225, palace feast
Guan Jinghe lived in the Jin Palace, during which Princess Zhongyi and the princess Chen had come to the palace twice, wanting to bring Guan Jinghe back, but Gu Nian refused.
No matter what, before the truth of the matter is clarified, Gu Nian doesn't want her life to be lost.
If Princess Zhongyi is really asked to bring people back, it is estimated that the news of Guan Jinghe's death will come out the next day.
Gu Nian did not agree to release him, and Princess Zhongyi was helpless.
The eldest princess of Changning has already helped once, but she didn't please her, so naturally it is impossible to let her help again.
Princess Zhongyi came to ask for someone, it was completely the instruction of King Zhongyi, according to Princess Zhongyi's thoughts, she hated to be quiet and die outside.
As Guan Jinghe's aunt, she can still find trouble in the Jin Palace.
But the king of loyalty and righteousness has an order, and she has to obey.
Gu Nian's refusal just relieved the siege of Princess Zhongyi.
Gu Nian still has a bit of a headache about Guan Jinghe's whereabouts, and he will wait until the mystery of his mother's disappearance is cleared up, and then he will return it to the Zhongyi Palace.
In a blink of an eye, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, because this year's vassal king entered Beijing, plus the emperor forty thousand autumns, on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the emperor invited his ministers to the palace to celebrate together.
Three days before the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, the Queen Mother specially issued a gilded invitation covered with a phoenix seal and invited Bai Feng to enter the palace for the banquet.
Gu Nian originally didn't think about bringing Bai Feng into the palace at all.
Bai Feng has been in the palace all this time, either accompanying Gu Nian to gossip, or tinkering with her treasures in the house, and has never stepped out of the palace gate for half a step.
Zhou Yuxuan's determination to send her back to Miao Village has not changed, which makes Bai Feng very unhappy, and Zhou Yuxuan has been very busy during this time, and he has no time to come to see her.
He didn't come, and Bai Feng didn't ask.
It's just that Bai Feng was originally free from his willful temperament, where is he willing to live a life of being constrained?
But for Zhou Yuxuan, in order to make Zhou Yuxuan like her, she can endure what others can't bear.
She restrained all her temper, removed the Miao girl's clothes, changed into Dongli's beautiful dress, took care of Gu Nian very well, and pulled Mama Qin, who was already half-old, to learn the etiquette rules of Dongli's noblewoman.
These are not counted, and even follow the maids of Suiyuan Hall to learn how to wait for people and make female red needlework.
She made up her mind to make Zhou Yuxuan like her, be with her, and continue to work hard for it.
This affection and tenacity, even Xiao Yue saw it in his eyes, and muttered to Gu Nian that Zhou Yuxuan was blind.
Bai Feng's identity is the saint of Miaojiang, and now at the moment of withdrawing from the domain, Bai Feng's identity has not been spread, and it is Zhou Yuxuan's selfishness.
Once Bai Feng's identity is passed out, then it will inevitably be restricted by the emperor by the power of Miao Village.
It's not that no one thought that Bai Feng's identity was very useful, but Bai Feng was Zhou Yuxuan's life-saving benefactor, and he brought it back, he didn't let go, it was Xiao Yue, who also respected him very much, and didn't tell the emperor about it.
It's just that, how could the Queen Mother know now?
Bai Feng didn't care about entering the palace, and immediately, she comforted Gu Nian, "The Queen Mother wants to see me, then I'll let her see me, although our Miao people are far away from the world and have their own lineage, in the final analysis, they are still the people of Dongli."
If you want to talk about me, that is, my father, my brother is here, and I can't disrespect the meaning of the palace.
Besides, the Queen Mother's mind must be read to understand. ”
She also patted Gu Nian's shoulder and said, "Niannian, you are good at everything, but you think too much, so it is easy to get old ......."
"You also know the women of our Miao Jiang, but they will use poison and go to the palace, what are you afraid of? If others dare to bully me, they should also see if these little babies agree with me. ”
She patted the bag on her waist proudly.
