Chapter 123
"Amitabha!" Old Madam Gu turned pale with fright, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, and the eldest lady pulled Gu Qingwan and Gu Qingzhao to kneel down together.
It's the eldest princess who hurts this! How to get it!
This town Yuanhou Mansion was praised by the eldest princess and everyone just now because of the outstanding performance of the county lord of Zhaoyang, and now he immediately annoyed the princess because the second lady couldn't please her, it's really unpredictable.
"Princess, I, I'm ......" Gu Qingyue muttered, so frightened that she didn't know what to do.
Suddenly, the people at the entire banquet were sweating profusely, for fear of being affected by the fish pond, and they were secretly blaming Gu Qingyue for not pleasing the princess, which made the princess angry and stirred up a good banquet.
The eldest princess raised her hand to wipe her face, and when she opened her eyes again, she saw a large patch of shocking blood on her hands.
"Quick, pass on the Imperial Doctor!" The eldest princess's personal maidservant, Xianhe, hurriedly summoned, and soon, four imperial doctors came in a hurry with boxes, and hurriedly took out a cloth to wipe the blood on the princess's face, and someone else prepared ointment to stop bleeding and so on.
"Princess, your face ......" When the blood stains were wiped away, Xianhe looked at the eldest princess's face and covered his mouth in shock.
"Bring the mirror!" The eldest princess's face tensed.
After a while, the bronze mirror came, the eldest princess saw a scar on her face, and immediately smashed the mirror angrily, in order to keep her face youthful, she used a lot of rejuvenation techniques to change such a face comparable to a young girl, and now she has a scar, how not to be angry.
She suddenly stood out of Ji Sheng's arms and said angrily:
"Tie me up this thing that doesn't know how to live or die!"
The eldest princess gave an order, and several guards ran over, dragged Gu Qingyue up from the ground, quickly tied her up, and pressed her body hard, forcing her to kneel.
Gu Qingyue trembled, "Princess, I'm ...... I didn't mean to, princess...... "She never expected things to come to this.
The eldest princess was so angry that she walked in front of her in a few steps, raised her hand, and slapped her in the face fiercely, feeling really unrelieved, and slapped her twice in succession, Gu Qingyue only felt that her teeth were about to be fanned out, and her face was swollen suddenly, and the corners of her mouth were bleeding, and she looked very ugly, where was the thrilling beauty when she arrived.
"Cousin......" Lu Rong felt that this Gu Qingyue was really pitiful, and she was about to intercede with Gu Qingyue on impulse, but she was seen by the Hu family early in the morning, grabbed her, and reprimanded-
"Don't be nosy!"
"However, cousin, she ......" Lu Rong has had a good relationship with Gu Qingyue since she was a child, and when she saw that no one helped her, she felt compassion for a while.
"If you also annoy the princess, not only will you not be able to save Yue'er, but even you will catch up with yourself, and then the princess will pinch you to death as easily as pinching an ant to death." Hu's words made Lu Rong's back feel cold, and the foot she stepped out slowly retracted and lowered her head.
Ji Han, who was also in the men's seat, couldn't sit still when he saw this, and wanted to help Gu Qingyue intercede but was stopped by Ji Xu next to him.
"You can't go." He said lightly, his expression still as indifferent as ever.
"I can't watch her being executed by the imperial aunt, she must have been framed." Ji Han frowned, he didn't believe that Gu Qingyue would have the courage to harm the eldest princess, and he must have been framed by her cousin.
"Then in what capacity do you want to intercede with her, don't forget that it is Gu Qingwan who has a marriage contract with you, if you speak for her for no reason, what will you let others think of it at that time? Where did you put Gu Qingwan in place? You should also know that their sisters are not in harmony, if you don't want to be misunderstood by Gu Qingwan all the time, don't be nosy! ”
Ji Xu's words made Ji Han hesitate, but when he saw Gu Qingyue, a weak woman, being treated so roughly, her eyes were red, full of grievances, fear and disbelief, like an isolated little white rabbit, Ji Han suddenly moved his heart of compassion.
It's no wonder that Ji Han will pity Gu Qingyue, Ji Han's mother and sister are of noble birth, they are not humble or arrogant in their bones, they are proud and independent, and they will not easily reveal their most vulnerable side to outsiders. Ji Han was fed up with the strength of his mother and sister at home, and the nobles of the Shengjing City were all very proud, especially when he learned that he had a marriage contract with the rude and willful eldest lady of the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion, he subconsciously rejected it, and the first time he saw a woman as weak as Gu Qingyue, he felt both novel and wanted to pity. He couldn't see her crying because she was wronged.
Gu Qingwan, who was kneeling on the ground, was expressionless, and there was no emotion in those cold eyes.
At this time, she felt a gaze that seemed to be staring at her, she was slightly stunned, raised her head, but found that Ji Han was looking at her, and there was undisguised doubt and disgust in that gaze.
She looked at Ji Han frankly, and she never regretted it in her heart.
At this time, the eldest princess scolded coldly: "The daughter of a three-grade squire, who dares to wear flowers and branches, scratches her head and poses in front of my eldest princess, in a vain attempt to seduce the imperial nephew of the palace, in order to please the palace and try her best, this princess hates this kind of slut the most!" ”
Gu Qingyue was so frightened that she lay on the ground, hurriedly begged for mercy, and said, "The princess forgives the sins, the princess forgives the sins, the courtiers really want to sacrifice this parrot that can only say auspicious words, who knows it, it doesn't know what's wrong today......"
