"If you want to reply to your Majesty, I am deeply touched by your Majesty's grace. I wish I could break into pieces for your Majesty!" After hearing this, everyone from the Gao family to the Huang family knew that nothing good would happen next.
But the words have been spoken before, and now they dare not deny it easily. They all pretend to be extremely loyal and categorical, "As long as the empress is good, I will be willing to do anything!"
"Very good." Gu Zhen looked at them coldly, nodded, and suddenly looked at Li Jieyu, "Even if you give up your heir, will you not hesitate?"
Li Jieyu's heart skipped a beat, and she subconsciously wanted to deny it. After all, the situation in the palace made the queen herself uncomfortable, let alone protecting subordinates like her.
And even if the queen wins in the end, her relationship with the queen may not allow the queen to keep her in the harem as an exception and not send her to the palace... Even taking a step back, what is the point of the queen keeping her alone? mean
How can you compare with a biological child
Just touching the empress's solemn gaze, a layer of cold sweat formed on Li Jieyu's back. She didn't dare to think about it anymore and said sternly: "Your Majesty, although it is not easy for me to have an heir in my womb, I am still hers." , let alone this imperial heir?"
"That's it." Gu Zhen said slowly, "Since you are going to vent your anger on me, what does a mere Tian Jieyu mean? Why don't you give up this child and give the imperial concubine a hard blow, so that I can be called a good wife, which will be more respectable. How about clarifying your thoughts?"
"... I am... I am..." Li Jieyu's lips trembled and she wanted to agree, but her reason also made her agree.
After all, although the queen is admitted to be inferior to the noble concubine in terms of skills and softer heart, this does not mean that the queen has no blood on her hands!
But when I think about the precautions taken during pregnancy these days, and what will happen to the childless concubines when they grow up, I can't say the word "obey"!
Next to her, Gao Jieyu saw a burst of pleasure, rolled her eyes, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Queen, Li Jieyu will definitely agree! No, I heard that this piece of meat in my belly can be used, and I am happy. I don’t know what to say? After all, where can I be without my empress? Being able to work hard for your empress now is simply the best thing. Is it possible that you will still refuse?"
"Li Jieyu gave up her heir for me." Who knew that it would be better if she didn't speak. As soon as she opened her mouth, Gu Zhen suddenly turned to her, narrowed his eyes and said quietly, "And Gao Jieyu, you are planning to sacrifice for me." What is it?"
Gao Jieyu choked, thought for a while, and came to her senses in a hurry: "I have been feeling a little unhappy these days. I originally thought..."
"Why are you so unhappy?" The Queen interrupted her and said coldly, "If it is just a small matter, it is not worth mentioning given your position! After all, Tian Jieyu did not alert His Majesty this time. Is not it?"
"... What the empress is saying is true, but my unhappiness is a little different." Gao Jieyu originally planned to fool her casually, but now she saw the queen pressing closer, with a slight sweat on her forehead. She was thinking quickly, but she heard The queen reminded her slowly: "Actually, concubines and concubines, you can just settle other grievances. The key is the heirs. After all, Your Majesty is not a womanizer. In the final analysis, you people entering the palace are just to continue to have heirs for the Tian family. If Something is wrong here, and that’s what needs to be paid attention to by both the front and the harem!”
Gao Jieyu stopped laughing immediately and said in a low voice: "Empress, there has been no news about my concubine in the palace these days, so..."
"So what do I want from you?" Gu Zhen sneered, "It's rare for me to give you an order, but you still push back and forth here. What's the matter? Are you trying to fool me by looking at me?"
"I don't dare." Gao Jieyu was more decisive than Li Jieyu. After hesitating for a moment, she gritted her teeth and said in a deep voice, "I will listen to your Majesty in everything!"
This attitude finally made Gu Zhen feel more comfortable, and he sneered slightly: "No matter what you do, I will take the initiative to cause trouble like this. But the matter has come to this, and the noble concubine is determined not to let go of this opportunity to suppress me, but I am the Queen after all. No matter how flamboyant she is, she can't do anything to me at the moment. At most, she will make me lose face. On the other hand, what good outcome can there be for you two?"
As he spoke, he glanced at Li Jieyu, whose face turned pale, and said, "Even if you are pregnant with the emperor's heir, do you really think that your majesty will take your wife into his heart? I don't think about how many heirs your majesty has now. Whether he remembers you or not is a question!" The original half-sister of Concubine Zhenxi, who had been granted the title of Concubine Xie, was also the birth mother of the fourth prince. With such a background and such a status, how could he have been remembered by His Majesty from the beginning to the end? It had only been a few days since he entered the palace, and that was all. I am so hasty that I am dizzy, do I want to run towards death?!"
The two Jieyu looked a little bad as they listened.
Gao Jieyu said with a strong smile: "What the Empress taught me is that after all, the concubines are young and ignorant, yet they still ask for forgiveness from the Empress."
What he said was good, but he didn't think it through in a hurry, and it still made the queen feel a little bit sad.
Young and ignorant... Yes, these two in front of me, to put it bluntly, if she hadn't been tricked and had no biological flesh and blood, if she had just entered the palace and was like Huang, she got pregnant and gave birth immediately, there would be no chance The children are already older than the first two Jieyu.
After all, she was an old man who entered the palace during the emperor's wedding, and she has been in Chunjia for fifteen years now!
Simply speaking, Gu Zhen was not Concubine An, so she would not offend the two Jieyu for this. She was silent for a while, and then said: "Don't think that I am forcing you to pay such a heavy price because I am not giving you a chance. You are in this palace, It's nothing more than relying on me! Your Majesty's thoughts have always been on the imperial concubine, and you are just a little new. If you don't believe it, your majesty is busy with state affairs these days, and he visits the imperial concubine every now and then. When have you ever paid attention to you?"
