famous eldest daughter

Chapter 518
Leaning on Dong Ce's shoulder, feeling the sorrow and grief on his body as thick as splashed ink, Bai Yuetang felt like a knife was twisting his heart.

She had no choice but to use her tenderness and thoughtfulness to heal the wounds this man had suffered at home from those closest to him.

In this compartment, the heavy wheels of the carriage of the Yongning Marquis Mansion rolled forward, gradually approaching the palace. In the other compartment, the Chinan Marquis Mansion, Gu Yuqing finished breakfast. It was still early for the meeting in the flower hall. She sat alone at the table under the window, turning over the books over and over again. The file stolen from Prince Duan's Mansion that day.

I want to find clues about Miao territory.

The sunlight was faint, thin and broken, passing by the branches swaying randomly driven by the breeze outside the window, and scattered in patches, hitting her white face, reflecting the silence of the room, showing the vitality of autumn.

After finishing reading the book, I felt a little depressed because I couldn't find it. I sighed quietly, raised my head and stared at the barking mynah outside the window, and Ji Xiang came in to report.

"Miss, Ming Lu said that His Highness the Fourth Highness was fine. He went back last night and fell asleep. But when he got up early this morning, he danced with his sword and chanted in the morning as usual. When the servant came back, he was about to go into the palace to find His Highness the Ninth Highness. Look at it. , His Highness the Fourth Prince seems not to know what happened yesterday."

After Ji Xiang's words fell, Gu Yuqing's eyebrows moved slightly, and he sighed softly, with a sneer in his eyes.

Wanqing...

After last night, Bai Shi would never force her on Xiao Yu again. Whether Xiao Yu knew it or not didn't mean much.

It’s okay not to know, lest evil arise in your heart.

As for how the Bai family will deal with Wanqing... From the vague memory, in the last life, it seems that Dong Yuan did have a concubine in the Bai family's natal family, and she was the most noble concubine second only to the common wife.

As for whether the concubine from the previous life was Wanqing from this life, Gu Yuqing didn't know and didn't want to think about it.

As long as it doesn't disturb her life, such an insignificant person... isn't worth her time.

As he was talking, Ruyi came in, bowed his knees and reported: "Miss, Zhou Bingde would like to see you."

Why is he here at this time?

An inexplicable emotion lingered, and Gu Yuqing felt that Zhou Bingde's sudden request for a meeting had some bad aura.

His ecstatic eyes moved slightly, he collected his thoughts, turned his head to Ruyi and said, "Take him to the stone table in the yard." While speaking, his complexion couldn't help but dignified.

Ruyi got the order and turned around and left.

Watching Ruyi's back stepping out of the threshold, Gu Yuqing took a deep breath, supported the table with her hands, and stood up.

Ji Xiang turned around and picked up a thick cotton pad.

When Gu Yuqing went out, Zhou Bingde was already standing there with his hands hanging down and his waist slightly bowed.

He was wearing a straight stone gray robe, and on his feet were the square cloth shoes unique to the servants of the Marquis of Chi Nan. The autumn sun was hitting him, and he looked very comfortable.

However, after only a few days, he had no trace of the mountain hunter's breath anymore.

"What's the matter?"

Ji Xiang laid out the mat, and Gu Yuqing slowly sat down, took the hot tea from Ruyi, held it in her hand, and asked softly.

After Zhou Bingde saluted, he said respectfully: "Miss, yesterday Yongninghou Crown Prince's wedding, the servants and the grooms from various palaces were dining at the same table. During the conversation, I heard the grooms of His Highness the Third Prince talking to people, in recent days, His Highness the Third Prince I often go to Fengning area."

Fengning?

When Gu Yuqing heard this, he couldn't help but frown slightly.

Zhou Bingde breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "Judging from his voice, the Third Highness seems to be going quietly."

After finishing speaking, Zhou Bingde lowered his hands and stood there without further words.

Fengning was an important place for the dispatch of military supplies at that time, and the entire country's military supplies were basically stored there.

What was Xiao Yi doing at this time, silently and hiding from the eyes of others?

Military supplies... His eyelashes trembled slightly, staring at the autumn sun that was cut to pieces by branches, whirling in the breeze, and Gu Yuqing's heart suddenly shrank.

Xiao Yi is currently married to the hussar general Gongsun Mu. In recent years, Gongsun Mu has been outranked by his father among military generals!
Xiao Yi is afraid that Xiao Yu will gain the power of the Chinan Marquis Mansion, so he must be unhappy. If Xiao Yi joins forces with Gongsun Mu to tamper with the military supplies sent to the Liaodong battlefield, the consequences...

When thinking about this, Gu Yuqing suddenly felt agitated, and her clothes were soaked in cold sweat.

Just as his mind was in a state of shock, the housekeeper suddenly walked away in a hurry and hurriedly entered Tongyuan.

Hearing the sound of dense footsteps, Gu Yuqing turned around and looked over, and saw the butler approaching with a solemn face.

The housekeeper has been working in the Chinan Marquis Mansion for most of his life and has always been calm and steady. This is the first time that Gu Yuqing has seen him look so panicked.

Suddenly, my heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition came over me. I couldn't help but raise my hand to touch my chest, and asked urgently: "What's wrong? What happened?"

After the words fell, I felt my breath was heavy.

Walking in front of Gu Yuqing, the butler hastily greeted him, glanced at Zhou Bingde, but hesitated to speak.

Zhou Bingde sensed the meaning in the butler's eyes, and before Gu Yuqing could speak, he immediately bowed and said: "I've already said what I want to say in return, so I'll leave first. I'll recruit the slaves as long as the lady orders me."

Gu Yuqing was shocked by the butler's cryptic expression. Knowing that what he was talking about was to avoid Zhou Bingde, she nodded immediately, "You can go first!"

After Zhou Bingde left, the housekeeper immediately said: "Miss, the Marquis has arranged to see Li Deshun in Fengning."

Zhou Bingde reported that Xiao Yi had been to Fengning frequently recently, and the people his father had placed there came to visit. His heart was like a torrent. Gu Yuqing squeezed Sipa's hand, which was clearly knuckled, and immediately said: "Bring him in quickly. "

Although she was as calm as she was, there was also a hint of panic on her face.

After all... Feng Ning is inseparable from the life and death of the frontline soldiers.

The butler took the order and left, but in the blink of an eye, a stout man in plain clothes came in.

Gu Yuqing had met this Li Deshun once before, so she didn't really look at him. However, her eyes were attracted by the cotton coat Li Deshun held in his hand.

The style of the cotton-padded clothes was undoubtedly military.

Although it was late autumn at this time, autumn clothes were still worn in Kyoto, but in the north of Liaodong, it was already very cold. Xiao Yu had once mentioned that the winter supplies would be sent there after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

It was only a few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival. At this time, Li Deshun brought the cotton-padded clothes over and must have discovered something fishy about the cotton-padded clothes.

When Li Deshun walked up to the front, but before he could reply, Gu Yuqing said solemnly, "But is there something wrong with this padded coat?"

Li Deshun was startled.

All the way to Chinanhou Mansion, I was still thinking about how to talk about these military affairs to the eldest lady. After all, no matter how smart she is, she is just a boudoir girl.

The Marquis set off that day and asked him to go to the Fourth Prince's residence to seek help from the Fourth Prince if he encountered any trouble that he could not handle and was imminent.

(End of this chapter)