Su Jinyao walked around the room, and she could still vaguely smell the smell of her dispensing medicine here. It seems that no one else has lived here since she left.

Behind the screen in the bedroom room, a large bucket of bath water has been prepared. There is also a tray on the small table next to it, and inside is a (tào) palace dress.

Su Jinyao unfolded the (tào) palace costume and looked at it. The style of ordinary clothes is exquisite, but it is not so cumbersome, it should be said that it looks good, and the color is also a plain match that she likes.

The bath water is also more elaborate, with essential oils and flower petals in it.

Su Jinyao took a few strokes of the water with her hands, and then took off her clothes and went in. The water temperature is also very suitable, she is still hungry when she gets up early in the morning, and she is a little uncomfortable to take a bath.

It didn't take much time to take a bath, and Su Jinyao came out. changed to that (tào) palace costume, and also a special 合 (shēn).

Su Jinyao was combing her hair when she heard someone knocking on the door, and then Xi Shen'er's voice sounded: "Miss Liu, it's me." Aunt Ma ordered me to bring someone to serve you in your makeup. ”

"Well, come in." Su Jinyao is no stranger to Xi Shen'er, and her voice is the same as before, and there is not much change.

The second prince said before that Xi Shen'er was poisoned and dumb, and now it doesn't seem to leave any sequelae.

Just thinking about it, Xi Shen'er had already pushed the door in. She (shēn) was followed by two palace maids, each carrying a makeup box in their hands.

Wearing such a formal palace dress, and someone came to dress her, Su Jinyao is really a little good, what is this queen mother going to do?

The truth emerges

The two palace maids who came to dress Su Jinyao were all people who spoke little, or the way to survive in this palace was not to talk much.

silently groomed Su Jinyao, and almost never asked Su Jinyao what she meant.

But it may have been instructed in advance, so the makeup drawn for Su Jinyao was very elegant, and there was no red face and thick and dark eyebrows.

When putting on makeup, Su Jinyao looked at Xi Shen'er a little, and saw that she was still the last time she saw her, there was no change in fatness, thinness, height and height, and even her eyes were still so indifferent.

Su Jinyao wanted to ask her about her (qíng) situation, and asked her if the second prince did not treat her.

However, he felt that the matter of the second prince's departure (qíng) might have become a taboo in the palace, so he did not speak.

Silence and grooming are also boring.

Su Jinyao watched the two palace maids, one putting on makeup for herself, and the other helping her comb her hair, and suddenly felt that if she was really with Gu Xuebin, would there always be someone to serve her in the future?

So do you want to try to get used to it at that time, or do you want to change the rules in the palace?

After thinking about it for a while, Su Jinyao found that she was not so apprehensive.

This is her own original method, once she encounters a sixth sense that is super strong, and has reached the point of mental turmoil, she has to think about some inconsequential things (qíng) to distract her attention.

Now it's much more comfortable, and it just so happens that the two palace maids have finished dressing up.

Su Jinyao looked at the bronze mirror and was quite satisfied. It was her hair that pulled up a very high bun, which made Su Jinyao very unaccustomed to it.

There was a knock on the door. Without waiting for Su Jinyao to agree, Xi Shen'er ran over and opened the door.

Aunt Ma came on time. Said that she would come after half an hour, and it is estimated that she came in about an hour.

Su Jinyao stood in front of Aunt Ma, raised her hands, and stretched out her arms to show Aunt Ma. smiled and said, "Is this official?" ”

Aunt Ma nodded and praised, "It's very beautiful." ”

But Su Jinyao saw that Aunt Ma's eyes were looking at Xi Shen'er.

Su Jinyao suddenly thought that Aunt Ma said that after the green worm laid eggs, it also bit Xiluo'er.

Su Jinyao leaned over and whispered to Aunt Ma, "If Aunt Ma is free, take me to see the well tonight." I'll tell you about the situation of the joy of falling children (qíng). ”

Aunt Ma was stunned when she heard Su Jinyao's words. Then I understood that what Su Jinyao said to see "that well" was actually to see her daughter Meng'er.

Aunt Ma's eyes panicked, and she nodded hurriedly.

