Chapter 010 - The Second Strike(1/2)
(XX website www.xxx.***)(XX website www.xxx.***)(XX website www.xxx.***) Early the next morning, Gao Qiu got up and washed up, and told his servants to prepare cars and horses and prepare to enter the palace to meet the queen mother. Seeing Gao Yanei's miserable situation, Gao Qiu was extremely heartbroken. Even if you are powerful in your royal palace? I, Gao Qiu, are not a dough that can be bullied. The world's affairs can only be carried out. If you indulge the princess in the palace to cause trouble, if you don't suppress your arrogance, I am afraid that there will be no place for me, Gao Qiu, to settle down in the capital in the future.
Now Gao Qiu only regrets why he didn't take action to kill Wu Zhi earlier. Now that he saw that the noble king was full of wings, even if he and Cai Jing joined forces, it would be difficult to shake it, unless..., suddenly remembered the rumors of the noble king and the queen mother's disagreement, Gao Qiu's eyes lit up, and perhaps there was no way...
"Dians Supervisor..." I don't know when Mr. Sun came behind Gao Qiu and awakened Gao Qiu in his contemplative state.
"What?" Gao Qiu was a little surprised. Mr. Sun rarely came to disturb him on his own initiative. He just summarized the news and rumors about the capital to him every day. Speaking of which, Mr. Sun's news was very well-informed, which was a great help from Gao Qiu.
"The villain thought that the palace commander should not be a quarrel with the noble king at this time..." Mr. Sun said cautiously.
Gao Qiu's face sank, looking at Mr. Sun without saying a word. Unless he asked, Mr. Sun would never make any ideas to interfere with his own ideas. What's wrong with this today?
Seeing Gao Qiu's appearance, Mr. Sun sighed and said, "Since the palace coach insisted, the villain dared not say much. He just hoped that the palace coach would act cautiously and not fall into the quagmire..."
Gao Qiu nodded slightly, "I have my own sense of responsibility!" Nian Zai was kind enough, and he did not blame him. It was indeed unwise to face the noble king directly. However, although Gao Yanei was a playboy, he was Gao Qiu's heart and his weakness. It was even more unbearable to move Gao Yanei than to move Gao Qiu. Now that his son has been smashed by someone, he can't even get out of bed in the future. Gao Qiu can't stand it no matter how scheming Gao Qiu is.
At this time, the servant came to report that the carriage and horses were ready. Gao Qiu went back to the backyard to change his official uniform. Mr. Sun sighed and walked towards his own residence in the east courtyard.
After Gao Qiu was ready. Half a stick of incense had passed, looking at the sky, the east was already red. He hurried out of the mansion and was about to climb the double-horse carriage in front of the steps. Suddenly, he heard the sound of horse hooves on the bluestone road from far to near, and it sounded rapidly. Gao Qiu blamed him in his heart that there were few riders in front of his palace commander's mansion, and he turned to look. He saw more than a dozen riders galloping like a speeding horse, and the head was a purple-clothed maple maple, sitting on Wu Zhi.
Gao Qiu sneered and ran away to say love? He wanted to send me a few soft words? Mo Tai underestimated me, Gao Qiu.
Wu Zhi and his group rushed to the front and tied the reins. Wu Zhi turned over and dismounted as the horse was neighing. Gao Qiu stood still with a sneer, wanting to hear what the noble king said.
Wu Zhi walked over with a golden mace in his hand. Gao Qiu sneered and said, "It's so early for a thousand years!" But he saw Wu Zhi suddenly raised the golden mace in his hand, and it was hitting Gao Qiu's shoulder blade with a "pop". It was said that it was light. It was not heavy, but it made Gao Qiu's bones burst into tears, and he screamed and fell to the ground.
Wu Zhi pulled Gao Qiu up and shouted loudly: "Teithief, you are a son who commits a crime. He hurts the mighty general, gossips behind his back, destroys the reputation of the royal family, come with me! Go to the front of the empress dowager to reason!" As he said that, Gao Qiu left. The vanguards of Gao Qiu's mansion had never seen this formation. They looked at each other for a moment, but no one dared to come forward to dissuade him. This was not something they could get in.
Gao Qiu was so painful that his nose was snot and tears were crying, but he couldn't speak. He was pulled forward by Wu Zhi. This trick was used cleverly, and it did not hurt his body, and it made him feel unbearable.
