A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

Chapter 123 The Wronged Prince, Professional Rescue

The person disappeared, but the coat he was wearing before fell to the ground from her shoulders due to her sudden movement, and the existence of this garment announced the fact that that person had really appeared before.

Qi Huan sat and continued to slow down for a while in a daze. He didn't get up until he fully recovered his strength, stepped over the railing and returned to the corridor.

She bent over, picked up the robe on the ground, wiped off the dust, and folded the robe but encountered difficulties.

She still needs to stay in the palace for at least two hours later, such a large piece of clothing cannot be carried on her body.

If she took Gu Zhan's robe and went back to the front yard, where dozens of pairs of eyes were watching, how would she explain it?

But he wanted to stay in this corridor, and he was afraid that on an occasion like today, if his clothes were picked up by someone with ulterior motives, he would not be able to tell at that time, and it might cause trouble.

Qi Huan was worrying while holding the robe in his hand, when he saw someone walking in from the direction of the big garden on the path not far away.

She was holding a man's robe in her hand, and it was not good to be bumped into by someone, so she quickly took two steps back, trying to hide behind the pillar.

Take a closer look...

But he recognized that person as Jiao Jiao, who had gone to her home to preach the decree yesterday morning.

Yang said that this nanny is Queen Gu's confidant, and she grew up watching Gu Zhan, so at least she will not take the opportunity to trick him!

Qi Huan took a deep breath, walked out quickly, and walked up the corridor to meet him.

"Sister Jiao." She called out.

Mother Jiao paused, and turned her head to look.

Qi Huan then quickly found an exit, went around the corridor and walked up to her.

Nurse Jiao recognized her at a glance, and smiled: "Are you the eldest girl of the Marquis of Changning?"

In fact, Qi Huan was still a little uneasy. Gu Zhan said that Empress Gu would not embarrass her, but that was only his one-sided opinion. He is his own younger brother, and Empress Gu was reluctant to blame him. can also be tolerant.

Because of the closeness of the relationship, everyone will inevitably have a certain degree of double standards.

Qi Huan's own mother, Yang Shi, is the best evidence. Yang Shi will not criticize her for anything she does, but changing someone else will definitely change her face.

"Hello, Mother Jiao." Qi Huan was bold enough to salute her politely. In order to prevent her from having time to be suspicious, Dang even held the robe with both hands and said, "This is the dress that the court lady was in that corridor just now." I picked it up on the road, and I didn’t see anyone else nearby, so I’ll leave it to the nanny.”

She didn't enter the Fengming Palace through the gate before. Empress Gu might not pay attention to such details, but the people around her would never make such a big omission. You should know your whereabouts.

She felt a little uneasy and apprehensive in her heart, but she only tried to maintain a calm and orderly manner on her face.

Mother Jiao took the robe from her hand, still just smiled: "Okay."

She didn't ask a word so much, Qi Huan became more and more sure that she knew everything about it.

"Then..." But Mother Jiao didn't say anything again, so Qi Huan could only pretend to be okay and bite the bullet and speak again, "The servant girl will go back to the yard first."

Mother Jiao said: "I'll lead you there, and put away the clothes by the way."

While speaking, she shook her wide sleeves and covered the clothes on her hands.

"Mother Lao."

Qi Huan felt that she was afraid that she would run around without knowing the rules, so she had to personally escort him back.

But she doesn't care, as long as the other party doesn't make it difficult for her, she can think whatever she likes.

Mother Jiao led the way and led her out of the bamboo garden.

In the big garden in front, palace people came and went to serve, and a group of well-dressed ladies gathered together.

It was still early at this moment, Empress Gu did not show up, she only ordered the palace staff to prepare tea, snacks and some props for entertainment.

But a group of ladies from all over the world will never fight cocks, walk dogs and play Cuju under the eyes of the empress in Fengming Palace...

So, as Gu Zhan said, they are gathering together to fight for their talents.

On the surface, it looks like they are complimenting each other and joking around, but in reality they are competing with each other.

Of course, there are also piano, chess, calligraphy and painting that are not outstanding in everything, such as Qi Huan's cousin Gao Yunmiao, who just sits and drinks tea obediently.

Mother Jiao only led Qi Huan to this side, then stopped on the outside: "The girls are all over there, you can go and find them to play with, don't be cautious."

"Okay, thank you, Mother Jiao, for your guidance." Qi Huan thanked her again with a salute.

Mother Jiao took the clothes and left first.

She walked all the way, passed through the front hall, and entered the back hall of Queen Gu's bedroom.

