The beauty raised by Lord Hou is a black lotus

Chapter 44 No wonder her younger sister ranks last in grades every year
Out of Gu Tingzhou's line of sight, He Yao stopped.

The Ninth Princess killed Guo Fenqin, she had to tell Sister A.

It was time for lunch.

Vegetarian meals were prepared in the temple for the emperor, empress, and aristocratic families to enjoy.

He Yao quietly appeared outside the green screen window outside the meditation room, poking her head inside.

In addition to the emperor and empress, some favored concubines and princesses in the harem were also there.

The most eye-catching one is Concubine Xue, she is the aunt of Xue Ningyun and Xue Nongqiao, she has a son and a daughter under her knees, and her status in the harem is second only to Empress Zhang.

At this moment, Concubine Xue blamed her daughter with a smile, "It's not good to eat a meal, look, the rice grains are sticking to the corner of the mouth, does it still look like a princess? Are you thinking about Mr. Gu again?"

Her daughter is the third princess Yuan Feixing.

Yuan Feixing wiped the rice grains from the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, and said softly: "My concubine likes to make fun of me, he is such a bad gentleman, I won't miss him..."

Saying so, but quietly blushed.

He Yao listened with great interest.

In fact, Gu Tingzhou's talent, appearance and family background are better than Wei Jiuqing's.

There is nothing wrong with attracting the princess's love.

It's just that the Gu family holds a lot of power. If Yuan Feixing marries Gu Tingzhou, it means that the entire Gu family will be tied to her imperial brother, the second prince Yuan Rui.

When the emperor gets old in the future, the second prince Yuan Rui has the capital to challenge the crown prince for the throne.

What if Yuan Rui is the last one to ascend the throne...

At that time, the situation between the DPRK and China was bound to be determined by the Xue family, a foreign relative.

He Yao doesn't like the Xue family.

Come to think of it, the Queen doesn't want this to happen.

Could it be that Sister took Princess Nine out of Chengye Palace to help the Empress find a daughter to marry Gu Tingzhou so that she could deal with Concubine Xue?
She was thinking about it, but as expected, she heard the Empress Empress speak leisurely, "I heard that Gu Tingzhou has a high vision."

She's on point.

The implication is to ridicule Yuan Feixing's lack of self-awareness, the so-called admiration is just wishful thinking, and Gu Tingzhou actually doesn't like her at all.

Concubine Xue Gui and Yuan Feixing's expressions immediately turned bright.

Concubine Xue Guifei smiled, "How can we elders know about the concerns of the younger generation? I heard that Gu Tingzhou has no engagement yet, why don't His Majesty personally come forward and give Fei Xing a marriage? Your Majesty also hopes that Fei Xing can Will you marry a good man?"

The emperor glanced at Zhang Tailiu's expression.

Immediately, he coughed, "Have a good meal, what are you talking about? Even if we are the royal family, if Ting Zhou doesn't like Fei Xing, we have no reason to force him to marry. There are so many good men in the world, we The maiden doesn't necessarily have to be hanged on his tree."

The chat at the table ends here.

Only Yuan Feixing was indignant, whispering how Gu Tingzhou might not like her.

He Yao listened with gusto.

It turns out that the princess with golden branches and jade leaves is just like an ordinary lady, and she will also worry about marriage...

The feast is finally over.

In the afternoon, civil and military officials were going to offer birthday gifts, and there was still an hour before the auspicious time, so He Chenzhu first served Zhang Tailiu to take an afternoon nap in the meditation room.

He Yao sat under the pomegranate tree and waited for her elder sister to come out.

She held a piece of white flour bread and gnawed on it for a while, and her elder sister really came out.

He Chenzhu walked into the yard and beckoned, "I saw you hanging around the window a long time ago, but what happened?"

He Yao stepped forward with a smile, "I knew that nothing can be hidden from sister."

She told about Yuan Chengbi and Guo Fenqin.

