The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

Chapter 308: Competing for Pampering (One More)

When I used to eat at home, the first bowl of soup was originally for my aunt, because it was usually my aunt who cooked, and my aunt had a hard time cooking.

But now Gu Jiao felt inexplicably that if this bowl of soup was really given to her aunt, she would probably kill her.

The old sacrificial wine also trembled in his heart, for fear that this girl honored him and gave him the soup, so that his position as the patriarch of the family would really jump into the Yellow River and cannot be washed away, and he would be chopped into meat dregs by His Majesty to make soup!

Gu Jiao put down the spoon and handed the soup to her aunt Wei Wei.

The emperor's eye knife swish!

Gu Jiao paused, then slightly turned the soup in the direction of the emperor.

Auntie's eye knife swish!

Gu Changqing didn't have to think about it anymore, Gu Jiao silently brought the soup back to her, picked up the spoon, and drank it with her head down.

The two of them hummed their noses and started to eat chopsticks.

This meal is still made by the old sacrifice wine. Yu Ya'er's cooking skills are not bad, but it is a bit difficult to serve the emperor's cunning taste.

The old sacrifice wine made five dishes and one soup, mainly to take care of the tastes of Empress Dowager Zhuang and Gu Jiao. He didn't know what the emperor and Gu Changqing liked to eat.

Fortunately, Gu Changqing was not picky, and it was also fortunate that the tastes of the emperor and Empress Dowager Zhuang were unexpectedly similar.

Empress Dowager Zhuang likes to eat something sweet, such as sugar-skinned duck. The crispy duck is poured with a layer of maltose and sprinkled with a few white sesame seeds. The skin is crispy and the meat is tender, salty and sweet, but not sweet greasy.

Gu Changqing and Gu Jiao didn't eat a few bites of this dish, and it mainly went into the stomachs of Empress Dowager Zhuang and the emperor.

Or the plate of brown sugar glutinous rice cake. The old sacrificial wine originally made two plates, one with sesame seeds, which Zhuang Jinse likes to eat, and the other without sesame seeds, which Gu Jiao likes to eat.

Then the emperor didn't move his chopsticks on the plate without sesame seeds. He also likes to eat sesame seeds.

The emperor always ate alone in the palace, and only occasionally went to the harem. The last time he ate at the same table with Empress Dowager Zhuang was when Princess Ning An and Concubine Jing were both in the palace.

At that time, he and Empress Dowager Zhuang had not yet broken up. He regarded her as a loving mother and trusted her, thinking that she had taken him as her own son, and she did not use the same love for him as Concubine Jing.

The truth is so cruel.

After supporting him on the throne, her disguise gradually tore apart, and she became hideous and unfamiliar.

She even attacked Concubine Jing, just to prevent Concubine Jing from becoming the queen dowager of a country that kept pace with her.

He has already adopted the name of Concubine Jing, and he is the son of Concubine Jing. Why can't Concubine Jing be the queen mother?

The funny thing is that Mother Jing was still talking for her even after she was forced into the nunnery.

Said that everything she did was for Zhao Guo, so that she should never hate her.

He also said that he will one day understand the painstaking efforts of the Queen Mother.

Ah?

What is her trouble?

One year, there was a blizzard in the capital, and Concubine Jing almost died of illness in the nunnery. The dignified king of a country actually knelt in the ice and snow, kneeling outside the Renshou Palace, and begged her to bring Concubine Jing back!

But she didn't!

He then retreated and begged her to give Tianshan Snow Lotus to Concubine Jing to continue her life, but she did not!

She is dying!

She forgot how Concubine Jing blocked the sword for her when the Liu family wanted to get rid of her!

I also forgot how the concubine Jing, when the late emperor left a will and ordered her to be buried, how she risked her death to steal the will and burn it!

She has no heart!

She is a poisonous woman who repays her kindness!

"His Majesty."

Gu Jiao called him.

The emperor returned to his senses and followed the direction indicated by Gu Jiao's eyes, and saw that he was walking in a daze, but he didn't know when he caught a piece of brown sugar glutinous rice cake that had already been picked up by Empress Zhuang with his chopsticks.

This is the last piece of brown sugar glutinous rice cake sprinkled with sesame seeds.

The emperor is so embarrassed.

Even if he hates Empress Dowager Zhuang again, he shouldn't disregard his figure and grab a piece of brown sugar glutinous rice cake from her, and spread the word about where to put the emperor's face.

