The Queen of Qing Dynasty is beautiful and kind

Chapter 21
Gu Qinghuan took the heavy money bag and walked out from the gate of the palace, feeling very happy.

"girl."

Ah Shuang followed behind Gu Qinghuan, held Gu Qinghuan's arm with her small hand, looked left and right for a while and said, "Let's...where should we go first?"

"Well…"

Gu Qinghuan looked around, pointed to a stall selling candied haws in the distance and said, "Of course we'll go buy candied haws first."

...

Ah Shuang was silent, she had no choice but to hurry up and catch up with Gu Qinghuan.

Aunt Yuehua asked Gu Qinghuan to leave the palace to buy some things and send them to the fourth elder brother's mansion.By the way, help my aunt to bring back a bottle of fragrant dew that is now fashionable in the capital.

Half a day is enough for these things.

"Boss, I want two candied haws."

After Gu Qinghuan finished buying candied haws, she turned around and stuffed a bunch for Ah Shuang, saying, "Here, here you are."

Ah Shuang hurriedly took it, following Gu Qinghuan's example, after removing the paper from the candied haws, he ate one.

too delicious.

It's sweet, and it's the sourness of hawthorn in one bite.

When she was a child, her family was poor, so she had no chance to eat these.

"Is it tasty?"

Gu Qing looked at Ah Shuang happily, and said, "When I was young, I liked the candied haws that my brother bought for me the most. It's sweet and sour, it's the taste of my childhood."

"good to eat."

Ah Shuang ate, nodding like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Fool." Gu Qinghuan chuckled, leaned closer to Ah Shuang's ear, and said in a low voice, "I want to go home."

"Go back and have a look first, then go to the fourth elder brother's mansion for inspection, and finally buy the fragrance and go back to the palace."

"Hmm." Ah Shuang didn't have any comments.

She's just making up the numbers.If you can go out of the palace for a walk, you can go anywhere.

Gu Qinghuan touched the head of Ah Shuang who was combing the double bun again, thinking that this little maid is really cute.

Following his memory, Gu Qinghuan walked through the streets and alleys, and came to the front of the Gu residence.

The door is cold.

"Is this Miss Qing Huan's home?"

Ah Shuang looked at the plaque at the entrance of Gu's mansion, then at the two clean stone lions, and said, "That's really nice."

She has no home.

"Ah."

Gu Qinghuan collected her thoughts and went to knock on the door.

This house was bought by her Ama when she was the Minister of Honglu Temple.Later...Ama lost his official position, but the mansion is still there.It's just that the mansions that used to be crowded with people are now deserted.

Few people come to the Gu residence nowadays, and the butler felt strange when he heard the knock on the door. When he opened the door, he was stunned when he saw that it was Gu Qinghuan.

"Girl, why do you..."

The housekeeper's eyes turned red immediately.

"Madam...Madam, she..."

Lu Qinghuan hurriedly grabbed the butler's arm and asked, "What's wrong with Er Niang?"

"Ma'am has been ill these few days, and she has a fever. It's always been you, Miss. Miss, aren't you working in the palace? Why..."

Before the housekeeper could finish his words, Gu Qinghuan hurried forward and headed towards his mother-in-law's room.

Right in the house.

Madam Gu leaned on the cushion, allowing Gu Qingxu to feed herself medicine.

"Ah Xu." Madam Gu drank half a bowl of medicine and said weakly, "I'm fine. If you still want to study, you should go to the school first."

"No."

However, Gu Qingxu flatly refused, and said righteously: "Er Niang is ill, as a son, he should serve by her side. As a son of man, a filial son is the leader."

"... "

Mrs. Gu glanced at her stubborn son, not knowing what to say.

It was at this time that Gu Qinghuan entered the house.

Seeing Er Niang's pale face, Lu Qing Huan felt a sudden pain.

"Mother!"

Lu Qinghuan yelled, and rushed over directly.

