After sleeping until noon, when Gu Yunxi opened his eyes, the room was empty, and Leng Qingtang had gone somewhere.

After getting out of bed, Gu Yunxi quickly washed up with hot water, put on his coat and simply put on a rhombic bun and went straight to the room.

It's time for lunch. A few mothers-in-law in the room were eating together on the stove. As soon as they saw Gu Yunxi coming, they immediately put down the dishes and chopsticks in their hands, and came up to greet them with a smile.

"Yo, the second lady is up? Lunch will be prepared for you, and the slave and maid will take it to your house. ”

"Don't bother your mothers, just leave me a bowl of hot soup." Gu Yunxi's voice was deferential and weak.

"That's not good, how can a good person drink soup without eating, the slave will prepare food for you immediately!"

Mother Sun is very enthusiastic about her, and compared with the last time she beat her, it seems to be a different person.

"I just took the medicine, I don't have much appetite, it's better for my mother to find some ready-made meals and put them in the food box, and I'll give them to the eldest lady later." Gu Yunxi came to the room to bring something for the eldest sister Gu Yunyao, and he really didn't want to eat much.

"Done! You wait. ”

Without saying a word, a mother-in-law pulled a bench and put it at Gu Yunxi's feet, turned around and went to prepare.

Gu Yunxi wondered, she didn't know why these evil women who were cold to her on weekdays suddenly changed their sexuality and became extremely enthusiastic about her. But he didn't know how well he was sleeping, Leng Qingtang had already re-established the rules for this courtyard, and reprimanded Gu's mother and her subordinates fiercely.

Two little maids came in outside, and when they saw Gu Yunxi, they stepped forward to bow to her, and said in a pleasant voice:

"Second Miss woke up? The overseer has an order, tell the young lady to get up and report it immediately! ”

"Where's the Overseer?"

"It's noon, and of course we're eating in the front yard. We passed the food and went to Tongbing immediately! ”

"There are two sisters of Lao, so I said that Yunxi will go to the front yard to say hello later."

Gu Yunxi nodded at her with a smile, and returned the courtesy.

The two maids took a plate of lotus-winged lotus leaf chicken handed by their mother-in-law and turned around.

Gu Yunxi stayed in the room, asked for a bowl of hot fresh bamboo shoots and eel soup, and sat on the bench and ate it with creamy ghee.

In the past, when Gu's mother was sent to the kitchen to help cook, she often ate and drank with her mother-in-law, but she didn't feel unaccustomed to it this time.

Not long after, Leng Qingtang came in with people, and several mothers-in-law immediately stopped what they were doing and stood respectfully.

"Governor...... Overseer ......"

Gu Yunxi was embarrassed, pushed the bowl onto the wooden table, wiped his mouth and got up from the low stool.

"I ...... I wanted to eat, so I went to the front yard to say goodbye. ”

Without waiting for Leng Qingtang to speak, Gu's mother behind him "swished" in front of everyone, holding a rose-red champa in her hand and constantly pointing at the mothers-in-law in the room, scolding and scolding:

"I'll take you blind old wits! The girl is just right, so teach her to eat here? When I turn around, I'll tell the butler to beat out you lazy and greedy old bones!" ”

Several mothers-in-law bowed their heads and didn't dare to say anything, allowing Gu's mother to scold.

Seeing this, Gu Yunxi persuaded beside him:

"Gu's mother dissipated her anger, it was all Yunxi's idea, several mothers wanted to send food to my house, but I really couldn't eat it, so I asked for a bowl of soup."

"Oh, my little ancestor, you are a precious body, you can't just come to the next person's place to eat, right?"

Gu Yunxi is even more incomprehensible now, and Gu's mother is also surprised, and today she actually laughed at herself all over her face.

Gu's mother was about to say something, but Leng Qingtang turned sideways to block her and looked down at Gu Yunxi:

"Mother Gu is also good for you, she is a teenage girl, she has no rules, and she comes to eat at someone's place, but she doesn't know the difference between respect and inferiority, the master, the master-"

When he said the last sentence, Leng Qingtang deliberately slowed down his speech and lowered his tone. Gu's mother's expression was immediately stunned, she moved her lips to make a dry smile, and then buried her head lower.

Gu Yunxi naturally didn't see the slight change in Gu's mother's expression, and Leng Qingtang was talking about herself, so she pursed her lips embarrassedly:

"What the overseer taught me is that Yunxi knows that he is wrong."

Leng Qingtang was tolerant and asked kindly:

"Finished eating?"

"Well, it's good to eat."

"Let's go! Bendu went with you to see Yun Yao, brought some food, and thought that girl was hungry too. ”

"Yes!"

Gu Yunxi replied simply, raised his head with a smile, and cast a grateful glance at Leng Qingtang.

He was also looking at her, and there was an imperceptible pampering in his night-like silence and indifferent eyes.

——Dividing LineDividing Line——

In the corner of the front yard at the west end, Gu Yunxi and Gu Yunyao finally met.

The moment the door opened, Gu Yunyao was sitting on the bed with her legs crossed, not wearing a coat, only a plain placket and plain pants, with green silk scattered on her body.

Gu Yunxi entered the house and put the food box, and the two sisters hugged and cried for a while.

Leng Qingtang stood at the door with his hands behind his back, staring at the two girls with cold eyes, and there was not much expression on his handsome white face.

Enough catharsis, they all quieted down and dipped each other in tears.

Wiping her face clean, Gu Yunyao turned her head to look at Leng Qingtang at the door, squinted her eyes and sneered, with a fierce look on her face.

