Chapter 159: A Gift from Heaven
As soon as the queen's nose was sore, tears welled up, and she nodded and went down the mountain.
White cloth has been hung on the main road of the capital, and the news of the death of the queen mother in the palace has spread overwhelmingly, dyeing the entire capital white.
The three of them walked on a remote path, avoiding the officers and soldiers and the people, and finally reached Xiaoyao Mountain in the afternoon.
There is a white cloth rising in front of the mountain gate, as the ninth prince, the queen mother will naturally mourn when she dies of illness.
Pushing the door in, before the three of them walked in, they saw Jinye rushing out and pulling the queen aside, her face was pale, and there was no blood at all.
"The master went to the palace, and the entire Gu family was arrested in the palace, what did you do, girl?" Jinye's fingers were embedded in the queen's arm, and they passed through her thick clothes, as if they were going to swallow her alive.
Gu Su Liang stepped forward and knocked Jin Ye's hand down: "You calm down." ”
Jin Ye couldn't calm down at all, he said loudly with scarlet eyes: "The master is not lucky at all, the queen mother is not sick and died at all, what did the girl do to affect the entire Gu family?" ”
"That's not what you should know!" Ling'er was unhappy in her heart, although she knew that the queen had always been taken care of by the people of the Nine Princes, but when it came to protecting the queen, it was their Mochizuki family that did the best, and it was also the family that the queen trusted the most.
Now that the people around the Nine Princes have come to Xingshi to ask for guilt, Ling'er always feels uncomfortable in her heart.
The people they are guarding conscientiously, why should the people of the Nine Princes blame?
But the queen didn't have the heart to listen to the noise of these people.
Shen Qianshan is not here, as the ninth prince, it is true that he is not born to the queen mother, and this kind of funeral must be present.
As soon as the queen escaped from the palace, Shen Qianshan entered, and according to Shen Zhongbai's style, she must use Shen Qianshan to threaten her.
Shen Zhongbai knew that Shen Qianshan alone was not enough, so he actually arrested the entire Gu family.
The Gu family was of no use to her, after all, none of them were of any use to her.
It's just that the child's father is going to do it.
"Prepare the horse, and the palace will return to the palace immediately." The clothes on the queen's body were still damp, her eyes were firm, Gu Suliang and Ling'er wanted to come forward to persuade them, but they gave up, the queen's character has always been the same, no matter how much Fei said, there was no need to talk more.
In the evening, the queen's tall horse had already arrived at the gate of the palace, her stomach was a little painful because of the bumps of the horse, it was estimated that the baby in the belly could not stand the distance of this journey, and was protesting with her life.
She reached out and touched her stomach as a relief. When I turned my head, I saw a portrait of myself pasted on the palace wall, which was a wanted notice.
The queen laughed lightly, Shen Zhongbai, this man moved quickly, she hadn't escaped too far, and the portrait had been drawn, and it was estimated that the crime should also be convicted.
She walked over slowly, looked at the charges on it carefully, but didn't want it to be just a search warrant, saying that the queen was taken away by a traitor, and there was no charge.
Is the whole country looking for her as a queen? Joke.
There was already a long queue at the entrance of the palace, and these were the ladies and ladies of the various families who were about to enter the palace to mourn.
Her horses stood side by side with the palanquins.
Her bright red robe fluttered in the wind, her inky hair tied back her head, and her whole body was magnificent.
The curtains of many sedan chairs were quietly lifted and lowered, and they didn't seem to dare to take a second look at this weird queen mother.
The palace door slowly opened, and all the sedan chairs that should have entered in turn did not move, as if waiting for a person to enter first, and this person should be the queen's mother.
When she arrived at the gate of the palace, the guards at the gate were covered with wounds, and they looked up at her, and they could put an egg in their frightened mouths.
"Niangniang, why are you outside the palace?" The guard was incoherent, and wanted to ask her why she came back, but it seemed a little inappropriate to say this, and I wanted to ask her why Wei went out, but it seemed that she had some brains, so she had to hold back such a sentence.
The queen ignored him, and rode all the way into the palace.
There was a coffin in the main hall, which was a priceless golden silk nanmu, and there were two rows of people kneeling around, all of whom turned to look at the queen mother who was standing in the open space in front of the main hall and riding a horse.
Her appearance has to be said to be very stylish, and those who wear linen and filial piety don't know what it feels like when they see her.
Shen Zhongbai, who was kneeling at the head of the coffin, raised his eyes and looked deep.
It's just that one night, he even grew a beard, and opposite him, Shen Qianshan also knelt on the ground with a calm face.
He turned his head to look at the queen on the tall horse, his eyes flashed, and he sighed heavily, why did she come back? How good it would be to take this opportunity to fly away and take their children with them.
But he also knew that she was Gu Yan, she would not leave herself, and she could not watch him die.
