Runying's skillful hands quickly combed a beautiful hairstyle for Gu Yuqi. Her long black and shiny hair was formed into a pair of bows by her skillful hands. Different from the makeup of other girls, Runying put the pair of knots slightly closer to her. A little later, it looks playful yet solemn. When they left the Hou's mansion, they basically brought out their jewelry. So she easily found a pair of plain silver orchid hairpins inlaid with pearls in Gu Yuqi's jewelry box, and put one on each side for Gu Yuqi.
Although the pair of hairpins are not expensive, they are very delicate and elegant in shape. The pearls are round and lovely, lining Gu Yuqi's skin like fine suet white jade. She put on another pair of white pearl earrings for Gu Yuqi. It matches the hairpin on the head in a fun way.
She chose a light green dress to put on for Gu Yuqi, with a dark green silk sash tied around her waist, on which hung the sachet that Gu Yuqi wore all year round. Chi Jiandao died.
"Miss, this sachet is almost worn out, let Yanzhi make another one for you." Runying said while helping Gu Yuqi hang the sachet.
"Understood." Gu Yuqi smiled and touched Runying's forehead with her finger, "Why don't you say you made one yourself? It's just a lazy bone."
Run Ying giggled, "Isn't there other things, slave girl?"
"It's just you." Gu Yuqi smiled and spat at her. "Okay, hurry up and do what you should do. By the way, the outside is too dangerous. If you want to go to the pier tomorrow, ask Zhao Wuduo to ask two guards to accompany you. And be careful."
"En. Don't worry, miss, the servants at the dock have been there several times. Isn't it all right?" Run Ying said with a smile. "Seriously, miss, there are really a lot of good things piled up on the pier. You have a good eye."
In the past few days, according to the instructions of taking care of Yuqi, Runying went to the pier to find bargains and buy them back.
Those merchants who were trapped by the heavy rain were distraught. It rained endlessly, seeing that all the money on their bodies was about to be spent, and the price of food began to rise. In order to maintain their livelihoods and reduce losses, many people began to sell their goods at low prices. For the past two days, Runying has been accompanied by guards to the pier every day, collecting some very cheap things that will sell well. Yesterday, Runying collected a lot of high-quality spices, and the price was less than half of the usual price. The happy Runying was smiling in her dreams at night. As long as those spices are transported to the capital after the catastrophe, the price will quadruple immediately. The princes and nobles in the capital have nothing else but people who are stupid and have a lot of money, as long as they flatter them well. No matter what the price is, someone will take advantage of it and spend their money to buy it.
Gu Yuqi was afraid that this girl, Runying, would become addicted to picking up cheap things and forget her own safety, which would be terrible, so she had to give a few more words of advice. Seeing that Runying agreed, Gu Yuqi felt that it was necessary to tell Zhao Wu again that Runying was a girl who wanted money but not life, so don't be too complacent and be troubled by being targeted.
Waiting for everything to be cleaned up, Gu Yuqi ran to the kitchen again. Daimei was leading a few village women to cook a fire, and His Royal Highness Wang An lived here. Naturally, his food needs to be very delicate, and Daimei will get it in person, while the other guards also need to eat, so those village women will take care of it. Fortunately, these village women lived in the courtyard for a while, and they have seen a lot of the world with Liang Huaiyu and Gu Yuqi. In addition, they were quick at home, so the things they made can be regarded as delicious.
His Royal Highness Wang An's burning has not completely faded away, so the food is mainly light. Daimei boiled some lean meat porridge, which is flavored with fresh shellfish, and it smells like a strong aroma. King An sent it, and Gu Yuqi finished a big bowl first, and licked the corners of her lips unsatisfied. If Daimei didn't cook enough, she really wanted to drink another bowl.
After drinking the porridge, Gu Yuqi felt that she was really resurrected with blood.
