The same palace room became a little different after a while. The wet footprints on the ground gradually dried and faded, and the steaming hot bath water no longer had white steam; the most different thing was that Fu Jinzhan, who was originally very excited, now looked very ashamed.
She dressed and murmured: How should I face her? Suddenly she turned around and said: Do you have a way to comfort my second sister
It's not difficult to comfort her. Guo Shaodao said, the difficult part is how to convince myself.
After hearing this, Fu Jinzhan's eyes lingered on Guo Shao's face.
Guo Shao was putting on his socks and boots. His hands were fast and steady. He said without raising his head: I have a subordinate named Zuo You. Seeing that I treated the people of Shu well, he flattered me and called me a saint. Later, I thought about it and realized that none of us could be saints. No matter what we do, a large group of people live a life of luxury and wealth without working. We cannot change the nature of plundering and exploiting the majority of people in disguise. But I still restrained the soldiers from burning, killing and looting. This was not hypocrisy or for fame. I just wanted to be a little more humane when plundering the world.
Guo Shao murmured: If you want to have the same thoughts towards everyone, you are just deceiving yourself.
Are you trying to convince yourself? Fu Jinzhan said calmly. She glanced at Guo Shao and said, "You go first. When you go out, see if there is anyone around."
Guo Shaoxian followed the road to the palace where the three of them had just sat. No one was there, so he walked out. Finally, he found Fu Ermei on a stone path in a garden. Fu Ermei heard the footsteps, turned around, and showed a very forced smile on her face: Husband, are you done washing
Guo Shao quickened his pace and caught up with him, and the two walked in silence for a long time.
Fu Ermei finally spoke: "Every time my husband went to war, I stayed in the palace. This is the Imperial Garden. There is a large palace in the west called Wanfu Palace. Do you know what it is used for?"
I don’t know. Guo Shaodao.
Fu Ermei said quietly: The concubines of Emperor Taizu all lived there, as well as some old palace maids. They were not allowed to go out and were only allowed to stay in Wanfu Palace.
Guo Shao said nothing.
Fu Ermei's bright eyes and white teeth rarely showed such a depressed mood. She usually didn't think about things that made her unhappy. The two of them talked intermittently. Guo Shao didn't say anything meaningful. He just listened patiently and carefully felt the second sister's thoughts.
My husband said that it was because of my eldest sister's trust that the court could be stable. In fact, it would have been the same whether I saw you or not on that Lantern Festival. You had already arranged it. Dad wanted to marry the Fu family to the general of the imperial army, and my sister arranged everything. Fu Ermei turned around and said, "I suddenly remembered what my husband said in the dim light. You said that you had traveled thousands of miles to have the opportunity to stand in front of me."
Guo Shaodao: If Wanfu Palace didn't have high walls, my second sister would regret meeting him that time.
Fu Ermei was stunned for a moment, pondered Guo Shao's words for a while, smiled and shook her head: No, even if it was just the moon in the mirror and the flowers in the water, even if it was just a shadow play, if I were to walk it again, I would walk the same path even more, and I might be eagerly looking forward to the Lantern Festival that year. My husband, do you know how I spent the past twenty years
Guo Shao said honestly: I should be living better than most people in the world.
Fu Ermei said in a trembling voice pitifully: No, because at that time I didn’t know my husband was in this world, so I didn’t feel tormented or bored.
There was a person behind the curtain in the bathroom where my second sister was just now. Guo Shao said in a deep voice.
Fu Ermei said hurriedly: "I know, it's a palace maid. My husband is right, it's not proper for you to do that in the palace."
It's the Queen Mother. Guo Shaodao.
Fu Ermei covered Guo Shao's mouth with one hand and her own ears with the other, but it was too late. Guo Shao only said three words and then vomited them out immediately.
Her body softened, she sighed quietly, and stood there without saying a word. Guo Shao continued: Before the Lantern Festival that year, your sister was still the queen; before discussing the marriage with the Fu family, I was the commander of the imperial guards. The second sister thought, how could a commander of a guard meet the queen at that time
After hearing this, Fu Ermei pondered and said: I'm afraid the queen can't attend the court. How do you know the eldest sister
Guo Shao said: Let alone the Queen, even if your sister is the Queen Mother now, can a wing commander see her? Even if he can see her during the court, it is behind the curtain and he can't even see what she looks like clearly.
Is that true? Fu Ermei lowered her head and thought.
Guo Shao added: "When the previous emperor was in power, let alone any private affairs, I don't want to live, but the queen wants to live." He continued, the queen has always been in the palace, and ordinary people can't see her at all. The only time she was seen was when she returned from the Gaoping Campaign and went to Chenqiao Station to welcome the army. At that time, those who went to see the emperor stood far away and didn't even dare to raise their heads. I was still a general at that time, waiting for the upper echelons to ask for merits so that I could be promoted.
