43 Gossip

Gu Ci didn't care about any gifts at all, she handed them over to Gan Ming, and the things she sent to Beiguan had already been packed, and her red heart with a gossip soul burned was on the thick pile of cheat sheets. Opening the first page is Wu Shenqiu's name, it seems that Yuan Yi and Mingxiu have already checked the situation of these second sisters-in-law reserves.

BR**O!

Wu Shenqiu is the only daughter of Shangshu of the Criminal Department, a brother and a brother in the family, I am good at riding and archery, and I treat people and things more decently, I can handle all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and wine, and her appearance is also the best, I can't find the slightest fault, Gu Ci feels that she and her second brother are so perfect that people have no way out.

The martial family is low-key but also illustrious for a hundred years, it was originally a wealthy family in the west of Changjing, the ancestral house was damaged by the disaster of the Huns, fortunately, there are more surviving clansmen, rebuild the ancestral temple and rebuild the sect, in the Gaozong period has been relieved, Wu Shangshu is the head of the family who pushed up with the power of the clan. He was in his twenties and became a sergeant, and his wife Su was the sister of his fiancΓ©e who died in the war. The Su family and the Wu family are good families, and the situation of the two families is similar, but the Su family currently has many women and children, and there are few men, and there is no character who can take the lead like Wu Shangshu.

Wu Shangshu was cautious and meticulous, proficient in criminal names, and after filling the vacancy, he was sentenced to several major cases, and became famous. Three years ago, he was appointed as the second product of the Dali Temple Zhengqing, last year the criminal department of the book to the old, he naturally became the youngest of the six books. And the martial arts family is extraordinary but innocent and simple, there is no aunt and concubine in the family, the elder brother is a few years older than Gu Ao, and he is also preparing for next year's spring, the younger brother is about the same age as Gu Ao, and he has a good upbringing.

It can be said that the martial arts family has always stood in the center of power except for the time when they encountered military disasters, and they have never been squeezed out, no wonder Gu Yao and Yuyi are very optimistic about his daughter.

Through this period of time, Wu Shenqiu loved her no less than the Ren sisters.

When they met for the first time on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, because the Wu family also heard the rumors that Yuyi 'chose a concubine for the prince', Wu Shenqiu's performance was mediocre, and even if he liked Gu Ci, he didn't show his closeness. When Yuan Yu and Qin Xiuyong made an appointment with Gu Ci to go to the Runan County Mansion as a guest, and when they met Wu Shenqiu again, she let go, and basically never left Gu Ci's side that day, and even Ren Saiyuan laughed at her if she wanted to rob Gu Ci to go back to be her sister, and she also vowed to answer frankly that if her younger brother is still considered a weapon in the future, she must go to the Protector's Mansion to propose marriage.

Since Wu Shenqiu has been put first, it can be seen that if there is no big problem, it is basically her. But Gu Ci is still worried about how to let the second brother meet her, if the husband and wife can have the same heart, how much trouble will be saved! I have to grind this matter with my mother.

The girls in the back are all people who have recently become familiar with Gu Ci, Li Fuxiang, Qin Xiuyong, etc., Gu Ci hurriedly glanced at it a few times, and found that it seemed that the girls at the Dragon Boat Banquet were all inside, Yuan Yu, Yuan Jin, and even Chi Ai, no wonder it took so long. Gu Ci of Zhi'en Tubao regretfully put down the gossip cheat sheet, and decided to prepare food first, and treat the prince brother who was chased very hard tomorrow and did not forget the underground intelligence work!

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Early the next morning, Gu Ci set up a guard of honor and went to the East Market with great momentum, and Zhi Shuangzhai closed the market for half a day this morning, waiting for the county lord to collect rent.

