Chapter 402 I’m talking about you!
"Don't you have some magic? You can definitely resurrect my daughter, right? As long as you resurrect my daughter, my Gu family promises not to pursue this matter, and we won't let anyone else know."
Bu Ruo snorted lightly: "Gu Lingxiu apologized to this princess? What kind of joke are you talking about?"
"All the eunuchs and maids in this palace are from Beining. There are also your Beining guards and the secret guards sent by the emperor. If you don't believe me, you can ask them."
Beining Secret Guard: ...
Seeing Madam Gu about to pounce on Bu Ruo, the Queen walked in quickly: "How dare you! Don't you know where we are? How can you be so presumptuous here!"
Madam Gu was shocked when she heard the Queen's words. "Your Majesty, I greet you. You are right. This is the Beining Palace. How can we allow the princess of the Great Zhou to act so presumptuously here? Your Majesty, you must intervene for your daughter. You must bring this witch back to life."
"Isn't it said in the Great Zhou that she is the disciple of some god? If she is the disciple of a god, there must be a way."
The Queen coldly pulled the hem of her skirt back from Madam Gu's hands and said, "I'm talking about you! Madam Gu, this is the Beining Palace. The Regent Princess is my honored guest of Beining. How can you be so loud and noisy here? Don't you realize your own status?"
Madam Gu was stunned when she heard the Queen's reprimand: "Empress...Empress, how can you be so disloyal, you..."
"How dare you!" The Queen gave her a look, and the personal maid immediately scolded her, "You're just an official's wife. Even if you're related to the Imperial Concubine, it's not your place to tell the Queen how to do things."
"Someone, come here! Twenty slaps!"
Mrs. Gu was held down and slapped before she could react. She saw Gu Lingxiu's cold body under the tree and felt that everything was out of her control. She even regretted listening to her sister and letting her daughter seduce the Regent.
Soon, the twenty slaps were over. The Queen sat on the chair that Guo Lu had brought and looked at Madam Gu lying on the ground and said, "Didn't you say that Gu Lingxiu came to apologize to the princess? Well then..."
The Queen randomly pointed out two of the palace maids beside her and said, "They are all my Beining palace maids. It's impossible that they were all bribed by the Regent Princess of the Great Zhou in just one night."
"Now, tell me what happened last night. Just say what you saw with your own eyes. If you tell a lie, I will kill all your clans!"
The palace servant who was called out knelt tremblingly on the ground, avoiding Madam Gu's threatening gaze and said, "Your Majesty, I was guarding the palace gate last night. The princess was taking the little princess and the young prince for a walk in the garden. A little later, Miss Gu came and said that the imperial concubine asked her to deliver something to the princess."
"After I informed you, I let Miss Gu in. But I don't know what she did after she went in. I was just a palace gatekeeper."
After the young eunuch finished speaking, another palace maid said, "When Miss Gu comes in, I will be responsible for leading the way. Miss Gu heard that the princess is taking the little princess and the young prince for a walk outside, so she should wait in the front hall."
"She said she was waiting, but she kept asking me about the whereabouts of the Regent... In the end, she said the tea was too cold and sent me away. When I came back, Miss Gu... was gone."
"What happened next? Did any of you see where she went?"
Several nearby maids knelt on the ground upon hearing the Queen's question. "I saw Miss Gu... go to the back bedroom. I don't know if it's because the Regent is there."
"I saw it too. Not only did I see it, I heard it too. When Miss Gu realized she couldn't open the door, she said some...unpleasant things to the Regent through the door. I think she even sprinkled some unknown powder through the crack in the window."
Madam Gu endured the pain on her face and screamed, "Impossible! How dare a lowly palace maid like you eavesdrop on your master? The Regent Princess must have taught you to do that, right? How much good did she give you?"
The maid knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty, please understand. I was only temporarily transferred here last night. I haven't said a word to the princess since last night. Everyone around me can testify for me."
"My indenture is in this palace, and I will be out of the palace in a year. I will never be bribed. That is a capital crime."
"The reason I saw it is because I'm responsible for expelling insects in this palace. This palace has always been empty. Although someone comes to clean it from time to time, they don't expel insects. I heard it when I was putting insect repellent in the grass over there."
"It was already dark, and I was squatting there, so Miss Gu didn't notice me talking as if no one was around."
"I swear to heaven that if I tell even one lie, I will be struck by five thunderbolts and die a miserable death!"
The Queen nodded: "And then?"
"Then... not long after, the princess returned from a walk with the young prince and princess. Seeing Miss Gu frantically trying to open the door, she asked her what she was doing."
"The young lady from the Gu family turned around and saw that it was the princess who had returned. She suddenly pulled out a dagger from her sleeve and stabbed the princess like crazy. The princess kicked her away to protect her two children. She accidentally stabbed herself with the dagger and died. It had nothing to do with the princess."
Bu Ruo nodded when she saw the queen looking at her, and continued to eat the fruit handed to her by Guo Lu with a smile.
Yes, she did it.
She knew Gu Lingxiu would come, so she deliberately put some manic powder on the doors and windows before she left. The kick looked casual, but she had calculated the angle well. She... just wanted to take Gu Lingxiu's life on purpose.
The Queen looked at Madam Gu and asked, "What else do you have to say now?"
"I don't believe it. I just don't believe it. Who knows if this is a conspiracy between them?"
The Queen snorted softly, "I see you won't cry until you see the coffin... In that case, I will grant your wish."
"Where are the secret guards?"
The secret guard was overwhelmed when he heard the Queen's voice. He was a secret guard, but the other party was the Queen...
"I'm here."
The Queen pointed at the Secret Guard One who had appeared and said, "This is a Secret Guard specially sent by the Emperor to protect the Prince Regent and the Princess. It is impossible for anyone to bribe him."
Madam Gu looked at An Yi and a flash of hope flashed in her eyes. "Yes, I heard that each of the Beining Royal Secret Guards has a special dagger hanging on their waist with their number printed on it. They are indeed the Royal Secret Guards."
"Master Secret Guard, you must have seen what happened last night, right? I beg you, please tell me the truth."
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