Seeing that Xiao Yue's face was ugly, Huang Qi said, "Lord Wang, the dose of that medicine is very small, and it has not caused any harm to the princess's body for the time being, the slave maid will prescribe some detoxification prescriptions for the princess, and it will be enough to take two doses." ”

Gu Nian pulled Xiao Yue to prevent him from going out, bit his lip and said, "It's my carelessness, let's eat a trench and grow wise, there will be no more such negligence in the future." ”

She is not the kind of person who is immersed in the past and cannot extricate herself, since it is useless to regret it, then take a longer view, find out whose hand it was and how she did it, and not fall into this kind of intrigue a second time.

Gu Nian drove Xiao Yue to the study, and asked Huang Qi to call Mama Qin, and quietly told Mama Qin about it, Mama Qin was not lightly frightened, when the princess asked her to come to serve the county lord, she said it very clearly.

Let her take good care of the county lord, but since the county lord married into the palace, life has been smooth, even if there is a thorn in the head of Concubine Ji, it can't make waves.

Sure enough, people can't slack off.

Her face was heavy, "Princess, it's all the old slave's carelessness." ”

Gu Nian waved his hand gently, "Don't blame Mama, it's hard to do good things, but it's too easy to do bad things." ”

When Mama Qin came in with a bowl and chopsticks in a food box under the pretext of making soup, Astragalus broke it and looked at it carefully.

After a long time, she said, "These toys are really made of red clay soaked in safflower juice." ”

When Gu Nian heard this, he sighed as if he didn't have it, "Don't startle the snake first, Mama, you can see if there is anything similar in my dowry, take it out and use it first." ”

"In the future, we must be more meticulous in our work, and we must not let people take advantage of loopholes again."

This set of utensils, before it was formed, began to calculate, if it was really rewarded by the palace, then someone in the palace wanted to calculate her? Or is it just a coincidence?

Even if Concubine Ji doesn't like Xiao Yue and her, she can't break the heir of this palace, right?

Or is there a secret between Xiao Yue and Concubine Ji that cannot be revealed?

She said to Astragalus and Mama Qin, "Don't spread this in advance, just let the two of you know, you go down first." ”

In the empty inner room, she was the only one left for a while, Gu Nian sat on the kang, supported the small table with one hand, supported her chin, and sighed.

Who caused the poison on her mother's body, this knot has been untied, thinking of Yang's saying that the British Duke knew that the old Qi Guogong had poisoned her mother, she pursed her lips, and she didn't know what kind of results the surveillance of the British Duke during this time was.

And the poison on her body, could it also be given by the old man? Since he hates his mother so much, he must also hate himself, the person who has her blood in his body.

When Xiao Yue came in, he saw Gu Nian holding his forehead and contemplating.

He whispered, "What are you thinking?" ”

Gu Nian stood up, walked straight to him, hugged his neck, and looked at him with his eyes, "Although the means of this person who delivers tableware are inferior, his heart is ruthless." ”

"Although it was sent by the concubine, I don't believe that it must have been made by the concubine, the astragalus should have told you, the bowl is made of medicinal mud soaked in safflower juice, and the rewards in the palace are all recorded, how will the concubine know when the palace will reward what kind of objects?"

She paused slightly, and looked at him with a flash of bright eyes, "If, I mean if, I want to ask what happened between you and the concubine, will you tell me?" ”

Xiao Yue paused, the hand holding her waist couldn't help but increase her strength, Gu Nian frowned, "You hurt me." ”

Xiao Yue came back to his senses, let go of her, silently took off his coat, and went to the clean room.

Gu Nian knocked on his forehead, was it still too rash? Maybe I'll ask again later.

There was a sound of rushing water in the clean room, and after waiting for a while, Gu Nian didn't see him come out, so he had to silently climb into bed and lie down first.

After a while, Xiao Yue came out of the clean room with a body of moisture, blew the lamp, got into bed, and after lying down, he stretched out his hand and circled Gu Nian into his arms, silent.

Gu Nianhui also felt that he seemed to be too abrupt and direct, so he said cautiously, "It's me who is wrong, I shouldn't have asked that." ”

"Actually, it's not a big deal, probably my father died too suddenly, my mother was afraid to see me, and I was far away from me when I came back from the palace."

"She can't accept that her father is gone, and I am still in this world."

Xiao Yue said it lightly, but Gu Nian subconsciously felt that it should not be such a simple thing.

She couldn't help but look up and pouted his chin.

The small action made Xiao Yue smile and touch her head, "Don't think about it so much, I'm not sad now." ”

I'm not sad now, but I must have been sad then.

