The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

Chapter 532: Slap in the Face (Part 1)

Bixia Hall is closer to Renshou Palace. Eunuch Wei sent the small clear space back to Renshou Palace, and then took Qin Chuyu, who was deeply wronged, to Kunning Palace.

As soon as Qin Chuyu saw Empress Xiao, he couldn't help himself as a little man's Jindoudou anymore.

Seeing his teardrops falling down, Empress Xiao didn't understand, so she hugged her son, wiped his tears with a handkerchief, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Qin Chuyu was out of breath from crying.

Empress Xiao looked at Eunuch Wei.

Eunuch Wei had no choice but to tell the whole story: "... Your Majesty the Seventh Prince said that Mr. Xianer pushed him, and Mr. Xian said that he did not push him. That child... just lost his father and is disabled. He lost both legs. Your Majesty." I couldn't bear to criticize him harshly, so I asked my servants to bring His Highness Seventh back."

This was said very skillfully, and it made people feel that His Majesty didn't believe in Qin Chuyu, but that the child was too pitiful and he was a guest, so His Majesty didn't hold him accountable face to face.

Empress Xiao sighed: "Okay, don't cry."

"He pushed me! I'm not lying..." Qin Chuyu cried miserably.

"Okay, okay, he pushed you, the queen mother believes in you." Empress Xiao comforted her son distressedly.

After Eunuch Wei withdrew, Qin Chuyu cried for a while and fell asleep.

Empress Xiao ordered Eunuch Su to go to Bixia Hall, gave some gifts to Princess Ning'an, and took a look at the child along the way.

"The trouser legs below are all empty..."

Su Gonggong reported.

Empress Xiao looked at her sleeping son, touched his forehead, and sighed slowly: "Understood, step back."

Empress Xiao had a relatively harmonious relationship with Princess Ning'an in her early years, which was more harmonious than with Princess Xinyang.

Princess Ning'an is innocent and lively, she is a girl who can warm the heart when she smiles.

It's just that they haven't seen each other for so many years, and they are separated. Empress Xiao may still be Empress Xiao, but Princess Ning'an is no longer that naive little princess.

Today's Ning An is just a poor woman who was betrayed by her husband, and her only son is crippled. If Empress Xiao cares about them, she will lose her status, not to mention it will make Her Majesty and Empress Dowager displeased.

Empress Xiao frowned, and said: "From now on, His Highness the Seventh Highness should be more careful, don't go to Bixia Hall again, take that dog with you today, and don't ask His Highness the Seventh to see him again."

Eunuch Su replied: "Yes."

However, after Xiao Jingkong returned to Renshou Palace, he said goodbye to his aunt and planned to go back.

Because one year older,

He firmly believed that he could go in and out as freely as his bad brother-in-law, so he came here by himself in Liu Quan's carriage today.

Going back is also riding in Liu Quan's carriage.

He's an independent little man now! :

"Auntie, goodbye!" He waved his little hand.

"Wait." The Empress Dowager Zhuang grabbed the little guy, put it on the chair beside her, and asked, "What's wrong with your feet?"

Small Headroom: Is this also found?

I'm obviously walking well!

"It's nothing, it hurts a little." Xiao Jingkong said, waving his little hands.

Empress Dowager Zhuang took off his shoes, revealing a swollen instep. Empress Dowager Zhuang frowned: "How did you do it? They're all swollen."

Small clearance is naughty, bumps and bumps are common, and bruises and falls are common, but swelling is rare.

Xiao Jingkong said what happened just now rigorously and honestly, and at the end he added his own point of view: "...that little brother doesn't seem to like playing with others."

Eunuch Qin glanced at Empress Dowager Zhuang worriedly.

Empress Dowager Zhuang put down Xiao Qingkong's trouser legs, put on the shoes for him, and said: "It's fine if you don't like it, you can play by yourself later."

"But why does his chair have wheels?" Xiao Qingkong is still thinking about the big wheels.

Empress Dowager Zhuang would feel sad when mentioning these things, Eunuch Qin hurriedly said: "Qing Kong, I will take you outside to sit on the swing."

"Hmm... alright." Xiao Qingkong jumped off the ground, jumping up and down with one little foot!

A few clever little maids stayed in the yard to play with him. Eunuch Qin turned back and looked at the Empress Dowager Zhuang who seemed to have aged and haggarded for several years overnight, and distressedly advised: "Empress Dowager, don't take it too seriously." It's gone, the child has such a body, it's inevitable that he has a weird temperament, and he just lost his father... It's inevitable that he will be emotional. What's more, with his crippled body, seeing a normal man makes him feel somewhat uncomfortable .”

