“…”

After decades of husband and wife, even though Gu Manru did not love Emperor Wucheng, he still had feelings for him.

Seeing Emperor Wucheng, she was sadder than she imagined, and she was galloping all the way and her mood was difficult to vent. It was not until Yingying held her arm that she came to her senses.

"Auntie, don't keep it in your heart if you have anything, you can tell Yingying." Yingying saw Gu Manru's face pale, and was worried that she would be depressed.

In the past, she didn't know why her aunt had insomnia and hair loss all day long, but now she understood. After being suppressed for too long, Gu Manru smiled bitterly and shook her head. Now she really wanted to talk: "This is all the mistake my aunt made when she was young."

"Yingying, my aunt actually envies you." Gu Manru was also the legitimate daughter who was favored by the Gu family back then. Because her brother had a good relationship with Emperor Wucheng, who was still the prince, she met Emperor Wucheng since childhood, and her situation was similar to Yingying.

Gu Manru said: "One year, a handsome young man suddenly came to the imperial city. He and I were in the downtown area at the beginning. He helped me find the purse that was taken away by the thief. I saw that he was wearing poor clothes and wanted to invite him to a meal as a reward, but he waved his hand and walked freely."

"I only learned later that his name is Min Hua."

Who would have thought of it?

The poor young man actually won the top scholar in civil and military affairs in one fell swoop. The high-ranking family members who wanted to make friends with him almost broke through his threshold. Whether it was a coincidence or fate, Min Hua actually became friends with Gu Mingzhi and Emperor Wu Cheng. Gu Manru said that this place seemed to be in memories, and forgot to speak for a moment.

"Later Min Hua told me that he entered the imperial city to find relatives. He didn't know who his biological father was, but only knew that he had a prominent official position in the imperial city and once gave his mother a jade pendant."

Yingying quickly remembered the jade pendant that her aunt gave her before. If she was not wrong, it would be Min Hua's jade pendant. But she didn't understand why her aunt gave the jade pendant to Prime Minister Kong as a token?

Gu Manru quickly told Yingying the answer: "Min Hua is actually the illegitimate son of the Kong family. He is a half-brother of Boyuan."

Fearing that Yingying couldn't understand, she also explained specifically: "Boyuan is Kong Wei, Prime Minister Kong."

It is said that Kong Wei and Gu Manru are childhood sweethearts. The two had a very good relationship when they were young. Gu Manru was able to be as close to Min Hua later, and was also related to Kong Wei. Although the Kong family did not recognize Min Hua's identity, Kong Wei and this younger brother fell in love with each other at first sight, and then treated each other as brothers, and the two brothers had a close relationship.

...Emperor Wucheng still has no idea about Min Hua's identity, so he forced Min Hua to resign from his post that year was the first step to make a mistake.

Gu Manru paused when she spoke. Her eyes were wet and she lowered her eyes and said, "For so many years, I really thought that after Min Hua resigned from office, she had returned to her hometown to marry and have children."

But he never thought that he died many years ago on the way back home.

The reason why Emperor Wucheng wanted to kill Min Hua was probably because he believed that Gu Manru, who was mentioned by others, had an affair with Min Hua, and the dignity of the emperor was damaged.

The relationship between the court was complicated, and although the harem was not involved in politics, it was closely related to the officials in the court. Gu Manru was involved in the Gu family and the Kong family, so Emperor Wu Cheng could not move her, so he could only turn his attention to Min Hua, who was not supported by Pang Dashi.

He could not execute Min Hua on a charge because he abandoned his identity as an emperor and Min Hua was "friend" with him. In addition, Min Hua and Gu Mingzhi and Kong Wei had a good relationship. Emperor Wu Cheng had to use tricks secretly to attack Min Hua, but he didn't know whether Min Hua and Kong Wei were brothers.

From a long time ago, Kong Wei knew that Min Hua died on the way back to his hometown.

At first he didn't believe it was what Emperor Wucheng did, but later all the evidence pointed to Emperor Wucheng. Kong Wei had to believe it, and followed the clues and found that the death of "Chapter Phoenix" was also related to him, and he concealed the truth for many years alone.

Gu Manru only learned the truth about all this not long ago. She hated her too much, hated her for knowing it too late, hated her for not accepting Min Hua for the sake of the Gu family, and even more hated that she had been piling for decades to kill her child.

"Actually, Min Hua never said he liked me, nor did he promise anything to me. He was such a careful and considerate person. I think he knew that I would not be with him and did not want me to linger and worry."

Gu Manru likes Min Hua, but she can't catch her love when she was a girl. She is too rational, so she has a tough heart and enters the palace for the Gu family.

"So many years have passed, but I can't remember what Min Hua looks like. But when I learned the truth from Boyuan, I found that I still remember the day when Min Hua resigned from office and said goodbye to me."

