Chapter 196 (Long Farewell)
Dizziness, nausea, vomiting... Unpleasant sensations came in waves, forcing Gu Chaochao to reopen his eyes.
There was an unfamiliar room in front of her, but she recognized at a glance that the furnishings and details in the room were the style of the palace. She stood in the far corner, and there were more than a dozen girls dressed in pink in front, who seemed to be lining up to do something.
The scene of being stabbed into a hedgehog was vivid in his mind, and Gu Chaochao couldn't care less and hurriedly touched his body.
Okay, no wounds, so she is...refreshing?
Gu Chaochao suddenly had a headache, and then felt that something was not right -
when she came to this world for the first time, the place where she appeared was the main bedroom of Chenshi Palace. In such a room? What are these people doing?
When Gu Chaochao was puzzled, he accidentally caught a glimpse of the bronze mirror in the room, and suddenly exclaimed in fright.
I saw in the mirror that she still had her own eyebrows, eyes and appearance, but she was a few decades younger as a whole, a little younger than her actual age.
The huge room was originally as silent as an empty space. Although her exclamation was not loud, the silence was broken in an instant, and the little girls in the front all looked over here.
Gu Chaochao sneered after meeting their gaze, and then realized that he was wearing light pink clothes just like them.
"Don't make loud noises!" The grandmother at the front of the house scolded, and the room suddenly became even quieter.
Gu Chaochao was eager to find out what happened, and after standing in line for a long time, he quietly pulled the sleeve of the little girl next to him.
The little girl had a round face and seemed to be very good at talking. Seeing this, she lowered her voice and asked, "What's wrong?"
"I want to ask," Gu Chaochao said as much as he could, "what are we doing?
" Subtle, it took a while to answer: "Of course it's a draft selection, you don't know what you are here for?"
Selection? Gu Chaochao remembered that there seemed to be such a procedure before the draft. The maids first examined the show girls, and then they had a chance to see the emperor and the queen.
...Then the question is, she has become a queen, why does she still need to participate in the selection? More precisely, why is she suddenly decades younger and running for the draft?
Countless possibilities flashed in Gu Chaochao's mind. Seeing that she didn't speak, the little girl couldn't help showing sympathy: "You were also forced to enter the palace by your family, right?"
"Huh?" Gu Chaochao looked at her.
The little girl sighed, her eyes were a little red: "Me too, the emperor is older than my grandfather, I don't want to be his woman at all."
Gu Chaochao paused: "How old is he?"
"You You don't even know about this?" The little girl was shocked, "The emperor just passed his 70th birthday a few days ago!"
"What!" Gu Chaochao exclaimed again, only after he realized that his voice was too loud, he quickly covered his mouth.
"Behind, do you understand the rules!" A eunuch immediately stood up and scolded.
Gu Chaochao lowered his head, his heart was in a mess. She was still wondering just now that she was refreshed this time. Maybe she had returned to the palace before Concubine Chen entered the palace. She also thought that she would have to endure it since she was a teenager, and waited for ten or twenty years before the male protagonist was born. Hear the age of the emperor.
In the original text, the emperor is only about ten years older than Concubine Chen. If the emperor is now seventy years old, then she cannot be this young at all. Gu Chaochao mechanically moved forward with the team, and while walking, he suddenly thought of a possibility... Could she be reborn instead of being refreshed at all? As she thought... Nine years, that Shen Mushen is now twenty-seven years old, and in a few months, he will be assassinated. Gu Chaochao licked his dry lips, and suddenly felt a little fortunate—
Thinking of this, her head banged, and she quickly pulled the girl next to her and asked, "How many years has Concubine Chen been gone now?
" It could be seen that she looked anxious, so she had to answer: "What is Concubine Chen? You are talking about the former queen, she has been there for nine years."
Fortunately, this is a rebirth article, and everyone can trigger this mechanism. She doesn't have to start all over again, and she is also glad that she didn't go back to Concubine Chen's teenage years, otherwise she would have to wait for Shen Mushen to appear in the palace. In the last 20 or 30 years, I am even more fortunate that I came back before Shen Mushen was assassinated, maybe I can complete the task directly.
