"How did you know?" Concubine De was a cautious person, so she asked.
"Returning to your mother, I once read a diary in the south of the Yangtze River, which recorded various spices. The diary not only has pictures and text descriptions, but also puts specimens of various herbs in it. I carefully read it when I find it interesting. I saw that the minister was just summoned by the Concubine De. When she smelled the fragrance, she felt as if she had seen it somewhere before. After thinking about it carefully, she remembered it. It's just a pity that the minister's daughter came to Beijing with her mother. I don't know if it was lost in the old mansion in the south of the Yangtze River or on the road, and the courtiers have never found it, otherwise they could have presented it to Empress Defei." Gu Yuqi panicked unhurriedly.
Where are the notes, she can recognize that the incense is all the memories of her previous life. As a time-traveling woman, after being cheated by the incense once, she will naturally pay attention to other spices, which is not surprising. As for the fact that the diary has been lost, it's too bad if the concubine concubine wants to ask for it on a whim.
She knew that the Concubine De concubine had a headache in her previous life. So after a few associations, it is concluded that this incense must be the kind that Zhang Wanyi cheated on her in her previous life.
It's just that the Concubine De concubine had never used this kind of incense in the previous life, so she smelled a lot of it stupidly.
Anyway, in this rebirth, many things have changed from the previous life, and Gu Yuqi didn't bother with it anymore.
The reason why she was willing to speak out to remind Concubine De was only to repay Yun Yi for her brother and sister's favor. Although she guessed that her brother and sister were trapped in the inn, it was Yun Yi who helped her rescue them. After all, she is a A ten-year-old girl, at that time Chun Xing was by her side and she was a martial artist, but if the thief was even more powerful, if she went to look for it recklessly, she might not only not be able to find her younger siblings, but she might also get involved with her, Yun said. Yi's actions helped her and Dingyuan Hou Mansion as well. If no one can find it, I don't know how Aunt Liu will cry and make a fuss, but it is her mother who is in trouble. If not, how could she stretch her hand into the palace? She was just reminding Concubine De, as for how the incense came from and the intentions of the person who gave it, that was not her concern.
Leave all these to Concubine De to worry about.
It was rumored that Gu Yuqi had a photographic memory, and she was very knowledgeable at a young age. All these concubines had heard of it, and even the teaching nuns in the palace were full of praise for Gu Yuqi. That's why when Gu Yuqi said this, Concubine De believed it immediately.
She has lived in the deep palace for a long time, and she has climbed to this position, how can her mind be so simple and easy to deceive.
Gu Yuqi was talking about dependence, but Concubine De knew what the concept of dependence was. That is inseparable. It's a joke, the dignified concubine De, would not be able to live without this incense, and I don't know what kind of troubles will be caused. She can bear the headache, but this kind of thing is absolutely unbearable.
She gave the confidant maid who followed her a look. The maid immediately understood, and took out the incense burner placed on the ground to dispose of it.
Accepting Gu Yuqi's love, Concubine De was very conflicted. According to the logic, the little girl in front of her gave such a big favor to her son yesterday, and she gave herself another favor today. She should be very happy, but But she couldn't be happy at all, this Shu is too smart, and in the future, she will have an appearance that will overwhelm the country and the city. If her heart can always maintain the current state, it is okay to say, if her temperament changes, I don't know what will happen in the future The storm came out.
Oh, I have a headache.
Concubine De felt that her head began to ache again. Whether such a woman will accompany her son in the future will be a disaster.
"Your child is really in my favor." Concubine De had a headache, but after all, she and Yun Yi were given favors, so she couldn't say nothing, so she immediately took off the wristband on her wrist. An emerald jade bracelet, and beckoned to Gu Yuqi, "Son, come here."
Gu Yuqi knew that she would reward something, so she walked up to her respectfully, Concubine De put the bracelet into Gu Yuqi's hand, "This is the year Aijia was just conferred as Concubine De, and it was rewarded by His Majesty, Aijia I will send it off to you today. Good boy, from now on, you must remain dignified and graceful, and don't fall into the name of Dingyuanhoufu."
