After being married off by my younger sister, I became the most beloved person in the palace

Autumn is in full swing, the roses in the garden are in full bloom, and the roses are waving in the wind, emitting bursts of fragrance.

Gu Zhiyin accompanied the empress dowager for a walk, and when she felt tired, she asked someone to prepare tea and snacks.

"I heard from Yu En that Leng Moqiu, who lives in your manor, is a scholar and quite talented." The Queen Mother said as she sat on a stone bench in the pavilion.

Gu Zhiyin nodded: "Yes, I am preparing for the next spring exam, and there is a high possibility that I will pass the exam and become a Jinshi."

He was the top scholar in his previous life, and he was definitely extremely talented.

"Since you are going to take part in the Spring Examination, why don't you go to the academy to study?"

Gu Zhiyin said, "He said he couldn't afford the tuition, so I let him stay at the manor to study. My carriage hit him on the street, and I didn't know how badly he was injured, so I brought him back to the manor."

Queen Mother: "..."

Such a familiar plot.

"Since he is well-educated, let him come and give lectures to Fu Yunjing every two days," the Queen Mother decided.

Gu Zhiyin was stunned for a moment: "I'm afraid the prince is unwilling?"

The Queen Mother snorted softly: "Would he dare to be unwilling?"

If he dares to disobey the Empress Dowager's order, I would like to ask him how brave he is.

Gu Zhiyin silently gave the Queen Mother a thumbs up: "..."

The overwhelming advantage brought by power is amazing to my grandmother.

At this time, the sound of footsteps gradually came.

It’s the old princess and Fu Yunyao.

As usual, they went to Qionghua Courtyard to see the Queen Mother and were told that she had come to the garden.

When Mother Qin and the others saw the newcomer, they bowed and saluted: "Old Princess, Princess."

"Grandma, elder sister."

The old princess nodded slightly towards Gu Zhiyin.

"Madam."

Outside, with so many servants present, the old princess and Fu Yunyao did not perform any formal greetings, but only bowed slightly.

Gu Zhiyin asked the two to sit down and poured tea.

The Queen Mother was concentrating on the cakes in front of her, while the old princess was drinking tea thoughtfully from the cup.

The atmosphere was not tense, but there was a hint of awkwardness in the silence.

After a while, the old princess winked at Mother Qin.

Mother Qin understood and retreated with the maids and servants, keeping a distance.

Upon seeing this, the Queen Mother looked at the old princess suspiciously and continued to eat snacks calmly.

This is something to say.

Fu Yunyao and Gu Zhiyin looked at each other and exchanged glances: Do we need to move away?

But before the two of them could bring it up, the old princess had already spoken.

"King Qi has returned to the capital, did you know?"

The Queen Mother's expression paused, but she didn't say anything, and soon returned to normal.

When the old princess saw her like this, she understood.

The Queen Mother knows!

"A few days ago, he died of illness in a villa outside the city. Although he did not return to the capital without an imperial decree, because he was the emperor's uncle and had died of illness, the emperor did not pursue the matter and buried him with great ceremony. Today is the day he will be buried in the imperial mausoleum."

"I just heard about this yesterday. Adding to the incident outside the city a few days ago, I thought about it all night. The only possibility is that you secretly went to see him, right?"

"The Queen Mother dreamed of the late emperor and went to Huangjue Temple to pray for him. The Imperial Guards surrounded Huangjue Temple and everyone thought you were in the temple. Who would have thought that you not only quietly left Huangjue Temple, but also almost got assassinated? Add to that the news that the Prince of Qi suddenly returned to the capital, and it's hard for me not to connect the two together."

At this point, the old princess's expression suddenly froze, and she looked at the queen mother with great seriousness: "Queen Mother, do you know what you are doing? If this matter gets out, your reputation will be ruined for the rest of your life. Since you broke off the relationship cleanly in the first place, why bother to risk leaving the palace to see him for the last time now?"

"does it worth?"

Fu Yunyao and Gu Zhiyin were stunned.

It is not difficult to hear the love and hate between the Queen Mother and the King of Qi from these few words.

Is this... something they can hear?

The Queen Mother put down the cake in her hand and slowly looked up at the old princess.

A faint sadness welled up in his indifferent eyes.

"He suddenly returned to the capital and sent a letter to me. In the letter, he said that he didn't have much time left and wanted to see me one last time. He knew that I might not want to see him, but he said that he had a secret about the Qin family to tell me before I entered the palace, so I went to see him."

It’s hard to tell whether it’s because of the resentment of youth or if I really want to know some secret of the Qin family.

In short, after hesitating for a night, she went to Huangjue Temple on the pretext of praying for the late emperor.

Only after leaving the palace would she have the opportunity to meet the King of Qi.

The old princess looked at her blankly, and the first thing that came to her mind was: Prince Qi wanted to tell the Queen Mother the truth about his sudden betrayal of this relationship before he died.

But what’s the point?

Will the Queen Mother be left to live in regret and remorse for the rest of her life?

"What did he say?"

"He recalled the past with me, saying that he only had me in his heart and had never married. My father knelt in front of him and begged him to let me go because the late emperor had taken a fancy to me and wanted to make me his queen." As she spoke, the queen mother glanced at the old princess with a gloomy look, "But I clearly heard him express his love and longing for you. He thought he liked me, but after a long time I found out that the person in his heart was you. In order to correct this mistake, he wants to draw a clear line with me and then marry you in a grand manner."

"Later, Qin Wenxiao found the private letters you exchanged with each other, and each letter was evidence."

One is the man she really wants to marry, and the other is her best friend who is like a sister.

They both betrayed her, and she only hated herself for being blind and unable to judge people well.

Not killing the two of them was already the last kindness to this relationship, and from then on the three of them had nothing to do with each other anymore.

"I thought that after I entered the palace, you two could finally live together! Tsk... I didn't expect you to turn around and marry Prince Pingyang. He Shunhua, you are quite heartless."

When she brought up the past, the old princess's face couldn't help but darken.

In this matter, she is the most wronged and innocent one.

She died unjustly!

"This matter has nothing to do with me. The last time he saw you, he told you that it was your father who interfered. You still don't believe that the King of Qi and I are innocent. I don't have any feelings for him at all."

The Queen Mother: "If you don't explain clearly, how can I know?"

The old princess gritted her teeth in anger, and had the urge to commit a crime: "Didn't I look for you back then? Did you listen to my explanation when I looked for you? Huh?"

Her voice gradually rose, and the last "ah" was filled with gnashing of teeth and annoyance.

The Queen Mother's expression froze slightly, and long-lost memories were ruthlessly turned up.

"I heard it with my own ears and saw it with my own eyes. How can I believe you if you say there is no such thing?"

The old princess took a deep breath and said, "Back then, the King of Qi came to the He family to find me and said he had something to discuss with me. I didn't doubt him and thought he wanted to ask me about your preferences or wanted to give you a surprise. Who knew that he would say those words to me behind the rockery in the garden."