Under the Empress Dowager, all members will be King

Chapter 12
Mrs. Gu pushed open the window of the guest room, and there was the sound of hawking outside the window, and a shopkeeper carrying a load along the alley peddled: "Sell sweet-scented osmanthus syrup, sell lotus syrup."

"Sixty cents a bowl, buy one get one free, buy a bowl of sugar water, get a piece of sweet cake for free."

When Gu Shenzhi arrived in the capital, he looked very irritable, he lost his temper, at this moment Jiang Jiang stood still, slowly supported the back of the chair, walked around to the chair and sat down.

Mrs. Gu closed the window, and the hawking outside the window gradually died down.

After a night's rest, the couple went to Qifeng Pavilion to visit Gu Qingrong.

Gu Qingrong is a person whose heart is higher than the sky. Now that her face is ruined, her heart also calms down. Once she calms down, her IQ goes up.

During the three months of disfigurement, she stayed behind closed doors, imagining many kinds of future life.

The first is to go to Gu Yinwei to steal the IOU, and then take the IOU to Xichai Hutong to find someone from the Qiu family. Even if the IOU is genuine, she will meet the Queen Mother as she wishes, and her future life will be nothing more than serving as a slave .

The second is to spend all the family property to treat the scars on the face. The depletion of the family property may not get better, and it may be worse than it is now.

The third is to stay at home and bide your time, and advise your father to support Gu Yingxia. Once Gu Yingxia is favored, the Gu family will also rise.

There is a younger sister who is a favorite concubine, and her father is a minister. Even if her appearance is ruined, she will not worry about finding a good marriage.

What's more, the maid beside Ning Heyu was also at fault, with such a ferocious face on her face, she could still blackmail the Ning family.

Gu Qingrong hugged Mrs. Gu and wept sadly, planning to go back to Yizhou to recuperate.

"Mother was wrong. Mother shouldn't have destroyed other people's families back then. She shouldn't have instructed Mrs. Zhong to poison Gu Yinwei. If she wanted retribution, she would repay it on me. I beg the master to let my child go."

Facing the Buddha statue in the inn, Mrs. Gu exposed her crimes over and over again, trying to alleviate her crimes.

Gu Shenzhi knew about these things, even he acquiesced, he didn't like women who were not under his control, such as Mrs. Xian, and he would not raise daughters who did not obey his orders, such as Gu Yinwei.

"No, you must enter the palace."

Gu Shenzhi pressed Gu Qingrong's shoulders and looked at the poisonous spots on her face like cobwebs, as if he was not looking at his own daughter, but looking at a damaged commodity.

Feeling Gu Shenzhi's emotions, Gu Qingrong was suddenly afraid. It turned out that all the father's love she felt these years had a price.

"No, I don't want to enter the palace."

"It's fine if you don't want to enter the palace, mother will take you home tomorrow."

Mrs. Gu put on the veil for Gu Qingrong, and went to hold her hand.

Gu Qingrong had already accepted the fact that she was disfigured, but Gu Shenzhi couldn't accept the frustration caused by the failure of the plan.

"No one is allowed to leave, no one is allowed to leave, Qingrong wants to be a noble concubine, and I want to be the head of the country."

Gu Shenzhi's obsession was so deep that he was almost insane.

He grabbed Mrs. Gu's neck and shouted: "I don't allow you to take away your daughter. If you dare to ruin your future, I will kill you."

Mrs. Gu struggled in pain, "Master let go, I have a child in my belly."

"Child? Who knows who the wild child in your stomach is, maybe you have cuckolded me a long time ago."

Mrs. Gu's resistance strength is getting weaker and weaker, and she is about to die.

"boom."

A thick-bottomed and long-necked vase slammed hard on Gu Shenzhi's head. Gu Shenzhi turned his head and glanced at Gu Qingrong, then fell down in a pool of blood with his eyes wide open.

Gu Qingrong was terrified, trembling all over, unable to utter a complete sentence, only Mrs. Gu was left with a sliver of reason.

She hugged Gu Qingrong and coaxed her tenderly: "Good boy, don't be afraid, it's none of your business, it's your mother who missed it for a while, you should leave here quickly through the back door."

Gu Qingrong was devastated, Madam Gu changed her into clean clothes, burned the bloody clothes, and pushed her out of the guest room.

Seeing her appearance, coupled with the strange noise upstairs, Lian Tao guessed that someone was killed above, so she followed Gu Qingrong back to Xifeng Pavilion without saying a word.

Knowing that Gu Qingrong was frightened, Wan Tao secretly lit the tranquilizing incense, helped Gu Qingrong fall asleep, and then rushed to report to Gu Yinwei.

It happened that Gu Yingxia was also there, and Gu Yinwei didn't let her avoid her, so Tiantao told everything.

Gu Yingxia clapped her hands happily: "Happy, really happy."

"Hahaha, now the whole family's plan to sacrifice to heaven has finally come true."

Gu Yinwei suddenly realized: "You did it?"

