Dirty color

Chapter 162

Gu Wenqian reluctantly agreed to Nanny Zhuang's words. In fact, he didn't agree with it. After all, the emperor and Feng Qingli both put on such a gesture, so he had to agree if he didn't agree.

Now that he himself agreed, it would be better to look good, better than being forced by the emperor to make a decree.

However, Gu Wenqian was very helpless, how should he talk to Xuan'er about this matter?
Early the next morning, when Gu Wenqian hadn't decided how to talk to Gu Mingxuan about this matter, the imperial decree arrived at the Marquis of Shun'an.

This imperial decree was the emperor's decree to confer Gu Minghe, the third lady of the Marquis of Shun'an, as the side concubine of the fifth prince.

Along with the decree, there are also some rewards. Although they are not very rich, if the emperor can reward you, that is an honor. Whether it is rich or not is not the most important thing.

When the father-in-law who delivered the decree took the red envelope from the Marquis of Shun'an and left with peace of mind, Gu Minghe was surrounded by a lot of congratulatory people. After enshrining the decree in the ancestral hall, everyone gathered in Rong'an Hall. With a smile all over her face, she hugged Gu Minghe lovingly and talked. Gu Minghe was instantly overwhelmed by the feeling that everyone centered on her.

I have not yet become a noble person, everyone has already started to curry favor with her, and this is only within the Marquis of Shun'an. If, after she married the fifth prince, she became the concubine of the fifth prince, wouldn't it be that most people Do you want to curry favor with her like someone from the Marquis of Shun'an?
What if she becomes the fifth concubine, or even occupies that position in the future?
The fire called ambition in Gu Minghe's heart was once again burning fiercely, and it was more difficult than ever to flourish and cannot be extinguished.

After a while, many families who had good relations with the Marquis of Shun'an sent congratulatory gifts, the meaning of which is self-evident - the fifth prince is very powerful, seeing the close connection between the Marquis of Shun'an and the fifth prince Those who are temporarily unable to curry favor with the fifth prince or who do not want to stand on the side of the fifth prince for the time being, but want to show their goodwill to the fifth prince, choose such a method.

It's not a team, but it's kind of interesting.

Afterwards, the offshoots of the Marquis of Shun'an gave gifts one after another and came to congratulate in person.

Although there are not many people in Shun'an Hou's mansion, the side branches are very prosperous, and there are many people with high official positions. It's just that Gu Wenqian usually doesn't walk around with the side branches much in order not to make the emperor jealous.

At this moment, all those noble ladies surrounded Gu Minghe, saying something that was either reserved or explicit, which made Gu Minghe more excited than the flattery of the servants in the mansion.

Her face was red, and her expression was a little excited.

How about Gu Minghe being the concubine's daughter? She is the most honorable person in this manor now, and she will be even more honorable in the future. The extremely inflated vanity was overwhelmed.

However, she still maintained a little clarity in her heart. After glancing at Gu Mingxuan triumphantly, she tried her best not to laugh so happily, and said, "Don't dare to praise like this in front of all the ladies, He'er doesn't understand anything." , is really loved by Empress Defei..."

Before he finished his modesty, he heard someone from the maidservant outside come to announce that it was someone from the palace, this time it was not the father-in-law who delivered the decree, but three mothers from the palace.

"Oh? Please." When Cui heard that it was sent by Concubine Pei De, she hurriedly asked the servant girl to invite the three nuns to the flower hall. Although the others were curious, they could only wait in the room, guessing in their hearts. After all, Concubine Pei De sent someone for something.

Gu Minghe also felt a little uneasy.

But on Cui's side, he laughed at Yanyan.

Among the three nuns who came, one of them was surnamed Hu, who was the most useful to Concubine De. After she came in, she led the other two nuns to salute Mrs. Cui, and said some auspicious words, and then, We got to the point.

"Our empress value the third lady the most, so after learning that the emperor bestowed the marriage, I was very happy, but it was inconvenient to go out of the palace, and I was afraid that calling the third lady into the palace immediately would make her shy, so I asked the slaves to send some small gifts to her. Third Miss."

