in the sound of swallows

Chapter 164 What If You Didn't Die

Concubine Hua sat on the side without saying a word, but Concubine Fu was very happy: "I believe everything the high priest said. After all, he is the one who knows the destiny."

Shen Hanlu smiled slightly, originally she didn't like Fu Guibin, and even held a grudge because of the incident of falling into the water, and wanted to take revenge on her.But now that the wind has turned, she is not such a clingy person.It is not impossible for Mr. Wen Guozhang to ask her to praise Concubine Fu Gui.

At first, I was worried that the emperor would find her to settle accounts, but Wen Guozhang protected her very well. She has the ability to "know the destiny", that is capital, and she must make good use of it to find a way out for herself.

"Wan Qing, send the high priest out."

"Yes."

Shen Hanlu got up and went out with the maid, with a lot of benefits stuffed into her hands.In the eyes of others, she is still a god on high, how can she be interested in these vulgar things?So proudly declined.

Come to help Fu Guibin, anyway, there is a special channel to pay her salary.

Concubine Fu Gui still didn't know that Shen Hanlu was pretending to be a ghost, only when the destiny really changed, Shen Hanlu would be so polite to herself.It is obvious that she was invited to talk about it today for Concubine Hua to listen to.

She made a mistake before, and she even joined forces with Shen Guiyan, who was much stronger than herself, to deal with a concubine Hua who had nothing.Now that Shen Guiyan's pregnancy was exposed, she naturally regretted it and wanted to join hands with Concubine Hua again.

Fearing that Concubine Hua would still hold grudges, she invited her here today.

"Sister, can you hear me?" Fu Guipin asked with a smile.

Concubine Hua nodded slightly: "Yes."

Seeing her indifferent appearance, Fu Guipin knew as soon as he rolled his eyes that she must still hold grudges.

"To tell you the truth, I invited my sister to come here this time because I want to talk about the incident of Concubine Yan's concubine falling into the water last time." Fu Guifei waved away the palace servants, sat next to Concubine Hua obediently, and held her hand and said : "My sister knows that my sister was wronged by that incident, but my sister can't help her. The emperor decreed that my sister's position in Yonghe Palace was demoted. I was still changing clothes in Hehuan Palace at that time."

It means, that has nothing to do with me, it is what Shen Guiyan sued you.

Concubine Hua snorted lightly, and stopped talking.

Concubine Fu followed in a circle, and said with an apologetic smile: "Sister, don't anger my sister, isn't my sister and you always on the same mind? If the relationship is broken because of this, wouldn't Concubine Yan Gui take advantage of it?"

"Your Majesty, don't need to say more." Concubine Hua said with a cold expression on her face: "The person who punted the boat that day was clearly my sister's, but I don't know who was falsely accused of being ordered by my concubine, which made the emperor angry. Why would the noble concubine think it was the concubine's fault? The empress is still on the boat."

"Oh, sister, you misunderstood." Fu Guipin smiled and said, "The person who framed you is definitely not my sister. Now that Concubine Yan Gui wants to take the throne, she will not let anyone in the harem let go, and it is normal to harm you. Sister I was afraid that my sister would misunderstand me if she didn't say anything, so I specially invited my sister here today."

Misunderstood?Concubine Hua sneered in her heart, but her face was full of doubts: "You have no intention of harming me?"

"Why would I want to harm you?" Fu Guifei feigned anger, and patted her lightly: "You and I have always been friends, and you have given up your post, why should I target you? On the contrary, it is Concubine Yan, who took advantage of this One trick can not only suppress you, but also drive a wedge between you and me, making me helpless and helpless, and I can no longer fight with her. It's a good trick, killing two birds with one stone!"

Concubine Hua pursed her lips, feeling a little discouraged: "It's useless to say anything now, the concubine has already lost her concubine position, and she can't do anything else."

"How can you be powerless to do anything?" Fu Guipin looked more sincere when she saw the person taking the bait: "Sister has just heard that the high priest said that my palace is destined by destiny, and it is very likely that I can sit in the position of queen As long as the elder sister continues to help the younger sister, it will not be difficult to pull the elder sister back when the younger sister takes over."

Concubine Hua looked at her with some excitement: "Your Majesty, are you serious?"

"Really." Fu Guipin nodded: "My sister has no other choice, does she?"

That's true, Concubine Hua lowered her eyes and asked in a low voice: "How can the empress ask my concubine to help?"

Concubine Fu looked around, and said in a low voice: "Now that you have been demoted, your actions are no longer so eye-catching, and you can just think of a way for me to get rid of the child in Concubine Yan's belly. It's best, even her Except."

Concubine Hua paused for a moment, then looked up at her: "Whatever you want to use to frame her, the emperor will not easily punish the imperial concubine or empress. The child in her stomach is a life-saving talisman, so it's not easy to deal with."

"I know." Fu Guipin squinted his eyes: "So, it's better to act directly."

Concubine Hua nodded, and said softly: "The guards around the imperial concubine are also strict, so she can only use poison. But most of the utensils in her palace are silver, and ordinary poisons will reveal their secrets."

"I have a method." Fu Guipin said: "I have Huang Quansan in my family that will not be detected by silverware."

Concubine Hua was taken aback.

That thing was the poison used by the former crown prince to kill the late emperor.Half a bag was found in the prince's mansion, but it was missing later.