There is an independent hut in Zhishuang Zhai, which is on the side of the road leading to the east corner gate outside the west courtyard of the female guest, with a firewood door and a vine wall, which is tightly blocked, very hidden, and there is a hole in it. To the left of the entrance is a small courtyard, in the middle of which is a Japanese-style bamboo pavilion, which can be used as tatami mats on a knee-high Hu bed in the summer. On the right is a one-bedroom living room, in the hall there is a set of tables, chairs, bookshelves and a soft couch, open the sliding door of the inner room, the room is directly a whole bed, a few low futons, a big soft mat in the corner, Simmons with sofa cushions, stuffed with thick cotton.

Now the door leading to the bamboo pavilion is open, and the warm autumn sun outside spills into the hall, gilded with a golden light, and a 'sleeping beauty' lies on the soft couch.

Mingxiu helped Gu Ci take off her shoes and coat, let her go in with the food box by herself, and left behind the door. Only Mingxiu was waiting outside, and the others, including Gantang Ayue, couldn't even approach the firewood gate. The maids are all in the west courtyard, and the guards are scattered to the takeaway hall or the first floor of the main building.

Yuan Yi didn't make a sound, only stretched out a hand to hook her fingers, and motioned for her to lie down together.

Gu Ci put down the food box and obediently made a human-shaped pillow beside him, seeing that the stubble on his chin and the black circles under his eyes appeared, it seemed that he had been very tired recently.

Sister Mosquito is so strong in combat!?

Gu Ci, who was not sleepy at all, covered his eyes with a fragrant handkerchief and took a few pages in his hand to read.

It's all about Concubine Lin De and King Guangsi.

β€˜β€¦β€¦ Shangsi, the princess met Concubine De's nurse Lin Rong's mother and son in Yuyue Pavilion, and the three were helpless, so they took them back to the house to support. …… The king hated him for traveling without permission, and angrily rebuked him, and reprimanded him with a rod......

'At the beginning of April, Lin Rong and others went to Beiguan with the Lin family to ......'

'May,...... The family returned to Beijing and reported that Lin Rong's was missing. ’

In mid-June, Wang Xinnarin's concubine collided with the princess and caused a miscarriage. …… Concubine De was furious and convulsed, her mouth was speechless, and she was unable to do so. ’

β€˜β€¦β€¦ Huangjue Nunnery Lin Taifei Xi, General Lin stayed in Beijing. ’

'The day before Tanabata...... Lin An's family brought all the daughters into the palace to ask for peace, and the three daughters entered the palace several times......

β€˜β€¦β€¦ Chongyang, the king entered the palace and asked for peace,...... I had a long talk with Mama Lin......

'Before the gold festival, Concubine De, Mama Lin and others were martyred...... Mourning after the holiday. ’

The handwriting is different, some are Mingxiu's words, some are very messy, just save a piece to read.

The one with the most words is about Concubine Linde's mother's house.

Concubine Lin's grandfather was originally a small school guarding the city gate at the east gate of Changjing, and saved Gaozong, whose father did not hurt his mother, and let him hide in the cellar with a pair of children. When Taizong entered Changjing, he took the risk of gathering the old department to open the east gate, and then the natural tide rose and the boat was reused. The best thing is that General Lin's sister and Gaozong have been in love for a long time, and they can't be a wife, so they are willing to be the prince's concubine. Before Concubine Chunyi's mother was favored, although this Concubine Lin was the oldest concubine, she could be regarded as the first person in Gaozong's harem.

Concubine Lin gave birth to a son and a daughter, and soon after entering the palace, her father was mourned, and the following year she still gave birth to the eldest daughter of Gaozong, Princess Feng Baoyi, who married the eldest son of General Lin. Baoyi died in the first year of Sejong, there was no heir, and the concubine did not remarry, but Concubine Lin rewarded a palace maid, and after giving birth to a concubine, she went to her mother and left a son, which was recorded as the concubine under Baoyi's name.

