Chapter 15: Before the Curtain

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Gu Changming stood in front of the gate of Changchun Palace, and when he heard the sound of hurried and forbearant footsteps inside, it was clear that he had reached the most critical moment, and he still didn't dare to act rashly. This is no better than other places, the Queen Mother is for the Nine Emperor Prince Rong Xu, these days are a kind of torment for everyone in Changchun Palace.

Situ An's speed was faster than Gu Changming thought, his face was as white as snow, as if he had just experienced a desperate battle. Gu Changming's eyes swept sharply, and he saw a large pool of blood under his long robe. Situ An knew that he couldn't hide it, so he sighed low and said, "I thought that there would be such a day, and the Queen Mother thought that there would be a way to delay you for a while." ”

"Is such a prince who is neither human nor a ghost worthy of the Queen Mother's hard work?" Gu Changming said this simply and clearly, "The Queen Mother still wants to see me?" ”

"It's a mess inside, please wait a little longer." Situ An is usually a ruthless character, and he showed an unbearable look in front of Gu Changming, presumably because the picture he saw when he went in just now was beyond what he could accept in his heart.

"How many people died in Changchun Palace this night?" Gu Changming could have not asked, as Liu Zhuxue said, several of them didn't like Situ An's methods of dealing with people. He can be said to have deliberately stimulated Situ An's heart disease.

Sure enough, Situ An pressed his chest with one hand, and two villains with blunt weapons suddenly broke into it, slashing and slashing unscrupulously, although there was no blood, it hurt so much: "Gu Gongzi, why would a smart person like you ask such a stupid question!" ”

Gu Changming appreciated Situ An's anger, indicating that the knife in the chest just now really worked, and it was a small revenge for Liu Zhuxue: "I don't think it's a stupid act to tell the truth, just as you shouldn't hide it from the beginning when the Nine Emperor Princes were out of control, but to the emperor, I believe the emperor will give you a better way out." ”

Situ An's face turned pale and red, this Gu Changming was too good at seeing through other people's thoughts, and he could hardly hide anything from those eyes. He suddenly became uncomfortable, and he had to guard here, for fear that the changes that occurred in the Changchun Palace would be discovered by others and cause even greater trouble.

"Gu Gongzi only needs to know one thing, after tonight, all the people in the Changchun Palace will have a big blood exchange. It has always been like this in the palace, and who dares to ask if they don't even want their own lives for the sake of meddlers! Situ An wanted to use these words to tightly block Gu Changming's mouth, so as not to say anything unpleasant.

Unexpectedly, Gu Changming raised his face and smiled at him slightly: "That's very bad, I'm the one who likes to meddle." Immediately, as if Situ An beside him was a non-existent transparent, he walked straight past him and went straight to Changchun Palace.

Situ An didn't expect him to be so bold, what about the son of Changming, and what about the eldest son of the former criminal officer's family, he was still a flat-headed common man in front of the queen mother, with no meritorious service and no official position. Such a hairy boy dares to ignore the majesty of the Queen Mother, is he really not afraid of death?

"Stop me." In order to stop Gu Changming, Situ An shouted and shot directly, and the two fought silently on the empty corridor. Gu Changming's two hands were amazingly fast, Situ An had experience in fighting with him, but he didn't expect that in a short period of time, Gu Changming's martial arts seemed to have improved again.

How is it possible, Situ An was puzzled, the more masters had no special training, how difficult it was to improve their strength by leaps and bounds in such a short period of time, he knew it well. Then there may be only one reason for this, Gu Changming has been hiding his true strength.

How high is this person's martial arts! Situ An's heart was hit on the shoulder by Gu Changming's palm, and the severe pain forced him to take seven or eight steps back before he could barely stabilize his body, and Gu Changming had already passed low in the air, as if he had entered a no-man's land.

When Gu Changming heard Situ An say just now that there would be a big blood change in Changchun Palace tonight, his heart was furious. How many lives have been erased by Situ An's understatement, you must know that these people have not done anything wrong at all, and they are not guilty of death. He had to come in and see how the Queen Mother would end.

The smell of blood was everywhere in the Changchun Palace, and although it was covered by the fragrance of flowers, it could not be completely concealed. Gu Changming's figure was extremely fast, and in the eyes of the palace people, it was just a faint gray shadow. But Gu Changming saw everything that happened in Changchun Palace clearly.

The large barrels of well water were constantly beaten, and at least a dozen palace people were vigorously washing the ground paved with green jade slabs, and the well water was poured down, and the well water that flowed out was always faintly red.

Gu Changming went inside, and he was also sure that Situ An would never dare to warn. You must know that once the palace guards heard the warning and rushed over, they might be able to arrest Gu Changming on the spot, then the secrets in the Changchun Palace may not be kept.

So when Gu Changming stood in front of the Queen Mother, Situ An didn't rush over in time to escort him. When the Queen Mother saw Gu Changming appear, she didn't show a surprised look on her face, originally she wanted to see Gu Changming, so she asked Situ An to invite someone.

