Chapter 135: The Empress Dowager Pilan summons
Qing Xue heard that the Empress Dowager Pilan could find Gu Yan, so she did not hesitate, and followed the people sent by the Empress Dowager into the palace.
It had been nearly five months since Pilan, but now it was her first time in the palace. The sky in all directions is the same as the red clouds in the past, Qing Xue sat on the soft sedan chair and looked at the majestic palace, suddenly as if she had returned to the past, and her thoughts drifted farther and farther, and she did not disperse for a long time.
I don't know how many turns it took before the sedan chair fell steadily, and Qing Xue reached out to wipe away the tears that were winding on her cheeks. secretly swore in her heart that no matter how much she had to pay for killing her husband, she would let Gu Yan pay for her life!
After getting off the sedan chair, Qing Xue followed the palace maid into the Qinzheng Palace, and the Queen Mother sat on the main seat and buried her head in reviewing the folds, probably because she saw her come in, her eyebrows and eyes raised, with a kind of fierceness that was not angry and arrogant.
"The folk girl has seen the Queen Mother." Qing Xuefu saluted, and now she is a benefactor, although the other party has a certain purpose, as long as she can help her take revenge, she is her benefactor.
"Sit down!" The Queen Mother threw the fold aside and looked at her carefully for a moment, and smiled meaningfully: "Sure enough, she looks like a fox, no wonder she can hook the souls of the emperors of Pichi and Chi." ”
Qing Xue stood in place when she heard her say this, and she didn't refute it, she has the conditions, and she will naturally say it after the nonsense is over.
"What are you doing? Afraid that the mourning family will eat you? ”
"If the Queen Mother has any conditions, please speak bluntly, as long as I can do it, I will never postpone it." Qing Xue randomly picked a place to sit down, her expression indifferent and cold.
"Don't worry, the mourning family has something I want to ask you." The Queen Mother drank tea slowly and asked with a smile: "Where is Sichen inferior to Emperor Chiyun?" The mourners have heard that my son is very infatuated with you, and you are dismissive of him. ”
"There is no reason to follow the matter of love, King Pilan took my heart, I will never forget it in this life, but I can only live up to it." Qing Xue is indeed ashamed in her heart, she has never lost money to anyone, but Gu Sichen, she owes him too much.
"Love? In the late Qing Dynasty, she was too much in love, and now that the country is ruined, if she is willing to let her husband take some concubines, maybe the three sons will be fine. The Queen Mother said this as if she was reminiscing, and the sharpness at her eyebrows and eyes eased slightly.
Qing Xue knew that she was talking about the Empress Dowager Chiyun, and then she remembered that the Empress Dowager Chiyun had mentioned that she and the Empress Dowager Pilan had a lot of affection, so she got up and knelt down and said: "The Queen Mother once said that she was close friends with the Queen Mother, presumably the Queen Mother did not want to see Chiyun die, so Qing Xue begged the Queen Mother to help." ”
"Best friends! Oh, yes! That was before she married Chiyun, and from the day she married Chiyun, my relationship with her was broken. ”
The Queen Mother sighed, but Qing Xue heard it in a fog, she didn't know what happened back then, but she could also see that the Queen Mother Pilan was not a vicious person.
"Get up! If it's a transaction, you don't need to kneel. My willingness to help you now is not because of Wei Wanqing's affection, but because you are valuable to me. The mourning family can do their best to find Gu Yan's whereabouts for you, and if necessary, they can help you kill him, but you have to agree to two conditions in this palace first. ”
Qing Xue got up and sat back, and said resolutely: "Even if the Queen Mother has any conditions, as long as she can kill Gu Yan and stabilize the country of Chiyun, even if she wants my life, I will not have half a word of complaint." ”
"Life? Life is the least valuable thing, and if I wanted your life, you would have died half a year ago. The Empress Dowager Pi Lan knocked on the table with her knuckles and said: "The first condition of the mourning family is: how you help Chiyun to collect all the money in the world that day, you must help Pi Lan get her wish." This is the second condition...... The mourning family wants you to enter the palace as a concubine tomorrow. ”
Qing Xue was stunned, when Gu Sichen wanted to take her into the palace before, the Queen Mother tried her best to stop her, but now she offered to let her enter the palace, she really couldn't figure it out.