She pulled Daimei to make another cake, and it wasn't until King An sent someone to ask about the dinner, that Gu Yuqi picked up the tray and walked towards the courtyard where His Royal Highness An Wang lived.
Gu Yuqi didn't forget to ask Daimei to hold some other pastries and go there with her.
The cake this time was even better than the last one. Gu Yuqi took Dai Mei to the door of His Highness Wang An with brisk steps.
Sure enough, in the dark at the door, Du Xia, dressed as a guard, stood upright.
"You two guards have worked hard." Gu Yuqi walked over with a smile and said to the guards standing in front of the door. "Here are some snacks for you to eat." After she finished speaking, she motioned Daimei to come over. Dai Mei gave the pre-distributed snacks to the guards at the door one by one, and finally, when giving it to Du Xia, she secretly gave him another oiled paper bag.
Du Xia was startled for a moment, then immediately wrapped the oiled paper into his arms, his heart beating like a drum. The oiled paper bag was still warm, holding Du Xia's heart in his bosom, it must be the cake that Gu Yuqi promised earlier.
Du Xia instantly felt that time seemed to pass too slowly, it would be great if it could pass a little faster, so that he could change shifts, and then find a corner where no one was there to open the oil-paper bag. He felt like his heart was about to fly. Gu Yuqi was very thoughtful, if she gave Du Xia something alone, it would inevitably arouse the discussion of other guards, but it would not attract attention.
Seeing that Daimei had finished what she had instructed, Gu Yuqi walked in with a tray.
"Minister Gu Yuqi, please greet His Royal Highness King An. The girl brought dinner, and invite His Highness King An to eat." After she entered, she raised the tray high above her head, and bowed her knees to salute.
"Come here." Yun Ke responded lightly.
"Yes." Gu Yuqi just stood up, put the tray down on the table, separated the food boxes inside the tray one by one, and took out the hot porridge, side dishes and two snacks inside. Daimei's cooking is really getting better and better, Gu Yuqi secretly admired it while posing, it's really a waste to feed this guy.
"Come here and help me get up." Yun Ke frowned slightly when he saw that Gu Yuqi was standing on the side like a wooden stake after setting things up, he said slowly.
"Yes, Your Highness." Gu Yuqi lowered her head in response, but curled her lips. She walked over, helped Yun Ke up, and then helped him to the table.
His palms were still hot, better than before. Under the reflection of the candlelight, his complexion was still very pale, the floating abnormal blush had faded, the rest was pale, and his lips had lost their color, but the clothes on his body had already been changed. It's so refreshing, even the hair is meticulously combed behind the head, pinned with a white jade hairpin.
Gu Yuqi couldn't help but take another look at him, there was really something wrong, she was still sick, what should she dress up for if she had nothing to do, who would show it to her!
Seeing that Gu Yuqi looked at him twice more, Yun Ke secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but his heart was still a little bored. If he really misunderstood everything in the previous life, then how will he face Gu Yuqi in the future.
He knew that Gu Yuqi had woken up early, so he specially sent secret guards to monitor Gu Yuqi, not for anything else but to know her movements. I also know that Gu Yuqi has deliberately dawdled until now. Ever since the news came back from the dark guard that Gu Yuqi had gone out, he had started washing and tidying himself up. He didn't understand why he would suddenly attach so much importance to Gu Yuqi, but he really didn't want Gu Yuqi to see his sloppiest appearance.
Perhaps in the previous life, he used this skin to seduce Gu Yuqi, so maybe, now he can still keep Gu Yuqi's attention.
He glanced at the food on the table and frowned slightly. Is something missing
Seeing that His Highness Wang An didn't move his chopsticks for a long time, Gu Yuqi only thought that he was holding Joe, and compared her middle fingers in her heart with disdain, and then asked, "Is it something that doesn't suit His Highness's appetite? If so, the girl will take it down." Ask someone to redo it, maybe if there is anything His Highness wants to eat, you can also tell the girl, and the girl can see if she can get it for His Majesty."
what to do? To say or not to say? If you say it, Gu Yuqi is so smart that she must know that he sent someone to monitor her. If you don't say it, then... Forget it, if you don't have it, maybe there is no cake. Make it for him to eat.
