Reborn Concubine Queen

Chapter 241 Gao Family Mansion (1)

Under the suddenly gloomy sky, the ordinary and simple carriage quickly passed through the streets where the crowd dispersed, entered the imperial city, and stopped in front of the palace gate.The boy driving the car reined in the reins, pulled down the badge at his waist and handed it to the Habayashi Army guarding the palace gate. The soldier in the Habayashi Army armor carefully checked the waist badge and asked in a rough voice: "Who is sitting in the car?" Who?"

The boy replied: "Master Liaochen from Fulu Palace. Can you let me go?"

The soldier returned the badge to the boy, and said with a blank face: "This is a routine inspection. Please step out of the carriage, Mrs. Tai, as carriages are not allowed to enter the palace at will."

Seeing that this person didn't know how to change things, the boy seemed to want to embarrass Master Chen too much on purpose, so he twisted his face and said: "You are so courageous, even the empress dowager and the emperor have to pay three respects to my master when they see my master, what are you? thing……"

"Shut up!" Master Liaochen lifted the curtain, "You are presumptuous, what kind of place is this, how can you speak."

The boy was scolded by Mrs. Chen, blushed and lowered his head. Seeing Mrs. Chen was about to get off the carriage, he hurriedly stepped forward to help him, and helped Mrs. Chen get off the carriage.

Master Liaochen straightened his clothes, nodded slightly to the soldier and said: "A monk should focus on pure cultivation, my boy is not good enough, go to General Haihan for a while."

Seeing that the famous people in front of the emperor were so courteous to him, the soldier was surprised, and hurriedly replied: "I am wrong, I hope my master will forgive me."

"It's getting late, I'm afraid the poor nun has to go in quickly, otherwise the Fulu Palace will fall, and the poor nun will not be able to get in." After talking and laughing, Mrs. Liaochen led the boy into the side door, and along the way Following the lengthy palace road, he went to the harem.

The days in early winter are a bit shorter, but it lasts only one stick of incense. The sky that was only gloomy before is now pitch black. If it weren't for the palace people on both sides of the palace road lighting oil lamps, the female official who led the way would have to be killed by Master Chen. Lost.

A person seemed to be coming in a hurry from a distance, looking at the direction he should be going outside the palace, when he came close, Master Liaochen looked at the lantern in the female officer's hand, clasped his hands together and saluted: "Poor nun Liao Chen has met Young General Gao."

Gao Qichang, who was in a hurry, suddenly saw Mrs. Chen, couldn't help being surprised for a moment, and hurriedly followed Mrs. Chen, clasped his hands together and said: "So it's Mrs. Chen. I met Mrs. Chen in Fulu Palace a month ago. I didn't dare to speak in front of the Empress Dowager, but now I'm lucky to meet you here."

Master Liaochen smiled lightly and said, "Now that early winter has come, I wonder if Lingtang's old disease has recurred?"

"I'm ashamed to say that I haven't seen my mother since I returned to Beijing. Occasionally, I heard someone say that the medicine prescribed by Mrs. Chen to my mother is very good. Now it has been used for half a year, but it seems to be slowly. Nursing over."

Master Liaochen nodded, and said with a smile: "Lingtang's old disease is long-term overthinking, coupled with long-term depression. If the major general has spare time, he should visit Lingtang."

Gao Qichang was ashamed: "Master Xie made a point, I will go home immediately and accompany my mother." Saying this, he resigned from Mrs. Chen, stepped out of the palace gate, and was about to get on his horse, trotted forward and bowed to each other Greetings.

"My little one, please greet the third young master."

Gao Qichang looked the boy up and down: "Who are you?"

The servant licked his face and said with a flattering smile: "The younger one is transferred from the Suzhou farm by the madam, and is now serving at the porter. The eldest lady heard that the third young master is not on duty in the palace today, so she asked the young one to come and invite the third young master to go back. Rest."

Gao Qichang thought over and over again, sighed softly, and said to the deputy general Gao Yi who was holding the rein: "Go to Mr. Liu's house and tell him that it's a little late today, I can't go there, I'm afraid I won't be able to go there until tomorrow morning."

The deputy general Gao Yi waited on Gao Qichang to get on the horse, hesitantly said: "Master, how about I go back with you first, and then go to Mr. Liu's house."

Gao Qichang pointed to the boy who bowed and stood beside the horse and said: "You should go first, don't make Mr. Liu wait in a hurry." After finishing speaking, he was about to ride the horse to the direction of Gao's house. The flattering boy stopped him.

"Young master, third young master." Seeing Gao Qichang's gloomy expression, he hurriedly smiled more and more obsequiously, "Then why do you go back?"

Gao Qichang had always looked down on such flattering and deceiving people, so he couldn't hide his disdain, frowned and said, "Go back as you came here."

Seeing the two galloping horses running away into the darkness in an instant, the servant who was left behind had a bitter face, and hurriedly chased Gao Qichang's horse back to Gao's house.

