For a full month, the queen stayed in Weiyang Palace. She knew what she was waiting for. She was waiting for Gu Qiang to change everything and get out of the predicament she was in.
She didn't seem to realize that she actually cared about Shen Qianshan so much. The time she spent with him was getting less and less, but the thoughts in her heart were piling up, gradually piling up like a mountain, and she couldn't calm down.
Gusu Liang came in, handed the fruit to the queen who was in a daze, and asked expressionlessly: "Girl, Mrs. Ye is here and said she wants to see you. Do you want to see her?"
The queen turned her head. Gusu Liang was very calm when she said this. She didn't seem to take it to heart. She just asked casually. As for how the queen responded, she didn't seem to care.
"She was just letting her in because of Gu Zhihua's affairs. If she didn't say what was in her heart, it would definitely be very uncomfortable." The queen said.
Gu Suliang nodded and waved his hand. At the door, Mrs. Ye hurriedly walked in, then knelt on the ground with a bang. After kowtowing to the queen twice, he raised his eyes and said sadly: "Qian'er , your sister is still staying in the cold palace, and you are the only one who can save her. See if you can talk to the emperor and release her?"
Ye had never been so calm in front of the Queen. The Queen put down the teacup and said coldly: "Why?"
Ye didn't expect the queen to pay attention to her, and was already very surprised. When she heard the queen speak like this, she suddenly felt that it was very promising.
So she took two steps forward, grabbed the hem of the queen's skirt and said, "Qian'er, you are also a member of the Gu family. In this harem, as long as you and Zhi Hua are together, the harem will be yours, Shen Qiangwei." She is just a prostitute from a brothel, how can she control everything in this harem?"
The queen immediately smiled when she saw her look.
These days, she thought that she was thinking about the past in the palace, and reflecting on herself had made her mood calmer a lot, and she didn't care about these trivial matters, but she couldn't help but couldn't help hearing Ye's words.
Ye always treated the queen as a fool.
"Whether Shen Qiangwei is in charge of the harem or not has nothing to do with me. You probably don't know that I don't like the jealousy thing. Just pretend that I don't know about today's matter. You can go back."
She no longer wanted to slap Ye in the face again and again, and it was not worth wasting time on her.
Ye seemed to want to struggle some more, but Gusu Liang squeezed in front of her. Her voice was neither humble nor arrogant, but Ye didn't dare to resist at all.
"Madam, you'd better go back. It's so late and I need to rest."
When Mrs. Ye came out of Wuyang Palace, she looked up at the stars in the sky. Her tears fell one drop at a time. The maid next to her came up to help her. After taking two steps forward, she heard Mr. Ye say: " I want to go see Zhihua, how can she live well in a place like that?"
The maid came up and said: "Madam, let's go and beg the emperor. After all, you are his mother-in-law, and she will always give you this face. Has the young lady ever been tortured like this at home? We must regain this tone for the young lady. Come!"
Ye wiped her tears, sniffed, frowned and thought carefully before saying, "Go find the emperor."
In the imperial study room, Shen Zhongbai raised his head from a pile of memorials, pinched his neck, and took a deep breath. He felt the scent of rouge behind him, and then a pair of hands wrapped around his front from behind. Her waist hugged him, and a soft body rested on his back.
Shen Zhongbai was already overwhelmed by the heavy workload. At this moment, she smelled the fragrance of the woman behind him. It was Shen Qiangwei's fragrance.
Even though so many years have passed, Shen Zhongbai once secretly reminded her to reduce the fragrance on her body.
There are too many fragrances in the palace, and they are all elegant and fresh. As long as you no longer have the smell of rouge and vulgar powder, it will be fine.
However, Shen Qiangwei never changed this habit. After many years, Shen Zhongbai gradually got used to it.
He understood that he blindly asked Shen Qiangwei to change and get rid of the smoky smell on her body, just because he wanted her to be more like Gu Qiang. In his heart, Shen Qiangwei was just settling for the next best thing because she couldn't get Gu Qiang. replacement of.
"I'm a little tired today, please leave first." The heat in Shen Zhongbai's body burned like a flame in an instant, but he suppressed it forcefully. .
Shen Qiangwei sat down in frustration. She didn't learn anything else in the brothel, but she learned a lot about the ability to seduce men, but it was probably because she had used it so much over the years that Shen Zhongbai was tired of it.
"Your Majesty, the imperial doctor said that my body has been restored. I have just lost my beloved son. Is the emperor just looking at it like this? To be honest, I want to have another child with the emperor."
She just plainly said what was in her heart, she wanted to have a child.
Only people saw her sitting in the position of a noble concubine, looking very beautiful, but they never forgot for a moment that she was from a brothel.
