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A summer feast was set up in the imperial garden, an activity initiated by the noble concubine Lily Rong, who said that the weather had been hot recently, and the sisters were really bored staying in their palaces, so they wanted to have some fun.

The summer banquet invited all the concubines and concubines in the palace, and all the women competed for beauty, and they didn't want to be looked down upon by others.

Gu Ning was also present, since she was fortunate enough to be invited, she had nothing to do anyway, why didn't she come? She is a concubine, the head of the harem, and the seat seat is naturally hers.

On the left and right sides are Lily and Suyu. Lily still has a smiling face but a lot of plans in her eyes, and Su Yu is still arrogant, thinking that she has the same appearance as the world when she gets the grace.

Further down are some unknown concubines, some of whom were favored by the emperor for one night, and some of whom have never even been seen by the emperor.

Gu Ning didn't speak for the most part, sat quietly on it, looking at the full house of Yingying Yanyan, who were in the harem, these were all women competing with her for favor, either petite and exquisite, or mature and charming.

sighed secretly, they were all poor women, there was no need to calculate with each other.

The atmosphere of the banquet was all heated up by Lily, and she kept telling interesting stories in the market, and her clever mouth made the concubines present laugh again and again.

"I see, Sister Su's belly must be a dragon. On the day of her birth, my sister and I will definitely give the most precious thing in the Ronghua Palace, reward my sister, and reward my sister for giving birth to the emperor's first child. ”

What is not good, Lily made a joke about Su Guifei's stomach, and all the concubines smiled reluctantly, with no clear meaning on their faces.

Su Yu covered her mouth and chuckled, stroked her bulging lower abdomen with one hand, and said proudly: "Thank you sister Jiyan." ”

Gu Ning's face was very ugly, everyone knew it, no one spoke for a while, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Lily offered a cup of hot goat's milk a few days ago, personally delivered it to Gu Ning, took a small spoon and handed it to her, and said: "Niangniang's health is not good, but you have to make up for it, and you must keep up with the nutrition, otherwise your body will be lacking in the future, and it will be difficult to get pregnant." ”

Gu Ning looked at the small bowl of goat's milk, smiled and didn't smile, stretched out his jade hand to take it, and thanked him with a smile: "My sister has a heart." ”

Lily smiled brightly and said, "How can we be sisters, we should be of the same heart." ”

Passing the goat's milk to her mouth, Gu Ning hesitated a little, and when she saw the eyes that Lily expected her to drink, she didn't think much about it, raised her head, and then took the handkerchief handed by the palace maid and wiped her mouth.

"That's right. It is our duty to spread branches and leaves for the emperor, this body is the primary capital, and my sister has to spend more effort on maintenance. ”

"Well, I'm sorry for my sister. ”

Gu Ning quietly concealed the dissatisfaction in her heart, and Lily seemed to have no intention of saying it, but in fact, she cut open her wound for everyone to see.

Su Yu smiled: "It's better to be Sister Lily." I think I met the concubine's sister on the official road before, and the little palace maid under her was arrogant, and bluntly said that she wanted me to bow down to the concubine, you think, I have a big belly, how can I kneel on the cold ground? Later...... It was the concubine's sister who broke the siege. ”

The last sentence can be described as having ulterior motives, Su Yu smugly threw Gu Ning a look, and the expression seemed to say: I said that I would not suffer a little loss.

didn't expect her to put this matter on the table, Xiao Yu was about to open her mouth to argue but was secretly stopped by Gu Ning, so she had to swallow her anger. Isn't it obvious that she is talking nonsense? Saying that she is arrogant? It is also bluntly reflecting Gu Ning's arrogance, how can others not understand?

Lily sighed: "Then my sister has to thank the concubine." ”

The two seemed to be in agreement.

Su Yu deliberately made an afterthought expression, poured a cup of tea, and walked in the direction of Gu Ning by bypassing Xiao Ji with Cai'er's support.

She was wearing a yellow dress and walked slowly.

Gu Ning suddenly felt a little trance in front of her, and Su Yu in her sight seemed to be shaking, she rubbed her eyes, squinting slightly to see Su Yu's appearance.

"My sister replaced wine with tea, and thanked my sister. Su Yu's yellow bird-like voice buzzed in Gu Ning's mind, and she also got up to return the salute, holding a small glass of wine in her hand.

The two touched the cup in the air, Su Yu drank the tea by himself, Gu Ning shook his whole body, barely supported the small table with his hand, and when the glass of wine was down, his eyes were dark, and he fell straight forward.

Su Yu wanted to reach out to help her, but she was pulled by an unknown force, and then there was a sound of a heavy object rolling down, and Lily's exclamation immediately sounded: "Sister Su!"

"Ahh

Su Yu fell to the ground side down, curled up together, tightly covering her aching lower abdomen, blood snaked down through her yellow dress, and there were a little blood stains on the ground.

For a while, the originally calm and idle summer banquet was noisy, and the palace maids walked by, but they didn't dare to touch Su Yu who fell to the ground.

Under the command of the imperial doctor, the big guy carried Su Yu back to the palace, and there was a sound of pain from her all the way.

Gu Ning, who fainted, was also carried back to Ningxing Palace, and was diagnosed by the imperial doctor, saying that he had eaten something like *, which caused him to faint.

After thinking about it, all the pastries, tea and wine at the summer banquet were prepared by the imperial dining room, and the arrangements in front of all the concubines were the same, why did she faint while the others were fine?

"How is Concubine Su?"