In order to show that he didn't do such a naive act on purpose, he coughed lightly and said sternly, "I wanted to honor my mother, but I didn't expect her to be caught by herself."

Everyone: "..."

Obviously it was the queen mother who picked it up first, you don't have to be blind to us if you want to smooth things out.

Empress Dowager Zhuang would not be polite to him, so she devoured it heartlessly.

The sky and the earth are big, and eating is the biggest, and Empress Dowager Zhuang's appetite will never be affected by anything.

Seeing her so calm, the emperor was really angry, and it was no longer fragrant to eat!

After dinner, Gu Changqing helped the emperor back to the house.

The emperor lay on a bed that wasn't too large. He didn't like a hard bed, but he didn't like a bed that was too soft. That was just right.

And although this room is small and the furnishings are simple, it somehow made him feel at ease and secure, as if every furnishings were placed where he wanted.

No one knew that the Nine-Five Lord of Zhao Kingdom would have a small problem of being afraid of the dark.

Within easy reach of the bedside table was an old small iron box, with a candle and a fire stick in it.

The candles are new and apparently just spare.

He remembered that when he was a child, Concubine Jing always left a candle and a fire book by his bedside. He didn't expect the little genius doctor to be so considerate.

In fact, there are strict rules in the palace, and fire zhezi cannot be placed against the bed.

But Mother Jing knew that he was afraid of the dark.

Thinking of Concubine Jing, the emperor's eyes were a little wet.

He wants to drive the poisonous woman away as soon as possible, so that he can take Concubine Jing back to the palace to take care of her for the rest of her life.

Gu Changqing stayed in Bishui Hutong to protect the emperor.

Eunuch Wei's left arm was fractured, and Gu Jiao had already put him in a plaster cast, and he also needed some medicinal herbs to replenish blood and qi to help him recover.

Gu Jiao decided to go to the hospital again.

She ran into Gu Chengfeng as soon as she finished picking up the herbs.

Gu Chengfeng was wearing a mask under the sun, but he was wearing Gu Er Gongzi's clothes.

Gu Jiao gave him a strange look: "What? Disfigured, can't see people?"

Gu Chengfeng choked.

Isn't it disfigured? The old man's big ears are scratching, his face is still swollen this morning!

Gu Chengfeng cleared his throat and said solemnly, "Don't worry about my face, I'm here to see you today for a business purpose."

"What's the matter?" Gu Jiao said lightly.

Gu Chengfeng looked around and whispered to Gu Jiao, "Someone wants to assassinate Your Majesty."

Gu Jiao said, "I don't want to, it's already been assassinated."

Gu Chengfeng was startled: "What? Has already been assassinated? So fast? I just heard the news yesterday!"

Gu Jiao asked, "Where did you hear that?"

Gu Chengfeng said, "Xianleju."

Gu Jiao was slightly stunned: "You went to Xianleju? Isn't it difficult to get into that place?"

Gu Changqing said that there must be a way to go on the bright side, and it is usually recommended by an acquaintance. Unfortunately, a gentleman like Gu Changqing does not know anyone who can enter and leave Xianleju.

Gu Chengfeng waved his hand: "The one who sneaked in quietly, was almost discovered and overheard someone plotting to assassinate Your Majesty, but I didn't expect them to start the plot so quickly, they conspired in the afternoon, and they started in the evening... No wonder His Majesty didn't go today. Morning."

He originally wanted to go to Xianleju to inquire about the news, to see if someone really assassinated His Majesty, and where and when the assassination took place.

He is different from his eldest brother. In his heart, he has no loyalty to His Majesty's courtiers, nor is he loyal to a child who protects the family and defends the country.

But no matter how idle he is, he also understands that the Marquis of Ding'an and His Majesty are grasshoppers on the same rope, so privately he does not want His Majesty to have an accident.

Gu Jiao asked, "Are you here to tell me this?"

"I'm here... No." Gu Chengfeng suddenly realized that he was being led by the girl's nose, and he regained the initiative, "How do you know that His Majesty was assassinated? I didn't hear anything!"

His Majesty's assassination is a major event, and it is normal for the palace to block news, but he has his own way, and he doesn't believe that this girl's news is faster than him.

Gu Jiao said calmly, "I picked up His Majesty."

Gu Chengfeng: "..."

Does this work too? !

The face under Gu Chengfeng's mask was very wonderful, but unfortunately Gu Jiao couldn't see it.

"It's okay, I'm leaving." Gu Jiao didn't have time to chat with him.

