Before the imperial decree was sent to the Duke of Lu, Qin Shi was talking to Feng Guifei.
Qin Shi was not young, and when he passed out that day, everyone in the house was terrified.
The doctor in the house first gave her a diagnosis and treatment, saying that she was not young, her pulse was disordered, very dangerous, and she might have a stroke.
Feng Yuan asked Zheng's mother to deliver Qin's waist card into the palace to give Feng Guifei the news.
Feng Guifei begged to be in front of Emperor Zhengyuan and wanted to go out of the palace to visit her mother.
At that time, Emperor Zhengyuan was busy with the ceremony. He took Gu Ye to the Hall of Mental Cultivation every day. He had no time to deal with her, nor did he want her to see Gu Ye in the palace. Even after leaving the palace, he granted Feng Guifei's request and allowed her to stay at her parents' house for a few days.
It is really a very respectable thing for the concubines in the palace to leave the palace and return to Ning.
On the sickbed, Mrs. Qin heard Feng Yuan say that Concubine Feng Guifei was going back, so she immediately recovered, and ordered Mother Zheng to quickly clean up the courtyard and decorate the lintel.
When Concubine Feng returned to Duke Lu's mansion with a dozen boxes of gifts and the imperial doctor, Mrs. Qin ate the precious medicinal herbs in the palace during the imperial doctor's diagnosis and treatment, which made her feel better and was able to sit on the bed while being supported by others. get up.
Later, Concubine Feng persuaded her: "Why should mother be angry with these unworthy people? Could the brothers in this palace still lack a daughter-in-law?"
Mrs Qin gritted her teeth and said, "Your mother is right, a Ge Shi is naturally not worth anything, but the British government is so disgusting that someone pretended to be a servant to deceive me... That family just doesn't look at the same country. In our family, we should also look at the empress's face!"
At the last palace banquet, Concubine Feng was going to show the faces of Gu Yin and Wang Shi, but she was stabbed by the Queen Zhou and failed.
This time, the British government obviously did not take her seriously.
Concubine Feng squinted and said: "Our family affairs, the British government has to intervene, and also resorted to such abusive tricks, it is really hateful. But mother still cares about her body. Now that reckless husband and holy family surnamed Wu Zhengnong, no matter how much we hate, we can only swallow this breath first."
Speaking of this, Concubine Feng gave Qin Shi a meaningful look, "The mountains are high and the water is long, our family's good days are ahead, mother, watch."
Qin Shi naturally reacted.
Now there are only two Queen Zhou and Concubine Feng in the harem of Emperor Zhengyuan.
Although Empress Zhou also had a prince, the little Lu Zhao she gave birth to was sick with two heads in three days. And at this age, he still can't talk and walk very much, like a swaddle baby, he has to be held every day.
On the other hand, Concubine Feng's son, Lu Xu, was the same year as Lu Zhao, although he was thinner than the average child due to the relationship between the dragon and the phoenix. But under the careful care of Concubine Feng, she can run, dance, talk and laugh.
Queen Zhou is no longer young and is unlikely to be pregnant again.
Emperor Zhengyuan was also born from grassroots, and his concept of direct descendants was not as deep as that of aristocratic families, and he treated his two sons with the same care. And because Lu Xu was more affectionate with him, the father and son looked more affectionate.
Even if there were other concubines who entered the palace later and were happy again, they would still be several years younger than Lu Xu, who was born to Concubine Feng, and could not speak the same thing.
There was a smile on Qin's face, and she took her hand and patted it, "Fortunately, God has mercy on our family, not only your brother is a promising one, but also let me have a daughter like you, and we have A unicorn like His Highness!"
Qin Shi added: "It's a pity that our highness can't come out of the palace. As a grandmother, I don't see him a few times a year."
Hearing him mention Xiao Lu Xu, Concubine Feng turned and asked, "Where's Ayu? I sent a message to my elder brother earlier, saying that His Majesty in the first month would choose a companion for the prince, but he didn't know he would come out to greet me? As an aunt, I want to mention him."
