Chapter 168 Is Dead

"Miss Gu, the maiden let you in."

"Thank you my sister."

Gu Jiu took a deep breath and walked into the bedroom.

The light in the bedroom was dim, and the maids hid in the dark, unable to see clearly.

A maid was standing in front of the bed, and when she heard footsteps, she immediately raised her head and looked at her.

Gu Jiu also looked at the other party, with a pale face and no beard, in his thirties. The person who can enter the queen's concubine at this time must be someone she trusts.

After going through the list of Weiyang Palace in his mind, Gu Jiu guessed the identity of the other party. This person must be the most powerful person in Weiyang Palace, Fang Shaojian.

The Empress was lying on the bed, her eyes were closed, as if she had already died.

Gu Jiu stepped forward and bowed to meet her, "The ministers and daughters pay respects to the Empress, who is blessed with longevity and good health."

The Empress suddenly opened her eyes, her eyes were like torches, and she looked straight at Gu Jiu.

Gu Jiu lowered her head slightly, avoiding the eyes of the Empress.

"coming!"

Gu Jiu bowed and said, "Please teach me."

The Empress raised her hand, and Fang Shaojian immediately stretched out the back of his hand. The Empress's hand was placed on the back of Fang Shaojian's hand.

The Empress pointed at Gu Jiu, "Are you used to living in the palace?"

Gu Jiu had already prepared for the battle.

As a result, the Queen's concubine was so kind and pleasant, which made Gu Jiu a little uncomfortable.

She didn't dare to relax her vigilance, her whole body tightened, and she said cautiously, "Learn the rules with my mother every day. These days, I have benefited a lot."

The Queen Empress smiled, her thin cheeks were full of wrinkles.

A generation of queens, her face is gone, her life is about to come to an end. However, her eyes are like stars in the dark night, and no one can ignore them.

In her eyes, the light of wisdom shone.

Her life will surely leave an indelible mark in history.

Gu Jiu admired the Empress from the bottom of her heart, this woman is too strong.

But she had to be an opponent with the Empress.

However, in the heart of the Empress, Gu Jiu was not qualified to be her best opponent at all.

"You come over, Ben Gong wants to take a good look at you."

Gu Jiu's heart skipped a beat, and she stepped forward slowly, one step away from the edge of the bed.

The Empress grabbed her hand violently, "Young Master Zhao chose you, you must have something special. I heard that you can memorize books very quickly?"

Gu Jiu lowered her eyebrows and said pleasingly, "Reporting to the madam, ministers and daughters are only good at endorsement."

"So you have a good memory?"

Gu Jiu said in a low voice, "It's not very good, just willing to work hard."

The Queen Mother laughed, and the other young supervisor said, "Look at how modest the children are today."

Fang Shaojian smiled and said, "What the niece said is. Miss Gu has a good appearance and a clean family background. As a girl, she is willing to study hard. No wonder it makes the son Zhao always think about it."

The Empress nodded, staring at Gu Jiu with a slight smile in her eyes, "You have such a good memory, why did you forget what happened half a year ago so quickly?"

Gu Jiu's heart skipped a beat, and she said calmly, "I also ask the niece to make it clear. The ministers and daughters don't know what the niece was talking about."

The Empress laughed, "Little girls nowadays are so stupid. It's not like when Ben Gong was young, the adults would answer whatever Ben Gong asked, and he never knew how to pretend to be stupid. Even His Majesty said, Ben Gong The best thing about it is honesty."

"The little girl today is certainly not as good as you were in the past." Fang Shaojian looked at Gu Jiu with a half-smiling smile.

"Girl Gu, you dare to fool people in front of the goddess, aren't you afraid of death?"

A dead word, dragged by Fang Shaojian for a long time, is extremely deterrent.

Gu Jiu lowered her head and hurriedly said, "I really don't know what the maiden is referring to? Please also ask the maiden to make it clear that the minister and daughter must know everything and say everything."

"Oh? It's rare, you are willing to tell the truth in front of this palace." The Empress smiled and finally let go of Gu Jiu's hand.

