Empress has purpose

Chapter 44
Gu Yunxi frowned, who would come to Jinxiu Courtyard in the middle of the night?

Could it be that something happened in the mansion?

Zizhu turned her head to look at Gu Yunxi: "Girl, servant, go out and have a look?"

Gu Yunxi went to the table in the inner room and sat down, shaking her head and said: "It's okay, Xu Wen is outside, let's see who it is first."

Zi Zhu nodded, and stood behind Gu Yunxi with Lu Wu and waited quietly.

Sure enough, not long after, the rapid knock on the door stopped, and there was a burst of small voices.

Then, a series of light footsteps came from outside the door, and someone knocked on the door: "Miss, are you asleep? I have something to report."

It was Xu Wen just mentioned.

Gu Yunxi glanced at Luwu, who immediately understood, walked to open the door and said, "Sister Wen, the girl is not asleep, wait a moment, I will come and open the door."

There was an "ah" outside the door.

Lu Wu had already walked to the door very quickly, opened the door gently, and saw Xu Wen standing quietly waiting outside the door, wearing a simple unlined coat, one button was not fastened, and it still looked a little disheveled at this time , obviously also ready to sleep.

The rules in Gu Yunxi's courtyard are simple, after night, everyone can go to rest by themselves except for the maid who is on duty in Gu Yunxi's house.

The two closed the door, walked in, and Lu Wu went back to Gu Yunxi and stood still. Xu Wen saw that Gu Yunxi was only wearing obscene/clothing/obscene pants, and she was about to go to bed, so she felt a little annoyed that she came to disturb the girl at this time.

Gu Yunxi saw her annoyance, and said with a smile, "Who came outside?"

Xu Wen thought for a while, but still frowned and said, "Girl, Xia Lan from Madam's courtyard is here."

Both Zizhu and Luwu showed puzzled expressions on their faces, what are the people from Madam's Court coming to Jinxiu Court so late?
Gu Yunxi was slightly taken aback, knocking on the door so urgently, she thought something happened in the mansion.

However, for those in the Meng family's courtyard, she didn't think that Xia Lan would come here under the order of the Meng family.

Is that what she meant?
Xia Lan, she really doesn't have a deep impression of this maid, she just remembers that she should be pretty.

After pondering for a moment, Gu Yunxi finally said, "Did someone say what it was for?"

Xu Wen shook her head: "The servant asked her, but she didn't say anything, she just said that she had some private matters and wanted to meet the girl in person."

"Oh?" Gu Yunxi raised an eyebrow.

"Girl, what is Xia Lan doing in our courtyard at this time? Could it be that she has something on her mind?" Lu Wu asked suspiciously.

Gu Yunxi turned to look at her, and said with a smile: "Let's take a look first, let her in."

"Yes." Xu Wen took the order and went.

After a while, Xia Lan, who was wearing a light blue jacket and official green bijia, walked in. She kept her head down, showing a very humble appearance.

The maids in each courtyard of the Gu Mansion are dressed differently. For example, the maids in the Chonghua Courtyard where Gu Yunxi’s stepmother, Meng’s family, are dressed in official green Bijia, while Gu Yunxi’s Jinxiu Courtyard is in beautiful blue Bijia. The Ci'an Hall used orange bijia, but the maids were of different ranks, and the cloths and decorations they wore were also different.

Zizhu went out to make a new pot of tea, brought it in, and handed it to Gu Yunxi.

Xia Lan looked up, and bowed respectfully: "Slave Xia Lan, I have seen the third girl."

Gu Yunxi picked up the tea bowl, gently flicked the froth on the tea, took a sip, and didn't cry out, just sat quietly.

After a long time, when Xia Lan couldn't hold on anymore, Gu Yunxi said quietly, "Get up."

"Thank you, Miss." Xia Lan stood up tremblingly, with a faint layer of sweat on her face.

Gu Yunxi looked at her, and based on the memories of her previous life, she still didn't have much impression of her. Presumably, she was not trusted by the Meng family. She remembered that in the previous life, apart from the dead Nanny Qian, the most trusted person in the Meng family was Only Nanny Feng and Nanny Chen came back with Gu Yunwan.

In addition, there seems to be, winter chrysanthemum.

Gu Yunxi looked at her with raised eyebrows, and asked in a low voice: "Xu Wen said you have something you want to tell me in person?"

Xia Lan nodded, knelt down suddenly, and kowtowed: "I beg the third girl to save the life of this servant."

The three people in the room except Gu Yunxi were shocked.

Gu Yunxi laughed, what is this?Do you really think she is the savior?

Xia Zhu, however, saw the disapproval in Gu Yunxi's eyes, and kowtowed heavily: "Girl, please save the servant girl, Madam and Fourth Miss want to let the master take the servant girl as a roommate, and beg the girl to give the servant girl a way to survive .”

When Gu Yunxi heard this, she looked at her with a puzzled smile: "You said that your mother will carry you to be a roommate? Isn't that a good thing? Why do you say let me save your life?"

Xia Lan said anxiously: "The servant girl knows that her status is low, and she dare not climb high. She just hopes to marry an honest man and live a peaceful life."

Gu Yunxi picked up the tea bowl and took a sip before saying: "I'm afraid you have found the wrong person for this matter, I can't help you."

When Xia Lan heard this, the expression on her face became even more anxious. She raised her head and said anxiously: "My servant knows that Miss San has this ability, I just ask Miss San to help me once, and this servant will definitely repay Miss San for her kindness."

After speaking, he bowed his head respectfully.

"Repay? Is there anything I can ask you to repay?" Gu Yunxi looked at her with a half-smile.

Xia Lan was startled when she heard the words, and said: "If the girl is willing to help the servant, the servant is willing to tell the girl everything she knows."

"I think it's not your turn to talk to me about this matter."

Xia Lan gritted her teeth when she heard the words, and said, "If the girl doesn't want to help the servant, the servant is willing to hit the wall immediately and die."

After finishing speaking, Huo stood up, and was about to slam into the wall, but Xu Wen hurriedly stopped her. If something happened to her in Jinxiu Courtyard, the third girl's reputation would be ruined.

Thinking of this, she scolded angrily: "You hoof, I saw your respectful attitude, so I was willing to agree to ask you a question in front of the girl for you. Unexpectedly, you actually want to put our girl in such a field!"

Tears had already stained Xia Lan's face, and now she seemed to have realized the consequences of what she did, and couldn't help but feel even more sad, so the third girl might not be able to help her even more.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Gu Yunxi say: "It's a strong one, but it's a pity that it's a bit stupid, that's all, so you can tell me what you know. If I think what you said is useful to me, then I will help you." It doesn't matter."

Xia Lan didn't expect that Gu Yunxi would let go, and said excitedly: "What the servant wants to say is definitely something that the third girl wants to know."

Gu Yunxi smiled and said: "Then let's talk about it.

……

It was late at night, and the faint candlelight reflected on Gu Yunxi's face, making it a bit ethereal.

A look of disbelief already appeared on the faces of the few people who were waiting on the side.

In the room, a delicate maid wearing light blue clothes quietly narrated what she knew.

……

(End of this chapter)