The corner of Gu Yuqi's mouth twitched after listening, what does this mean? Could it be that she is not dignified and graceful in some way now? In the previous life, it would be possible that in order to make herself different, she did a lot of things that are very outrageous in the eyes of people of this era, but in this life she has always adhered to the etiquette that a prostitute of the Marquis Mansion should have, and did not go too far. .
She slightly raised her eyes to meet the bright eyes of Concubine De, although Concubine De was smiling, but her eyes were not warm, instead there was a sense of majesty, was this for her to see
Gu Yuqi murmured in her heart, but she still accepted the reward from Concubine De, took two steps back and bowed her knees, thanking her for her kindness.
"Mother Concubine." Before Gu Yuqi Xie En stood up straight, she heard a young man's bright laughter from outside the door curtain, and then the door curtain opened, and the little eunuch at the door rang out with a sharp voice, "Jing Wang Your Highness, His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince has an audience with the Concubine Virtue." Before the little eunuch could finish his voice, two youths in gorgeous clothes who looked like Zhilan Yushu had already walked in.
"I've seen Concubine Mother." Both of them saluted Concubine De in unison. When Concubine De saw her son coming, she quickly called out to Ping Shen, and glanced at Gu Yuqi from the corner of her eye.
Gu Yuqi was still standing beside Concubine De, seeing Yun Yi and Yun Ke coming in to salute, she could only hurriedly move a little to the side, then lowered her head deeply, couldn't help but sighed a long time in her heart, and followed the words of her previous life. The poisonous oath before death is all in vain, how can I always see that person in this life, when will it be involved.
Even though she was reluctant, she still performed a standard court ceremony, "The courtiers have met His Royal Highness King Jing, His Royal Highness Seventh Prince. Your Highness Jin An."
He is really a person who knows etiquette. It seems that the upbringing of the Dingyuan Hou Mansion is good, yes, it is probably due to the contribution of the wife of the Hou Mansion, Mrs. Liang, and Concubine De also knows that Liang is from the Liang family in Jiangnan. Seeing that Gu Yuqi was acting upright and her eyes were not flying wildly, Concubine De still nodded her head silently in her heart.
Seeing Gu Yuqi's current performance, it is not impossible for her son to be a concubine, but... Alas, Concubine De sighed again.
"Miss Gu's family is here too." Yun Yi had received the letter a long time ago, knowing that Gu Yuqi was with her mother, so he pulled Yun Ke over, but he just pretended not to know.
Yun Ke's face was frosty, and there were icy scums in his eyes.
From yesterday to now, Yun Yi had mentioned Gu Yuqi no less than five times in front of him, and it was the first time he had seen Yun Yi care so much about someone.
Although Yunyi looked at Gu Yuqi in the previous life with ambiguous eyes, but at that time Gu Yuqi kept saying that she was the only one she liked, and she had never shown any kindness to other princes. This satisfies his vanity, so sometimes he will be a little gentler to Gu Yuqi. But this woman is very good at picking her nose and eyes. Every time after being gentle, she will make a fuss, for fear that others will not know that he treats her better, which makes him very displeased.
But many things have changed in this life, the first being Gu Yuqi's attitude towards him.
Although she didn't admit positively that she also carried the memories of her previous life like herself, but when she was in the Temple of the City God, what she said, the way she looked at herself, and her pale face all explained it all.
Without the persistent eyes of the previous life, without the noisy noise he had always disliked in the previous life, can she continue to be by his side
She wished she could stay as far away from herself as possible, even if Yun Ke didn't want to admit it, she knew it well.
Staying away from himself, but always running to Yunyi, here are several meanings.
Could it be that she wanted to be Yunyi's concubine! What a dream! As long as Concubine De is around, it is absolutely impossible for her to take that position. That position can only belong to Zhang Wanyi, not to mention that behind Zhang Wanyi is the Prime Minister's Mansion. It is Princess Jing's first choice.
