Dirty color

Chapter 73 The Honest Parrot

Princess Huaqing is the emperor's cousin, and the two have a good relationship. It is said that when Gu Mingxuan was found, the emperor wanted the queen to summon Gu Mingxuan and give her a favor. The mood, the emperor's own health is not good, so he forgot about this matter.

Afterwards, Gu Mingxuan's reputation...the empress didn't even bother to care about it.

And everyone in the royal family, also with aspirations, forgot the existence of such a cousin.

We met today, but the fifth prince and concubine felt that this Gu Mingxuan looked dignified and generous, with a sense of advancement and retreat, which was far from the rumors.

While thinking this way, the Fifth Prince and Concubine introduced the Thirteenth Princess to Gu Mingxuan: "This is your Thirteenth Sister-in-law."

"I've seen the Thirteenth Sister-in-law." Gu Mingxuan got up and saluted. The Thirteenth Princess is a good-tempered one, not as smart as the Fifth Prince's Concubine. Hearing this, she nodded and said with a smile: "My family, you don't need to be too polite."

Then don't say anything.

Seeing that the two of them had met Li, the fifth prince concubine called the other two children over, and then introduced to Gu Mingxuan, "This is your second nephew named Wenqin, this is your fourth nephew named Wenjun, this is your The seventh niece is Wen Ting; the three of you will meet Cousin Mingxuan soon."

Wen Qin was about thirteen or fourteen years old, and he was a handsome and noble boy. Wen Jun seemed to be eight or nine years old, a little shy.

"Cousin Mingxuan." The three of them yelled together, and the two boys thanked Gu Mingxuan for the meeting gift and then left, but the little girl Wen Ting looked at Gu Mingxuan curiously and asked, "Cousin Mingxuan , what's wrong with your forehead? Is it natural?"

Gu Mingxuan touched her head with a smile, and said, "The scar left by an accidental knock."

While Gu Mingxuan was talking, she appropriately showed a trace of resentment and unwillingness. The fifth princess and the thirteenth concubine saw it in their eyes and had suspicions in their hearts, but they didn't say anything.

After chatting for a few words, Gu Mingxuan left. During the whole process, her advances and retreats were well-founded, generous and decent, not too clever, but not stupid, and the impressions of the Fifth Prince and the Thirteenth Princess were fair.

It was still Feng Qingli who sent her to go back, but halfway through the walk, Feng Qingli suddenly reached out and held Gu Mingxuan's hand, and said with a smile: "Oh, cousin Xuan'er, I will pick you up tomorrow, we are Shall we go for shortbread or fish?"

Gu Mingxuan's expression changed, and when she was about to withdraw her hand, Feng Qingli had already let go. Gu Mingxuan glanced at Luzhu and Cuijiao, and found that they didn't seem to notice anything, and Gu Mingxuan felt relieved.

She smiled and said slowly: "How about every few days? Recently, my mother and fourth sister were both sick, and Nanny Zhuang was also injured. I'm just not in the mood... Delicious food needs to be enjoyed with heart , I’ve been in a bad mood recently, so it’s not suitable for me to taste delicious food.”

"Oh, cousin Xuan'er really thinks the same as I do. It really is everyone of my generation. If that's the case, well, when you're in a good mood, I'll pick you up for dinner at the third or fifth brother's house. So it's settled." Feng Qingli said happily.

He was born well, so even if such a bully behavior of not treating himself as an outsider happened to him, it seemed that it was so natural and would not make people feel rude.

Gu Mingxuan was a little helpless, and nodded with a smile on the corner of her mouth: "It's cousin Yi Qingli."

When Gu Mingxuan went back, Cui asked, "Have you seen the nobleman?"

"I have seen the fifth concubine and the thirteenth concubine, as well as the two county kings Wen Qin and Wenjun and the young princess Wen Ting. The two nobles are very kind." Gu Mingxuan smiled slightly, and after only saying this, she stood on the Cui Behind Cui Shi, continue to serve Cui Shi patiently.