Qin Shi said with a stern face: "It's fine if you don't say it, but if you say it, you will be angry. Your brother told him about this earlier, but he said that he had promised to study with some friend outside... Your brother is so angry. After that, his worry-free mother asked me to be locked at home and could not communicate with the outside world. How could her parents of the street vendor know the news and even asked the British government to come to the door? No need I also know that he sent a letter to the outside world... I had him locked up and beat the servants beside him half to death, so he was honest."
Feng Yu is the eldest son of the family, and Feng Yuan's only son. After Qin's scolding, he helped him with two good words, "I'm still a child after all. I used to let his mother teach him badly. In the future, I will raise it myself, and then I will send it to the palace. With the guidance of your aunt, this child will be able to distinguish between good and bad. He is really good. I found a few gentlemen for him, and no one said that he is not at all. Alright, it will definitely be a great help to our Highness in the future!"
Feng Guifei was a little unhappy when she heard that Feng Yu refused to enter the palace to be a companion to her son because of a friend. But after selling her mother's face, Concubine Feng still said, "Then let him go, I'll have a good talk with him."
The Qin family asked Feng Yu to be called out.
Feng Guifei pretended to be a loving elder. First of all, he said that he had grown up a lot and lost some weight, and he had been warmed up a lot, and Feng Yu respectfully responded to them one by one.
Later, Concubine Feng mentioned it again and said, "Your Majesty has recently found several people of insight to enter the Wenhua Palace. The weather has been warm these few days. It happened that you came to the palace and entered the Wenhua Palace with your cousin to study. To you Well, you should understand, right?"
Feng Yu bowed and saluted, "My aunt is kind, so I can save it. But I did promise others to come first. If my cousin can enter the Wenhua Palace, I don't need a companion like me."
The smile on Feng Guifei's face faded immediately, Qin Shi let Feng Yu go down when she saw it, and gave Zheng's mother a wink.
Zheng's mother immediately understood, and she already thought about turning back and waiting for Feng Guifei to leave, and killing the servants around Feng Yu on the spot!
To talk about the affairs of the Duke of Lu's family, it is definitely not Feng Yu's turn to call the shots.
But when I go to the palace to read to the prince, it is natural that I can meet Emperor Zhengyuan from time to time. If Feng Yu is reluctant and behaves badly in front of Emperor Zhengyuan, it will affect the whole family.
Therefore, Qin Shi and Feng Guifei are useless, and they are still thinking of persuading him.
But after spending so much time talking, Feng Yu still stuck his neck and refused to answer.
Concubine Feng also persuaded the Qin family not to get angry because of family matters, and to take a long-term view.
At this moment, her face was also full of anger, and she said resentfully: "Mother is right, this Ayu really made his mother's upbringing bad. Something that can't be on the table!"
Speaking of which, Concubine Feng began to persuade the Qin family to re-marry Feng Yuan.
After the re-marriage, of course, it will add a child to the family. Without him, Feng Yu, there will naturally be other cousins and brothers to support his son.
At this stall, the imperial decree from the palace came.
The second day after Concubine Feng came out, someone came from the palace. Mrs. Qin stood up and dressed and said with a smile, "It must be that Your Majesty loves Empress Chong and bestows you grace."
Feng Guifei was in a good mood immediately, holding her hair bun and holding the hand of the maid, she stood up and smiled: "Your Majesty is also given by grace, give me a message before I leave the palace, and bring it back in private. Why did you issue an imperial decree? , this is too eye-catching.”
"This is His Majesty's face to the goddess! The only favor in the world!" Zheng's mother flattered.
The mother and daughter laughed like a flower and went out to receive the order, and then they were dumbfounded.
Feng Yu was about to enter the palace as a companion to read. The prince appointed by Emperor Zhengyuan was not Lu Xu, who was born to Concubine Feng, but Lu Lie, the eldest son of the emperor, who was named King Lie today.
Because Feng Yuan has not come back and the news has not been revealed, the eldest son of the emperor was created out of thin air, and it was the child who was raised in the British government. The grace you give? My son, it's so hard for you to hide it from me!"
Even if the opposite is her own mother, Feng Guifei is embarrassed to say that she only learned about it today. It's a pity that she boasted about how she was favored before, but she was kept secret for so long in the palace like a deaf and blind person.
