"Don't do it!"

"Don't listen!"

"No way!"

"Unless the mourning family is dead!"

In the dormitory of Renshou Palace, Empress Dowager Zhuang, who listened to Gu Jiao's suggestion, refused without thinking, and there was no room for maneuver.

Gu Jiao sighed strangely.

I've known my aunt for so long, and it's the first time I've encountered such a thorough rejection.

In fact, she didn't do anything, she just conveyed her aunt's words, asking her aunt to temporarily put aside her prejudices and cooperate with the emperor to lure out the people behind the scenes.

But it seems that my aunt is not very satisfied with my aunt's proposal.

"Eat three more preserves a day?" Gu Jiao threw out a sugar-coated cannonball.

"Humph!" Empress Dowager Zhuang was unmoved.

"Four?"

"Hmm...... Five? Gu Jiao measured her five fingers.

Empress Dowager Zhuang held her position stubbornly, as if to avoid giving Gu Jiao a chance to break her defense line with sugar-coated shells, she went to the study without looking back.

"Ugh." Gu Jiao sighed.

Gu Jiao walked out slowly, came to the courtyard of the front hall, and sat on the lonely swing frame.

How lively it was when Little Clearance was there, how deserted it was when he wasn't there.

The July night was not much cool, it was still hot, but because of the successive rains, it was not as hot as the previous days.

Gu Jiao sat on the swing rack, boredomically swinging, sighing again and again.

Gonggong Qin stubbornly brushed the dust and walked over: "Miss Gu." ”

Gu Jiao touched the ground with her toes and stopped the swing that was swinging around.

"Father-in-law Qin." She said hello.

Father-in-law Qin stood still beside the swing frame, looked at Gu Jiao, and then looked at the boundless night.

In his mind, he saw Gu Jiao for the first time, he regarded her as a little girl who didn't know the rules and didn't know the height of the sky, and after some contact, he found that he was wrong.

Where is this girl who doesn't understand the rules and doesn't know the height of the sky? She clearly trampled the rules under her feet and poked a hole in the sky.

She has the calmness of a girl who does not belong to a girl of the same age, and she also has the innocence of a child who has long been abandoned by a girl of the same age.

She doesn't have so many fancy intestines, nor does she have so worldly baggage, she wants to be good to a person, that is, to be good to a person without the slightest reservation or suspicion.

It doesn't matter if that person is good or evil.

She has her own beliefs, and they are so strong that no one can easily shake her.

Somehow, the thin and small body seems to contain infinite power, the power that makes people feel at ease, and the power that makes people want to get closer.

Gonggong Qin occasionally thinks that if His Majesty could have been as firm and convinced as Miss Gu, would he not have come to this point with the Queen Mother?

"Your Majesty was very clingy when he was a child, he was very sticky to the Queen Mother, and Princess Ning'an was more sticky to the Queen Mother."

Father-in-law Qin said, as if he recalled something interesting, and he laughed, "The old slave remembers once...... The Queen Mother brought a little boy from the dealer over, but the little boy didn't know the way, and was frightened by Liu Guifei's dog, and the Queen Mother didn't want to hold him, so she took him by the hand. I don't know that Your Majesty is jealous of this, he doesn't eat well at night, and he refuses to sleep obediently at night, lying on the bed and tossing and turning, but he doesn't say what's wrong with him.

Concubine Jing asked him, is there anything uncomfortable? He was silent. Princess Ning'an also asked him, but he just sulked and didn't speak. ”

Gu Jiao's expression was indescribable, and Xiao Jingkong was not so naïve.

"So, what about later?" Gu Jiao asked.

Gonggong Qin smiled recallingly: "Later, Concubine Jing sent people to the Queen Mother's palace, that is, the Kunning Palace where Empress Xiao is now the host, Your Majesty climbed into the Queen Mother's bed and slept with the Queen Mother for one night, and the next day she was alive and kicking." ”

Gu Jiao pouted, childish to death.

Gu Jiao said: "How old was Your Majesty at that time?" ”

Gonggong Qin thought for a while: "Seven or eight years old, I can't remember the specific old slave, he is a little younger than the Seventh Prince, and he is not as fat as the Seventh Prince." Don't look at the current His Majesty's tall stature, he looked like a little thin monkey when he was a child, and he looked like he was only five years old at the age of seven, and the Queen Mother once thought that His Majesty would not grow tall in the future. ”

It's about the same as Xiao Qingkong, it seems that she doesn't have to worry too much about Xiao Qingkong's height, some people are indeed older and start to grow against the wind.