Concubine Lin injured her body when she gave birth to Baoyi, and gave birth to a son in her thirties. Gaozong's excitement was too much to make Taizong angry, and he beat him up without saying anything, and pulled out all the concubines who usually liked to provoke trouble and had no children, and cut them outside the gate of the East Palace to show Gaozong, which led to the birth of Sejong the following year. However, this crystallization died at the age of three and did not survive to adulthood.

General Lin's position is to temporarily replace Gu Yao, who returned to Beijing that year, as the deputy general of the Zhenbei Army. He has no concubine, he is based in Beiguan, his wife's surname is Dai, he is a baby born in childhood, the daughter of the neighbor, a common man who does not know a single word, and is not good at socializing and obscure. His parents-in-law had been dead for many years, and his wife had no relatives such as uncles and uncles, so he followed his uncle and brother on behalf of the family and worked as a staff member in the tent. Mrs. Dai has two sons and one daughter, and the youngest daughter is Concubine Linde, who entered the palace in the first year of Sejong. The eldest son was unlucky to be a concubine, and he is currently a concubine, even if the family is a marquis and worships the prime minister in the future, it is difficult to say whether the title has his share or not. Even if he is allowed to take the title, whether the concubine can inherit the title depends on the mood of the emperor at that time. Therefore, the second son concentrated all the hopes of the Lin family, and the perennial family followed General Lin in Beiguan, not only married a concubine of the Wuling Bo'an family, but also accepted concubines, three concubines and four concubines, and got a concubine in the year of establishment, which was about the same age as Gu Yi, and was the baby bump of the Lin family.

The above is a normal introduction, but there are many small words added between the lines, which challenge Gu Ci's three views.

For example, Concubine Lin was just a hot-blooded young woman at the beginning, and when she heard about Taizong's glorious deeds of conquering Beiyi, she tried her best to get to know the hero's son, so there was a beautiful woman behind to save the hero. Otherwise, in the case of the wandering people, how could they catch the future emperor so accurately? And then it's even more logical, how can a leftover girl in her twenties who didn't get married not let the rescued hero repay herself? What's more, the beauty also dedicated herself in advance, and she must accept it!

General Lin has been away from Beijing for a long time and is still guarding like a jade, and Mrs. Dai did not arrange for her husband to take concubines in Beiguan, all because the uncle of the Dai family is close to him day and night......

Is the emperor's princess so easy to marry? Baoyi belongs to the temperament of not being able to move his feet when he sees a beautiful man, and even the more delicate chamberlain has to pull up the bed and mess around. In the palace, Concubine Lin covered her up, and after getting married, she had a princess's mansion, and she didn't call the horses at all, and she also sent 'flower and bird envoys' to look for beautiful men, and she was very comfortable. Concubine Lin knew her daughter's nature before marrying her back to her parents' family, and in order to ensure that the concubine was obedient, she didn't even let him go out. General Lin's eldest son's qualifications are much better than those of the second son, just because Baoyi ended up with this, and even that concubine was forced to give birth to Baoyi to inherit the incense.

Baoyi just doesn't like the horse and is not handsome enough, but it's not that she doesn't have children, she and a son and a daughter born to different faces are now recorded in the name of Concubine Lin's uncle who died early, and they are raised in the Lin family as a cousin and a cousin. If it weren't for General Lin's insistence at that time, Gaozong would have died soon, and Concubine Lin would have planned to move Gaozong to press Lin to admit it.

Empress Dowager Xiao and Concubine Lin are not well known, and General Lin also sent Concubine Lin Defei to the palace, what do you have to be stupid to do? But if someone can get to where they are now, they are not stupid. The small print explained that the death of Concubine Lin's son and Baoyi was a vote from the Lin family to Shizong, and it was the horse that had been destroyed in this life, and it was only with the support of Taizong and the Queen Mother that it was done, of course, there must have been more than such a little prince and a merry princess who died together. General Lin didn't know that he was outside, but Gaozong knew it very well, and Sejong's reward was to make Lin's daughter a concubine.