He had wanted to send someone to urge Gu Yuqi a long time ago, but he heard from the secret guard that Gu Yuqi was making a kind of dessert called cake in the kitchen, so he pressed down on that idea and waited patiently. What kind of cake? The pastries on the plate are very exquisite, but they are just ordinary mung bean cakes and maple syrup cakes. If he didn't know these two snacks, then his two lifetimes would have been in vain.
"In special times, don't bother." Yun Ke replied lightly, picking up the bowls and chopsticks.
Gu Yuqi stepped back, and made a big grimace at Yun Ke's back, telling you to pretend!
Yun Ke still ate quietly like in his previous life, but he ate very quickly, as if someone was urging him behind his back. Seeing that Yun Ke had finished eating, Gu Yuqi stepped forward to pack her things, but was stopped by Yun Ke.
"Leave it alone." He glanced at Gu Yuqi who was eager to leave the room, his thoughts were full of ups and downs, but he said without any expression on his face.
"Yes." Upon hearing this, Gu Yuqi dropped her hands and stepped back.
Yun Ke was embarrassed for a while, couldn't she take the initiative to talk to him? Just like the previous life.
In the previous life, as long as he went to Gu Yuqi's place, Gu Yuqi would be very excited, pulling him to talk about things, how much she missed him, how much she looked forward to his coming, how happy she was when he came. In this life, if he said something and she did it, there was no nonsense.
This kind of Gu Yuqi made Yun Ke very uncomfortable.
That's right, when she saw her for the first time, she was obviously very afraid of herself, and when she saw her for the second time, she also wanted to avoid herself in a hurry. Alas, Yun Ke silently sighed in his heart. If he really misunderstood her in the last life, then he really hurt her too deeply.
The room was silent for a long time, and there was a strange atmosphere that even Gu Yuqi felt suffocated. What's going on with Yun Ke now? Don't think of any bad tricks to deal with yourself again. But it doesn't look like it. Now that I have formed an alliance with him, although he is a bastard, he will still treat people who are useful to him with more courtesy, and be good at attracting and using them, otherwise he would not be able to succeed in enthroning. After a while, he will rescue two very down-and-out literati in Jiangxia City. These two people will become his most loyal staff, and they will also become Da Qi's Grand Scholars and Minister of Rites in the future. So Yun Ke was very kind to those who helped him.
With the status of an alliance, Yun Ke should not be too embarrassing for himself.
Gu Yuqi was thinking wildly here, so why not Yun Ke.
He has always been cold and cold, and he can't warm up to others. Even in the last life, Zhang Wanyi, whom he felt enamored with, was indifferent and didn't show any enthusiasm. Now she doesn't even say a word to Gu Yuqi.
"That prescription..." Yun Ke thought for a while, before opening his mouth to break the tranquility circulating in the room.
"What prescription is the prince asking?" Gu Yuqi asked knowingly.
"The prescription that can cure the plague." Yun Ke was not annoyed. Seeing that Gu Yuqi had spoken, he seemed relieved, and continued to ask, "Did you really find it in the last life?" He still couldn't help asking It came out that the fact that he was certain in the previous life has become less certain in this life, and he really wanted to get another confirmation from Gu Yuqi.
"Does it make sense?" Gu Yuqi's heart sank suddenly, thinking of her stupid appearance in her previous life, she couldn't help but sarcastically. "Anyway, His Highness already has a conclusion in his heart."
Significant. Yun Ke frowned, and his heart also wrinkled. He turned around slowly, seeing the disdainful smile on the corner of Gu Yuqi's mouth, and his heart sank. Anger and disdain flashed in her eyes.
Yes, she no longer bothered to explain anything.
