in the sound of swallows

Chapter 103 Just a Maid
Shen Guiyan didn't want to understand, her face was serious.The maids next to them all came out to watch the excitement, which was terrible. Two of the maids turned around and ran to the East Palace, muttering to the little maid at the door.The little palace maid's eyes lit up, and she sent a message to the big palace maid next to the empress dowager.

Empress Dowager Wen is hosting a banquet for Prime Minister Gu, accompanied by Gu Chaobei.In front of the three of them, what was placed was not delicacies, but a mahogany box with a golden lock on it, and the key was in Gu Chengxiang's hand.

This is the original imperial edict written by the first emperor. Prime Minister Gu said that it was written in the biography of Prince Mingxun.But Ming Xun is dead, and the edict cannot be established, so it can only be invalidated.Now what they want to discuss is how to deal with this thing.

Burned?Disrespect to the first emperor.keep it?It seems to be something that is easy to cause trouble.

"Why don't you just take it and make me a pillow." Gu Chaobei said with a smile, "Who would take the pillow apart to look at it, right? The patterns on this side are pretty, and the fabric is also high-quality."

Prime Minister Gu's face turned blue, and he looked at Gu Chaobei with great dissatisfaction.It was all his luck to be able to sit on the throne. Now that he is the emperor, he is still so dishonest. How can the Ming Dynasty be revitalized under his hands in the future?

Right now, the Empress Dowager is listening to the government behind the curtain, and the world still belongs to the Wen family. As the prime minister, he can only continue to endure the humiliation and bear the burden, and he can't see any hope from Gu Chaobei.

What a crime.

Empress Dowager Wen said with a smile: "Since the emperor likes it, let someone make it into a pillow. The prime minister doesn't have to be so serious, we are all one family now."

"I understand." Prime Minister Gu cupped his hands, took out the key and opened the box.Empress Dowager Wen just wanted to reach out to take a look, but Gu Chaobei had already pulled it out to play casually, glanced at it and said: "The writing is so beautiful, it would be even better to change Mingxun to my name."

Empress Dowager Wen withdrew her hand and reprimanded lightly: "Don't mess around, changing the last emperor's edict is a crime of disrespect, you can't afford it."

Gu Chaobei sat up straight in fright.

Empress Dowager Wen was about to laugh at him, when Fanghua beside her came in and whispered: "Empress Dowager, the new maid who was just assigned to the North Palace offended Empress Dowager Nian for some reason. It's so pitiful."

Fanghua's voice was so low that Prime Minister Gu didn't even hear it when he was so close.But Gu Chaobei, a martial arts practitioner, has sharp ears and eyes, and can hear very clearly.

There is nothing else for Xinfen to go to the North Palace, only Shen Guiyan.

Gu Chaobei still had a smile on his face, looking at the imperial decree in his hand, he acted as if he hadn't heard it.

Empress Dowager Wen pursed her lips and scolded with a smile: "I knew Nian was not easy to deal with, poor girl, just don't lose your life."

Fanghua backed out with a chuckle, Empress Dowager Wen turned to look at Gu Chaobei and Prime Minister Gu and said, "Come, let's have dinner."

Delicacies from mountains and seas, singers and dancers all entered the East Palace.The three of them sat down separately, having dinner and watching the dance, very happy.

Gu Chaobei was very devoted all the time, and he didn't even get distracted. He even cast a few winks at the dancer dancing below.

Note that it was the emperor who threw it at the dancer below, not other dancers who took the initiative.

Empress Dowager Wen couldn't laugh or cry when she saw it, and wanted to observe to see if he would feel sorry for Shen Guiyan, but she didn't know that this guy was heartless and unmoved at all.

Only now was she finally completely relieved, and she could sit back and relax.

Shen Guiyan knelt down and was about to fall asleep, when Xiaolu next to her ran over to help her: "It's half an hour."

"En." Shen Guiyan got up, but the things on her legs were not wet by the snow yet.But it's too thick and it's hard to stand up.

Xiaolu helped her up sympathetically, and said, "It's hard, isn't it? Go back and warm up. You're probably going to get chilblains when you look like this. It's hard."

Shen Guiyan really wanted to tell her that she was fine, but when she thought that this happened because of the Empress Dowager Kua Nian, she also understood some truths, so she just followed Xiaolu into the house with a painful expression on her face.

"The Palace wants to elect women, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs has reduced our expenses. In winter, there is only one quilt, and you can't get a new quilt." Xiaolu took some charcoal to light, and coughed chokingly: " You are from a wealthy family, so you must have never suffered such hardships, have you?"

Shen Guiyan smiled lowly, where hasn't she suffered?When she was a child in the Shen Mansion, the place she lived in was beautiful, but she never had enough quilts and charcoal in winter, so she was not afraid of this.

"It's okay, let's just fall asleep." Shen Guiyan squeezed the somewhat damp quilt, and didn't want to take off the things on her legs and clothes, so she just fell asleep like this.

The palace is initially set, and there are very few people everywhere.In the middle of the night and the moon was dark, a person who was used to jumping over walls brought Chasing Cloud all the way to the North Palace.

The door of the wing room where the maid lived was gently pushed open, and the two people inside were already fast asleep.Zhuiyun shivered as soon as he entered the room, it was dark and damp, and he felt sorry for his master.

Gu Chaobei lightly hugged Shen Guiyan, and Zhuiyun spread the blanket under her bed sheet.

The blanket was a warm jade blanket from the Western Regions. Although it was very thin, it would generate heat when lying on it. It was a very rare treasure in the national treasury.