At this time, Gu Minghe was also standing beside Cui Shi. Hearing this, she felt as uncomfortable as scratching her heart and lungs. King Wenqin... Even if she thinks that marrying His Royal Highness King Yong is more reliable than marrying King Xiaojun, but, It is also good for the two princes and concubines to like her. In this case, it will be conducive to the harmony between her concubines after she marries into the royal family.

It's a pity that such a good opportunity was wasted by such an ugly monster like Gu Mingxuan.

After returning to the Marquis of Shun'an's Mansion, Gu Mingxuan excused that she was tired, and asked all the serving maids to go down first. Then, she opened her palm, revealing a small ball of paper.

"There is another strange thing about the shocking horse. There are too many people today, so we can talk about it another day."

Gu Mingxuan's complexion suddenly sank.

She knew that Zhuang Nanny's frightened horse was not simple, it was just that there was no way to track it down due to the fact that no one was there, but now, she got confirmation from Feng Qingli.

It's just that, how did Feng Qingli know about this?
Gu Mingxuan was puzzled. Originally, she thought that if Feng Qingli came to ask her out, she would refuse. After all, she was a girl, and it was really inappropriate for her to follow Feng Qingli around. However, seeing the note on the note After writing the words, Gu Mingxuan knew that she must find a chance to see Feng Qingli again, and she definitely needed it.

The sooner the better!

As for why Feng Qingli came here to make friends with her, what was her intention?Hehe, she has already understood one thing in her last life, it is definitely better if someone is willing to use you than if you are useless.

It's sad to say it, but the fact is that if you don't even have the value of using it, you are a complete abandoned child and can't do anything.

Taking a deep breath, Gu Mingxuan clenched her fists. Since she has what Feng Qingli wants in her body, then she can't be in a hurry. Hitting the pole is not a business.

Just wait.

The most important thing now is to discredit Gu Minghe, so that she can't be as perfect as she was in her previous life, and become a model of a lady in the capital, thus marrying the third prince.

However, thinking about Gu Minghe's age, and then thinking about the age of the third prince, Gu Mingxuan couldn't help but sneer, Gu Minghe really worked hard, she was younger than the third prince's second son, King Wenzheng.

Instead, she burned the note on the fire to wipe out the ashes, and then Gu Mingxuan called someone in to help her change her clothes and wash, and then went to see Nanny Zhuang.

She asked about Feng Qingli.

In her previous life, this person left long ago. Now that this person has plans for herself or the Marquis of Shun'an, she naturally needs to find out.

Grandma Zhuang talked about His Royal Highness King Yong. The previous life was no different from what she had learned in her previous life. The turning point happened when he was assassinated at the age of 16. He almost died, but in his previous life he died. In this life, he But survived.

It's a pity, because of injuries, serious damage to his vitality, and his poor health, he wears thicker clothes than others all the year round. Even in summer, he still wears jackets.

As for the concubine he was talking about, it was Concubine Shu—Concubine Shu had no children, Feng Qingli saved Concubine Shu's life, and in the end the two women got it right, Concubine Shu remembered Feng Qingli own name.

Concubine Shu—another person who should have died but was still alive.

It seems that the changes in the people around here are really great.

Gu Mingxuan only had time to ask Sang Zhi about Dujuan and Duying when she greeted Mrs. Cui at night and went to bed at night.

Yesterday Lu Zhu went to send Du Juan and Du Ying home, and she had persuaded the mothers of the two sisters to move her heart. Today, Gu Mingxuan let Sang Zhi go again—Sang Zhi has a smart mouth, and Gu Mingxuan believed that in order to keep her In Tsinghua Garden, we will definitely try our best.

Sure enough, when Sang Zhi heard that Gu Mingxuan asked her to come in, she immediately beamed with joy, and told the story as if asking for credit, saying that the mothers of the two sisters had agreed to come in to serve her, and so on.

Gu Mingxuan smiled and praised: "Sang Zhiguo is really capable, I know all about your hard work."

Sang Zhi was very happy when she heard that, the young lady had such a gentle attitude, and even entrusted her with some errands, it must be that she didn't mean to settle accounts with her, or, the young lady didn't know what she did at that time...

Thinking of this, Sang Zhi felt relieved, it must be like this, otherwise, you can see that Wei Nanny and Chun Xue Chuncao can only clean the yard, but she is still a third-class maid, this is the proof.

