Chapter 11: A Smile Comes to Nothing
Gu Qing knew the identity of Mama Hua from Mrs. Qiu's memory. This very poetic grandmother used to be a female official in the harem who was used to seeing all kinds of palace fights. In her eyes, this little mansion bucket of the Xinguo Mansion is probably just a drizzle.
Such a henchman, if it is another master, even if he refuses to trust, he will not hang it like this for the rest of his life.
And the reason why Mrs. Qiu doesn't like her is very simple - she always thought that Lao Guogong was having an affair with her.
When the old prince occupied the imperial city with the old emperor, the soldiers in the army who had already killed red-eyed ruined many palace maids.
This has been the case since ancient times, and if you want to make the generals desperate, you have to let them see the hope that they can get after they work hard. In troubled times, there is not much military spending, and at most you can eat a full stomach. The repression of long battles and the fatigue of a hurried march made them need an outlet, and the innocent women in the court became the biggest victims.
Fortunately, the old emperor was still a benevolent monarch, and under his orders, the ruined palace maids were married to those soldiers except for some who committed suicide. In this world, good men are not soldiers, these people are very grateful to Dade if they can marry a wife, and when they heard the order of the generalissimo, they all went to their generals to register, and the palace once opened an inner library for them and held a collective wedding.
Those palace maids may be unwilling, but no matter how unwilling, the fact is already like this, they can only accept their fate.
Gu Qing felt that this kind of thing was disgusting, so he didn't want to watch it anymore after reading that memory.
The appearance of the Flower Dynasty was a few days after the palace turmoil. The old prince brought back this beautiful palace maid called "Hua Dynasty", and took good care of her, which is difficult for people not to want to be crooked.
Lao Guogong's respect for Mrs. Qiu was very envied by many female dependents in the army back then, so the appearance of this flower dynasty made Mrs. Qiu spend a very difficult time. All kinds of gossip made her guard her son and not go anywhere. Even Li Meng seems to have suddenly grown up in those days.
Even Mrs. Qiu herself didn't believe in Li Shuo's affection. As the Chu army broke through the defense line of the old dynasty, she had discovered countless times what a remarkable person the man next to her pillow was.
Can such an ordinary and stupid self really stay with him until he grows old?
Later, this palace maid was given to Old Taijun Qiu as a maid, instead of being a concubine for Lao Guogong, which surprised many people. Speculation about "Mrs. Qiu's powerful methods" is also rampant.
Although Mrs. Qiu quickly put on an attitude of believing in her husband, the seeds of suspicion had already been planted during that time. She did not choose to torture Hua Chao, but spent her years, ignoring her expectations, and boiled her from a "flower lady" to a "flower mother".
Gu Qing felt that Old Taijun Qiu was already a little crazy in dealing with Hua Chao.
Looking at Mama Hua who was sitting on the small embroidery pier in front of her with her eyebrows lowered, Gu Qing felt a trace of pity in her heart. Judging from Mama Hua's current appearance, no matter who will admit that she is a very dignified and beautiful woman, in this way, she should be more beautiful when she was young, right?
has never been married, is there any resentment in Mama Hua's heart?
Gu Qing asked.
After Gu Qing asked, he realized that something was wrong. This is not what she said. She felt that Mrs. Qiu should still be in her body, so she made such a rude thing.
She has always been reserved and is not the kind of person who will spy on others*.
Mama Hua was stunned and raised her head. She looked at Mrs. Qiu carefully, making sure that she didn't mean anything else, just asked, and then replied respectfully: "I didn't want to marry in the first place." After staying in the palace for a long time, the more I feel that those things are very vain. Being your grandmother in the Guogong Mansion is better than being a housekeeper outside, not to mention that I don't need to look at people's eyes. I only hope that when I am old, the government can allow me to have a fatherless and motherless child, and after I die, I can be given a pot and a soul. ”
She is not the son of the house, but a person given by the old emperor. Xin Lao Guogong treated her as his wife's guest, so Hua Chao did not have such a thing as a deed of sale. For so many years, in the Zhiyun Courtyard, except for her, no one would call themselves "me" in front of several masters in the mansion. The rewards of food and clothing on weekdays will be the same as those of the old homes of the princes.
