The abandoned wife of the noble family, she is Black Heart Lotus

Chapter 244 Ending
Regarding such trivial matters, Xiao Mingzhang asked and then stopped asking.

Gu Deyin knew that he had heavy political affairs, so he didn't bother him with such trivial matters.

The couple said some affectionate words to each other and then settled down.

Unexpectedly, when I slept until midnight, Eunuch Zhou hurried in and whispered a few words.

Xiao Mingzhang suddenly stood up, his face dark and unclear.

Gu Deyin quickly brought him a coat and put it on, "Ming Zhang, let's go to the palace first and see what's going on."

She never imagined that the little emperor would be so crazy that he actually killed his mother. It was no wonder that Xiao Mingzhang would react like this. Even she couldn't believe it.

In the middle of the night, the palace was dimly lit, making people feel a little panicked.

Walking on such a palace road, Gu Deyin couldn't help but feel a little cold.

Seeing this, Xiao Mingzhang stretched out his hand to hold her hand tightly, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

After Eunuch Liao said "yes", he hugged the little emperor and retreated.

After saying that, she looked straight back at her brother's gaze and straightened her back.

Xiao Mingzhang pointed at her, said nothing, and walked past her to the inner hall at a faster pace.

Gu Deyin now wants to imitate Xiao Mingzhang and dot her, but this has gone too far.

Princess Yuanjia grabbed Gu Deyin with her backhand and said, "Sister-in-law, let's go there too."

Princess Yuanjia finally calmed down after hearing this. What else could she care about with a dying person?
"You're crazy."

After Xiao Mingzhang finished speaking, he stepped forward and knocked the crazy little emperor unconscious, then caught the limp and fallen little emperor, handed him to Eunuch Liao, and told him to take good care of him.

"I have known for a long time that you have always harbored evil intentions. You have been pretending for so many years, can you no longer pretend? Xiao Mingzhang, I tell you, I will not abdicate. If you have the ability, kill me. I want to see , How will you explain to your ancestors when you come to Jiuquan?"

Xiao Mingzhang looked at his aunt and sister-in-law, and finally said, "Princess Yuanjia will step down from all her duties in the court and return to the Princess Mansion to reflect on her past."

Xiao Mingzhang looked at his wife angrily. He had just punished someone, and she came to tear him down.

The little emperor roared hysterically.

Princess Yuanjia angrily yelled back, "You fart, you unfilial son who killed his mother, you won't be able to see your ancestors until you die..."

On the way, Gu Deyin asked in a low voice.

"what happened?"

"It's all because of you. I don't have such a bitch mother. She messed up the palace and deserved death. I am not wrong. I am the emperor. Whoever wants to die must die..."

Gu Deyin stood in front of her sister-in-law, "The princess is not to blame for this."

Gu Deyin pulled her sister-in-law and said, "He is begging for death."

Gu Deyin smiled. She was not afraid, but she just felt a little uncomfortable.

Princess Yuanjia also stopped and simply admitted, "Yes, it was me who did it, but if the bull's head doesn't drink water, I can't hold it down."

When the little emperor heard this, he cursed and cursed crazily.

Gu Deyin felt uncomfortable in his heart. Not only was he cursed for future generations, but he also felt sad for the young man in front of him. It was this man-eating palace that turned him into this.

Princess Yuanjia felt warm in her heart and her body became a little warmer, "It's okay, sister-in-law, don't worry."

When the two hurriedly arrived at the Queen Mother's palace, they saw Princess Yuanjia waiting here.

Princess Yuanjia stiffened her neck and answered, feeling a little sad. Did her brother not want her as his sister?
He never let her go back to that cold princess mansion. After all these years, even if he got married, she was still his dear sister.

"Yes."

Princess Yuanjia then said with some disdain, "It was nothing more than a theft. My emperor's nephew discovered it. He was so angry that he killed his mother."

Curses were heard.

The young emperor is unwilling to abdicate in favor of someone worthy of his throne. This is what the court is currently quarreling about the most. However, this matter must have a result. She is absolutely unwilling to entrust her fortune and life to this unstable nephew. in hand.

Princess Yuanjia saw her brother walking towards her, and she looked up at him stubbornly.