When Gu Changming saw the Queen Mother, he realized that the ideas he had all the way in might be wrong. The Queen Mother did not have the slightest anger around her, but was wrapped in a thick sadness, the last time we met, although the Queen Mother was a little tired from running back and forth for the affairs of the Nine Emperor Princes, she was definitely not the old woman in front of her.

"Gu Changming, you're here." As soon as the Queen Mother spoke, her voice was hoarse and rough, as if she had been polished by sand and stone, and it seemed like she had cried bitterly, and she could not recover at all.

"Queen Mother, what happened in Changchun Palace?" Since Gu Changming has already come, he will not shy away from touching the truth, and must ask carefully.

"What about Situ An, why isn't he with you?" The Queen Mother looked behind Gu Changming, "The mourning family still has important tasks to be entrusted to him, why don't you come in to see the mourning family!" ”

"Queen Mother, my subordinates are here." Situ An's shoulder was injured, and he couldn't follow Gu Changming, thinking that it would make the Queen Mother angry, and he struggled for a while. Whether to follow Gu Changming in, or take advantage of the opportunity that the Queen Mother did not summon to find a way to get out.

After all, I decided to come to see the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother is now the time to use people, and there are not many cronies who know the truth about the accident of the Nine Emperor Princes, if the Queen Mother kills him again, it is definitely not so easy to temporarily select someone to clean up the mess.

Hearing the words that the Queen Mother said, Situ An secretly breathed a sigh of relief, his choice was not wrong, the Queen Mother was sad, but still wanted to preserve her existing strength. This is also the reason why the Queen Mother is eager to win over Gu Changming.

"Situ An, you go out to guard the palace gate of Changchun Palace, except for your own people in Changchun Palace today, no one else is allowed to step into half a step, even if the emperor is coming, you have to find a way to push out the mourning family." The Queen Mother looked at Gu Changming with both eyes, "The mourning family and Gu Gongzi still have something to say, you can go." ”

In these words, the Queen Mother no longer regarded Gu Changming as an outsider. Situ An's heart suddenly rose with jealousy, how much did he do for the Queen Mother, what kind of thing is Gu Changming, his position in front of the Queen Mother is above him, or the distance that is far away, why! Gu Changming's reason!

Situ An reluctantly pressed this heart fire, it was definitely not the right time in front of him, the queen mother's mood was when it was cloudy and uncertain, and he must not anger the queen mother because of his momentary mood, he gave the queen mother a salute and quickly retreated.

"Gu Gongzi must have a lot of questions in his heart, in order to pursue the truth, even Situ An can be injured, it is not easy." The Queen Mother didn't seem to know anything, but in fact, she couldn't hide it from her eyes at all, "Rong Xu's illness, you know very well what's going on, and the mourning family doesn't want to hide it from anyone, you can come with the mourning family." ”

Gu Changming followed behind the Queen Mother, the huge Changchun Palace, so deserted that there was not even a single palace person beside the Queen Mother, or was they all sent out by the Queen Mother, which was the same situation as Situ An just now.

"The mourners haven't had a good night's sleep in many days. I always wonder if the original decision of the mourning family was correct, Rong Xu no longer has his own consciousness, and the mourning family did more wrong things because they didn't want to lose a son. Tonight, the mourners really can't be wrong again and again. The Queen Mother's footsteps stopped in front of a huge curtain, "Gu Gongzi, you go over and open the curtain yourself to take a look, there is the truth you want to pursue." ”

Gu Changming didn't hesitate, stepped forward, stretched his arm and pulled the curtain open. Behind the scenes was a bed, on which Rong Xu lay straight and flat, silent.

Taking two steps further, Gu Changming saw that Rong Xu's skin showed a strange paleness, not just because he had turned into a corpse. He had seen too many corpses and knew that the effect would be caused by the deceased having lost all the blood in his body.

Thinking of this, Gu Changming used his fingernails to puncture a wound at a small part of Rong Xu's exposed wrist. Rong Xu died for a maximum of one stick of incense, and the blood in his body would not have completely coagulated so quickly, and not a drop of blood had oozed out of the wound except for revealing more pale flesh.

Rong Xu was covered in blood, and the mourning family wanted to call someone to stop him, but his movements were too fast, so many palace people couldn't stop him, some people were caught by him and bitten to death on the spot, and some people were so frightened that their legs were weak and wanted to kneel and beg for mercy. The mourning family wanted to go up to wake up Rong Xu, but was pulled by more people, they said that the mourning family is the queen mother and cannot be in danger, but the mourning family is not only the queen mother, but how can they see their youngest son die in such a tragic way. The Queen Mother slowly said the passage, "The mourning family originally wanted to wait a little longer, wait a while, and when Gu Changming came, he might have a way." It's a pity that before you arrived, Rong Xu died, in front of the mourning family. ”

"Queen Mother, tonight's Changchun Palace is like a purgatory, how many people have died, and how many people's lives are not guaranteed." Gu Changming said in a deep voice, "Even if I arrived first, I can't reverse the whole situation, even the Queen Mother can't do it, how can I, an ordinary person, do it!" ”