Bixia Hall was closer to Renshou Palace. Eunuch Wei first sent Xiao Qingkong back to Renshou Palace, and then took the aggrieved Qin Chuyu to Kunning Palace.
As soon as Qin Chuyu saw Queen Xiao, he couldn't help himself as a little man's golden beanie.
Watching his tears fall down, Empress Xiao didn't know why, so she hugged her son, wiped his tears with a veil, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Qin Chuyu cried out of breath.
Empress Xiao then looked at Eunuch Wei.
Eunuch Wei had to tell the whole story: "… His Highness said that Mr. Xian'er pushed, and Mr. Xian said that he did not push. That child... just lost his father, he was disabled, and he lost both legs. His Majesty couldn't bear to blame him. He asked the servant to bring back the seventh prince."
This is very skillful, and it makes people feel that His Majesty does not believe in Qin Chuyu, but that the child is too pitiful, and he is a guest, and His Majesty did not hold him accountable in person.
Empress Xiao sighed: "Okay, stop crying."
"He pushed me! I didn't lie..." Qin Chuyu cried miserably.
"Okay, okay, he pushed you, and the mother believes in you." Queen Xiao comforted her son distressedly.
After Eunuch Wei retired, Qin Chuyu cried for a while and fell asleep.
Queen Xiao instructed Eunuch Su to visit Bixia Palace, gave some gifts to Princess Ning An, and took a look at the child.
"The bottom leg is empty..."
Su Gonggong reported.
Empress Xiao looked at her sleeping son, touched his forehead, and sighed slowly: "Got it, step back."
In the early years, Queen Xiao's relationship with Princess Ning'an was relatively harmonious, more harmonious than that with Princess Xinyang.
Princess Ning'an's temperament is innocent and lively, and she is a girl who can warm people's hearts when she smiles.
It's just that they haven't seen each other for so many years, and they are separated from each other. Queen Xiao may still be Queen Xiao, but Princess Ning'an is no longer that innocent and naive little princess.
Today's Ning'an is just a poor woman who was betrayed by her husband, and her only son is a crippled one. If Queen Xiao cares about them, it would be a loss of her status, not to mention her Majesty and the Queen Mother would be displeased.
Empress Xiao frowned and said, "Take a closer look at the Seventh Highness in the future. Don't go to the Bixia Hall. Take that dog with you today, and don't ask the Seventh Highness to see it again."
Eunuch Su responded: "Yes."
But he said that after Xiao Jingkong returned to Renshou Palace, he said goodbye directly to his aunt and planned to go back.
Because he is one year older, he firmly believes that he can come and go as freely as his bad brother-in-law, so he came here today by himself in Liu Quan's carriage.
Going back is also in Liu Quan's carriage.
He is an independent little man! :
"Auntie, goodbye!" He waved his little hand.
"Wait." Empress Dowager Zhuang grabbed the little guy, put it on the chair beside him, and asked, "What's wrong with your feet?"
Small Clearance: Has this been found too
I'm obviously going well!
"It's nothing, it hurts a bit." Xiao Jingkong said with a small hand.
Empress Dowager Zhuang took off his shoes, revealing a small swollen instep. Empress Dowager Zhuang frowned: "How did you do it? It's all swollen."
The small clearance is naughty, and the body is bumped and bruised and falls are common, but it is rare to swell up.
Xiao Jingkong told the story just now rigorously and honestly, and at the end he added his own opinion: "... That little brother doesn't seem to like playing with others."
Eunuch Qin gave Empress Dowager Zhuang a worried look.
Empress Dowager Zhuang put down Xiaojingkong's trouser legs, put on his shoes, and said, "If you don't like it, forget it, you can play by yourself in the future."
"But why does his chair have wheels?" Xiao Qingkong is still thinking about the big wheels.
Empress Dowager Zhuang will feel sad when she mentions these things. Eunuch Qin hurriedly said, "King Kong, I'll take you outside to sit on the swing."
"Well... Okay." Xiao Qingkong jumped to the ground and jumped with one small foot!
A few clever little palace maids stayed in the yard to play with him, Eunuch Qin came back, and looked at Empress Dowager Zhuang, who seemed to be old and haggard for several years, and persuaded distressedly: "Empress Dowager, don't take your heart too seriously. Go, that child has such a body, it is inevitable to have a weird temperament, and he has just lost his father... It is inevitable that he will be emotional. Besides, his broken body is somewhat uncomfortable when he sees a normal man. "
Regarding this, Eunuch Qin felt too empathy.
