Gu Yu was taken aback when she heard Xie Xiao's words. She never expected that Xie Xiao would say such a thing.
Married to the Queen Mother, the king of Mobei may have gone out of his mind.
The marriage between the late emperor's wife and the late emperor's brother with a different surname is not only an outrageous thing to do, it is not bad to not be condemned to death.
The calmer he was, the more Gu Yu felt that there was a problem.
The surface of the river was shimmering, and the lights of the river reflected Xie Xiao's frenzied clothes at the moment, causing Gu Yu to pause in his heart. The thought flashed in her mind, but she still said coldly: "The king of Mobei has made a slip of the tongue, I just pretended I hadn't heard what I just said."
Her eyes were covered with frost, she looked slightly cold, as if she didn't believe his words.
Xie Xiao sighed, and before Gu Yu got into the carriage, he still maintained the posture of clasping his hands just now: "If I have any suspicion of deceiving the Queen Mother, I wish—heaven and earth will perish."
Da Jin attaches great importance to oaths, even a person of Gu Yu's status never dares to say too much here. But now Xie Xiao made this oath in front of everyone.
Gu Yu pursed her lips, paused her footsteps, but still didn't look back.
This matter is of great importance, and it is very likely to affect the direction of the plot. It is impossible for Gu Yu to give him an answer.
Xie Xiao was not disappointed either, he had expected her reaction today and knew that with Gu Yu's personality, it was impossible to believe him so easily, but he still said it.
He has always been aboveboard in his life, and he fought for everything he wanted. Although he has been poisoned, he is unwilling to use dirty tricks. Since he likes Gu Yu, even if she is the queen mother, he still wants to let her know his feelings.
Today's words, he will not regret it, let alone let go.
The plain skirt brushed across the ground, and Gu Yu had already gotten into the car, seeing that Xie Xiao was still in the same posture just now, she couldn't help frowning.
Gu Yu, who was illuminated by the bright lights by the river, had cold eyebrows and eyes, like snow lotuses in the extreme north, so high that she couldn't look directly at them. The surrounding guards lowered their heads, but Xie Xiao looked at her with a smile, and heard her say: "It's getting late, the prince should go back today."
Her voice was cold and alienated, Xie Xiao's eyes paused, and his body bent down a little lower.
Gu Yu knew that he was showing his sincerity to herself, so she only took one look, then put down the curtain, and said softly, "Let's go."
She never gave him any answer. After the carriage left, Xie Xiao slowly laughed.
The guard beside him was a little surprised, and couldn't help saying: "My lord, what did you say to the queen mother, why are you so happy?"
The guard had been with Xie Xiao for many years, so he naturally knew that since he came to the capital from Mobei, the prince seldom smiled, but today he went to the temple fair with the queen mother and laughed many times, which made them almost dumbfounded.
After hearing his words, Xie Xiao glanced at the leaving carriage for the last time, then looked away, and said with a smile: "It's nothing."
Gu Yu was not as relaxed as Xie Xiao.
After she got in the car, her mind was full of what he had just said.
Help her seize the Great Jin Jiangshan? If there are no subsequent conditions, according to the original owner's personality, he will agree no matter what. But the bad thing is the marriage later.
"What do you think I should do?" She thought for a long time, and couldn't help asking the system with a headache.
The voice in my head smiled, a little lazily: "I think you handled it well just now."
There is no answer, it is the best way at present.
Gu Yu also thinks so, she is a villain after all, if she really let the male lead help her take over the country, what will happen in the following plot
And with the cold personality of the original owner, he must have scoffed at this request.
She was thinking in a mess in her heart, and before she knew it, the carriage had passed through the palace wall.
It was already late at this time, and there were not many court ladies coming and going. Gu Yu glanced away, suppressed those thoughts, and prepared to adapt to all changes in the future.
The carriage rattled through the deep alley, and came to a palace from the side door.
After the guards stopped and lifted the curtain, Gu Yu pursed her lips and was helped out of the car.
All the palaces were turned off along the way, Gu Yu thought that Ah Xi should have already extinguished the candles, but when he approached, he found something was wrong.
