The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

Chapter 347

"Don't do it!"

"Do not listen!"

"no!"

"Unless Aijia is dead!"

In the bedroom of Renshou Palace, the Empress Dowager Zhuang who listened to Gu Jiao's suggestion refused without thinking, without any room for maneuver.

Gu Jiao snorted strangely.

I have known my aunt for so long, and it was the first time I was rejected so thoroughly.

In fact, she didn't do anything else, she just passed on the words of her uncle to let her temporarily put aside her prejudices and work with the emperor to draw out the people behind the scenes.

But it seems that my aunt is not very satisfied with my uncle's proposal.

"Eat three more candied fruit every day?" Gu Jiao threw out a sugar-coated cannonball.

"Hmph!" The Empress Dowager Zhuang was unmoved.

"Four?"

"Hmm...five?" Gu Jiao measured her five fingers.

The Empress Dowager Zhuang defended her position, as if she wanted to prevent Gu Jiao from using sugar-coated shells to destroy her defenses, so she went to the study without looking back.

"Oh." Gu Jiao sighed.

Gu Jiao came out slowly, came to the courtyard of the front hall, and sat down on the lonely swing frame.

How lively it is when Xiao Qingkong is here, and how deserted it is when he is not there.

There was not much coolness in the night in July, and it was still hot, but because of the continuous rain, it was not as muggy as the previous days.

Gu Jiao sat on the swing frame, swinging on the swing boredly, sighing once and for all.

Eunuch Qin came over persistently with Fuchen: "Miss Gu."

Gu Jiao tapped the ground with her toes, and stopped the swing that was swinging back and forth.

"Eunuch Qin." She greeted.

Eunuch Qin stood still beside the swing frame, looked at Gu Jiao, and then at the boundless night.

In his mind was the scene of seeing Gu Jiao for the first time. He regarded her as a little girl who didn't know the rules and the heights of the world. After some contact, he found that he was wrong.

This girl doesn't know the rules, and doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth? She clearly stepped on the rules and poked a hole in the sky.

She has a calmness that does not belong to girls of the same age, and also has a childlike innocence that girls of the same age have long since abandoned.

She doesn't have that much flirtatiousness,

There are not so many worldly burdens. If she wants to be nice to someone, she is to be nice to someone from the bottom of her heart, regardless of the cost, without the slightest reservation or doubt.

Whether that person is good or evil.

She has her own beliefs, and she is extremely firm, and no one can easily shake her.

Somehow, the thin and small body seems to contain infinite power, a power that makes people feel at ease, and it is also a power that makes people want to get close.

Occasionally, Eunuch Qin would think, if His Majesty had been as firm and convinced as Miss Gu, wouldn't he have come to this point with the Queen Mother?

"Your Majesty was very clingy when he was young. He was very clingy to the Queen Mother, even more clingy to the Queen Mother than Princess Ning'an."

Eunuch Qin said, as if recalling something interesting, he laughed himself, "I remember one time... the queen mother brought a young master of the dealer over. The dog was frightened, and the Queen Mother didn't want to hug him, so she took him by the hand. Who would have thought that His Majesty became jealous of this matter, didn't eat well at night, and refused to sleep well at night, and lay on the bed tossing and turning his temper, But just don't say what's wrong with you.

Concubine Jing asked him, is there something uncomfortable? He said nothing. Princess Ning An also asked him, but he just sulked and didn't speak. "

Gu Jiao's expression was indescribable, and Xiao Qingkong was not so childish.

"Then, what happened next?" Gu Jiao asked.

Eunuch Qin smiled reminiscently: "Later Concubine Jing sent him to the Empress Dowager's palace, which is the Kunning Palace where Empress Xiao lives now. His Majesty climbed into the Empress Dowager's bed and slept with her for one night, and was alive and kicking the next day. gone."

Gu Jiao curled her lips, she was so childish.

Gu Jiao said: "How old was Your Majesty then?"

Eunuch Qin thought for a while: "It looks like seven or eight years old. I can't remember the specific old slave. He is a little younger than the Seventh Prince now, and not as fat as the Seventh Prince. Don't look at the current His Majesty's tall stature. Like a thin monkey, seven years old looks like five years old, the queen mother once thought that her majesty would not grow taller in the future."