The boy was wearing a shallow white shirt. He wanted to say something but seemed to have something to say to her, but in the end he just gave her the most cherished jade pendant. Before leaving, he looked at her deeply and said, "The road is long and far away. Immortal, we... will never be able to do anything later."

He knows everything.

Min Hua was so smart that he knew that Emperor Wu Cheng wanted to take action against him, so he left with the feeling of dying.

Gu Manru always thought that Min Hua was just a shallow mark in her heart. Until someone died, he realized that he had always been wearing his jade pendant intimately and never forgot about him.

Speaking of this, Gu Manru could no longer control her emotions and covered her cheeks sobbed. Yingying didn't know how to comfort her, so she could only use a veil to wipe her tears, and said at a loss: "Don't be sad, aunt."

Gu Manru felt comfortable when she cried. Looking at the pretty and charming little niece in front of her, she whispered: "Fortunately, we Yingying got what we wanted and married the person we like."

Yingying is like the young Gu Manru, even more vivid and eye-catching than Gu Manru when she was young. She loves Yingying because of this. She tried hard to satisfy all her wishes, and subconsciously felt that as long as Yingying wanted, she would get everything that Yingying wanted, and the young herself would lose her regrets.

Fortunately, Yingying did not follow her old path. She married the prince's brother whom she had, and the most important thing was that her prince's brother spoiled her and had her in her heart.

On the other hand, Gu Manru failed to get Min Hua, and even the tolerance and possession of Emperor Wu Cheng's eyes were particularly ironic.

If Emperor Wu Cheng really loves her, since he can't stand Min Hua, why can't he tolerate Kong Wei?

Who didn't know what Kong Wei thought about her back then, and how could Emperor Wucheng not know? To put it bluntly, it was because Kong Wei was in power and there was the Kong family behind him. Emperor Wucheng thought from the perspective of the emperor. He could control Kong Wei with Gu Manru. Instead of killing him, it would be better to take it for himself.

After exploring the truth, Emperor Wucheng only has the throne in his heart.

“…”

After returning from Qianlong Palace, Gu Manru began to ask about Zhou Zishan's situation. Yingying didn't dare to tell her that Zhou Zishan was in Jing Zhaoshi's hands, so she could only deceive her: "The third brother hid the person, don't worry, aunt, my cousin is very safe now."

The most unsafe thing now is the palace.

Gu Man wanted to meet Zhou Zishan so much. She was too hasty last time and she failed to reveal her identity with Zhou Zishan. She also knew that this was not a good opportunity to meet, so she could only instruct Yingying: "Let the prince's people take good care of Chaofeng, and we must be better for him. If he wants to know something... let him say it to him."

Thinking of his son's cold and distant face, Gu Manru was worried. For the first time, he was so disgusted with his identity, and always felt that he had only implicated him.

After some trouble, Gu Manru was also tired.

Yingying pretended to be calm and sent her aunt back to the room. She turned her face and her face was heavy and attracted You Yang. The two of them found a quiet corner, and Yingying said, "Is there any news over Zhou Zishan?"

You Yang felt guilty: "King Anping hid the man, and no one of the secret guards sent by his subordinates found the news yet."

Yingying frowned: "What do you say from Prime Minister Kong?"

"Mr. Kong is also helping to find someone now. Your Highness has already instructed him before that Master Kong will not expose himself in front of the Empress."

Yingying felt uneasy. At this moment, she didn't know what Jing Zhaoshi would do. She was anxious to ensure Zhou Zishan's safety and could only urge over and over again: "Look for it as soon as possible, and you must find someone as soon as possible."

If Zhou Zishanzhen had any accident, she would be unreasonable and would have no face to face her aunt.

At this time, in the Anping Palace.

The servant dragged two wailing palace servants out the door, leaving a pool of blood along the way. Jing Zhaoshi stood with his back, and he gathered his five fingers and grabbed a small dagger, and the blood dripped along the gaps of his fingers.

"so……"

He said softly: "The person who killed my mother is not Empress Gu, but Yu Concubine who has been sentenced to death?"

What’s ridiculous is that Concubine Baoxia was said to have died of illness, and Concubine Yu was not sentenced to death for poisoning. She was the only one who could steal the sky and change the sun, but Zhao Shi couldn’t understand why he did this.

"No." Zhao Shi always felt something was wrong.

He passed the cause of Yu Concubine Yu's death in his mind, and thought that Qin Rong only transferred to Gu Manru's name after Yu Concubine Yu's death.

It is said that the reason why Zhao Shi knew that Concubine Baoxia died unjustly or was secretly "reminded" by Qin Rong, the truth he found was fueled by Qin Rong. So Zhao Shi turned his attention to Gu Manru, but forgot to ask Qin Rong, where did he know these inside stories?