Regarding this point, Eunuch Qin can empathize too much.

He is an eunuch, and his body is also disabled. At this age, he naturally has figured out everything he should think about, and accepted everything he should accept. However, when he saw a normal man in the early years, he would feel jealous, hate, and unwilling. will feel inferior.

The same is true for Huangfu Xian.

Whether Qin Chuyu lied or not, the two of them knew very well.

Empress Dowager Zhuang closed her eyes: "Ai's family is tired, remember to ask someone to send Jing Kong back later."

"Yes." Eunuch Qin agreed.

Bixia Hall.

The emperor returned to Huaqing Palace first. Princess Ning An and Huang Fuxian sat in Shu Ming's spacious bedroom. All the palace people were shunned by Princess Ning An, only Lian Er accompanied her.

Huangfuxian was sitting in a wheelchair, carelessly playing with flowers in a vase.

Princess Ning'an sat down opposite him, looked at him for a moment, and said, "Xian'er, why did you do this?"

"I like it." Huangfu Xian said looking at the flowers in his hand.

Lian'er looked at her princess in fear.

Princess Ning An took a deep breath, suppressed her anger, and said sternly: "Huangfuxian, this is not a frontier fortress, but a palace, and even a small matter may make you lose your head."

Huangfuxian pinched a petal: "Oh? Is that so? Who dares to cut off my head beyond His Majesty and Queen Mother?"

Princess Ning'an stared at him for a long time: "Huangfuxian, no one owes you, and His Majesty and the Queen Mother will not spoil you all the time. You'd better put away your bad temper, and don't be ignorant of your blessings!"

Huangfuxian looked at Princess Ning'an sarcastically: "What if I don't? Will you send me back to the frontier? Or just treat me as a remnant of the previous dynasty? Ah, I almost forgot, you are the princess of Zhao Kingdom, You can kill your relatives righteously and abandon your husband, what does a disabled son mean to you? Why don't you get rid of my burden as soon as possible, so you can choose a son-in-law to marry another!"

Snapped!

Princess Ning An slapped him across the face!

Huangfuxian was beaten to the side of his head.

Lian'er was so frightened that Huarong turned pale, she rushed over to hug Huangfuxian, and said to Princess Ning'an: "Princess! Don't do this!"

"Go away!" Huangfu Xian didn't appreciate it, and pushed Lian Er away without any politeness.

Lian'er staggered a few steps and bumped into the table behind her, her back was bruised.

Huangfuxian wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his slender fingertips. Looking at the drop of blood, the corner of his lips curled up, and a mocking pleasure flashed in his eyes: "That's a good fight, my mother."

...

Gu Jiao went to the clinic today.

Seeing her, the Er Dong's family almost burst into tears. They didn't care about the many doctors and patients in the lobby, and held Gu Jiao's hand firmly, looking up and down for a while: "Xiao Gu, are you really alright?"

"I'm fine." Gu Jiao said.

"You lied! You didn't tell me you had such a serious illness! You were kidnapped by the son-in-law!"

The people from the medical center also went to the frontier, so they were able to bring back some news about Gu Jiao. For example, after Gu Jiao came back from Lingguan City, she self-quarantined for seven days, and Doctor Song knew that she had contracted the disease.

Dr. Song will not hide it from the second owner's family.

But Dr. Song didn't know about being kidnapped by the son-in-law.

She didn't say.

Gu Changqing didn't say anything either.

She didn't say it because she was too lazy to say it, Gu Zhangqing didn't say it probably because of her reputation, Gu Changqing only reported everything truthfully in the letter to His Majesty.

Apart from her and Gu Changqing, only Princess Ning An's master and servant and Medical Officer Tong knew about this matter.

Gu Jiao looked over the medicine table and landed on someone who was taking medicine for the patient.

Probably feeling Gu Jiao's gaze, Doctor Tong turned around, smiled brightly at Gu Jiao, and waved: "Doctor Gu!"

Doctor Tong, as one of the heroes who saved Princess Ning'an, came to Beijing this time because the emperor wanted to reward him in person.

But he didn't live in the Royal Inn, so he wanted to come to the medical clinic to do odd jobs for free.

"Doctor Gu!"

After grabbing the medicine for the patient, he walked over with a smile on his face, "You left the army and left that day, I was always worried about you."

"En." Gu Jiao responded lightly, "Thank you for your hard work."

It's about him doing odd jobs and not receiving monthly money.

