At this time, Gu Qingwan was already sitting in the side hall of Yongyan Palace.

sent away a face-wrenching grandmother to bring Zheng He to the side hall, and Queen Xiao sent away the idle people, leaving only Mama Yang to serve in front of her, and her shoulders were slightly relaxed. She lowered her voice and said helplessly: "There are a lot of eyeliner in the palace, so I'll make a long story short." ”

Gu Qingwan sat up straight.

"First, there are a lot of old people in Yongyan Palace, and you Rui Wangfu are afraid that it is indispensable, you and Ah Rui are careful, the wall has ears, and you must not fall short."

"Second, the matter of Herr must not be mentioned, you should only have never seen him outside the palace. Hull, too, I told you in every possible way. ”

"Third, the one in Ci'an Palace is suspicious, so he has to summon you into the palace often." Empress Xiao pursed her lips, and finally a smile appeared, "It's good for you to be like this today, fake and real, pretending to be stupid." Don't worry, she is about to use Ah Rui to show the deep love between mother and son, as long as you don't touch her scales, she will naturally rely on you for everything. ”

Gu Qingwan nodded and said softly: "Qingwan knows the severity, and the mother is in the palace, so you must take care." ”

Empress Xiao was about to speak, when she heard a commotion outside, but it turned out that the face-faced grandmother brought Zheng He over. After that, the grandmother retreated into the corner without saying a word, and Queen Xiao did not say anything to let her out.

Gu Qingwan understood that this was one of the "old people" that Queen Xiao said.

When Zheng He saw Gu Qingwan, he saluted respectfully, and then said, "Aunt Five Emperors, He'er hasn't seen you and Uncle Five Emperors for a long time." Why didn't the Five Emperor Uncles come to see me together? ”

Zheng He knew how to be measured at a young age, he and Gu Qingwan had been together in Zhuangzi for a while, and they were a lot closer, but now they only had a little more joy on their faces, but there was no sign in their tone.

"Your five emperor uncles also entered the palace together, but they were summoned by your father." Gu Qingwan glanced at Zheng He before she said slowly.

Zheng He jumped up with joy, and after obtaining the consent of Empress Xiao, he was led by the inner servant to the court.

Because the wall has ears, Gu Qingwan and Queen Xiao said a few words. He also resigned from the palace.

Empty streets. Only the carriage of the Rui Wangfu drove by. As the sun set, Gu Qingwan lifted the curtain and looked at the cold sunset for a while, and sighed heavily.

Jinshang and Zheng Rui pretended to be stupid to survive, and secretly planned for so many years. I finally waited for this day. But he still can't help himself. As long as Chen Guogong is still in charge of the military power in the northwest. Now I have to be a simple and unassertive wood, Zheng Rui has to be stupid, and Queen Xiao has to be called by her maiden name by the eldest princess Huihe. But he couldn't see the slightest anger.

It's just that Gu Qingwan knew that it would be so difficult to wait until that day.

Until then, everything can only be endured.

Within a few days, Qin Tianjian calculated the auspicious day, and chose the twentieth line of the lunar month for the new emperor's enthronement ceremony. Although the new emperor has not yet ascended the throne, the court is not as cloudy as it was some time ago, and everyone is in danger. The news that Prince Rui and the princess have returned to Beijing spread throughout the mansions like wings.

Since entering the palace to meet the queen and the Empress Dowager Chen, it has only been a few days, and Gu Qingwan has received no less than ten posts. Now that there are Empress Dowager Chen and Empress Xiao on top, Gu Qingwan is naturally not afraid of offending people, and what she can push off is basically a refusal, leaving only two posts.

One copy is naturally from the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, but it is the words of the maid Yuzhan next to the old lady Gu Sun who came to pass it personally. came with the jade cup, as well as the housekeeper Gong Shi beside the eldest lady, and asked people to bring Gu Cunke's words, saying that they missed her very much.

The other is from the Huai Wangfu, and the one who came was also the housekeeper and grandmother beside the princess.

On the sixteenth day of the lunar month, Gu Qingwan went to the Huaiwang Mansion for an appointment. Unexpectedly, in addition to Princess Huai, she also met Qiao Sixiang, the future princess of Huaiwangfu.

Qiao Sixiang is the daughter of the secretary of the military department, and she will be fourteen this year. Although Qiao Sixiang's family background and character are not bad, he is a little younger.

Zheng Bin is already twenty-one this year, if he had said that he had kissed two years earlier, the fourth girl of the Qiao family might not have been ready to discuss marriage. This family affair seems to have been waited for by the Huai Wangfu, but Gu Qingwan can't help but think about it too much.

Qiao Sixiang and Gu Qingyan have a very personal relationship, so naturally they don't look down on the rude and willful third sister in Gu Qingyan's mouth, and when they see Gu Qingwan on weekdays, they don't like to deal with her. It's just that Gu Qingwan's identity is now rising, and it is no longer the other person who sees Princess Rui, who is sympathetic and respectful, so she followed behind Princess Huai and respectfully saluted Gu Qingwan.

