Josh!
Behind Xue Luan, the night was empty. Li Yuxin smiled and said, "Ah Luan, when you meet him, you will know why His Highness chose him."
"He treats Your Highness very well."
He said softly.
…
After capturing Gu Jinxiu and the prefect of the capital, Gu Jinke led his men into the palace overnight.
After the death of Xian Guijun, the empress also fell on the sickbed. Fang Rui, who had pretended to be captured by Xian Guijun before, had returned to the empress's side and was serving her medicine.
The Queen was sitting on one side of the bed, wiping the medicine stains off the Empress' lips, her smile gentle but not reaching her eyes.
In this situation, Gu Jinke thought for a moment and recalled what Xian Guijun said to Queen Jun before his death. How could Queen Jun, who loved the eldest princess so much, remain indifferent when she heard Xian Guijun's speculation?
What's more, the King and Queen had secretly participated in the investigation of this matter before. It can be said that they knew more than King Xian Guijun, not less.
Given his own suspicion, the instigation of Lord Xian Gui, and the fact that the Queen definitely favors Gu Jinxiu, the Queen will definitely go crazy and seek revenge, but how she will do so remains to be seen.
However, the Queen is not necessarily satisfied with the current King and Queen. The Queen was able to find out the conspiracy of the Virtuous King, and the Queen, as the master of the harem, may not be completely ignorant of this matter. There must be a barrier in the Queen's heart.
Just like now, the King and Queen were serving him, and the Queen's eyes were not on him. When the two of them saw Gu Jinke coming in, their eyes all fell on Gu Jinke and Gu Jinxiu who was escorted in.
Gu Jinxiu was in a very bad state now. She was seriously injured. Gu Jinke only roughly bandaged her and brought her here. She was pale now and was still wearing the bloodstained robe. When the queen saw her, her expression was complicated: "Jinxiu."
When Gu Jinxiu was caught here, she knew that she would not be able to escape punishment. She did not want to go to the imperial mausoleum, and she did not want to go to more remote and worse places. Moreover, treason is a serious crime. If it is committed by someone other than the royal family, the entire clan will be killed. Even if it is a member of the royal family, they will be executed. In addition, she is now injured and confused. When she heard the empress's words, she suddenly became excited: "Don't you love me the most? Ask Gu Jinke to let me go."
She didn't admit her fault nor did she feel guilty. The empress widened her eyes in disbelief and started coughing violently. Gu Jinxiu seemed not to hear anything. Instead, she became even more agitated, with bloodshot eyes. "Or you can write a letter of abdication now and give me the throne of empress. You were planning to give it to me originally. Give it to me now and let me deal with Gu Jinke!"
The Queen was furious. She snatched the medicine bowl from Fang Rui and threw it at him: "Evil beast!"
Gu Jinxiu was close, so even though the empress had no strength, the medicine bowl hit her forehead directly, and the medicine splashed all over her head and face. The medicine bowl hit her forehead, leaving a red mark, and then fell to the ground, breaking into pieces.
The Queen watched this scene, she covered the curve of her mouth with a handkerchief, but there was still a smile in her eyes.
Gu Jinxiu was also startled by the impact of the porcelain bowl. In fact, she had been loved by the virtuous monarch since she was a child, and the empress had secretly protected her. She had never been reprimanded or beaten by her elders.
Even last time, when she assassinated the crown princess Gu Jinke, the empress did not specifically scold her. This time, the smash seemed to have aroused all the hatred and cruelty in her heart. She looked at the empress with even more hatred: "Don't you love my father? Don't you want to give me the throne? Don't you love me the most? Why can't I see your love for me at all? I hate you! If you really love me, you should quickly write the edict of abdication and let me ascend the throne."
The empress was so upset by her increasingly harsh words that she pointed her finger at Gu Jinxiu and trembled, unable to speak.
This scene of mother-daughter feud made Gu Jinke narrow his eyes and then turn his head away.
She neither stopped it, but stood aside like a spectator. Fang Ruifu was bending over to calm the emotional empress. She originally looked at Gu Jinke for help, hoping that she would stop it all, but when she saw the indifference in her eyes, she sighed softly.