"That's right, it's me. I've disliked Gu Shenzhi a long time ago. If you hadn't stopped me, I would have killed him long ago."

"If I don't kill them, they will come and kill me."

"My aunt's younger brother was killed by Xiao Fengyu. Now she is pregnant. I choose this time to attack her. It's just an eye for an eye."

"Gu Shenzhi deserves to die for covering up the murderer, and Xiao Fengyu deserves to die too. They all have lives at their hands."

"Gu Qingrong did something harmful, but he didn't kill anyone."

"So I spared her life, just ruined her face, even if she bullied me all these years."

"I'm curious, how did you control Gu Shenzhi?"

"I drugged his tea, which triggered Gu Shen's anxiety disorder."

"Gu Shenzhi became ill, and he pinched Xiao Fengyu and did not let go. Gu Qingrong killed Gu Shenzhi in desperation."

"You were honest with me at the beginning, and now I am honest with you. If you want to report me, I have no regrets."

Gu Yingxia squatted down and cried, her crying was miserable.

Gu Yinwei patted her on the back lightly, Gu Yinwei could understand everything she did.

"Don't be afraid, my sister is here."

"I'm not afraid of anything, I've grown up, I can protect those around me, and I can protect myself."

"Gu Shenzhi's immortality will be a disaster sooner or later. Xiao Fengyu will take the blame for her daughter, and she will have to go to jail. After she gives birth, she will have to be sentenced to death anyway. Xiao Qingrong probably won't want to marry after what happened to her."

"The Gu family has no foundation in the court since then, and you will be named a noble concubine in the future."

Gu Yinwei was telling the truth, but Gu Yingxia cried even louder after hearing it.

"But Gu Shenzhi is my father after all, but I laid a trap and indirectly killed him."

Gu Yinwei didn't know how to comfort her, after all, she was not the original owner, and she couldn't understand Gu Yingxia's love-hate relationship with Gu Shenzhi.

She only follows one rule, that whoever kills must pay with his life.

The pain of losing her father gradually eased with the passage of time, and she couldn't help but realize that Mrs. Gu had been in a cage for seven months.

She is about to give birth, and the day the child is born is when she beheads her.

Gu Qingrong begged Gu Yingxia and the people from the Ministry of Justice to intercede. She did not want her brother's birthday to be the anniversary of her mother's death.

Gu Yingxia refused her request. Mrs. Gu did something wrong to Gu Yingxia, and Gu Yingxia refused to forgive her.

Gu Qingrong had no choice but to come and beg Gu Yinwei, Gu Yinwei gave Gu Qingrong the IOU dug out from the ancestral house, Gu Qingrong took the IOU to and fro several times, the people from the Criminal Department finally let go and agreed to postpone the execution time.

"An IOU worth 300 million silver, is it worth it for you to exchange Mrs. Gu for three more days?"

"Don't say three days, even three hours is worth it."

Gu Qingrong was hugging a sleeping child, the child's eyebrows were very similar to Gu Qingrong's.

"Poor my little brother, he lost his mother three days after he was born."

"When are you going back to Yizhou?"

"I'm going to take my mother home with me."

Gu Yinwei's pupils shrank slightly, recalling her words, and brought her mother home together, the only thing she could bring back to Yizhou was Xiao Fengyu's ashes.

"I don't plan to get married in the future. When my younger brother gets married and starts a business, I will live in the mountains alone."

"Gu Qingrong, if I tell you that I can heal your face, would you believe it?"

"Second sister's skills are superb, and her medical skills are natural. She can even heal Chu Chu's hand, and you can probably cure the poisonous gas on my face."

"But I think it's fine."

"Tell third sister for me that I don't hate her, and that she did all this for revenge. I understand very well."

"When is the time for retribution, a family should love each other, not kill each other."

"The capital city is really prosperous, but I will never come to the capital city again."

Three days later, a carriage departed from the capital for Yizhou. A hooded woman was sitting in the carriage, holding a baby in her arms and a jar full of ashes beside her.

Gu Yingxia hid in the dark with tears in her eyes and peeked: "Since you want to see her off, why didn't you come out and talk to her when she left just now, I'm afraid we won't see each other again after this farewell."

Gu Yingxia turned and left with a sad tone: "Some people are better off seeing each other. She doesn't hate me, but she won't forgive me either."

Looking at the gradually disappearing carriage, Wantao had tears in the corners of her eyes.

"I don't know if the eldest lady and the young master can return to Yizhou safely."

"Don't worry, I saw my lady put amulets on the young master and eldest lady, and they will definitely be able to return home safely."

After passing through the Shuixie Pavilion, the female officials in Qifeng Pavilion forbade the beautiful women to hold a big banquet, and they were not allowed to visit at random.

The beauties are like pruned potted plants, and their behavior is more and more in line with the requirements of royal concubines.

Gu Yinwei didn't like parties at first, she would read books alone, or play the piano to cultivate her temperament, or absorb the moon soul to temper her body, in short, she would not be idle.

