"You're doing a good job." The cold sound came from the window on the left oblique behind me, and I was startled, and then choked on the pastry in my mouth.

"Ahem! Ahem, ahem! "I knocked on my chest, thankfully I didn't choke to death.

"I've been in the firewood room for half a month, but I haven't seen you lose weight." Mei Yan stood by the window and taunted me, but I didn't see him come in through the main entrance.

I slowed down the strength of being choked, leaned against the wall and didn't look at him, "I've been locked up here for half a month, and I haven't seen Lord Meiyan get round and jade." ”

"Huh." Mei Yan smiled meaninglessly, "I always feel very interesting talking to you." ”

I snorted, reached into my sleeve and took out another piece of pastry, and ate it as if no one was around.

"Miss Shen has such a good mentality, she must be able to face any predicament easily in the future." Mei Yan chuckled lightly and walked away.

Did he come to taunt me? Interesting!

I was thinking wildly, but the door of the firewood room was suddenly opened, and a few fierce mothers dragged me up from the ground, pressed me and walked out, I opened my mouth to shout, but they were not polite at all, and directly stuffed a ball of sackcloth into my mouth, not only picking some deserted paths along the way, but finally even staggering me into a pavilion.

I coughed lightly, got up from the ground, and looked around.

This is a pavilion in the middle of the lake, except for a paved wooden corridor on one side, there is a vast lake. There is a couch in the center of the pavilion, there is a beautiful lady lying on the couch, there is a low table in front of the lady, except for a pot of wine, a half-full jade cup is nothing, the slight cool breeze blows through the gold wire intarsia bead curtain hanging down on the edge of the pavilion, and the low sound of pearl and jade can not hide the fierceness in the eyes of the lady on the couch.

It is really strange to say that this woman is in the early days of July, and although the weather is not hot, no one will wear such a thick layer of mink blanket on his body, and the expressions of the handmaids around him seem to be very afraid of her......

"You're Miss Shen?" The lady spoke lightly, and although her tone was not good, her voice was gentle and good.

“...... Be. I hesitated and answered her.

The lady is not like an ordinary woman, but she is very neat, and after looking me up and down, she went straight to the point, "I am the wife of Gong Qinguo's grandfather, and I am also the mother of Yuancheng." ”

Sure enough, it was her, Cui Xiu.

Her legs are crippled, but her face is like a peach and plum, intimidating the house, but she is famous, she is the only woman married by the grandfather of Gong Qinguo, not to mention the illustrious family background, even she herself is also the emperor's canonized Mrs. Haoming.

I have secretly investigated Gu Yuancheng for so long, and I also know something about his mother, although I have never seen a real person, I have always known that her methods are powerful, but the relationship between her and Gu Yuancheng does not seem to be good, as for the reason, I only know a little bit about it, and I just speculate from the sidelines, and I can't tell whether it is true or not.

"Ma'am." I saluted her.

Cui Xiu's expression was very thin, she waved her hand to the maid on the side, and closed her eyes lazily.

The maid didn't dare to slack off, respectfully held the jade cup on the low table with both hands, then walked to me and knelt down, and held the jade cup high above her head, "Girl, please use it." ”

Even if I'm not Mei Yan's kind of miracle doctor, with such a strong and pungent smell, I know it's not a good thing.

I didn't expect the rumored Duchess Gong Qinguo to be so ruthless as soon as she made a move!

"What do you mean, ma'am?" I feigned ignorance and looked at the noble lady who was closing her eyes and recuperating.

Cui Xiu didn't open her eyes or speak, but the maid kneeling in front of me turned pale and trembled like chaff. She tried her best to keep her composure, but the words she said trembled and intermittently "Shen... Girl, this... This is Shira wine, you ......" Before she finished speaking, she suddenly held up the jade cup and began to cry, as if I didn't drink this wine, she would have to drink it.

"What is Shira?" I took the jade cup from her hand, took two steps forward, and stared fearlessly at Cui Xiu's stunned eyes, "They all say that life is to live and death, and death is to be understood, since Mrs. gave me this cup of soul wine, it won't even be able to satisfy me with this little wish, right?" ”

Of course Cui Xiu understood what I meant, although she disdained to talk to a civilian woman, but thinking that this matter involved Gu Yuancheng after all, she patiently opened her mouth, "Yuancheng is not the child I like, but now he is the only one who bears the huge Guogong Mansion, and I have no other heirs, and the rise and fall of the Guogong Mansion in the future can only be all on him, I can't tolerate him taking a civilian woman as a concubine, he is now young and frivolous, and likes to be self-willed, as his mother, I naturally can help him a little." ”

Cui Xiu has made her words very clear, but there is one thing she hasn't talked about.

"Didn't Madame anger the people's daughter because she thought that the people's daughter was a red face and caused Yuancheng to be injured?" I smiled at Cui Xiu, not caring at all if saying this would anger Cui Xiu even more.