Gu Jiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Fang Shaojian stood up and said, "Miss Gu, when the lady asked you last time when you were in the northwest, did you ever see the imperial edict. Do you have any idea how to answer this question?"

Gu Jiu made a bewildered expression, "The servant girl doesn't understand, the servant girl had already said that she had never sent an edict to the son in the northwest. At that time, the servant girl lay in the room all day to recover from illness. , I haven't even been out of the second door. And at that time, the ministers and daughters hadn't even heard of the young master Zhao."

Fang Shaojian snorted coldly, "Miss Gu, your mother has already given you a chance, but you don't want to cherish it. You keep saying that you have never been out, but someone knows that you have been out for a few days, and went to Tianmen Temple with your brother to burn incense and pray for the deceased mother. Did Miss Gu really forget about this?"

Gu Jiu showed a panicked look, which made Fang Shaojian feel very unhappy, thinking that he had caught Gu Jiu's painful foot.

As Gu Jiu dealt with it, he was thinking that it was indeed the Xie family who leaked the news.

She said helplessly and aggrieved: "Reporting to the mother, at that time, the minister and daughter had just left the gate of hell, and she was so afraid. On the day of her death, she went to Tianmen Temple to burn incense and pray for the deceased mother. No one knows how to know Young Master Zhao."

"Niangniang didn't say that you knew Gongzi Zhao. Niangniang just asked if you had seen Gongzizhao in Tianmen Temple in the northwest?"

Fang Shaojian stared fiercely at Gu Jiu.

Gu Jiu shook his head, "The minister and daughter stayed in Tianmen Temple for several days. Because of their weakness, they either burned incense and prayed for blessings in the main hall every day, or rested in the wing room. Besides, they were always served by maids. I didn't meet any sons in those days, but I saw a few. lady."

Fang Shaojian snorted coldly, "It seems that Miss Gu didn't cry without seeing the coffin, so she brought people in."

people?

who?

Gu Jiu was in a panic. Could it be Xie Xian here?

Can't!

Hearing the footsteps, Gu Jiu suddenly looked towards the door, and was startled by the person who came.

The person who came was not Xie Xian as she had guessed, but Aunt Ping next to his wife, Mrs. Xie.

How could it be Aunt Ping?

Is she even here? Is Xie Shi...

No, not right.

There must be something wrong here.

"The slaves meet the queen's concubine."

Madam Ping didn't even look at Gu Jiu, she walked in and knelt on the ground to greet the Empress.

The Empress looked at Ma'am Ping and asked, "Do you know Gu Jiu?"

Only then did Nanny Ping glance at Gu Jiu and nodded, "Report to the maiden, I know."

"It's good to know each other. Tell me to Ben Gong, what happened when Gu Jiu went to Tianmen Temple when he was in the northwest?"

"The slaves obey."

Ping mama lowered her head and smiled maliciously at Gu Jiu, and then began to say: "At that time, my wife wanted to marry the second girl to Xie Xian, the fourth young master of the Xie family. Lord Gu has been hesitating about this marriage. The wife wanted to take advantage of Gu Jiu's opportunity in Tianmen Temple to let Xie Xiansheng rice cook cooked rice.

From the beginning, everything went smoothly. In the evening, the medicine was given, and at a critical moment, someone appeared and rescued Gu Jiu. But Xie Xian was injured, and his injuries were serious and life-threatening. I heard that Xie Xian had been raised for half a year before his injuries were completely healed. "

After the queen heard this, she looked at Gu Jiu with a half-smile, and asked Madam Ping, "Who rescued Gu Jiu?"

Aunt Ping said: "According to Xie Xian, it is a very tall guard. With a standard waist knife on his waist, the guard is definitely not a guard from an ordinary family."

The Queen Mother looked at Gu Jiu and asked sharply, "Tell me who the bodyguard who rescued you at that time was?"

Gu Jiu's expression was excited, "Qi Yi Niang Niang, mama Ping is pure nonsense. Although the court lady is not the wife's biological daughter, she has always been cared for by her mother, and she is fortunate enough to grow up to such a size.