"I can agree to the first condition of the Queen Mother, I am ashamed of the King of Pilan, and I am willing to help the Pilan country become rich and the people live in peace. But I don't know why the Queen Mother wanted me to enter the palace. ”
"Don't you know that my son treats you infatuated, I, as a mother, naturally want my son to be happy, what's the matter? Didn't you even want your life? Don't want to do it at the moment? The Queen Mother frowned, and every word was cold, as if it didn't matter if Qing Xue agreed or not.
"If the Queen Mother really cares about the emperor's feelings, she won't imprison him today, right?" Seeing her so indifferent, Qing Xue seemed to have calmed down a lot, and since the transaction naturally had room for 'bargaining'.
"You are very smart" The Queen Mother smiled coldly and said: "You probably don't know that my son has been playing tricks with the Mourning family all these years, and the Mourning family has married more than 200 concubines for him. Since he only looks down on you, then you will give birth to an heir for my Pilan! ”
Qing Xue was already stunned before she finished speaking, she only thought that Gu Sichen was suffering from a male disease and had no children under her knees, but she didn't want to be a concubine because he didn't want to spoil the concubine, this man in his twenties was able to soak in the harem of beautiful women like clouds, it was really a miracle.
The Queen Mother saw that she was stunned, picked up the book again, flipped through it, and asked, "What?" Need to consider? The mourning family can give you time, but it is best not to let the emperor know about today's transaction, otherwise the words 'do your best' will become what you can. ”
"Don't think about it, I promise!" Qing Xue took a deep breath and looked resolute. It's not that she is desperate for revenge, but she knows that the queen mother wants an heir, so it probably doesn't matter who gave birth to her, she has failed Gu Sichen in this life, and she also hopes to think of picking a beloved woman for him to stay with.
The Queen Mother seemed a little surprised to see her so refreshing, but she didn't ask anything more, only said: "Then you will go to the palace with the emperor tomorrow, remember to bring the two children with you." ”
"They are the heirs of the Mu family!" Qingxue didn't know what the Queen Mother meant, she would take the children with her, but she would never let them change their surnames.
"What's the hurry? The mourning family didn't say that they weren't from the Mu family, but don't forget Gu Yan's secret technique, why he went to the Chiyun Palace, and why he killed the Chiyun King is still a mystery. If there is any connection and hatred in this, do you think he will let go of the Mu family's bloodline? You can only keep these two children safe if you think of it as proof that I take care of these two children. Mu Jun is the only prince of Chiyun, if he has any accidents, what is the use of you taking back the country? ”
The Queen Mother's every word hit the point, she could hear about Gu Yan's affairs, Qingxue knew that the Queen Mother's strength was by no means worse than the wolf army, she was right, Jun'er was the only bloodline of the Mu family, no matter what, she had to protect them to grow up safely.
Thinking of this, Qing Xue also received the love of the Queen Mother, and left the palace in one bite.
When she returned to Qinghua Mansion, she looked at this mansion where every brick and stone could evoke her memories, and she didn't know when she would be able to come back, or when she would be able to take her children back to Chiyun's Yanwang Mansion.
To say that there are really a lot of people who want to find her today, just after returning from the palace, Tan Wu brought a man wearing a hat to ask to see her.
If she wants to enter the palace, the deal with Tan Wu will naturally be cut off in the future, so she ordered her servants to carry two boxes of gold and silver out, thinking that it would be regarded as compensation for Tan Wu.
However, what surprised her was that the man wearing a hat in the main hall sat at the top, while Tan Wu was at the bottom, you must know that the level of respect and inferiority in Pilan is very strict, which inevitably makes Qing Xue doubt the identity of this man.
Knowing that he was wearing a hat because he was afraid of being recognized, Qing Xue ordered the girl to get tea and let them go out and take the door.
Only then did the man take off the hat with confidence, and took Tan Wu to get up and kneel down and arch his hand: "Weichen Geng Qiushan (Tan Wu) has seen the queen's mother!" ”
"You guys?" Qing Xue heard them call her the queen, her face was full of surprise, and she asked, "Are you a dark businessman?" ”
"Exactly!" Geng Qiushan replied: "The emperor's last wish is to order Weichen to swear allegiance to Niangniang, and from now on, the secret merchants of the five countries will listen to Niangniang's dispatch." ”
"Hurry up." Qing Xue got up and helped them up and asked, "When did the emperor give the order?" ”
"If you go back to Niangniang, the emperor will send Niangniang to Pilan that day and arrange everything." Geng Qiushan took out a letter and handed it to Qing Xue and said: "This is a secret letter written by the emperor to General Zhou, please take a look at it." ”