He is a eunuch, and his body is also incomplete. At this age, he will naturally have figured out everything he should think about, and accepted everything he should accept. However, when he saw a normal man in the early years, he would be jealous, hateful, and unwilling. will be ashamed.
The same is true of Huangfuxian.
Qin Chuyu didn't lie and they both knew it well.
Empress Dowager Zhuang closed her eyes: "Ai's family is tired, remember to ask someone to escort him back."
"Yes." Eunuch Qin responded.
Bixia Hall.
The emperor returned to Huaqing Palace first. Princess Ning'an and Huangfuxian were sitting in Shu Ming's spacious bedroom. All the palace members were rejected by Princess Ning'an, and only Lian'er was at the side.
Huangfuxian sat in a wheelchair, casually playing with flowers in a vase.
Princess Ning An sat down opposite him, looked at him for a moment, and said, "Xian'er, why did you do this?"
"I like it." Huangfuxian said looking at the flower in his hand.
Lian'er looked at her princess in fear.
Princess Ning'an took a deep breath, suppressed her anger, and said sternly: "Huangfuxian, this is not a frontier, it is a palace, and a little thing may make you lose your head."
Huangfuxian pinched a petal: "Oh? Is that so? Who dares to cut my head beyond His Majesty and the Empress Dowager?"
Princess Ning'an stared at him for a long time: "Huangfuxian, no one owes you, and your majesty and the queen dowager will not spoil you all the time. You'd better put away your bad temper and don't be in the midst of blessings and do not know your blessings!"
Huangfuxian looked at Princess Ning'an sarcastically: "What if I don't? Will you send me back to the frontier? Or just treat me as a remnant of the previous dynasty? Ah, I almost forgot, you are the princess of Zhao Kingdom, You can kill relatives and give up your husband righteously, what is a disabled son in your eyes? Why don't you get rid of my burden as soon as possible, you can choose a son-in-law and marry another!"
Snapped!
Princess Ning An slapped him in the face!
Huangfuxian was beaten to the side.
Lian'er was so frightened that her face turned pale, she rushed over to hug Huangfuxian, and said to Princess Ning'an, "Princess! Don't do this!"
"Go away!" Huangfuxian didn't appreciate it, and pushed Lian'er away rudely.
Lian'er staggered a few steps and bumped into the table behind her, her back was blue.
Huangfuxian wiped the blood on the corner of his mouth with his slender fingertips. He looked at the drop of blood, his lips twitched, and a sneering pleasure flashed in his eyes: "Well done, my mother."
…
Gu Jiao went to the hospital today.
The second owner almost burst into tears when she saw her, but they didn't care about the many doctors and patients in the lobby. They held Gu Jiao's hand tightly and looked up and down for a while: "Xiao Gu, are you really okay?"
"I'm fine." Gu Jiao said.
"You lied! Don't tell me that you are so sick! You were kidnapped by the concubine!"
People from the medical center also went to the frontier, so they were able to bring back some news about Gu Jiao. For example, after Gu Jiao returned from Lingguan City, she self-isolated for seven days, and Doctor Song knew that she had contracted the disease.
Dr. Song would not hide it from Er Dong's family.
But Doctor Song didn't know about being kidnapped by his concubine.
She didn't say it.
Gu Changqing didn't say anything.
She didn't say it because she was too lazy to say it, and Gu Changqing didn't say it was mostly for her sake. Gu Changqing only reported everything truthfully in the letter to His Majesty.
Apart from her and Gu Changqing, only Princess Ning'an's master and servant and the doctor Tong knew about this matter.
Gu Jiao's eyes crossed the medicine table and fell on someone who was taking medicine for the patient.
Feeling Gu Jiao's gaze, Doctor Tong turned around, gave Gu Jiao a candid smile, and waved: "Doctor Gu!"
As one of the heroes who saved Princess Ning'an, Tongyiguan entered the capital this time because the emperor wanted to reward him in person.
But he didn't live in the royal inn, so he had to come to the hospital to do chores for free.
"Doctor Gu!"
After taking medicine for the patient, he walked over with a smile on his face, "You left the army that day, and I've been worried about you."
"Well." Gu Jiao replied lightly, "Thank you for your hard work."
He was talking about his errands and no monthly payment.
