Chapter 103 Countermeasures and Guesses

From this day on, there is no one in Liugong who hopes that Concubine Xian will recover from her illness and return to normal than Gu Zhen.

She even began to copy the scriptures and pray for the concubine Xian in private, hoping that Yuan Zhiniang's illness would disappear overnight and she would be alive and kicking...

However, the heavens are not beautiful, and according to the news from Yan Hong Palace, Concubine Xian is getting worse day by day, and it sounds like she is going straight to Qi Ruoyousi and may die anytime, anywhere.

Under such circumstances, it is very reasonable for the Empress Dowager Yuan to summon the queen to scold her: "...how old is the eighth prince now that a good child has become like this? I don't know what's going on. If he loses his mother, How pitiful is it going to be in the future? Of course, the queen is no wonder, but if you are more considerate, the queen will not make the witnesses die overnight. At least the Ai family can track down the real culprit and avenge the concubine Xian. In the future, when the eighth prince grows up, at least he will have an explanation! But now..."

The Empress Dowager began to wipe her tears, and whispered comfort from left to right. Gu Zhen endured vomiting blood and knelt down to plead guilty, saying that all this was his fault, that he was the one who was sorry for the loving mother, the empress dowager, the concubine Xian, and the eighth prince. Facing the Eighth Prince without face, how about asking Concubine An to help take care of the Eighth Prince for a while? Now, whenever a daughter-in-law sees the Eighth Prince, she thinks of the poor concubine Xian, the daughter-in-law really..."

Before her tears came out, the Empress Dowager Yuan looked over with a look of surprise on her teary eyes: "So, both Concubine Xian and his wife are so pitiful, and you still want to hand over the Eighth Prince to Concubine An to take care of him. Concubine is not good, but what is Concubine An's status? According to the forbidden rules of the palace, adoptive mothers are higher than biological mothers, you... you are not consciously sorry for Concubine Xian, you are deliberately humiliating the poor eighth prince!"

After speaking, weep loudly!

At this time, even the attendant dipping willows couldn't help but say the queen: "The empress dowager is already sad enough, why does the empress dowager say such things to hurt the empress dowager's heart? Even if you don't like the eighth prince, you don't have to be in the empress dowager." Say that to me!"

"...I don't mean that." Gu Zhen squeezed his palms hard to resist the urge to go mad, and said to Queen Mother Yuan with an apologetic smile, "Mother, my daughter-in-law is just ashamed of herself and feels unworthy to take care of the Eighth Prince. There is absolutely no other meaning. Don't be overwhelmed. The daughter-in-law is also straight, and she is close to the mother. She thinks and says what she thinks. She doesn't think carefully. Please don't ask the mother to be as knowledgeable as the daughter-in-law. How can the daughter-in-law not like the eighth prince? The daughter-in-law is not blessed and cannot personally Continuing the heirs for His Majesty, the eighth prince is fair and lovely, and my daughter-in-law likes it when she sees it."

At this moment, she was almost bleeding from hatred: originally, according to Yun Fenghuang's suggestion during the summer vacation, the Queen Mother Yuan and the Xingning Bofu would go to the mother and keep the son for herself after confirming that Yuan Zhiniang gave birth to a healthy prince. To raise and replace the prince born by Gu's daughter, in order to seek the East Palace!

This has already disturbed Gu Zhen and the Gu family.

But from the present point of view, the actual arrangement of Queen Mother Yuan is even more vicious and nasty than what Yun Fenghuang said!

From Gu Zhen's point of view, if the eighth prince just landed, Yuan Zhiniang would be gone. The advantage would be that the child might be recorded in her name as a concubine. Lift up the bastard!

The Eighth Prince should be grateful to her.

Even Empress Dowager Yuan and Uncle Xingning should thank her.

But what is the situation now?

Although the eighth prince is recorded under the name of Concubine Xian, he is not considered a son of a son, but Concubine Xian's condition worsened and she was killed by others. The only clue and many witnesses were suppressed in the hands of her, the empress.

So if the murderer cannot be found for a day, she will be sorry to Concubine Xian and the Eighth Prince.

In this case, if she adopts the eighth prince, it is not a grace, but a redemption.

It is conceivable that when the Eighth Prince grows up, will he be grateful to her?

No, it's not bad if he doesn't round up and think that the queen is his mother-in-law and enemy.

Although Gu Zhen doesn't care about the gratitude of this cheap son, after all, she cares more about the third prince and the king of Chu, but!

Outsiders don't think so.

People who don't know it will think that the queen is just sorry for the eighth prince.

No matter how good the queen is to the eighth prince, the queen should be partial to the eighth prince.

If the eighth prince was just the eighth prince, then Gu Zhen could still suppress these gossips and opinions with the help of his natal family, but the eighth prince was not alone.

The Empress Dowager Yuan and the Xingning Bofu will inevitably contribute to the flames, knocking to death the "fact" that the queen is sorry for him.

