Chapter 187 Stealing the Dragon and Turning the Phoenix

In the Chongchang Palace, Gu Zhen was thinking to himself: "The loving mother, the empress dowager... is really cruel! When the palace changed, everyone in the palace panicked. Even Concubine Min, who was usually very shrewd, followed her way! Sure enough, this In the palace, the most important thing to clean up is this old thing!!!"

"Your Majesty, do you think the imperial concubine really doesn't know that the empress dowager is going to come up with such a cruel trick?" The left and right had other ideas, and reminded them implicitly, "At that time, she left only the ten princes on the island unintentionally. , or on purpose?"

"Huh?" Gu Zhen looked at the valet who said this, "What did you think of?"

The servant said softly: "Madam, this maid feels that noble concubines are always cunning, you think, during the palace change, Your Majesty didn't even care about King Qin and Princess Zhaoqing, but she still remembered to bring the Seventh Prince with her. Said that she even left her close servants to take care of King Qin and Zhaoqing... She was able to think of so many things at the time, so she obviously wasn't the kind who panicked and couldn't care about anything! If so, wouldn't she be wary of the loving mother Empress Dowager? Is it possible that although the loving mother, the Empress Dowager has malicious intentions, the noble concubine is also planning to use her tricks?"

It's no wonder she thinks a lot, after all, since the concubine entered the palace, have there been fewer people who fell into her hands because of carelessness?

Even if she had to gather her energy to take precautions, there were not a few concubines who were also tricked by her.

Especially on the Zhonggong side, they have been cheated more times, and now when it comes to Concubine Min, everyone has to be more careful.

"Yes, my lord, maybe the noble concubine sent Chen Zhu over to win us over to deal with the empress dowager." Another waiter couldn't help but said, "After all, it is already exhausting for His Majesty to openly defend the Gu family in the temple today. It's a well-known fact. Maybe the imperial concubine knew about His Majesty's intentions and deliberately framed the empress?"

In their view, this is very possible.

The queen is not favored, nor will she try to figure out the holy will.

As for Chunjia's thoughts, he has never seen through it.

As for the noble concubine, although she has never served the master personally.

But just by looking at the emperor's love for her, how could this one be worse in understanding of the emperor?

If you can't grasp the emperor's thoughts, how can you match up with him? It's impossible for Concubine Min to be so lucky and do everything in line with the emperor's preferences, right?

So Yun Fenghuang knew early in the morning that the emperor actually sincerely wanted Gu Zhen to be the empress and later the empress dowager, so he took advantage of this kind mother empress dowager's move to drag the empress into the water. After all, a noble concubine who conspired to murder the empress dowager and the prince's son would have no future, but a queen who did this would be even more unqualified to be the mother of the world!

"But the two empress dowagers are okay, but there are still twelve princes." At this time, someone stood up and objected, "Can outsiders suspect that our empress murdered the empress dowager, or suspect that our empress is not good to the twelve princes?"

How is that possible?

The Twelve Princes are the only princes under Chunjia's knees that flow from Gu's blood, and they are the most assured grandson of the Gu family who can wholeheartedly fight for him to be the crown prince.

Based on this, Gu Zhen would not cheat anyone on this child.

"But..." A waiter wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he shut up.

In fact, if the queen is more cruel, this is not impossible: anyway, the queen still has a tenth prince under her knees, isn't she? Abandoning one of the twelve princes, killing two empress dowagers, and planting noble concubines, in this way, the empress will no longer be hindered in the harem.

As for the twelve princes, no matter how important they are to the Gu family, they are not born to the empress anyway!

Looking back to find an opportunity to kill Ping Xianyi, the tenth prince ascends the throne after he grows up, isn't it just that Gu Zhen is suffering the best?

But the waiters knew in their hearts that Gu Zhen couldn't do such a thing.

"Your Majesty, Gu Cairen is begging to see you." The waiter fell silent, only watching the arguments of several colleagues. At this time, someone came in to report and said, "Gu Cairen heard about what happened in the past two days, and said that he has some thoughts and wants to report to the empress."

Due to the previous reminder, the queen felt that although this sister of the family was a bit selfish and vicious, she had a good mind. In addition, she was ready to sacrifice herself. When the time came, Gu Shao would be a part of the aftermath arrangement. At this moment, she pondered for a while, So he ordered Gu Shao to come in.

