"Your Highness, the Emperor summons you inside!"
Cen Hai smiled and invited Gu Qingling inside. When he saw the calming incense in Gu Qingling's hand, Cen Hai's expression froze for a moment. "Your Highness, what is this...?"
"Last time I heard Eunuch Cen say that Father Emperor cannot do without calming incense every night. Today I happened to pass by the Imperial Hospital, so I brought Father Emperor's calming incense with me."
Upon hearing this, Cen Hai did not suspect anything and naturally accepted the calming incense, saying, "Thank you for your trouble, Your Highness."
"These are all matters concerning Father Emperor, how could I find them troublesome?"
Upon entering the hall, Gu Qingling subconsciously glanced at the mountain of memorials. In the past, when there were too many memorials to review, her father would simply have her review them along with him.
Gu Heng put down the vermilion brush in his hand. "Ling'er is here."
However, there was no hint in his words that he wanted Gu Qingling to help him review the memorials.
"Father, let me massage your shoulders."
With a smile on her face, Gu Qingling walked up behind Gu Heng.
"Good, Ling'er is very thoughtful." Gu Heng closed the folded document in his hand, but Gu Qingling still saw the contents of the document. The words "Establish an heir" pierced Gu Qingling's heart like fine needles.
Father, it was you who wavered first.
So don't blame your son for being heartless.
At the same time, at Zhaoning Palace.
All the concubines gathered in Zhaoning Palace. The smell of cosmetics made Jiang Yu frown uncomfortably.
"Is Your Majesty feeling unwell?" Consort An asked with some concern. Consort An and Gu Qingyao's relationship had become increasingly close, and she was therefore even more loyal to Jiang Yu.
"I am fine."
Jiang Yu caught a glimpse of Consort Yi, who was lost in thought, and understood immediately. Ever since Gu Qingling was released from the imperial prison, Consort Yi had often been absent-minded.
"Look how big Consort Yi's belly is getting," Consort Li chuckled. "Even though Consort Yi is pregnant, the Emperor is still staying at Jinwu Palace, which shows how much the Emperor values the prince in her womb."
Upon hearing this, Consort Yi snapped back to her senses and reached out to protect her stomach.
"What do you intend to do to my belly?"
Consort Li was also at a loss for words in the face of this scene. In just a few moments, her eyes reddened. "Your Majesty, I didn't say anything. I don't know where I offended Consort Yi."
"Consort Yi, your tone just now was a bit too much."
Jiang Yu spoke lightly, but Consort Yi seemed to have been provoked, "You all want to harm my child! I'm going to tell the Emperor, I'm going to tell the Emperor!"
The string in Consort Yi's mind snapped in an instant. Lately, she kept running into the First Prince, and every time he smiled, she was terrified. All her senses told her that the First Prince did not like the child in her womb.
Therefore, Consort Yi suffered a mental breakdown after Consort Li only mentioned it once.
"Consort Yi!"
Jiang Yu's tone became more forceful, but Consort Yi immediately noticed the bright yellow figure outside the door.
"Your Majesty, someone is trying to harm our child." Consort Yi ran outside and grabbed Gu Heng's arm. When she saw Gu Qingling behind Gu Heng, Consort Yi froze.
“I heard everything clearly outside just now, my beloved consort. No one wants to harm our child.”
"Yes, Mother Yi, you're overthinking it."
Gu Qingling also realized something, and her smile became even more genuine. "But Consort Yi was disrespectful to the Empress Dowager just now."
"Your Majesty, I am not lying to you, they really are..."
Seeing that Consort Yi was still unconscious, Gu Heng's face darkened. "Peilan, help your lady back to the palace."
After Consort Yi was taken away, Gu Heng finally had the mind to look at Consort Li.
"emperor......"
The beautiful woman was in tears, but Gu Heng's expression remained unchanged. "You were wronged just now."
Because of Consort Yi's pregnancy, Gu Heng specially bestowed upon her a sedan chair.
"Your Highness was a little out of control just now," Pei Lan said softly, trying to comfort her. "No one wants to harm our Fourth Prince."
"Perlan, the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince wants to harm my child."
"Your Majesty, don't be afraid..."
Perrin smiled gently, but in her heart she had other plans.
......
After everyone left, Jiang Yu finally felt a little relieved.
"Your Majesty, Consort Yi seems a bit strange."
[What could be so strange about that he was so frightened by Gu Qingling?]
Jiang Yu closed her eyes, recalling the scene just now, and whether Consort Li, who spoke first, was doing so intentionally or unintentionally.
Wanji rushed over and reported to Jiang Yu that Gu Qingling had personally gone to fetch the calming incense.
Gu Qingling has finally made her move.
"The Crown Prince's filial piety is admirable, and we should support him." This statement clearly indicated Jiang Yu's stance.
“Now that the Hall of Longevity has been renovated, His Majesty just said that we will go to the Hall of Longevity to pay our respects in three days.” A hint of coldness appeared on Jiang Yu’s face. “Have the Imperial Wardrobe prepare a dress for me in advance.”
I wonder if his ancestors could accept her worship with a clear conscience?
Three days later.
Only the emperor, empress, princes, and princesses were qualified to enter the Hall of Longevity to worship; all other concubines could only kneel outside the hall.
Inside the hall, sandalwood incense filled the air, and the ancestral tablets of the Gu family were neatly arranged.
Holding sandalwood incense, Gu Heng knelt devoutly before the ancestral tablet with his eyes closed, praying that his ancestors would bless Daqing so that it could successfully reclaim Heng County.
As Jiang Yu knelt on the prayer mat, wearing a loose-fitting ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress), something hidden in her sleeve was instantly flung out, and sparks flew up shortly afterward.
"I have specially prepared some blessed paper money to burn for our ancestors."
Gu Heng didn't even open his eyes. Seeing this, Jiang Yu picked up the paper money and threw it straight at the sparks.
Then, the moment Gu Heng and Jiang Yu stepped out of the Hall of Longevity, the sparks behind them formed a fire serpent.
"Fire...fire!"
Cen Hai was so frightened that he couldn't even speak properly. Behind the Emperor and Empress, the memorial tablets were gradually being swallowed up by the flames.
A perfectly timed look of terror appeared on Jiang Yu's face. She tripped and fell to the ground.
"Your Majesty!"
Gu Heng was stunned. He was led away from the Hall of Longevity by Deng Yu, while Jiang Yu was carried back to the Zhaoning Palace in a sedan chair.
"It burned again."
Gu Heng stared in the direction of the Hall of Longevity, his right eyelid twitching incessantly. In less than half a year, the Hall of Longevity had caught fire twice. Did his ancestors think he was not a qualified emperor?
Gu Heng's eyes were filled with gloom, and the people around him dared not utter a sound.
Zhaoning Palace.
Jiang Yu looked at the burning Changsheng Palace and then at her swollen ankle.
A gleeful smile appeared on Jiang Yu's face. They almost slaughtered her entire Jiang family, and now they want her to obediently perform the sacrificial rites?
She had no choice but to burn these sinful people to ashes with a fire.
Gu family? Don't rush, the blood feud of this generation hasn't really begun to be settled yet.
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