Gu Banqin deliberately guided things to the harem, as if he suspected that Liang Hong said this only because of the battle between the palaces in the harem, Liang Hong stared at Gu Banqin for a long time, as if judging whether what Gu Banqin said was true or false, and the hand hidden in his sleeve was never revealed.

Maybe it was a temptation, maybe it was Gu Banqin's frank gaze that made Liang Hong believe that she didn't know Duan's true identity, Liang Hong hesitated for a moment before saying to Gu Banqin:

"Niangniang may not believe it when she says it, but Niangniang's mother is indeed a spy of my Chu State. And now the whereabouts are unknown, the Lord ordered me to wait to find her for several years, but to no avail, until Niangniang entered the palace as the concubine of the Emperor of Great Qi, the State of Chu got the news, and found out that Niangniang's mother is the lost companion we have been looking for, and the Lord sent us to sneak into the State of Chu, in order to bring Niangniang's mother back to the State of Chu. ”

Liang Hong's words made Gu Banqin's eyes squint when she heard it, and her heart was extremely shocked, but on the surface, she couldn't behave like that, and continued to pretend to be crazy and stupid, suspicious.

This is Gu Banqin's strategy, at this time, the more suspicious she becomes, the more it proves that she doesn't know about Duan's affairs.

Gu Banqin sneered at Liang Hong: "Your story is not clever at all, and it is full of loopholes. Don't tell me, you went to great lengths to enter the palace and have an argument with Xie Zhaoyi, just to come to me and say this? My mother has lived in this land for seventeen or eighteen years, and everyone in Daqi knows that she is a dancing girl from Southern Xinjiang, and you say that she is a spy of Nanzhao State, I can still believe it, Southern Xinjiang and Chu State...... This is the opposite of this, are you talking nonsense without first inquiring? ”

"Whether Niangniang believes it or not, this is the truth, I will risk coming to Niangniang today to say these words, that is, I decided to risk my life, will I use my life to deceive you?"

Liang Hong's sincerity made it difficult to doubt her, Gu Banqin swept her up and down, and the afterglow was fixed on her sleeves hanging on the ground, Liang Hong must not have even noticed that her current posture was extremely aggressive.

Gu Banqin believed that if Gu Banqin shouted to the outside world now, this Liang Hong would pounce without hesitation, there must be another mystery in the hand in his sleeve, Gu Banqin thought of the needle used by Duan, and suddenly his scalp was numb.

Liang Hong saw the hesitation on Gu Banqin's face, obviously believing what she said, Liang Hong continued to say:

"Niangniang, if you think about it, I won't give up my life just to lie to you in front of you."

Gu Banqin's eyes swept over Liang Hong's body, and after a long time, he hesitated and said: "You lied to me or not, I can't see it, but you just say it, why did you come to me?" You don't just want to tell me my mother's true identity, right? ”

Liang Hong saw that Gu Banqin's tone was somewhat relaxed, and there seemed to be hope in his eyes, and he immediately said, "Yes." The reason why the soldiers are taking dangerous moves is really out of desperation, we learned a year ago that Niangniang's mother is still stranded in Jiankang City, and the Lord ordered us to look for it. ”

"In June last year, we had someone to meet with her, but we didn't talk to her, in October we learned that she was hiding in the backyard of the Gu family, trying to contact her, but to no avail, until the end of last year to the present, she has completely disappeared, the Lord is anxious to see her, let us use any method, we must find her back."

Gu Banqin's mind quickly checked the information provided by Liang Hong, no wonder the Duan family lived well in the Gu family, but suddenly had the idea of leaving, it turned out that he was afraid of being discovered by these people, squinted his eyes and asked Liang Hong:

"Who are you lords?"

Liang Hong hesitated a little, but still said to Gu Banqin: "It is the current emperor of Chu State, the former King of Zhenping of Chu State." ”

Gu Banqin thought about this name, and the emperor of Chu seemed to be called 'Chu Yanzhang'.

"Emperor? You mean, the emperor of Chu is looking for my mother? Is my mother that important? I don't know what to say, your words really don't have any logic to me, what is he looking for my mother for? According to your words, isn't my mother just a spy, a spy is worth your emperor's troubles? Tell me why. ”

Gu Banqin said this, but in his heart, he was full of doubts, how could the Duan family have a relationship with the emperor of Chu State?

I want to know the truth from Liang Hong's mouth, but looking at her expression, I don't seem to understand the answer to this question very clearly.

There was a knock on the door outside the study, and the voice of the willow catkins sounded: "Niangniang, the emperor sent someone to pass the word, saying that it would take another hour to come." ”

Gu Banqin and Liang Hong glanced at each other, Gu Banqin took a deep breath and replied:

"I know, I'm still folding here, just send someone to guard the road."

"Yes, the slave knows." After the catkins spoke, they left the study.