Gu Zhen's teeth were itchy, and he regretted that he didn't pay enough attention to Yun Fenghuang's reminder before, and couldn't resist Chun Jia's persuasion, and carried the Eighth Prince to Chongchang Palace.

This is not just a hot potato, this is simply an ancestor!

What Yun Fenghuang said is really an understatement, why after raising this child, if there is any disturbance, he will be interrogated by Chunlan Palace?

This is to pick up an ancestor to come to him, morning, noon and night three sticks of incense to serve him is not enough, okay! ! !

Gu Zhen didn't even know how she got out of the Spring Palace and returned to the Chongchang Palace. She didn't even bother to change her dress, so she asked someone to send a message to the family to help them make up their minds.

The old lady of the Gu family was very calm: "Although the empress dowager is mean and ungrateful, she is not ungrateful. Not to mention that your majesty is not a foolish and filial master. Putting our house here, let alone the empress takes good care of the eighth prince. Even if the eighth prince is really deliberately raised, can the royal family still abolish the empress? At most, she will be picked on by the empress dowager, what's the big deal? Let the empress bear with it. Once it offends His Majesty, the loss outweighs the gain."

He was speaking from the standpoint of the Gu family, and felt that he had learned from the Ji family that as a descendant, he should not act on insignificant matters, otherwise, he would be fooled when he met the Hunjun.

For a discerning person like Chunjia, there are too many petty tricks, and it is uncertain when the accounts will be recorded and the liquidation will start.

So even if you are not afraid of the loving mother Empress Dowager and the Xingning Bofu, but good steel is used on the blade, this kind of thing will not really affect the status of the queen and the status of the Gu family... Old Mrs. Gu doesn't want to bother.

He has never been a daughter-in-law himself and has never been angry with his mother-in-law, so he doesn't take it seriously.

Mrs. Zhaowu and Gu Zhen's mother-in-law understand this feeling. The relationship between her and her mother-in-law is not bad. After entering the door, they get along politely after a few years. Even in retrospect, I feel uncomfortable. What about the daughter's situation?

Therefore, I still fought for my daughter in front of my father-in-law: "Father, even though it is so, how scheming is the empress dowager? If she holds a grudge and blindly tortures the empress, how can the empress bear it forever?"

"The loving mother, the Empress Dowager, is also from a decent family. The Yuan family in Fuyang is not doing well now. After all, she is a prominent family in the local area." Old Master Gu waved his hand and said, "Even if she doesn't like the queen, can she still attack the dignified palace? At most, the words are not pleasant to listen to, so the queen should pretend she didn’t hear it? Many mother-in-laws are also difficult to get along with, but many daughter-in-laws can bear it. What can the queen do? And protect her everywhere like a little girl, you don't have to let her think so, on the contrary, it's easy to develop a weak heart."

Uncle Zhaowu was angry but didn't dare to say anything, she could only apologize with a smile: "Yes, it's because the daughter-in-law didn't think carefully."

They turned around and went to the palace to tell Gu Zhen what had happened. The mother and daughter just hugged each other and cried, feeling that this day was too sad.

"How about you call it sick?" Mrs. Zhaowu thought about it, and gave her daughter some advice, "Or simply let the credible imperial doctor prescribe some prescriptions, and have a serious illness, and I'm afraid that I will be overwhelmed by the time." For the princes, it is logical to remove the eighth prince."

Gu Zhen frowned and said, "That's what I thought before the person picked it up that day. But Your Majesty is as insightful as a torch, and bluntly said that I was faking it. If it happens again now... I'm afraid His Majesty will not be able to explain it."

At this time, you can see the importance of the emperor's favor. If Yun Fenghuang is pretending to be sick, the emperor will most likely not expose it.

Even help her out.

However, Gu Zhen did not receive such treatment—Mrs. Uncle Zhao Wu frowned, thought about what her father-in-law said for a moment, and said suddenly: "Then, do you follow your grandfather's wishes?"

Seeing that Gu Zhen was at a loss, she sneered: "Didn't your grandfather say that with our family's status, it doesn't matter if you deliberately raise the Eighth Prince to be good or bad? Well then, you should really kill that little thing." Li Yang! The loving mother, the empress dowager, sent three nieces into the palace to serve your majesty, but only the concubine Xian gave birth to such a little flesh and blood. If something happens to the eighth prince, let's see what more harm they can do? Anyway, your grandfather said , Your Majesty will not abolish the empress because of such a trivial matter. In that case, what are you afraid of? As for offending the empress dowager, even if you confess the eighth prince, you also owe the mother and son of the concubine Xian. Is there any difference? "

Gu Zhen hesitated, because she couldn't have children and was neglected in the palace for many years, she was sincere to her adopted children, even though she had a lot of grudges against the eighth prince who didn't want to raise her, but it's hard to kill such a young child. ...

