Chapter 187: Encountering the Dead
The news Bixi heard was indeed right, and Concubine Xian Niangniang was finally tortured to extract a confession in the prison of the Criminal Department, and she was beaten into a trick.
Gong Yun took the accusation written by the concubine and came to the cold palace happily.
"Presumptuous! Don't you have this palace in your eyes? "Empress Wu Yashi lost her temper in the cold palace.
There were rats in the room where she lived, and she called someone to deal with them, but no one paid attention to them. The food sent by the palace ladies today was rancid, which made her even more angry.
"How the hell are you doing! Do you have to order this palace to drag you out one by one and beat you with forty boards before you are willing to do things well! ”
Su Xin squatted down and cleaned up the broken bowls on the ground, silent.
Now that the queen has lost power, and Wan Guifei's palace maid Chun Ying continues to instigate the emperor to severely punish this matter. Therefore, many people speculate that the queen mother will not be able to pass this level, even if she is not given death, it is very likely that she will spend her life in this cold palace that does not see the light of day.
So who will do things seriously to her, it's just a so-so coping situation.
"Queen Mother, we didn't cook this meal, we are just responsible for delivering it to you. What's the use of you being angry at us? A middle-aged woman with five big and three thick looks crossed her waist and said.
Wu Yashi looked at it, and the woman was wearing coarse cloth clothes, and her face was black and blue, with mud stains and bruises left by being beaten. It seems that she has been fighting with people in this cold palace. Looking at her facial features and appearance again, Wu Yashi was a little shocked. Isn't she just ...... It is...... Is that Guo Chang here?
"Guo Yuhua? Are you Guo Yuhua? ”
The middle-aged woman grinned, revealing two large yellow teeth.
"Queen Mother, your memory is not too bad."
Guo Chang said and walked straight to Wu Ya's side and sat down.
"Won't you mind if I sit next to you, Queen? By the way, I don't think I have saluted you yet. ”
Wu Yashi also laughed, took her hand and said, "No need, no need, it's all in this kind of place, what else do you pay attention to?" ”
This time, she was not angry, and she didn't mention the matter of rats and glutinous rice. only cares about catching up with Guo Chang.
"Why are you here?" It was as if she had lost her memory, and she had forgotten everything she had done.
Guo Changzai sneered, "Queen Mother, you are really a noble person who forgets things." Don't you remember fifteen years ago, when I was admiring the flowers in the imperial garden, I accidentally broke the jade bracelet that the emperor gave to Concubine Wan. ”
As soon as Guo Chang mentioned it, Wu Yashi immediately remembered it.
"Oh oh oh, Hongu remembered. The emperor has always been very stingy. ”
On that day, the wind was mild, and the lotus flowers in the Imperial Garden were in full bloom. Emperor Zhao was in a very good mood, so he invited all the concubines of the harem to visit the garden and enjoy the lotus. Guo Changzai's status is low, and it is difficult to have the opportunity to meet the emperor on weekdays, but fortunately this time she was also invited, so she secretly made up her mind to leave a deep impression on the emperor.
At that time, the most favored concubine in the harem was Concubine Wan, a soft woman from the water town in the south of the Yangtze River.
Although it is not as pretentious as Fang Guiren, and it is not as domineering as Wan Guifei, it does make Wu Yashi and Concubine Xiao very annoying.
The two of them naturally looked down on this concubine.
But the emperor is like a demon and has a soft spot for this concubine. Not only did he pet her for a few days, but he also planned to give her a precious and rare mutton fat white jade bracelet in front of everyone.
Originally, all of this had nothing to do with Guo Changzai, first, Concubine Wan and her were not in the same heavyweight class at all, if it was understandable that the queen and Concubine Xiao were jealous for this matter, if she was angry and jealous, it would be beyond her strength. Even if the emperor doesn't favor Concubine Wan, he takes turns to pamper other concubines, and it won't be her turn for the whole summer. Second, she was at the end of the team, let alone touching the jade bracelet, and even if she looked at it, she might not be able to take a look.
All she would break the jade bracelet was an accident within an accident.
"Hey, it's true that you're unlucky, when others hold it in their hands and watch it, it's all good, but when it reaches your hand, there is a crack." Uyashi continued to reminisce about the scene.
When the emperor gave the jade bracelet to Concubine Wan, Concubine Wan was naturally very happy. In addition to being happy, in order to show the emperor's favor for her, this woman actually asked the eunuch to show the jade bracelet to every concubine present.
Queen Wu Yashi and Concubine Xiao were naturally disdainful, and they scraped a light glance and finished the matter.
Among the other concubines, some watched and watched, and some touched and felt the refreshing coolness with their hands, but only Guo Changzai was bold enough to pick up the jade bracelet and put it on his wrist.
"I just wanted to see if it looked good on my hand, but when I took it off, I found that there was an extra crack on the bracelet." Guo Changzai is still haunted by the events of that day.
Wu Yashi comforted: "You have big bones, and Concubine Wan's bones are small, so they will be cracked." ”
Guo Changzai didn't think so, "If you want me to say, when the jade bracelet came into my hands, it was already broken." It's just that I was unlucky, and I was stupid, so I carried the black pot. ”
Wu Yashi smiled slightly. "Also, you girl really can't play with those women."
Because he broke the gift that the emperor gave to Concubine Wan, Emperor Zhao was furious and ordered the death of Guo Guifei on the spot. Fortunately, Concubine Xiao interceded, and the queen came forward to mediate, and finally was beaten into this cold palace.
Now fifteen years have passed, and the little girl has become a middle-aged woman.
"The Queen's Mother. I will never forget your kindness to me. ”
"So you took these rancid dishes to repay my kindness?"
"Queen Mother, you really can't blame me for this. I'm just doing odd jobs here, and the eunuchs forced me to bring these meals. ”
Wu Yashi smiled, in fact, she knew it very well in her heart. Guo Yuhua is a rough person, her brains and eloquence are not good, and her appearance is even less "good-looking". Back then, she was able to be selected as a show girl to get to where she is today, in fact, she also has a lot to do with herself.
In the primary selection stage, she has eliminated many young and beautiful women, leaving only women with a good look like Guo Yuhua to enter the second selection.
If she wasn't worried that Emperor Zhao would be hooked by those glamorous goblins, she wouldn't have insisted on choosing Guo Yuhua to enter the palace as a show girl.
Maybe Guo Yuhua can find a good husband who loves her, give birth to a few children, and live a plain but happy life. It is not so that people reach middle age, and they still stay in a ghost place like the cold palace, and they don't know what it means to love and be loved all their lives.
"Hey, if this palace has a chance to turn over, this palace must give you ......"
Su Xin: "Queen Mother, someone came to visit you." ”
Before Wu Yashi finished speaking, he heard Su Xin's report. Then a figure flashed to the door.