Stepping out of the Zhaochen Palace gate, the queen turned around and ordered: "Lock the palace door. Without the permission of the emperor and this palace, no one is allowed to step into the palace gate. Even if Concubine De comes, she is not allowed to go in, otherwise you know as a result of."
"yes."
Chu Yunfei sat on the sedan chair, thinking about Concubine Gu's words all the way.
When Fengjia returned to Shuhuang Palace, Acai understood that the Queen and Princess Zhan had something to talk about, so he did not follow the palace and directly waited outside with the palace attendants.
After Chu Yunfei sat down, she said thoughtfully: "Maybe my daughter-in-law made a mistake in her judgment. It seems that the imperial concubine does not know Rong Cang's true identity."
"I think so too." The queen rubbed her eyebrows lightly, "She knows that Rong Cang is not her son, but she doesn't know that Rong Cang is my son."
When Queen Cai mentioned that she wanted to adopt Rong Cang, Concubine Gu's reaction was not at all like the Queen's panic when she discovered Rong Cang's life experience. Instead, she just felt that Rong Cang was not qualified to be his legitimate son - a subconscious reaction best reflects a person's true thoughts.
Since she knew that Rong Cang was not her son, Concubine Gu must be one of the participants, but there should be other more sophisticated people involved in this matter, otherwise Concubine Gu would not be kept in the dark.
"More than twenty years ago, the forces in the court were headed by the Gu and Xie families, and the harem forces besides me were the imperial concubine." The queen said with deep thought in her eyes, "If you can keep me unaware and hide it from the imperial concubine, there will be no one except the emperor. Only the Queen Mother.”
As expected of a queen.
No matter how many years of silence she is, she is still the master of the harem.
The situation back then and the situation now, as long as she wants to know, she can always analyze it clearly.
Chu Yunfei frowned: "When did the Queen Mother start eating fast, chanting Buddha's name, and not seeing anyone else?"
The Queen smiled lightly: "The timing is really coincidental. It was not long after I lost my son. But at that time, I didn't care about the outside world. It took me a long time to cheer up. When I was going to pay my respects to the Queen Mother, I heard the Emperor say no. Go, the Queen Mother likes to be quiet. From now on, the concubines in the harem don’t have to disturb the Queen Mother. I just know that the Queen Mother can’t see visitors anymore.”
Chu Yunfei nodded secretly, so are they getting closer to the truth?
If the Queen Mother is really involved, then everything can be explained. After all, the Queen Mother is the winner with the last laugh in the Queen's palace. After staying in the palace for decades, what tricks has she not seen before?
At that time, both the queen and the concubine were too young and could not possibly be the match of the Queen Mother.
But what kind of thoughts does the Queen Mother have...
The queen didn't speak, and Chu Yunfei didn't speak any more.
There was a moment of silence in the hall.
This kind of quietness made people feel calm involuntarily, but their slightly rapid breathing revealed that their emotions were not actually that stable.
Things are getting closer to the truth, and they should be happy of course.
But the happier I am, the more I can't help but think about the past.
"The noble concubine just said something right. If it weren't for you, her plan would not have been ruined." The queen raised her eyes slightly, looking at Chu Yunfei with gratitude in her eyes, "She hates you to the core, but I I am extremely lucky to have you, Yun Fei, you are my lucky star."
"There is no need for the Queen to say that." Chu Yunfei lowered his eyebrows and spoke in a gentle and calm voice, "Rong Cang is my husband, and I wholeheartedly find the truth for him. Even if his biological mother is not the Queen, but was born to other concubines in the palace, My daughter-in-law will do the same thing.”
The queen stood up and walked to her, hugging her into her arms: "It is precisely because of your kindness that you can let me know that your son is still alive so quickly. Yun Fei, if you only do it because I am the queen, If you are close, you will not be suspicious of Mrs. Xie's words, and you will not hold back the truth and not explain it to her. Your intelligence makes me happy and moved."