"Hello, I, your future will certainly be good!"
"Even if you don't have children now, what are you afraid of in the future? The imperial concubine had taken the sterilizing medicine, but didn't she give birth to the fifteenth prince two years ago?"
"If something happens to me..."
Gu Zhen sneered and said scornfully, "How can you keep the heirs at your knees? Or do you think that the concubine is so kind-hearted that she won't care?"
Li Jieyu's face turned red and white, and it took a while before she said softly: "...Yes."
"What I'm teaching you is that I didn't think well enough." Gao Jieyu lowered her head and expressed her loyalty very sincerely, "But I'm really angry on my behalf and have no other intention..."
"I know." Gu Zhen chuckled and didn't bother to argue with her about the matter. He just said slowly, "Without further delay, the noble concubine now said that Tian Jieyu's account will be suppressed. Who knows what will happen later? How do you plan to retaliate? Don’t be too far behind!"
... After a while, the two Jieyu left Yanfu Palace with heavy expressions.
On the way back to her palace, Li Jieyu was so angry that she couldn't help but stop the chariot. She pulled Gao to the side and reasoned in a low voice: "You bastard! I asked you how could you be so kind and kind to me?" The palace’s cooperation turns out to be a plot to conceive the heir in my womb! You can’t conceive yourself, so you’re going to harm me like this?!”
"Li Jieyu, be careful!" Mrs. Gao frowned, brushed her hand away, and said with a smile, "I told you clearly two days ago that the imperial concubine is not someone to be messed with, but Jieyu can Don't be so excited when you are thinking about the benefits. If you encounter something, you will immediately stop moving forward! With such a character, how can you talk about gaining a foothold in the deep palace, or even occupying a place? Learn from Concubine An as soon as possible, lock yourself in your own palace and don't go out. !”
Li Jieyu said in a deep voice: "If you don't evade the important thing here, you will take it lightly! You swore at the beginning that the Queen is ill and the palace is in decline, which is a great opportunity for you and me to make a difference. After all, the Queen is powerless now, but Fan still wants to To compete with the Imperial Concubine, we must try our best to promote you and me! What we have to do is to try to make the Imperial Concubine think of this... You didn't say that the Empress is so... so vicious! She even thought of wanting you and me. To frame the noble concubine!!!"
Huang Lingya felt extremely regretful at this moment.
Why did she think she believed in Gao's evil deeds
Originally, she planned to concentrate on the pregnancy and wait until the baby was born before she could worry about anything else.
Unexpectedly, on the way back, the Queen complained of illness, so Gao took advantage of the opportunity to find her, and with some sweet words, he persuaded her!
We really can't blame her for being easily deceived, because what Gao said is indeed very reasonable: "Originally, the imperial concubine was the most powerful in the palace, and the queen had to stay away. You and I are young, have little qualifications, and do not have a high status. . At the beginning, the Queen Mother chose us to enter the palace to help her. Originally, everyone thought that if you enter the palace and become a concubine, you will be supported by the Queen Mother in every possible way... Who knows, the Queen Mother's nature? But he is a little afraid of the imperial concubine and dare not start a war without permission!"
"The Queen is highly qualified and holds a low position. She also has many princes under her knees."
"After a year and a half, three to five years, we people have fallen out of favor. At worst, we need to replace them with new people!"
"But can we afford it?"
"Even if you are pregnant, there are still few royal heirs who have disappeared inexplicably in this palace? Even if they can be raised, will the concubine prince in front of your concubine be treated the same as the concubine prince in front of us?"
Li Jieyu was moved when she heard this, and asked her what she wanted.
Mrs. Gao said: "Actually, the Queen is the main palace official, and there are many royal heirs in front of her. She is also the legitimate daughter of Uncle Zhaowu. She has been in the palace for many years, and she has no merit but hard work. If she really doesn't compete with the imperial concubine, How could it be possible to survive until now? It's just that the Queen suffered too much at the hands of the Imperial Concubine in the past, but she is very cautious. Since we entered the palace, we have seen that the Imperial Concubine only asks the Imperial Concubine not to cause trouble, let alone take the initiative. We are looking for trouble for the imperial concubine! How can we continue like this? If the Queen is not looking for trouble herself, then we can only force the Queen to support us!"
"Otherwise, you and I will just have to keep working hard for qualifications... Look at the Ping family, the biological mother of the tenth prince, who has been in the palace for so many years. What position does she hold now?"
"Where is the Imperial Concubine?"
"Our master doesn't have the means of a noble concubine, so how can he not worry about his future?"
... At this moment, Mrs. Gao had good reason to say that Li Jieyu was unreasonable: "You also said that my idea was right at the beginning. How could I have thought that the Queen would treat us like this? Now that the heir in your belly is difficult to protect, could it be that I Is there such a blessing as Sun Mantang?!"
The two quarreled for a while, but in the end, they were afraid of disturbing the queen, so they restrained themselves and parted ways with each other's sarcasm, and each went back to the palace.
After a while, Gao's explanation came to Yun Fenghuang.
"Return to your Majesty." At nightfall, he found out that Yun Fenghuang had just finished tutoring King Qin with his homework and had not yet been settled. Chen Jing took advantage of the situation and went inside to report, "There is news from Gao Jieyu. It is said that she was indeed the mastermind of this matter. , the reason why we did not inform the empress in advance was because we were on the road at that time. Gao Jieyu was in a low position and had no trustworthy people at hand. We did not take the initiative to contact the empress for fear that the crowd on the road would leak the news and bring it to the empress. Come and cause trouble.”
"Look at the people who come up from other people's homes. If nothing else, this is a nice thing to say." Yun Fenghuang sighed and said with some disappointment, "After all, what reason is she looking for? See if you can get me to listen. A fresh one?"