"Du Langu has gone to the palace to file a complaint!" In Woxia Tower, Gu Jue listened to the report from the young chamberlain and calmly said to the queen, "This master has never been too picky about the imperial concubine. He will definitely treat her well this time." But if my prediction is correct, His Majesty will choose to smooth things over regardless of whether he believes that the imperial concubine murdered the Qian family and his daughter."
Gu Zhen's face was ashen and he shouted sternly: "Is this your good idea?! His Majesty has sent the Imperial City Department to conduct a thorough investigation. If any clues are found, the consequences will be disastrous!"
"Even if Your Majesty finds out any clues, it's impossible to find out." Gu Jue said, "Auntie, you still don't know Your Majesty well enough... With Your Majesty's current prestige, the Crown Prince can make a decision with just one word! There is no need to listen to all the things in the harem of the previous dynasty. Discussions and disputes. Since your Majesty has not done so so far, it can be seen that your Majesty actually wants to establish a virtuous person... And, with your majesty's wisdom, can you not understand the benefits of establishing a direct descendant? Therefore, as long as the tenth or twelfth prince shows up, he can suppress the brothers. Even the noble concubine is powerless to save her!"
"Of course, neither the tenth prince nor the twelve princes have this ability."
"At least not yet."
"Fortunately, the prince in front of your concubine is not a very smart master after all."
"The main reason why the Tenth Prince and the others are at a disadvantage now is that my aunt cannot defeat the noble concubine."
Gu Jue said calmly that the Queen was not as good as Yun Fenghuang, "Over the years, Your Majesty has valued all the princes in the Xuanqing Palace, but among the princes in front of my aunt, only the tenth and twelve princes have received some respect from Your Majesty, and that is because of the legitimate sons. Identity. If you think about it carefully, how many things have the princes of Xuanqing Palace done that made His Majesty look upon him differently? Not to mention those filial and sensible actions. Everyone knows that it must be the imperial concubine who teaches privately and sends people to spread the word... It has nothing to do with their own talents.”
"But what your Majesty wants is the master of the East Palace, the prince, the future master of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains."
"Instead of asking for a filial and obedient son who will cooperate."
"So before His Majesty is disappointed with the tenth prince, the twelve princes, or in other words, with all the princes in front of my aunt, he will never let anything happen to my aunt. Otherwise, what will happen if the many princes in front of my aunt are implicated?"
"If it hadn't been like this, His Majesty wouldn't have taken the time to go to Zezhi Tower that day in his busy schedule."
Gu Jue sneered, "The question asked by the imperial concubine that day was, no one found the hairpin of Princess Zhaoqing... If His Majesty hadn't gone there, aunt, tell me, no one really found it?"
Gu Zhen said solemnly, "You have said so much, what exactly do you want to do?"
"My niece just wants to comply with the Holy Will." Gu Jue said calmly, "Your Majesty wants the most outstanding prince, not the kind who has a smart mother and concubine to guide his speech and behavior, but his own excellence... In this case, then Let's help your Majesty and give him a reason to prohibit the imperial concubine and his aunt from interfering with the younger generation's affairs. After all, your majesty has no aunt in his heart and doesn't care about her mood. But your majesty still cares about the imperial concubine. He has no reason to rashly prevent the imperial concubine from giving advice. Prince, how can your concubine give up and give up?"
"The biggest advantage of Xuanqing Palace is the imperial concubine, while the biggest advantage of Yanbok Palace is orthodoxy."
"If the aunt and the concubine are banned from the game at the same time, our side will win in the final analysis."
"..." Gu Zhen was silent for a while, and then sneered and said, "Are you sure that His Majesty will follow your plan?"
Gu Jue said confidently: "Of course your Majesty will do it. Auntie, don't you understand? My niece just did what your Majesty wanted to happen. Therefore, even if your Majesty noticed that someone was arranging it, he would not tell it. At most, I’m just taking care of my niece in private.”
She was even sure that Chunjia would not kill her, "My niece is the same age as the emperor's heirs. Even if His Majesty noticed my niece, how could I put down my body and care about my niece? She must be left to the emperor's heirs for training. That's it." It seems that the Empress Dowager and the commoner Ji Sheng back then didn't know that the young imperial concubine was not a good person? Was it difficult for them to kill the imperial concubine at that time? They just thought that the imperial concubine was still useful. "
"My niece is also very useful now. Not to mention Your Majesty, even the noble concubine will not be willing to kill her if she knows that her niece is plotting against her!"
Gu Zhen was silent for a while and said: "You have calculated so many things just for a fair fight between you children? But are you sure that the prince here is the opponent of Xuanqing Palace?"
Gu Jue said calmly: "Auntie, to be honest, is it the imperial concubine who protects the children under her knees more, or you who protect the children under your knees more?"
The presence of Concubine Min in the Xuanqing Palace naturally makes the emperors in other palaces a little afraid, not to mention that the concubine always protects her shortcomings. This makes the emperor under her knee confident and bold, but in fact he is probably not good at intrigues.
Because there are basically no opportunities for practice...
On the other hand, the princes under the Central Palace were bullied by the Xuanqing Palace.
When it comes to fights between peers, once the Xuanqing Palace loses the protection of the imperial concubine, it actually has less actual combat experience.
After all, others had given way to them in the past.
"This is just an optimistic estimate." The Queen said coldly, "It does not mean a certain result."
Gu Jue said: "Yes, of course my niece has other plans."
