Chapter 184 Zhao Mingzhu x Black Prince (Part 3)
"My Lady, are you back?"
Su Lu's personal maid Hong'er was helping her pack her things.
Su Lu's eyes were blazing with fire. She was so angry that she threw all her bags on the ground. She raised her hand and smashed the vase, but she was still not satisfied. She smashed everything she could like a madman.
"How could you do this to me! Gu Qingheng...Gu Qingheng, how could you do this to me..."
Su Lu sat on the ground with disheveled hair, looking very gloomy.
Hong'er has long been accustomed to her doing this. Ever since she learned the news, the exhibits in the palace have been changed almost every day.
I don’t know how many innocent vases were shattered.
"My queen, please stop being angry. This is bad for your health." She walked closer and squatted down to pick up the fragments.
Seeing this, Su Lu suddenly said coldly: "Hold it tight."
Hong'er shuddered when she heard that and asked in surprise, "My Lady?"
She had terrible guesses in her mind, but Su Lu never vented these on her before. Usually, it was the little palace maids who suffered.
"Your servant..."
"Bitch! You even bully me. Looking at me, how dare you disobey me if you are not a concubine?"
Su Lu slapped her and said coldly:
"I'll say it again, hold it tight..."
Seeing the other party hesitate, Su Lu directly grabbed her hand and pressed it. Seeing the blood flowing out from between her fingers, she felt a little better.
"Don't scream, or you know the consequences!"
Hong'er's face turned pale. Thinking of the fate of those little palace maids who were not as good as Su Luyi in the past, she gritted her teeth and swallowed her screams.
After a moment, Su Lu stood up, staggering, and arrogantly took off the gem armor and threw it in front of her.
"A reward for you."
This was undoubtedly a naked humiliation, but Hong Er took it and forced a smile:
"Thank you very much for the gift, Your Majesty."
She knew what Su Lu cared about most, and she also knew that saying this would make Su Lu happy.
Sure enough, Su Lu showed her usual smile and walked to the dressing table:
"You and I will go there tonight."
"Even if I have to leave, I have to find out which bitch seduced His Majesty!"
This matter has been a thorn in her throat for many years, and it was a good thing that Gu Qingheng had never revealed it in the past.
Now it seems that she will be kicked out to make room for that bitch.
If she was a noble lady, there would be no reason for Gu Qingheng not to bring her into the palace immediately.
There is only one possibility, which would make the Emperor only copy the other party's portrait and not dare to make it public.
The other party is already married!
Thinking of this, Su Lu's eyes were filled with excitement. If this was true, then she would not be able to become a royal concubine, and the other party would not have an easy life either!
"But... Your Majesty the Imperial Concubine."
Hong'er held her bleeding palm and said timidly:
"The Moon-Watching Tower is a forbidden area. We were lucky to get in last time. This time..."
"Stop talking nonsense. I will make all the decisions myself! Just follow my instructions."
As soon as Su Lu said this, Hong'er knew there was no room for maneuver and nodded:
"Yes, Your Majesty."
In the Qianqing Palace, Gu Qingheng stood in front of the window, looking at the tall white magnolia outside. The white magnolia was on the branches, bathing in the moonlight.
At this time, Changhe came in:
"Your Highness, Zhao Mingzhu has not made any movement for the time being. She went to sleep after dark."
"Sleeping so early?"
Gu Qingheng raised his eyebrows. He thought the other party would at least scold him all night long.
"She didn't curse me out loud?"
Changhe's mouth twitched when he thought of those words.
Your Majesty is really something. He knows that he must have been scolded, but he still comes to ask again.
He nodded: "I cursed."
Gu Qingheng burst out laughing after hearing this: "What did you scold me for?"
Changhe's face was serious, no longer the same as before. It was difficult for him to repeat it after hearing it for the first time.
"I hope Your Majesty will forgive me... You damned Gu Qingheng, I knew you were not a good person! You bastard, it's not enough that you tortured me day and night. Now that you are finally free, you force me to work like a slave. If I had known earlier, I should have rinsed the cockroaches with water and then poured you tea, so that you would know how dangerous society is! Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, you damn man, I wish you impotence and premature ejaculation, and that you will be a lonely man who can only croak for the rest of your life!"
The conversation went so smoothly that when Chang He realized what he had said, he knelt down:
"Your Majesty, please punish me!"
In the past, when Zhao Mingzhu cursed people, a few words like "dog" were the most she would say. Why did she add so many new words to the content today?
Changhe still felt that he was careless.
Sure enough, out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Gu Qingheng's face had turned dark, and there was a hint of a smile on his face, but why did that smile look so sinister?
"Go, chop the man in two and feed him to the pigs."
After hearing this, Changhe said stiffly:
"Your Majesty? Is this true?"
Although Changhe was surprised by Zhao Mingzhu's words, he thought that His Majesty had long been accustomed to it, as he had been scolded behind his back for so many years.