Recalling that this trip went out of the palace so smoothly, the more I think about it, the more I feel that Emperor Zhengyuan was sending her away!
It was really embarrassing to stay at her parents' house anymore, Feng Guifei didn't explain any more, and immediately drove back to the palace.
After she left, Qin shi lied back on the bed in a daze, and finally understood why she was reprimanded by the Queen Mother in the first month—because she cursed the child of the British government in the theater that day, which is now of the Lie King.
The more Qin Shi thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he was sweating like pulp.
Later, when Mother Zheng came over, she found out that Qin Shi was unconscious again!
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Emperor Zhengyuan took Gu Ye to the court in the morning, issued the imperial decree up and down the court, and then immediately arranged the Taimiao sacrifice ceremony.
The grand ceremony ended in the late afternoon. Because he was busy from early in the morning until this time, Emperor Zhengyuan didn't keep anyone, and let the ministers go back to rest. The next day, they invited the ministers and the foreign women to the palace for a banquet.
Gu Ye was definitely going to stay in the palace late this day, so Wu Qingyi went back early alone.
Gu Yinzheng and his family invited Mrs. Wang to watch the rehearsal of the play.
Master Wen's speed in changing the book is really fast. Gu Yin gave him a reference template before, and he wrote part of it within two days. At that time, the stage on the fifth floor, which was repaired first, was built.
Gu Yin immediately took the book and gave it to Brother Xiaofeng and the others for rehearsal.
But also because there is no reference material for the drama at the moment, Brother Xiaofeng and the others can't perform well, so they need Gu Yin's guidance.
This work is a bit boring, but fortunately there is such an old drama fan as Wang.
There is not much ink in Wang's stomach, and she doesn't understand what she is talking about after listening to some difficult dramas.
Although the story of "Kindness" is already well-known, Wang is still willing to go to the rehearsal.
The mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law were about to go out, and Wu Qingyi just came back, so the two asked the maid to serve him tea, and then asked about the situation in the palace.
Wang Shi suddenly said: "Oh, why do I feel dizzy for no reason. Big girl, I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany you, otherwise I will accompany you as Qingyi."
Wang's body has always been good, but since Gu Yin has passed through until now, she has never seen her have any headaches.
Moreover, her eyes were ruddy, and she didn't look sick at all. She said that she was uncomfortable, but she had a smile on her lips, and she secretly looked at them both at the end of her eyes.
The fool also knew that she was deliberately creating a space for Gu Yin and Wu Qingyi to be alone.
Gu Yin glanced at her with a smile, then turned to ask Wu Qing if she wanted to go.
Wu Qingyi couldn't remember the last time he was alone with Gu Yin. It seemed that it was the day that Light Food Yashe opened a few years ago. He went to pick up Gu Yin from work. The weather was freezing at that time.
Although the two of them still meet and talk from time to time, each time they have serious business to talk about, and they are also at home. I don't know when Gu Ye or Wang's will come to find someone and occupy the few alone space for the two of them. .
Wu Qingyi got up immediately and said, "It just happens that it's early today, so I'll change my clothes and go with you."
He put down the tea cup that had not touched his lips, and quickly went to the study to change his clothes.
When he changed into his casual clothes, Mrs. Wang, who had just said that he had a headache, had already had the car set up.
Wu Qingyi came over while arranging his rotator cuff, and when he saw it, he said, "I can drive without a driver."
When he said this, Mr. Wang raised his hand. If the driver was not there, the slap would have reached the back of Wu Qingyi's head.
My son, my own! Mrs Wang recited it silently several times in her heart, then pulled him aside and said in a low voice, "Are you stupid? If you let the driver drive, you and Da Ya can hold hands and talk in the carriage. , Da Ya is in the carriage, what can you two say?"
When Wu Qingyi thought about it, this was the truth.
The past few times when he went to pick up Gu Yin from work, he asked the driver to go back to the house by himself, and he came to drive.
Although Gu Yin almost always sat with him on the carriage, but when the carriage was moving, it was windy and dusty outside, and no one would keep talking with their mouths open at that moment, not enough to drink the wind and eat the dirt!
