In the Manna Palace, the Queen of Heaven looked coldly at the palace maid kneeling in front of her, and said word by word: "...... Is it Guo Liangyuan? ”

The palace maid was already so frightened that she trembled, and she kowtowed again and again: "Yes, it was Guo Liangyuan who instructed the maid to take advantage of the chaos in the shooting range to ...... to the county lord."

She really didn't dare to continue, crying and begging: "Niangniang, don't dare, don't dare anymore, beg Niangniang to spare her life......"

She looked at the face of the queen of heaven Tie Qing, and Gu Mingzhu who was looking at her coldly on the side, and was so frightened that she was incoherent: "It's His Royal Highness King Xian, ......"

The queen of heaven's face changed color suddenly, got up angrily, and shouted: "Hugh wants to talk nonsense again, you intend to murder the county lord of Lingling, the death penalty is inescapable, and you want to frame and frame again!" ”

She turned her head and instructed Xu Siyan: "Let people drag her down, and tell Cao Gongzheng to deal with it immediately in accordance with the palace rules!" ”

Xu Siyan responded in a low voice, and ordered the palace people to step forward and drag the palace maid who was still crying and begging for mercy, and didn't even give her a chance to cry.

When the hall was quiet, the queen of heaven's face slowly recovered, but it was difficult to hide the tiredness on her face, and it took a long time to open her eyes and look at Gu Mingzhu, who had been silent on the side: "Mingzhu, you come here to sit down and talk." ”

She pointed to the mat beside her, her face was full of gentleness, and there were faint fine lines in the corners of her eyes that could not be concealed by fat powder, which looked like a little flaw on a beautiful brocade, but it was a little more real.

Gu Mingzhu stepped forward as he said, sat down on the couch, and waited for the words of the queen of heaven with his head down.

"You know what she's going to say, right?" The queen's voice was a little tired and weak, "But I can't get her to continue." ”

"Do you understand why?"

Gu Mingzhu's palms were full of cold sweat, she knew that behind the few words she had just heard there was a huge secret, a secret that could make the situation in the DPRK and China change everything.

She didn't dare to hide it anymore, and now only by facing the queen calmly can she have a chance to be stayed, instead of being wiped out like that palace maid.

"Yes, the courtiers understand." Gu Mingzhu finally opened her mouth and tried her best to calmly face the queen's questioning.

The queen of heaven smiled, and her smile was very shallow: "You are a smart one, I am not mistaken, you also have foresight in knowing advance and retreat, not as short-sighted as ordinary little ladies, although Xuanyang is gone, but the Gu family has raised you very well, which surprises me." ”

Gu Mingzhu didn't rush to speak, she listened patiently to the words of the queen of heaven.

"What she wanted to say just now must be King Xian and Guo Liangyuan, I guessed it when I heard you talk about the East Palace." The queen of heaven didn't hide it, and said calmly, "Erlang is the most thoughtful of my three sons, he has been planning for himself since he was a child, and he will do everything possible to plan what he wants, but he is much better than his brother and younger brother." ”

"Maybe even you think that Erlang is better than the crown prince, right?" Speaking of the three sons, the queen of heaven still showed a faint smile on her face, "But the saint and I never thought of handing over the crown prince to Erlang, Mingzhu, do you know why?" ”

"Maybe the sage wants to give the crown prince to the son of the Chen family, but I am because of the crown prince," the queen of heaven did not wait for Gu Mingzhu's answer, and said directly, "If I push Da Lang down from the position of prince, then how will he live?" ”

Where did the abolished princes of all dynasties have a good end, no matter how bad Da Lang is, he is also her child, how can she bear it.

Gu Mingzhu was really surprised, she never thought that the queen of heaven would tell her what was in her heart, let alone that the queen of heaven insisted on protecting the prince for this reason, because in her memory, the queen of heaven has always been sad and disappointed with the prince, although she tried her best to protect each other, she still couldn't avoid the end of the abolished prince.

When the queen of heaven said this, she looked at her: "Mingzhu, do you know why I refuse to ask again?" ”

Gu Mingzhu pondered and said slowly: "The courtiers think that the matter of the prince involves His Royal Highness King Chen Liu, and has a relationship with the concubines of the East Palace, if it is really spread, I am afraid that it will cause greater waves." ”

The queen of heaven nodded, and smiled with some satisfaction: "You are right, I am afraid that the dynasty will be turbulent, and the inner palace will not be peaceful, and they will all be forced by the situation to form a party for personal gain, and there will be ...... between me and the sage."

Her smile gradually became bitter: "He won't believe that I have nothing to do with this matter, he will only think that I instructed Erlang to do it, in order to replace the crown prince and get rid of King Chen Liu." ”

"But he never thought that the prince Erlang and Sanlang are all my children, and I can't bear any of them."

Gu Mingzhu looked at the queen with pain in her eyes, and couldn't help but feel sad in her heart, no matter how high she was admired by all the people on weekdays, but in the end she was just a wife who lost her husband's love and a mother who grieved for her children.

Gu Mingzhu's voice also deepened: "The courtiers understand the hard work of the mother. ”

The queen nodded, she was not worried that Gu Mingzhu would say it, because the Gu family was probably the most afraid of turmoil in the court, and Gu Qing would try to prevent the Gu family from being put on the charcoal fire again no matter what.

She looked at Gu Mingzhu, and her eyes began to brighten: "Later, I will ask Guo Liangyuan well, it's only fair to let her give you an explanation, isn't it?" ”

Gu Mingzhu paused for a moment and understood, the queen of heaven had decided to keep herself, and she would hand over Guo Yuxiu to herself for disposal.

She frowned, and stretched out again: "Thank you, Niangniang." ”

She has no choice, but she is not afraid of such a development, now she is not in the palace as the eldest lady of the Gu family, and she does not have to worry about being given marriage, rather than trying her best to avoid the open guns and hidden arrows, it is better to take all the initiative in her hands.

When Xu Siyan came in, what she saw was Gu Mingzhu sitting next to the queen of heaven, the atmosphere of the two talking was very relaxed, and there was no such low and stagnant as before, she couldn't help but be taken aback, but she didn't dare to show it, and stepped forward to bow down: "Niangniang, Zhou Shanggong came to talk back." ”

The day before, the queen handed over the jewelry with the medicinal powder to Zhou Shanggong, and ordered the Shanggong Bureau to investigate the matter thoroughly.

The queen nodded: "Let her in." ”

Zhou Shanggong, who came into the palace with the female official, was still taken aback when she saw Gu Mingzhu, she didn't expect to see this Lingling County Lord in the Ganlu Hall at this time, since the queen of heaven already knew her intention to come, and let Gu Mingzhu stay in the palace, she was obviously very trusted, and she didn't plan to avoid it, and even asked Gu Mingzhu to listen to these things.

She couldn't help but care a little more about Gu Mingzhu, being able to gain the trust of the queen of heaven in such a short period of time, this county lord was afraid that it should not be underestimated.

“…… Last night, the minister ordered someone to thoroughly investigate the division overnight, and took down Liu Si and several pawns for strict interrogation, but now that there is news, he dare not delay and conceal it, so he came to reply to the mother. ”

Zhou Shanggong's sideburns had a little more white hair, and her face didn't look good, but her words surprised everyone in the palace: "Liu Si confessed that it was Mo Zhaorong who instructed her to commit such a heinous crime, intending to murder the imperial heir in Sun Baolin's womb......"