He also said: "After all, the rules in the palace are strict. Although the empress loves the third lady, she dare not not teach the third lady the rules. Therefore, she asked the slaves to send two nuns to teach the third lady in the palace. rule……"

As he said that, he introduced two other nuns for Cui -- the other two were taciturn, with serious expressions on their faces, but they were not mean, so Cui smiled and said thank you, and thanked Hu Hu very much. Momo, and then sent Hu Momo to leave, pondered for a while, and asked people to take the two Momo to Shuiyue Tower to rest.

Shuiyue Tower is the guest courtyard of the Marquis of Shun'an Mansion. It is always clean and tidy, but it is a little empty, so Cui said to the two nuns: "For the time being, the two nuns have to live in Shuiyue Tower for two days. He'er, you're obedient and obedient. I've always been with you, so I don't have my own yard, but now that He'er has a different status, she can't be crowded in the same yard with me, an old woman, so let me be grateful Let's tidy up the yard, and when the time comes, invite the two nuns to move in together."

One of the two nuns said: "The old lady loves the third miss, and the third miss is also filial to the old lady, which is a model of kindness and filial piety."

They stayed by Concubine Pei De's side, so they naturally knew that Concubine Pei De really valued Gu Minghe. In this case, it was impossible for them to easily offend Gu Minghe, so as not to be hated by Gu Minghe in the future.

Mrs. Cui then called Mrs. Sun, and asked her to assign capable staff to serve the two nuns, and at the same time tidy up the Shuiyue Tower and add some decorations - even if they stayed for two days temporarily, the two nuns could not be wronged. .

In her heart, Mrs. Sun was a little jealous of the importance that Mrs. Cui attached to Gu Minghe, and she felt a little reluctant in her heart, especially when she heard that Mrs. Cui was going to pack up Shen Xiangxie and give it to Gu Minghe, Mrs. Sun was not only reluctant, but also surprised— —

This Shen Xiangxie is the best courtyard in the mansion, apart from Rong'an Hall, Tsinghua Garden and the place where I live, it is not one of them.

Because Gu Minghe lives with Cui Shi, and Gu Mingzhi lives with He Shi, Shen Xiangxie has been vacant, but unexpectedly, Cui Shi plans to let Gu Minghe live in this yard today.

Even if she was unwilling, Mrs. Sun had no choice but to agree, and then went to tidy up the courtyard.

Mrs. Sun is busy.

As for the other offshoots of the Marquis of Shun'an, they were a little surprised when they heard that Concubine Pei De had rewarded Gu Minghe before the queen. ?

However, fortunately, the queen has only one eighth prince, and has never had any thoughts of fighting for power and profit.

They didn't know that the empress didn't know that it would be honorable to give the reward before Concubine Pei De, but because the empress knew another thing - the emperor would probably also pass on the imperial decree of marrying Feng Qingli and Gu Mingxuan to Shun today. Anhou Mansion, since that's the case, why did she send someone to go twice?

And just wait.

Sure enough, the father-in-law next to the emperor went out of the palace again to announce the decree at the Marquis of Shun'an near noon.

At that time, they had just planned to say goodbye when they came to the mansion to congratulate them. After all, their family was also a big one, and Gu Minghe, under Cui Shi's order "you should arrange your own boudoir", very happily arrived at Shen Xiangxie. I plan to arrange my own residence myself.

Mrs. Cui promised that Gu Minghe could choose the decorations she likes in the warehouse at will - when she heard this sentence, Mrs. Sun's face turned dark, how many good things Gu Minghe would pick up.

But also helpless.

Just when everyone was about to leave, and Mrs. Sun was secretly distressed, Nanny Cui came in again and said, "Old Furen, hurry up, there is another imperial decree from the palace."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, another imperial edict?
Everyone was full of doubts, and Mrs. Cui also had doubts in her heart, but she didn't dare to neglect, and hastily set up the incense table again to receive the order.

When Cui saw the father-in-law who came to announce the edict, she was taken aback—Su Xinghe was the most trusted personal eunuch by the emperor's side, and he basically only followed the emperor on weekdays. As for things like announcing the edict, Su Xinghe was extremely do less.

