Rebirth after waste

Chapter 26

After Gu Yunxian fainted, he was sent back to Chang'an Hall.When the emperor entered, she was still asleep, her brows were slightly frowned, and there were tears in the corners of her eyes.

He sat down on the side of the couch and stared at her sleeping face, a little dazed.

When he first saw this girl in memory, he.

It was midsummer, and he was left by his mother to drink tea in Jiaofang Hall. Halfway through the conversation, his mother seemed to mention it unintentionally, "By the way, that cousin of your grandfather's family has been in the palace for a while, do you want to see her?" See?"

He put down the teacup, "Today?"

He knew that Gu's family had a relative who was far away. A year ago, they found Gu's family in Yudu, and they were arranged to visit the palace in the first month of this year.I heard that one of the young ladies was very fond of the queen mother, so she stayed in Changqiu Palace as a guest, and it has been four months now.

But even though they are cousins, they are separated by men and women, why would they suddenly want to introduce them?
"Yes, it just so happens that she is learning tea art recently, and I can cook tea for you today."

He thought for a while, "Then see you."

The queen mother smiled slightly, "Go and ask Miss San to come over."

He waited for a while, and the bead curtain behind him was raised, and he heard a soft and gentle voice, "Ayun sees my aunt, sees His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

He turned his head to see the 13-year-old Gu Yunxian, dressed in white, kneeling on the jade-colored lichen, like a white lotus pavilion planted on the lake.

"It's all from my own family. Why do you need to be so polite, Yunniang? Get up quickly." The queen mother smiled, "This is your cousin."

She got up, walked slowly in front of him, and said with a blessing, "Ah Yun has seen my cousin."

He stood up with a smile, and bowed back, "Your cousin is polite."

She didn't seem to expect him to return the gift, and looked up at him in surprise.I don't know if it was his illusion, but I always felt that at that time, there was a hint of expectation in her eyes.

As if, wishing he could say something.

Of course he didn't know.

That day, she knelt down in front of him and cooked tea for him intently.Finally, when she offered the cup of "Purple Bamboo Shoots" in front of him, he looked intently at her jade-white cheeks, and took it with a smile, "Thank you, sister."

The voice was a little frivolous, which made her face turn red for a moment.

Fast-forward six years, the girl who blushed at a word from him at the beginning has now become the queen abandoned by him.

He lost his mother, she lost his aunt.They are the only ones in this palace who are sick and sympathetic.

Gu Yunxian has been dreaming.

The whole world in the dream was gray, as silent as if dead.Standing in the empty plum garden, she saw dazzlingly red plum blossoms, like branches stained with blood.

The strange thing is that she is not as confused as a person who is usually trapped in a nightmare, but is very lucid.She knew she was dreaming, and even clearly remembered what happened before she passed out.

The Queen Mother has gone.

The queen mother who had sheltered her for so many years left.

Since then, she has no relatives in this palace.

This realization made her heart feel like a knife, and for a moment she just wanted to stay in the dream forever, not to go out.

"Sister Xing, can you help me pick the plum blossoms over there?"

As if struck by lightning, she turned her head abruptly, only to see a large group of women suddenly appearing in the plum garden that was originally empty.With a smile on her lips, Bo Jinrou, who had died long ago, pointed to a plum blossom somewhere and smiled at Xing Wan.

And the other self stood behind Xing Wan, silent.

"Don't go... stop...."

She shouted unconsciously, but the sound was scattered into the wind, and it was blown away immediately, and no one heard it.She could only watch helplessly as Xing Wan walked towards the direction Bo Jinrou pointed at, watched Bo Jinrou reach out her hand casually, and watched the other self throw herself on Xing Wan, and fell to the ground amidst the exclamation of everyone.

Xing Wan's snow-white skirt was stained red with blood, which was shocking.

She closed her eyes feebly.

This is a matter of the previous life.

That time, she was framed by Bo Jinrou in this way and killed Xing Wan's child.

Suddenly there was a strong wind blowing all around, and she was blown to the point of collapse, when she opened her eyes again, she found that she had left the plum garden and was in Zhen Jieyu's Cheng'an Palace.

"I asked you to disclose to the Queen Mother the matter of Gu's murder of Xing Rouhua's flesh and blood. How are you doing?" It was Jing Fushu's voice as soft as a breeze.

"The concubine has already made arrangements, and I think it will be half an hour later, and we should know about it." Ye Ling said, and then asked after a pause, "But the concubine doesn't understand, even if we let the queen mother know about it, what can we do?" ? The queen mother is Gu's aunt, won't she protect her?"

There was a vague smile on Jing Fushu's lips, "Why do you, Your Majesty, go to great lengths to hide this matter from the Queen Mother? Is it because she is afraid that she will find out that her precious niece killed her grandson again, and she will not be able to bear it?" Anger attacks the heart and damages the phoenix's body."

Ye Ling's eyes widened, as if she had guessed something, but she couldn't believe it, "So...."

"So we want to let her know." Jing Fushu said with a smile, "Gu Yunxian has committed such serious crimes one after another. Even if the Queen Mother has the heart, she can't cover her up. What's more, the Queen Mother has long been disappointed in her. Your Majesty takes care of the old feelings." , has been unable to bear the killer. But if, because of Gu Yunxian's fault, the Queen Mother has something wrong, do you think His Majesty can bear it?"

