Chapter VIII

If it can be photographed by the old lady and pointed out to serve in the room of the seventh young master, it will be a great honor.

This person was bought into the Gu Mansion as a girl in the same batch as her, just like Ah Qi, there are also many Ah Wu Ah Liu, in order of age, Ah Qi doesn't remember which one she is, only knows, they all call her "Ah Qi", because many girls who were bought, most of them have no name, no surname and no home, so their lives seem to be more cheap, just an inferior rough girl, and they just do some dirty work every day to do some miscellaneous laundry and carry water, and they can't get on the table, only those who have names and surnames to find the source, can be divided into each room to serve the master, young master and young lady.

Gu Fu is everyone, if it weren't for the lack of manpower today, they are afraid that they will not be able to enter the front hall for the rest of their lives.

As for the seventh young master, he is the son of the third room, ranking seventh among the grandchildren, so everyone calls him "the seventh son" or "the third seventh son", which is not unusual, after all, the Gu family has a great cause, the descendants are prosperous, and the young lady who is born is a lot, not to mention that it is a concubine, or a master without the support of his mother's family, of course, it is nothing.

It's just that this Gu Qigongzi, I heard that he is very good-looking and chic, personable, and perennial with the army stationed outside the customs, in the army for many years, the former child has just made extraordinary achievements, was announced to be rewarded and awarded, can be regarded as a young man, compared to those who are pampered in the southern capital all day long Miss and family son, talking about it, it is more extraordinary, for a while, many young girls are eager to see this young man in fresh clothes and angry horses, and marry this "big hero", I don't dislike his status as a concubine, after all, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse.

I heard that our princess also likes this Gu Qigongzi very much.

"Oh, good." Ah Qi responded lightly, then got up and got out of bed, and began to dress and freshen up, Ah Qi looked at himself in the mirror for a long time, Ah Qi is very good-looking, white and tender, very delicate and cute, and people in the backyard often joke, Ah Qi is a young lady from a big family who was abducted by traffickers to be a girl?!

Ah Qi touched his forehead, and then to his eyes, his hand touched the long eyelashes, and the purple pupils with a bluish tinge always loomed, sometimes the entire pupil would turn purple, sometimes it was just a little color change, of course, this would only happen when Ah Qi was alone.

I don't know why Ah Qi always thinks that she should be a person with a story, but it should be a very sad story, so Ah Qi always doesn't want to think about it, and he doesn't want to mention it with others.

She felt that such a day was very good, although it was cautious but comfortable.

Ah Qi closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his eyes had returned to normal.

Ah Qi lowered his head and smiled shallowly, the smile he showed was clean and pure, as clear and concise as the spring water of the Tianshan Mountains.

Even if it is an arrangement of insufficient manpower, they only do the work of cleaning in the corridor, so there is nothing to be happy about, Ah Qi doesn't care about these, but there will inevitably be some complaints around her, most of them are lamenting the unfairness of fate, but it is just a whispered complaint by herself, and she doesn't dare to say it to be heard, that is to be kicked out of the house.

"Brother Nan, Brother Nan," the delicate female voice passed from the gate to the long courtyard corridor, she was a very beautiful girl, very beautiful, very beautifully dressed, trotting all the way to this side.

She was followed by a little girl, who kept following her in small steps, shouting, "Princess, slow down,"

It turned out that she was a princess, no wonder she was so gorgeous and delicate.

"I've seen the princess," Aunt Sun, who was doing some things on the side, should have heard the sound, so she greeted her and saluted the princess.

"It's Aunt Sun, Aunt Sun is good," the princess quickly helped Aunt Sun up.

The princess's maid also saluted Aunt Sun, "The slave has seen my aunt,"

Aunt Sun nodded, and she stepped aside, the old lady of the Gu family was originally the cousin sister of the first emperor, the county lord of Zihe, and Aunt Sun was married with the old lady, and her status was naturally different, no one knew what her name was, but they all agreed to call her "Aunt Sun" with the old lady.

