The Queen looked at his anxious expression and remained motionless: "You know, even if I issue this imperial decree, no one will be convinced without a suitable reason to appoint a new crown princess."
The princess is the crown prince of a country. She hasn't committed any serious mistakes. How can she change her ways just like that? The virtuous and noble monarchs should not be so stupid.
As expected, Xian Guijun laughed and said, "Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about this. Your Majesty, the Crown Princess rebelled and attempted to kill her mother. Everyone in the world can punish her. The Third Princess Gu Jinke has made great contributions in saving the emperor. It is most appropriate to replace her with the Crown Princess."
The queen narrowed her eyes, and a sharp look flashed across her eyes: "You are plotting against the princess."
"How could it be a plot? She was just trying to save you, Your Majesty." Xian Guijun smiled gently.
"Are you happy, Your Majesty? You have been spoiled since childhood. I heard that there is a change in the capital and you might be in danger. You have to lead your troops back to the capital even at the risk of treason."
"And the child you have secretly doted on since childhood is now guarding the city gate, waiting for her to crash into you?"
"Is your Majesty happy?"
He seemed to be talking about something interesting. His eyes sparkled and he looked at the empress happily, saying with emotion, "What a filial child. We sent her a message and she went to the barracks without hesitation."
The queen was originally calm and composed, but after hearing what Xianguijun said, her expression finally changed. Her fists trembled on the bed, and she couldn't help it. She slapped Xianguijun in the face and said, "You beasts! You are simply beasts!"
They actually framed the princess like this.
Xian Guijun was slapped to the ground, his clothes hanging on the ground, looking very beautiful, but now he was in a very miserable state, as the slap was given with full force and his head was buzzing. Xian Guijun covered his face with his hands and shook his head gently, and his confused eyes slowly regained clarity.
Then he laughed again. He was actually able to think soberly. He didn't expect that the Queen still had such a little conscience towards her little daughter and would be angry about this matter. But he quickly shook his head and looked up at the Queen.
"Did I get it right? Have you finally felt a little guilty and thought about the good of this child?"
He covered his face and chuckled, a little blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. Since he had found the empress's sore spot, Xian Guijun would naturally step on it. He wanted to make the empress feel pain, hatred and remorse, so that the hatred in his heart would not be in vain.
As much as he loved the queen and longed for his own daughter before, he hates her as much now.
He originally didn't believe that the empress treated him like this, but as he investigated more thoroughly, he had to admit his tragic fate. However, as he followed these things to investigate, he actually found out some interesting things, such as Gu Jinke's real treatment in the palace. Now is the perfect time to let the empress regret and repent, and it would be best if she could live with such regret and repentance for the rest of her life.
His original purpose was to take revenge on the empress. After all, the throne would not be sat on by her, but by Gu Jinxiu. In the past, Xian Guijun could love Gu Jinxiu as his own daughter without any scruples, but now he doesn't think so. They are just a collaborator. If you look into it, he also hates Gu Jinxiu. If Gu Jinxiu was not born and there was no child, would he also have his own woman? You won’t be stupid enough to be plotted against by others all your life.
Although he knew that these were all delusions, he couldn't control his mind and kept thinking like this.
He should have a daughter who looks like him and will not think of anyone else as her father. He will be naturally close to her. She will have similar eyes and eyebrows to his, and will have a tacit understanding with him. Maybe they will also have similar personalities. In the future, he will marry a man and give birth to a granddaughter who is related to him by blood. With children and grandchildren around him, he can enjoy the family happiness.
He was stunned, then looked at the Queen.
But all of this will no longer exist, as the Queen destroyed it herself.
So he said, "Your Majesty, you dote on Gu Jinxiu so much, but she can ignore you for the throne, and let me force you to write the imperial edict. I even hate you in my heart and wish you would die sooner. When the rebels of the "Prince Princess" enter the palace, you will die in her hands. And you care about the Princess perfunctorily, she is thinking about you all the time, but you don't have the slightest sincerity towards her, let her suffer under the King and Queen, and let her bear the infamy and be cursed by the people from now on. Are you happy?"
"Poisonous husband! Poisonous husband!"
Stirred like this, the empress could no longer suppress her inner excitement. She pointed at Xian Guijun and spit at him, but she was really sick and couldn't breathe. The whole hall was filled with her rapid coughs.
“Ahem… ahem…”
But amidst the coughing, the queen suddenly thought of Gu Jinke, the child who had always been forgotten in the corner.
She suddenly covered her chest with her hands, and suddenly a sharp, dull pain began to ache there.
She actually knew that she was biased, and she was also trying to control it. In the past, she had been able to suppress such emotions, but now that Xian Guijun had pointed them out without hesitation, all the emotions of guilt that she had deliberately ignored and suppressed over the years finally came flooding back.
She had to admit that she was not a good mother, maybe to other children, but not to her youngest daughter, Gu Jinke.
She suddenly didn't want to stay here anymore, nor did she want to stay with this vicious husband or the disappointing child guarding the city gate. She had clearly given these two people many chances, and she had even made plans for their future, but these two people were so determined to take her life and her throne.
Then don’t give it to her. She should use her last bit of time to make up for the child she owes.
…
Gu Jinke had no idea what was happening here. The passage that the empress originally took was a secret passage that led directly from the imperial mausoleum to the imperial palace. This secret passage should be very old and should have been built by the Gu royal family from generation to generation.