Thinking about it this way, my rebirth is really a great deed!
With excitement, Gu Chaochao moved forward with the team step by step, and finally moved to the mother who was checking her body.
"What's your name?" Mammy asked without looking up.
Gu Chaochao hesitated for a moment, wondering if he should report his real name.
"Speak!" Mammy said impatiently.
Every time she crosses, no matter what her identity is, it is the same name. If she makes up random things at this time, I am afraid she will be easily discovered. Gu Chaochao struggled for a moment, but he still answered bravely: "Gu Chaochao."
Mammy turned black as expected: "You are so brave, you dare to have the same name as the first empress, you are impatient..."
Before she finished speaking, Mammy said Seeing Gu Chaochao's face, his expression changed suddenly, he stood up abruptly, and accidentally overturned the table, making a loud noise.
This time, everyone really looked over, and the younger people didn't know why, only the older ones were stunned when they saw Gu Chaochao, and then frowned.
Gu Chaochao swallowed his saliva silently, and was about to say something when his mother suddenly sneered: "There are so many lessons from the past, but there are still some who are not afraid of death."
"...What do you mean?" Gu Chaochao didn't understand.
Mammy's face was heavy: "If you did it unintentionally, I'll let you out of the palace here, but unfortunately, you've obviously come well prepared from your name to this face, so I'm sorry!" Gu Chaochao's whole process They were all stunned, and by the time she reacted, she had already been thrown into a dilapidated courtyard. When she fell to the ground, she couldn't help groaning in pain. She stood up with support on the ground, and found that in the small yard, several women had been locked up.
" After falling, several guards rushed in, grabbed Gu Chaochao and left.
She originally just glanced at it casually, and only after reading it did she realize that it was wrong-
how do these women look familiar?
Gu Chaochao looked again, only to find that these people either looked like her in demeanor, or looked like her in small expressions, or looked like her in makeup and clothing.
No, to be more precise, it is like the corner of Concubine Chen before her.
It's a pity that although most people have similar appearances, more of them are behaviors. That kind of subconscious habit can obviously only be achieved after long-term training.
Gu Chaochao frowned and was about to ask what was going on when a woman suddenly rushed to the door like a madman, patted the door and mourned in pain: "I know I'm wrong! I won't imitate the former queen again, you let me out! I really You know it's wrong!"
Gu Chaochao stared at her blankly, feeling that it was not very good.
"Why are you crying, since you choose to take risks, you should think that you will end up today." A woman with eyes like her said coldly.
Gu Chaochao swallowed his saliva, leaned over and asked, "What will happen?"
"There is a dead end." The woman was expressionless, but her pale face still revealed her panic.
Gu Chaochao was stunned for a moment: "Why?"
"Because this is the rule set by Master Zhangyin. Anyone who imitates the first queen and confuses the king will be killed." After the woman finished speaking, she gave her a mocking look, "You are all locked up here. Come here, dare to say that you don’t know this rule?”
Gu Chaochao knew that the palm print she was talking about was Shen Mushen, thinking that he had been dead for nine years, he was still thinking about himself, he was moved, and he was even more puzzled: “Since he has been dead for nine years, he still thinks about himself. I know, why do you still imitate?"
"Naturally, it's because the emperor likes it. The last person who escaped the screening of Lord Palmyra to meet the emperor is now a noble concubine. Who would give up such a chance to ascend to the sky in one step?" After the woman finished speaking, she gritted her teeth and looked at the high wall. As long as I can escape from here, as long as I can see the emperor, I will be the next noble concubine, no...I want to be the queen, I want to tell the emperor, I am the reincarnation of Concubine Chen..."
Gu Chaochao saw her crazy eyes, and quickly Taking a few steps back, he looked at the closed courtyard with a complicated expression.
A quarter of an hour ago, she still wanted to see Shen Mushen as soon as possible, and then explain to him about her rebirth, but now... Forget it, she has been dead for nine years and there are still so many fakes. It must be more in a few years. Shen Mushen has seen so many copies of Chen Fei. I am afraid that a defense mechanism has been established. She appears in front of him now, and it is estimated that she will only die faster.
