Chapter 111 Chapter 111 Her last mask has...
She was eating lychees boredly under the window at the time. She was surprised for a moment when she heard this, then smiled:
"You made him so angry?"
Yesterday on the small boat in the lake, Li Xuanbai teased her in a naughty way, saying that she was like a mouse seeing a cat when she saw Gu Huaijin.
What? He also suffered a setback at the hands of Gu Huaijin?
Li Xuanbai was too naughty. She loved to see him angry. Today he was extremely angry. She had to go through fire and water to see him.
"Send a message to the Regent, telling him I'll be there for a while." She couldn't help but smile when she thought of Li Xuanbai getting furious. She picked up the last lychee with a small silver fork and put it into her mouth.
Qinglian knew that she loved cleanliness, so she handed her a wet towel and asked her to wipe her hands.
"Gongsun Hong said that last time in Laughter Paradise, the Prince Regent acted presumptuously in front of the Emperor, his words and actions even more disrespectful than General Chang's. General Chang was furious when he returned."
Nan Qiongshuang took the handkerchief and wiped it carefully. "These days, even usurpation is a competition. These two are interesting. So when I returned that day, General Chang turned around and asked for the title of king..."
But the words suddenly stopped.
She lowered her eyes to look at the slightly damp handkerchief in her palm. Her throat felt as if it was blocked and she couldn't utter a word.
On the day when General Chang asked for the title, Emperor Jiaqing suffered a mad attack and Gu Huaijin was injured. Did she lend him her handkerchief to wipe the blood?
Her heart skipped a beat.
Gu Huaijin could have found her hiding in the secret room even through a wall. Back then, he discovered her hiding in Shuyuzhai based on nothing more than a page of a book she had picked up.
He said at that time - that page of Buddhist scriptures had some of her scent.
If he could smell her scent from a page of Buddhist scriptures, then wouldn't he have sniffed her handkerchief long ago?
She suddenly remembered last night, when he held her in his arms and sniffed her, his dense breath spraying on her skin.
Outside of the dream, she still had goosebumps all over her body.
——It’s over.
How could such a mistake happen?!
What on earth was she doing that day? Why did she lend him her handkerchief?!
She suddenly remembered.
At that time, Emperor Jiaqing was suffering from chest tightness and needed acupuncture. Gu Huaijin said that he was blind and asked her to help untie Emperor Jiaqing's clothes.
She still thought he was the old Gu Huaijin, and thought that if he really recognized her, he would never allow her to undress for another man. So, she concluded that Gu Huaijin was still in the dark and had made a mistake by giving him such a personal thing.
Now that I think about it, after what happened, it's not surprising that he no longer has any feelings for her. So what's wrong with asking her to help the emperor take off his clothes?
Maybe she is too narcissistic.
but.
Regardless of whether he still loved her or not, with that handkerchief in his hand, he must have realized her identity.
——It’s over.
She didn't know what trap he was setting, but he had already gently taken off her last mask.
She took a deep breath and said hurriedly, "Wu Dao. I asked you to contact the sect. Did you send the letter?"
Wu Dao's voice was sleepy, and he yawned:
"Auntie, you gave me instructions at three o'clock yesterday morning. What time is it now?"
"Write quickly, write quickly! I can't stay here any longer. It would be best if I could get a reply from inside tomorrow."
Wu Dao snorted, "So urgent?"
How can I not be anxious?
If he loved her, he could watch Emperor Jiaqing teasing her without saying a word, and asked her to undress for Emperor Jiaqing in order to cheat him for a handkerchief.
If he hated her, he could have suppressed his hatred for stealing the mountain, tolerated her walking around in front of him, and not taken her life.
After enduring so much hardship, how could the plot behind it be simple?
Only then did she realize with horror that after not seeing her ex-husband for so many years, he had become such a gloomy and unpredictable person.
"I'm telling you, he recognized me, I'm sure of it," she said solemnly, "So, contact him as soon as possible. There's no time to waste. Otherwise, I don't know what will happen."
