"Long time no see, little girl."
Bao Zhu looked at the graceful and luxurious lady in front of her. She didn't look anything like the crazy woman she saw in Fu Lin Palace.
At this moment, Concubine Rong was greeting her with a smile.
Baozhu bowed politely to Concubine Rong, and was helped up by Concubine Rong.
"Now that you and I are in the same position as concubine, why do we need to give such a big gift?" Concubine Rong said, patting her orb-shaped hands, "What's more, you are the benefactor who saved me."
Bao Zhu looked at Concubine Rong's gentle brows and said, "If it weren't for my sister's help, I wouldn't have been able to bring down that person so smoothly."
Concubine Rong took Baozhu and sat down, and couldn't help but sigh and said: "Now it's just to keep her in a claustrophobic palace, like a person who goes crazy at any time. Staying in the palace is always a disaster."
Concubine Rong's worries and thoughts in Bao Zhu's heart were united, and Bao Zhu was also annoyed because Qi Junce was reluctant to execute Gu Linqing.
"Her family has been putting pressure on His Majesty. If His Majesty relents, it will undoubtedly be like letting the tiger go home." Concubine Rong said solemnly.
Bao Zhu nodded, how could she not be clear about the pros and cons? But how to make Gu Linqing hit with one blow?
"Sister, is there any way?" Bao Zhu asked.
Concubine Rong had some hesitation on her face, and said as if talking to herself: "Your Majesty, you don't want to come to see me."
Bao Zhu saw the sadness in her eyes and held Concubine Rong's hand with concern.
"It doesn't matter. In fact, I also know." Concubine Rong said helplessly, "Even if he comes, I don't know how to face him. Maybe, he will be the same."
Concubine Rong paused and continued: "But Baozhu, no matter what, I have to meet him."
Bao Zhu looked at Concubine Rong with some confusion, not knowing what she was going to do.
"As long as we meet once, I am sure that Gu Linqing will be finished." Concubine Rong murmured.
Bao Zhu bit her lip. At this moment, she might have no choice but to become a doctor.
"Sister, what do you need me to do?" Bao Zhu asked.
Concubine Rong smiled slightly, Fu Er and Bao Zhu conspired.
A month after Gu Linqing was imprisoned, an unexpected turn occurred for everyone. Liu Guiren suddenly took off his outer clothes, removed his hairpin, and ran barefoot to Wuji Hall to confess his crime.
At that time, Baozhu and Qi Junce were discussing poetry, and Liu Guiren's cry of despairing of death could be heard outside the door.
"My concubine Liu Zhiyi, for plotting to murder my concubines and bewitching the Queen, deserves death!"
Qi Junce and Baozhu were chatting happily about what Baozhu's future child would be named, but they were suddenly interrupted by Liu Guiren.
Qi Junce tilted his head and listened several times. When he and Baozhu heard clearly what Liu Guiren was shouting at the same time, his face darkened and he strode out quickly.
Bao Zhu felt uneasy and quickly followed.
In front of him was Ma Dong, who was helpless and wanted to pull Liu Guiren up. On his side was Liu Guiren, who was looking thoughtful, repeating the same words lifelessly and kowtowing.
"Guiren Liu, do you know what you are talking about?" Qi Junce asked with a gloomy expression.
Liu Guiren's movement to kowtow paused slightly, and he raised his empty eyes to look at Qi Junce. Rubbing her knees, she crawled in front of Qi Junce and tightly grasped the corners of his clothes.
"Your Majesty, I am the mastermind of all this. I am obsessed with ghosts. I am the one who harmed Concubine Rong and Concubine Chen. The Queen was just deceived by me. Please..."
Liu Guiren choked and Baozhu looked at her in disbelief, thinking that she must be crazy.
"Please let the queen go, I am willing to die to apologize." Liu Guiren shouted these words loudly, as if he had made some determination.
Qi Junce angrily tore open her robe, and Liu Guiren fell heavily to the ground. Seeing this, Ma Dong quickly asked the guards to pull her away.
"Liu Guiren, are you crazy? You still have two princesses. Are you even ignoring them in order to protect the queen?" Baozhu finally couldn't hold it back and asked.
When he heard about his child, Liu Guiren's face was slightly moved, but he still repeated his guilty words.
Baozhu was afraid that this matter would give Gu Linqing a chance to stand up because of Liu Guiren's affairs, so she couldn't help but climb on Qi Junce's arm and shouted: "Your Majesty..."
Qi Junce was so angry that his body was trembling slightly. He pointed at Liu Guiren and couldn't say a word for a long time.
There was a thunder in the sky, making Baozhu couldn't help but be frightened and cover his stomach.
"The noble Liu family will be locked up in a violent chamber and await your fate." Qi Junce said coldly.
Liu Guiren, who had begged just now, seemed to have finally received a satisfactory answer. She slowly fell to the ground and allowed the guards to drag her away.
Baozhu looked at her back with mixed emotions.
A heavy rain fell heartily, as if it was going to wash away the world. Without enough time to wait for the rain to stop, Baozhu quickly went to Jiang Heng's Hengwu Palace.
Jiang Heng saw Baozhu with an anxious look on his face, and before Baozhu could speak, he quickly said that he already knew.
"Gu Linqing is going to trade Liu Zhiyi's life for her chance to come out." Jiang Heng's expression was equally serious.