"I want to know." The tone was still cold, but if Gu Yuqi paid more attention, she would find that there was a bit of trembling in that tone. Yun Ke said slowly. "Can you tell me about the process of getting that prescription again."
"Didn't His Highness's good cousin discover the prescription? The prince can ask her." Gu Yuqi didn't get angry when she mentioned these things. She had tried her best to suppress it, but her tone was still not kind.
"The king is asking you now." Yun Ke's frown deepened. Why was she so gentle in front of him in the previous life, but in this life she was so irritable, like a firecracker, it exploded at any point.
"You really want to know?" Gu Yuqi tilted her head slightly, and looked at Yun Ke suspiciously. In the last life, she just explained, but he yelled back at her, scolded her face to face, and banned her for a month. What kind of wind did he smoke in this life
"Tell me, my lord, listen." Yun Ke said with rare patience.
"Okay. In my last life, I heard that you were trapped in Jiangxia City and you were infected with the plague, so I started asking doctors and pharmacists. I almost asked all the medical clinics in the capital. They proposed many prescriptions, but none of them worked. to treat this disease, so I started to turn over books by myself. I searched through bookstores the size of the capital, and finally found a half-remained handwritten ancient book in a bookstore in the east of the city. It recorded that the previous dynasty also had There was such a plague once, and the disease described above was almost exactly the same as this time, so I copied down the prescription, and I asked Zhang Wanyi to ask her to confirm whether the prescription is accurate or not. Ask her to find a few people infected with the disease to testify. At that time, all the people who got the disease in the capital were isolated in the south city, and I couldn't get close, but Zhang Wanyi is the daughter of the prime minister, so there is still a way. But I didn't expect that a few days later , I got the news that Zhang Wanyi found a cure for the disease." Gu Yuqi finished speaking quickly, and then shrugged, "You know what happened after that, and I don't need to repeat it."
The more Gu Yuqi said, the colder Yun Ke's heart could not stop.
What Gu Yuqi said is well-founded. If Gu Yuqi didn't find out the prescription, then how could she even name the bookstore and the name of the ancient book
Yun Ke's mind is very confused now, he waved his hand feebly, "Go down. This king needs to rest." He said coldly.
"Yes." Gu Yuqi didn't ask any further questions, she bowed directly, then picked up the bowls and chopsticks on the table, and took them out together.
Yun Ke watched Gu Yuqi's back leave his room, and the moment the door closed, he felt as if he had really done something extremely stupid. How great would it be if she also spoke in such detail in her previous life
As soon as Yun Ke thought about it, he felt a cloud of sadness enveloped his heart, which made him almost out of breath. In the last life, I never gave her a chance to explain well... I just interrupted her words roughly after hearing the beginning, and even restrained her feet. The most ridiculous thing is that at that time, he threatened her that if he would tell Zhang Wanyi's truth in front of him again, he would send her out of the palace.
He blamed her for being jealous of Zhang Wanyi.
In the previous life, after learning that Zhang Wanyi had found a prescription to save him, he stubbornly believed that Zhang Wanyi was the one who sincerely treated him well and was his good companion for life. How could he know that someone who really treats him well is already by his side...
There is almost no need to ask for proof, Yun Ke already knows that Gu Yuqi is not lying... Because in the previous life, Yunke also asked Zhang Wanyi where the prescription came from, but she faltered and fooled it, not like what Gu Yuqi said So careful.
"Come here." He called the hidden guards who were hiding in the dark. "Go and find out if there is such a bookstore in the east city of the capital, and if there is an ancient book in the bookstore." Hiding in the dark, the dark guard has already heard all their words, so as soon as Yun Ke mentions it, he immediately just know.
After sneaking away the hidden guards, Yun Ke sat alone for a long time, until bursts of pain came from his lower back. All kinds of scenes of getting along with Gu Yuqi in the previous life flashed before his eyes one after another, the more Yun Ke thought about it, the more he felt a wave of fright.
