"The concubine ordered that the eldest lady should not leave the gate of the east courtyard for a day without finishing copying the house rules."
The mother-in-law blocked Gu Jiu's way, and said sternly.
Qingmei took out a stack of thick manuscript paper and threw it on the mother-in-law's face, "I see clearly, this is a family rule that has been repeated a hundred times, and I haven't given it to my mother for business."
The mother-in-law was stunned, "It's only been a few days, a hundred times, how can I finish copying it so quickly. Qingmei, don't lie to me."
"Click a little, isn't it a hundred times here? If I miss one time, I will swallow all these manuscripts."
Qingmei with her hips on her hips was so pungent that she almost spit on the mother-in-law's face.
Gu Jiu ordered: "Bai Zhong, take these manuscripts and go to Chunhe Hall to make an appointment. Tell the princess for me, my daughter-in-law dare not neglect in the slightest, a hundred times, not a single word is missing."
Bai Zhong bowed to accept the order, took the manuscript paper, and gave a strange smile to the woman who was blocking the way: "What are you doing blocking the way? As a servant, why don't you have any vision."
After speaking, he pulled the mother-in-law. He bowed again and said to Gu Jiu, "Madam, please!"
Gu Jiu nodded in satisfaction, Bai Zhong was very clever.
When she was far away, she could still hear the woman chattering and complaining to Bai Zhong.
Bai Zhong forcibly pulled the mother-in-law and walked in another direction.
Pass through the atrium and come to the Tourmaline Pavilion.
Not surprisingly, he was stopped by the guards.
Gu Jiu said: "My lady begs to see the prince, please report it."
Song Zheng stepped forward, sent out a few purses, and said another good word.
The guard guarding the gate let go, "Wait, I'll report to the prince."
Qingmei was a little worried, and asked in a low voice: "Will the prince agree to see his wife?"
Gu Jiu nodded, "He will."
Not long after, the guard came out, "Madam please, the prince is in the side hall."
"Thank you!"
Gu Jiu took Wang Yi, Qingmei, Deng Cunli, and Nanny Fang into the Bixi Pavilion.
The Tourmaline Pavilion is so big that there are three courtyards.
Yard within yard.
The little yellow gate led them to the side hall.
Listen to the movement, King Ning is listening to a ditty.
Gu Jiu laughed, "It's going crazy outside, but the prince is in a good mood."
Chang En, the servant who came out of the side hall, raised his eyebrows and raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "My lord, please come in."
Gu Jiu looked at Chang En and nodded slightly, "Eunuch Chang, doesn't your lord want to settle the external affairs?"
Chang En laughed, "Why should the lord bother about such a trivial matter."
"Is it a trivial matter to lose money?" Gu Jiu looked at Chang En with a half-smile.
Chang En didn't change his face, "The prince said it was a trivial matter."
Gu Jiu smiled knowingly, "I see. Thank you, Eunuch Chang, for telling the truth."
Chang En let out the door and invited Gu Jiu in.
Gu Jiu stepped up and walked into the side hall.
The actor who sang the little song was a young man with delicate features, about twenty years old.
His eyebrows and eyes are silky and lingering.
He glanced at Gu Jiu from the corners of his brows and eyes, his voice was full of charm.
A man with a good body and a beautiful appearance.
Gu Jiu stood in the middle of the side hall and turned up the volume, "Daughter-in-law pays homage to father, father is well."
Her voice covered the actor's ditty. When the actor's tone is out of order, he can't keep up with the rhythm.
King Ning waved his hand.
The players and musicians hurriedly withdrew as if they had been pardoned.
When the actor passed by Gu Jiu's side, he kept his head down, but his gaze was fixed on Gu Jiu's hands.
What a pair of beautiful hands, I really want to touch them.
The musician knew the actor's temperament, so he gave him a hard look and wanted to get away from him.
The actor snorted, extremely arrogant.
After the irrelevant people left, King Ning asked, "Daughter-in-law, aren't you copying the family rules? Why did you come to the Bixi Pavilion?"
Gu Jiu bowed slightly, and said, "Report to Father, the family rules have been copied. I came here because I have a question that I have been pressing on my heart, and I can't express it."