Gu Nian had seen the scorpion with a dark red body when she interrogated Guan Jinghe.
When she entered the palace today, Bai Feng did not wear Miao costumes, but wore the clothes that Gu Nian prepared for her that were popular among the nobles in the capital.
However, the style is plain and elegant, and it is not particularly eye-catching.
As soon as the Queen Mother saw Bai Feng, she called Gu Nian and Bai Feng over, Gu Nian looked at Bai Feng a little nervously, and was a little worried.
The Queen Mother is the most noble woman in the palace, representing the royal majesty, and if she has the heart to embarrass anyone, then any inappropriate words can be evidence of disobedience.
No, Bai Feng was very calm, she stepped forward and gave a serious palace salute, "I've seen the Queen Mother." “
In this palace, I learned from Mama Su, who was next to the eldest princess of the country.
The Queen Mother seemed a little surprised when she saw this, but she put the surprise in her eyes and didn't show it, she smiled and said,
"The white girl is a distinguished guest of the Jin Palace, and she is also a distinguished guest of the mourning family, come, sit here, let's sit closer and talk."
After that, she asked Gu Nian about the eldest princess of the protector and the lord of Jingning.
Because of the scars on his face, the county lord of Jingning almost didn't go out to socialize, and only went around the Suwang Mansion, the Anyuan Marquis Mansion and the Jin Wangfu.
Today, the mother and daughter spent the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the Marquis of Anyuan's mansion, accompanied by Zhou Yuyan.
Originally, she didn't really want to come to the palace for a banquet, if there was no female dependent in Sanfu who entered the palace, not to mention the emperor and queen mother, even others would say that Sanfu was pampered and arrogant.
Gu Nian answered the Queen Mother's questions one by one, and was forced to sit under the Queen Mother with Bai Feng.
After a while, I saw the eldest princess of Changning enter the palace with Mrs. Mo and Miss Mo.
As soon as she saw Gu Nian and Bai Feng beside her, Miss Mo's face was not very good.
Since the last time she and the daughter-in-law of Changshi of the Changning Eldest Princess's Mansion got out of Yushixuan, she was locked up by the eldest princess of Changning.
Today, she finally persuaded the eldest princess of Changning to bring it in.
When she saw Gu Nian, she remembered the days when she was imprisoned, and her aunt Mo Fei, who is still in the nunnery.
Bai Feng's temperament is lively, and the queen mother has seen a different lady, so she held Bai Feng's hand and didn't let go, Bai Feng still had a sentence to answer at first, and later, about to see that the queen mother was very kind and kind, and she was not so scrupulous when she spoke, but in general, she was not wrong.
The eldest princess of Changning stood on the side, her curious eyes kept rolling around Bai Feng, with a bit of exploration and scrutiny.
For a while, King Qijun, Princess Tong'an, Princess Tai'an and others all came, and after the number of people around the Queen Mother increased, Gu Nian saw the opportunity to pull Bai Feng away from the Queen Mother.
Before the banquet began, Gu Nian thought for a while and said, "Let's go outside to breathe first." ”
Otherwise, Bai Feng will always have to accept the strange eyes of others.
Bai Feng was happy and nodded, "Okay." ”
The two left the table hand in hand, followed by a few palace maids, and walked in the courtyard for a while, when they ran into Liu Danyang and Princess Tong'an.
Liu Danyang hadn't seen Gu Nian for a long time, and he was very happy for a while, Gu Nian introduced Bai Feng to Liu Danyang, and the temper was about the same, Liu Danyang and Bai Feng hit it off at first sight, and they talked about it together.
Gu Nian and Princess Tong'an looked at each other and smiled, however, Gu Nian still found that Princess Tong'an's smile was a little reluctant, she saw that Liu Danyang and Bai Feng said well, and there were many people around her, so she pulled Princess Tong'an aside.
"Sister, what's wrong?" Gu Nian asked.