This person's childhood was certainly not peaceful.

A person's personality is not formed at birth, but is formed after the slow accumulation of future life and the influence of the people around him.

She sighed and rested her head against his chest.

That night, Xiao Yue tried her best to toss Gu Nian, because she said the wrong thing, Gu Nian also tossed with her, and finally after it was over, her eyes couldn't be opened, her mind was in chaos, she didn't bother to pay attention to what he was going to do, and fell asleep.

Xiao Yue couldn't sleep excitedly, lay on the bed on his back, took her into his arms, let her weight press on his body, bear the weight that belonged to her, breathed the breath that belonged to her, and only felt extremely down-to-earth in his heart.

In the days that followed, Xiao Yue continued his life of going out early and returning late, Gu Nian was running in King Su's Mansion and running in Anyuan's Marquis Mansion.

And the Jin Palace, life during this period is also very peaceful, no one breaks this peace, just like a kind of illusion of calm that has been artificially suppressed, one day, I don't know if it will be broken by anyone's own hands.

In the blink of an eye, it is almost the winter solstice, and there will be a banquet in the palace, and the Jin Wangfu is naturally in the ranks of the banquet.

After all, Xiao Yue was Emperor Yongping's favorite.

It's just that before the winter solstice, a major event happened in the Jin Palace, Xiao Yue's grandmother, the old lady of the Jin Palace, returned home.

The fate of the old concubine is similar to that of the eldest princess of the country, middle-aged widow, old age widow, probably disheartened, the old Jin King was buried a few days ago, he went to Wutai Mountain to eat fast and read Buddha, has not returned home for many years.

The old lady didn't like pomp, when she came back, it was just three carriages, a few ordinary attendants dressed up in the palace, if it weren't for the old officials at the city gate who recognized a few guards around the old lady, they would not have attracted any attention and entered the city.

When the little official saw the old lady's carriage entering the city, he immediately asked people to go to the Jin Palace's mansion to report the news.

When the old lady's carriage arrived at the main gate of the Jin Palace, Gu Nian and Concubine Ji had already greeted her.

The old lady was wearing a navy blue jacket skirt without any ornamentation, her temples were already half a hundred, and there was only a pair of white hostas on her hair bun, and there was no other jewelry on her body.

Although there are traces of time on her face, it can be vaguely seen from her facial features that the old lady must have been a rare beauty back then.

Although the old lady's dress can be described as shabby, and many faceless mothers-in-law of high-ranking families are dressed brighter than her, no one will mistake her for a servant.

There are people in this world who don't look like princes in dragon robes, and naturally there are people who are also dressed in cloth and have an extraordinary temperament, and the old lady is this kind of person.

The old lady held up Concubine Ji and Gu Nian, who were about to come forward to salute her, and said lightly,

"Family, you don't need to talk about these rules, let's go in."

Her face is cold, her voice is also light, and she doesn't have the kind of warm and excited attitude that she hasn't seen for many years, and she seems to be a little difficult to get close to, but it's not like she can give her daughter-in-law a horse.

Concubine Ji probably knew the temperament of this mother-in-law very well, and she didn't insist, so the old lady helped her and got up with the situation, and followed the old lady in.

Gu Nian followed behind the two.

No one spoke along the way, Concubine Ji personally sent the old lady to the Rong'an Hall where she used to live, fortunately, she has always sent someone to clean it, as long as she takes care of it a little, she can move in.

Gu Nian followed behind the two of them, well-behaved, and did not rush up to intervene, but she really didn't know anything about the old lady.

Once she heard the eldest princess of the protector country mention that this old lady was also a great figure back then, otherwise she would not have supported the Jin palace after the death of the old King Jin.

Concubine Ji personally led someone to wait for the old lady to change her clothes and serve tea.

"You're the granddaughter of the protector?" After sitting down, the old lady asked with a slight face.

Gu Nian stepped forward and saluted Concubine Ji, took a deep breath, slowly raised his head and said, "Yes." ”

The old lady glanced at Gu Nian fixedly, did not speak again, but motioned to an old woman standing behind her to hand over an agarwood brocade box.

"This is the jade bracelet that has been passed down from generation to generation in the palace, you take it."

The box opened in response, and a bracelet carved from blood jade lay quietly inside, emitting a beautiful luster that touched the heart.

Concubine Ji showed an inexplicably complicated look on her face, the unhappiness on her face was almost unbearable, her long nails clenched into her palms, and the anger hidden in her chest was about to reach her throat.