Ye Ling gasped, "Ma'am, what do you mean..."

"I'm not interesting." Jing Fushu said lightly, "The rest of the matter has nothing to do with us. You just need to watch carefully."

Ye Ling was silent, and said in a low voice for a long time, "I understand."

Gu Yunxian's heart seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar, and every pore in his body was filled with chills.

That's right!It turned out to be like this!
It turned out that this was their entire plan.Getting rid of Xing Wan's child and framing her to murder the emperor's descendant are not the most important things.The latter part is the key.

In the last life, how did the Queen Mother die?She was locked up in Jingsheng Pavilion, and her guards told her that the queen mother was furious when she learned that she had caused Xing Rouhua to have a miscarriage, so she thought she was mad at her to death.

But if the queen mother was secretly murdered... and everyone knew nothing about it, and after contacting them, they would only think like her that the queen mother's condition worsened due to extreme anger, and she died.

She had, perhaps, mistakenly blamed herself for so long.

She wanted to go over and grab the two women by their collars to question them, and wanted to fight them desperately.The hot hatred made her forget that it was just a dream, that they couldn't see her at all.

The surrounding scenery is getting weaker and weaker, she only feels that there is a force pulling her back, which cannot be resisted...

She opened her eyes suddenly.

Above the head is a snow-blue bed curtain, embroidered with patterns of auspicious clouds, and a gold-plated smoked ball hangs above it, emitting white smoke curlingly.

A hand rested on her forehead, slightly cool, "Are you awake?"

She turned her head, and the emperor looked at her calmly.

She looked into those dark eyes for a while, "How long have I been asleep?"

"One day and one night." The emperor said, "I ordered the cook to cook some porridge, so you can use some when you wake up. Next... there are still many things to do."

Yes, the Queen Mother has passed away, and there are too many things to do.

But those don't matter, she just wants to do one thing now.

That idea became more and more clear in his mind: If the queen mother was killed by someone last time, will it be the same this time?
Everyone knows that the queen mother is her biggest backer, and if the queen mother dies, she will lose her support.Those courtiers who supported the restoration followed the Queen Mother's orders, and now that the Queen Mother is not here, she doesn't know how to drive them, and they may not be willing to bet on the deposed queen who has an unpredictable future.

No wonder the ominous papers of impeachment came up as soon as the Queen Mother fell ill.It was premeditated at all.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager was murdered." She heard her own voice, not the anger she thought, but a terrifyingly calm voice.

He looked at her, instead of the shock she thought, there was a touch of sadness and pity in his eyes.Slender fingers stroked her temples, "I know you blame yourself, but you can't really blame the queen mother.

"It's me... I spoiled you because of my temperament, so that my mother wanted to restore you. If there is a mistake, it is also my fault."

She shook her head, wanting to say that's not the case, it's not your fault or my fault, it's those people's fault.But the sense of powerlessness that she had never been able to explain attacked her again, and she suddenly realized clearly that she had no evidence at all.

Man said that she is just a waste empress now, even if she is still a powerful empress, it is impossible to bring down a highly favored Jieyu with just a few words.

If she hadn't had the memory of the two lifetimes, and hadn't had this inexplicable dream, she would never have thought that Jing Fushu would have the guts to murder the Queen Mother.

She couldn't even tell the emperor where her suspicions came from.Could it be that he was a person who died once?I'm afraid he will immediately think that she has lost her mind and gone crazy.

The emperor looked at Gu Yunxian sitting on the couch blankly, with a sad and bewildered expression on his face, and his heart softened suddenly.

He held her hand and said softly: "Don't be afraid, although the queen mother is gone, I promised her that I will protect you. I will do what I say."

Empress Dowager Bintian, besides Gu Yunxian and the emperor, there is another person in the palace who is really sad.

When Gu Yunxian went to visit Liu Shanggong, she was checking the list of lacquerware needed for the funeral.In the dim sunlight, her face was pale, her lips were chapped, and she looked very haggard.If Gu Yunxian hadn't been familiar with her temper, he might have misunderstood her plan to go on a hunger strike to die for the Lord.

In fact, martyrdom is right, but the method is wrong.In Liu Shanggong's opinion, dying on a hunger strike is too sloppy, and she doesn't like it.Today, she calmly manages the affairs of the Empress Dowager every day, except for her ugly face, she is no different from the ladies around her.

But Gu Yunxian knew that all the peace was just a fake.She was just waiting, after the empress dowager's burial on the seventh day, she would simply follow the Lord.

"Lady." Seeing Gu Yunxian coming, Liu Se put down the bamboo slip in her hand and said calmly.

"These few days, how is Lord Shang Gong?"

Liu Se said lightly: "The servant girl is very good."

The answer was perfunctory, but Gu Yunxian's expression darkened.In Liu Shanggong's mind, it probably doesn't matter whether he is good or not.Anyway, in a few days, she will give up everything in this world and go underground to continue to accompany her young lady who has been following her all her life.

"Ayun knows that Mr. Shang Gong has his own plans in his heart. Ayun admires his loyalty." She said, "But Ayun came here today to beg my lord to give up what you are about to do."

Liu Se's expression remained unchanged, "I have made up my mind, my lady, you don't need to persuade me."

Gu Yunxian looked at her fixedly, and said slowly: "Don't you want to find out why my aunt died?"

(End of this chapter)