Wu Dao laughed loudly in her ear: "Ancestor, what have you thought of now? You thought about it all night yesterday, and you're still dreaming? Do you think that he recognized you but didn't kill you because he still loves you, Nan Qiong Shuang?"
She doesn't speak.
The things between them were only understood by the two of them. No matter how others looked at it, they couldn't see it as clearly as she did.
Say whatever you want.
She stood up hastily and rushed to the door in two or three steps, saying as she walked, "Go sit with the Regent. I have something to discuss with him."
Qinglian and Yuanxiang didn't understand what was going on and hurried to catch up.
As soon as he stepped out of the yard, he bumped into the person who came to deliver a message to Emperor Jiaqing.
When Xiao Zhunzi saw her, he knelt down:
"Your Majesty, the Emperor heard you were ill and wanted to come see you just after coming out of Laughter Paradise. Unexpectedly, he was stopped by someone inside Laughter Paradise and said he wanted to play cards for a while. Your Majesty, please be patient. The Emperor is extremely worried about you and has sent Mr. Gu to take your pulse."
The leg she had stepped out of immediately retracted from the threshold: "Pulse?! Mr. Gu?!"
"Yes, Madam." Xiao Zhunzi raised his head. The glaring sunlight at noon made him squint. "Mr. Gu is already coming this way."
She felt as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water over her head.
After more than ten years in the martial arts world, she had never felt so nervous.
She grabbed Xiao Zhunzi's sleeve, pulled him in front of her, and asked him carefully: "I want to ask you, have you seen Mr. Gu today?"
Xiao Zhunzi: "Your Majesty, I have seen you."
She asked, "Does he look strange?"
Xiao Zhun Ziyou was suspicious. "Nothing unusual. If I had to say, it's because I'm not happy about the Emperor's casual gift of an official position."
"Has he ever mentioned me in front of the Emperor?"
Xiao Zhunzi paused for a moment. "Mr. Gu mentioned a miraculous elixir for headaches that could cure the Emperor's chronic illness. However, the elixir must be personally harvested and carefully cared for by a woman of the highest yin power. The two of them discussed the candidate for a while, and all the Empresses in the Six Palaces were considered, not just the Empress."
"The most yin female body? What is the most yin female body?"
Xiao Zhun lowered his head this time: "I don't know."
Her mind was in a mess and she sighed uncomfortably.
"Besides that? Nothing else?"
"there is none left."
He discovered her identity but did nothing. What on earth was Gu Huaijin planning to do?
Now, she really couldn't see through him.
"Get up." She stepped out of the yard, took two quick steps, and left Xiao Zhunzi behind.
But suddenly stopped.
Gu Huaijin will come to take her pulse soon. She can't keep Qinglian in the palace to confuse the real thing with the fake one, so she can't go to Daming Palace.
However, she also didn't want to stay in Handan Palace and face him, waiting to die.
She stepped back and asked Xiao Zhunzi:
"The Emperor is playing cards in Laughter Garden?"
Xiao Zhunzi: "Exactly."
She said, "Yuanxiang, Qinglian, go to Xiaole Garden."
*
A person who was so sick in bed in the morning appeared in the Laughter Paradise in the afternoon with a radiant look on his face. This can only be said to be a miracle.
Nan Qiongshuang knew that her biggest backer today was none other than Emperor Jiaqing, so she specially changed into the pink and gold silk gown of Concubine Yang, which was Emperor Jiaqing's favorite. She wore a pair of jeweled glass beads on her head, and a pair of yellow agate earrings with flower stamens under her ears. Her every frown and smile swayed with a radiant light.
Emperor Jiaqing was playing Mahjong at the card table, and the only person accompanying him this time was Li Jingtai, who had turned into a woman's voice.
When the door opened, two people were fighting fiercely.
She called softly, "Your Majesty."
Emperor Jiaqing has not yet discovered it.
She took two steps closer, bowed to the side of Emperor Jiaqing and said, "Your Majesty."
Emperor Jiaqing finally drew his attention away from the fierce battle, took a glance, and was stunned.
He had always loved her face, and seeing her nod and salute, her face as graceful as water and as beautiful as a peach blossom, his tongue was tied: "Deyin, hurry up, get up. Aren't you sick? Why are you here again?"
