186 That year

Madam Gu Yi's answer was not unexpected to Jiuyin at all. She picked up the tea that the maid had just given her and tasted it. Suddenly she put the cup down heavily and said in a deep voice:

"Madam Gu Yi, I respect you for working in the palace for so many years and have served the prince's late mother. However, the prince has the first words and left all the affairs in the palace to me from today on. As my servant, if you don't tell me the truth, I will never spare you."

When Madam Gu Yi heard this, she stood up from the chair in panic and knelt down to her: "Girl, I am just a servant, I don't know anything. Girl, I don't know what the girl is going to ask."

"I just want to tell me whether I know the real reason for the Jade Queen's death?"

"Old slave..." Madam Gu Yi's thin lips moved slightly, her body trembled gently, and she still didn't know how to reply.

"The Jade Queen did not die of illness." Jiuyin didn't want to beat her around the bush. Looking at her uneasy face, she frowned slightly and said in a deep voice:

"The palace maids and eunuchs who served in the Jade Queen's Palace back then all died of accidents not long after the Jade Queen's death. I want to know why you have been alive for so many years?"

Madam Gu Yi is the one who has served the Jade Queen closely. Why has she lived safely under the eyes of the man behind her for so many years?

Madam Gu Yi was so scared that she couldn't help but tremble all over. She hesitated, but she still didn't dare to tell the truth: "Girl, this matter... you should ask the prince, not the old slave. Lao Nu is just a trivial servant and knows nothing."

"I didn't have time to ask the prince. This time I went to Gongyue was related to this matter. If you don't tell me the truth, then I have to drive you out of the prince's mansion and let you face those people by yourself." Jiuyin put aside his heavy words, of course, this was definitely not just to scare her.

She is serious.

Those people! When they heard these three words, Madam Gu Yi was even more scared and her face was pale, with no trace of human expression on her cheeks.

She Wei trembled and said in a trembling voice: "Girl, this... isn't you trying to kill the old slave?"

"So I'll give you a chance now to tell me the truth. Those people were silenced back then, why are you still alive?"

If she had made sure she was going to Gongyue to find Qingcheng and would have participated in this kind of thing, Jiuyin would have asked Feng Chenye to find out in person, but now she really didn't have time to ask him, so Madam Gu Yi was the only one who could tell her the truth.

Madam Gu Yi was breathing heavily, and she was really nervous. After hesitating for a long time, she said softly: "Girl, Is it really possible to tell the truth?"

"Do you think the prince will believe me?" Jiuyin asked back without answering.

"Of course I believe it." Madam Gu Yi nodded quickly, not to please her, but to tell the truth.

If you don’t believe it, how could you hand over the entire palace to her? Madam Gu Yi’s ability to see people is not very good, but she can see the importance of her in the prince’s heart.

Jiuyin raised her eyebrows and asked, "Since the prince believes in me, why can't you believe it?"

Madam Gu Yi was stunned and looked up at her.

Seeing that her eyes were clear and her face was sincere. After a moment of silence, she said: "Actually, the old slave was almost killed by those people back then. Fortunately, the imperial concubine saved the old slave in time."

"Are you talking about Concubine Rong?" Concubine Rong's participation surprised Jiuyin a little.

Madam Gu Yi nodded and continued, "Not only is the old slave, but also the prince whom Concubine Rong saved."

She let out a sigh, "If there were no imperial concubine, the old slave and the prince would probably not be able to survive."

Jiuyin's fingertips were slightly cold, but her face was still calm: "Continue talking."

Madam Gu Yi took a deep breath and said:

"When something happened to the Jade Queen, all the palace maids and eunuchs in Anning Palace were driven out of the palace by the emperor. In fact, everyone knows that the people who harmed the Queen would not let us go, so after we left the palace, we split up and found ways to leave the imperial city by ourselves. However, not long after we left the imperial city, those people chased us."

"The old slave watched his companions die under the swords of those people, and he was forced to roll down the high slope by them. Perhaps because the high slope was too steep, the killers did not go down to find Lao Nu, but what Lao Nu did not expect was that this time it was Prince Yi who was less than two years old who saved Lao Nu's life."

"He is less than two years old, how can he save you?" Not to mention that Feng Chenye did not have the ability to save people back then, even walking out of the palace gate alone, Jiuyin believed that it was not easy, let alone leaving the imperial city.

"At that time, Prince Yi was still the fourth prince. After the Jade Queen's accident, he followed his master Nanshan layman. Nanshan layman took him away from the palace and wanted to go back to the original temple to practice. He didn't want to pass through that mountain forest on the way and just happened to meet the old slave. Things in the world were just so coincidental, or the old slave's life should not be lost, so he met Prince Yi and was rescued."

