The other wives left with their daughters first, and Liang Shi and Gu Yuqi were also preparing to leave. After leaving the door of the warm pavilion, they were invited to another accord by the princess mansion.
Mrs. Liang was a little uneasy, but Gu Yuqi is an old god, and this princess should be rewarded.
Sure enough, there is already a doctor from the Princess Mansion waiting in the Accord. What Gu Yuqi suffered was only skin trauma, and she didn't need to work hard, Mr. Imperial Physician.
The doctor carefully cleaned Gu Yuqi's wound, applied medicine, and bandaged it up. After everything was settled, Princess Pinghu walked into the Accord with two maids.
Liang and Gu Yuqi got up and saluted, and were supported by the princess. The princess carefully looked at Gu Yuqi's wound, and said with a smile, "Just now, I also know that I have wronged you two. It's just that I was too human just now. Many, if this palace is biased towards you, I'm afraid it will cause something else."
Mrs. Liang hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, Princess."
"In fact, a discerning person can understand what's going on at a glance." The princess waved her hand and said with a pleasant face. "But one more thing is worse than one less thing. One less thing is worse than nothing at all."
"What the princess said is very true." Although Mrs. Liang said this, she was very displeased in her heart. This Princess Pinghu is also a person who can stand and talk without pain in her back. If it was her daughter who was wronged today, it would probably be It won't end so easily and sloppily.
But this Princess Pinghu is a bit pitiful, she is nearly half a hundred years old, but she has no heirs around her, and she can't experience the feeling of a mother protecting her daughter.
"It's because of this palace and your mother and daughter, especially this child Yuqi." The princess knew that Mrs. Liang was still a little resentful, and then said, "Why don't you let Yuqi come to the princess mansion often in the future." After finishing speaking, she said to the maid behind her. With a wink, the maid presented a tray in her hand. "This is from Bengong." She untied the brocade handkerchief covering the tray with her well-maintained hands, took out a jade pendant, and hung the jade pendant on Gu Yuqi's waist with her own hands. "This is the waist card of my princess mansion. If you want to come to the princess mansion in the future, you can do it anytime. Don't underestimate this jade pendant. As long as it is within the boundary of the capital, this jade pendant is very useful. The thing bestowed by the emperor is also extremely precious, you must keep it safe and don't lose it, otherwise, this Palace will not let you go lightly." The princess smiled half-commandingly and half-threateningly.
Gu Yuqi knows the goods, so she naturally knows what the jade pendant given by the princess represents. Don't think that the princess is a vacant position. The Princess Pinghu in front of her is the only princess in the Qi Dynasty whose fiefdom is within the capital. It can be seen that her status is high. As long as it is in the capital. Within the scope of the princess's fiefdom, the person who holds this jade pendant can enter and exit any place at will, including the six yamen. Usually, this kind of jade princess would not easily accept others, Gu Yuqi was a little confused, why the princess would favor her when she just met, and handed over such an important thing to her.
Is it really because he likes her
How can it be!
In the last life, Zhang Wanyi also had such a princess jade pendant, so she could enter and leave the princess mansion at will, as well as the Imperial Academy and the six yamen. Among the many noble ladies, she was simply very beautiful, and she was jealous of it back then. It's a pity that there is no way, the princess in the previous life didn't even bother to look at her, let alone give her a jade pendant.
Needless to say, the jade pendant given to the Princess Mansion by the princess. That is, the princess already regarded her as one of her own.
Gu Yuqi felt a little dumbfounded for a moment. Although she had a premonition that the princess would be rewarded for leaving them alone, she did not expect such a big surprise. She suddenly felt a little heavy around her waist, as if the jade pendant was too heavy.
Gu Yuqi wanted to shirk what she had worked so hard to get in her previous life. In this life, she got it without any effort, but she felt like she took a hot potato, and she wished she could throw it away immediately.
What's this? This is to announce that she will be confused with these royal family and nobles in the future! She is afraid to avoid it!
