famous eldest daughter

Chapter 519
But when he passed by, His Highness the Fourth Prince had just left the residence and entered the palace. He didn't know when he would return. And his current matter was extremely urgent and he couldn't delay it. He had no choice but to think about it, so he had to find Marquis Chinan. Come up to the mansion door.

But he never thought that the eldest lady could not reply as quickly as him. The first sentence she opened her mouth was to get to the point. Immediately, she felt more respect for Gu Yuqing. Li Deshun raised the cotton coat in his hand forward and handed it to Gu Yuqing, saying: "Miss, take it off." You’ll know after wearing cotton-padded clothes.”

The rough guy in the army never pays much attention to his words.

Gu Yuqing didn't take it seriously. Jixiang Ruyi had served in the Chinanhou Mansion for many years and had seen a lot. His expression remained calm. Jixiang took the cotton coat from Li Deshun's hand and looked at Gu Yuqing.

But seeing Gu Yuqing nodding his head, Jixiang brought the cotton coat to his mouth without using scissors, lowered his head and bit it, biting off the cotton thread on it, and then pulled out the cotton thread from the head along the bitten thread, and sealed it. The closed sleeves reveal the stuffing inside.

The off-white floc is obviously not cotton.

Coming from a general family, whether from his maternal grandfather's family or from his own family, Gu Yuqing has been accustomed to hearing stories about the hardships of soldiers on the battlefield since he was a child. He also knows that every inch of the territory under his feet was paved with the blood of many soldiers.

The most unsightly thing is that someone would bet their life and death on their own interests.

My heart throbbed hard, and I felt my eyes were burning and painful from the stuffing.

He reached out to take over the cotton-padded coat and pulled out a strand of stuffing. When he saw what Gu Yuqing was holding, Ji Xiang Ruyi couldn't help but blurt out, "Oh my god, it's reed catkins!"

Filled with reeds and cotton wool.

Not to mention the icy and snowy Liaodong, even in the Central Plains, where the weather is freezing in the twelfth lunar month, wearing such cotton-padded clothes will definitely freeze to death.

The hand holding the strand of reed flowers trembled involuntarily, but the joints were blue and white due to exertion.

Li Deshun looked at Gu Yuqing's solemn expression for a moment, and his heart moved. He originally thought that he would have to explain to the eldest lady the dangers of filling the reeds with cotton wool, but now it seems that he is simply being careless.

Pointing to the reed flowers, Li Deshun said: "It's just that the reeds are filled with cotton wool. What's even more disgusting is that among the supplies sent to the Liaodong battlefield, not all the cotton-padded clothes were replaced with reeds. I have carefully investigated and found that all the cotton-padded clothes were replaced with reeds." The clothes of those with military rank are stuffed with real cotton, and the clothes worn by Lord Gu are stuffed with velvet, but only the clothes of ordinary soldiers were covered with reeds."

Gu Yuqing couldn't understand what Li Deshun said.

Cotton-padded clothes are divided into three, six or nine grades...

What the other side wants is not to freeze these soldiers to death, but to have them rebel on the battlefield and start civil strife.

What a vicious scheme!

Once the civil strife breaks out, someone will definitely send a secret message to the court, and the news will be sent to the emperor. I am afraid that Gu Zhen's defeat before the war will be unpopular and cause chaos in the army.

At that time, the emperor will naturally send people to investigate in order to find out what is going on. However, it has always been an unwritten practice in our country that when civilian officials enter the military camp, they must have Shangfang's sword with them.

At that time, he only needs to say that Gu Zhen is causing trouble and he will be killed first and then played.

Thinking of this, his heart felt like needles pricking his heart, and Gu Yuqing's eyes suddenly glowed like poison, as cold as autumn frost.

Although these were just her conjectures, if these cotton-padded clothes were really the work of Xiao Yi and Gongsun Mu, then this conjecture would be eighty-nine percent true.

Taking a deep breath, Gu Yuqing squeezed the cotton-padded coat that was as hot as a hand, looked into Li Deshun's eyes and said, "When will this batch of supplies be sent out?"

Li Deshun originally thought that what Gu Yuqing wanted to ask was who was responsible for these cotton-padded clothes. He had also done some analysis and speculation on this, and was thinking about how to express it. When he suddenly heard Gu Yuqing's words, he couldn't help but be startled and opened his mouth. : "At noon on August [-]th, we will set off on the hour and I will personally escort you."

Gu Yuqing didn't ask any questions, but he answered them without hesitation.

After Li Deshun finished speaking, Gu Yuqing turned to the manager of the upper house, "From now on, you will find someone to make cotton-padded clothes day and night, and you want the thickest, warmest and most durable ones. The army is coming? The whole process is a secret, and no information is allowed to be revealed."

When the housekeeper heard this, he immediately understood what Gu Yuqing meant. She was going to use the private funds of the Chi Nanhou Mansion to temporarily supplement this batch of supplies. She immediately frowned and thought for a moment, and said: "We have all the people here, I'm afraid At most, half of it should be driven out. If you want to hide this matter from others, you will have to take less than half."

That is at most a quarter...

The breath condensed in his chest, and slowly came out in strands, a quarter was a quarter, it was better than nothing. He immediately loosened his clenched fists, and Gu Yuqing ordered: "I will think of a way for the rest. You go ahead and do it, you can deduct it from your account no matter how much money you spend, just remember this to hide it from others."

As long as one or two of Lu Jiuzheng's batch of gold bricks are used, it will be enough. If you don't need that money now, let alone when!

The butler took the order and immediately turned around and left.

Li Deshun looked at Gu Yuqing with shock in his eyes.

I have always heard that this daughter of Lord Gu is different from others. When I saw her today, she looked like a heroine riding a horse and dancing with a sword.

When such a big thing happened, as a woman in a boudoir, her first reaction was not to panic and panic, but to be as calm as a mountain.

It was the first time I thought of how to solve it.

At the moment, it is important to investigate the real culprit, but what is more important than investigating the real culprit is the hearts of the Liaodong soldiers.

Only when people's hearts are calm can the Marquis sit firmly in the military tent and scold Fang Qiu.

As thoughts passed through his heart, Li Deshun looked at Gu Yuqing with an extra layer of respect.

After the housekeeper left, Gu Yuqing looked directly at Li Deshun and said, "Don't worry, by the time you leave on the afternoon of August [-]th, I will send you a lot of cotton-padded clothes."

Gu Yuqing's voice was like a clear spring, which made Li Deshun's restless heart suddenly calm down and his breath became even.

For some reason, he believed her words as firmly as he believed in Gu Zhen's words.

"Okay! It's just that on the day of departure, these supplies must be personally inspected by His Highness the Third Prince before departure." Li Deshun reminded Gu Yuqing.

The waves in Gu Yuqing's eyes moved slightly.

Xiao Yi wants to test it himself?Suddenly I felt a smile in my heart, I was afraid that he would not accept it!
"You just follow the normal procedures and escort the batch of supplies to Fengning. As for the ones I prepared, they will be replaced quietly at Zhending Station without affecting any of your progress." Gu Yuqing said.

Li Deshun looked at Gu Yuqing intently, and realized that the woman in front of him, who had just passed her haircut ceremony, looked like a fairy in a painting under the shadow of the branches and leaves, but her words and deeds were all filled with great momentum, which made him willing to be impressed. .

(End of this chapter)