After Shangguan Yan finished his work, he got out of the dog hole in the cold palace and reconciled with Gu Chengfeng, who had been waiting for a long time.
There is too much movement on horseback or in a carriage. Qinggong is the best choice for doing things in the middle of the night.
Gu Chengfeng performed light work and brought Shangguan Yan back to the National Teacher's Hall.
Gu Jiao and her aunt and aunt's grandfather had been waiting in Gu Jiao's house for a long time, and Xiao Heng had already returned from the house inspection.
Xiao Jingkong was lying on the bed in vain and fell asleep.
After the two entered the room, Gu Jiao went to the screen to check Shangguan Yan's injury.
Shangguanyan's spine underwent percutaneous pedicle internal fixation. Although the best medicine was used, the recovery was good, but all of a sudden it was too much trouble.
"I'm fine." Shangguan Yan patted the armor on her body, "This thing is very labor-saving."
Gu Jiao took off the armor and looked at her wound. There was no redness or swelling at the suture.
"Are there any other discomforts?" Gu Jiao asked.
"No."
Just a little tired.
Shangguan Yan didn't say this.
Everyone is willing to do whatever it takes for the common cause. What does she feel a little tired and a little hurt
It's all worth it.
Shangguan Yan was about to put on the armor, but was stopped by Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao said, "You go back to your room to rest now, you can't sit or stand anymore."
"I want to hear it." Shangguan Yan refused to leave.
She wants to join in the fun.
She was born with a lively temperament, and after so many years in the imperial mausoleum, she hadn't felt this kind of home for a long time.
She wants to be with everyone.
Gu Jiao thought for a while and said, "Then you squeeze with Xiaojingkong first, we'll finish talking, and then let A-Heng take you back to the house. However, you have to be careful that he kicks you."
Xiao Jingkong's sleeping appearance is very psychedelic, sometimes obedient like a silkworm baby, and sometimes like an invincible little destroyer.
"Got it!" She had some skills anyway!
Shangguan Yan lay down on the bed behind the screen, and Gu Jiao put down the curtain for her.
She will talk about sending the villain in the palace through the curtain and the screen.
Although Gu Chengfeng knew the plan early, but when he heard the whole process, he still felt that this wave of operations was simply too showy.
Those concubines never dreamed that Shangguan Yan would repeat the exact same lines to everyone.
It is also based on words, how sincere and innocent!
"But, are they really going to take the bait?" Gu Chengfeng was very worried that these people would flinch from the battle, or detect that something was wrong.
The aunt said lightly: "They are on guard against each other, they can't communicate with each other, and they can't help each other. As for taking the bait... After casting so many nets, they can always catch a few fish. Besides, the temptation of the latter is too great."
The Empress Xiao of Zhao Kingdom was in a stable position, and the Crown Prince was backed by Marquis Xuanping, so there was basically no possibility of being shaken, so the Chao Gang was fairly stable.
It was only when Gu Chengfeng came to Dayan that he realized that a harem could have so many bloody storms: "I still don't understand something, it's okay if Concubine Wang Xian and Feng Zhaoyi are tempted, after all, they don't have a prince under their knees, and it is they who consolidate their power to support the three princesses. The best way. But don't the other three have adult princes?"
Xiao Heng said: "First support Shangguan Yan in the upper position, borrow Shangguan Yan's hand to ascend to the latter position, and then wait for the opportunity to abolish Shangguan Yan. As queens, their son under their knees is their direct son, and inheriting the throne is justifiable."
Empress Dowager Zhuang nodded: "Well, that's the truth."
Gu Chengfeng was stunned and realized: "So, we still use each other."
There are no simple women in the harem. Whoever lives longer depends on who has a deep mind.
Empress Dowager Zhuang yawned: "Okay, let's all go to sleep, the next thing is their business, what to do and whether they can succeed are all up to them to worry about."
"Oh." Gu Jiao stood up, went to clear the table, and was ready to go to bed.
"Then I'll come back tomorrow." Xiao Heng said to her softly.
Gu Jiao nodded and curved the corners of her lips: "See you tomorrow."
The old sacrificial wine also got up and left the table: "I am tired too, old man, go back to the room to rest!"
Gu Chengfeng watched everyone leave one by one with a dazed expression.
No, you just left
Worry no more
such a big heart
Gu Jiao said, "Auntie, you go to bed first, I'll go to Gu Changqing's place tonight."
Empress Dowager Zhuang waved her hand: "I see, you can go."
Gu Chengfeng fell into deep self-doubt: "Is it wrong with me or with you?"
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Xianfu Palace.
Concubine Wang Xian, with her long hair and silk pajamas, sat quietly in front of the windowsill.
"Niangniang." Madam Liu walked over with a candle in her hand.
Madam Liu was the palace servant who had just recognized Shangguan Yan. She was a personal servant girl brought into the palace by Concubine Xian from her mother's family.
Can be said to be the most trusted palace servant of the concubine Xian.
"Chunxiu, what do you think of tonight's events?" Concubine Wang Xian asked.