The more she thought about it, the more relaxed Sangzhi became. Then, she heard Gu Mingxuan's order: "Tomorrow, you will bring someone to tidy up one of the back rooms and give it to Mrs. Cheng to live in. Then send a small stove over there for Mrs. Cheng. The lady cooks medicine; as for Du Juan and the others, if they want to take care of me personally, I just arrange a big house in the west wing for them to live in."

Sang Zhi hesitated, and said: "Ms. Cheng is sick, it's not good to boil medicine in Miss's yard..."

"It doesn't matter. I asked Du Juan yesterday. Cheng Niangzi is actually not sick, but just too tired. As long as you don't do too much work, you will be fine. So it only takes a day or two, and I won't do it again in the future." I've boiled the medicine." After Gu Mingxuan said this, Sang Zhi didn't dare to speak anymore.

Gu Mingxuan smiled at Sang Zhi again, and said, "I know you are loyal, Lu Rui, give Sang Zhi a silver ring to play with."

Sang Zhi smiled happily when she heard it, and hurriedly thanked Gu Mingxuan for the reward, and she became more determined in her mind. Since the young lady doesn't know anything, then she doesn't have to be afraid, and if she behaves well in the future, she will definitely be respected by the young lady.

Luzhu and Lurui are getting older, so they will definitely not wait for the young lady to get married, and Dujuan and Du Ying are just for the young lady to thank them, so she brings them to the mansion to enjoy the blessings. The deputy lady came to wait on her. After all, they saved Nanny Zhuang. After all, she, a third-class girl, will be of great use.

Maybe, she can still marry the young lady with her. The young lady is disfigured, and my uncle will definitely not like it. At that time, a good-looking girl like myself will definitely be used by the young lady to win over my uncle's heart...

When Sang Zhi thought of this, his heart was full of fire. He wished that Gu Mingxuan would leave everything to her, so that Gu Mingxuan could see her loyalty and ability.

Gu Mingxuan looked at Sangzhi who was so grateful and trying to please her, she sneered in her heart, how could she not know what Sangzhi had done?It's just that, among the maids in the yard, the two second-class maids Chuncao and Chunxue and the steward Wei Wei have already been kicked out, but if the third-class maids such as Sangzhi and Sangye are kicked out all at once, it will always be with her. The reputation is not good enough, and it is useful for her to keep the mulberry branches.

Sangzhi has the handle in the hands of He Shi and Gu Mingzhi. If Sangzhi is reused by her side, I don't believe that He's will not have Sangzhi's idea.

If Sangzhi is driven away now, who knows if the He family will bring in a few more spies. After all, the He family has been in charge of the Shun'an Hou Mansion for so long, so it is temporarily at a disadvantage, and it is impossible to suddenly If she can't turn over, Gu Minghe and Gu Mingrong are her biggest reliance!
It is better to guard against a known enemy than to know nothing about the enemy, so she not only keeps the mulberry branches, but also reuses them.

As for Sang Ye, she is a dull and honest person who never moves forward, and she doesn't mind keeping her.

The crabapple flowers in May are blooming beautifully. Although there is no fragrance, the delicate and charming posture is also eye-catching. Gu Mingxuan walked and watched it all the way. After saluting to Cui Shi first, he greeted each other with Gu Minghe, and then sat down beside Cui Shi.

There were a lot of people at the beginning of yesterday, and then Mrs. Cui was tired again, so she didn't ask Gu Mingxuan about Feng Qingli in detail, but now that she had regained her energy, Mrs. Cui started to ask.

Yesterday, Gu Mingxuan didn't know whether Feng Qingli took her to see the Fifth Prince Concubine and others when she saw her, whether she just forgot about it on a whim, or whether she really planned to recognize her as her cousin. Therefore, when Cui asked, she was very reserved. Now that she knew today that Feng Qingli had a plan to find her, she would naturally come to find her in the future, and Gu Mingxuan naturally didn't mind using Feng Qingli to raise her own value.

