Gu Jinli's eyebrows jumped, and she said in a hurry: "Second brother, why am I here today?" ”

"Hehe, it's very stuffy in the house, and I heard that a new teahouse has been opened, so I'm curious to come and take a look."

Because Gu Nianshi was very excited when he saw Gu Jinli just now, when he called her name, he spoke a little fast, so Yin Zike thought that he had heard it wrong and looked away from Gu Jinli's face.

Gu Nianshi realized his gaffe, saw Gu Jinli round, secretly looked at Yin Zike, and saw that he was not suspicious, and finally put his mind at ease.

Scratching the back of his head embarrassedly, he sneered: "I passed by Brother Yin and saw that the decoration inside was chic, so I came in to sit down." ”

As soon as Yin Penglin's incident came out, the Yin family and the Gu family were even more incompatible, Gu Jinli didn't expect that Yin Zike was not taboo at all, and he still corresponded with Gu Nianshi, and couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at him.

Yin Zike's eyes are like a winter lake, but there is a chill in the clarity.

This chill is not due to hatred, but more like a deliberately maintained sense of alienation.

This is the second time Yin Zike has seen Gu Jinli dressed as a man, and pursed his lips, he thought of the day of the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, and her bright red dance dress amazed the audience.

is also the face in front of her, but she has a different flavor in men's clothing.

There is less delicacy in women's clothing and more heroism.

An inaudible sigh overflowed between his lips, and Yin Zike said after a while: "Miss Gu." ”

Gu Jin's eyes moved, and she smiled slightly: "Young Master Yin." ”

He called her "Miss Gu" instead of "Concubine Gu", indicating that he was not looking at her from Qi Hao's side concubine's perspective at this time.

Miss Gu, just because her surname is Gu, has nothing to do with Qi Hao, and has nothing to do with Yin Suwan.

Probably, it has nothing to do with the entire Gu family.

She's just Gu Jinli, that's all.

The three of them walked downstairs back and forth, and Gu Nianshi asked, "Jinxiu, we want to go back to the Poetry Society, are you with us?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he was worried that Yin Zike would mind, so he quickly explained: "Brother Yin, Jinxiu likes to compose poetry, and I used to think about going to the poetry club to communicate with the members, so I thought that since I met today, it is better to follow us." ”

Yin Zike said "um", and he didn't directly refuse, but indirectly agreed.

A long time ago, he thought that he would have the opportunity to have a good discussion with this first talented girl, but he didn't expect that Yin Suwan's incident happened, and the two of them formed a grudge.

Although Yin Penglin was to blame last time, after all, he was also injured by Gu Jinli, and Mrs. Yin hated the Gu family even more, so he didn't dare to interact with Gu Nianshi as blatantly as before, let alone Gu Jinli?

Even if he wanted to be close to her in his heart, he could only refrain from it.

Gu Jinli said to Gu Nian in the Prime Minister's Mansion that she wanted to go to the Poetry Society, but in fact, she was just looking for a pretext to let him take her out of the mansion, but unfortunately Gu Nian took it seriously.

Coughing lightly, she smiled and said, "Second brother, I went out of the house without telling the prince, so I can't stay outside for a long time, wait for the next time I will go to the poetry club." ”

"Uh...... It's good. After listening to Gu Nianshi, Qi Hao's eerie and terrifying face couldn't help but appear in his mind, and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "Then you go back quickly!" ”

"Farewell." Gu Jinli arched her hand at Yin Zike and Gu Nianshi, and then turned around and walked out of the teahouse with Aiyue.

Yin Zike looked at Gu Jinli's back, and his eyes darkened.

She can leave the house as a woman in a bright and bright way, why does she have to dress as a man?

If I remember correctly, it seems that it was because of her display of men's clothes that day that she attracted Yin Penglin's attention.

And she just said that she was hiding it from Qi Hao, which shows that she didn't want Qi Hao to know when she left the house.

So, why did she come out?