It's just that Gu Yuqi was about to return the jade pendant when she saw the princess wave her hand, "Okay, it's getting late, and Yuqi's hand injury is still recovering, you should go back to the mansion early." After finishing, he left first, without even giving Gu Yuqi a chance to repent.
I rely on it! What is this!
Although Mrs. Liang has only come to the capital not long ago, she also knows the power of the princess mansion. She is very happy that her daughter has received the jade pendant from the princess herself, and she didn't think about anything else at the moment, so she left the Accord with Gu Yuqi on her arm.
In the corridor far away, the maid beside the princess accompanied Princess Pinghu to watch the backs of Liang's mother and daughter leaving, and asked in puzzlement, "Why did your Highness give such an important token to the Hou's mansion before we met?" Miss Concubine?"
Princess Pinghu showed a meaningful smile, "Have you ever seen three princes fall in love with a girl at the same time?"
The maid pondered for a moment, then oh.
Others may not have noticed, but Princess Pinghu, who was born and raised in the court, how could she not keep her eyes open and listen to all directions. In the Warm Pavilion, Gu Yuqi's neither humble nor overbearing made people admire her. Her calmness and Zhang Wanyi's unexpected defection turned the originally one-sided situation into an instant. At first, she also thought it was Gu Yuqi who pushed the three of them into the water, but after thinking about it carefully, as smart as she was, she realized it. What surprised her the most was that Yun Yi's eyes had never moved away since Gu Yuqi entered the Nuan Pavilion. His Highness the Crown Prince was cautious in his words and deeds since he was a child, and he looked at her a few more times. In the end, it was the little girl who had always been calm Qi Yunke, although he has been covering up, as long as he pays more attention, he can see that his gaze has always been on Gu Yuqi. Interesting! As an aunt, it was the first time for her to see three princes paying attention to a girl at the same time. Every catty.
At Gu Yuqi's young age, if she can really push the two sisters of the Zhao family into the water, she should not be underestimated. At least she has some martial arts foundation. I'm afraid His Royal Highness will probably lose that bet. As for how much weight Gu Yuqi weighs, we have to wait until hunting.
"But isn't Your Highness afraid of this young lady showing off with the jade pendant from the Princess Mansion?" the maid asked again.
"The things I rewarded will naturally be taken back. By the way, I will order someone to give Zhang Wanyi a jade pendant as well. I won't go there in person." Princess Pinghu said in a calm voice, "Oh, I'm so tired. I will tell the imperial doctor not to leave, and ask for a safe pulse for this palace." After finishing speaking, Princess Pinghu turned around and left slowly.
Gu Yuqi, who returned to Hou's mansion, couldn't sleep all night. After dealing with the incident of falling into the water, Yun Ke's voice of Gu Cairen echoed in her ears like a nightmare. And what happened to the name of that inexplicable talented woman? Gu Yuqi tossed and turned on the bed, just like a fish being roasted on the fire. This guy is actually reborn! This idea grew like a weed in her mind and kept her awake at night. what to do? Hiding is mostly impossible to hide! With his temperament, he would never deliberately stay on the shore and wait for him. If he did this, it meant that he would not let himself go!
I went big! Gu Yuqi was so annoyed that she almost wanted to tear down the bed. She thought about it over and over all night, and finally decided that she couldn't hide anyway, at worst, she just refused to admit it! Yun Ke pays so much attention to her now, probably because he is not reconciled, maybe after a long time, when he gets married, and when he is busy trying to seize the throne, he won't put too much energy on her.
This capital city can't stay for long, the idea of training Du Xia to become her husband will probably be given up, she must make good use of these few years to cultivate a little bit of her own foundation, and when the time is right, she will immediately bring her mother's burden Flatter the horse and leave.
It's just that Yun Ke is going to be the emperor in the future, so she might not be able to live in Daqi's land, so she needs to plan as soon as possible to settle abroad!
Thinking of this, Gu Yuqi immediately revived with blood and blue, regardless that it was the middle of the night, she jumped up from the bed with bare feet, pulled a pair of brocade cotton slippers, and put on a dark red sable hair crane cloak He ran towards Gu Huaizhong's study, Gu Huaizhong's military achievements were typed out immediately, and his study naturally had the most complete map of Kyushu!
