Chapter 195 (Dead)
After the mid-autumn festival, the draft is held every three years.
Although the emperor has been severely deficient in the past few years, he is not as lewd as before, but he is still as lustful as ever. Half a month before the draft begins, he begins to select portraits.
"These are more pleasing to the eye, and Concubine Ai must remember to keep them." The emperor glanced at Shen Mushen, and Shen Mushen gave the portrait to Gu Chaochao. Shen Mushen leaned over: "The queen is the mother of a country, and she needs her to honor the world. Now the queen is mad. If she is in charge of the phoenix seal again, I'm afraid the world will laugh at her ." I gave it to the imperial concubine," the emperor paused for a moment after speaking, gritted his teeth and hated, "If the imperial concubine is the queen, she will not be as incompetent as she is." Shen Mu said nothing. The emperor took a deep breath: "It's a pity that the abolition of the queen is too much involved, and I find it troublesome, so if she can't, let her continue..." When he heard the news, Gu Chaochao was applying medicine to Shen Mushen, and he suddenly wrinkled when he heard the news. Brows: "The emperor's front legs were abolished and the queen was blocked, and the queen's hind legs died. Who would believe that this was an accident?" "The death of the queen is a foregone conclusion. He is also the emperor, so what if you don't believe it?" Shen Mushen asked back. Gu Chaochao clicked his tongue: "That's right, this emperor has become more and more unruly in his work recently. This trick will directly make those who oppose shut up." "The queen is crazy and shouldn't do it again . The mother of a country." Shen Mushen's tone did not fluctuate. Gu Chaochao shrugged: "It's only been so long, there are already two crazy people, the palace has been really uneasy recently."
The queen was still thinking about it behind closed doors, so the draft issue naturally fell on Gu Chaochao's head.
Gu Chaochao flipped through a few of them at random, nodded with a smile, and said, "My concubine remembers it."
"My concubine is virtuous and graceful, and I can be at ease." After the emperor praised a few words, he began to be absent-minded.
Gu Chaochao knew that he was going to the recently favored little palace maid, so he directly bid farewell. When the emperor saw her sense of interest, a sense of guilt filled his heart, and after she left, he turned his head and said to Shen Mushen: "Noble concubine is fine, it's just that I'm old, I really can't keep my mouth shut, otherwise I'll call her a harem. "
As long as the emperor has a heart, even if she is not favored, she can still make her favor the harem." Shen Mu replied with her eyes lowered.
The emperor nodded thoughtfully: "You are right."
So the next morning, the reward of flowing water entered the Chenshi Palace again.
Gu Chaochao looked at the things in the yard and couldn't help sighing: "There are so many, the warehouse can't be filled."
Shen Mushen, who came to send the reward, heard the words and raised his lips: "The Chenshi Palace is indeed smaller."
"It's already the number one in the harem. The second largest palace," Gu Chaochao laughed, "no matter how big it is, it will be the Queen's Phoenix Palace."
Shen Mushen's eyes moved slightly.
Gu Chaochao asked someone to bring a plate of cakes over: "This is something I've recently researched, how do you taste it?"
Shen Mu took a piece and said it was delicious before putting it in his mouth, which made Gu Chaochao burst into laughter again. . After making Gu Chaochao happy, he simply took a sip.
"It's really good," he commented.
Gu Chaochao smiled: "I think it's good too." Harem life is too boring, she usually can only study some food to pass the time.
Shen Mushen chatted with her for a few more words before turning around and leaving.
Three days later, the queen suffered from hysteria and ran out of the Fengxi Palace barefoot, yelling and scolding as she ran. The emperor was furious when he heard the news, and immediately abolished the empress.
It's a pity that abolishing the queen is not as easy as disposing of the palace concubine. It is not so easy to do. Just the opposition of those conservatives in the previous dynasty can make him give up this idea.
But anyone with a discerning eye could see that even if the emperor gave up, he would only give up temporarily, and he became more and more angry because of the opposition of the courtiers.
"I am the honor of the ninety-five, the emperor, she is a crazy woman, why does she occupy the position of my queen!" After the emperor came down to court, he fell and smashed in the imperial study, "People can't be destroyed if they are crazy, they can Do you see this emperor in your eyes?!"
"Your Majesty..."
"Shut up!" The emperor smashed the teacup in his hand with his backhand. His forehead was torn apart, and there were also several scars on his smooth forehead, and blood flowed down Yin Yin.
The emperor calmed down a lot.
"Your Majesty, calm down, don't hurt your body." Shen Mushen didn't deal with the wound, but was still comforting him.
