Chapter 149 Entering the Palace
This was Gu Huan’s second time entering the palace. She was still frightened when she thought about what happened the first time and felt a little nervous.
But when he felt the warmth in the old lady's hands, he seemed less afraid.
But I don’t know whether Pei Yi and the others have entered the palace.
The carriage was hung with the emblem of Old Lady Mu, and it went straight to the palace gate with smooth travel.
Gu Huan was stunned. The old lady was simply her idol.
It turns out the old lady is so powerful, no wonder she pretends to be mentally ill.
It would be strange if the superiors were not afraid of someone who could enter the palace unhindered.
Gu Huan calmed herself down and prepared to cooperate with the old lady in a tough battle.
She asked in a low voice: "Mother, how are we going to deal with it when we enter the palace?"
The old lady said calmly, "They should have entered the palace. I don't know if they have seen the emperor. We just need to act according to circumstances."
Gu Huan was surprised: "Ah, how did you know?"
"Akabane sent someone into the palace and left me a letter, so I brought you into the palace."
The old lady smiled and pulled her hand: "You little girl, you are quite courageous. Do you know how big a wave you have stirred up? The Jiang family and the Yuan family have always been two unshakable mountains, with complicated connections and huge power. Do you dare to touch them? You are really a newborn calf who is not afraid of death."
Gu Huan's face turned pale, and she stammered, "I really didn't know that such a big thing would happen."
But thinking that he was not wrong, he suddenly straightened his back and raised his voice.
"But isn't Ziyuan leading the troops to fight on the front lines to protect Daliang and its people? If someone dares to tamper with the winter clothes and harm my Mu family army, I certainly can't stand idly by. Moreover, the emperor shouldn't stand idly by either. Mother, what do you think?"
The old lady looked at her in surprise.
Gu Huan felt shy when she was stared at. Her face turned red, and she shrank her neck and murmured in a low voice: "Mother, it's my daughter-in-law who is ignorant."
The old lady laughed and said, "You are so sensible. It's right to make such a big fuss. If I knew about it, I would rush into the palace with a dragon head stick and beat that old woman."
Gu Huan couldn't help but burst out laughing. She hugged the old lady's arm and whispered in her ear, "Mother, you are the only one in the world who dares to hit the queen mother directly. You are so powerful."
"Ha, of course. If it weren't for the old woman and your father-in-law, would she want to be the queen mother? No way!"
The old lady's words gave Gu Huan endless strength.
As long as you are strong, you don't have to be afraid no matter who the other party is.
The old lady briefly told Gu Huan about the conflict between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor and how the Emperor came to power.
Gu Huan was somewhat surprised: "So, if I do this, His Majesty may not be angry?"
"Yes. But we have to pretend. After all, the Jiang family and the Yuan family cannot be brought down by just one thing."
"How dare they openly kill court officials in broad daylight."
"Whoever started it will be punished. It depends on the Jiang and Yuan families to drag out who will be punished."
Gu Huan’s eyes widened. How could this be possible?
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law arrived while they were talking.
…
"Old Madam, why did you come to the palace by yourself?"
When the emperor, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, saw her, he quickly stepped down from the dragon throne and went forward to greet her personally.
It was Gu Huan's first time meeting the emperor, and she was nervous and curious.
There was no one else in the hall, so I knew Pei Yi and the others had not arrived yet.
Madam Mu bowed respectfully: "I pay my respects to Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty."
The emperor hurriedly said, "Old Madam, please don't be polite. Father has granted you special permission to enter the palace without formalities. I dare not disobey Father's order."
"The etiquette between the ruler and his subjects cannot be abolished."
Old Madam Mu stepped aside to make way for Gu Huan behind her.
Gu Huan stood upright, knelt down and bowed: "Your Majesty, I, Gu Huan, pay my respects to you. Long live your Majesty."
The emperor spoke to Gu Huan kindly for the sake of the old lady, "You are Mu Junyan's concubine, right? I granted you the marriage, but you haven't even come to the palace to thank me."
Gu Huan, who was kneeling on the ground and dared not raise her head, kowtowed again and said, "Your Majesty, I, Gu Huan, kowtow to thank you for your grace."
"Stand up."
The emperor made a gesture of invitation towards the armchair on his left.
"Old lady, please take a seat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for giving me this seat."
Gu Huan followed and stood behind the old lady.
She needs to learn a lot from the old lady.
"I came to the palace today to plead guilty."
The emperor's expression changed: "Ah? Who made the old lady angry?"
"Just now, the Queen Mother issued an imperial decree, ordering the guards in front of the palace to surround our Yongguo Mansion, break the door, beat people, and even arrest my daughter-in-law. I wonder what heavenly law my Yongguo Mansion has violated? I have come to the palace to apologize in person."