"Elder Sister Queen, the matter has come to such a point, should we continue to sit and wait for death?" Gu Shao just entered the door, after saluting, looked around, saw that they were all the Queen's confidantes, and said straight to the point, "It's always like this, Others came to pick things up, we spent a lot of hard work defending and cleaning up our grievances, and finally let it go! Once or twice is fine, if there are too many times, who can stand it? In other words, if something happens, dragging it to the middle palace, no matter how cost-effective, anyway, even if it is found out that my sister is implicated, they will not have any punishment!"

"Bold!" The queen frowned slightly when she heard the words, and a servant stood up and scolded Gu Shao, "Even if the talented person and the empress are sisters of the same clan, since they entered the palace, there is a difference in respect! How can a talented person behave like this?" So rude!"

Under Gu Shao's careful reading of these words, it is not unreasonable to accuse the Queen of being weak and incompetent, and even being bullied again and again cannot resist and refute.

As a close palace person, of course you have to show something.

"Sister Queen, you can't do this anymore!" Gu Shao glanced at the waiter, her heart pounding, but thinking of the instructions from over there, she took two steps forward, stared at the queen, and said in a deep voice, "We should give it to you." Then find something to do, lest they worry about Zhonggong all day long! Sister Rong concubine said something unpleasant: In the past two years, no matter whether it is Spring Palace or Xuanqing Palace, the wife is peaceful and happy, so they are free Very boring, how much time do you have to plan the middle palace? If they can't take care of themselves, do they still have the thought to harm the middle palace? I know that my sister has always been generous and loving, but some people, like pigs and dogs, are afraid of power and not virtuous, benevolent It won't impress them!"

Gu Zhen heard his heart move, raised his head and said, "What do you mean?"

"The eighth prince." Gu Shao said bluntly, "The loving mother, the empress dowager, forced this hot potato, and she was not what my sister wanted to raise! Now that she dares to kill the twelfth prince, why can't we do it to the eighth prince?" Poison hand?!"

"Talent people are careful!" Hearing that several servants frowned, the waiter who scolded Gu Shao before said, "Whether it is the eighth prince or the twelve princes, they are all the blood of His Majesty, and the blood of the Empress! Now ten The second prince has been in trouble, and it is unknown who did it! How can the empress be unkind to the eighth prince because of the rumors that are based on rumors?"

Doesn't the queen want to kill the eighth prince as revenge for the twelve princes falling into the water? !

She misses it so much!

She was already annoying this child, but Empress Dowager Yuan relied on her seniority and status to recruit the young and innocent twelfth prince, who was the most important heir of the empress and the Gu family!

To be honest, when I heard the news of the twelve princes falling into the water, the empress thought about throwing the eighth prince to death with her own hands!

But she can't do that. After all, the Empress Dowager Yuan has no excuses, at least the Queen has no excuses. She can't prove that the Empress Dowager murdered the Twelfth Prince. Even if she can prove it, she can't blame the Eighth Prince. After all, the Eighth Prince is innocent. The Eighth Prince is also Chunjia's blood. Although everyone knew that the empress valued the twelve princes the most, as the head of the middle palace, she had to show kindness and love to any of Chunjia's children with the demeanor and affection that a queen mother should have.

Especially since the eighth prince is only so young, if he is a few years older, the queen can still design him to make a mistake or something, and justify it.

Now?

Now the empress can only ask people to move the eighth prince a little farther away.

It has to be protected, lest there is something wrong with this eye bone, and people will suspect that she murdered the prince to vent her anger!

"If it's a prince, of course it's His Majesty's flesh and blood. The queen's sister has always been kind, so she will love him." The queen's master and servant were a little disappointed when they heard this, thinking that Gu Shao was worried about the situation of his family and himself after hearing what happened to the twelve princes , came here out of anger?

This is a bit too naive.

The queen opened her mouth slightly, and was about to let Gu Shao back down, when the sister of the family sneered and said, "But what if the eighth prince is not His Majesty's flesh and blood?!"

The hall was quiet for a moment, and after a while, the queen said in a deep voice: "Nonsense! Such a big matter, can you play it?"