"And later?" Gu Jiao thinks this story is quite interesting.

Gonggong Qin sighed: "Later, Your Majesty and the Queen Mother slowly drifted apart somehow, and the old slave couldn't tell from what it was, in short, the relationship between the two became more and more stiff, and Princess Ning'an was caught in the middle. After His Majesty ascended the throne, the Queen Mother lowered the curtain to listen to the government, and sent Concubine Jing to the nunnery, and the relationship between the two was completely broken. ”

Sounds sad.

Gu Jiao couldn't understand too complicated emotions, but she substituted Xiao Jingkong and herself, if one day Xiao Jingkong hated herself for another person, then she would also be sad and sad.

Feelings are the most wonderful thing in the world, regardless of blood, that is, if you become a family, you can't lose this person anymore.

"Is it the same for my aunt and Concubine Jing?" Gu Jiao asked.

Gonggong Qin nodded, the Queen Mother used to really take Concubine Jing as a friend, but who didn't look away when she was young?

The enemy's attack is not terrible, the betrayal from the most trusted person is the real pain.

Gu Jiao paused and asked, "Isn't it possible for such a smart person as my aunt to take His Majesty back from that person?" ”

Father-in-law Qin shook his head helplessly: "It's not that there is no way, it's that I don't want to think of a way, once I get cold, it doesn't matter anything." ”

"Yes...... Is it better to mourn than to die? Gu Jiao looked at Gonggong Qin and asked.

Gonggong Qin nodded: "That's right, that's the reason." ”

Gu Jiao has probably experienced this feeling, she doesn't remember the taste anymore, the memory of being abandoned by her parents in her childhood has long been left with only a few sounds and pictures, she can look at them very calmly, and she doesn't feel the slightest pain.

It's called numbness.

She was numb at a very young age, so she could be an agent in the organization, the most cold-blooded killer.

Empress Dowager Zhuang only experienced these things in middle age, and she couldn't be completely numb, so she could only try to make her heart die.

She is Zhuang Jinse, the most powerful queen mother of Zhaoguo, she has her own pride, she didn't disdain to compete with the harem for favor when she was the queen, how can she go to Concubine Jing to compete for a man now? Even if that man is his adopted son.

Gu Jiao understood, she held the rope of the swing and looked at Grandpa Qin: "I know, thank you Grandpa Qin." ”

She wouldn't force her aunt to do what she didn't want to do.

Since her aunt's method didn't work, she came to think of other ways.

Gonggong Qin was secretly pleased, what a sensible child, not to mention that the Queen Mother loved her, his old bones couldn't help but want to hurt her.

It's a pity that he is a eunuch, he has no ability, and he can't hurt her anything.

Gu Jiao got up from the swing rack and went to the Empress Dowager Zhuang's study.

Empress Dowager Zhuang looked at the excerpt and looked angry - there were people under her hands who were caught with unclean hands and feet, she was not a meritocracy monarch, she had been up and down in the harem and the court for so many years, she deeply understood a truth, that is, when the water is clear, there is no fish.

She has always valued a person's ability, and the strength of the person is tolerated by the shortness of the person, which is not to say that those under her can do whatever they want.

There is a limit to everything, you can't really kill people and set fires, you can't unscrupulously prey on the people, to satisfy their desires, everything has a limit, and she won't condone and cover it up after that.

"One million taels of disaster relief silver, nine hundred and fifty thousand taels of greedy ink, and let someone seize the handle, who will kill you if you don't kill you!"

Empress Dowager Zhuang snorted coldly and threw the folds into the pile of folds on the left-hand side, these are folds that can be presented to the emperor, with the emperor's temperament of not rubbing sand in his eyes, he will definitely handle this matter strictly.

"Auntie?"

A round head stuck in.

You don't have to look to guess who it is.

Empress Dowager Zhuang replied nonchalantly: "What are you doing?" ”

Gu Jiao said: "It's not early, I'll go back first, you can rest early." ”

With that, she gently closed the door for her aunt.

"Wait." Empress Dowager Zhuang called her lightly.

"Huh?" Gu Jiaofu pushed the door open again, rolled her eyes, stepped across the threshold, and looked at Empress Dowager Zhuang with a pair of phoenix eyes without blinking.

