Traitor Concubine Growth Manual

Chapter 71

The eaves are low and the stream is green.

The sixth prince's thatched house is surrounded by mountains and rivers, behind it is a small path leading to deep mountains and old forests, and in front of the house is a green grassland, and further away is the Mohe River.

Clean and simple, it has a kind of non-human atmosphere.

The sixth prince...or by now, we should call him Gu Zhi.

Gu Zhi lifted his chin towards the water tank at the door, motioned Gu Qi to throw the fish in, then pushed open the half-opened door, turned around with a half-smile and said, "The residence is simple, I hope the prince and princess don't dislike it. "

Chu Yan graciously followed Gu Qi into the thatched hut, and smiled slightly, "This is a humble room, but I am virtuous."

Gu Qi laughed.

If these words were placed on the emperor's uncle, it would be appropriate. When Chu Yan said this, it seemed that this humble place was full of splendor because of her arrival.

Gu Zhi didn't care about it, and acted as if I was an elder who disdain to talk to a junior like you. He pointed to the smaller room next to him, "The kitchen is over there."

Concise and concise, but Gu Qi hesitated and said, "Uncle, Chu Yan..."

"Since the uncle wants to eat the food I cook, Chu Yan should be respectful." Chu Yan nodded to Gu Qi, and then walked out the door.

The interior of the house was extremely simple, with an old wooden table, a few dusty stools that had obviously not been sat on for a long time, and a bamboo chair by the window.

Going further inside is a smaller room, where Gu Zhi sleeps, with only one bookshelf and one bed.

Gu Qi was obviously a bit surprised, standing at the door and watching Chu Yan leaning over to fish in the water tank, he hurriedly said, "Let me do it."

Chu Yan shook her head, and grabbed the slippery fish body with both hands, "Your Highness, just go in and talk to Uncle Huang. I won't be troubled by such a small matter."

Gu Qi hesitated a little, but heard Gu Zhi say leisurely behind him, "It's true that the emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuchs are in a hurry."

This uncle of the emperor has always been informal and reckless, but under such a cynical appearance, he has always been like a mirror, and everything he does has his own intentions.

Gu Qi then turned around, picked up the rag from the window sill, and roughly wiped the stool, before sitting down.

Chu Yan walked a little further outside the door, apparently understanding what Gu Zhi meant, and was giving them room to speak.

But the two people in the room didn't speak, one was interested, the other was slightly worried, and their eyes were fixed on the slender figure.

Gu Zhi is obviously a person who often eats fish. There is a piece of bluestone outside the yard, with a knife on it, and a bamboo basket on the side, which should be used to store the leftovers after killing the fish.

Chu Yanqing knew that everyone in the room was looking at her, but she squatted down without the slightest timidity, and began to cut the fish neatly with unfamiliar movements.

Regardless of whether it was in her previous life or this life, Chu Yan never killed a fish with her own hands, she just saw others kill a fish.

Her hands trembled a little, but she made every movement without hesitation, decisively and neatly.

Except for the strong in this palace, everyone else is just fish on the chopping board, ready to be slaughtered. She has seen even the most sinister human heart, so she is afraid of a mere fish?

Not pretentious, not pretentious, this is the impression she wants to leave on Gu Zhi.

The emperor's uncle felt that it was not easy just by looking at it. Everything he did now seemed to be testing her, so why should she show weakness?
What's more, the sixth prince himself seems to be a casual person, and I'm afraid he won't appreciate a weak, timid and weak princess.

She wants to climb to the top side by side with Gu Qi, so she is by no means something in the pool.

Think about it, even in modern times, she has never seen any novel or TV series that mentions the scene where the heroine kills a fish.

She diverted her attention from staring at the bloody fish.

Is this a precedent?
If the historian writes a biography for her in the future, will she become the first harem lord who has the courage to kill fish and will live forever?

Blood was stained on her hands, and the fish was finally cut clean. Chu Yan turned her head to meet two pairs of eyes with different expressions, and walked towards the kitchen calmly holding the fish.

There was silence in the room for a moment, and after a while, Gu Zhi smiled softly, "Qi'er, you seem to be an unusual princess."

Gu Qi turned around, looked at the thoughtful look in the eyes of the uncle, and smiled slightly, "Uncle Huang is right."

Chu Yan on the other side was thinking about how to cook fish in the kitchen, while the uncle and nephew on the other side started the conversation calmly.

Gu Zhi never took the initiative to ask about matters in the palace, Gu Qi just talked about them one by one, such as government affairs, or... the upcoming draft.

Gu Zhi poured a cup of cold tea and brought it to his lips. When he heard the word draft, his hands froze, and he asked him with a half-smile, "Draft? Your idea?"

Gu Qi was silent for a moment, "It is."

"You have to make a compromise with Zhao Wu to marry the crown princess. Now that you are drafting and filling the harem, you want to slap him in the face and raise the status of other courtiers, so that the old and new forces can kill each other. You can take advantage of this opportunity. Stabilize the imperial power, and reap the benefits by the way?"

"Yes."

"Then let me guess, the princess outside is the daughter of the Zhao family, and if you want to hit Zhao Wu, you have to hit her in the face first, that's why you just got married, and when her mother just died, you The draft is in full swing here, isn't it? Heh...it's a good idea."

"Uncle Emperor!" Gu Qi's face darkened suddenly, and he suddenly raised his head to look at Gu Zhi, and the latter's eyes were clear, like the shining white snow on the top of a mountain, with the power to pierce everything.

Gu Qi clenched his fists and said shyly, "That's not the case, I never wanted to hurt her from the beginning to the end."

