Chapter 72 The traitor deceives the emperor 21

"Pa pa pa..."

A series of crisp applause rang out in the hall. Zhou Ji chuckled and looked at the queen mother: "Excellent."

A trace of resentment appeared on the queen mother's old face, and she sneered: "Are you afraid? Are you afraid that people in the world will know that there is a monster sitting on the dragon chair?"

Zhou Ji did not respond to her words, but smiled and said: "As a reward, I will give you something good." Zhang

Deshan heard this, holding the brocade box in his hand, and walked to the queen mother lightly: "Your Majesty, the emperor has a reward, take it."

The queen mother had a bad premonition in her heart, and she subconsciously retreated and curled up in the arms of the palace lady.

Zhang Deshan sneered, opened the brocade box casually, and threw one of the severed fingers at the queen mother.

"Ah!" A sharp and piercing sound rang out. The Queen Mother looked at the bloody finger and looked at Zhou Ji with fear in her eyes: "Mad man, you mad man!"

"Zhou Ji, you will not die well!" Her voice was as sinister as a night owl, and she roared: "I curse you to be a slave for generations, and you will not have any descendants and you will not die well!" Zhou

Ji flicked his sleeves lightly and said casually: "The Queen Mother must live, and watch how I will not die well."

After saying that, he turned around and left without giving the Queen Mother a glance.

Gu Li glanced back at the Queen Mother who looked like a bereaved dog, and hurriedly followed.

Hearing the footsteps behind him, Zhou Ji stopped and said, "It's cold, go and have a rest, I still have some things to do."

Gu Li's heart was lifted unconsciously, and she grabbed the corner of his sleeve worriedly: "Your Majesty..."

Zhou Ji looked back, looked at the worry in her eyes with amusement, and rubbed her face heavily.

"Do you think that the words of such an old woman can hurt me?"

Gu Li said nothing, just pursed her lips and looked at him.

Zhou Ji's eyes flashed with helplessness, raised his hand and gently stroked her somewhat messy hair, and said softly: "Go back, the dragon chariot is left to you."

After that, he disappeared alone in the palace road, and no one dared to follow.

Gu Li stared at the lonely figure disappearing from his eyes in a daze, his expression slightly dim.

"Miss Gu..., go back." Zhang Deshan whispered in her ear, "It's cold, His Majesty is worried about your health."

Hearing this, Gu Li had to get on the dragon chariot and return to Yangxin Palace.

She curled up on the soft couch that Zhou Ji used to use, raised her ears and listened to the sounds in the front hall, but she never waited for the man to come back.

When the sky gradually darkened and Gu Li was drowsy, the man finally returned on the moon, and his eyes were dyed cold by the wind and snow.

But this coldness melted away instantly when she saw Gu Li.

"Waiting for me?" The man's voice was smiling, and there was a nervous look in his eyes that Gu Li had not seen for a long time.

It's number two.

Gu Li arched her back in the quilt, her voice nasal: "Hmm."

Number Two stood quietly at the head of the bed, and waited until the smell of ice and snow on her body disappeared before she took the group of silkworm pupae into her arms.

Holding the small group through the quilt, he sighed with satisfaction in his heart.

Gu Li was already feeling unwell, and she had been worried for the whole afternoon. After the man came back, she finally let her eyelids down and fell asleep.

"I went back to the Zhou family's old house." Number Two spoke suddenly, her voice flat and calm, as if she was talking about an insignificant matter.

The sleepiness in Gu Li's mind disappeared in an instant, and she turned around energetically, staring at Number Two with burning eyes.

Number Two stroked her hair with a smile, a little helpless: "Want to know?"

Gu Li nodded heavily, her eyes full of expectation.

Number Two pinched her chin and turned her head back, resting his chin on the top of her head, and said lightly: "Then let me tell you about the Zhou family."

"The late emperor was originally a lieutenant in the army, but he accidentally saved the daughter of the general and was favored by the eldest lady."

His voice was extremely cold, as if he was standing in a third party and telling a story that had nothing to do with him.

The lieutenant became the general's son-in-law, and naturally rose to prominence. In less than five years, he became a second-rank cavalry general.

The official position was prosperous, the family was harmonious, and everything seemed so beautiful.

But it was only an appearance.

Five years later, the general died of illness, and the late emperor took over the position of the general. He was in high spirits and no one dared to look down on the new general who relied on his father-in-law to reach the top.

It was at this time that the eldest daughter found out that she was finally pregnant with her first child.

The eldest daughter, who had just lost her father, welcomed the new life with joy, but she didn't know that the general had already built another house outside and raised his cousin from his humble days, the current queen mother.

The woman was less than five months pregnant with the eldest daughter, but the treatment she received was completely different.

She was jealous of the eldest daughter's status in the mansion, and even more jealous that her son could inherit the general's title openly.

So she bribed the servants in the general's mansion, appeared in front of the eldest daughter openly, and tore everything beautiful apart.

The eldest daughter couldn't accept that her affectionate and honest husband had someone else outside, and she immediately had bleeding. After giving birth to a son with difficulty, she died suddenly.

When the general who was on patrol outside returned home, the eldest daughter had already been put into the coffin.

At that time, the general faced all this, not only did not blame the woman, but instead blamed the young lady for being jealous and harming his son.

A shabby funeral sent the young lady to the ground, and her son was also imprisoned in a small courtyard, not loved by the general.

The general married a new wife, and the father was kind and the son was filial, but he never thought that he had another son in his other courtyard.

Zhou Ji stroked Gu Li's hair carelessly and chuckled, "Is it interesting?"

Gu Li listened to all this and felt cold in her teeth.

Even if Zhou Ji didn't say it clearly, she could easily understand one thing-the general's mansion is not a sieve.

The woman thought she had bribed the servant herself, but she didn't know that the general had played a chess game through her.

How could a powerful general tolerate himself getting rich through nepotism?

Thus, the wife who had given him unlimited help became a stain that he was eager to remove.

Gu Li unconsciously grabbed the man's hand, trying to soothe his emotions.

But No. 2 chuckled: "Don't be sad, I always get my revenge."

The throne was passed to the hated son, the concubine became a gravekeeper, and the beloved son will spend the rest of his life in the prison.

This is his reward to the late emperor.

Number Two ran his fingertips through Gu Li's cool and smooth hair and chuckled, "Do you want to know how I appeared?"

Gu Li's back stiffened, and he didn't have time to say no.

The eldest lady's son was locked up in a small courtyard, with only a few feet of sky in his life, and he had never seen the outside world. There were

only guards and a few maids left by his mother around him. He followed them to study and learn martial arts, and listened to them talk about the vast sky outside, as if he had never shown any resentment.

But sometimes he didn't understand.

Why had he never seen the so-called father?

Why was it so lively outside on the tenth day of the winter month every year?

Is it the birthday of the general's wife?

His birthday is also in five days, why isn't it that lively?