"Don't even think about it!" Bao Zhu slapped the table hard, causing even the child in his belly to stir uneasily.
"Don't be angry yet, you are already a child." Jiang Heng comforted him.
"Now, we can only find out what Liu Guiren wants to do first." Jiang Heng said carefully, "She said that she did everything, which is hard to believe."
"That's right, how is this possible? How can she, a small noble person, have so much power?" Bao Zhu couldn't help but say.
Jiang Heng pondered for a while and said comfortingly: "I will handle this matter. Don't worry, Gu Linqing won't be able to turn around even if she dies."
The cell is not as scary as a prison, but it is also a good place to imprison noble people who have made mistakes. The punishment here is never a method of cramping and skinning.
Instead, they use the most tortured means to slowly wear away people's will.
Jiang Heng walked calmly among them and saw the unkempt Liu Guiren.
Liu Guiren heard the sound and was looking at Jiang Heng, who was dressed in a luxurious outfit that was incompatible with him, through the gap in his messy hair.
"My concubine is here, but my concubine, don't try to learn anything from me." Liu Guiren said angrily, like a beast eager to show its teeth.
"I just came from the garden, guess who I saw?" Jiang Heng asked pretending to be mysterious, making Liu Guiren stunned.
Liu Guiren didn't answer, and Jiang Heng wasn't angry either. He continued to talk to himself: "I haven't seen the two little princesses Qingning and Qingyang for a long time. They are becoming more and more graceful."
The moment he heard his daughter's name, Liu Guiren's eyes finally had a glimmer of light, and his dry lips moved a little, but they remained silent.
Jiang Heng took the matter into his eyes calmly and continued: "It's just pitiful. The two little princesses cried sadly and said they missed their mother and concubine."
Finally, Liu Guiren couldn't help it anymore and said in a tearful tone: "Jiang Heng, what on earth are you going to do?!"
Jiang Heng looked at Liu Guiren, whose psychological defense had collapsed, and smiled with satisfaction.
"I just want to know what conditions Gu Linqing gave you, so that you would rather leave these two daughters you love like pearls and talk back for someone like her?" Jiang Heng asked.
Liu Guiren lowered his head dejectedly and said with a wry smile: "What can I do? What can I do?"
As she spoke, her voice turned into sad cries. Jiang Heng looked at her slumped shoulders and didn't know what to do for a moment.
"She..." Liu Guiren raised his head and looked at Jiang Heng with dancing eyes. "She is a vicious, evil woman who threatened me with my daughter."
Jiang Heng frowned, looked at Liu Guiren who couldn't explain, and asked, "What do you mean by threatening you with princesses?"
Liu Guiren climbed up to Jiang Heng and said with regret on his face: "I am just her dowry, helpless. Once I was favored by Qingyang, I got a status."
Liu Guiren's words are right. She has the lowest background among all the concubines. As Gu Linqing's dowry, she was favored by the drunken Qi Junce but had no status and was ridiculed by everyone.
It wasn't until she was brought to Qi Junce by Gu Linqing four months later that she became pregnant, and she was reluctantly given to him.
Being helpless in the palace, she had no choice but to cling to Gu Linqing. Even so, after spending ten years in the palace and giving birth to two exquisite and lovely daughters, he is nothing more than a noble man.
"I am attached to her, and I can only say what she says." Liu Guiren said with tears, "Three days ago, she asked someone to bring me a message, saying that Mobei sent a princess to marry, and she also asked Li Guo Send a princess as well.”
Jiang Heng blinked. She had heard about this matter, but she had not actually seen Qi Junce make such a decision.
"Your Majesty doesn't have many heirs now, and among the princesses, only my Qingyang is the eldest." Liu Guiren said, and Jiang Heng had already guessed.
"Then Gu Linqing asked someone to tell her that if I don't take the blame for her, all the forces in the Gu family will try to protect my Qingyang from getting married!" Liu Guiren said sadly.
Jiang Heng breathed a long sigh of relief. After all, she was someone she had followed for many years, and her children also grew up in front of her. This Gu Linqing was really cruel.
"I heard that King Mobei is over sixty this year, and Qingyang is only twelve years old..." Jiang Heng said regretfully, "And King Mobei is extremely cruel. It is rumored that the first four concubines were killed by him. Tortured to death.”
"Yes..." Liu Guiren couldn't help crying and replied, "I would rather die than let my Qingyang suffer such torture."
Jiang Heng sighed helplessly and said, "Do you think everyone is stupid? How can His Majesty believe you if you plead guilty like this?"
Liu Guiren's emotions reached the edge of collapse and he started to cry. "I know it all, I know it all."
"But Gu Linqing said that His Majesty would be wary of the Gu family's power in the court and would not dare to kill her. Now we just need a scapegoat, as long as there is a scapegoat," Liu Guiren said.
Jiang Heng stood up slowly and looked down at Liu Guiren like a god.
"She can throw you out to protect herself today, why would you trust such a person to treat your daughter well?" Jiang Heng asked, and Liu Guiren, who had been crying just now, was suddenly speechless.
"You can't take the blame for her, but I will bring her down completely." After Jiang Heng said that, he turned and left.
Just as Baozhu and Jiang Heng were planning to beat the clock, bad news came from the storm room: Liu Guiren hanged himself with his own clothes.
Baozhu and Jiang Heng looked at each other, finally reaching this point.
