After the delicate beauty salted fish, the sick and weak prince kicked the door to coax

Chapter 144

I said too much about Gu Xi's goodness, but it made the two of them even more resentful towards Gu Xi, angry that she was obedient before, but now she is disobedient and unfilial.

"My daughter heard that the nobles in the palace gave food or cakes to the ministers and wives, which means they value them very much. This is closer than rewarding silk and satin. Maybe the queen mother really values ​​her sister."

Gu Rong said, her eyes glanced at the cakes on the side, suppressing her deep jealousy and said,

"Look at this pastry. It's exquisite and beautiful. My mother also said that it is the queen mother's favorite, or the emperor ordered the imperial dining room to make it for the queen mother. The meaning is even more special."

Madam Hou's train of thought was interrupted, she looked at Gu Rong approvingly, and said with a smile,

"Rong'er is right. The Empress Dowager really values ​​and protects Xi'er. We'd better rest our other thoughts and ignore Xi'er's affairs. She can do whatever she wants."

After hearing what Gu Rong said, the old lady also felt that the pastry had become more precious, which made her feel uncomfortable.

She has lived her whole life, and she is also a fifth-rank imperial lady. She has only entered the palace and had a few palace banquets, but she has never received meals rewarded by the nobles in the palace.

I don't know what this pastry is like.

Gu Rong could see that the old lady wanted to eat it. In order to please her, of course she herself was also curious about how delicious the exquisite cakes made by the imperial dining room in the palace could be, so she said,
"My granddaughter is greedy. She hasn't eaten anything from the palace yet. She really wants to have a bite, but my sister says it's an offering and she can't eat it."

"Don't listen to her! Is there anything you can't eat! There are so many pieces, and the ancestors can't finish eating them all. Let's taste each piece, and then we can offer the rest."

The old lady wanted to eat it, and she was angry with Gu Xi, so she insisted on eating it if she didn't let her eat it, so she said.

"...Mother, this is not good." Madam Hou frowned, and looked at Gu Rong beside her, a little dissatisfied with her proposal just now.

"Mother, Rong'er was wrong, and Rong'er is no longer greedy." Gu Rong immediately bowed her head and admitted her mistake with an aggrieved look.

"Why are you glaring at Rong'er? Rong'er grew up in the country. Apart from suffering, she has never eaten good food. What's wrong with her greedy taste?"

The old lady defended Gu Rong and glared at Mrs. Hou.

"Even if it's a reward from the Queen Mother, it's just a few pieces of pastries. You can eat as much as you want, so there's no arguing about it." Lord Hou also said.

He also took the initiative to bring over the pastries, picked up one piece and handed it to Gu Rong, and said lovingly, "Eat it, two more pieces are fine."

"Father is so kind to me." Gu Rong showed a flattered look, then she handed the pastry to the old lady,
"Grandma eats first."

"Rong'er is really filial." The old lady praised with a smile, and took a bite of the pastry.

Although it was cold, the old lady felt that the taste was still good, and the pastry was small, so she finished it in two bites, still feeling a little unsatisfied.

It is indeed made by the imperial dining room, it is better than the dim sum in their mansion.

"Rong'er, this cake is not bad, you should eat it quickly." The old lady smiled lovingly.

She also asked Lord Hou and Mrs. Hou to eat a piece each.

Gu Rong was about to eat, but at this moment, a notification came from outside,
"Master, madam, old madam, someone is coming from the palace."

Hou Ye and the others were startled, and hurriedly stood up. Gu Rong hesitated for a moment, and quickly put down the pastry instead of stuffing it into her mouth.

Several people hurried out to meet him.

The people who came from the palace were Eunuch Wu, the eunuch next to the Empress Dowager, and more than a dozen servants, all of whom held rewards in their hands, looking very spectacular.

"I've seen Eunuch Wu." Lord Hou also knew the chief eunuch, seeing that he came in person and seeing so many things, he hurriedly saluted politely.

"Your Majesty, you are being polite. Our family is here under the order of the Empress Dowager to give the reward to Miss Gu."

Eunuch Wu glanced at them, and seeing that there was no Gu Xi, he understood. It seems that the relationship between Miss Gu and everyone in the Hou Mansion is indeed very ordinary.

Eunuch Wu continued,
"The empress said that Miss Gu not only fell in love with her, but was also a lucky and good girl. The two cakes she was going to leave were poisonous, which happened to save the empress' life. The empress was grateful and gave a generous reward..."

"What?! The pastry is poisonous!"

The old lady exclaimed, she didn't feel sick just now, but when she heard this, she felt dizzy and couldn't stand anymore.

Immediately afterwards, the old lady closed her eyes and passed out directly.

Master Hou, Madam Hou, and Gu Rong all changed their complexions, one by one paler than the other, Gu Rong even took two steps back in panic, trembling with fright.

She was just a little bit short, and she ate that poisonous pastry.

Fortunately, before she ate, someone came from the palace!
At such a critical moment, she really took the heroine's script!

Gu Rong patted her chest to comfort herself, and the fear and panic gradually faded away and she settled down.

However, she turned her head to look at the old lady who had fainted, and her heart that had just settled down suddenly lifted again.

She was the one who suggested eating cakes just now, if the old lady was poisoned to death...

Gu Rong shivered violently again, wouldn't she be the one who poisoned her grandmother?

Then how can she become famous, and how can she gain the love value of others?
No, this pastry was brought back by Gu Xi!

The key is Gu Xi's fault!

Even though Gu Rong thought so, she also knew that this was her strong words, and she couldn't clear her responsibility at all.

No matter what, the old lady can't die!
Can this poison really kill people?But don't!

Madam Hou was really going to die of anger, and even more regretful. She regretted that when they wanted to eat cakes, why didn't she stop them more forcefully!

If the old lady died, Rong'er would probably be charged with poisoning her grandmother, and her life would be over!
Hou Ye was completely dumbfounded, terrified, scared, worried, and even afraid that the queen mother would find out that they ate pastries.

How can pastry be poisonous? !

Could it be that Gu Xi knew about it and brought it back specifically to harm them?
No, Master Hou quickly shook his head, Gu Xi was not that vicious, even if she blamed them in her heart, she still couldn't harm them with the cakes from the palace.

This is the poison in the palace, it is definitely very poisonous.

He almost ate it just now!

Thinking of this, Hou Ye trembled and broke out in cold sweat.

However, his mother ate a whole piece of pastry, wouldn't her mother be poisoned to death? !
Only then did Hou Ye look at his own mother, with red eyes, he ordered his servants to move her back to the yard quickly, and sent for a doctor.

"Eunuch, do you know what kind of poison is in this cake? Is there any antidote?" Madam Hou asked nervously.

The corners of Eunuch Wu's mouth twitched, he didn't expect them to eat cakes.

Are you so hungry? !

"The imperial physician in the palace is still investigating, but they won't kill people for a while." Eunuch Wu's face darkened,
"Miss Gu is going to come back to offer this pastry. Didn't she say she can't eat it? Why are you still eating it?"

(End of this chapter)