If he remembered correctly, in the last life she was supposed to be assigned to his sixth elder brother Rui Wang Yunche as the princess, but because she didn't want to, she ended up making a fuss and became a concubine in his own house.
Yun Ke's eyes became colder and colder, but he forgot that Gu Yuqi was summoned by Concubine De, not by herself.
Feeling the swishing coldness coming, Gu Yuqi knew where the coldness came from without raising her eyes.
Could it be that Yun Ke thought that he wanted to create opportunities to meet him everywhere. Gu Yuqi gave Yun Ke a big middle finger in her heart!
That person said a bunch of hurtful things inexplicably, which kept her awake all night! How dare you throw a knife at her now!
Concubine De glanced at Yun Ke a little strangely. She had always been superficially comforting this child she had raised, but she was actually taking advantage of it. If Yun Ke had shown the slightest bit of ambition and impatience, he would have died a long time ago, and there would be no scum left. He has always been submissive in front of him, so who is right with this cold look in today's eyes
There were only these few people in the tent, so Concubine De figured with her toes that it was because of Gu Yuqi.
It's strange, the two sons I raised, one is full of praise for Gu Yuqi, and the other is disrespectful to Gu Yuqi, what's going on
Rao is as smart as her, so she didn't think of a reason for a while.
"Concubine Demond summoned me." Gu Yuqi carefully replied to Yunyi's words.
The smile on Yunyi's face became gentler, as bright as the sunshine in March, but unfortunately Gu Yuqi couldn't see it with her head down, but Yun Ke couldn't help being bored in her heart. Why is this woman so stubborn and won't leave? Stay for lunch
"It's getting late, Miss Gu, let's go back now." Concubine De felt that the atmosphere in the tent was too weird, so she cleared her throat and said slowly, she didn't want Yunyi and Gu Yuqi to have too much Contact, and I don't want to pay too much attention to Gu Yuqi and cause unnecessary speculation to the outside world.
Summoning her was one thing, but staying for dinner was another.
Gu Yuqi wished Concubine De would drive her away, upon hearing this, she felt like she was being pardoned, but she endured it, saluted calmly, and then respectfully withdrew.
After getting out of the tent, Gu Yuqi let out a long breath. Although the winter sun is soft, at least it brings some warmth to the body, which is better than enduring Yun Ke's cold-eyed knife inside.
After being led back to the tent in her house, she saw Mrs. Liang waiting anxiously. When she saw Gu Yuqi coming in, she let out a sigh of relief and pulled her daughter to question her.
Gu Yuqi took out the bracelet that Concubine De had bestowed on her, Liang-shi was happy when she saw it, but at the same time felt something was wrong.
Gu Yuqi made such a great contribution, it should not be as simple as rewarding a bracelet, it is not that Liang is greedy, but really rewards too little, so the lives of so many princes and ministers and their families in Daqi are only worth it Put on this bracelet? If Concubine De didn't do it on purpose, then something went wrong.
But it's best for her daughter to come back safely. Seeing her daughter's obvious fatigue, Liang's heart aches and she can't wait to arrange a big table of food to supplement her daughter.
Gu Yuqi had something on her mind, so she just ate some perfunctorily and went to sleep as an excuse to rest, but she didn't expect that she was really tired, and fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.
Concubine De also had lunch with Yun Yi and Yun Ke, Yun Yi quit first, he saved so many people last night, today he was soft on accepting the thank you gift, so he rushed to Went to socialize with those people, leaving Yun Ke alone to accompany Concubine De.
"Xiao Qi." Concubine De sneaked everyone out of the tent, and then talked to Yun Ke, "What do you think of Miss Gu's family?"
Yun Ke smiled faintly at Concubine De, "Concubine Mother is thinking of marrying Brother Wuhuang?"
"Xiao Qi still knows my heart." Concubine De didn't hide from Yun Ke, and said with a smile. He retired and died.
"She is not a good match for the five emperors." Yun Ke pretended to think for a moment and said.
Yun Ke's words coincided with what Concubine De was thinking, Concubine De immediately showed a big smile, but she still asked, "How do you say that?"