Empress Dowager Zhuang took a book of folds and said casually: "Does Fang Cai's words still count?" ”

"Which word?" Gu Jiao asked.

Empress Dowager Zhuang cleared her throat: "Just ...... Five of that's the sentence! ”

Gu Jiao stretched out her hand, looked at her five fingers, and then looked at the Empress Dowager Zhuang, her eyes were shining: "Count!" However, isn't my aunt unwilling? ”

Empress Dowager Zhuang was angry in her heart, a successful queen mother can't get along with candied fruit!

Empress Dowager Zhuang said coldly: "From today onwards." ”

"Good!" Gu Jiao didn't hesitate, it happened that her purse was filled with the recently newly candied candied fruit, she took out the candied fruit box, counted five and left it in the candied fruit box, and stuffed the rest into her mouth.

Empress Dowager Zhuang: "......"

Empress Dowager Zhuang took a deep breath and suppressed the tumbling in her heart: "Isn't it eight?" Why are there only five? ”

Originally, three pills a day, said to give five more, isn't that eight?

She just held back today, and she hasn't eaten a single one yet.

Gu Jiao's mouth was full of candied fruit, and she said vaguely: "It's five...... If you don't believe it, think about it......"

Empress Dowager Zhuang recalled her original words in her mind.

"Three preserves a day?"

She didn't say yes at the time.

Then the girl said—

"Four?"

"Hmm...... Five? ”

The last two sentences do not seem to have added the word "eat more".

Empress Dowager Zhuang punched on the fold!

…… Sloppy!

Gu Jiao was very gentle with her aunt, mainly respecting her aunt's opinion, and spread out the incident and said that she had nothing to hide from her aunt.

The emperor doesn't have this treatment, and the old sacrificial wine is dug pit after pit, so that the emperor can't plant it, and he can't get out of the pit directly.

But the emperor is obviously also resistant to cooperating with the Empress Dowager Zhuang: "Everything else is fine, but this one can't!" I don't want to be in cahoots with that poisonous woman! ”

The old sacrificial wine said earnestly: "Your Majesty, now is not the time to play tricks, it is important to find out the real culprit behind the scenes." Is Your Majesty's face important, or is the life of the concubine important? There is also Jiaojiao's life. Jiaojiao's life is not to be said, anyway, it is not His Majesty anyone. ”

Listen to it, what kind of nonsense is this? Why isn't the little miracle doctor him?

In the whole world, only Zhuang Jinse's poisonous woman will hurt her, and he will ignore her, right?

"The minister lost his words." The old priest apologized, "What the minister means is that Jiaojiao can protect herself, the concubine Niangniang was persecuted by Liu Guifei in her early years and left old wounds, in case the assassin poisons the concubine again, it is really impossible to prevent it." ”

This is what Concubine Jing's master and servant said herself, Concubine Jing has old injuries and is very weak!

The emperor was finally convinced.

So the next morning, there was a scene in the court that made the jaws drop of all the civil and military officials - the emperor actually went to the Jinluan Hall with Mrs. Zhuang.

Aren't these two people disgusting each other even when they appear in the same courtyard? Why did you come to court at an hour? In the past, it was either the Empress Dowager Zhuang who arrived first or the emperor who arrived first, in short, the two did not meet each other.

When the two came to the door of the Jinluan Palace, the emperor stopped, smiled at the Empress Dowager Zhuang, made a gesture of please, and said, "Queen Mother, please." ”

Empress Dowager Zhuang was so thundered that she almost didn't pick up the sole of her shoes and breathed at his brain!

Empress Dowager Zhuang wasted her strength to hold back, she bowed her head and calmly crossed the threshold.

Hundreds of civil and military officials knelt down on both sides with wat boards in their hands.

Empress Dowager Zhuang took the lead in walking over, and when she was about to go up the steps, Gonggong Qin cleared her throat, and the corners of Empress Dowager Zhuang's mouth twitched, paused, and stretched out her hand.

Now it was the emperor's turn to pick up the soles of his shoes and make himself dizzy.

Is there anything else that does this?

He didn't say anything about the surname Huo!

The emperor couldn't help but twitch from the bottom of his heart and held the wrist of the Empress Dowager Zhuang.

The mother and son of the two went up the steps, and after sitting in their respective positions, they both wiped their hands without a trace!

Emperor: Dislike!

Empress Dowager Zhuang: Heh, who is not!