What does it mean that such a thing is not given to the daughter-in-law, but given to the granddaughter-in-law?

This is a token of the royal palace!

Isn't she the daughter-in-law of the royal palace? Isn't she the master of the palace?

After so many years, could it be that she is a joke?

Seeing this, Gu Nian also felt a sudden in her heart, she never expected this, how decent this jade pendant would bring to herself, and the trouble it would bring, how could she not understand?

However, the elders give it, and it is impossible to say goodbye.

Gu Nian couldn't take it if she wanted to, so she had to take it respectfully, "Grandmother Xie." ”

As soon as the old lady entered the house, she did such an unexpected thing, which made Concubine Ji indignant, and also relieved the second and third ladies who came to hear the news, fortunately she did not treat the princess harshly with her sister-in-law.

The bad news of the old lady's return soon became known to the entire Jin Palace, and at the same time, everyone knew that the concubine was good to the princess.

Concubine Ji proposed to hold a banquet for the old lady, but the old lady refused.

Gu Nian was very worried in his heart, but he still maintained a calm look on his face, and when Xiao Yue, who hurried back from the yamen after receiving the news, went to the old lady to ask for peace, after the couple returned to Suiyuan Hall, Gu Nian went to the box, and asked in a low voice, "This...... What does that mean exactly? ”

Xiao Yue took the bracelet and played with it in her hand, put it on her hand again, and looked at it for a moment, "This bracelet is very good, it suits you, and you can wear it often in the future." ”

Gu Nian looked at him with wide eyes, "What do you mean?" ”

Xiao Yue touched her head, "Since Grandmother gave it to you, you can keep it." ”

On the second day, Gu Nian got up early in the morning, the old lady had just returned home, so she naturally wanted to go to her to ask for peace, in the capital in December, although the snow stopped, the weather was still a little cloudy, and occasionally sprinkled a little sunshine down, and it looked like she was weak.

The whining wind outside, rolling snow particles straight to people's faces, coldly burrowed from the collar to the neck, and hated to soak into the heart.

Gu Nian put on a snow hat and took Astragalus and Ah Jing to Concubine Ji first, and when she arrived in Concubine Ji's courtyard, Ji Yu was serving Concubine Ji to comb her hair.

"Auntie, this white hosta is very suitable for your skin, it looks good." Ji Yu took out a jade firewood from the jewelry box for worship.

Concubine Ji showed a smile on her face and said, "Just listen to Yu'er." ”

Gu Nian slowly saluted Concubine Ji and said, "Has Mother not rested well?" It looks a little tired. ”

Concubine Ji lowered her face coldly and said lightly, "It's a little dry at night, and I can't sleep well." ”

Ji Yu's face was concerned, "Auntie, do you want to find a doctor?" ”

Concubine Ji patted her hand and said, "Good boy, no need, just drink some tea to reduce the fire." ”

Gu Nian slandered in his heart, of course he needed to lower the fire, such a thing, the old lady crossed her and gave it to herself, so it was strange if she didn't get angry.

Concubine Ji only talked to Ji Yu and directly ignored Gu Nian, no matter how many times Ji Yu wanted to turn the topic around Gu Nian, Concubine Ji ignored it.

Gu Nian snorted slightly, didn't care, took a step back, and listened to his aunt and nephew on the side.

After Concubine Ji finished dressing up, she asked the little maids waiting in the room to retreat, leaving only the two big maids, standing beside them with their hands down, specially serving the tea.

Concubine Ji on the seat looked at Gu Nian, who was sitting quietly on the side with a slightly drooping face, and when she saw her such a calm and relaxed appearance, she was angry, so she decided to dry her.

Concubine Ji was not busy talking, she just watched from above, although Gu Nian lowered her eyes, her attention never left Concubine Ji on the seat.

As if in a contest, both of them were silent with the emperor, and after a while, Gu Nian saw the pair of hands on the seat that could not see their age, holding the tea cup, and slowly eating.

"It's been a while since you've been in the house, are you still used to it?" Concubine Ji finally spoke, her words sounded very casual, but in that tone, there was always intentional or unintentional, with a little disdain.

"Thank you mother for your concern, get used to it." Gu Nianwei raised his eyes, smiled, and returned with a well-behaved face.

Concubine Ji put down the teacup in her hand, glanced at Gu Nian, and said, "Also, you are an experienced person, and your adaptability is stronger than other people. ”

Gu Nian only smiled, sat in a proper manner, and did not respond.

After entering the door for so long, strictly speaking, she has not asked Concubine Ji to say goodbye like this, and she knows what treatment she will receive. She just sat quietly.

