Chapter 164: Xiao Jiu's fight with the queen

Early in the morning, Gu Jiu came to Ermen, ready to get on a carriage and set off for the palace.
"When you arrive in the palace, be careful about everything. Remember to be careful in your words and deeds, say less and read more. If you encounter someone making things difficult, you can bear it, and if you can't bear it, you have to bear it. The palace is not a place where you can go wild, understand?"
Master Gu warned, for fear that Gu Jiu might cause trouble in the palace.
Gu Jiu respectfully said: "Thank you for your father's teachings. My daughter remembers it. My daughter will definitely be cautious in her words and deeds."
Master Gu gave a hum, and said with rare emotion, "You must return safely. For your father, someone has been arranged to prepare your dowry for you."
"Father has worked hard."
Gu Jiu got into the carriage.
The carriage shook, and slowly drove out of the Gu Mansion to the palace.
Only Qingmei waited on Gu Jiu.
This is the rule of the palace, only one maid can be with him when entering the palace.
Ome was so nervous that her fingers turned white, "Girl, we will definitely return home safely."
Gu Jiu laughed. She held Qingmei's hand, "Don't be afraid, I have everything."
"The servants are not afraid."
Qingmei insisted and said.
Gu Jiu changed hands and squeezed her cheek, "When I arrive in the palace, everything will be up to me. We will be fine."
Qingmei nodded heavily, "The slave and maid listened to the girl. It's a pity that the girl didn't know anyone in the palace, and she couldn't even get the news."
Gu Jiu jumped up the curtains of the car and looked outside. The roof of the palace can already be seen.
She put down the curtain and murmured, "I don't know if Jiang Yan entered the palace smoothly."
"If Jiang Yan is in the palace, will she come to see the girl?"
Gu Jiu shook his head, "Even if she can enter the palace smoothly, I am afraid she is not qualified to walk around in the palace at will. So don't expect Jiang Yan, this time we can only rely on ourselves."
"The slave understands."
The carriage stopped at the gate of the palace.
Gu Jiu got out of the carriage and saw Miss Wei San.
The two exchanged glances, and neither spoke.
Checked the waist card, followed the little yellow door into the palace door.
There are tall palace walls on both sides, and the corridors are long and narrow.
Walking under the palace wall is like walking on the fast lane leading to the eighteenth hell. It is suffocating, but you can only go down mechanically.
You can't look around, you can't talk, you can't even have your own emotions, let alone your own thoughts.
In the end, only fear and awe of the palace are left.
After finally walking through the long and narrow corridor, the little yellow gate handed them to the servant, and then retreated.
Next, Gu Jiu and the others continued to walk towards the depths of the palace with the servant.
There was a girl who was so nervous that she tripped her right foot over her left foot and was about to fall.
Gu Jiu had quick eyes and hands, and hurriedly helped her up and dragged her forward a few steps.
The other party gave her a grateful smile and whispered, "Thank you!"
Gu Jiu shook his head slightly and let go of the opponent's arm, "Relax, don't be so nervous."
The other nodded.
"do not speak!"
The waiter turned his head and looked at the two of them. The warning was obvious.
Gu Jiu hurriedly separated from the opponent, and followed the team forward with low eyebrows.
Finally arrived at the Weiyang Palace, the maid settled a dozen of them in the side hall and waited.
The maid did not follow and was placed in another place.
As soon as the servant left, only the girls with the same identity as Gu Jiu remained in the side hall.
But still no one spoke, not even an extra look in his eyes. In the side hall, the needle drop was so quiet that I could hear the breathing and heartbeat of others.
Gu Jiu counted the numbers silently, calculating the passage of time.
After about half an hour, someone finally came to the side hall and asked them to go to the palace to meet the empress.
Gu Jiu followed the crowd and walked out of the side hall.
But I was thinking, not to the main hall, but to the bedroom, is it possible that the queen empress is so sick that she can't get out of bed?
When I arrived at the bedroom, I saw that, as expected, the empress did not get out of bed.
The queen empress looked thin and thin, like a mummy crawling out of the grave.
Standing with everyone, Gu Jiu clearly noticed that someone was frightened by the current appearance of the empress.
In just a few days, what exactly did the empress go through to become such a person and ghost?
Gu Jiu was thinking wildly in his heart.
She didn't know that in order to prolong her life, the empress had been burning the last bit of blood, taking the medicine of tiger and wolf, suffering the unbearable pain of life every day, and she forced herself into such a ghostly appearance.
The queen coughed slightly and said, "Sit down. You stand together, how can I see clearly in this palace."
The maids brought a piece of stool.
Gu Jiu sat on the stool with everyone.
"All raise their heads."
Gu Jiu followed everyone again, slowly raising his head.
Empress Empress laughed, seemingly satisfied, "All have a flowery face, very good!"
"The queen empress is absurd."
Someone speaks.
Gu Jiu followed the sound and saw that she was sitting next to Miss Wei San, like Miss Cui from Zhen Guo Gong's Mansion.
Regarding the blood relationship, Miss Cui had to call the Queen Empress aunt, she did have the confidence to speak at this time.