The Queen has broken her daughter's heart.
And now, Gu Jinxiu's scolding is the retribution for what the Empress brought up herself, the Crown Princess' indifferent attitude is also the retribution for what the Empress brought up herself, and the Queen's gloating is also the retribution for what the Empress brought up herself.
Fang Rui's eyes suddenly turned red when she saw the Queen's excited and flushed face, her snow-white hair, her cheeks covered with wrinkles that had appeared on her face without her knowing when, and her body that had become as thin as a bag of bones.
How could her wise and brave master end up being deserted by his friends and relatives?
The Queen seemed to realize it, she smiled bleakly and told Fang Rui incoherently: "Fang Rui, draft the decree."
Gu Jinxiu kept scolding and cursing, but the empress was really heartbroken and ignored her. She ordered amidst the incessant cursing: "Commoner...Gu Jinxiu escaped...from the imperial mausoleum without permission, colluded with the noble lord...ahem...intended to rebel and murder her mother...behead her immediately!"
"My princess... ahem... for saving my life, I abdicate my throne to her..."
When she said this, she actually vomited blood, but she ignored it. She looked at Gu Jinxiu and then at Gu Jinke.
There was sarcasm when he looked at Gu Jinxiu.
When looking at Gu Jinke, I felt indebted.
Since Gu Jinxiu treated her like this, she didn't mind retaliating. Didn't Gu Jinxiu want to abdicate? Then she would abdicate to Gu Jinke.
As expected, after hearing the Queen's intermittent judgments on herself, Gu Jinxiu went crazy. She wanted to kill him immediately, but Gu Jinke wanted to abdicate. She didn't know where she got the strength from: "You old immortal, I will kill you."
The whole man was originally tied up and pressed down, but now he rushed straight towards the Queen like a desperate beast. She was tied up tightly all over, so he used his head as a weapon and hit the Queen directly, knocking her off balance and causing her to fall onto the bed. Then he fell to the ground and was pinned down by the frightened guards.
Her head was pressed to the ground, and she was breathing rapidly, but she laughed heartily: "Haha...haha...really...if you hadn't tied me up, I would have eaten your flesh and drank your blood. It's all your fault, it's all your fault. You've put me in this situation."
If the Queen had directly appointed her as the Crown Princess, wouldn't there be so many problems? She thought resentfully.
When Gu Jinxiu bumped into her, the Queen instinctively stepped aside.
Therefore, the queen was hit hard, but fortunately the bed was soft, so she did not suffer secondary injury.
Seeing this scene, Gu Jinke clenched his fists, sighed, and finally walked forward to help the empress up out of compromise.
The queen was hit in the abdomen. After she was helped up, her hands couldn't help but cover her abdomen. The medicine she had just taken was churning in her stomach and she vomited it all out.
Gu Jinke patted her back and saw a blush on her face, so he frowned and said, "Imperial Physician!"
The Queen stopped her and rinsed her mouth with tea. Gu Jinke discovered that Gu Jinxiu's scolding seemed to have calmed the Queen down and even made her stronger.
She looked at Gu Jinxiu again, her eyes had calmed down, even to the point of being cold: "Gu Jinxiu, the sentence of immediate execution will be changed to slow slicing, take him down to be executed now!"
Then she looked at the Queen who had retreated to the side and sneered.
"Your Majesty and the Empress failed to supervise the harem, causing the virtuous and noble Lord to plot rebellion and have the intention of colluding with him. You have failed to take good care of me. I depose you and ask you to leave me in the cold palace!"
The Queen screamed, "What did you say!"
The Queen chuckled: "Why, do you want to be buried with me in the Imperial Mausoleum right now? How did you treat the Princess? Do you need me to add this crime to your charge?"
The Queen shuddered and looked at the Crown Princess.
Gu Jinke looked at the lawsuit between the two people and turned his face away indifferently.
This clearly shows that he doesn't want to care and has acquiesced to the Queen's will. The Queen was furious: "Gu Jinke! We are allies! Don't you forget who made you the Crown Princess? You ungrateful bitch!"