My wife is charitable, it is absolutely impossible to be as mad as Ping Ma said, let Xie Xian go to Tianmen Temple to harm me, tarnish my reputation, and ruin the face of the Gu family.

The truth of the matter is clearly that Xie Xian acted recklessly, he had no reverence for the Buddha in his heart, and he deliberately wanted to embarrass the great monk of Tianmen Temple. In the middle of the night, he took the servant to Tianmen Temple to steal the treasure of Buddhism, but was discovered by the great monk of Tianmen Temple.

Because he said he was a relative of the Gu family, the big monk of Tianmen Temple looked at our Gu family’s face. It happened that my brother and I were in Tianmen Temple again, and the big monk of Tianmen Temple handed over Xie Xian to our brothers and sisters for disposal.

My brother was annoyed that Xie Xian was embarrassed, so he cleaned up and threw him directly to the second master of the Xie family. As for Xie Xian's servant, it will be handed over to the government.

This matter is recorded by the Yamen, the governor of Jinzhou, and everything that the ministers and daughters say is true, and they dare not make a half-truth.

On the other hand, this flat mama, the minister and daughter did not know whether she had lost her mind or wanted to take revenge on our Gu family, and even arranged the wife to instigate Xie Xian to tarnish my reputation. This matter also ask the empress to know. "

Madam Ping looked at Gu Jiu in disbelief, she was almost startled by Gu Jiu's words.

As soon as Gu Jiu's voice fell, she shouted: "The slave did not lie. Madam, everything the slave said is true. Both Xie Xian and the second master of the Xie family can testify about this."

Gu Jiu pointed at Mammy Ping's nose and scolded: "Mammy Ping, shut up! How did the Gu family feel sorry for you, making you mad and making up such vicious lies to slander your wife, slander me, and even slander you. Thank you.

You do such unconscionable things as pigs and dogs, are you still human?

Could it be that what you said is more trustworthy than the Yamen case file?

absurd!

You do such a thing, where do you place the dignity of the court?

Betray the master, slander the government, be unkind and unjust, unfaithful and unfilial, you should be damned! "

Madam Ping was reprimanded by Gu Jiu and panicked, "No! What the maid said is true. Niangniang, you must believe the maid!"

Gu Jiu snorted coldly, "Your maiden is unparalleled in wisdom, how could you be deceived by such inhumane and injustice, you give up."

Ping mama is still defending.

The queen didn't want to listen, her eyes closed slightly, Fang Shaojian waved his hand, and immediately someone came in to block Ping Ma's mouth and dragged her away.

Gu Jiu watched as Madam Ping was dragged away.

She watched with her own eyes the light in the eyes of Ping Mama gradually disappeared, watched her burst into tears, watched her eyes full of hatred, panic, struggle, begging for mercy.

Ping mama is dead!

Gu Jiu was indifferent.

The queen chuckled.

The laughter entered Gu Jiu's ears, making Gu Jiu shiver all over, feeling very bad.

The Empress stared at Gu Jiu, "According to what you said, no guards saved you."

Gu Jiu bowed and said, "That's right! Everything is made up by Ping mama."

The Empress sneered, "Bengong really underestimated you before. It turned right and wrong and turned the dead into life. It's not a small skill. No wonder Young Master Zhao has a crush on you."

Gu Jiu looked terrified.

The Empress smiled again: "Bengong would like to thank you, but now I can finally be sure that Young Master Zhao lived in Tianmen Temple while he was in the northwest. As long as you send someone to Tianmen Temple to check, maybe you can find Young Master Zhao. Traces of living there."

Gu Jiu faced the Empress with a blank face.

However, at this moment, her heartbeat was so fast that it was about to jump out of her throat.

Is she self-defeating?

No no no!

She couldn't helplessly watch Madam Ping slander the Gu family, slander her reputation, and be indifferent to involving Liu Zhao.

Fighting back against Pingmao, this is what she must do.

Obviously, the Queen Mother had calculated on this point and deliberately provoked a fight between her and the peace.

Gu Jiu gritted her teeth secretly, what should I do now?

