Chapter 271: The New Concubine
Mei Huailing thought that she was like Gu Wanniang's coquettishness, and gently complained in Gu Wanniang's ear about Xie Yuan and her, "Why didn't you tell me as soon as this happened, and let me know through others." ”
"How did I find you?" Mei Huailing does not have an established residence in Chang'an City, if he appears next to Gu Wanniang, Mei Huailing also made it up by himself, how does Gu Wanniang know how to find him?
"It'll be right away." What Mei Huailing said is nonsensical.
The officers and soldiers outside the city have gradually been transferred into the palace, and the crisis of the new emperor has been eliminated, and now it is only a search for rebellious parties and assassins in the palace.
The officers and soldiers outside the rockery patrolled, and even if Mei Huailing was reluctant, he could only part with Gu Wanniang: "A-Xing, I'll look for you later tonight." ”
"Ascend to the disciples." Gu Wanniang scolded Mei Huailing lightly.
"Who's there?" The officers and soldiers found Gu Wanniang's clothes, and walked towards Gu Wanniang with weapons in hand, Mei Huailing seemed to have been prepared, and gently pressed a mechanism behind the rockery, and a tunnel out of the palace appeared.
"I'm Gu San girl from Nanyang Hou's Mansion, I just came to the Imperial Garden for a walk when I was a little bored at the banquet, and I didn't want to hear the sound of an assassin breaking in, so I have been hiding here."
The officers and soldiers led Gu Wanniang out of the rockery: "It was Gu Sanniang, has Gu Sanniang ever seen any assassins?" ”
"No, I have been hiding in the rockery and dare not take my head, but I heard footsteps and fled from the imperial garden halfway."
Officers and soldiers: "Miss Gu San, have you heard which direction it is?" ”
Gu Wanniang pointed to the direction of the city gate closest to the city, "The voice is probably going there." ”
"That's the direction of leaving the palace, it turns out that the thief is going straight out of the palace."
"Thank you Miss Gu San, Miss Gu is relieved that this mess has subsided, and there have been no casualties, and there will be a father-in-law who will come to pick up Miss Gu San and return to the banquet later, and the girl will be able to reunite with her family."
The officers and soldiers traced along the direction that Gu Wanniang pointed indiscriminately, but Gu Wanniang looked at the secret door and passage opened by Mei Huailing just now, and actually wondered if Mei Huailing had dug a passage under someone's rockery, and even prepared a secret passage for escape in the imperial garden in the palace.
After a while, a father-in-law walked towards Gu Wanniang with small steps, "Gu San's girl was originally hiding here, but the slave can be easy to find, Gu Lao Taijun and Gu Shizi are waiting for the girl in the Taihe Palace, the Gu family is really a rich family, and I am afraid that there will be wealth in the future." ”
The little father-in-law who was looking for someone said good things to Gu Wanniang, but he was just asking for a reward with Gu Wanniang, there was a son who shared hardships with the emperor, and there was Gu Shuniang, who was about to become the first concubine of the emperor's harem, the wealth of the Gu family was not behind.
Gu Wanniang took off the golden hairpin on her head, and gave the father-in-law in the palace a reward according to the usual practice, the little father-in-law thought that he would ask for a reward, but he got a golden hairpin, and he happily led the way to Gu Wanniang: "Gu Sanniang rest assured, our emperor is a kind and righteous person, today the second girl of the Gu family is willing to block the knife for the emperor and be injured, no matter whether it is new or old in the future, Gu Er's status in front of the emperor will not be low." ”
"Blocking knives?"
The little father-in-law thought that Gu Wanniang asked about Gu Shuniang's injury, so he said: "Girl, don't worry, although the wound is terrifying, the wound is not deep, and there is an imperial doctor to show Gu Erniang, there will be no danger of life." ”
"Isn't there no casualty today?" Gu Wanniang remembered that the official errand said this to herself.
"Except for Gu Er, there is no one, I think those assassins know where the emperor is, those assassins at the banquet are just covers, only the one in the emperor's palace is the real assassin."
And a wave of assassins who went straight to Taihe Palace to assassinate Xie Yuan?
Gu Wanniang was taken to the Taihe Palace, the Taihe Hall is the temporary residence of Xie Yuan when he was dealing with official business, how Gu Shuniang would appear here to block the knife for Xie Yuan was unreasonable, but since Gu Shuniang made meritorious service and Xie Yuan no longer asked, the matter was overturned.
Gu Jing stood outside the hall and saw Gu Wanniang coming, and called out to the third sister in a low voice, her voice was very soft, and Gu Wanniang did not respond.
The dormitory in the side hall was not a place for permanent residents, except for Gu Shuniang on the couch lying on her stomach with a pale face, Gu Lao Ancestor looked at it with a solemn expression, and there were only a few palace people waiting. Xie Yuan was not in the hall, and he didn't seem to care much about this beautiful woman who blocked the sword for him.
Gu Shuniang was asleep, and she didn't know if it was tears or something on her face, and there were still some residual marks. Gu Shuniang slept very lightly, because the wound on her back was almost across the entire snow back, and the pain was so bad that wherever she moved, the wound would be affected.
The wound is shallow and thin, but the opening is fast and sharp, and the trend is from walking up to the right and down, this method of using a knife to kill people, Gu Wanniang remembers, is a technique only found by Song Yao's master. Professional assassins will not have a living mouth, let alone this kind of wound that looks terrifying, but in fact does not hurt the muscles and bones, so Song Yao and Gu Jing are now in private contact?
Gu Shuniang woke up because of the wound on her back, and as soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Gu Wanniang standing beside Gu Old Ancestor, holding Gu Old Ancestor, Gu Wanniang's gaze from a high place made Gu Shuniang's heart tremble, and a wave of hatred arose spontaneously from her heart.
Why, why can she Gu Wanniang, a daughter who has lost her three rooms, have a wishful husband who treats her wholeheartedly, why does Gu Lao Ancestor favor her since she was a child, and why does Gu Jing give her the love that should have been given to her sister?
And she, who has always followed Xie Yuan's steps, betrayed her parents, and never got a straight eye from Xie Yuan, and even the dignity that once belonged to the concubine of the Hou Mansion did not want it, and she took off her clothes and got Xie Yuan's afterglow. Gu Shuniang's tears overflowed her eyes, she still made the right bet, gambling with her life Xie Yuan's acquiescence to her behavior.
Even if Xie Yuan and her appear to be husband and wife in the future, the two also have the name of husband and wife.
"Since your wounds are inconvenient to move, and the emperor left you here to recuperate, then you can stay in the palace."
Gu Shuniang was really hurt too much, and her words hurt so much that she couldn't even say goodbye to Old Ancestor Gu.
Old Ancestor Gu got up and was carried away by Gu Wanniang, his steps were no longer strong, his great-grandchildren were all older, probably he was really old. Old Ancestor Gu looked at Gu Wanniang, who was standing beside her, without any emotion, and she was a little too silent.
Old Ancestor Gu patted Gu Wanniang's hand, remembering what he said to him when his husband died, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren. Forget it, no matter what, no matter what, in short, I can't control it.
Except for the maids, there was no one left for Gu Shuniang to serve the sick, Gu Jing followed behind Gu Old Ancestor and Gu Wanniang, and none of them said a word.