Chapter 226: A Good Thing

As the successor, although Gu Zhen didn't do anything cruel, he was never highly regarded in the former court and the harem.

Mainly because she didn't do anything outstanding either.

In terms of bearing, he was much inferior to that of Ji Lingzi in the late Yuan Dynasty.

After being recognized as mediocre.

The impression of the harem of the monarchs and ministers is that her nature and methods are destined not to do too much evil, but she can't be counted on at critical moments.

This sudden palace search caught Liugong by surprise!

Even when the news reached the former court after a while, Chunjia was a little surprised, and asked the left and right: "Could it be that something was found in the Chongchang Palace?"

This is somewhat improbable, the empress didn't even know that the vice-president was bribed by the Empress Dowager Yuan... This time the emperor personally investigated the murder of the noble concubine, and only found some plausible clues until now, although the emperor had some doubts in his heart, But he didn't grasp the substantive evidence, where did Gu Zhen come from?

Changed to Ji Lingzi after the Yuan Dynasty, Chunjia might still believe it.

"...Just now someone from Uncle Zhaowu's mansion sent a message to enter the palace." Yan Yin was also confused, went out to inquire about the crime, and came back to report, "After hearing this, the empress immediately brought people to search the palace! "

Chunjia's expression turned cold, and she said, "Inquire about what Gu's business is going to do?"

The word "again" made Yan Yin slightly awe-inspiring, and said respectfully: "Yes, servant girl, let's go now!"

He sighed a little in his heart. Although the emperor originally had the idea of ​​suppressing the Gu family, he had no intention of giving up.

It's nothing more than deliberately weakening the relatives for the purpose of consolidating the imperial power.

But it also acquiesces in the continuous prosperity of this family.

Right now, the Son of Heaven may not have completely changed his thinking, but from the inadvertent words, it can be seen that the Son of Heaven is really bored with Gu Shi.

Although Chunjia was dissatisfied with Gu's behavior with the queen in the past, that kind of dissatisfaction was expected by the emperor.

After all, with the lesson of the Ji family, Chunjia is good, as long as the emperor after him is not too incompetent and stupid, he must not rest assured that a foreign relative who is too capable and considerate exists. Chunjia was willing to listen to Yun Fenghuang's suggestion to set up Gu Zhen, but she felt that Gu Zhen and the Gu family had enough weight, but they were not top-notch smart and quick-witted.

So Chunjia can tolerate the occasional stupidity of Gu Shi and the queen.

But now, this "again", maybe Chunjia herself hasn't felt that his patience with Gu's is losing.

If we continue...

It's hard to say what will happen to Gu Shi and Gu Zhen in the future.

But these Yanyin were only thinking in their hearts, but they absolutely dare not reveal a single word.

When the emperor suspected Gu's here, the empress was also restless: "Are you sure it's okay to do this?"

Gu Shao can't be sure, but at this time, no matter how guilty she is, she knows that she must hold on, otherwise, no matter what the result is, she will not be able to pass this test: "Sister, think about it, the imperial concubine has encountered such a great difficulty, that is, the trustee Only after His Majesty Hong Fu did he breathe a sigh of relief. As a queen, you are duty-bound to seek justice for the noble concubine, right? Otherwise, what would you think of you inside and out?"

"But searching the palace is no small matter..."

"But the murder of the imperial concubine is not a trivial matter!" Gu Shao said decisively, "A diligent person like His Majesty even stopped the court for several days! In such a situation, if my sister does nothing, wouldn't it be called Your Majesty?" My heart is chilling, I only think that my sister doesn't care about the imperial concubine at all? Sister, now going to the harem, it's all in His Majesty's thoughts, and His Majesty's thoughts are the most important! Compared with them, what are other people's thoughts? ? Do you see that His Majesty has not gone to court these two days because of the imperial concubine, has any of the courtiers in front of you said anything? The same reason, if we search the palace without any evidence in normal times, and the Six Palaces are noisy, Your Majesty will have to be a little bit To appease the concubine. But now, the imperial concubine was murdered. As the queen, my sister thoroughly investigated the six palaces to seek justice for the imperial concubine. If nothing was found, it would be fine. of the heart."

"Those concubines and the like, don't they dare to whisper?"

"Whoever mutters, whoever doesn't want the imperial concubine to be nice, whoever doesn't care about His Majesty!"

"Such a person should be dealt with severely!"

The voice lowered, "In this way, Liugong will also respect my sister even more, and won't be less respectful to my sister just because she is usually generous and kind!"

Gu Zhen pursed her lips. Although she still had doubts about Gu Shao in her heart, she was moved by these words at the moment.

After all, whether it is to please Chunjia, to show his conscience about the murder of the imperial concubine, or to show the majesty of the middle palace to the sixth palace, all Gu Zhen sincerely wants.

"..." The queen was silent for a while, then sighed softly, "I hope so."

Anyway, she couldn't think of a better idea. This clan girl... probably has some clues behind it, but this method doesn't seem to do any harm to herself.

If it is true that Chunjia gets angry again when the defendant comes to Chunjia because of this, it will be a big deal to sell Gu Shao.

The last time I told the emperor that this sister was suspicious, I don't know if the emperor was too busy to take care of it, or he was thinking of fishing for a long time, but he never moved Gu Shao...

Gu Zhen suppressed the messy thoughts in his heart, and continued to discuss with Gu Shao: "The results of the palace search are not good after all, what do you think?"

"Sister, it's not easy. There are so many people in this palace, how can it be possible that everyone is innocent and has not committed any crimes?" Gu Shao sneered slightly, and said, "If you search too much, there will be News. It’s really not possible... My sister is the queen and the lord of the six palaces, whoever says there is a problem must have a problem!"