The Empress looked at Gu Jiu with a half-smile, "Looking at how hard you tried to deny the existence of that bodyguard, if Ben Gong still can't guess the truth, Ben Gong has been the queen for so many years in vain."

Gu Jiu's face turned pale, but she still had to hold on, "The minister and daughter are telling the truth, the Jinzhou provincial governor really has a case file."

"Bengong believes that there is a case file. Why don't you listen to the truth of Bengong's guess?"

Gu Jiu was apprehensive.

Fang Shaojian smiled, "My lady is resting, let me tell you. Gu Xie married the two families. In order to promote the marriage, the Xie family sent Xie Xian to Tianmen Temple to cook raw rice and cooked rice.

It just so happened that Young Master Zhao secretly left Beijing and lived in the backyard of Tianmen Temple. In the middle of the night, a cry for help was heard, and guards were dispatched to rescue him.

Because of this opportunity, Miss Gu got to know Young Master Zhao.

On the other end, in order to block the audience of Youyou, and also for the sake of Miss Gu's reputation, Master Gu deliberately made it happen that Xie Xian went to Tianmen Temple to steal Buddhist treasures, and was beaten after the incident. In the end, the case was closed by the little servant.

Miss Gu, do you feel familiar with the story our family told? "

Gu Jiu was both startled and frightened. As expected, all the people in the palace were human beings, and none of them could be fooled.

However, Gu Jiu's face remained calm.

"The story told by Fang Shaojian is well-founded and sounds like the truth. But that's not what the ministers and daughters have experienced.

Fang Shaojian laughed, "At this moment, Miss Gu still refuses to tell the truth, she really can't shed tears without seeing the coffin.

Young Master Zhao left Beijing without a decree, so he should have been demoted to a commoner and banned. At that time, how tragic the son's decree will be, Gu girl must be so smart and can imagine.

Our family advises Miss Gu to quickly draw a clear line with Young Master Zhao while there is still time.

For the sake of your hard work, Niangniang will definitely protect you, break off the marriage for you and the son, and tell you about a marriage, such as the government of the township. how? "

Gu Jiu looked aggrieved, and tears suddenly fell.

Fang Shaojian frowned, what's going on, he was fine just now, why did he suddenly cry.

The little girl is annoying and cries at every turn.

However, this shows that Gu Jiu was frightened, which is a good sign.

Fang Shaojian pressed step by step, "Miss Gu, it's time to say it. Empress's patience is limited, you don't want to toast, eat or punish."

Gu Jiu cried and procrastinated while thinking about countermeasures.

Sure enough, as Liu Zhao said, there is no definite evidence, and the empress did not dare to take action, saying that Liu Zhao had no intention to leave Beijing.

They are pressing step by step, and they are racing against time.

I want to make Liu Zhao's crime convicted before the death of the empress, so that Liu Zhao will never be turned over.

It was also because of time that they didn't have time to go to the northwest to investigate and collect evidence, so they could only coerce and lure them, trying to force a confession from Gu Jiu.

Obviously, they believed that Liu Zhao had secretly gone to the northwest. It is also believed that Gu Jiu and Liu Zhao knew each other when they were in the northwest.

I have to say, the Queen's concubine guessed very accurately.

However, it was impossible for Gu Jiu to tell the truth.

Gu Jiu cried and said: "I'm telling the truth, I really don't know Young Master Zhao. I, I... Fang Shaojian, no matter how you force me, I still say this. I can't make up things that haven't happened. "

Gu Jiu cried so badly.

Fang Shaojian snorted coldly, "It seems that the empress is too kind to you, so that you don't know what's going on. Come on, will..."

"I said, I said..."

Gu Jiu cried and interrupted Fang Shaojian's words.

She is very afraid of pain, so don't torture her.

Fang Shaojian smiled proudly, "Tell me. Where are you in the northwest, and when did you meet Young Master Zhao. Tell us exactly how you met."

Gu Jiu sobbed twice before saying, "I'm in the northwest, and I haven't seen Young Master Zhao."

"What did you say?"

Fang Shaojian was furious, "Gu Jiu, are you kidding me?"