Guan Suyi slept for more than an hour before waking up leisurely, and found herself lying on the emperor's lap, she couldn't help being startled, and just stood up and fell back, a tingling sensation like a needle stick came from the soles of her feet.
"Please forgive the emperor, the court lady will get up now." She struggled several times, but failed to succeed. Instead, she fell into each other's arms again and again, making outsiders look as if they were throwing her arms. She was embarrassed and annoyed in her heart, but her legs were unsatisfactory, and she couldn't stand up. Unconsciously, there were tears in the corners of her eyes, and she felt ashamed.
Emperor Sheng Yuan let her flutter for a long time before reaching out to help her, and said calmly, "Ma'am, is her leg numb? It's not too late to sit down and then go."
Guan Suyi wanted to go home immediately, but she couldn't move for the time being, so she had to thank the emperor and sit down in the soft chair. Emperor Shengyuan glanced at her and asked, "Did you have a nightmare last night?"
Guan Suyi didn't dare to hide it, but told the truth, "Back to the emperor, the ministers and wives spent the whole night tossing and turning in their dreams. After staring for a while, it was dawn, so I had to get up and handle the three banquets for the concubine." After waking up and falling asleep, After falling asleep and waking up, I was more tired than not closing my eyes all night. The blood in the dream was overwhelming, as if to drown her.
Emperor Shengyuan smiled and sighed, "Since you are afraid of that, how dare you fall asleep beside me? You are also heartless."
Guan Suyi lowered her eyes and replied, "Reporting to the emperor, the most terrible thing in the world is not death, but the unknown. When you leave the palace, the courtiers and women will inevitably think wildly and be afraid.
Emperor Shengyuan laughed twice, waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I will not move you, nor will I let others move you. I owe you a favor. Whatever you want, just tell me."
Guan Suyi immediately thought of her unfulfilled grandfather, but quickly denied it. When she first married Zhao Luli, she had hoped that he would be able to take care of the family, but she only thought about it in her heart and never opened her mouth. It is love for others to help you, and it is duty not to help, and there is no blame. She will find a way to return the silver taels she borrowed from Zhao's family as soon as possible, and she will doubly treat Zhao Chunxi and Zhao Wangshu before they can. No matter how they treat her or how hurtful things they do, she can endure it.
She knows how to repay her kindness, and naturally she also knows how to be content and happy. The previous rewards were enough for her, and she didn't dare to ask for more, so she refused, "Report to the emperor, the ministers and wives have nothing to want, for the monarch. It is the duty of a court lady to serve, I just ask you to release the court lady safely."
"I keep my word, when will the words not count? Even if I let you go last time, I won't hurt you in the future. Bai Fu, bring up the brocade box."
And the box? Guan Su's hand tucked into his sleeve couldn't help clenching into a fist.
Emperor Shengyuan smiled, handed over the brocade box, and ordered, "Open it and take a look."
Still open it? Guan Suyi complained in her heart, but she didn't dare to refuse, so she slowly lifted the lid of the box. To be honest, she already had a sense of fear about the brocade box, but the emperor was full of wickedness. The three brocade boxes given to her were all identical, and even the knots were twisted into the same shape, so that when she saw it, her fingers twitched. Ma, the hairs stand on end.
She tried hard to keep herself calm, and when the lid of the box was lifted, she could not help but let out a sigh of relief when she looked inside. Inside the box were many neatly stacked small gold ingots, on which was placed a piece of paper, without blood or heads.
Emperor Shengyuan took out the paper and said slowly, "I scared you last time, so I will compensate you. There will be many more boxes like this in the future, so you won't be afraid if you get used to it."
The amount of information in these words made Guan Suyi palpitated again. What do you mean there are many more in the future? Does it mean that if you go out today, you will come back in the future? Why does he, the dignified monarch of a country, always summon a foreign woman? Not even in the name of Ye Jieyu!
"Your Majesty, this doesn't make sense!" She had regained consciousness in her legs and feet, and hurriedly knelt down, but was firmly grasped by a large hand and lifted up forcefully.
"Nine, nine and eighty-one days of rebirth mantra, you can't miss one day, and you can't add one more day." Emperor Shengyuan pressed her shoulder, and his tone was assertive, "You are the mother, Zhaoxue, and this soul naturally wants you to save. The mother is waiting in the underworld enough. After a long time, I want to send her to reincarnation quickly, and I can't delay it for a moment. I have sent someone to investigate the incident in that year. believe you?"
Guan Suyi had no other choice but to nod her head. I thought that Daoming Zhenxian was finished, how could I know that I still had to paint, and I had to recite the scriptures after painting, and it was still ninety-nine-eighty-one days. How come these things are linked together, endlessly? However, she has already entered the pit, what else can she do other than try her best to grab the rope thrown by this man to save herself
"Isn't it too eye-catching to enter the palace for two or three months in a row? If you recite the scriptures, wouldn't you be more sincere in reciting it yourself?" she struggled.
"If I can leave government affairs behind and sit in the Buddhist hall all day to recite sutras, why should I look for you? If I can spare an hour, it's already in the sky, but how can it be enough? Pray for the Marquis of Zhenbei who went out to fight, and I will naturally send someone to take you into the palace in secret. Don't worry, Madam, I will not harm your reputation." Emperor Shengyuan stared at the blood jade wrench in his hand, his eyes dimmed.