Finally, he slowly closed his eyes and let out a long sigh. When he was in it in the last life, he felt that looking at Gu Yuqi was not pleasing to the eye. He was in the blessing, and he didn't know how to cherish the blessing at all. But now that he jumped out and looked back, it turned out that he had wronged her.
Maybe he was really wrong in his last life... Could it be that the purpose of letting him live again is to let him correct this mistake
But Gu Yuqi in the previous life was all about herself, and Gu Yuqi in this life didn't even want to look at him any more. If he sincerely tried to save him, would there be any way to save him? Ignored her heart for too long, and people who ignored her for too long, maybe she wouldn't give herself a chance, otherwise how could she shout out the vicious vow that she would never see each other again before she died.
"Come here." After thinking for a long time, he called the hidden guard over again. "Go and find out the truth about Gu Yuqi's departure from the Hou's Mansion. What the king wants is the truth, not to follow others' opinions. What happened to the Hou's Mansion the night Gu Yuqi left."
"Yes." The dark guard took the order to leave again.
The heavy rain stopped suddenly on the second day, as if it came suddenly, without any warning, Jiangxia City was already tortured by the heavy rain for days. Although the refugees entered the city, most of them were penniless when they left home. There was no place to live in Jiangxia City, and they could only gather under the eaves of ruined temples and streets and alleys.
Runying was on the way to the pier. Today, Zhao Wu sent two more people to protect her according to the instructions of taking care of Yuqi. However, Runying felt that it was completely unnecessary. She went to the pier almost every day and encountered nothing. matter. But Gu Yuqi's attitude and Zhao Wu's attitude were very firm, so Runying did not refuse.
But by coincidence, a few days ago a medicinal material dealer took the initiative to find Runying. He has a large amount of medicinal materials in his hand, but due to improper storage, most of them have been drenched by the rain. He found out that Runying had been collecting things at the pier since it started raining, so he wanted to try his luck. Maybe this little girl would collect his soaked medicinal materials if she was stupid. So how could Runying be so shrewd? In this kind of trick at the meeting, the medicine supplier was returned.
Seeing that Runying was young and carrying a huge sum of money, the medicine dealer thought she was the daughter of a wealthy merchant in Jiangxia City, so he suddenly became malicious and wanted to kidnap Runying and demand from her family. Some silver taels. He gathered a few hooligans and ambushed on the road that Runying was about to pass.
By chance, a scholar who had escaped overheard the conversation of the local hooligans he was looking for when they were in ambush, so he walked in front of the bandits.
He waited anxiously according to the descriptions given by those hooligans, and finally he found a little girl who looked almost the same as what they said. Not to mention, that scholar was really smarter, it was Runying who stopped him.
He rushed in front of Runying in a hurry, stopped Runying, and told Runying what he had seen and heard. When Runying heard this, she immediately flew into a rage, and the guards at home also laughed angrily after hearing it. At the same time, everyone followed the scholar's prompt and came to catch a turtle in a urn, and beat up those local hooligans who were ambushing on the street corner. Shang caught it, stripped it and dropped it in front of the pier, as a warning to others.
Runying hid aside with the scholar, and smiled brightly, but she was also secretly afraid in her heart. She admires Gu Yuqi even more, her little lady really has the ability to predict the future!
But when she finished laughing and looked back, the scholar who was standing next to her just now had passed out beside her, and he hadn't eaten for several days.
Runying was grateful for his kindness, so she decided to take him back home.
After Runying went back, she couldn't wait to tell Gu Yuqi everything. Gu Yuqi was also curious, so she took a look at the scholar. Her eyes almost fell out of shock. She knew this man!
Gu Yuqi burst into tears immediately, Runying casually went out and picked up a book from the Ministry of Rites of the future Great Qi Dynasty and came back, Xiao Nizi, she really messed with her, she has a future!