"Why am I wrong?" Huang Yating, the fourth lady of the Nine Gates, said unconvinced, "Am I wrong? Aren't these dirt and straw? Could it be that you can return gold and silver?"

At this point, the look of disdain in her eyes was even worse. The sisters at the table where she was, as well as Princess Zhaoyan, laughed uncontrollably together.

Gu Zhirong quietly looked at the arrogant daughter of the Admiral of the Nine Gates in front of him: "Then do you know where this is the dirt and the straw?"

Huang Yating was speechless for a while, she snorted coldly and said: "It doesn't matter where the soil is or where the straw is, these are all things that only those untouchables who work in the fields can use! If you offer these lowly things to the Queen Mother, you are very disrespectful to the Queen Mother!"

Gu Zhirong didn't intend to let her go at all: "Sister Huang family's words are wrong, what is a pariah? If there are no untouchables who work in the fields as you say, how can you have three meals of white rice a day on your family's dinner table? If there are no untouchables, how can there be the abundance of this granary of the treasury? If there are no untouchables, how can the army have the strength to fight and guard the border passes?"

Huang Yating looked at Gu Zhirong in a daze, speechless for a while. She didn't expect to run into the other party today, she thought that she thought that the Gu family was easy to bully, and she didn't want to meet a sharp-toothed person, so she actually beat her prestige.

One of the people on the table was Zhou Huiniang, the tenth lady of Zhou Zhiyuan's Mansion of Lanzhou Governor, who saw that the situation was not right, and also came out to help: "Even if the sister of the Huang family said the wrong thing, but what do you mean by taking these things to the Queen Mother?

Gu Zhirong glanced coldly at Zhou Huiniang. She couldn't help but shrink back a little.

Gu Zhirong glanced at the things he brought, and then said loudly: "These are not things that can't be put on the table. Let's take this cup of soil as an example, in the past, the border passes fought all year round. The artillery fire was continuous, and there was no grass in the sky. Now, after many years of armistice, the people have rebuilt their homes, improved the quality of the soil, and crops have grown in the land. The courtiers traveled through the border passes, saw the Guanhe Ningding, and decided to take advantage of this fertile soil. Convey a message that the people of the world will be grateful and live and work in peace and contentment. to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother. ”

The queen mother was overjoyed when she said this, and even the emperor couldn't help but admire: "This girl's family really has a unique vision." ”

Seeing that the Queen Mother and the Emperor were so happy, what else could the rest of the people present say? Of course, it was a great compliment. Princess Zhaoyan didn't dare to speak out anymore. He only glared at Gu Zhirong hatefully. I went away drinking alone.

The old lady didn't expect the situation to come to this reversal, Fang was still in decline, and almost became the laughing stock of the audience, this blink of an eye, many people actually raised their glasses to her, saying that she was taught by the Yuanning Marquis Mansion in a good way, and taught such a granddaughter who understood the righteousness and had the foresight. Suddenly lowered her Yuanning Marquis Mansion to the bottom, and suddenly lifted her Yuanning Marquis Mansion to the sky. This is the norm in the circle of ladies in the capital.

The old lady stabilized her excited mood and toasted everyone one by one to thank her, but her eyes glanced at Gu Zhirong, and she felt a little more appreciation in her heart.

In the process of arguing with those noble ladies who were deliberately making things difficult, the prince had slowly sat down.

His eyes hadn't taken his eyes off her since she came in. In his eyes, his mind was full of her shadows, her smile like a spring breeze, and her crisp and bright words.

After the battle of Fanjiang, she seems to have lost weight, her already pointed chin is a little sharper, and her eyes are also a little dark. I don't know how she escaped in that explosion, I don't know if she was injured, she hasn't returned to the capital for so long, is it because she was injured and has to recuperate, so she delayed her trip? Now that she is in such a hurry to travel under the stars, it must be very hard to rush back at the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, I don't know if her injuries have any effect?

He sat there alone, uncontrollable and cranky, hoping that the feast would soon be over and that he would take a good look at her.

The banquet finally ended, and he reluctantly withdrew his gaze, got up and left his seat, and went over to support the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother and the Emperor went first, and everyone got up and left their seats respectfully. As he passed by her, he deliberately focused on it. Seeing her bent down and bowing her head, a flesh-pink scar on the back of her neck was clearly visible, and there was still no trace of smoothing after so long, so you can imagine how heavy the injury she was at that time. His heart ached for no apparent reason.

Seeing that the Queen Mother finally drove back, Gu Zhirong was greatly relieved. Second Miss Gu Yuanfang hurriedly came over to meet her.

Gu Yuanfang took her hand, looked left and right, looked up and down, closed her eyes, and actually fell two crystal tears, which startled Gu Zhirong a lot, and hurriedly said: "Second sister, what's wrong with you? ”

Gu Yuanfang wiped her tears with a silk handkerchief and said angrily: "Where did the fifth sister say? I thought I wouldn't see you." ”

Gu Zhirong's heart moved: "Why did my sister say that?"

Gu Yuanfang said: "He Ronglan of the Shangshu family of the Ministry of Rites said that you ......" Halfway through speaking, she stopped talking, no matter what, things are not as the crow mouth of the young lady of the He family said, isn't it? Now that the fifth sister has returned safely, it would be very unlucky to say this.

Gu Zhirong knew that this second sister's temperament was a little higher, but her temperament was extremely open-minded, so he didn't ask anymore, shook her hand and said, "Second sister, didn't I come back safely, you should be happy." ”

Cuihuan on the side hurriedly said: "Second Miss, Fifth Miss is right, since Fifth Miss came back safe and sound, this is a good thing, the slave maid is also tired of seeing Fifth Miss, so let's go back to the house quickly." ”

The second lady took a closer look and saw that Gu Zhirong's face was pale, the whole person had lost weight, his eyes were big, dark and dull, and he was obviously weak and lacking in qi. It had only been half an hour since she arrived, but cold sweat oozed from her forehead.

Gu Yuanfang didn't dare to slack off, so she was busy with Cuihuan helping her, and went over there to find the old lady and take the carriage back to the house together.

Sitting in the carriage, Gu Zhirong was drowsy. She was indeed very tired, Fanjiang explosion, she was fortunate to pick up a life, but she drifted on the river for three days, thanks to Xuanhe sent people to search for her on the river for three days, only to find her still unconscious three days later. Thanks to his master Mingkong, after getting the flying pigeon book, he poured out all the treasured Shennong flowers in the Hanging Ji Temple and rushed to the border city to save her, which saved her life.

Due to her injuries, she couldn't stand the fatigue of the car and horses, and the dangers on the road, she has been recuperating in the border city. Not long ago, I heard that the second lady had kowtowed to her head and urgently needed surgery. So she sent a letter to Mingkong and asked him to arrange that she would return to Beijing. So Mingkong and Imperial Physician Hu conspired to let the eldest master send a dart master to escort him, while he secretly hid in Xuanhe's carriage and sneaked back to the capital.

After sneaking back to the capital, he stayed at Hangji Temple. The next step is to perform surgery on the second lady to remove the blood clot that compresses the intracranial nerve, repair the cranial nerve, and let the second lady regain her senses.

Due to the extremely complicated operation and the fact that he was seriously ill, he coughed up blood and became even weaker in the past two days.

Originally, this time the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, Mingkong Xuanhe didn't let her attend, but she remembered her friendship with the second lady, and she had hidden it for so long, so she should appear openly and honestly, so she insisted on participating in this banquet despite her illness.

Fortunately, I participated in this banquet to resolve the embarrassment and calm down those gossips. Gu Zhirong knew that from now on, her status in the mansion would be very different. (To be continued......)