Fengming Palace is the largest palace in the back palace, although a group of girls are playing around in the garden in front, but the sound cannot be transmitted into this back palace.

These days, the weather has gradually warmed up, the palace staff opened the windows, and Empress Gu sat behind the table in the small study to handle palace affairs.

Empress Gu's boudoir name was Gu Wanwan. She had just turned seventeen in the year she married the emperor. The marriage took place at the end of the first lunar month, and twins were born at the end of the winter month at the end of the year.

At that time, she and the emperor were still newlyweds, and it was the time when their love was strong. In addition, this was the emperor's first son, so the prince was officially canonized as the crown prince when he was full moon.

Today's Empress Gu is only in her early thirties.

And because these years have passed smoothly, his appearance is still radiant.

It's just that she has a calm demeanor, and the look between her brows and eyes may look too serious and majestic at first glance.

At that time, she was the only one in the small study, and all the court ladies were waiting in the courtyard.

Hearing the sound of footsteps coming in, Queen Gu stopped writing, raised her eyes and looked towards the door: "Why have you been here for so long?"

Mother Jiao lowered her sleeves, revealing the clothes she was holding.

Before Gu Zhan came over, he came to see her first. Empress Gu immediately recognized that it was the robe he was wearing today, she was puzzled for a moment, and couldn't help but be taken aback: "This is..."

Mother Jiao said, "Run away."

Queen Gu was silent for a while, without speaking.

Mother Jiao said: "The two talked for a while on the porch of the bamboo garden, and then sat for a while. The prince is a thin-skinned man, and the old slave is too embarrassed to go close to the wall. Guard at the entrance of the garden, separated by I took a look from afar, and although the two met privately, they did not exceed the rules. Look...it seems that the girl doesn't mean that."

"That's going to be difficult." Queen Gu pondered, "That kid is not enlightened..."

Seeing the clothes Jiao Nanny held in her hand again, she was even more surprised: "Then what is this clothes in your hand?"

Mother Jiao couldn't even describe her expression: "The two sat on the porch with a distance of ten feet, and they didn't talk, which made the girl sleepy, so our son sneaked off his clothes and put them on. Keeping out of the cold. The old slave watched him sit over, but he didn’t feel embarrassed to look at it again, so he avoided it. Finally, he went back later..."

She lowered her head to look at the clothes in her hand, and also sighed: "When people are gone, only clothes are left."

She stood at the entrance of the bamboo garden, not to block Gu Zhan and Qi Huan, but mainly because she was afraid of someone running around in the big garden and rushing in rashly.

Gu Zhan should have climbed over the wall from the bamboo forest, and never passed through the garden here.

Mother Jiao recounted all Qi Huan's words and deeds after meeting Qi Huan, and finally said: "The girl and old slave met twice before and after, and if you say she is dull-tempered, she must be not, just for today's When doing things, his mind is still quite quick. And when he talks and does things, he has some rules and plans, so he should be a child with ideas."

As for why this girl from the Qi family has no interest in climbing the Pingguo mansion...

Although the vast majority of people will definitely rush to such an opportunity, and enjoy it without thinking about it, but those who are clear-headed and calm enough will make long-term plans and weigh the pros and cons.

The wife of the eldest son of the Qi family, Mrs. Yang, married into Beijing regardless of her family status. Outsiders don't know what kind of life she has lived in these years, but Qi Huan, her biological daughter, has been influenced by her, and she will become a person who is not in the right family. It is not surprising that there are apprehensions and repulsions in family marriages.

Even when turbidity has become a normal state sometimes, it does not prevent some sober people in this piece of luxury, who want to go upstream and walk their own path.

Empress Gu was silent again for a long time.

But Mother Jiao started to feel worried, and tried to remind her: "Do I need this old slave to ask someone to chase Shizi back?"

Empress Gu came back to her senses, shook her head and sighed: "Forget it, he doesn't like it himself, can I ask someone to tie him to the mat? Just leave."

For today's banquet, she didn't say hello to Gu Zhan to discuss it in advance, but afterwards she told someone to tell him to come here today.

Wanting to meet Qi Huan face to face is one of them, and I also feel that my younger brother is so unbelievable. The window paper has not been pierced, so how can there be any progress?
Therefore, the so-called Hundred Flowers Banquet in Fengming Palace today is a disguised blind date banquet that she specially prepared for Gu Zhan.

She looked at Qi Huan, and told Gu Zhan to look at the other girls.