Concubine Lin De gave birth to Queen Guangsi and pleaded with the emperor, and Mrs. Dai was able to take an innocent concubine to her eldest son, and gave birth to a concubine, who was the one who entered the palace several times to serve the sick.

Gu Cizheng watched it with relish, and suddenly his warm lips imprinted on his face.

"How do you feel after watching it for so long?" Yuan Yi asked lazily, and the veil on his face was not revealed.

"The Lin family is so messy!"

"It's just how much outsiders know."

Also, I looked at the Lin family before, General Lin is a rookie in the general's altar, the monarch and the ministers are clean and self-conscious, the family is low-key and simple, although the eldest son is unlucky when he encounters Baoyi, he can get a knighthood for nothing, and how many people struggle for a lifetime may not be able to have it. The second son is the heir to the mantle of General Lin, and his wife is powerful, and the starting point is not low. There is also one of the four concubines in the palace, Concubine Lin De, who is completely promising.

"Their women work hard."

The eldest daughter-in-law happily gave her in-laws a green hat, but it was impossible to reconcile. For others, the mother-in-law is the same wife, and the second daughter-in-law pays a dowry, helping her husband raise a woman and raising a child, and there is no happiness at all.

"What if you marry into such a family in the future?"

"If the county horse is good, learn from the mother, and if the county horse is not good, learn Baoyi......"

Before the words fell, the sky was gnawed dark.

After laughing, Yuan Yi went out to wash, Gu Ci opened the cake in the food box, the skin was baked golden, and there was a little cream and layers of peach meat inside, which made the cook work hard for dozens of times in the afternoon. However, even the failed products are very popular. The cake is slightly sweeter than usual, fruity and milky, Yuan Yi must like it, she eats it very happily, and praises her for her conscience is greatly good.

"Is the matter of the Charing family because Yeye went to Beiguan?" Gu Ci, who had made a good sycophant, began to ask questions.

"Uncle is not in Beiguan, and the Zhenbei Army will not be someone else's."

"Then why did you investigate the affairs of the Lin family so carefully?"

Yuan Yi was silent and caressed her face for a long time before saying, "Who do you think wants me to die the most?" ”

"Could it be King Guangsi?!"

"Perhaps it should be said that it is, Concubine De."

"What! …… Isn't she a chicken and an egg? Gu Ci was angry, and then laughed very happily, harming his own son and vomiting blood.

Yuan Yi's eyebrows and eyes relaxed, and began to tell her.

In fact, you can't blame Concubine Lin De for having a big heart, the two generations of women of the Lin family entered the palace, and they were all very favored, but in the end, they were all suppressed by the Xiao family, of course, they were secretly unconvinced. Concubine Lin is just a small family, stupid and ignorant, Concubine Lin is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Although she is not extremely smart, she is decisive and straightforward, and she is good at seizing opportunities. persuaded her father and brother to attack the prince and Baoyi, which was her plan to surrender to the queen mother and the emperor in order to resolve the crisis of the Lin family. And she has been in the palace since the beginning of her affection for the emperor under the banner of unrepentant affection, cautious and obscure, the first month gave birth to the fifth princess, Layue got the sixth prince who was born a month prematurely, and then later pushed her brother into the Zhenbei Army to take power, so desperate, would she be willing to be like Concubine Lin, and die in the Huangjue Nunnery in the future, or go out of the palace to bring a few grandchildren to her son?

The person who sent the assassin to buy off the forbidden army on the night of the Shangyuan Festival was Concubine Lin De, and the surviving assassin found the body in the imperial garden, which was all the diehard people left by Concubine Lin to her, and she was gone.

So far, he still doesn't know why the living mouth let him go, Gu Xi had privately told him that the man should have been severely punished before he died, and it seems likely that the emperor knew the reason.