"The military power in Dingyuanhou's mansion has already been handed over. Although the emperor thought about Gu Huaizhong's good and gave him a marquis, he has a status, but it is not as good as those generals who really hold military power in their hands." Yun Ke He talked eloquently, "Gu Huaizhong, the Marquis, has no foundation at all. He has no military power in his hands. It's just a decoration. Besides, Miss Gu's family is still young. Although she has a reputation for being smart, she still needs to be married to be able to marry someone." A few years, who knows if she will change in these few years? It's better to find a suitable family background and appearance from the noble girls who have grown up!"
Yun Ke's words really mean that Concubine Daode has gone inside her heart, isn't that the reason? A Marquis of Dingyuan who has no military power is no match for the prime minister's mansion who holds real power!
If the Liang family army of Gu Yuqi's grandfather, Old General Liang, had not dispersed, then the status of the Hou Mansion would be different from what it is now, but the Liang family army had disappeared with the death of Old General Liang a few years ago. Annoyed for a long time, a team of 50,000 elite soldiers, generals with hanging seals, wounded and sick, and even those soldiers are getting old one after another. According to Daqi's military service system, most of those soldiers are It was overdue, and they wanted to leave, but His Majesty didn't even have a reason to stop them, watching the 50,000 elite soldiers disband and return to their villages.
The current Dingyuanhou's Mansion is just a show, with no real power at all. Although Gu Huaizhong is still responsible for the job of the left servant of the Ministry of War, he has no real power at all. Besides, Gu Yuqi is only ten years old now, and it will take four or five years before she can really get married, and Yun Yi will be twenty by then! Isn't this bullshit
"What Xiao Qi said is true." Concubine De nodded, and she became more firm in her thoughts. She then smiled and said, "Xiao Qi and Yi'er are about the same age, and it's time to discuss marriage. If you have any ideas, you can talk to the concubine mother, if it is suitable, the concubine mother will go to your father to mention it."
Yun Ke sneered from the bottom of his heart, he was always the one brought by Yun Yi, it was like this in the previous life, and it will not change in this life, no one in Nuo Da's palace really cares about him.
"Thank you, mother and concubine, for thinking about it. It's just that Brother Wuhuang hasn't discussed marriage yet, and my son and minister don't think about it." Yun Ke said calmly.
His performance made Concubine De nod secretly, as long as she knew her position.
In the evening, Dongshan Hunting Farm arranged a grand banquet. After the lunch break, each family began to dress up their appearance, and wanted to make a good start at the banquet.
Gu Yuqi developed a high fever, and her body has been recuperating very well since she fell into the water. In addition, she is now practicing martial arts and exercising a lot. According to the theory, it is not so easy to get sick, but the depression last night and the stimulation given to her by Yun Ke , In addition, the side of her lunch break tent was rolled out by something, and the cold wind was blowing in. When Chun Xing came over and found out, the sleeping Gu Yuqi had already blown a lot of cold wind.
The illness came like a mountain, and Gu Yuqi was in a daze with a high fever, and her whole body was limp, and she couldn't even get out of bed.
Mrs. Liang invited the imperial doctor to see her and gave Gu Yuqi some medicine. If she falls ill, she cannot attend the royal dinner at night. Although Mrs. Liang intends to stay and take care of Gu Yuqi, she cannot. After midnight, he reluctantly left. This has been delayed for a long time, and Gu Huaizhong urged him several times.
She left Chunxing to take care of Gu Yuqi, and told her not to leave her.
When she came out this time, she brought too few maidservants. If she had known that she should bring all the four major maidservants out, she would not be unable to take care of her.
At the royal banquet, because Gu Yuqi found the clue of the assassin last night, everyone was waiting to see Gu Yuqi, but wait a minute, wait a moment, they only saw the people from Dingyuanhou's mansion, but not the daughter of the Dingyuanhou's mansion, After inquiring, they found out that they had contracted a cold and fell ill. Some people were disappointed, and some gloated over their misfortune.