"It's not a good habit to be sharp." Cui Xiu's eyes were a little colder, but there was still no emotional fluctuation on his delicate face, "Now it's time for you to get ready to go on the road, but you can rest assured, if you have a family member, I will send someone to send some silver to let them live a good life." ”

"Madame is really a bodhisattva, and the people are really grateful." I respectfully saluted her, and then I raised the jade jar, and was about to make the next move, when suddenly there was a roar, and a bright light flashed, and the jade jar in my hand was pierced into the pillar behind me with a dagger. Latest

I raised my eyes in amazement, and saw a person staggering over on the corridor in the distance, with long hair untied, undressed coat, and the hazy mist covered all the expressions on his face, but could not cover his Zhuohua charm, arrogant demeanor, and the pride of the sky.

Gu Yuancheng has always been as bright as a star in my eyes, but there has never been a time when I would want him to appear in my life, and I don't need light in my life.

Only this time, only this time, his suddenness, I was caught off guard.

"Qingzhi ......" He walked in front of me with a pale face, no laughter, no sadness, only fear, fear deep in the bone marrow.

"Gu ......" I looked at him in a daze, and my mind was blank, "Gu Yuancheng." ”

The young man in front of me looked at me fixedly, and did not say a word for a long time.

"Gu Yuancheng, you ......" I wanted to say something to him, but he was about to fall down when he stumbled, so I hurriedly stepped forward to support him.

"Chen Yi said, they took you away......" Gu Yuancheng finally laughed this time, but this kind of laughter made me feel a tingling in my heart, "I finally caught up, right?" ”

"Mei Yan took advantage of my coma, and every time she added medicine to my medicine to make me sleepy, I always wanted to go to you...... Qingzhi, I am the one who made you suffer so much......"

"You blame me? Hate me? Don't want to trust me anymore? ”

My eyes suddenly moistened, I hugged him and said softly, "Yuancheng, I never wanted to resent you. ”

"Come on, separate them for me!" Cui Xiu on the couch finally recovered from the shock, but the scene in front of her made her angry, and she couldn't help but have a seizure on the spot.

The guards who had been guarding around the pavilion didn't dare to disobey Cui Xiu's words, and immediately came up to pull me and Gu Yuancheng apart, the situation reached this point, I didn't think about him, I had to let him go, but I didn't expect Gu Yuancheng to hold my waist hard and not let me move.

"Mother." Gu Yuancheng looked at the noble lady on the couch with cold eyes, "My son has warned you a long time ago, don't come to meddle in anything with your son, if your mother really wants to persecute your son, don't blame your son for being ruthless, wash this Gongqin Mansion with blood, and ruin half of your life's hard work!" ”

"You are presumptuous!" Cui Xiu was extremely angry, pointing at Gu Yuancheng and about to teach him a lesson, but at this moment, I unexpectedly clicked on Gu Yuancheng's acupoint and pushed him away.

"Madame, don't hurt my feelings with Yuancheng for me, I will give Madame a satisfactory answer." With that, I jumped up in front of everyone and jumped into the lake.

Gu Yuancheng watched me sink into the water, gritted his teeth and broke through the acupoint to save me, but the guard behind him raised his hand and slashed at the back of his neck at Cui Xiu's signal.

"Qingzhi ......" He struggled to crawl towards me, but I couldn't see him anymore.

A thousand lights have been extinguished, thousands of flowers have finally withered, Gu Yuancheng, this scene between us and each other should be over.

The icy water soaked my whole body in an instant, I held my breath and swam southeast, I don't know how long it took, I finally dragged my tired body to the shore.

A person walked quietly on the shore, with blue clothes and belts, green hairpins and pink cheeks, and the steps were dyed with floral fragrance.

"Girl Muying." I struggled to cough up the water I had choked on in the lake, and I was exhausted and fell on the weeds, "You came on time. ”

"This is a prescription, you take it, and drink it for half a month in a row." Mu Ying placed a piece of paper on the flowers and plants next to me.

"Mei Yan means that my poison will no longer flare up?" I half-squinted at the clouds floating in the sky.

Mu Ying smiled and said, "Master Mei did tell the slave maid that although your poison has not been cleared, it will not toss you anymore." ”

"I'm curious." I put my hand on my forehead to cover the dazzling sunlight, "Are you from Meiyan or Gu Yuancheng?" ”

Mu Ying did not avoid my topic, but said to me with a smile, "The slave maid is taking care of you on the orders of the young master, and she also obeys the words of Master Mei to deliver news to you." ”

"So, your master is Gu Yuancheng?" I asked.

"Yes." Mu Ying nodded.

"But you're doing things for Mei Yan." I said.

"Master Mei is the person that the young master trusts the most, and I do things for Lord Mei, so naturally I also do things for the young master." After smiling lightly, Mu Ying put a plate of pastries beside me.