famous eldest daughter

Chapter 817 Ask
Xiao Yu helped the emperor leave. Xiao Ke was already highly suspicious of the emperor. No matter how much he cared about Gu Yuqing, for the sake of the overall situation, he did not dare to stay for a moment longer. He only asked Ji Xiang a few words to take good care of Gu Yuqing before leaving.

Here in the side hall, not long after, Concubine Hui turned back without even having time to change her clothes. She brought a group of palace maids with her. They started from the side hall and arranged the decorations with ease.

It was originally just a temporary resting place, how could it be inhabited by people, let alone her future daughter-in-law who was seriously injured? Concubine Hui personally directed the palace, and no mistakes were allowed to be made.

The palace maids shuttled back and forth, each busy with their own business, but the entire hall was completely silent. Only a few whispers of Concubine Hui's instructions could be heard from time to time, making the already quiet palace even more audible.

The slightly loose bun on her head showed that she came straight here after coming out of the Queen Mother's palace.

A palace maid lifted up the overturned incense burner, touched the ashes with her fingers, and smelled the faint fragrance on it. She immediately frowned, took a closer look at the spices, and then put it to the tip of her nose for a slight sniff. Her heart suddenly shivered and she held it. He took the small half of the incense that had not yet been burned and sent it to Concubine Hui, "Your Majesty, I found this in the incense burner. This incense is not from the palace."

Ji Xiang was dabbing Gu Yuqing's mouth with cotton gauze dipped in warm water. When he suddenly heard this, he immediately put down the gauze in his hand, got up and walked towards Concubine Hui.

Looking for a decent excuse, she interrupted the conversation between Concubine Hui and the maid. With a slight movement of her eyebrows and a look, Concubine Hui understood and took the small half of the incense from the hand of the maid with a silk handkerchief. "You go and do your work first."

The maid turned around and left. When she walked away slightly, Concubine Hui turned her eyes towards Ji Xiang and asked silently.

Ji Xiang lowered his voice and said: "This incense was placed in the incense burner by my lady. Incense is a good product to calm the nerves, but it is incompatible with strong alcohol. People who have drunk strong alcohol will feel dizzy if they smell this incense again. Restless, slow to react, or even unconscious until the smell of alcohol dissipates."

"Just now, His Majesty was held hostage by the seventh prince of Canglan and Han Chaoen in the side hall. The young lady was forced inside and found an opportunity to put the incense into the incense burner, which was the result. Otherwise, with the young lady's lack of effort, , how to kidnap Princess Canglan under the eyes of the top master, the Seventh Prince Canglan."

When Concubine Hui heard this, she suddenly realized.

No wonder...

After gazing carefully for a moment, my heart moved slightly, thinking of the Canglan customs that Gu Yuqing mentioned at the banquet, and I drank the strong wine with great joy...

Turning to look at Ji Xiang, "Has your young lady known about Envoy Canglan's evil intentions all along?"

Ji Xiang didn't know how much Concubine Hui knew about this matter, and she didn't know how much Gu Yuqing and Xiao Yu had told Concubine Hui. After thinking about it for a while, he shook his head sincerely, "I don't know about this. It's just that the young lady has not been sleeping well these days. Huang It’s only grandma who prepared this tranquilizing medicine.”

Hearing what Ji Xiang said, Concubine Hui immediately raised her sleeves to cover her mouth, her eyebrows were slightly curved, and she smiled, "You are still playing tricks with me, that's all. I won't embarrass you. Go take care of your young lady."

Concubine Hui was not upset even though she knew that Jixiang knew everything but didn't tell her. After all, as a maid, she knew everything about her master's thoughts and how important this matter was.

After Concubine Jixiang Dehui said this, she let out a sigh of relief, squeezed the cold sweat from her palms, felt a blessing, and turned around to leave.

Fortunately, Concubine Hui didn't pester her. Otherwise, if she pressed her and asked, she really didn't know if she could handle it...

Returning to Gu Yuqing's bed, Ji Xiang glanced at Concubine Hui, still a little uneasy, but saw that Concubine Hui had already assigned the maids how to arrange the arrangements, as if nothing had happened at all, so he breathed a sigh of relief and turned around. The head continued to serve Gu Yuqing.

Turning her back on Jixiang, Concubine Hui put Jixiang aside and no longer thought about it, but her mind was wandering over the words Minglu had passed to her on the way here...

Those words, spoken from Ming Lu's mouth, conveyed Xiao Yu's meaning, but every word was like thunder, exploding directly in Concubine Hui's heart.

What exactly should be done to achieve the result Xiao Yu wanted... Concubine Hui's eyebrows seemed to be furrowed.

At this time, in the imperial study room, the red candles were burning high and the flames were scorching. In the auspicious beast incense burner, the agarwood was exuding a reassuring aroma, curling into the sky in wisps.

The head chamberlain was still dealing with Canglan Xizuo, who was among the chambermaids in the palace. The white-faced little chamberlain serving in front of the emperor at the moment was the one who was bribed by Gu Yuqing with a lot of money.

After pouring tea for the emperor and Xiao Yu, he lowered his eyebrows and bowed his head, standing behind the emperor, waiting for the emperor's orders at any time.

What Gu Yuqing said when he went to Chinanhou Mansion to deliver a message this morning was swirling in his mind.

The auspicious beast incense burner in the living room of Chinanhou Mansion was priceless. Gu Yuqing promised that when he got a private house outside the palace, he would give the incense burner to him as a house. At this moment, Gu Yuqing was seriously injured. Waiting for her When she woke up, it was also after escaping from prison. I wonder if she still remembered today's promise.

Just remember, if you forget... the little waiter felt a pain in her body and had to think of a way to remind her.

In this room, the waiter was busy with his thoughts. In that room, the emperor took a sip of tea, put the tea cup down, and asked Xiao Yu casually: "In the Chinan Marquis Mansion, have you found anything about Gu Yuqing's younger brother?"

Xiao Yu was drinking tea. The tea had just entered his mouth and had not yet reached his throat. Hearing these words, the tea suddenly choked in his mouth. He knew that the emperor seemed to be asking casually, but he was definitely looking at him with his sharp eyes. Xiao Yu swallowed the tea with force, and took another sip to ease his pain. Then he put the tea cup aside on the small table and raised his head to meet the emperor's eyes.

Xiao Yu raised his head so quickly that the scrutiny in the emperor's eyes had no time to fade away. When Xiao Yu looked straight at him, he couldn't help but feel a little confused.

Whether it was to cover up or something else, Xiao Yu put down the tea cup, but he picked up his own.

Xiao Yu frowned and curled his lips, "I heard what Gu Yuqing said, the last time we encountered a mountain torrent, she and I were captured by bandits on Longyang Mountain. The mountain king who was just ten years old seems to be her younger brother."

After the flash flood that day, the emperor did hear Xiao Yu mention the mountain banditry issue. He was still sighing at that time because the mountain king was so young that it was shocking.

But at that time, Xiao Yu didn't mention that he was Gu Yuqing's younger brother.

Xiao Yu ignored the suspicious look in the emperor's eyes and continued: "Gu Yuqing was too frightened at the time to react. Only later did he realize that not only did the child's features resemble those of Lord Gu, but he also looked very similar. I can’t understand why he let us go when he clearly captured us. The way he acted at that time was that he clearly knew something!”

(End of this chapter)