Chapter 226: Repaying Grievances with Virtue
The deep palace does not know the years, the high palace wall cuts off the prosperity of Chang'an City, and also cuts off the news outside, only the acacia that pokes in from outside the wall grows very well.
Li Yu, the virtuous king, sat under the corridor of the Baifu Palace, looking up at the corner of the blue sky, his eyes were stunned, and he didn't even reach out to take the green drink brought by the maidservant.
If the people who had seen him saw him again at this time, they were afraid that they would be frightened, and Li Yu at this time was already the same as before.
He is still wearing the stone blue prince sea cloud cliff python robe, but the robe is no longer neat, there are still a lot of stains on the crumpled robe, hanging on his body like a rag with a gray face, the silver crown on his head has disappeared, and there is a lot of loose hair on his face, but the handsome and elegant face is faintly a little blessed, maybe it is rarely out to move around, it looks even more empty white, teaching people to dare not recognize the person in front of him is the Royal Highness of the Virtuous King who was praised by everyone at the beginning.
He didn't feel that he was any different, but he just looked straight at the acacia, and sat in a daze for a long time before he spoke: "What's the noise outside?" Why is it so lively? ”
The sound of laughter came from far outside the palace wall, as well as the sound of congratulations, and the sound of firecrackers could be faintly heard, crackling and crisp, as if there was some happy event.
He has been locked up here for too long, and the people who serve him are all selected and sent by the Queen Mother, naturally no one will reveal the news to him, nor will he tell him about the outside affairs, he can only sit here every day, listening to the noise outside, and guessing the situation in the palace and the court.
At first, he still had hope, and every day he instructed the people around him to inquire about the news of the Queen Mother, and wanted to plead with the Queen Mother for him, wanting to be released, in his heart, after all, he was the prince of the Queen Mother's concubine, even if he made a heinous mistake, the Queen Mother would not be too harsh on him, and locking him in the Baifu Hall was just to scare and scare him, and to punish him a small punishment.
But those people had already been commanded, and no matter what he said, scolded or pleaded, he was unmoved, but he nodded in response, but he would not do it at all, and he was still locked up in the Hall of Hundred Blessings, tormenting day after day.
It's just that after experiencing a few noisy and angry tosses, he never saw the Queen Mother, nor was he able to get out of the Baifu Palace, and the closed door of the palace was never opened for him again, and he finally understood that he might never be able to get out again.
But the more this happened, the more frantically he wanted to know the news from the outside, and he was looking forward to the news of the saint's death.
The queen mother only has three sons, if the saint dies, the country can not be without a king for a day, he thinks that he is much better than the king Li Mi, Li Mi is just a martial artist without the slightest scheming!
In this way, as long as the saint dies, the Queen Mother will think of him after all considerations, and only he is the most suitable person.
It's just that the eunuch next to him didn't understand his thoughts, so he told him: "It's the small gift of the county lord of Lingling, and the queen mother has rewarded a lot of rewards, all of which are tributes from Goryeo and Persia to the county lord, and the Shanggong Bureau is sending rewards outside, which is very lively." ”
The eunuch said, with a yearning look on his face, these days the palace has gone through several ups and downs, and it is rare to have a happy event, and everyone is looking forward to going to see the excitement.
Li Yu's sluggish face changed at this time, from white to blue, and his cloudy eyes moved from the sky to Xiao Eun: "The county lord of Lingling is married?" ”
At the end of the words, there was a bit of gnashing of teeth.
Xiao Eun didn't understand what was wrong with him, so he could only say honestly: "The Queen Mother has issued an edict some time ago, and she will marry the Lord of Lingling County to the Boling Cui family Wulangjun, and today is the small ceremony." ”
Boling Choi family goro!
These words were like a sledgehammer smashing into Li Yu's heart, and he suddenly became angry, Gu Mingzhu actually married into a family! It's still Choi Goro! This is impossible, how could the Queen Mother let the Gu family marry the family, isn't she afraid of Gu Qing colluding with the family?
If the Queen Mother really wants to set up a new monarch, the princess is dead, she should also give Gu Mingzhu to him, how could she give it to the Cui family?
Li Yu's heart was completely confused, as if the last bit of support had been shattered, he didn't care about his identity, and grabbed the eunuch: "What about the Queen Mother, I want to see the Queen Mother......"
Originally, Li Yu had been quiet in the past few days, not as irritable as he was when he was locked up in the Baifu Hall at the beginning, but the little eunuch suddenly sat up again, his face was as frightened as earth, and he quickly pulled out his hand and retreated.
Li Yu sat alone on the couch, his face distorted, looking at the closed door, full of anger.
It's just that he didn't know that next to the hanging flower door across the corridor, Gu Mingzhu was standing coldly under the flower stand looking at him.
Seeing him go from being stupid and stunned to crazy again, and his ugliness was in her eyes one by one, she sneered for a long time, turned around and asked the little eunuch who was bowing and waiting: "How is Your Highness doing these days?" Is it still desirable to eat? ”
The little eunuch trembled and said: "According to the orders of the county lord, the food and use are all good, and His Highness has never said anything." ”
It's just that they smashed the food sent to them several times, tore their robes, and they all cleaned up without saying a word as they were told, and let him vent.
Gu Mingzhu was not surprised, the current Li Yu was no longer the high-spirited His Royal Highness the Virtuous King, he was now a prisoner, and there was no hope at all, so he could only vent with these.
It's just that Gu Mingzhu has never let people treat him badly, the Queen Mother has completely given up on him, ignored him, and handed over everything to Gu Mingzhu.
Gu Mingzhu instructed the Shanggong Bureau not to make any mistakes, and everything in clothing and food was not worse than before, so that people couldn't find fault with it.
Just because she knew that the mere reality of being imprisoned was enough to drive Li Yu crazy.
The man who stepped on her hard work to ascend to the crown prince in the previous life finally lost all his light and became the crazy loser in front of him.
She glanced at Li Yu again and instructed the eunuch: "I'm afraid it's boring to sit in the palace like this, it's better to talk to His Highness more about the palace and the previous dynasty, I think he will be willing to listen to it." ”
Let him listen to the affairs of the Emperor Xian and the country, how the family supports him, and listen to the fact that the Queen Mother has no intention of letting him out, thinking that he will be even more painful and desperate.
Gu Mingzhu didn't feel that she was cruel at all, after all, repaying grievances with virtue was not her law of life.
She took Ah Bi and a few female officials towards the outside of the Baifu Palace, and suddenly remembered something and asked, "Who is in charge of the Xianwang Mansion now?" What happened to Concubine Zhou? ”
The female official said softly: "Since the princess went to fight, Concubine Zhou has fallen ill, and she has never seen well, and now she is helped by the housekeeper." ”
Gu Mingzhu's eyes deepened, and his smile became colder: "Let's go, go back to the Taiji Palace." ”