Doctor Tong quickly waved his hands: "No hard work, no hard work!"

He glanced behind Gu Jiao.

Gu Jiao knew what he was looking at, and said, "It's in the basket."

Doctor Tong's eyes lit up.

Gu Jiao said again: "I won't touch you."

Doctor Tong: "..."

For those who celebrate Chinese New Year, there are not many patients who come to see the doctor, and there are no intractable diseases that Gu Jiao needs to deal with.

Gu Jiao went to Liu Yisheng's house in the afternoon.

She didn't go on New Year's Eve, she went on the first day of the new year, but Liu Yisheng wasn't there, neither was Anu and the elderly nanny.

Gu Jiao knocked on the door of Liu's house again.

Surprisingly, there was still no response.

"Is there no one else? Did he go out again, or has there been no one these days?"

Gu Jiao listened quietly to the movement inside, Liu Yisheng had a special status, too many people in the capital wanted to bully him, Gu Jiao was not sure if something happened to him, grabbed the tree trunk with her left hand, and yanked it over the wall .

There was snow in the yard, and there were no strangers' footprints.

The courtyard door was bolted from the inside, and it was not locked from the outside, but if you went through the main room to the back door, you would find that the back door was locked from the outside.

So they really are out.

There was some dust in the house, but there were no signs of a fight.

Gu Jiao basically ruled out the possibility of Liu Yisheng being kidnapped.

After thinking about it, Gu Jiao took out a small notebook and left a note for him, telling him to go to the medical clinic to look for her when she came back, and she had something to bring to him.

After Gu Jiao left Liu Yisheng's house, she went to Qinghuan Chess Club again.

She was not going to play chess, but wanted to touch the figure of the old beggar nearby.

She left in a hurry and didn't say goodbye to the old beggar, and she didn't know how he was doing recently.

He searched around the streets where the old beggar used to haunt, but he didn't come across the old beggar.

Suddenly, a scholar came out from the Qing Huan Chess Club on the opposite side, and she stopped him: "Brother, have you seen the old beggar who is playing chess games across the street?"

Gu Jiao was used to dressing up in men's clothing in the frontier fortress, and today she is wearing men's clothing when she goes out.

Being together with Gu Chengfeng for three months, she has learned some false voice skills, which is not very pleasant, but her juvenile voice can barely fool a layman.

The scholar was quite knowledgeable, and was not frightened by the young man's face, so he said nicely, "Oh, you said that guy, he's gone!"

"Leaving?" Gu Jiao was slightly taken aback.

"Yeah, I haven't seen him for more than two months! Didn't he go away? Ah, maybe..." The scholar blocked his mouth, probably because he realized that people who celebrate the New Year shouldn't say inauspicious words, and would Skip the next few words, and said directly, "He is getting old, and it has snowed so much in the capital this year, you understand."

"Um."

Gu Jiao understands.

It was freezing cold, and a helpless old beggar might freeze to death on the street on a certain windy night.

This is the scholar's guess.

It's not Gu Jiao's.

The old beggar can earn money, and he will not die of hunger or cold.

Of course, murder or accidents cannot be ruled out.

"Shouldn't be so unlucky?"

Gu Jiao muttered.

"What did you say?" the scholar asked.

Gu Jiao said: "It's nothing, thank you, goodbye."

"Hey——" the scholar couldn't stop Gu Jiao, and scratched his head in confusion, "It's so strange that someone would come to inquire about the whereabouts of a beggar after the New Year's Eve? After all, it seems that the beggar really knows how to play chess." , and also won the Maoshan Layman of the Qinghuan Chess Club."

"Tsk, what's the matter with me?"

The scholar shook his head, wrapped his padded jacket tightly, and walked through the snow-covered streets.

...

The coincidences in the world are so weird, if they are all there, or if they are not, they are not there, it seems like an appointment.

Gu Jiao walked unhurriedly on the quiet streets. The capital city is the most bustling place in Zhao Kingdom, but the streets during the Chinese New Year are still deserted.

It took a long time for Gu Jiao to have one or two carriages passing by.

Gu Jiao didn't care, she just walked forward.

However, when passing by an alley, there was a very noisy sound from the other end of the alley.

Gu Jiao took a closer look, it was the direction of Xianleju.

Gu Jiao is not very familiar with Xianleju, she just went there a few times to investigate some things.

Concubine Jing is most likely the owner of Xianleju. After Concubine Jing died, Gu Jiao stopped staring at Xianleju.

But what will happen to Xianleju?

Gu Jiao paused, but still walked towards Xianleju.