So usually the two of them sit quietly.
He didn't dare to say this to Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Wang went to pick up Gu Yin when he saw that he was free, and praised him for being enlightened.
Let the mother know what happened in the past, and it is estimated that whether the driver is around or not, she will be angry.
Afraid that his mother would come back, Wu Qingyi immediately got into the carriage.
Gu Yin had already stepped into the carriage ahead of him and sat firmly.
Seeing that he was in a hurry, he smiled and said, "If you're not in a hurry, it's still early, so it's okay to slow down."
As he said that, he handed the tea cup, "I asked the maid to make it fresh, and you didn't drink any water when you came back from outside."
Wu Qingyi took it with a smile, and opened the tea lid only to find that it was not ordinary tea, but a scented tea that ordinary women only drink.
The scent of the scented tea was fragrant, but it didn't suit his taste very much, but since it was handed by Gu Yin, he still took it and drank it.
Gu Yin followed up: "Seeing that you have been busy these few days and can't stay at home, thinking that you should get angry, there are wolfberry and chrysanthemums in this flower tea, which can relieve wind and clear heat."
Wu Qingyi nodded and said with a smile, "That's good. I've had a toothache recently, so I think it's just getting angry."
Gu Yin took the tea cup he had finished drinking and put it on the small table, "Why do you get back so early today? Although His Majesty said that the banquet will only be held tomorrow, but today the civil and military officials have been busy for a long time, and they are the eldest son of the emperor's eldest son. In the days, everyone should still be in the palace."
Wu Qingyi nodded and said yes, "It is true that I am the only one to leave first. The rest are still there."
Afterwards, he went on to explain: "We, Ono, have regained his identity, and we all know that he was raised in our family. If my adoptive father stays until the end, he will naturally be in the limelight. After all, Ono is His Majesty's parent and son, I am afraid that His Majesty will be bitter."
Gu Yin nodded and said: "I also told Xiaoye privately before, let him remember to mention me less in front of the empress. You must not say 'my mother' like when you are outside. What's wrong with them. You don't have to hurt them. mother-son friendship.”
"More than that, I've been busy for the past two days. I'm busy explaining things. I have to let go of one of the guards in the capital and the forbidden army in the palace."
He said it very easily, but no matter how ignorant people are, they all know that these two sides are heavyweights, which means that Emperor Zhengyuan entrusted his life and wealth to him.
If this kind of errand falls on someone who is addicted to power, as long as the person does not die, it is impossible to hand this errand to someone else.
Gu Yin looked at him in surprise.
Wu Qingyi was a little embarrassed by her, and asked her what she was looking at
Gu Yin shook her head and said with a smile, "I only knew you were heroic and martial, but I didn't expect you to be rough and meticulous and thoughtful. And the courage to delegate power... I used to underestimate you."
Wu Qingyi's current status has been praised by others a lot, but it was the first time that Gu Yin praised herself face to face.
His face flushed, he clenched his fists to his lips and coughed lightly, "I don't really have big ambitions. I followed the Righteous King at first, but I was forced by the old dynasty to do nothing. Later, I thought that if I committed a rebellion, then what would I do? Just persevere to the end, and get to the present day in confusion. Now the world is peaceful, Your Majesty is wise and martial, whether it is ordinary people or our family, life will definitely get better. What do I want those powers to do? In this way, I will accompany you out to work and pick you up at night. That's fine."
Gu Yin said with a smile: "Even if you don't want to gain power, it's not easy to be such an idler. You're circling around me all day, what kind of words are you talking about? Others want to talk."
Wu Qingyi raised her eyebrows: "What will others say?"
Gu Yin thought for a while, and said, "Probably say that you don't want to make progress, and that I have a bad face?"
The two were talking across the small table on the carriage. Since there were no outsiders present, they didn't pay attention to their manners. When they were talking, they got closer and closer.
When Gu Yin walks outside now, she combs her bangs and pulls her black hair into a snake bun. This will make her look more mature, more similar to the age of Mrs. Lu and other female guests.
