Although Gu Yan said it was okay to bring Qiunie into the palace, he could not bring a foreigner into the palace without telling Queen Jiang, but it was impossible without first communicating with Queen Mother Gu.
And the purpose of bringing Qiunie into the palace was not concealed from Queen Mother Gu. Of course, although he had asked Queen Mother Gu to clear the place before, she was almost beaten to death by the furious Queen Mother Gu with the ornaments in the palace: "You... What a crazy thing! Has the emperor been sorry for you all these years? You actually encouraged the Ai family to kill their son, but he is the only son of the Ai family after all!
When Gu Yan coveted Princess Lexin's sister and brother, the Queen Mother Gu couldn't bear it. They were just two inconspicuous ones among her many grandchildren! What's more, her only son, the emperor whom she relied on to become the queen mother? !
It's just that Gu Yansu has served her for many years. If he doesn't know anything about this great-aunt, how can he dare to come over to her to discuss such a big thing as let's kill your son together
He allowed Empress Dowager Gu to smash his brain and then asked in a deep voice: "Then the Empress Dowager has thought about it. Now that the prince is not close to you, the Jiang family is aggressive, and Xue Chang's party has made a decision... what will we do in the future? Of?!"
"Even if the Ai family can no longer serve as regent, she will still be the empress dowager after all!" Empress Dowager Gu said firmly, "You are crazy, you beast! You can actually say such a thing! Why don't you kill Gu Shuo and become the King of Guangyang?! ah?!"
Gu Yan said happily: "Empress Dowager, why do you deceive yourself and others so much? With Jiang's mind, once he gains power, even if he allows you to continue to be the Queen Mother, it will only be following in the footsteps of Queen Mother Ye! And except for the Crown Prince, the rest of you Bones and blood, can the Queen Mother be in the situation she is in today?"
This time, without waiting for Queen Mother Gu to answer, he went on in one breath, "Now that we are at a disadvantage, if we don't come up with a strange plan, even if we take strict precautions in the future, it is impossible to reverse the situation! Moreover, Queen Mother, do you think Jiang's There is already a prince who obeys them in everything, how can he still tolerate His Majesty?"
Queen Mother Gu gasped and was speechless for a moment!
As early as the beginning of the fight for the crown prince, she knew that if she failed, the emperor would basically be in trouble. But Queen Mother Gu was so confident at that time that she didn’t think she would lose at all!
Now that it was time for both mother and son to die, the unprepared Queen Mother Gu felt panic from the bottom of her heart - ants are greedy for life, let alone a noble person like her? She doesn't want to die, not at all!
Not to mention falling to the level of Queen Mother Ye: she holds the title of Queen Mother, but she is as sneaky as a mouse that cannot see the light. She spends her life quietly in the empty and desolate palace, and can make a big show after her death. , it was thanks to Chao Dou...
Naturally, the hesitation of the Queen Mother Gu could not be hidden from Gu Yan. He slowed down his tone and said seductively: "The Queen Mother, Rong Chen, would like to say something bold: Now that the Queen Mother can protect yourself, it is very good. Your Majesty, you can't take care of it at all! Rather than letting the Jiang family harm His Majesty and then deal with you after supporting the Crown Prince, you might as well strike first! If His Majesty knew about it, he would definitely not blame you. After all, Your Majesty is so filial, how can he be willing to let you suffer?"
If the queen's party hears these words, they will definitely scold him for being shameless - Queen Mother Gu also knows that Gu Yan said this just because she hopes that she can make a desperate move to save the situation!
But if this plan succeeds, he can indeed regain his former prestige... and completely crush the Jiang family!
Queen Mother, hesitated!
When Gu Yan saw this, he did not take advantage of the victory and pursue it. Instead, he bowed respectfully: "The Queen Mother, please think twice! I... will retire first!"
He came out of the palace with his head covered in blood, which naturally frightened the palace people.
But Gu Yan, who had always cared about his body, had no intention of caring about it at all. He just wiped it casually with the handkerchief held by the palace attendant, then turned around and left.
It's not that he is not anxious, but he understands that as the only son of Empress Dowager Gu, the emperor is so weak that he never dared to compete with the empress for power. Even if Empress Dowager Gu despises him, she definitely has feelings for him. This was the first time that he asked Queen Mother Gu to kill her son. It was a good start to make Queen Mother Gu not kill him personally but to seriously consider it.
