Rebirth after waste

Chapter 77

The sun is warm today, and the face is warm but not hot, and I feel very comfortable.

Gu Yunxian picked a path full of flowers on both sides, and walked along with Dingmei.

Seeing the beauty's respectful expression during the conversation, Gu Yunxian smiled and said: "I have known the beauty for a long time, and there are no outsiders here, so there is no need to be so cautious."

Dingmei smiled and promised.

"How does the beauty think of the chrysanthemums just now?" Gu Yunxian asked leisurely as he brushed a few flower branches beside him with his plain hand.

"Very good." Dingmei said humanely, "Maybe it's because of the different soil and environment. The chrysanthemums grown in the mountains look a little different than those in the palace, and they can better demonstrate the noble and pure character of the chrysanthemums. "

Gu Yunxian couldn't help laughing when she heard the words, "Ben Gong is really right. Ah Ling, you really have insight, and you have much more insight than ordinary people."

She called Dingmei by her boudoir name, with obvious intimacy in her tone.

"Your Majesty's absurd praise." Dingmei smiled slightly, "The concubine comes from a humble background, vulgar and simple, how can he compare with the Empress who has read poetry and books? Shicai is just talking nonsense, it is good that the Empress is not surprised."

"You are always so modest." Gu Yunxian shook his head and smiled, "Although you can live a long time in the palace if you are cautious, it will inevitably lose some fun in the long run. Your Majesty also doesn't like women who are too rigid."

The last sentence is key.Dingmei could only keep silent about this.

After turning a corner, at the end of the path is a gazebo with four lush trees planted beside it.Gu Yunxian remembered that in midsummer, this gazebo built under the shade of trees was extremely cool.

Gu Yunxian stared at the big tree in the gazebo for a long time, then sighed softly, "I haven't been to the hot spring palace for three years, but it hasn't changed much here." With reminiscence in his tone, "I remember, it was the first year of Yongjia when I came back last time. At that time, all the newcomers had just entered the palace, and all of them were young. When I met them, I felt that I was being compared to the old."

Dingmei smiled and said: "Your Majesty said this as if you were very old! You are only twenty-one now, just in time for you. If anyone in this palace is qualified to sigh old, I am afraid it is a concubine."

indeed.When the emperor was still the crown prince, Dingmei was the first court lady to serve him. She was one year older than him, and she was 27 this year.

"After you mentioned it like this, I now remember it." Gu Yunxian looked at this beautiful woman, "A Ling, you have served His Majesty for ten years, right?"

The smile on Dingmei's lips faded a little, "Back to the empress, the concubine came to His Majesty's side in the 21st year of Linqing, and it will be 11 years after this year."

"Eleven years." Gu Yunxian repeated, "It's really long enough."

The beauty is silent.

Gu Yunxian shook his head, "You have served His Majesty for so long, but you are still only a fourth-rank beauty. Even I want to complain for you. Not to mention others, the former Bo Baolin was also a beauty when he was alive. How long did she serve His Majesty? Less than three years."

Dingmei lowered her head, "The concubine comes from a humble background, so naturally she can't compare with Miss Jin Yang Bo."

"Born from a humble background." Gu Yunxian sneered, "This may be a reason if it is placed in the harem of the Zhongzong Dynasty or before, but in order to guard against the power of the aristocratic family, most of the selection of concubines in the Jin Dynasty is found among the people, and they don't value them at all. birth."

Seeing that Dingmei's expression was different, Gu Yunxian added: "It's true, Ah Ling, you were born in slavery, and you are a little worse than Liangjiazi, but in fact the difference is not too big. As long as Your Majesty likes it, you can't praise it too much. , why do you feel inferior?"

Dingmei finally laughed this time, "Your Majesty also said that you want His Majesty to like you. The concubine looks mediocre, she is old, and her temperament is even more unpleasant. How can she win His Majesty's favor? What's more, even if the concubine is young and beautiful, But now the only woman His Majesty sees and cares about is the empress, how would the concubines dare to fight with the empress?"

What she said was self-deprecating and complimenting Gu Yunxian, she was extremely tactful.

Gu Yunxian grinned in his heart.Sure enough, he was a person who could survive by the emperor's side for so many years, and his sense of proportion was so good that no one could grasp the slightest clue.

Too lazy to be courteous with her anymore, Gu Yunxian simply said: "You are right, Your Majesty still remembers me now. So, if it is someone I like, Your Majesty will like it too."

The meaning of these words couldn't be more clear.

It has always been like this in the palace, the unfavored concubine is attached to the favored concubine, loyal to her, and doing things for her.In return, the favored concubines promoted and cultivated them and gave them a better future.

Dingmei didn't expect that Gu Yunxian, who had been secretive for a long time, suddenly made it clear, and suddenly fell silent.

Gu Yunxian let her think for a while, and then said slowly: "I don't know how you planned for yourself, Ah Ling, to attach yourself to a powerful concubine and do so many things for her, but you didn't get any benefits. This palace remembers that His Majesty canonized you as Rouhua after he ascended the throne, but now four years have passed, and you have only been promoted to one rank."

