The Queen Mother was just joking, so she said to Shen Qianshan: "Jiu'er, you are old enough. Yesterday, the girl from General Li's family came to the palace to see me and rested in the side hall. You go over to meet her and get acquainted with her. You can also be considered as her in the future." friend. "
Shen Qianshan looked at the Queen Mother strangely, and felt strangely tight in his heart. The Queen Mother was already in failing health, and she was still thinking about his marriage, which was true, but he did not want to use this opportunity to find a concubine.
"The Queen Mother, you are not in good health right now. How can I go find a woman at this time?" Shen Qianshan said.
The Queen Mother leaned on the chair, with a calm look on her face, and said casually: "Don't worry about it. Because of Qian'er's medicine, I feel much better now. I have been thinking about your matter for a long time. What about General Li's family?" My daughter, she is a beautiful woman, so there is no harm in going and taking a look."
Gu Qiang thought about it carefully. General Li had heard something about it. His wife Ru'er was having an affair with Liu Shichu. Things in the capital were indeed not something ordinary people could see through.
Shen Qianshan had no chance to defend, so he could only stand up. The Queen Mother seemed to have thought of something, pushed Gu Qiang with her hand, and said to her: "Qian'er, you should also go and see, they are all the same age." People can also play together.”
However, Gu Qiang stood there and shook her head firmly, and said to the Queen Mother: "I just need to serve the Queen Mother by my side."
The Queen Mother smiled, as if she thought Gu Qiang was interesting, but she still said: "There are many maids and wives around me. You are a guest of this palace. There is no reason to stay and serve. If you go out to the palace to have a look, it is not a problem." This time is in vain."
After saying that, the woman next to her helped the Queen Mother get up and returned to the palace.
Gu Qiang stood there blankly, as if he was a little confused about where he was going. He originally entered the palace to take care of the Queen Mother, but it seemed a little unnecessary.
Shen Qianshan walked up to her and said calmly: "Let's go, how about going with me to meet the daughter of General Li's family?"
However, Gu Qiang shook her head firmly and said to Shen Qianshan: "The prince is joking. Since she is the girl that the prince wants to meet, how can I follow her? If the girl knows, she will not be happy."
However, Shen Qianshan couldn't help but hold Gu Qiang's hand and walked towards the courtyard where the Queen Mother mentioned.
The courtyard was far away from the Queen Mother's palace. Along the way, Gu Qiang wanted to break away from Shen Qianshan's hand, but she didn't want him to clamp her hand tightly and not let go at all. This made her feel very uncomfortable. Uncomfortable.
When passing by the back garden of the palace, there were many concubines and palace servants around. They looked at these two people curiously and pointed, as if they had seen something new.
Gu Qiang buried her head deeply, hoping with joy that these people could not see her. But Shen Qianshan was very calm, with an indifferent look on his face, as if he didn't really care about what others thought of him.
The courtyard where Miss Li lives is in the northwest corner of the palace. There are too many things going on in the palace recently, and there is no time to greet the guests. In addition, Miss Li here is not a relative of the emperor, so naturally she does not have that much thought to take care of her.
As they approached the courtyard, they heard the melodious sound of the piano. As a young lady, Gu Qiang knew a lot about music, chess, calligraphy and painting, so she turned to Shen Qianshan and said, "This Miss Li is indeed our young lady." The song "Asian Fragrance" was played by her, and it had a weeping flavor."
Shen Qianshan turned his head and seemed a little surprised, and said with a faint smile: "Didn't you expect Qian'er to have her own opinions on the music?"
Gu Qiang didn't know if Shen Qianshan was mocking herself. After living for so many years, she not only had a good brain, but also had many commendable skills.
Walking into the courtyard, the sound of the piano suddenly stopped, followed by what seemed to be panicked steps. Miss Li knelt on the ground, not daring to look up at Shen Qianshan. Her voice was as sweet as the sound of the piano: "Your Majesty Li Ziqian Welcome the Ninth Prince."
Shen Qianshan didn't seem to care about what Li Ziqian said at all. He passed by her, sat on the chair, stretched out his hands to fiddle with the things on the table, and then said: "Thank you for coming to visit the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother's condition is now Get better, you can go back."
Li Ziqian couldn't believe her ears. Was the Ninth Prince giving her an eviction order? But that's not what the Queen Mother said. What she meant was to let the Ninth Prince come over and see if she was the kind of woman he hoped for.
With the Queen Mother saying this, Li Ziqian felt that her affairs with Shen Qianshan were more or less settled, but she did not expect that she was not taken seriously at all.
Li Ziqian's nose felt sour, and she smiled bitterly and said, "I'm so sorry that the Ninth Prince treated my daughter like this, but what did my daughter do to offend you?"