If you continue to be entangled, it may be self-defeating.
"How's it going?" Gu Yan left the palace expressionlessly and got on the carriage, but Deng Yi was already sitting in the carriage, sipping a small pot of wine from the charcoal basin, his skin that could be broken by the blow was covered with peach blossoms. He blushed like a child, looked at her with a lustful look, and asked with a hint of smoke.
Gu Yan smiled and shook his hand, sat down next to him, and told the driver to go back to Guangyang Palace, then smiled and said: "No problem!"
"Looking at the injury on your head, I'm afraid my aunt is furious, right?" Deng Yi ignored his restless movements as soon as he sat down and asked in an indifferent tone, "Is this okay?"
"Brother Yi, are you concerned about me?" Gu Yan narrowed his eyes and pressed his hands a little heavier. It was not until Deng Yi frowned and snorted that he let go of his arms and hugged him weakly. He said with a faint smile, "Auntie. It’s not that she doesn’t cherish her children, it’s just that she cherishes herself more... Today I have a showdown with her, but I can still leave Taishi Palace alive. Based on this alone, I guarantee that she will agree! "
Deng Yi thought thoughtfully: "It's hard to say... My aunt, I'm getting old too." Many people are hard-hearted when they are young, but they tend to become soft-hearted when they get older, right
"She will agree." Gu Yan looked out of the car, his eyes full of gloom, "Since the Jiang family is so unscrupulous that they attacked His Majesty and spared General Ruan's grave, they must have solved the problem of the Zhenxi Army. Question! I think the news from the west will arrive in the next two days. If my aunt has not made up her mind by then, it will be a kindness of the Jiang family for her to live the life she lived before Queen Mother Ye!"
... The Queen Mother's Party has never known who poisoned the emperor. Since Xue Chang framed it for King Zhou, the Queen Mother's Party certainly believes that it was the Queen's Party or Xue Chang who did it. Anyway, the two sides are now on the same side, so there is nothing wrong with the Jiang family.
Deng Yi frowned and thought gloomily. The profile of the stunning young man was as beautiful as a dream.
Gu Yan studied this dream for a moment and suddenly asked: "I haven't even asked you, how did you come up with this idea?"
No wonder he suspected that Deng Yi had always been taciturn and indifferent to worldly affairs. This time he suddenly asked about the Queen Mother's party being at a disadvantage. After all, as a natural member of the Queen Mother's party, he cared about the Queen Mother's party, which meant he cared about his own. future. But his idea of killing the king and succeeding if he doesn't succeed is completely different from Gu Yan's impression of him!
However, Deng Yi didn't feel unnatural at all when he heard this. Instead, he asked: "The Jiang family is in the first year of junior high school. Can't we be in the fifteenth year? Although your majesty is my cousin, I haven't seen him very often. Why should I feel bad?"
"That's true." Gu Yan pondered for a while and felt that he couldn't find any fault - blood determined that Deng Yi would not end well if he defected to the Queen's Party, not to mention that he was the fiancé of the 19th Young Lady of the Jiang family. Deng Yi really had no room for betrayal due to public and private grudges.
"Perhaps he is also afraid of falling into the hands of the Jiang family. Although I restrain him, I am not bad to him. Those people in the Jiang family may not feel sorry for him because of his beauty!" Thinking like this, Gu Yan left the conversation. My cousin was suspicious and began to seriously think about a plan to reverse the situation...
Three days later.
Expedited 800-mile journey to Western Xinjiang—
Kuang Shihan, the general of Zhenxi, allowed his only son Kuang Qingwu to relax military discipline and privately led his soldiers to go hunting, which left the central army empty and was taken advantage of by the Western barbarians. He was defeated and captured, and his whereabouts are unknown because of the darkness. The Western Army was defeated and lost a mountain of baggage... This bad news, which most of the courtiers had guessed, was reported to the imperial city!
Along with this bad news, there was also a memorial written by the governor of Shazhou for Han Jishan, Zhao Bin, Ruan Qingyan and others.
The blame belongs entirely to the Kuang family and his son, and the credit belongs to a group of people represented by Ruan Qingyan. Empress Dowager Gu held military reports and memorials in her hands. She was in a state of despair for a long time. Ms. Zheng shook her sleeves twice before she stood up. I'll go back to Taishi Palace on the pretext of feeling unwell!
