After being forced to marry a tyrant: I overturned the original plot

Return to the bedroom.

Gu Fei sneered and ordered everyone to leave. Then, after everyone left, thinking he was going to scold the queen, he immediately put on a relaxed and calm expression and sat down.

Qin Xin took in all the looks on the palace servants' faces just now. It turned out that this palace could not keep any secrets.

"You said I beat Liu Yanran... I fought back in self-defense. Will the Queen Mother be angry? Why don't you, her own son, go and plead for mercy?"

She sat opposite Gu Fei and saw him turn over a cup and pick up the teapot to pour water. She naturally reached out to take the poured teacup, took a sip and drank it all in one gulp after finding it was not hot, then asked him belatedly.

"Now you know you're afraid?"

Gu Fei looked at Qin Xin with a half-smile, then said calmly.

"It's hard to say. In Prince Chen's memory, ever since the Queen Mother's sister passed away, his own son can't compare to Liu Yanran, so no matter how evil Liu Yanran does, it will be turned into a small matter."

Qin Xin's eyes widened when she heard this - in the harem, even Prince Chen's status is not as high as Concubine Shu's?

You should have said it earlier. If you had said it earlier, you wouldn't have been able to fight evil with evil. She should have just shown weakness and acted pitifully to avoid disaster.

"You don't have to be too nervous. I'm not the King of Chen. Even if it's the Queen Mother and you, I'm on your side."

The Queen Mother was just the mother of this body to him, so he respected her. But if someone wanted to kill Qin Xin, he would naturally help Qin Xin.

She is the key to his return and the only fellow villager he trusts in this strange world.

Of course, this "fellow villager" was quite boisterous and vindictive, so he couldn't help but be on guard against her pranks.

Qin Xin didn't doubt what Gu Fei said. After all, she only had resentment towards Gu Fei over work. Apart from that, his character...

Uh, does he have this thing? Never mind, I can only trust him.

"I know, but I'm afraid that your character will be ruined and you'll be treated as a possessed monster and eliminated. So don't reveal the truth, especially since the Queen Mother is your biological mother. She must know you best..."

After Qin Xin finished speaking, she saw Gu Fei smile meaningfully.

"Don't worry about this. The Queen Mother doesn't care about Chen... or me."

Apart from having to act his temper well, there's no need to worry about anything else, as his eating habits are similar to those of King Chen.

It is true that there is no family affection in the royal family. Qin Xin shook his head. That’s good. This will reduce the risk of being exposed.

There was a figure moving outside. Qin Xin's ears moved and she pointed silently at the door. Gu Fei nodded, and soon a man's cold and fierce voice came from the hall.

"Although I love you, Concubine Shu is my cousin. Please don't conflict with her. This will not happen again."

Jinyue Palace still sent someone to complain to Gu Fei. Prince Chen did not like women to get close to him, and he did not like Concubine Shu either, but he respected the Queen Mother, so he gave Concubine Shu face. Upon hearing this, the figure outside quickly left.

After the people walked away, Qin Xin handed the teacup to Gu Fei.

She sighed and said, "Prince Chen has quite a few spies around him."

The tyrant dares to place spies around him, so the status of Concubine Shu is really extraordinary.

"Except for special circumstances, you will still go in and out with me—"

Gu Fei paused, then snorted again: "Fulfill your duties as a bodyguard."

Qin Xin was about to get angry when he heard the voice of the eunuch chief coming from outside.

"Your Majesty, Aunt Zhao from the Queen Mother's side requests to see you."

She immediately took the teacup back from Gu Fei's hand, picked up the teapot, poured tea, and placed it in front of him.

Gu Fei: "..."

You only dare to bully others at home, right? But she drank from this cup... Haha, just superficial work.

"Let her wait in the side hall." Gu Fei lowered his throat, his voice low and cold.

"Yes."

Side hall.

After hearing what Madam Zhao said, Gu Fei pondered for a moment, then sneered, following the appearance of Prince Chen in his memory.

"Since Mother has already arranged everything, why bother asking me what I think?"

There was a bit of displeasure and resentment in the sarcasm. For more than ten years, the relationship between the Queen Mother and Prince Chen, the mother and son, had been in this stalemate.

The palace servants were used to it, but they were still afraid of offending His Majesty and being beheaded at any time. Nanny Zhao explained respectfully and carefully.

"Your Majesty, calm down. The Queen Mother really misses the late Emperor... She said that she dreamed that the late Emperor was thinking about your wedding and wanted to see the Queen. She also said that if Your Majesty doesn't want to, then it's fine and she will go on her own."

If it were the previous Prince Chen, he would have compromised after becoming frustrated. Yes, Prince Chen was cruel and ruthless, but he still had a bit of humanity towards the Queen Mother.

