The queen's nose became sore and tears welled up in her eyes. She nodded and went down the mountain.
White cloths have been hung on the main streets of the capital. The news that the Queen Mother died of illness in the palace spread overwhelmingly, dyeing the entire capital white.
The three of them walked on a remote road, avoiding officers, soldiers and people, and finally reached Xiaoyao Mountain in the afternoon.
There is a white cloth raised in front of the mountain gate. As the Ninth Prince, the Empress Dowager will naturally be mourned when she dies of illness.
Pushing the door open, before the three of them walked in, they saw Jin Ye rushing out and pulling the queen aside. Her face was pale and there was no trace of blood in her face.
"Master has gone to the palace, and the entire Gu family has been taken into the palace. Miss, what have you done?" Jin Ye's fingers were deeply embedded in the queen's arm, passing through her thick clothes, as if to pull her alive. As if swallowed.
Gu Suliang stepped forward and knocked Jin Ye's hand off: "Calm down."
However, Jin Ye couldn't calm down at all. He said loudly with scarlet eyes: "The master's departure is simply unlucky. The Queen Mother did not die of illness at all. What did the girl do to implicate the entire Gu family?"
"Those are not things you should know!" Ling'er felt unhappy. Although he knew that the Queen was always taken care of by the Ninth Prince's people, when it came to protecting the Queen, it was the Wangyue family that did the best and the Queen's most important thing. A family of trust.
Now that the people around the Ninth Prince came to call for punishment, Ling'er always felt uncomfortable in his heart.
Why should the people of the Ninth Prince blame the people they protect so diligently
The Queen no longer had the heart to listen to the noise of these people.
Shen Qianshan is not here. As the Ninth Prince, it is true that he is not the biological son of the Queen Mother, so he must be present at this kind of funeral.
As soon as the queen escaped from the palace, Shen Qianshan went in. According to Shen Zhongbai's style, he must threaten her with Shen Qianshan.
Shen Zhongbai knew that Shen Qianshan alone was not enough, so he even arrested the entire Gu family.
The Gu family was of no use to her, after all, there was no one in it that she cared about.
But what should the father of the child do
"Prepare your horses, I will return to the palace immediately." The queen's clothes were still wet, and her eyes were firm. Gusu Liang and Ling'er both wanted to step forward to persuade them, but they gave up. The queen's character has always been It's true, there's no need to waste any more words.
In the evening, the queen's tall horse had already arrived at the entrance of the palace. Her stomach hurt a little due to the jolting of the horse. It was probably because the baby in her stomach couldn't bear the long journey and was protesting with her life.
She reached out and touched her belly as a sign of relief. Turning around, he saw his portrait posted on the palace wall. It was a wanted notice.
The queen smiled slightly. Shen Zhongbai was a man who moved very quickly. Before she could escape too far, the portrait was drawn. She should probably be convicted.
She walked over slowly and looked at the charges on it carefully, but she didn't expect that it was just a missing person order, saying that the queen was kidnapped by an adulterer, and there were no charges whatsoever.
Is the whole country looking for her to be a queen? joke.
There was already a long queue at the entrance of the palace. These were the ladies and ladies from various families who were about to enter the palace to express their condolences.
Her horses stood side by side with the sedans.
The bright red robe on her body was flying in the wind, her dark hair was tied behind her head, and her whole figure was majestic.
The curtains of many sedan chairs were quietly opened and lowered, as if they didn't dare to take another look at this weird queen.
The palace door opened slowly, but all the sedans that were supposed to go in one by one did not move, as if they were waiting for someone to go in first. This person should be the Queen.
When she arrived at the palace gate, the guard guarding the door had wounds all over his face. He looked up at her and was so horrified that he could put an egg in his mouth.
"Why are you outside the palace?" The guard said incoherently. He wanted to ask her why she came back, but it seemed a bit inappropriate to say this. He wanted to ask her why she went out, but she seemed to be a bit brain-dead, so he had to hold back. talk.
The queen ignored him and rode into the palace on horseback.
There was a coffin placed in the main hall, which was made of the finest and priceless golden nanmu. There were two rows of people kneeling around it, all turning to look at the queen who was riding a horse in the open space in front of the main hall.
Her appearance had to be said to be very attractive. When those people wearing sackcloth and mourning saw her, they didn't know what they felt in their hearts.
Shen Zhongbai, who was kneeling on the head of the coffin, raised his eyes with deep eyes.
Just one night, he even grew a beard. Opposite him, Shen Qianshan was also kneeling on the ground with a calm face.
He turned to look at the queen on the horse, his eyes flashed, and he sighed heavily, why did she come back? It would be great to take this opportunity to fly far away, taking their children with them.
But he also knew that she was Gu Qiang, and she would not leave him behind. She could not just watch him die.