"Sister Queen, this is no joke." Gu Shao looked at her and said slowly, "Do you still remember the situation when the Eighth Prince gave birth? Concubine Yuan Xian was always in a normal life during her pregnancy, but because of something wrong on the way back from the palace, Chazi, had to stop halfway, and finally gave birth in the county... Later, Concubine Yuan Xian's mother and son returned to the palace, and Concubine Xian called herself sick from then on, and basically never showed her face in front of people. In the past two years, she even died. I never doubted it, I just said that she really moved her fetus, giving birth outside and rushing all kinds of things to be incomplete, hurting the root..."

Speaking of this, the face of the queen's master and servant has changed a little.

Gu Shao continued, "But is this really the case? Sister, please think, is it possible that Concubine Yuan Xian didn't really have a fetal gas at that time and couldn't leave Wannian County, but that she didn't dare to go back to the palace?"

"As for why I didn't dare to go back to the palace... I still remember that at that time, sister Empress got the news that Concubine Yuan Xian was pregnant with a boy!"

Gu Zhen's face was extremely gloomy, and he glanced around.

A waiter frowned and said, "That's right, this matter... is from the imperial concubine!"

"What Cairen means is that Concubine Yuan Xian may not be pregnant with a boy, but the Yuan family needs a prince, so she made an excuse to give birth in Wannian County, so... Steal the dragon and turn the phoenix into a phoenix?!"

Hearing this, everyone in the palace gasped except for Gu Shao!

"But although the empress dowager and His Majesty are not biological mothers and sons, they have a deep bond... How could she support an outsider who has nothing to do with His Majesty to ascend to the throne of God?!" Gu Zhen was shocked for a long time before murmuring.

Gu Shao's eyes flickered, and he said: "Sister, just because the loving mother, the Empress Dowager, is not biological to His Majesty, since the sons are not biological, and the grandson is not related by blood... so what? Even, how do we know that the Eighth Prince is not His Majesty's biological child?" Flesh and blood must have nothing to do with the loving empress dowager? There are many children in the Yuan family. Perhaps, this is the birth of a woman from the Yuan family who gave birth around the same time as Concubine Yuan Xian, so she is especially valued by the loving empress dowager? After all, the empress dowager loves My niece is no ordinary favor and favoritism!"

The queen was silent for a moment before saying: "It's just a suspicion, it's a big deal... Concubine Yuan Xian...she may not have the guts!"

"But if the loving mother Empress Dowager or the Yuan family decides, she has no right to say no!" Gu Shao said calmly, "Besides, sister, does it matter if the eighth prince is His Majesty's flesh and blood? But if he is not His Majesty's Flesh and blood, you said, in the future, the loving mother, the Empress Dowager, will also ration you to add trouble?!"

Gu Zhen quickly exchanged glances with the servants.

Yes, Concubine Yuan Xian may have given birth in Wannian County by chance, or it may have been done on purpose!

No matter which one it is, no matter whether the Eighth Prince is Chunjia's bloodline...does Zhonggong need to care?

Zhonggong has long been tired of this child!

If it can be confirmed as evidence of the Yuan family's mixed blood, then the Xingning uncle's mansion must be doomed. It is the Empress Dowager Yuan. Tell me something about Li Chu? !

"...send someone to go to the back." Gu Zhen pondered for a while, then said in a deep voice, "Take the blood of the Eighth Prince, the Third Prince, and the King of Chu to see if they are brothers! It may not be unreasonable. When the result comes out..."

The queen paused, and a look of ruthlessness flashed in her eyes, "Let's discuss what to do!"

This discussion means that it is of course best that the eighth prince is not Chunjia's child, if so, then... then it must not be!

Gu Shao understood her attitude, calmly breathed a sigh of relief, and lowered her eyes to hide the worry in her eyes: Although the imperial concubine made a strong promise, after this time, the queen will definitely rely on her very much, and from now on, she will be rich and rich, and there will be no worries.

but……

It is also very difficult to break free from the concubine's control.

Just calm down and think about it, Gu Shao thought it was worth it.

After all, the three sisters who entered the palace together, Gu Su and Gu Liman, were pregnant at any rate. The former is now a noble concubine Mu, regardless of how this concubine Mu was canonized and how many troubles she suffered, at least she presides over the first palace now and has a good reputation; Dead, if not dead, with the Twelve Princes around, needless to say about the future.

There was only her, ignored from beginning to end, with nothing to gain, and a hopeless future.

Even though there is a queen around, she won't be bullied, but she is a widow at such a young age, and she will face the result of being sent to the palace to die after Chunjia is gone... She would rather fight.