As a result, the newly appointed emperor took this treasure tonight and secretly put it on Shen Guiyan.

Putting the person back into the bed, Shen Guiyan turned over and was still asleep.Gu Chaobei touched her leg, oh, it's so swollen!
Afraid of waking her up by talking, Gu Chaobei grabbed Zhuiyun and went out.

"Call an imperial doctor to show her tomorrow." Gu Chaobei took a deep breath and whispered, "This is too swollen too badly. What if the leg becomes useless?"

Zhuiyun looked at him in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, maids of honor can only see medical ladies, not imperial physicians."

"I don't care, I'll leave it to you." Gu Chaobei patted Zhuiyun on the shoulder: "You are now a guard with a knife walking in front of the imperial court, don't disappoint my expectations of you."

Zhuiyun's face turned dark, why did he, the imperial bodyguard, do what a chief eunuch should do?
"Does Your Majesty want to go in and have a look again?" Zhuiyun asked.

Gu Chaobei took a deep breath, clenched his fists and said, "No need, I still have something to do."

After speaking, he climbed over the wall and left.

Zhuiyun had no choice but to follow his master over the eaves and walls, just after leaving the courtyard of the North Palace, Gu Chaobei refused to leave, turned around and stared at the eaves in a daze.

Telling him to go in or not to go in, who is this tossing?Zhuiyun really wanted to push him.It's a pity that the master has his own helplessness on his back, as a subordinate, he can only watch and worry.

It was dawn, and Shen Guiyan had a good night's sleep. When she woke up, the quilt was extremely warm, and her feet wrapped in cotton covers were still a little hot.

What happened?He touched his quilt suspiciously, it was still as thin as yesterday, why did he still have a fever.

Before she had time to think about it, Aunt Qiu Jin outside had already come and shouted: "The Empress Dowager is about to get up, and you all have to get up quickly to take care of her."

"Yes." Xiaolu was shivering from the cold, hugging the quilt with great difficulty to put it down, and went out to wash and wash with a bitter face.Although Shen Guiyan only had to clean the bedroom, she couldn't sleep later than her master, so she still had to get up and stand in the hall.

"Concubine Shen will come to pay her respects later." Qiu Jin looked at Shen Guiyan and said, "Go and stand beside the Queen Mother."

Concubine Shen?Shen Guiyan pursed her lips, knowing that she would come one day, and now she is a high-ranking concubine, she is just a little maid, why don't you take the opportunity to humiliate her?

Han Lu was very proud that she had finally sneaked into the palace. From then on, she had no need to worry about the glory and wealth in her hands.It's just that Shen Guiyan is still in the palace, she didn't figure it out, so why can't she be kicked out of the palace?Unable to hold back her temper, she still wanted to take a look.

The Empress Dowager Beigong was not easy to mess with, and Han Lu knew about it before, so she inquired about her preferences, and she behaved well when she came.

"The concubine has met the empress dowager."

The Empress Dowager Nian was rinsing her mouth with water in her mouth, and she didn't spit it out for a long time, so naturally there was no way to wake her up.Han Lu knelt in embarrassment and looked up, only to see the Empress Dowager Nian pointing helplessly at her bulging mouth, spreading her hands as if innocent.

Han Lu: "..."

Can't she spit out the water?
Standing up on his own, Han Lu raised his eyes and glanced to the side.It was Shen Guiyan who was holding the spittoon, wearing orange maid clothes and wearing an ordinary bun.Surprisingly, it's still pretty good.

The Empress Dowager Nian finally spit out the water in her mouth, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, looked at her and said, "Concubine Shen has a heart, it's freezing cold, you have to take care of yourself."

Han Lu smiled and said: "It doesn't matter for the concubine, it is right to be filial to the queen mother. But this time when I came back to the North Palace, the concubine brought some smart palace people to the queen mother."

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand, and three court ladies came up behind him.

"What is this for?" The Empress Dowager Nian raised her eyebrows.

"The concubine wants to change someone with the empress dowager." Han Lu sighed, "I used to have some friendship with this new maid in the empress's palace. The three smartest maids in the palace came to exchange with the queen mother."

The words were quite touching, Shen Guiyan's face darkened, looking at Han Lu's calculating eyes, her heart began to beat.

If she were to go to the Luhua Palace, would she still have a way out?
The Empress Dowager Nian's face darkened immediately, she looked at Han Lu and said, "What Concubine Shen means is that Yan'er is suffering in Aijia Palace, but going to your palace will be a blessing?"

Han Lu was startled, and quickly shook her head: "No, it's just that the concubine and Yan'er are old acquaintances..."

"Yan'er, do you know Concubine Shen?" The Empress Dowager Nian turned her head to look at her.

Shen Guiyan lowered her eyes: "Slaves are lowly, how can they know your mother?"

"That's it." The Empress Dowager Nian nodded: "Perhaps Concubine Shen has taken a fancy to Yan'er's cleverness, and wants to use some palace officials to prevaricate Aijia?"

I knew that the Empress Dowager Nian was difficult to deal with, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult.Han Lu gritted her teeth, and said softly: "How dare a concubine, the queen mother can try it if she doesn't believe it, these three palace people are very smart, they are definitely better at serving people than Yan'er."

"Really?" The Empress Dowager Nian smiled, "Yan'er, stand over."

Shen Guiyan paused, bowed his knees to agree, and stood in the direction Empress Nian pointed, standing in a row with the three palace servants.

"Now, all of you are walking towards Ai's house, walk slowly."

(End of this chapter)