Gu Chengfeng gritted his teeth, thinking of what he said next, he felt a little smug again: "I'm here to sell you some news! Didn't you always want to know about the mastermind who almost killed eldest brother and Gu Yan?"

"You know?" Gu Jiao turned to look at him.

Gu Chengfeng took out a token from his arms: "Look at what this is?"

"What?" Gu Jiao couldn't understand.

Gu Chengfeng raised his eyebrows and said, "This is the token of Xianleju. Whether it's the murderer who went to the military camp to assassinate my elder brother that night, or the assassin who almost assassinated His Majesty last night, it has something to do with Xianleju. As long as you enter Xianle If you live there, you will definitely be able to find out about the other party's news."

Gu Jiao reached out to get the token.

Gu Chengfeng guarded her hand, hiding the token behind his back, and extending the other hand, saying, "One thousand taels, no second price!"

Gu Jiao touched her chin.

Gu Chengfeng took a step back and said, "Don't try to snatch it from me! If you dare to come here, I will destroy the token, so that you can never go to Xianleju again! Don't think you can have a second piece, Let me tell you, I spent a lot of effort to get this piece! It's heavily guarded there, and it's much harder to break into than the Marshal's Mansion!"

He is serious, let this girl cheat so many times, this time he has to find his way back!

"Okay, one thousand taels is one thousand taels." Gu Jiao agreed.

Promise so readily? There will be no fraud, right?

Gu Chengfeng looked at Gu Jiao suspiciously. He had been persecuted a lot, and if he didn't persecute him suddenly, he felt unreal!

Gu Jiao said, "I don't have so much money on me, can I owe it first?"

Gu Chengfeng said without hesitation, "No way! Pay with one hand and deliver with the other!"

Gu Jiao spread her hands: "But no."

Want to cheat?

Hehehe.

Gu Chengfeng took out the pen and paper he had prepared: "I knew you would be rude, give it, write an IOU! I'll go to your hospital to pick it up later!"

Gu Jiao pursed her lips, glanced at him resentfully, took the pen and paper and wrote the IOU.

"Sign!" Gu Chengfeng reminded, did this girl bully him into not being able to read? If you don't write down the payment, whose IOU is it?

Gu Jiao reluctantly took out a seal from her bosom, pulled the lid off, let out a sigh of relief, and poked the seal: "Is it okay now?"

Gu Chengfeng accepted the IOU with satisfaction and threw the token to her.

Gu Chengfeng knew this girl too well, what she promised would never be trusted, don't look at the moment she gave him the silver note, maybe she would knock him unconscious and take it away!

"There will be a period in the future! Hahaha!" Gu Chengfeng waved his arms, as if reincarnated, and escaped with a chirp!

Gu Chengfeng ran for two streets in one breath, making sure that Gu Jiao didn't catch up, so he leaned against the wall, gasping for breath, and took out the IOU Gu Jiao gave him.

"Stinky girl, you finally have time to plant yourself in my hands!"

He was so complacent that he turned the IOU over and over, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

The seal was upside down. He glanced at it at that time and understood a word of Gu, and he no longer suspected him in his heart.

But now-

He lifted the seal up and looked at the sun carefully.

I saw four words printed on it: Gu Changqing Seal.

Gu Chengfeng spurted out a mouthful of old blood—

After a long time, did he get an IOU from his eldest brother?

It is said that this girl will have the seal of his big brother for Mao!

He took a thousand taels of IOUs and went to his eldest brother to ask for a debt, he would be beaten into fertilizer by his eldest brother!

Gu Chengfeng suddenly remembered Gu Jiao's resentful little eyes.

Isn't it because he is not so easy to be fooled by this little look. After a few days, this girl has learned to act? who taught her!

piss him off! Pissed! Ahhh!

Gu Jiao first went back to Bishui Hutong and instructed Yu Ya'er to make medicine for Eunuch Wei, then changed her clothes and went to Xianleju.

Although there is not enough evidence, intuition tells Gu Jiao that the person who assassinated His Majesty and the person who provoked Ding'an Hou's Mansion and Marshal's Mansion a few days ago are from the same force.

The ultimate purpose of the other party's provocation of the Ding'an Hou's Mansion and the Marshal's Mansion was actually to divide the relationship between the emperor and his aunt.

But unexpectedly failed, so he simply came to assassinate the emperor.

As the other party wished, the emperor identified the aunt as the murderer.

"What a cunning fellow."

Gu Jiao looked at the plaque of Xianleju lightly, and murderous intent flashed in her eyes!