The Queen Mother's reason told her that she could not leave! With her gone, one of the Kuang family father and son had neglected their duties, and the other had violated military law. Once the two were convicted, it would be over!
The Kuang family and his son are finished, and the Zhenxi Army has no hope. The Queen Mother's Party no longer has a military card, and coupled with its disadvantage in the court, it will definitely become the Queen's Party's prey from now on!
But Queen Mother Gu felt so sleepy that she couldn't muster the strength to fight at all...
After returning to the Taishi Palace, the Queen Mother did not ask for the company and comfort of Lady Zheng. She locked herself in the bedroom alone for two hours before calling Lady Zheng in with red and swollen eyes: "Go and tell Gu Yan to prepare whatever he needs to prepare." What!"
Ms. Zheng responded with tears - the female officer did not know the content of Gu Yan's secret talk with Queen Mother Gu two days ago. She thought that Queen Mother Gu felt that the building was about to collapse. She hoped that Gu Yan could try his best to preserve some of the Gu family's bloodline to avoid all the consequences in the future. The Jiang family’s poisonous hand.
"It's just that the Jiang family is so cruel, how can they give Guangyang Prince's Palace a chance to send people away?" Ms. Zheng thought desperately on the way to Guangyang Prince's Palace.
She didn't know that in the imperial city behind her at this moment, Queen Mother Gu was falling on the carpet of the bedroom in pain, screaming silently!
"This cannot be blamed on the Ai family's cruelty. Yan'er is right! The Jiang family is so aggressive and they have established a crown prince. How can they let the prince go?! Even if the Ai family doesn't do this, the prince will not be able to escape their vicious hands!" The Queen Mother With tears streaming down her face, she tried her best to comfort herself, "And if it weren't for the Jiang family, how could the Ai family be forced to this point! The Jiang family is the culprit! This time, I used the emperor's order to reverse the situation and kill the Jiang family! This is also the case. Revenge for the emperor!"
Those long-lasting memories were like sand settling at the bottom of the water. During the smooth and long years of regency, she thought she had long forgotten it, but in the stormy days of these days, she gradually remembered-
The grievance and helplessness of a girl who was both talented and beautiful, but had to enter the palace to commit herself to the old emperor;
When he first entered the palace, although he was quite favored, he was fearful and unwilling to be jealous of the harem and suppressed by the main palace;
The climate was successful, and for the first time, Queen Mother Ye returned home feeling proud and ambitious;
Finally pregnant, the words that my father and brother asked my mother and sister-in-law to visit quietly brought in, the shock and excitement;
I am so happy that Lin'er, relying on the love of the late emperor and the support of her mother's family, has the expectation and pride of killing the prince of the previous dynasty;
The youngest son succeeded to the throne, the remnants of the former prince's party were still in the court, and the relatives and old ministers all had ambiguous attitudes... Because the Gu family's previous foundation was too weak, for the safety of mother and son, the young queen mother resolutely decided to let the emperor, who was less than ten years old, appoint the emperor. The daughter of the Duke of Qin became the queen. She received the support of the most prestigious "Gancheng of the Country" after the "Pillar of the Country", and her position gradually became stable...
"The Ai family didn't actually have such ambitions earlier. At first, they were just afraid that the emperor's throne would be snatched away. Later, they felt that the emperor was young and ignorant - the Ai family had never thought of being a regent!" Queen Mother Gu had no image. Lying on the thick felt, he stared at the ornately carved palace pillars and thought sadly, "But the queen is so domineering and domineering, and the prince is so honest. If the Ai family doesn't take over the world for him, wouldn't the world be ready at any time?" Are you going to change your surname to Jiang?"
She murmured something that she didn't know whether to believe, "The only one to blame is the Jiang family - the Jiang family's ambition! At first, the Ai family thought that by hiring Jiang as their queen, they would be able to take advantage of the Duke of Qin, but who knew, it was actually the Duke of Qin? They have been taking advantage of us! It’s all their fault!”
"So, Your Majesty, don't blame the Queen Mother for being cruel! You are too honest. If something happens to the Queen Mother, who can protect you? When the time comes, our two daughters will die at the hands of the Jiang family, and we may have to bear infamy! Why don't you go see the late emperor first, and I will take revenge on you later!"
Empress Dowager Gu's heart suddenly became ruthless, she jumped up and ordered sternly: "Come here! Wait for the Ai family to bathe and change clothes!"
Now that she has decided to abandon her son... of course she can't let her son die in vain!