Beneath the peaceful appearance of the Eastern Palace is a dark cloud of suspicion.

Gu Ning intends to meet Mr. Zhuang, but Princess Dachang knows her purpose, but she doesn't say anything, and instead asks someone to cover for her.

For Gu Ning, the most important thing now is to find the person who poisoned Xie Yan.

Xie Yan is cautious. Apart from himself, there are very few people who can get close to him. He is very vigilant about the things he enters and even the things close to him, and he has to check every time.

Even so, he was still poisoned by someone, which meant that there was another person beside him who was hiding very deeply. Now she can't find this person, so she can only start with Chu Yunyi and others.

The emperor didn't know Xie Yan's identity, and he wanted to win Xie Yan over. He would never do anything to Xie Yan. On the contrary, Chu Yunyi and the Queen Mother were very afraid of Xie Yan. Close relationship, they are the biggest suspects.

Gu Ning was walking in the bamboo forest path of the East Palace, his beautiful eyes glowed with coldness.

"Find where Mr. Zhuang is." Gu Ning told the system.

Xie Yan was not around, but the system worked as usual. It took only two points of luck to scan the location of Mr. Zhuang, and there was a piece of good news attached.

"He is discussing matters with Chu Yunyi in the study."

Gu Ning realized that this was a good opportunity.

She looked around and saw no one around, so she lifted her skirt and quietly came to the gazebo next to the study.

"Listen to what they're talking about." Gu Ning spent [-] luck points as soon as he gritted his teeth, and chose to use the system to monitor the two of them.

Chu Yunyi has the aura of the protagonist, and if he wants to monitor him, it will cost 10 points of luck in [-] minutes. Gu Ning felt a pain in his body, but still chose to be sure.

Now is the critical moment, and there must be no mistakes!

Calculating the time, it was only half a year since Xie Yan was poisoned.

Gu Ning stood in the gazebo, concentrating on the audio from the system.

"The Pei family has been rejected by the emperor. No matter how much His Highness puts effort into the county master, it will be futile. It is better to turn your attention to other ministers in the court."

Mr. Zhuang stroked his half-length beard, and discussed with Chu Yunyi very gently, but, where Chu Yunyi couldn't see, his hands were tightly clenched, and the huge pressure caused a burst of pain behind his back. sweat.

Chu Yunyi was holding several official documents in his hand. Hearing Mr. Zhuang's words, his anger burst out, and he threw all the official documents on the table.

"Mr. Zhuang, if I don't work hard on Gu Ning, is it possible that I want to work hard on Gu Qingqiu, that femme fatale?" Chu Yunyi gritted his teeth and said, "Although the days of the Pei family are declining, the emaciated camel is bigger than a horse. As long as Old General Pei and the eldest princess are still there, other families will be inferior to them. If this king can marry Gu Ning, the army in the hands of the eldest princess alone will be enough for this king..."

"His Royal Highness, the second prince is a lesson for you!" Mr. Zhuang said sadly, "The emperor is suspicious by nature, and he can rest assured that you only associate with civil servants, but if you have a close relationship with military generals... do you think why the thank you banquet came like that? In time? This is all the emperor's plan!"

"He intentionally showed his flaws and caused the second prince to launch a palace change. In this way, the second prince will have no hope at all!"

Mr. Zhuang's words made Chu Yunyi's expression quite ugly.

He stood up suddenly, looking very abrupt in this study.

"No!" Chu Yunyi paced back and forth, appearing very anxious, "This king feels that there is no more suitable princess than Gu Ning!"

Mr. Zhuang closed his eyes, and the thought in his mind intensified: "Your Highness, don't you have other thoughts about... the county lord?"

What responded to him was Chu Yunyi's silence.

His silence made Mr. Zhuang sigh deeply: "Your Highness, you have to think twice! The county lord has an engagement and will get married soon. Even if you have that kind of heart, I'm afraid..."

"Left and right Xie Yan is a threat to this king. Why don't we find an opportunity to get rid of him, which can not only eliminate this threat, but also bring the Pei family into his pocket." Chu Yunyi said with a cold tone, "Mr. Zhuang, you Is there any good way?"