Fu Ermei suddenly realized: Before my husband married me, he had no
How could you risk your life to make trouble? You can't do that. The Fu family has so many people and so much wealth. Your sister knows best what kind of brain your sister has. Guo Shao said, I don't even know what she looks like.
Fu Ermei paced a few steps and said: My husband used to be a guard in the Fu family.
Guo Shao said: I was only thirteen or fourteen at that time. I don't think I had ever seen the Fu family's wife. Maybe I had, but now I really can't remember what she looked like. Moreover, our social status was so different that we couldn't even talk to each other, let alone have any contact. Second sister thinks I am the kind of person who will think about a beautiful woman for ten years.
Guo Shao gently placed his hand on the back of Fu Ermei's hand. She did not move, so he gently held her soft and slender hand and whispered, "The high walls of Wanfu Palace are not only for the palace maids, nor are they only for Ermei. Isn't your sister also inside the high walls?"
Fu Ermei said nothing.
Guo Shao turned his head and whispered in her ear: Don’t you think that the eldest sister is very similar to the concubines in Wanfu Palace? The difference is that her wall is a little wider, extending to the entire imperial city; but can she go out? Have you seen the empress dowager who can remarry? The eldest sister is only twenty-six years old this year, and she will have to stay here alone for the rest of her life.
Fu Ermei immediately looked sympathetic: I didn't even think about my elder sister. After you said that, I suddenly felt that she was really pitiful.
Guo Shao took the opportunity to say softly: She is not only the elder sister of the second sister, but also my sister. She became the queen to stabilize the status of the entire Fu family. Last year, Tokyo was in turmoil. Without her, I would have died without a burial place. Most widows can remarry, but she can't, and can only stay here. Should we let her sacrifice herself unconditionally for the overall situation for the sake of some moral etiquette, and then live alone like this
Fu Ermei's complexion gradually regained its vitality. Although she looked sad, she was not as soft and sad as before.
Guo Shao said calmly: "No matter what happens, the Queen Mother will not take anything from you." Second sister, think about it, you are the one who married into the Guo family legitimately from the Fu family. From the perspective of the marriage plan, you sisters have the same role, but the Fu family's Wei Wang will not be willing to accept the mess that makes the world laugh at him.
Fu Ermei whispered: My husband is sacrificing his beauty to sleep with me
What kind of appearance do I have? Guo Shao asked in astonishment.
She covered her mouth with her hands and smiled, then stood on tiptoe and whispered: Sister and I look so much like each other, you must be willing too.
Guo Shao kept his head down and nodded in acknowledgment.
Fu Ermei is a person who can't hide her thoughts. Even if she doesn't say it, it's easy to show it. Looking at her playful jokes, Guo Shao knew that he had passed the test. He found that he was indeed quite capable in some aspects. Anyway, he had a way to appease Fu Ermei; what confused him before was how to understand his own thoughts and accept his own behavior.
Guo Shao didn't say much at first, just trying to carefully sense and capture Fu Ermei's thoughts. People have experience and inertia of thinking, she doesn't really care about her husband having three wives and four concubines; but she cares that Guo Shao treats her as someone else's shadow and puppet.
Therefore, Guo Shao directly grasped the key point and it could not be considered as deception. He did not regard the second sister as a substitute, but the position in his heart was different. However, if he wanted to explain his true thoughts, it would be very difficult to explain clearly and the credibility would be low.
However, the method he just used was much simpler and easier, and the result was the same anyway.
By this time the sun was at its highest point and it was almost time for dinner, so Fu Ermei took Guo Shao to the palace to have dinner.
Fu Jinzhan sat silently at the table, but seeing Fu Ermei's blushing face and shy look, Jinzhan felt puzzled and couldn't help but glance at Guo Shao, only to find that he looked calm and normal.
Big sister. Fu Ermei gently sat down next to Jinzhan and gently held her hand under the table.
Fu Jinzhan's face was hot, she felt ashamed and guilty, she was a little confused about what she saw, and even suspected that what happened before was just a dream. She nervously rubbed her knees together, bit her red lower lip, and said awkwardly: I thought you were not coming to dinner.
Fu Ermei said: I will come to the palace often to accompany my eldest sister in the future.
"Hmm." Fu Jinzhan answered and clapped her hands gently. After a while, the palace maids came up with various delicacies and knelt down to serve the table.
The eldest sister is not happy to see me, Fu Ermei said softly.
Jinzhan sat dignifiedly in front of the palace maid and said: Stop making trouble and sit back in your seat.
Fu Ermei kept pestering Jinzhan. When she saw the palace maids retreating, she put her mouth close to Jinzhan's ear and whispered: I am willing to share everything I have with you, big sister. I am not stingy.
Jinzhan pursed her lips when she heard this, thinking that she had said the same thing before.
Fu Jinzhan glanced at the silent Guo Shao again, then turned to Fu Ermei's ear with a helpless look on her face, and said: Second sister, don't tell anyone, and don't let anyone in the Fu family know.
The second sister smiled and said: Don’t worry, big sister.