If you do, either the emperor will give the other party great honor and favor, or the other party will be killed by the emperor's entire family.

Fortunately, at the moment Su Xinghe was smiling all over his face, one could tell that he was in a good mood, so today must be a good day.

Cui led a group of people to kneel on the ground, and heard Su Xinghe read in a slightly shrill voice: "By God, the emperor ordered: Marquis Shun'an is loyal, has won my heart, and is the humerus of the country... ...the eldest daughter of the first line, Dunchun Duanmin, has a gentle temperament... She can be a good match for the emperor's nine sons, so she is specially decreed to marry her, hope..."

When everyone heard the emperor's decree praising Gu Wenqian, they even had the illusion that Gu Wenqian was going to be promoted again, and maybe even his title, but the words in the imperial decree changed and praised Gu Mingxuan again. What means?
When everyone was a little confused, the emperor suddenly said "a good match for the Nine Princes"...

Everyone was dumbfounded all of a sudden!

Nine princes?
Isn't it just His Royal Highness King Yong who just "nearly escaped" and returned to the capital?
This is, the emperor ordered Gu Mingxuan to be concubine of Prince Yong?
However, wasn't Gu Minghe just conferred as the fifth prince's side concubine?

A family of two sisters, Qi Qi married into the royal family!
What a great honor!
The fifth prince is very powerful now, and is almost considered to be the best candidate for the next emperor. His Royal Highness Yong, who is now the highest status among the princes, will be the fifth prince to ascend the throne in the future. When facing Concubine Yong, she should be a little shorter.

Everyone congratulated Gu Mingxuan one after another, as for the rumor that King Yong Feng Qingli was inhumane - what did it matter, anyway, she was not her own daughter.

At this moment, Gu Mingxuan was a little confused.

She listened to other people's congratulations in a daze, and then thanked them a little dizzily, but she still didn't react in her heart.

what?
Marriage?

Feng Qingli and her?
This... Gu Mingxuan has an unacceptable feeling. She feels that Feng Qingli is very close, but this kind of closeness, in Gu Mingxuan's definition, is a brother and a friend.

But I never thought that it would become another relationship.

Gu Minghe was also stunned. She knew that after Feng Qingli came back alive, she already felt regretful and regretful in her heart. Only the pursuit of everyone could make her forget the regret in her heart for the time being.

But, suddenly, what she couldn't ask for fell into Gu Mingxuan's arms!
Why?
Why?
Why?
Gu Minghe was about to scream, she also wanted to be Concubine Yong, His Royal Highness Yong was so handsome, if he could sing in harmony with His Highness Yong, how wonderful would it be?
"Hey, doesn't this mean that when we meet Xuan'er in the future, we will address you as the concubine? It's terrible, come on, let me touch the concubine first, and get some good luck." , then stretched out his hand to touch Gu Mingxuan's face, and sighed, "Tsk tsk, this face is so tender. As expected, the face of the princess is not comparable to an old face like ours."

Gu Mingxuan was speechless, and looked awkwardly at the wives who burst out laughing. The all-round kung fu practiced in the previous life suddenly couldn't be used at this moment.

She only felt shy, but also felt a kind of indescribable joy.

Gu Minghe, on the other hand, was awakened by others' congratulations to Gu Mingxuan. Although she was trembling with anger, she still gritted her teeth and stood beside Gu Mingxuan, smiling and congratulating: "My sister is also here to congratulate My sister... Sure enough, Changxin Bo's house is still too small to accommodate my elder sister, my elder sister should marry more noble, and now a good marriage is coming soon."

"His Royal Highness Yong has always looked at my sister differently since the very beginning, and is very close to her, but I don't think that my sister and His Highness Yong are still a destined couple."

Gu Minghe still couldn't hold back, and brought up Gu Mingxuan's disgraceful past in front of everyone - she was divorced from her engagement, and she also alluded to Gu Mingxuan's indiscretion, and she was very close to Yong Wang Fengqingli early on.

A daughter's family is so close to others when there is still a marriage contract... This behavior is really not good.