But on the bumpy journey of the carriage, her soft bangs had fallen to her forehead disobediently.
The soft hair was in front of his eyes, Wu Qingyi looked at it, and wanted to reach out and brush it aside, but also felt that this behavior was a bit abrupt, and he was a little distracted.
Seeing that he suddenly stopped talking, Gu Yin just stared at herself.
Her face became hot, and she lowered her eyes and asked, "Is it because I don't look good when I dress like this?"
Wu Qingyi immediately shook his head and said no, "It's here, it's messed up."
While speaking, he finally reached out and combed the broken hair behind Gu Yin's ear.
His rough and warm fingers brushed against her forehead and then fell behind her ear.
Gu Yin's ear piercing was still done after she arrived in the capital, because Wang said that there was a lot of gold and silver jewelry at home.
However, Gu Yin was not used to wearing those hanging earrings, so she made earrings with the most pearls in the storeroom.
The white and round pearls adorn her lustrous and plump earlobes, which are indescribably good-looking.
Wu Qingyi lost his strength unconsciously, knocked the pearl crooked, and subconsciously went to make up—
When he came back to his senses, his fingers had been stroked up.
Gu Yin's earlobes were warm and soft, but Wu Qingyi only felt that her fingertips seemed to be playing with the clouds in the sky. A little bit of force can break it.
The temperature of his fingertips rose suddenly, and Gu Yin only felt that the earlobes were also infected with the scorching heat.
Gu Yin's cheeks were flushed, her eyes were glinting, and her usually clear voice became soft and waxy unconsciously, "I'll just do it myself."
Wu Qingyi was unwilling to let go, and even deceived himself to approach, and said in a low voice: "No, it will be fine soon."
The pearl ear studs were eventually reinserted back into their original positions on his fingertips.
And Gu Yin's ears were already dripping blood, and she didn't know whether it was being played with by him or being ashamed.
The carriage stopped at the back, and Gu Yin didn't need him to help him, so she got out of the car quickly, and then went to her restaurant with her head down.
Wu Qingyi naturally followed quickly.
Gu Yin quickly went to the fifth floor as if someone was chasing her.
Seeing Brother Xiaofeng and others, the redness on his face subsided a little.
After her rehearsal, Brother Xiaofeng and the others have already achieved the essentials.
There are also some other people in his troupe who are now assigned by Gu Yin as field workers, saying that the stage effects have been made according to Gu Yin's requirements.
Gu Yin settled down and made everyone move.
Brother Xiaofeng and others went to the backstage, Gu Yin sat down in the seat in front of the stage, the workers lowered the curtain, and then pulled the curtains in front of the window.
It was a double curtain custom-made by Gu Yin. Although the sun was hanging high outside, the whole room became dark after it was drawn. Only a circle of high-stand lights were placed on the edge of the stage, which illuminated the stage very well. bright.
Brother Xiaofeng and others have already started the performance, except for the sound of their lines, the room was so quiet that needles could be heard falling.
In such a quiet and dim environment, Wu Qingyi followed.
He came from the outside, and he suddenly arrived in such an environment, and it took a while to get used to it before he could see.
He found Gu Yin's position, walked over to her and sat down.
A mellow and deep voice sounded in Gu Yin's ear, and he asked her, "What are you running for? I don't know how to eat people."
It wasn't an environment where the two of them were alone. Gu Yin was no longer afraid of him and didn't hide anymore, but the picture on the carriage just came to her mind - the young and handsome face of the man was in front of him, and he fixedly looked at his ear with deep eyes. Such as water, the end of the eyes are faintly red.
Does this mean you can't eat people? I wish I could eat her apart!
Gu Yinwu scolded herself, but Wu Qingyi didn't get an answer. She thought she was fascinated by watching the rehearsal. She didn't hear her words, so she leaned closer to her ear.
"Um?"
With a lazy "um" at the end, the heat was sent to Gu Yin's ears.
Although he didn't do anything right now, the numbness in his ears immediately rose, and Gu Yin shivered unconsciously.
"It's not right here!" She stood up abruptly, walked to the stage, and said unsteadily, "It just didn't feel right here, do it again."