The emperor pursed his lips and sneered: "They are all pillars of the dynasty, but they are not as considerate as you, a jerk."
Shen Mushen did not react at all to the contempt in his words: "Thank you for your praise."
"You said, I should Shouldn't the queen be abolished?" Shen Mu was very smart, and had been managing memorials, the emperor had asked him frequently about court affairs in the past two years.
On weekdays he asked, and Shen Mushen answered directly, but today he suddenly knelt down: "The servant dare not answer."
"Why not?" The emperor looked impatient, "Could it be that you are like them and feel that I should Let the mad woman be the queen?"
Before the words were finished, a little eunuch hurried in and saw the emperor plopped down and kneeled. Going down: "The emperor is not good, the yellow-haired parrot in the imperial garden got rained last night, and it won't work today!" The
emperor frowned, and before he could speak, Shen Mushen reprimanded one step ahead: "Bold! Don't look at it! Look at this place, how dare you use such a trivial matter to harass the emperor! The parrot is dead, and if you change another one, why is it so inspiring!" The
little eunuch shivered with fright.
The emperor also wanted to lose his temper, but after hearing Shen Mushen's words, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
Taking advantage of his stunned skills, Shen Mushen drove the little eunuch out, and when he looked back, he saw him laughing.
"Your Majesty, why are you so happy?" Shen Mu asked with a deep expression.
The emperor gave him a smug look: "Of course it's the queen's business, you didn't get any inspiration from what you just said?"
Shen Mu was deeply puzzled.
"I don't think you are so smart, it seems that it's nothing more than that," the emperor snorted arrogantly, and then explained to him in a good mood, "It's not easy to dethrone the queen, but it's easy to kill her, the queen is now mad, It's not impossible for her to be terminally ill, if she dies, wouldn't she be able to not only be a queen, but also a new queen?"
Shen Mushen heard the words, lowered his eyes and bowed to him: "Your Majesty, wise."
That afternoon, The queen jumped into the well because of her madness and died.
After speaking, and the dressing was finished, she glanced at the white cloth on his forehead and laughed: "Why does it make it worse? Handsome?"
Shen Mushen's cold and white face showed a little redness: "The maiden always makes fun of the servants, the oil-headed and pink-faced, how can they look good." The men of this dynasty regarded beards as beauty, but he couldn't keep any beards at all. feel good looking.
Hearing his arrogance, Gu Chaochao wanted to knock him on the head, but when he raised his hand, he remembered that he had a wound on his head, so he could only give up: "Before you say this, you should really listen to what the palace has to say."
"What did you say?" Shen Mu was deeply curious.
Gu Chaochao squinted at him: "It is said that General Manager Shen is not inferior to Pan An in appearance, and is one of the rare beautiful men in the world."
"Really?" Shen Mu smiled deeply, "Where's the Empress? Do you think so? "
Of course not." Gu Chaochao vetoed.
The smile on Shen Mushen's face froze for a moment.
Only then did Gu Chaochao smile: "Mushen is here, he is the most beautiful man in the world, and the only one."
Shen Mushen repeated the word 'is the only' in his heart, and lowered his eyes to cover his emotions: "The maiden is in the hearts of slaves. , is also the number one beauty in the world, the only one."
"Come on, I'm almost fifty now, so don't tease me." Gu Chaochao smiled, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes overflowed, but he didn't lose his charm at all.
Shen Mu smiled deeply and lowered his eyes: "What the servant said is true."
Gu Chaochao nodded with a smile, and told him to eat, drink and rest a few days before sending him away.
As soon as the queen died, Gu Chaochao became the best candidate for the queen. Although the queen wanted to send another woman into the palace, it was a pity that the emperor had already made up his mind and issued an imperial decree directly.
Although Gu Chaochao guessed early in the morning that he would be the next queen, he was still dizzy when he received the imperial decree. This is different from the world of the previous mortal enemy. At that time, being a queen was because the male protagonist was the emperor, and the two walked on a love line, but being a queen here is a career line, and you can better appreciate the joy brought by power.
"It's over, I've fallen." She looked at the phoenix robe that Shen Mushen brought, and couldn't help rubbing her face.
Shen Mu laughed deeply: "My lady will be able to move to Fengxi Palace after the draft is over."
Gu Chaochao showed hesitation when he heard that he was about to move.
"Niangniang, don't be afraid, the former queen fell into the well and died in the warm pavilion, not in the Fengxi Palace." Shen Mu deeply comforted.
Gu Chaochao rubbed his arms: "That's pretty scary too."