King Ning nodded, "Tell me, what questions do you have?"
Gu Jiu raised his head and faced King Ning directly, "My daughter-in-law wants to ask my father, is Liu Zhao his son?"
King Ning narrowed his eyes, not getting angry, "Presumptuous! Do you know what you are talking about?"
"My daughter-in-law knows what I'm talking about, so I ask my father to tell my daughter-in-law clearly whether Liu Zhao is his father's son or not."
Gu Jiu was stubborn, with a stubborn face.
King Ning held the arm of the chair and smiled coldly. In his eyes, Gu Jiu's appearance at the moment is exactly the same as Liu Zhaozhen. As expected of a husband and wife.
"Of course Liu Zhao is the prince's son. Are you satisfied?"
Gu Jiu remained expressionless and continued to question, "Since Liu Zhao is the father's son, why did the father want to kill him? Is the father so impatient to want Liu Zhao to die?"
"Dalang's daughter-in-law, this king advises you to be careful when you speak. This is the palace of the king, not the mansion of Gu. In front of this king, if you speak indiscriminately, do you know what the consequences will be?"
Gu Jiu lowered her head and smiled, "Before coming, my daughter-in-law has already made all the preparations. Liu Zhao is nominally the eldest son of the palace, but good things happen without him, and bad things are all blamed on him.
And you, my lord, have never considered Liu Zhao's safety. If Liu Zhao dies, how can his daughter-in-law end well. It's not going to end well anyway, so what's so scary about the daughter-in-law. "
King Ning looked serious, "After talking for a long time, you just want to accuse me of not giving Liu Zhao enough favor, right
But don't forget, as the eldest son of the palace, Liu Zhao has enjoyed the honor of the eldest son, so he naturally has to bear corresponding responsibilities. Just wanting status, but not wanting to bear the responsibilities that should be borne, there is no such good thing in this world.
Not to mention the son of the prince's mansion, it is this king. If the court needs it, or His Majesty needs it, I will not frown even if I give an order. "
Gu Jiu raised her eyebrows and smiled, "The lord is right, my daughter-in-law absolutely believes that these words are from the lord's heart.
It's just that His Majesty ordered to clear up the household debts. The prince is loyal and should share His Majesty's worries. Why do you want to drop the silver
Are you really not afraid of His Majesty's accountability, and not afraid of Your Majesty's anger at Liu Zhao? The prince kept saying that he would go through fire and water, could it be just empty words. "
King Ning laughed, "Sure enough, you came here for Master Gu. You are a filial daughter. Gu Jiu, don't forget that you are now the eldest daughter-in-law of the palace. You should first clarify your position."
"My daughter-in-law is indeed here for Lord Gu, and also for the son. The prince is in prison, so the prince is not worried?"
King Ning looked at Gu Jiu with a half-smile, "I really didn't realize that you have deep feelings for Zhao'er. Or, are you just using Zhao'er's identity to seek benefits for yourself?"
Gu Jiu looked calm, "My son can also benefit from what I seek. I have heard people say that the prince has always been happy to see the results of the battles between the princes. The daughter-in-law follows the teachings of the father and the king, and must fight with everyone." A fight, isn't the father happy?"
"This king is not unhappy. But you want to fight this king, it is really audacious. If you are sensible, retreat quickly. For Zhao'er's sake, this king will not care about you this time."
Gu Jiu smiled comprehensibly, "Having said so much, the prince has always avoided talking about the matter of the silver tael. Before I came here, I thought that this matter had nothing to do with the prince, and maybe it was done by someone else. But now I can be sure that the silver tael was dropped. This matter must be ordered by the prince himself, and the people below are only following orders.
Using Southwest silver to exchange Baoguan Pingyin, the prince should not just go for the nine thousand taels. "
King Ning sneered, "Don't meddle in things that you shouldn't know, otherwise I don't mind ordering the punishment."
Gu Jiu nodded, "My daughter-in-law knows. Someone, take away all the decorations in this side hall. This one, this one, that one..."
She pointed to the pieces of ornaments on the museum shelf, and stopped when she collected 10,000 taels.