Chu Yunfei leaned against her quietly: "It was the mother's kindness and tolerance that made the daughter-in-law want to get close to her. If the mother was like the imperial concubine, the daughter-in-law would not even dare to find the truth."
The queen let her go and wiped the crystal clear corners of her eyes: "We help each other."
Chu Yunfei raised the corners of his mouth slightly, but his eyes were a little red: "Yeah."
"I think that there is no need to look for clues for the time being." The queen turned back to the Feng couch and sat down lazily. "There is no need to scare the snake for the time being. Let's wait for Rong Cang to come back. You should be rewarded for your merits, Qianqiu. Regardless of whether he can make it back during the banquet, I will adopt Rong Cang as my legitimate son."
She just wanted to be high-profile and let Rong Cang come in front of everyone.
The more angry and desperate Gu Guifei becomes, the sooner she will reveal her true nature and tell the truth with her own mouth.
Even if the emperor was concerned about the bad influence of witchcraft and did not want to cause panic, it would have been a capital crime for Concubine Gu to murder the prince and secretly change her son.
She didn't believe that Concubine Gu could make a fool of herself.
With hope in her heart, the queen felt that she had hope for the future.
Back then, the Gu and Xie families were competing against each other. More than twenty years later, she wanted the Gu family to disappear from the list of aristocratic families in Chu. King Chen would die in the most painful and tragic way, and Concubine Gu would be worse off than dead.
Before that, the queen suddenly remembered the fifth princess who had been learning the rules in the harem.
"Ah Cai." She raised her voice and spoke.
A Cai walked in: "The Queen."
"Bring the fifth princess here."
"Yes." A Cai turned around and walked out.
When Rong Jinyue followed A Cai to Shuhuang Palace, her face was haggard, her steps were weak, and her hair was wet with cold sweat. She looked too embarrassed, even paler and more depressed than the last time she saw her in the Imperial Garden.
Also coming with her were Princess Huaiyue of Prince Rong's Palace, and Jiang Qian, the second daughter of the Prime Minister's Palace.
The three of them had the same pale and tired faces. It was obvious that they were still learning the rules before coming here and had been taught a lot by their grandma.
Entering the hall, Rong Jinyue raised her eyes and saw Chu Yunfei sitting beside her. Her face froze for a moment, and a trace of hatred flashed in her eyes. Then she knelt down respectfully and kowtowed solemnly: "My dear minister, Jinyue, to the Queen. Greetings, my queen is a thousand years old."
Princess Huaiyue and Jiang Qian knelt behind her: "I would like to express my regards to the Queen. She may live a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years."
The queen did not call them to get up, but said coldly: "How have you learned the rules of the fifth princess recently?"
"Reporting to the Queen, the fifth princess is much more obedient than before." The nun who knelt behind the fifth princess replied, "The teachings in the past few days have been quite effective. I believe that after another month of teaching, the fifth princess will understand the rules of the White House. You must be serious and never be scorned or challenged. You will always control your words and deeds and be a qualified royal princess."
Chu Yunfei looked at Rong Jinyue without saying a word.
When grandma said these words, Rong Jinyue's hand hanging by her side tightened, but it was only tight, and there was no other unnecessary reaction.
I think I have been tortured a lot these days and suffered a lot.
Chu Yunfei felt relieved.
The palace has always been accustomed to favoring the superior and suppressing the inferior. Before Concubine Gu was placed under house arrest, the nuns would be more or less merciful for the sake of the concubine and Prince Chen.
At present, Concubine Gu and King Chen are both under house arrest, the Prime Minister has been suspended, the situation in the palace has changed so quickly, and the nuns have been serving them for many years, who is not a human spirit? How can you be soft on the fifth princess?
What's more, there are others watching eagerly.
Even if Rong Jinyue had a dispute with the senior elders in the palace, grandma would take the opportunity to teach Rong Jinyue a lesson for being unruly.
In this case, shouldn't she learn to behave?
