Chapter 383 Imperial Concubine’s Thoughts

After Prime Minister Guo got the answer he wanted, he simply stayed for a moment and then left the palace. After he left, Empress Guo was exhausted and called Eunuch Hu in, her eyes full of fatigue.

"Go tell Eunuch Liu that it's not time yet, let him take care of His Majesty more."

"Yes, my lady."

After saying this, she asked the maid to take off her hairpins and rings, put on a simple plain dress, stood in front of the hall, looked at the direction of Jinling City, and silently said goodbye to Madam Gu in her heart.

She wanted to go, but she couldn't.

For so many years, her living situation has always been like this, so Empress Guo's heart is as high as a mountain, but now, for her, nothing matters.

After the prince successfully ascends the throne, she will naturally go to find her destination.

She doesn't want to be trapped in this palace for her whole life. It seems that she enjoys all the prosperity in the world, but in fact, she is so tired that she dare not slack off even in her dreams.

Looking into the distance, the corners of his mouth slowly rose.

The next day, the fourth prince brought the seventh prince into the palace together. The first thing he did was to pay his respects to his mother.

The imperial concubine hadn't seen her son for half a month, so when she saw them, her eyes were full of love. She waved to the two of them and said.

"Before getting married, she would come to the palace to see mother every two or three days, but now it has changed. She can't see her for ten days or half a month. She really forgot her mother after getting a new wife."

Hearing her words, the fourth prince and the seventh prince hurried forward and said.

"I made mother angry. It's all my son's fault. I will bring the prince's wife to apologize to mother someday."

The seventh prince was sweet-mouthed. He made the imperial concubine happy with just a few words, and the fourth prince watched them from the side. The mother was kind and the son was filial, but he was not jealous.

In this harem, the three of them, mother and son, have always depended on each other. They have no solid maternal family and no extraordinary abilities. Therefore, only by uniting closely can they obtain the most and greatest benefits. There is no doubt about this, and they have always done so.

The fourth prince wanted to fight for the upper position, so the seventh prince made himself his right-hand man, and the imperial concubine could do a lot of things in the palace, at least it was easy to capture the emperor's mind.

Therefore, after the seventh prince made his mother happy, the fourth prince came forward and told him what he had agreed with Wei Taiwei and others yesterday.

"Mother, you must help your son. Success or failure depends on this. My son and the prince have been incompatible for many years, and they have been competing fiercely during this period. If he really ascends the throne and becomes emperor, then we will have no way to survive."

The imperial concubine looked at the fourth prince's determined look, and her heart was also full of energy. She has lived in the palace for most of her life and has enjoyed all kinds of favors.

She had been sincere to the emperor, but this sincerity was not cherished. With more and more women in the harem, although she was still favored, she knew that it was just the sunset glow of the twilight.

As the sun sets, these brilliant sunset glows will disappear without a trace.

But the queen is still as holy as the sun and the moon, and will still shine on the earth. Thinking of this, the imperial concubine also had some resentment in her heart. For decades, she has been suppressed by such a person. How can she not have thoughts in her heart?

So she spoke.

"Yesterday, the prince and Prime Minister Guo went to Changchun Palace to see the queen. I don't know what they said. But after Prime Minister Guo left, Eunuch Hu went to the emperor's bedroom, but he didn't see the emperor's people. He just said a few words to Eunuch Liu who served the emperor, asking him to take good care of him. I don't know if there is any trick."

She looked calm on the surface, but she was also carefully planning for her son.

She "knew" a lot about the emperor's current situation. After all, in order to win favor in the past, she had used some unspeakable means on the emperor, and he naturally had his own spies around him, so she couldn't get the news from Changchun Palace, but the people around the emperor knew a lot.

Hearing this, the fourth prince became more certain of this idea.

Then he said to his mother.

"I guess the queen is planning to tell father about the death of old lady Gu and Gu Shaoyu's departure from Beijing. It's a pity that she can't see anyone. How about mother go there? It's also good for father to know that the minister he values ​​most left privately without an imperial edict, which is simply a crime of disobedience!"

The fourth prince's words even found an excuse for how to convict Gu Shaoyu!

The imperial concubine glanced at him, and she also made some decisions in her heart. She nodded and said.

"My son, just stay here these days. After your mother has dealt with this matter, we can talk about other things."

"Yes, mother."

After succeeding, the fourth prince was of course very happy and his face was full of pride. However, Gu Shaoyu, who was being plotted by him, did not even have time to rest his horse and rushed to the place where the Su family's big ship was docked.

The sea was calm, and there were some small boats docked at the dock. They were naturally not comparable to the Su family's, but they were also the basis for their owners to survive.

When the group came here, they did not see the Su family's big ship.

The person in charge of the Su family who came after hearing the news also said respectfully and with some comfort.

"I have immediately dispatched a ship to come here after receiving the news, but it will take half a day to arrive. Please wait for a while, General, and rest and adjust for a while."

Hearing this, Gu Shaoyu had nothing to say.

They would have no problem riding on horseback, but in comparison, the Su family's big ship was much faster.

At this moment, all he could think about was rushing back to watch his grandmother's funeral, so he couldn't think of anything else.

Fortunately, after waiting for two hours, the Su family's big ship also appeared. Seeing this, Gu Shaoyu gave instructions to Luo Yuan.

"Send the news to the young lady and tell her that we will be there in half a month at most!"

"Yes, General!"

Dismounting, boarding the ship and sailing away, the whole process was completed in one go.

Naturally, their horses cannot withstand such a voyage, so the remaining members of the Tiger Army and the Su family will arrange to take the land route and also head for Jinling City, but it will be slower.

But now, the most important thing is to get back.

The person in charge of the Su family took a deep breath and said after watching the big ship finally leave.

"I finally sent this man away. If he doesn't leave, I'm afraid the whip in his hand will hit me."

The people next to him were also deeply concerned. They didn't have much contact with General Gu. He just waited at the dock with a cold face for two hours without moving. Who wouldn't be scared to see him?