What's more, the more important thing is to escape from this yard.
Gu Chaochao pursed his lips and circled the yard, but found in despair that there was nowhere to escape.
On the other side, Supervisor Si Li.
Shen Mushen sat quietly at the desk and read a book, without flipping to the next page for a long time.
After a long while, a palace servant came from outside the door and handed over a roster respectfully: "Sir, this is the list of people who pretended to be empresses in this draft. All of them have been locked up in the small courtyard, only waiting for the adults to deal with it."
"According to the rules." Shen Mu lowered his eyes and turned the pages of the book in his hand.
The palace servant responded and turned and left, and the room fell silent again.
Shen Mu stared at the page for a long time, and finally glanced at the roster next to him, only to see the words 'Gu Chaochao' written on the last line.
She has been gone for nine years, and there are countless imitators, but no one has ever dared to use her name so blatantly.
The sky was completely dark, and after the women in the small courtyard cried and made trouble, they all curled up in one place, until the locked door rang, and they ran around in fright.
Gu Chaochao panicked after hearing the sound of the door, and finally ran to the door to stand against the wall. After the door was pushed in, he also took the opportunity to block himself with the door panel.
She looked through the crack of the door and saw people from the 20th and 30th palaces coming in. A dozen people were holding soup and medicine in their hands. Others were responsible for catching the women who were running around.
The scene was very chaotic for a while, and Gu Chaochao knew that if she continued to hide, she would still be discovered soon. If she wanted to survive, she could only fight now, otherwise, she would not be able to leave if she waited for the scene to control her.
Thinking of this, she took a deep breath and slipped out from behind the door relying on her thin body. Just as she was about to run out, a sharp-eyed eunuch saw it and immediately stood up with a loud shout.
Of course Gu Chaochao wouldn't stop. Hearing the words, he immediately ran away, and then a eunuch came out to chase him. Gu Chaochao was almost scared out of his heart, he tried his best to run forward, the pink gauze skirt on his body fluttered like butterfly wings.
She has lived in the palace for five years, and is very familiar with every path here, and soon leaves those people behind. She was still worried, and ran forward while looking back. The last time she looked too seriously, she turned back and ran into a human wall.
When her forehead hit the opponent's chest, she suddenly fell to the ground because of inertia, and physiological tears also filled her eyes.
Gu Chaochao snorted and raised his head while covering his forehead, but was completely stunned after meeting a pair of black eyes.
Is this... she met the wolf just out of the wolf's den?
Shen Mushen hates those who imitate Concubine Chen so much, what will happen when she sees her now, kill her? torture her? Or ruin her face and break her neck?
Gu Chaochao felt that with the character of the original male protagonist, he could do it all, and with the experience she and Shen Mu had known each other for five years... well, he could indeed do it.
Gu Chaochao suddenly burst into despair. When he was thinking about how to survive, Shen Mushen, who had been looking at her, suddenly said in a hoarse voice: "Niangniang..."
Gu Chaochao was shocked and looked at him blankly: "You...recognize Me?"
Shen Mushen leaned over to help her up, and when he opened his eyes, the circles of his eyes were already red: "Even if the maiden turns to ashes, the servants will recognize it.
" She smiled suddenly, and felt a little sad: "Why are you so sure, you meet so many liars, you are not afraid that I am also a liar? Aren't you afraid that I am impersonating? Besides, you will not find it strange, why I was already dead, but now I come back Is it?"
Shen Mu restrained her eyes to describe her eyebrows and eyes, and it took a long time to raise the corners of her lips: "My mother is a fairy above the nine heavens, a bodhisattva with compassion and compassion, with wisdom roots and spirituality, so what about life and death? I can stop you."
Gu Chaochao suddenly didn't know what to say, stared at him for a long time and then laughed: "Yes, I'm back."
Shen Mu's throat moved, and for a long time he raised his hand to embrace her in his arms.
Gu Chaochao was stunned for a moment, and then he gave him a family hug after a long-awaited reunion.