No matter what, and no matter which direction it develops in, at least there must be some progress, right?He couldn't stay in the capital for a long time. The old man guarded the northwest border alone, and no one felt at ease.

it's good now--

She didn't intend to embarrass Qi Huan, but Gu Zhan, an enemy, gave her a problem and made a mess.

Mother Jiao was also worried about the banquet later: "That's it?"

This banquet was originally held in the name of Empress Gu. Although no one could find out what was wrong with her, a group of girls were suddenly called here for no reason, and all of them were girls who were waiting in the boudoir, and the candidates were chosen. I haven't moved down according to the family's official rank, and the signs of choosing at will are too obvious, and there will always be people who will speculate about the intention behind this.

Empress Gu didn't think there was any embarrassment in this, she thought for a moment and then smiled and said: "You go to His Majesty's place, and ask him to let me let the prince over during the luncheon. Isn't it just a look, Gu Zhan? Ken, then call him for a photo."

Anyway, the prince's age has come, and instead of letting those people speculate suspiciously behind the scenes, she would rather put everything on the table and let them watch and taste.

Mother Jiao felt that it was a bit miserable for the prince who was suddenly dragged out by his mother to act as a shield, but after thinking about it, it was not the first time anyway, everyone was used to it, so she put Gu Zhan's clothes into the cage first, and went to do this something happened.

Queen Gu's side was not influenced by her unsatisfactory younger brother for too long, so she picked up the pen again and continued to handle palace affairs.

In the garden, Qi Huan walked over.

Among the girls who came today, she probably scanned around, and only knew three of them——

Gao Yunmiao, Qin Ying and Ye Xunyi.

Both Gao Yunmiao and Qin Ying belonged to piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. They have learned some skills, but they are neither good nor outstanding. Usually they can entertain themselves at home, but now they are asked to compete with others in public. ?That is absolutely impossible!
The two sat together in tacit understanding, drinking tea and chatting with the other two girls.

The heroine Ye Xunyi, according to her self-report in the original book, she was originally an unfavored concubine, and she was imprisoned in another courtyard with her aunt for more than ten years to fend for herself. After getting it back, her aunt was not from a good background, so naturally she couldn't teach her, so after returning home in her first life, she had nothing but a pretty face. Her first sister was firmly suppressed in appearance.

But later, she married the fourth prince, Yun Heng. With her flexible mind and ingenuity, she assisted Yun Heng in eradicating dissidents and seizing the throne. At the same time, she devoted her life to learning various talents, such as piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, and even singing and dancing. , spared no effort to please and please the other party, spent more than [-] years before and after, and cultivated himself into a full-level account with all aspects.

Then--

The full level was slaughtered and returned to Novice Village.

In her current state, she is a monster boss in a novice coat!

At this time, she was encouraged to play the piano together by a few ladies who ran over her, and those few were so angry that their teeth were itchy because she was a vulgar concubine but won the favor of the two princes and even scrambled for her. Fuqin wants to see her make a fool of herself.

As a result, she just played a majestic frontier repertoire, which made everyone look constipated.

Qi Huan was born with tone deafness, and she couldn't understand the other party's piano, no matter how unprecedented it was.

And she still has the consciousness——

If you meet this heroine, you must make a detour!

So, after entering the garden, I walked towards Gao Yunmiao and the others without looking sideways.

In fact, she can stay alone, but in such an occasion, even if she doesn't fit in with the group, she has to be hard-pressed. She is not a heroine, and she doesn't have the halo of a heroine to support her maverick aura. Even courting death.

Here, she avoided Ye Xunyi without squinting her eyes, but Ye Xunyi kept his eyes on the six directions, and didn't delay in noticing her when he was playing the piano.

She came early today, she obviously didn't see Qi Huan coming here, but just now she was led out of the nearby bamboo garden by the nuns of Fengming Palace, this can't help but make people suspicious.

When did she come?Earlier than yourself?But what was she doing alone in that garden?

People from Fengming Palace led her out, left her behind and left...

Ye Xunyi is a fearless heroine. Recently, she has been studying the "housework" of Changning Yihou Mansion secretly, and she doesn't like Qi Huan, the daughter of a self-proclaimed noble nouveau riche.

Seeing that Qi Huan turned a blind eye to her on purpose, he went to Gao Yunmiao and the others and sat down.

After verbally humiliating the people around her, she stood up and followed her, "Is it Miss Qi from Changning Hou Mansion? I just saw you coming out of the garden over there. What's there?" Place? Is it fun?"

Gao Yunmiao and Qin Ying didn't want to see Qi Huan either, seeing that Qi Huan had the cheek to come to them, it was a run on the inside and outside the words.