Concubine Ji looked at her like this, Concubine Ji snorted coldly in her heart, pretending to be a girl, if she has no ability, she can escape from the hands of a kidnapper, and she doesn't know what kind of ability she has, and she is not a country and a city, but she hooked Yue'er, a person like the living king of Hades, and the three souls disappeared.

Even the old lady who had never met gave her the token of the housewife of the palace as soon as they met.

"I heard that during this time, as soon as the prince came back, he was in the house with you, and he didn't even let the maids who served around him into the house, is that true?"

When Gu Nian heard this, he thought of the people in the courtyard who Concubine Ji had transferred, and said with a smile, "The prince doesn't like the maids and mothers-in-law to be close, my mother knows this, and the daughter-in-law doesn't like to be surrounded by people, so I let the maids go out and wait, and call them in when they need to serve." ”

When Concubine Ji heard her say this, she nodded with a smile and said, "That's the case, but in the end, in the palace, he is a slave, as long as he reaches a certain level of seniority, there will be one or two serving maids around him. ”

"I thought that when you got married, he would change a little, but I didn't expect that instead of admonishing you, he would act willfully."

"Of course, you have just gotten married, and I don't don't understand, it's just that we are not ordinary people, so naturally we can't learn those who are unruly outside, and in normal times, you still have to pay attention to your words and deeds.

Gu Nian pinched his palm, "Yes, my mother's admonition and daughter-in-law have remembered, but my mother also asked her daughter-in-law to solve her doubts, saying that she obeys her father at home and her husband when she marries, and the prince is the daughter-in-law's day, what does the day do, can the daughter-in-law intervene?" ”

Concubine Ji pursed her lips, she has also figured it out in the past few days, Yu'er is right, many things, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it, she will rely on Yue'er in the future, so when she talked to Gu Nian today, her voice has been very soft and soft, and she has shown an extremely good upbringing from beginning to end.

At first, Gu Nian's teachable appearance was still very useful to her, but she didn't expect Gu Nian's last sentence to stab back.

She endured it, and said without being salty or light, "The husband and wife are also supportive, and the wife is also together, do you know that your husband is not doing it right, and you don't admonish it?" ”

Gu Nian was speechless for a while, although Concubine Ji had always been on top, but that time after Xiao Yue peeled the maid's face in front of her, her collapsed appearance made her image collapse in Gu Nian's heart.

She didn't expect that Concubine Ji would still be the same Concubine Ji, looking at the world.

"Mother's teachings, the daughter-in-law remembers them, and she will definitely admonish the prince." Gu Nian immediately replied respectfully.

"You are a smart child, it hurts a little, Yue'er can have you by his side, and he is also his husband and wife. Now I only hope that you can spread the branches and leaves of the Jin King's mansion, not like me, only leaving such a drop of blood for your father. ”

Gu Nian lowered his eyes, pretended to be shy, and did not respond.

"Okay, the old lady should have gotten up there, let's go together." Finally, Concubine Ji stood up and kindly asked her to follow her to the old lady to say goodbye.

Ji Yu didn't follow, and said, "Auntie, Yu'er won't go with you, and her stomach is a little uncomfortable." After saying that, she showed a shy smile on her face, and she seemed embarrassed.

Concubine Ji hurriedly asked her to go back to rest, and said, "It's not bad to see the old lady, you have a good rest, you can't stand it, so you have to call the house doctor." ”

Ji Yu nodded obediently and watched Concubine Ji and Gu Nian leave.

Ji Yu returned to his room, waited by the maid, wiped his face, and then sat down on a chair.

Mama Yu came in and saw that she was in a bad mood, and immediately scolded the waiting maid, "Xing'er, I didn't see the girl in a bad mood, and I don't know how to persuade her, so she stood there with a wooden pestle." ”

Ji Yu pursed her lips, "Mama, don't say it, Xing'er is a subordinate, what do you care about her." “”

Mama Yu knew that she was going to wait for Concubine Ji to get up, and said in surprise, "Why didn't the girl go to the old lady with the concubine to say goodbye?" ”

Ji Yu lowered his head, and a wry smile appeared on his face, "People are a family, what am I." ”

Mama Yu was even more indignant when she heard this, "If I want to say this, I also blame the concubine, if it weren't for her treating the prince badly and making the prince disgusted with you, otherwise you would have married the princess smoothly, where is there any princess or something." ”

