Ten Miles of Red Makeup

Chapter 23
The nine-curved corridor and the steps paved with bluestone have been cleaned very cleanly, and there is no trace of white snow.But how could the cleaning speed be as fast as the snowflakes falling all over the sky.The Northern Qi Palace, Furong Hall, after the fire, after the repairs, it is even more luxurious and splendid. Furong Hall is different from other palaces. The well-known favorite.

Ru Mo three thousand black silk, holding a topknot, blue skirt palace attire, covered with snow-white fox fur, walking in the carved jade palace, palace eunuchs kneel all over the ground, respectfully salute, she again Back again.

It was a rare fine weather, the blue sky was almost transparent, and the golden halo spread all over the ground. In the courtyard of Furong Hall, the red plums were still in bud.Nothing seems to have changed.

The repairs in the hall are even more luxurious, and the carved hibiscus flowers are lifelike.Gu Qingcheng raised her hand and touched them one by one.Hibiscus, her smile warmed up, and instantly turned cold.

Coming back along the way, she was already a little tired, plus she had suffered from the wind and cold before, so her body was inevitably a little thin.Since the way back, Gu Qingcheng hadn't seen Yue Nong again, because of Ning Yu, and because she didn't know how to face him, seeing the warm smile on that similar face, she might have been moved for a while on the cliff. , but those, compared to the hatred in my heart, are far from enough, so they are deeply covered up.Ning Yu brought Yue Nong back. He naturally knew Yue Nong's identity, otherwise, how could he cooperate with Mu Xuanming, kill Mu Qingfeng, and bring Yue Nong back is always an expedient measure.

Married far away from Northern Qi, she was loved by thousands of people. On the first day, she made Ning Yu stay away from court. Of course, no one knew the truth. Then, she disappeared and fell off a cliff. Ning Yu went to look for her in person. Horses can be described as a sensation in the Northern Qi Dynasty.In the eyes of women in the harem, this kind of love can be described as envy and hatred. In the eyes of ordinary people, this move shows the deep love between the king and queen. Shortness of breath.

In the court, several big ministers even took the ancestor's admonishment of the country as evidence, asking him to be diligent in politics and stay away from women. Among them, there are many powerful prime ministers Yuan Nuo, judge Su Mingxian and others who advised him.In this way, although Ning Yu had occasional tyranny before, he handled things fairly, but now he has not courted for half a month because of a woman. Why is Gu Qingcheng not said to be a disaster for the country and the people?The ministers talked and chatted endlessly.

"Is there a major national matter that the king has not dealt with? Or has it been handled improperly?" On the golden palace, Ning Yu was wearing a black background embroidered golden dragon court dress. He put his hands aside and ignored the minister's admonition at all.

As soon as these words came out, everyone stopped. Indeed, the king had already sent someone to solve the flood in the east, and the disturbance from the neighboring small country was also calmed down by General Li Fu. It is true that there is no major problem that has not been resolved.All the officials looked at each other in blank dismay, and all shut their mouths.

"There is nothing to say, but this king has something to say. Since ancient times, kings who have subjugated the country, descendants have linked crimes with women. This king wants to see. This king favors a woman, can he really subjugate the country? How can I gossip and gossip? Let's see how this king is in the hands of the beauty on the river." Ning Yu was majestic and domineering, sitting on that Nine Dragons golden chair, the curved arc was full of smiles, very charming.

He dotes on Gu Qingcheng, but he naturally understands that there are some things that should be done first, such as blocking those people's mouths.

Since Gu Qingcheng came back, he has been reading books, playing with flowers and plants, and chatting casually with Yuan Qingwu, An Tong and others in his free time. Ning Yu has to resist the wind and rain in the court hall for him. There was an uproar, and everyone knew it, but what kind of person Ning Yu was, he was so ruthless, who would dare to spread rumors again?It's just that the previous court was quelled, what about the harem?The jealousy of women here is not as light as killing on the battlefield.

a few days later.

"I heard that when the queen fell off the cliff, she shared a room with a man." An eunuch commented.

"I've heard it too. It seems that the man came back to the palace with the queen, and now lives in Zhaohua Palace." A maid echoed.

"Don't talk nonsense, if the empress really shared the same room with a man, how could the king bring that man back?" one person questioned.

Rumors abounded in the harem.

In the hibiscus shop, Gu Qingcheng held an embroidery needle and lowered his head to embroider. After a while, a beautiful hibiscus rose on the embroidered cloth, either light pink or deep red, very lifelike.

Wen Qin stood quietly aside, and the eunuchs outside also knelt on the ground together.After a long time, she spoke.

"Whose rumors from the palace have been investigated by this palace?" It seemed calm, but in the eyes of the palace eunuchs in this place, it was an angry tone.

"Back to your empress, it seems that you heard the rumors from the maids in the nobleman's palace." Xiaokangzi replied submissively.

Listen to Rong?In Gu Qingcheng's mind, that beautiful woman with her face turned upside down appeared in Gu Qingcheng's mind.Could it be her?
"Pull it out for Ben Gong, and die with a stick." Gu Qingcheng said, the movements of his hands did not slow down at all, and half of the hibiscus was embroidered.

Xiao Kangzi took the order and walked out with the other two eunuchs from Furong Hall.

But after a while, Ting Rong came to Furong Hall.

She fell on her knees: "I beg the queen to forgive my concubine."

"Oh? How do you say that?" Gu Qingcheng was still embroidering flowers, without raising his head, and did not signal Ting Rong to get up.

"At this time, it is definitely not the work of the concubines and maidservants. The concubines have always been peaceful in the harem, and they can't pose any threat to the queen. The queen wants to take someone under the knife. Please let the concubine go." Hearing what Rong said in the Reason, it is true that she is in a safe corner of the harem, there is no need to compete for favor, and she really wants to find someone to do the surgery, so as to alert the people behind the scenes.Didn't expect Ting Rong to plead for a maidservant?Gu Qingcheng glanced at Ting Rong, and stopped the embroidery in his hands.

"Sister, what are you talking about? I have no intention of questioning anyone. There are too many right and wrong in the harem. If it spreads to the king's ears and disturbs his cleanliness, it is my sister's crime." Do you want to take the responsibility?" Gu Qingcheng's words about sister surprised Ting Rong, she always called any concubine in the harem by their titles, and never referred to them as sisters.

"Since the queen is called the concubine's younger sister, the younger sister dares to ask her to show her respect." Ting Rong still looked neither humble nor overbearing.

"Come on, bring that girl up." Gu Qingcheng said towards the outside.

After a while, a trembling court lady knelt down in front of Gu Qingcheng.

"The empress, please forgive me. This matter is not said by the servant girl. The servant will never dare to spread the truth about the empress queen. Please forgive me, the empress queen." The people on the ground trembled, already terrified.

"Then tell me, it wasn't you who did it. Could it be that the people under my palace wronged you?" Gu Qingcheng raised his eyebrows and said flatly.

"I don't dare, I don't dare, I just heard about it, but I definitely didn't publicize it to the outside world, the queen and empress know it." He kowtowed non-stop.

"Of course my sister knows that the people in my palace did not do this?" Ting Rong asked.

"I don't have the ability to find out who did it in an instant. My sister thinks highly of me." Gu Qingcheng smiled.

(End of this chapter)