The guards in front of the palace are the emperor's personal guards, and once they are deployed, they represent the royal family.
"What?" The emperor widened his eyes.
How did the Queen Mother stir up a hornet's nest? Doesn't she know that this old lady Mu is a tigress?
"Mother? There must be a misunderstanding, or someone has forged the imperial decree. I will send someone to investigate immediately."
The emperor was just about to turn around and order someone to go to Baoci Hall when he heard a weird voice coming from behind.
"Don't bother your Majesty, I'm here."
The Empress Dowager walked in in a grand manner, surrounded by a large group of palace servants.
The emperor quickly stood up and asked, "Mother, why are you here?"
The Empress Dowager glanced at Madam Mu and said, "How dare I not come? They have come to question me."
The emperor had a bitter face but smiled: "Mother, please take your seat first."
Madam Mu sat upright without moving.
The Empress Dowager was angry, but she smiled faintly: "Old Lady Mu is here, so does that mean I don't have a place?"
"How can I do that?" The emperor supported her and said, "Mother, if you don't want to sit down, I can only stand with you."
The Queen Mother then sat down on the upper seat and her eyes fell on Gu Huan.
Gu Huan could only step forward and kneel down to pay her respects: "Your Highness, I, Gu Huan, pay my respects to the Empress Dowager. May Your Highness live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years."
The Queen Mother hated Gu Huan so much that she sneered, "Ha, Gu Huan, I heard that you are actually the legitimate daughter of the Marquis Wenchang's mansion. How can you be a concubine? How can you let your parents put their faces?"
Gu Huan lowered her head and said, "In reply to the Queen Mother, the marriage between me and the Duke of Yong was granted by Your Majesty, and the title of Noble Consort was also bestowed by Your Majesty. My parents are very proud of this."
The Queen Mother: “……!”
The emperor was helpless.
Madam Mu pursed her lips and smiled, not bad.
The Queen Mother was furious: "What a sharp-tongued little girl. I recruited you into the palace because I wanted to marry a wife for Duke Yong. I also felt sorry for you and wanted to find a good marriage for you to be a legitimate wife. But why did you degenerate and break up their good marriage and take over their nest?"
Madam Mu sat calmly, watching Gu Huan respond calmly.
Gu Huan could no longer hold back, and raised her head and said sternly, "I am not aware of the Queen Mother's arrangement of marriage, so it is not the case that I am breaking up anyone..."
The Empress Dowager's face darkened and she angrily shouted, "How dare you! Did I allow you to speak?"
Gu Huan glanced at the old lady and saw her encouraging smile, which immediately gave her courage.
She said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "The Queen Mother spoke to me, and I did not answer, which was disrespectful to the Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother: “……!”
She was so angry that she glared at Madam Mu: "An Ruoying, the concubine in your house doesn't know the rules, and you don't teach her! How dare a mere concubine look down on me? Maybe one day she will harm your Yongguo Mansion!"
Madam Mu lazily raised her eyelids and looked at her: "Empress Dowager, back then, you were also a concubine."
Gu Huan widened her eyes and raised her eyebrows.
Old lady, you are so majestic!
The Queen Mother choked but couldn't vent her anger.
She was so angry that she gnashed her teeth.
The late emperor and the empress were deeply in love, and the emperor favored the crown prince. In her fight to win the throne for her son, she encountered countless crises and hardships.
Finally, she was called a virtuous concubine only when she outlasted the emperor, forced the prince to death, and helped her son ascend the throne.
The queen was still alive at that time, so even if her son ascended the throne, she could only be a concubine dowager.
It was because she forced the queen to death that her son was able to make her the empress dowager. This past event was the one she hated most to have people mention.
The emperor glanced left and right, not wanting to join the women's fight.
The Empress Dowager was so angry that her face turned blue: "An Ruoying, are you crazy? You are pretending to be crazy to deceive the emperor!"
Gu Huan couldn't help but say, "Empress Dowager, Mother has dementia, not madness."
Madam Mu sneered, "The Queen Mother wants me to be crazy, right? If I'm crazy, no one will be able to control you! Don't forget how your Queen Mother came to be? If you don't want to be a human being, I can drag you to the underworld to see the ancestors of the Daliang royal family for justice!"
The emperor also looked unhappy.
This means that his position as emperor seems to be illegitimate.
The Empress Dowager was so angry that she was about to cry: "Your Majesty, don't you care? The Mu family is going to rebel against me!"
Madam Mu stood up and slammed the dragon head cane in her hand down to the ground.
Bang.
There was a muffled sound, which startled the Emperor and the Empress Dowager so much that their hearts jumped.
Madam Mu looked at the Empress Dowager coldly: "Do you want to taste the dragon head stick given by the late emperor again?"
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