The first thing Gu Ning did when she woke up was to understand the situation, and the moment she fell, she heard Su Yu's screams falling.

Xiaoyu's face turned pale, and her voice trembled: "Niangniang, the child in Su Guifei's belly is gone." ”

My mind went blank.

My brain was still faintly dizzy, and I heard that Su Guifei slipped the tire, which made Gu Ning have a headache.

"They all say ...... Du Dao is Niangniang, you made a bad trip to Su Guifei, and the emperor was furious when he found out, and severely punished Rong Guifei, who held the summer banquet, this will be ...... It's time to go to our palace. Gu Ning had just woken up, and Xiao Yu didn't dare to speak loudly, for fear of stimulating her.

"How could I have tripped up?" She had fainted, but where did she still have the strength to trip over a pregnant woman?

"How is it impossible!"

Suddenly, a sharp voice sounded, and a bright yellow figure appeared at the door of the main hall, with an indifferent face with obvious disgust and alienation.

Gu Ning was frightened by the voice, and hurriedly got off the bed, knelt on the ground, buried his head deep on the ground, and said: "The concubine didn't know that the emperor had arrived, and she missed the distance, and she hoped that the emperor would forgive her sins." ”

Liancheng walked step by step, followed by Zhao Gonggong, he handed Xiaoyu a look, and asked her to retreat with many palace maids in the palace, after all, it was the emperor who handled family affairs, and it was not good to hear it out.

"Forgiveness, has Concubine Ai confessed her sins?"

Gu Ning was taken aback, knowing what he said: "Your Majesty, Concubine Su's slippery fetus has nothing to do with the concubine, and the concubine also fainted at that time, if you don't believe it, you can ask Rong Guifei and all the concubines and palace maids present." ”

"Heh!" Lian Cheng sneered: "Do you really think that I haven't checked? Who doesn't know that you and Su Yu are not in harmony? openly and secretly compete with each other, but I didn't expect that you would be so ruthless and make fun of my child!"

"No...... The Emperor ......"

Two lines of tears were drawn, Gu Ning knelt on the ground and shook her head again and again, she knew that it was useless to quibble, but she also knew what kind of status she and Gu Mansion would have in the future if she confessed her guilt.

Still holding on to luck, he defended: "Please let the emperor know what is going on, and the concubines swear that they have not done anything to be sorry for the emperor." ”

Liancheng didn't want to listen to her crying explanation, so he flicked his sleeves heavily, ignored Gu Ning, and preached loudly: "Ning Guifei, the woman is at a loss, pampered and rude, deliberately murdering the heir, and now the concubine is demoted, demoted to a noble concubine, and the number of relevant people in Ningxing Palace will be halved." ”

After being degraded, Zhao Gonggong executed it on a horse.

Gu Ning sat paralyzed on the ground, his big watery eyes were still unwilling, and he was still muttering: "Your Majesty, the concubine has been wronged......"

Liancheng no longer cared about her, and finally left ruthlessly.

Walking out of the palace gate of Ningxing Palace, he stopped, his eyebrows instantly became cold, and he did not have the anger just now.

"Your Majesty, isn't the punishment a bit too much?" Gonggong Zhao asked in a low voice behind him.

Liancheng looked at the nine-fold platform in the palace, the connected eaves were like upside-down golden hooks, and sometimes one or two swallows in front of the hall swept by, and the corners of his mouth twitched, as if the child dropped by Su Guifei was not his own, "So what? From today onwards, clear the remnants of the previous dynasty and revitalize my Lian family. ”

There are many beauties in the harem, and there is almost no one who really makes his heart happy, and he only looks for solace in his soul every day, and he doesn't care who or what.

This time, the matter of borrowing Su Guifei hit Gu Ning, but in fact, it also hit Gu Fu. Lian Cheng had long known that there were people from the previous dynasty in the Gu Mansion, and in the past, he just turned a blind eye, but now, he suddenly wanted to kill them all. And Murong's long-lost brotherhood was scattered and dissolved, and he didn't care at all.

Since this is the case, let Murong taste the bitterness first.

Murong Xiang claimed to have no desires and no desires, but unfortunately, Liancheng grasped a small handle from him. Since ancient times, heroes have been sad to pass the beauty pass, anyway, the days are still long, and they can use them to play and consume.

When Zhao Gonggong heard this, he had no choice but to persuade him: "The emperor still has to focus on the society of the country, whether it is to eliminate the remnants of the evils or do anything else, the people must be put in the first place." ”

If it were someone else, he might still be angry when he heard this, and he would feel that Zhao Gonggong's hand was stretched too long and worried about things that he shouldn't worry about.

For Liancheng, Zhao Gonggong is not only a subordinate who serves him, but also a mentor and friend. Whenever he was faced with the court's decision-making, he mostly pointed out the clear way, so that he could clear the clouds and see the sky.

After listening to Zhao Gonggong's serious words, he nodded slightly: "I know." ”

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It wasn't until noon that Gu Lin rushed back to the house angrily, and the housekeeper just asked a little more, which provoked Gu Lin to pick up the teapot and throw it on the ground, and the boiling water instantly spilled all over the ground.

"Hmph, it's really bullying me. Sitting on the chair and slapping the table, the obvious anger on his face was evident.

He is the imperial historian of the imperial court, responsible for supervising hundreds of officials, and will listen to the emperor's private orders in the open and secret, but early this morning, as soon as Dongfang confessed, a father-in-law came to announce the decree, saying that his eldest daughter had committed a crime and the concubine was demoted, and the emperor summoned him to the palace for questioning.