Chapter 51: Rehabilitation

Liu Ziqiu told Gao Xiu'er about other things, but he only concealed that Empress Xiao came to Hongnong, which was also after careful consideration, Yang Guang and Gao Xiu'er had a grudge against their father, and Gao Xiu'er sneaked into Xiyuan in order to assassinate Yang Guang

Now that Yang Guang is dead, his two grandsons, Yang Yu and Yang Qi, are still in Gao Xiu'er, will they suddenly lose their minds when they see Queen Xiao, Liu Ziqiu is not sure, after all, hatred often makes a person crazy, he can only hide this matter first, and then find an opportunity to explain it to her when he arrives in Luoyang in the future

But the news of Gao Xiu'er's arrival in Hongnong reached the ears of Empress Xiao

Queen Xiao's actions have always been relatively zìyou, and Lin Qiao'er would go to greet her almost every day, but today Lin Qiao'er did not appear, in the embarrassing situation that Queen Xiao is in now, she is naturally very sensitive, and it is inevitable to send someone to inquire why Lin Qiao'er didn't come to see if she is Liu Ziqiu, and feels that the overall situation is bound to be unfavorable to their ancestors and grandchildren

The result of the inquiry made Queen Xiao very surprised, it was actually Liu Ziqiu's wife who came to Hongnong from Jiangnan, and Queen Xiao already knew that Liu Ziqiu broke into the palace to rescue that lady, and she couldn't help but be very curious, and her current situation really needed to have a good relationship with Liu Ziqiu's wife, so she sent someone to invite

Gao Xiu'er was also very surprised when she heard that it was Queen Xiao who invited her, and hurriedly said: "Since Niangniang is here, the woman should invite An is the two sisters to go with me."

Liu Ziqiu heard that Lin Qiao'er and Mu Duoli would also go with Gao Xiu'er, but he put down his mind a little, Mu Duoli's martial arts, he knew that the two Gao Xiu'er were not Mu Duoli's opponents when they were placed together, and Mu Duoli knew very well that Queen Xiao was important to him, presumably even if Gao Xiu'er suddenly had murderous intentions, Mu Duoli would stop it in time

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Their residences are actually in the back house of the Yang family, but they are in different gardens, Gao Xiu'er, Lin Qiao'er and Mu Duoli are not the kind of pampered women, so they don't need to go directly to the road, but the back house of the Yang family has already been vacated, leaving only some maids, these three absolute women with different styles have not caused any waves

I heard that Mrs. Liu arrived, and Empress Xiao personally greeted her

Three years ago, in Shanglin Xiyuan, Gao Xiu'er once met Empress Xiao, nearly three years have passed, and Empress Xiao has also experienced many tribulations, but her appearance is still exactly the same as three years ago, and the years seem to have left no traces on her face, which makes Gao Xiu'er amazed

Seeing Gao Xiu'er, Empress Xiao frowned slightly and said, "Mrs. Liu's mourning family seems to have seen you somewhere."

Without waiting for Gao Xiu'er to answer, Empress Xiao had already laughed and said: "The mourning family remembered that you are the beauty of Qi yīn Academy, Shi Huiniang, at that time, the two Chen Niangniang wanted to nominate you as the head of Qi yīn Academy, but unfortunately you had nothing to do and missed it."

Although the news of Xiyuan's assassination was blocked to the outside world, Queen Xiao was clear, how could she not know that she was Shi Huiniang, and Liu Ziqiu had already told her what happened, and told her that Shi Huiniang was Gao Xiu'er

Empress Xiao deliberately said this just to get closer to Gao Xiu'er, there is no way, although she is the empress dowager, only she knows the sorrow of their ancestors, and now they are all relying on others to survive, and they can live longer and more comfortably

Gao Xiu'er was really taken aback by Empress Xiao's "amazing" memory: "Niangniang remembers well, but the slave family is not called Shi Huiniang, the slave family's surname is Gao Nu's father, who is the general Gao Gong in the past."

Hearing this news, Empress Xiao was really surprised, her body trembled involuntarily, and she quickly gathered her mind, pretending to be sad, and said: "Lord Gao is loyal to the country, but unfortunately he was harmed by the villain, and the first emperor was also deceived by the evil of Jiān, so he mistakenly killed the good person, but unfortunately the first emperor had planned to add a title to Lord Gao before his death, but ...... Alas......"

This is of course a lie, with Yang Guang's xìng character, how can he admit his mistake, if Gao Xiu'er can be favored by Yang Guang when he is in Xiyuan, maybe Yang Guang will be happy and will rehabilitate Gao Gong, just like he treated Xiao Miao, but that is only Yang Guang's gift, and it will definitely not be a confession

However, in the current situation of Queen Xiao, she can only lie against her will, nothing else, just to please Gao Xiu'er, Queen Xiao was originally a cowardly person who is afraid of death, in order to survive, she did not hesitate to commit herself to Yu Wenhua, and now she just let her tell a few lies to make Gao Xiu'er happy, so naturally

Gao Xiu'er is not a three-year-old child, where can she not understand what Empress Xiao means, but in her heart, like the idea of male superiority and inferiority of women, the concept of the supremacy of monarchy is also deeply rooted in the bone marrow

Since Empress Xiao has said this, Gao Xiu'er no longer denied it, sighed and said: "Since Niangniang said that the first emperor had this intention, please ask Niangniang to issue a decree to correct my father's name."