When Gu Minghe came to congratulate her with a forced smile, Gu Mingxuan suddenly became sober.

No matter what is going on with the marriage, Gu Mingxuan felt happy in an instant when she saw Gu Minghe was very, very unhappy, but she had to suppress her displeasure and pretended to congratulate her like a sister. .

Because of this happiness, Gu Mingxuan actually felt that this marriage was actually not that strange.

Perhaps, there are many benefits?

As for the hints and slanders in Gu Minghe's words, Gu Mingxuan pretended not to understand and pursed her lips and chuckled, then with a face full of shyness, she said to Gu Minghe who came to congratulate her: "It's fine for all aunts and sisters-in-law to tease me. My sister also came to tease me, so I ignore you."

After saying that, Gu Mingxuan stomped her feet, saluted everyone, and ran away.

Ran?

Everyone was not stupid, they could vaguely see that there seemed to be something wrong between the two sisters of the Gu family, and when they were about to watch a good show, they were dumbfounded, the protagonist ran away, how could the show continue?
"Xuan'er is really shy." One of the wives quickly came back to her senses, rounded up the matter, and said with a smile, "You people are not taboo about meat and vegetables, scare people away."

Everyone laughed and said, it's normal for a young girl who has just been engaged to have a tender face, so just run away.

But in his heart, he felt that Gu Mingxuan was a smart person. What Gu Minghe said just now, no matter how she responded, it was not suitable for her, and it was not suitable for her not to reply. After running away like this, all problems were solved.

However, this Gu Minghe is a bit ignorant. In any case, my sisters, no matter how noisy they are at home, must be united when facing others.

Some people looked at Gu Minghe's eyes and put them on for inspection. Gu Minghe was confused at the moment. After being looked at by others like this, he also found an excuse to go back to the house. It can't be done. Gu Mingxuan is shy. She is thick-skinned and always stay.

After returning to her own room, the forced smile on Gu Minghe's face disappeared immediately. She sat at the table with a gloomy face and said nothing.

Seeing Gu Minghe's appearance, Wenzhu was a little scared, and poured water for Gu Mingxuan softly, and then planned to leave quietly, but she walked a little slower, and was spotted by Gu Minghe, and then Gu Minghe's face was ferocious, He pulled the asparagus bamboo over, took out the embroidery needle from the needlework basket, and stabbed it at the asparagus' arm.

While stabbing, Gu Minghe cursed in a low voice: "Bitch, bastard, bastard, why don't you die..."

Wenzhu was so frightened that her whole body trembled, and the pain in her arm was even more unbearable for her. However, seeing Gu Minghe's crazy appearance, Wenzhu was so scared that she couldn't even make a sound.

It was terrible. Although she didn't know that the young lady's good temper outside was just pretending, she never thought that the young lady had such a crazy side.

The anger in Gu Minghe's heart is really irresistible - she should be the most honorable daughter of the Marquis of Shun'an, she is so beautiful and gentle, with beauty, talent, status and character, it is only natural for her to be a noble person.

Today, she should be the most beautiful person, but Gu Mingxuan went against her and stole her limelight.

She is the main concubine, and she is a side concubine—although some people didn't say it, but Gu Minghe always felt that they all looked down on her in their hearts, and even laughed at her!

Gu Minghe tied Wenzhu's arm like crazy, and the frightened Wenzhu finally regained consciousness, but she didn't dare to scream and struggle, and could only beg for mercy in a low voice: "Miss, please spare this servant, miss... ah , It hurts so much...Miss, please forgive me...Please forgive me..."

"What's your name?" Gu Minghe finally vented out the anger in his heart. Seeing that Wenzhu looked like a dead person, he was lying on the ground trembling, shaking and crying, so he raised his foot and kicked Wenzhu vigorously, angrily angrily said in a low voice : "You maidservant, why don't you get up and tidy yourself up, don't tell me you're still waiting for Miss Ben to dress you up?"

Under Gu Minghe's anger, Asparagus shivered slightly, then hurriedly got up, cleaned himself with a veil dipped in water, felt that there was nothing wrong with it except his face, so he stood tremblingly by Gu Minghe's around.

