Hibiscus Tent: The Prime Minister’s palm is reborn

Gu Ya watched Liang Qian take the pill.

"Queen Mother..."

After she took the cup from Liang Qian, she stood there without leaving. She moved her lips slightly, a little hesitant.

The news that the Queen Mother had mistakenly worn the Queen's phoenix robe spread like wildfire in the harem.

Although the emperor punished the palace maids and eunuchs related to Hanzhang Palace and banned the concubines in the harem from discussing the matter again, this move could only control people's mouths, not their hearts.

The most puzzling thing is that usually when a mistake like this happens, it should be investigated thoroughly to find out whether it was an unintentional mistake or someone did something deliberate?

But the emperor only looked at the empress dowager tenderly in front of all the concubines when he was leaving, and said ambiguously that the empress dowager's supreme and noble status in the harem was unmatched, and that from now on, whatever the empress dowager wanted to do was right.

That indulgent and tolerant tone made people shudder with fear.

Gu Ya did not forget the shocked expressions of the Queen and the concubines at that time, nor did she forget the resentful look that Concubine Shu gave her.

Recently, there have been rumors in the harem that the Empress Dowager and the Emperor are having an affair.

A eunuch who served closely in the Taiji Hall said that when he was helping the emperor bathe, he accidentally saw another circle of scabbed teeth marks on his left shoulder.

It is said that the empress dowager left that place on purpose when the emperor and the empress dowager were having a secret meeting, in order to prevent the emperor from getting close to the concubines and palace maids around him.

Otherwise, why has the emperor been staying alone in Taiji Hall recently? He has even forgotten about Wei Zhaoyi, his former favorite? Instead, he goes to the Empress Dowager's bedroom whenever he has something to do?

Look at the concubines who came to pay their respects every day. They just followed the convention, listened to the empress dowager's instructions, and then left in a hurry, never daring to stay any longer.

After all, the day before yesterday, there was a newly-appointed Longhui who could not resist verbally mocking the empress dowager, but he happened to be caught by the emperor. He was dragged out of the palace and beaten to death on the spot. The emperor also ordered the concubines to go and see, to see who dared to disrespect the empress dowager again in the future.

You have to know that Long Hui’s position is not low, but you can’t just kill him.

Nowadays, even the queen, who used to visit Hanzhang Palace frequently, rarely comes to it.

How can we go on like this?

She didn't believe that the empress dowager knew nothing about this, but instead of hiding it, she became even more intimate with the emperor.

……

Gu Ya bit her lip, feeling very worried.

Liang Qian held her chin up and concentrated on playing chess. After placing a move, she raised her chin to Gao Yang on the opposite side and said, "Don't be distracted. It's your turn."

Gao Yang glanced at Gu Ya next to him, picked up a black piece from the agate chess box and placed it on the chessboard.

He raised his eyes: "If this continues, the Queen Mother will lose."

Liang Qian smiled and said, "It's too early to talk about winning or losing now."

After I finished speaking, I realized that Gu Ya was still standing aside with her head down.

Liang Qian turned her head and looked at her: "Go down and have a rest."

No matter how reluctant Gu Ya was, he had to bow and retreat.

There was no one else in the hall, only the light and transparent pearl curtain swaying gently.

Gao Yang took a look and said: "Gu Ya is a loyal person."

Liang Qian didn't even raise her eyes, but placed another move.

Gao Yang, however, was not in the mood to play chess.

In Hanguang Palace, he had a severe fever and did not wake up until dawn.

He turned around and found that she was not only sleeping beside him, but also hugging him.

He froze and dared not move.

He vaguely remembered that he seemed to see his mother in a daze. He didn't know why, but he felt extremely sad, as if all the grievances and fears that had been pent up for so long... burst out at that moment.

He cried, held her hand and said a lot of things, but she couldn't remember exactly what he said.

In short, he refused to let go no matter what.

Until later, his mother patted him and coaxed him to sleep...

It's not the queen mother, but her.

He just slept in her arms all night?

He was angry, hateful and embarrassed, and blamed himself for being sick and confused.

