If he didn't leave, he was afraid that he would be able to cut off Gu Chao's head!
Although he be damned!
"Niangniang - Taifei Niangniang -"
Mama Cai exclaimed miserably.
The emperor turned around abruptly, and saw Concubine Jing's pale face, crumbling like a fallen leaf in autumn.
She took a last look at the emperor with tears in her eyes, and fainted as soon as she closed her eyes.
The emperor stepped forward to catch her, hugged her almost skinny body, and shouted anxiously: "Mother!
It was the middle of the night when Princess Jing woke up.
The emperor reviewed the memorial in the study, and the old man knelt opposite him.
The emperor hadn't figured out what to do with him, it would be too embarrassing to let him kneel in the yard, a person in the royal family!
A little eunuch came to the door of the study, Eunuch Wei walked over, listened to what he said, nodded and returned to the study, whispering: "Your Majesty, the concubine is awake."
But the emperor no longer had the urge to rush over to visit her in the past. Maybe it was the fact that she abandoned him that hurt his heart.
He never thought that he was inferior to a wild man outside in her heart.
The emperor gave the old marquis a cold look, and he didn't know how much effort it took to not issue an imperial decree to punish the nine clans.
Eunuch Wei sighed and said, "Your Majesty, would you like to go and have a look? The imperial doctor said that the concubine's condition is not very good, and she vomited a mouthful of blood just now."
Hearing that Concubine Jing vomited blood, the emperor's heart twitched.
After all, it is the mother-son relationship for so many years, it is not that it can be broken.
He got up and went to Concubine Jing's bedroom.
Concubine Jing had just taken the medicine, and her face was paler than in the previous days.
The emperor suddenly remembered that when she returned to the palace, she was either sick or injured. It seemed that she did not have a peaceful life. She wanted to escape because she was too tired, too bitter, and too scared, right
"You step back." Concubine Jing said to Mama Cai and others.
"Yes." Madam Cai retreated with the palace servants.
The emperor stood not far from the bed and did not walk over immediately.
Concubine Jing propped herself up with her elbows and coughed softly. She was not pretending to be weak at this moment. Root vomited blood.
She asked, "Is there anything your Majesty wants to ask me?"
The emperor clenched his fists.
Concubine Jing smiled bitterly: "Forget it, let me tell it myself, did Your Majesty think I was going to abandon His Majesty? Cough..."
She had a terrible pain in her chest, and coughed uncontrollably for a while, "If I tell Your Majesty, I don't mean it, and I never even thought of leaving Your Majesty, will your Majesty believe it?"
The emperor did not speak.
"Yes, I didn't let Long Yingwei stop the old man. That's because he saved my life after all. I can't rashly let Long Yingwei kill him without knowing what he is going to do."
"He was also anxious later, thinking that I had suffered a lot in the palace, and he wanted to take me away, but I didn't respond for a while. I was about to refuse, and His Majesty came."
The emperor's fists were tugged hard, his eyes were cold: "Then... Has the mother concubine really never had any friendship with him?"
"No." Concubine Jing said.
"The concubine is so certain?" the emperor asked.
Concubine Jing met his eyes without dodging, and said firmly: "Yes, I am very sure of my heart, I have always only had the emperor in my heart, and I have never pretended to be any other man. I have always regarded him as a savior. , there is no love between men and women for him, he himself misunderstood."
After she finished speaking, she suddenly noticed something, and suddenly turned her head to look at the door, and saw the old marquis standing at the door with a look of shock and injury.
She was stunned for a moment.
"Don't be so impulsive anymore, it will affect my family. I was born as a member of the royal family, and died as the soul of the royal family. I can't get rid of it in my life. I don't want you to end up with the Nine Clan because of me. Your family is innocent. of!"
"Think about Changqing, think about Chengfeng and Chenglin, and the child who suffered from heart disease since childhood. Would you have the heart to let them bury you and me for your own sake? I'm not afraid of death, but I don't want to hurt them! "
"From now on, you have never seen me. In front of Your Majesty, it is only a whim, not a relationship between men and women."
"What I owe you, in the next life... I will give it back to you in the next life."
Originally, she could have so many words to stabilize him without offending anyone.
But now, it's too late.
She glanced at the emperor.
The emperor turned his head and looked blankly at the old man at the door: "Have Gu Aiqing heard the thoughts of the concubine?"
Did you hear it
Almost every word stuck in his heart!
The old man was trembling with anger, and his fists clenched.
Concubine Jing changed her expression and opened her mouth.
