Gu Fanghua's dark eyes turned, a bright smile appeared on her face, she approached Empress Dowager Zhong, and said with a sly smile.

"Grandmother, I want to learn about Xiao Yao's growth background, investigate his family conditions, and it's best to contact his family again to see if they can get along."

Empress Dowager Zhong was not angry, slapped her on the hand, and scolded with a smile: "What? Do you still want to follow him back to Liaodong? ”

"Grandmother is wise! Between this person, I just want to get more contact and understand more, and besides, I am so old that I haven't been out yet, and I want to go out and have a look. ”

Gu Fanghua's coquettishness and cuteness were twisted and deformed by the Empress Dowager Zhong, and gently grabbed her little face, full of disapproval.

"Zhuzhu'er, impossible. What you want to know, the mourning family can send someone you trust to Liaodong to help you find out. If you want to get in touch with his family, the mourning family can call them all back to the capital. In short, Liaodong is a long way away, and it is impossible for the mourning family to let you go. ”

Gu Fanghua pursed her lips when she heard this, and muttered: "Grandmother, I'm thirteen years old, and I won't be able to wait a few years to become my own child, you let me have a good time now!" ”

"There's no negotiability, just let you find another guest of honor, and the mourning family won't let you go and leave the mourning family's sight."

Gu Fanghua saw that Empress Dowager Zhong said categorically, and there was a hint of anger, so she didn't dare to say it again. But in my heart, I was wondering how to convince my grandmother.

When Gu Fanghua returned to Qingzhi Palace, Empress Dowager Zhong looked at her back and fell into deep thought.

Aunt Xiuchun came in with a bowl of walnut sesame paste, put it on the plan, and said with a smile: "Queen Mother, the county lord went out just now, but he is full of ambition." ”

Empress Dowager Zhong took a sip and scolded with a smile: "That girl is full of bad ideas, and if she doesn't like it, she will make trouble and give you a headache." ”

Xiuchun smiled softly and said: "Recently, the county lord has been obedient to the queen mother, and the slave feels that the county lord has grown up and is sensible. ”

"This mourning family knows that this child has been a lot more well-behaved recently, but she doesn't cause trouble, but trouble will provoke her. This time she was taken captive, but the mourning family did not close their eyes for two days. As a result, look at it, it's just better, and you actually yelled at me to go to Liaodong! ”

If you go to Liaodong and come back and forth, it will take half a year to say the least, and you will not be able to come back until about March next year, how can Empress Dowager Zhong rest assured?

Xiuchun first served the Queen Mother with walnut sesame paste, and after rinsing her mouth, she took the handkerchief and gently wiped the corners of her lips for the Queen Mother Zhong.

"Queen Mother, the slave has a saying, I don't know if to say it?"

Empress Dowager Zhong glanced at Xiuchun and scolded with a smile: "If you want to say it, just say it, you are an impatient, when did you talk about the rules like this?" ”

Xiuchun smiled shyly, and her face was no longer young, which made Empress Dowager Zhong sigh for a while.

"Queen Mother, the county lord is older, it doesn't hurt to let her go out and walk around, as long as the people around her can protect her. This life is too long and too short, isn't it good for the county lord to have a good memory? After this woman gets married, where is the joy of being a girl? ”

Empress Dowager Zhong slowly sank her face and scolded: "You old thing, what do you want to say?" ”

"Queen Mother, the slave maid wants to say that the outside world can be wide and exciting. Since entering the palace, isn't it the year we went to Yanmen Pass, which is enough for us to remember for a lifetime? ”

Xiuchun really wanted Gu Fanghua to go out to play, Princess Liuyue back then was just from the palace to the Guanwen Marquis's Mansion.

If Princess Liuyue could accompany the concubine, maybe there would be no regrets. After all, the colt is worried about the princess who is pregnant with Rokka, so he will brave the rain to have an accident.

Empress Dowager Zhong was silent, her thoughts began to empty, and she looked out through the palace gate, and there was only a boxy sky above her head.

She was only thirteen years old that year, and followed her father and brother to Yanmen Pass. In the spring of March, the grass has just no horseshoe, and the scenery along the way has reappeared in the dream many times.

The majestic city wall of Yanmen Pass, the endless grassland, the blue sky, the white clouds, the horses, and the people who sleep in Yanmen Pass.

Later, in this imperial city surrounded by square walls, there was no wind blowing in the countryside or smelling the fragrance of grass again.

Countless times when he was in distress in the harem, he struggled to survive, and then took a look at Yanmen Pass, which used to be his dream and belief in survival.

When the child died, he also thought of the countless people who sacrificed for the country in Yanmen Pass, which supported him to survive.

If there was no trip to Yanmen Pass that year, would there be the Empress Dowager Zhong who was resolute later? Thinking of these past events, Empress Dowager Zhong silently reddened her eyes.

Xiuchun saw that the Empress Dowager Zhong was sad, and she was also very distressed, and comforted: "Empress Dowager, let the county lord go." The world is impermanent, and it never hurts for the county lord to be well-informed. ”

Empress Dowager Zhong leaned on her arm and was silent.

Xiuchun didn't say much, just silently took out the lily incense and put it into the bronze hollow triangle incense burner in the corner.

After a long time, Empress Dowager Zhong said: "Let the mourning family think about it." ”

Originally, seeing that August 26 was coming, Gu Fanghua was still anxious about how to persuade her grandmother that Emperor Hong Zheng and Empress Jiang suddenly came to Cining Palace.

"Uncle Emperor, Empress Mother, why are you here?"

As soon as Gu Fanghua entered the hall, he felt that everyone's eyes fell on him, and he was a little confused for a while.

Empress Jiang took the lead in getting up, pulled Gu Fanghua in front of her, and lovingly touched her soft and boneless little hand. said distressedly: "Mingzhu, my poor Mingzhu, this palace has severely punished the rumor-mongering, don't take it to heart." ”

Yes? What?

The second monk Gu Fanghua was puzzled and wondered: "Queen Mother, what are you talking about?" ”

Empress Jiang wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, that form really worried Gu Fanghua, afraid that her long gilt ruby armor would blind her own eyes.

Just as Gu Fanghua was thinking nonsense, she heard Empress Jiang distressed: "Mingzhu, this palace knows that you and Xiao Yao are innocent. But the one who chewed the root of his tongue was nonsense. ”

Gu Fanghua tried to find useful information from her words, this is, someone said that she and Xiao Yao were gossiping?

Emperor Hong Zheng also saw it, he was really annoyed, Mingzhu was his favorite daughter-in-law candidate, but because of the abduction, now in the capital, it was rumored to be vigorous.

"Mingzhu, the night you disappeared, someone leaked out."

Gu Fanghua understood, and smiled calmly: "Uncle Emperor, I'm fine." Isn't it just that someone said a few words, it doesn't hurt or itch, it's a blessing to come back alive, whatever. ”

Empress Dowager Zhong saw that Gu Fanghua was speaking freely and smiling brightly, and her originally unsightly face gradually returned to normal.

"Emperor, the pure is self-purifying, and Mingzhu is not afraid of those villains. It is a mediocre talent not to be jealous, and this is especially true of the daughter's family. Let them say that in the end, they can only watch the pearl and marry the husband as they wish. ”

Empress Jiang wiped the corners of her eyes and said, "But, apart from Xiao Yao, which Gaomen doesn't mind?" ”