Every word she says is heartfelt.
Mama Hua showed her attitude, and she felt a little relaxed in her heart.
When she was in the palace, she never imagined being blessed by the emperor; Later, in the cold palace that everyone avoided, she went with a baggage. When the Chu army attacked the city, if it weren't for the fact that some concubines in the cold palace couldn't be stimulated and were afraid of causing trouble, she would probably hide in the secret room of the cold palace and stay until the overall situation was decided.
Maybe it's because his appearance is too good, so that Mrs. Qiu doesn't like it; Maybe Mrs. Qiu doesn't like to get along with people like her; Maybe it's her identity as a palace maid that makes the former Qiu family and the current Qiu Lao Taijun dislike, so she can only respect herself like a guest. But she is indeed full of gratitude to the old Guogong, to the Qiu family, and to the Xinguo Mansion.
If it weren't for them, she would have been ruined by those beasts and turned into a piece of loess.
After so many years, can Mrs. Qiu talk to her so calmly?
"Back then...... You and the old lady ......" Gu Qing felt that the mouth was no longer his own.
Mrs. Qiu? Are you still there? If you're still there, hurry up and get back to your soul! I don't want your body! Asking such embarrassing words, how will you let me get along with Mama Hua in the future?
Mama Hua first showed a puzzled expression, and after a while, her body suddenly trembled, and her heart was cold.
So that's it! So that's it!
Mama Hua felt that all the strength in her body had been drained at this moment.
She stood up from the embroidery pier and walked in front of Gu Qing with her fists clenched.
'What to do?' She understood! She understood why Mrs. Qiu's snub was the reason? Now, is she going to hit her in anger? There is a debtor who is wronged, and there is a master!
Woo woo, I didn't ask! I really didn't ask! ’
Mama Hua stretched out an arm and came to Gu Qing's face. Gu Qing wanted to close her eyes before Mama Hua's fist fell, but Mrs. Qiu in her body forced her to open her eyes wide, looked directly into Mama Hua's eyes, and refused to admit defeat at all.
Mama Hua didn't give Gu Qing a punch, but slowly, swept up one of her sleeves with her other hand.
Her skin was still smooth and delicate, and there was no hint of the skin of a fifty-year-old woman.
Gu Qing thought of his sallow skin, and silently wept in his heart.
Mama Hua pointed to a small red dot on her upper arm.
"Mrs. Tai, I know that no words can dispel your suspicions, but every palace maid who was not fortunate in the previous dynasty had this, you should know, right?"
What is that?
Gu Qing looked at the soybean-sized red bump inexplicably. Looking at the color, it looks like a cinnabar mole, but it looks hard and very unnaturally rounded.
Gu Qing watched in surprise as his hand suddenly moved, touching the red dot.
It's really hard, and it's cold. There is no heat in the human body at all.
"Shougong sand is Shougong sand. Haha, it's Shougong Sand! Gu Qing was shocked and felt his vocal cords begin to vibrate. Two lines of hot tears rolled down his cheeks as he laughed.
"He didn't...... He didn't ......."
An incomprehensible emotion welled up in her heart.
It was a complex mixture of remorse, relief, intense love and hatred, and great loss. This is the result of all the emotions of a woman's life.
She was almost overwhelmed by this indescribable emotion.
After the muttering of "He didn't, he didn't", Gu Qing's body was finally able to move again. The heaviness that had been suppressing her for a long time was also swept away.
She always thought that the accumulated depression was a side effect of her possession, but she didn't know that it was the last consciousness of Old Taijun Qiu.
And now, Mrs. Qiu is really gone.
Only Gu Qing, who faced Mama Hua and looked embarrassed, was left.