After the emperor ascended the throne, many concubines moved to the palace, which was more chaotic, and the captain who broke the forbidden army had an affair with a concubine who had children, and was known to Concubine Lin De, who was in charge of palace affairs at that time, so she had to obey orders.

Of course, afterwards, the concubine slept directly in the Huangjue Nunnery, and the children were not sure whether it was the blood of Gaozong, and the blood relatives of the children and grandchildren were sent on the road together, and the daughter-in-law and other in-laws were all made into commoners, and the jade gate was assigned to guard the country.

The two people who were drawn by Gu Ci finally confessed to be instructed by Liang Nei, who was in charge of the respectful room, to contact them on weekdays through the opportunity for the two concubines to privately send someone to the respectful room to read the files. This time, according to the order, the stunned prince in the clean room was thrown into a rockery in Chongxi Palace, and then stuffed into a Qiu Cairen's purse. Originally, there would be a woman lying together in the rockery, but they didn't see it, and there were traces of going to the apse, so they were afraid that things would not be done, so they went to find out. Liang Neishou recognized Concubine Liang Liang as his own family when he entered the palace, and he had no contact on weekdays, and the whole thing of framing Yuan Yi this time was a one-line contact planned by him, and the inner servants who put incense in the clean room and poisoned the wine were all his little apprentices. Qiu Cairen's nail temporarily repented, and only handed out a purse, and did not get the person over, so there was no such thing as one corpse and two lives.

It's just that the matter of Lady Yao sending someone to deal with Gu Ci is not yet clear, or rather, the results found out are not true.

Liang Neishou had no contact with Female Officer Yao, saying that Wei Zi, who moved Female Officer Yao, was dead, and Female Officer Yao only confessed that it was because she was envious that Aunt Liu's grandmother could go out of the palace to marry her sweetheart Gu Pu, and wanted to follow suit and marry the prince of Changning, so she agreed to cover up for Wei Zi on this condition. According to her confession, Wei Zi had channels to communicate with the prince, and once handed her a jade pendant that the prince had never left since he was a child, with a love poem written by the prince himself, so she was convinced. Wei Zi just wanted Gu Ci to be left alone, and it was Mama Zeng who would be with her at that time, who was originally a member of the Gu family, and would not be unfavorable to Gu Ci. Even if it is really harmful to people's hearts, it is also a matter of the Gu family, and it has nothing to do with the palace. The so-called gift of jade was naturally denied by the prince himself, and the love poem was a calligraphy left by him when he participated in a poetry meeting, and it was also a scholar catching a knife, so he didn't take it to heart at all.

In addition to explaining the situation at home clearly, Mama Zeng also said that she was not on an errand in the house in those days, but a little maid wearing the clothes of the Qingyi Yuan invited her to go to the intersection of the Huguo Mansion to see Wei Zi, and she only dared to get in the car after seeing the waist card in the palace. After entering the palace, Wei Zi left with someone after explaining, and she had been waiting outside the front hall of Chongxi Palace. If Gan Tang hadn't left with her, she would have found a way to stain her and Ah Yue's clothes, but she really wouldn't and would never dare to hurt Gu Ci.

The clue was broken when it came to Wei Zi, and the people around Lady Yao proved that Wei Zi did not have much contact with Changning Bofu or Concubine Du Xian, she was in charge of the utensils and playthings of Cining Palace, and rarely went to the concubines, the most was to go to a certain garden to pick flowers and break branches for the Queen Mother to see, but almost never left alone, accompanied by a little palace maid, or went for a walk with Yao Huang.

It was the little chamberlain who soiled Wen Qing's robe, and it was Lian Qing beside Concubine Du Xian who hinted to him that if he saw that Gu Ci was alone, he would find a way to inform the people of Xianfu Palace. The little chamberlain was about to go to Lianqing, but he didn't expect Wen Qing to be there, because he received the money, he panicked for a while, and accidentally spilled the lamp oil. And Concubine Du Xian hugged and said that she wanted Lian Qing to take the Nine Emperor Princes to accompany Gu Ci to explain this, and there was no malice.

