22. Punishment
Huang Dayou is the owner of the village, responsible for all the size of the Zhuangzi's work, the people on the Zhuangzi dare not blame him for Ma Guifei, you look at me, I look at you, even if you don't start to arrest Huang Dayou and torture him, the rough mother-in-law is not as strong as him, and he doesn't dare to provoke him, so he lowered his head without knowing and monitored Hongbei's punishment.
The owner of the village was complacent in his heart, and his eyebrows raised slightly: Ma Guifei, you are a concubine in the royal family, but in the Zhuangzi, I am the old man, and I have the final say in all the work!
"Hehe, what a group of 'loyal' servants...... "is only loyal to Zhang Guifei, and does not put himself in his eyes, and even, in their hearts, their precious concubine is not even comparable to the status of a village owner!"
Ma Guifei was anxious, laughed angrily, her pale face instantly became doubly embarrassed, her lips shivered a few times, she leaned down suddenly, and vomited sharply.
"Concubine!" The strong fishy smell filled the air, and the subordinates on Zhuangzi frowned, and the deep disgust that could not be concealed in their eyes was as usual......
After a cup of tea, Ma Guifei stopped vomiting, rinsed her mouth, and sat weakly on the brocade stool, her expression was dull, her face was as colorless as paper, and there was no blood.
The maidservants quickly cleared the ground and cleaned it, the fragrant and natural floral fragrance in the courtyard lingered on the nose, and the fishy smell weakened a lot, Gu Chichi said with concern: "Is the concubine better?" If you can't stand it, you can rest for a night and come back to ......"
"It's useless, I'm just a little weak, take a break, eat something and I'll recover." The opportunity to return to the royal family is rare, and I can't miss it, not to mention that I have been blamed for Huang Dayou, if I stay here tonight, I am afraid that there will be more trouble.
"Concubine, red dates and millet porridge are here." The cook walked over quickly with a bowl of steaming millet porridge: Ma Guifei had morning sickness, and there were no other tonic ingredients on the Zhuangzi, so the kitchen was always hot porridge, and after vomiting, drink a little to replenish vitality.
The fragrance of porridge wafted into his nose, and Gu Chichi's eyelids jumped slightly: "The chef has been working the Zhuangzi for a long time, the technique is really good, the aroma of millet porridge is overflowing...... is intended to remind Ma Guifei that the cook is a person on the Zhuangzi and a subordinate of Huang Dayou.
"The eldest princess praises falsely, the slave maid's skills are superficial, compared to the kitchen lady in the palace...... "The kitchen lady is over forty years old, smiling, holding porridge, and she is about to walk in front of Ma Guifei.
Ma Guifei glanced at Hongling darkly, Hongling was distracted, stepped forward, and took the porridge in the cook's hand: "You go down first, I'll serve the concubine and drink porridge!" Hongling turned around, secretly put a silver needle into the bowl, and then took it out, the silver needle was as bright as ever, and did not change color.
Ma Guifei was relieved, and under Hongling's service, she used porridge to restore her strength, and she was able to support the royal family.
Gu Chichi turned around, smiled slightly, and swept every side of the Zhuangzi lightly, his eyes were cold and refreshing, faintly revealing a chill, and night sweats faintly appeared on the foreheads of the people, how could a young lady who was only a teenager have such a deterrent power: "What? Don't know who your master is? ”
"Although Huang Dayou is the owner of the village, he is only a servant of the royal family, Ma Guifei is a royal concubine, that is, your master, you don't listen to the concubine, that is, you don't put the loyal royal in your eyes, is it difficult that in your hearts, the royal master is far less important than a servant......"
"The eldest princess is angry." The corners of Huang Dayou's mouth rose, and he couldn't hide his complacency, and defended: "The subordinates are not disobeying the meaning of Concubine Ma, it's that the concubine's decision is too sudden, and they haven't responded yet......"
Gu Chichi smiled slightly: "The royal family is a nobleman, and the subordinates must be smart and smart, this group of stupid geese with slow feedback, staying here will only disgrace the royal family, sell them all, I will show the Empress Dowager and Daddy, and send someone to take over Zhuangzi......"
Huang Dayou's night sweats suddenly came out, the eldest princess had a sharp mouth, and she actually wrapped herself in, and she couldn't help the subordinates in Zhuangzi, but became the first evil that caused them to be sold......
"Eldest princess, the little ones are just temporarily discolored, and they don't have the intention to violate the meaning of Ma Guifei, please be gracious to the eldest princess......" A subordinate pleaded urgently, and the other subordinates also gave feedback, and they knelt on the ground: "The eldest princess is gracious......"
The premise of Zhuangzi is not bad, the royal family has a lot of care for the subordinates, they are here, they live very well, if they are sold, not to mention, the situation must be very poignant, Huang Dayou is the owner of the village, but he did not sell their authority, he was blamed, at most he suffered, but if they could not satisfy the eldest princess and Ma Guifei, they would be unlucky.
Gu Chi didn't speak, he seemed to be smiling but not smiling, his eyes were like wild roses on the wall, tough, thorny, and couldn't be gracious, it also depends on your exposition and determination......
Several subordinates glanced at each other, their eyes were cold, they stood up suddenly, walked quickly to Huang Dayou's side, and dragged him to the torture instrument: "I'm sorry for the owner, we are just subordinates, and we can only do what the master entrusts." ”
Huang Dayou risked his life and struggled, scolding indiscriminately: "You idiots, you want to rebel, spread me out, if you dare to beat me, beware of me picking your skin......"