Also unable to sleep is Yun Ke, who is only fifteen years old now, has never been married and has never been crowned king, and still lives in the Sixian Zhai in the palace. He sat withered in the study, and had been in a daze for several hours. On the table in front of him was a plain white fan covered with gold, on which were poems written in his own handwriting. for a long time.
"Your Highness." A familiar voice came from the dark, and Yun Ke suddenly came back to his senses, "Just say something."
"The group of children arranged by His Highness has been trained for about a month, and his subordinates have selected suitable ones for training. This is the roster, please look over it Your Highness." A figure flashed out from the dark of the study, like a ghost. He knelt in front of Yun Ke and handed over a roster.
Yun Ke opened the roster, glanced at it hastily, then picked up the pen, and wanted to cross out a few names from the roster, but found that the ink in the inkstone had already dried up.
Only then did he realize that he had been alone in a daze for so long without realizing it.
"Go and get rid of these people." He simply put down his pen, pointed out a few names on the roster, and said to the man in black. After he finished speaking, he thought for a while, then shook his head, "Forget it, that's it. You should focus on training the other four people." He pointed to the four names again, and showed the man in black, "Do you remember?" down?"
"Your subordinate will remember." The man in black nodded.
"Show me?" Yun Ke said lightly, he has always been cautious in doing things. Seeing that the man in black pointed out the four people he wanted accurately, he returned the roster to him, "Go."
"Yes." The man in black took the roster and disappeared into the darkness again without leaving a trace.
The first few people he pointed out were the ones who betrayed him later. He originally wanted to get rid of those people now, but after thinking about it, he might as well keep them. Since he already knew that they would betray, why not use them.
On the other hand, those four people after that really need to focus on training, especially Du Xia.
Interesting, that woman kept saying that Du Xia was hers! It's funny, the future world is all his! How could it be the woman's turn to dictate.
Could it be that, after living a new life, that woman's goal became Du Xia
That's right, the future Marquis of Zhen Guo will only have one wife in his life, and he died without any illness, no matter how you look at it, he is a good match.
Gu Yuqi's vision is quite good. In the previous life, she chose herself, and in this life she chose Du Xia.
But... Did she think that she played tricks on him in the last life, made him miss her all her life, and if she lived again, he would easily let her go? It's fine if she doesn't carry the memories of the previous life, maybe he won't put too much energy on her in this life, but although she refuses to admit it, she obviously carries the memories of the previous life just like him.
Thinking of the moment of astonishment and horror in Gu Yuqi's eyes when he heard him suddenly call her "Gu Cairen" at the Princess Mansion today, an inexplicable excitement surged in his heart.
She just remembers him!
Gu Huaizhong was going to go to court in the early morning of the next day. Before dawn, he hurried from Mochizuki to the study to get something, only to find that his eldest daughter was sleeping on his large desk with a volume of Kyushu Chronicles. Of course he had heard about the princess's hospital, he wanted to see how his daughter was doing, but yesterday Liu said that his chest tightness was bothering him, so he didn't go to Chengdanxia courtyard. Now that he saw Gu Yuqi in his study, his heart softened.
The daughter's long hair was scattered behind her head, her arms were folded under her head, and the wrist of her right hand and the palm of her left hand were wrapped with thick gauze. She was barefoot, one shoe was hanging on her foot, and the other was kicked to the door by her. There was a small black spot under the long eyelashes. The candle on the desk was still burning, the candle that had burned to the end It shows that Gu Yuqi has been reading books here for a long time.
Gu Yuqi was picked up in Gu Huaizhong, and the volume of Kyushu Chronicles slipped from her arms.
Gu Yuqi looked at the map and chronicles of Kyushu all night, and finally fell asleep. She wouldn't wake up even if there was thunder, but she just found a comfortable position in Gu Huaizhong's arms and continued to sleep.
Feeling his daughter's arms wrapped around his neck, Gu Huaizhong's heart became even softer. His feelings for Liang Huaiyu were not even clear to him. When he was young, he really liked Liang Huaiyu, but later... no Mention it. He was still afraid of Liang Huaiyu even now, so he felt alienated from this daughter who hadn't seen him in ten years.
