After returning to the palace, I discussed with my father, let Zhuang Yuanlang serve in the Hanlin Academy, and gave him the mansion. Until I moved out of the East Palace, Zhuang Yuanlang didn't ask me why, as if everything had never happened before, and in the eyes of others, it was only expected that Zhuang Yuanlang would become an official in the court, just like Qin Ruoan before, Xiao Qingyu who disappeared inexplicably, and Xuanyuan Che who was "executed".

On the day of the winter solstice, Mo Qian was finally willing to leave his pile of red powder and knew that he had entered the palace to accompany me, his taste was light, and I was not spicy or happy, so I personally went to the imperial dining room to give a message. But seeing that the imperial dining room was in full swing, one by one the delicacies of the mountains and seas were put into several layers of large food boxes, and were carried by four people to the palaces, or taken away by people from the palaces.

And the food box marked with my East Palace, but what was put in it was still fried cabbage with chili, stir-fried radish with chili, scrambled eggs with chili, fried tofu with chili, and a pot of winter melon soup. Plus a plate of leek-stuffed dumplings. The big food boxes in each palace and the small food boxes in the east palace are like big watermelons and watermelon seeds, and the difference can be distinguished by eye-catching.

The cook in the imperial dining room didn't seem to recognize me, and when he saw that I was dressed in simple clothes, he asked me which palace I belonged to. I was stunned for a moment when I was asked, and then I reacted that the men in the palace, except for my father and the guards, were only eunuchs, and the guards could only wear guard clothes in the palace, and they were not allowed to move around at will, let alone come to the imperial dining room. Therefore, when this cook saw that I was feminine, he instinctively thought that I was the steward eunuch of which palace, because the steward eunuch in the palace often had to go out of the palace to help the master buy, so it was not surprising that he did not wear the palace eunuch service.

So, I asked casually: "Why hasn't Concubine Ruan's meal been delivered yet?" The mother is waiting for dinner! "The reason why I say Ruan Concubine is because the concubines in this harem, in addition to Ruan Concubine, there are also the four concubines with the highest rank: noble, Shu, virtuous, and virtuous. The other concubines, to be honest, I haven't even seen them much, let alone their titles. And the stewards and eunuchs in the palace of the four concubines, these imperial chefs should all know it, if I pretend to be them, I am afraid it will arouse suspicion.

"Alright, alright!" A person who looked like a steward hurriedly trotted to my side with a smiling face, pointed to more than 30 dishes of various delicacies on the table on the side, and said, "Little father-in-law, look, aren't these all here!" ”

"This ......" I wanted to ask, how could it be so rich.

But he didn't want to, the man hurriedly accompanied the smiling face and said: "There is also a North Sea cod, noble concubine scallop, glutinous rice crab, three-vegetable beef stew, golden box eel back ......" He said seventeen or eighteen delicacies that I drooled just by hearing the name, including the ploughing cattle that Yuguo ordered not to be slaughtered at will on this day, the precious leopard fetus, bear paws, and scarlet lips...... Food I can't even think of. Finally, he said: "It's all in the pot, it's going to be good right away!" ”

A second-grade concubine, the meal is abundant, and I am the prince of the East Palace, and I actually eat cabbage and radish. What shall I say? How dare you bully in the Imperial Dining Room? But so many rare ingredients can't fall from the world, and I have personally seen the use of the palace, and I haven't seen anything overstepping. So, where do these delicacies come from? Could it be that everyone in the harem paid out of their own pockets? Even if they don't buy clothes and jewelry, they can't be extravagant to such a situation......

was thinking wildly, but saw that Manager Li had already entered the imperial dining room. I stood far away, and he didn't see me. But the people in the imperial dining room saw him, put down their work one by one, and nodded to him. Gonggong Li glanced at this group of people, and opened his mouth directly: "The emperor is dining in the palace of the virtuous concubine tonight, don't make a mistake in the order of serving, first four dried fruits, four candied fruits, and then four kinds of dumplings, four pickles, seven appetizers, one soup and five imperial dishes...... You have to be careful! ”

There are a total of one hundred and eight kinds, which are more rare and rare than the rumored Manchu and Han full seats. The table of my father and Concubine De is enough for me to eat in the East Palace for ten years!

In the past, when I had a meal with my father, he would always put the meat in my bowl and watch me eat it with a loving face. I thought that my father hurt me very much, just like all parents in the world, they work hard and complain, no matter how hard they are, they will not suffer their children. However, it was not until I saw his meal that I realized how ridiculous my thoughts were.

I quietly followed Mr. Li into Concubine De's Changning Palace. In the distance, I heard a three- or four-year-old boy shouting: "Father! Father! Hug! "Then, my father, I thought I was the only one who had two daughters, me and Asaru, and the father who had only one daughter after Aaro's death. I actually picked up the boy!

Then, Concubine De, dressed in luxurious attire, came out of the house with a smile on her face and said to the child, "God! Don't keep pestering your father, come to your mother's concubine......"

Providential! A good name, at least stronger than my Tianba! No, I'm not Gu Tianba, I'm Lin Muyu, and the man in front of me is not my father, never! He's just a stranger, a stranger who has nothing to do with me......

But why did I involuntarily walk out from behind the invisible tree, towards the happy family of three, and approached them step by step.