Gu Zhi chuckled twice, looked up at Gu Qi, and said unhurriedly, "You don't want to hurt her?"

Gu Qi didn't speak.

Gu Zhi drank the cold tea leisurely, and then said lightly, "Deceiving yourself and others is something only cowards do. Qi Er, you have grown up so big, the emperor didn't watch you walk all the way, but your I can see your thoughts more thoroughly than your father. Your strength is persistence. Once you decide on something, you will do it regardless. Even if the road ahead is difficult, you will never compromise. But your shortcoming is also persistence, because you are so stubborn In a stubborn state, once you have an obsession, you will find ways to achieve your goal, and in the process, you are likely to lose something that is crucial to you.”

Gu Qi remained silent.

"Ask yourself, why did you marry her? Because Zhao Wu forced you, and even under the surface, there is such a tinge of joy in your heart?" Gu Zhi's words are very light, but when put together, they seem to be constantly attacking Gu Zhi. Qi's sharp sword peeled off his disguise inch by inch, "In my eyes, if you don't want to do something, even if someone puts a knife on your neck, you will never do it. But you finally compromised , married her, what does that mean?"

"You are willing to bring her to me, which means that she has a different status in your heart. Now that you make such a decision, do you really think that you are dealing with the Zhao family, not her, the daughter of the Zhao family?"

Gu Qi's face was gloomy, and he said with difficulty, "Since she has married into Yong'an Palace, she is no longer the daughter of the Zhao family, but my princess, and has nothing to do with the Zhao family."

Gu Zhi laughed, and looked at his nephew with great interest, "Are you naive, or am I realistic? Does the identity that a person is born with change because of the situation he is in? I only know that if you quit If you marry her, she will no longer be the princess, but you don't know that if you marry her, she will not be the daughter of the Zhao family."

Gu Qi's eyes finally darkened completely.

He has been deceiving himself and telling himself that since she said that she will be his princess from now on, he can protect her in Yong'an Palace, as long as she is there, all harm can be far away from her.

Even if he accepts a concubine, even if he chooses the draft, even if the status of the Zhao family fluctuates under his control, at least she is behind him, safe and sound, free from wind and rain.

But Gu Zhi uncovered his naive expectation, and put the reality in front of him.

"You draft, she won't get hurt?"

"..."

"You concubine, favor the harem, she won't get hurt?"

"..."

"When you deal with the Zhao family, she can pretend not to see it, but when people in the palace point and point at her, won't she get hurt?"

Gu Qi's fist became tighter and tighter, and the hand holding the cup suddenly squeezed hard, and the white porcelain teacup was crushed by him with a bang, the porcelain pieces pierced into his palm, and blood oozed out one by one, dripping on the on the table.

He didn't seem to feel any pain, and his eyes were full of haze.

"...It's so pitiful." Gu Zhi looked at the pile of broken porcelain and spread his hands helplessly. He didn't know whether he was saying that the teacup was pitiful or the person in front of him was pitiful, "It seems that when you come next time, you have to replace me Bring another set of porcelain, originally there were only three pieces, one was broken by agate last month, and now you crush another one, in case there is another distinguished guest someday, what should I entertain them with?"

Ma Nao is his cat, and now he has gone to the forest behind to look for food. He is not there, so he cannot hear his complaints.

Gu Qi nodded, and said in a flat voice, "In a few days, I will send someone to deliver a new Jingdezhen tea set to Uncle Huang."

"Just let them stay where I usually go fishing. Don't cross the river." Gu Zhi frowned slightly as if he mentioned something disgusting, as if he didn't even want to be contaminated by the atmosphere of the palace.

Gu Qi looked down at the piece of broken porcelain stuck into his palm, and instead of pulling it out in a hurry, he smiled softly, "Uncle Huang is so unwilling to see the personnel and affairs in the palace, I always come to annoy you, I have wronged you .”

"It's good to know." Gu Zhi didn't seem to see the injury on his hand at all, but instead poured another cup of tea and said leisurely while drinking, "So it's best for me to choose an expensive set for that tea set." That’s right, it’s considered that my thatched hut is full of splendor after you come today, isn’t it?”

Gu Qi's gaze stayed on the palm of his hand, and the blood was still oozing out, but the speed was not as fast as the beginning, and it seemed that the blood stains were a little solidified.

After a long while, he suddenly asked softly, "Uncle...have you ever regretted the choice you made that day?"

Gu Zhi smiled, "Which one are you talking about? Ruined her whole family, or self-harmed this leg?"

"...all of them."

Gu Qi asked difficult questions, but Gu Zhi answered them very easily.

"I've barely known regret in my life."

"Then if you could do it all over again, would you still do it?"

"Yes." He answered firmly without hesitation.

Gu Qi was startled, and then smiled lightly, "Then what right does Uncle Huang have to accuse me of hurting her?"

Gu Zhi also laughed along with him, his eyes gleaming, and asked slowly, "Who said I'm the same as you?"

In Gu Qi's questioning eyes, he said lightly, "I will still destroy her family and do what I should do, but after everything is over, I will die with her."

Gu Qi was stunned for a moment.

Gu Zhi then laughed to himself, and sighed helplessly, "Well, now that I think about it, I still have one thing I regret in this life, and that is why I didn't die with her back then, it's better than now so……."

The walking dead are alive.

It's like atonement, atonement for a sin that can't be washed away in a lifetime.

After finishing speaking, he stretched himself, "I'm tired, go take a nap first, after a while your princess will finish the meal, then come in and call me."

Just as if nothing had happened, he left the outer room and walked into the inner room.

Leaving Gu Qi sitting there alone, his eyes were filled with misty emotions.

(End of this chapter)