Just like at the beginning, Shen Zhongbai tried to rape her in vain, and he stood up and finally had to be reduced to let her bear all this.
He looked at the queen and smiled dismally, it's okay, it's good that the two of them can be together.
The queen got off the horse, walked forward to the queen mother's coffin, took the sackcloth handed by the palace maid, and kowtowed to the queen mother three times.
Queen Mother, thank you for giving Gu Chang the position of the county lord of Luoping six years ago.
Queen Mother, thank you for never making things difficult for Gu Yan in the past six years.
Queen Mother, thank you for warning Gu Yan yesterday to live a good life.
After saluting, her eyes were dry, but there was not a single tear, and she did not have a trace of guilt for the old man in front of her, if it weren't for the fact that she was Shen Zhongbai's mother-in-law.
In the crowd, Shen Qiangrose was supported by the maid and knelt on the ground with difficulty.
Yesterday, the child had a miscarriage, and her lower body is still bleeding to this day.
She walked through the crowd, her eyes carved into the queen's face like knives, and she wanted to cut her with her eyes.
Her children! The child she had tried countless ways to keep had finally turned into a pool of blood, if it weren't for the queen, things wouldn't have come to this point!
Shen Qiangrose's eyes slowly stared at the queen's belly, and now that she dared to come back, Shen Qiangrose said that she would get rid of the child in her belly too!
In the evening, all those who knelt before the spirit withdrew and were replaced by another group of people who kept the spirit.
Shen Zhongbai got up and sent someone to take Shen Qianshan away.
He really couldn't help but want to rush over to argue with the queen, but he wanted to keep his last dignity as the emperor, so he grabbed Shen Qianshan.
Shen Qianshan is the weakness of the queen, as long as he is in hand, she will definitely come over and take the initiative to find herself.
As for Shen Qianshan? He had 10,000 ways to let Shen Qianshan die, but he knew that none of them could be used, and if he killed Shen Qianshan, he would also lose the queen.
He sometimes wondered why he cared so much about the queen, and even repeatedly broke the rules for the queen, and then he thought that it was probably because he really loved her, or maybe because he was the king of a country, and he couldn't even get a woman, which damaged his face and dignity.
The queen knew what Shen Zhongbai meant, and she didn't want to stay longer, after all, she came back this time to take Shen Qianshan out.
She was about to chase after her, but she was caught by the wrist halfway through.
turned his head and saw Prime Minister Gu Cheng looking at him pitifully.
I haven't seen him for many days, his hair is already gray, his beard is also very long, he hasn't been taken care of for a long time, Ye Shi is standing next to him, his face is thin like a skeleton.
The husband and wife both cowered, as if something bad had happened.
"Why?" The queen shook off Prime Minister Gu's hand, and then stared at him coldly.
"Sister-in-law, you can do well, don't you make a compensatory deal with the emperor, can't you live a good life with the emperor? How good the emperor is to you, give you the position of the queen, give you everything you want, and it doesn't even matter if the child in your belly is not his, why don't you just refuse? Prime Minister Gu Cheng's tone was so soft that he almost didn't kneel down for the queen.
The queen took a heavy breath and seemed to be very impatient: "What exactly do you want to say?" ”
At this time, they were still persuading the queen to obey Shen Zhongbai, the queen was not a fool, just a few words from Prime Minister Gu, she knew that if she did what he said, such as admitting her mistake with Shen Zhongbai and living well with him, she would be fine, and the child in her belly could be born safely, but what they thought was too simple.
Prime Minister Gu pursed his lips, as if he was embarrassed to speak, and the Ye family beside him quickly stabbed him twice, signaling him to seize the opportunity to continue.
He took a deep breath, then raised his eyes and said to the queen: "Actually, the emperor gave an order early this morning, if you don't do what he asks, the entire Gu family will be beheaded...... Actually, you don't have to do anything, just live in the harem just like before......"
Prime Minister Gu seemed to be afraid that the queen would regret it, so he hurriedly reminded.
The queen sneered, turned her head and carefully met Prime Minister Gu's eyes, forcing him to take two steps back: "Father, what about the power in your hands?" You are a prime minister, one daughter is a queen and the other is a concubine, you are the ruler of the country, and now you are so low? ”
After saying that, he turned his head to meet Ye's eyes again, and Ye was so frightened that he shrunk behind Prime Minister Gu and didn't dare to look at her.
She continued: "Ye Wanwan, aren't you very intelligent? Aren't you the second lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion in the capital? How can you deal with the wisdom of the children in the family, and you will know to hide behind a man when you really encounter a big event? Why did you feed a daughter like Gu Zhihua, who was not successful enough to lose more than anything, and beat other people's children if she couldn't give birth to a child? What if someone else has a child, in order to prevent that child from robbing his own child's love, kill the child's mother? Isn't it? ”