Gu Nuoer covered her lips with her small hand and giggled twice.
Then she lay down and rolled directly into the soft quilt.
Mrs. Qiao lay down next to her and patted the little guy gently.
There was only one lamp left in the room, and the light was warm and soft, making people sleepy.
Mrs. Qiao's gray hair looks even more kind in this light and shadow.
Gu Nuo'er didn't feel sleepy at all. She blinked her eyes and asked, "Grandma, who planted that tree in the school?"
Mrs. Qiao patted her hands lightly, and her smile faded: "Nuo'er really wants to know?"
Gu Nuoer nodded.
Her eyes were serious and sparkling with curiosity.
Mrs. Qiao couldn't help but sigh softly.
She looked at the bed curtain, her eyes becoming distant, as if she was looking back at the time decades ago.
"That tree was planted by an old friend named Chi Fu. She was my grandmother's best friend. At the same time, she was Nuo'er's imperial grandmother, the late empress."
After saying that, Mrs. Qiao hissed: "But, you can't say this to outsiders, because before the death of the late empress, she was deprived of her phoenix throne and was thrown into the cold palace."
When she died, she was only posthumously named Queen Yi An Huishu.
Gu Nuoer opened her dark eyes: "Is it my...grandma Huang?"
The little guy asked curiously: "What did she do wrong? Grandpa Huang wants to send her to the cold palace?"
Mrs. Qiao pulled the quilt for the little man.
In the interplay of light and shadow, she smiled bitterly.
"This is how it is in the palace. Women compete for their scheming. The winner enjoys wealth and glory, while the loser naturally has to live alone and die with regrets.
It was said at that time that in order to defeat Concubine Yu, who was the only doting concubine in the Sixth Palace at that time, the late empress did not hesitate to persecute her own son and wanted to blame Concubine Yu.
However, there were many doubts about this matter at that time, but at that time, the late emperor believed in what Concubine Yu said, not to mention that the person who jumped out to identify her was actually the former empress's confidant maid who had been serving her in his boudoir.
They were a young couple, and they had been together for a long time. Logically speaking, their love should be as strong as theirs, but because of such an incident, the first emperor became angry and threw the first queen into the cold palace.
At first, she was not deprived of her phoenix title, but the late empress refused to admit her fault or plead guilty. The late emperor seemed to be angry with her. Neither of them would bow their heads until the late emperor revoked her phoenix title.
Force her to hand over the golden seal of the palace."
Gu Nuoer listened attentively.
She turned her little body over, held her chin in her little hands, quietly fluttered her long eyelashes, and looked at her grandmother.
When Mrs. Qiao talked about the past, she thought of how her best friend Chi Fu was isolated and helpless in the cold palace, and it was difficult to explain!
She couldn't help but tears welling up in her eyes.
I feel sad for my friend's helplessness, and feel powerless that I can't help!
"The late empress suffered from a heart attack in the cold palace. After she fainted for the first time, when the imperial physician went to check her pulse, he realized that her internal organs were damaged and she was unable to recover."
There was a hint of distress in Gu Nuoer's dark eyes.
Her voice was soft: "The cold palace is very miserable. I know it. I heard Sister Wanyin say that before I was born, many concubines and mothers were imprisoned by my father. Very few of them could come out alive."
Mrs. Qiao held the little guy in her arms and patted her back gently.
"Yes, it is full of coldness, lack of food, and cold looks from the servants. If you experience the loneliest days and nights, no matter how strong-minded a person is, he will be completely defeated."