Similar to Xiao Qingkong, it seems that she doesn't have to worry too much about Xiao Qingkong's stature, some people really start to grow against the wind when they get older.

"What about later?" Gu Jiao thought the story was quite interesting.

Eunuch Qin sighed: "Later, His Majesty and the Empress Dowager gradually became estranged. I can't tell exactly when this happened. In short, the relationship between the two became more and more rigid, and Princess Ning'an was caught in the middle. Embarrassment. After His Majesty ascended the throne, the Empress Dowager listened to the government behind the curtain, and dispatched Concubine Jing to the nunnery, the relationship between the two was completely broken."

It sounds sad.

Gu Jiao couldn't understand too complicated emotions, but she substituted Xiao Qingkong and herself. If one day Xiao Qingkong detested herself for another person, then she would be very sad, very sad.

Love is the most wonderful thing in the world, it has nothing to do with blood relationship, if you become a family, you can't lose this person again.

"Are my aunt and Concubine Jing also like this?" Gu Jiao asked.

Eunuch Qin nodded. The Empress Dowager used to sincerely regard Concubine Jing as a friend, but who hasn't been fooled when she was young?

The enemy's attack is not terrible, but the betrayal from the most trusted person is the real pain.

Gu Jiao paused for a moment, then asked: "Auntie is such a smart person, can't she take His Majesty back from that person?"

Eunuch Qin shook his head helplessly: "It's not that there is no way, it's that I don't want to think of a way. Once my heart is chilled, it doesn't matter."

"Is it... Is there nothing more sad than death?" Gu Jiao looked at Eunuch Qin and asked.

Eunuch Qin nodded: "That's right, that's the reason."

Gu Jiao probably experienced this kind of feeling before, and she no longer remembers the feeling. The memory of being abandoned by her parents in her childhood has long been left with only a few sounds and images. She can look at them calmly without feeling the slightest pain .

This is actually called numbness.

She was numb at a very young age, so she can be an agent in the organization and the most cold-blooded killer.

Empress Dowager Zhuang only experienced these things in middle age, she couldn't be completely numb, she could only try to make her heart die.

She is Zhuang Jinse, the most powerful empress dowager in Zhao Kingdom. She has her own pride. When she was a queen, she didn't bother to compete with the harem for favor. How could she compete with Concubine Jing for a man now? Even if that man is his adopted son.

Gu Jiao understood, she held the rope of the swing and looked at Eunuch Qin: "I see, thank you Eunuch Qin."

She wouldn't force her aunt to do something she didn't want to do.

Since my uncle's method doesn't work, she will come up with another method.

Eunuch Qin was secretly relieved, he is really a sensible child, let alone the Queen Mother loves her, even his old bones can't help but want to love her.

It's a pity that he is an eunuch, he has no ability, and he can't hurt her anything.

Gu Jiao got up from the swing and went to Queen Mother Zhuang's study.

The Empress Dowager Zhuang was furious when she read the scriptures—someone under her hands was caught with dirty hands and feet. She is not a meritocracy monarch. After so many years of ups and downs in the harem and court, she deeply understands a truth, That is, when the water is clear, there will be no fish.

She has always valued a person's ability, and when using someone's strengths, she will accommodate others' weaknesses. This does not mean that those under her command can do whatever they want.

There is a limit to everything, you can't really kill people and set fires, and you can't unscrupulously fish and meat the people to satisfy their desires, there is a limit to everything, and she will not indulge and cover up if she exceeds it.

"One million taels of disaster relief money, 950,000 taels of greedy money, and people caught the handle, if you don't kill you, kill whoever!"

The Empress Dowager Zhuang snorted coldly and threw the notebooks into the pile of notebooks on the left. These are the notebooks that can be presented to the emperor. With the emperor's temperament of not rubbing sand in his eyes, he will definitely deal with this matter strictly.

"Auntie?"

A round head stuck out.

You can guess who it is without looking.

Empress Dowager Zhuang responded indifferently: "What are you doing?"

Gu Jiao said: "It's getting late, I'll go back first, you should rest early."

After that, she gently closed the door for her aunt.

"Wait." The Empress Dowager Zhuang called her lightly.