Gu Qingheng turned around and said lightly, "Sir, don't joke."
Changhe agreed as soon as he heard it and turned to leave.
The long tree outside the door stopped him and said, "Why did you come out so soon? What did His Majesty ask you to do?"
It’s so late, where else can Changhe go?
Chang He gripped the sword at his waist and said, "Your Majesty ordered me to kill Zhao Mingzhu and then feed him to the pigs."
Changshu was shocked after hearing this, and then pulled his brother away:
"So you're going to kill Zhao Mingzhu?"
"Your Majesty has said so, why don't I, your subordinate, do as you say?"
Changshu was simply drunk, he said with great regret:
"Please, can you use your brain? How many orders like this have been issued over the years, and yet Zhao Mingzhu still hasn't seen the next day?"
"I felt the same way, so I asked His Majesty, and he said that a king's words are not meant to be jokes."
Changhe still felt that he had been cautious enough, and that this time His Majesty must have really intended to kill.
After hearing this, Chang He sighed, then slapped himself on the forehead, and then slapped Chang He's forehead:
"Your Majesty's words are true and true. Zhao Mingzhu deserves to die a thousand times."
Chang He was speechless after hearing this: "So what you're saying is, let's just let it go quietly this time?"
"What else?"
Changshu was very depressed, and then said:
"With your brain, I think even if you find a girl you like, you won't be able to grasp her and will only miss out on happiness!"
In front of the Moon Watching Tower, Su Lu looked at the guards ahead.
She waited quietly, when suddenly there was a noise from next door and some light from a fire.
"Is it on fire? Go check it out."
Su Lu took advantage of this opportunity to enter the Moon Watching Tower.
After entering, there are many hanging scrolls. The women in the paintings are dressed differently, and even the pearl hairpins in their hair buns are unique, which shows that the painter observed them very carefully.
Su Lu looked at them one by one, and then carefully searched for clues on each scroll, but after searching for a long time, he still couldn't find any clues about who the people in the paintings were.
At this moment, Su Lu suddenly remembered to look at the back of the paintings. She looked at them one by one, but they were all blank. Just when she was about to give up, the last painting had words on it.
Pearl, pearl.
What does this mean? Does it mean that Gu Qingheng treats her like a pearl?
Is this like holding it in your palm for fear of it falling, or holding it in your mouth for fear of it melting?
Su Lu was so jealous that she was constantly feeling jealous. She was becoming more and more curious about who the other person was.
It can make Gu Qingheng obsessed with it to this extent!
In this mood, Su Lu was determined to find out who this person was!
She came to a shelf.
It was covered with all kinds of bamboo crabs, with eyes of different sizes, and was really ugly.
Except for the one in the middle which is so old that its shape can barely be seen, the rest are getting newer as you go further back.
Su Lu seemed to have some impression in her mind. Had she seen this thing before?
Su Lu did not miss any clues, and then tried hard to think about where and when he had seen this ugly thing.
At this time, footsteps were heard. Su Lu was startled, turned around to look behind him, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
Her personal maid Hong'er came and said cautiously:
"Your Highness, what's wrong? Have you found out who this woman is?"
"Be careful, don't alarm outsiders..."
At this time, even if Su Lu wanted to get angry, she had to suppress her emotions. She waved to Hong'er to come over.
"Come and take a look. Have you seen this bamboo crab?"
Hong'er came closer when she heard that, then looked over. After a while:
"Your Highness, I have never seen you."
Su Lu picked up the crab and looked at it carefully. This feeling of being neither up nor down annoyed her.
Just like meeting Zhao Mingzhu today, I knew she was not telling the truth, but I couldn't offend her.
Thinking of this, Su Lu threw her on the ground and stomped on her several times: "Bitch!"
Hong'er was horrified when she saw this. They came here to take risks, and now Su Lu actually stepped on something and broke it.
"Your Highness, please calm down. Let's continue searching for clues about the woman in the painting. It's not worth bothering with this kind of thing."
As she spoke, she quickly picked up the crabs and moved the remaining crabs forward to fill the empty space.
There are so many similarities, Your Majesty should have noticed that one is missing...
After she finished, she saw Su Lu staring at the crab in a daze, complaining in her heart, is this owner really so picky about this thing?
"I know where I've seen you before."
Su Lu stared at it intently, and then heard her say, "In front of the imperial study."
"Really? Then, my lady, whose things are these?"
Su Lu was furious, and suddenly remembered the phrase "bright pearl, bright pearl".
It turned out to be her, that lowly person Zhao Mingzhu!
At the beginning of spring, she brought cakes to the imperial study as usual, and Zhao Mingzhu sat in the corridor, weaving thin bamboo strips in her hands.
But she had only made up half of it at that time, so Su Lu didn't take it seriously! She didn't expect that this vixen was right next to her!
"Your Highness, do you mean Aunt Zhao?"
