Chapter 6: Cornered
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Gu Changming suddenly realized how important General Yujing's return at this time was to the emperor and to control the situation in the palace. It's no wonder that when Mao Liu came over, he didn't look at Miao Yu much, his main heart was stable, and he didn't care about it.
Mao Liu is more interested in the little phoenix, Gu Gongzi takes this girl everywhere, she is used to seeing the scene, whether it is the prison or the palace, she is neither humble nor arrogant, and she is very likable. At first glance, he still felt that the other party was not good-looking, but now that he thinks about it, such a character is more compatible with Gu Changming.
Gu Changming seemed to be aware of his gaze and looked sideways. Mao Liusheng was afraid that he would misunderstand, so he quickly pulled his attention away: "General Yujing and Gu Gongzi are old acquaintances?" โ
"It's also an acquaintance." Gu Changming didn't say too carefully, and Mao Liu naturally didn't mean to continue asking.
"The three people in front, please stay first, please stay first!" In the distance, a woman's shouting voice was suddenly heard.
Mao Liu subconsciously stopped in front of Gu Changming and the others, and his brows furrowed first. After seeing the palace maid's clothes and ornaments clearly, he whispered: "It's the palace maid next to the Queen Mother, who leaked the news to the Queen Mother!" โ
"The Queen Mother doesn't know that something happened to the emperor?" Gu Changming went to see the Queen Mother a while ago, and when he recovered from a serious illness, he reined in all his edges, and with the blow of Rong Xu's previous incident, the Queen Mother seemed unwilling to even take a step out of the palace gate. In this case, it is easiest to block the news, unless someone deliberately passes the news over, lest there will be chaos in the palace.
The palace maid saw that the three of them stood still, pulled up their skirts, and ran over in small steps: "The Queen Mother has arrived, please stay for the three of you." โ
Gu Changming met the Queen Mother several times before, either alone or with Liu Zhuxue. He didn't want the appearance of the little phoenix to fall into the eyes of the queen mother. But now it was empty, and there was not even a cover. As soon as the Queen Mother arrives, she can see everything clearly.
"Who invited the Queen Mother over?" Mao Liu was originally the emperor's secret guard, and after the accident from the prison revealed his identity, he returned to the emperor's side, focusing only on his master, even if he was the queen mother, he had to wait first, "Why do you want to alarm the queen mother!" โ
The palace maid didn't say much, but was scolded by Mao Liu face to face, with a layer of surprise on her face. She has already made her identity very clear, this person dares to be so presumptuous when she knows that she is speaking for the Queen Mother. She couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, and said coquettishly: "I am Mingxia, the palace maid next to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother looks at the back image in front of her from a distance is the son of Changming, and I want to say something to him, you dare to intercept it!" โ
Mao Liu heard her arrogant tone, and laughed instead of being angry: "The queen mother drove out of the palace, and there are palace rules. Shouldn't you ask about your sudden visit? โ
Mingxia saw that he didn't back down at all, her face turned red, and she suddenly stretched out her hand and pointed at the little phoenix and said: "Even such a folk woman can enter the palace, why can't the queen mother and her old man!" โ
"Since it is the palace maid next to the Queen Mother, she should understand the palace rules even more, how can this girl enter the palace, I don't have to describe it in detail with you, and you palace people instigate the Queen Mother to come and go in the wind and rain, and you are not afraid of the emperor's punishment!" Mao Liu directly overwhelmed Mingxia in momentum.
Mingxia had seen Gu Changming in the Empress Dowager's palace, and the Empress Dowager had not yet arrived, so she had to turn to him for help: "Prince Changming, the Empress Dowager wants to talk to you about the past, where did such an ignorant guard come from, and he wanted to stop him." Let me go with me, lest he look me like a thorn in his side, and speak badly. โ
Gu Changming's eyes raised, and he smiled lightly: "The Queen Mother has already come, I'll wait here." โ
At the same time, he waved his hand back, and the little phoenix immediately understood, and took advantage of Mingxia to turn around to meet the queen mother's stall, shrunk his body, and pasted it to the other wall, where there was a slight shadow, which could roughly block out five or six points of light for her.
The Queen Mother didn't walk fast, although her eyes saw it, it took a while to walk in front of her. Mingxia stepped forward with both hands and directly sued Mao Liu: "Queen Mother, I don't know where this guy came from, it has already been explained that the Queen Mother wants to see Changming Gongzi, but he wants to stop him." โ
"Changming." The Queen Mother has walked such a long way, after all, her strength is not good, and she needs some time to breathe. So he only shouted two words, and quickly stopped.
"Gu Changming has seen the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother is in good health." Gu Changming gave both sides of the face here, and sure enough, the Queen Mother's face softened slightly, and the corners of her mouth were not too tight.
"It's old, it's useless, where is the word "health." The Queen Mother's phoenix eyes swept towards Mao Liu, "If the mourning family guesses correctly, you are the group of secret guards that the emperor cultivated many years ago?" In the past, they couldn't see the light and the people, but now they don't know what kind of skin they are wearing, and they dare to come out and jump, and they really regard themselves as individuals. โ
The Queen Mother's words with a gun and a stick were equivalent to pointing at Mao Liu's nose and slapping her twice. Mingxia rolled her eyes proudly, but Mao Liu didn't look annoyed at all: "There was something wrong in the palace, so we showed up to protect the emperor." โ
The Queen Mother was holding a crested cane in her hand, and when she heard Mao Liu say this, the head of the cane knocked the ground with a bang: "This is how you protect the emperor, so that the emperor will sink into a coma and not wake up for a long time." Where do you want to protect the emperor, you clearly want to mutilate the emperor's dragon body! โ
This big hat is buttoned down, and even Mao Liu doesn't dare to pick it up head-on, otherwise the Queen Mother has the right to clean up Mao Liu here, of course the emperor can save it, but the emperor has never woken up, where can it be compared to the Queen Mother's means.