"Huh?" Gu Jiaofu pushed the door open again, rolled her eyes, stepped across the threshold, and looked at Queen Mother Zhuang without blinking her phoenix eyes.

Empress Dowager Zhuang took a booklet and said casually, "Does what you said just now count?"

"Which sentence?" Gu Jiao asked.

The Empress Dowager Zhuang cleared her throat: "Just...the sentence of five!"

Gu Jiao stretched out her hand, looked at her five fingers, and then at Empress Dowager Zhuang, her eyes sparkled: "It counts! But, isn't aunt unwilling?"

Empress Dowager Zhuang threw the memorial angrily in her heart, a successful empress dowager cannot live with candied fruit!

Empress Dowager Zhuang said coldly: "The counting starts from today."

"Okay!" Gu Jiao didn't hesitate, it happened that her purse contained the latest candied fruit, she took out the candy box, counted five and kept them in the candy box, and stuffed the rest into her mouth.

Empress Dowager Zhuang: "..."

Empress Dowager Zhuang took a deep breath, suppressed her heart and said, "Isn't it eight? Why are there only five?"

Originally, there were three pills a day, but five pills were given more, wouldn't that be eight pills?

She just held back today and hasn't eaten a single one.

Gu Jiao's mouth was full of candied fruit, and she said vaguely: "It's just five...If you don't believe me, think again..."

Empress Dowager Zhuang recalled her original words in her mind.

"Eat three candied fruit every day?"

She didn't say yes at the time.

Then the girl said—

"Four?"

"Um...five?"

The last two sentences do not seem to add the word "eat more".

Empress Dowager Zhuang punched the memorial!

... hasty!

Gu Jiao was very gentle towards her aunt, she mainly respected her opinion, she spread the matter out and did not hide anything from her.

The emperor didn't have this kind of treatment anymore. The old Jijiu dug one hole after another, so that the emperor couldn't get out of the hole.

However, the emperor obviously had a strong resistance to the matter of cooperating with the Empress Dowager Zhuang: "Other things are fine, but this one is not! I don't want to be in cahoots with that poisonous woman!"

The old Jijiu said earnestly: "Your Majesty, this is not the time to play your temper. It is important to find out the real culprit behind the scenes. Is it important for your face, Your Majesty, or the life of the concubine? And Jiaojiao's life. Jiaojiao's I don’t want to talk about my life, anyway, it’s not His Majesty.”

Listen, listen, what kind of nonsense is this? Why is the little genius doctor not someone like him?

In the whole world, only that poisonous woman Zhuang Jinse would love her, so I would ignore her, right?

"I made a slip of the tongue." The old Jijiu apologized, "What I mean is that Jiaojiao can protect herself anyway. The empress dowager was persecuted by Concubine Liu Guifei in the early years and left her old wounds. If the assassin murders the empress dowager again, it will be hard to guard against." what."

This is what Concubine Jing's master and servant said. Concubine Jing has old injuries and is very weak!

The emperor was finally persuaded.

So in the early morning of the next day, there was a scene that shocked all civil and military officials—the emperor actually went to the Golden Luan Hall with Mrs. Zhuang.

Didn't these two people dislike each other even when they appeared in the same yard? Why did you come to court at such an hour today? Usually either the Empress Dowager Zhuang arrives first or the emperor arrives first, in short, the two of them don't meet face to face.

When the two arrived at the gate of the Golden Luan Hall, the emperor stopped, smiled slightly at the Empress Dowager Zhuang, made a gesture of invitation, and said, "Please, Empress Dowager."

The Empress Dowager Zhuang was so shocked that she almost picked up the soles of her shoes and yelled at his head!

It took a lot of effort for Empress Dowager Zhuang to hold back, she nodded and stepped across the threshold calmly.

Civil and military officials knelt on both sides holding wat boards to welcome them.

Empress Dowager Zhuang took the lead and walked over. Eunuch Qin cleared his throat when he was on the steps.

Now it was the emperor's turn to pick up the soles of his shoes and faint.

Does this still work?

He didn't even mention the surname Huo!

The emperor held back the twitching in his heart, and supported the Empress Dowager Zhuang's wrist.

The two mothers walked up the steps with kindness and filial piety, and after sitting in their respective seats, both of them wiped their hands on their bodies without any trace!

Emperor: Disgusted!