Witnessing Li Xuanba being struck by the thunder touched Gao Xiuer a lot, the ancients were superstitious, Gao Xiuer was no exception, she believed that accumulating virtue and doing good deeds was more important than revenge, although she hated Yang Guang, but Yang Guang was dead, she couldn't take revenge on the orphans and widows left by Yang Guang, so in Gao Xiu'er's heart, she had already thought about it, as long as Empress Xiao was willing to help Gao Gong correct her name, this hatred would be written off

"The mourning family remembers that Lord Gao was once named the Duke of Qi and the Mourning Family, so he decreed that Lord Gao was posthumously awarded the title of King of Southern Qi Loyalty," Queen Xiao saw it very openly, she wanted to please Gao Xiu'er and help Gao Gong correct his name, and it was not a big deal for Gao Gong's descendants to die, even if he was posthumously crowned king, it would have no effect, besides, this world will definitely be Liu Ziqiu in the future, and when the time comes, Liu Ziqiu will have to help Gao Gong correct his name, it is better for her to be a favor

Gao Xiu'er didn't expect that Queen Xiao would directly posthumously crown Gao Gong as the king, but she was surprised and said, "Thank you, Niangniang"

When Queen Xiao saw Gao Xiu'er's reaction, she knew that her orphans and widows had escaped this catastrophe, and hurriedly said: "Madam, let's not patronize it, talk quickly outside, and ask the mourning family to set up a banquet to wash the dust for Madame."

Gao Xiu'er didn't even dare to, but she still followed Queen Xiao into the big house

A large group of palace maids and eunuchs in the house are busy, these people have been waiting for Queen Xiao since the time of Longxi Palace, it is estimated that they will continue to stay by Queen Xiao's side for a long time in the future, but now Queen Xiao's status is not high, and they can't raise their heads, seeing Gao Xiu'er and the others, they have a humble face, only a pretty woman with two swords on her back, her face is melancholy, and she is unhappy

Gao Xiu'er glanced at the woman and suddenly said in surprise: "Hey, isn't this Ye'er's sister, why don't you know me?"

Xue Ye'er squeezed out a smile on her face and bent down to say a blessing: "Xue Ye'er has seen Mrs. Wan'an"

Gao Xiu'er pulled Xue Ye'er up, looked her eyes up and down, and said: "I haven't seen my sister for a few years, and she is still so beautiful, but she is a little thinner, I escaped from Xiyuan back then, I'm afraid my sister has also suffered a lot, and today it is rare to meet my sister here, and I will walk around often after I am, so don't be angry."

Empress Xiao knew that Xue Ye'er knew Gao Xiu'er, but she didn't expect that the relationship between the two seemed to be very good, so she couldn't help laughing: "Ye'er is within the scope of Lord Liu's mourning family, and it is very safe here, and you don't need to follow the mourning family all day long, and you can accompany your wife more in the future."

"Slave and maid, obey the order," what Queen Xiao said was also a golden rule, and Xue Ye'er hurriedly gave a salute, but she couldn't see much excitement

However, the meal arranged by Empress Xiao is still very rich, although she has lost her power, but Liu Ziqiu does not have the slightest shortage of supplies for her, and the monthly expenditure on Empress Xiao's side is many times more than Liu Ziqiu's, and the people who serve Empress Xiao are originally the food, clothing, housing and transportation in the palace, but they seek luxury

Gao Xiu'er is also thrifty in Changshan Village, after all, she has lived in Xiyuan for a period of time, and she is no stranger to all this, but she also accepts it calmly, because Xue Ye'er and Gao Xiu'er are old acquaintances, Queen Xiao did not let her serve on the side, and also let her sit down, plus Lin Qiao'er and Mu Duoli The atmosphere of this meal is not bad

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Although Empress Xiao is basically zìyou, it is impossible for Liu Ziqiu not to arrange a meeting between Gao Xiuer and Empress Xiao by her side, and she quickly reported to Liu Ziqiu that they met more happily this time, and Liu Ziqiu was relieved

I also heard that Empress Xiao promised to rehabilitate Gao Gong and crown the king, and Liu Ziqiu felt that he seemed to be a little incompetent as a son-in-law, and was thinking about whether to rehabilitate Gao Gong and make a big deal, when he saw Ji Rentai walk in and said loudly: "The Li family, the lord of Qiqi, is here."

In the battle of Chang'an, Ji Rentai was stabbed by Yang Xuangan and was seriously injured, and almost lost his life, and now he has not recovered, Liu Ziqiu originally wanted him to rest for a while, but Ji Rentai couldn't sit still, so he had to follow Liu Ziqiu, Liu Ziqiu couldn't help it, but he had to let him do something to get the news

Hearing that the Li family is here, Liu Ziqiu can't help but be a little annoyed, this Li Changshan brother is also a lot old, don't you still understand what you mean, from Longxi to Chang'an, and from Chang'an to Hongnong, if you really don't achieve your goal, you won't stop

Liu Ziqiu couldn't help but sink his face and waved his hand and said, "Tell those two old gentlemen, Liu is busy with official business, and he doesn't have time to see them, let them go back and forth from where."

Ji Rentai grinned and said, "It's not the two old gentlemen who came back to the lord."

Liu Ziqiu said strangely: "Who is that?"

Brother Li Changshan, he refused to see anyone else, what was the use

Ji Rentai arched his hand and said, "It's Miss Li."