Before the queen of heaven entered the temple, the footsteps had already alarmed the people in the temple.

The Duchess of Wei walked quickly to the door of the palace with her stomach in her hand, and said in surprise: "It's a saint, it's a saint who has come to see me......"

She had already shown her arms, her body was heavy and her steps were vain, but it was difficult to hide her anxiety, and the palace maid who was waiting with her hurriedly stepped forward to help her.

It's just that as soon as she arrived at the door, the door had already opened, and the queen of heaven coldly took Gu Mingzhu and Xu Siyan into the hall, looking at her joy that had not had time to retreat, full of sarcasm.

"What's the matter, didn't it say that the Duchess of Wei is heavy now, she can't be careless, why did she be so careless." The tone of the queen of heaven was extremely cold, so frightened that the palace maids waiting in the palace knelt down in unison, and did not dare to raise their heads.

The Duchess of Wei looked at her in a daze, and it took a long time before she smiled bitterly: "Yu Niang, it turned out to be you." ”

She bent her knees pale and saluted the queen of heaven, but her mouth was very bitter: "The saint still hasn't come to see me." ”

The queen of heaven didn't stop her, watched her bow down and get up, and then said: "There are happy events in the palace these days, and the saint can't come." ”

Wedding? Duchess Wei glanced at the queen of heaven strangely, invited her to sit down at the upper seat, and then returned to the couch and said in a low voice: "It's just over the Shangyuan Festival, what happy event is so lively?" ”

She has been left in the Anren Hall for a long time, she has never gone out on any festivals, and even on Chinese New Year's Eve, she is guarding the cold and deserted hall alone, almost forgetting the time, if it were not for the child in her womb, and the idea of staying in the palace, she is afraid that she will not be able to bear such a desertion.

The queen of heaven glanced at her, and seemed to smile: "It's a great joy, several beauties, talented people and girls have been newly canonized, and the palace is going to be lively again." ”

Duchess Wei's face changed suddenly, she looked at the queen with her mouth half-open, and it took a long time to squeeze out a smile that was more ugly than crying: "This, this is really a rare happy event." ”

She didn't know why she would agree to the concubine after the day, except for a few old people in the palace for many years over the years, a few palace maids who were favored by the saints were promoted, and there were almost no concubines who entered the palace.

But now it's suddenly canonized so many!

She couldn't believe it, she cared about these things very much after tomorrow, otherwise she wouldn't rather carry the reputation of being jealous and unvirtuous for so many years.

The queen of heaven seemed to see her astonishment, and smiled coldly: "You reminded me that there are still too few people in this palace, and there should be more people, and more people can serve the saints, so as not to cause some trouble." ”

Duchess Wei's face changed from pale to pig's liver color, and she was speechless for a long time.

The queen of heaven sneered, got up and walked out: "You can raise a baby here, the saint is afraid that he will not come again, there are so many newcomers in the palace, how can he still remember you again." ”

After she finished speaking, she looked at the palace maids who were waiting beside the Duchess of Wei, stopped talking, and strode out of the hall.

The Duchess of Wei sat on the couch with cold hands and feet.

She knew that what the queen of heaven said was true, there were already so many new concubines in the palace, how could the saint still remember her as a courtier, even if she was pregnant, she gave birth to an illegitimate child, and she could not get the title of imperial heir, so how could she stay in the palace again?

So it's all in vain?

The Duchess of Yanguo didn't know how many times she had made the people who went to the county lord's mansion eat behind closed doors, and finally heard that Gu Mingzhu was going back to the mansion during the Yuan Festival, but she was stopped outside the mansion, saying that Princess Anping was coming, so she could only wait according to her thoughts.

But seeing that the New Year is about to come out, and the ship can't stop all the time without transporting goods, she really can't sit still, so she wants to send a message to the palace, waiting to see Gu Mingzhu, waiting to hear the voice from her, what does the queen of heaven mean.