"Father-in-law Leng!"

Leng Qingtang smiled slightly, unconcerned about her disrespectful behavior.

In the past, she respectfully called him "Overseer" or "Master", but now that she has been caught in the smuggling, her face has been torn, and it is reasonable to have hatred and resentment.

"It seems that the girl is going to ...... with Ben Completely severed. ”

Gu Yunxi stayed by the bedside, and could completely hear Gu Yunyao's unwillingness and resentment, afraid that she would provoke Leng Qingtang and be punished again, so he pulled up her sleeve and shook her head, signaling her not to do this.

Gu Yunyao smiled at Leng Qingtang again:

"Since you've all been caught, I have nothing more to say."

"You have nothing to say, but Ben Doge does!"

The phoenix eyes of the inner double were provoked in vain, and he pressed his gloomy gaze against the girl with a sullen face.

"I remember that when the girl first entered the courtyard, she said that she was over six years old, and she should be the age to remember and reason, and she should not have forgotten what the governor said to you.

When you enter the Youzhu Tribute Courtyard, you are the people here and the people of the Governor! The Governor will pamper you, and will give you everything you want, but you must obey unconditionally......"

Quietly staring at the silent girl, Leng Qingtang walked over step by step, and his footsteps stopped in front of the bed. There is a layer of cool mist in front of those dark eyes, which makes people really unable to see the look inside, but it also makes people unprovoked and timid.

Bending over, his thumb and index finger stretched out, pinching Gu Yunyao's chin fiercely.

"In the life of the governor, the most intolerable thing is the word betrayal, but you don't say goodbye, you want to betray the governor."

He said in a flat tone, but every word made Gu Yunyao and Gu Yunxi breathless.

Gu Yunxi was worried that he was going to get angry, and begged in a low voice: "The overseer ......"

Gu Yunyao was frightened, but her face did not show anything, and she stared at the man in front of her with hostility:

Leng Gonggong...... You, you're not going to kill me! ”

The strength on his fingers loosened, Leng Qingtang let go of Gu Yunyao and straightened his waist, turned his head sideways at her, and looked a little playful:

"It's kind of interesting, but you can tell me the reason, why won't Ben Governor kill you?!"

Gu Yunyao froze and calmed down, and her tone was neither humble nor arrogant:

"You have been the head of the palace master for many years, and you are the factory leader of the East Factory and Jinyiwei, and you enjoy the scenery in front of people, but you ...... After all, he is a eunuch......"

"Sister!"

Gu Yunxi's face changed when he was listening, and he hurriedly interrupted Gu Yunyao's chiseled words, raising his eyes to peek at Leng Qingtang.

But seeing that his handsome face was light and light, he was indeed not stunned by Gu Yunyao's words, his eyes looked at a place in front of him calmly, and he listened very attentively.

The eunuch was originally a rootless man, but after entering the palace and purifying himself, he was a royal servant all his life, unable to have children and enjoy the joy of humanity.

Gu Yunyao's voice paused, and he threw a contemptuous smile at Leng Qingtang. Just now, she deliberately said the word "eunuch" bluntly and clearly. She believes that this Leng Qingtang is handsome and extraordinary on the outside, but there are imperfect defects in his body, no matter how strong he is, how he is arrogant, and he carries the brand of "eunuch" and "rootless person", he must be inferior inside.

Seeing that Leng Qingtang was really silent, Gu Yunyao continued to say proudly:

"You know better than anyone else the truth of a son of heaven and a courtier, if the throne changes hands in the future, the rights and scenery you have now will definitely disappear. But if there is no eunuch, you can't send your own flesh and blood to the palace to serve and be favored like the ministers in the court, so you will do everything possible to please the emperor's favorite concubine Wan and attach yourself to the emperor's relatives.

You also know that flowers are not red for a hundred days, women are easy to age, Wan Guifei is getting older and has no heirs for a long time, and it is difficult to escape the day when she falls out of favor and enters the cold palace. If you let Gu's mother adopt us orphan girls, you have to take precautions, prepare early, and use us royal tribute girls as bargaining chips in the future in exchange for your unchanging regency power. ”

"Hehe......"

Leng Qingtang had been listening carefully, and the jade-white fingers on his left hand frequently rotated and played with the huge agate beeswax gilt ring plate on the index finger of his right hand. The thin and moist lips opened slightly, and they let out a low laugh like a phoenix.

Gu Yunyao changed her tone, the smug look on her face became more and more obvious, she expected a careful analysis of her own, and every sentence hit his heart.

"Right now, in this tribute courtyard, the only people who can be successfully sent to the palace to be favored are me and Yun Jin. Yun Jin is young and arrogant, and it is inevitable that there will be inconsiderate things in doing things, if there is no one who knows how to advance and retreat and supports each other with her, it will be difficult for her to gain a firm foothold in the palace with only her. I am the one you chose early on to support each other with her. So, you're not going to kill me! ”

"Hmph...... Sure enough, at a young age, you are smart and smart, and you are indeed above Yun Jin when it comes to mind and courage. It's a pity, I've been raising it for a long time, and I've developed a two-hearted child! ”

Leng Qingtang was sincerely admired, and suddenly smiled.

"Ben Du is reluctant to kill you, it's not that he doesn't dare, but for that flower surnamed Zhao, there is really no reason to keep him!"

At the moment when he finished speaking, his gorgeous facial features condensed with ice and snow again, and became cold and abnormal, Leng Qingtang looked at Gu Yunyao again, and a trace of essence light swept up in his eyes, like a wind sword and frost sword, very sharp.