famous eldest daughter

Chapter 780
"You know something, don't you?" She couldn't help but tilted her body slightly towards the direction of the chamberlain. Gu Yuqing raised her eyes and looked straight at him. During her breathing, her breath became cautious with the uneasiness in her heart.

The head chamberlain raised his eyebrows slightly, moved his chin, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled, saying: "A few years ago, before His Majesty ascended the throne and was just a prince, an envoy from the Canglan Kingdom came to visit, and the late Emperor summoned Your Majesty, please go to the royal study to keep me company."

"At that time, I was just a messenger and errand boy. His Majesty happened to be allergic to mangoes and developed a red rash all over his face. His lips were swollen like diarrhea. He ordered me to deliver messages wherever he could go out to meet people."

"In the Imperial Study Room, there was nothing at all at first, but when I told the late Emperor that His Majesty had eaten a mango by mistake, at that moment, for some unknown reason, I turned my head. But at the moment I turned my head, I saw a man standing in front of me standing on one side. An envoy of Canglan lowered his head, with a smile that made people's scalp tingling at the corner of his mouth. That smile was really weird. Even though I can still think of that smile now, I still can't understand its meaning."

"At that time, I was so frightened by his smile that my heart trembled. For a long time after that incident, every time I thought of that smile, I felt a chill in my back. But because of the passage of time, and later everything became complicated, this incident... Gradually I forgot about it.”

"Until the day before yesterday, Han Chaoen entered the palace in the snow to meet the saint. When he knelt down to salute and stood up, I saw the same smile on the corner of his mouth. At that moment, I was scared to death." Speaking of this, the head chamberlain said The cheeks that were originally solemn but still rosy suddenly turned pale, and his eyes widened.

Gu Yuqing could tell that he was really scared.

As a young chamberlain back then, he was afraid that the smile in the imperial study would frighten him to death and leave a psychological shadow. Otherwise, with the cultivation of the chamberlain chief today, how could he be frightened out of his wits by such a smile? To this day, I'm afraid nothing can scare him. It's good if he doesn't scare others.

"My father-in-law, do you think Han Chaoen is the Canglan envoy from many years ago?"

The head chamberlain shook his head, "Of course not. Back then, the envoy was in his forties. How could he remain unchanged for several years? Besides, I witnessed with my own eyes what Han Chaoen looked like when he was young and vigorous."

Gu Yuqing let out a sigh of relief. She almost thought that Han Chaoen was another Chu Tiange who had mastered some cunning secret technique.

Just as he was about to ask again, he saw that the head chamberlain had already opened his lips, so he stopped the words that were on his tongue and listened carefully to what he said.

"Miss, have you ever seen a hunchback?" Han Chaoen asked Gu Yuqing.

Gu Yuqing immediately thought of Han Chaoen. Could it be that the head chamberlain thought there was something wrong with Han Chaoen's hunchback?
Doubts flashed away, and he shook his head and answered the chamberlain, "I have never seen anyone except Han Chaoen."

The head chamberlain said: "My father is a hunchback. Just like Han Chaoen, he is hunchbacked from the shoulders down. He cannot straighten his back when doing anything."

Hearing this, Gu Yuqing immediately asked the doubts in her mind, "Father-in-law, do you think there is something wrong with Han Chaoen's hunchback?" The silk handkerchief in his hand couldn't help but follow the question and was wrapped around his finger.

The head chamberlain nodded, "I never paid much attention to him before, but the day before yesterday, because his flash of smile gave me chills, I paid careful attention to him... He knelt down and stood up, his body unsteady. , to shake."

Combined with the previous words of the chamberlain, Gu Yuqing couldn't help but trembled in her heart, and blurted out, "Father-in-law, are you saying that Han Chaoen's hunchback is fake? He knelt down and stood up, and his movements were inevitably not in place. In order to complete the hunchback, he You can't help but feel shaken, right?"

As soon as she finished speaking, huge waves rolled in her heart, hitting her heart one after another, and the blood all over her body surged.

This Han Chaoen...

The head chamberlain listened to Gu Yuqing express his doubts, and when he looked at Gu Yuqing again, his eyes couldn't help but look a little strange.

Today, he really came right.

Before coming to the Marquis Chinan Mansion, the chief servant actually struggled for a long time. After all, Gu Yu's youth was too young, and what he wanted to express was too terrifying...

Heaving a sigh of relief, the chamberlain's tone calmed down, "Except for the smile on the corner of my mouth, I am sure that what I said today is exactly the same as that of the Canglan envoy before. There is no conclusive evidence for the rest. It’s all my personal guess.”

"These unproven words, based on my status, naturally I cannot say to Your Majesty. As for Concubine Hui, the Fourth Highness is not here now. Outside the palace, the only one Concubine Hui can rely on is Yongninghou Mansion, but Yongninghou The only reliable prince in the palace also went to Shaanxi with His Royal Highnesses. No matter how powerful Concubine Hui is, she cannot touch matters outside the palace."

As he said that, the head chamberlain looked at Gu Yuqing with earnest eyes, "My lady is different. My lady lives outside the palace, and there are a group of people in the mansion who have been carefully trained by my lady and are absolutely loyal."

His eyes glanced at Jixiang Ruyi behind Gu Yuqing, then he turned away and looked at Gu Yuqing again, and said: "These people include some who are highly skilled in martial arts. If Miss, it is much easier to verify Han Chaoen than Concubine Hui."

His words had fully expressed his meaning.

When Gu Yuqing heard this, he suddenly understood. No wonder he had to rush to the Chinanhou Mansion at this time.

Suppressing the turbulent emotions in her heart, Gu Yuqing pursed her lips and smiled, "Thank you, father-in-law, for telling me despite the cold night and the dark road. My father-in-law is kind. When the Fourth Highness returns in the future, I will definitely convey it to you. As for Han Chaoen, don't worry, father-in-law, I will send it to you." Someone go check it out."

Having finished all that needed to be said and heard, the chamberlain didn't stay any longer. After drinking a cup of hot tea, he stood up and left.

He left, and the calmness on Gu Yuqing's face that he had just maintained suddenly collapsed and disappeared. He stood up suddenly, wandering back and forth on the smooth marble floor of the living room, his face solemn and solemn. In addition, his face was pale, his eyes were cold, and his whole body exuded An aura like the ice of the twelfth lunar month, making people feel chilly.

Han Chaoen...

If all the conjectures of the Chief Chamberlain are true.

He was inextricably linked with the envoys of the Canglan Kingdom, and his hunchback was a fake. Then, in the last life, after his violent death, the emperor's completely different and contrasting attitudes had a reasonable explanation.

Faced with the fact that he was exposed to the scorching sun, the emperor was afraid that he would crush Han Chao'en to ashes. How could he ask people to thoroughly investigate the truth of his death, let alone bury him in glory? For the sake of the royal face and his own dignity, Being able to give him a roll of straw mat is already a great kindness.

As her thoughts continued to this point, Gu Yuqing's already panicky heart began to beat even more violently.

(End of this chapter)