Guo Huifei stood up excitedly, then pulled Zhu Gui and began to touch his face carefully, as if she would never see him again.
"Mom, you are not dreaming. I am here to take you out of the palace." Zhu Gui said with a smile.
"Leave the palace? No, I can't leave the palace." Unexpectedly, as soon as Guo Huifei heard Zhu Gui's words, her face suddenly changed, she immediately let go of his hand, and then walked aside.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Zhu Gui asked doubtfully.
Logically speaking, it is impossible for Concubine Guo Hui not to know that she has been buried among the late emperor, but why doesn't she want to leave the palace?
Concubine Guo Hui turned around and said with a very serious expression: "Guier, you sneaked into the harem secretly, right? Do you know how dangerous it is to do this? Once discovered by the emperor, your head may be chopped off. Hurry up.
Leave now before anyone notices."
As Guo Huifei spoke, she pushed Zhu Gui out.
But Zhu Gui stood there motionless. Guo Huifei was already fragile, so how could she push him?
Guo Huifei immediately became anxious: "You child, why are you disobedient? Mom is doing this for your own good."
Zhu Gui took Concubine Guo Hui's hand and said, "My son knew that my mother was doing it for my own good, so he took the risk to come to the palace to rescue me. Don't you know that you will be buried for the late emperor?"
When Concubine Guo Hui heard the word "bury oneself," her expression did not change at all. It seemed that she had known about it for a long time.
"The late emperor loved my mother very much. It is my responsibility as a concubine to bury the late emperor. I have no complaints at all. Now my only hope is that you can be safe. Gui'er, can you understand?"
Tears shed from the corners of Guo Huifei's eyes.
At this moment, Zhu Gui felt that the softest part of his heart was touched, and the memory hidden deep in his body that originally belonged to the previous Zhu Gui was awakened.
Countless scenes of Zhu Gui's childhood flooded into Zhu Gui's mind, making the corners of his eyes wet.
"Mom, there is actually one thing I haven't told you yet, that is, Miaoqing is pregnant. Don't you want to see your grandson?" Zhu Gui realized that Guo Huifei had made up her mind, and ordinary methods would definitely not be able to impress her.
Then an idea came to mind.
"Are you telling the truth? Is Miaoqing really pregnant?" Guo Huifei had a look of surprise on her face, but soon became hesitant.
It seems that Zhu Gui's words indeed caused waves in Guo Huifei's heart, and also caused her to fall into hesitation and struggle.
Zhu Gui continued: "Sacrificial burial is an inhumane thing, but the child is now unable to change this bad habit. However, the child must not watch his mother sacrifice for this, so even if he dies, the child will die with his mother. If the mother does not leave,
, I’m not leaving either.”
"Silly boy, why are you so stupid?" The tears on Guo Huifei's face became even more unstoppable, and she hugged Zhu Gui and started crying.
This made Xiao Linzi, who was standing at the door of the dormitory, dumbfounded and frightened at the same time.
He never expected that the friend mentioned by "Eunuch Gui" turned out to be Concubine Guo.
Moreover, when the two met, they were clearly acting like mother and son. How could they be friends?
But if it were mother and child, wouldn't it be that Concubine Guo Hui's child was the acting king named Zhu Gui?
When Xiao Linzi finally reacted, his legs felt weak and he knelt on the ground with a plop. His mind went blank now because he was frightened.
Guo Huifei and Zhu Gui looked this way when they heard the commotion.
Zhu Gui finally realized that now was not the time for chatting.
So he said to Guo Huifei: "Mom, can you go with the baby now?"
"But, if mother leaves, if the emperor knows about it, will it harm the Guo family? Will it harm you?" Guo Huifei said a little embarrassed.
"Mom, don't worry. The children have been arranged. Over at the Guo family, the child has sent someone to notify them to evacuate Nanjing. As for the child himself, he is not worried about what the court will do to the child."
Zhu Gui comforted him by saying that in fact, he had never notified the Guo family at all because he had never thought about it.
And even if he had thought about it, Zhu Gui would not do it. If he knew they would tell the court secrets?
Zhu Gui would not leave his own safety in the hands of others.
As for whether Emperor Hui of Ming Dynasty would be angry because of this, Zhu Gui was not even worried.
Anyway, in less than a month, the Battle of Jingnan would break out, and he did not believe that the imperial court would send troops to deal with him and Zhu Di at the same time.
Naturally, Guo Huifei didn't know what Zhu Gui was thinking, but now that Zhu Gui had reached this point, she could only agree.
The rest will be easy for Zhu Gui.
He directly asked Xiao Guizi to summon all the maids in the palace, and then explained the situation to them.
That means Zhu Gui wants to take them all away.
Although there were some risks, Zhu Gui made this decision when he thought that these palace maids were all taking care of Concubine Guo Hui on weekdays, and if they were not taken away, they might not survive.
The maids recognized Zhu Gui and knelt down to thank him.
Then everyone started to get busy. Zhu Gui gave everyone a hundred taels of silver notes so that they no longer had to carry those worthless clothes and other things.
Then he disguised himself as a palace maid for Guo Huifei, hoping to sneak out of the palace.
After half a stick of incense, everyone was finally ready.
However, when they just walked out of the gate, they bumped into a group of guards, as many as thirty of them.
Everyone couldn't help but be shocked. If their intention to leave was discovered, they would probably be thrown into prison.
Zhu Gui could only face it bravely, hoping to settle the matter with a banknote.
But when he approached the team on the opposite side, the leader of the guards suddenly coughed, and then said in a voice that only two people could hear: "Your Majesty?"
Zhu Gui raised his head in surprise and realized that the guard commander in front of him was Xu Yingxu.
Zhu Gui was stunned for a moment, and the corners of his mouth turned up involuntarily. He quickly figured out why the other party appeared here.
It seemed that the two of them had the same idea, which was to rescue Concubine Guo Hui before the late emperor was buried.
It's just that Zhu Gui sneaked in, but Xu Yingxu took advantage of his position, and unexpectedly they bumped into each other.
Zhu Gui had no choice but to say: "Replying to General Xu, I, under the order of the eunuch chief, led these people to Honglu Temple to complete the procedures."
The guards behind Xu Yingxu were confused, but they were not clear about the matter, and there was Xu Yingxu, the commander of the Royal Forest Army, in front of them, so there was no need for them to doubt.
Xu Yingxu nodded and said: "Okay, I am here to supervise this matter. In this case, let's go together."