Princess Tong'an said helplessly, "The queen mother was sick some time ago, and I don't know what's wrong, so she wants me to marry again, but I don't want to." ”
Gu Nianran saw it, and it turned out that the mother and daughter had a dispute.
Princess Tong'an lazily picked a leaf, "I have lived alone for so many years, and I am used to a clean day. ”
If she wanted to marry, she would have married a long time ago, so why wait until this day.
It's just that she doesn't have any thoughts about men, she just wants to live a peaceful life alone, she doesn't want to serve men, and she doesn't want to deal with her mother-in-law.
She is a princess, what kind of life does she want to live? Life is short, as long as she doesn't hurt others, she can be as happy as she wants.
Her brother is the emperor, her mother is the queen mother, and she has a rich dowry, how comfortable her life is.
"After so many years, why does the Queen Mother suddenly want you to marry?" Gu Nian asked, the Queen Mother's illness is a reason, it shouldn't be all.
Princess Tong'an smiled, "She's afraid that I won't have anyone to send her to the end in ......the future."
Gu Nian suddenly realized, no wonder, after marrying Princess An and the concubine, she didn't have any children, and the concubine went early, and it was inevitable that the queen mother would have this worry.
Gu Nian sympathized with the eldest princess of Tong'an and was forced to marry when she was old, and comforted her, and when she was talking, a maid beside Liu Danyang rolled up to them like a wind, panting and said,
"Eldest princess, Princess Jin, something happened over there. The white girl didn't know how to have an argument with the Mo family girl, and as a result, she was pushed into the water, and now she is surrounded by onlookers. ”
Gu Nian, "......"
Bai Feng pushed Miss Mo into the water?
How is this possible?
Bai Feng is not sensible, but with Liu Danyang here, he can't have a dispute.
Still pushing people into the water?
Bai Feng's performance during this time is not too good, she can't be strong at this time, how can she conflict with others?
Gu Nian and Princess Tong'an hurriedly followed Liu Danyang's maid to the place where the accident occurred.
The place where the accident happened was by a pool in the Imperial Garden, Bai Feng and Liu Danyang stood together, standing in the center, their faces were like frost on the upper body dry, but the lower skirt was already soaked, and Miss Mo was dripping.
There are also a lot of people around Miss Mo, who are circling around Miss Mo at the moment, and there are many accusations against Bai Feng.
"Sure enough, what kind of family has what kind of relatives, it looks like a dog, it's a lady, how can you do it at every turn like a barbarian?"
"This is in the palace, you dare to deliberately hurt people? It's a shame that the Queen Mother was still pulling you to talk, and told my grandmother that she was a good person, and turned her back to you, you are like this?
You are a bully, one thing in front of the Queen Mother, and another thing behind your back. ”
Miss Mo didn't change her clothes, she scolded Bai Feng in front of the onlookers, and the ridicule in her eyebrows and eyes couldn't be hidden.
Several noble ladies next to her usually play together, and seeing this, they are also squeezing Bai Feng with your words.
"It's really interesting, just now I was talking to Sister Liu here, you pounced on me and hit me, but you didn't catch your feet and fell into the lake, do you blame me?
Such a clumsy farce, are you sorry? ”
"Do you have any testimony that I pushed you down? Also, you want to frame me and say bluntly, why do you want to bring the Queen Mother and Niannian. ”
Although Bai Feng usually jumps out, at this time, his face is as heavy as water, and his voice is calm, refuting Miss Mo little by little.
The number of onlookers is increasing.
Liu Danyang protected Bai Feng, "I didn't see Bai Feng pushing you just now, you accidentally fell into it, don't lie to people." ”
Although Liu Danyang's father is Shuntianfu Yin, her husband is a young son and is young, so not everyone knows her, and he is also suspicious of her words at this time.
Not to mention the white phoenix with a raw face.
There was a noble girl beside Miss Mo who sneered and said, "Mo Da, there are many things you don't know, if she doesn't do this, we won't know if she is this kind of person or not." ”
"Let's go, let's go to the Queen Mother to call the shots, expose her ugly face to the Queen Mother, and let Princess Jin give us an explanation."