Just as she was getting angry, she woke up and sat up immediately.

Regardless of the expression on his face, she took his forehead temperature and checked his pulse.

He turned his head away from her, but his eyes caught a glimpse of the ramie cloth soaked in a basin of water, the ice that had not yet completely melted on the ground, and the oil lamp that was almost burned out.

Looking at her again, her hair was loose, her clothes were untied, and her usually delicate and beautiful face was slightly blue, obviously she had not slept all night.

Or maybe more than one night.

After all, he didn't know how long he had been unconscious.

I had the angry words in my mouth, but I couldn't say them out loud.

It was also at that moment that he felt that no matter what angry words he said to her, she would not really abandon him or ignore him.

It was she who teamed up with others to destroy him, and it was also she who saved his life several times.

He really doesn't understand.

"Why do you still care about me? I am no longer the emperor."

His eyes were sore that he just lowered his head and asked her in a hoarse voice.

She poured a glass of water and pressed it into his hand.

"Should I die if I'm no longer the emperor?"

He sat on the couch and looked at her.

She also sat and looked at him, her eyes not flickering or avoiding: "Even if you are no longer the emperor, you are still Gao Yang, still yourself. Everyone can have many identities, but only one self."

She didn't say anything more, just stood up and looked at him, then took out a letter from her bosom and placed it beside his pillow.

Then she left.

He stared blankly at her back, full of questions.

Finally, he opened the letter.

The letter was written to Gao Huan, Prince of Yong'an.

As for the content of the letter, it was exactly the same as the one Gao Hao showed to others in public.

When he finished reading the letter, she came back with a bowl of chestnut porridge in her hand.

It was also on that day that he drank the medicine while listening to her calmly telling the hidden story of the Liuhua Garden.

Although she had made preparations for both scenarios from the beginning, the person she wanted to kill the most was still Gao Hao.

But man proposes, God disposes.

In fact, it's not just her, it's the same for him.

She never expected that the Lu family had secretly formed an alliance with Gao Hao, and she never expected that the concubine would actually commit herself to Gao Hao and was already pregnant.

now--

Gao Yang slowly lowered his head and sighed softly: "If I hadn't helped the Imperial Grandmother by mistake, Gao Huan might not have died, and we wouldn't have ended up like this. It's my fault for not trusting you and disrupting your plan..."

Liang Qian chewed on the word "we" in his mouth and patted him gently.

"Whether it's Gao Huan or Gao Hao, they are just birds of a feather. What's the difference? If there is a difference, it's just that the way they eat us is different."

Gao Yang forced a smile: "Don't comfort me."

Liang Qian shook her head: "At the beginning, since I prepared two secret letters, I naturally didn't really count on anyone. No matter who dies, it is not a loss for us. Besides, even if Gao Hao was not sitting in that position today, there would still be someone else."

She paused, and continued, "If the emperor wants to live and sit on the throne, he must either hold great power and no one can shake it, or he can only become a puppet and be manipulated by others."

Gao Yang lowered his eyes: "What about my father?"

Liang Qian was silent for a moment, then said, "He just wants to be a real high-level diver."

Gao Yang frowned and looked at her.

My memories of my father are very few.

Come to think of it, it seems that I have never seen his appearance clearly.

Not to mention getting along.

What I remember most vividly is a dark figure that stood alone in the world.

Gao Yang lowered his head.

The hall was silent for a long time, each of them thinking about their own things.

Gao Yang hesitated for a moment, then raised his eyes: "You have always known that it was me who stole the antidote and gave it to the Empress?"

Liang Qian nodded gently: "Yes."

"Then why didn't you stop me?" Gao Yang looked at her in shock: "Could it be... that you wanted to use someone else to kill her?"

Liang Qian turned around and looked at the new jade bead curtain that Gao Hao had ordered to be added to her palace, and smiled slightly.

"I would rather she live than die."

The eyes are cold.

Gao Yang suddenly remembered the pair of desperate and unwilling eyes of the Imperial Grandmother before her death, or maybe there was something else in them.