How could it be... her
Gu Changqing said incredulously: "She... assassinated Jiaojiao... What happened to the Marshal's Mansion and the Hou's Mansion?"
The old sacrificial wine knew about this. After all, when Gu Changqing escaped from prison to visit Gu Yan, it was the old sacrificial wine who put Gu Changqing into the house.
Lao Jijiu said: "Although there is no evidence for that incident, but from the perspective of motives, it does look like her. Except for her, probably no one is so anxious to see the reconciliation between His Majesty and the Queen Mother."
Even if the Zhuang family wants to cover the sky with only one hand, if Zhuang Jinse and His Majesty have a harmonious relationship, they do not think it is a bad thing. On the contrary, if they can win over His Majesty and allow His Majesty to allow the Zhuang family more benefits, Master Zhuang is also happy.
It's just that His Majesty doesn't always get on the banker's pirate ship.
The old sacrificial wine continued: "I guess, she is still brooding about the position of the queen mother. She wants to be the queen mother, and she wants to get rid of Zhuang Jinse. It's just that she hides herself so well that she is the most suspicious, but she is stunned. No one doubted her."
Something flashed in Gu Changqing's eyes, he clenched his fists, his brows turned cold.
"I'm afraid she's been eyeing Liulang recently." Lao Jijiu hesitated for a moment, but still told about the jade pendant, "And... I suspect that she was also the one who poisoned the young marquis of Zhaodu by the queen mother."
Gu Jiao's eyes also turned cold.
Seeing that the brothers and sisters were about to enter the palace to rectify the law on the spot, Lao Jijiu hurriedly advised: "You two, don't be impulsive first, you must not enter the palace to kill! If there are dead men of the previous emperor, you can't kill them, but pay them back. It may be injured. Secondly, even if you kill it, it is not right. Your Majesty can't spare you, and the laws of this dynasty can't spare you."
Gu Changqing said coldly, "Do you want to let her go on like this?"
The old sacrificial wine hehe said: "To deal with such a person, of course, the sword must go to the side!"
"Why did the sword go sideways?" Gu Changqing asked.
The old sacrificial wine smiled incomprehensibly: "Of course... use the way of others to treat others!"
It is easy to say, but not easy to do.
Especially this old white lotus was hidden so deeply that even the old sacrificial wine sighed.
However, Lao Jijiu has always refused to admit defeat. You can surpass me in knowledge and official position, but you can't surpass me in tea!
Life is like a play, and you have to fight each other's acting skills!
Gu Jiao silently touched her little back basket.
Lao Jijiu said, "It's so late, where are you going?"
"Go to see my aunt." Gu Jiao said without changing her face.
The old sacrificial wine: "Put the basket down."
Gu Jiao blinked and put down the small backpack.
"Take out the dagger."
Gu Jiao took out a black iron dagger with a grudge on her face.
"The other three."
Gu Jiao took out the three daggers hidden on her body again.
"Take the sack out."
"Take out the hidden weapon."
"Take the poison needle out."
"And that crackling thing you made."
Gu Jiao pouted: "That one is gone."
Old sacrifice wine: "Poisonous insects."
"Poisonous snake."
Gu Changqing heard the sudden jumping of his temples behind him. Do you have so many things in your little girl's back basket? There are even venomous snakes!
Gu Jiao digs out the contents of the small back basket, leaving only a small medicine box.
Living things and things that don't belong to it cannot be hidden in the small medicine box, otherwise they will disappear. This Gu Jiao has tried it.
Lao Jijiu knows this girl too well. If she doesn't stop her today, she can go directly to the palace and put Princess Jing in a sack.
But the risk is too great.
He didn't allow her to take risks.
Gu Changqing automatically ignored her sister's strange thing in the basket, looked at the old Jijiu and said, "What exactly is Huo Jijiu going to do?"
Lao Jijiu touched his beard: "Well..."
He has a way, but he still lacks a tool man!
This person needs to be extremely trusted by the emperor and can easily enter the palace.
The second point alone is not too difficult for him, but since the emperor found out that he had been his father for a period of time, the emperor had a lot of resentment towards him.
I don't trust him as much as before.
The old sacrificial wine sighed in the sky, it is not easy for a courtier to do it.