It's already late at night, why are the lights in my own palace brightly lit
Gu Yu was suspicious in her heart, and just about to ask the system, she saw the palace door was pushed open, and a shivering little palace maid knelt on the ground.
"Welcome the queen mother back to the palace."
This person's face was extremely strange, Gu Yu had never seen her in her palace before, but at this moment she could only say calmly: "Get up."
Walking this way, not only the familiar palace people disappeared, but even Ah Xi disappeared.
A bad premonition rose in Gu Yu's heart, and sure enough, he saw Fu Jinming in the hall.
The young man who always wore a dragon robe, today only wore a blue robe, stood upright in the hall, saw her from a distance, bowed and saluted:
"The queen mother is back."
Fu Jinming watched her dress up today, his eyes darkened slightly.
Gu Yu paused in her heart, not understanding what was going on, she could only raise her eyebrows lightly, and asked in a cold voice: "It's so late, and I have to go to court tomorrow, Your Majesty won't go back to his palace, why did you come here instead?" Is the palace here?"
She looked cold, as if she was just asking.
Fu Jinming's eyes paused for a moment, then he lowered his eyes and said, "I just heard that the Queen Mother of Humanity doesn't seem to be in the palace today, and I'm a little worried, so I came here to have a look."
Not saying a word in the palace made the people around think of something and quickly lowered their heads.
Gu Yu frowned, a little puzzled about what happened, and just about to speak, she saw Ah Xi who was being supported by the palace servants from afar.
Ah Xi followed her, always orderly, but now he was extremely embarrassed. The strands of hair on his forehead were stuck together, and his complexion was so pale that people felt horrified just looking at it.
When she saw Gu Yu, a gleam of light flashed in her eyes, and she said in a hoarse voice: "The Queen Mother."
Even though Gu Yu's nerves were rough, she realized something was wrong. When Ah Xi got up just now, she clearly saw a scar that was visible to the bone.
She took a step forward and opened Ah Xi's sleeve, and she saw a glaring red mark on her originally fair arm.
In just an hour, those palace people who entered the dungeon were dead and maimed. Only Ah Xi, who was born in the General's Mansion and had some knowledge in martial arts, was able to survive to meet the Queen Mother.
Seeing that Gu Yu's face had turned completely cold, she quickly grabbed her sleeves, not wanting the queen mother to tear her face apart from her majesty. But it was still a step too late.
After Gu Yu saw the scar, her heart sank slightly.
In the entire palace, no one disrespects the Queen Mother, and there is no one in the Queen Mother's palace who doesn't show some face. It doesn't take much thinking to hurt Ah Xi to such a person, only Fu Jinming.
Only His Majesty in front of him has the right to deal with Ah Xi.
When the scars on Ah Xi's body were exposed, everyone in the hall had already knelt down. The atmosphere in the hall was condensed. Gu Yu didn't expect that the plot that Fu Jinming punished Ah Xi in the original book to vent his anger on Zhou Yi would come so soon, and it was when she was leaving the palace.
Ah Xi is his personal maid, and she has always treated her well, but now that she has been beaten like this after she left, how could Gu Yu swallow this pain.
When Ah Xi pulled her and shook her head, Gu Yu glanced at her indifferently, motioned for the maidservant to take over, and then turned to look at Fu Jinming.
"Could your Majesty explain to me that I just went out of the palace for a while, why did the maids of the palace look like this after they came back?"
She seldom speaks in such a heart-piercing voice, much colder than when/forced/forced Zhou Yi in the hall that day. The candlelight shone on the snowy surface of Gu Yu's hibiscus, piercing straight in like a cold blade, making people dare not look directly at it.
Fu Jinming paused with his fingertips. After seeing Gu Yu's eyes, he felt a little confused, but he still said, "It's not good for this maid to protect the lord. She has taken care of the queen mother for many days, but now she doesn't even know her whereabouts. What if something happens? ? I’m just punishing the Queen Mother first.”
With a calm voice, he slowly raised his head and looked directly into Gu Yu's cold eyes.
Even though Gu Yu knew that the emperor was not easy, she never expected that he would actually dare to punish his palace servant, and Ah Xi had a very good relationship with her.
In the original book, it was only said to be punished by kneeling, but now, the deep whip wound is hard for Gu Yu to ignore.