The Gao family is located in the south of the imperial city, because the ancestors were meritorious ministers who followed the founding emperor of the Yan Dynasty, and Gao Qichang's father, Mr. Gao, even lost his life for the sake of the current Emperor Mingqian, so the Emperor Mingqian treated the Gao family very special. favor.Fortunately, the three masters of the Gao family knew how to be humble. Even if they got a hereditary Marquis, there were quite a few people who were in power in the palace, and they never formed cliques for personal gain. .

Seeing Gao Qichang riding back alone, the boy at the door shouted in surprise and joy: "The third young master is back, the third young master is back!"

The chief manager Yang Zong rushed out with the boy at the door, saw Gao Qichang stopped in front of the door, turned over, and threw the rein in his hand to the nearest boy, grinning from ear to ear: "My Third young master, you are back!"

Gao Qichang smiled with shame on his face: "Uncle Yang, how are you doing recently?"

Yang Zong hurriedly greeted Gao Qichang and entered the side door, and said with a joyful smile: "Well, you are still in good shape. My young master, you can go in and see the eldest lady."

Walking around the pavilions and waterside pavilions, Gao Qichang walked into the Da Furen's yard with a nervous heart, seeing his mother hurriedly came out of the steps wearing a cloak, hurriedly took two steps, stepped forward and knelt down in front of his mother : "The unfilial child Qichang kowtows to his mother!"

Mrs. Gao burst into tears of joy. This was the first reunion between mother and son since Gao Qichang entered Beijing: "My son, mother has been waiting for you. Hurry up and let mother see you."

At this time Gao Qichang was also full of tears, and helped his frail mother into the house: "Mother, it is the child who is unfilial. He has not come to visit his mother after returning to Beijing for many days. I hope that mother will not blame her."

"You're busy, I know." Mrs. Gao looked haggard and sighed, "Look at you, you rushed back before you even had time to take off this armor. Mother knows that you are busy with official duties, and your uncles often talk to me. Speaking of your suffering at the border, mother just loves you." As she spoke, she was about to cry.

Gao Qichang let the girl take off his armor, stepped forward to comfort him and said: "Mother, I'm not suffering, it's fine, this road is my own, I will go no matter what."

Mrs. Gao was in a hurry when she heard it: "Chang'er, mother doesn't want you to worship the general, and you don't want you to sacrifice your life for the country. If you want to say mother is selfish, mother admits it. Mother only asks you I can stay by Mother's side in peace, and carry on the family line for our Gao family. Chang'er, Mother will go to the palace to find the Emperor tomorrow, and beg him to transfer you back, okay?"

"Mother, I am going to go to Yumen Pass by myself, not forced by the emperor or other people. If you go to the emperor like this, the emperor will still think that I am a hypocrite who doesn't mean it. The reputation of our Gao family is not all ruined by me. Is it in your hand?"

Mrs. Gao saw that Gao Qichang didn't listen to her, she felt sad from her heart: "I knew it, I couldn't help it, I was still thinking about it, you are still obedient, you can tell me to worry less in the future, I didn't expect You, you don't listen to me more and more."

Seeing his mother crying about his crimes, Gao Qichang felt guilty and sad, but he claimed to be a good boy, and it was absolutely impossible for him to live in An An all his life in Beijing, enjoying the family business his ancestors laid down for him.Gao Qichang made up his mind, although he felt sorry for his mother, he never softened his heart.

Mrs. Gao couldn't help crying, so Gao Qichang didn't respond, and when he was thinking about the trouble, the girl who was waiting below came up and told: "Madam, Miss Biao has cooked wolfberry osmanthus porridge, and said that Madam has a cough these days. With blood, I specially made porridge soup for Da Furen and asked Da Furen to take it."

Gao Qichang frowned slightly: "Which cousin?"

Mrs. Gao carefully wiped the tears on her cheeks with a handkerchief, and said with a strange smile: "Your uncle's little daughter, when I took you to Cangzhou to find your uncle, that Ruan Ling who played behind you all day long , the nickname is Ling'er."

Why didn't Gao Qichang know Mrs. Gao's thoughts, so he restrained his expression and said expressionlessly: "If that's the case, then the son will step down first."

"Where are you going?" Mrs. Gao grabbed Gao Qichang's sleeves, "Then Linger grew up with you, and you are his cousin, so there is no need to avoid suspicion."

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Gao hurriedly waved her hand and said to the girl: "Miss Biao is outside? Tell Miss Biao to come in."

Gao Qichang had no choice but to follow Mrs. Gao's wishes and sat down again.

Deliberately wearing a lotus-colored dress, the well-dressed beautiful woman walked forward and saluted: "Auntie, this is the wolfberry osmanthus porridge I specially asked someone to cook. The imperial doctor said that the wolfberry is helpful for your old illness. Ling'er took it upon herself to bring it to my aunt."

Mrs. Gao raised her hand to draw Ruan Ling closer, squinted her eyes and said with a smile: "Come on, Ling'er, I met your cousin."

That Ruan Ling is a beautiful woman, her every move is calculated, and now the night is deep, and in the flickering candlelight, she can only see her fair skin than snow, and her black hair is simply pulled back. She is obviously dressed carefully, but she wants to show people A natural beauty.

Gao Qichang only took a look at her, and stopped looking: "I've seen my cousin."

(End of this chapter)