"If Niangniang is afraid, then continue to live in the Chenshi Palace. The Fengxi Palace will be used as a warehouse." Shen Mushen didn't force it.
Gu Chaochao laughed when he heard the words: "It sounds too domineering to occupy two palaces by one person. Now that things are going on, I'd better keep a low profile.
"
Gu Chaochao patted his arm and moved to Fengxi Palace.
The Fengxi Palace was twice as large as the Chenshi Palace, and the original palace staff in the Chenshi Palace were not enough, so Gu Chaochao simply kept all the people from the previous Fengxi Palace. After Shen Mushen heard the news, he had to spend a day screening one by one, shaving off all those who were deeply related to the former queen, leaving only some reliable ones.
A few days after Gu Chaochao entered the Fengxi Palace, the audition was almost over. The emperor was addicted to beauty and couldn't care about her for the time being. She really lived a comfortable life for a few days.
Most of the palace people in the former Fengxi Palace were thrown away by Shen Mushen, and what was left were some honest ones, but Gu Chaochao still chose a day to call everyone to set the rules.
It was early in the morning, and there was a cloud of darkness standing in the courtyard. As soon as Gu Chaochao came out of the room, Eunuch Li stepped forward to help him: "Empress Empress, except for A Cui, who is still ill, everyone is here.
" Are you still sick?" Gu Chaochao frowned.
A Cui is the maid of the Fengxi Palace, and she was the only person who would serve herself a cup of tea when she came to the Fengxi Palace to stand by the rules. On the day of the former queen's burial, she suddenly fell into a coma, and has been having a fever since then. Shen Mushen wanted to shave her out of the Fengxi Palace, but Gu Chaochao not only kept her for the sake of his past kindness, A doctor was also sent to treat her.
Hearing Gu Chaochao's question at this moment, Eunuch Li hurriedly replied: "I woke up once last night and seemed to have hysteria, muttering something like don't kill me, and then fell into a coma again. When I woke up this morning, my fever subsided. The whole person looked stunned, but the imperial doctor said there was nothing serious."
"That's good." Gu Chaochao nodded and told Eunuch Li to take care of it carefully, and then he didn't mention it again.
Two days later, A Cui's illness seemed to be completely cured. When Gu Chaochao went out, he happened to meet her just coming out of the house.
A Cui was stunned when she saw Gu Chaochao, standing still for a long time.
"What are you doing standing there stupidly, and you still haven't come to ask for peace?" Eunuch Li frowned.
A Cui shook her head, came to Gu Chaochao and knelt down: "Slave, slave, see... the Empress."
When she said the last four words, the tone seemed to be extremely heavy, and Gu Chaochao couldn't help but look at her more, but it was a pity that her The head is very low, and there is no expression at all.
It's your own thinking. Gu Chaochao let out a light breath, called her up with a smile, and went out.
A Cui stood up silently, staring at the back of her leaving for a long time without moving.
"Why are you standing there stupidly! Why don't you hurry up and fetch the water!" The palace maid who was cleaning the door frame turned around and saw her standing in the yard dumbfounded, and couldn't help but scold her.
A Cui gritted her teeth and did not move with a dark face, but she was hit on the head in the next instant.
"Bold!"
"I think you are the bold!" The palace maid slapped her again.
A Cui immediately fought back, and the palace maid was stunned for a moment, and after reacting, she directly scuffled with her. When the people around saw that the two were fighting, they quickly stepped forward to pull the frame, so the courtyard was in chaos.
Gu Chaochao, who didn't know the yard was on fire, went out for a walk, and happened to meet Shen Mushen to give him a reward, so he happily turned back.
"Why is there another reward today?" she asked curiously.
Shen Mu smiled deeply: "The emperor said that he was busy these few days, so he couldn't come to accompany the empress, so he could only send some rewards to comfort him.
" Wealth is a good thing you can't find even with a lantern.
When she mentioned the past, she thought it was the emperor who cared about his kindness, but forgot how likable she was, and how reliable Shen Mushen was, so that this kind of kindness would last forever. Shen Mushen just smiled when she heard the words, but did not refute her words.
The two returned to the Fengxi Palace side by side. Once inside, Shen Mushen put the wooden box rewarded by the emperor on the table.
Gu Chaochao opened it curiously and was surprised when he saw a dagger studded with pearls inside: "This is the one that Fan Guogang paid tribute to?"
"Exactly." Seeing that she liked it, Shen Mu raised the corner of his lips.
Gu Chaochao smiled and said, "The emperor likes it so much that no one wants to give it to me. Why did he give it to me so generously now?"
