Gu Xiangning sighed and looked at Xiaoman helplessly: "Okay, let's save him first. If he really gets angry to death, it will be a bit troublesome."
Although Xiaoman was very dissatisfied, she also knew that what Gu Xiangning said was true. She snorted coldly and looked at Gu Xiangning: "Then go up and show him."
Gu Xiangning then went over to feel Prime Minister Ren's pulse and woke him up. When he opened his eyes dazedly, he saw Xiaoman.
Prime Minister Ren chose to close his eyes. At this time, there were still quite a lot of ministers out of the palace, and soon the news of what happened here reached the emperor.
The emperor felt that he could no longer suppress his anger. He looked at the eunuch beside him and said, "Xiao Xiangzi, go and have Prime Minister Ren brought to the palace to recuperate."
"Let the imperial physician serve you."
Eunuch Xiang set out immediately and soon arrived at the palace gate with the imperial physician: "This servant greets Princess Yongxi. The emperor asked this servant to bring Prime Minister Ren into the palace to recuperate."
"With the imperial physician taking care of him, I think Prime Minister Ren will be fine. Please rest assured, County Lady."
Xiaoman complained in her heart: Who cares if he is in trouble or not, it would be better if he is in trouble, or even better if he is dead, this old man is annoying to look at. But she still gave Eunuch Xiang a smile on her face.
"Then I'll trouble you, Eunuch Xiang. You see, Prime Minister Ren is already quite old. It would be very dangerous for him to go to and from court every day."
Eunuch Xiang smiled and replied, "My Lady, what you said makes sense. I will tell the Emperor. So, My Lady, please leave. I will take my leave now."
After that, Eunuch Xiang took Prime Minister Ren away. Xiaoman then turned to look at Gu Xiangning and said, "Brother, let's go. It's time for us to leave too. Let's go to the palace first."
The two of them had no place to stay in Kyoto, so of course they could only go to the palace. At least they could change their clothes first. Fortunately, the palace had a special courtyard for the two of them.
When they arrived at the palace, they were greeted by Gu Xiangning, the new housekeeper of the palace, and Xiaoman, who was greeted by Qingyu. The two did not stay in the palace for long. They just took a shower and changed their clothes.
Because the palace has always had sizes for two people, and a lot of clothes are made for the two of them every year, so they don't have nothing to wear.
After changing their clothes, the two men set out, riding out of the city overnight and arriving at the small farm. At this time in the small farm, every house had closed its doors.
The two people came to the outside of the Chen family courtyard. The Chen family courtyard was still the same as before. Three years had passed, Xiaoman had grown up, but it was still the same.
Xiaoman was still very excited at this time. She took a deep breath, walked up to the door and knocked. Soon there was a knock from inside: "Who is it? You're here."
It was an unfamiliar male voice, probably the gatekeeper. Sure enough, when the door was opened, it was an old gatekeeper. When he saw Xiaoman standing outside, he was stunned.
What a pretty girl, but it's so late: "It's so late, what can I do for you two?"
As soon as Xiaoman opened his mouth, he saw his father coming over, his eyes full of excitement: "It's Xiaoman, you're really back, come in quickly."
"I just heard that you were coming back today, and I thought you would be in Beijing for at least a few days before coming back!"
As soon as Xiaoman and Gu Xiangning entered, they heard Chen's father talking non-stop. It was obvious that he had been really worried about Xiaoman in the past three years. As soon as they entered the hall, they saw Hongyue and a little boy.
The little boy was very cute, with a delicate figure. Xiaoman couldn't help but say, "Dad, this is my little brother. He has grown so big. He is so cute."
As he said that, he stretched out his hand and pinched the child's cheek. The child was frightened and cried. Father Chen was a little speechless: "You, this is your sister, why are you crying?"
Xiaoman simply picked up his brother and said, "You little guy, you are a real man, don't cry, you are so cute."
Seeing Xiaoman unable to let go of the thing, Hongyue on the side finally breathed a sigh of relief. Xiaoman put his brother beside him and then looked at Hongyue.
"Mother Hongyue, have you missed me a lot in these three years? By the way, why have you only had my brother as your child for three years? It would be better if you had more."
Father Chen and Hongyue looked at each other, and Father Chen suddenly laughed: "You see, when I said to have more children, your mother Hongyue always said that we need your consent before we have another child."
Xiaoman was a little speechless. In ancient times, people believed in having many children and more blessings. She glanced at the two of them and said, "Of course I agree. Besides, it would be even better if you gave birth to a football team."
"When the time comes, I will be accompanied by a group of little kids when I go out. How impressive! Besides, if I train them well in the future, I will have someone to support me for the rest of my life."
"Even if my husband wants to bully me in the future, he has to see if he can beat so many brothers-in-law, senior brother, don't you think so?"
Gu Xiangning's mouth twitched. In fact, he wanted to say that no matter how many brothers-in-law came, they couldn't beat him, okay? But in front of Chen's father, he didn't dare to say it.