Thinking back to the first time I saw my father, I wore a dragon robe, sat on the dragon chair, and talked loudly. He was also dressed in a dragon robe, standing behind the screen, without saying a word.

The first time I saluted my father, I was respectful, and he was flattered and overwhelmed.

The first time I went to my father's Tianshou Palace, I sent moon cakes, and he watched me leave at the gate of the palace.

The first time I had dinner with my father, he was in a very good mood, and I made an appointment for this.

The first time I handed over the court to my father, I was happy to be idle, and he did his best.

The first time I went out of the house, my father sent Su Chonghua to pick me up. Wangyongguan encountered the Northern Desert army, and he ordered Qin Ruoan to bring people to support.

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One by one, one by one, his father has changed from a puppet emperor to a Ming Jun praised by everyone. It also made me go from being strange to being familiar with him, from not caring, to believing, and even to depending.

But now, I feel that he is so strange, so strange that he I know, and the person in front of me, is he a person.

Just before the happy family of three saw me, I was dragged violently, and I saw that the person who dragged me was Mo Qian, and he had dragged him out of Changning Palace.

"You let go of me, I must ask what the hell is going on!" I tried several times to break free of Mo Qian's restraint without success, and it was not until I returned to my dormitory that Mo Qian let go of me and said to me, "Lord, if you just run out and question him, do you think you have the life to come back alive?" ”

"I'm his daughter!" Tiger poison does not eat children, at least my body is Gu Tianba, at least Gu Tianba is his biological daughter.

"Lord, he has no shortage of your daughter!" Mo Qian pressed me on the chair, "Lord, haven't you noticed that he Gu Zhengxi's harem has three thousand beauties and a group of heirs!" "Gu Zhengxi is the name of his father. It's just that in Tianyuguo, no one dares to call it that.

I always thought that my father's concubines were all the people he chose for him when he was the crown prince in the East Palace, and my father has never accepted any woman in the palace since he ascended the throne, how can it be that there are three thousand beauties, and in my father's harem, only the queen mother gave birth to me and Chaolu, and there are no heirs, not to mention the group of heirs?

But the little highness I met by chance in the imperial garden that day, and the boy who called him "Father Emperor" in the palace of Concubine De today, all showed that in addition to Gu Tianba, he really had other heirs.

"Lord, the case of the disappearance of the girl in Chizawa County has been investigated." Mo Qian kept staring into my eyes when he said this, and I only had doubts at this time, wondering why Mo Qian would talk about other things at this time.

Mo Qian didn't sell Guan Zi either, and said directly: "The manager Li who went to Chi County to select girls is the younger brother of the palace manager!" When Gu Zhengxi was still the crown prince, this Xiao Li was the crown princess, and he was also the chief eunuch of Gu Tianba's mother's palace! However, on the second day of the emperor's death, the crown princess suddenly died, and the head of Xiao Li did not know where to go. After that, Gu Tianba held the jade seal and posthumously crowned his mother as Empress Wenzhen. also put down the cruel words, as long as she is there, her queen mother will always be the master of the harem. Therefore, Gu Zhengxi has been on the throne for six years, but he has never dared to mention the matter of Cong's new establishment. ”

"On the second day of the emperor's death, the mother concubine died? It's not going to be ......"

"The lord guessed correctly, this was indeed done by Gu Zhengxi. And it was he who covered the crown princess's mouth and nose with his own hands, so that she could not breathe until she suffocated to death. ”

I was so shocked by this news that Guan Tian didn't come back to his senses, and after a long time, I asked Mo Qian, "Why?" ”

People say that a husband and wife are 100 days of grace, not to mention, the mother concubine is still the wife of the father, and she has been with each other for more than ten years, is he really willing to cover his wife's mouth and nose, no matter how she struggles and begs for mercy, he is not soft-hearted, until she is motionless and finally dies in his own hands.

"Because of Gu Tianba!" Mo Qian said: "She doesn't allow any heirs in the palace other than her, and she can't even tolerate her own sister Princess Chaolu." Therefore, Gu Tianba's mother had to say that Princess Jiang Chaolu was sick and went to find a hidden doctor. He was afraid that Gu Tianba's daughter would be exposed, so he hid Princess Chaolu in Gu Tianba's secret guard.

In fact, in addition to Gu Tianba and Princess Chaolu, when Gu Zhengxi was still the prince, he also had other heirs, but later, they were all killed by the young Gu Tianba. Later, Gu Tianba simply forced all the women in the East Palace to take the decoction of the severed son. So before ascending the throne, Gu Zhengxi would only have two children, Gu Tianba and Chaolu!

After that, Gu Tianba became the master of the East Palace, but Gu Zhengxi became the master of the entire palace, Gu Tianba was tough on the surface, but he was a brainless person, thinking that Gu Zhengxi was afraid of her with the jade seal in his hand, so he relaxed his surveillance of Gu Zhengxi, coupled with the fact that he was sick and greedy for pleasure, he no longer flawlessly took care of monitoring Gu Zhengxi. ”

What Mo Qian said, I already understand: "The first emperor died, Gu Tianba's mother was killed, and Gu Tianba himself was sick, and the entire harem, she no longer cared about it, and let her father do whatever he wanted." ”