On the seventh day of the winter month in the seventh year of Jian'an, Emperor Xiao Jingheng, who had just turned thirty, had been bedridden and in a coma for more than a month.

He seemed to be conscious.

However, the emperor did not open his eyes. The chief eunuch Han Desheng stood in front of the dragon bed, watching the empress talking to the imperial physician, hoping that his master would wake up soon.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am a humble official with limited knowledge, and I am afraid that..." Li Yuanpan of the Imperial Hospital's voice became softer and softer as he spoke.

Gu Qinghe's expression was calm, with only a slight frown on his brows. "I'll think of another way."

"Yes, I obey your command." Li Yuanpan replied and went out to the outer room with several imperial doctors.

"Han Desheng, go inform the cabinet ministers and the imperial commander."

"Empress, I have to stay here to guard His Majesty..." Han Desheng looked at the emperor in embarrassment and said in a low voice.

"Are you worried about me, the queen, guarding His Majesty here?" Gu Qinghe glanced at him impatiently and waved her sleeves.

Han Desheng didn't dare to say anything else. He retreated with his back hunched. He was worried in his heart. After all, the relationship between the emperor and the empress was really average.

However, the Queen Mother has no biological children, so she probably won't do anything.

"Xiao Jingheng, you must be feeling very uncomfortable like this, right?" Gu Qinghe seemed to be talking to herself, "But being unconscious like this is better than being bedridden after a miscarriage a few years ago. That kind of awake and painful feeling is worse than death."

Xiao Jingheng's fingers moved, but Gu Qinghe didn't see it and continued, "Oh, you were busy arranging your cousin to enter the palace at that time, so naturally you don't remember."

No, I remember. He is my legitimate son. How could I not remember?

As for my cousin...

Xiao Jingheng thought so in his mind, but he couldn't open his eyes, as if something was pulling him down.

He didn't know how long it had been before he heard a quarrel outside. One of the voices was the one he was most familiar with, his cousin Ruan Liuzheng.

"Manager Han, let me go in and see His Majesty. I want to hear him say with my own ears that it was the Queen's own decision to make Xiao Yan the Crown Prince. His Majesty said he wanted to make my Xiao Ming the Crown Prince." Ruan Liuzheng gave him a dissatisfied look.

Xiao Jingheng vaguely heard that the Queen advocated making Xiao Yan the Crown Prince. That was a good idea, as he thought so too. He didn't expect that his Queen was not only the most beautiful woman in the capital, but also had higher political wisdom than ordinary people.

There is just one thing, she is too cold.

Gao Desheng looked at Concubine Ruan in front of him, and found that she was actually not as pretty as the Empress.

Concubine Ruan's child was adopted from another concubine. The emperor visited her more often because of the childhood relationship between him and Concubine Ruan.

Gao Desheng naturally couldn't ask Concubine Ruan to come in, so he looked at the Queen for help.

Unexpectedly, the Queen was looking at this side with a smile.

What was Gu Qinghe laughing at? Naturally, he was laughing at the word "Xiao Ming". It sounded like it was not a name that could hold the imperial seal.

Ruan Liuzheng followed Gao Desheng's gaze and looked at the Queen who seemed to be sitting on the Diaoyutai with composure. Suddenly, he became bolder and pounced on her.

"You, the Poison Queen, don't love His Majesty at all. If it weren't for you, I would have done it long ago..."

Queen? Gu Qinghe raised an eyebrow slightly, not wanting her to cry.

"Noble Concubine Ruan, be careful with your words. I am your Majesty's first wife. I have experienced life and death with your Majesty, supporting you from the Qiandi Palace to the Imperial Palace. I have worked tirelessly and tirelessly to manage the harem. How can you say that I am disrespectful and loving?"

Gu Qinghe dodged Ruan Liuzheng easily, flicked his sleeves, and looked at everyone with a faint smile.

