The beauty raised by Lord Hou is a black lotus

Chapter 159 Empress Precious (addition for Jiushi)

Gu Zhun walked slowly to her side, picked up the blanket and covered her.

He stared at Zhang Tailiu. After so many years, it was the first time he stared at her so closely. She was as beautiful as before, but the corners of her eyebrows and eyes were no longer as innocent as before.

Zhang Tailiu was startled awake by his actions, seeing that it was him, he couldn't help throwing the blanket away in disgust: "Presumptuous!"

Gu Zhun glanced at the man on the dragon couch: "The word 'presumptuous' seems to describe the empress. The emperor died, but the empress did not mourn. What is the so-called reason?"

"What does this Palace want..." Zhang Tailiu got up, stared into Gu Zhun's eyes, like a fierce beast stalking its prey, and slowly walked half a circle around him, "The Taiwei knows it all."

Although it was a rainy night, the Golden Palace was quiet and clear.

Gu Zhun sighed softly: "A Liu, I was the one who felt sorry for you in the past—"

"Shut up!" Zhang Tailiu scolded coldly, "Before you sent me to the palace, what kind of vow did you make under the pomegranate tree? You said you only loved me in this life, but in the end? Not only did you marry me as usual? His wife gave birth to a child, and he even had a child with the eldest princess who had nothing to do with him! Gu Zhun, Gu Taiwei, your Gu family is flourishing, what about me, in your eyes, what am I? A childhood sweetheart? A dewy lover? A chess piece that can be discarded at any time?!"

Candlelight danced on her face.

That bright and moving face looked a little ferocious and distorted tonight.

Gu Zhun said calmly: "In my whole life, I really only love you."

"you're lying!"

Hearing the word "love" come out of his mouth, Zhang Tailiu's voice became sharper.

The chest was filled with complex emotions, including anger, grievance, and sarcasm.

She stared at Gu Zhun closely: "If what you call love allows others to interfere, and you can sleep with others and have children, then what is it called love?"

She raised her finger to the man on the dragon couch: "Every night I share the bed with him, I feel disgusted. I have been in the palace for so many years like boiling oil, but what about you? When you see the beautiful and noble You can spend the spring night with her happily... Now you tell me that you only love me, Gu Zhun, where is your conscience?!"

Facing the woman's accusation, Gu Zhun was speechless.

He did have many women.

Among them, the one he cared about most was indeed Zhang Tailiu.

Separated by the high palace wall and the huge difference in status, he had been in the Gu Mansion for so many years, thinking about her every night.

He also used to specially select the objects she likes, such as gold, silver and jade, antique calligraphy and paintings, when presenting tribute gifts during New Years and festivals. Whenever he heard that she liked them, he would try his best to get them.

but……

It turned out that this was not love in her eyes.

Gu Zhun laughed at himself: "A Liu, I have lived for most of my life, traveled through many mountains, rivers, lakes and seas, read many collections of classics and histories, experienced the destruction of my family and experienced a comeback, I dare not say that I know everything, but I dare to boast But tonight...you stumped me. I have lived for most of my life, but I really don’t seem to know what love is, what is the love between a man and a woman. It is something that is not written in ancient books, and it is also something that the elders have not taught past things."

As he spoke, his eyes turned red.

The word love seems to take a lifetime for ordinary people to understand.

Outside the temple, the night rain still persists.

The sound of rain was overwhelming, and traces of water vapor seeped into the doors and windows, making it extremely cold to the bones during the long night.

The two were silent for a long time, and Gu Zhun said solemnly: "Ah Liu, let the past be the past. People don't live in this world just for love and love. You and I are both in high positions, and we should also serve the country. For Sheji's sake."

Zhang Tailiu looked at him in disbelief for a long while, then suddenly laughed.

She said: "Now that you have made a comeback in Dongshan, you have started to discuss Jiangshan Sheji. When you were down and down, why did you just focus on your Gu family's prosperity and never mention Jiangshan Sheji? It's really hypocritical."

Her eyes were full of contempt and she didn't want to listen to Gu Zhun anymore.

She asked the palace maid to keep an eye on Gu Zhun and not allow him to leave the palace, so she stepped out of the palace alone.

When she stepped out of the threshold, she whispered: "Yes, now I know that there is more than just love and love in the world. But Gu Zhun, the 16-year-old A Liu back then, loved love the most in his heart. In the end, it was you who killed it with your own hands. That girl."

The gate of the temple was closed.

The rain was blown into the corridor, wet a strand of hair on Zhang Tailiu's cheek.

A confidant eunuch came forward and said, "My dear, the people we sent out were in vain. The eldest princess and Yuan Kongshi have already left Luoyang. Although our people hastened to chase them, we are afraid that we will not be able to catch them."

Zhang Tailiu said meaningfully: "I'm afraid someone has tipped off the news. It's time to clean up around me."

Royal study.

It was approaching dawn, and the sky was still gloomy because of the falling rain.

He Chenzhu came in with tea and said, "Your Majesty, I have been busy all night. It's time to rest."

Zhang Tailiu raised his eyes: "Kneel down."

He Chenzhu put the teacup by her hand, as if she had expected it, and knelt down in the room calmly.

"Did you leak the news that I wanted to kill the eldest princess and Yuan Kongshi?" Zhang Tailiu said condescendingly, "Jiang Man, you also secretly murdered them."

He Chenzhu admitted it simply: "Yes."

"Over the years, I have treated you well."

He Chenzhu put her head on the ground: "Please punish me, Your Majesty."

Zhang Tailiu held the vermilion pen tightly, as if he didn't know how to treat this girl.

She has no children. She has almost regarded He Chenzhu as half her biological daughter over the years. She eats and lives with him all day long. She will not be used to it if she leaves the palace for even half a day.

She said: "I remember that when you first entered the palace, you were not familiar with the rules of the palace. The emperor wanted the nanny to teach you, but I refused. I thought they were pedantic, so I personally taught you the rules. The emperor He said, women should read more books like "Women's Virtue" and "Women's Commandments", and I will not let you read them. I believe that with your intelligence, you should learn from men's reading of classics and history, and you should learn the art of governing the country. He Shen Zhu, in the end, is this how you repay me?"

He Chenzhu's forehead was pressed against the floor tiles.

The tiles are cold.

She opened her eyes and didn't answer for a long time.

The empress' kindness to her was like a new parent. The empress spent so many years not only cultivating her into a talented girl who was proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, but what was even more rare was to teach her to become a well-rounded and clear-cut woman. Good and evil people.

She would never be able to repay this kindness in her lifetime.

but……

It was precisely because she had read so many collections of classics and histories, and precisely because she clearly cared about her family and country, that she knew good and bad things, so she could not sit back and watch the Queen carelessly treat human life and treat court politics as child's play.

He Chenzhu seldom shed tears.

She closed her eyes and suppressed the strong tears: "My daughter has nothing to say, please punish me."

"boom!"

Zhang Tailiu smashed the ink brush in his hand.

Her face became more and more cold: "Put her in the storm room."

When He Chenzhu was dragged out by the eunuch, he couldn't help but look back.

The lights were dim, and the noble and bright woman was sitting behind the dragon case, her eyebrows were furrowed and her eyes were red. She clearly had an alluring appearance, but she seemed a bit older at this moment.

She whispered: "Your Majesty is precious."

Zhang Tailiu sneered, raised his head as if proud, and looked carelessly at the gold-painted and red-painted roof of the palace.

But he still couldn't hold back and quietly shed tears.

(End of this chapter)