375 Princess (2nd Watch)
Concubine Jing looked cold and squeezed the holy decree in her hand.
Mama Cai grabbed her arm and knelt down, her whole face turned pale with fright, and her voice trembled: "Niangniang! The slave has knelt down for you! Don't be impulsive! Your Majesty is just a ghost for a while! Wait a while...... Your Majesty will be fine after a while! β
This is naturally just a comfort, but apart from this, Mama Cai can't think of any other way.
"Slave and maid, please put the holy decree back...... Is it okay to put it back......"
"You are not only Your Majesty, you also have Princess Ning'an...... Don't be impulsive...... Think about the princess......"
Concubine Jing was stunned and said, "Ning An can't come back in this life...... Can't come back......"
"No, it won't!" Mama Cai choked and shook her head, "The Queen Mother said that as long as the princess dares to marry, she will not be allowed to come back for the rest of her life...... It's just angry words, the Queen Mother loves the princess so much, the princess really wants to come back, how could the Queen Mother turn her away? β
Concubine Jing muttered, "Can Ning An come back?" β
"Yes...... Yes! Mama Cai looked at Concubine Jing's somewhat stunned expression, stood up quietly, and carefully stretched out her hand to hold the end of the holy decree, "Niangniang gave the holy decree to the slave...... The slave will help you put it away...... Later, the slave and maid will polish the ink for the mother...... The mother sent a letter to the princess, saying that she missed the princess......"
Concubine Jing looked confused: "Write a letter to Ning An......"
Mama Cai pulled the holy decree out of her hand little by little: "Yes! Yes, sissy! Write a letter to Princess Ning'an! You haven't written your letter home this month! β
Concubine Jing didn't resist in the end, and her hand fell.
Mama Cai took all the holy decrees in her hands, she breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly put the holy decrees into another secret compartment.
The dark grid of the past has been exposed, and now this one is under the floor.
Mama Cai was afraid that Concubine Jing would regret it, so she hurriedly went to the study to bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone: "Come on, Niangniang!" Write a letter to the princess! β
Anyway, we have to divert the attention of the concubine first!
Concubine Jing lightly lifted her pen.
In the night when no one was looking, she closed her eyes and shed a tear.
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Xiao Liulang went to the countryside, Xiao Jingkong went to Xu Congee Porridge Mansion, Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun went to learn art again, Gu Jiao felt that it was such a perfect time not to do something secretly.
She infiltrated the Ding'an Hou Mansion.
The Ding'an Hou Mansion was as quiet as ever, originally Gu Chenglin was a little noisy, but some time ago, Gu Hou Ye didn't have a carriage, and when he walked from the countryside to the capital, both legs were almost broken, and he fell ill when he went home.
Gu Chenglin is serving in his father's yard today.
This happened to be convenient for Gu Jiao, after all, Gu Chenglin and Gu Chengfeng lived in the same courtyard, and it was not a bad thing to have fewer people staring.
Gu Jiao entered Gu Chengfeng's courtyard with ease.
Gu Chengfeng was taking a bath, soaking and singing in a barrel.
Gu Jiao doesn't understand opera, but inexplicably feels that his drama is very good.
"Babble~Babble~When the geese fly in the air~Smell the slave's voice and shadow fall on the screen~"
Gu Chengfeng sang very devotedly, with a tactful tone, a melodious voice, and gestures that were all charming.
"You can also sing female voices, huh?" Gu Jiao bent down, looked at him in his ear and asked.
The tone of this sentence is sparse and ordinary, as if he was saying hello to an acquaintance on the street, but the reality is that Gu Chengfeng is bathing and singing in his own room, and he is not wearing an inch!
In order not to let people hear, he specially picked Gu Chenglin when he was not in the courtyard, and retired all his subordinates.
He didn't expect to be disturbed.
It's easy to say that the disturbance is light, this is just a special fright, okay!
Gu Chengfeng threw himself into the water and almost choked himself to death!
By the time he sat up holding on to the edge of the barrel, he didn't know how many sips of his bath water he had drunk!
He grabbed the towel hanging on the barrel to block something unspeakable, and panicked so much that the barrel exploded: "Why are you here in the middle of the night!" And pick me when I'm in the shower! Are you some weird fetish? β
Last time it was in the latrine, and this time it was in the bathtub, Gu Chengfeng seriously suspected that she did it on purpose!