Guan Suyi opened her mouth, but said nothing after all, but bowed her head helplessly.
Seeing her like this, Emperor Shengyuan's tone became extremely gentle, and he spread out the piece of paper just now and said, "This is a land deed. I have chosen a small house with three entrances for the Guan family in the south of the city to live in. I heard Bai Fu say a few days ago. The wind at night knocked over the roof and caused your grandfather to really get a cold rain. Now he is very sick. If you still have a little bit of filial piety, don't turn down this gift, just think it's you selling paintings The reward, including the one hundred taels of gold in this box, is the price fair?"
No matter how proud Guan Suyi is, she will not disregard her grandfather's life and death for this face. She can insist on not asking Zhao Luli to help her grandfather and father find jobs, but once her grandfather's illness is involved, she can do anything. Just selling a painting, what does it matter? Didn't my father also paint on the street and sell it in public
The previous embarrassment and struggle all turned into full gratitude, she quickly took over the title deed and sincerely thanked.
It's so coaxing and easy to satisfy. Emperor Shengyuan laughed in his heart, but he didn't show the slightest face. He handed over the box and reminded, "Tomorrow, I will go to Jueyin Temple to worship the Buddha, and I will send someone to pick you up."
"The minister's wife obeyed, thank you for the reward." After earning a place to live for his family, Guan Suyi didn't resist at all, and was about to kowtow when the emperor's big palm pressed his shoulders and couldn't move. She had to say many words of gratitude, and then she left Ganquan Palace under the escort of Yong He and Yong Ju, got on the carriage, took out the title deed, and looked at it again and again.
The taste of poverty is not terrible, what is terrible is the combination of poverty and disease and conspiracy. Over the years, she had had enough of being despised, but she did not dare to resist because of her grandfather's illness and the Guan family's reputation. Seeing her family struggling in despair, she didn't want to pull a hand, but sadly found that she had no power to save them, let alone cure her grandfather's illness completely, and even find them a decent place to live.
Where is she the Mistress of the Hou Mansion? Just a servant girl who takes care of the children on her behalf. However, what the Hou Mansion could not give her, the emperor would not be stingy at all. How about selling paintings? How about chanting? She is willing to do anything as long as it can make her family have a better life.
While thinking about it, Guan's house arrived, and the carriage stopped at the door. When Mrs. Zhong heard the noise and greeted her, she said in surprise, "Why are you here again? Running to her mother's house every three days, the old lady won't blame it, right?"
"It's okay, I just came out of the palace, I'll see you on the way." Guan Suyi covered the box with a cloak and walked in quickly. Minglan followed behind, looking around with a wary expression.
"Mother, this house can't be lived in, so move as soon as possible. This is the house that Ye Jieyu gave to the Guan family. It's not long since it was built, and you only need to clean it before you can move in. There's still one hundred taels of gold here. Take it and add furniture and stuff."
"How could Ye Jieyu be so kind? Didn't she lift Concubine Ye everywhere and hold you down to keep you from moving?" Mrs. Zhong took the title deed to check, there was no surprise on her face, only panic. In her heart, the Ye family didn't have a good thing, and she was either a traitor or a thief, and her daughter was so close to her that she might be tricked one day.
Guan Suyi took out the rhetoric she had thought up for a long time, "this time is different from the past. She pressed me because she was afraid that I would be bad for the two children left by her sister. But after all these years, what kind of person I am, I must be She also knew that Ye Yiniang had to be strong, she had already captured Zhao Chunxi and Zhao Wangshu, and now she has a concubine. I have to change my approach and hold me up. No matter who she persuades or who she lifts, we can only suffer. Anyway, our family is poor and nothing to gain. "
Zhongshi thought about it too, and then happily accepted the title deed and gold. The two went to the back hall to visit the old man, and found that he was still in good spirits, and quickly told about the move, which made him laugh a lot.
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In the Marquis of Zhenbei, Ye Fan was sitting on the bed wiping tears, and Zhao Chunxi held a medicine bowl to persuade, "The doctor said, let you have a good confinement, don't see the wind. There are a lot of people in the front hall, and there is no shortage of them. The host is entertaining, what are you running for? Don't you lie down now? Listen to my words, and hurry up and take care of yourself, so that your father won't worry about it outside. "
"If he was really worried about me, he wouldn't have given Guan Suyi an order immediately after I gave birth to Guang'er, and even went to Tongcheng to pacify the chaos. It would take more than half a year to leave. Do you think I want to go out? Me and Hou When my grandfather got engaged, the goddess gave a generous reward, and the day we got married, there was another generous reward. I thought it was the same this time. She actually invited Guan Suyi, the little bitch, to speak in the palace. She is just like Lord Hou, she is slapping me in the face! What's wrong with me, just tell me directly, why bother people like this. "
The more she talked, the more sad she became, and she looked like she was about to faint.
Zhao Chunxi comforted on the surface, but was extremely disdainful on the inside. Why didn't the mother give Ye Fan face? Isn't she afraid that she will have a concubine and want to put pressure on her? It's time for her to understand that without the support of her father, mother and herself, she is nothing, not even Guan Suyi.