After this incident, the Queen felt endless guilt towards Gu Jinke. Moreover, this was her blood child, and she couldn't bear to see the Queen insulting him like this, so she immediately said, "Drag him out!"
Two people were dragged out of the room one after another, and the room suddenly became empty and quiet, and the remaining people were even more trembling with fear. Gu Jinke was about to stand up and move aside, but the empress held her hand and said, "Do you hate me?"
Gu Jinke didn't say anything. The hand that the empress held her with was very thin and withered, and it no longer had the kindness that she had seen when she was a child.
The Queen seemed to understand what she meant: "Yes, there is no love. Where does the resentment come from?"
Gu Jinke's hand trembled when it was held in her palm. How could there be no love?
But after waiting for something for a long time and not getting it, I no longer desire it. Now the Queen's belated affection is no longer what she longs for.
Belated affection is cheaper than grass!
She turned her head away.
Fang Rui burst into tears and knelt on the ground: "Your Highness!"
The Queen frowned and scolded, "Fang Rui! I owe her this."
Fang Rui sobbed and finally stopped trying to persuade him.
The queen also rubbed her eyes and suppressed her wetness: "You came back this time and conquered the Barbarian Kingdom. This is a good thing, and it is also your achievement to secure your throne. But this time, the attack on the Barbarian Kingdom has almost emptied the treasury. Everything needs to be rebuilt. You have to do it well."
"For matters in the court, you can rely on Prime Minister Gongzhong, Grand Tutor Jiang and other right-hand men, but you must also be able to stand firm on your own and not be manipulated."
"Be strict when you should be strict, and be kind when you should be kind."
"As for your queen, if you really like the Qiao family's child, you can make him your queen, but you just want to control the Qiao family."
"The Xue family's child is still a little immature. You can make him your sworn brother as compensation. If you like, you can also let him enter the palace."
"As for your other sisters, treat them well as much as you can. I know about the matter with the fifth sister, and you handled it very well. If she makes mistakes again in the future, you can lock her up in the imperial mausoleum."
…
The queen quickly changed the subject and chattered on without any order. As she spoke, the blush on her face faded and her voice gradually became weak.
Gu Jinke sensed something and suddenly held her hand with his backhand, his eyes hot: "You..."
"Life and death are determined by fate. I had originally planned for these few days..." She smiled with difficulty, feeling a little bitter and a little relieved.
She looked at Fang Rui who was crying beside her and said, "Fang Rui is loyal to me. Please help me take care of her."
"I know I owe you, so I have been planning this matter since you returned victoriously. I wanted you to ascend to the throne smoothly. But I didn't expect...they...wanted me to die like this."
"You must be a good queen and don't make the same mistake as me."
"I'll be here for a while. If the kid from the Qiao family comes back, bring him over to see me."
Gu Jinke wiped his face and said in a hoarse voice: "Okay!"
She sent someone to summon Qiao Xi in a hurry, and ordered the ministers in the court to enter the palace.
Qiao Xi hurried over after hearing the summons. The queen was leaning on the pillow, already breathing weakly. He was about to kneel down to pay his respects when he saw the queen waving at him with difficulty: "Child, come here."
Qiao Xi glanced at Gu Jinke, who nodded slightly, and then Qiao Xi knelt down in front of the bed.
The Queen saw this and smiled softly. She looked at Qiao Xi and said, "You were chosen by the Princess, I have no objection... I owe the Princess, I have only one request for you... take good care of her."
After saying this, she looked at Gu Jinke again, apologetically: "I know I am no longer qualified to say this now, but just treat it as my final will as the Queen."
Gu Jinke nodded, and Qiao Xi also looked at Gu Jinke: "I will take good care of your highness."
The Queen held Gu Jinke's hand, her eyes filled with regret, desolation, and relief. She closed her eyes, tears welling up at the corners of her eyes, but her hand loosened little by little.
"I'm sorry..." she whispered softly.
Gu Jinke suddenly shed his first tear of the night: "Please invite all the ministers into the hall!"
Qiao Xi hugged her: "Your Highness, I'm here."
The ministers entered the hall and knelt down, and then Fang Rui cried out in grief for the first time: "Your Majesty!"
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