Gu Jiao spread her hands: "I don't know that the person who sings is you, who let you take a bath and sing opera, and also sing female dramas." β
Gu Chengfeng's face flushed: "Shengdan is ugly, which one is the one to sing!" Do you understand? β
"I don't understand." Gu Jiao said bluntly.
Gu Chengfeng: "......"
Gu Chengfeng gritted his teeth: "You, you, you...... You get out! β
"Oh." Gu Jiao turned around, opened the door and walked out, everyone crossed the threshold, and suddenly a small head poked in, "It's pretty good." β
Gu Chengfeng: ...... Shut up!
The last time he pretended to be an assassin and framed Mama Cai, Gu Chengfeng used a voice that was not similar to his usual life, Gu Jiao didn't take it too seriously at that time, but they thought that they had a high level of professionalism as thieves, not only could they hide their appearance, but they could also disguise a little voice.
But when I listen to it tonight, where is this disguised voice, he can really change his voice!
"Hey, what else would you say?" After Gu Chengfeng came out of the room with a dark face, Gu Jiao asked him.
"It's gone!" Gu Chengfeng said angrily.
Gu Jiao: "Oh. β
Gu Chengfeng thought she had given up, but she suddenly spoke again: "Do you know Lolita?" β
"That'...... Royal Sister Tone? β
"Juvenile sound?"
"Queen's voice?"
Gu Chengfeng stopped and looked at her inexplicably: "Although I don't know what you're talking about, it's ...... When did you become so talkative! β
Isn't there only one of your little trumpeters!
Gu Jiao blinked, and sure enough, she stopped pestering him and changed her voice, she took out a copper plate from her purse and handed it to him.
"What?" Gu Chengfeng asked.
Gu Jiao said: "Tip, reward you." β
Gu Chengfeng: "......"
The two of them walked out of the courtyard and walked forward unhurriedly, but the old marquis was not there, and most of the secret guards in the house were not here.
When passing by a small wooden house, Gu Chengfeng said, "You will come to me later, can you say hello in advance?" Or, you at least knock on the door. β
Today I just bumped into him taking a shower and singing, in case one day......
He's a man, and it's always inconvenient to be bumped into.
"Oh, is that so?" Gu Jiao raised her hand lightly and knocked on the door of the cabin.
Crunch β
The door to the cabin opened.
Both of them were stunned, no one expected that there was really someone here, and the person who came out turned out to be Gu Changqing.
Both were dressed in night clothes and both had masks in their hands.
When Gu Chengfeng saw his eldest brother, he didn't say a word, put on the mask, performed light skills and ran away!
Gu Changqing frowned: "What person!" β
Gu Chengfeng had already disappeared.
"Did anyone pass through here?" Gu Changqing asked.
Gu Jiao spread her hands: "No......"
That guy is not human.
It's not that she wants to say that!
Gu Changqing retracted his gaze and looked at Gu Jiao suspiciously: "It's so late, why are you here?" Where are you going in a nightcoat? β
Gu Jiao: "This ......"
Gu Changqing asked, "Come to me?" β
Gu Jiao thought for a while: "It's okay." β
Gu Changqing: ...... What do you mean? Is it or not?
"I want to steal the Holy Decree." Gu Jiao said bluntly, she was bumped into anyway, and no one would believe that she was here for a walk.
Gu Changqing was shocked: "What holy decree?" What are you doing stealing the Divine Decree? β
Gu Jiao said calmly: "Concubine Jing has a holy decree in her hand, I want to steal that." β
Gu Changqing looked at Gu Jiao suspiciously: "How do you know that she has a holy decree?" Did you investigate her...... You went and stole something from her?! β
Gu Jiao blinked her eyes, very innocent.
Gu Changqing gasped: "You're crazy!" She has a dragon shadow guard by her side, and if you approach her, you will be sent to death! β
Gu Jiao blinked and didn't speak.
Gu Changqing suddenly couldn't get angry, no, he was still angry: "It's too dangerous, don't do this kind of thing alone in the future." β
Of course, he couldn't imagine that Gu Jiao had pulled Gu Chengfeng along.
Gu Changqing asked, "When did you go?" β
Gu Jiao thought for a while: "The day before yesterday? β
Gu Changqing frowned: "Can you alarm her?" β
Gu Jiao nodded: "Hmm." β
Gu Changqing gasped again, does this girl know what she is doing? If she is alarmed, she can still get out of the way, should he say that she is fatal or that she is lucky?
