No. 49: The Secret of the Year
The queen did not speak for a long time, and Wei Rou, who was kneeling on the ground, trembled in this momentary silent fear. She didn't know what she had done wrong, but the queen made herself kneel, and her tone was obviously bad, and she inevitably had to punish herself.
Wei Rou, who couldn't help it, raised her eyes slightly and glanced at the queen, only to see her sitting in front of her, just looking at herself, not speaking, she was expressionless, but she was scared when she looked at it.
After glancing at Wei Rou, she hurriedly lowered her head, waiting for the queen to fall, and kept kneeling like this, and I don't know how long it took for the queen to speak, "Wei Rou, you, why do you dodge every time you see General Pei?" ”
When Wei Rou heard this, she hurriedly trembled, "Slave, slave and maid." ”
But before the words fell, Gu Xiaonuan slapped the table fiercely, and his words were sharp, "Are you blind when you are in this palace?" Didn't you see it when this palace was in the palace? ”
Faced with the queen's sudden anger, Wei Rou shrank on the ground in fright, trembling even more, Gu Xiaonuan looked at her and trembled all over.
"Wei Rou, when the palace still has some patience to ask you, you'd better answer truthfully, if you wait for the palace to be impatient, then ......." Gu Xiaonuan didn't continue, but Wei Rou could imagine what the consequences would be.
Frightened by Gu Xiaonuan, Wei Rou cried quietly and said in a trembling voice, "Queen, slave, slave really has no ......." ”
With a cold smile, Gu Xiaonuan lifted the cup of tea on the table, "Wei Rou, it's not that this palace hasn't given you a chance, it's that you don't want to say it, since you don't want to say it, this palace won't embarrass you, drink this cup of tea, just treat it as if you have worked hard here in this palace these days, and this palace has nothing to reward you, so I will reward you with this cup of tea." ”
didn't dare to raise her head for a long time, Gu Xiaonuan looked at Wei Rou who was kneeling on the ground trembling, and didn't know if she was really scared or pretending to be so. But whether it is true or fake, the cup of poisoned tea in her hand is real, not to coax her.
Seeing that she didn't raise her head for a long time, and didn't get up to take the tea she handed over, Gu Xiaonuan slowly squatted down, stretched out her hand and pinched her chin, lifted her face, looked at Wei Rou, whose face was full of tears and her eyes were full of fear, and smiled coldly, "It seems that I want this palace to serve you personally." With that, she brought the cup of tea to her lips.
"The slave said, the slave said, the slave said, ......." Screaming, Wei Rou pushed away the cup of tea in Gu Xiaonuan's hand, knelt and shrunk back a few steps, "The slave said, the slave said everything, begging the queen to spare her life, begging the queen to ......." ”
Although I don't know if she is really afraid or fake, and I don't know if she will really say it or fake it, since she wants to act, Gu Xiaonuan will accompany her to act.
Gu Xiaonuan slowly stood up, went back to sit down, and looked at Wei Judao who was kneeling on the ground, "Okay, since you are interested, then this cup of tea will not be given to you." ”
Wei Rou was really frightened on the surface, and nodded again and again with panic and fear, "Queen Xie, Queen Xie." ”
"Say it." Glancing at her, Gu Xiaonuan said.
"Slave maid...... Slave maid," Wei Rou raised her head and looked at Gu Xiaonuan with red eyes crying, "Slave maid, it's really not to avoid General Pei, it's just that the slave maid feels ashamed of General Pei, so every time she meets General Pei, she doesn't dare to look directly at General Pei." ”
"Shameful?" Gu Xiaonuan frowned slightly, "Where did you come from?" ”
Wei Rou lowered her head, two lines of tears slipped down, and she seemed to cry even more sadly, choking for a long time before she said, "The slave doesn't know if the queen knows General Pei's life experience?" ”
Referring to Pei An's life experience, Gu Xiaonuan was a little nervous, and said cautiously, "Life experience? What background? What is Pei An's background? ”
"It's ......." Wei Rou glanced at Gu Xiaonuan, as if she didn't dare to say that, but it took a long time to say the next sentence, "General Pei is the rebel." ”
Gu Xiaonuan was slightly surprised, "This palace has never asked about these things from the previous dynasty, and I don't know, why, this matter has something to do with what you want to say?" ”
"Exactly." Wei Rou nodded and wiped her tears, "Twenty years ago, hundreds of members of the Pei family were beheaded because of rebellion, and among the hundreds of people, only General Pei escaped that catastrophe, because General Pei was just born that year, and he was not executed together because he was young. It's just that although he was not executed, the first king ordered General Pei to remain on the streets, and no one was allowed to take care of him, leaving him to fend for himself. But at that time, General Pei was just a little baby, and if no one cared about him on the street, he would be starved to death in a few days. It's just that it was the decree of the first king, and no one dared to disobey it, just like that, everyone looked at the little baby and cried on the street for two days and two nights, and they didn't dare to come forward to hug it, although they also sympathized, although they were also distressed, but no one dared to come forward. So he lay there and wept for three days, until on the third day an old man appeared and took him away. The king was furious that the old man had taken the baby away, and ordered the whole city to hunt him down. However, the old man was a man of the rivers and lakes, and his whereabouts were uncertain, and the people sent out by the first king did not find the old man so easily, so they searched for two or three years, but they never found it. ”
This story, Gu Xiaonuan doesn't know if it's true or not, if it's true, then Pei An is really pitiful, the first king treated him so much, and he was so loyal to the country.
It's just that Gu Xiaonuan suddenly thought, how could Wei Rou be so clear, she looked at her age and was about the same age as herself, how could she know this, "Then, how did you know these things, as if you had seen it with your own eyes, but this palace looked at you and Pei An are about the same age?" ”
Wei Rou kowtowed, and then said, "Queen, please listen to what Wei Rou is going to say, and you will understand." ”
Gu Xiaonuan nodded, motioning for her to continue, and Wei Rou continued.
"There was nothing left in the hundred-year-old General's Mansion overnight, it overturned overnight, hundreds of people were beheaded, and not a single man, woman, old or young escaped. The original loyal ministers and good generals were labeled as rebels and thieves overnight, and everyone was pointing and scolding. But among these many people, there are also people who want to speak up, but what does it mean to speak out? Does it mean to confront the Son of Heaven? You don't have to think about it to know what the ending will be. The first king was very suspicious, so he would naturally regard those who spoke out as the Pei family's comrades, and the same outcome would be faced with them. In this way, even if someone wanted to speak out, they put up with it. Gradually, as time goes by, it seems that everyone has forgotten this incident that happened more than 20 years ago, but my Wei family dare not forget it, and I can't forget it. ”
Gu Xiaonuan looked at Wei Rou's impassioned words, as if this was true, especially her tears that fell in a loud voice, she didn't look at it, there was no true affection in it, and she wouldn't cry so sadly.