After the rebirth, I became the darling of the tyrant

Xiao Ting sent a secret letter to Nei Tingwei, telling them to rescue Yunshuang's family first and bring them back to Shenjing.

He knew that even though he had almost folded the empress dowager's wings, she still had her own channels to know some news outside the palace.It's just that due to the loss of manpower, the speed of delivering news is not as good as before. I'm afraid it will take a while before we know about Yunshuang's family being robbed.

And Xiao Tingshen just needs to convince Yunshuang before that.

About half a month before the big wedding, Nei Tingwei finally sent a secret report, saying that Yunshuang's family had been rescued and brought back to Shenjing to settle down secretly.Most of the remaining power of the empress dowager was used to guard Yunshuang's family, so in this conflict with the inner court guard, the inner court guard suffered a lot of damage.

"How's the situation?" Gu Chen asked Xiao Tingshen.

"Two people died and sixteen were injured." Xiao Tingshen looked at the secret report and said, "The inner court guard dispatched a total of 120 people, which is already the elite among the elite."

Although Gu Chen has never had direct contact with the mysterious inner court guards, he also knows a lot of rumors about them from Jiang Chong. Net worth.Their training is even more severe, so all of them are masters of one against ten.

"Probably..." Jiang Chong thought for a while when describing to Gu Chen, "The two inner court guards together are equal to you. There are probably more than 2000 people in the inner court guards, that is more than 1000 you! My God, really horrible."

Although Gu Chen was helpless and funny to Jiang Chong's description at the time, he also had an intuitive understanding of the strength of the inner court guard.So when he heard that two people had died and 16 people had been injured, he couldn't help but frowned.

Unexpectedly, even if it was only the remnants of the Empress Dowager, they would still have such a great ability.

"Don't frown." Xiao Ting knew that he couldn't bear it, reached out his hand to smooth his frowning eyebrows, and said in a low voice, "Zhen will take good care of their families." Pen Fun Pavilion m. biqiudu. com

Because the inner court guards belonged directly to the emperor and were directly responsible for the emperor's security and private spies, almost all of them carried their heads in their hands, so everyone's salary was very high.If they died, the government would allocate enough silver taels to comfort their families. What Xiao Tingshen said was that he would add another sum to the pension silver.

Gu Chen felt hot and nodded.

"Don't worry." Xiao Tingshen continued, "This is her last sliver of strength. Naturally, she must be more ruthless in her dying struggle."

Gu Chen glanced at him in surprise: Xiao Tingshen directly saw through his two thoughts.

Xiao Tingshen noticed the look in his eyes, and raised his eyebrows involuntarily: Gu Chen's temperament is not that complicated, and he can be figured out easily.He and Gu Chen have been living together for almost three months, so it will be easier to see through his thoughts... But is Gu Chen so surprised?

Xiao Tingshen couldn't help but reflect on himself - how badly did he perform in the past to surprise Gu Chen so much?

"Did I used to be..." Xiao Ting carefully considered his words, "You have a lot of opinions on me?"

Gu Chen hesitated for a moment. He remembered the glass of poisoned wine in his previous life, the night he just returned to Beijing, and the previous quarrels, and Xiao Tingshen's use of Princess Chun'an to force him to rub his shoulders and legs, and that he couldn't suppress it at all. temper tantrum...

If I'm being honest, the answer should be "yes".

But he was a little hesitant, thinking that if he denied this, he would probably appear too hypocritical.Isn't it obvious that he had deep opinions and misunderstandings about Xiao Ting in the past?He was a little unable to tell such an obvious lie.

Xiao Tingshen: "...I want to hear you tell the truth."

Gu Chen blinked, and smiled innocently at him: "...Yes."

Xiao Ting stared at him deeply for a moment, and just when Gu Chen thought he was going to be unhappy, he actually laughed.

Gu Chen:?

"I have so many shortcomings in your eyes, and you don't like me so much, but you still like me." Xiao Ting was deeply satisfied, "I am very happy."

Gu Chen: "..."

Although he looked a little bit wanting to laugh and a little embarrassed, he still didn't refute the sentence of "like".

Because Yunshuang's family had already been settled, Xiao Tingshen immediately found an excuse, and when Yunshuang went to the Inner Court Department to collect the order, she was directly arrested and sent to the sky prison, and he strictly ordered everyone present to wait, and no one was allowed to give up. Shoukang Palace tipped off the news.

Even though the empress dowager would eventually know about it, all Xiao Tingshen wanted was this little time.He ordered Jiang Chong to put Yun Shuang into the prison. The big court lady looked surprised, but she was very calm. She didn't question Jiang Chong until the prison door was locked: "I don't know what mistake I made. Your Majesty dispatched Longxiang Guards to arrest the servants?"

Jiang Chong was taken aback: He is a straightforward person, but he is not at all ignorant of the bloody storm between the Empress Dowager and Her Majesty.He remembered the reason Xiao Tingshen explained earlier, and immediately said: "The empress dowager has been ill for a long time, and you have been serving on the bed near her. The empress's health has not improved, and it must be related to you."

This was simply finding fault: no one knew better than Yunshuang and Jiang Chong, who was in charge of guarding, whether the empress dowager was ill or not.However, even if the commander of Long Xiangwei opened his eyes and told nonsense, Yun Shuang would not be able to expose it on the spot.She just bit her lip unwillingly and said, "I want to see Your Majesty."

Jiang Chong stared, and said stiffly: "Your Majesty, you can see it whenever you want? Just stay."

