Concubine Zhao's bedroom had never been as quiet as it had been in the past few days. She lay alone in the huge bedroom, listening to the wind and birds singing outside the window, and her heart was cold. If she hadn't lost hope, how could she let her father take the risk of sending the pair of sisters raised in the mansion to the palace?

"Emperor's love," Concubine Zhao whispered, and then laughed. She was still foolish. She was self-righteous and wanted the emperor's love. She wanted to be the most favored woman in the six palaces and make all the beauties in the palace lose their color because of her. In the end, this was her end.

"Your Majesty," a palace servant's voice came from outside the bedroom: "The medicine is ready, you..."

"Get out!" Concubine Zhao said only one word.

There was no sound outside the bedroom, not even the footsteps of the palace servants leaving could be heard inside.

After Zhao Fei laughed at the emperor's love and her foolishness, she gritted her teeth and repeated the three words "Yu Linglong". This bitch made her son a hostage to Zhuri, and made her unable to get pregnant again. This bitch wanted her to live and suffer in the imperial palace, so why should she have any feelings for this bitch? Yu Linglong was a married princess, and the only person she could rely on in the royal family in the future was the seventh prince Yu Ziyi. Without Yu Ziyi, why would Yu Linglong bother to plan and act arrogantly?

Cui Yu limped back from the Book Pavilion not long after and whispered to Concubine Zhao, "General Manager Jing told Her Majesty not to worry, he knows what to do, but the general manager said he can't guarantee that His Majesty will punish the Gu family because Gu Xingyan didn't come to the palace to thank him."

"Leave the palace for a while," Concubine Zhao said, "and go to Ruyun Mountain."

As soon as Concubine Zhao mentioned the words Ruyun Mountain, Cui Yu's face turned pale and she asked, "Your Majesty, do you have anything else to do with those people in Ruyun Mountain?"

"Tell them I don't want the person anymore, I'll kill him," Princess Zhao said, "Hurry up and get back to the palace before the city gates close."

"Yes, I'll go right away," Cui Yu agreed to Concubine Zhao.

"Forget about this matter after you do it," Concubine Zhao looked at Cui Yu and said, "I am in a difficult situation now. If you..."

"Your Highness," Cui Yu knelt down in front of Concubine Zhao and said, "My life belongs to you, Your Highness. I dare not have any other thoughts."

"Go ahead," Concubine Zhao said coldly, "No matter what, I won't treat you unfairly."

Cui Yu got up from the ground, and without daring to look up at Concubine Zhao, she walked out.

This time, Concubine Zhao watched Cui Yu limping out of the bedroom, and she was still thinking about Princess Yu Linglong. She guessed that the Gu family would arrange someone to take Yu Ziyi away, so how could she not arrange people to deal with this move of the Gu family? Her father said that it was too dangerous to take action in the capital area, and they had to wait until Yu Ziyi was taken out of the capital area before taking action. Concubine Zhao knew that her father must have arranged people outside the capital area, but who said that the emperor's feet were a safe place? In the capital area, or even outside the capital, this would be the time when the people guarding Yu Ziyi's escape would be the least vigilant. Taking action at this time would be the safest and most effective time to hit the target.

The pirates were chased to a desperate place by the father and son of the Li family, and were rescued by Zhao Qiuming. Later, they were handed over to the Zhao Fei branch for use. Over the years, Zhao Fei has been raising these people in Ruyun Mountain, in order to raise troops for a thousand days and use them for a moment. Zhao Fei raised her hands with great effort. These hands were stained with a lot of blood. She didn't mind being stained with the blood of the prince and the second young master of the Gu family.

Originally, Concubine Zhao wanted to keep Yu Ziyi and Gu Xingyan as the final bargaining chips, and planned how to use these two people to bring the greatest benefits to herself, but now she doesn't want to use them anymore, and a sneer hung on the corner of Concubine Zhao's mouth. Once Yu Ziyi died, would the Gu family still help Yu Linglong wholeheartedly? Gu Xingyan died for Yu Ziyi, wouldn't the Gu family hate Yu Linglong?

I suffer every day, and you have to live like this too! Concubine Zhao looked at her hands and said silently in her heart.

At this time, Marshal Gu and Gu Xingnuo stood in the Book Pavilion. The grandfather and grandson knelt down to express their gratitude to Emperor Xie Xianzong.

Xianzong yawned. He was asking for trouble by playing chess with the national master. He could not win even once. He had to watch the national master rack his brains to make sure that he would not lose embarrassingly. Xianzong felt that the distress on the national master's face was an insult to his intelligence.

"Your Majesty?" The old man saw that he had kowtowed and thanked the emperor, but the emperor was sitting there without any response, so he had to call Xianzong again.

"Stand up," Xianzong finally took his mind off the chessboard and said to the Gu family's grandparents and grandchildren. Thinking that his daughter really didn't come this time, Xianzong suddenly felt better and said, "This time, I made your Gu family suffer. I will not let Zhao Beicheng off easily."

The old man bowed and said, "I thank your majesty."

"Sit down, have some tea, and talk to me," Emperor Xianzong asked the grandparents and grandchildren of the Gu family to sit down. He actually didn't have much to say to them, but since the ministers came to the palace to express their gratitude, he had to say something to encourage them.

The old man and Gu Xingnuo thanked him again and sat below Emperor Xianzong.

A young eunuch brought tea into the hall, and after serving tea to the old man and Gu Xingnuo, there was still a cup of tea left on the tray. Seeing that he had prepared an extra cup of tea, the young eunuch immediately stood in front of Gu Xingnuo, at a loss.

"How outrageous!" Jingzhong immediately scolded the young eunuch.

Xianzong looked at the kneeling eunuch, then looked at the grandfather and grandson of the Gu family, but still couldn't see what was wrong, so he said, "What's going on? Jingzhong?"

Jingzhong also knelt down and said, "I deserve to die."

The young eunuch trembled and said, "Your Majesty, I thought the Second Young Master Gu would also come, so, so..."

Gu Xingnuo watched the two eunuchs acting with cold eyes.

Xianzong realized something was wrong at this time and asked the old man: "What is Gu Xing? It's Gu Xinglang's second brother. Where is he?"

Gu Xingnuo stood up and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I am not feeling well, so I cannot come to the palace to thank you. Please forgive me."

Young Master Gu had no problem bullying the emperor, but the old man still looked a little unnatural, lowering his head and not daring to look at Emperor Xianzong.

Jingzhong asked, "Is the Second Young Master seriously ill?"

After hearing what Jingzhong said, Xianzong said, "Let the imperial physician go and see him."

Gu Xingnuo said, "I thank your majesty for your grace, but Her Royal Highness the Princess said that she can cure my second brother's illness, so," Young Master Gu paused here, and said helplessly, "So I think it's better to forget about the imperial physician. I'm afraid that Her Royal Highness the Princess..."

"The imperial physician is no longer needed," Xianzong could understand Gu Xingnuo's helplessness. Who would dare to make his daughter unhappy now? "If Gu Xingyan is really seriously ill," Xianzong said to the Gu family grandfather and grandson, "Come and tell me again, and I will send another imperial physician."

"I obey your command and thank your Majesty for his grace," Gu Xingnuo thanked him. With the princess around, things were that simple.

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