But Gu Fei ignored his status and listened to these words, he just felt that the Queen Mother was retreating to advance.

He tightened his cheeks and said in a low voice: "Well, just do as she says. Go away."

Nanny Zhao turned pale and bowed before leaving.

Back in the bedroom, Gu Fei explained to Qin Xin the purpose of Nanny Zhao's visit, saying that the empress dowager had a nightmare about the late emperor, and that, combined with the divination by the imperial teacher, which said that the newlyweds needed to worship their ancestors, the empress dowager wanted Gu Fei to take Qin Xin to the imperial mausoleum to worship their ancestors five days later.

The Empress Dowager would stay in the imperial mausoleum for a while every year. She had a special affection for the late emperor, so this was not surprising, it was just that it happened a few days earlier.

Qin Xin frowned. It takes seven days to go from the palace to the imperial mausoleum by horse carriage. As someone who has played games a lot, she said that changing maps usually requires fighting monsters. Maybe you will get into danger on the way.

But this matter has already been decided, and there is no excuse not to go. Besides, it is safest for her to go in and out with Gu Fei now, so she has no objection.

Qin Xin thought about it for a moment, and while her wedding procession was still there, she hurried to find the young general who was in charge of escorting her to the wedding, and explained the matter to him. The general was quite polite to her on the way, and it was obvious that he was an upright and good man. Having one more helper meant a little more safety.

The young general Shen Ji had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and had an extraordinary bearing, so Qin Xin spoke a few more words to him.

Seeing that she was late to come back, Gu Fei, who had come to look for her in person, saw her talking and laughing with Shen Ji, and couldn't help but twitch his eyebrows -

Why did you hit him?

They didn't spend the past few days together, but because her bedroom was still under renovation (Gu Fei's excuse), they lived under the same roof. This girl didn't change her attitude towards him. When she needed him, she would call him "you", and when she didn't need him, she would call him "Gu"...

Gu Fei coughed.

Shen Ji was born into a military family, and he had his own selfish motives for this escort, so he felt a lot of apologies for Qin Xin who was forced to marry. He was naturally willing to do what he could, and when he heard a cough, he saw that it was Prince Chen, so he bowed to Qin Xin and left.

“It was a pleasant chat.”

"Yeah, who doesn't like an honest and cheerful handsome guy?"

Qin Xin deliberately teased Gu Fei who was acting sarcastic. After that, she patted Gu Fei's shoulder lightly, stared at his handsome face and shook her head.

"Pity."

Gu Fei: "..."

The Concubine Shu has been ill these days and has no time to deal with Qin Xin, but there is nothing she can do. His Majesty lets the Queen stay overnight every night and takes her wherever he goes. His Majesty favors her so much that people are jealous but helpless, and have no idea where to start.

The night before departure, something went wrong. The Queen Mother caught a cold, and the imperial physician said she needed to stay in bed to recuperate. The Queen Mother insisted on going to burn incense for the late Emperor. After being persuaded to stop, she ordered Madam Zhao to inform the Emperor and Empress that she could not go this time, and hoped that they would burn incense for her.

Qin Xin touched the back of her head and looked at the expressionless Gu Fei. The latter said calmly that he knew and pulled Qin Xin to sleep.

Everyone sleeps separately.

Qin Xin thought it would be better if the Queen Mother did not go, so she would not have to pay her respects every day.

It was the first time that Qin Xin traveled out in the grand imperial carriage, even if it was to worship his ancestors, and he was very excited on the way.

In comparison, Gu Fei was very indifferent. He sat there dozing off, listening to Qin Xin chattering about the development and difficulties of the Chen Kingdom in the book, and only occasionally joining in the conversation.

Qin Xin felt bored and prepared to lie down and rest for a while.

When the group, which was surrounded by elite guards and palace maids, arrived at the foot of Wangfeng Mountain, Qin Xin suddenly opened his eyes, touched his twitching eyelids, and opened the car window with some palpitations.

It was nightfall, and the sky was dark as if covered by a curtain. Qin Xin looked at the birds that suddenly flew out from the woods, turned around, pushed Gu Fei's shoulder, and called him.

"Gu Fei, wake up, something's happening."

Gu Fei was not sleeping soundly. Hearing this, he suddenly opened his eyes, closed the window, and said to the outside -

"General Chen, be on guard!"

Then he said to Qin Xin who was holding out the weapon: "Stay in the car, don't go out..."

"call out--"

Before he could finish his words, an arrow shot through the air and passed directly across their faces. Qin Xin pulled Gu Fei down to avoid it, and the arrow hit the window, vibrating slightly and making a buzzing sound.

Qin Xin and Gu Fei’s heartbeats quickened upon hearing this—that was a close call.

Then the sound of guards drawing their cold weapons could be heard outside.

"There's an assassin! Protect His Majesty!"