When Ji Yu heard this, she hurriedly interrupted her, "Mama, don't say that, I haven't thought about marrying my cousin since I was sensible, and you don't know, if this word spreads, I'm afraid it will be misunderstood." ”

Mama Yu pursed her lips, "The old slave will tell you the truth, what is so good about the county lord of Kangle?" No girl is beautiful, no girl is considerate, and no girl is pleasing to the concubine. ”

Ji Yu glanced at her, "Nonsense, the county lord of Kangle can be the county lord, and the model of a noble girl is naturally good." ”

Mama Yu saw that her face was a little better, and said lovingly, "Why should Gu Niang be arrogant, that is, the concubine has been praising you all these years, saying that you have her demeanor back then." ”

"Speaking of which, I don't think the Kangle County Lord is as good as you."

Ji Yu scolded, "Mama, be cautious." ”

She looked at the person in the mirror, her posture was upright, even if her face was not very good, but her every move was still everyone's demeanor, polite, and appropriate.

Now, no matter where she goes, she can be praised for being dignified and polite.

Yes, my cousin doesn't look down on her, that's his loss.

*

In a blink of an eye, on the day of the winter solstice, the queen mother in the palace knew that the old lady had returned to Beijing, and asked the old lady to enter the palace to talk.

Early in the morning on the day of the winter solstice, Gu Nian wore the dress of the princess, followed the old lady and Concubine Ji to the palace, first knelt down to worship the saint, and then went to the temple, knelt down to worship the ancestors, and then there was a dinner party.

Because it was a family banquet, only the royal family was present, and when the queen mother saw the old lady, she grabbed the old lady's hand and greeted her affectionately, and the princess also gathered around to talk.

Gu Nian was also very excited to see the eldest princess of the protector and wanted to rush forward, but thinking of the public here, he lowered his hand and followed behind Concubine Ji, showing a bright smile towards the eldest princess of the protector.

This is the first time Gu Nian has appeared in front of the royal family after marrying Xiao Yue.

Emperor Yongping's reliance on Xiao Yue even exceeded that of the King of Jin back then, and the Jin Palace's palace has never been out of the aristocratic circle, although it is a king with a different surname, it has never aroused the suspicion of the emperor.

Gu Nian knew that he was just a companion today, except for the costumes of the princess and princess, he didn't pay much attention to dressing up in other aspects.

The ladies in the banquet hall have some concerns and recognition, but more do not know each other, so naturally they are indispensable to introduce the narrative.

She didn't talk much with a smile, but she responded very decently, even if there were people who despised her past experience, but with Xiao Yue's current status, who would dare to offend her openly?

The seniors are higher than her, all of them are very kind, and those of her age are also kind and pleasant.

The so-called wife is more expensive than her husband, and that's how it is.

When Gu Nian was talking to a prince and concubine, he saw the four princesses dressed up and coming in from outside the door.

When she saw Gu Nian, she stepped forward and took Gu Nian's hand cordially, and said to the princess, "I used to be old friends with Princess Jin, but for some reasons, I can't have deep friendships. ”

He took Gu Nian's hand and walked to Concubine Ji's side, and said, "Concubine Niangniang, can you let Princess Jin and others sit near me?" ”

Gu Nian withdrew his hand and was about to shirk it, but Concubine Ji said with a smile, "It is naturally her blessing to be able to get the blue eyes of the princess, and your grandmother and I don't need you to serve here, you young daughter-in-law go and talk to the side." ”

Seeing this, Gu Nian knew that he couldn't shirk it, so he responded with a smile.

For a while, some eunuchs sang 'The emperor has arrived', and everyone sat down, and the fourth princess kept holding Gu Nian's hand and letting her sit beside her.

After the banquet began, everyone moved their chopsticks.

On such occasions, especially in winter, the dishes in the palace are all prepared in advance, and they are warmed over and over again, and they know how they taste if they don't eat them.

Gu Nian thought that the four princesses were by his side, and he was cautious, for fear that one would be careless and negligent, and fall in love with the four princesses.

She held the chopsticks and followed a princess of the clan sitting next to her, only going up to the dishes in front of her, and only moved two chopsticks.

The fourth princess suddenly stood up and looked, looked at the other ladies on the table, and said with a smile, "Today is a festive day, I am still young, and I can't see enough in front of you, so I will toast everyone." ”

After she finished speaking, a palace man came up with a wine jug in his hand and poured wine for the guests at the same table.

The wine cup in front of the four princesses is displayed, and then they turn in turn.

The ladies at the same table were humble.

Gu Nian looked at the wine jug in the hands of the palace people, and he looked at it casually, but this time, his heart moved.