Seeing Yin Zike staring at the direction Gu Jinli left and losing his mind, Gu Nianshi thought that he had seen through her identity, and whispered tentatively: "Brother Yin, what are you looking at?" ”

Yin Zike removed the doubts in his eyes and said lightly: "It's okay." ”

Gu Nianshi understood Yin Zike's temperament and knew that he was a taciturn person, so he asked, "What advice does Brother Yin have for the activities I just mentioned for the Midyear Festival?" ”

Yin Zike raised his feet and continued to walk forward, thought about it, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Gu's idea is very good, the members of the poetry club have been men for many years, but if you want to carry forward the poetry and songs, you should absorb different new forces, and it should not be limited to the difference between men and women." ”

"Rules are used to regulate people, and if they restrict development, then they must be reformed, otherwise they can only stagnate. There is no shortage of talented and virtuous women in Beijing, so I agree with Brother Gu's idea of recruiting female members. ”

Since its establishment, the poetry society has set the rules, although there is no restriction from the aristocracy to the poor, but there is still a lot of prejudice against women entering the society.

When Gu Nianshi heard Yin Zike's happy promise, he said happily: "Then I will contact the members of the club in a while and organize the recruitment activities on the day of the Midyear Festival!" ”

Yin Zike nodded, "Okay." ”

The reason why Gu Nianshi thought about reforming the Poetry Society was that it was indeed for the long-term development of the Poetry Society, and secondly, he was a little selfish, because he thought that if the Poetry Society allowed female members to enter, then Gu Jinli would no longer have to dress as a man.

"Miss, I scared the slave to death just now!" After walking away, Aiyue patted her chest when she looked back at Yin Zike and Gu Nian, who were leaving in the opposite direction: "Fortunately, you reacted quickly, otherwise what if Yin Gongzi found out your identity?" ”

Gu Jinli took a deep breath and said slowly: "It seems that I can't come out at will in the future." When Hexiang is ready, I can only ask her to go to the teahouse for me to find out the news. ”

"Miss, if that house is settled, how can we get out?" Aiyue pouted, very distressed: "The prince won't let you go, you can't go to the emperor and ask for peace by yourself, right?" ”

"Hey, I got it!" With a roll of her eyes, she grabbed Gu Jinli's sleeve excitedly, lowered her voice and said, "Miss, Miss!" ”

"On the day of the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, didn't you ask the emperor for a holy decree at that time? The emperor's golden mouth and jade words, if you use that holy decree to ask for peace, it will definitely be done! ”

Gu Jinli paused suddenly, looking at Aiyue's eyes was very complicated.

The dark waves rolled in her eyes, and Aiyue couldn't help but feel a little scared when she saw it, "Miss...... Did the slave say something wrong? ”

"Nope." Gu Jinli pulled her lips, turned her face away, and said in a muffled voice: "I wanted that holy decree at the beginning, so that I could leave King Ning's Mansion one day. ”

"It's just...... Some things are not as easy as they seem. ”

She can hold the holy decree and leave, but the whole world is not the king's land.

Even if she leaves the house and sets up another door, she, Aiyue and Hexiang can't escape the palm of the royal family.

Historically, only men have divorced women's shares, and there has never been a woman divorced a man.

Besides, she is still going to retire from the dignified prince Qi Guoning, the man who is most likely to sit on the throne in today's court.

Once she opens her mouth and leaves, she will not only hit Qi Hao's face, but also the face of the entire royal family, can the old emperor let her go?

No, even the Gu family will be implicated.

In the Gu family, only Gu Huai and Gu Chengen, Gu Nianshi and the fourth aunt can make her worry about something, so even if she considers them, she doesn't dare to take the liberty of proposing and leaving......

Therefore, if she wants to escape from the cage, she racks her brain and can only think of three ways.

The first one is to fake his death and run away, so that he can completely escape from everyone's sight, and it can also reduce the Yin family's hatred for the Gu family.

The second is to wait for Yin Suwan's leg to heal and Qi Hao's hatred to disappear, then she can leave.

The third is to tell Qi Hao and Pan that she is just a scapegoat, and the real culprit is still happy in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

However, these three methods will always be overturned by her one by one.

First, if she fakes her death, she can only escape for a while unless she changes her face and appearance. If someone finds out, the consequences will definitely be worse than now.

Second, although Qi Hao sent someone to find Xiaoyaozi many days ago, there has been no news so far, if Yin Suwan's leg is healed, he still doesn't know how to get the Year of the Monkey.

Third, if you tell Qi Hao the truth, what if he tells the old emperor in a fit of anger, and the old emperor destroys their Gu family for the crime of bullying the king?

It may not be that serious, but it's definitely not a trivial matter......

After thinking about it, that holy decree can only be used when it is forced to do so.

