Peach Blossom at the Bottom of the Fan

Chapter 204 Meeting Prince Rui

"Sister," following a few steps, Lin Mo Niang called out with a smile, looked Gu Sixiao up and down for a while, and then said: "Sister is really a blessing, just after arriving in Beijing, Princess Rui summoned..."

"Sister," Gu Sixiao said with a smile, "it's the side concubine."

"I made a slip of the tongue," Lin Mo Niang smiled, changed the topic, and said, "I have summoned you so soon, so it shows that I attach great importance to you. You said before that you were afraid that this marriage would become a scandal. I think it will not be."

Gu Sixiao smiled, showing surprise and bewilderment, "I'm very bewildered..." Patting her chest, she sighed, "I just hope I don't say the wrong thing for a while."

Looking at her expression, although Lin Mo Niang was smiling, she was already smiling a bit reluctantly, and when Gu Sixiao left, the girl following her spit out: "Look at that madness, it's the eldest sister who is Prince Rui's side concubine and also What's the matter, you're not a classless one, little lady, you are different, after marrying you are a lady of the world, and later you will be Mrs. Hou, so little lady Gu, even if you flatter her, she won't be able to keep up with you."

"Don't say that, no matter how you say it, you are a relative of the emperor..." Lin Mo Niang said so, but Lin Mo Niang's smile became much more natural.

In the carriage, Gu Sixiao raised the curtain and looked out the window. Just now, in front of Lin Mo Niang, she made such a confused look, although half of it was fake, the other half was real.

This time when I went to Prince Rui's mansion, from outsiders' perspective, it was the side concubine who was thinking about her natal brother and wanted to see her future sister-in-law, but Gu Sixiao knew very well that it was not Su Shi who wanted to see her, but Prince Rui.

10 taels of gold is not a small amount, let alone such an emergency.If Prince Rui is really as Su Jingchun said, if he is a British lord, how could he pretend to be deaf and dumb, without even making a sound?

Because of this, she felt apprehensive.If it really happened, then seeing Prince Rui now, wouldn't it be the same as meeting...

Shaking her head, Gu Sixiao shook off the thought that had arisen in her heart, and she was about to draw down the curtains.

Just turning her eyes, she suddenly lifted the curtain and looked at the restaurant by the road.

"Where is that?" She asked anxiously, and Su Mei, who was driving the car in front of her, glanced at her and said, "Fumanlou, that's a big restaurant in Beijing. Miss, did you see someone you know?"

Without speaking, Gu Sixiao just turned his head and looked at the restaurant in the distance.

At a glance just now, she saw Gu Yong in a daze.After careful calculation, the Chunwei Examination took place last year, and Gu Yong came to Beijing to take the exam, so why did he stay there for more than a year?
"Su Mei, check for me and see that Gu Yong is in Beijing."

"Gu Yong? The one from Songjiang?" Just asked, Su Mei didn't wait for Gu Sixiao's reply, and answered outside, which was regarded as an acceptance of the matter.

Cleaning up her mood, Gu Sixiao temporarily put aside the matter of seeing Gu Yong, cheered up, and only thought about the matter of Prince Rui's Mansion.

"Little lady, my young master can't come today. He sent a message to tell you not to be afraid. It's just a meal for relatives."

To put it bluntly, they are relatives, but they are not relatives to her.

Although she was complaining, Gu Sixiao still had a hint of sweetness in her heart.

The car stopped in front of Prince Rui's Mansion, Gu Sixiao thought that Su Mei was going to drive to the side door, but he didn't expect that the middle door of Prince Rui's Mansion would open wide.In front of the main entrance, there were already royal officials in Tsing Yi and Futou to welcome them.

Gu Sixiao still regarded it as a small official like the door officer, and was still hesitating whether to get out of the car.The middle-aged man in Tsing Yi who took the lead stepped forward and said with a smile: "Miss Gu, the younger one is Shi Jinming, the head of Prince Rui's residence..."

Startled, Gu Sixiao was about to get out of the car.

The biggest official in the palace is the long history, although the officials in the palace are generally without rank, but the long history is usually ordered by the emperor, and the palaces are not allowed to invite without authorization.

To let Chang Shi greet him personally, this kind of treatment is really unexpected.If you see it clearly, you will be surprised.To greet the side concubine's future sister-in-law, he actually dispatched the chief minister of the palace. The reputation of Prince Rui's side concubine Su Concubine's great favor is indeed not in vain.

"It's a long history of labor gold." Gu Sixiao got out of the car and gave a salute.

Jin Changshi avoided it, and said with a smile: "The younger one was ordered by the side concubine to welcome the guests on his behalf. How can he accept such a big gift from Miss Gu—please get on the car..."

Seeing his insistence, Gu Sixiao couldn't say anything more, so he had to follow the Romans and get into the car.

The carriage drove in, and entered from the main gate of the palace.

Although Gu Sixiao was curious in his heart, he didn't dare to open the curtains. He only felt that the carriage had been going for a long time before slowly stopping.

The carriage that got off turned out to be a small courtyard, and the majestic mother who had already been dressed up came forward to greet her, and waited on Gu Sixiao respectfully to transfer to a mule cart, then bypassed the corridor and went straight to the second gate.

As soon as the mule cart entered the second gate, a girl greeted her, "Ms. Gu is here. Our side concubine has asked me several times this morning."

The maids in the palace are all delicate and pretty, they speak and act, they are generous and decent, they look amiable, but they have a kind of dignified air, if they go out of the palace, don't say they are Xiaojiabiyu, even if they say they are ladies, people will believe it.