"Ye's Master?" This matter has never been mentioned by Feng Chenye.

Jiuyin realized once again that the days she had been with Prince Yi were really short, and she had never been involved in his past.

There will always be regrets in life, but she believes that in his future, she can definitely go hand in hand with him.

Madam Gu Yi nodded and said, "The prince's master is a monk, known as Nanshan layman. He had met several times with the queen. When he heard that something happened to the queen, he entered the palace and begged the emperor to ask him to take Prince Yi away. I think the emperor was afraid that someone would attack Prince Yi at the time, so he agreed to let him take his son away."

Jiuyin understood that in this kind of palace struggle, a young prince had no ability to protect himself at all. His mother fell down, and those who harmed them behind them would definitely find a way to get rid of the roots.

If he stayed in the palace, the emperor would not be able to spend too much energy to protect him, not to mention that if his mother had such a thing, the emperor would not have the intention to protect him. It would be the wisest choice to let his master take him away.

"What happened later?"

"The old slave and the prince stayed in Heyuan Temple for four years. When the prince was six years old, the imperial concubine took the current Prince Jin and the seventh prince at that time to visit the prince. I heard that it was the emperor's instruction. But when they came over that time, they also attracted the thief behind them. We were ambushed at Heyuan Temple, and the prince almost died at the hands of the thief. If Prince Jin had not sacrificed his life to save him, the prince might have been gone."

Thinking of the past and the danger of that time, Madam Gu Yi still feels scared until now.

"So, was Prince Jin's illness caused by the injuries that happened?" Jiuyin asked.

Madam Gu Yi nodded and said, "Yes."

Jiuyin tightened her palms and said for a moment: "What's next?"

"Heyuan Temple is no longer safe. The killer behind it is too crazy and he is unwilling to let Prince Yi go, so Nanshan lay Buddhist decided to take him away. If the old slave is with them, it will always be a burden for them. Therefore, the imperial concubine discussed with the Nanshan lay Buddhist and decided to bring the old slave back to the palace and let the old slave serve in her palace. From then on, the old slave and the prince separated for several years, and we did not meet again until the prince returned to the palace at the age of twelve."

"Did the prince stay in the place where the imperial concubine has been returning to the palace?"

"Yes, Prince Jin has been following the prince since then. The two of them are almost inseparable and grew up together."

They grew up together, and Jiuyin had heard about this before. She frowned and thought: "What about... what about the lay Buddhist?"

"No one has ever seen a lay Buddhist again since then, and even though the prince has not grown up yet, his martial arts are completely different. Even though he has encountered ambush several times, he still has almost avoided it."

Jiuyin still felt a little strange. How could a child living in the palace encounter an ambush from a killer? No matter how rampant the killer is, he would not be able to sneak into the palace to harm him.

Seeing her doubts, Madam Gu Yi said, "The prince's growth process is much more difficult than the girl imagined. Although the prince was only twelve years old at that time, he did not stay in the palace all the time, but went out of the palace from time to time to do his own thing."

Thinking of a twelve-year-old child who is busy with his future, Jiuyin feels extremely bitter, she feels deeper in her pity for Feng Chenye, and her heart is stronger in protecting him.

He never talked about his past in front of him. Although she knew very well that his past would definitely not be easy, she did not expect to live so tiring.

"Later, the prince gradually developed his own connections in the imperial city. At the age of sixteen, he made military achievements with the army for the first time. After that, he gradually gained the favor and mercy of the emperor. The old slave guessed that the emperor was more or less owed to the matter back then, so he became more and more concerned about the prince and became more and more accustomed to it."

That's why there is such a legend in the imperial city. It is said that Prince Yi is a arrogant and evil person, and even the emperor is afraid of him?

Jiuyin finally knew how this story came about.

"Has no one ever caused trouble for you again?" she asked again, stood up from the chair, took Madam Gu Yi's hand, and pulled her back to the chair to sit down.

Madam Gu Yi said indifferently: "The old slave has been following the concubine, and it was not until Prince Yi left the palace as an adult. Perhaps because the old slave had already made it clear to everyone that he could say. Those people felt that the old slave did not threaten them, so they no longer had any embarrassment to the old slave for so many years."

Jiuyin was silent for a moment before saying, "I understand. I will leave the imperial city soon and go to Gongyue. There will be more trouble for you and General Huyan to take care of the matter in the palace."

"Miss is so polite. Serve the girl and the master is what the old slave should do." Madam Gu Yi was completely nervous and afraid to be careless now.
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