Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 385 Poor Ping Gu (Part [-])
"How can I not let you dislike me so much? I just want to marry you..."

Wu Chen waved his hand impatiently and said:

"You are stubborn, and you are so strong. I was really worried that you would not bow your head in Chen Zhong's hands, and you would have a bad life, but you have been living well, so I can rest assured that you live in the palace, but I forgot You are a high-minded person, what you want to do, your parents and brothers can't make you submit with a whip, how can you change your mind so easily?"

"I……"

"You have two options now. One is that I will give you money. When you return to Anping County, your parents and brothers are gone. It's my fault that I didn't tell you in time, but you are familiar with the place, and I will order someone to contact the county. The people in the yamen say hello, you can choose your husband by yourself, and you will not be bullied by others. Second, I will immediately find ordinary people's homes, only for good character, and I will pay the dowry. "

Chen Nanzhu stood up abruptly, and shouted at Wu Chen, "I won't marry anyone except you!"

Wu Chen frowned and said, "Your parents and brothers are dead. I didn't dare to tell you at first. They are indeed bastards, but their blood is thicker than water. I remember you said at the time that a few meals are enough. You I never thought of taking their lives."

Chen Nanzhu was stunned.

"Second brother followed me all the way, and he has a deep brotherhood with me, and has been with you day and night, but you... have you ever eaten the cakes in the Queen Mother's palace?"

Wu Chen suddenly thought of something, and the sharpness in his eyes made Chen Nanzhu nod subconsciously.

"Is the pastry brought today also given by the Queen Mother?"

Chen Nanzhu seemed to realize something, and nodded in horror.

That weird old woman and the resentful souls she kept in the palace flashed through Wu Chen's mind.

"Stretch out your hand!" Wu Chen roared.

Chen Nanzhu stretched out his arm, Wu Chen resisted the panic in his heart, stood up and tried to find the pulse on Chen Nanzhu's wrist, but he couldn't find it after trying again and again.

Wu Chen sat down on the chair again.

Chen Nanzhu didn't know why, and asked, "What's wrong? I'm sick?"

"Follow me into the palace!"

……

Li Heng had just come down to the court, and the ministers were arguing again this morning. In the past, he would reprimand him when the quarrel was at its height. Today, he was absent-mindedly watching the ministers spit all over the place, each saying their own things. reason.

Li Heng wants to carry out the new land policy, and also wants to rectify the administration of officials. Once these two points are mentioned in the court meeting, there will be a lot of quarrels, and nothing can be settled in the end, but Li Heng likes to raise these two issues every now and then. Seeing the ministers arguing, in fact, he already had a charter in his heart, because these two things would hurt the interests of those aristocratic families, if Li Heng wanted to do it suddenly, there would be resistance, so he let the wind out first, and repeated it again and again. Repeatedly brought it to the court to talk about it, Li Heng's persistence is the attitude, and step by step is to give those people time to prepare psychologically.

After several trials, it became clear at a glance who could win and who needed to be eliminated, and then he started slowly.

But today, Li Heng was sitting on the dragon chair in a daze for a while. He didn't know if he could see this scene again in the future. He tried his best to rush forward, but there was always someone watching behind him. It seems that it is possible to replace him at any time when he is not prepared.

Others can't make Li Hengxin feel timid, but the former prince is not someone else, he needs to look up to him since he was a child. Is the case of Liu Zhai caused by the former prince's ghost, or is the former prince still alive?
……

In a trance, Li Heng went down to court. Li Heng didn't care to read the memorial, let alone meet with the ministers he found privately. He sat quietly in front of the desk in the Wende Hall, and his mind was full of images of the late prince. He remembered the late emperor It has been said that the great talent of the prince is the blessing of rejuvenating the country.

After the first prince fell ill, the first emperor visited him several times a day. Li Heng wanted to visit but was stopped by the guards. He remembered that only his father and emperor could see the prince.

Li Heng was lost in thought, when Liu Jinzhong limped up to him, bowed his head and said, "Wu Chen took Chen Nanzhu to the Empress Dowager's Palace of Compassion."

Li Heng frowned, got up and left Wende Hall.

……

The Compassionate Palace was originally not that easy to enter, but it couldn't stop Wu Chen.

Wu Chen vigorously pushed open the door of the main hall, the door shook and hit the ground.

The loud noise made the Queen Mother strode out from the room in shock.

Today's Empress Dowager is completely different from the one I saw that night. Although she is wearing regular clothes and not palace clothes, her hair is neatly combed and she looks more energetic. It can barely be said that her charm still exists. I think she must have been a beauty when she was young. It's hard to be the same person as the weird old woman I saw that night.

It's just that Wu Chen couldn't help frowning when he saw it. He met the queen mother once, and it should feel familiar. The lights were dim that night, and the queen mother was very weird. I didn't look too carefully. Seeing you today shouldn't be so familiar, but Wu Chen felt very familiar.

Chen Nanzhu followed Wu Chen, and when he saw the queen mother came out, he wanted to salute, but Wu Chen asked sharply, "What did you feed her?"

The Empress Dowager's originally surprised expression changed into a weird smile after Wu Chen asked this question.

Wu Chen got goosebumps when he saw it, but he could confirm that this woman was the queen mother whom he met that night.

"I love her, and I've given her too many things to eat. Are you asking about the ones crawling on the ground or flying in the sky?"

Without further ado, Wu Chen stepped forward and grabbed the Queen Mother by the neck. There were gasping sounds all around, and a nanny shouted loudly, "Someone has committed a crime! Come quickly..."

The sound of archers preparing soon came from the courtyard.

But Wu Chen didn't seem to care about it at all.

The queen mother looked at Wu Chen in horror, and Wu Chen said with a ferocious face, "Are you a fool? Last time I dared to do something, don't you dare this time? You give my people to eat your food, think What? Want to use her to know where the wash ink is?"

When the queen mother heard the word washing ink, she opened her mouth wide.

"I just need to use a little force, and you can meet your female ghost sister. If you don't want to leave, it's just what I want. I can trap you and make you never leave!"

Chen Nanzhu looked at the scene in front of him in horror, and the beautiful future he had built in his heart completely collapsed.

Just as Wu Chen expected, what Chen Nanzhu had always been waiting for was the Queen Mother's gift of marriage. She thought that no one would dare to disobey the Queen Mother's edict, and as long as the Queen Mother was willing to help her, Wu Chen would definitely marry her, even if Wu Chen said today that the Queen Mother It was useless, and Chen Nanzhu didn't believe it either. Only when he saw it with his own eyes, did he realize that all his preparations these days were useless.

At this moment, Chen Nanzhu didn't even think about why Wu Chen was angry?What's wrong with your body?
"Wu Chen! Don't mess around!" Xing Yun's voice came from outside the hall.

Before the words finished, Xing Yun was already standing beside Wu Chen, but he didn't know what to do.

(End of this chapter)