"Humph! Wholehearted? Are you blind when princess Ben? Where is your true heart? You macaw is obviously not in good spirits, and you can't open your mouth to speak, but you don't care about its body, you just want it to say auspicious words, you don't love this bird, all you do is to please me, you only fancy the power and status of my eldest princess, and no one has ever dared to get anything from me! You're ambitious! Come on, drag her down for me, and kill her! ”
What the......
Gu Qingyue was frightened, she suddenly forgot to cry, and her mind went blank.
Kill? Kill her?
At this time, Old Madam Gu had already walked over quickly, and without saying a word, she raised her hand and slapped Gu Qingyue's face three times, hitting Gu Qingyue's eyes with gold stars, her ears buzzing, and her eyes turned black.
"Ancestor, grandmother......" Gu Qingyue was so frightened that her face turned pale, she cried, the tears took on the carefully depicted makeup, and the luxurious clothes and ornaments became messy, and the phoenix hairpin fell to the ground.
She looked around with pleading eyes, delusionally thinking that someone could intercede in front of her in front of the princess, but she offended the eldest princess in power, and even the emperor would respect the eldest princess, who would want to get into trouble for her?
She looked at Ji Han, who had defended her in every possible way, but he looked at her helplessly, although there was pity and worry in his eyes, there was still hesitation.
When Ji Han saw Gu Qingyue's eyes asking for help, she finally couldn't bear it, at this time she knelt on the ground pitifully, her face was swollen, and the longevity lock around her neck slipped out of her clothes, and his eyes were stunned-
I remembered the little girl I had seen a long time ago, and I remembered those smiling eyes.
So he ignored Ji Xu's advice and spoke for Gu Qingyue, "Imperial Aunt, today is the banquet of the princess's mansion, if you make a fuss, I'm afraid you will crash into the princess's mansion." This Second Miss Gu is indeed guilty of injuring the imperial aunt because of an unintentional mistake, but the imperial aunt is kind-hearted, if she can spare her from dying, this can show the benevolence and generosity of the imperial aunt. ”
Ji Han said lukewarmly, he was used to being cold-hearted on weekdays, and everyone didn't see that he had anything special about Gu Qingyue, after all, His Royal Highness the prince liked to fight unevenly, and he used to like to be nosy, and he might not be able to bear Gu Qingyue dying in the princess's mansion today, so he opened his mouth to intercede for her.
And Gu Qingyue looked at him gratefully, she knew that Ji Han Shizi had her in his heart.
The eldest princess glanced at Ji Han coldly, and there was already a hint of displeasure in her voice, "The prince doesn't need to say much, if Gu Qingyue commits a crime today, this palace will never let her go!" ”
Ji Han looked at the eldest princess with her mouth open, this was the first time she called him Shizi instead of Han'er, which showed that the eldest princess was really angry. She was afraid that she wanted to execute Gu Qingyue with an iron heart, if he insisted on interceding for her, others would definitely misunderstand the innocence between him and Gu Qingyue.
"Evil obstacles! How did the old body teach you on a daily basis? Dare to be presumptuous in front of the princess! A hundred lives aren't enough for you to lose! Don't kowtow quickly until the princess forgives you! Old Madam Gu picked up the scepter in her hand and struck Gu Qingyue's body hard by stick, trembling with anger as she struck.
"Grandmother...... Grandmother, be careful of getting angry! Gu Qingwan hurriedly got up and helped Mrs. Gu, she knew that this grandmother beating Gu Qingyue like this was actually a kind of protection for Gu Qingyue, to be precise, it was a kind of protection for the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion, and it was better to let the eldest princess open her mouth to punish than to whip herself.
Mama Zhen, who brought the parrot up, had never seen such a scene, and she had already fallen to the ground in fright, and she couldn't get up.
Old Madam Gu bent her knees, knelt on the ground, burst into tears, and said to the eldest princess, "Princess, the old body is incompetent in discipline, and the old body is guilty, please punish the princess together." ”
The eldest princess looked at the respected old lady Gu, the anger on her face went down a little, and she said:
"Old lady, how can this palace punish you, you were the one who gave me a steamed bun in the first place."
Old Madam Gu was stunned for a moment, and she didn't understand what the eldest princess was talking about, what did steamed buns mean?
Originally......
That year, she was not yet powerful, that year, she was still an innocent and romantic little girl, she peeked at the story in the play, and was extremely yearning for life outside the palace, so she secretly went out of the palace to have fun, who knew that she was soon stolen from the silver ticket on her body, and within a day she was reduced to a little flower child, her delicate little face turned black, the clothes on her body became dirty, her hungry stomach growled, so she ran to the bun shop to ask for buns to eat, and was driven out.
"Eat." Just when she was hungry, a dignified and beautiful noble lady bent down in front of her and handed her a fragrant snow-white steamed bun.
She was so hungry that she took the steamed bun and ate it.
"Don't worry, eat slowly, and there's more." She looked at the eldest princess gently, and there was a warm smile in her eyes like a spring breeze.
The eldest princess looked up at her while eating, and she ordered to bring water to her to drink.
This person is the old lady Gu who has not yet come out of the cabinet! It's just that she never knew that the person she gave a steamed bun was the eldest princess in front of her.