Seeing Gu Deyin's disapproving look, Princess Yuanjia still persisted, "Sister-in-law, I know you think my method is too underhanded, but if you don't take this step, the matter will not be solved."

I have seen this sister-in-law missing recently. Gu Deyin stepped forward and shook her sister-in-law's cold hand, "It's cold and dewy, why don't you put on more clothes? You don't take good care of yourself. This is not okay."

Gu Deyin didn't know what to say to this sister-in-law. In fact, Xiao Mingzhang had already made up his mind, but he couldn't become fat in one bite and had to take it slow.

Gu Deyin looked at the tense atmosphere between the brother and sister and said.

The little emperor never thought about living, he only wanted to die, which is his current state.

"Recently, the girls' school that the princess and I have organized has been fully prepared. Mingzhang, can you ask the princess to help me? After all, I am only responsible for providing the money, and the princess has to take care of other things."

After Gu Deyin heard this, he immediately stopped and looked at Princess Yuanjia.

The little emperor was sitting in the dark with a sullen face. When he saw Xiao Mingzhang walking in, he immediately jumped up and accused him.

"Xiao Mingzhang, I tell you, if you don't kill me today, I will definitely kill you tomorrow. I will not only kill you, but also your whole family, so that you will not be able to rest in peace..."

In the inner hall, the smell of blood was very strong. Qi Meizhi fell in a pool of blood with disheveled clothes. The man lying next to her should be her lover who did not know his ranking.

Xiao Mingzhang glanced at Qi Meizhi's body, then looked at the little emperor, "No matter what, this is not the reason for you to kill your mother."

Sometimes, she is so unreasonable and would rather help her relatives than help others.

Whose sister is Yuanjia?
Gu Deyin smiled flatteringly at him. Setting up a girls' school was a meaningful thing, and having Princess Yuanjia personally promote it would be more conducive to its healthy development.

Princess Yuanjia looked at her sister-in-law gratefully. Her sister-in-law still loved her and knew that she couldn't bear the days of confinement, so she reached out to grab her.

"It's up to you."

Xiao Mingzhang didn't look at it and walked away.

Gu Deyin knew that he was not really angry and did not chase him out. He turned around and helped his sister-in-law up.

"It's too reckless. Don't do it again in the future. There are other solutions to all major problems."

Princess Yuanjia responded "yes" obediently. Now that the rain has passed and the sky is clear, her sister-in-law can do whatever she says.

The next day, some news of this appalling incident came out, and the group of courtiers became even more passionate. Why would such an emperor stay?
This time they did not ask the emperor to abdicate, but directly demanded that he be deposed.

Xiao Mingzhang thought of Gu Deyin's words that night, and sometimes doing so was a kind of protection. This time he did not insist anymore and directly agreed to depose the little emperor and change him to the title of Prince Hun.

The court officials headed by Mr. Zhou called Xiao Mingzhang Yingming and began to ask him to inherit the throne.

The courtiers supported the proposal and no one from the clan objected, but Xiao Mingzhang did not agree immediately.

Gu Deyin had already returned to the Regent's Palace with her sister-in-law. She was too lazy to pay attention to the hypocritical trick of asking for and resigning three times, and instead founded a girls' school with Princess Yuanjia.

The women's schools they founded did not favor aristocratic women, but extended a hand to girls from poor families. They not only allowed them to enter the school for free, but also provided them with free lunches so that they could learn a skill.

At the beginning, there were hardly any students. Poor families couldn’t even afford boys to go to school, let alone girls.

As soon as they are born and grow up, they have to work for the family until they get married. They continue to work in their husband's family and serve the whole family. They have no time to study and be sensible.

Later, some people began to say that if the girl learned to read, she could go home and teach her younger brother. If the boy learned to read and arithmetic, it would be easier for him to find a job in the city in the future, which would be much better than digging for food in the fields.

Only then did poor families begin to send their girls to school, and gradually girls' schools began to flourish.

When Princess Yuanjia returned to the court, she proposed that women could also take the scientific examination and become officials. The scholar-bureaucrats unanimously opposed it, saying that women were still virtuous if they had no talent. However, Princess Yuanjia did not agree and started to argue with the Confucian scholars. In the end, because aristocratic women It is possible to benefit from this, which is why this proposal was passed.