Then the princess said to her in an affectionate voice, "Why isn't my aunt by my grandmother's side?" ”

"The old lady is not at ease, let me keep an eye on it," said Aunt Sun.

When the princess heard this, she also looked around, Ah Qi saw this, and hurriedly lowered her head weakly, taking care of the errand at hand, Rao is princess did not notice that Ah Qi had been looking at them for a long time, just staring at the group of people who came in from the side door from the side door in the distance, including men and women, and asked curiously, "Where are so many people going?" ”

"It's the front hall," Aunt Sun also glanced there, and then explained, "Old lady's birthday, there are more guests this year than in previous years, and there is a shortage of manpower, so I temporarily found a few capable people from outside, if they are decent, when the birthday is over, I will pick a few to stay in the house on errands,"

There are many, many subordinates in the Gu Mansion, and Ah Qi really doesn't understand, why it's just a birthday, and there will still be not enough manpower, and it's also difficult for Ah Qi.

The princess also responded thoughtfully when she heard this, and then said, "Oh, this year, Brother Nan has returned from winning the battle with the army outside the gate, and there are naturally many more people than in the past, and the Gu Mansion will definitely be full of guests every day in the future,"

When the words "Brother Nan" were mentioned, her face was very shy, it was the kind of very obvious attitude of her daughter's family, as soon as she came in just now, she shouted this name, Ah Qi felt that this "Brother Nan" in her mouth should be the person that the princess likes, Ah Qi subconsciously thought, what a dashing man he should be, in order to get the favor of the princess, he should be a very good person.

"Thank you, princess," Aunt Sun smiled, and then continued, "Princess, please take care of it, the slave and maid have something to do, so go over first," and then busily went to Zhang Luo.

"Okay, aunt go slowly," as soon as Aunt Sun left, the princess's sweet smile seemed to disappear in an instant, and she said impatiently to Ah Qi, who was cleaning on the side, "Where is your son-in-law now?" The tone was very impolite, Ah Qi didn't answer, it's not that Ah Qi didn't want to answer, it was that she really didn't react at once, she really didn't know much about the things in the house, and she didn't know which sons were in the house? Who are the sons in the house now? Since Gu Fu is a big family, he naturally has a lot of entanglements, and Ah Qi doesn't want to participate, so he can only let himself know nothing about himself.

"What did Princess Ben ask you about?!" There seemed to be some anger between the princess's eyebrows, and she frowned and looked at the little maid in front of her proudly.

Ah Qi lowered his head and replied, "There are many sons in the house, and the slaves don't know, which prince the princess asked, so she didn't answer,"

However, she was reprimanded by the maidservant behind the princess, "Do you have a heart?!" Of course, the princess of my family is asking about your seventh son! ”

"The slave doesn't know where my seventh son is at this time," Ah Qi replied unhurriedly.

She really didn't know that the "Brother Nan" in her mouth was the legendary Seventh Prince, and she had never even heard of the name of the Seventh Prince, nor had she ever seen him in person, so how did she know where he was!

They're just subordinates.

However, they refused to believe it, and the servant girl slapped Ah Qi, and then said, "Bold, dare to tease the princess!" Get down on my knees yet! ”

Ah Qi didn't dare to cover her beaten face, but she was just telling the truth, and her tone didn't go over the line by half a point, how could it become a teasing?! Ah Seventy was puzzled, but he knelt on the ground when he heard the words, lowered his head and said, "The slave is unintentional,"

There are all people around her who are watching the excitement, and they are just watching the excitement, no one will help her, Ah Qi knows it in her heart, so she can only bear it by herself, hoping that they can be less reluctant.

How do you know that the servant girl refused to give up, "Have you thought about it unintentionally?!" He continued to say to the girls nearby, "Where did the girl come from, she is reckless, and she has no courtesy at all!" "A look that refuses to go around people.