Gu Mingzhu listened to the words sent by Abi and laughed, it seems that the Yanguo Mansion is really in a hurry, such a big boat is also a crime of rebellion, I am afraid that they have never been at ease these days.

She said to Abi: "Who sent the news?" ”

Abi said in a low voice: "It's a grandmother in the Baifu Palace, looking at the face, I don't see it on weekdays." ”

The people who could come to the Ganlu Hall to talk to Gu Mingzhu were all the face-saving stewards and grandmothers in the halls, and it seemed that he was just an ordinary palace person, but he was a person from the Yanguo Mansion.

She nodded and said to Abi: "You go back to her, you don't have to say anything, just say Sizhou to her." ”

Sizhou?

Ah Bi didn't understand, and seeing that Gu Mingzhu had nothing else to say, she could only agree, and retreated to talk to the grandmother.

Sizhou! The Duchess of Yanguo got a reply, and she sat on the couch for a long time without coming back to her senses, and the maids hurriedly stepped forward to pat her back and sent tea and soup to give her relief.

She turned pale and trembled, and said, "Help me to see Guogong, I have something important to say to him." ”

When Yan Guogong saw her in the study, she was already completely messed up, and she didn't care that there were still staff members present, so she hurriedly broke in, and said in a panic: "The palace has sent news out......"

Yan Guogong looked at her dejected appearance, frowned and let the staff out, then pulled his face and said in a deep voice: "What are you doing, you don't even understand the rules?" ”

The matter of the ship was not trivial, and he did not even say much about his own staff.

Duchess Yan Guo was already crying with a sad face, and said, "Don't blame me first, the palace sent news back." ”

Yan Guogong was also full of worries because of this these days, and hurriedly asked, "What did you say?" ”

"Just two words, Sizhou." After speaking, Duchess Yan Guo felt as if her bones had been removed, and sat down softly on the couch beside her, "I didn't say anything else." ”

Yan Guogong's face finally lost his previous composure, and the corners of his mouth began to tremble: "She's talking about Sizhou?" Did you hear it right? ”

Sizhou is just an ordinary place name, it doesn't sound special, but only the couple knows what Sizhou has, Sizhou has two large copper and iron mines of the Guo family, and all the ore that comes out of those mines is transported by their ship, from Sizhou along the Tongji Canal to Luoyang and Zhengzhou.

What a secret thing this is, one careless will make the Yanguo Mansion and the family guilty, they thought they were very careful, but now it was so simply broken by Gu Mingzhu, she actually knew everything.

But Yan Guogong didn't know if Gu Mingzhu had also mastered the affairs of the Taishi Mansion, and everything was foggy.

Duchess Yan Guo no longer has the arrogance she usually has, and her face, which has always been solemn, is now only worried and afraid, and she said with a little crying: "The queen of heaven knows everything? I even know about Sizhou, how can I do it now? Are you going to do something to the house? ”

Yan Guogong was even more upset by her question, and said in a low voice: "Shut up!" ”

He thought quickly in his heart, the boat company has business at various wharves along the canal, not only to help the Guo family transport copper and iron ore, but also private salt, as well as various goods, originally he was worried that the queen of heaven has been staring at the ship company for a long time, and has mastered these businesses, so he can't help but stop all the ships and wait for the palace to move.

But now the Lingling County Lord only mentioned Sizhou, and there was no other move, it seems that he is paying attention to the Guojia copper and iron ore transported, and the others may not be investigated.

He thought for a while and whispered a few words to the Duchess of Yanguo.

Duchess Yanguo's face changed greatly: "This ...... That's the Taishi's Mansion. ”

Yan Guogong had a dark face: "I still don't know, but what else can I do now, if we take care of the Taishi Mansion again, our mansion will not be able to keep it!" ”

He said, and said, "No matter what method you use, you still have to go to see the county lord in person, and you must let her raise her noble hand." ”

He can see it, but he is afraid that the Yanguo Mansion is now in Gu Mingzhu's hands, and the queen of heaven may not care about this matter, but Gu Mingzhu is afraid that he will not let them go easily.