While sighing and sighing, the sound of horse hooves and the turning of wheels came from the alley. The sound stopped at the door next door, and then the entire alley heard the roar of Xiao Qingkong's hair: "Ah! I'll do it again. Don't go out with you either! It's not fun, it's not fun! It's not fun at all!"
The old sacrificial wine muttered: "What happened? Who did he go out with? He was so angry?"
Gu Jiao and Gu Changqing didn't know either.
The three walked out.
Xiao Qingkong jumped down from a tall carriage, and stomped his feet angrily after jumping!
"Clear space." Gu Jiao called out.
When Xiao Jingkong saw Gu Jiao walking out of her aunt's house, she deflated her small mouth aggrievedly, ran over, and threw herself into Gu Jiao's arms.
Gu Jiao squatted down, wiped the sweat from the little guy's forehead, and touched his collar again, his clothes were soaked with sweat.
Xuanping Hou stepped down from the carriage, raised his eyebrows and glanced at the little guy, hehe said, "You don't appreciate it for taking you to such a high-end restaurant to eat."
"Master Hou." Gu Changqing cupped his hands.
"Well." Xuan Ping Hou responded lightly.
Xiaojingkong was very angry: "You said you said it! Such a big restaurant! With so many good dishes, you ordered an egg for me!"
Marquis Xuanping coughed lightly: "That's an egg marinated in abalone sauce. It's very expensive. Besides, can you eat so much as a child? Didn't Ben Marquis take you to go boating?"
"What kind of broken boat is that! It's still leaking! I scooped water all the way! Woohoo!" Xiao Jingkong was aggrieved to death, "Jiaojiao, my arm is sore."
There are boats with twenty coppers, and there are boats with fifty coppers. Going further up, there are also boats with awnings of one tael of silver.
The Marquis of Xuanping rented the cheapest boat, and without a shed, he missed the boat halfway through.
In the end, I don't know if it was a man rowing a boat or a boat rowing a man.
Gu Jiao hugged Xiao Jingkong, and Xiao Jingkong was lying in her arms, twitching in grievance.
What a thrilling day it was!
He will never go out with this hairless Xiao Houhou again!
"I'll go in with the clearance first." Gu Jiao said, turning around and entering the house.
Gu Changqing and Lao Jijiu looked at Marquis Xuanping, their expressions were indescribable.
I know you're digging, but you shouldn't dig like that!
Marquis Xuanping coughed lightly, and hummed: "What do you do when you look at Ben Marquis like this? Ben Marquis is also very hard! Ben Marquis didn't even bring A-Heng when he was a child, and he worked hard to take the little guy for a day. Master doesn't even call."
"Do you want to be Xiao Jingkong's master?" Lao Jijiu looked up and down at Marquis Xuanping, his eyes lighted up bit by bit, "It's simple, you help me with one thing, I'll try to let it go. Jing Kong calls you Master!"
Duke Xuanping glanced at Lao Jijiu suspiciously.
It rained at night, dissipating a lot of heat, and the heavy rain stopped when the sky was bright.
Empress Xiao got up early.
According to the palace rules, she should go to Renshou Palace to greet Empress Dowager Zhuang, but who made Empress Dowager Zhuang not an ordinary empress dowager, she had to go to Zaochao, but it saved her daughter-in-law from going to her to make rules.
However, if you do not greet Empress Dowager Zhuang, it does not mean that you will not greet Concubine Jing.
"Niangniang, this peacock looks good on a green hairpin," said the little palace maid who combed Queen Xiao's hair.
Empress Xiao looked at herself in the bronze mirror and sighed: "Time makes people grow old, beauty fades quickly, what's the use of beautiful pearl hairpins? When people are old, they don't look good in anything."
The little palace maid hurriedly said: "How can the empress get old? You are a peony in a flower, with a national color and a fragrance, and also a pines and cypresses in the mountains, and the frost is thick! You will only get better and better!"
Empress Xiao smiled lightly: "It's your sweet mouth." She raised her hand and motioned for the little palace maid to put the pearl hairpin on her.
The little palace maid put on the peacock-dotted emerald hairpin, and chose a few white jade beads for her.
"Niangniang is the queen and does not serve people with color, why are you afraid of wasting time?"
Mama Liao walked in with a basin of fresh water soaked in petals.
Empress Xiao smiled: "What mammy said is very true."
