Gu Qingyuan knew that the two people across the wall were not really talking about after-dinner gossip.
This was King Qin's warning to her. If she didn't make a decision quickly, it would be known not only within the palace walls, but also to everyone in the world.
Originally, she should have gone out of the palace after leaving Fengyi Palace, but she had not visited Gu Shao's place yet.
When passing a bifurcated palace road, Gu Qingyuan turned a corner and headed towards Zhaoyang Palace.
Concubine Lu has been banned in Zhaoyang Palace since she last designed Gu Qingyuan to dance in the Lotus Pond with traditional Chinese medicine.
Seeing Gu Qingyuan, sitting on the couch in the side hall, Concubine Lu, who was dressed in plain palace clothes, looked stunned for a moment, then looked at her with a cold face.
Gu Qingyuan knelt down in a polite manner and called out affectionately, "Your Majesty."
Everyone knows that the reason why Concubine Lu was demoted from Concubine Lu to Concubine Lu was because of Gu Qingyuan.
At that time, everyone in the palace knew that the emperor not only doted on the third son of the Pei family, but also loved the third son's wife.
The concubine he loves will be demoted if asked to be demoted, and grounded if asked to be grounded.
In previous years, this third young lady had always received the protection of Concubine Lu.
Now it's simply turned upside down.
Concubine Lu didn't give Gu Qingyuan a seat, and Gu Qingyuan didn't sit down either. She just stood in front of her and said with a smile,
"It's rare to enter the palace today. I thought that my queen still has a relative in the palace, so I came here to take a look. I was relieved to see that my queen was in good health."
Concubine Lu sneered in her heart. Who did she end up in today's situation because of? She was so hypocritical. How could she not know what she was doing?
"Young lady, you've taken the trouble."
Gu Qingyuan did not leave, but looked at Concubine Lu with a smile,
"Your Majesty, I have a few words to say to your Majesty in private."
Concubine Lu's eyes instantly became defensive. Over the years, she had enjoyed all the wealth and glory under the emperor's wings.
Although she no longer has the position of concubine, the days of confinement have left her with a slight haggard look on her brows. But she still has the arrogance of the past.
Gu Qingyuan was too lazy to deal with her. It should be said that from the time she and Pei Jinting became husband and wife, to Chinese medicine, she and Concubine Lu had already been at odds.
"Auntie, Aunt Luo by your side told me an old story... I thought it would be rare to enter the palace, so I came to tell the truth to my empress..."
Concubine Lu turned pale and hurriedly interrupted Gu Qingyuan. Gong E who was in the same hall ordered,
"You guys go out first."
After everyone retreated and closed the palace door, Concubine Lu fiddled with her long armor and asked,
"What on earth do you want to say."
Gu Qingyuan said nothing more, but took out the hairpin left by Qin from her temples, walked to Concubine Lu, and put the hairpin on the table.
Seeing the hairpin, Concubine Lu's pupils shrank, she raised her head in shock, and heard Gu Qingyuan say,
"Your Majesty should know this hairpin, and please tell me where it came from... What happened to you when you entered the palace?"
She knew that Concubine Lu and King Qin were mother and son, so they might not tell the truth. It didn't matter. She could compare their words to find the truth.
King Qin only thought that she would be knocked down by such a bolt from the blue, and he never expected that she would find out what happened back then and find out about his own mother.
After Concubine Lu entered the palace, she became very popular with His Majesty. Not only did she soon give birth to a prince, she was promoted to a noble concubine.
She also had a reputation as a virtuous person in the court. Although she clearly had King Qin, a biological son whom His Majesty loved very much, she still went to cry and beg Your Majesty for the Queen's son when the Emperor was hesitant about establishing a prince. He was praised throughout the world as a virtuous man.
It is said that Concubine Lu always wore plain clothes and velvet flowers. His Majesty once said after being drunk that he and Concubine Lu were like a folk couple.
Suddenly, Gu Qingyuan's hands clenched tightly.
In her memory, Mrs. Qin loved plain clothes and velvet flowers the most.
She cast her gaze on Concubine Lu, as if looking at a demon.
I thought that Concubine Lu would not give her the answer quickly, but that was okay, she was just taking a few more detours.
She didn't want to alarm Gu Shao, and Cheng En Gong.
In the end, it was only Pei Jinting who she carefully protected.
She didn't want him to become a topic of conversation among others, and she didn't want him to be criticized by others.
Unexpectedly, Concubine Lu looked at Gu Qingyuan with pity and said with a faint smile,
"It was your mother who entered the palace back then. Who knew that someone was involved in a conspiracy on the eve of entering the palace? Later, in order not to deceive the emperor, the Qin family sent me to the palace. Who would have thought that I would get the emperor's attention?"
When Concubine Lu talked about those years, she was filled with calmness, covered her mouth and smiled softly,
"Aunt Luo was my maid back then and knew everything about it. What? What else do you want to know?"
She lifted up her plain clothes, leaned back, and smiled.
Gu Qingyuan's whole body was cold, and the entire imperial city in her field of vision seemed to be a cannibal.
He left the palace in a panic, forgetting his promise to go back and have dinner with Pei Jinting, and went straight to the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion.
There are some things that she needs to go to her father to confirm.
Along the way, her mind remained calm. She sat in the carriage and thought wildly by herself. The two of them switched back and forth from the Queen to Concubine Lu.
She had a strong intuition that this was true, but she was emotionally unwilling to believe it.
Arrive at the study room of Zhen Guo Gongfu.
"Father, why did you adopt me? And has the pattern on the jade lock piece become clearer?"
If she directly asked Qin whether she had given birth that year, she would definitely arouse Gu Shao's suspicion, so she could only start with the jade lock piece and her own life experience.
She didn't believe King Qin's words because of this jade lock piece.
If the Qin family released it, how could Gu Shao not know the Qin family's family emblem?
Gu Shao seemed to be stung by her words. His eyes were fixed on a certain point in the void. Gradually, his whole body seemed to be gripped by painful memories.
That sad emotion was so strong that Gu Qingyuan could feel it.
"Your mother had given birth before, but she gave birth to a stillborn child."
Gu Shao's mood was agitated and extremely bitter.
Even if the child was not his, he and his wife had looked forward to the child's arrival.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a stillbirth.
Since then, my wife has always been worried, and she often has trouble sleeping at night. She has been to numerous doctors but nothing has improved.
Thinking about it, Gu Shao's brows furrowed into a deep "Sichuan" shape.
After discussing with his wife, he decided to adopt a daughter from his second wife.
Gu Qingyuan's heart was beating fast and she asked pretending to be curious, "When did the mother give birth to a stillborn child?"
Gu Shao's face was full of pain,
"Thirty-two years of peace."
Gu Qingyuan's eyes narrowed, and her heart and soul were broken. That was the year she was born...
The first thought was to refuse to believe it, but this was what Gu Shao said himself.
She asked with a hint of luck,
"I heard that my mother almost entered the palace back then..."
Gu Shao suddenly raised his eyes and said sternly,
"How did you know?"
Gu Shao recalled what happened that year and felt extremely painful. He thought it was a permanent secret, but he didn't expect his daughter to know about it.