Gu Banqin glanced at Liang Hong, who was still kneeling on the ground, and raised her hand: "Get up." I just didn't hear what you said today, although I haven't figured out who you are, but I don't want to know, if you want to ask me where my mother is, I can tell you, I don't know, she left Jiankang, where she went and never talked to me. Whether you want to stay in the palace or leave the palace, it has nothing to do with me. ”

Liang Hong got up from the ground, seemed to be about to say something to Gu Banqin, and after hesitating for a moment, he said to Gu Banqin again:

"Isn't Niang Niang not worried about your mother's safety at all?"

Gu Banqin's cold eyes swept over her, looked directly into her eyes, and said calmly: "I'm naturally worried, but after listening to what you said today, I feel even more that she is alone and safer than being with you." If she wanted to see you, she wouldn't have run away without a trace while you were looking for her, would she? ”

Liang Hong still wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Gu Banqin and stopped: "Okay, you don't need to say it, it's still the same sentence, my mother is my mother, I am me, you want to find my mother, find me, I don't blame you, and I won't tell anyone about it, but please don't come to me again in the future, I don't know where my mother is, I can't give you clues, so do it yourself." ”

Gu Banqin remembered that the figure that appeared in the palace in the first month should be their person, and they wanted to know the whereabouts of the Duan family from Gu Banqin's mouth.

But after one failure, Helian Hongyi strengthened the garrison in the palace, and they broke into the palace without a door, so they thought of re-entering the palace in this way, spending so much manpower and material resources, and working hard to mobilize the people, just to find the location of the Duan family, what news do they want to get from the Duan family?

Or, what is there on the Duan family that is worth their pain?

But no matter what the reason was, Gu Banqin didn't want to know from them, and if she wanted to tell her, it should be up to the Duan family to tell her personally.

Gu Banqin walked to the back of the bookcase, quickly folded a few models of rabbit lamps and came out, walked to Liang Hong's side, and finally told her:

"If you want to survive in the palace, it's better not to be publicized, it's about my mother, so I won't say the content of today's conversation, the hidden weapon in your hand can be put away, how many do you think you might get out of the palace if you do it to me in the palace?"

Liang Hong was shocked, and hid his right hand behind him unnaturally, this action immediately confirmed Gu Banqin's guess, she really hid a hidden weapon in her sleeve, when talking before, if Gu Banqin was frightened and screamed, maybe she would have done it.

Ignoring Liang Hong, Gu Banqin walked out of the inner room, opened the door of the study, turned around with a smile and said:

"Liang Hong, your hand is really skillful, if you will break anything next time, come and teach me."

After Gu Banqin opened the door, Liang Hong just wanted to say something more and had no chance, followed Gu Banqin out of the study, Liu Wu and others heard Gu Banqin's voice, and came through the arch from Lihua Palace, Gu Banqin handed the rabbit lamp in his hand to Liu Wu and Caiping, and both of them were very surprised:

"Wow, I didn't expect this maid's hands to be so clever that she would actually fold a rabbit lamp."

Gu Banqin smiled: "I've learned everything, Ming'er will teach you." ”

The catkins color screen immediately nodded: "That dare is good, if we all learn, when we get to the Qixi Lantern Festival, we can make our own lanterns." ”

"By the way, hasn't the emperor come yet? Didn't you say it wouldn't be a while? ”

Color screen replied with a smile:

"Zhang Neng has been sent to guard it, and it is estimated that it will be soon. Niangniang, Shen Jieyu is still waiting in the courtyard, and this palace maid...... What to do? ”

Gu Banqin glanced back at Liang Hong, who was silent and followed all the way, and said with a smile:

"What to dispose of? They came to thank you, I accepted the thank you gift, and I got it, Liang Hong, you hurry up and take Shen Jieyu back, the night is heavy, Shen Jieyu is weak, don't get caught in the cold. ”

Gu Banqin said this to make Liang Hong take care of Shen Jieyu, even if she is a spy of the Chu State, but Shen Jieyu is a courtier of Daqi, if Liang Hong has anything, it will naturally implicate the Shen family.

Liang Hong is also a person with excellent psychological quality, hearing Gu Banqin say this, he didn't say anything, blessed Gu Banqin's body, and hurriedly walked towards Shen Jieyu, helped her up, the two bowed to Gu Banqin and said goodbye, and left Lihua Palace together, Gu Banqin looked at the back of them leaving, and his eyes were a little deep.

Talking to them silently, but in Gu Banqin's heart, there was a seed of doubt that was deeply watered by Liang Hong's words tonight.

Now this seed, which I don't know when it was planted, seems to have begun to sprout, and is growing with extremely fast movements, and there is something she has been deliberately avoiding that is condensing and about to burst out.

Where did Duan go?

Why didn't she come back to Jiankang to take the baggage, household registration information, clothes and silver after leaving Yangzhou, but she didn't want the jade pendant of Chu Guo, which she was so careful to hide, didn't she want it?

But why hasn't she been back for so long? The answer seems to be on the horizon.

When Helian Hongyi came to Lihua Palace, Gu Banqin was standing in front of the windowsill in a daze, Helian Hongyi walked over and blew on her right ear, Gu Banqin was startled, covered her ears and turned back, and saw that it was him, so she pushed him angrily, Helian Hongyi took Gu Banqin's hand and squeezed it in his hand, and said:

"What are you thinking?"