The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

Chapter 351

Xiao Qingkong didn't go home until it was getting dark. When he entered the door, he took a deep breath and collected his little emotions, so that Jiaojiao couldn't let Jiaojiao see him feeling sad for Xiaojin.

He poked his dimple, raised a smile, and entered the room cutely!

After Gu Jiao finished chopping firewood and packing up the medicinal materials, she turned her head and saw the little guy walking over.

"Back?" she said.

"Yeah!" Xiao Jingkong ran over and stretched out a pair of short arms, "Jiaojiao, let me help you!"

"You take this." Gu Jiao scooped up a small ladle of herbs from the big basket and gave it to him.

"Okay!" Xiao Jingkong happily picked up the small ladle, and returned to the main room carefully not to spill a single piece of medicinal material.

After dinner, Gu Jiao went to pack things for Xiao Qingkong.

The little guy always turns things over in a mess and won't put them back properly.

When Gu Jiao was cleaning up this time, she found that there was something missing inside.

Most of the things in the small headroom are packed in different boxes, and Gu Jiao usually does not open those boxes privately, not because they look tattered, but because she respects the privacy of children.

However, some things are directly exposed, for example, the little gold abacus.

"Clean space." Gu Jiao called out.

"Huh?" Xiao Qingkong, who was lining up the chicks in the main room, walked in, tilted his head and asked, "What's the matter, Jiaojiao?"

"Where did your abacus go?" Gu Jiao asked suspiciously.

Xiao Jingkong looked around and said, "I'm in the hospital!"

"Really?" Gu Jiao thought for a while, "But I just finished packing the small box you left in the hospital today, so I didn't see your abacus."

Xiao Jingkong blinked, and said again: "Oh, I forgot just now, I... lent it to brother Chu Yu! He said he would pay me back a while ago!"

Xiao Jingkong rarely lied, and he had a good reputation, so Gu Jiao didn't suspect him.

After leaving the east room, Xiao Jingkong covered his chest and let out a long breath.

Scared him to death, almost being discovered by Jiaojiao, fortunately he is a little clever ghost!

It rained in the evening, and Gu Yan's hidden guards came back to report that the road was difficult, so Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun stayed at Nanxiang and Master Lu's house, and they would go directly to Qinghe Academy from there tomorrow.

Nan Xiang and Master Lu liked Gu Xiaoshun and Gu Yan very much, Gu Jiao had nothing to worry about, and asked the dark guard to bring two sets of clothes for the two to take.

On the other hand,

The old Hou Ye, who was encouraged by Gu Yan and Gu Jiao one after another, felt that he had received unprecedented support. He had lived for the country of Zhao and the family business of the Hou Mansion all his life. Except for the lifeless fights on the battlefield, he had privately Hardly anything daring has been done.

He has worked hard all his life and abided by his duty, but maybe it is because he is old and has few years to live, and he does not want to leave regrets in this life.

As long as you live for others, you will live up to her.

In the few days left in the future, he didn't want to bear her any longer.

Fortunately, the troops cultivated for His Majesty have already been cultivated, and Gu Changqing has grown up. He can rest assured that there are successors in the Hou Mansion.

"Go and call the son here." Old Hou Ye ordered.

"Yes." The boy went to Gu Changqing's courtyard and called Gu Changqing over.

Gu Changqing looked at the old Hou Ye who was sitting on the main seat, his expression was obviously different from before, and said calmly: "It's so late, does grandfather need me?"

Old Hou Ye took a deep look at him. This is the grandson he brought up with his own hands. He devoted all his heart and soul to him, even more than his son Gu Chong.

And he lived up to expectations and grew into his ideal appearance.

Old Hou Ye handed him two tokens of different textures, one was the token of the Gu family army, and the other was the token of the secret army.

"What does grandfather mean by this?" Gu Changqing asked strangely.

The old Hou Ye looked at him and said seriously: "You are old, and some burdens should be entrusted to you. I may not see the day when the Gu family army will be revived, but I hope you can see that day."

"Why can't you see it?" Gu Changqing asked lightly.

Old Hou Ye hesitated to speak, pinched the corner of the table, and said: "I have my arrangement, you don't need to ask."

Gu Changqing sneered coldly, and said sarcastically: "Grandfather always has his own arrangements, just like that incident back then!"

After all, he turned around and left without waiting for Master Hou to ask him what was the matter.

He accepted the token.

He is the son of the Gu family, no matter whether it is his rights or his burdens, he will spare no effort to bear them.

Looking at the back of his grandson leaving resolutely, Old Hou Ye sighed helplessly.

After that, he asked the servant to call Gu Chengfeng and Gu Chenglin.

They were all his grandsons, so he naturally felt the pain, but he didn't attach as much importance to Gu Changqing as he did to Gu Changqing, and he didn't care as much as he did to Gu Yan.

This is probably the sadness of not occupying both ends. He is neither as capable as Gu Changqing, nor as delicate as Gu Yan, so he naturally gets less attention.

When the day came when they were about to separate, the reluctance in the old Hou Ye's heart came up.

He glanced at the two of them, and planned to say something sensational between his grandparents and grandchildren, but when he saw Gu Chenglin's bald head, the corners of his mouth twitched!

