It's already past the middle of the month, the night is deep and lonely, the bright moon in the sky is hidden behind dark clouds, and half of the light has never been scattered on the ground.
Gu Jingyang took off his cloak and handed it to Heng Jia: "You wait outside."
Heng Jia put the cloak on her arm, her expression was calm, as before: "Yes."
? The weather is already very cold, not to mention that the princess Shujia just gave birth for a short time, so she needs to keep warm even more.
Gu Jingyang opened the heavy fabric curtain, and as soon as people entered, they felt the warm fragrance inside.
He didn't stop, and continued to move forward. He went to the door of the inner room and tapped three times, and then heard the gentle voice of the princess Shujia.
"come in."
Gu Jingyang pushed the door open and went in, and saw the county magistrate Shujia leaning on the stove, with a calm expression as usual, raised his eyes and saw him, and then sat up.
Her appearance is very youthful, her crescent eyebrows are lightly swept, and her lips are lightly rouged, but the demeanor between her brows is very calm, and there is still a kind of power that makes people unconsciously want to submit.
Gu Jingyang closed the door, bowed slightly, and greeted her: "I haven't seen Tianhou for a long time."
A gentle smile appeared on Zheng Hou's expression, and he raised his hand to signal him to stand up. It was not like a pair of enemies who had met in the same situation, but like an old friend who hadn't seen for many years: "Jiulang is as handsome as before."
There is another embroidered bench not far away, Gu Jingyang went to sit down, Zheng Hou picked up the tea cup in front of him, took a sip slowly, and then said: "I want to come, you have a lot of questions in your heart."
"There used to be." Gu Jingyang said politely: "But at this point, it's actually the same whether you ask or not."
Empress Zheng didn't ask him what he planned to do with himself, let alone beg for mercy. They all once lived in the highest positions in the empire, and their inner strength and tenacity were far beyond what ordinary people could compare.
As long as she knows how she will deal with this matter if she changes places, she will not say those unnecessary words anymore.
Zheng Hou smiled lightly and said: "Where did the traces show up and make you suspicious?"
Gu Jingyang didn't hide anything, and said calmly: "Xinping inadvertently revealed the real cause of A Yuan's death."
"No wonder you asked someone to deal with her." Zheng Houweilu was stunned, thinking of something, and suddenly laughed.
She turned her eyes to look at Gu Jingyang, and thoughtfully said: "I thought that the assassination of Sanniang earlier was not enough to make you take a ruthless hand against the clan, so I added this extra step. I don't think it was just superfluous."
"It's already remarkable." Gu Jingyang praised: "From the time I found out that Zhizhi and I were in love, I started to plan, interlocking and leveraging strength. Such an exquisite plan only took a few days to plan. , if it wasn¡¯t for an accidental omission, maybe it will be successful in the future.¡±
"One careless move, the whole game will be lost," Zheng Hou said with a calm smile, "But if you lose, you lose. There is no need to worry about why you missed."
Gu Jingyang also didn't mention it again, just said: "How did Tianhou know that Zhizhi and I are in love?"
He thought for a while, and then said again: "Is it because of the jade pendant I gave Zhizhi?"
"Indeed." Zheng Hou nodded: "It was left by Emperor Taizong Wen. It was first given to the late emperor, and then the late emperor gave it to you. It has a special meaning. I was surprised when I saw it on Sanniang that day. , After thinking about it, I felt that this was a god-sent opportunity."
"Don't look at me like that, Jiulang." She smiled lightly, raised her eyebrows, and said in relief, "That's all, I've been used to such gazes for a long time."
Zheng Hou watched him quietly, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and after a while, he continued: "I didn't like you when you were young. You are not born like me, nor like the first emperor, but very much like Taizong Emperor Wen, especially the way he looks at me, is exactly the same as him, with a bit of hatred innate."
"I am your biological mother, and I am the one who brought you into this world. Why do you look at me with such eyes?"
"I know what you're thinking." She laughed again: "You think I'm cruel and cold-blooded, always full of ambition to climb up, and you think women shouldn't be like this, they should be gentle Yes, obedient, and humble behind men, looking up at them with admiration and humility, isn't it?"
Gu Jingyang remained silent.
"I don't want to be that kind of person!"
Zheng Hou sneered coldly, and said: "I am the eldest daughter of the family. When your grandmother gave birth to me, she had a difficult childbirth. She could no longer have children, so my father married one by one at home. Those concubines secretly ran on my mother and taunted her. , and some people dare to come to me and make irresponsible remarks, my mother advised me to bear it, but I just can't bear it!"
"After?? together: "Zhizhi is very good."
He was silent for a while, and then said: "I like it very much."
Queen Zheng smiled slightly, with an expression that couldn't tell whether it was serious or perfunctory: "Congratulations."
Gu Jingyang said gently: "Thank you."
It was getting late, the night outside was deep and quiet, and no one made a sound in the inner room. It seemed that they were all falling into an unknown dream in such a quiet night.
The light on the table jumped and made a slight noise, which also woke up the two of them.
Zheng Hou held up the silver braze on one side of the lamp, picked out the black wick, and said with some emotion: "When was the last time we sat and talked to each other like this?"
Gu Jingyang thought for a while, and said: "It seems to be two years ago, the eve of the Queen's death."
"It's really been a long time ago," Zheng Hou smiled, and was silent for a while before saying, "This time, I think it's really a farewell."
She quietly stared at the eldest son in front of her. It seemed that in the blink of an eye, he had grown up, with a handsome face and a calm demeanor. He could rival her a few years ago.
King Zhou grew up beside her, and so did King Wei and Princess Lin'an. Only he, after he was born, was taken over by Emperor Taizong Wen and brought up by himself.
Later he would leave and talk, as if he had also secretly gone to see her.
It's just that she was under the shadow of Emperor Taizong Wen at that time, and every time she saw him, she would think of her own weakness and powerlessness back then, hated the house, and didn't even like him.
Later, he stopped looking for himself.
She suddenly felt a bit of unspeakable sourness in her heart, and then she remembered that she had never hugged this child since she was a child.
For some reason, Empress Zheng felt a little sad, stretched out her arms, and said, "Jiulang, come here. Tell me to see you."
Gu Jingyang looked at her quietly, and after a while, shook his head and said, "Forget it."
"Do you hate me?" Zheng Hou was startled, and withdrew his hand to hide the sadness in his heart: "After the death of Emperor Taizong Wen, I found a way to imprison you for more than ten years. If a person lives for a lifetime, he can How many decades?"
"That's not true." At the end of the sentence, Gu Jingyang stood up and was about to leave.
His expression was calm and his demeanor was calm: "In the final analysis, the Empress and I have reached the point where we are today. There has never been any misunderstanding or mistake between each other, and it has nothing to do with the so-called mother-child relationship in the world. Winners and losers, that's all."
Bowing his head to salute her, Gu Jingyang said: "Just leave now." After saying that, he turned and left.
The winner and the loser
In the end, it was her own son who said those four words to her.
Empress Zheng felt a little ironic and absurd. She wanted to laugh, but for some reason, tears suddenly rolled down from her eyes.
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