Gu Jinke first sneaked into the imperial mausoleum. She went to check the place where the third princess was imprisoned. As expected, the third princess had disappeared. The place where the imperial mausoleum was imprisoned was empty and no one was left. This was convenient for Gu Jinke. She searched for the location and sneaked into the palace through the secret passage of the imperial mausoleum. When she came out of the secret passage of the palace, it was already dark.
The secret passage leading out of the palace looked very familiar to Gu Jinke. It was the palace where the empress usually worked. The secret passage was behind the bookshelf. No wonder the empress had sneaked out quietly for so many years without a single word leaking out.
Gu Jinke did not rush out to find the empress, but walked around the area. As expected, the palace was under martial law. The royal guards were patrolling very frequently and the mood was a little tense. She caught a little servant to question him. Facing the Crown Princess who suddenly appeared in the palace from the sky, the servant did not dare to lie and told her everything that had happened recently.
Gu Jinke already had a rough idea and outline in his mind.
Prime Minister Gongzhong, Lord Xue, Lord Qiao, Queen Jun, and all the important officials who stood on her side on the surface and had relationships with her were restrained and could not move rashly.
Xian Guijun, who is close to the third princess Gu Jinxiu, is serving the empress personally.
Gu Jinke rubbed his brows and prepared to walk towards the Queen.
Perhaps she wanted to give herself an explanation. She wanted to know the Queen's final choice: was it to indulge herself, let things take their own course, and give the throne to her beloved daughter, or to clean up the government and restore order?
This will determine her reason for bringing the troops back.
She knocked the servant unconscious, hid him, and then went towards the Queen's bedroom. It was so late, the Queen should be resting there.
But as she got closer, she soon realized something was wrong.
The closer you get to the bedroom, the noisier it gets, even louder, and the royal guards coming and going also begin to move in to surround that area. Gu Jinke frowned. There was already a commotion in the palace. This shouldn't be right. Her troops hadn't arrived yet. In order to get rid of her legitimately, the palace should be quiet at this time.
To be cautious, Gu Jinke temporarily took off a waiter's hat and robe as a cover before daring to go to the center of the chaos.
But as soon as she arrived, she heard a scolding voice coming from inside: "Get out of here!"
This voice... turned out to be the Queen. Shouldn't he be trapped in the harem? How come you are here?
But thinking about the Queen's daily methods, Gu Jinke felt relieved. The Queen had been able to follow the Empress from the palace to the current position of Queen, so how could she be easily controlled? She was mixed in with a group of servants, and lowered her head as everyone else did, but she quickly glanced at the situation in the bedroom with the corner of her eye, and found that there were actually three people confronting each other.
Empress, queen, virtuous and noble monarch.
Xian Guijun's face was swollen, with blood at the corners of his mouth, his hair was a little disheveled, and his clothes were messy. It seemed that there had been a conflict and he was injured. He stared at the empress, his eyes sometimes dazed, sometimes full of hatred.
The empress was only wearing her nightgown, with a thick cloak loosely tied around her. Her face was a little pale, and she was very thin, even looking much older. She was completely different from when Gu Jinke set out for the border, as if the time between them was not one or two months, but one or two years. She must be feeling a little weak, otherwise such a well-behaved person would not be leaning crookedly on the couch.
The one in the best condition here should be the Queen. Although she has lost some weight, her eyes are bright and she is even wearing bright red. She looks very dignified and noble. There is a look of satisfaction on her face. This satisfaction is for the virtuous and noble monarch and also for the Queen.
Perhaps the way the imperial guards outside retreated was not to his liking, so he scolded them, "I told you to retreat quickly, but you are dragging your feet. Do you want to be punished?"
Hearing him say this, the young general who led the troops hesitated for a moment and looked at Xian Guijun for advice, but Xian Guijun was stunned and did not give any instructions, so she could only turn her gaze to the Queen.
Gu Jinke's expression was stern. Are the Imperial Guards also the Third Princess's men? But she dared to look at the Queen after she rebelled?
She couldn't help but feel a little confused.
The empress raised her eyelids and looked at the leading general with a sharp look: "Go out and send a letter to the princess, asking her to come to the capital by herself."
She glanced at Xian Guijun and said, "Then take down Xian Guijun and arrest the commoner Gu Jinxiu."
Gu Jinke raised his eyebrows and saw that the Queen also curled her lips in satisfaction. Only then did he feel sure that he had not heard wrongly.
The Queen was satisfied, but the Noble Lord was not. He looked at the Queen with agitation, "Your Majesty, do you think it's too late? Do you think you have everything under control?"
"If we fail, we'll die. If the princess doesn't rebel today because of matricide, she will definitely rebel for other reasons. We have already calculated it, hahahaha..."
He looked at the Queen and the King and Queen with pride: "Your Majesty, you will have to live with guilt and regret until the end. King and Queen... Hehe, don't dream of becoming a future princess. The Queen is your daughter and your puppet now. I will crush all your pride."
After he finished speaking, there was silence all around. Everyone looked at him in shock. The Queen even frowned, and the Queen also looked at him with disgust in her expression: "What do you mean?"
"What other plans do you have?"
Two people asked at the same time.
Xianguijun said nothing, but smiled smugly: "You expect me to tell you? Why? I want you to regret and feel remorse, and not get everything you want, just like me."
"As for the princess, she knows nothing and will definitely fall into the trap. You will all have to watch her bear the infamy."
He pointed his finger at the queen, a smile flashing in his eyes: "You should be very satisfied with the infamy."
"Hahahaha..." He laughed for a while and then stopped. He no longer had his usual gentle look.
Seeing him like this, the Queen was about to give him some instructions when she heard a voice coming from outside.
"Yeah?"
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The Queen's Retribution
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