In contrast, whether it is the sister of the queen family or the twelve princes, the family, parents... can only be left behind.

Gu Shao thought silently in his heart, it's not that I don't want to take care of you, but you don't care too much about me, I can only find a way out by myself, right?

At this time, a close servant suggested in a low voice: "The empress dowager is going all out to deal with the imperial concubine, should we take it easy and expose this matter after a while? In this way, we will have more time to deal with the concubine." Prepare."

what to prepare? Of course it is evidence of Yuan's confusion of blood!

"No!" Before the Queen could answer, Gu Shao immediately raised his head and said in a deep voice, "Sister, you can't listen to her! Don't forget that His Majesty has always favored the empress dowager. If you wait a few days, who knows what His Majesty will do? Why not? Add fuel to the current situation, and make His Majesty want to suppress the empress dowager, but he will be powerless! Only in this way can we ensure that the empress dowager will never have a chance to interfere in the sixth palace!"

She looked at the elder sister on the phoenix seat, and emphasized, "If you miss this good opportunity, who can guarantee that you can beat Your Majesty in the future?!"

Are you kidding me, this matter was instigated by the imperial concubine in order to rescue the Xuanqing Palace and instigated me to trick you to do it, if you wait a few days, the imperial concubine is cold, can you let me go?

What should I do then?

That's why Gu Shao spared no effort to persuade Gu Zhen: "The loving mother, the empress dowager, is our family's confidant! Even though your majesty loves the noble concubine, he picked up the tenth prince and the twelve princes last night! It can be seen that your majesty has limited selfishness, and always attaches great importance to the concubine. Concubine! And the concubine has been in the palace for several years, who knows what will happen in the future when she is favored now? Concubine An was a ready-made example back then? When she was proud, who would have thought that she would have today, even the sixth prince could not be raised What's more, sister, please think, Your Majesty is wise and mighty, if you realize that your sister has thoughts about the empress dowager, how can you not feel annoyed?"

"But it's different now that it's revealed. Can the imperial concubine take the lead in the charge?!"

"At that time, if His Majesty wants to blame, he will also blame the imperial concubine, Xuanqing Palace, and we don't care about our business!"

Gu Zhen pondered for a while, and said: "You mean, remind the noble concubine of this matter? Let the noble concubine expose it?"

"That's too obvious, and the noble concubine is cunning, I'm afraid she will see through this matter, and she will report it directly to His Majesty, what do you think His Majesty thinks?" Gu Shao squinted his eyes and suggested in a low voice, "Isn't Bo Xingning's mansion trying to make matters worse?" Are you going to court? If so, such a big matter should be exposed by outsiders. After all, my sister is generous and loving, and she is filial to the Queen Mother. How can she doubt the Queen Mother, her niece, and her family?!"

Gu Zhen leaned back and looked at his sister, Gu Shao quickly put on an obedient and obedient posture.

After a while, the queen sighed softly and said, "You are suitable for the palace."

Gu Shao's heartbeat almost stopped when he said this, and he was afraid that he might accidentally show his feet.

Fortunately, Gu Zhen did not doubt her. Firstly, the empress is not a top-notch and shrewd person; secondly, Gu Shao has always been such a provocative and scheming master.

Gu Su and Gu Liman had a lot of trouble before, and she was the culprit.

Gu Zhen knew this well.

Although Gu Shao's plan is vicious now, in the eyes of the queen, Gu Shao is this kind of person in the first place.

At most, it used to be a small fight, but now even the queen mother of a country dares to plot... But Gu Zhen thinks this is understandable.

Who told this sister to be imprisoned in the first palace earlier, and the two sisters who get along with each other every day are Gu Su and Gu Liman. If she is so cruel, she has to worry about the queen's daring to do too much, right? Now following the queen, there is naturally no restriction on outsiders.

"I know, you're doing well." Gu Zhen pondered for a while, so she said to Gu Shao, "When this matter is over, you might not have a future like Su'er's."

This is exactly what the concubine said!

Gu Shao suppressed her joy, bowed her head and said, "Thank you sister."

She smiled coquettishly again, "I am very happy to be able to share my sister's worries."

Gu Zhen didn't pay attention to her anymore, and waved her to go down, but murmured with the servants, discussing how to deal with the details of this matter?