There was a lyre in the quiet room, Gu Yin rubbed and tickled slightly, rolling and kneading, fingering skillfully.

The sound of the piano is like a flowing river, sometimes high-pitched, sometimes exciting, and sometimes calm.

"Second sister, don't play the piano to me. I'm not your Zhong Ziqi, so I can't understand your overtones."

"What's so fun about playing the piano and burning incense? It's fun to play with others. I'll go see if Ning Heyu's leg is healed."

Gu Yinwei did not stop her.

Gu Yingxia is like a jumping ball, it jumps high with a heavy slap, and it jumps low with a light slap.

Her character must be tempered slowly, and haste makes waste.

Chu Chu was holding a tray, and on the tray were two porcelain bowls. The porcelain bowls were filled to the brim, and the melon seeds were scorched and fragrant.

Gu Yingxia had a purse tied around her waist, instructing Chuchu to fill her with melon seeds.

"Pretend more, Ning Heyu has five maids by her side, if each of them grabs a handful, I won't have enough to eat."

Gu Yinwei stood up from the piano table, took out antler cream and wiped it on the strings, Gu Yingxia asked, "Second Sister, do you eat melon seeds?"

Gu Yin shook her head slightly: "I won't eat."

"You don't eat and pull down."

Gu Yingxia was bouncing around when she walked, and immediately slowed down as soon as she was out of the hospital, laughing hard.

Ever since the incident at the Waterside Pavilion, the management system of the Qifeng Pavilion has been very strict. Every ten feet or so, a woman in deep clothes has been in charge of guarding. hair status.

Gu Yingxia leaned over to the mother-in-law and handed her a handful of melon seeds: "You are tired, please eat some melon seeds."

The mother-in-law said: "Miss Gu, go and come back quickly, don't make it difficult for the slaves."

"Okay, I'll take a look at Miss Ning and I'll be back."

Chu Chu handed the mother-in-law a small purse: "My lady invites my aunt to eat melon seeds."

The mother-in-law took the purse with ease, and pinched it, and there were solid silver bumps inside.

"Thank you, Miss's melon seeds are really fragrant."

Gu Yingxia would scatter a handful of melon seeds whenever she saw anyone, and these women would stand under the shade of a tree for a whole day.

They don't talk to people, they are shaped like wooden stakes, surrounded by mosquitoes, and they stand for a whole day.

The women threw two melon seeds into their mouths, opened and closed their lips with a bang, and crushed them for an hour.

Gu Yingxia arrived in front of Ninghe Yufang without hindrance: "Miss Ning, I brought freshly fried melon seeds for you to eat."

Ning Heyu looked at the scar on her leg, and said angrily, "Go and drive her away, I'm so worried, why do I still eat melon seeds?"

The maid bowed her head and nodded, then walked backwards and left the room. Gu Yingxia glanced at Ah Qing, and Ah Qing handed over a heavy purse.

"A little heart, please accept this sister." The servant girl took the purse from Ah Qing's hand.

I just felt that Gu Yingxia gave this kind of heart, she silently put it away, and slowly said: "The mother of the servant's family is seriously ill. Miss Ning has allowed the servant to return home. Everything that happened in the Waterside Pavilion will rot in the servant's stomach."

Gu Yingxia showed a satisfied smile: "This is the best. My mother is worried about my son traveling thousands of miles. If you go back, your mother will recover from her illness. I will stop bothering you and leave."

The maid stood on the spot and bowed her knees, watching Gu Yingxia leave. She is a person who accepts as soon as she sees it, and the money is enough for her to survive the day safely, and she doesn't want to earn any more money.

"she left?"

"If you go back to Miss, Miss Gu is gone."

"Hmph, this Gu Yingxia looks like a petty helper, but she's actually not a good person to get along with. She walks around with melon seeds every day, and when she sees people, she will scatter some melon seeds and share some fruits. She takes advantage of the time of chatting to spy on other people's privacy. Get away from her."

"Yes." The maids lowered their heads and spoke softly.

Ning Heyu was injured, and the birthday party was ruined. She harbored great hostility towards Gu Yingxia and Gu Yinwei in her heart.

Ning Heyu was sitting in a wheelchair, and the maids pushed her to the desk to stop, and she wrote a letter to Concubine Yi in the palace.

Concubine Yi's mother and her mother are sisters. When Concubine Yi was young, her parents went out for an outing and died at the hands of bandits. Ning Heyu's mother took Concubine Yi to the Ning family. The two lived together since childhood. , food and clothing costs are the same.

The sisters ran for the election together, and because Concubine Yi was three years older than Ning Heyu, Concubine Yi entered the palace earlier than Ning Heyu.

A handwritten letter was passed from Ning Heyu's hand to the maidservant's hand, then from the maidservant's hand to the eunuch who was in charge of going out to buy food for the palace, and finally to Wenqin, the eldest maid of the Chunxi Palace.

(End of this chapter)