Thinking of this section, Yuan Yi's anger surged, that stupid old Jiu still kept talking about Gu Ci on weekdays, saying that he had saved a lot of good things waiting for her to play, and this kind of ramming goods dared to think about Ah Luan, I just didn't know whether to live or die!

"Don't pay attention to Lao Jiu in the future, his brain is full of water."

"Okay." Although I didn't understand why, I still obediently agreed to Gu Ci without ambiguity.

The news of Beiguan did not unsurprisingly not yield much, the military doctor who examined the injuries of Mama Zeng at that time has been killed, and several generals in the immediate line have been escorted back to Beijing. At present, except for the person behind Wei Zi and the person who shot and injured Gu Ci, this matter has basically been dealt with. Maybe the emperor knew it, but he just erased the tail of his hand like the second and fifth died violently six years ago. But there's no need to let the little girl know about this.

Gu Ci listened to the news and slowly thought about it. After Yuan Yi finished speaking, he was silent and remembered his previous life.

This matter is quite different from the previous life. At that time, he was inseparable from the old sixth, and he got rid of the inner servant and wanted to go to the stargazing tower, but he was also chased by four assassins, he broke his heart, and the sixth broke his leg. Afterwards, Xiao Lu saved his life, but the sixth child's leg was delayed, and he couldn't take care of it. It was this that made him see that Concubine Lin De and the sixth child had a problem, otherwise how could his father let the sixth child become a cripple, especially when the prince was already suffering from cardiopulmonary weakness and his longevity, and then folded a son.

So he sent Mingjin to lead people to guard the stargazing tower in secret, and the sixth child really passed, fainted with poisonous hair, and just happened to change into a golden crown and break his leg again. Unexpectedly, Concubine Lin De's dead soldier had been following him all along, and he did not ambush in the stargazing tower as before.

Before Concubine Lin Defei had a stroke, the emperor had visited her once at night, and the two had a separate meeting, and no one knew the content. Except for Mama Lin, all the palace maids and maids in Dexin Palace have been changed.

General Lin was still very alert, and when he came back, he heard that the rumors were wrong, so he immediately handed over the tiger talisman of the Zhenbei Army under the pretext of closing the house to recuperate, and he also thought that it would be best to carry another daughter up, and it would be best to send him to be a concubine. No wonder the daughter of the Lin family can't be on the stage, and it has become a habit to be a concubine for people regardless of their concubines, where can they be treated as serious masters.

Yuan Yi was still in a daze, and Gu Ci had already begun to ask, "Why is Concubine De suddenly in a hurry?" ”

"She just noticed that the other concubines were moving, and she wanted to fish in troubled waters."

"But even if you have a ...... Phew! ”

Yuan Yi kissed her tender face funny, "She should have evidence in her hand, or she can blame a few other people......" Seeing the little girl looking at him with a worried and regretful face, "What's wrong?" ”

"You've been busy checking these things up lately, haven't you? Are you tired? ”

"It's okay, don't worry, there won't be anything dangerous like that again."

"I just don't think it's worth wasting your time on this disgusting and dangerous!"

Yuan Yi was stunned for a moment, stroked his jaw and thought deeply. These things did involve most of his energy, and his eyes were all focused on the emperor's palace, which was indeed a waste. It seems that he needs to find someone to keep an eye on these things, and he can free up his hands and work more on the outside. It's just this person......

"I know, I'll pay attention later. The telescope you made is very good, and my father has already made an order to His Excellency Gongqiao, and you can admire it as a captain or above in the army. ”

Gu Ci suddenly smiled, "That's good!" Master Tian should be happy! ”

"Father knew that Gongqiao Pavilion was made to make you happy, so he decided to rank Qiu Cai's daughters into ten, and nine will be left to you."

"Really?"

"Call 'brother' to listen?"