Now, she hadn't reached the final step, so she couldn't bring the decree out......

Aiyue couldn't understand the deep meaning in Gu Jinli's eyes, but she could also sense that she was full of thoughts: "Miss...... There is no endless road, we will always be fine. ”

"yes, how bad can it be?" Gu Jinli touched Aiyue's head and laughed at herself.

Without her innocence, she has nothing else to lose, as long as the two maids are fine, everything is not a problem.

She will definitely be able to leave, but it's a big deal to take a risk and choose the first method.

Anyway, the business of the teahouse is good, as long as the house is done again, then the source of life will not have to worry.

In the future, I will go deeper and simpler, reduce the chance of showing up, and if you are lucky, why not hide for a lifetime?

"Let's go, go to Yunshuifang." With a smile, Gu Jinli suppressed her thoughts.

Aiyue nodded, and followed her in the direction of Yunshuifang.

Most of the clothes sold in Yunshuifang are women's clothes, and there are very few men's styles, Gu Jinli picked and chose a blue robe with silver thread trim.

When she was about to pay the money to the shopkeeper, Aiyue's eyes widened and she couldn't help but feel distressed.

The hand holding the money bag didn't let go for a long time, and she hesitated in a low voice: "Xiao...... Childe, why don't we get another one that's a little cheaper? ”

After listening to the shopkeeper, the smile that had just been piled up instantly stiffened on his face, and he looked at Aiyue embarrassedly, and then at Gu Jinli, he smiled and said: "This son is the dragon and phoenix among people at first glance, and he is noble, I have to say that your vision is really good!" ”

"This fabric is a new product that just came in a few days ago, and there is only one piece of cloth for each color, so this dress is only made one."

While carefully flipping his clothes, he said, "Look at it, how delicate is this stitch and thread?" ”

Gu Jinli had already taken a fancy to this robe at a glance, and she would buy it without the shopkeeper saying more.

Moreover, this is the first time she has given Gu Chengen a gift, so how can she care about the price?

"Shopkeeper, wrap it up." took out the money bag from Aiyue's hand, Gu Jinli took out a silver ticket of one thousand taels and handed it to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper put away the silver ticket and immediately packed the robe enthusiastically.

"Hmm......" Aiyue looked at the silver ticket into the shopkeeper's pocket and sighed heavily.

"You! Silver is like water, it flows back and forth, and it will always come back. Gu Jinli looked at her like this, felt very funny, and her mood brightened.

"Besides, it's rare to send something to the eldest brother once, so naturally you can't pick up the cheap one, right?"

Aiyue muttered, "Yes, yes, yes!" Miss is right in everything she says! ”

At this time, the shopkeeper handed over the wrapped clothes, "Childe, your clothes." ”

Fortunately, Aiyue's voice was small and was not heard by the shopkeeper, otherwise Gu Jinli's identity as a woman dressed as a man would be exposed.

Gu Jinli glanced at Aiyue helplessly, but did not take the package, "Shopkeeper, I heard that your store can deliver customers' clothes to the door?" ”

"Yes, some guests will order the style in advance and let us send it over." The shopkeeper nodded and asked, "Childe, do you need us to send you to the house?" ”

Gu Jinli said in a deep voice: "Well, this robe was given to the eldest son of the Gu family by me, please help me send it to the Prime Minister's Mansion." ”

"Huh? Grand Master Gu? When the shopkeeper heard this, the smile on his face froze again, and he was embarrassed: "Childe, it's okay if you let us send it to another house, this Gu eldest prince ......"

"How is Grand Master Gu?" Gu Jinli saw the shopkeeper's spitting, her face was embarrassed, and she raised her eyebrows.

The shopkeeper was entangled, and said in a low voice: "Childe, this Gu eldest son is well-known in Beijing, and we don't dare to provoke it." ”

"Could it be that he is more powerful than Prince Ning?" Gu Jinli couldn't help but laugh after hearing this.

The shopkeeper shook his head and said in a low voice: "No, Grand Prince Gu and Lord Ning are different people. Lord Ning is powerful, but at least he has never killed innocents indiscriminately. But this Gu eldest prince is ...... Alas! ”

"I'll tell you the truth, my family had a distant cousin before, and the family didn't know what case they committed and was arrested in the criminal department. Ignoring my cousin's daughter-in-law's body, Gu Dagongzi forced open her belly......"