At this time, someone stood up and said, "Girl, forgive me, this girl did some rough work in the backyard before, and she was called to the front to serve today, and please forgive me, today is the preparation for the birthday of the old woman in my family, and it is also a big day, don't lose your good interest and be annoyed for a girl,"

Then she looked at Ah Qi who was kneeling on the ground, and then at the servant girl beside the angry princess, and finally said to the princess who was standing next to her without saying a word, "The princess wants to find the seventh prince, and the seventh prince should be in the garden at this time, with the old woman,"

She's smart.

Ah Qi is also grateful to her.

"Forget it, color screen," the princess waved the silk handkerchief in her hand and said, when she passed Ah Qi, the princess threw the silk handkerchief in her hand on the ground, and said to Ah Qi expressionlessly, with a proud look, "Wipe it," and then left this place of right and wrong with a proud face, as if nothing had happened.

The maid who stood up just now helped Ah Qi up, looked at Ah Qi's slightly red half of his face, and said, "Does it hurt?" ”

"It doesn't hurt," Ah Qi shook his head and said.

She glanced at Ah Qi and said, "That's good, I'm afraid that you will say that it hurts, even if it hurts, you have to endure it, people are princesses, we are inferior slaves, we don't even deserve our names and surnames, this is fate, we don't deserve to cry pain," and then walked away to do her business.

Ah Qi stood in place and just smiled helplessly, not saying anything else.

Since Ah Qi entered the Gu Mansion, there are always people who mention it in her ears from time to time, this is all fate, and sometimes Ah Qi will have an illusion, is it really unequal between people?

But Ah Qi will not chase this answer to the death, if it is, then she is the one who is not favored by God, if not, she can't change anything, that will only make her more sad.

However, all this was seen by Aunt Sun, who was standing in the distance.

"Eh, it's just you," After a while, Ah Qi was stopped by Aunt Sun, who was standing on the other side of the corridor, to make sure that Aunt Sun was looking in her direction, and there was no one around.

Ah Qicai pointed to himself suspiciously, "Me? She didn't know why Aunt Sun suddenly called her, and she didn't know why she was so unlucky today?

"Yes, come with me," Aunt Sun nodded at her, with a kind expression.

"Okay." Ah Qi responded and walked over, but he just followed Aunt Sun quietly and walked all the way.

After walking for a while, Aunt Sun spoke, "Was it difficult for the princess just now?" Then Aunt Sun followed up and said, "The saint is such a princess, she has no mother since she was a child, she can't help but love a little more, she was raised by the queen, and she can be regarded as her own, she has been pampered since she was a child, and her temperament is arrogant, but fortunately, she is not a bad heart, don't forget to go in your heart, if you feel wronged..."

Later, Ah Qi learned that this princess is called Jingyi, Xiao Jingyi, is the only princess of the Nandu Dynasty today, and the maidservant girl behind her is called Xiang'er, her mother died in childbirth, and she didn't even have time to look at her, and when she talked to her, she lost her breath, and the person who killed her mother was the queen mother who had been raising her, and she had been thinking about the seventh son of the Gu family, named Gu Nantian.

Before Aunt Sun could finish speaking, Ah Qi said, "The slave doesn't feel wronged, it was the slave who said the wrong thing and collided with the princess,"

When Aunt Sun heard Ah Qi's words behind her, she couldn't help but look back at her more, her eyes showed a look of satisfaction, and she said unexpectedly, "You are sensible, just wait here, I will call you if necessary,"

Ah Qi stood in the corner, looked around, and realized that he had followed Aunt Sun all the way through the corridor to the garden of the Gu Mansion, where there was more laughter and laughter.

"Aunt Xie Sun," Ah Qi knew that she was helping her, maybe she also felt that she was really wronged by that slap, so she helped her, wanting her to stand in front of people, at least not to make herself look so low.

"Yes." Then Aunt Sun left and went to the old lady's side.