Qi Huan didn't want to be so thick-skinned, but there was nothing he could do.

And she can't quarrel with the little girl for no reason, so when Gao Yunmiao and the others talk about theirs, she just sits still with an expression of who are you talking about, anyway, I don't understand.

Gao Yunmiao and Qin Ying were about to lose their temper after being tortured by her. Suddenly, Ye Xunyi came up with a gun and a stick to find fault. Instead, they were both stunned, and turned their heads to look at Ye Xunyi.

As soon as Ye Xunyi got into trouble, Empress Gu came into the garden ahead of time, surrounded by people.

"Empress Wanan." The girls who saw her first bowed their knees to salute.

When the other people heard the commotion, they also quickly stopped what they were doing, and all turned around to salute.

Qi Huan mixed in the crowd, temporarily lowered his head politely, and was not curious to observe the appearance of the legendary empress.

Although Empress Gu didn't hear what they said here, but there was no stage for playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, a group of girls crowded together...

She also came here when she was a little girl, and she knew exactly what was most likely to happen when girls got together.

But she didn't point out anything, just glanced at the guqin on the other side and said: "Who played the melody just now? It's rare for a young girl to play the sound of wind and thunder."

Everyone suddenly realized——

This queen empress was born in the general family, and the impassioned tune naturally made her look higher.

The faces of those who were at odds with Ye Xunyi could not be restrained.

Ye Xunyi calmly squatted her knees deeper, and admitted generously: "The Queen's Majesty praised you, the one playing the piano just now is a courtier's daughter."

Empress Gu's eyes moved over, glanced at her, and then glanced at Qi Huan who lowered his head and didn't even show his face.

She had indeed followed the sound of the piano, but at this moment she suddenly chatted with interest: "Little girl, it's not a good thing to be too hostile. If you know that the past is easy to break, you are the best At a young age, it is better for children to cultivate their minds and minds, and to be calmer."

When she said the first sentence, everyone thought she was referring to Ye Xunyi.

But after hearing everything, she felt that she was teaching and guiding everyone in this way.

After all—

As the empress of the court, a person like her would not have trouble with Ye Xunyi, a concubine's daughter from the prime minister's mansion, let alone confront her.

Everyone was terrified, and hurriedly knelt down again: "Yes, my daughter-in-law would like to follow the teaching and advice of the empress!"

Empress Gu nodded slightly: "Get up, and continue to play with you. I just feel that the rare weather is fine, and I am happy to see you little girls, so I also come out to bask in the sun."

In the Duke of Pingguo's mansion, she and Gu Zhan were the only ones left on their branch, so no girl from the Gu family entered the palace that day.

The palace people quickly moved the seats and the canopy, but Empress Gu signaled them to remove the canopy, and she just sat in the sun, drinking tea with a calm expression.

But as soon as she appeared here, everyone became cautious and did not dare to speak loudly.

After Qi Huan stood up, he sat back on the original stone bench and drank tea.

Gao Yunmiao and Qin Ying were still hesitant to sit down, seeing her like this, Queen Gu didn't respond, so they boldly sat back down.

Ye Xunyi also stood up.

What Queen Gu said just now, she was sure that the other party was targeting her.

She had dealt with this woman in her previous life.

At that time, she was a concubine and married Yun Heng, and Yun Heng looked down on her, which made her feel inferior, and the nobles in the palace even looked down on her, so she and this In fact, there are not many opportunities for Queen Gu to deal with her head-on.

But this woman is strong and domineering, especially after her son died, she lost her support, and she went crazy and targeted the princes Yun Heng and Yun Zheng.

Not only is she the queen of the harem, but she also reaches out to the court, and even caused huge crises to Yun Heng several times.

In her previous life, Ye Xunyi was killed by Yun Heng and Ye Xunhui who exposed her true colors when she was over forty years old. There are many things that happened when she first returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, which were not directly related, and she actually couldn't remember them so clearly.

But there was one thing she remembered——

At the beginning of this year, the remnants of King Xin caused chaos in the imperial mausoleum, and the prince should have been killed there.

And not only that, almost immediately, Empress Gu's younger brother, Prince Gu from Pingguo Duke's Mansion was also assassinated and died on the way back to Beijing!
In the one and a half years since she came back, all major events have developed according to the direction she remembered, but this is the only event that has deviated from the track, and it has not been verified so far.

Ye Xunyi lowered his eyes slightly to hide his emotions, and secretly looked at Queen Gu with a gloomy expression.

(End of this chapter)