Are you kidding? After being a daughter-in-law for many years, she finally becomes a mother-in-law. When the emperor dies, she will be the empress dowager. Xiao Yan's biological mother has a weak family background, so even if she becomes the holy mother empress dowager, she won't be able to make any waves.

With power right before your eyes, of course you have to protect your reputation at this time.

Ruan Liuzheng glanced at the maids and the chief eunuch standing in front of the queen, then began to cry towards the inner room.

"Your Majesty, the Queen is going too far. She is trying to force me to follow you." Ruan Liuzheng cried.

"Keep an eye on her and don't allow anyone to disturb His Majesty." Gu Qinghe said this and left with the people from Fengyi Palace.

Xiao Jingheng's consciousness was confused by Ruan Liuzheng's miserable crying, but he was thinking more about what the queen had just said.

But he usually ignored her and failed to notice her feelings?

As he was thinking, he fell asleep in a daze.

Gu Qinghe returned to the palace, ordered food from the kitchenette, and then took a nap. He slept particularly deeply today.

Three or four carriages were galloping on the official road outside the capital.

"girl--"

"Girl, wake up quickly. We have arrived at the gate of the capital. It's so majestic." Gu Qinghe felt that the voice in her ears was somewhat familiar, like the voice of her eldest maid Yingchun.

"Yingchun, didn't I let you out of the palace to get married?"

"Miss, are you dreaming? Or are you dreaming about entering the palace and becoming a queen?" Yingchun joked with a smile.

Dreaming? I'm about to become the Empress Dowager, how could it be a dream?

Gu Qinghe opened his eyes and found himself in a carriage. Yingchun and Wangchun, who were sitting opposite him, looked very young, about fifteen or sixteen years old.

She quickly calmed down. She was about the same age as the two girls. Did she seem to have been reborn as a teenager?

She was happy but also felt sorry that her plan to become the empress dowager had been shattered before she even spent a single day there.

"Miss, you slept for a long time. We have already arrived in the capital. Madam asked you to comb your hair and change into a brightly colored robe. We will be entering the mansion soon." Yingchun said as she took out a comb.

Wangchun also opened the bag with a smile and rummaged through the clothes.

Gu Qinghe lifted the curtain of the car and looked at the city gate outside. It was indeed very majestic. The last time he saw it was in his previous life.

If she could do it again, even if it was better to be the empress dowager, she would not want to enter the palace again.

Those days were extremely frustrating, and my father had to run around in the court for Xiao Jingheng.

And the whole story of entering the palace in the previous life started from this day.

She was dressed delicately and charmingly, and was noticed by the old princess who was visiting the Gu family. She recommended her to the Queen Mother, and misfortunes began to come to her, and she could not refuse them.

"Don't change it. You've been traveling all the way from Dengzhou these days. You're covered in dust and look tired. It's useless to change it. It will just make you look more haggard." Gu Qinghe waved his hand and refused.

Wangchun and Yingchun naturally couldn't force the girl to change her clothes, so they simply put the pink shirt away.

After entering the city gate and walking on the street, the voices of people outside the car curtain were very lively, and Gu Qinghe also felt the fireworks of this world for the first time in a long time.

She lifted her bare hand slightly, revealing a palm-sized gap in the curtain. Looking at the vendors hawking their wares outside and the merchants carrying loads on their shoulders, her heart in her left chest was beating wildly.

She was happy in her heart, and naturally her face was full of smiles. A merchant on the street came over and said, "Miss, would you like to buy a hairpin?"

Gu Qinghe waved his hand, smiled politely, nodded, and lowered the curtain.

The vendor who had just held the hairpin in his hand was reluctant to retract it. "My goodness, what kind of family would a fairy like this marry? I'm afraid ordinary people can't protect her..."

In the roadside restaurant called Tianzihao, the windows facing the street were open, and two men dressed as young masters of wealthy families were sitting opposite each other.

It was the first time that Jamel Xiao saw her smile so brightly.

"My Lord, have you finished writing the policy paper the Emperor asked you to write? It's been several days, and you had to come here to see the scenery?"

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