She smiled and said: "The fifth sister-in-law and the thirteenth sister-in-law are very friendly. The fifth sister-in-law also asked me what I like to eat and whether I am used to it when I come back. She asked me to find her if I have something to do; the thirteenth sister-in-law doesn't talk much, but she is very friendly." Gentle; Cousin Qingli said that Concubine Shu was like my mother and sister back then, so she treated me very well, and said that when she was free, she would take me to the fifth prince or the thirteenth prince's residence to eat delicious food."

This is what it means to keep in touch in the future. When Cui heard this, she was very happy in her heart. Although it is impossible for His Royal Highness King Yong to inherit the throne, he cannot be kept from being favored. Ah, the fief is first-class Yi is very rich, and he also has a lot of influence in the army. At the same time, Concubine Shu's natal family, grandfather and father were both grand tutors, and even the current emperor was once the grandfather of Concubine Shu. What about students?

Not to mention, Concubine Shu's grandfather, father, uncle, etc. are either academic officials or run academies, and they have a very high status in the minds of scholars.

His Royal Highness King Yong and Concubine Shu, this is a powerful alliance!
The big girl has climbed up to the nobleman!No, the eldest girl of their family is already honorable enough!Cui Shi was overjoyed, and treated Gu Mingxuan better. Gu Minghe saw the relationship between Cui Shi and Gu Mingxuan as if no one was there, and the jealousy in his heart flooded again.

He is just an ugly monster, how could he get the favor of those noble people?Now, even his status in the eyes of his grandmother and father has been taken away.

Gu Minghe was filled with jealousy, and after glancing at Gu Mingxuan, she managed to suppress her jealousy. Fortunately, she was disfigured!
Gu Minghe was once again proud of his foresight.

Just as she was proud, Mrs. Sun and Gu Mingling also came in. After what happened yesterday, Mrs. Sun paid more attention to Gu Mingxuan. Anyway, as far as Mrs. Sun was concerned, she could not share the wealth of the Marquis of Shun'an. No matter how rare it is, it's useless. She is not the same as she was back then. She has a lot of money in her hands, so she doesn't need to worry at all.

What she is more worried about now is her daughter's marriage. Her mother's family has said that she wants her to marry her back. It is said that her brothers and sisters-in-law are all well-known, and their nephews are of good character, but Sun does not want her daughter to marry her. I went to my mother's house and suffered.

A scholarly family, farming and reading heirlooms, it's really not just talking, guarding a room full of priceless ancient books, calligraphy and paintings, eating bran and swallowing vegetables every day, she can't bear her daughter and future grandson to live like this.

That's why it was necessary to find a proper marriage; and on this matter, Mrs. Sun fully believed in Nanny Zhuang's vision.

When Mrs. Sun was talking with Mrs. Cui affectionately, Nanny Qi came in. As soon as she came in, she first saluted everyone, and then said to Mrs. Cui: "Reporting to the old lady, His Royal Highness King Yong took a picture of Eunuch Wen, the steward of the palace. I'm here to give the young lady a gift, do you see?"

"Please hurry up!" Hearing this, Mrs. Cui was even more excited. His Royal Highness King Yong seems to value the girl very much. He only met yesterday, but today he ordered someone to bring a gift.

Moreover, the ones who came were not ordinary people, but the father-in-law in charge of the palace. Those who were sent down were high-grade internal eunuchs.

It can be seen from this that His Royal Highness King Yong attaches great importance to the eldest girl.

How could Cui not be excited.

Mrs. Cui is very polite, so naturally Eunuch Wen is also very polite. People in bridal sedan chairs carry people, and the host and guest chatted happily. After exchanging greetings, Eunuch Wen said with a smile: "This is the eldest lady of Marquis Shun'an, right? Look at her demeanor, she is exactly the same as the princess princess back then, the old lady really knows how to raise children, haha."

Cui smiled and said a few words modestly, and Eunuch Wen said: "Fanbang paid tribute to a pair of parrots last year. The emperor saw that the prince liked it, so he gave it to the prince. As soon as the prince returned to the mansion yesterday, he asked our family to give it to him as soon as possible. The eldest lady prepared a gift, and when she went out today, she asked our family to bring this pair of parrots with her, saying that it was for the eldest lady's boredom, and our family was shocked. The prince likes this pair of parrots very much. "

Eunuch Wen tried his best to say that Feng Qingli valued Gu Mingxuan, which made both Cui and Sun very happy. Gu Mingxuan also had a smile on her face, but Gu Minghe, although she had a gentle smile on her face, was jealous in her heart. pole.