"Is this the time to be soft-hearted?" Her mother became anxious when she saw this, she bit her forehead bitterly, and shouted, "You are soft-hearted towards that little thing, but the loving mother, the empress dowager, the concubine Xian and Uncle Xingning's mansion Will you be soft-hearted?! You think about the entrustment of the family, and you think about yourself! Besides, you have been picked and picked by the empress dowager, and you still have the mood to take care of the other children? Don’t forget that Gu Su is pregnant now. Her body, her naive and ignorant temperament, if you don't look at her, let alone give birth to an emperor's heir, I'm afraid she won't even be able to save her own life!"

"..." Gu Zhen sighed after being persuaded, and said, "I see, mother, don't worry, I just feel aggrieved. In fact, the eighth prince is also innocent. What does he know at such a young age? Killing so many elders, abruptly, cost his life."

Mrs. Uncle Zhaowu sneered when she heard the words: "If his elders still feel a little bit sorry for him, they will definitely take him away in advance. At that time, everyone will live in peace, so that's all. But if they don't feel sorry for him, the child will be around It wasn't born by you, so why do you bother? The third prince, the king of Chu, or the heir in Gu Su's belly, which one doesn't need you more?"

The mother and daughter made up this plan, but it was difficult to implement it temporarily.

The main reason is that Concubine Xian has not yet breathed her last breath. Compared with Concubine Xian who has been lying on the couch for a few days, the Eighth Prince has been doing well since birth. How can we give up with Xingningbo Mansion?

Even if Mrs. Gu said convincingly that the emperor would not abolish the empress for the sake of the eighth prince, if the empress had the reputation of not caring about the concubine, or even deliberately putting the eighth prince to death, it would not be good for the concubine to establish a heir in the future.

After all, there is still a Yun Fenghuang watching in the palace.

Although Yun Fenghuang has not publicly expressed his covetousness for the East Palace and the Qingci Palace so far, no one will think that he is a master with a pure heart and asceticism.

"Take good care of it first, and when the concubine Xian is gone, the Spring Palace will pick and choose again and again, so that the eighth prince can't support him anymore." That's how the mother and daughter planned.

Yun Fenghuang, on the other hand, looked on coldly, and heard that the queen was still sad at first, and her fingers were trembling on the road after returning from the Spring Palace that day, as if she had been furious, but since Mrs. Zhaowu entered the palace, her mood seemed to be much better.

Although she still looks upset outside, she has returned to normal in private, and often hugs the third prince and laughs with the King of Chu in person... She frowned suddenly: "Could it be that Mrs. Zhao Wubo did something to her?" Idea, let her think that the matter of the Eighth Prince can be resolved?"

Underneath, Chen Jing murmured: "It shouldn't be? After all, the empress dowager, the loving mother, tried every means, and even found a concubine, before sending him to the Chongchang Hall. How could the empress easily dismiss her?"

"Then how did the empress feel so relaxed?" Yun Fenghuang leaned back and said lightly, "You should be very clear about what the empress was like the past two days. If you say that she didn't have some tricks, I don't believe it. !"

Just ask Chen Jing, how did the queen treat the eighth prince these two days?

Chen Jing said: "Everything is as usual... Oh, the empress actually doesn't pay much attention to the eighth prince in private, she just beats the servants, so she has to take good care of the eighth prince."

Yun Fenghuang's eyes rolled, and he pondered for a moment, as if he said to himself: "This is not right... I told her before that the eighth prince is a hot potato, and she clearly listened to it... Afterwards, the loving mother She was very annoyed by the empress dowager's actions...but no matter how indignant she was, she would not dare to neglect the eighth prince, so as not to be picked on by the loving mother empress dowager?"

"Could it be that the eighth prince was angered by the behavior of the loving mother empress dowager?" Chen Jing guessed.

Yun Fenghuang shook his head and said: "The empress comes from a famous family and has been in the palace for many years. She is used to sticking to the rules, but she is not the kind of person who does not follow common sense. Even if she angers the Eighth Prince, unless she has an idea, she will definitely not give to the loving mother for such a trivial matter. The Empress Dowager is taking the trouble."

After all, the Eighth Prince is still young, Gu Zhen came to him and yelled at him, Concubine Xian, Empress Dowager Yuan, Uncle Xingning...he couldn't understand.

Putting on airs to stabilize the Queen Mother, so as to buy time to think about countermeasures, in Yun Fenghuang's view, this is what Gu Zhen would do.

This is what most people do.

As for sealing-locking-news-information to keep Queen Mother Yuan from knowing...

The few talents in the Taoli Palace were silenced in the Chongchang Palace. If there is no accident, it should be presided over by the Empress Dowager Yuan.

Under such circumstances, Gu Zhen was foolish to believe that his behavior of snubbing the Eighth Prince could have been hidden from the Queen Mother Yuan!

So……

Yun Fenghuang narrowed his eyes, and asked abruptly: "You said, if the Empress Empress raises the Eighth Prince into a bad situation, how can the kind mother Empress Dowager get her?"