He continued: "Father now trusts Xie Yan very much, and even let him be the commander of the Imperial Army. If you want to start with Father, I'm afraid it will be difficult, but if... you can make Xie Yan suffer from a sudden illness... ...is a good idea."

"This..." Mr. Zhuang hesitated for a long time, then slowly shook his head, "This subordinate is just a literati, how can he know these methods?"

Hearing this, the thought that Chu Yunyi had just raised was immediately dispelled.

"That's true." He said in a low tone, "It seems that this king has to find another person to handle this matter."

The voice fell, and the time of 10 minutes was up.

Gu Ning looked at the sky above his head resentfully, it seems that Mr. Zhuang is indeed not the one who poisoned Xie Yan, but according to what Chu Yunyi said, he really wanted to kill Xie Yan, but he didn't know that he still had What capable subordinate can poison Xie Yan without anyone noticing?

The warm wind blows in the gazebo, but Gu Ning's mood is extremely heavy.

After thinking about it for a while, she decided to go to the Eldest Princess.

"Grandmother!" Panting, Gu Ning ran to the eldest princess, seeing that she was about to leave the palace, she was surprised, "Are you leaving now?"

Logically speaking, shouldn't guests be entertained for the third baptism of the little emperor's grandson?Although the Pei family was left out in the cold by the emperor, but the status of the eldest princess is still there, shouldn't they not even be able to get a meal?

Seeing the surprise in Gu Ning's eyes, the eldest princess chuckled: "What are you thinking? This is what the empress dowager meant. The baptism of the little emperor's grandson is not a big deal. It is said that Zheng Tianshi and Chen Daochang in the palace calculated it together. "

Hearing this, Gu Ning's peach-blossom eyes raised slightly, and said meaningfully: "It seems that the Empress Dowager doesn't want Gu Qingqiu to have this kind of glory."

As the little emperor's grandson's mother and concubine, Gu Qingqiu naturally had to be present at the three rites. The queen mother clearly did not want the little emperor's grandson to have anything to do with Gu Qingqiu.

"As expected of my granddaughter." The Eldest Princess smiled, "The Empress Dowager really hates Gu Qingqiu very much, she has already hugged the little grandson by her side to raise her."

"This..." Gu Ning opened his eyes wide, and silently lit a piece of wax for the queen mother in his heart, "Gu Qingqiu is not a character who will be flattened and rounded by others, she can be troublesome!"

Seeing the unconcealable gloating in Gu Ning's eyes, the Eldest Princess patted her hand helplessly: "Their snipe and clam are fighting, and it's time for us to reap the benefits of the fisherman."

Gu Ning's eyeballs rolled around, and he smiled slyly: "Grandma, why don't we add another fire?"

The sly smile in her eyes stunned the Eldest Princess for a while, and then she laughed: "Okay, okay! What do you want to do?"

"I think..." Gu Ning leaned against the eldest princess and said a few words in a low voice.

The eldest princess' eyes changed instantly, she was in a complicated mood, she glanced at Gu Ning several times: "How did you come up with such a bad move?"

"Isn't it because I've seen them a lot, so I learned to infer other things from one instance." Gu Ning said with a smile, "Grandma, what do you think of my method?"

"It's not bad." The eldest princess thought for a moment, then nodded, "There is no trust between them. This method is the simplest and most effective."

Gu Ning is very confident: "Of course, to Gu Qingqiu, the position of this princess is more important than her life!"

I just don't know, when she sees the true face of the person next to her pillow and realizes that she is in danger surrounded by wolves, will she regret her original choice?

……

The news that the Crown Princess gave birth to the little emperor's grandson is a rare happy event in the capital.

However, I didn't expect that the little emperor's grandson's three baptisms would not be held, and the crown princess was even detained in the bedroom, and could only meet with a few wives.

People in the capital are always aware of current affairs, and they immediately noticed the empress dowager and crown prince's dislike of Gu Qingqiu from this unusual three baptisms.