After speaking, he locked the cell door with a clatter, and walked out.Unexpectedly, as soon as they reached the door of the dungeon, they saw a slender figure standing there.The person who came was as graceful as jade, gentle and handsome, it was Gu Chen.

Jiang Chong: "Why did you come here?"

"I'll come and talk to her."

Jiang Chong seemed to be taken aback, and looked behind him involuntarily: "Your Majesty is here too?"

"There is no Your Majesty." Gu Chen couldn't laugh or cry, "Only me."

Jiang Chong touched his nose: "I thought you were here, how could His Majesty not come..."

Gu Chen's face became hot: Although he once denied to Jiang Chong that he liked Xiao Tingshen, after all, the series of things after that were too obvious.Jiang Chong is the commander of Long Xiangwei who accompanied Xiao Tingshen, and the inner court guards protected Xiao Tingshen both openly and secretly. Since he is by Xiao Tingshen's side, it is impossible not to know.

As a result, he had already skipped the fact that Gu Chen denied liking Xiao Tingshen, and directly acquiesced in the relationship between the two of them.

"My coming is also allowed by His Majesty." Gu Chen sighed, "He said that if you are worried, you can watch from the side."

In fact, it was Xiao Tingshen who wanted to come over in person, but was stopped by Gu Chen, who said he would come and talk to Yunshuang first.Xiao Tingshen agreed after hesitating for a while - he himself knew that he was more likely to directly torture someone to extract a confession than having a long talk with someone, and his patience was always pitiful, especially when the big wedding was approaching .

But in order to ensure Gu Chen's safety, he also gave an order that Jiang Chong should stand by and watch.Gu Chen couldn't see what Yunshuang, a weak woman, could do to him, but he couldn't bear to ignore Xiao Tingshen's kindness, so he took a step back and agreed.

He and Jiang Chong returned to the dungeon.It was gloomy here, exuding a clammy dampness.The place where Yunshuang was locked up was for serious criminals, and the prison next to it had just died, and the blood on the shackles hadn't dried completely.

And she was just sitting there staring at the bloody shackles, seemingly in a daze.

"Do you need to lock her up?" Jiang Chong asked.

"It's okay, there's no need." Gu Chen said, "I'm just here to talk."

When Yunshuang heard the noise, she shifted her gaze.Her eyes flicked past Jiang Chong, and stopped directly on Gu Chen's body. Immediately, there was a wave of waves in her originally calm eyes.

Seeing Gu Chen appear, she knew why he came.As the empress dowager's close maid, she certainly knew the tension between Xiao Tingshen and the empress dowager, as well as Gu Chen's position in it.

So she didn't say any more "I want to see Your Majesty", but said coldly: "I will not betray the empress dowager, you should die as soon as possible."

"you--"

Jiang Chong couldn't see anyone being rude to Gu Chen, and immediately wanted to teach her a lesson, but Gu Chen raised his hand and stopped him.Gu Chen stared at her calmly for a while, then said softly: "Is it not possible, or dare not?"

Yunshuang's pupils shrank, and her eyes became more vigilant: "What do you want to say?"

Gu Chen didn't speak.Yun Shuang stared at him closely, and after a while, she suddenly got up and grabbed the railing of the dungeon, her voice suddenly became sharp: "What do you want to say? What do you know?"

Gu Chen observed her carefully for a while, and then slowly said: "I only know that the Queen Mother is kind, and for the sake of your hard work in the palace for many years, she rewarded your family with a house and an acre of land, and treated your family well." What a blessing."

These were all the contents of the secret report sent back by the inner court guard when he was investigating Yunshuang. Apart from Xiao Tingshen, only Gu Chen knew about it.And Gu Chen said this just to test Yunshuang's attitude-does she know about her family's imprisoned situation?What is she thinking?

As soon as Gu Chen's voice fell, Yunshuang was shocked, and his whole body began to tremble.She stared at Gu Chen, but her eyes were very strange, full of despair, but there was a faint glimmer of hope in the despair.

Seeing her performance like this, Gu Chen's heart dropped for the most part.It seems that she is not completely loyal to the Empress Dowager. There are many factors of coercion and fear. She did not immediately deny or defend the Empress Dowager, which shows that there is room for negotiation on this matter.

"I want to talk to you." Gu Chen said, "Tell me what you know, and I will return your family to you. What do you think?"

Yunshuang was silent again.She stared at Gu Chen for a while, before a sneer broke out from the corner of her lips: "...I don't believe it."

As she spoke, she looked Gu Chen up and down, and said in a low voice: "I have done so many things for the empress dowager, will you let me go?...Even if you are willing to let me go, your majesty will let me go...? I From the first time I helped her, I knew that I was that ghost. I have no retreat, and there is no way to retreat. If I am loyal to her, maybe I still have a chance of life; but if I fall to you, there is only a dead end one."

As she spoke, the corners of her lips twitched slightly, and her smile changed from cold to desolate: "Do you think so, Mr. Gu?"

Unexpectedly, Gu Chen nodded.He was not angry, but said very calmly: "If the positions were reversed, I would think the same as you, so I brought someone here."

As he spoke, he greeted the outside: "Let him in."

Yun Shuang was still a little confused at first, but after hearing Gu Chen's words, all doubts turned into unbelievable shock.She stared at Gu Chen tremblingly for a while, and then rushed to the cell door, holding the door and looking out desperately.

A tall, thin man stepped out of the shadows and stood in front of her.He looked at her, smiled and said, "Sister."