"Two nobles, please sit down for a while." The palace maid offered refreshments, blessed the two of them, and backed away.
In the past, when Gu Rujiu entered the palace, he met the queen mother directly, but this time it was probably because Mrs. Li was there that she was led to the side hall by the maid, waiting for the queen mother to appear.
The side hall of Kangquan Palace is very spacious and bright, and the furnishings in the house are also very elegant. It can be seen that this is the place where the Queen Mother often used to treat her female relatives.
As soon as Gu Rujiu picked up the teacup, Mrs Wu said, "I haven't seen you for some days, is Miss Gu okay?"
Although the Wu family had intended to propose marriage for her son like the Gu family, she did not mention it again after the trustee found out that the Gu family had no such intention. Fortunately, the matter did not spread out, so there is no need to be too embarrassed between the two families.
Now that immature child has begun to show beauty, but there is still innocence between her brows. It can be seen that the Gu family protects her very well. If her daughter is still there...
Wu shi's eyes darkened a little, and the movement of drinking tea concealed the emotions in her heart.
"Mrs. Lao Li is worried, everything is fine." She smiled politely at Mrs Wu, and Gu Rujiu replied in a lawful manner, inadvertently getting close to Mrs Wu.
Wu's eyes fell on the hibiscus jade pendant that Gu Rujiu used to press the corner of her skirt, and took a sip of tea.
Although the Gu family was only considered a second-class low-ranking family, but the family was rich, and it was much richer than the scholarly family with a clear name like Yang Guogong. Otherwise, a piece of jade pendant used to press the corners of the skirt would be so extraordinary.
Thinking of the Empress Dowager's love for the second girl of the Gu family, and the sage's closeness to the Gu family, Mrs. Wu became more and more certain of a certain guess in her heart.
If the expectations come true, then it is not a waste of time for the two of them to meet by chance today.
Putting down the teacup, Mrs Wu said in a soft tone, "The last time I saw you, you were still a little girl, and you've grown so big in the blink of an eye."
The last time Gu Rujiu saw Mrs Wu was at the suburban racecourse. That day was when the girl of the Li family had an accident. I was afraid that she noticed Mrs Wu at that time, and Mrs Wu was not in the mood to look at other people.
"It's true that this junior has not seen you for a long time," Gu Rujiu looked innocent and harmless, "How are you doing?"
"I'm fine too." Mrs Wu smiled, with a standard and refined smile that made it impossible to pick out the slightest flaw.
In fact, how can a mother who has lost her daughter be any better
In all fairness, Mrs Wu is not a very beautiful woman, but she has an indescribable dignified atmosphere about her, and her face is also soft, and she looks like a very easy-going person. However, everything is an expression. How can someone who can sit in the position of the head mistress of a big family be as gentle as they appear.
Gu Rujiu didn't feel very cold about this kind of life in her heart. She didn't want to live as a walking dead and become a living specimen that many people admired
The two of them really had nothing to say. After a few polite words with each other, the room became quiet, but Gu Rujiu didn't feel embarrassed because of the calmness around Wu's body.
After about two incense sticks, the Queen Mother Zhou appeared in front of the two after shouting and hugging. After the two greeted the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother asked them to sit down again.
The Queen Mother Zhou's attitude towards the Wu family was very polite, almost flat, and Gu Rujiu faintly noticed that the Queen Mother did not seem to like this person very much.
Sure enough, in a short while, Mrs Wu got up to leave. After the Queen Mother held back a little, she no longer insisted and let Mrs Wu leave.
"Have you been thinking for a long time, why do I have a calm attitude toward her?" After Mrs. Wu left, Empress Dowager Zhou lost most of her dignity and dignity. She stood up with Gu Rujiu's hand, and said with a smile, "Go, talk inside."
"It's a bit strange," Gu Rujiu thought for a while, "I think you don't seem to like her very much."
"That's what she did to me back then," the Queen Mother Zhou said in a flat tone, "I first entered the palace that day, and I have not yet been promoted to the post. When the court lady's family came to visit me in the palace, Mrs. Wu looked at me like she was looking at someone. Poor deplorable woman."
Gu Rujiu was a little stunned, looking up at the Queen Mother Zhou's face, and found that the other party's expression was extraordinarily calm.
"It seems to be sympathetic to others, but in fact it is just contentment with one's own pride," the Queen Mother Zhou said while looking at Gu Rujiu, "If you really have sympathy in your heart, you won't take such a gesture."
Gu Rujiu understood what the Queen Mother meant. If she really felt sorry for a certain person, she must be careful to avoid her painful past rather than embarrass the other person again.
Maybe Wu didn't mean this, but for the Queen Mother at that time, it was definitely not a happy thing to be looked at with that kind of eyes.
"Empress Dowager, Taifei Wei has come to greet you." Aunt Liu walked to the side of the two and whispered, "It seems that the slave maid doesn't look good at Taifei Wei."
The Queen Mother Zhou frowned when she heard the words: "Let her come in."
Gu Rujiu helped her to sit down in place, and then stood beside her.
She has entered the palace many times, but she has only seen Wei Taifei once, and it is still in the presence of the empress dowager and the emperor.