Mother Fang and Deng Cunli looked at each other, what's going on? Didn't you talk, why did you start moving
Qingmei and Wang Yi had no worries at all, they would move whatever Gu Jiu pointed at. I didn't feel timid just because this is the Bixi Pavilion and King Ning's territory.
Chang En scolded angrily: "Bold! Who gave you the courage to move the prince's things."
Gu Jiu smiled, "Of course the prince gave me the courage. Follow my instructions and move them all away."
Chang En was puzzled, and looked at King Ning.
King Ning had a lazy expression, lying on the couch like a boneless person.
I only heard him say: "All the dead things in the area should be moved away. Anyway, the king is thinking of changing the decorations in this house."
This style of painting is wrong.
Isn't it tense
Isn't he a dignified prince
Why did Gu Jiu want to move things, King Ning didn't respond at all.
Everyone couldn't understand it, and the development of things was too weird.
Without hesitation, Deng Cunli stepped forward and lifted up a small bronze lion and a porcelain vase.
From his point of view, these are good objects.
Porcelain vases can be discounted by hundreds of taels at least. A small bronze lion can be discounted by several thousand taels.
Nanny Fang also picked up a jade carving, which was worth a lot of money.
The four servants each held different types of objects in their hands.
Gu Jiu asked, "Have you got everything?"
Wang Yi chuckled, "I picked them all up."
Look at her excitement, if she is asked to search the house, she will run faster than anyone else.
"Now that we've got everything, let's go."
Gu Jiu faced King Ning, bowed, and was about to leave.
King Ning looked disgusted, "Leave quickly, leave quickly. This king is afraid of you, so don't come to Bixi Pavilion if you have nothing to do in the future, you are not welcome here."
Gu Jiu said expressionlessly: "My daughter-in-law respects father's teachings and never dares to bother father if there is nothing to do."
She took her servants and left the Tourmaline Pavilion with all kinds of decorations.
When the servants saw this scene, they all opened their mouths in disbelief.
The eldest lady copied the prince's tourmaline pavilion!
This news, like the wind, spread out at the fastest speed.
Gu Jiu walked out of the courtyard gate of Bixi Pavilion, and Song Zheng greeted him.
When he saw what Qingmei and the others were holding in their hands, he couldn't recover, "Ma'am, are these?"
Gu Jiu turned around and said to Deng Cunli: "Give these items to Mr. Gu. After calculation, it can be converted into almost ten thousand taels. You tell him to bring these items back to the Ministry of Households for business, and don't come to the palace in the future."
The water in the palace is deep, Mr. Gu continued to come to the door without hesitation, he was afraid that he would fall into the quagmire and would not be able to crawl out.
Deng Cunli vaguely touched the edge of the truth of the incident.
He bowed to accept the order, "This old slave will hand over all the items to Mr. Gu. If Mr. Gu asks, how should this old slave answer?"
Gu Jiu thought for a while and said, "Just tell him, if you don't want to die, don't meddle in it."
Master Gu cherishes his life the most, after hearing her warning, he will calm down quickly and leave with the yamen servants.
Deng Cunli took the order and left.
Song Zheng led the people to follow, and took all the things from Qingmei and the others by the way.
"Madam, we are going."
"Be careful, don't break things."
Gu Jiu gave a warning, and then said to Qingmei and the others: "Let's go too, to Chunhe Hall. Your Majesty should send someone to ask me over there for questioning."
…
The side hall of Tourmaline Pavilion.
The servant Chang En changed King Ning to a cup of ginseng tea.
He asked cautiously: "Why did the prince agree with the eldest lady to remove all the decorations in the side hall?"
King Ning laughed, "This king is a very conscientious person. You can't let Mr. Gu bear the loss of 9,000 taels for this king. The eldest daughter-in-law moved the decoration away, which can be considered as a settlement for this king."
Chang En frowned, "Since the lord is willing to let Da Furen remove those decorations and settle the bill for Master Gu, he shouldn't have ordered his servants to drop the money in the first place."