The journey was very lively. The rising sun was rising, and there were more and more pedestrians on the streets of Tokyo. Gao Qiu's mansion turned over to Pantu Street, also known as East Cross Street. At the southern end there were more than a dozen tea shops. The lights were lit at the fifth hour and dispersed at dawn, which was also the prototype of "drinking morning tea". At this time, the tea shops in the tea shop happened to disperse and saw a group of people pushing and shoving on the street. At that time, the Song people were rich, especially Bianjing, and there were many "petty bourgeoisies" who were doing nothing. Seeing that there was a lively look, they all looked over. It didn't matter when the person was idle. The person among the idle people exclaimed: "Isn't this the palace coach?"
Everyone else was shocked and asked, "Director General's Mansion has taken someone again?"
"It's not true, but the palace commander was taken away!" The leading figure also looked shocked when he spoke.
"Ah?" Everyone was so uproaring. They looked over. The official uniform was wrinkled, the official hat was tilted, and they were pulled and staggered. The extremely embarrassed person was the palace coach Gao Qiu?
"You can't read it wrong, do you?" Some people didn't believe it.
"No, I'm a person who has entered the Palace Commander's Mansion!" The leading figure had already been proud of having entered the Palace Commander's Mansion, and he kept talking all day long. When he spoke today, he suddenly felt a little ashamed, and then he lowered his words.
"Ah, look at that golden mace!" someone exclaimed.
"Ah!" Most idle people suddenly realized that these people were the most informative. After dinner, they talked about "military and important affairs of the country". They said it was very clear. If foreigners who did not know the customs of Tokyo's folk customs could hear them, they would think that they would be pillars of the country and auxiliary ministers of the court.
The dragon-head mace was the top topic of these idle people a few days ago. Even the flying dragon on the mace were very clear. When I see this scene, most of them have guessed it.
"This is the noble king? As expected, it's just like the rumors, and he's too young!" A middle-aged idle man sighed.
"What's so great about being old? The palace coach is about the same age as you, but he was taken in his hands by the noble king?" A young idle man was displeased and retorted.
Gao Qiu was forced to walk on the street by Wu Zhi. When he heard the pedestrians beside him discussing, he was ashamed to find a crack in the ground to get into it, but he suddenly realized that the noble king was deliberately humiliating himself.
"Go and hire a carriage!" Wu Zhi frowned, and the guards rushed away immediately. Soon, a carriage came from the street corner. Wu Zhi pulled Gao Qiu into the carriage and threw Gao Qiu on his seat. He didn't look at him. He coldly ordered the guards, "Go to the Forbidden Palace!"
Gao Qiu only took a breath and looked at Wu Zhi and said, "Your Majesty is such a clever method!"
Wu Zhiri ignored him and looked at the scenery outside the window, not knowing what he was thinking.
The carriage was driving very fast. Soon after, Wu Zhi had arrived in front of the Forbidden Palace. Wu Zhi pulled Gao Qiu out of the car. Gao Qiu struggled and said, "I will leave by myself!" Wu Zhi ignored it and grabbed Gao Qiu's neck and got out of the car. How could Gao Qiu compare with Wu Zhi's strength? He was carried by Wu Zhi in his hand like a chicken and entered the Forbidden Palace.
Seeing that Wu Zhi's face turned pale, the palace guards pulled Gao Qi and did not dare to stop him. They hurriedly went to report. When Wu Zhi pulled Gao Qi to Xuande Building, a palace maid had already arrived in a hurry and led Wu Zhi to the East Palace to meet the queen mother.
The hall of the dark hall is covered with gold nails and red paint, the walls are all between bricks and stones, and the shape of dragons and phoenixes flying away is engraved. Is it the carved and painted buildings, steep nanmu layered thorns, covered with glazed tiles, curved rulers and red railings. It is the palace of Taihu hanging affairs. The new emperor was established and the empress dowager was obeyed. Here it was also one of the palaces where the empress dowager summoned ministers to discuss affairs.
In the bright hall, Concubine Wang was frowning and thinking about something. Although she looked slightly thin, she was even more graceful. Seeing Wu Zhi walking in with Gao Qiu in surprise, she opened her eyes widened in surprise and said strangely: "What is your king doing?"
Wu Zhi threw Gao Qiu aside and said in a deep voice: "The Empress Dowager is the master of his own brother!"
Gao Qiu's body was convenient. He immediately bowed his head and kowtowed, and tears came down in his eyes and said, "The Empress Dowager is the master of the empress dowager..."
Concubine Wang frowned slightly and said to Gao Qiu: "Your dear first!"
