The banquet in Huaishui Pavilion continued, Gu Chaoci never went back, he planned to go back after a while, but someone in Weiyang Palace said that the queen had something to do with him, so he went back to Weiyang Palace first.

In fact, it is not a big deal to go back, but the queen mother has been sick for a few days, and now her spirit has almost recovered, so she took advantage of the good day of the Flower Dynasty Festival to set up a stage in Yongkang Palace, and invited the ladies of each palace to watch the play, which can be regarded as a good gathering, there are many princes and princesses, and the emperor is also there, and the queen called Gu Chaoci back.

Since it was to ask the palaces to get together, Concubine Su Guifei, who followed the emperor to Chong'an Temple to visit Concubine Zhang a few days ago, should naturally be there, but she didn't come today.

The show is over.

"I heard that Mrs. An is going to return to his hometown?"

Taking advantage of the gap between the ends, the Queen Mother asked.

Gu Nian nodded slightly, "Fu Yun has already arrived in Beijing." ”

Fu Yun is a student of An Taifu, young and promising, and is a rare talent, and this time he entered Beijing to take over the position of Taifu was also recommended by An Taifu himself.

An Taifu has been on the throne for decades, and he is the most respected teacher of the emperor today, and the person he recommends, Gu Nian is naturally trustworthy.

"Find someone so young to live with?" The Queen Mother said.

"Don't look at Fu Yun's young age, his knowledge is still not inferior to Mrs. An's." Empress Li said with a smile.

"Hey." The Queen Mother sighed, "Anyway, it's your children who are taught, and the mourning family can't take care of it." ”

"Why didn't Concubine Su come today?" Empress Li deliberately shifted the subject.

The Queen Mother obviously didn't expect Li Zhizhi to mention Su Jinqi, and the emperor didn't expect it either, but he also said in peace, "Jinqi was originally coming, but she was not feeling well, I told her to rest in Mingqi Palace, if the queen wants to talk to her, I will send someone to call her over?" ”

"She's here to do something." The Queen Mother opened her mouth with a little displeasure.

She didn't like Su Jinqi in the first place, so she deliberately didn't send anyone to call her this time, "As the king of a country, what are you talking about running to Mingqi Palace all day long, Li Zhixiao is the queen you are marrying in Mingmei, why do you bother to put your mind on the woman next to you." ”

Li Zhixiao is the queen that Gu Nianming is marrying, but she is the successor, why would the current emperor take the daughter of a businessman, Li Zhixiao will not know, it is nothing more than that she looks a little similar to the former queen, which is not a secret.

She has been the shadow of the former queen all these years, imitating her every move, gentle and generous, dignified, virtuous and virtuous, she has been doing very well over the years.

For the sake of her children, she is willing.

"The emperor's fraternity is a blessing in the world." Li Zhizhi said, "Concubine Su is young and beautiful, lively and cute, I like it when I see it, and it's no wonder that the emperor cares." ”

Lively and cute? The Queen Mother really doesn't know if Li Zhi can't tell the difference between lively and cute and pungent and willful, or if she deliberately talks about it.

"You are similar to the first queen everywhere, not at all." The Queen Mother sighed again, "She is more courageous than you, you, even if your temperament is too soft, you still have to fight for what you should fight." ”

"That's what the Queen Mother said." Li Zhizhi said.

Su Guifei can mess around because the emperor favors her, and the first queen has the courage because she has the support of her mother's family, and she has nothing.

The drama on the stage started again, and the Queen Mother's attention was diverted.

Li knew that he was a little hungry, so he ate the pastries and fruits on the table by himself, as for the babbling and dancing people on the stage, the excitement was theirs, she didn't need it, so she wasn't interested in watching it.

Gu Nian has been drinking tea.

Among the three, only the Queen Mother watched the play the most seriously, but it is impossible to tell whether she is serious on the surface or really serious.

One song is closed, one song is connected, the excitement on the stage is endless, and the silence under the stage goes straight to the bottom of my heart.

"I haven't seen him for a long time." The Queen Mother's words broke the silence of the audience.

"I'm sending someone to call, counting that the time is almost up." Li Zhizhi said.

"Young people prefer gatherings like the Flower Dynasty Meeting, and he is afraid that he doesn't want to come."

"It's his blessing to be able to come to accompany his mother, how could he not want to come." Li Zhizhi hurriedly said, "I haven't come to Yongkang Palace these days, but I went to the Prince's Mansion." ”

"The Prince's Mansion?" Hearing this, the Queen Mother frowned, "Ning'er is okay?" ”

Li Zhixiao glanced at the emperor, and then turned his head to look at the queen mother, "It's okay, I heard that I followed Xiao Ruan to Huaishui Pavilion today." ”

"It's to call Huakang a field, after all, he is the sister of a mother's compatriot, and I haven't seen him go before."

The Queen Mother said the words "Sister of a Mother and a Fellow Mother" very seriously, Li Zhi knew that no matter how stupid she was, she knew what the Queen Mother meant, and no matter how much the Prince took care of Gu Chaoci, they were not the brothers of a mother and a compatriot.

The Queen Mother just wanted to tell Li that Gu Weining would not treat her son sincerely, and they could only rely on her.

Li Zhizhi naturally understands this truth.

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Gu Chaoci took the wrong path again, originally he was going to Yongkang Palace, but the palace people who came to call him before had already gone back to restore his life, Zi'an was in a hurry to go to the convenience, he didn't want his mother and grandmother to wait too long, so he planned to go over first, but he didn't want him to go wrong in a few steps.

He didn't know exactly where he had gone, but this was by no means Yongkang Palace.

Just when he didn't know what to do, he suddenly saw someone in front of him.

The man was eight feet long, with a special demeanor, dressed in a pale green brocade robe, Gu Chaoci had never seen him, but he could walk around the palace at will, and someone with such a look must not be an ordinary person, he wanted to step forward to ask for directions, but he didn't know that person.

He didn't dare to go up and ask.

Since he was a child, he didn't dare to talk to strangers, and if it was not necessary, he stayed in the palace alone, and he didn't talk to others when they didn't talk to him.

So asking him to ask a stranger for directions inexplicably is very difficult, very difficult for him, unless that person takes the initiative to talk.

But he can't walk around, or he won't know where he's going to go.

Unconsciously Gu Chaoci followed the man.

The man seemed to notice that someone was following him, but he didn't look back, thinking that he was being followed, he turned several corners, and finally because he was entering the palace for the first time and was not familiar with the route, he was dizzy.

He looked at the ruined wall in front of him, the bleak scenery of barren grass and bleak grass for a while, and turned around and was about to ask the person who followed him where this was, but saw that the person trembled slightly.

How could Gu Chaoci not remember this place, he might forget other places after a while, but he will never forget this place for the rest of his life.

This is the Cold Palace, a place he never wants to set foot in again.

When he was seven years old, he came to the cold palace once when he was lost, and it was the nightmare of his life.