Besides, it's only been a few days, and she dares to go again?
This girl's guts are made of iron, right?
Gu Changqing didn't know what to say.
He cupped his forehead: "It's too dangerous to steal the decree now, and besides, she may transfer the decree as well...... Do you know what the decree is? β
Gu Jiao shook her head: "I didn't have time to look at it." β
Gu Changqing said thoughtfully: "Could it be back then...... Before the first emperor died, he issued a holy decree to bury the Empress Dowager Zhuang? β
Gu Changqing's reaction was the same as Gu Chengfeng's, this is not surprising, after all, the matter of Concubine Jing stealing the holy decree and burning it down was in an uproar, although the news was suppressed by the emperor, but the news that should have leaked had already leaked among the powerful families.
If Concubine Jing had a holy decree in her hand, all Gu Changqing could think of was this holy decree.
Gu Changqing said: "Leave the matter of the holy decree to me, don't act rashly first, it is important to deal with her, but ......"
Your safety is more important.
Gu Changqing couldn't say this kind of meaty words.
The night wind was a little strong, and the handful of derpy hair on Gu Jiao's head was curled up again.
Gu Changqing raised his hand and gently pressed down her little derpy hair, and as soon as she let go, it stubbornly cocked again!
Gu Changqing suddenly wanted to laugh.
He thought of Gu Yan, who was worthy of being a dragon and phoenix fetus, and even the little derpy hair on his head was just as stubborn.
He gently rubbed the top of her hair: "I'll send you back." β
Gu Jiao: "Oh. β
Gu Changqing sent Gu Jiao out of the house, and walked through the main gate, he asked people to prepare a carriage, let Gu Jiao sit on it, and left the Ding'an Hou Mansion in a dignified manner.
The carriage stopped at Bishui Hutong.
"You go into the house." Gu Changqing said to Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao suppressed the urge to steal the holy decree and slowly entered the house.
Gu Changqing went to the old sacrificial wine.
The old sacrificial wine is inspecting the stove house to make candied candied fruits, yes, all the candied fruits for my aunt every day are made by the old sacrificial wine himself! It tastes better than the ones on the market! What's more, less sugar, healthier!
The old sacrificial wine met Gu Changqing in the study.
Gu Changqing made his intentions clear.
The old sacrificial wine touched his beard: "You mean...... It's very likely that Concubine Jing didn't burn the holy decree? This is strange, she and Zhuang Jinse are incompatible, if there is really a holy decree in her hand to kill Zhuang Jinse, why didn't she take it out earlier? β
Gu Changqing said: "Could it be used as a hole card to blackmail the Queen Mother?" β
The old sacrificial wine pondered for a moment and said, "Why do you want to blackmail Zhuang Jinse? Wouldn't it be better to kill it directly? What Zhuang Jinse can give her, His Majesty can also give. On the contrary, because of Zhuang Jinse's constraints, His Majesty's power has been greatly reduced, and there is less for her. So no matter how you look at it, killing Zhuang Jinse is her best choice. β
Gu Changqing asked: "Isn't it written in the holy decree to let the Queen Mother be martyred?" β
The old sacrificial wine frowned: "But, if it wasn't for Zhuang Jinse to be martyred, what would it be?" β
Gu Changqing had a headache: "No third living person has ever seen that holy decree, and no one knows what is written on the holy decree." β
The old priest's eyes lit up: "No, maybe someone knows." β
Gu Changqing looked at him suspiciously.
Old sacrificial wine: "Princess Ning'an." β
Gu Changqing: "She? β
The old priest said: "She is the daughter of Concubine Jing, and she is the closest person in the world, perhaps...... She'd seen the Decree! β
Gu Changqing hesitated for a moment and said, "But she is far away, even if she sees it, she won't be able to come back for a while." I sent someone to ask her, and it was a long time before I got the news back. Let alone...... She doesn't necessarily know how to say it. β
If Princess Ning'an had really seen it, and she still didn't mention anything about the content of the holy decree after so long, there was only one possibilityβshe couldn't mention it.
Gu Changqing sighed: "Isn't there anyone else who knows the content of the holy decree?" β
"Yes." The old sacrificial wine said.
"Who?" Gu Changqing asked.
The old priest looked at the West House next door with a complicated expression: "Xiao Heng's mother, Princess Xinyang." β