Afterwards, Gu Deyin comforted her sister-in-law and said, "If you open this window, it will be difficult to close it again."

As long as women have independent self-awareness, it will be difficult for them to return to a state of ignorance. By allowing women to take scientific examinations and enter officialdom, girls from poor families will have the opportunity to advance, and their families will pay more attention to them. Many years later, , there will definitely be talents.

Her sister-in-law's optimism finally inspired Princess Yuanjia to continue working hard.

Of course, at this stage, these are all things for later.

The game of three invitations and three resignations was played until summer came to an end.

Xiao Mingzhang officially became the new monarch of the Shang Dynasty, but Gu Deyin couldn't care about the upcoming throne. At this moment, all her thoughts were on her belly.

"Doctor, please check quickly. Is it really a happy pulse?" Gu Deyin excitedly pulled the old doctor to check her pulse again. Seeing that the future queen was so happy, the old doctor didn't care about the displeasure of being questioned by her and quickly checked again. Once, then he smiled and stroked his beard.

"Congratulations, empress, you are indeed happy."

After Gu Deyin was sure that he was not hallucinating, he touched his belly that had not yet swollen and couldn't help but burst into tears.

Is her child coming back to find her?

The injustices and regrets of the previous life have finally been filled up in this life.

When Xiao Mingzhang arrived, he saw Gu Deyin crying bitterly. He was so frightened that he rushed forward to hug her and asked anxiously: "What's wrong? Where do you feel uncomfortable?"

As he asked, he looked at the old doctor, asking him to give an answer.

The old doctor didn't dare to touch Qiao, so he quickly said, "Your Majesty is happy."

Xiao Mingzhang was confused and looked at his wife's belly in disbelief. Was he happy?

Although he was freed from the shadow of his mother's death curse, he never dared to think about having a child. When he got married to Gu Deyin, he thought that this life would be enough with her as his companion.

Later, Yuan Jia mentioned the topic of his nephew several times, but he ignored it.

After all, he never thought he could actually have a child.

Gu Deyin could barely hold back her tears of joy at this moment, and saw her husband looking at her belly longingly, unable to react for a long time.

Are you so happy that you feel overwhelmed for a moment?

"I'm fine, don't worry, I was just too happy for a moment..."

As she spoke, she gave Xiao Mingzhang a gentle push. Don't be fooled by joy, right?
Xiao Mingzhang finally came to his senses, picked up Gu Deyin and asked again, "Are we really having a child?"

Gu Deyin smiled and nodded.

Xiao Mingzhang was so happy that he couldn't find Bei. He hugged his wife and ran around in circles.

The old doctor and Xiu'er who was waiting on the side quickly said, "Your Majesty, let go of the queen quickly, you can't spin around like this."

Xiao Mingzhang was so frightened that he quickly put down Gu Deyin and carefully placed her in a seated position, "It's just a matter of caution."

"I'm not that fragile either."

Gu Deyin caressed his still flat belly and smiled lovingly.

Princess Yuanjia learned that her sister-in-law was pregnant, so she sent delicious and fun things to her. She also did not allow Gu Deyin to work too hard, so she had to raise the baby with peace of mind.

"You can raise me like a pig."

Gu Deyin complained angrily as the brothers and sisters restricted this and that.

"Even if you are a pig, you are still a precious pig..."

Princess Yuanjia was immediately attacked by Gu Deyin's five-fingered chestnut.

"Okay, okay, I was wrong. I will never call my sister-in-law a pig again."

Only then did Gu Deyin let her go.

With her pregnancy, the controversy in the court about the title of queen disappeared.

However, there are also discordant voices, that is, someone wrote a letter asking Xiao Mingzhang to open up the harem, so that he can have more children and more happiness, which will benefit the country and the country.

Such nonsense remarks were directly rejected by Xiao Mingzhang. He said that the war had just ended and he wanted to recuperate with the people, so it was not appropriate to build a harem.

When Bo Qingya came to visit the pregnant Gu Deyin, he couldn't help but praise Xiao Mingzhang.

"You made the right choice when you chose him."

Gu Deyin drank the tonic he brought and just smiled.

