The eldest princess was also a little surprised by what Wang Shun's father-in-law said: "Father-in-law said, did the emperor summon me?" ”

"But no, as soon as I heard that the eldest princess was coming to the palace, the emperor asked the servants to come over and summon them non-stop."

The eldest princess glanced at Gu Banqin, and Gu Banqin said understandingly: "The princess doesn't have to mind the agreement with me, naturally it is more important for the emperor to summon her." ”

After getting Gu Banqin's understanding, the eldest princess's uneasy heart calmed down a little.

Gu Banqin looked at her like this, if she was bolder, she took the opportunity of Helian Hongyi to summon her, and told Helian Hongyi about the affairs of the house, maybe it would be able to solve it perfectly.

It's just that after Gu Banqin's analysis of the eldest princess's personality, she feels that the chance that she will take the opportunity to sue is not great, her personality is called introverted if it sounds good, and it is called weakness if it is unpleasant.

This kind of character is born in a woman, if it can be well protected, it is nothing, but judging from the previous evaluation of the eldest concubine by the queen mother and the concubines, he may not be able to protect himself, let alone protect the eldest princess from being harmed.

The eldest princess looked a little at a loss after listening to Qingshun's words, like that, it was like a feeling that a poor relative suddenly wanted to see a rich relative, Gu Banqin thought about it, and finally made a decision:

"It just so happens that I also want to go to the Taihe Palace to greet the emperor, or the eldest princess will take me with me. I'll get up late tonight, if the emperor scolds me later, the eldest princess will have to say good things for me. ”

Gu Banqin's words were playful and cute, and the eldest princess was grateful and laughed at the same time, and at the same time, she immediately understood that Gu Banqin was giving her courage.

The eldest princess has completely changed her opinion of this virtuous concubine who is completely different from the legends of the outside world, compared to those who look down on her weakness and always sarcastically use words to sarcastically mock her, Gu Banqin's maintenance everywhere makes the eldest princess grateful.

Although she is weak, she is not ungrateful, who is good to her and who is not good to her, although she will not say it in her mouth, but she is very clear in her heart.

"Thank you."

There was Wang Shun's father-in-law leading the way in front, the eldest princess and Gu Banqin walked side by side, Gu Banqin smiled at her: "What do you thank the eldest princess, the emperor will blame me later, you can't see death and not save it." ”

The eldest princess smiled very brightly: "Don't worry, the emperor is reluctant to scold you." ”

The two talked and laughed all the way to the Taihe Palace.

The two walked outside the Taihe Palace, and Gu Banqin obviously felt that the eldest princess was a little restrained, so she deliberately walked very close to her, and gave the eldest princess some encouragement.

Gu Banqin actually wondered in her heart, why are they also brother and sister, but the difference in personality between Helian Hongyi and the eldest princess is so big, is it because Helian Hongyi grew up in the military camp, if Helian Hongyi also grew up in Dadu like the eldest princess, will it be the same personality as the eldest princess?

Today is still Bi Geng on duty, Bi Geng stepped forward to greet Gu Banqin, and said to the eldest princess on the side:

"Eldest princess, long time no see."

The eldest princess knew Bi Geng, who was almost thirty years old, and was still a little shy, nodded to Bi Geng, and then returned to Gu Banqin's side.

Bi Geng knew her character, and was not surprised, so he turned to Gu Banqin and said: "Niangniang didn't say that she was coming today, and the emperor asked Chief Manager Wang to send someone to see if Niangniang had gotten up." ”

Gu Banqin's face flushed: "The emperor summoned the eldest princess, and I followed me over to drink tea." ”

Bi Geng smiled and made a 'please' gesture to them, and the eldest princess glanced at Gu Banqin, who was smiling brightly, and followed her to the inner hall.

Father-in-law Wang Shun walked out from behind the door and saluted them, and Father-in-law Wang Shun had already passed it on before, so he could enter directly.

Helian Hongyi had just returned from the court, just changed out of his court clothes, and walked out of the dormitory wearing his favorite dark gold dragon pattern, and happened to meet Gu Banqin and the eldest princess who came to the palace at the door.

first looked Gu Banqin up and down, and finally fell into her eyes, and after staring for a while, he decisively turned to the eldest princess, Helian Hongyi stepped forward and said to the eldest princess in an affectionate tone:

"Why didn't the eldest sister know with me before entering the palace, so I sent someone to pick you up."

Gu Banqin was a little surprised by Helian Hongyi's enthusiasm and familiarity, but the eldest princess was obviously restrained and wanted to step forward to salute, but Helian Hongyi took the first step to stop her, held the eldest princess's arm, and invited her into the palace.

Gu Banqin stood still, Helian Hongyi took two steps, looked back at her again, and handed her a 'still not to follow' look, Gu Banqin followed up, grinning at Helian Hongyi, Helian Hongyi turned his head.

"Eldest sister doesn't have to be polite in front of me."

Helian Hongyi helped the eldest princess to sit on the chair of the head of his dragon case, and spoke to the eldest princess with unusual enthusiasm, such a gentle Helian Hongyi Gu Banqin seemed to be the first time to see it.