Gu Minghe glanced at Wenzhu, and the anger accumulated in his heart again, and angrily said: "Who are you showing your mournful face? Why, you are not satisfied with me?"

Asparagus shivered in fright, knelt at Gu Minghe's feet, tremblingly said: "I don't have it, I don't dare."

In a hurry, he squeezed out a smiling face, Gu Minghe looked at it, wishing he could slap Asparagus a few more times - what are you doing with such an ugly smile?

It's just that at this moment, although there is still a lot of anger hidden in her chest, the most burning point has been vented out. Therefore, she gradually became more rational, knowing that it would be very difficult to mess with asparagus at this time. Ugly words, not only about her lackluster face, but about her harsh treatment of her slaves, will definitely spread, and the two nuns who live in the mansion will find out and pass it on to Concubine Pei De.

Therefore, Gu Minghe could only hold back his anger, and after looking at Wen Zhu in disgust, he waved her out.

Asparagus as if being pardoned, hurriedly withdrew.

Gu Minghe looked at his hands with a gloomy expression.

The prince is already lower than the prince, so naturally the prince's concubine is also lower than the prince's concubine, what's more, he is the prince's side concubine, and Gu Mingxuan is the prince's main concubine, so he is not only one level lower than Gu Mingxuan.

It's a bad feeling.

What to do, what to do, do you really want to bow your head to Gu Mingxuan all the time?

No, she doesn't want this!
When Gu Minghe was anxious and angry, Qi Feiming was also very surprised.

Gu Minghe became the fifth prince's side concubine, which he operated alone, and he was very proud of the success of this matter.

It's just that in the previous life, Gu Mingxuan insisted on pestering her shamelessly. In this life, Gu Mingxuan is different from her previous life, but she never expected that she would become Concubine Yong!
In his previous life, King Yong died early, but in this life, he is not only alive, but also married to Gu Mingxuan.

Qi Feiming always felt that something was wrong.

However, at this time, he was not in the mood to care about Gu Mingxuan and Feng Qingli's affairs anymore. He was drinking and chatting with Pei Songyan under the recommendation of his peers. Because of what he knew about Pei Songyan in his previous life, Qi Feiming quickly talked with him. The conversation was very speculative.

After that, Qi Feiming intentionally or unintentionally said that he got a picture of a beauty.

Sure enough, this incident aroused Pei Songyan's high interest.

"It's really a very good painting? The inscription on it is a word 'reward'?" Pei Songyan asked Qi Feiming simply.

"Of course it is." Qi Feiming smiled a little embarrassedly, and said, "Sir, I know that I don't know much, and I can't even read paintings. After asking someone, I found out what Luo Zongsheng's picture of beauty is... But it's a painting. It's absolutely impossible."

Pei Songyan became even more interested.

Qi Feiming said: "Since Mr. likes it, how about Mr. sending someone to my house tomorrow to pick up the paintings? I don't know much about painting, so it's a waste to keep it. Why don't I lend it to Mr. for tasting first? If Mr. really likes it, I can buy it for some money." How about this painting?"

"To tell you the truth, sir, I really don't have much money in my hands. After buying a small house in the capital, it's a little difficult to even buy a decent dowry gift for my fiancée. It's really embarrassing for a man to wrong his fiancée so much. "Qi Feiming said with self-deprecation.

What kind of person Pei Songyan is, and the purpose of Qi Feiming's approach, he already knew, but he felt that Qi Feiming was not that flattering and not too annoying, so he allowed Qi Feiming's existence.

Afterwards, Qi Feiming really made him feel comfortable talking with him, so he was willing to chat with him.

Now, after hearing Qi Feiming's words, Pei Songyan finally took a high-stakes look at Qi Feiming - he could talk about selling paintings instead of giving them away. Although this was flattering him, he looked good on face, and besides, he was able to speak out about his embarrassment. Self-deprecating but not inferior, this person, with a little help, should be useful.

Pei Songyan narrowed his eyes, thinking about whether to accept such a deal.

In other words, do you want to accept this person's surrender?

(End of this chapter)