Traitor Concubine Growth Manual

Chapter 9

Halfway through the banquet, the children couldn't sit still. The adults were drinking and chatting, and many children ran to the back garden to play.

The queen mother smiled kindly, and patted Chu Yan's hand, "Good boy, after sitting with Ai's family for so long, you probably feel bored too? Go to the backyard and play with everyone, and Ai's family will ask you to come alone some other day." Shouyan Palace."

Chu Yan originally wanted to be hypocritically polite, saying something like "It is Yanyan's honor to be with the queen mother", or "Yanyan prefers to stay with your old man rather than play with them" or something like that , but finally gave up.

Forget it, she is only six years old this year, and she was never such a sycophant even when she was twelve or thirteen years old, so let's save it, lest it be too stupid and make people feel hypocritical.

She put on the appearance that a six-year-old child should have, and happily went to the backyard to "play" with everyone, but she still did not forget to bow obediently before leaving, gave the Queen Mother a silly smile, and waved again, Innocent and charming, she is cute.

I said to myself silently in my heart: Enough is enough, you are really enough, the lower limit is so low, moral integrity is broken into slag.

When I came to the backyard, Qingyang was the most conspicuous at first glance, wearing a big red pomegranate dress picking flowers on the lawn.

Really, with this kind of clothes, the Eldest Princess really doesn't shy away from things like stealing the show. Today, the Empress Dowager is the right one, and she actually put on such blinding clothes for her daughter.

Chu Yan suddenly wanted to know what happened to the eldest princess in her previous life. She behaved like a crab without any scruples and went her own way. Would it be worse than the real Zhao Chuyan?

After all, Zhao Chuyan in her previous life was just a cowardly and forbearing master, but she was unfortunately entrusted to be born in the Zhao family, and was pushed to the forefront of power struggles but had no strength to fight back, so she died at the best age.

But the eldest princess is different. The married princess is neither the queen mother's biological daughter nor the emperor's siblings, but she only bears the title of eldest princess. Describe her: Tired of living.

Thinking of this, Chu Yan turned her eyes to the side of the rockery. There seemed to be a long bridge between the two rockeries there. If she stood there by herself, Qingyang probably wouldn't be able to see it.

She immediately decided that today is a very important day, in order to avoid another quarrel with this unruly and willful little princess, and completely destroy the glorious image she finally erected in front of the queen mother and emperor, it is best to avoid it, so she went to Walk in the middle of the rockery.

Unexpectedly, when he got closer, he realized that someone was already there.

Two teenagers from the big class stood there, one with his back to Chu Yan, and the other faced her, but his sight was blocked by the person with his back to her, so neither of them saw her.

She naturally knew the person with his back to Chu Yan, he was the heir son of Prince Qi, Gu Mingan, who always wore a white shirt, and from his memory, Chu Yan vaguely remembered that the person facing her was the second son of Jing Zhaoyin and Xiao Jingxin , Xiaocheng.

The reason why I remember it is because Xiao Jingxin has a pair of twins, the eldest son Xiao Che, and the second son Xiao Cheng. They look almost exactly the same, so in order to let everyone distinguish, Xiao Che always wears a piece of emerald green around his waist. The jade pendant was green, while Xiao Cheng's was made of white jade.

The two brothers are both heroic and masculine. Although they are not the bright and delicate type like Gu Ming'an, nor the clear and elegant type like the prince Gu Qi, they are still very distinctive.

To make it easier to understand, if we want to compare modern stars, then Gu Ming'an is Huang Xiaoming, Gu Qi is Huo Jianhua, and Xiao Che and Xiaocheng are probably Yan Kuan's type.

Chu Yan glanced at the man's waist, um, it belongs to Bai Yu, it must be Xiao Cheng, the second son of the Xiao family.

Seeing that the two seemed to be talking, she subconsciously stopped, but uncontrollably heard a few words that were deliberately lowered.

"Why do you keep avoiding me? But because my eldest brother has been the prince's loyal follower, he even has some opinions on me?" The person who spoke was Xiao Cheng, his tone a little excited.

Voiceover: Huh?It turns out that Gu Ming'an has a problem with His Highness the Crown Prince?
Then there was Gu Ming'an's voice: "What are you talking about? Your eldest brother followed His Highness the Crown Prince because of his eyesight; and His Highness the Crown Prince thinks highly of him, which also shows that your eldest brother is a capable person. Naturally, I am for you I'm happy, and I'm happy for His Royal Highness, what are you talking about?"

Chu Yan couldn't see Gu Ming'an's expression, but just by hearing the tone, she could imagine that there was another casual expression on Yomo's face that seemed to be a smile that was not a smile.

Voice-over: This guy was born like a fox, cunning and cunning, and he seems to have other plans in his stomach, which is not consistent with the easy-to-get along on the surface.