"In front of everyone's eyes, a country man who doesn't know where it came from dares to commit such a poisonous act in the palace."
Bai Feng only felt that she was very wronged, she had always been protected by her father and brother, how could she have suffered such a grievance?
If it weren't for Zhou Yuxuan, she also promised Niannian to be honest before going out, she would have released the baby in the bag a long time ago.
And let these people be arrogant in front of her?
Just now, it was obvious that this woman slipped down by herself, but instead she spoke ill of her, saying that she pushed it.
A few noble girls next to Miss Mo stepped forward to drag Bai Feng away.
"Whoever dares to touch her, I will chop off her hand." Seeing that those people pushed Liu Danyang away and were about to pull Bai Feng away, Gu Nian pushed aside the crowd and walked over slowly.
"Nian Nian." Bai Feng and Liu Danyang were inexplicably relieved when they saw Gu Nian coming, as well as the eldest princess Tong'an beside her.
Especially Bai Feng, the grievance and timidity in his heart were also instantly dispersed.
Gu Nian looked coldly at the few noble girls who were out of the same nostrils as Miss Mo, "I just saw Bai Feng and Danyang standing here well, and you did it." ”
After speaking, she glared at the people, "This is the palace, not the back garden of your house, you dare to make trouble here?" ”
Gu Nian has been the princess for so many years, and she has a momentum in herself, and as soon as these words came out, she even calmed Miss Mo and the noble girls beside her, and even the onlookers quieted down.
"Besides, how about Bai Feng, can you say it, can you manage it?
Are you jealous that the Queen Mother is holding her hand and talking? If you are capable, you will also go to the Queen Mother for a walk. ”
It's not a nice thing to say, but it stops these people.
The noble girl who had just sneered beside Miss Mo looked over, "It's your family's hand that made the first move, why don't you ...... indiscriminately?"
"Do you know anything else?"
Gu Nian walked over and asked, "Then let me ask you, did she provoke you and provoke you?" Miss Mo found her first, right? Then where did you get the face to say that she made the first move? ”
"Miss Mo, why are you looking for her if you have something? Why would she push you into the pool? ”
The noble girl bit her lip, looked at the people around her, and said stubbornly, "We just came over, but we didn't do anything, who knows why she pushed Mo Da in annoyance......"
Gu Nian sneered, "You said she was 'annoyed and angry', so why is she annoyed and angry?" You're admitting that you provoked her first? People didn't recruit you or provoke you, why did you provoke her? ”
"Even if she touches you in annoyance, it's because you don't respect yourself, you are cheap, and you send it to someone else to touch, isn't that what you deserve?"
"Also, who saw with their own eyes that it was Miss Mo who she pushed? Say it, and I'll ask her two words......"
It's not just these nobles who can't say it, but even Miss Mo herself can't say it.
Miss Mo bit her lip and stomped her feet, her body drenched in water, "Princess Jin, what do you want to do?" ”
Gu Nian looked at her and said slowly, "Miss Mo, it is said that I am much higher than you regardless of my status or age, and I shouldn't be so aggressive with you, but Bai Feng was brought into the palace by me, and she is my person."
You say she pushed you, then you come up with evidence.
Otherwise, we will go to the Queen Mother to seek justice. ”
After speaking, she looked up and down, and her eyes stayed on the wet part of her lower skirt.
If it was Bai Feng who pushed her, then it would be impossible for Miss Mo to just get her lower skirt wet, and her upper body would still be extremely dry.
Miss Mo doesn't look particularly smart, but it's impossible to be stupid enough to jump down and then slander Bai Feng.
If it is Bai Feng alone, it is still possible, but Liu Danyang is also with Bai Feng.
If it weren't for Miss Mo making the ghost herself, then the person who was attacked must be someone else.
What was she trying to do? Count so many people into it.
The affairs on the garden's side, with the connivance of Miss Mo, are already very lively.