These words have directly pointed the edge at Zhen Guiji.Dingmei wanted to refute subconsciously, but what she said were all facts, and there was no way to refute them.

"Jing Fushu is actually the same as Bengong before." Gu Yunxian said lightly, "She can't tolerate others competing for favor with her, and she is never willing to promote others unless it is absolutely necessary. Bo Jinrou used to be the most important thing. Still rely on yourself."

Dingmei looked at her for a moment, then suddenly showed a smile, "Your Majesty has bothered to keep Zhenguiji in the palace, but brought the concubine to the palace, just to say this to the concubine, right?"

Gu Yunxian said casually: "That's right."

"Your Majesty hopes that my concubine can help you with things?" Ding Meiren simply pointed it out.

Gu Yunxian nodded slightly: "Yes."

"Then what if the concubine refuses to agree?" Ding Meiren looked at her intently, not letting go of every change in her expression.

Gu Yunxian still had that indifferent look, "If you don't agree, then don't agree, what else can I do?"

Ding Meiren was a little surprised by her reaction, "It doesn't matter if the concubine refuses?"

Gu Yunxian looked at her carefully for a while, then smiled slowly, "I am afraid that you have misunderstood Ah Ling. I am looking for you this time, not to ask for your help, but for the sake of sisters who have been there for many years. A chance." Seeing Ding Meiren's expression, she said again, "Of course, it's also to save myself some trouble. Jing Fushu is now at the end of her strength, and it will be a matter of time for me to get rid of her. If you are willing to fight with me If you cooperate, the process will be much easier. If you don't want to, I will naturally spend more time. Especially after getting rid of Jing Fushu, I have to slowly wipe out her accomplices..."

Dingmei clenched her right hand violently, "Are you threatening me?"

"Threats or wooing, it depends on how you understand Ah Ling." Gu Yunxian said, "But there is one thing that I hope Ah Ling can understand. Jing Fushu's fate is already doomed, and now I get rid of her. During the process, you are not important enough for me to win over you."

Dingmei's complexion changed.

Gu Yunxian saw her expression, and slowly made up the last blow, "I think how Bo Jinrou died, Ah Ling, I'm afraid you haven't forgotten it? You are not afraid that when the time comes, Jing Fushu will repeat her old tricks and treat you as a A dead ghost? You are so smart, you shouldn't be willing to be used to your death, right?"

After Gu Yunxian finished speaking, she looked away and looked at the lush mountains in the distance, as if she didn't care about Dingmeiren's answer.

But what she said was exactly what Dingmei had been worrying about for a long time.

When Bo Jinrou was deceived by Jing Fushu, she thought she would save her at the last moment by clenching her teeth and not confessing to her.It wasn't until the eunuch brought the poisoned wine in front of her that she woke up.

Dingmei still remembered that on the day Bo Jinrou died, she cursed Jing Fushu endlessly.Among the eunuchs who sent her on the road was someone she placed, so she heard the content of those words from him afterwards.

With such a vicious and vicious curse, even though she had seen enough life and death in the palace, she couldn't help but feel chills in her heart.

From that moment on, she felt alienated from Jing Fushu.

Oh no, no.From the beginning she never really let her mind down.She's not Bo Jinrou, she won't be so foolish to hand over her wealth and safety to others.

She has been in the palace for so many years, and she has always relied on herself.

It's just that she was already regarded as Jing Fushu's henchman at that time, and it was too late to get away.What's more, Jing Fushu hadn't fallen out of favor at that time, and she advanced her position by advising His Majesty, as long as she was vigilant, there was no harm in following her.Out of such considerations, she had no choice but to be patient and continue to deal with her.

But now Jing Fushu has completely fallen out of favor.

Now, Yuan Chongrong, who was once abolished queen and now favored the sixth palace, stood in front of her and told her softly that she could be given a chance.

She couldn't help but be moved.

She wanted to respond, but the prudence in her nature made her calm down at the last moment.

no.It would be reckless to promise like that.Don't be fooled by her words.It's not important to say anything, if it's really not important, why should she bother so much?Naturally, she needed herself, so she made a special trip to win her over.

As soon as she thought about it, the scene where she was about to leave after talking to him just now flashed in her mind.If I didn't call her back at that time, would she have really left?And today, in fact, he deliberately waited for her on the way back to the palace, wanting to talk to her.

She didn't take the initiative to come to her at all!

Gu Yunxian saw that Dingmei's eyes were changing, and he knew that she was going through a huge struggle in her heart.She is not in a hurry.Dingmei is cautious and suspicious by nature, and will not be fooled by her own few words.

If you want to subdue her, you need to work harder.

The nightmare flashed before his eyes again.After the queen mother passed away, she suddenly got that nightmare.

In that dream, Jing Fushu and Dingmei were in Cheng'an Hall, plotting to poison the Queen Mother.

If what happened in the previous life really happened again in this life, this Dingmei must know Jing Fushu's secrets about many invisible people.

She needs these secrets.

(End of this chapter)