The subordinates work all year round and are strong, which is comparable to a peaceful person like Huang Dayou, his scolding and coercion can only make the subordinates doubly disgusted with him, forcibly dragged him to the corner, tied him to a stool, picked up the plank, and beat him hard: "Ah! "The terrible cry like killing a pig pierced through the clouds and circled the beam for three days, almost breaking everyone's ears......
After Ma Guifei drank the red dates and millet porridge, she was relieved, stood up with the red candle, and coughed lightly: "Eldest princess, it's not too early." Huang Dayou was beaten bitterly, the anger in her heart had subsided, Gu Chichi's ingenuity was indeed beyond her expectations, but if this matter can be studied slowly, the city gate will be closed at night, and if it is delayed, they will not be able to enter the city and return to the royal family......
"Can the concubine's body recover?" It's getting late, it's really time to return, but Ma Guifei's figure ......
"Thank you for your concern, the eldest princess, and it's okay to hurry." The fetus is more than three months old, and it has been seated, only without major collisions, all of which are fine.
"Without further ado, let's go back to the palace quickly, the queen mother and father must be very excited to see the concubine returning......"
Gu Chichi and Ma Guifei walked out side by side with a smile and a smile, and when they were about to leave the hospital, Gu Chichi seemed to think of something, stopped, and turned around: "After beating Huang Dayou, everyone in the Zhuangzi spontaneously received the ten boards, which can be regarded as a punishment for disrespecting Ma Guifei." ”
Out of Zhuangzi, Huang Dayou's uncomfortable wail disappeared, Gu Chi repeatedly entrusted the coachman to drive safely, just got into the carriage, and then, Hongling carefully helped Ma Guifei to sit up, the maids got on the car very late, and after everyone sat down, the coachman raised his whip, and the carriage galloped towards the city.
The maidservants were lowly in status, sitting at the back of the car, laughing and whispering secretly, Gu Chichi and Ma Guifei sat in the carriage, with a faint fragrance of tea, pleasing to the eye: "It's a happy event that the concubine is pregnant, why don't you send someone to the royal family to take care of it?" ”
Ma Guifei smiled lightly, her smile was a little bitter: "I am guilty, without the permission of the Queen Mother and His Majesty, how dare I order someone to return to the palace privately...... "I have already ordered someone to secretly return to the palace to report, but no matter what I say, the Queen Mother and Your Majesty refuse to see me, the work is held in the dark, Gu naturally will not know."
"Grandmother is very distressed about the children and grandchildren, and specially created a private school for us, every day when greetings, grandmother will deduct me, the course of mm, the concubine is at fault, the little brother is innocent, and the grandmother's own grandson, if she knows about it, she will definitely take the concubine and return to recuperation, and the concubine will not suffer so much......"
Ma Guifei's eyes lit up, yes, why didn't she think of this? Three years after the death of the crown prince, the queen mother and her majesty continued to hope that the royal family could have a grandson, if she knew that she was pregnant, she would forget her own problems cleanly, and she would never say that she was disgusted with herself after hearing this information......
Ma Guifei lowered her eyelids, the color on her face changed more than ten ways in an instant, Gu Chichi smiled lightly, she also questioned first......
As a concubine, Ma Guifei knows the importance of the heir to Jia, and after she is pregnant, she will definitely send someone to report to the royal family, even if she is a guilty slave, she can't enter the palace openly and honestly, and it is not difficult to buy a subordinate and reveal her pregnancy to the queen mother.
Zhang Guifei's pregnancy is a secret and a bargaining chip, and the one sent to the royal family must be someone she trusts very much and is very close, but until now, the queen mother and Gu Xiu didn't know that she was pregnant, but Zhang Guifei came up with a way to harm the fetus in her womb, the only note is that the person sent to the royal family by Ma Guifei did not inform the queen mother and Gu Xiu of her pregnancy, that is, in addition to the second-class maid Hongbei, there are other agents by her side!
Gu Chichi followed Ma Guifei's resentful gaze, Hongling, Hongzhu and others were chatting happily with her maidservants, Xiaoying, and Se'er......
"Eldest princess, concubine, it's a fork in the road, which way do you want to go?" The carriage came to a halt suddenly, the curtain opened, and two different paths appeared, one was the one that had been delayed, and the other was a short, often smooth road, which would take a long detour into the city.
Gu Chichi's eyes flashed: "The concubine is weak, she can't resist fluctuations, take the smooth avenue, it's not too late now, before nightfall, you can enter the city." ”
"Yes!" The coachman agreed, drove the carriage up the paved avenue, and galloped quickly, and as soon as the carriage turned a corner, a luxurious carriage came from the more volatile road, marked with the sign of loyalty to the royal family.
I am about to see my grandson, the queen mother is generous, it is difficult to hide her joy, she feels pleasing to the eye when she sees everything, her eyes look at the side, Gu Nan, who is frowning, her eyes are full of kindness: "The road is a little fluctuating, can you stand it?" If it's uncomfortable, let the carriage go slower. ”
Zhang Guifei's mouth opened, but she didn't say anything, she was just a precious concubine, she couldn't interject when the queen mother and the second princess were speaking, and looked at Gu Nan with anxious eyes, Nannan, you can bear with it, the carriage can't be slow, you can't be slow......