Gu Qiang's condition is actually not as bad as they thought. At least until now, Gu Qiang herself has not felt that she will commit her life to this place. Even if she is really feeling uncomfortable, Shen Zhongbai He has already given an order for his brother to enter the palace, so he will not obey the Queen Mother's orders at this time.
Although he doesn't know the situation in the palace, even if Shen Zhongbai doesn't listen to Shen Qiangwei's pillow talk, he will definitely listen to his mother-in-law. After all, she is his biological mother, so he won't even listen to her words.
Shen Zhongbai was actually very distressed about this matter, because he did not expect that letting Gu Qiang contact his mother and concubine would actually lead to such a result. Gu Qiang's condition seemed to be very serious indeed. If he It really makes no sense to delay it any longer.
However, it was indeed not his intention to passively invite Gu Huaian into the palace. Shen Zhongbai really didn't like the feeling of being forced to make a decision. After all, if Gu Qiang and his mother-in-law didn't force him to do this, , if Gu Qiang's body really couldn't hold on any longer, he would definitely summon Gu Huai'an into the palace. There was no doubt about this, because for the sake of her life, he said it was impossible to kill her so easily. Her life was entrusted to this place, but with her mother-in-law interfering, things ended up getting a little more troublesome.
Who knows, could there be someone behind everything
After all, the current situation was beyond his expectation. He didn't originally want to call Gu Huaian into the palace so early, but now he had no choice but to do so.
"Your Majesty, we really want to invite Mr. Gu into the palace now. Didn't you say before..."
The little eunuch next to Shen Zhongbai was still very concerned about this matter. After all, Shen Zhongbai had repeatedly ordered that no situation in the palace should be disclosed to the court, especially to Gu Huai'an. Wouldn't it be contrary to the current situation to call him in now? Where is the order
Shen Zhongbai looked at the little eunuch beside him, ""Then tell me, if I don't call him over now, what can I do? Are you going to watch the young lady die? Let me say it again, the situation in the palace is not allowed to be disclosed to anyone. Even if you go to invite Gu Huaian this time, you must go as quietly as you can. No one above the court can be disturbed.
These old guys in the imperial court are all very shrewd. With the slightest clue, they might know what they are planning now? So the best thing is to keep them in the dark about everything and never know about it. This is the best thing.
"I understand, but what happens next..."
Because of Shen Zhongbai's orders, besides listening to Shen Zhongbai's orders, the young eunuch Ran spent the rest of his time listening to Chu Junyou's words. Many of Chu Junyou's orders were also for the emperor. , but it’s true that I haven’t seen Mr. Chu for several days. The emperor has always told me to follow Mr. Chu as long as he is in the palace. However, in the past few days, I have not seen Mr. Chu during the day or night. Never seen him again.
The little eunuch felt a little strange. After all, the emperor asked him to stay with Mr. Chu and refused to let him leave the palace. This was all he could do.
"What's wrong? Is there anything else? Just say what you have to say, don't be hesitant like this."
Shen Zhongbai disliked the eunuchs around him who were hesitant and never spoke directly. If such a thing happened once or twice, he could still hold on and tell them patiently and let them speak directly. He said it out loud, but after doing so many times, he lost his patience, so he became even more impatient when talking to the little eunuch.
"Your Majesty, what I want to say is that you asked your servant to follow Mr. Chu before, but in the past few days, it seems that I have not seen Mr. Chu in the palace. Even Mr. Chu's residence has not seen anyone for many days. After that, look, is this..."
Shen Zhongbai has been too busy these days, and with Gu Qiang's incident making such a fuss, Chu Junyou's incident has long been forgotten. After all, Chu Junyou is also an adult with strong martial arts skills. , you won’t have to worry about him all the time, right? But after being reminded by the little eunuch, I realized that indeed, I hadn't seen Chu Junyou for a long time. Was there really an accident
"Send the order and ask the guards under me to find Master Chu's whereabouts and see if Master Chu has been kidnapped by someone?" Of course, in Shen Zhongbai's mind, this possibility is quite small. , after all, Chu Junyou has never offended anyone in the capital. If he did, it would probably be Gu Huai'an and Gu Su Liang's group. I heard that Chu Tiankuo is also in the capital now and has never gone out, but he seems to There is no chance to go out.