"He was busy going to accompany Zhao Concubine, so he asked the servant to choose something and send it to him." Shen Mushen Click to stop.
Gu Chaochao raised his eyebrows: "If he knew that this was what you gave, I'm afraid he would regret letting you choose."
"You don't joke." Shen Mu raised his lips deeply.
Gu Chaochao was in a very good mood. He played with the dagger repeatedly. When he was about to test whether it was sharp or not, a palace servant suddenly walked in and saw Shen Mushen showing hesitation behind him.
"But it doesn't matter." Gu Chaochao reassured him.
When the palace servants heard the words, they hurriedly told about the fight between the palace maids.
Gu Chaochao didn't expect that he had only been out for a while, and the chaos in the palace suddenly turned to Shen Mushen with a little embarrassment: "I told you to watch a joke.
" Call the troubled palace servant in first and ask about the situation carefully?"
No matter right or wrong, the palace servant made such a fuss in the Fengxi Palace, but he didn't take her seriously, so he naturally wanted to take action.
Gu Chaochao nodded in agreement, then looked at the palace servant who had come to complain.
The palace servants hurriedly withdrew, and after a while, they brought A Cui and another palace maid.
"Let go of me, let go of you..." A Cui struggled halfway and suddenly met Shen Mushen's eyes, the blood on her face faded, and the whole person was stunned.
Seeing him standing next to Gu Chaochao, like the most loyal dog, his head suddenly banged.
"Do you usually stare at the master like this?" Shen Mu said calmly.
A Cui returned to her senses, and quickly lowered her head. The moment she lowered her head, she saw the delicate dagger on the table.
Gu Chaochao only thought that her illness was not yet healed, and after a few simple questions, he punished both of them.
Her punishment was still too light for Shen Mushen, but he didn't open his mouth to refute. He just remembered the faces of the two and planned to deal with it himself in a few days.
A Cui raised her head and glanced at it, and when she saw Shen Mushen's eyes, she suddenly felt cold, and realized that even if she lived today, she would not be able to live tomorrow.
Shen Mushen saw that the matter had been dealt with, so he left first. When he reached the door, he turned back subconsciously, and suddenly met A Cui's gaze. A Cui was staring at him, but when she caught sight of him, she panicked and lowered her head.
Shen Mu frowned deeply and didn't think much about it, she turned around and walked out, but the more she walked, the more strange she felt in her heart.
The two palace maids were still kneeling on the ground, and Gu Chaochao was about to ask someone to take them out when A Cui, who had been silent all the time, suddenly said, "Niangniang!"
"What?" Gu Chaochao asked back.
A Cui swallowed her saliva and did not dare to raise her head: "Slave, slave and maid have something to say to the empress alone."
Gu Chaochao frowned.
"It's about the former queen," A Cui explained quickly when she saw that she didn't speak. "It's a big deal, and I can't let others hear it."
Gu Chaochao's expression moved slightly. Seeing her serious expression, he asked the others to step back first.
"What do you want to say?" Gu Chaochao asked.
A Cui stood up tremblingly and walked towards her step by step: "Don't you think it's strange, why did I get sick when the former queen died?"
Gu Chaochao saw her approaching and was vaguely uneasy, but he was attracted by her words. Li: "You mean that your illness is related to the former queen?"
"That's right." A Cui walked up to her with a gloomy expression.
Gu Chaochao was silent for a moment: "What does it matter?"
"Of course it's because I am her."
She opened her mouth softly, Gu Chaochao was stunned when he heard the words, and when he came back to his senses, he saw that she grabbed the dagger on the table with a grim expression.
"Go to hell!"
Gu Chaochao stood up abruptly, but it was still too late, the dagger plunged straight into her heart, and bright red blood spurted out instantly.
A Cui no longer concealed her hatred and joy, she drew out her dagger and stabbed Gu Chaochao again.
The severe pain made Gu Chaochao unable to fight back, and he could only open his eyes and slide to the ground. A Cui did not stop, stabbing her again and again.
"You and Shen Mu are deeply embarrassed to rape me, and you still want to be a queen without worry?"
"You are dreaming! God told me to do it all over again, just to get revenge! I can't be better, so don't think about it!"
"You go to hell! You go to die..." The
frantic voice was repeated over and over in his ears, and Gu Chaochao opened his mouth slightly and couldn't say a word. Her hearing disappeared first, followed by her vision.
Before she was completely plunged into darkness, she saw Shen Mushen breaking through the door, rushing towards her with red eyes.
...She worked hard for five or six years, and then she just refreshed and restarted?