Seizing the throne, abolishing the adopted son, the imperial concubine rose to prominence

"He'er, let's go to Zhaoqing Palace."

Gu Youning stood up.

……

As soon as he arrived near Jifang Pavilion, Gu Youning heard a quarrel.

"Your master's share is short, you should go to the Empress. Why do you keep asking for money from us?"

This is Jinqin's voice.

"Please, Lady Wen, my master was freezing all night. Please allow me to make some charcoal for him. I don't need silver charcoal, just ordinary charcoal will do."

Gu Youning took He'er a few steps closer and saw a palace maid kowtowing repeatedly in front of the closed door. Jinshu was so angry that her face turned blue.

"Miss Jinqin."

Gu Youning walked forward and called out.

"Gu Jieyu? This servant pays her respects to Jieyu."

Jinqin hurried over to pay her respects.

"Is Miss Wen in there?"

Gu Youning seemed not to see the person on the ground and asked with a smile.

"Yes, Concubine Gu, please come in."

Jinqin suppressed the anger on her face and led Gu Youning inside.

"This is?"

Gu Youning stopped when he reached the palace maid whose forehead was blue from knocking her head against the wall.

"This is Shanhu, the personal maidservant of Lady Lin."

Jinqin glanced at the person on the ground with disgust and impatience.

"I just heard that Lin Yunu is short of charcoal?"

Without waiting for Shanhu to look up and speak, Gu Youning continued, "Ms. Lin is still recovering from her injuries and must not be left out in the cold. This matter should be reported to the Empress immediately. Her Majesty is kind and will certainly take care of it. If Ms. Lin is afraid, I will speak to the Empress on her behalf. He'er..."

Gu Youning pretended to ask the palace maid to go to Fengyi Palace to report.

"No... no need. The Empress is busy with harem affairs. How can I bother my master with such a trivial matter?"

Shanhu faced Gu Youning's puzzled gaze, and a trace of panic flashed across her face.

The master specifically instructed us not to go to Fengyi Palace to disturb the Empress.

"Humph, it turns out it's just a small matter. You've been kneeling here crying and begging all day, and I thought Miss Lin was going to freeze to death."

Jinqin snorted coldly.

"How could Sister Jinshu..."

"Ms. Lin's hands and feet are injured and she has difficulty moving. As her head maid, you should go back and serve her well. Why are you getting entangled with others here?"

Gu Youning interrupted Shanhu’s angry words.

"That's what Concubine Gu taught me."

Shanhu always felt that she could not get the upper hand in front of Concubine Gu, so she got up and left in a huff.

Jinqin sneered and walked inside with Gu Youning.

As soon as you enter the house, a warm breath hits you in the face, with a sweet fruity scent.

"Have the people from Tingyuxuan made enough of the trouble?"

Lady Wen was leaning on a chaise longue covered with a Shu brocade mattress, covered with a silver fox blanket, and a peacock blue flower and bird pattern heater was placed at her feet.

In front of the couch stood a three-legged copper incense burner with a hollow three-section cover, in which a sufficient amount of silver charcoal was burning. Not only that, there was a copper brazier in each of the four corners of the room, in which silver charcoal was burning.

"it's me."

Gu Youning frowned slightly. The amount of silver charcoal in the room far exceeded the beauty's allotment.

"Gu Jieyu!"

Lady Wen turned around in surprise and hurriedly got up from the couch.

"Why are you here in such a cold weather?"

"Of course I need your help with something."

Gu Youning suppressed his previous thoughts and sat down next to Lady Wen casually.

"What happened?"

Lady Wen also sat up straight and immediately became serious.

"Nothing happened. I just want your help with two things. One is about Qin Tinglu. Did you guys not alert anyone at that time?"

Gu Youning was still a little touched when he saw Lady Wen's reaction.

"No, last time you said that now is not the right time. Nanny Cen asked Jinqin to secretly take the maid to the cold palace for placement. Qin Tinglu must not know about it."

Lady Wen shook her head.

"That's good. I need to find evidence of their affair and force Qin Tinglu to change his words at the right time."

Gu Youning breathed a sigh of relief. When she came here, she thought that with Lady Wen's temperament, she would probably have alarmed someone. It seemed that the Wen family members around her really needed help.

"That's a great idea. I'll definitely have someone do it for you. Then your legitimate sister won't have the chance to cause trouble in the palace."

Lady Wen looked very happy.

"No, this matter cannot be implicated in my younger sister, and certainly not in the Wen family's connections in the palace. Although the Wen family is the most low-key and inactive among the four great families, your family is a century-old family after all. If this matter were to be made public, others might not believe that the palace maid was secretly having an affair with Qin Tinglu. Instead, they would think that the Wen family was secretly planting people in the former dynasty, especially since the Sitiantai is located within the Forbidden Palace, unlike other government offices."

"Although the two branches of the Wen family are not on good terms, in front of outsiders you are all members of the Wen family."

Since Gu Youning has decided to form an alliance with Concubine Wen, he certainly does not want the Wen family to be feared by the emperor.

Moreover, in her previous life, she was unpopular in the palace, the Gu family was ignored, and Gu Youxin had no chance to enter the palace, so these things did not happen.

"Thank you very much. It seems that my father and brother made the right decision."

After hearing this, Lady Wen was stunned for a moment, then she looked at Gu Youning and said softly.

Gu Youning was stunned. Lady Wen was trying to show her goodwill to him, but it turned out that it was the intention of the Wen family outside the palace.

"We are allies and should consider each other when doing things."

Gu Youning suppressed the slight doubt in his heart and gently held Lady Wen's hand.

Her words were a mixture of sincerity and pretense. As an ally, she would of course stand with the Wen family and Lady Wen as long as it did not affect her own plans. However, having experienced the bitterness of her previous life, she would not sacrifice her own interests for anyone in this life.

"I just like your personality. You say everything openly, unlike those women who have to think about each word separately."

After hearing what Lady Wen said, Gu Youning just smiled. She would also say such things, it just depends on her personal temperament.

"Qin Tinglu's matter..."

However, Lady Wen now seemed to be a person of temperament and was close to him, so Gu Youning deliberately acted more casually and intimately, and suddenly whispered a few words in Lady Wen's ear.

"Your idea..."

"That's great! I've been watching Zheng..."

Lady Wen beamed with joy.

Gu Youning made a gesture to keep quiet, and Wen Meiren fell silent.

"What's the second thing you said?"

Seeing Lady Wen's inexplicable excitement, even her usually cold and arrogant eyebrows became lively. Gu Youning felt that his previous evaluation of Lady Wen was still a little biased.

"Didn't you say last time that there was someone from your family in Ci'an Palace? I need him to do something, but I won't tell you the details until the time is right."

As Gu Youning spoke, he carefully looked at Lady Wen's expression, but there was no sign of dissatisfaction or anger on that face that was still somewhat excited.

"Row!"

Lady Wen readily agreed and said to Jinqin, "Go and get the jade token."

"master!"

Jinqin's expression changed slightly.