In contrast, Qiao'er and Xiaodie beside her are really not enough.Xiaodie didn't follow to the capital, Qiao'er was already a little stupid when she went out, and now she was so stupid that she couldn't even utter a word when she entered the palace, she just followed behind Gu Sixiao timidly.

"You girl, you can speak well at home, why are you acting clumsy here?"

Gu Sixiao laughed and joked, half for laughing at Qiaoer, and half for cheering herself up.

"The servant girl is not pretending, she is really clumsy..."

Qiao'er let out a breath and wanted to speak, but the girl in front had already turned her head and said with a smile: "Little lady, wait a moment, I'll go pass it on."

Sticking out her tongue, Qiao'er didn't dare to say that she had to pass on the news when the guest came, it was really a big rule, she just kept staring at the girl who was standing on the porch.

Gu Sixiao glanced away from the corner of his eyes and saw a blue robe, so he couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

Standing in the corner are two servants in blue robes, no, they are not servants, they are eunuchs!

With a move in his heart, Gu Sixiao suddenly understood why he had to go in to communicate first.

Presumably Prince Rui is inside now.

Thinking of this, Gu Sixiao's heart tightened a little, and she couldn't help taking a deep breath.

"It's all from my own family, and there's nothing to avoid, please come in, little lady!" The voice that came out was very gentle, and it made people feel inexplicably fond of it.

The one who greeted her was not the girl who brought Gu Sixiao's master and servant in just now, but another big girl with sculpted eyebrows and handsome eyes. When she came out, she saluted Gu Sixiao first, and then said with a smile: "Our master Please come in quickly, little lady!"

But when Gu Sixiao entered the room with a smile, she leaned over, looked at Qiaoer and said indifferently: "This girl is drinking tea outside, you guys, why don't you come over and wait on her."

The probe wanted to look in, but couldn't see anything, Qiaoer was unwilling but had to turn around.

Hearing that Qiao'er was stopped behind her, Gu Sixiao didn't look back, the room was very quiet, and her footsteps unconsciously eased.

Incense is burning in the room, which is faint, making people feel refreshed when they smell it.

Gu Sixiao also liked to play with these exquisite things in his previous life, but he had never smelled this kind of fragrance.

Although he never looked around, but when he glanced out of the corner of his eyes, what he saw was full of magnificence, and all the furnishings placed there were high-quality goods.Even though Gu Sixiao couldn't tell the history for a while, he knew that everything in this room was of great value.

"My sister is here..."

Hearing the sound, Gu Sixiao raised his head and looked over.

With a wrong look, she almost thought she saw Su Jingchun.

The beauty sitting in front of her eyes looked six or seven years older than Su Jingchun, and she was extremely handsome. At first glance, she was really similar to Su Jingchun.When I look closely, I feel that her facial features are more delicate and softer than Su Jingchun's.

This Mrs. Su is really a beauty, and she is also a beauty who looks more and more tasteful. No wonder I have always heard that she is very favored. Although she is a side concubine, she lives more happily in the palace than Princess Rui. .

After looking at Su Shi, she noticed that there was another man sitting beside her.

He was dressed in casual clothes, although the material was excellent, but at first glance, the man was just an ordinary high-ranking official. Although he knew that this was Prince Rui, Gu Sixiao didn't see what kind of king was in those stories. Domineering.

"Sixiao, you don't have to be formal, we are all a family, there is nothing to avoid. Don't you think so? Your lord."

Su Shi smiled and turned her head away, glanced at Prince Rui, but directly identified Prince Rui's identity.

Taking a step forward, Gu Sixiao knelt down directly, "Minister Gu Sixiao, kowtow to the prince for thousands of years..."

"Don't do this quickly, help little lady Gu get up." Prince Rui's voice was gentle, even with a smile, "Concubine Su said that she is not an outsider—if you are serious, you should call me brother-in-law."

"I don't dare to say that..." Su Shi smiled, rolled Prince Rui's eyes, but said with a smile: "Sixiao, come here and let my sister take a good look."

Gu Sixiao stepped forward and sat on the embroidered pier opposite Su's. It was not easy to see, so she could only sit upright, looking like a lady.

Su looked her up and down, the more she looked, the bigger her smile became, she ignored Prince Rui, and pulled Gu Sixiao to ask some trivial matters with a smile.

After answering one by one, Gu Sixiao took a sneak peek, but didn't see any displeasure in Prince Rui, and was still smiling all the time, so the fear in her heart eased a bit.

Su's questions were detailed, and she answered them carefully. She also answered the Xue family's affairs very naturally.

"Unfortunately in the family, the two older sisters passed away one after another, leaving only two helpless children... I never thought about how to revitalize the Xue family and make it into a big business. I lost in my hands. I have to hand over this property to the children, so that I can be worthy of the dead sister and the perfect father..."

She knew that Prince Rui sitting here was actually listening to her.

At this moment, she could have taken this opportunity to make some demands, maybe Prince Rui agreed because of the 10 taels of gold.But when the words came to her lips, she swallowed them back, and just said the simplest and best wishes.

Nodding slightly, Prince Rui looked at Gu Sixiao and suddenly smiled, "Jing Chun is a discerning person, Miss Gu is very nice—"

He looked at Gu Sixiao, and repeated, "You are very good, and Xue's family is also very good—I think such a good person will be rewarded—the way of heaven is that good is always rewarded..."

An understatement is just a simple compliment without a half promise, but Gu Sixiao is ecstatic in his heart.

If she really wins this game, the future of the Xue family is already guaranteed...

(End of this chapter)