King Ning shook his head, "You don't understand. The eldest daughter-in-law is very smart, and she doesn't know how her head grows. This king didn't reveal a word. She seems to have guessed my plan. Hey, It's not good for a woman to be too smart. It's a blessing or a curse for Zhao'er to marry her."
It was only then that Chang En realized that King Ning had other deep meanings in letting people drop the money.
I just don't know, who is King Ning's move aimed at
…
Outside the gate of the palace, the two groups of people who were fighting fiercely suddenly stopped fighting.
Mr. Gu stared at the various decorations in the box, and in his heart, ten thousand grass-mud horses galloped past.
These decorations are really familiar.
It was clearly the ones that King Ning ordered someone to put in boxes and asked him if he wanted to carry them away.
He remembered it clearly, especially the little bronze lion, which was rare.
So, King Ning planned it from the beginning
But he didn't see through King Ning's treacherous schemes, and was repeatedly teased by King Ning.
It's really deceiving.
Deng Cunli saw that Mr. Gu's expression was wrong, so he approached him and said, "These are all ordered by Mrs. Zhao to send to Mr. Gu, and the converted value is about 10,000 taels. Bringing these items back to the Ministry of Accounts will be enough to settle the bill, and it will also be settled." It's full of adults' faces."
Mr. Gu was extremely annoyed, "Does this official still have face to speak of?"
"Master Gu kept quiet, who would know that these items were sent by Mrs. Zhao? They would only think that the prince had a guilty conscience and asked someone to fill the gap of nine thousand taels."
Master Gu's expression softened slightly.
Deng Cunli said again: "Madam Zhao also ordered me to tell my lord that she told you not to come to the palace again."
Mrs. Gu was dissatisfied, "What's the meaning of this? Could it be that she dislikes this official? A son doesn't dislike his mother's ugliness, does she understand?"
Deng Cunli said in a low voice: "Master Gu misunderstood, Madam Zhao is worried about your safety. The water in the palace is too deep, it may affect you, and even your life is in danger. Before the matter is over, you must remember not to come to the palace."
Master Gu's expression changed, and he asked, "Is it really that serious?"
Deng Cunli said affirmatively: "It will only be more serious than adults guessed. Do you still remember Chen Concubine? That is a lesson from the past."
Chen Consort didn't die long ago, he was chopped up and abandoned last month. I dare not even think about the tragedy.
Master Gu trembled for a moment, his face was livid, and he was frightened.
"I will return to the Ministry of Households to report. You tell Mrs. Zhao to take care. Everything is fine at home, so she doesn't have to worry. If it's not a festival, don't go home."
Master Gu is afraid that Gu Jiu will be involved in the rhythm of the Gu family.
Deng Cunli knew it in his heart, and said: "My lord, I will definitely tell my wife."
"let's go!"
Master Gu waved his hand, and the yamen servants carried the boxes and left arrogantly.
At this time, Gu Jiu had already arrived at Chunhe Hall.
"Sister-in-law, you are so brave, you dare to copy the tourmaline pavilion of the prince."
Xiao Qin'er gloated.
Gu Jiu smiled softly, "The news about the fourth sibling is well-informed. Why didn't you get the news in time when the Jinwu Guard came to the door?"
Xiao Qin'er choked for a moment, and argued, "One size counts for one size. Sister-in-law, don't confuse the two things."
Gu Jiu smiled, "I also ask the fourth sibling not to meddle in their own business, so as not to appear obnoxious."
"you… "
"Has anyone arrived? Come in when you arrive."
Princess Pei knew that Xiao Qin'er was arguing with Gu Jiu.
She saw that Xiao Qin'er seemed to be no match, so she made a sound in time to save Xiao Qin'er from the siege.
Gu Jiu walked into the hall and bowed to salute, "Daughter-in-law pays respects to concubine mother."
Mrs. Pei sneered, "This princess can't rest. My daughter-in-law has already ridden on the head of her in-laws. Are you going to lock me in the firewood room and starve to death?"
Gu Jiu pretended to be terrified, "Why did the concubine mother say such a thing?"
Mrs. Pei asked sharply: "You even dare to move away the ornaments of the Bixi Pavilion, what else are you afraid to do?"