It turned out that it was taken by the Fu family.

"It's much easier to handle if you have something." Concubine Hua said, "Your Majesty just needs to fetch the things, and this concubine is willing to do things for your Majesty. But there is one thing."

After talking for a while, Concubine Hua looked at Fu Guipin seriously and said: "Once bitten by a snake for ten years, I was afraid of the well rope, and my concubine would sacrifice her life for the empress. If the empress betrayed my concubine, my concubine would have no place to cry. So if you want a concubine to do this, please ask your wife to write a contract."

Fu Guibin was taken aback: "A contract?"

"Only you and I know about the contract. The concubine will get rid of Concubine Yan and Longzi for the empress, and the empress will allow the concubine to be the concubine after she ascends the throne." Concubine Hua said: "This way the concubine dares to do things with confidence."

This kind of routine fits Concubine Hua's scheming image.Fu Guibin restrained her smile and began to meditate.

Concubine Hua has desires and cherishes her own life. Such a contract is related to the lives of both of them. She is not afraid that Concubine Hua will betray her, because in that case, she will not be able to escape.

At first, I thought Concubine Hua might not cooperate with her, but now it seems that Concubine Hua is a smart person who knows how to protect herself and has what she wants, so it will be much easier to control her.

A contract, after the big deal is done, she just thinks of other ways to erase it.

Looking up again, Fu Guipin smiled again: "I agree with you."

Concubine Hua immediately turned around, took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone from the desk, and put it in front of herself and Concubine Fu: "The concubine writes a copy, and the empress makes a copy. Each of them presses their own fingerprints and seals, and it is considered a success." .”

Fu Guipin pursed her lips, hesitated for a while, but did as she wanted.

The contract between the two is exchanged with each other.Concubine Fu was relieved, and kept the contract properly: "You should also hide it carefully, this is our fate."

"Don't worry, my concubine, my concubine is very afraid of death." Concubine Hua finally smiled.

Gu Chaodong entered the palace very quickly, because the emperor left Shen Guiyan to be the master of the harem affairs, so he quietly entered the palace from Xiyongmen by car, and no one noticed.

When he stepped into the Yonghe Palace, Gu Chaodong's breathing was a little rough, and his heart beat fast, just like when he asked her out to meet him when he was a child.

"I pay homage to the imperial concubine."

Kneeling down to salute, her voice from above was gentle and smiling: "Master Gu is at peace."

Gu Chaodong raised his head excitedly, and what he saw was Shen Guiyan, who was wearing a corseted palace attire and had a big belly.

For the past two days, he has been locked in the mansion without seeing anyone, and the news that Concubine Yan Gui is pregnant has spread wildly outside, and he is also unaware of it.Seeing it now, it felt like a bucket of ice water was pouring down his head, and he was stunned.

"Master Gu, please sit down." Seeing that he had been staring at his master without any response, Bao Shan went up to give him a hand and helped him to a chair beside him.

The gate of the palace was closed tightly, and there were only Bao Fan and the two of them inside. Shen Guiyan had nothing to worry about, looked at Gu Chaodong and said, "I have invited you here this time to ask, do you still remember Shen Guiya?"

Gu Chaodong looked up at her blankly, the person who thought about it day and night, was so close to him, dressed in palace attire but seemed to be separated by nine palaces.

"remember."

How could he not remember, if she hadn't come out of nowhere to intervene, he would have raised eyebrows with Yan'er and lived peacefully now.

"Has your lord met Concubine Shen, the later High Priest?" Shen Guiyan asked again.

Gu Chaodong paused, nodded and said: "I've seen her a few times at the banquet, she looks quite similar to Ya'er, and I've seen her in the Prince's Mansion before, if it wasn't for Ya'er who was put into the coffin by my own hands, I would have suspected it was her Come alive."

He took a serious look at the concubine of the crown prince at that time, and later the concubine Shen.No matter his face or demeanor, he was very similar to Shen Guiya, even Bao Shi came to ask him if Ya'er was still alive.

But how could it be possible, Ya'er had indeed drowned in the pond, people in the world must be alike.

"My lord's doubts are not superfluous." Shen Guiyan handed the rice paper brought by Xu Mengdie to Baoshan: "My lord, do you still remember the time when Fu Xueshi visited in Gu's mansion and asked everyone to write poems? ?”

Gu Chaodong nodded: "The empress didn't start writing that time."

"Bengong didn't write, but Guiya did." Shen Guiyan said: "Besides, she wrote very seriously, but she didn't show it to everyone in the end, so I don't know where the written thing went."

Gu Chaodong frowned, took a look at what Bao Shan handed over, his pupils shrank slightly.After reading it over and over several times, he said, "No...impossible?"

"This matter, I feel that my lord can ask Yuwen Houde." Shen Guiyan said: "He was the one who sent Shen Guiya to the burial."

No one knows if there is something like a corpse fraud on the way.

Gu Chaodong was stunned for a long time, looked at Shen Guiyan and asked, "If that person is really Shen Guiya, what will your mother do?"

Shen Guiyan smiled: "What do you want, my lord?"

Before Shen Guiya's death, she cheated first, and the resentment with Gu Chaodong was suppressed after death.

So what if this person is not dead now?

Gu Chaodong lowered his eyes.

(End of this chapter)