She is the Queen and His Majesty's wife. Unlike those concubines of Yingying Yanyan, she and His Majesty are people who have been married, worshipped and have a true conjugal friendship.
Men, you can spend some time on other women, but a wife is a wife after all.
Queen Xiao soaked her hand in the petal water.
Madam Liao said, "Niangniang, the Marquis of Xuanping is here."
"Brother is here?" Queen Xiao's eyes lit up.
Mama Liao secretly sighed, and only in front of Marquis Xuan Ping would the empress show her side of the girl in front of the pavilion.
"Please!"
It's not a quick announcement, it's a quick request.
Empress Xiao respects and loves this brother very much, and of course the Marquis of Xuan Ping treats her sister well.
Empress Xiao met the Marquis of Xuanping in Qingyou Pavilion, where she received guests.
The Marquis of Xuanping bowed his hands and saluted: "I have seen the Queen before."
Empress Xiao hesitated, glanced at the palace maids and eunuchs in the pavilion, and said solemnly: "You all step back, this palace and Xuanping Marquis have a few words of self-confidence."
"Yes!"
The palace people withdrew one by one.
Only then did Empress Xiao stand up with a smile and walk towards Marquis Xuanping: "Brother!"
Xuanping Marquis gave her a disgusting look: "Why are you dressed like a bird today?"
Empress Xiao poured down a basin of cold water: "..."
Queen Xiao took a deep breath.
Brother's mouth, it really hasn't changed for decades!
Queen Xiao and Marquis Xuanping sat down on the chairs. She did not sit on the main seat on the steps, but sat beside Marquis Xuanping.
Queen Xiao asked, "How are you doing, brother?"
Xuanping Hou said: "Very good, where's the Queen?"
Empress Xiao smiled: "Of course I'm fine too."
Marquis Xuanping looked at her delicate makeup and cumbersome jewelry, and asked, "Do you regret entering the palace?"
"How could it be?" She didn't regret it, isn't it bad to be able to be a mother? What's more, although His Majesty has three thousand beauties in the harem, he has never really neglected her as a queen.
It was her own intention to marry the emperor at the beginning, and it was her who cut off Concubine Zhuang's Hu.
Concubine Zhuang was the emperor's main concubine, but after the emperor ascended the throne, he only made Concubine Zhuang a second-rank concubine, but ordered to marry her as the queen.
For this reason, she and the Xiao family suffered many difficulties from the Empress Dowager Zhuang's lineage, all of which were carried by her brother alone.
So she was grateful and respected her brother in her heart.
She asked with a smile, "Why is my brother free to see me today?"
"I have something to ask you." Xuanping Hou said.
"What's the matter?" Queen Xiao asked.
The Marquis of Xuan Ping said, "I have an old friend who asked me to bring something to Concubine Jing. It is a very precious thing. I must hand it over to Concubine Jing."
Empress Xiao smiled and said, "What's the big deal for me? What's so difficult about it? I'm going to Huaqing Palace to greet Concubine Jing, why don't my brother come with me."
"Okay." Xuanping Hou nodded.
The siblings went to Huaqing Palace.
Since the concubine Jing moved here, the Huaqing Palace has become more lively. All the concubines who are qualified to come to the harem to greet the concubine Jing have come. It is true to please the concubine Jing, and it is not fake to want to meet the emperor by chance.
Empress Xiao did not have to meet the emperor by chance, but the emperor regarded Concubine Jing as her biological mother, and Empress Xiao naturally respected her like a mother-in-law.
It's just that Empress Xiao never expected that Concubine Zhuang Gui would also come.
The two most powerful concubines in the harem met at the entrance of Huaqing Palace, with their eunuchs and palace maids, and the atmosphere seemed to freeze.
The two were on a par in the harem, but today, with the Marquis of Xuanping supporting Queen Xiao, Queen Xiao's aura was stronger than usual.
"Marquis Xuanping." Concubine Zhuang greeted with a smile.
"Prince Concubine." The Marquis of Xuan Ping bowed his hands perfunctorily.
He was so pissed in front of the emperor that Concubine Zhuang didn't care about his attitude. Concubine Zhuang smiled and looked at Empress Xiao: "Is the empress here to greet the concubine?"
"Isn't it a noble concubine?" Queen Xiao asked lightly.
