Gu Lingze was a little embarrassed and motioned for her to continue.
Qi Junhuai was born when the current emperor was still the fifth prince.
The emperor insisted on marrying the younger brother as his legitimate heir. This stubbornness angered the late emperor, so he was always left out of the order of succession to the throne.
Unexpectedly, due to the rebellion of the Sixth Prince, only the frail Second Prince and the Current Prince were left among the princes. The others either died in fratricide or were executed by the late Emperor.
The current emperor had made great contributions in suppressing the rebellion, and due to many other factors, the late emperor had no choice but to pass the throne to him.
After the emperor ascended the throne, he wanted to directly appoint Qi Junhuai as the crown prince, but he was unexpectedly stopped by the queen.
The Queen said that the eldest prince was still young, and it was too early to make him the crown prince.
It is not known whether this incident created a rift between them, but the emperor, who had always been in love with the queen, suddenly favored Concubine Yu. Not long after he had the third prince, she was directly promoted to imperial concubine.
But afterwards, the emperor and the queen reconciled as before, as if nothing had happened.
Qi Junhuai has been both talented and virtuous since he was a child, and he is strict with himself, and most importantly, he has a noble character.
Although everyone in the palace has always known that he is the crown prince, he is neither arrogant nor impatient.
Until Cheng Jiao appeared and broke this peaceful situation.
"Cheng Jiao is a very evil person. I have never been able to see through him. I don't know what method he used to control the emperor and the queen."
"You mean control?"
Li Jin nodded and said anxiously, "Yes, it's control."
"It's not because I'm the eldest prince's consort that I say this. The emperor has never thought of changing the crown prince before."
"My husband and queen have never angered the emperor, so why are there so many rumors inside and outside the court that the third prince should be appointed as the crown prince?" Li Jin snorted, "It must be that the third prince and Cheng Jiao have joined forces to do something."
Gu Lingze nodded and agreed that this was the case. People would change, but they would not suddenly become so abnormal.
"What about Concubine Yu?"
Speaking of Concubine Yu, Li Jin suddenly became angry.
"When I was still in Taiye Lake, I often heard the palace maids gossiping about her. I felt sorry for her then."
"Everyone said at the time that she was just a tool used by the emperor to make the queen jealous."
"Although she gave birth to the third prince, the emperor and the queen reconciled and never spent a night in her palace again."
"What about now?" Gu Lingze asked.
Li Jin became even angrier, "Ever since she 'invited' the emperor into her palace, she can get whatever she wants."
"According to what you said, there are big problems in the palace."
"Yes! If my husband dies and the third prince inherits the throne, the first person Qi Yixuan will kill is the general who guards the country!"
Gu Lingze also saw the relationship between Qi Junhuai and Gu Tianhua during the day. It can be said that they are a relationship between monarch and minister.
Given Gu Tianhua's stubborn character, it is not impossible for Qi Yixuan to kill him if he becomes emperor, but...
Gu Lingze looked at Li Jin with a half-smile. This little carp spirit was quite interesting. She wondered if it was because she was treated too harshly as a prince's consort.
Now that someone who knew her true identity had appeared, she began to let herself go, throwing away all her initial restraint and fear.
"You said so much, and even mentioned the general, don't you want me to save your husband?"
Seeing that he had been found out, Li Jin no longer dared to try to be clever and looked at him with some fear and trepidation.
"If the Taoist needs my inner elixir for medicine, I can offer it to you with both hands after I give birth to the child, but can you please save my husband?"
"After hundreds of years of cultivation, is it worth it to die like this?"
Now that someone who knew her true identity had appeared, she began to let herself go, throwing away all her initial restraint and fear.
"You said so much, and even mentioned the general, don't you want me to save your husband?"
Seeing that he had been found out, Li Jin no longer dared to try to be clever and looked at him with some fear and trepidation.
"If the Taoist needs my inner elixir for medicine, I can offer it to you with both hands after I give birth to the child, but can you please save my husband?"
"After hundreds of years of cultivation, is it worth it to die like this?"
Li Jin smiled, but there was some bitterness in his smile, "It's not about whether it's worth it or not, it's only about whether you are willing or not."
After seeing Li Jin off, Gu Lingze returned to the room and sat down.
"She's gone."
Qi Junhuai walked out from the inner room, took off the invisibility talisman on his body, and sat aside for a long time without saying a word.
"How is it? Even though I was so aggressive just now, she still wanted to use her inner elixir to exchange for your life. Even if she died for you, she wouldn't have a single complaint."
"So you don't have to feel guilty at all. You just happen to know that Li Jin is a carp spirit. Do you want her to be the queen when you ascend the throne in the future?"
Qi Junhuai gave him a cold look and said, "She and I will live together and die together."
"I'll only give you one chance. Do you really want to choose that carp spirit?"
"I don't care what kind of spirit she is. I only know that she is my wife and the mother of my child."
If Qi Jun had any hesitation, he would not help the carp spirit no matter how much it begged him.
Now that it has been confirmed that Qi Junhuai is indeed a man who values ​​friendship and loyalty as his appearance suggests, Gu Lingze will not stand idly by.
"Go back and tell your silly wife that I don't want her inner elixir. I don't make any immortal elixir, and I don't plan to become an immortal. Let her take care of her life."
Qi Junhuai bowed deeply, and Gu Lingze accepted it calmly.
After seeing off the eldest prince, Zhao Chengmo opened the door and walked out.
"Are you here to speak for them?"
Zhao Chengmo shook his head, "I know you will definitely save the eldest prince."
"So what are you doing?"
Zhao Chengmo walked up to him and hugged him in his arms without saying anything.
Even if the road ahead is full of thorns, as long as you are here, I will never give up.
The next day, Gu Lingze took the pills he had prepared earlier and went to the General's Mansion.
"Madam, this is the Beauty Pill that my master secretly made. After a woman takes it, it can nourish the kidneys and warm the lungs, nourish yin and replenish blood, and make her skin smooth and her hair black and thick."
Gu Lingze suddenly felt like he was doing an advertisement.
Xie Qingwan looked at the bottle in her hand and recalled what Gu Xiuyi had relayed to her yesterday.
'They haven't come to see me for so many years, and I haven't thought about going back.'
Xie Qingwan's fingertips trembled involuntarily, and she raised her hand and gently stroked Gu Lingze's forehead.
"Do you feel bitter after all these years?"
Gu Lingze was a little confused, "What do you mean, Madam?"
"Without your family, living alone in the countryside, do you resent your family?"
Gu Lingze smiled indifferently, "To put it bluntly, I am just a bastard. The concubine who gave birth to me doesn't want me anymore. Why should I hate the people in my original house?"
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