Nothing can be fanned out!

He also gave the two of them a token and some family property. The family property will be sent to Gu Changqing for safekeeping, and will be handed over to them on the day when the two get married and start a business.

He also kept the one for Gu Yan, and sent someone to send it to the hidden guard, and then handed it over to Gu Yan at the right time.

Gu Jiao was married, and he didn't leave him a token for the water that the married girl poured out, but Nian still paid her a sum of money for the sake of her dedication to Gu Yan.

Also in the hands of the dark guard.

Master Gu Hou went to repair the road and was not in the mansion.

Zuo, but Old Hou Ye didn't think of this transparent son at all.

After explaining everything, Old Hou Ye left the Hou Mansion overnight.

Gu Chenglin looked at the token in his hand for unknown purpose, and said in a daze, "Second brother, do you think grandfather is acting weird today?"

Gu Chengfeng looked at the token, then looked at the boundless night, and said thoughtfully: "It's quite strange."

The moon is dark and the wind is high.

The capital faded away from the hustle and bustle of the day and turned into a quiet and isolated city.

In the hazy night, a black shadow flew over the eaves and walls, and sneaked into the palace like a ghost.

A patrol of Janissaries passed by.

Since the assassination of Concubine Jing was revealed, the defense in the palace has been strengthened, and the number of imperial guards has doubled.

"Eh? Did you hear anything just now?" said a guard.

His companion said: "No, did you hear that?"

The rest of the companions shook their heads in unison.

The first imperial guard scratched his head in confusion: "That may be because I heard it wrong." He looked back at the impenetrable palace wall. In addition to their patrolling, the four corners of the palace wall were also ambushed by powerful experts and secret agents of the royal family. guard.

If someone really sneaked in, it shouldn't be a secret, right?

"Let's go! Go ahead and patrol!"

The imperial guards marched forward neatly.

Not long after they left, a figure hidden in the tree flew towards Huaqing Palace in the air.

He was very familiar with the defenses in the palace, avoided the sight of all the imperial guards and other experts, and successfully sneaked into Huaqing Palace.

Concubine Jing was sitting in the small Zen room knocking on the wooden fish and chanting scriptures.

Suddenly a black shadow flashed in and came behind her.

However, when that shadow was only three steps away from her, another shadow swept down from the beam, holding a long sword that flashed coldly, and stood in front of him coldly.

Dragon Shadow Guard!

Old Hou Ye was surprised.

"Stop!" Concubine Jing said.

The Dragon Shadow Guard put down his long sword.

"Back off." Dowager Jing said.

The Dragon Shadow Guard flew up and flew out of the window.

Old Hou Ye knew about the Dragon Shadow Guards, they were a group of dead soldiers bought from the Kingdom of Yan with a lot of money by the late emperor, and they were trained secretly for many years to become the Dragon Shadow Guards in the hands of the late emperor.

He didn't expect to see Long Yingwei beside Concubine Jing.

"you……"

He suddenly got stuck.

If His Majesty gave her all the Dragon Shadow Guards, does it mean that her situation is not as bad as he imagined?

"Why are you here?" Dowager Jing stared at her.

The old Hou Ye met her gaze, and it took him a long time to recover his voice: "I heard that you met an assassin in the palace, and you were almost assassinated by something sent by Xuan Ping Hou."

Xuan Pinghou was investigating the case, and it was quite high-profile, and all civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty had heard about it.

The old Hou Ye naturally did not believe that Xuan Pinghou and the old Jijiu would frame Concubine Jing, but this is the frightening part of the incident, the murderer is hiding in the dark, it is really impossible to guard against.

Concubine Jing lowered her eyes and sighed: "I'm fine."

She put the wooden fish stick back on the table.

Seeing the injury on the back of her hand, Old Hou Ye frowned: "You are injured!"

Concubine Jing lowered her hands and covered the backs of her hands with her sleeves: "A little injury, it's fine."

"Did the person from Renshou Palace do it?" After thinking about it, the old Hou Ye felt that the only person in the whole palace who didn't want Concubine Jing to come back was Empress Dowager Zhuang!

All of this may have been secretly planned by the Empress Dowager Zhuang!

Concubine Jing lowered her eyes, smiled bitterly, and said, "Don't talk nonsense about things without evidence... We can't fight against that one."

Her miserable and aggrieved appearance aroused the bloodiness of the old Hou Ye.

If the old Hou Ye's previous temperament has come all the time, why not just do nothing and go to Renshou Palace to assassinate the Empress Dowager Zhuang to avenge her!

But the old Hou Ye came to take Concubine Jing away today. He is a man with a plan, and he must act according to the plan. Empress Dowager Zhuang can kill him next time.

He took a deep breath and said: "I just saw Long Yingwei, and I was a little hesitant to do this, but since she is so arrogant, it's not right for you to stay any longer, I will take you away now!"

Concubine Jing was taken aback: "What, what?"

Old Hou Ye said: "Don't worry, I will avenge your revenge, but I will never let you down again, I will take you away now!"

After he finished speaking, he grabbed Dowager Jing's wrist and walked out.

As soon as the two arrived at the door, they bumped into the emperor who came to visit Concubine Jing.

Third watch, is it a surprise or a surprise?