The old marquis didn't give her a chance to explain, he took out the red knot that had been treasured in his arms for many years, threw it into the burning fire, turned around and left!
Concubine Jing closed her eyes, and the knuckles buried under the wide sleeves faintly pinched white.
…
What happened in the Huaqing Palace has not been spread out. The Huaqing Palace has been sealed up and down, and even Queen Xiao has never heard the slightest news.
Empress Dowager Zhuang didn't leak any news.
For this, the emperor is grateful.
It was rare for him to stop Empress Dowager Zhuang on the way to the court, and thank him awkwardly.
"Xie Ai's what?" Empress Dowager Zhuang said indifferently.
No one is watching now, what are you pretending to be
"Nothing." The emperor left without looking back.
Empress Dowager Zhuang rolled her eyes: "Virtue!"
The nunnery of the imperial palace was properly repaired, and Concubine Jing moved in. It is said that the emperor was so involved in official business that day, he did not personally send Concubine Jing into the nunnery.
"Isn't she falling out of favor?" In the imperial garden, a swept little palace maid whispered.
The little eunuch beside her said, "How is that possible? The concubine is your majesty's mother-in-law, and your majesty brought her back to the palace from the nunnery in person!"
"But haven't you heard that His Majesty and the Queen Mother have reconciled recently? His Majesty is so anxious to let the Empress Dowager move out of Huaqing Palace..."
The little palace maid was only halfway through, she felt someone pinched her arm.
"I'm right! I..." She turned her head and saw Concubine Jing's sedan chair parked behind her.
She was so frightened that she thumped and knelt down: "Tai, Tai, Tai Concubine!"
Concubine Jing didn't say anything, but Mama Cai gave her a resentful look.
"Let's go." Concubine Jing said.
"Yes." Mama Cai responded.
After walking far away, Concubine Jing said to Mama Cai, "Ayue, you can see that everyone in this palace depends on His Majesty...except the one from Renshou Palace."
Grandma Cai looked at her distressedly: "Niangniang."
Concubine Jing pinched a leaf, rubbed the leaf and muttered: "Without His Majesty's love, you could choke to death if you drink water in the palace. She doesn't need it, Ayue, she doesn't need it!"
…
Gu Jiao hasn't been to the palace for a few days.
Xiao Liulang didn't seem to see him doing too much when he was at home, but when he left, everyone realized that he was the hardest at home.
If nothing else, she tortured people to death just by tutoring three little men with their homework.
There are always 100,000 reasons for Xiao Jingkong, 100,000 questions for Gu Yan who don't want to learn, and 100,000 questions for Gu Xiaoshun who don't understand.
Lao Jijiu is getting old, and he can handle it for a day or two. If he works like this every day, everyone is getting better.
Moreover, he was not free every day. Once he was stymied by the official duties of Guozijian, the task of tutoring his homework fell on Gu Jiao.
So Gu Jiao has been very busy recently.
Xiao Jingkong has an abacus homework today, and Gu Jiao asked him to take out the golden abacus: "Where's your abacus? Has Chu Yu returned it to you?"
Xiao Jingkong rolled his eyes: "I paid it back, but... I lent it to Brother Porridge again! They are all good friends, so they should be treated equally!"
Yes, it is the same, he is such a clever little ghost!
Gu Jiao glanced at him suspiciously: "Really?"
Xiao Jingkong nodded like pounding garlic: "Really! I didn't sell it!"
Gu Jiao narrowed her eyes.
After finishing homework, dinner is not ready yet.
Gu Jiao went to the backyard to collect the herbs to dry, and Xiao Jingkong stuck out a small head from the main room: "Jiaojiao! I'm going to find Zhao Xiaobao to play!"
After all, he ran away in a hurry!
It's Zhao Xiaobao again.
The little guy has been looking for Zhao Xiaobao recently. When did he become so fond of playing with children younger than himself
Gu Jiao felt strange, and after hesitating for a while, she put down the herbs and left the yard.
She went to the next door. Uncle Zhao was repairing a stool in the yard. When he saw her coming, he smiled and said hello: "Jiaojiao! Come in and sit!"
"Uncle Zhao." Gu Jiao greeted politely and asked, "Did the clearing come over?"
"No." Uncle Zhao shook his head.
really.
Gu Jiao said again: "Where's Xiaobao? Is he here?"
Uncle Zhao said, "Xiaobao is not here, let's go to see Brother Hu!"
Brother Hu is the grandson of Grandma Zhou, on the other side of the alley.