He Chenzhu didn't change his face, "The Ninth Princess must never have an accident, this matter must be kept secret."

He Yao glanced at the closed door of the Zen room, and suddenly lowered her voice mysteriously, "Sister, did you follow the Queen's order to help Princess Nine?"

Seeing that He Chenzhu was stunned, He Yao continued: "The Empress has no children under her knees, so she wants to adopt a princess to marry Mrs. Xiao Gu, so as to win over the power in the court. The nine princesses whose biological mother died early , is undoubtedly the best candidate. Sister helped me enter Tiansi, not only to obtain information, but also to closely investigate Mr. Gu's preferences, so as to help the ninth princess win his love!"

He Chenzhu had a strange expression.

Her sister's brain...

It's no wonder that Guozijian ranks at the bottom of the list every year.

However, it is not impossible for her to think so.

After a long while, He Chenzhu patted He Yao's head pityingly, "Sui Sui, you have grown up, and you are already a smart, mature and stable little lady. You should know these secrets of the palace and can't tell them?"

He Yao was stunned.

Although Sister's voice is very gentle, why does she feel that Sister is looking at a mentally retarded person?
She must be worrying too much!
He Yao is serious, "Sister, don't worry, my mouth is tighter than cotton trousers, I will never say it! I don't want the Xue family to take power, otherwise the Xue family will be the first to deal with it in the future. It’s our family. Helping the empress this time is actually helping ourselves. Unexpectedly, I never thought that the young lady in the other family was still studying embroidery, but I had already started to participate in the court battle. Sister, I suddenly have a feeling The feeling of 'the whole world is turbid and I am alone, and everyone is drunk and I am alone'. Sister, Sister, do you think the imperial court will erect a monument for me after I die in the future?"

erect a monument...

He Chenzhu's expression became even more strange.

So many emperors failed to build monuments and temples, but her sister wanted to erect monuments...

She glanced at the white flour cake in her hand, and reminded: "There are still some untouched Vegetarian dishes and Vegetarian meals over there, you go and eat some."

Hearing that there is a vegetarian meal, the white noodle cake in He Yao's hand suddenly tasted bad, so he hurried to eat the vegetarian meal.

Before leaving, she couldn't help asking again: "Can the Ninth Princess handle it? Do you need my help secretly?"

He Chenzhu said calmly, "No need. If she doesn't have the ability to handle such a trivial matter, I won't take her out of the Chengye Palace."

He Yao went to eat vegetarian food in peace.

He Chenzhu stood outside the meditation room for a long time, when there was movement from inside.

The little maid came out to report, saying that the empress had woken up.

He Chenzhu waited on Zhang Tailiu to wash and dress up, "It's rare for the empress to leave the palace today, why don't I accompany you to visit Huijue Temple?"

Zhang Tailiu raised his head, and wetly applied a rose veil on his cheek.

Her voice was muffled, "Alright."

At this moment, the southwest corner of Huijue Temple.

Yuan Zhuang and Yuan Chengbi buried Guo Fenqin's body deep in the bamboo forest.

After the burial, the two of them didn't bother to look at each other, and walked on each side of the road facing the sky.

Yuan Chengbi stole a clean palace skirt, returned to the original Buddhist hall, and pretended to kneel on the futon.

He clasped his palms together and looked up at the worshiping Bodhisattva.

After waiting boredly for a few quarters of an hour, there was finally movement outside the hall.

Yuan Chengbi cleared his throat, and said in a childish voice: "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, believers are willing to eat vegetarian food for the rest of their lives, in exchange for you to protect the health of the queen mother, and a hundred years of worry-free life."

He solemnly and reverently kowtowed a few times.

Zhang Tailiu stood outside the palace surrounded by the stars of the court ladies.

She looked at Yuan Chengbi, but she spoke to He Chenzhu, "The reason why you secretly arranged an appointment in Chengye Palace these days is to bring her in front of Bengong today?"

He Chenzhu was silent.

Sure enough, any little action of hers could not be hidden from the empress.

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