back?" Gillian was furious when she heard this, and looked at Chu Fu and scolded hatefully.
"Shut up!" Liu Che was furious when he heard this, stepped forward and grabbed Chu Fu's bun, and said angrily: "What kind of reckless things have you and the queen done?" Without waiting for an answer, unexpectedly, the bun in his hand was loosened, and Chufu's long hair came out of the bun and flew in the wind, Liu Che couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this: "You are actually a woman?" ”
Chu Fu cried bitterly and said: "The little woman Chu Fu, since she is a daughter, how can she do something difficult with the queen?" ”
Liu Che shook off with hatred, stood up, and was noncommittal.
The guards stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty's palace is still opening the altar, please take a look." ”
Liu Che glanced at Gillian and walked into the side hall without saying a word. I saw that the hall was posted everywhere, there was an incense case in the hall, an incense burner was placed on it, a wooden peach sword, and there was still a yellow charm that was not burned in the furnace. Looking at all this in front of him, Liu Che's face turned pale, and he raised his leg to kick the incense case over, and shouted: "Come on, ground the queen in the palace!" ”
The voice seemed to come from a distant place, revealing an irresistible coldness, Gillian heard the words as if she had fallen into an evil spirit, stood outside the hall and did not say a word, and the guards stepped forward and said: "Queen, offended!" ”
Gillian turned a deaf ear, and it wasn't until the guards stepped forward to urge him left and right that he seemed to wake up and cried: "Your Majesty, it's not like this, it's not like this, you listen to my explanation!" ”
Liu Che walked out of the hall and sneered: "I have seen it, what else do you have to explain?" ”
Gillian had a thousand words in her heart, but at this moment her tongue seemed to be knotted, she stammered and couldn't speak, looking at Chu Fu who was paralyzed on the ground, Gillian hurriedly said: "Chu Fu, you say, you say!" ”
Chu Fu was excited, as if he had come to his senses, and hurriedly said: "The queen found Xiaodao to enter the palace, let Xiaodao cast a spell to deal with Mrs. Wei, and let Xiaodao wear His Majesty's clothes, lie in the same bed with her, and perform the Five Elements Technique to make His Majesty change his mind." Your Majesty, this is all done by the queen let Xiaodao, Xiaodao doesn't dare not do it, please ask Your Majesty to spare Xiaodao's life, spare Xiaodao's life! As he spoke, he kept prostrating and begging for mercy.
"You... You! Gillian was speechless, her eyes were dark, and she fainted.
At this time, a guard with a solemn face hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, please look at this thing!" Then he presented the object in his hand.
Liu Che fixed his eyes and saw that it was a puppet wrapped in clothes, and the puppet's abdomen was pierced with needles and nails. ”
The guards replied: "The subordinates searched in the Jiaofang Palace, and saw that several palace maids behaved strangely, and under the pressure, they found this thing under the osmanthus tree outside the palace. ”
Liu Che's face was extremely ugly when he heard this, the Han family had always tabooed witchcraft, and now he was still searching for puppets in the queen's Jiaofang Palace, how could this not make him hateful? Liu Che ripped off the puppet's clothes again, only to see that the puppeteer's back was impressively engraved with Wei Zifu's name and birthday, and suddenly his hatred turned into anger in his eyes, and then he threw the puppet in his hand at Chu Fu, and shouted: "Pull this demon down the way, and show it to the public immediately when the original story is clarified!" ”
Chu Fu originally thought that pushing everything to Gillian Liu Che could spare her life, but in the blink of an eye, the disgusted puppet was searched out again, and suddenly his whole body softened, and he sighed in his heart, and suddenly heard Liu Che say the word "shou", and was instantly frightened, crying and begging for mercy, and was dragged down by the guards.
"It is rumored that Zhang Tang will enter the palace to investigate this case thoroughly, and everyone in the palace will be taken away!" Liu Che finished his speech coldly, glanced at Gillian who fainted on the ground and walked away.
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Liu Concubine was shocked to learn that Gillian was disgusted with winning in the palace, the emperor of the Han family has always tabooed witch Gu, and there was a precedent of death and clan annihilation in the palace, but Gillian committed this taboo as a queen, Liu Concubine was anxious and afraid, and hurriedly entered the palace to ask Liu Che for guilt.
"Your Majesty, Gillian has done this rebellious thing, my aunt is really guilty, and I hope that Your Majesty can remember the old love and spare Gillian!" After that, he fell to the ground and burst into tears.
Liu Che leaned over and helped Liu Concubine up and said: "I have always remembered my aunt's support for me in the past, and I will not implicate my aunt and the Tangyi Marquis Mansion because of Gillian's matter." But the queen can't escape the responsibility of this trip, I think twice, take away the title of the queen, and place Gillian in the Changmen Garden dedicated to me by my aunt, and do not cut the amount of food and clothing, so that she can reflect on it and don't do anything wrong in the future. ”
"Pavilion Tao Thank Your Majesty for your kindness!" Liu Concubine was grateful when she heard this, she knew that Liu Che had returned her great favor. Gillian as the queen opened the altar in the palace, and cursed the harem concubines with the art of disgust and victory, so it is appropriate to rob the family and destroy the family, but now it is just that she has been stripped of her title and resigned to Changmen Garden, and the Tangyi Marquis Mansion still retains the dignity of the past, and this kind of disposal is really light.