The empress smiled lightly, "From the day you were accused of marriage, you will begin to prepare to be a qualified grandson wife.
Not only rules, but more importantly, your heart. You have to pretend to be the emperor's grandson, pretend to be the royal family, and you must proceed from the overall situation, for the royal family and even the world.
You must know that you are different from other girls, not only because your future husband is the grandson of the emperor, but more importantly, other girls who marry people are only limited to the inner house, and you must pay attention to the court when you are married. Mind the world. "
Gu Jiu's heart jumped twice, and she secretly looked at the empress.
What did the empress empress mean when she said something so agitating and outdated?
Is it possible that she can count on a few words to encourage a certain girl to marry the emperor and grandson, and really want to cherish the world?
how is this possible?
Gu Jiu felt anxious and couldn't figure out what the queen empress meant.
"Follow the teachings of the Empress Empress."
Miss Cui is still the leader.
Empress Empress smiled with satisfaction, and said to the court lady next to her: "Miss Cui stay and take everyone else to the side hall to wait. The palace will speak to them separately.
The court lady took the order, "Ladies, please follow me."
Everyone got up and left the palace with the maid. Only Miss Cui stayed.
Everyone sat in the side hall and waited.
Don't dare to drink tea, don't dare to eat snacks, for fear of being anxious.
Everyone sat on the chair dignifiedly, time passed by, and everyone hadn't even changed their posture.
Gu Jiu secretly sighed, everyone's patience is really strong.
Sitting motionless like this is actually very uncomfortable and it tests a person.
However, everyone seemed okay and calm.
Even Gu Jiu himself is the same.
Miss Cui came out, her eyes red. Everyone looked at her together, Miss Cui just sat on the chair silently, ignoring the gazes of others.
Next is Miss Wei.
Wei San will be a concubine with Ms. Cui in the future, but the two of them haven't exchanged a single glance.
Wei San went in for a quarter of an hour, and after she came out, she changed to the girl who bestowed the marriage to the Prince Zhao Wangfu.
Gu Jiu looked at Wei San. Wei San did not respond to Gu Jiu's eyes, but lowered his head, with a thoughtful expression.
The girls took turns in, and soon it was Gu Jiu's turn.
Gu Jiu took a deep breath and followed the maid into the bedroom again.
For some reason, the light in the bedroom felt darker than before.
The empress was lying on the bed, looking at her sideways.
If it weren't for those eyes that were too shit, Gu Jiu would think that there was only a corpse lying on the bed.
There was a stool beside the bed, and the court lady motioned to Gu Jiu to sit down on the stool.
Gu Jiu stepped forward and sat down on the stool, "The courtier pays homage to the empress."
"Look up and let this palace take a good look. Last time I saw you, I didn't have time to take a closer look. After seeing this, she is indeed a sign girl."
"The queen empress is absurd."
Gu Jiu lowered his eyes, and did not meet the gaze of the Empress Empress.
Empress Empress smiled silently, "You are snowy and intelligent, and you should have found that among the many girls, your family background is the worst."
Gu Jiu's face was calm, "The Queen's Empress is right, the courtier has the worst family background."
The other girls are not honorable daughters, or those of high-ranking officials. After all, there is no one with a bad family background.
The empress said: "Your family is the worst, but the son Zhao chose you from so many girls. Have you ever thought about why?"
Gu Jiu slowly shook his head, "Return to the mother, the courtier never thought about it."
"The son Zhao married you, so he probably couldn't get help from your natal family. I can't understand why he doesn't care about his marriage, or that he has a secret love for you, or he has other plans. For example, marrying you is just to fool the eyes of the world, and when the limelight passes, he will let you die without disease. Then he can naturally marry another wife and concubine."
Every word uttered from the empress's mouth was deeply malicious. It's like a poisonous snake tweeting a letter, making people frightened.
Gu Jiu finally understood why the Queen Empress had to speak to everyone alone.
She is not only bewitching people's hearts, but also sowing discord and sowing the seeds of doubt.
If she was really a girl who grew up in a boudoir and didn't have much knowledge, she would definitely be shaken by the words of the empress and she would be panicked all day. Maybe one day it will die without disease.
Gu Jiu appropriately showed a flustered look, lowered his head, and said with some lack of confidence: "The courtier doesn't know."
Empress Empress raised her eyebrows and smiled, suddenly stretched out her hand and pinched Gu Jiu's lower jaw.
Gu Jiu frowned slightly, and in a blink of an eye he smoothed his brow.
Her gaze, looking carefully at the empress empress, looked extremely weak and helpless.
At this time, absolutely can't make a hard top with the empress.
Although the Queen Empress was dying, she could kill Gu Jiu before she died, and she only needed a word. After the incident, no one will ask about it.
To die is to die!
The reality is so cruel.
There was a smile in the empress's eyes, but Gu Jiu saw a lot of malice in it.
Empress Empress asked: "Gong Zi Zhao specially selected you. Could it be that you have met him before?"
Gu Jiu hurriedly denied, "The court daughter only returned to the capital with her father a few months ago, and the court daughter had never sent the son-in-law before this."