A disliked concubine without family support, no one can look up to Gu Qingqiu any more.

Gu Qingqiu's palace was deserted, she gave birth to a child and her vitality was seriously injured, it was time to cultivate, but the meals delivered by the kitchen became more perfunctory every time.

"What is this?" Gu Qingqiu threw the bowl of soup in his hand, which was as clear as clear water, on the ground, and the soup splashed all over the floor, scaring the palace people around him to kneel down.

The meals placed on the table looked passable at first glance, but upon closer inspection, one could find that the leaves of the cabbage were withered and yellow. Among the ten dishes, there was almost no meat, and the only one with a bit of oil was the The bowl of soup broken by Gu Qingqiu is gone.

Gu Qingqiu's eyes were ferocious, and his face, which was sunken due to thinness, looked very mean at this moment.

Ban Xia knelt on the ground, not daring to speak at all.

"Say it!" Gu Qingqiu gritted his teeth, "I am the princess! I gave birth to a son for the prince, how dare they treat me like this?"

"This..." Ban Xia looked left and right, his eyes fluttered, but he didn't dare to answer Gu Qingqiu.

Soon, Gu Qingqiu sneered, she was always smart, just looking at Ban Xia's current attitude, she knew that she didn't need to ask any more.

"It's the queen mother." Gu Qingqiu said quietly, "She tortured me on purpose? Want me to make room for others?"

"It's not just the Empress Dowager." A court lady lowered her head, her voice was like a mosquito, "Even His Royal Highness..."

"Shut up!" Ban Xia snapped at the speaking maid.

"Let her speak!" Gu Qingqiu's voice was sharper than hers, "Speak! What's wrong with His Royal Highness?"

The court lady knelt on the ground, and raised her head when she heard the words, her face was covered with tears, and said aggrievedly: "I see that the food delivered by the kitchen is getting worse day by day, and I don't even want to bring a bowl of chicken soup." , That day, he risked his life to stop His Highness the Crown Prince, who knows... Who knows that His Highness just sneered after listening to the servant girl, turned around and left."

"Since then, the people in the kitchen have become more and more serious. Even some little maids and eunuchs who sprinkle water and sweep the floor have become arrogant towards the people in our palace!"

When the maid said this, she wept and said, "Princess Concubine! Why is this? You gave birth to the little emperor's grandson for His Royal Highness, why did they treat you so meanly?"

Gu Qingqiu only felt chills all over her body, she only thought that the Queen Mother would target her, but never thought that Chu Yunyi could be so ruthless!

"Why?" Gu Qingqiu was also full of questions. She raised her head and looked at the furnishings of the palace. These tables, chairs and vases were all chosen by her and Chu Yunyi when they were in love. Every part of the palace , are all memories of her and Chu Yunyi.

Gu Qingqiu slowly clenched his hands, the coldness in her eyes seemed real, she stood up suddenly, and smashed all these vases.

"Men are really ruthless!" When Gu Qingqiu spoke, every word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth.

She has known Chu Yunyi for so many years, and she has paid so much for Chu Yunyi. In the end, Chu Yunyi refused to even give her a bite of food!

Sure enough, her previous choice was correct!A man like Chu Yunyi shouldn't have an offspring!

If he is not benevolent, don't blame yourself for being unrighteous!

Gu Qingqiu's eyes were icy cold, and she only heard her slowly say: "Ban Xia, take some silver and go out, buy some medicine to replenish qi and blood."

Only when she is healthy can she take revenge on those who have bullied her!

The court lady who was crying was already taken out by Ban Xia. Seeing the coldness in Gu Qingqiu's eyes, she was worried, and couldn't help persuading her: "Prince Princess, maybe Your Highness doesn't have what you think..."

"You don't need to persuade me anymore." Gu Qingqiu said lightly, "I have seen him through these days, what is he busy with now?"

Seeing the panic on Ban Xia's face, Gu Qingqiu laughed again, and said quietly: "I'm afraid I'm busy looking for a woman from a noble family to replace me as the princess!"

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