Gao Qiu was overjoyed. Tears were shed in his eyes, and he immediately talked about how the noble princess broke into the mansion, how he injured the guards, and how he seriously injured Gao Yanei. Finally, he talked about the noble prince who was indistinguishable from the power and bullied the weak, and smashed himself with a golden mace for no reason, and even pulled himself to walk in the downtown area, making him look like faceless again. As he spoke, he kowtowed in grief and anger, and blood was knocked out of his forehead.
Concubine Wang turned to look at Wu Zhi, "Your Majesty, what Gao Aiqing said is true?"
Wu Zhi shook his head and said, "He is just a one-sided word, how can he do it?" In Wu Zhi's mouth, things immediately became a different look. Gao Yanei was rampant and illegal, and he let the dog bite the imperial golden pig in the downtown market. This was just a trivial matter among his bad deeds. Especially the Gao family talked about the princess's shortcomings and slandered the princess' reputation. The noble concubine Ye was angry and wanted to argue with the young lady of the Gao family. Who knew that he would not enter the Gao family with the imperial golden mace. The guards of the whole palace were even disrespectful to Concubine Ye in the words of the guards. Finally, the two sides had a conflict. The guards of the mansion besieged Ye Fei. Fortunately, Concubine Ye had several punches and kicks, and then they broke up the guards of the mansion and escaped from the Gao family. As for how to hurt the Gao family, it is unknown. It is thought that the Gao family's son participated in the besiege of Concubine Ye, and was injured in the melee. As for what Gao Qiu said to come to the door for searching for things, it is purely nonsense.
"The Empress Dowager thought that a weak woman would be so stupid that she went to the Palace Commander's Mansion to cause trouble?" Wu Zhi said with great sarcasm.
Concubine Wang looked at Wu Zhi a few times and said nothing.
At the end, Wu Zhi said: "The young lady of the Gao family slandered her insiders, but Taiwei Xuan asked him and found out that there were female relatives in the Taiwei's mansion who could hear her bastard!"
Gao Qiu snorted coldly, "My daughter-in-law just quarreled with the dog son, and she was so nervous that she was talking nonsense. How could she do it accurately? When she spoke, the princess had already arrived in my mansion!"
Wu Zhi said lightly: "What does it have to do with your quarrel between you? If you are panicked, you can talk nonsense? If your young lady hadn't been talking nonsense all day long, how could my family members go to your mansion?"
When Concubine Wang heard them arguing, she sighed and said, "Gao Qing, please get up!" She called the palace maid and sent her handkerchief to wipe Gao Qiu's head.
"The Ai family has already known this. The two of them will return first. It is said that Concubine Ye and Wang will enter the palace. After the Ai family has asked carefully, they will make the truth." Concubine Wang waved her hand slightly and signaled them to retreat.
Gao Qiu was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but say, "Empress Dowager, the noble king relies on the golden mace to drive rampant, which even humiliates the weak minister..."
Unexpectedly, Wu Zhi was even more angry and picked up the golden mace and walked out. Gao Qiu was startled, and Concubine Wang hurriedly said, "Where is the King?"
Wu Zhi stopped and turned his head and said lightly: "I'll go to see the young lady of the Gao family and ask her why she slandered my reputation outside!"
Gao Qiu was so angry that he couldn't say anything about it. This was too bullying. Could it be that he beat his son and beat him? Now he was going to find his daughter-in-law again? He was angry and also fooled him in his heart. The noble king, now he is not just exonerating the princess. Judging from his words and deeds today, is he going to deal with him?
"Gao Qing, please retreat..." Concubine Wang waved to Gao Qiu. Gao Qiu was helpless and withdrew angrily. He thought about it for a moment and quickly walked towards the palace gate.
Concubine Wang waved her hand and sent off her close maid, looking at Wu Zhi without saying a word.
This was the first time Wu Zhi had faced Concubine Wang alone since that embarrassment. He suddenly felt embarrassed in his heart. He coughed dryly, "Isn't it true that my sister-in-law stayed with me?"
"Do you want to defeat Gao Qiu?" Concubine Wang asked in silence for a while.
Unexpectedly, she said so directly. Wu Zhi was slightly stunned. He used to talk to him around the bush, and he always had to take care of the boss's *** for a simple thing.
"Are you sure?" Concubine Wang asked again.
Wu Zhi shook his head, how can there be no guaranteed things in the world?
"Then you be careful, I won't favor you! Don't mess with the court."
Wu Zhi frowned when he heard this, who told you to be partial? As long as you don’t favor Gao Qiu, you will be fine.
"Go, don't forget to call Concubine Ye into the palace!" Concubine Wang ended the conversation. Wu Zhi had not said anything about Yu from beginning to end. She just nagged her for a few words.