She wanted to say something, but when she saw that Xi Zhao'er and the two palace maids who were in charge of dressing up were still standing there, she hurriedly said, "Miss Liu, don't let the Queen Mother wait in a hurry. Please. ”

Su Jinyao deliberately helped Aunt Ma make a play and said, "Aunt Ma, I'm still hungry." You promised me that you would prepare something for me to eat. ”

Aunt Ma said: "I have already ordered the imperial dining room to do it." Miss Liu, let's go with me first. ”

After that, Aunt Ma led the way and led Su Jinyao to the main palace of Yining Palace.

Su Jinyao is no stranger to this road.

Aunt Ma led the way in front, and Xi Shen'er and the other two palace maids followed behind.

All the palace maids and eunuchs who were doing chores in the palace or passing by had to stop and give way when they saw Aunt Ma and Su Jinyao, and they also saluted and said hello. This group of four people is not big, but the momentum is not small.

It was not until they came to the main palace of Yining Palace that the two palace maids carrying makeup boxes stopped in their tracks.

Walking further inside, I saw two palace maids standing outside the dormitory, but there was not a single palace maid or eunuch waiting in the dormitory.

Aunt Ma came over, and the two palace maids also gave a squatting salute, then retreated, and closed the door smoothly.

"Come on, don't let the Queen Mother wait too long." Aunt Ma took Su Jinyao in and lifted the bead curtain in front of her.

Su Jinyao's heart suddenly "thumped" twice, and she always felt as if something was about to change.

The Queen Mother's bedroom is no different from before, except that there is a faint smell of medicine.

The Queen Mother did not lie down, nor did she sit on a soft couch, but stood by the window, wearing a mink short, looking out the window at the thin layer of snow on the branches.

Aunt Ma motioned to Su Jinyao and asked her to walk over.

Su Jinyao took a few steps forward, stood behind the Empress Dowager's (shēn), and said softly: "Minnu Su Jinyao, please say hello to the Empress Dowager." ”

"Why don't you call grandmother (nǎi) (nǎi)?" The queen mother turned her head when she heard the voice, her eyebrows and eyes were still so kind, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised.

When Su Jinyao saw this face, her heart was still cordial, and she couldn't help but disappear again from the distance she had just scratched, and shouted: "Grandmother (nǎi) (nǎi) is good." ”

"Hmm. (tǐng) OK. After the queen mother finished speaking, she pointed to the pastries on the table and said, "Magu said that she went early, and you haven't eaten yet." You eat some of this first, and we'll talk, and a meal will be delivered in a while. ”

"Okay, I'm hungry." Su Jinyao didn't refuse, because she got along well with the Queen Mother in the palace before.

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "It's good, you are still so casual (xìng), let me like it in my heart." ”

Su Jinyao sat down generously, picked up a piece of mille-feuille cake and took a bite.

Although she doesn't eat sweets much, she is always a little flustered now, and eating something sweet can stabilize her heart.

The Queen Mother said to Aunt Ma: "Go and take out all the things I asked you to prepare yesterday." ”

"Yes. Aunt Ma agreed, and turned (shēn) out.

After a while, Aunt Ma came in with a camphor wood box and placed it on the table beside her. Then I opened it again and put out the contents in the same way.

Su Jinyao turned her head to look at it while eating. Then her eyes tightened suddenly, for she saw that it had two bright yellow decrees.

I don't know why, when Su Jinyao saw the two holy decrees again, her heart beat twice again, and she forgot to chew the things in her mouth.

Su Jinyao hurriedly drank two glasses of water and smoothed the pastry in her mouth. He wiped his hands with a handkerchief again, and walked over to see what Aunt Ma had laid out.

The Empress Dowager nodded and said, "Look at it, these are the beginning and end of these things (qíng) back then, and after I knew that you were a child of the Gu family, I sorted these out." ”

Only then did Su Jinyao stretch out her hand, picked up a copy of the holy decree and unfolded it, and looked at the contents inside.

At a glance, Su Jinyao's pupils tightened again. Because this holy decree turned out to be a secret decree for the death party.

It is said to be a secret decree because at the end of the holy decree, there is a cinnabar red seal, and the word "secret" is printed underneath.

It can be seen that the Fang family was executed all over the house, and it was indeed out of a secret order.

