Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 173

"Keep your back straight."

Accompanied by Madam Gu's words, Zhao Min exclaimed: "Ah!"

I saw Zhao Min sitting on a chair in the room with a painful expression on her face. Nanny Gu was training her sitting posture. Seeing that her straight back was slightly bent, she took a small bamboo pole and hit her on the back. .

"Gu mother, can you not sit down?" The tone was pitiful.

In the past, as long as Zhao Min begged for mercy, Nanny Gu would always be unable to resist her offensive and let her go, but today Nanny Gu put on a straight face and remained unmoved in the slightest.

"Three days later it will be the chrysanthemum appreciation banquet. You can't be disrespectful in front of the princess. If you disrespect, then it will not only be a matter of suffering, maybe you will be rewarded with dozens of big boards. Your ass is ripped apart!"

After hearing what Nanny Gu said, Zhao Min couldn't help but think of how she felt when she was spanked in Liangcheng.

Although the injury has healed now, after hearing Nanny Gu's words, I still felt a dull pain in my buttocks, so I straightened up immediately, with a very determined look: "I must study hard!"

But after a while, Zhao Min felt a little tired. Seeing that Nanny Gu who was sitting next to her was dozing off, she bent over quietly.

Just as she breathed a sigh of relief and was secretly happy in her heart, she didn't expect that Nanny Gu seemed to have eyes. Even with her eyes closed, she still stretched out a bamboo pole and hit Zhao Min.

"Ah, it hurts!"

Zhao Min exclaimed, and immediately sat up straight, muttering: "It hurts so much."

"What are you doing?"

Just when Zhao Min complained resentfully, a man's voice sounded outside the door.

Zhao Min raised his head and watched Gu Qi walk in from the outside, a gleam of joy flashed in his heart, he "doesn't need to be tortured" anymore!

After hearing the voice, Nanny Gu at the side opened her eyes and saw that it was Gu Qi. She immediately stood up and saluted him: "This old servant has seen His Royal Highness King Qi."

"Nurse Gu, don't be too polite, get up quickly."

After seeing Gu Qi, Zhao Min immediately stood up from the chair and walked towards him with a look of joy on his face: "Gu Qi, why are you here?"

Listening to her address, Gu Momo frowned when she saw her actions just now: "Miss Zhao."

Seeing the warning in Gu Nanny's eyes, Zhao Min pursed her lips, and performed a standard salute in front of Gu Qi: "Minnv has seen His Royal Highness King Qi."

Gu Qi watched the two people sing together, and couldn't help but feel a little puzzled: "What are you doing?"

Zhao Min let out a long sigh: "The Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet will be held in a few days, and Nanny Gu is teaching me how to behave!"

"A Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet?" Gu Qi asked suspiciously.

"Yes, the princess held a chrysanthemum appreciation banquet and invited me to attend!"

Although he was annoyed by these cumbersome etiquettes, Zhao Min couldn't help but feel a little excited when he thought of having such a grand event and allowing himself to participate in the fun.

After Gu Qi heard this, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and then he stopped: "The princess is a very good person, you don't need to be too nervous."

Seeing that Gu Qi had already chatted with Zhao Min, Nanny Gu greeted Qin Lan and Qin Mei and left the room, waiting outside the door.

Gu Qi sat down at the table and poured himself a cup of tea: "I came here today to find my brother, I didn't expect him to be away from the house."

So it turned out that Zhao Min thought that he came to find her specially, and she felt a little burdened in her heart just now, but now she heard what he said, and then she felt relieved, went to sit next to him, poured herself a cup of tea, and took a sip. And do.

"Thank you for coming, otherwise, I don't know how long I will be tortured by Nanny Gu!"

When Zhao Min said these words, the expression on his face was very exaggerated, as if life would be worse than death.

Gu Qi couldn't help laughing: "How can Nanny Gu be so scary?"

Zhao Min immediately retorted: "Nurse Gu is not scary, what is scary is these etiquettes, I really don't know why there are so many etiquettes, isn't it good to live with one's will?"

Hearing what Zhao Min asked, Gu Qi was stunned for a moment, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart, he lowered his head and muttered to himself: "Yes, how many people in the world can really live willfully?"

Thinking of this, Gu Qi couldn't help feeling a bit bitter in his heart.

Because Gu Qi's voice was very low in the next few sentences, Zhao Min didn't hear clearly: "What did you just say?"

Gu Qi recovered from his emotions, shook his head: "Nothing." And cleverly changed the subject, "When I entered the yard just now, I smelled a faint smell of medicine, it must be planted Herbs?"

Hearing Gu Qi mentioning the vegetable plots and herbs he planted, Zhao Min stood up excitedly: "Come on, I'll show you my results."

After speaking, he led Gu Qi out, and after passing through an arched door, Gu Qi saw the wasteland that Zhao Min opened up before.

Some of the herbs planted a few days ago have already sprouted, and a clear medicinal fragrance can be faintly smelled.

Zhao Min was very excited to introduce to Gu Qi what she planted, and it was really hard for her. Right now, they are all small buds, and some of them have not sprouted yet, but Zhao Min can still remember what is what, because at the beginning it was all sprouts. She planted it herself.

Gu Qi was also infected by her good mood, listening to her introduce her achievements, he felt very interesting in his heart.

"It's been a long time since I ate the food you cooked." Gu Qi said this seemingly unintentionally.

"That's not easy, stay for lunch today, and I'll cook myself!" Zhao Min said boldly.

"Okay." Gu Qi was just waiting for her words, so naturally he would not refuse.

"I heard that the Crown Princess invited the woman you brought back to the capital, Zhao Min."

At this moment, in a restaurant in the imperial city, Gu Lingqing and Jia Mingyun were seen drinking in the private room on the second floor.

"Yeah." Gu Lingqing hummed lightly, with a flash of hatred in his eyes.

"I'm afraid that the Crown Princess is not interested in drinking, is she really going to the appointment?"

Gu Lingqing clenched her fists tightly, poured a glass of wine and drank it down, with a bitter smile: "You also know my current situation."

After thinking about it for a while, Jia Mingyun said, "Don't worry, my cousin is also on the invitation list, and I will tell her to take good care of Zhao Min."

This Jia Mingyun's cousin is the child of his mother's brother.

Jia Mingyun's uncle was not involved in officialdom, and was a big merchant in the imperial city, and his cousin Wang Zimo, because she was very fond of making spices since she was a child, also had a good relationship in this capital.

May I ask which girl doesn't like her body to be fragrant?

Therefore, by coincidence, Wang Zimo and the princess have been in contact for a long time, and they were also invited to this chrysanthemum appreciation feast.

(End of this chapter)