Gu Qiang stood nearby and looked at Li Ziqian carefully. Although the girl said this calmly, the disappointment in her eyes could be clearly seen. Fortunately, she was not a vegetarian either. He is very cool and says whatever he has to say.
As expected, Shen Qianshan turned to look at Li Ziqian, and then said: "You have no place to offend me. Since it is all the Queen Mother's intention, then you and I know very well how we will treat it, what do you think?"
I have never seen Shen Qianshan like this before, but I have seen his venomous tongue a lot. I thought that he should be more or less gentle to the girl, but I didn't expect that I was overthinking, and he was still that person. Virtue.
It is true that Shen Qianshan like this is a bit too much, but if he is very kind to every woman, such a man is not advisable.
Gu Qiang suddenly wondered why she should care about whether Shen Qianshan was desirable? Anyway, I don't want anything to happen with him.
Li Ziqian seemed to have lost her temper due to Shen Qianshan's words. She looked pitiful and could not help but cry.
Gu Qiang had no choice but to take two steps quickly and said, "Miss Li, don't listen to the Ninth Prince. That's what he is like. The two of us can talk."
The atmosphere was awkward at this time, and someone urgently needed to come out to relieve it. Although Gu Qiang didn't like doing such things, she had no choice but to leave Miss Li alone, right
Li Ziqian seemed to know that Gu Qiang was helping her to speak, so she smiled at her, nodded and said, "Okay." After saying that, she stepped forward and took her hand, and entered the room in the courtyard with her.
Shen Qianshan sat on a chair in the yard, breathed a long sigh of relief, then raised his head and looked at the sky, feeling very comfortable.
In the main hall, Li Ziqian poured tea for Gu Qiang, sat next to her, and said with a smile: "I really didn't expect that you, Miss Gu, are also in the palace. The last time I heard my wife talk about you, you still saved her." Killed her?"
The lady Li Ziqian was talking about should be Ru'er.
Gu Qiang took a sip of tea and said to Li Ziqian: "I did save Mrs. Ru'er. I had a purpose that time and risked my life to save her, but in the end I didn't achieve my purpose."
You can't say much about this matter. After all, since you already know about Mrs. Ru'er and Liu Shichu, even if you don't keep it a secret, you don't need to spread it and gossip about it.
Li Ziqian smiled, as if the flowers around her were blooming. She said calmly: "You think Miss Gu rescued my wife at Liu's house, right? Who is Liu Shixiao, girl?" How could you not know?"
Gu Qiang was shocked, but her face remained calm. Could it be that everyone in the Li family knew about Miss Ru'er and Liu Shichu
Even so, I still can't say anything about this final decision.
Li Ziqian noticed that Gu Qiang's expression was not very well controlled, so she smiled and said: "Actually, this matter is no longer a secret in our Li family. Mrs. Ru'er and Liu Shichu have been childhood sweethearts since they were young, but Liu Shichu didn't have it at that time. Ability, in the eyes of others, is just a businessman who dreams of getting rich all day long. My father was greedy for Ru'er's beauty, so he separated the two people. He married Mrs. Ru'er, but he didn't expect that Liu Shih-chu had been going smoothly all these years. Good luck, but Mrs. Ru'er is already married."
I didn't want these two people to have such a past, Li Ziqian didn't seem to shy away from these things, and continued: "We have many children in the Li family. My aunt passed away early, and the position of the wife of the Li family has been vacant for many years. It is also because of my father and his love for girl Ruer that he left this position to her."
Gu Qiang nodded. General Li fought on the battlefield and had a strong personality. However, he had a fire in the backyard. He could endure it for so many years. It seemed that he really liked Mrs. Ru'er. It didn't matter even if she didn't like him. Just keep him by his side. It is complete.
This Li Ziqian seems to be a girl who likes to talk, and she even explained the situation of her family in front of Gu Qiang.
"Mrs. Ru'er is kind-hearted. Unlike the wives of officials in the capital, she has no intrigues. In addition, the Li family really needs her status, so we have always had a good relationship." Li Ziqian refilled Gu Qiang's tea cup. After that, he changed the subject, raised his chin in the direction of Shen Qianshan, and asked, "The relationship between Miss Gu and the Ninth Prince seems to be extraordinary. Do they like each other?"
This girl didn't shy away from anything she said, and she dared to say anything. Gu Qiang thought this girl was calm before, but now she felt very uncomfortable.
Gu Qiang shook her head firmly and said to Li Ziqian: "Miss Li, it's not what you imagined. I'm helping the Queen Mother treat her illness. I heard that you are here. The Queen Mother thinks that we are about the same age, so we have something to say. .”
Recently, Gu Qiang admitted that her relationship with Shen Qianshan was indeed somewhat close, but she knew clearly that there always seemed to be an invisible wall between the two of them. Once they reached that point, they would never stand still. Before.