Xiao Cheng seemed to be in a hurry, and suddenly stretched out his hand to push Gu Mingan, "He still refuses to tell me the truth? Do you think I don't know what's on your mind? You treat the prince...you treat the prince... …”

I don't know why I stopped here and couldn't continue.

Gu Mingan was actually taller than Xiao Cheng, but because he was defenseless, he pushed him back a few steps before he stabilized, and his voice was a little lower than before, obviously angry.It's just because of his personality, but he still looks as usual. If you don't listen carefully to the tone that is one or two degrees lower, you won't be able to hear the anger.

I just heard him say indifferently, "Why am I at ease? If Second Young Master Xiao is determined to speculate randomly, he can come down and speculate on his own. Why should he be so aggressive? To put it bluntly, even if I really have something on my mind, it has nothing to do with you , why are you angry and anxious?"

"You, you..." Xiao Cheng looked at his slightly wrinkled brows, was speechless, and finally smiled dejectedly, "Unexpectedly, after five years, I will be just the Second Young Master Xiao in the end, yes, but It’s just a companion, so it’s not as good as your prince brother.”

He wanted to say more, but was suddenly interrupted by Gu Mingan's hand gesture, because Gu Mingan suddenly passed Xiaocheng, and saw the pink skirt that was blown by the wind.

Somebody's standing there eavesdropping!

Seeing that Gu Mingan's expression was wrong, Xiao Cheng also turned his head quickly, and the two of them looked at Chu Yan together.

Chu Yan was stunned before. Although she didn't understand why, she subconsciously forgot that she was eavesdropping and should move away, so she was caught by the two of them.

Xiao Cheng stared at her sharply, with a look of vigilance; Gu Mingan raised his usual smile again, his peach blossom eyes slightly raised, even though it was actually just a habitual expression of his, it still made people feel like a spring breeze.

Of course, it was impossible for Chu Yan to feel like a spring breeze. Anyone who eavesdropped and was caught, probably would not feel like a spring breeze.

"If Ms. Zhao wants to hear some gossip or anecdotes, you can come to us openly." Gu Mingan smiled at her, but there was a hint of sarcasm in his tone.

It's just that this person is like a natural lover, even if there is a sense of sarcasm in his words, it is whitewashed by his charming smile, it seems that Huang Xiaoming is looking at you affectionately with his charming smile... Although What I greeted in my mouth was that your mother is still fine.

Chu Yan silently wiped off her sweat. She is just a passerby making soy sauce. Why did she come to listen to the corner on purpose?

Immediately, he was quick-witted and pouted cheekily at the two of them, as if he hadn't heard Gu Mingan's sarcasm at all, "You two occupy too much area, blocking the bridge, I can't get through!"

He stomped his feet, looked like "I hate you to death for you two blocking my way", turned his head, and walked away angrily.

It really made me want to vomit.

Gu Mingan: "...."

Xiao Cheng: "...."

In order to quickly escape from the scene without appearing in Qingyang's line of sight, Chu Yan casually sneaked into a room with the door ajar from the long corridor.

Finally ran away, she breathed a sigh of relief.

After entering, I realized that it looked like a study room, with rows of tall shelves neatly arranged, which was really a bit tall for Chu Yan now.

Since she came to this era, she has never read other books except textbooks, so she walked to the first row of shelves curiously, leaned her face to read carefully.

"Selected Works of Zhaoming", "Spring and Autumn", "Historical Records", "Mandarin Language", "Shishuoxinyu"...

Good guy, they are all compulsory bibliographies for Chinese language and literature majors. Thinking about how many reprints I read in the 21st century, there are still many disputes, and I don’t know how it is written in the original books. As a result, Chu Yan stretched out her hand to get a copy of "Shan Hai Jing", and opened it casually to read.

The books of this era are already the products of movable type printing. The fonts are larger than modern books, and the arrangement is also vertical. Because the "Shan Hai Jing" records some legendary ancient beasts, each page is painted with some strange characters. Weird creatures.

Of course, the paintings are not as lifelike as in modern readers, and the skills and imagination are obviously much rougher and lacking.

Voice-over: I heard that nutritional structure and eating habits are related to brain development.

Chu Yan watched with great enthusiasm, but she didn't notice that she was not the only one in the room. It wasn't until the person in front of the bookshelf on the other side of the wall heard Chu Yan's page-turning sound that he suddenly paused, and then relaxed. The steps are coming this way.

Gu Qi was holding a copy of "Heavenly Craftsmanship" in his hand, he could hardly hear the sound of footsteps, and just appeared at the end of the row of bookshelves in front of Chu Yan.

The first thing that catches the eye is the appearance of the six-year-old girl quietly looking down at the book, and then the details of her reading - Gu Qi noticed that from the speed of her eyes moving and the rhythm of turning pages, the reading speed It can be called astonishing.

