Chapter 405 I'm Not Fine at All
The Queen could probably guess something from Guo Lu's face. With her father's stubborn temper, how could he just leave like that?
Forget it, no matter what method, just leave.
The queen didn't dare to take the paper out of the box. She just started to read it. Just one line made her feel like she was falling into an ice cellar. This Zhang family... was really brave.
After reading it, the queen nodded, turned around, put the ring on her hand, and deliberately said loudly: "I will keep the ring. I am going to Ninghe Palace to visit the imperial concubine now. It is inconvenient to carry this box, so you can take it back."
"Go back and tell the princess that I like the gift very much. I will visit her again tomorrow."
The maid of Ninghe Palace looked at the ring on the Queen's finger and understood that this must be a gift given to the Queen by the Princess Regent of Da Zhou when she went to help her in the morning.
But isn't this gift a bit too shabby? The Queen is the same. She even put on a broken ring. However... that ring is really pretty. It is actually tri-color. Even her concubine doesn't have such a ring.
Guo Lu rolled her eyes secretly when she saw the palace maid's disdainful and surprised expression: You know shit, that was worn by my master and used magical powers, how can it be the same as those ordinary broken things of yours.
That’s right, Bu Ruo was afraid that this ring would be recognized, so he changed its shape and made it into tri-color. It is the only one of its kind in the world.
In Ninghe Palace, Concubine Zhang leaned on the bed with a gloomy face. After hearing the palace servant's announcement, she took a deep breath and temporarily suppressed the unhappiness in her heart.
She had been hiding in the palace for many years, and finally waited until all the princes died one by one before she dared to get pregnant. She had already known from the imperial physician that she was pregnant with a prince, but she asked people to say outside that she was pregnant with a girl and Concubine Rou was pregnant with a boy, and Concubine Rou rarely refuted it.
She was so careful every day, afraid of something going wrong. She was only a few months away from giving birth, but she was actually poisoned by that bitch Concubine Rou...
Now that the prince in her belly is gone and she can never get pregnant again, the only ones she can rely on in the future are her mother's family.
The mistress of the Gu family is from the family of her brother and sister-in-law, and she has watched Zi Ze grow up since he was a child. Now that her nephew has been crippled and she has become what he is now, she has to take care of him even if she doesn't want to.
Seeing the Queen coming in, Concubine Zhang smiled weakly: "Please don't be offended, Your Majesty. I am unable to get up now and cannot see you in person. I can only ask someone to invite you here."
The Queen sat down on the chair that had been prepared long ago and smiled politely: "It's okay, it's just some empty formalities. Today, it's just you and me, sisters, so we don't care about those things. My sister... it's okay now. When my sister recovers, we will definitely have another prince."
Concubine Zhang was so angry that she gritted her teeth. The Queen was stabbing her in the heart. She was the Queen. Although she had not been in charge of the affairs of the harem for a long time and Concubine Rou was in charge, after all, she did not believe that she knew nothing after all the years of foundation.
The queen looked at the other person's face, which had turned slightly red due to her anger, and sneered inwardly. "Playing dumb, acting like no one knows how to do it. How about using your tricks against you? Doesn't it feel good?"
Concubine Zhang clenched her hands beneath the thin blanket and said with a forced smile, "Your Majesty, there's something you don't know..."
Queen: I know.
"This time, I gave birth prematurely due to poisoning, and... and... I will never be able to get pregnant again. I will never be able to be a mother in this life."
Queen: You deserve it!
The queen wiped away her non-existent tears, and she looked even sadder than the other person.
"Don't think too much, sister. Relax. I am childless too. From now on, we two sisters will be companions. It's good not to have a child to worry about."
Concubine Zhang: ...
That's because you are good. I am not good at all. You didn't want children in the first place, and after you had them, you were not close to your children. After the children died, you were sad for a while and didn't want to have any more.
But I think, I want it. For so many years, I have dreamed of having a prince so that I can become the queen mother in the future!
Concubine Zhang winked at the maid beside her, who immediately knelt on the ground and began to cry: "Your Majesty, you must be more open-minded. You are still poisoned and have lost the prince. Your health is not good to begin with. If you continue like this, what will happen?"
"Empress, my master hasn't eaten a single bite since she learned that the prince had been lost. She has been crying non-stop. She even vomited blood when she learned about the Gu family's misfortune."
"I beg the Queen to persuade my master. If this continues, my master's body will not be able to bear it."
The Queen rolled her eyes inwardly. Couldn't eat? Did the bird's nest and snacks that the servants brought out when she came in just now be fed to the dogs?
The Queen sighed, took Concubine Zhang's hand and patted it, "Sister, you should relax. You still have to eat when you need to, otherwise how will you recover?"
"I went to the Regent Princess this morning. The Princess is a reasonable person. Although it was you who left that evil Gu Lingxiu in the palace last night, the assassination was hers alone. It was Madam Gu who offended the Princess. The Regent and his wife will not blame you for this matter. You can just rest assured."
"Come to think of it, Gu Lingxiu rarely shows up in public and always wears a veil at palace banquets. Although I haven't seen her many times, she seems quite well-behaved. I didn't expect that she would fall in love with the Regent of the Great Zhou after just one meeting and even try to assassinate the princess. She's really quite bold."
"Could it be that none of the good men from Beining are worthy of her attention? Sigh... Ultimately, it's because the Gu family didn't raise their daughter well. She doesn't go out all day and doesn't see much, but I can't blame you. After all, the Gu family is just your brother and sister-in-law's family. Even if you want to control them, it's hard for you to say no. I'm also from an aristocratic family living in this deep palace, I understand."
When Concubine Zhang heard this, she almost vomited blood.
Is she afraid of being implicated? She wants the Queen to make the decision for the Gu family. Even if she can't hold the princess responsible, she can't let the Gu family pay all their assets to the princess.
"Empress..."
Concubine Zhang had red eyes and looked so pitiful that any man would feel sorry for her when seeing her.
"Your Majesty, a few days ago, the regent princess of the Great Zhou cut off my nephew's legs and crippled him in the street. My nephew, like me, will never be able to have children in this lifetime."
"I heard that the princess is a disciple of some god in the Great Zhou Dynasty. The wizard said that if she can cripple someone, she can definitely save him... Queen, Zi Ze is the only son of my Zhang family. If she doesn't save my nephew, my Zhang family will be extinct."
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