Madam Liu placed the candle light on the windowsill and thought for a while: "It's hard to say."
Concubine Wang Xian said: "There is nothing to say between you and me, what is in your heart, but it doesn't matter."
Madam Liu said, "The slave thinks that the third princess is different from before. She has changed a lot, even bigger than the rumors."
Concubine Wang Xian's eyes flashed a hint of approval: "Bengong also thinks so, her performance tonight is really too scheming."
Madam Liu looked at Concubine Wang Xian: "However, Niangniang still decided to give it a go, didn't she?"
Madam Liu is the person who knows Concubine Wang Xian the best in the world. She knows exactly what Concubine Wang Xian is thinking.
Concubine Wang Xian did not deny: "She is indeed a more suitable candidate than the sixth prince, and she is more likely to help this palace ascend to the post."
When Madam Liu heard this, she knew that Concubine Wang Xian had made up her mind, so she no longer refuted or discouraged, but asked, "But Concubine Han is not so easy to get it."
Concubine Wang Xian said lightly, "If it were easy, she wouldn't have come to this palace, she could do it herself."
Thinking of something, Madam Liu asked inexplicably: "The Xuanyuan family was framed back then, and all the major families were involved. Why did she keep holding on to the Han family?"
Concubine Wang Xian sneered: "Isn't that what the crown prince picked first? It's okay to send someone to the imperial mausoleum to assassinate her, and even send the Han family to assassinate her son. It's not normal for her to swallow this breath."
Madam Liu nodded: "Prince is too hasty, Shangguan Qing is a dying person, what is the need to deal with it?"
Concubine Wang Xian looked at the moonlight outside the window: "The prince is worried that Shangguanqing will use the monarch's sympathy for him before he dies, so as to help the concubine reset?"
Otherwise, Concubine Wang Xian could not have imagined why the prince would move the eldest grandson of the emperor.
"Okay, let's not talk about this." Concubine Wang Xian looked at the receipt on the table. There was not only the transaction between the two, but also the painting and signature of the two. This was a shameful transaction.
But it's also a binding deal.
She said, "The people we installed in Guiyi Palace can do it now."
Madam Liu hesitated for a moment and said, "Niangniang, that is our biggest trump card. Do we really want to use him in this matter? Once it is exposed, we will no longer be able to monitor the movements of Guiyi Palace."
Concubine Wang Xian picked up Shangguan Yan's handwritten agreement, and said calmly, "As long as Concubine Han is gone, then there is no need to monitor Guiyi Palace, right?"
the next day.
Concubine Wang Xian started her own plan.
She asked Madam Liu to find the chess piece placed in the Guiyi Palace. Like Xiao Lizi, the chess piece was also a meticulous work that had been placed for many years.
Concubine Han always thinks she is the smartest, but sometimes the mantis catches the cicada and the oriole behind, a mountain is still a mountain high.
However, Concubine Han is very cautious in the end. It has been several years since the chess piece was still unable to gain all the trust of Concubine Han.
But this kind of thing doesn't have to be Han Guifei's first confidant to do it.
"Have you understood what Niangniang said?" After the rockery, Madam Liu handed him the long brocade box in her wide sleeves.
The eunuch accepted it, kicked it back into his sleeve, and whispered, "Please rest assured, the servant, the servant will definitely handle this matter! Please also ask the servant... to treat the servant's family well afterward!"
Madam Liu said solemnly, "Don't worry, the empress will do it."
The eunuch looked around vigilantly and cautiously returned to Guiyi Palace.
On the other side, Concubine Dong Chen and others also started their own actions.
Concubine Dong Chen didn't do any detailed work in Guiyi Palace, but the information controlled by Dong's family was no less than that of Concubine Wang Xian.
She communicated with the Dong family and borrowed a master from the Dong family.
The female bodyguard who accompanied the master said, "The head of the family said that Concubine Han has a very powerful aide, and we must avoid him."
Concubine Dong Chen said sarcastically, "Is she so disrespectful? She actually let foreign men enter and leave her bedroom!"
The female bodyguard said: "That person is not always in the palace, but only comes to discuss with Concubine Han when something happens."
Concubine Dong Chen said lightly: "Okay, you can figure it out for yourself, no matter what method you use, I will give this thing to this palace and put it in Han's bedroom!"
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On the first day, there was no news from the palace.
On the second day, there was still no movement in the palace.
Gu Chengfeng finally couldn't bear it anymore, and when he sneaked into the National Teacher's Hall at night, he couldn't help but ask Gu Jiao, "Do you think they did it? Why haven't there been any news yet?"
It must be a move to start, and whether it is successful or not depends on whether they have that ability.
The so-called conspiracy is in the people and the deeds are in the sky, which is probably the case.
On the fourth day, the monarch accompanied the small county lord to visit Xiao Heng and Shangguan Yan at the Guoshi Hall.
Not long after sitting down, Zhang Dequan came over in a panic: "Your Majesty! Something happened in the palace!"
(End of this chapter)