I'm reborn, only a fool would spoil you

Concubine Xiang tilted her head to look at Empress Gao with a happy expression on her face, and did not forget to cover her mouth lightly with a handkerchief, letting out a few "chuckles" to mock her.

After laughing, he continued to sneer:

"Sister Queen, please call Gao Shu into the palace to comfort her. If she really gets upset and finds a brothel to lie down with her legs spread apart, letting thousands of men ride on her and trample on her, then you really don't want to live anymore."

When Empress Gao heard these harsh words, she became so angry that her lips began to tremble.

When she was about to use her status as the Queen to rebuke Concubine Xiang for her immoral words and foul language, Concubine Xiang had already turned around triumphantly, twisted her waist and walked away.

"The villain has succeeded!" Empress Gao gritted her teeth in hatred and cursed in a low voice at Concubine Xiang's departing back.

After cursing a few times, Empress Gao was still very angry.

After thinking for a while, she simply ordered the senior palace maid beside her: "Go, call Gao Shu in for me. I have something to ask her."

After saying this, Empress Gao no longer had the mood to take a walk and went straight back to Fengzao Palace to wait.

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(Warm reminder: Empress Gao issued two instructions. The first one was "Gao Shu is not allowed to enter the palace, let her go", and the second one was "She is allowed to enter the palace". There is a time difference here.)

As soon as Gao Shu jumped off the carriage and arrived at the palace gate, she was stopped by the palace guards with swords drawn.

"You are not allowed to go in directly, and you have to wait."

Gao Shu stamped her feet and grumbled in dissatisfaction.

Unexpectedly, she waited and waited outside the palace gate for nearly two quarters of an hour, and finally a familiar little eunuch came.

She recognized the young eunuch as he was from the palace of the Queen's aunt.

But the young eunuch said coldly: "Miss Gao, please go back. The Queen said that you are not a good person and you should go to the ancestral hall to reflect on your mistakes with your mother."

Gao Shu: ???

What the hell?

The Queen Aunt refused to see her?

If even the Queen Auntie is unwilling to help her, is she destined to become a concubine in the Shen family?

So Gao Shu rushed forward excitedly, grabbed the eunuch's arm, and started to make a scene: "No, no, no, Aunt Queen can't treat me like this, I am her biological niece..."

There are few people in the palace who don't flatter the powerful and bully the weak, and the young eunuch is no exception. Seeing the downtrodden Gao Shu making a fuss, he kicked her to the ground and angrily shouted:

"What? Do you think the palace is your home? Get out of here now!"

After saying this, the young eunuch flicked his sleeves and walked away.

Gao Shu was left lying on the ground, touching her painful lower abdomen and trying hard not to cry.

At this moment, Gao Shu deeply experienced the fickleness of the world.

Thinking back to the time, how much respect and flattery did the young eunuchs under the Queen's aunt have shown her? Now, even a dead eunuch dares to kick her?

Gao Shu bulged her frog-like eyes, bit her lips, and glared hatefully at the eunuch's departing back.

At this moment, a palace guard came over with a big knife to drive her away: "Go away, go away, hurry up, don't lie on the ground and get in the way."

The other guards looked on with cold eyes and sneered, and each of them looked down upon the downtrodden Gao Shu.

The personal maid was a timid person, so she quickly helped Gao Shu up from the ground and said in a low voice:

"Miss, please return home quickly. The Queen is unwilling to help you. It will be useless even if you wait until tomorrow morning."

The head maid persuaded cautiously.

But no matter how careful you are, it's no use. Gao Shu doesn't like what he says.

Gao Shu got even angrier when she heard this.

Gao Shu gave the maid a loud slap, venting all her anger on the servant. After she had beaten the maid and felt a little relieved, she jumped into the carriage.

Go home.

On the way back, Gao Shu was extremely anxious. Apart from her aunt the Queen, she really couldn't think of anyone else in the world who could help her.

"Prince cousin?"

Gao Shu thought about it and decided that this was the only candidate.

But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also lives in the palace, and she can't even enter the palace gate. How can she go to the Crown Prince to complain?

At this moment, a commotion suddenly broke out on the road, and pedestrians screamed everywhere.

Gao Shu, who was in the carriage, was startled and quickly opened the curtain. She saw the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice leading a team of officers and soldiers to surround a carriage and pull out an official inside alive.

The official lost his balance and fell headfirst to the ground with a thud. Several cold, gleaming swords were immediately placed on his neck...

He was quickly grabbed and put into the prison van.

Along with the official's servants, they were also escorted to the Ministry of Justice prison.

Pedestrians watching the excitement on the roadside were whispering:

"Have you heard? The Li family was raided this afternoon, and several beautiful young ladies were all imprisoned."

"All the young ladies were imprisoned? I'm afraid the Music Bureau will add new people. They will be very happy to kill that pervert."

"Oh my God." Gao Shu closed her eyes in fear.

It turned out that Gao Shu recognized this official. He was a relatively well-respected person around her cousin the Crown Prince. She used to have a good relationship with the official's daughters and would occasionally make plans to go out and play together.

In recent months, Prince Jing's party has been besieging the Crown Prince's party, but Gao Shu is just a girl and the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion has not been affected, so she does not have a deep understanding of this matter.