He could only nod vaguely and looked at Father Chen: "Uncle, we haven't had dinner yet, how about we have dinner first?"
Father Chen was shocked: "You haven't had dinner yet, I'll ask someone to prepare it now, please wait a moment."
After that, Father Chen was about to leave, but Hongyue stood up at this time: "Husband, let me go, you stay here with Xiaoman, you and your daughter haven't seen each other for a long time."
Father Chen watched Hongyue leave, so he stayed and asked Xiaoman how his life was in the past three years. Xiaoman answered one by one, and then asked Father Chen how his life was.
Later, when dinner was served, we were all common people and there were no rules of the royal palace, such as not talking while eating or sleeping. We just ate and chatted.
Father Chen asked a very important question: "Xiao Man, how long can you stay this time?"
As soon as this question came out, the whole hall fell silent. After all, Chen's father now knew that his daughter had made it big and it was impossible for her to continue staying in this small mountain village.
After a long while, Xiaoman smiled and said, "Three days. After three days, I will go to the palace again and look for my sister, the princess."
Father Chen said, "It's a few days longer than I expected. Fortunately, it's okay."
Xiaoman just smiled and didn't say anything. After dinner, they went back to their rooms to rest. Fortunately, the Chen family's yard was big enough, and Xiaoman's room was still reserved.
The three days at home passed very quickly, and it can be described as just a blink of an eye. Fortunately, these three days were very warm, which helped Xiaoman calm down a lot.
Today is the day that Xiaoman goes to the Empress Dowager's palace. She is wearing a sky blue dress and has a playful and cute hairstyle, which makes her look full of youthfulness.
If he had not seen with his own eyes the girl in front of him killing decisively on the battlefield, Gu Xiangning felt that he might not have believed that the girl in front of him would be the one who gave the order to massacre the city.
Xiaoman tilted her head and looked at Gu Xiangning. Seeing that Gu Xiangning was still staring at her in a daze, a hint of satisfaction flashed in Xiaoman's eyes and she chuckled twice.
"Brother, do I look particularly good like this? Do you think I am stunningly beautiful like this?"
Hearing the words "alluring beauty", the corner of Gu Xiangning's mouth twitched slightly. So many days had passed, and Xiaoman hadn't mentioned this matter, so I thought it was over.
Who would have thought that she would suddenly bring it up at this time: "Of course, you are not only the most beautiful woman in the city, but also the most beautiful woman in the country! Oh, what should I do? I want to hide you at home and not let you go out."
Xiaoman rolled her eyes and said, "Stop it, I don't believe it! Okay, I'm going to the palace. You wait for me at home. When I come out of the palace, we will set off. You pack your luggage first."
Gu Xiangning looked at Xiaoman and said, "How about this? I will go to the capital with you and wait for you at the palace. How about that?"
Xiaoman had no objection to this, so she agreed: "Okay, I'll have someone prepare the horses, and we'll set off together."
The servants of the Chen family quickly led out two horses, which were the horses they rode when they arrived. They mounted the horses and rode off. They soon arrived in Kyoto and went straight to the palace.
Then, sitting in the palace's carriage, Gu Xiangning sent Xiaoman to the palace gate and looked at Xiaoman: "Go into the palace. I'll wait for you at the palace gate."
Xiaoman nodded: "Okay, then you are not allowed to mess around with other girls."
Gu Xiangning curled his lips in a helpless way. When did he ever flirt with other women? It was obviously the peach blossom calamity that came to him. But thinking of that peach blossom calamity.
I thought of Prime Minister Ren, but I don't know what happened to Prime Minister Ren. But what Gu Xiangning can be sure of is that this enemy has been provoked.
Moreover, it was the Empress Dowager's family, so it might be difficult to deal with them! Gu Xiangning was still thinking about it, while Xiaoman had just entered the palace and saw a eunuch.
He came towards her carrying a sedan chair and said, "Your servant greets you, the county lady. This is the sedan chair sent by the Empress Dowager to pick you up. Please get on it."
Xiaoman still remembered that she had seen this eunuch three days ago. He was indeed from the Empress Dowager's palace. Without thinking much about it, she sat directly on the sedan chair and was carried to the Empress Dowager's palace.
But when Xiaoman was halfway there, she suddenly felt the sedan stopped, and looked curiously at the two women blocking the road. The women's faces were covered with rouge and powder.
She looks quite pretty. Xiaoman raised her eyebrows and thought, this must be the emperor's harem. But the quality is really not that good.
She clearly remembered that the ones chosen were all beauties. How come they looked like this after only three years? She blinked her eyes but didn't have time to speak.
Because the eunuch leading the way was saying, "Greetings to Concubine Han and Concubine Liu. This is Princess Yongxi, who was invited by the Queen Mother. Please move over, ladies."
Han Concubine snorted coldly: "You are such a bold servant. You are a county lady, and you dare to ask me to move? Do you believe that I will charge you with the crime of treason?"
The corner of Xiaoman's mouth twitched. Why did she feel that these two were coming for her