Traitor Concubine Growth Manual

Chapter 132

When Chu Yan returned to Yong'an Palace, he met a seventeen or eighteen-year-old man outside the imperial dining room, and he came out of the room, followed by several court ladies and eunuchs, all holding food boxes in their hands, and stood humbly a row.

The man spread his hands helplessly: "I just tasted it casually, so there's no need to put a plate of everything for me, right? You can't finish it even if you take it home, so why waste it? Just keep it for yourself."

The eyes of the chief eunuch of the imperial dining room were about to protrude, thinking that the master was joking, he hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Young Lord, don't make fun of the slaves, this food is only eaten by the masters, where are the slaves?" Dare to eat such a precious thing? The young master likes it, and he can just order the people under him to go there at any time. These are also the wishes of the servants, and I hope the young master will accept it."

The man looked up at the sky: "I can't move so many things by myself. I told you to keep them. Isn't it good for me to go back empty-handed?"

The eunuch wanted to persuade again: "How can you carry it back by yourself? You just need to say a word, and all the servants in the palace will listen to you and send the things back for you—"

Speaking of this, Chu Yan interrupted Manager Liu with a smile from a long distance: "Since Lord Hou said no more, it's no good for you to persuade Mr. Liu, why don't you take all the things down and stop What is difficult for the strong?"

Director Liu and the so-called Lord Hou both turned their gazes to Chu Yan. The former's complexion changed, and he hurriedly lowered his eyebrows and bowed to pay his respects: "The servant kowtowed to the empress."

Chu Yan smiled: "There is no need to kowtow, I don't have that much face."

There was sarcasm in his tone, because the person who said he was going to kowtow was just bowing his head to salute, how could he really kowtow?
Chu Yan looked at the group of servants holding food boxes, her eyes slowly turned cold, the emperor just left, why, everyone thought he would die in battle and never come back again?Now he is busy trying to please the second prince of Concubine Rong. Could it be that the Supreme Emperor came back to drive Gu Qi away and push this Marquis An Le to the throne?
Her gaze slowly shifted to An Lehou. This little prince has been loved by his father, queen and concubine since he was a child. If the imperial concubine Rong wants to win the throne for him, I am afraid that Gu Qi will not be able to sit today. The golden throne of the Huayan Hall.It's just that today the Supreme Emperor brought his wife and children back to the palace, and Gu Qi went to the battlefield again, which inevitably caused people to have some guesses.

An Lehou is the former second prince Gu Pan, who is about the same age as Chu Yan. The former little guy has grown into a handsome and upright young man, with peach blossom eyes, Gu Pan, and delicate features. It seems that he has inherited the good looks of his parents. Concubine Rong.

Gu Pan nodded to Chu Yan with a smile, and called out, "Empress Empress."

He grew up outside the palace, and he didn't pay much attention to the rules in the palace. Chu Yan didn't bother with him, and responded with a smile: "Master Hou, don't waste your time talking with these lackey slaves. Just go straight, don't listen to their long-winded words."

Gu Pan smiled and said eight words, which almost made Chu Yan laugh out loud: "It's hard to turn down the kindness, it's hard to turn down the kindness."

This is the first time that Chu Yan has heard this idiom used to describe these slaves in the palace. It seems that this Marquis Anle was really raised by Concubine Rong as an ordinary person, not a son of a prince in the palace. A strict concept of superiority and inferiority has been formed.

Chu Yan smiled, and said gently: "Speaking of which, the Supreme Emperor and the Concubine Gui have returned today, and I haven't gone to pay their respects yet, why don't Lord Hou go with me."

Gu Pan nodded, and walked with her amiably to the Xuanming Hall of the Supreme Emperor.

Before leaving, Chu Yan turned her head to look at the palace servants carrying food boxes, turned her head and said to Chongshan: "The people in the imperial dining room are getting more and more unruly. What does the master need? I don’t have the slightest eye for what I need. Zhongshan, you stay here and teach Director Liu well, and next time I don’t let this palace see him leading a group of servants to do some useless work self-righteously.”