Even the Queen Mother sent someone over to ask about the situation, and the eldest princess of Changning sent Miss Mo's biological mother, Mrs. Mo, over.
Mrs. Mo seems to be a very loving daughter, and when she heard that Miss Mo was pushed into the water by Bai Feng, her face immediately turned dark.
"Princess Jin, I hope you can give us an explanation, the weather is not cold today, if it falls into the water on a cold day, won't my daughter's life be gone?"
"Our girl has no grievances with you, and the people you brought in are also ruthless?
Are you taking revenge for what my daughter said to you last time in Jade Xuan? “
"She's been punished, what do you want?"
Hearing this, Gu Nian walked over to Mrs. Mo's side, and said with a smile, "Madame, this is funny, but after listening to one or two sentences, I don't know what to do, so I will buckle such a big hat for us." ”
"If it's really Bai Feng's push, we can make amends as much as we want, but if it weren't for ......"
"We'll bring you tea to make amends...... Mrs. Mo answered quickly.
Gu Nian clapped his hands, waiting for Mrs. Mo's words, "Okay, then I want to ask Miss Mo, you said that Bai Feng pushed you into the water, so why didn't you fall into the water as a whole person, becoming a soup chicken, but like this, half dry, half wet?" ”
Miss Mo just wanted to say something, Gu Nian waved her hand, pointed to the noble girl who had just spoken, and said, "This girl just said that Bai Feng was annoyed and ashamed, so, what did you say to make Bai Feng angry and ashamed?" Do you dare to speak out? ”
As soon as her words fell, the crowd fell silent, and no one spoke.
The onlookers came around when they were noisy, and it was the parties on both sides who really knew the truth.
The female official sent by the Queen Mother frowned at all this, and said, "Let someone take Miss Mo to change her skirt, on such a day, it is not good for the girl's house to get moisture into the body."
Princess Jin, please take this white girl and the slave to the queen mother's side. ”
After speaking, he ordered someone to take Miss Mo to change her clothes, and took the people who followed Miss Mo to the Queen Mother's side.
Gu Nian doesn't matter, no matter whether Bai Feng pushed Miss Mo today or not, she will maintain it to the end, a slap doesn't make a sound, Bai Feng can't do it for no reason.
Liu Danyang didn't have time to speak just now, so he quietly came over and said to Gu Nian, "It's true that Ah Feng pushed it, but I don't know how it went down." ”
Princess Tong'an swept around the crowd and said, "Then it is estimated that someone who is not right with Miss Mo will succeed, or there will be friction with the Jin Palace." ”
Gu Nian took a look, she was not very familiar with the noble girls who followed Miss Mo just now, but now that she had made trouble in front of the Queen Mother, she could only take one step at a time.
As soon as she arrived at the Queen Mother's side, Mrs. Mo stepped forward and said, "Niangniang, you have to make decisions for us." ”
"The people of the Jin Palace's Mansion are vicious, and they actually tried to murder our family Xun'er in full view of everyone and pushed her into the water."
"Please also ask the Queen Mother to give Xun'er justice."
The Queen Mother looked at Gu Nian, only to see Bai Feng standing up and kneeling, "Back to Niangniang's words, Bai Feng was wronged, I haven't offended that Miss Mo in any way, and I also ask Niangniang to know it." ”
It happened that Miss Mo came in with a change of clothes, gritted her teeth and said, "So many people have seen it, you still dare to deny it." You're a deceitful like this. ”
Gu Nian stepped forward and said, "Miss Mo, Mrs. Mo, I don't know if you can give me an answer to the questions you asked in the garden just now." ”
Mrs. Mo naturally didn't know what Miss Mo said, Miss Mo's face turned a little pale, she pursed her lips and didn't speak.
Liu Danyang immediately stepped forward and said, "Of course Miss Mo has no face to say it, because she said that Miss Bai is shameless, I can't say those words, anyway, no one will say those words." “
Princess Tong'an laughed out loud when she heard this, and the Queen Mother immediately glared at her.
"Is that so?" She looked at Miss Mo. "What do you say?" Then he asked the ladies again.