Jing Zhaoshi's eyes were frozen, and somewhere in his heart felt severe pain. He chewed out a name: "Qin, Rong."

How did Qin Rong learn these inside stories?

——I’m afraid he is the murderer who manipulated all this behind his back. He instructed Concubine Yu to poison him and kill Concubine Baoxia!

The truth was unacceptable to Zhao Shi. He breathed rapidly and covered his heart, staggering and holding the windowsill.

"Father, didn't you say that the only mother's love you most in your life?" In the end, he actually watched the unjust death of Concubine Baoxia.

Did Emperor Wu Cheng know the truth about all this? Is the reason why he concealed the truth about Concubine Baoxia to save Qin Rong?

A series of questions were stuffed into Zhao Shi's mind, and he wanted to rush into Qianlong Palace to ask everything clearly.

Recalling Yingying's previous words, Jing Zhaoshi was suffocating, and he didn't even know if Yingying knew the true truth of all this. Now that the truth was revealed, Yi Fei stepped forward and asked carefully: "What should Zhou Zishan do about it?"

They originally wanted to use Zhou Zishan to threaten Gu Manru. When the rebellion was successful, they would also take the opportunity to depose her subordinate and take down the Kong family in one fell swoop.

But now Gu Man is so innocent.

Jing Zhaoshi closed his eyes. Now it is not the time when he is merciful and ruthless. Gu Manru's move is related to Kong Wei, so he cannot let go.

"Let's keep it closed first." Jing Zhaoshi said hoarsely.

A carrier pigeon flapping its wings and landed on the windowsill. Seeing this, Yifei stepped forward and took off the letter from the carrier pigeon's legs. After checking, his face changed drastically. He hesitated and shouted 'master' and handed the note to Jing Zhaoshi and said, "The spy from Qianlong Palace came to report that the prince will force His Majesty to issue an order tonight... He wants to poison His Majesty, kill His Majesty."

Zhao Shi's body froze and snatched the note from Yifei's hand.

"It's poison again. Kill..." Jing Zhaoshi's hatred for Qin Rong reached its peak at this time.

Kneading the note into pieces, he murmured: "Father cannot die."

He had not asked all the truth clearly, nor did he allow his father to die at Qin Rong's hands. He stabilized his mind and Zhao Shi issued an order: "The plan is ahead of time, and we will enter the Qianlong Palace tonight."

Didn’t Yingying say that he was inferior to Qin Rong everywhere?

Now Zhao Shi held the tiger talisman given to him by Emperor Wu Cheng, and with the secret help from Nanyin Kingdom, he wanted to let her see who was the master of the Jinghuang Palace tonight.

At the same time, Xiaodai entered the East Palace with a wooden box. She ran to Yingying's bedroom excitedly and said, "Grandmaid, come and see, Master Jingshan from Qingguang Temple has asked someone to bring you something."

"Master Jingshan?" Yingying knew what was inside when she thought about it.

During this period, Yingying didn't have time to leave the palace. Perhaps Master Jingshan was worried that her lover's detoxification pills were used up, so he asked someone to send them in. He took the box back to the inner room. Yingying opened it in front of the drawer and looked at it. When she opened it, she found that there was a letter in the box. The letter read: [After studying for many days, the antidote for Lover's detoxification has been released.]

There should be some medicinal herb that Master Jingshan couldn't find, so he couldn't make the antidote, but just wrote her a prescription.

Yingying looked at the medicinal herbs one by one, and when she saw the last line, she was stunned and saw that it said: [A drop of blood in the heart of the detoxifier.]

Need Qin Rong's blood?

Yingying was also infected with Qinrong in her previous life. Why didn’t she remember Qinrong having her blood? Is it because she had a wrong memory, or is there something wrong with Master Jingshan’s prescription?

Before he could think about it, Xiaodai outside the door called respectfully: "Your Highness the Crown Prince."

not good!

This prescription was not allowed to be seen by Qin Rong at this time. Yingying subconsciously hid the letter and hurriedly closed the drawer. As soon as she threw herself on the bed, Qin Rong lifted the curtain and stepped into the inner room.

"What's wrong with Yingying?" Seeing Yingying lying on the couch and facing down, Qin Rong walked straight to the edge of the couch and sat down.

Thinking Yingying was sick, he picked up the person and hugged it in his arms, touched her forehead with the back of his hand. Yingying felt guilty at this moment, so she buried her face in Qinrong Xiang's nest, found an excuse and said, "It's not that much, it's just a little sleepy."

Qin Rong pressed the back of her neck. The reason for her posture made Yingying unable to see his expression, but she could feel his gaze falling on her.

Just as he was about to look up, Qin Rong gently kissed her side face. He lowered his head and said in her ears: "If you are sleepy, go to bed early."
Chapter completed!