Concubine Zhuang Gui smiled: "King Ning killed a group of bandits a few days ago. The people of the village were grateful for His Majesty's kindness and specially made some tea cakes for King Ning to bring to His Majesty. King Ning was still in the mountains to deal with the aftermath, so he could only let the guards Send it back, and this palace will do it for me."
King Ning, King Ning.
It is obvious that her son is the crown prince, but His Majesty always asks the crown prince to study in the study, but Prince Ning is often entrusted with the important task of helping His Majesty govern the world!
Thinking of now, King Ning's popularity among the common people is about to surpass that of the Crown Prince!
Empress Xiao's fingers tightened, and a cold light flashed in her eyes.
"Let's go in." Xuanping Hou said.
Empress Xiao gave Concubine Zhuang a roll of eyes and entered Huaqing Palace with Hou Mai of Xuanping.
Concubine Zhuang Gui bowed slightly, and was very perfunctory.
It was not until Empress Xiao and Marquis Xuanping entered the dormitory of Concubine Jing that Concubine Zhuang's expression turned cold.
The female official on the side snorted coldly: "What's so great? If it weren't for the break between Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager, this Empress would have been in the Empress's bag!"
Concubine Zhuang sneered: "What's the use of sitting in the back seat? Having two sons, it's hard to be a big boss!"
Concubine Zhuang Gui also entered the Huaqing Palace. She really came to deliver tea cakes to the emperor today. Folk things are not particular and are not clean, but the emperor does not tell the truth.
He only needs to know the intentions of King Ning and the people.
No matter how many meritorious feats King Ning has established outside, he will definitely tell the people that he is under the order of his father, and that it is not him who protects the people, but his father, the emperor of Zhao.
How could the emperor not love such a son
The emperor was really happy to see the tea cake, and he really didn't eat it, but he really praised King Ning greatly.
"The noble concubine has a good way to teach his son." Emperor Long Xin was overjoyed, thinking of something, and sighed in a low voice, "If the prince is half as sensible as his elder brother, I won't be so worried."
Concubine Zhuang said with a smile: "If the prince doesn't dislike it, his elder brother is very happy to take him out to practice."
He did not flatter the prince, nor belittle his own son, but spoke of brotherhood and respect, which made the emperor very useful.
"It's time to go out and practice. I'll find an errand and let them two brothers together." The emperor paused and asked, "I haven't seen Yan'er and Xin'er for a while, so you can let them enter the palace another day. One trip."
Qin Yan and Qin Xin are the two small county masters of Prince Ning's mansion.
"Yes." Concubine Zhuang responded with a smile.
The emperor put down the book: "Since you are here, come along with me to see Concubine Jing."
Concubine Zhuang was disrespectful.
In Qiuhua Pavilion, Empress Xiao and Marquis Xuanping have already given peace to Concubine Jing.
Empress Xiao was sitting beside Concubine Jing, and when she saw the emperor brought in Concubine Zhuang, who was full of spring breeze, Empress Xiao's face stinks.
"Greet your concubine Jing." Concubine Zhuang saluted.
"What are you doing here?" The emperor looked at Marquis Xuanping.
The Marquis of Xuanping said, "This minister is entrusted by others, and I have something to hand over to the concubine."
He said, and took out a small brocade box from his wide sleeves.
Madam Cai came over, took the brocade box and presented it to Concubine Jing.
Concubine Jing was still seriously ill and her complexion was not very good. She covered her face with a handkerchief and coughed twice before taking the box.
"Which old friend is that?" Concubine Jing asked with a smile.
The Marquis of Xuanping said: "The old friend said that if the concubine opened the box, she would know it."
Princess Jing nodded and opened the box.
Marquis Xuanping is the emperor's confidant, he can be trusted, and he will not harm himself.
But no one expected that the moment the box was opened, a dart shot out!
Everyone's face changed greatly!
Xuanping Hou was also shocked. He never expected that the box contained a hidden weapon, but unfortunately he didn't have time to take action.
Concubine Jing is old, weak, sick, and she is going to die!
The dart shot straight at Concubine Jing's face, saying it was too late, Concubine Jing's eyes narrowed, and with a wave of two fingers, she caught the dart!
Everyone stared at her in astonishment.
The hall fell silent for a while.
Don't say anything, ask for a monthly pass!
(End of this chapter)