The Fang family and the Tuoba clan

Su Jinyao finally saw the holy decree that gave the Fang family back then, and it was a secret decree. （）

But after reading it, Su Jinyao always felt that something was wrong. But she looked at it again from beginning to end, and still didn't find any obvious suspicions.

The Queen Mother walked over, sighed softly, put a hand on Su Jinyao's shoulder, and said, "Do you think something is wrong?" ”

Su Jinyao looked up at the Queen Mother and nodded seriously.

The Empress Dowager shook her head and said softly: "Because it is a true holy decree, this is a secret decree written by the emperor himself when he decided to give the death to the Fang family. ”

"Is this true? Was the Fang family really killed by the emperor? Su Jinyao was speechless in shock.

Her hands began to tremble, and she looked at the decree back and forth again and again, still in disbelief.

The Empress Dowager picked up another holy decree on the table and sent it to Su Jinyao, saying, "If you look at this again, you may be able to understand." Then if you have any questions, you ask me again. ”

Su Jinyao put down the secret decree in her hand, and unfolded the holy decree handed to her by the Queen Mother.

At first glance, her heart tightened again. Because this holy decree is the holy decree of the emperor's eldest son, Gu Xuebin, as the crown prince.

Why did the Queen Mother put these two decrees together and show them to herself?

Wait, these two holy decrees give Su Jinyao a different feeling!! That's the biggest problem.

Then, if what the Queen Mother said is true, the first decree is true. And this holy decree that makes Su Jinyao feel different is fake!!

Su Jinyao looked up at the Empress Dowager in shock, and asked in a low voice, "Grandmother (nǎi) (nǎi), are you kidding?" These two decrees...... It's all true. ”

"You're a smart girl, and your instincts are higher than everyone else's. You have doubts about your own judgment simply because you don't want to admit the truth. ”

The Empress Dowager said, took the holy decree from Su Jinyao's hand, put the two holy decrees together, and continued: "But there is still a difference between the real and the fake together. ”

Su Jinyao's head "buzzed", she couldn't believe it, the truth turned out to be: someone faked the holy decree, so Gu Xuebin is not the prince?

No, she doesn't care about Gu Xuebin's share (shēn), but this hidden (qíng) is very implicated.

The holy decrees that Su Jinyao had seen before were the two copies that the pioneer officer Feng Jihe had shown her. It was those two holy decrees that killed the three generals of the Gu family, and they were also Su Jinyao's biological father.

Su Jinyao narrowed her eyes, carefully recalled the holy decrees she had seen at the beginning, and looked down at the two holy decrees in front of her. Finally, she took a long breath, and a teardrop rolled down.

"Jin Yao, you are so smart, have you been able to get a glimpse of the truth?" The Empress Dowager said, pointing to the things that Aunt Ma took out just now, and said, "Look at it, there is something that the Fang family did back then (qíng)." There is also a record of the court historian, and there is no falsification in the things that were recorded in those years. But then someone tried to tamper with it, but it was really taken away by me in advance. ”

Su Jinyao looked at the pamphlets, and two of them were folds.

One of them, the content of which is to suggest that the emperor's eldest son, Gu Xuebin, be the crown prince. It is written about how the emperor's eldest son, Gu Xuebin, is smart and wise, and how young and brave he is.

There is also the emperor's annotation under the fold, which is not rejected, but it is said that the emperor's eldest son is still young, and he should wait for him to grow up before becoming the crown prince.

In addition, there is also a piece of folding that has been somewhat broken, as if it has been re-repaired, so the words on the face are not very clear.

Su Jinyao picked it up and carefully identified it, only to see that it was written on the face that Tuoba Gao of the Baoju Tuoba family was a major general, and he led the troops to the east.

The age of this fold is earlier than the previous excerpt of the crown prince, and I don't know if the breakage is because of the age or artificial.

There is also a booklet, as you can tell from the color of the paper, that it has been taken from other booklets and bound together.

Su Jinyao flipped through the contents of it, and it was a record of the Tuoba family.

The Tuoba family that Su Jinyao knows is Gu Xuebin's mother and uncle. Now after reading it, I know that the Tuoba clan used to be on their own, and later surrendered to the Cloud Dome Kingdom.

It can be said that this Tuoba clan, the Qingfan Kingdom, was even smaller, and even when it became independent, it was not yet king, and it could only be regarded as a larger independent tribe at that time.