Although the past few days have been a little more peaceful than before, they have still stepped up their vigilance inside and outside, especially those who come out of Lingyin Pavilion. The guards in the capital will search them carefully and will not let them go. They can enter and leave the capital so easily.
Even if Shen Zhongbai knew this, he couldn't hide that there would still be fish that slipped through the net and could escape, but after all, it was better to stop them than not at all.
Lingyin Pavilion is now being watched closely by his subordinates. In theory, no one should have the opportunity to go out. If they go out, they will definitely be searched up and down, let alone Maybe Chu Junyou is hiding, not to mention that Chu Junyou is considered a playboy wherever he goes, the kind that attracts attention all the time. How is it possible that there is no news about his disappearance in the capital
But Shen Zhongbai never thought that on that day, everyone present and all the passers-by around Yuhua Building were arranged by Shen Qianshan in advance. There would be no one among those people who would tell everything about that day. Everything was exposed, and everything around Yuhua Tower, inside and outside, had been cleared that day.
On that day, it was absolutely impossible for anyone other than Shen Qianshan's men to show up. It was because of this that Shen Qianshan could do whatever he wanted to do with confidence and boldness. Chu Junyou has now I was locked up in that place for several days.
Except for a few of them, no one else in the capital would know that he was trapped in this place. Shen Qianshan felt confident and bold, but basically there were no accidents.
In any case, Shen Qianshan knew that Shen Zhongbai would never know that Chu Junyou had gone out at this time. At least he would not know that they had such courage to dare to kill Chu Junyou when they were watched so closely. You grabbed it and put it in his hand.
Shen Zhongbai was at a loss for this matter. To be honest, it was a bit difficult to handle such a thing happening on his side. Chu Junyou had not shown up for such a long time. There was no news from Song Yu's relief army. What bad news, although it can't be considered a big deal, but if Chu Junyou doesn't appear in front of him for a day, he will feel less at ease. If something really happens, how will he have time to take appropriate measures?
Now Shen Zhongbai can't do anything else, so he can only ask his people to find out if anyone knows Chu Junyou's whereabouts. As long as someone knows his whereabouts, other things will be easier to handle, at least It's not like your eyes are completely black and you don't know anything clearly.
After receiving the order, the little eunuch left. After all, it was an official matter and they didn't know it. After Shen Zhongbai arranged all the things and left, Shen Zhongbai pretended to wake up leisurely and looked at the Queen Mother beside him. .
To be honest, Gu Qiang was thinking that the Queen Mother probably didn't want her to continue to stay in the palace with her status. She was willing to help her, not only because of the rapport with her, she also wanted her son to be the emperor. Don't be influenced by anyone.
Although she has never killed people randomly like Shen Zhongbai, it is hard to say that she has not done some things that poisoned the harem. She is probably atoneing like this not just for her own son. Shen Zhongbai looked at the woman in front of him and said To be honest, Shen Zhongbai is already so old, but as Shen Zhongbai's mother, there are few traces of time on her face, and she does look young.
Perhaps because she was still young when she entered the palace, the Queen Mother looked like a young wife from an ordinary family. She did not look like the mother of Shen Zhongbai, a man in his mid-twenties. Perhaps it was also because she had been fasting all year round. There is no greasiness on the face, but the vicissitudes of life can indeed be seen.
I just don’t know if she really wants to help her leave.
However, Gu Qiang thought about her attitude towards him these days, and she actually told Shen Zhongbai that her brother's demeanor when he came into the palace didn't look staged at all. It should be real. He wanted to help himself, at least he didn't want to watch his son bring someone else's woman back to the palace, causing the world to laugh at him.
"Okay, is everything okay now? I heard that the emperor has sent someone to invite your brother. Although he can be invited here, you'd better not do anything extraordinary? After all, I have someone for every move you make. Look, if you do something excessive and want to murder the emperor, there is no way you can do anything about it, do you understand?"
The Queen Mother had to admit that she and Gu Qiang did chat happily every day, but when it came to family affection, she still could not treat the person in front of her as her own child.