"Tsk, it is said that the eldest prince Gu is fair and selfless in handling the case, but this method is too vicious!"

Gu Jinli was stunned, and her body was a little cold.

Qi Hao also said this to her, but she didn't believe it yesterday.

However, when the same words came out of the shopkeeper's mouth, she had to believe them.

She knew that Gu Chengen had a cold temperament, but she never thought that she would be so cruel and cruel.

Although Qi Hao is also ruthless, at least he should not be so cruel to a pregnant woman......

Looking at the package pushed back by the boss again, Gu Jinli reluctantly smiled: "Since this is the case, then I won't bother the boss." ”

With that, she motioned for Aiyue to take the package.

"Okay, good, Childe go slowly!" Seeing that Gu Jinli didn't continue to force, the shopkeeper raised his sleeve and wiped the sweat on his forehead, which showed how much he was afraid of Gu Chengen.

Gu Jinli just took two steps, then turned around and said, "Shopkeeper, sometimes there are some words that can't be mentioned to people casually. ”

The shopkeeper was not stupid, and immediately understood that Gu Jinli was reminding herself not to mention Gu Chengen to the outside world in the future, and hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, thank you Gongzi for mentioning it, I remember!" ”

Gu Jinli didn't say anything more, and went out of the shop directly.

"Miss ......" shopkeeper's words did not evade anyone at all, so Aiyue naturally heard it clearly.

After opening her mouth, she couldn't help but ask, "Eldest son...... Is it really that cruel? ”

Gu Jinli's mood was heavy for no reason, and after thinking about it, she still found a reason for Gu Chengen that was not very good: "Maybe...... Some cases can only be solved by extraordinary means. Only when the efficiency of handling cases is high, can the emperor value him. ”

"After all...... There are not many young and promising officials in the DPRK and China. ”

Aiyue blinked and asked, "What about ...... Shall we give this dress to the eldest prince? ”

"I ......" Gu Jinli took the fan and gently knocked on the door of her head twice, very entangled.

"Miss, run!"

Suddenly, Aiyue screamed and pulled Gu Jinli to run forward.

Two cold lights flashed, and I saw the two people selling vegetables not far away holding big knives and slashing at them.

Gu Jinli was taken aback, she didn't have time to think about it, and she also ran with Aiyue.

The people around them were frightened and scattered, but they were blocked in the dead alley again, and there was no way back.

Seeing the two approaching in front of her, Ai Yueqing said with a white face: "Little ...... Miss, what should I do? ”

Gu Jinli held Aiyue's hand tightly, her mind flashed, she quickly raised her wrist and pressed the mechanism on the silver bracelet.

"Whoosh", in the blink of an eye, the two assassins disguised as ordinary people fell to the ground with a "bang".

"Whew!" Aiyue gasped heavily, and just wanted to ask Gu Jinli where this magical bracelet came from.

However, before she could open her mouth, she was pushed to the ground by Gu Jinli coldly.

"Boom", several cold arrows shot through the air.

Gu Jinli rolled on the ground a few times, and vaguely saw a few black-clothed men on the roof next door holding bows and arrows aimed at them.

"Miss, there are assassins!" Aiyue also found out and cried out in fright.

"Wow" The men in black fell in front of them.

Gu Jinli bit her lip and continued to press the bracelet switch, but there were five people in black, and the poisonous needles in the bracelet could only kill three people.

The last two people who remained couldn't help but be angry when they saw that their companions had died so much.

One of them let out a loud shout, pulled out three cold arrows, and shot them at Gu Jinli's head.

The bracelet was empty, and Gu Jinli protected Aiyue in front of Aiyue before the arrow flew over.

Feeling that the murderous aura was getting closer, she closed her eyes.

"Ahh Two screams, followed by the sound of arrows falling to the ground.

Gu Jinli opened her eyes and saw that one of the two men in black had one of her arms cut off.

"Xuan Shizi?" Aiyue looked at Chen Zexuan who fell from the sky and was dumbfounded.