I really can't find the fault, why can't I help to get all the evidence?

"What you said is simple, how can it be so easy?" Gu Zhen took a deep look at her and said, "Under my palace, there are four concubines who are noble, virtuous and virtuous, so there is no need to mention noble concubines! Concubine Shu and Concubine De are always Being close to the noble concubine, secondly, the family is either an important minister or a clan relative, so they are not easy to move; the concubine Xian is a princess of a foreign race, and it is a matter of diplomatic relations! Among the concubines below, Concubine An, you know, if your majesty does not speak, only the concubine dares to talk to you She insisted; Concubine Jing and Wanfei are the daughters of important ministers. There is no special reason. This palace can never take the initiative to offend the family behind them for Gu Shi, Xiao Shi and Twelve. That lowly concubine Mu is of the same clan as you and me Sister, she did something wrong, how could you and I get away with it?"

"When it comes to the position of wife, Mrs. Qingshu is also the daughter of an important minister, and she even took refuge in the noble concubine!"

"In the next nine concubines, the Ping family belongs to the palace, the Jia family and the Qu family are the lackeys of the noble concubine, and in Jieyu, although the Yi family hates the noble concubine, since she is still in charge, there is also Princess Zhaoqing. Raised in front of the imperial concubine... who knows what the imperial concubine thinks? If the palace moves easily, what should the imperial concubine do if it is difficult for the palace?"

"So, you can only use a few Jieyu and concubines who have no sense of existence as rafts? What's the point of that?"

On the contrary, it exposed the fact that the queen's prestige and emperor's favor were insufficient, and she could only bully the weak and fear the strong.

"Sister, you searched the palace this time for the sake of the imperial concubine. After the search is found, just report to your majesty and inform the imperial concubine." Gu Shao blinked and suggested, "As for how to deal with those two, we don't care. What's the matter? Besides, someone who came to the family just reminded me that the empress dowager is very scheming, and everyone has left the imperial capital, so I don't forget to keep a hand! Think about it, the matter about the King of Chu has not been finalized yet! That time How abrupt is the attack? Who knows if the empress dowager, the loving mother, is holding on to the same clues at the moment, just waiting for the right time to kill us by surprise? Although we all know that the matter of the imperial concubine has nothing to do with us, but , if there is evidence, how can we make it clear?"

She felt a little disapproving of Gu Zhen in her heart, thinking that it was no wonder why this sister didn't think highly of her, she was worried about this and afraid of that, she only thought about the benefits and didn't want to take the risk, it really wasn't wronged at all if she couldn't beat the imperial concubine like this!

Gu Zhen pondered, if it wasn't for the news from her family, she wouldn't want to be troublesome...

After all, under the premise of believing in Chunjia's promise, Gu Zhen felt that one thing more is worse than one thing less.

But what Gu Shao said now is also very reasonable, she has a clear conscience and cannot resist someone stirring up trouble and framing her.

Even if Chunjia is more determined to establish a son-in-law, if the empress still blatantly targets his favorite concubine under such circumstances, he will definitely not let it go.

After all, the emperor is not dead yet, the empress dares to do something to the person he clearly wants to pamper, what does this mean?

The most important thing now is to find a scapegoat first, so that even if the Queen Mother Yuan's conspiracy bites into the Zhonggong later, it will not be the same as before. I originally wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and then make a move at the last moment, but in the end The noble concubine was protected in the Xuanqing Palace and did not show up. The Empress Dowager Yuan went away to earn Chunjia's affection. Only Gu Zhen, the empress, defended herself and was scolded and ignored. She was not a human being.

Not less secretly pulled out to compare with Yuanhou.

I feel that her demeanor and demeanor are not as good as Ji Lingzi's.

"... Concubine Wan and Concubine Jing have always been a little arrogant and arrogant. I don't know if they have made a mistake?" Gu Zhen thought for a while, and felt that a concubine with a low status and humble background could not afford such a crime and wanted to deceive outsiders. Can't be fooled.

Among the high positions, Concubine Wan and Concubine Jing are a little easy to bully.

After all, although her family background is noble, fortunately her relationship with the imperial concubine and the empress is normal.

At this time, who would be sacrificed if they were not sacrificed?

So after noon, both Chunjia and Yun Fenghuang received news that the Queen had searched the palace of Concubine Wan Jingfei for something that shouldn't be there, and suspected that they had something to do with the murder of Concubine Concubine Jing.

Chunjia breathed a sigh of relief subconsciously, and the words that were originally intended to scold the queen for causing trouble suddenly changed to: "Although the middle palace has a good-natured personality, after all, everyone's daughter is also very discerning in the six palaces."

The Empress Dowager Yuan and the Empress are not very active, but Concubine Wan and Concubine Jing can still afford to sacrifice.

Both the front and rear palaces can afford to sacrifice.

Such a ladder came at just the right time.

It has been several years since Gu Zhen became queen, but this queen has finally done a good deed.

He was thinking that he could give the imperial concubine and the outside world an explanation for the time being, but Yun Fenghuang was furious: "This lowly maid!!! This palace has worked so hard to set up a situation, and I don't expect to solve the problem between her and Yuan Shi in one fell swoop. Old thing! Anyway, she wanted to take Concubine Shu away, but she pointed the finger at Concubine Wan and Concubine Jing!!! There is no such thing as picking peaches!!! You bastard, Qingren, let Chen Jing send someone to inform that concubine immediately Second concubine, just say that this move was done by the empress alone, and then choose the empress's affairs, and tell the second concubine and her natal family if there are any... in the name of Yuan's!"