But after getting in touch some time ago, he felt more and more that his eldest daughter might really be his pride, and things like blood were really mysterious.
Especially what she did in the Princess' Courtyard yesterday, was talked about with embellishment. Even he, a father, felt proud. It seems that the direction of his training is really right. Even Princess Pinghu With Gu Yuqi's green eyes, maybe this daughter will really have a bright future in the future.
He didn't send Gu Yuqi back to Danxia Courtyard, but to Wanxinzhai, because he suddenly wanted to see his wife, Liang Huaiyu.
Before dawn, the door of Wanxinzhai was still closed tightly, Gu Huaizhong knocked on the door a few times, but in order not to wake Gu Yuqi up, he didn't dare to use too much force. The sleepy-eyed maid came to open the door when she heard the knock, but found that it was her own Lord Hou standing outside the door. She was half awakened by the fright and hurriedly let Lord Hou in.
Liang Huaiyu was also asleep. In her sleep, she heard that Master Hou had come. She opened the door reluctantly, only to find that her daughter was sleeping in Gu Huaizhong's arms.
Gu Huaizhong put his daughter on Liang Huaiyu's bed, explained, and then looked at his wife who had just woken up from sleep.
Now she is naked, wearing only a white obscene dress, her long hair is naturally draped over her shoulders, she is actually younger than the one she usually sees, and her youthfulness reminds him of the time when he first met her in the past look.
Seeing Gu Huaizhong staring at her, Liang Huaiyu couldn't help but frowned slightly, "Ah Nan is also here, is there anything else you can do?" She pulled up the quilt to cover her daughter, touched her daughter's feet, and there was It was cold, so she hurriedly took out Mrs. Tang who she had put on the bed, wrapped it in a cloth and put it on her daughter's feet to cover her.
Gu Huaizhong saw that Liang Huaiyu didn't pay any attention to him, and his words seemed to drive him away, so his heart was cold, "I'm going to court, and I'll see you when I come back." He could only whisper.
"Don't worry about it, Lord Hou." Liang Huaiyu smiled coldly, rolled over into the bed, and embraced the sleeping Gu Yuqi into his arms, "My daughter came back from an injury, did Lord Hou go to see her?" After she finished speaking, she shook her hand. With a wave, the blown veil fell down, blocking Gu Huaizhong's sight.
Gu Huaizhong was stunned for a long time before he let out a long sigh and walked away slowly.
The two of them seemed to have been separated from him by something long ago, just like the veil, they had their own world, and he stood here, unable to see clearly or touch it.
The pinch mark on Gu Yuqi's right hand healed within a few days, but her left hand was injured a little bit more. In order to prevent her from getting a scar, Mrs. Liang found various medicines and applied them to her, and even used pearl powder to apply them all day long. . Gu Yuqi was recovering from her injuries. Liang Huaiyu didn't want her to practice martial arts by jumping up and down again, but seeing her daughter holding back for two days, scratching her ears and cheeks anxiously, she let go. Speaking of which, she was also a little scared, if it wasn't for her daughter practicing martial arts to defend herself Well, Gu Yuqi was the one who was afraid of falling into the water in the other courtyard that day.
Those three people didn't have Gu Yuqi's kindness, they pushed her into the water and tried to catch her.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Liang was so angry that she wished she could roll up her sleeves and go to the Zhao Manor to drag out the mother and daughter of the Zhao family and beat them violently to relieve her anger.
So when Gu Yuqi said that she wanted to practice martial arts, she was more attentive than what she taught before.
After another month, Gu Yuqi's hand was completely healed, leaving only a pale white mark.
Five days before the winter hunting festival, Gu Huaizhong brought an invitation letter from the princess mansion, inviting Gu Yuqi to go hunting in Dongshan together.