She supported Emperor Jiaqing's arm and stood up, smiling angrily, "I miss Your Majesty so much, how can I not see him?"
Taking advantage of the situation, he sat on the chair next to Emperor Jiaqing.
Emperor Jiaqing was very pleased with what she said. He smiled from ear to ear and took her hand and patted it.
She covered half of her face with a round fan, and her red lips were slightly curled.
Gu Huaijin got the handkerchief, and he would probably find an excuse to come and see her today.
She doesn't want to see it.
Right now, he hadn't arrived yet, so she could take advantage of this time difference to capture Emperor Jiaqing first.
With Emperor Jiaqing by her side, even he couldn't do anything to her.
She picked up the handle of the round fan and waved it gently, feeling proud and fanning him considerately.
Suddenly, a dark figure appeared at the door of the gambling room. He was tall, stern, and unapproachable.
"emperor."
Her heart tightened, and the fan she was using to fan herself froze.
I found it right away. How come it was so fast?
She sat up nervously and hid her face behind the fan.
"Mr. Gu?"
Seeing who was coming, Emperor Jiaqing was actually a little flustered. The cards in his hand fell to pieces with a clatter, and he grabbed them again in a panic. "Why, Mr. Gu, why are you here? Didn't you just finish discussing with the Regent and say you'd check Deyin's pulse and then leave the palace and return home?"
Gu Huaijin said nothing and floated in like a shadow. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, he faced Emperor Jiaqing and stood beside her.
Now, whenever he came near, her whole body would become numb with alertness.
She choked slightly and didn't dare to look up.
However, there was another person in the room who didn't dare to look up.
Seeing this, Li Jingtai tucked his tail between his legs, quietly slipped down from the stool, bowed like a thief, and took his leave.
He was so timid that he was like an octopus: soft, slippery, able to shrink, burrow, and move silently.
"stop."
The other three people in the room shuddered.
Nan Qiong Shuang didn't even dare to breathe. She had never imagined that one day, she would be so afraid of him, and even the person in the room wearing the bright yellow dragon robe would be so afraid of him.
The gentle and kind Gu Huaijin who lived on the Tianshan Mountain in the past is gone forever.
"Our dynasty has decreed that all officials must take the imperial examination, no one is exempt. A few days ago, Young Master Li used Chupu to ask the Emperor for an official position. This was a treacherous trick to deceive the Emperor, and he deserves death. Considering that Duke Qi's ancestor was a founding hero, I will spare your life and only order Duke Qi to take you back and discipline you strictly. Unexpectedly, today, you have turned a deaf ear to my advice."
Li Jingtai's legs were as soft as vermicelli, and when he raised his head, tears were streaming down his face.
"Mr. Gu... I beg you to spare my life... Today, I am following the Emperor's orders..."
Gu Huaijin turned his calm face towards Emperor Jiaqing.
She saw with her own eyes that Emperor Jiaqing shuddered.
Emperor Jiaqing's face flushed red: "Nonsense! I never did that!"
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! It was clearly you who asked me to play cards with you!" Li Jingtai cried in a woman's voice, sounding particularly shrill.
Gu Huaijin knew the details just by listening to the tone of their voices, and finally gave face to Emperor Jiaqing, "Your Majesty was deceived by the villain."
He adjusted his cuffs, carelessly:
"As for you, thirty strokes of the cane."
Emperor Jiaqing watched his poker partner being dragged away crying bitterly, and did not even dare to stop him.
He had already done the wrong by gambling and ruining the country, and Gu Huaijin was his only support. A few days ago, he had a mad attack and accidentally injured him.
He raised his head and forced out a sweaty apologetic smile, "Mr. Gu, Mr. Gu, please sit down."
Gu Huaijin, who was facing the door and waiting coldly for the crying Li Jingtai to be dragged away, turned his head expressionlessly when he heard the words.
Emperor Jiaqing smiled even more pitifully.
Nan Qiongshuang felt completely hopeless.
Her nominal husband and only lifeline was powerless in front of her sworn ex-husband.
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