Empress Dowager Zhuang: Oh, who is not!

Today's early court is also extremely harmonious - the emperor disposed of a minister from the Empress Dowager Zhuang's camp, and the Empress Dowager Zhuang not only did not stop him, but praised the emperor for his good work.

Empress Dowager Zhuang said with concern that the emperor's body seemed to be thinner than before, and he should take more care of his body, and don't ruin his body because of state affairs.

"What the queen mother said is very true, the son has remembered it." The emperor said respectfully in the direction of the bead curtain.

Civil and military officials simply suspected that they were blind or deaf!

To be able to see the emperor and the queen mother reconciled in their lifetime, are they crazy, or are they crazy?

The news was so shocking that officials from the two factions who were supposed to fight to the death also became squibs.

It's not enough for civil and military officials to see it, but also for everyone in the harem to know about it.

So after going to court, the mother and son went to the imperial garden together again, chatting and laughing all the way, very happy.

"Your Majesty, it's time to laugh." Eunuch Wei reminded.

The emperor clenched his fists and smiled soullessly, "Hahaha!"

"Queen Mother, it's your turn." Eunuch Qin reminded.

The Empress Dowager Zhuang rolled her eyes, and said with a smirk: "Hehehe."

In less than a day, everyone in Liugong heard that the two had settled down.

Empress Xiao was the first to come to Huaqing Palace to inquire about the news: "Your Majesty! My concubine heard that you and the Queen Mother..." Halfway through speaking, she saw the person sitting next to the emperor, and bowed her head, "Ms. Taifei."

Concubine Jing smiled slightly: "Queen, come and sit down."

"Yes."

In fact, as empress Xiao, there is no need to salute a concubine, but the emperor regards her as his own mother in his heart, and empress Xiao can only be a filial daughter-in-law.

Empress Xiao sat down on the other side of Concubine Jing.

Concubine Jing smiled and asked, "What did the Empress want to ask Your Majesty just now?"

Empress Xiao looked at the two of them, hesitated for a moment, and said: "The concubine has heard something about His Majesty and the Empress Dowager. I don't know if it is true or not, so I would like to ask."

The emperor's tone was frank: "Since you all know, then I don't need to say more."

Empress Xiao couldn't hide her surprise: "So it's true? Why?"

It's really strange that people who have been fighting for more than ten or twenty years suddenly let go of their old grievances. In order not to arouse suspicion, Lao Jijiu found a seamless excuse for the reconciliation between the two.

The emperor's memory is not bad, he did not forget the words, he said: "The empress still remembers that Xiao Heng was poisoned near Renshou Palace more than ten years ago?"

Empress Xiao's eyes turned cold: "The concubine will remember!"

Xiao Heng is her elder brother's legitimate son and her most beloved nephew. He was almost poisoned to death, and she will never forget this revenge in her life!

The emperor said: "The murderer has been found. The queen mother did not instigate him. There is another person behind it. I have misunderstood the queen mother all these years, and I am ashamed that the queen mother has suffered innocent injustice."

It was really hard for him to say the last few words, but Lao Jijiu said that these few words were soul lines, and it was not enough to win people's trust.

He seriously suspects that Lao Jijiu is doing public affairs for personal gain!

"What? Someone else? Who?" Empress Xiao's soul asked three times!

Concubine Jing lowered her eyes, picked up her teacup and quietly took a sip of tea.

The emperor said: "The person who poisoned Ah Heng was called Zhang Xiu. He used to work in the Shang Palace Bureau, so he can be regarded as someone close to me."

Empress Xiao: "Your Majesty..."

The emperor sighed with self-blame: "I didn't expect her to do such a thing, I was negligent. A few days ago she suddenly hanged herself, and an old friend of hers took her belongings, until a few days ago The old man discovered the secret many years ago from her relics."

Empress Xiao immediately stood up: "Your Majesty, I don't believe you!"

The old Jijiu didn't tell the emperor that Zhang Xiu was really the murderer, he used it as an excuse to announce it to the emperor.

The emperor thought that what he said was false, and Empress Xiao also thought that the emperor was deceived by others, these are not important, the important thing is that the person who instigated Zhang Xiu will understand that this matter is true.

As long as she believes it is enough.

Thank you, thank you all.