Today's early dynasty is also extremely harmonious - the emperor disposed of a minister from the Empress Dowager Zhuang's camp, and the Empress Dowager Zhuang not only did not stop him, but praised the emperor for his good understanding.

Empress Dowager Zhuang said in a concerned tone that the emperor's body seems to have been reduced compared to the past, and he should take care of his dragon body more, and he must not burn his body due to state affairs.

"What the queen mother said is very true, and the son has written it down." The emperor said in a deferential tone in the direction of the bead curtain.

The civil and military officials simply suspected that they were blind and deaf!

In his lifetime, he was able to see the emperor and the queen mother reconcile, are they crazy, or are they crazy?

This news was so shocking that even the officials of the two factions who were supposed to fight to the death became squibs.

It's not enough to let the civil and military officials see it, but also let the harem be known to everyone.

Therefore, after the next court, the mother and son went to visit the imperial garden together, and they talked and laughed along the way, so comfortable.

"Your Majesty, it's time to laugh." Father-in-law Qin reminded.

The emperor clenched his fists and looked up to the sky with a soulless smile: "Hahaha! ”

"Queen Mother, it's your turn." Grandpa Wei reminded.

Empress Dowager Zhuang rolled her eyes, and smiled without smiling: "Hehehe." ”

In less than a day, all the people in the six palaces heard that the two of them had released their previous suspicions.

Empress Xiao was the first to come to Huaqing Palace to inquire about the news: "Your Majesty! The concubine heard that you and the queen mother ......" In the middle of her words, she saw the person sitting next to the emperor and owed a debt, "Concubine Niangniang." ”

Concubine Jing smiled slightly: "The queen come and sit." ”

"Yes."

In fact, with Empress Xiao's position, there is no need to salute a concubine, but the emperor regards her as his own mother in his heart, and Empress Xiao can only be a filial daughter-in-law.

Empress Xiao sat down on the other side of Concubine Jing.

Concubine Jing smiled and asked, "What does Empress Fangcai want to ask Your Majesty?" ”

Empress Xiao looked at the two, hesitated, and said, "The concubine heard some things about His Majesty and the Queen Mother, but I don't know if it's true or not, so I hereby ask." ”

The Emperor's tone was frank: "Since you all know, then I don't need to say much. ”

Empress Xiao couldn't hide her surprise: "So it's true?" Why? ”

It is indeed strange that people who have been fighting for more than ten or twenty years suddenly release their previous suspicions, in order not to arouse suspicion, the old sacrificial wine found a seamless excuse for the reconciliation of the two.

The emperor's memory is not bad, he didn't forget the words, he said: "Does the queen still remember that Xiao Heng was poisoned near Renshou Palace more than ten years ago?" ”

Empress Xiao's eyes were cold: "The concubine remembers herself!" ”

Xiao Heng is her brother's sister-in-law, her most beloved nephew, he was almost poisoned, and she will never forget this hatred in her life!

The emperor said: "The murderer has been found, it was not instigated by the Queen Mother, there is someone else behind it." I have misunderstood the Queen Mother all these years, and I am really ashamed that the Queen Mother has suffered an injustice. ”

The last few words were really hard for him to say, but the old sacrificial wine said that these words were soul lines, and it was not enough to win people's trust if they didn't say it.

He seriously suspected that the old sacrificial wine was fake for public gain!

"What? Someone else? Who? "Empress Xiao's soul asked three times in a row!

Concubine Jing lowered her eyes, picked up the teacup and quietly took a sip of tea.

The emperor said: "The person who poisoned Ah Heng is called Zhang Xiu, who used to work in the Shanggong Bureau, and can be regarded as a person close to me." ”

Empress Xiao: "Your Majesty ......"

The Emperor sighed reproachfully: "I didn't expect her to do such a thing, it was my negligence. Some day ago, she suddenly committed suicide by hanging herself from a beam, and one of her deceased people took her relics, and it was not until a few days ago that the deceased discovered the secret of many years ago from her relics. ”

Empress Xiao stood up directly: "Your Majesty, the concubine doesn't believe it!" ”

The old sacrificial wine didn't tell the emperor that Zhang Xiu was really the murderer, he used it as an excuse to announce it to the emperor.

The emperor thought that what he said was false, and Empress Xiao also thought that the emperor was deceived, these are not important, the important thing is that the person who instructed Zhang Xiu will understand that this matter is true.

As long as she believes, it is enough.