It was not until she witnessed the disaster in her friend's family that Gao Shu clearly realized that her cousin, the prince, was in dire straits and could no longer take care of himself.

I'm afraid I don't have the energy to take care of her marriage anymore.

It is even possible that there is no power to manage it, and even if one wants to manage it, one cannot do so.

Thinking of this, Gao Shu suddenly looked desperate. She really didn't know who else she could ask for help.

Unexpectedly, just as she was getting anxious, a young eunuch suddenly shouted from behind the carriage:

"Miss Gao, please stay. The Queen is summoning you to the palace."

Gao Shu: ???

The Queen Aunt actually changed her mind?

Are you willing to see her again?

The dejection on Gao Shu's face disappeared immediately, and she immediately became excited as if she had been injected with chicken blood, urging the coachman to return to the palace quickly.

Quarter of an hour later, Gao Shu arrived at Fengzao Palace and knelt in front of Queen Gao with a happy face.

"Aunt Queen, you are finally willing to see Shu'er."

At this time, Empress Gao was leaning sickly on the beauty couch by the window with her eyes closed, resting. When she heard Gao Shu's voice, she immediately opened her eyes in annoyance.

She glanced at Gao Shu indifferently, and then asked coldly: "Shu'er, are you really willing to marry Shen Yixiao and stay by his side for the rest of your life, even if he doesn't love you that much?"

Gao Shu didn't even think twice about this question and answered, "Of course!"

Anyway, what she was interested in was the title of Mrs. Shen and the power of the Shen family in the southwest, which had little to do with Shen Yixiao.

She had thought it through long ago; all she wanted was power.

Anyone who has been down and out knows that the most important thing in the world is to have power and status, otherwise you will be bullied by everyone like she is now.

Gao Shu eagerly hugged Queen Gao's thighs and begged:

"Aunt Queen, please help my niece. When I have power in the future, I will definitely help you and my cousin the Crown Prince. I, Gao Shu, am not an ungrateful person. I know how to be grateful."

grateful?

return?

Queen Gao knew this well and knew that she couldn't rely on Gao Shu.

But Empress Gao couldn't stand the sarcasm and ridicule from Concubine Xiang in the Imperial Garden.

What she couldn't stand was that once Gao Shu really became a concubine, with Concubine Xiang's character, she would definitely talk about it every day, ridicule her family every day, and make fun of her for the rest of her life!

She didn't want to hear those harsh words again.

I don't want to hear any more.

Even if it was just to prove herself, Empress Gao would do her best to help Gao Shu and support her to take the position of Madam Shen.

What's more, once Gao Shu gave birth to the Shen family's child, it would be beneficial to her and the prince.

Based on this, Empress Gao said calmly: "Gao Shu, it is not difficult for you to become Madam Shen. Your aunt can do it for you. But you have to agree to one condition of your aunt."

Are there any conditions?

Gao Shu was stunned for a moment, but she quickly said, "Okay, no matter what conditions my aunt puts forward, my niece can agree to them."

For her, the most important thing right now is to marry Shen Yixiao as soon as possible. As for these additional conditions, she will fulfill them if she is willing to do so in the future, and will simply ignore them if she is not willing.

Anyway, she has married far away in the southwest, and the Queen and her aunt are out of reach and will not be able to threaten her in the future.

As she was thinking this, Queen Gao spoke:

"The conditions are very simple. After you marry into the Shen family, you are not allowed to be willful and capricious anymore. You must curb your arrogant temper and be a virtuous and good wife. Even if your virtue is just a false appearance, it's fine."

Gao Shu: ???

What kind of condition is this?

Besides, she has a good temper. She will be tough when necessary to avoid being bullied by bad people. Why should she restrain herself?

(Uh, Gao Shu really has no self-awareness.)

However, she dared not openly express her blind confidence, but instead made a false and obedient promise:

"Don't worry, Aunt Queen. I will keep this in mind and will never embarrass you."

Could Empress Gao believe such perfunctory words that everyone would say?

Of course I can't trust it.

Of course, Empress Gao's real intention was not to drink. She just smiled and nodded, and then added:

"Very good, Shu'er, your aunt believes in you. In addition, in order to help you gain a foothold in the Shen family in the southwest, when you get married in the future, I will arrange for a dozen capable maids in the palace to accompany you as a dowry."

Dowry?

And there are more than a dozen of them arranged at once?

So generous?

Are you sure it's just to help Gao Shu gain a foothold in the Shen family in the southwest?

As the person involved, Gao Shu didn't think much about it. To her, it was just a dozen old servants, not a big deal, so why wouldn't she agree?

"Okay. Shu'er thanks aunt for taking care of her." Gao Shu agreed immediately.

She agreed, but how was the Queen Aunt going to marry her to Shen Yixiao? After all, Mu Shaoheng and Shen Yixiao disagreed and were only willing to accept her as a concubine.

Just when Gao Shu was full of doubts and wanted to ask, she saw Empress Gao smiled again: "Then it's settled. Shu'er, you are tired today, go back to the mansion and rest first."

Well, that's sending her away.

Gao Shu didn't give up and still insisted on asking: "Aunt, how do you plan to convince the King of Zhenbian and the others?"

Empress Gao said mysteriously, "Don't ask about this. Just go back home and wait for good news."