Chong Shan nodded, and Manager Liu's face turned pale all of a sudden.

He had never met this empress who was not yet a concubine before, but the first time he met today, he was completely seen by the other party. He lowered his head and sent Chu Yan and Gu Pan respectfully away. Breaking out in a cold sweat.

Chu Yan and Gu Pan were walking on the palace road together, she asked: "Have the Supreme Emperor and the Royal Concubine been doing well outside the palace these years?"

Gu Pan smiled and said: "Probably... not bad, life is not as rich and honored as in the palace, and the basic necessities of life are also very simple, but the advantage is that you can be comfortable and do whatever you want."

Chu Yan noticed that his complexion was darker than Gu Qi's, so she probably guessed what kind of life he lived. The Supreme Emperor followed Tao Yuanming's example of picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and seeing Nanshan leisurely. This second prince also lived a comfortable life. Days, away from official disputes, just like ordinary people.

She asked again: "When you come back this time, Master Hou plans to stay in the palace for a long time?"

Gu Pan looked down at his own shadow, and smiled slightly: "I don't know, everything is in the hands of the father." After a pause, he added casually, "However, I have lived outside the palace for so many years. I don't really like the life in the palace, and the food and supplies are better than those outside the palace, but the loss is that I don't have enough freedom."

Chu Yan was startled, and then carefully looked at Gu Pan's expression, his side face was very vivid, with sunshine and comfort that Gu Qi didn't have, not so serious and cold, but when he turned his head to meet Chu Yan's eyes, Those bright eyes carried the depth and shrewdness unique to the Gu family.

He seemed to be answering Chu Yan's question, but in fact, he guessed Chu Yan's intention of asking this question, and in a few words, he left himself completely. Even less interested.

Chu Yan lowered her head and smiled: "As expected of a member of the Gu family, with the blood of the Gu family, they are equally sensitive in their bones."

Gu Pan raised his eyebrows, his peach eyes sparkled brightly, as if he was happy with her compliment, he smiled wider, and shrugged his shoulders: "It's not called being sensitive, it's called being born with talent to be useful."

"Then you must also think that the title of Master Hou is overkill for you." Chu Yan intentionally misinterpreted his words.

Gu Pan saw her teasing, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his tone became more gentle: "Who says it's not? Even the throne on the Golden Luan Hall is overkill for me, a person like me who is elegant, full of knowledge and knowledgeable I put it in the rivers and lakes, and the offerings in the temples have become vulgar. It's better to see through the world of mortals earlier, undergo enlightenment, and become one of the gods nine days away after death. This gives the world a chance to look at me life after life. I guess I It must be the most beautiful one among the gods, empress, don’t you think so?”

Chu Yan didn't expect that he would make such a lot of jokes back to herself, even if he said it was a joke, his words were sharp, and although there was a slight smile on his lips, there was thoughtfulness in his eyes.

It sounds like Chu Yan means that he deserves to die now.

Chu Yan laughed out loud: "Master Hou seems to be hostile to me."

Gu Pan glanced at her, "Oh? Is this what the empress thinks?" He casually reached out and broke a branch of a weeping willow on the side of the road, with a faint smile still on his lips, "Actually, those who are hostile to me Aren’t you the empress, I just followed your words and fulfilled your wish, isn’t this the filial piety of a younger brother?”

Chu Yan paused: "Have I ever been hostile to Lord Hou?"

"When I first saw me standing at the entrance of the imperial dining room, the empress stopped to watch. She was quite wary and wanted to listen to the conversation between me and Mr. Liu. It was probably to test whether I was pampered and arrogant when I first entered the palace. If it was, it would prove that I was ambitious. Director Liu flattered me both inside and out. The empress smiled and talked to me, but before she left, she left her confidant eunuch to punish him. Yes, you, the queen, don't look down on me; you continued to chat with me along the way, seemingly enjoying it, and testing whether I have any plans to live in the palace. This is suspicious, because you are worried. I will covet the throne, especially..." He glanced at Chu Yan with a smile, "Especially now that Brother Huang has gone to the frontier and the battlefield is dangerous, who knows if he will come back safely?"