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"Madam, the queen is practicing witchcraft in the palace and secretly cursing Madame, Your Majesty knows about it, and now the palace people who know about the Jiaofang Palace have been taken to the Tingwei Mansion." Cai Xi said to Wei Zifu while serving the bird's nest soup.
Wei Zifu was already pot-bellied, and the Queen Mother specially instructed her not to greet her, so Wei Zifu didn't even take half a step out of the palace door on weekdays, and after hearing what Cai Xi said, she was surprised: "I haven't told Your Majesty about witch Gu, how did Your Majesty know?" ”
Cai Xi said: "Madame is kind-hearted and can't bear to blame the queen, but the queen is harsh, and eventually the heavens are angry and resentful." The slave maid heard that because of trivial matters, the queen blamed the maid in the palace, so that she was humiliated and swallowed gold to commit suicide, and before committing suicide, she went to Weiyang Palace to complain, and a man appeared in the queen's palace. His Majesty was suspicious and personally led people to search, and bumped into the Taoist who cast spells in the Jiaofang Palace, and also found the puppet buried under the tree, His Majesty was furious, banned the queen in the palace, and ordered someone to investigate the matter thoroughly. ”
Wei Zifu nodded slowly and said, "There are gods three feet above your head, and the queen has nothing to do with people when she ends up here." ”
"It's not," Cai Xi said with a sigh of relief, "It's good that this matter has been reported, otherwise if the lady is damaged by the art of disgust with victory, the slave and maid don't know what to do!" ”
"It's so picky..."Wei Zifu pursed his lips and smiled, "I know you care about me..."
"That lady must finish the soup that Cai Xi prepared for you today." Cai Xi said with a smile and handed over the bird's nest soup, "Madame must take good care of her body and give birth to a white and chubby little prince for Your Majesty." ”
"Good! I listen to you..."Wei Zifu took it, looked at Cai Xi and smiled.
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Soon Liu Che issued an order to make the queen give advice to the queen: "The queen is out of order, confused by Wu Zhu, and cannot inherit the mandate of heaven." On its seal, retreat to the Changmen Garden. ”
Although it was summer season, Gillian's chill was cold to the bottom of her heart: "Impossible! Your Majesty can't do this to this palace! This palace wants to see Your Majesty! ”
The Huangmen waiter who announced the decree said: "The holy will is difficult to disobey, and please ask the former queen to pack up and go to Changmen Garden!" Then he turned and left.
"Get out!" Gillian hissed, "You all get out of the palace!" This palace wants to see Your Majesty, you want to see Your Majesty! Gillian shouted while running out of the hall, the deacon Huang Men on the side hurriedly glanced at the little eunuch beside him, Xiao Huang Men immediately stepped forward to drag Gillian, and the deacon Huang Men said: "Former queen, the old slave has offended!" ”
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty," Gillian cried, "You can't do this to me..."
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Since entering the Changmen Garden, Gillian has not said a word, has not drunk or slept all night and day, and has sat and cried. She couldn't understand why Lang Jun, who had loved her when she was young, the young man who kept saying that he wanted to build a golden house for her, was so ruthless as soon as he turned around, and he didn't even want to see her again, so he threw her alone in this deep and silent Changmen Garden, and the relationship between husband and wife for many years came to an abrupt end. She didn't believe it! She didn't want to believe it either! It was all just a dream, and she kept pinching the back of her hand so that the pain would wake her up from this nightmare, but why, why couldn't she wake up?
"Gillian..."The eldest princess saw all this from outside the door, and she was already in tears, "Don't torture yourself like this anymore, you make your mother feel distressed!" Liu Yan hugged her daughter and cried silently.
Gillian glanced at Concubine Liu sluggishly, and then lowered her eyes and said, "Your Majesty doesn't want me anymore, Your Majesty really doesn't want me this time..."
Concubine Liu held back her tears and said softly: "Gillian, Your Majesty won't want you, with your mother here, your mother will definitely help you!" ”
"Really?" Gillian's dim eyes shone again when she heard this, "Mother, you didn't lie to Gillian, did you?" ”
Concubine Liu smiled and said, "My Gillian is so beautiful, how could Your Majesty not want it?" Listen to your mother, get a good night's sleep, and when you wake up, Your Majesty will come and pick up Gillian and leave! ”
"Mother..."Gillian was extremely tired, and she fell asleep in Liu's arms not long after she was exhausted.
Liu Concubine looked at Gillian's tear-stained face, and secretly made up her mind in her heart.