Disgusted in her heart, she raised her chin coldly: "Worried about this palace? I think His Majesty may have heard the rumors of Mr. Zhou, so he should vent his anger on the maid next to this palace."
It is no secret in the palace that Fu Jinming went to the dungeon today. He never thought of hiding it from Gu Yu. It's just that his purpose of going to the dungeon is different from what Gu Yu said.
There is no need to explain these things now, Fu Jinming bowed his head and remained silent.
Gu Yu's heart became even more angry, and her face became colder. Those cold eyes reflected by the dim candlelight became more colorful and colder. Fu Jinming heard her say: "This Palace is in charge of the affairs of Zhanghua Palace, it is not His Majesty's turn to intervene."
Following her every word, everyone hardly dared to take a breath.
Fu Jinming's face was always calm like Zhilan Mingyu, as if he was not afraid of the Queen Mother's anger. But his attitude was still respectful, he just lowered his eyes and bowed his head without saying a word.
This plot was originally scheduled for a few days later, but for some reason it is now brought forward. Gu Yu could only continue acting. This was the time she felt the most sincerely. The fact that Fu Jinming sent Ah Xi to the dungeon to be whipped really angered her.
Gu Yu rarely admits that she is a goose protecting her weaknesses, but today she is particularly angry.
Fortunately, the self in the plot doesn't need to be wronged now, she has always been domineering, and when encountering such a thing, it is only natural to stand up for Ah Xi.
So when the incense ashes in the hall were burned out, she looked at the tall and handsome young man below, and said coldly: "The emperor broke the law and the common people are guilty of the same crime. Your Majesty intervenes in the affairs of Zhanghua Palace without permission. This is the first crime."
"Punish the female officials in my palace. This is the second crime. I wonder if His Majesty will admit it?"
She came over to help Gu Yu to sit down tactfully, after saying these words, she pursed her lips, her expression was hidden in the shadow of the hall and she couldn't see clearly.
Fu Jinming looked at her, unconsciously in a trance.
He thought of those paintings that he hid in the dark room, but now they were destroyed by a fire. So did one of them.
Gu Yu sat on the high platform with a cold/forceful/personal demeanor.
Fu Jinming knew that he was not wrong, he was the emperor and the only master of the Jin Dynasty, even if that person was the Queen Mother, it was all right for him to punish a court lady beside her.
What's more, he originally wanted to hurt her, so wouldn't it be normal to pluck out the wings around her like this
Admiration and power/desire/were intertwined in his heart, under Gu Yu's unemotional gaze, Fu Jinming finally backed away. He lowered his head and admitted his mistake clearly:
"What the empress dowager taught me is that I was reckless, and I would like to kneel in the empress dowager's palace for one night to quell her anger."
Off the stage is an emperor who is as gentle as a gentleman, but on the stage is a cold and beautiful young queen mother.
After Fu Jinming's words, everyone was shocked.
Let His Majesty kneel outside the door all night? This kind of power was never possessed by the previous emperor, let alone punishing a little court lady now...
Even Ah Xi thought that after His Majesty backed down, the Empress Dowager would lightly uncover it. But she said coldly, "Since Your Majesty knows your mistake, then follow what His Majesty said."
"Kneel until tomorrow morning, and pay respects to you."
No one thought that Gu Yu would really punish His Majesty. No matter how powerful the Gu family is, it is the emperor.
Ah Xi's pleading voice was stopped by Gu Yu's indifferent gaze, although she was worried in her heart, she still felt warmer when she looked at Gu Yu.
"Queen." She whispered softly.
Gu Yu pursed her lips: "Go down and rest first." She turned her eyes to look at the new palace maid in the palace and said coldly: "Don't go to the imperial physician yet."
His Majesty was still kneeling in the hall, and when he praised a female official like this, everyone looked hesitant, but when they saw His Majesty's unmoved expression, they bowed their heads and left.
Since Fu Jinming has received the penalty of kneeling, he will not break his promise.
He got up and glanced at Gu Yu, and when he left, he was puzzled, leaving only one sentence: "The smell of incense ash on the Empress Dowager's body today seems to be particularly strong, like the smell of a folk temple fair."