His every word and every sentence hit Chu Yan's heart, Chu Yan was not annoyed, and said slowly: "Since Lord Hou has seen it, how can he say that I am hostile to you? If I am hostile to you, Why is it so obvious that you have to see it clearly?"

Gu Pan laughed lowly twice, and shook his head: "So the Empress Dowager is indeed testing me, but the test is not whether I covet the throne, but whether I have become an intermediary after all these years outside the palace." Mediocre, heartless."

Chu Yan smiled, and this time it was a genuine smile from the heart. She said briskly: "You are his younger brother, and he has had a deep relationship since childhood. He has never let you go all these years, even if you really If you really want this world, wouldn’t he, as an older brother, let it to you? What should I worry about? The emperor is not in a hurry, so why would the eunuch want to die in a hurry?”

Gu Pan said: "The imperial palace is as good as the imperial palace, and the outside is also as good as the outside. Even if I have the wish to become the emperor, I will not compete with my elder brother, let alone if my ambition is not here?"

Chu Yan stood still, but saw him holding a willow branch, strolling leisurely in the courtyard, his clear voice was like flowing water, and like a breeze on a high mountain: "Gold and white jade buy songs and laugh, and you are as young as a prince when you are drunk. A virtuous and noble Qingyun guest, you will never go against your heart... The world is so big and the palace is so small, I am not a sparrow, my heart is not here, and I don't want to be trapped here."

For a moment, Chu Yan felt that she was a bit despicable, and she judged the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.Gu Pan was right, even the palace people would suspect at this moment whether the Supreme Emperor deliberately took An Lehou back to the palace at this time, how could she not have such doubts?

In the past nine years, no matter what crisis Gu Qi faced, the Supreme Emperor never returned to the palace. Now that Gu Qi is about to go on an expedition, he hastily brought his family of three back to the palace, which inevitably makes people suspicious.

For Gu Qi, these three people are his relatives, but for Chu Yan, there is only one Gu Qi he can trust in this life.She doesn't think about Gu Qi, so why should she welcome her "relatives" back to the palace innocently and cheerfully?
Looking at the elegant and leisurely figure, Chu Yan smiled and shook her head.

She was actually arguing for Gu Qi, feeling that the father, the Supreme Emperor, had done too much, so she felt resentful.Sure enough, only wives would feel sorry for their husbands, even if her wife... is not the kind of woman who wholeheartedly loves her husband.

When Chu Yan arrived at the Xuanming Palace, the Supreme Emperor was not there. Hearing that the Queen Mother had invited him, he went to Shouyan Palace.

Noble concubine Rong, no, she is now a noble concubine, and her charming face has not changed much. Obviously, she has lived a very comfortable life these days, and the years have hardly left any traces on her face.

She smiled and talked to Chu Yan, there was no discomfort in the conversation, Chu Yan looked at her, but she was thinking about how much sincerity and motherly love she had for Gu Qi.

If you say you don't have the slightest affection, you never decided to raise Gu Qi as your own child in the past, but after all, it's not your own, and no matter how good it is, it can't compare to Gu Pan... This is also human nature.

It's just that Chu Yan resented her a little bit. For nine years, she lived together with the Supreme Emperor. Everything in the palace was handed over to Gu Qi, but they didn't care about it. They didn't even return to the palace for Gu Qi's wedding... Seriously. heartless.

What a smart person Rong really is, he already understood something when he looked into Chu Yan's eyes, and immediately put away his smile, and said softly, "The queen is a little dissatisfied with me."

Chu Yan wanted to laugh, and finally knew who Gu Pan's sensitivity was inherited from.

She said: "The concubine naturally dare not be dissatisfied with you, it's just that she doesn't understand."

Rong Zhen slowly put the tea in his hand on the table, looked at the person who stepped into the hall, and sighed helplessly: "Ask him, he is in charge of everything, and now Qi Er is also the emperor. Some things should be compared with what you said clearly."

(End of this chapter)