Ah Qi is a person who is easy to be satisfied, so the days in the house have been very quiet, quietly doing what she should do, quietly doing what others tell her, she also wants to be quiet all the time, she also thinks that at least she will be quiet, after all, she has not harmed anyone, and she has not done anything wrong, and she is already so pitiful, God should be reluctant to punish her, after all, she has done it to keep herself transparent and not noticed.

But who knows, her fault was doomed from the beginning, God never favored her for a moment, and her suffering ended from the beginning.

"Grandma!" When I raised my eyes, I saw Xiao Jingyi trotting towards the most lively part of the crowd, and as soon as I saw her figure, the group of ladies and ladies of the family who surrounded Old Madam Gu scattered one by one, made way for her, and saluted one after another, "I've seen the princess,"

Xiao Jingyi nodded lightly at them, then straightened her body, made a regular salute, and said with a bright smile, "I wish grandma good health and a smile forever!" ”

Then the girl behind her stepped forward and handed over a carefully prepared gift, which was a thousand-year-old ginseng and some precious and rare medicinal materials, which was very intimate.

Old Madam Gu also smiled, squinted at the little girl in front of her, and said, "It's Jingyi, come here, come over to grandma, let grandma take a good look," Old Madam Gu patted the empty seat on her seat and motioned for her to come forward and join her.

Hearing this, Xiao Jingyi stepped forward and sat beside Old Madam Gu with an affectionate expression.

Old Madam Gu looked at the little girl in front of her carefully, she hadn't seen her for a long time, she had really grown up, and said with a kind face, "It's so beautiful, it's really getting more and more beautiful,"

Xiao Jingyi lowered her head, smiled shallowly, and said with pride and joy in her eyes, "Grandma always makes fun of me,"

Xiao Jingyi, our only princess in Nandu, everyone says that she is the most beautiful woman in Nandu, there is no one, and she is also the most noble woman, I really want to know what kind of person her future husband is?

Old Madam Gu just smiled, as if she remembered something, and continued, "You're about to become an adult, right?" ”

"Well, next month is my birthday, what gift does grandma plan to give me," Xiao Jingyi looked like a child, and said very coquettishly, "I don't want it ordinary!" ”

Old Madam Gu looked at Xiao Jingyi's pouting mouth, touched her little face, and said with a smile, "I know, grandma must prepare it for you, it must be the best, so as to be worthy of the first princess of our southern capital,"

When Xiao Jingyi heard this, she stuck her whole body on Mrs. Gu's body and said, "I know that grandma loves me the most," like a very satisfying child who is coquettish to adults.

"Princesses are about to grow up, and they love to be coquettish so much, like a child, but how can they do it?" There was a person in the crowd who joked that looking at the clothes, he should also be a person with noble status, and yes, which person present is not noble?

Gu Mansion has been glorious for generations, inherited for thousands of years, it is everyone in the Southern Capital, it is a place that everyone is eager to enter, in addition to the royal family, the people who want to climb the most, even the maid of Gu Mansion, out of the house, is also an existence that will be invisibly superior.

"I'm a child in front of my grandmother, and I'm going to stick to my grandma for the rest of my life," Xiao Jingyi also said unrelentingly, with a smile on her face, obviously they were all jokes and acquaintances, so she didn't feel arrogant or angry.

"How does this work?" Another person also said like this, "The princess wants to stick to the old lady for the rest of his life, I think I can only simply marry into the Gu Mansion and become the daughter-in-law of the Gu family, so I can naturally accompany the old lady and make the old lady happy every day, is the princess willing?" ”

Xiao Jingyi lowered her head, her face flushed slightly, and she said in a slurred voice, "If it... I... Naturally, I am also willing,"

"Tut, you see, our little princess is really big, she can't keep it, and she wants to get married," the lady who took the lead just now said jokingly to the people next to her, "There is more than one son in the Gu Mansion, and the old lady has many grandchildren, and I don't know which one our princess likes?" ”