Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 90

"It really makes no sense!"

The prince came in from the outside angrily, and the queen sitting on the chair, seeing him like this, winked at the maid next to him, and the maid led the other maids out of the room and closed the door.

"How can the emperor be so confused, how can he act under your father's nose!"

After the prince came in, he walked to the table, filled the tea cup himself, and drank it in one gulp. Hearing what the queen said, he threw the teacup on the ground hard.

The queen was taken aback, and stepped forward to pat his chest lightly: "Why is the emperor so angry?"

"Even the queen mother thinks I did it?"

The queen was frightened by the hostility in the prince's eyes, and she was startled: "What does the emperor mean by this? Is it possible?"

I saw Gu Zixing sitting down on the chair angrily, and slapped the table vigorously: "This Gu Qi actually played tricks in front of the father, but the father didn't directly punish me, it is really hard to say .”

After listening to the prince's words, the queen also sat down beside her, with an ugly expression on her face, thinking about this matter in her heart.

"Gu Qi didn't hesitate to use his own body as a bait to make Huang'er dumb and eat Coptis chinensis. He couldn't tell if he was suffering. This trick is really cruel." Apparently, the queen also understood the connection.

Gu Qi used this bitter trick to point all the blame at the prince, but he did not leave any substantive evidence to prove the prince's crime.

But in the emperor's heart, Gu Zixing was already determined to be the culprit for Gu Qi's injury, but due to his status as the prince and the presence of many ministers in the court at that time, it was impossible for the emperor to question him face to face.

And even if Gu Zixing figured out Gu Qi's move in his heart, because the emperor didn't clearly say that he was the mastermind, he couldn't open his mouth to explain, so he could only smash his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

As a result, the emperor had some prejudice against the prince, and the prince was afraid that he would be left out for a while.

"Emperor, don't worry, you can only bear the loss of being dumb right now, but it can't be in vain, you will definitely catch him by surprise next time." When she said these words, the queen's eyes were extremely vicious.

The empress was right, this loss must be paid for right now, and she has to be quiet for a while, she can't touch the emperor's brow again at this juncture.

Gu Zixing frowned tightly: "It's getting late, the mother should rest earlier, and the son will leave first."

Back at the place where he lived temporarily, Gu Zixing opened the door with one kick, walked to the bed and sat down, Xiao Cui who was next to him hurried up to help him take off his shoes.

Another court lady went out to fetch water to wash his feet. Gu Zixing looked at Mu Tong in front of him and put her foot in. The next second, she kicked the maid in the face squatting in front of the wooden barrel, and then kicked the wood. Pot kicked away: "Are you going to scald the prince to death?"

The court lady quickly knelt down and begged for mercy: "Prince, spare your life, Prince, spare your life."

Gu Zixing got tired of hearing it: "Come here!"

I saw two well-dressed guards coming in from outside the door.

"Drag out."

Listening to Gu Zixing's instructions, the two stepped forward and forcibly dragged out the court lady who was crying and begging for mercy.

The room woke up a lot in an instant, and Gu Zixing's complexion improved a bit, pointing to Xiao Cui next to him: "You, get another basin of footwashing water."

"Yes."

Xiaocui replied neither humble nor overbearing, picked up the wooden basin next to her, went out, filled a new basin of footwashing water, and then came in.

Put the wooden basin down gently, put the prince's feet in, the water temperature is moderate, Gu Zixing didn't say anything, but Xiao Cui massaged his feet.

Gu Zixing, who had her eyes closed, felt that her feet were very comfortable, and opened her eyes to look at Xiao Cui, who was massaging with her head bowed in front of her.

"Head up."

Xiao Cui raised her head without any hesitation, her expression on her face was calm, but the movements of her hands kept massaging him.

Gu Zixing looked at her ordinary face and frowned: "You are the one from a few days ago, what's your name?"

"Returning to His Highness the Crown Prince, the maidservant's name is Xiao Cui."

"That's right, that's right!" Gu Zixing suddenly remembered, "It's you, Xiao Cui, have you studied it before?"

"My father's legs and feet used to be bad, and my servants often massaged him." When mentioning her father, Xiaocui's eyes darkened.

How could it be possible to exercise like this? Xiaocui's methodical massage was learned when Zhao Min helped her massage her legs and Xiuhua's arms when she was in the cottage.

After Xiaocui finished pressing Gu Zixing, she wiped his feet clean.

Gu Zixing still had some unfinished thoughts: "From now on, you can stay by my side and serve you personally."

Xiao Cui stood aside respectfully holding a foot wipe: "Yes."

"Okay, let's get to work." After receiving the order from the prince, Xiaocui picked up the wooden basin and left the prince's room.

When she went out and couldn't see the prince, Xiaocui realized that her legs were a little weak, she didn't expect it to be so smooth, she silently warned herself in her heart, but she must be steady, and she must not go too far. Eagerness led to the failure of his revenge plan.

Gu Qi woke up in the middle of the night, and informed the emperor the next morning that the emperor was in a good mood, but there was still a haze among the ministers.

Jia Mingyun pointed out that the medical conditions here are limited. Now that King Qi is awake, he should be sent back to the imperial city as soon as possible for more effective treatment. It is best to have his master check it again in detail.

This autumn hunting event only lasted for two days and ended. Of course it was not because of Gu Lingqing’s injury, but because Gu Qi was injured and wanted to return to the imperial city. , Therefore, a group of people waited and returned to the imperial city.

Gu Qi was naturally cared for in every possible way, lying in the spacious carriage, the emperor sent people to ask him how his wound was from time to time?It's just that Gu Lingqing didn't get such good treatment anymore, and the bumps on the road made her very uncomfortable.

After finally arriving at the Chaoyang Palace, Gu Po left the house after retreating from the surrounding servants.

Gu Lingqing was drunk all day, and fell asleep after lying on the bed.

The next day, Po Gu slipped a letter to Gu Lingqing when no one else was paying attention.

Gu Lingqing lay on the bed, and after opening the letter, she saw that it was written by Gu Qi, which described in detail what happened at the hunting ground that day.

After Gu Lingqing read it, the expression on her face was not very good-looking, and after reading it carefully three times, she handed it to Mrs. Gu who was standing aside.

Gu Po burned the letter, and seeing that Gu Lingqing had no intention of speaking, she silently left the room.

Gu Lingqing lay on the bed, slowly closed her eyes, and carefully recalled the contents of that letter.

He thought about thousands of possibilities, maybe it was the prince's plan that surprised Ma, or maybe it was the puppet of other princes who harmed Gu Qi, but he never thought that it was his own trick.

Gu Lingqing naturally knew that Gu Qi couldn't understand that the prince stabbed her that night, and she was venting her anger for herself!
But after knowing the ins and outs of this matter, Gu Lingqing was not very happy in her heart.

One reason is that Gu Qi himself was seriously injured, and he expressed his apology in the letter. He might not be able to go to Liangcheng immediately to help him investigate, and he would have to wait a few months.

Hu Ge still didn't have any other people who could be trusted and had the conditions to go, so he could only shelve this plan temporarily.

The second is because in my impression, Gu Qi was innocent since he was a child, but he didn't expect to learn this method after not seeing him in these years.

Gu Lingqing also knew that in this imperial city, if one wanted to protect one's life wisely and even improve one's life, these things were essential, but for some reason, she always felt uncomfortable in her heart.

(End of this chapter)