Could it be that Xiao Jingkong went there to find Zhao Xiaobao
Uncle Zhao asked, "Did you go out?"
Gu Jiao said, "Yes, he said he came to find Xiaobao."
Uncle Zhao frowned, pointed in the direction of Chang'an Avenue, and said, "I've seen this kid go that way a few times recently, and I thought you all knew."
"Then I'll look for it."
Gu Jiao left Zhao's house and walked in the direction of Chang'an Avenue.
The little guy has become so daring lately that he dares to lie and slip out of this alley.
Gu Jiao decided that after catching the little guy for a while, no matter how cute he was, he must be severely punished!
Gu Jiao came to Chang'an Street. Chang'an Street was originally more prosperous than Xuanwu Street, but since the school for girls opened on Xuanwu Street, it has brought a lot of traffic.
Now the two streets are indistinguishable from each other.
Gu Jiao took a few steps and vaguely noticed a strange aura.
This breath is very light, if it is not close to it, it is almost impossible to detect.
That person is stalking Bishui Hutong.
Gu Jiao seldom goes this way, and she didn't have such aura the last time she came.
Gu Jiao's fingertips moved, and a black gunpowder shot out!
The other party thought it was a hidden weapon, he drew his knife to block it, and the black powder exploded with a bang on the blade!
"Oh! What is this!"
The man clattered down from the roof!
Gu Jiao took a few steps forward and stepped on the opponent's chest with one foot.
The man was not a vegetarian. Even if he was bombed, he still had the power to fight back.
Then he swung the knife and stabbed at Gu Jiao!
The only cold weapon Gu Jiao had used in her previous life was a dagger, and it was not easy to use this to hurt her.
Gu Jiao folded one hand, grabbed his wrist, twisted it with a backhand, knocked off his dagger, and then slashed with a hand knife, knocking him all over the wall.
Gu Jiao clipped his hands behind her back, and his face was forced against the cold wall: "Who are you? Why are you sneaking around here?"
He angrily said, "What are you doing!"
As soon as the other party's voice fell, a golden object fell out of his arms and fell to the ground. What is the golden abacus that is not a small clearance
Gu Jiao's eyes turned cold: "So you stole the golden abacus!"
The other party shouted, "What did you steal! I didn't steal it!"
Gu Jiao said coldly, "It wasn't a robbery, it was a steal?"
The other party took a deep breath: "It's not stealing!"
As soon as Gu Jiao exerted force, he only felt his bones crackling, and hurriedly said, "I bought it! I bought it from someone! Take it if you like it! It's not worth much anyway!"
The gold abacus is not worth much, and the tone is not small!
At first glance, this person knew martial arts. Gu Jiao was worried that he had bullied Xiao Jingkong, and he came from Xiao Jingkong, so she didn't want to show mercy.
Just when she almost broke his ribs, he suddenly said, "Ask him if you don't believe me! I bought it from him!"
Gu Jiao turned her head to look, Xiao Jingkong looked up.
Looking at each other, Xiao Jingkong's body trembled.
"Jiao, Jiaojiao?" He hid the things in his hands behind his back.
Gu Jiao pressed the man with both hands and had no hands to pick up the abacus, so she looked at the golden abacus on the ground and said, "I found your abacus, pick it up quickly."
The little headroom didn't move.
He lowered his head.
The gray-clothed guard said, "Little brother, this is the abacus that my son asked you to buy! Do you still remember my son? That man with a white jade folding fan and wearing a white robe and black veil."
Xiao Jingkong's expression gave Gu Jiao the answer.
Gu Jiao let go, and the gray-clothed guard fell to the ground in pain.
What kind of woman is this? How can you be so strong
Gu Jiao walked over, squatted down and looked at Xiao Qingkong with a drooping head, and asked, "Why did you sell your abacus?"
Xiao Jingkong lowered his head: "I want money."
Gu Jiao looked at him and said sternly: "If you want money, you can tell me that all your money is with me, I just keep it for you, you can take it anytime you want."
Seeing that he didn't speak, Gu Jiao asked again, "What do you want to do with the money?"
"Buy this." Xiao Qingkong took out the burden hidden behind his back.
The burden is heavy, but also bulging, I do not know what to pack.
Gu Jiao took the burden: "Why do you buy this?"
Xiao Jingkong whispered, "Give it to Jiaojiao."
"Give it to me?"
Gu Jiao opened it oddly, and a bright red glow appeared—
She never expected that it would contain a brand new wedding dress.
(End of this chapter)