Chen Zexuan handed the fan to Lei Zi, and then stepped forward and stretched out his hand to Gu Jinli, with undisguised concern in his eyes: "Are you okay?" ”

Gu Jinli shook her head, and then helped Aiyue to stand up.

looked at the two people who were crying wolves in pain on the ground, and pursed his lips and said, "Thank you Xuan Shizi." ”

Lei Zi took the handkerchief and wiped the blood on the blade, closed the fan, and handed it to the front and said, "Shizi." ”

Chen Zexuan withdrew his hand stretched out in mid-air, took the fan, and relieved the embarrassment: "I happened to be passing by, so you're welcome." ”

"Reizi." gave Lei Zi a look, and he said coldly: "The silver ring has not been stained with blood for a few days. ”

Lei Zi understood, and took out a slender small bamboo tube from the placket of his chest.

When I opened the stopper, I saw a small transparent snake coming out of it.

"Boom", the little snake spits out a red core, which is very weird.

"Silverring, go!" Lei Zi patted the little snake's head, only to see the snake "whoosh" and suddenly burrowed into the clothes of a man in black.

The man in black screamed in pain, and then his body twitched, his face was blue and purple for a while, his eyes were bigger than a bell, his forehead was bruised, his mouth was foaming at the mouth, and he couldn't even moan.

What's even more strange is that his body is like a dried wall skin, which is actually cracked little by little in an instant.

After the skin fell off, only red flesh was left on the whole body.

The little snake was not satisfied, and got into his body from his mouth and roamed freely.

When his brains were sucked clean, there was a "bang", and the whole person was like a firecracker placed in his body, and the flesh was splashed with blood.

Thunder whistled, and the little snake crawled out of the pile of flesh and blood as if it had been summoned.

Gu Jinli and Aiyue were so frightened by the scene in front of them that they couldn't speak, and when they reacted, they turned around and covered their mouths and bent over to vomit.

The other man in black was also frightened enough, and before Lei Zi threw the little snake on him, he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed, crying bitterly and begging for mercy: "Don't kill me, don't kill me!" ”

"I say, I'll say everything!"

"It was the Seventh Prince who sent us to kill Concubine Gu, and it was all instructed by the Seventh Prince!"

"Ask Xuan Shizi to spare his life, don't kill me!"

"The Seventh Prince? Concubine Gu has no grievances with him, why did he do this? "Regarding the fact that the Seventh Prince sent someone to assassinate Gu Jinli, in fact, Chen Zexuan received the news early in the morning, otherwise he would not have appeared in such a timely manner.

The man in black didn't know the specific reason, so he had to say: "The Seventh Prince said that Concubine Gu ruined his good deeds, and he had to die!" ”

Gu Jinli vomited so much that she had nothing to vomit in her stomach, so she straightened up.

took out a handkerchief and wiped it, she turned to look at the man in black, trying not to let herself look at the indescribable thing on the ground, her voice trembling slightly: "You are really from the Seven Princes?" ”

The man in black was afraid that Gu Jinli would not believe it, so he hurriedly took out a token and handed it to Chen Zexuan with one hand, "Xuan Shizi, this is the token of Minghui Palace." You've lived in the palace before, so you should recognize it! ”

Seeing that the blood-stained token was close in front of him, Chen Zexuan frowned slightly, and his eyes turned cold.

Lei Zi knew that Chen Zexuan didn't like people to approach, so he took the initiative to take it.

After careful identification, he said to Chen Zexuan: "Shizi, it is indeed in the palace of the Seven Emperors. ”

Chen Zexuan said "oh", hooked his lips, and said to Gu Jinli: "What good thing did you ruin him?" So much so that he sent someone to do it to you in the street? ”

Gu Jinli naturally couldn't tell Chen Zexuan about the affair between the Seventh Prince and the old emperor's concubine, but she couldn't find an excuse to prevaricate the past for a while, so she could only keep silent.

Seeing that Gu Jinli was silent, Chen Zexuan chuckled and said, "If you don't want to say it, I won't ask." However, the Seventh Prince wants to kill you, and if you want to pursue it, I will go to the emperor to make decisions for you. ”

"Thank you for your kindness, but you don't have to." Gu Jinli knew that if the old emperor knew, it would also cause trouble, so it was better to give up.

blessed Chen Zexuan, she pulled Aiyue and turned to leave.

"Ahh Hearing another scream behind him, Gu Jinli paused.

Looking back, she saw that the man in black who handed over the token just now had a knife stuck in his chest, and he still couldn't escape death.

"Jin...... Jinxiu! Suddenly, a large hand grabbed him by the shoulder.

"Bang!" With a bang, Gu Jinli crashed into a solid embrace.