Both Mrs. Gu and Gu Qingxu were stunned, and when she came back to her senses, Gu Qinghuan was already holding Mrs. Gu's hand and asking about the situation.

"The weather has turned cold in the past few days, and my mother fell ill after catching the cold."

Gu Qingxu gritted his teeth and said: "It's cold, and the charcoal fire in the mansion is limited. Therefore..."

"Shut up!"

Mrs. Gu interrupted Gu Qingxu's words in a hurry, and said: "Nowadays the mansion is running out of money, your sister can finally come out of the palace, don't talk about it."

Gu Qinghuan understood immediately.

Today's Gu Mansion is nothing but an empty shell.Even the charcoal fire in winter is not enough.

Her Ama has now been demoted from office, and her salary is limited.If it weren't for Gu Qinghuan's help over the years, Gu Qingxu would have been a problem studying in the school.

"It's all right."

Gu Qinghuan hurriedly took out her purse, and said: "These days my daughter has done a good job in errands, and she has received some rewards. The family has been able to have more money in recent days."

She found it when she got her purse back.

More gold leaves.

In addition to the money hidden in the jacket that time, Gu's mansion can really live a slightly more comfortable winter this year.

"You keep some."

Gu Qingxu took most of it, bowed his head and said: "It's because I am useless as an older brother, and I need my younger sister to help. I... really have no face for you."

"Brother, don't underestimate yourself."

Gu Qinghuan said: "There are not many 17-year-old children since the founding of the Qing Dynasty. My brother is good at studying, and my sister will rely on you from now on."

"Yes." Gu Qingxu nodded firmly, and said, "I will not let you down."

...

There was only a short conversation in the room, but because Mrs. Gu wanted to rest, Gu Qingxu took Gu Qinghuan out of the room and sat down in the gazebo in the courtyard.

"Pea yellow."

The servant girl brought up some snacks, and as soon as Gu Qinghuan saw the pea yellow, he hurriedly took a piece.

Pea yellow is not an expensive snack, but she has always liked it very much.

"younger sister."

Gu Qingxu suddenly opened his mouth.When she looked at Gu Qinghuan, she had a worried expression on her face.

"what happened?"

Lu Qinghuan paused for a while while eating the snack, and couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

Could it be that there is something wrong with Erniang's illness?
"There is something I want to ask you."

Gu Qingxu said: "Do you still remember when Ama was demoted?"

Gu Qinghuan's expression froze, and he nodded.

Four years ago, when a prince's son from the Li Dynasty came to Daqing, he was received by Honglu Temple.

As the minister of Honglu Temple, Gu Qinghuan's Ama has always organized these banquets very well.But that time... something went wrong.

After the crown prince took a sip of the soup at the banquet, his lips swelled and his stomach hurt unbearably.

After examination by the imperial physician, it was found that the son could not eat beans.And before the banquet, Li Chao's people informed the prince's eating habits in advance.

However... beans still appeared in the banquet.

Shizi was injured so badly that time that he almost died.After he got better, he made a lot of noise, so Master Kangxi must give him an explanation.

As a full-time department for receiving foreign guests, Honglu Temple naturally bears the brunt.

Gu Qinghuan's Ama is also the minister of the Honglu Temple, so she cannot escape the blame.

He couldn't argue with Li Chao's son.If he hadn't been working hard as an official for many years, I'm afraid that this matter would not only be justified by losing his official position and being demoted.

Speaking of the past, Gu Qinghuan bit his lips, feeling wronged for Ama.

It is absolutely impossible for her, Ama, to make such a simple mistake.

"Although the cook who was in charge of the banquet at the time was executed. But I found out afterwards...his wife and children have now bought fertile land and a house in the suburbs of Beijing."

Gu Qingxu looked around, lowered his voice and said, "Our Ama was killed by someone."

Hearing this, Gu Qinghuan's head went numb, and he immediately clenched his fists.

She has tasted the feeling of being framed, and she will never forgive her!
(End of this chapter)