When Concubine Wei came in, Gu Rujiu was startled, she couldn't believe that the haggard, thin and shriveled woman in front of her was Concubine Wei.
Wei Taifei is still under 30 this year, why does she look like a woman in her 30s or 40s
"Concubine Wei's greetings to the Empress Dowager." As soon as Concubine Wei came in, she gave a big gift to Empress Dowager Zhou. Gu Rujiu hurriedly turned away, avoiding the ceremony of Concubine Wei, and blessed her.
Concubine Wei noticed her movement, her eyelids trembled slightly, and then she bowed her head in an orderly manner.
"You don't have to do such a big ceremony, please take your seat." No matter how many grudges there were in the past, seeing such a Concubine Wei, Queen Mother Zhou had no idea. What's more, the two of them were just some minor conflicts in the past, and they haven't reached the point of blood feud.
Why do women make it difficult for women? The contradictions of these harem women all originated from the late emperor. Now that the late emperor has long since passed away, why should these women who stayed behind live a good life, but hate each other for such a man
"Please save me, the queen mother!" As early as last year, Concubine Wei's family was removed from her post because of her absurd behavior, and even the title of the third-class earl was also lost. The old man lives in a daze.
Her family was unreliable, and Concubine Wei couldn't go out of the palace, so life was not easy. In addition, several concubines who had hatred with her in the past tried their best to live with her, so life became more and more difficult.
"If you knew this earlier, why did you do it?" Empress Dowager Zhou saw that although the clothes on her body were clean, she could still see the folded marks, so she guessed that the clothes should be the bottom of Concubine Wei's press box. Be polite to He, Qian and others, and you will not end up in today's end."
When Wei entered the palace at a young age, she was naive. Until the death of the late emperor, she had always been the most favored concubine in the harem. Perhaps it was the emperor's favor that made her complacent, and she actually did things like discussing and not favoring concubines and concubines.
"The concubine already knew that she was wrong. I beg the queen mother to say a few words of kindness to the other sisters on her behalf." Wei Shi broke down in tears, apparently because she was afraid of such a life, and in the end she could only ask the queen mother to come.
Gu Rujiu watched all this silently, feeling that a woman like Wei Shi was both hateful and pathetic, she was clearly a person who couldn't help herself, but she still relied on a little love from a man, but made it difficult for other women.
In the end, the queen mother had the Wei family sent back, and she strictly ordered those who served her not to neglect the concubines. But she didn't plan to manage the conflicts between the concubines.
It makes sense to drink and peck. If she saw that Wei Shi was pitiful, she would help her, so the few concubines who had been bullied by her in the past should have been tormented by her alive? So as long as these people don't cause trouble, she will turn one eye away.
After Wei Shi left, the Queen Mother Zhou found that Gu Rujiu looked a little sullen, and said, "What's wrong with Jiujiu?"
"I just think it's quite boring," Gu Rujiu said to the Queen Mother Zhou without concealing the thoughts in her heart, "What's the point of calculating a lifetime like this."
"What do you mean by being a victim of their family's interests?" Empress Dowager Zhou chuckled. "The emperor is willing to accept it, and their parents are willing to give it away. It doesn't matter what their own wishes are. In the palace, like the Wei family, There are also many who voluntarily enter the palace for wealth, honor and glory.”
Gu Rujiu listened without saying a word, but in her opinion, if the emperor had no intention of accepting a concubine, then this situation could be avoided.
"The so-called food sex is the same for men and women all over the world. It's just that the world favors men, so they have more choices," said the Queen Mother Zhou, and winked at Gu Rujiu, "If this world is a daughter's family who is in power and has power It's all in the hands of women, maybe the situation is similar to now, but the gender is reversed."
Gu Rujiu was silent and sighed in her heart that the Queen Mother is still very bold in her thinking.
But then thinking about those princesses and county masters who neglected their husbands and raised a bunch of face-to-face, Gu Rujiu felt that there might be some truth in what the Queen Mother said.
"So, in this world, there are only so many people working hard for power and money, because these things can make people feel more at ease than the people who can't see or touch," Queen Mother Zhou patted Gu Rujiu's Hand, "This is why I tried my best to give you a title."
Gu Rujiu swallowed: "Thank you aunt for taking care of me."
It seems that her ideological awareness is not high enough.
"You don't need to say these polite words between my aunt and nephew," the queen mother smiled, "I arranged your residence in the West Side Hall, where the scenery is good and it's close to where I live. You are such a flowery little girl. , it is most suitable to live here, other places are rich in extravagance and lack of spiritual energy, and the little girl living in those places is not conducive to self-cultivation and self-cultivation."
Empress Dowager Zhou was talking to her niece about the importance of residence to her daughter's family, and a palace maid came to report that the emperor was here.
Reaching out to touch her temples, the Queen Mother Zhou nodded and said, "Let Your Majesty wait for a while, I'll come later." After speaking, she turned to look at Gu Rujiu, "Can you come with me for a long time?"
Gu Rujiu thought that she was going to live in the palace, so she had to bow to the emperor, so she nodded.