Just like back then, Shen Zhongbai tried to rape her, but he stood up and finally had to let her endure it all.
He met the queen's eyes and smiled sadly, it would be nice if the two of them could be together.
The Queen dismounted, walked forward to the Queen Mother's coffin, took the linen clothes handed over by the palace maid, and kowtowed three times to the Queen Mother.
Queen Mother, thank you for giving Gu Qiang the position of Princess Luoping six years ago.
Queen Mother, thank you for never making things difficult for Gu Qiang in the past six years.
Queen Mother, thank you for telling Gu Qiang yesterday to live a good life.
After bowing, her eyes were dry, but she didn't shed a single tear. She didn't feel any guilt towards the old man in front of her, if she hadn't been Shen Zhongbai's biological mother.
In the crowd, Shen Qiangwei was supported by the maid and knelt on the ground with difficulty.
The baby had a miscarriage yesterday, and her lower body is still bleeding to this day.
She walked through the crowd, her eyes engraved on the queen's face like knives, and she wanted to cut her into pieces with her eyes.
Her child! The child she tried countless ways to keep turned into a pool of blood in the end. If it weren't for the queen, things wouldn't have reached this point!
Shen Qiangwei's eyes slowly focused on the queen's belly. Now that she dared to come back, Shen Qiangwei would kill the child in her belly at any cost!
In the evening, all those kneeling before the spirit were removed and replaced by another group of people keeping watch over the spirit.
Shen Zhongbai stood up and sent someone to take Shen Qianshan away.
He really couldn't help but wanted to rush over and argue with the queen, but he wanted to keep his last dignity as the emperor, so he grabbed Shen Qianshan.
Shen Qianshan is the queen's weakness. As long as he is in hand, she will definitely come to find her.
As for Shen Qianshan? He had ten thousand ways to make Shen Qianshan die, but he knew that he could not use any of them. If he killed Shen Qianshan, he would also lose the queen.
Sometimes he also wondered why he cared so much about the queen, and even broke the rules repeatedly for the queen. Later, he thought that it was probably because he really loved her, or maybe because he, the majestic king of a country, couldn't even handle a woman. A woman is beneath his face and dignity.
The queen knew what Shen Zhongbai meant, and she didn't want to stay any longer. After all, she came back this time to take Shen Qianshan out.
She was about to give chase, but someone caught her wrist halfway.
Turning around, he saw Prime Minister Gu looking at him pitifully.
After not seeing him for many days, his hair was already gray and his beard was very long, and it looked like he hadn't taken care of it for a long time. Ye stood next to him, his face as thin as a skeleton.
Both the couple were timid, as if something bad had happened to them.
"What?" The queen shook off Prime Minister Gu's hand and stared at him coldly.
"Qian'er, just do it well, make amends with the emperor, and live a good life with the emperor, can't you? The emperor is so kind to you, giving you the position of queen, giving you everything you want, even the child in your belly It doesn't matter if it's not his, why do you just refuse?" Prime Minister Gu's tone was so soft that he almost knelt down in front of the Queen.
The Queen took a deep breath and seemed very impatient: "What exactly do you want to say?"
At this time, they are still trying to persuade the queen to obey Shen Zhongbai. The queen is not a fool, but with these few words from Prime Minister Gu, she knows that if she follows his words, for example, she admits her mistake with Shen Zhongbai and lives a good life with him. , they will be fine, and the child in their belly will be born safely, but they think too simply.
Prime Minister Gu pursed his lips, as if he was embarrassed to speak out, but Mrs. Ye beside him quickly poked him twice, signaling him to seize the opportunity to continue speaking.
He took a deep breath, raised his eyes and said to the queen: "Actually, the emperor issued an order this morning. If you don't follow his request, the entire Gu family will be executed. You also know that Zhihua will kill the imperial concubine. Ryuko was aborted... In fact, you don't have to do anything, just live in the harem as before... "
Prime Minister Gu seemed to be afraid that the queen would regret it, so he quickly reminded her.
The queen sneered, turned to look at Prime Minister Gu carefully, and forced him to take two steps back: "Father, where are the rights in your hands? You are the prime minister of a dynasty, and one of your daughters is the queen and the other is the concubine. You are the king of the country. Zhang, are you so arrogant now?"
After saying that, she turned back to meet Ye's eyes. Ye was so frightened that she shrank behind Prime Minister Gu, not daring to look at her.
She then continued: "Ye Wanwan, aren't you very intelligent? Aren't you the second wife of the Prime Minister's Mansion who controls everything in the capital? Why do you have so much wisdom when dealing with children at home? How come you know how to hide behind men when big things happen? After raising a daughter like Gu Zhihua, she will succeed more than she will, so she will abort other people's children if she cannot have a child? If someone else has a child, in order to prevent that child from stealing the care of his own child, he will abort that child's child. Kill my mother? Isn’t that right?”