Wu Zhi was about to walk out, but suddenly remembered the Taoer incident. There was no one around at this time, so it was the time to talk to Concubine Wang. But then he thought, there were a lot of messy things now, so let's talk about it in a few days. When he walked to the hall gate, he was about to leave the hall. When he turned around, he suddenly glanced at Concubine Wang wiping tears. Wu Zhi was stunned, and then remembered the appearance of Concubine Wang who was not as strong as her thin appearance when he first entered the hall. Wu Zhi stopped, pondered for a while, and turned back.
"Ah, why are you back?" Concubine Wang was wiping her tears. Suddenly, she saw Wu Zhi turn around and wiped away her tears.
"Why did the Empress Dowager shed tears?" Wu Zhi could only slowly start estimating the question. He couldn't just open his mouth and say it. Empress Dowager, Tao'er is in my hands.
"Nothing!" Concubine Wang shook her head.
"If you have any troubles, you might as well talk to me..." Wu Zhi walked closer to Concubine Wang.
"You...you...what are you doing?" Seeing Wu Zhi approaching mysteriously, Concubine Wang suddenly turned red, and her expression swept away the dignity she had just now, and she became a little panicked.
Wu Zhi didn't realize it. He whispered: "I know the Queen Mother's worries, so I can also relieve the Queen Mother's worries!"
Concubine Wang let out a "ah" and blushed. But she said loudly: "You!... Go away! Don't you know your shame?"
Wu Zhi was confused and suddenly realized something. Concubine Wang thought of the crooked place and looked up. At this time, she was only a few steps away from Concubine Wang. Concubine Wang was already nervously standing up from the chair and took two steps back gently. Her face was full of panic. She was not as majestic as a mother of a country. At this time, she was no different from the timid little woman in an ordinary family. The difference was that her timid appearance was full of indescribable charm.
Concubine Wang had just stood up from the chair, her long skirt was a little uneven, and her beautiful ankles wrapped in small embroidered shoes and purple-red skirts and pants were exposed on the legs. Wu Zhi's mind was involuntarily ecstasy months ago. His old face turned slightly red. He hurriedly took a few steps back and explained: "Empress Dowager, I'm talking about Tao'er's business." There is no way, don't keep it a secret, otherwise she would have become a lewd demon in her eyes.
Concubine Wang was stunned for a moment and looked at Wu Zhi suddenly: "Taoer?"
Wu Zhi nodded slightly, "A few days ago, Tao'er came to see me and said something irrelevant. I locked her up in anger. Please let the Queen Mother tell me what to do about it."
After hearing Wu Zhi say "no words", Concubine Wang naturally knows what it means. The red clouds rise again, and her face becomes more delicate. She is stunned for a while, slowly sits back on the chair, and says to Wu Zhi, "Is Tao'er okay?" Her tone has returned to calm.
Wu Zhi said: "Of course nothing is wrong."
"Then let her go back to the palace. I think she was confused for a while and there would be no mistakes in the future." Concubine Wang said suspiciously, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Wu Zhi smiled and said nothing.
Concubine Wang hesitated and said, "Can you think...you think..."
Wu Zhi nodded: "Don't the Queen Mother think it's too dangerous to keep her by her side?"
Concubine Wang shook her head and said, "Taoer has always been very loyal to me, why did you change your mind?"
Wu Zhi smiled and said, "I hope the Queen Mother will not scold Qiqiao at night. Although she is active, she is kind-hearted and not a arrogant person..."
Concubine Wang's face suddenly sank: "Hold the golden mace given by the late emperor to show off everywhere. Is this what the princess does? I don't scold her? But you should scold her!"
Wu Zhi smiled and said, "I have already punished me!" Thinking of the riding of Qi Qiao's underwear stripped naked last night and hit Qi Qiao's little butt, Wu Zhi smiled in his heart.
Concubine Wang said coldly: "You let Tao'er go for her? Qiqiao is not wronged at all? Is it more important than your and my reputation?"
Wu Zhixin said what logic is this? You asked me to put Taoer. It's not that I wanted to let her go. But let Taoer go is not for Qi Qiao, but Wu Zhi had a brilliant idea, Qi Qiao just made a shield.
"That brother knows how to do it!" Wu Zhi said lightly.
Concubine Wang realized what she was saying and hurriedly said, "Forget it, you'd better send Tao'er back soon."
Seeing Wu Zhi silent, Concubine Wang stayed for a while and couldn't help but say, "Don't spoil her too much, otherwise it would cause trouble for you sooner or later."
To be continued...