After walking through numerous palace alleys, Gu Qingyuan arrived at the Queen's Fengyi Palace.
Gu Qingyuan knelt on the ground, kowtowed and saluted.
"I've met my empress."
As soon as she finished speaking, the queen snorted coldly and said,
"Ms. Gu, you are so arrogant. I asked someone to invite you into the palace, and you took your time."
"Which royal descendant are you trying to seduce again?"
The queen glanced at Gu Qingyuan meaningfully.
Hearing this, Gu Qingyuan suddenly realized that the queen's words were because she knew that she had spoken to the King of Qin on the way.
"I don't dare..."
Gu Qingyuan knew that it was useless to cry out for injustice at this time. The queen's hat would be taken off regardless of whether she accepted it or not.
However, I know it's useless to cry out, but I still have to cry out, otherwise wouldn't it mean that I'm seducing the royal descendant by default?
The queen sneered,
"I know what you are thinking. But think about it, who caused all this? If you want to blame, blame yourself. You are not a woman and have done something wrong."
This breath and sound were like the winter wind in Kyoto, blowing violently.
Gu Qingyuan felt desolate.
The queen still doesn't know where she was born. If she knew, how furious would she be?
After half a cup of tea, the queen still didn't ask Gu Qingyuan to stand up, and only asked her to kneel down and reply.
Over and over again, she said those words that made Gu Qingyuan self-respecting and self-respecting, like fried leftover rice, and kept asking how Pei Jinting was recovering from his injury.
If Gu Qingyuan answered more compliantly, her face would be like dark clouds in summer, and her eyes would look at her gloomily.
If Gu Qingyuan answered slower, her scolding words would be shot at Gu Qingyuan like sharp arrows, "How do you become a wife? Your husband is injured and you don't know what to ask... You are indeed restless."
Looking at the queen's aloof demeanor, Gu Qingyuan knelt down and laughed silently.
At first, when King Qin threw that bolt from the blue on her head, it seemed as if he pushed her to the edge of the cliff.
Even if it is a cliff, she will jump off it.
Because if she doesn't dance, many people will dance after her.
Gu Qingyuan closed her eyes, raised a disapproving smile on her lips, and retorted,
"Empress, I think I have nothing that is not worthy of Jing Heng. If I say that the way I treat him is wrong, I admit it."
"I don't like me so much. Is it because of me or because of my adoptive mother?"
Caught off guard, the queen's expression froze before she could refute.
I heard Gu Qingyuan chuckle, straighten her back, raise her head, and look directly at the queen,
"My Majesty, it was Concubine Lu who entered the palace last, why do you hate my adoptive mother so much? She did not share a husband with her like the other concubines."
"You." The queen was shocked and looked at her in disbelief.
She stood up in shock and anger, rushed in front of Gu Qingyuan, and slapped her in the face.
"Bitch. Do you really think I don't dare to kill you? You actually mocked me like this."
"As expected, he is the child raised by that bitch of the Qin family. Even if he does not have her blood, he is still a bitch. Even after the death of the Qin family, he still has a place in the emperor's presence."
"Do you want to die? Do you also want to be like Qin, being missed by Jing Heng forever? You are dreaming."
Gu Qingyuan's face received a severe blow from the Queen, and she remained motionless. She looked at the Queen with a pair of eyes as pure as glass and without a trace of fear.
The Queen looked down from a high position, her chest rising and falling, and she took a deep breath. Her eyes were full of displeasure, and there was also a little pity in the displeasure.
It was as if Gu Qingyuan had become a pitiable creature in her eyes.
"You're not old, but you have a big heart. It's a pity that you don't know many things in the court."
She suddenly lowered her body, got very close, almost touching Gu Qingyuan's face, and said in her ear,
"Jing Heng is so kind to you. Didn't he tell you that before your adoptive mother entered the palace, she lost her virginity to my brother Cheng'en Gong?"
"It's a pity. If I had become a concubine in Duke Cheng'en's house back then, I wouldn't have had you annoying me in front of me today."
"Oh. You don't know, right? It's not an accident that your adoptive mother can't enter the palace. Someone wants to prevent her from entering the palace."
Gu Qingyuan was horrified to see the queen's disgust for herself in her eyes. Strangely, she did not laugh with gloating, but instead was full of bitterness and sarcasm.
She said coolly, "It's a pity that the man named Lu thought he would win if he entered the palace, but he didn't know that the only woman Qin had in his heart was the emperor."
Gu Qingyuan never expected to hear such a secret when she came today.
She angered the Queen, knowing that she would be slapped by the Queen, just because she wanted to dig out some secrets about the Queen's life experience when the Queen lost control.
Now, she can be sure that part of the message King Qin gave her is true. The Lu family did enter the palace in place of the Qin family, and the Qin family did have a romantic night with Duke Cheng'en.
As for the kids…
The time of birth between her and that child did not match.
She remembered King Qin's persuasive attitude and determination.
It is impossible for King Qin not to know things that can be found out as long as one is willing.
There must be something else she has overlooked.
Gu Qingyuan looked straight at the queen and said,
"Even if something bad happened to my adoptive mother, my father is still deeply devoted to her. She is the best in the world."
"Your Majesty calls you a slut, but I don't know who you are calling her?"
The queen interrupted her sharply, "Shut up, shut up..."
"My concubine, can you tell me what happened that year? Who framed my mother and Duke Cheng'en? Concubine Lu? Or maybe it was you, my concubine?"
The queen's face was as pale as paper.
Gu Qingyuan gritted her teeth and looked like she was risking her life, "Mother, after the incident, was my mother ever pregnant?"
The queen staggered and almost fell down. She held on to the table behind her before she stabilized her body, gasping for air, and turned to look at her.
"Go out and take good care of Jing Heng." She shouted with unquestionable dignity.
Gu Qingyuan felt a little regretful when she saw the queen who had come back to her senses.
She thought the queen would tell the truth.
It's a pity that the success fell short in the end.
In this way, the following sins can only be done once and cannot be done a second time.
Gu Qingyuan slowly climbed up, her knees sore and numb that she couldn't help but hunched over and moved step by step outside the hall.
It was clearly a clear day and the sky was clear, but Gu Qingyuan couldn't see clearly in front of her, and her eyes were filled with confusion.
In her hand, she was still holding the thin piece of paper that King Qin had given her just now in the palace corridor.
Keep reminding her to make a decision as soon as possible.
In the distance, the voices of palace people could be heard, as well as shouts, "It's raining, it's raining."
"Hurry up and take shelter from the rain. Hey, you only said half of what you just said. When you get back, you have to tell me how Concubine Lu entered the palace back then? And how did Duke Zhen Guo marry a noble girl who had lost her innocence."
Gu Qingyuan stopped and looked up at the sky, heavy raindrops hitting her face.