Upon hearing this, the palace maid's eyes involuntarily shifted back and fell on Shen Qingqing, who was standing behind him. Her dim eyes suddenly lit up, and she hurried away without even saluting.
After a moment, a simple old woman wearing dark gray cloth and a black scarf on her head rushed out of the hall, followed by a group of palace maids who looked very gossipy at first sight.
Gu Jiali had expected this, and calmly stepped forward to salute her. As soon as he raised his arms, before the words of greeting reached his throat, the Queen Mother had already passed by him and ran to Shen Qingqing like a gust of wind.
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"You are the little girl Gu Shitou brought here, right? Tsk, her facial features are quite distinctive, but her skin is a bit darker, but it doesn't matter, Gu Shitou's face is fair, and if you two are evenly matched, the child you give birth to will not be ugly."
The Queen Mother held Shen Qingqing's hand and recited aloud. After reciting without giving anyone a chance to explain, she started to pray to heaven and earth with her hands together, "Thank God, thank you, Gu Shitou, this old stubborn man, finally got a girl. It's not easy."
ah……"
Gu Jiali heard a black line and couldn't help but interrupt her: "Old lady, can you give me a chance to speak?"
When the Queen Mother saw that his expression was wrong, her heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly realized that something was wrong. She wailed in despair, "Don't tell me, this is not my grandson-in-law!"
Gu Jiali sighed and was about to explain, but saw her suddenly leaning towards the grandmother next to her, gently holding her head and humming: "Old Kong, help Aijia in quickly, Aijia has a headache."
Shen Qingqing was astonished by what he saw. He could change his face so quickly that it would be unworthy of him to sing in a theater.
Gu Jiali quickly stepped forward to block the way of the two of them, and said with a straight face: "The Queen Mother, I have business with you."
The Queen Mother looked back at Shen Qingqing and asked unwillingly: "Who is she?"
Gu Jiali was helpless, "I specially found the cook for you among the people. Last time we met, didn't you say that you were tired of the food in the palace? You won't be tired of it if you change the taste."
"Cook." The Queen Mother instantly lost her interest, but she didn't want to live up to Gu Jiali's kindness, so she waved her hand perfunctorily: "Then let her do it, and the Ai family will play two more games of horse-drawing."
"Can you play less cards? If you have nothing to do, you can go to the garden, take a walk, and pick flowers. Isn't it healthier than playing cards?"
"Oh, you've started again. There's nothing good about learning at a young age. You have to imitate the little old lady in chanting sutras randomly. It's so annoying..."
One of them hid, the other chased, and they rushed into the main hall.
The palace maid who led the way smiled politely at Shen Qingqing and said, "Girl, the small kitchen of Ci'an Palace is over here. I will take you there."
Although she was acting, she still had to work hard to save face. Shen Qingqing made a few quick dishes, including stir-fried three shredded vegetables, shrimp and egg, potato and chicken nuggets, pan-fried crispy tofu, and a bowl of winter melon ball soup.
The preparation of each dish is simple, but the finished product is not bad at all, at least the color and fragrance are good.
When he went to the main hall to serve the food, Gu Jiali was still chattering, just as the Queen Mother complained, like a little old lady who loved to chant sutras, which was very different from his usual serious appearance.
The Queen Mother was very annoyed when she looked up and saw Shen Qingqing coming in with a plate. She felt like she was being pardoned and quickly stood up to clear the table and called her over to introduce the dishes.
Seeing that the time was right, Gu Jiali got up and kicked out all the palace servants serving in the palace, and even closed the door himself.
The Queen Mother looked at him blankly and said: "What kind of trouble are you doing? Why are you closing the door in broad daylight?"
Gu Jiali lowered his eyes and winked at Shen Qingqing, "Please explain to the old lady."
The Queen Mother looked at Shen Qingqing blankly again, "What's wrong? You two see each other right. You want to abandon this old guy like the Ai family and elope together? Just elope. It's okay. The Ai family doesn't care."
Shen Qingqing did not answer, strode to the desk, knelt down, and said loudly: "The daughter of the people Shen Qingqing wants to expose to you the crime of Queen Li and the Imperial Master Sikyong jointly plotting to murder the emperor's heir."
"Ah?" The Queen Mother was dumbfounded. After she came to her senses, she waved her hands and said, "You have found the wrong person. The Ai family doesn't care about this. You go to Chengqian Hall to find the emperor. He should take care of this matter."
"The emperor is currently ill in bed and has not gone to court for several days. General Zhao Ying and Zhao went to visit Chengqian Palace, but he was stopped by the queen before he entered the door." Gu Jiali stood up at the right time to explain, "I suspect that the emperor has been raped by the queen.
He teamed up with the Imperial Master and was trapped in the Chengqian Hall."
"Ah?" The Queen Mother was dumbfounded again. After a while, she said in disbelief: "He can actually be manipulated by a stupid woman who only knows how to cry and a stupid man who only knows how to play tricks. This is so useless."
Gu Jiali: "...has your focus gone astray?"
"It seems a little biased." The Queen Mother rubbed her eyes and turned her gaze to Shen Qingqing again, "Come, let's continue talking about the crimes of the Queen and the Imperial Preceptor."
Shen Qingqing licked her lower lip and continued: "In order to make her children stand out from the crowd of royal heirs, Queen Li colluded with Si Jing, the national preceptor, and used the Si family's special soul-seducing secret method to seduce the souls of the little prince and princess.
As a result, many of the emperor's heirs lacked souls and became idiots."
The Queen Mother's expression changed from careless at first to stunned, then furious, and finally jumped up from the desk and roared angrily:
"The Ai family said that the Ai family is so smart, and the sons and daughters they gave birth to are all excellent, how could there be such a group of grandchildren with no brains! Sure enough, someone is behind it!"
She turned around and looked around, her eyebrows flying in worry, "Where's the Ai family's knife? The Ai family must kill those two stinky bears!"
Gu Jiali rushed forward and pushed her back, "Old lady, can you please listen to what I have to say? It's not good for your health to be so impatient all the time."
The Queen Mother was so angry that her cheeks turned red. She panted heavily and waved her hand to Shen Qingqing: "Okay, you continue to talk, the Ai family can still bear it."
"Are you sure? Remember to stop when you can't hold on anymore." Shen Qingqing was afraid that she would fall down before she finished speaking, so she warned her in advance, and then continued:
"The third prince, Qi Zhuoyu, is an emperor descended from the sky. Due to his special status, he was targeted by two people as soon as he was born. The two first took away a ray of his soul and made him disappear among everyone, and then they repeatedly planned to provoke wars with the intention of using others' power.
Remove it quickly with your hands."
"The master of Cao Min had a glimpse of the secret and couldn't bear to see the emperor star in trouble and the world in chaos, so he secretly designed a fake death strategy to rescue him from the palace."
"You mean Yu'er is not dead?" The Queen Mother was so excited that her hands were shaking and she murmured: "That child is smart. Although he is a bit greedy, he learns to talk and walk very quickly. He grows up very quickly.
She is good-looking too, much prettier than others, but her life is too hard..."
The Queen Mother's voice became even louder, "When the news of his premature death suddenly came to the palace, the Ai family was so sad that they couldn't eat for three days, and they wanted to cry when they thought of his babbling..."