Gu Mingzhu glanced at Princess Anping gratefully, came forward with her head bowed, and bowed down on her knees: "Please say hello to the Queen of Heaven and Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

The queen of heaven looked at the thick stack of newspapers on the desk, and hummed casually: "Anping is going to call you to speak, you don't have to be formal, sit down and talk." ”

She didn't raise her head, and ordered the palace maid to send the couch and Gu Mingzhu.

Princess Anping looked at Gu Mingzhu with sparkling eyes, full of smiles, but pretended to be serious: "I haven't been out of the palace for a long time, and since I came back from hunting from Longshouyuan Zhuangzi last time, I have been detained in the palace, and I can't go anywhere, do you have any interesting things, tell me about it." ”

Gu Mingzhu looked at the Di Bao in the hands of the Queen of Heaven, but raised her eyebrows slightly, it seemed that the Queen of Heaven was still the same as in her memory, and she was very attentive to everything in the court, and these Di Bao were the secret things played by many ministers in the court.

She retracted her gaze, lowered her eyes and said softly: "I haven't gone out to play these days, and there are many things going on in the house, so I am really flawless." ”

Princess Anping looked curious: "What's the matter?" Isn't there still Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Gu in your house, why do you want to ask in person? ”

Her words seemed to make the queen who was reading the Di newspaper on the side a little interested, her eyes lifted from the Di newspaper and fell lightly on Gu Mingzhu, but she was taken aback, her brows couldn't help frowning, and she stared at her for a long time without taking her away.

Gu Mingzhu didn't seem to notice the queen's gaze, and still said calmly and softly: "It's just a little thing, the old lady and the lady are sick, I'll help take care of the affairs in the house." ”

This time, before Princess Anping could speak, the Queen of Heaven said lightly: "Is it for the Shang Palace Bureau to buy spices?" ”

Gu Mingzhu's calm face showed some surprise at this time, and after glancing at the queen of heaven, he quickly lowered his head and said softly: "Yes." ”

She guessed correctly, the queen of heaven knew about it, although this was just an inconspicuous matter in the Shang Palace Bureau, but it was about the Hussar General's Mansion, and the palace would not care about it.

The queen of heaven simply put down the Di Bao: "I heard that the Gu family Erlang and the second lady have been sent to Jingzhao Mansion?" ”

"If you go back to your mother, you have been sent for several days, but the case has not been closed." Gu Mingzhu's voice was low, and she sounded very worried, "The old lady is also worried about getting sick." ”

The queen of heaven sneered, what she heard was not the case, the old lady of the Gu family was because Gu Erlang and the second lady confessed that they were the masterminds, and they bought that batch of Qui Luo wood with money and silver, and sent it to the palace as a high-grade Qui Luo incense, and the people from Jingzhao Mansion came to the door to take her to the yamen for questioning, so she was scared and fell ill.

It's just that she doesn't care about this at this time, but cares more about another thing.

"A few days ago, the third lady of the Cen Yushi Mansion came to the palace to ask for peace, but she talked about one thing, saying that some time ago, you took clothes from your house to a pawn shop, and exchanged your clothes for some money and silver, just to supplement the family in the house, but is there such a thing?" The queen's voice still sounded gentle, as if she had asked casually.

Gu Mingzhu looked worried, lowered his head and pinched the handkerchief, and said in a low voice after a while: "That's no way, more than 100 people up and down the house want to eat, I can only think of some money and silver." ”

The queen of heaven frowned, and her voice turned sharp: "When Xuanyang got married, the first emperor and Empress Wenzhao gave so many dowries, even if Xuanyang died of illness later, it was just to take back the heir field and the fiefdom, and the grange shop and the money and silver mansion were still there, enough to feed the Gu family for several lifetimes, why did it take so long to force you to pawn clothes to live?" ”

Gu Mingzhu's body trembled, and he hurriedly got up and raised his hand and bowed down, with fear in his voice: "Mingzhu doesn't know, I don't know why there is only that mansion left, the original more than 10,000 money and silver on the account are now only a few dozen gold, and the shops in the Grange are all in Xifu, and they have all been hollowed out, and there is no cash left. ”

"The old lady and the lady are sick, and they handed over the house to me to take care of, so I had to think of exchanging some money and silver, so as to keep the food in the house, and the only thing that could be exchanged for money and silver was those clothes and jewelry, so I ......"

"So you took all the clothes and exchanged them for money and silver, and kept them fed, but you became like this?" The queen's anger rose little by little, and she looked at Gu Mingzhu's dress with gloomy eyes.

Gu Mingzhu said tremblingly: "Yes, I really have no other way......

"Confused!" The queen of heaven said sharply, "You are also a smart person on weekdays, why are you so confused at this time, those are the dowries left to you by your aunt, how can you let them take possession, they do so many unreasonable things, but you still want to take care of them!" ”

The more she spoke, the more angry she became, and said coldly: "Now that the matter of the eldest lady of the General's Mansion pawning clothes for money and silver has spread all over the city, and the ugly thing in your mansion has become known to everyone, but you still want to cover them up!" ”

Gu Mingzhu was so frightened that she fell to the ground and didn't dare to speak for a long time.

Princess Anping blinked, took the hand of the queen of heaven, pouted and said: "There is such a thing, I thought that only the third cousin was that kind of person, I didn't expect that it was also like this in Mrs. Gu's house, but I just pity Mrs. Gu, it was left to her by her mother, and now she is greedy for ink by others." ”

The queen glared at her and patted her: "What do you know, and nonsense." ”

She turned to look at Gu Mingzhu on the ground, with pity and disappointment in her eyes: "You get up, I don't want to ask about this matter if I don't see you today, after all, it is a family matter in your house, but since it involves the dowry and family wealth left by Xuanyang, it is a matter of the royal family, and you are also a member of the royal family after all, and you can't be bullied by others." ”

She looked at Gu Mingzhu: "What are your plans?" Do you still want them to do this nonsense? ”

Gu Mingzhu pressed her heart that was already beating rapidly, her eyes were as clear as water, she looked at the queen of heaven and said softly: "Mingzhu obeys the orders of the queen of heaven." ”

The queen of heaven's face softened a little, and said with a sigh: "In this case, I instructed the Shanggong Bureau to send someone to sort it out with you, and in the future, those family treasures can no longer be interfered with, you can take care of it yourself." ”

Gu Mingzhu bowed down on his knees: "Obey the order of the Queen of Heaven." ”

This time she didn't miscalculate, and the queen of heaven made a move. Not only because of the rumors of Princess Anping and the pawn clothes, but also because when the queen of heaven had not yet entered the palace, because of the early death of his father, the family wealth was greedy by his cousins and sisters-in-law, and they forced their mother and daughter to be desperate, and they relied on Mrs. Qin's maiden family to get through the difficulties.

So she will not stand by and watch Gu Mingzhu, who is also cornered, and will not let the Gu family bully the lonely Gu Mingzhu again.