The empress smiled contemptuously, "My palace is not talking about the capital, but the northwest."
Gu Jiu's heart suddenly jumped, how could the queen empress think of Northwest.
Gu Jiu calmed down, and said cautiously: "When I was in the northwest, the courtiers were not satisfied with the water and soil, and they were weak, so they rarely went out. I must have never seen Gongzi Zhao."
The Queen Empress laughed, "You didn't tell the truth."
Gu Jiu's heart jumped again. She was wondering, did the Queen Empress know something?
"What the courtier said is true and dare not deceive the mother."
The queen's fingertips gently stroked Gu Jiu's cheeks, as if an ice-cold snake slipped across her face, making Gu Jiu feel uncomfortable and tight.
"According to our understanding, there was a period of time in the first half of the year when the son said that he was not ill or entered the palace. Counting time, at that time your family was still in the northwest.
Gu Jiu nodded, "In the first half of the year, my father was indeed still serving as the governor of Jinzhou in the northwest."
"Jinju is a good place. I heard that Jinju is only a hundred miles away from Luhou's barracks. You can get there by riding a horse for half a day."
"The minister has never been to the barracks and doesn't understand the situation."
The empress suddenly laughed, "You are not afraid of this palace."
"The courtier is terrified."
"I changed to another girl, and I was repeatedly questioned by my palace, and I couldn't speak clearly, let alone logically clear. However, your face was terrified, and the answer to my palace did not leak. You really are not afraid of my palace."
"The empress is a lesson, the minister is very scared at the moment. But when he came, my father repeatedly told me that I must answer the queen when I saw the empress. The minister always remembered his father's teachings and did not dare to lose the face of the Gu family."
Gu Jiu's tone was anxious and frightened, as if she was afraid that the empress would not believe it.
Empress Empress laughed, "My palace will believe you for the first time. Tell this palace, have you ever seen Gongzi Zhao in the northwest?"
Gu Jiu shook his head again and again, "The courtier is in the northwest, and she has never seen Gongzi Zhao. The courtier can swear to God, if there is a lie, she will tell me to go out and be struck by lightning."
People in this era are the most important oath.
However, Gu Jiu didn't have that taboo, and vowed to blurt out.
While she was talking about salt, she was still screaming in her heart, God, don't take this girl's oath seriously. This girl just talked casually.
The Queen Empress stared at Gu Jiu suspiciously.
She received some specious news that she suspected that Liu Zhao had sneaked to the northwest, but she suffered from no evidence.
I wanted to tell the truth from Gu Jiu, but now it seems that I really think too much? During that time, Liu Zhao was really in the capital and didn't go to the northwest?
The empress was a little annoyed, she used to only pay attention to the princes and princes and ignored the movements of the emperors and grandchildren.
As a result, people were asked to make various small movements under her eyelids.
The Queen Empress was angry and let go of Gu Jiu fiercely.
Gu Jiu had a pain in his jaw, but sat motionless.
The empress took a few breaths, but unfortunately there was no time.
If she has enough time, she will send someone to the Northwest to investigate. As long as she grasped Liu Zhao's handle, she would be able to peel off the skins of Ning Wang's father and son Liu Zhao.
The Queen Empress waved her hand, and the maid came forward and said to Gu Jiu: "Miss Gu, please step back."
Gu Jiu stood up hurriedly, bowed back, and left this terrible place.
The queen took a few breaths again, "Go, go and call Fang Shaojian."
It doesn't matter that she is dying, but the clue cannot be given up.
The queen mother laughed ha ha ha.
Shao Jian Fang came to the bedroom and said, "I have seen Niang Niang. How does Niang Niang feel today?"
The empress said weakly: "It's getting more painful."
Fang Shaojin was worried, "It's better to stop the medicine, Niang Niang."
The empress shook her head, "Don't care about the body of the palace, this palace can live for a few days. You immediately send someone to the northwest for a secret investigation. No matter what method you use in this palace, you must check whether Liu Zhao has secretly found out. Jing went to the northwest.
The palace should be gone by then. Once it is found out that Liu Zhao has gone out of Beijing without purpose, he will go to the northwest. You know what to do. "
Fang Shaojian took the order, "Weichen follow the order!"
The empress panted again and continued: "In addition, if you find a way to buy a few people around Liu Zhao, you must always pay attention to Liu Zhao's movements. This kid, the palace ignored him before, and only treated him as an ineffective grandson. Now it seems that my palace has taken a look. This has hidden deep enough."
Shao Jian Fang bowed his orders, "Do you have any other orders?"
The empress frowned and thought, "My palace always feels that the little girl named Gu Jiu knows something. I have to find a way to pry out a few truths from her mouth."
Shao Jian Fang thought for a while, "Manny, this matter can be done with Xie Mao's hands. Xie Mao and Mrs. Gu are brothers and sisters. I think no one knows the whereabouts of the Gu family in the northwest better than Xie Mao."
The empress nodded, "You go to Xie's house yourself, and you must ask for something."
"According to the purpose!"