"The Queen Mother has just recovered from a serious illness a while ago, and they dare not disturb, and they absolutely have no intention of concealing it or not reporting it." Gu Changming thought about it, and only he could help persuade him. If the secret guard and the queen mother had a dispute here, it would make it difficult for General Yujing to behave.
Over the years, General Yujing has won more and more wars, and Gu Changming faintly heard the officials in the court mention that the emperor had the intention to take back the tiger talisman in General Yujing's hand and keep it. lest this general be overshadowed by his merits and lead his troops to counterattack Kaifeng Mansion.
"I didn't hide it or report it, why are you here, but the mourning family can't come?" The Queen Mother smiled with astringency, "You must know that the mourning family is the emperor's biological mother." is the mourning family's body collapsed, and when they heard the news of the emperor's accident, they had to climb to the emperor's side to find out. โ
"The Queen Mother, the emperor suddenly appeared in a situation, and if he didn't inform him at the first time, he wanted to temporarily block the news, so as not to let people outside know too deeply, so as not to cause shock." Gu Changming wanted to wait for Mao Liu to speak, but when he saw that he lowered his head and said nothing, he let the Queen Mother blindly teach him.
Mao Liu is not a clumsy person, he doesn't speak, but in fact, his purpose is similar to Gu Changming, and he doesn't want the Queen Mother to be suspicious when she sees General Yujing. Whether it is the queen mother or other concubines, you must know that women in the world are the same, if you have doubts in your heart, you will see anything that is not pleasing to the eye, and everything you see is against yourself.
Otherwise, how can this huge harem be restless every day, it's not that those concubines don't like me, I don't like you, and I don't like you, which will intensify the contradiction more and more.
"The mourning family is not a vexatious person, but you are doing something wrong. The mourning family came to see what happened to the emperor, that is, the emperor was free of illness and disaster, so he couldn't come? The Queen Mother's words were full of grievances.
Gu Changming roughly thought about how the Queen Mother would overreact, I was afraid that after Rong Xu's incident, the emperor rarely went to the Queen Mother's palace to meet. The Queen Mother felt that there was a dislike between the mother and son for no reason, and she wanted to explain it but had no way to say it, and then there was another serious illness, which made the Queen Mother even more depressed.
Mao Liu's back was cold, and he was a little glad that the Queen Mother saw Gu Changming and asked Mingxia to come over to stop him. If they wait for them to go in to see the emperor, and the queen mother arrives again, it will be the worst scene to argue before the emperor's sickbed. Therefore, whatever the Queen Mother said, he listened respectfully and was willing to show weakness.
Gu Changming was worried that Mao Liu would refute, but when he saw that he was an understanding person, he immediately relieved himself. These people have all been honed by the emperor, how can they be compared to ordinary guards. Whether it is martial arts skills or dealing with people, they are naturally outstanding.
The Queen Mother said a lot of words, and she was a little tired of talking, and Mao Liu's silent attitude made her slightly satisfied. You must know that these secret guards can not listen to anyone's orders except the emperor. It is said that the dark guard also has a leader, if the emperor has an accident, the other secret guards will all listen to his dispatch, that is to say, this person is a huge dark force in the palace, no matter who has mastered it, he can almost do whatever he wants in the palace.
"So, can the mourning family go to see the emperor at this time?" The Queen Mother asked coldly.
"Back to the Queen Mother, the emperor is unconscious, and the imperial doctor is treating the emperor, and he can't see each other for the time being." Mao Liu found the most convincing reason, he wanted to get out, and first asked General Yujing how to deal with this matter. However, the Queen Mother's eyes stared straight in his direction, and she couldn't relax for a moment, he was really about to be cornered.
"What! The emperor is really unconscious! It's so hard for you to hide your mourning family! The Queen Mother was about to rush forward when she stumbled, and as soon as she raised her foot, she stepped on the hem of her skirt first, her body lost her balance, and she was about to fall on her heels.
Fortunately, Gu Changming's eyes and hands were quick, three steps and two steps, obviously seeing that he was not too close, but he was the first to rush to the Queen Mother and hold the person steadily.
As soon as Mao Liu saw this scene, he didn't hurry up and ran, and the little phoenix standing in the corner saw him running fast, and he didn't know why, he was stunned for a while.
"Queen Mother, has the Queen Mother ever been frightened?" Gu Changming's ears were sensitive, and he suddenly heard the person behind him running away, and he deliberately asked out loud, wanting to delay the Queen Mother's attention and give Mao Liu more time.
"Mourning family, how could mourning family almost fall?" The Queen Mother looked frightened, Mingxia was just about to step forward to help, but she slapped the back of her hand and scolded sharply, "It's all useless things, if it weren't for Changming's support today, would the mourning family be ugly here!" โ
Mingxia didn't even dare to say anything with the queen mother in front of and behind the palace maids, if the queen mother really fell, none of them could escape the involvement, all of them were felonies.
"Look, look at you, who usually rely on the title of the mourning family and show off their power outside, what does the mourning family want you to do, and what do you don't want to do!" The Queen Mother was so angry that she wanted to punish a few people on the spot.
Mingxia thought about it, but she could only ask Gu Changming for help, she was stunned when she looked up, where did the disrespectful guard go? There are still guards in the palace who dare to smear oil on the soles of their feet and slip away in front of the Queen Mother!
But at this time, she was a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and she didn't dare to mention this matter, so she only dared to secretly make a gesture for help to Gu Changming, asking him to persuade the queen mother's anger first.