"In the future, we will be considered a family, and Miss Qiao doesn't have to be polite." Although she said this, Gu Qingwan had no intention of stopping Qiao Sixiang from saluting, and only after she finished saluting did she say to Princess Huai, "I think that Miss Qiao Si is in line with the eyes of the imperial aunt." ”

Princess Huai laughed: "Bin'er is also older now, and she is a man, so she rarely enters the inner courtyard." Yu'er married far away, but fortunately, Sixiang accompanied me, and also relieved me of the loneliness under my knees. ”

Gu Qingwan's expression moved, she only took the teacup to her lips and touched it, and said casually: "Unknowingly, the county lord has been married for more than four years, and when I was in the boudoir, I often heard the eldest lady mention the county lord, saying that she was very well-behaved and clever, and she was very happy with the imperial uncle and aunt." is the son of the world, and he will be ranked behind her. ”

When it came to Zheng Yu, it seemed that it really evoked the sadness of Princess Huai, her voice was a little tight, but she quickly eased up: "It's not just us, but the county lord also likes her very much." When Yu'er got married, the county lord followed me to wipe my tears for a few days. ”

The county lord mentioned by Princess Huai is the county lord of Zhaocheng, the eldest lady of the Gu family.

"It's a pity that southern Xinjiang is far away from the capital, otherwise the county lord can go back to the house to stay for a few days to relieve the lovesickness of the emperor's uncle and aunt." Speaking of this, Gu Qingwan hesitated for a while, and then said, "I heard the eldest princess say casually in the palace yesterday, for example, the time in southern Xinjiang does not seem to be very peaceful, and the imperial aunt can ask the imperial uncle to send someone to send a letter to greet you." ”

Princess Huai frowned, a trace of worry appeared on her face, and muttered: "How is this good, I ...... it at the beginning."

Before she finished speaking, Princess Huai was silent and only sighed.

Gu Qingwan glanced at Qiao Sixiang and comforted: "Maybe it's not surprising that I heard it wrong, if it makes the imperial aunt worried, it's not mine." ”

Princess Huai smiled reluctantly, and then pulled the topic away, which coincided with the Empress Dowager Chen, it was nothing more than a test of why Gu Qingwan and Zheng Rui left Beijing so coincidentally, and what happened during that time. Gu Qingwan replied a few words as if dealing with Empress Dowager Chen.

Gu Qingwan's goal was achieved, and she didn't stay for a long time, and she resigned from Huai Princess, but she even excused herself from staying with Princess Huai, and only said that she didn't worry that Zheng Rui was in the mansion alone. Princess Huai was thinking about Zheng Yu in her heart, and she was a little absent-minded when she talked to Gu Qingwan, and when she saw Gu Qingwan like this, she didn't force her to stay, and only sent the second door out in person.

Gu Qingwan's mention of Zheng Rui is just a habitual excuse.

From an outsider's point of view, Zheng Rui was staying in King Rui's mansion all day long and refused to come out, but Gu Qingwan knew that what was in the study in the outer courtyard all day was just Zheng Rui's stand-in, and Zheng Rui didn't know where to run around at that time. From returning to Beijing to the present, Gu Qingwan has only seen Zheng Rui a few times. But he also hurriedly accompanied Gu Qingwan to eat, and left in a hurry.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the back room, he saw Zheng Rui leaning on the couch with a half-pillow, casually flipping through something. Hearing the movement, he looked up and smiled at Gu Qingwan, patted his side again, and said, "Come and sit." ”

Gu Qingwan stepped forward quickly, stood beside Zheng Rui and stared at him for a long time, and then sat down beside him according to his words: "How did you get free ...... today?"

As he spoke, he looked at the book in Zheng Rui's hand, and before he could see what was written, he was thrown aside by Zheng Rui casually, and grabbed Gu Qingwan's hand with his backhand.

Gu Qingwan was used to being afraid of the cold, so she came in from outside, even if she hugged the stove, the back of her hand was cold. Zheng Rui simply covered Gu Qingwan's hand, and then said: "The situation has stabilized a little, and Zheng Xuan's remnants can't make any waves in Beijing." After the aftermath, since the Chen Guogong Mansion wants to take over, it will be handed over to them. ”

Gu Qingwan nodded, and no longer dwelled on this matter, only carefully talked about the matter of today's Huaiwang Mansion, and asked: "I didn't think about this matter before, but now that I think about it carefully, I think it's very strange." ”

King Huai is the minister of the humerus, and he has a meritorious role in saving the car, and his status can be seen in general. And Zheng Yu is the pearl of King Huai's palm, she heard the eldest lady mention that Zheng Yu was also a collection of thousands of favors back then, and his status was not much inferior to that of the eldest princess Huihe. If King Huai hadn't taken the initiative to mention it, who would dare to hit Zheng Yu with the idea of harmony.

But this matter was indeed raised by King Huai himself.

Emperor Yufeng thanked King Huai for his deep understanding of righteousness, and the Manchu Dynasty praised King Huai's loyalty and patriotism. But for King Huai, these are just icing on the cake, and it is not worth giving up a daughter that he has loved since childhood.

What's more, the southern Xinjiang countries at that time were only vassal countries for the Great Zhou, and there was not much threat, so they could choose a woman of appropriate age in the clan and marry the princess. Anyway, what the seeker wants, but it's just the title of Princess Da Zhou, and there have been many things like this in the past.

But Zheng Yu still married far away and married.

It would be fine if King Huai was as loyal and patriotic as the world thinks, but now after listening to Zheng Rui's analysis, Gu Qingwan also knows that King Huai has selfish intentions, and his intentions are not small, which makes Gu Qingwan secretly vigilant.

After Zheng Rui heard this, he groaned for a long time with a solemn face, and suddenly laughed.

Seeing Gu Qingwan looking at herself inexplicably, Zheng Ruimo held Gu Qingwan's hand and said, "Thinking about it now, it's really a bit strange." I didn't think about Zheng Yu, after all, it was four years ago, and the imperial uncle and aunt at that time were not quite the same as now. (To be continued......)