But she didn't want to tell the queen any more. She just said, "Auntie, we don't have much time to chat now. The concubine is not a fool. No matter whether she has evidence or not, she is being criticized now. No matter whether she really doubts us or not, she will Drag us into the water immediately. I think your Majesty’s people will come and invite you to confront us soon.”
"My niece won't say anything more. Just two sentences: If the imperial concubine is present, no matter how many certificates are presented, my aunt will just deny it. If she really can't deny it, she will complain. Even if you relax, His Majesty will never let you be responsible for murdering the wife of a close minister. It’s not a crime for women. At least not for now.”
"If after the imperial concubine leaves, only you and your majesty are present. If your majesty asks again, you can tell me exactly. But the person who came up with this idea should not talk about the niece. This is not because the niece wants to take out herself, but As the Lord of the Sixth Palace, you are reduced to listening to the words of a grown-up child like your niece. What do you think His Majesty thinks of you?"
"Don't worry about how your Majesty will react when the time comes. Just remember that you are doing this just to stop the imperial concubine from helping the children in front of her!"
"Just let the princes resolve the competition among themselves... What does it matter if the elders are caught in the middle?"
"If you say that, even if His Majesty speaks harshly, he must agree in his heart!"
"Otherwise, why would he not do anything and decide this matter arbitrarily, so as to avoid the undercurrent in the harem?!"
After Gu Jue finished speaking, he breathed out softly and said cautiously, "My aunt may suffer a lot of grievances during this trip, but you must endure it. Remember, today, the imperial concubine will suffer a greater loss than you!"
After all, the entire Xuanqing Palace faction was supported by the imperial concubine alone.
Once the imperial concubine is forced to stand by and watch...
When Gu Zhen thought about this, he suddenly felt that this niece seemed quite pleasing to his eye
But in the next moment, huge loss and shame came to my mind: How should I say it? I always feel that my life in the palace over the past few decades has been like a dog...
… In the evening, the sky was gloomy and it began to rain.
The Queen Mother heard the sound of raindrops hitting banana leaves, walked out of the house, held on to the railing and admired the rain scene in the courtyard.
The attendant was afraid that she would feel the cold, so he hurriedly came out with his cloak: "My Lady, it's cold in the mountains, so you'd better put it on."
"It seems like there is excitement again today?" The Empress Dowager did not refuse. She looked at the waiter tying her belt and suddenly asked, "I heard that the noble concubine actually suffered a loss?"
"It doesn't count?" the waiter said, "It is said that both the Queen and the Imperial Concubine were scolded, but the most unlucky one was Du Langu, who lost his good wife and daughters. The key is that it was found that he was neither the Imperial Concubine nor the Imperial Concubine. It was not the queen who did it, but the palace maids who were worried that the mistress would not be able to accommodate them when she returned. The imperial concubine lost her temper and did not care about their life or death, and acquiesced to Mrs. Qian to do whatever she wanted... In fear, she simply did not do anything. The two refused to stop and poisoned the mistress's legitimate daughter as revenge. Alas, the imperial concubine did not expect to choose such a person to reward her? Otherwise, she is so shrewd, how could she choose such a naughty person to cause trouble for herself? "
"But no matter what, Du Langu will probably hate the imperial concubine."
"The queen is the most unlucky. She obviously has nothing to do with her. Because of the concubine's empty accusations, your majesty not only let people get away with it, but also scolded the queen..."
This waiter has been with the Empress Dowager for many years and has been serving him since the time of Emperor Shizong. He naturally speaks much more casually. At this moment, he couldn't help but say, "Although this emperor is unambiguous in his political affairs, he is far inferior to the late emperor in the harem." Far away. How much did the late emperor respect you back then? Oh, the queen today is not the emperor’s wife, but she can’t compare with you back then.”
The late emperor she was talking about was of course Shenzong.
When the Queen Mother heard this, she also looked reminiscing, but in the end she just sighed and said lightly: "It's also because Mrs. Gu is too honest... These days, honest children will eventually suffer."
She said meaningfully, "The Ai family didn't understand this until later. This Gu family is a fool. I'm afraid I won't be able to understand it in this life."
The waiter listened and asked in a low voice: "Do you want us to help this Gu family?"
"Help her?" The Queen Mother smiled, with a strange look on her face, "No, I'm not helping her, I'm helping the Ai family themselves."
She said slowly, "Everyone knows the nature of the imperial concubine, and it is impossible to let go after such a loss. This little Yun family, to be honest, is really smart... What a pity, her background... "
The Empress Dowager seemed to have thought of something, sighed, and said, "Xiaoyunshi is best at being ingenious. I am afraid that the palace will not be stable in the past two days. You should be watched carefully, and don't make Xiaoyunshi too proud." Since it is a rule passed down from ancient times to have direct descendants and not to have direct descendants, then we should follow the rules honestly, Xiao Yunshi... why bother struggling?"
Yun Fenghuang didn't know that the Empress Dowager, who had not taken care of things for many years, had clearly helped to give Xie Kuo careful guidance, but was not on his side. After all, the Empress Dowager and the Empress had never had anything to do with each other.
Even the relationship between the Empress Dowager and the Central Palace was not very harmonious.
She had never imagined that at this age, at best she was concentrating on taking care of her old age, at worst she was waiting for death and would choose the queen unwilling to be alone.
But because they didn’t know about Gu Jue’s private plans, starting from the two lives of Shanyuan Temple, it turned out that Qian’s mother and daughter died not long after they left the Taoist temple. In the view of Yun Fenghuang’s master and servant, they were the most suspicious. , or the Queen Mother.