The palace maid was also very shocked after hearing this. She thought she was a lady from a famous family, and moreover, the person that His Majesty loved but could not get.
I never thought it was a palace maid?!
Even though Aunt Zhao followed His Majesty very early, she was just a palace maid in the end.
"But, Your Majesty, this is illogical. She is just a palace maid. How difficult is it for Your Majesty to favor a palace maid over all the others?"
There is only one imperial concubine in the harem now, which has already caused dissatisfaction among the ministers. If His Majesty likes a palace maid and takes her into the palace, those ministers will not only not obstruct her, but will be happy instead.
"If His Majesty really likes Aunt Zhao, why would he hide it like this?"
When Su Lu heard this, she didn't understand at first, but suddenly she remembered what she had said in the imperial study before.
He doesn't need himself anymore.
He no longer needs to be his own shield.
If Gu Qingheng had married Zhao Mingzhu into the palace in the early days of his reign, it would have inevitably caused controversy.
But now that Gu Qingheng is in power, it will be easy for him to do this.
So she has no value in existing.
"Zhao Mingzhu! I'm going to kill her!" Su Lu took a deep breath and turned to leave.
"My Lady, please think twice!"
If Aunt Zhao is really the woman His Majesty has always liked, and he is scheming to get her, what good will happen to Su Lu if he goes against her!
At this time, the door opened by itself, and Gu Qingheng, who was standing outside the door, smiled:
"Su Lu, why do you have to do stupid things?"
Su Lu was also startled by Gu Qingheng's sudden appearance. She bit her lip and said:
"Your Majesty, these paintings are all about that slave girl Zhao Mingzhu, right?"
"What's so good about Zhao Mingzhu? She's of humble origin and unknown background!"
At the beginning, she had thoroughly investigated all the palace maids around Gu Qingheng, but only Zhao Mingzhu remained a mystery.
When Su Lu said this, he recalled his old friend from his memory:
"She has the same name as Zhao Mingzhu. Aren't you afraid she's reincarnated and is seeking revenge on Your Majesty?!"
These words frightened Hong'er beside her. She quickly knelt down and kowtowed:
"Your Majesty, please spare me! I didn't want to come, but the Imperial Concubine forced me to do so, threatening to kill me otherwise. I had no choice but to do this!"
Gu Qingheng didn't keep his eyes on her, and soon the guards dragged her out, and the crab fell to the ground during the process.
"Su Lu, I thought you were a smart person all these years."
Gu Qingheng approached her, and then under Su Lu's gaze, he bent down to pick up the crab, with hostility gradually emerging in his phoenix eyes.
"Since you want to die, then go ahead and die."
He stretched out the bamboo sticks, and the care he showed in his movements was faintly visible.
Su Lu stepped back in shock after hearing this: "Gu Qingheng, you can't do this to me!"
She didn't expect that the person in front of her could be so cruel and actually wanted to kill her!
"The long river." Gu Qingheng was too lazy to speak anymore.
Changhe stepped out of the line, drew his sword and went towards Su Lu.
Seeing this, Su Lu's pupils shrank drastically, and she stepped back, screaming:
"I've loved you for so many years, and you treat me like this. Aren't you afraid that you'll end up like me, unable to get what you want?!"
Changhe looked at the person in front of him with some sympathy. She was much less afraid of death than Zhao Mingzhu.
But her life is not as tough as Zhao Mingzhu's.
Sure enough, the next moment, Gu Qingheng gave the order:
"Cut out her tongue and make her into a human pig."
Su Lu's eyes widened when he heard this. Just as he was about to speak, he felt a sharp pain in his mouth and something soft fell to the ground.
"Mmmmm!"
Su Lu was in great pain and fell to the ground. She then touched her throat in fear and could not speak.
Then she saw her tongue falling not far away, and the smell of blood in her mouth made her almost vomit.
Gu Qingheng looked at the scene in front of him with indifference.
At this time, Changshu came in. He looked at Su Lu lying on the ground, then turned his face away and said:
"Your Majesty, news has arrived from the secret guards outside the palace."
Gu Qingheng took the note and read the contents.
The note turned to powder in his hands, and Zhao Mingzhu prepared to escape with his bag.
"Your Majesty, shall I go and bring the person back?" Changshu said when he saw this.
He was worried for Zhao Mingzhu. Why was she really planning to run away? She had been with His Majesty for so many years, and she didn't know his temperament?
Apparently, Gu Qingheng wasn't going to let Changshu go alone. He turned around, his bright yellow sleeves twirling:
"Clean this place up, and clear out the dungeon below."
"I will go there myself."
Zhao Mingzhu, you'd better be eloquent, otherwise...
Outside the palace, Zhao Mingzhu carefully peeked out with her gold and silver jewelry on her back. After making sure that no one was guarding her, she quietly closed the door and prepared to escape at dawn.
At that time, the city gates had just been opened and the guards were very lazy.
As long as I seize this opportunity, I will be free!
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