After all, he is a doctoral student in modern society. Under the training of exam-oriented education, his reading speed has long been tempered, and the book in his hand is still an ancient vertical text, which is considered a relatively slow pace for Chu Yan. up.

But in Gu Qi's eyes, this is already shocking, after all, she is only six years old.

After watching for an unknown amount of time, he finally narrowed his eyes and asked without warning, "What are you doing?"

Chu Yan was startled when she heard the sound, she suddenly turned her head to stare at him, and subconsciously replied, "I'm...reading a book."

After a closer look, he realized the prince.

This person...why is he always elusive?
Gu Qi glanced at the book in her hand, walked up to her slowly, and read out the name on the cover, ""Shan Hai Jing"?"

Dangdang!
Those three words sounded the alarm for Chu Yan!
There are many complicated and uncommon words in this book, and she is just a kid who is still in the kindergarten, how can she understand it?
This would undoubtedly be a strange thing in Gu Qi's eyes.

Sure enough, Gu Qi looked at her quietly, his red lips parted slightly, and he asked the question, "Do you understand?"

Chu Yan simply hated herself for not being vigilant at all. She walked in and started reading a book. God knows how long the Crown Prince has been watching her. Did she see from her actions that she really understood the content!
Her mind was spinning rapidly, and she almost subconsciously pointed at the monster in the book and tremblingly said to Gu Qi, "Brother Prince, there are... there are monsters!"

He looked terrified.

Even if this kind of clumsy acting skills were hard to win people's trust, Chu Yan couldn't care less about it.

And Gu Qi stared at her expressionlessly, with indescribable doubts in his heart.

When she was reading just now, she looked extremely focused, and her reading speed was even faster than his, which made him think he saw an adult.

But after he interrupted her, she suddenly turned back into a six-year-old child, pointing to the pictures on the book and telling him that she was afraid...

Pretty unscientific.

Knowing that she had done something wrong again, Chu Yan was so angry and annoyed that she simply threw the book away, knelt down and hugged her knees and stopped talking.

Believe me, His Royal Highness, Brother Prince, and Prince Ouba!People are really scared and stupid, but they don't understand at all, can't they understand at all!

Voice-over: Why do inexperienced time-travel idiots keep doing wrong things again and again!Isn't that how it is written in the novel?Author, will you die if you open some cheats!Please pass the customs smoothly, please fill up the camouflage skill points!

Her mind was in a mess, Chu Yan could only pray that the crown prince would not think she was a weirdo, even though the six-year-old child read "Shan Hai Jing" with gusto...

Even she would feel that she is a weirdo.

But Gu Qi unexpectedly did not delve into this matter. He was silent for a moment, and suddenly said to the person squatting on the ground, "Why did you enter the palace?"

The tone was sparse and normal, as if asking her if she had eaten this morning.

After finally taking a chance to get along alone, it seems that the prince wants to open the skylight with her to speak honestly.

Chu Yan was taken aback for a moment, then raised her head and stared at him stupidly, but her mind was not so dull, and finally replied honestly, "Because my aunt wants me to enter the palace."

He knows this fact, so she can't lie.

Gu Qi just looked down at her, and asked again, "Did my mother tell you why she wanted you to enter the palace?"

How to answer this question?

Countless thoughts flashed through Chu Yan's mind, should she continue pretending to be the pure white little lotus and say she didn't know, or should she tell the truth that Zhao Ronghua had said since the day she entered the palace that she was going to train her to be Gu Qi's queen?

After a moment of silence, the little girl in the corner looked at Gu Qi timidly with her eyes open, and asked weakly, "I told you, will you be angry with Auntie?"

Gu Qi suddenly realized.

She didn't have to say anything.

Chu Yan silently applauded herself in her heart, Emma, ​​this is really a good answer!What is the art of speaking?What is low-key connotation?

This is it!

In such a short moment just now, she quickly sorted out the simplest clue.

Since the crown prince had already seen through Zhao Ronghua's intentions, dissatisfaction with Zhao Ronghua was already a certainty, but he was different. There was still room for maneuver in how the crown prince would view himself.

The key is how she chooses.

This choice is really important. It is related to her future and the fate of the Zhao family.

What she has to do now is to let the prince understand that since she entered the palace, she is just following the path arranged by others, and everything is not her own will.

And in this series of links, she chose to be sincere to him, to be frank and straightforward, without any concealment or concealment.

For example, right now, she can tell the prince without hesitation that Zhao Ronghua has indeed given her a mission, and the prince has already seen this mission.

But he saw for himself that the meaning of confessing to her must be very different.

Chu Yan didn't let go of the clues on Gu Qi's face at all, so she was very relieved to see that the prince's expression had loosened a little bit, as if surprised by her confession, and also seemed to see through her behavior. It turns out that she is not an ambitious little girl.

Well, the first step is considered a success.

(End of this chapter)