Several noble ladies lowered their heads one after another and did not speak, and Miss Mo looked at the eldest princess of Changning who was silent on the side like a helper.
The eldest princess of Changning glanced at her with hatred, and said to the queen mother with a smile, "This is all the juniors playing around, I think we will leave it alone and let them deal with it."
Otherwise, everyone is at fault, one person takes a step back, and the table is about to start, so everyone goes back to their seats and sits down. ”
Gu Nian frowned, didn't speak, but said to Princess An, "Grandmother's mud is really good." ”
"If you want me to say, Miss Bai really didn't necessarily push Miss Mo into the water, am I right?" Her gaze stayed on the noble girl who had been helping Miss Mo speak just now.
"Whose girl are you?"
Mrs. Mo said, "This is a relative of our family, the daughter of the official Shangshu, surnamed Ma." ”
Princess Tong'an said 'oh', "Miss Ma, did you see with your own eyes that it was Miss Bai who pushed it?" ”
Miss Ma was furious by Princess Tong'an's heart, and for a while she shook her head no, nodded no, and said hesitantly, "I don't know...... I don't know anything. ”
Princess Tong'an continued to ask, "Since you don't know anything, why are you still so indignant that you want to drag the white girl to see the Queen Mother?" ”
"Did you push it? You look so unpleasant, are you jealous of her? ”
A series of questions were thrown at Miss Ma, who couldn't resist it, knelt on the ground with a thud, and cried, "I...... I didn't mean to...... I was also careless......"
"Xun'er said that the people in the Jin Palace's Mansion were not pleasing to the eye, and I also advised her not to make trouble in the palace, but Xun'er said that she was from the eldest princess's mansion, and no one was afraid.
Then she went to trouble the white girl, to provoke the white girl, the white girl didn't do anything, it was Xun'er who stepped on my foot in the push, I accidentally pushed her, she couldn't dodge, so she slipped down......"
Everyone was shocked by the reversal of the facts, and they were speechless.
The Mo family is all pale.
"It turned out to be you, why didn't you say it earlier, and you made me embarrassed......" Miss Mo gritted her teeth and looked at Miss Ma.
Miss Ma shrank for a moment, "Didn't you say you have martial arts?" Who knew you could slide down so easily? ”
"If I hadn't learned a little bit and reacted quickly, I would have become a chicken in the soup......" Miss Mo shouted angrily.
Gu Nian secretly gave a thumbs up to Princess Tong'an, then looked at Mrs. Mo and said, "Mrs. just said that if it wasn't done by the people from the palace, but you have to pour tea to make amends, Miss Mo, please." ”
She looked at Miss Mo with a smile, and then sat on the chair, waiting for Miss Mo to pour tea and make amends.
Mrs. Mo and Miss Mo were only angry with the intake and not the out.
The eldest princess of Tong'an watched the show with a good face, and said to the eldest princess of Changning, "Grandmother, the people in your family are all talkative, since it was said by the lady in charge, she should make amends to Niannian, right?" ”
The eldest princess of Changning said with a heavy face, "If you don't serve tea yet, make amends." ”
The words were squeezed out between her teeth, and they were extremely stiff.
The huge side hall was silent for a while, and everyone looked at Mrs. Mo's mother and daughter, and it happened that a little palace maid served tea.
Mrs. Mo casually brought a cup and stuffed it into Miss Mo's hand, "Go ahead." ”
Miss Mo was naturally unhappy, but in the majestic gaze of the eldest princess of Changning, and the queen mother sitting on it watching, she slowly walked to Gu Nian's side step by step, put the teacup on the small table beside Gu Nian, and said nothing.
Before Gu Nian could say whether to drink or not, Bai Feng, who had been silent, suddenly smiled and brought over the cup of tea that Miss Mo had brought over, and said with a smile,
"This cup of tea is not something that everyone can drink. Although it moisturizes the yin and moisturizes the face, but inside, there are things that should not be added, which is life-threatening. ”