Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 84 Conspiracy
Seeing Mrs. Gu go out, after the door was closed, Gu Lingqing gave Gu Qi a wink and went to the inner room.

After Gu Qi came in, Gu Lingqing stopped, turned around, looked at Gu Qi in front of him and nodded uncontrollably, stretched out his right hand and patted him on the shoulder: "Grow up!"

Gu Qi stepped forward and hugged Gu Lingqing: "How are you doing these years, brother?"

Gu Lingqing patted him on the back vigorously: "Everything is fine."

The two sat on the chairs, and Gu Qi said, "What's your brother's plan when you return to Beijing this time?"

Gu Lingqing did not answer Gu Qi's question directly, but asked instead: "Who intercepted the letter you sent me a few days ago?"

Gu Qi was stunned for a moment, obviously he didn't expect that the first question Gu Lingqing asked himself was this, but he answered truthfully: "It was intercepted from a counselor named Zhang Yi, who was arranged by the prince under the elder brother The hidden stake around me has been lurking in the town where my brother is, it's really hateful!"

"Where is this person now?" Gu Lingqing's tone was a little anxious, because he really had some questions in his mind that he wanted to ask him.

"Don't worry, brother, this person has been eliminated." Gu Qi thought that Gu Lingqing was worried that he would provide evidence in front of the prince, saying that he was so anxious because he was pretending to be crazy.

Unexpectedly, after Gu Lingqing heard the news of Zhang Yi's death, she just let out a faint "oh", with a little disappointment between her brows.

After Gu Lingqing sorted out her emotions, she slowly opened her mouth and revealed her plan.

"Over the years, I have been secretly cultivating my own staff."

"Oh?" Gu Qi was surprised, but he didn't know anything about it.

"You were still young, so you haven't been informed. Do you blame your brother?"

Gu Qi was surprised: "Brother, why do you think so? Brother has his own strength to protect himself. I am too happy, so how can I blame you?"

Gu Lingqing nodded, looking at the current Gu Qi, she felt quite moved: "I remember the last time I saw you, you were a little kid who would only follow behind me and call you brother, but now you have grown up so much."

What he said made Gu Qi red-eyed. Gu Lingqing was extremely intelligent when she was a child, and was deeply favored by the late emperor. Such a character!
Seeing that Gu Qi's eyes were red, Gu Lingqing knew that he must have remembered something, so he quickly changed the topic.

"The power I cultivated secretly is in Liangcheng, but I dare not use this power easily." After speaking, Gu Lingqing sighed and took a sip of the tea on the table.

"Why?" Gu Qi was puzzled.

"Concealed pile, prince."

Gu Qi suddenly realized that this is indeed a tricky matter. If someone from the prince is involved in it, then it is hard to say whose power will be used in the future.

"It's hard for me to rest assured if I don't go and check it out myself, but now... I can't even get out of Chaoyang Palace, let alone Liangcheng." Gu Lingqing's tone was full of melancholy.

Gu Qi lowered his head and pursed his lips: "Brother, what do you think of me?"

Gu Lingqing was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

"My brother is trapped in Chaoyang Palace right now, so I can't go to Liangcheng to investigate, why not let my brother do it for me, what do you think?" Gu Qi also wanted to share Gu Lingqing's worries.

Unexpectedly, Gu Lingqing disagreed: "Not good."

"Why?" Gu Qi's eyes were full of doubts, "Could it be that brother doesn't trust me?"

Hearing this, Gu Lingqing frowned, reached out and tapped Gu Qi's forehead.

"Ah!" Gu Qi whispered and touched his forehead, "Brother, I am no longer a child, why do you still treat me like this?"

"It's time to fight!" Gu Lingqing smiled, "How could my brother not trust you!"

"Then why?" Gu Qi felt a little aggrieved for having suffered this for nothing.

"Autumn hunting will be in a few days. As the seventh prince, why don't you go?" Gu Lingqing finally expressed his concerns.

Hearing this, Gu Qi was also silent, but after a while he raised his head again: "There are still a few days left, and it's not too late to go after the participation."

Seeing that Gu Lingqing wanted to say something more, Gu Qi hurriedly stopped him: "You don't need to say more, it's best for me to go. If I don't investigate for my brother, the trouble will be even greater in the future."

Gu Lingqing picked up the teacup on the table: "Then I will thank my brother here and replace the wine with tea."

After speaking, Gu Lingqing drank the tea in one gulp.

Thinking that it was almost time, Po Gu went to her room to get some medicine, went back to Gu Lingqing's door, and knocked on the door lightly: "My lord, I will treat the injury on your forehead for you."

The two maids who had been kneeling on the ground not far away couldn't help being shocked when they heard the injury on their foreheads, and one of them fell to the ground with limp legs.

Hearing Mrs. Gu's voice, Gu Lingqing and Gu Qi exchanged glances, came out from the inner room, Gu Lingqing picked up the little book on the bookshelf, sat on the chair in the outer room and read it intently, while Gu Qi lay on the table beside her , as if asleep.

The court lady kneeling on the ground whose legs were not weak, looked up at the moment Po Gu pushed the door open, and since she was facing the door, she had a panoramic view of the situation inside the room.

With just one glance, he immediately lowered his head.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Gu Qi slowly opened his eyes, stretched, stood up, and glanced at Gu Lingqing beside him.

"Let's go, I'm so bored, I'm falling asleep." After speaking, Gu Qi walked out of the room and walked towards the gate of the palace.

"Respectfully send off King Qi." Gu Po blesses her body and walks towards Gu Lingqing with the medicine in her hand without closing the door.

"Why are you so careless?" Gu Po's eyes were full of distress, she opened the medicine bottle, wiped some on her palm, and gently wiped it on Gu Lingqing's forehead.

It didn't show up just now, but now it seems a little serious, with a big swelling.

Gu Lingqing cooperatively asked Po Gu to apply the medicine to herself, and after finishing the medicine, she pointed to a small figure in the book: "Poss Gu, look, this person is so funny."

This is really a heartless child, no doubt, the injuries he suffered are forgotten in the blink of an eye.

The two court ladies kneeling on the ground trembled more and more when they heard the sound of Gu Po's footsteps getting closer.

"You two, don't come here tomorrow, where are you going back and forth from?"

The palace lady whose legs were already limp almost fainted when she heard these words, and the consequences for the palace lady who was sent back, I really can't imagine.

The maid who had been secretly observing the movements in Gu Lingqing's room just now knelt down and threw herself at Gu Po's feet, hugging her legs.

"Nurse Gu, give your servants a chance! From now on, your servants will definitely take good care of the little prince. No matter how you punish them, your servants will accept you, but don't drive them away!"

The maid was crying with snot and tears, but Gu Po didn't soften her heart at all. Just now, she deliberately didn't close the door, and when she was applying medicine to Gu Lingqing, she saw her peeking into the room.

Finally, the fox's tail came out. I don't know which nobleman's hidden stake, but no matter who it is, this Chaoyang Palace can't tolerate her.

Kicking away the maid who was grabbing her leg, the maid collapsed on the ground, as if she had lost her strength, and shed the first truly sad tear.

The task assigned by the master was not completed, and he was kicked out of Chaoyang Palace. What awaited him was probably a place that would be worse than death.

Thinking of this, the court lady felt ashamed, lay down on the ground, and burst into tears.

(End of this chapter)