Doctor Tong waved his hand hurriedly: "It's not hard, it's not hard!"
He glanced behind Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao knew what he was aiming at and said, "In the basket."
Doctor Tong's eyes lit up.
Gu Jiao said again, "I won't touch you."
Doctor Tong: "..."
During the Chinese New Year, not many patients came to see the doctor, and there were no incurable diseases that Gu Jiao needed to deal with.
Gu Jiao went to Liu Yisheng's house in the afternoon.
She didn't go on New Year's Eve, but on the first day of the new year, but Liu Yisheng was not there, nor was Anu and her elderly mama.
Gu Jiao knocked on the door of the Liu family again.
Surprisingly, still no response.
"Is there no one again? Did you go out again, or has there been no one for the past few days?"
Gu Jiao listened quietly to what was going on inside. Liu Yisheng had a special identity. Too many people in the capital wanted to bully him. Gu Jiao wasn't sure if something had happened to him. .
There was snow in the yard, and there were no strange footprints.
The courtyard door is a bolt inserted from the inside, and the outside is not locked, but if you go through the main room to the back door, you will find that the back door is locked from the outside.
So they are really out.
There was a little dust in the house, but there was no sign of a fight.
Gu Jiao basically ruled out the possibility of Liu Yisheng being kidnapped.
Gu Jiao thought about it for a while, but still took out a small notebook and left a note for him, asking him to come back to the hospital to find her, she had something to bring him.
After Gu Jiao left Liu Yisheng's house, she went to Qinghuan Chess Club again.
She didn't want to play chess, but wanted to touch the figure of the old beggar nearby.
She left in a hurry and didn't say goodbye to the old beggar, and she didn't know what happened to him recently.
He looked around the streets where the old beggar used to haunt, but he didn't see the old beggar.
Suddenly, a scholar came out from the Qinghuan Chess Club opposite, and she stopped him: "Brother, have you seen the old beggar who is setting a chess game across the street?"
Gu Jiao was accustomed to dressing in men's clothes at the frontier, and she also wore men's clothes when she went out today.
After being with Gu Chengfeng for three months, she has learned a little bit of pseudo-voice skills. It's not very pleasant, but her youthful voice can barely fool a layman.
The scholar is quite knowledgeable, and he was not frightened by this young man's face, so he said nicely: "Oh, you said that person, he's gone!"
"Go?" Gu Jiao was slightly stunned.
"Yeah, I haven't seen him for more than two months! What is it that he left? Ah, maybe..." The scholar blocked his mouth, probably realizing that the New Year's Eve should not say unlucky words, and turned his back. He skipped a few words and said directly, "He's getting old, and it snows so much in the capital this year, you know."
"Um."
Gu Jiao understands.
It was freezing cold, and a helpless old beggar might freeze to death in the street on a cold and windy night.
This is a scholar's guess.
It's not Gu Jiao's.
The old beggar can earn money, and he can't starve or freeze to death.
Of course, murder or accident cannot be ruled out.
"It shouldn't be so unlucky, right?"
Gu Jiao murmured.
"What did you say?" the scholar asked.
Gu Jiao said, "It's nothing, thank you, farewell."
"Hey—" The scholar couldn't stop Gu Jiao, and scratched his head in confusion, "It's strange that someone would come to inquire about the whereabouts of a beggar during the New Year's Eve? After all, that beggar seems to really know how to play chess. He also won the Master Mushan from the Qinghuan Chess Club."
"Tsk, what is this doing to me?"
The scholar shook his head, wrapped his padded jacket tightly, and walked through the snow-covered street.
…
Coincidences in the world are so bizarre, they all exist, or they don't exist, just like an appointment.
Gu Jiao walked along the quiet streets without haste. The capital is the most prosperous place in Quan Zhao, but the streets during the Chinese New Year are still deserted.
It took a long time for one or two carriages to pass by Gu Jiao's side.
Gu Jiao didn't care and walked forward.
However, when passing an alley, there was a very noisy sound from the other end of the alley.
Gu Jiao took a closer look, and it was the direction of Xianleju.
Gu Jiao and Xian Leju are not too familiar with each other, they just visited a few times to investigate some things.
Concubine Jing was most likely the owner of Xianleju. After Concubine Jing died, Gu Jiao stopped staring at Xianleju.
But what happened to Xianleju
Gu Jiao paused, then walked towards Xianleju.
(End of this chapter)