She knew those parrots!
It is said that the pair of parrots are so smart, they can not only talk, sing, but also chat with people—general parrot starlings and so on, you teach them for a long time before they can say a word or two, but this A pair of parrots will chat with you.

Although the words sounded like children's words, they were also very powerful. It is said that at that time, the empresses in the palace were vying for it, and even the empress was moved, and wanted to beg for the eighth prince to relieve boredom. Said that the pair of parrots were not very obedient, and finally the queen gave up. As for the others, they couldn't compete with His Royal Highness King Yong.

So the pair of parrots entered the newly repaired Yongwang Mansion.

Something so precious that the empress who had seen countless rare treasures would be tempted by it, but it fell into the hands of such an ugly Gu Mingxuan?

This……

Cui didn't know what was going on in Gu Minghe's mind, she was just very interested, because she had also heard of this pair of parrots.

So, she said with a smile: "But the pair of purple-blue parrots? It is said that they are very clever."

"It's smart, but it's also naughty." Eunuch Wen sighed, "They are big and naughty, and most people can't subdue them, so the prince ordered the two servants who kept the parrots to be brought along, my lord." Having said that, please don’t worry, Missy, the moon silver will still come from our Prince Yong’s residence.”

Gu Mingxuan pursed her lips and said coquettishly to Mrs. Cui: "Grandmother, look, what Cousin Qingli said is as if our Shun'an Hou's Mansion can't afford two servants' money."

Cui Shi laughed, and said to Gu Mingxuan: "It's okay, it's okay, we are taking advantage of it, since Prince Yong is rich, you should be regarded as a rich man."

But I understand in my heart that this is actually His Royal Highness Yong's favor to the big girl. Moreover, the servants of Yongwang's mansion are different from the servants of ordinary mansions. They are all registered in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They are just Xiaoxiaohou's mansion. Such servants are usurping if they use them, but the deeds of sale of these two servants are still in the palace, and they hold the moon silver from the palace, so others can't say anything.

It seems that His Royal Highness Prince Yong really likes the big girl, otherwise he wouldn't be so thoughtful.

Eunuch Wen was about to leave, so Cui naturally ordered someone to present a generous red envelope. When Eunuch Wen left, Cui took the gift list from Prince Yong's mansion and handed it to Gu Mingxuan without looking at it, saying: " This is given to you by His Royal Highness King Yong, so please take it away."

However, Mrs. Cui was also very curious about what the pair of parrots that were rumored to be miraculous looked like, but Nanny Qi said, if you want to see it, you have to go to the yard to see it.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and went to the yard out of curiosity. Then, they were taken aback—there was a parrot, or an eagle!
Tsk tsk, this size is almost as tall as a four or five year old child!

No wonder it is said to be smarter than ordinary parrots, but this one has a bigger head than other parrots.

The crowd watched, the two parrots first took a look at Mrs. Cui, and immediately called hello old lady, and then hello madam. When it was Gu Minghe's turn, one of them, which looked a little bigger, shouted loudly: " Yay, another pretty girl!"

The other one seemed to look at Gu Minghe with disdain, and said, "Ass is not as big as Wanlan."

Cui Shi: "..."

Gu Mingxuan: "..."

Gu Minghe: "..."

Sure enough, she's really smart, but also naughty!

"Ah... there is an ugly girl here, she is so ugly, all the sweepers in the palace are prettier than her!" The bigger one shouted.

Gu Mingxuan: "..." I really want to kill stewed soup!
Gu Minghe instantly regained his balance.

"Shut up, the beauty said she would give us to the ugly girl, be careful that she won't give you food." The other smaller one seemed to speak for Gu Mingxuan again, but what it said...

What to do if you want to stew both.

Cui Shi and others: These two parrots are as honest as their owners.

Gu Mingxuan deeply felt that such two... couldn't bear it, and wanted to return it to the original owner, what should I do?
(End of this chapter)