Moreover, the Tuoba clan surrendered earlier, and the earliest records of the appearance were fifty or sixty years ago.

After surrendering to the Cloud Dome Kingdom, the Tuoba clan once sent beautiful women into the palace three times. Only for the last time, Yun Ji, the beauty of the Tuoba clan, became the imperial concubine and gave birth to the emperor's eldest son at the same time.

Seeing this, Su Jinyao raised her head and looked at the Queen Mother, shook her head and said, "There is nothing wrong with these things, the Fang family has promoted Gu Xuebin as the crown prince and Tuoba Gao as the general, also because they are really good." And I don't understand, since you say that the decree of the crown prince is false, and how this is what happened? The emperor is still in power, and the queen mother is in the harem, there is no reason why a false holy decree can be announced to the world under your nose. ”

The Empress Dowager sighed and said, "This is a woman's means." Sometimes, once the fake is admitted, it becomes true. At that time, the Tuoba clan could be said to be the exclusive favor in the palace, and the limelight overpowered the Yugui people I don't know how much. The mother is more expensive than the son, and she gave birth to the emperor's eldest son, which makes it clear that even the queen is not in her eyes. ”

The Empress Dowager pointed to the holy decree of establishing Gu Xuebin as the crown prince, and said: "This holy decree was written by someone from the Fang family in private, but the emperor's imperial treasure in front of her is true." ”

"So, did the emperor finally agree to make Gu Xuebin the crown prince?" I don't know why, when she heard the news, Su Jinyao was slightly relieved.

The Empress Dowager nodded and said, "I accidentally learned about this time and found out this false holy decree. However, the party's false holy decree was placed in front of the emperor, and the emperor actually said that the holy decree came from his original intention under the tears of the Tuoba clan. At that time, in the emperor's heart, as long as the beauty could be happy, what could a prince do? What's more, Xuebin, a child who is indeed smart, and is the eldest son of the emperor, of course he is deeply favored by the emperor (ài). Don't say it's the emperor, even if it's me, I also (tǐng) like this child. It's just a pity that his mother made a wrong step, a wrong step, and finally did a lot of wrong things, and even the child was almost killed. ”

"Queen Mother, you wait. I...... I panicked. For the first time, Su Jinyao felt that a big hand was choking her throat, and she was about to suffocate.

She understood that what the Queen Mother was going to say next would be unbearable for her.

Let her choose whether she wants to be the crown princess or not

Seeing Su Jinyao's helpless and bewildered eyes, the Queen Mother took her hand and patted her gently, and said, "Jinyao, you always have to know what you should know (qíng). （#…… The truth, as you might imagine, is even more brutal. ”

"I don't understand, it's none of my business." Su Jinyao shook her head and wanted to retreat.

If there is no (ài) (qíng), there is no pro (qíng), she is not such a weak person.

She was supposed to be the killer of 无 (qíng), but she was unexpectedly warmed and moved (qíng).

When she admits that she has a family, relatives and people, it seems that all the roots of hatred have come to the fore and entwined her in layers.

"Then if you think it's okay, don't know." After the queen mother finished speaking, she beckoned to Aunt Ma and said, "Bring another thing." ”

"Yes." Aunt Ma agreed, turned (shēn) to the front of the table, and lifted a red cloth from the table.

Under the red cloth is a tray Aunt Ma brought the tray to the queen mother and su jinyao, knelt down on one knee and presented the tray to.

Only then did Su Jinyao see clearly that this was a decree of the Queen Mother, but it had not yet been stamped with a treasure seal.

And the content of the noodles turned out to be the daughter of Wang Gu Chengduo, the general of the Ligu clan...... Quaint, for the crown princess!

Quaint?!! This name is unfamiliar to Su Jinyao, but she really understands that this side is talking about herself.

The Empress Dowager said: "This edict was requested by Xuebin, and I have no objections." But I think you should let you know the truth and decide for yourself whether you want to be this crown princess or not. But now you say you don't want to know the truth, then I'll immediately stamp the treasure seal. Tomorrow the Gu family will announce that they will recognize you back to the Gu family, and your name will be officially recorded in the clan tree; And the National Day Ceremony the day after tomorrow, the news that you will be the crown princess will be announced, which can be described as double happiness. ”