Seeing her like this, Bo Qingya couldn't help but test her, "Yinmei, are you really not worried?"

Although now because of Gu Deyin, his adoptive father Gu Jianghuai has been named Cheng'en Gong, which is a step to the top for the Gu family, the Gu family's foundation in the court is weak and the support they can give Gu Deyin is limited.

Hearing this, Gu Deyin put down the bowl in his hand and chuckled, "Brother Ya, look at this."

She handed the scroll beside her directly to Bo Qingya.

Bo Qingya took it and opened it. Unexpectedly, it contained the commercial distribution of the Gu family business. It can be said that compared with the previous time when his adoptive father was in charge, the scale of the business has expanded very quickly.

From food to smelting and casting, from Jiangnan cloth to ship manufacturing, Gujia Trading Company has its presence in everything.

The trade routes are laid out from north to south and from east to west. Now with the in-depth trade negotiations with the Jin Dynasty, the Gu family can go further on this trade road in the future.

Moreover, in order to carry out overseas ocean trade, the navy was almost entirely cultivated by Gu Deyin's investment. This force was in the open, while the Gu family's local development force was secretly.

He saw it in amazement. In these years, he and his adoptive father had almost always dealt with the court, so they would not be able to pay attention to the Gu family business. He did not expect that Gu Deyin could achieve this level in just a few years.

After a long time, he closed the scroll and said, "Sister Yin, if I had known you had this ability, my adoptive father and I should have trained you early."

Gu Deyin smiled and said, "It's not too late."

This was the reason why she dared to take over the post. She controlled the economic lifeline of Dashang, so she was not afraid of the storms in the future. After all, she always had a way out.

Moreover, she also has Mr. Zhou in the court, a talent she recruited personally, so she can speak well in the court.

Women's studies are still in their infancy, but given time, this will also be a force for the rise of women.

But more than these, she believed in her own vision and Xiao Mingzhang's feelings for her.

After becoming a queen, she felt that she had to do many things, and the first thing was to abolish the Jiaofangsi.

She hates this institution deeply. Why should the women in the family be bullied when a man in the family commits a crime?

When she didn't have the right to speak, she could only turn a blind eye and keep silent. But now that she has the right to speak, she must speak up for those weak women.

There was a lot of discussion in the court, but Xiao Mingzhang supported the move, Princess Yuanjia seconded it, and Lord Zhou, an important minister in the court, had no objections.

Everyone was no longer so insistent on this department that did not affect the operation of the imperial court. Finally, in the first year of Yonghe in the Great Shang Dynasty, the Jiaofang Division became history.

A large number of women walked out of the Jiaofang Division. Some were crying, some were sighing secretly, and some were at a loss. In short, there were all kinds of things.

Princess Yuanjia and Gu Deyin said, "Sister-in-law, if you put so much thought into them, it is very likely that some of them will go astray."

Gu Deyin said disapprovingly, "Those who are willing to return to their old careers are up to them, but if they are willing to live on their own again, I will always give them hope."

Princess Yuanjia thought for a while, and there was nothing wrong with her words. How she wanted to live her life was her own wish, but whether she gave people a chance was another matter.

Gu Deyin's words were not just words, but she actually put them into action. She provided these women with positions suitable for them, as well as dedicated training. The person responsible for this was Hua Shu, who had returned to her original intention.

No matter what, she hopes that women all over the world will have their own way out, instead of being trapped in the family.

Xiao Mingzhang chuckled and said, "You are so soft-hearted."

Gu Deyin leaned against him, caressing his bulging belly with his hand, smiling gently and brightly.

"Stay in your position and bear your responsibilities. This is what you taught me."

"Oh, when did I teach you?"

Xiao Mingzhang raised his eyebrows in confusion.

Gu Deyin held his hand and felt the fetal movement together, "Every night when you are busy with government affairs."

There was emotion in Xiao Mingzhang's eyes, and he lowered his head and kissed her deeply.

In this life, he never wanted to let go of her hand.

It is enough to have a confidant in life!
What's more, this person is still his wife!

It is recorded in the annals of Shizong of the Great Shang Dynasty that Shizong Xiao Mingzhang and his queen Gu Deyin gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Throughout his life, Shizong's harem did not include anyone.

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