After all, she is a lucky person, and His Majesty will also attend today. If you praise Gu Yuqi in front of everyone, then the future of this little girl Gu Yuqi will be bright. Maybe she can marry into the royal family and become some kind of princess or princess.
During the banquet, Emperor Jing still mentioned Gu Yuqi, the daughter of the Dingyuan Houfu, but because she was not there, Gu Huaizhong thanked her on behalf of her daughter, and His Majesty bestowed a lot of rewards, making Gu Huaizhong so happy that he grinned at the roots of his ears.
Mrs. Liang couldn't see him like this. Although it was a happy thing for her daughter to receive the reward from the emperor, she was sick now! Why did she feel that Gu Huaizhong was so happy that she forgot that her daughter was having a high fever, and those who were rescued by Yunyi last night were also grateful for Gu Yuqi's goodness, they took turns to toast, Gu Huaizhong was already drunk.
The older one was out of tune, the younger one was sick, and the two younger ones were frightened and wanted to play but dared not leave her. Liang felt as if she was being roasted on the fire, restless. She couldn't leave until the royal banquet was over, she could only wait dryly, and had to deal with the wives from other houses who came to congratulate her from time to time, it really made her face freeze from laughing.
After finally surviving the banquet, Liang picked up Gu Siyang and Gu Siyu and rushed back. After returning to his tent and seeing Gu Yuqi, he really felt relieved.
Gu Yuqi's martial arts practice in the past two or three months is still effective. The illness came and went quickly, and the fever has faded in just over an hour.
When Gu Yuqi woke up, Chun Xing fed her some light rice porridge and drank some medicine, and now she has fallen asleep peacefully.
Mrs. Liang watched for a while, seeing that she was sleeping deeply, and touched her head again so that it was not so hot, so she left to rest.
There was nothing to say all night, until the next morning, Gu Yuqi was awakened by the sound of horns outside the tent.
The horn sounded higher than the sound, Gu Yuqi opened her eyes in a daze, and she was stunned for half a moment before she remembered that she was in the Dongshan hunting ground.
When Chun Xing saw Gu Yuqi wake up, she also let out a sigh of relief. She saw Gu Yuqi fell asleep last night, so she lay down beside her bed and took a nap.
"Miss, hurry up and drink the medicine first." She picked up the medicine that was warm on the stove, poured a bowl over and waited for Gu Yuqi to drink it, and then waited for her to change all the clothes on her body and scrub them again. That's it.
"Where's mother?" Gu Yuqi leaned against the bed, and Chun Xing leaned against her back with a thick cushion.
"Master Hou took his wife, the second son and the third miss to the grand ceremony." Chun Xing said with a smile.
Every year before the start of the Winter Hunting Festival, there will be a ceremony similar to offering sacrifices to heaven, and Gu Yuqi nodded knowingly.
Fortunately, she is sick now, so she doesn't need to go there. She participated in it many times in her previous life. Considering how many people crowded into such a small place, and she had to pray and kowtow in a dress, she was enough.
While eating the breakfast that Chun Xing brought, she was talking to Chun Xing, and she glanced at a red plum tree on the table.
"The plum blossoms here in the Dongshan hunting ground are also extremely beautiful." She smiled, "Did you pick them?" No, this jade bottle doesn't look like something from the Hou's mansion.
Chun Xing also took a look at the red plums stuck in the jade vase and said with a smile, "The maidservant is serving the young lady, so why bother to pick plum blossoms? When the young lady was not awake just now, the maidservant went to get the medicine and came back I found it at the door of our tent." Chun Xing said with a smile, "I think it must have been sent by someone, and the servant has reported it to Madam, Madam said that since it was sent by someone, it will be kept temporarily, and it is not something shameful. So the slaves brought it in."
As long as Chun Xing doesn't make her own decisions, it's fine with her mother's consent. She just said, this bottle doesn't look like something from the Hou Mansion. Besides, her mother's mind was not trapped by the door. How could she bring a useless jade bottle when she came out to participate in the Winter Hunting Festival.
Wait... Gu Yuqi put down the bowl, "Sister Chunxing, go and bring me that bottle."