The eldest princess was very moved by the emperor's enthusiasm, and seemed to ease some of her uneasy emotions a little: "The emperor has a lot of opportunities, there are too many things to worry about, and I have nothing to do, so why bother the emperor." ”

After Helian Hongyi heard her say this, he rarely laughed: "What did the eldest sister say, why do we sisters and brothers need to say more, if it wasn't for the eldest sister back then, I was afraid that I would ......."

At this point, Helian Hongyi didn't continue to speak, but the eldest princess could understand it, and the sister and brother looked at each other and smiled.

Gu Banqin took a piece of dim sum, nibbled on it in small bites, and observed them, Helian Hongyi noticed her gaze and turned his head to look at her, Gu Banqin hurriedly avoided his gaze again, Helian Hongyi ignored her, but continued to ask the eldest princess:

"These elder sisters have rarely entered the palace, I have just succeeded to the throne, there are too many things at hand, and I can't take care of the eldest sister's life, how is the eldest sister doing in the past two years?"

Gu Banqin's eyes lit up, and she hoped that the eldest princess would take the opportunity of Helian Hongyi to take the initiative to post an article and tell her what bad things were going on in her house, but what disappointed Gu Banqin was that the eldest princess smiled with relief:

"It's been good. The emperor is busy, and he has taken good care of us, and the big horse is now in the history of the deputy commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, which is a gift from the emperor, and our husband and wife are grateful. ”

The eldest princess said these words, she still didn't think of herself as a princess at all, think about it, when the first emperor ascended the throne, she had been married for many years, although she was invited to Jiankang to canonize the princess, and the concubine was promoted, but in the heart of the eldest princess, who has been a boudoir lady for more than 20 years, where can she suddenly become a princess's thinking.

If Gu Banqin didn't say something for her, maybe the eldest princess would probably not say a word about family affairs with Helian Hongyi's head when she walked out of the Taihe Palace, Gu Banqin coughed dryly, interrupted their sister and brother's reminiscence, and said:

"By the way, in Cining Palace before, what happened to the big horse that the Queen Mother and the concubines talked about? Was the matter between the great colt and the little widow true, or was it wronged? ”

When Gu Banqin said this, the eldest princess looked at her with some surprise, and wanted to ask Gu Banqin why she said this, because in Cining Palace before, Gu Banqin had already spoken for her from her point of view, saying that she believed in the big horse, but now......

The eldest princess received the glance from Gu Banqin, and immediately understood that Gu Banqin actually wanted to help her when she said this.

The eldest princess turned her eyes to look at Helian Hongyi, who was a little puzzled, and only heard Helian Hongyi ask her three questions in a row:

"What's the matter with the big pony? What little widow? Did he do something sorry for you? ”

Helian Hongyi's question made the eldest princess nervous, shook her hand again and again, and said: "No, no, no, it's not the fault of the big horse, the emperor must not misunderstand!" ”

The eldest princess got up from her seat, and after tidying up, she carefully explained to Helian Hongyi: "This is how things are, not long ago, a brother of the five cities under the big horse drowned in the moat because he was dredging the river. ”

"The eldest horse felt that he had let the brother go into the water, and he blamed himself all the time, and when he learned that the dead brother had an old father and mother, and that a wife had just given birth to a child, and that the child had not yet been a week, he became even more uneasy in his heart, and after consulting with me, he went with money and food to offer condolences."

"The family was very grateful, and the brother's parents came to the house to thank him, and then the big horse sent a few times to send things and money, and heard that the little widow's brother was idle all day long, and had no source of livelihood, and had been supported by the dead brother, so the big horse took the initiative to let people find a job for the little widow's brother."

"I thought that this was the case, but I didn't expect that in the past few days, the little widow's brother actually came to the door for no reason, saying that it was a big horse...... forcibly occupied his sister-in-law, and he had to take his sister as a concubine. ”

"The big horse is not a man of words, how can he explain this truth, after distinguishing with the little widow's brother a few times, instead of solving it, it has made the matter bigger and bigger."

"But I didn't expect that it would come to the palace, even the Queen Mother and the ladies of the harem have heard of it, if it weren't for the virtuous concubine Niangniang to relieve me today, I don't know how to face the Queen Mother's persecution."

The eldest princess was not as afraid of Helian Hongyi as she was of the Queen Mother, so she explained the matter clearly before and after, from the cause to the effect, all of them were made clear, Gu Banqin also understood it, Helian Hongyi thought about it, and asked the eldest princess in a deep voice:

"Can the eldest sister guarantee the innocence of the big horse in this matter?"

The eldest princess was very anxious when she heard Helian Hongyi ask: "Of course it can be guaranteed!" ”

"What kind of honest man is the big horse, the emperor should know, he, how could he do such a beastly thing, and then take another 10,000 steps back and say, even if the big horse has the intention to mess with flowers and grass, he will not provoke the widow of his brother."

"He has always been honest, there is no dispute with people, he just cares about doing things, the river is dredged that day, he himself went down, and he didn't expect that the brother would suddenly ......"

"He has no friends in the five cities, and after the accident, no one stood up to speak for him, there are people who pour dirty water, but he is not good at words, where can he tell clearly, if others don't believe me, I have nothing to say, but if the emperor doesn't believe it...... I, I really can't help it. ”

After saying these words, the eldest princess sat down on her side and wept secretly, Helian Hongyi saw her crying and wanted to step forward to comfort her, but the eldest princess seemed to be angry and avoided his hand.