Some people's origins cannot be chosen, but they become a burden for them to carry forward throughout their lives and become an unchangeable fact.
She urgently needs a child to consolidate her status.
Shen Zhongbai has been married to her for six years. During these six years, he couldn't sleep well every night. She watched helplessly as he was obsessed with his position as emperor, and she saw him shouting over and over again in the middle of the night because he missed Gu Qiang. Gu Qiang's name, she woke up from her dream many times and found that her pillow was wet with tears.
Shen Zhongbai turned his head, stretched out his hand to hold her in his arms, and said half-coaxingly: "I know, but if you want a child, you need to wait until I have taken care of all the things at hand, and your body must be in good condition, otherwise the child Even if you want it, you still..."
He knew that if he continued to speak, he might touch Shen Qiangwei's pain, so he stopped talking. At this time, a eunuch came in and said: "Your Majesty, someone from Prime Minister Gu's family is outside the house, saying he wants to see you. "
Shen Zhongbai suddenly felt irritated, and said impatiently: "It's so late, I've already rested, and if there's anything else, let her talk about it later!"
The eunuch awkwardly leaned into Shen Zhongbai's ear and whispered: "The lady just came from the Yangtze Palace, and she may have communicated with the Queen. Your Majesty, you'd better listen and see what happened to her. After all, she is not just a painter. The concubine’s mother is also the queen’s mother.”
Of course, the queen's mother, Jiang Rou, had been dead for more than ten years, so Ye just took the position with a smile on her face.
Shen Zhongbai thought for a moment, then turned to Shen Qiangwei and said, "You go back to Rose Palace first. I will naturally find you when I'm done."
Shen Qiangwei felt unhappy, her eyes flickered, and she hid all the disappointment. She stood up and said with a smile: "I will leave you, Your Majesty, take care of your dragon body and go back to rest early."
As he walked out the door, he happened to face Mrs. Ye who was about to step forward.
There were bright palace lanterns around. Although the Queen Mother's funeral was over, the palace did not change the palace lanterns for three months.
The weather is getting colder, and it looks particularly desolate under the illumination of the palace lanterns.
Shen Qiangwei stopped beside Mrs. Ye, looked straight ahead, and then said casually: "Mrs. Gu, you came here to paint the concubine this time. From my point of view, it is of no use. Counting the painting concubine, I have been with His Highness for more than six years, how could I not know how important the child is to His Highness?"
Ye should have saluted, but her heart was anxious, but her face was frighteningly calm.
If you lose, you won't lose. How could she be frightened by the little bitch in the brothel
"Even if the emperor needs a child, the child should be from our Gu family. If the future prince knows that his mother is actually an actress in a brothel, I don't know how he will gain a foothold in the palace." Ye Shi also looked ahead, safeguarding her last wish. A little dignity.
Everyone knows that when hurting each other, it is natural to poke at the saddest place until the internal wounds are exposed.
"My Lady, you are extremely smart, but you must also think about your future children." Ye continued, then turned to look at Shen Qiangwei.
Shen Qiangwei's whole body trembled, as if Ye's words really hurt her heart, so she said nothing and went straight to her Rose Palace.
Mrs. Ye knelt in front of the imperial study room, lowering her head. Shen Zhong, who was hidden in the candlelight opposite him, slowly moved and asked, "Madam, why are you coming here in such a hurry?"
"Your Majesty, I came this time to hope that Your Majesty would seriously consider releasing our Zhihua. She likes you so much and has been with you for six years. Even if she has no merit, she has worked hard. You kept her in the cold palace. She is so delicate. You are so weak, how can you bear it?" Ye said this, tears fell easily.
Shen Zhongbai held the tea cup in his hand, turned it twice, raised his eyes and said coldly: "Mother-in-law, do you know what mistake Zhi Hua made? She aborted my child, who is my own flesh and blood. This kind of If I hadn't remembered her hard work, I could have killed her directly."
Ye's whole body tensed up, and she was afraid at the thought, but she still tried to say: "Your Highness, you may not know, because you have always enjoyed Zhihua's admiration. She is a girl with a simple mind who can give up everything for the things she likes. I did those things just to hope that you could see her more. These six years have been torture for you and her. She is not happy, and it is an eyesore for you."
"What do you mean by mother-in-law? Do you want me to divorce my concubine?"
This is interesting. Didn't Gu Zhihua shamelessly want to marry him who was still the third prince at the time
Do you want Shen Zhongbai to divorce her again today? How ridiculous, it's like the emperor no longer wants a woman like Gu Zhihua, but other men pick her up and support her, and her life will be better than now