The royal family of Daqi has two hunts a year, one is autumn hunting, which is held to celebrate the harvest, and the other is winter hunting, because after the winter hunting festival, the mountains will be closed due to heavy snow, and the Spring Festival will be in two months. Winter hunting is the last hunting of the year, and it is deeply valued by the royal family. At first, the winter hunting was only attended by princes and ministers, but after a long time, it gradually became the imperial concubine. Princesses and the family members of ministers can participate It's a royal event.
The ancestors of the Daqi royal family won the world on horseback. The winter hunting festival of the royal family is also very lively. There are various hunting activities during the day, and there are bonfire singing and dancing and a hundred operas at night to add to the fun. The Royal Hunting Ground on Dongshan Mountain is opened twice a year. The most grandiose one is the Winter Hunting Festival, which is approaching the New Year.
Seeing that Mrs. Liang and Gu Yuqi both received invitations from the Princess Mansion, Mrs. Liu finally couldn't sit still.
She has endured it for a long time, these days Gu Yuqi and Liang's life is too nourishing, and she is completely ignored, and what makes her even more anxious is that Gu Huaizhong seems to be getting more and more fond of Gu Yuqi's mother and daughter. close. Even in Wangyueju, he mentioned their mother and daughter more and more.
At first Liu Shi could bear it, but one day she finally couldn't help it, and had a big fight with Gu Huaizhong, but instead of coaxing her as before, Gu Huaizhong moved to the study in a fit of anger, and slept for three days in a row, It was she who took it easy and went to serve tea to apologize, and then Gu Huaizhong went back to Wangyue Residence.
She pestered Gu Huaizhong to take her there too, but Gu Huaizhong was very embarrassed, this kind of hunting festival only brought wives with her, where would anyone take a concubine.
Seeing that she would definitely not be able to go, Mrs. Liu made the next best thing, and begged Gu Huaizhong to take Gu Siyang and Gu Siyu with her. Gu Huaizhong didn't want to bring it with him at first, but he couldn't stand Liu's soft-heartedness and insisted on it. It is taboo to bring a concubine, but it is still reasonable to bring a concubine's children.
With Gu Huaizhong's consent, Liu Shi happily went to arrange clothes for her children.
She doesn't need to worry about Gu Yuqi, but taking her son and daughter out should not be taken lightly. Both Gu Siyang and Gu Siyu are already nine years old, and they will be ten years old after the new year. Seeing that it will be time to discuss marriage in a few years, it is necessary to arrange a good future for them.
Compared to Liu's cheerfulness, Gu Yuqi felt that there was a dark cloud over her head all day long.
Winter hunting! She had participated in it several times in her previous life, and it was indeed a lively place. If she had been in the past, she would have been very happy, but now, whenever she thinks about participating in winter hunting, she will have to face that guy Yun Ke, and she can't laugh at all.
Not only Yun Ke, Zhang Wanyi will also go, how embarrassing!
Zhang Wanyi also sent a post after the incident in the other hospital to come to the house to ask Gu Yuqi how she was. Gu Yuqi knew that she was showing her favor on the one hand and testing herself on the other. So she replied a warm letter in hypocrisy, but she reasoned that she also had a cold and it was inconvenient to meet each other.
But I can't hide past the first day of junior high school, but I can't hide from the fifteenth day. What should come will eventually come.
Three days later, Gu Yuqi and her mother went to the Dongshan hunting ground in the large carriage of the Hou Mansion under the escort of Dingyuan Hou Gu Huaizhong. Behind their carriage was a carriage with Gu Siyang and Gu Siyu in it.
The Dongshan hunting ground is two days away from the capital, and the horse-drawn carriages of each prefecture leave two or three days in advance, so before the Winter Hunting Festival, the official roads outside the capital become extremely lively, and all the prefectures have horse-drawn carriages for trips. It is unavoidable to walk together all the way, even the resting stations on the road are full of nobles and their families in the capital, greeting each other and walking together.
The Winter Hunting Festival has lasted for a hundred years, and the people along the way have long been familiar with it. Some cleverly cleaned their houses near the official road and rented them out. Everyone is used to comparisons in the capital, and naturally they are unwilling to be left behind when they go out, but it has brought a lot of benefits to the people and inns along the way.