Chapter 54: Revisiting the Old Place
Seeing this, Jiang Shi hurriedly stepped forward to support Gu Shuyuan, so he made a worried look, "Don't worry, master, since the eldest lady was announced to the palace, nothing will happen." ”
"Get out of here!"
Gu Shuyuan was even more annoyed when he heard this, and waved Jiang Shi away, without the slightest appearance of being gentle and elegant on weekdays.
"You two follow me into the palace." Gu Shuyuan calmed down a little, turned his head to look at the two girls in Huiqiu, and said in a deep voice.
It's just a moment, and only the Jiang mother and daughter are left in the still lively study. Gu Qinglai stepped forward to help Jiang Shi up, his eyes full of anger.
"This Gu Jiuge, it's best to die in the palace, you know that you are causing trouble all day long, and your father always blames your mother." Looking at the back of Gu Shuyuan leaving in a hurry, Gu Qinglai almost gritted his teeth and said hatefully.
Jiang Shi listened to it, but the corners of his mouth hooked, and he said coldly: "Don't worry, she Gu Jiuge will definitely die this time." ”
Gu Qinglai was slightly stunned when he heard this, and he didn't react to what Jiang's words meant.
Before Gu Qinglai could ask, Jiang Shi sneered and said, "I sent a letter to your aunt last night, and today Gu Jiuge was summoned to the palace, it must be an order from your aunt." I said in the letter that I wanted your aunt to abolish Gu Jiuge, and she has not come back until now, it seems that she must be unable to escape this time. ”
"Mother, what you said is true?" Gu Qinglai grabbed Jiang's hand and asked in surprise. Seeing her like this, Jiang Shi hurriedly glared at her, signaling not to alarm others, although Gu Shuyuan had already left, but this is his study after all, it is inevitable that there will be henchmen and eyeliner, if these words reach Gu Shuyuan's ears, then her mother and daughter will definitely die.
"Alright, let's go back first." Jiang Shi said in a low voice, and then pulled Gu Qinglai out of the study.
At that time, Gu Shuyuan was stopped as soon as he arrived at the gate of the palace. As if she had expected him to come, Concubine Zhen had already arranged the guards guarding the palace gate, and she was not allowed to let him go or be reported.
Gu Shuyuan stomped his feet in a hurry, but he couldn't even enter the door.
"Xiangye, there will be a curfew in half an hour, Xiangye, please go back." The guard at the door said coldly.
"I want to see Your Majesty, please report it!" Gu Shuyuan was angry now, gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice.
The guards didn't say anything anymore after hearing this, but simply ignored Gu Shuyuan. Gu Shuyuan stomped his feet anxiously, but where was the forbidden place of the deep palace allowed him to break in.
"Big Brother Guard, we won't go in. Did you see our young lady come out? Seeing that Gu Shuyuan was angry like this, Huiqiu must not be able to talk about anything, so he patiently stepped forward and asked very politely.
When the guard saw that she spoke softly and politely, and was beautiful and delicate, he looked at her twice, and his tone was gentle.
"I've been here all day, and I haven't seen your young lady, so go back. If you dare to mess around again and alarm the Praetorian Guards in the palace, you will not be as good at talking as me. The guard looked at her and said impatiently.
"How so? Our young lady obviously entered the palace at three o'clock in the morning, how can you say that you didn't see it? Hua Chun was also a little anxious, and rushed forward to look at the guard and asked anxiously.
A good person, there is no news after entering the palace, how can they not be in a hurry?
"! Don't mess around here, I'm going to call someone if you dare to do that! The guard was obviously a little impatient, raised his hand and waved Huachun to the ground, and said with a curse.
Seeing this, Huiqiu hurriedly helped her up, and then walked to Gu Shuyuan and stood still, and said with a worried face: "Master, it seems that someone did it on purpose, since this is the case, I am afraid that we will not be able to find Miss if we forcibly enter the palace now." It's better to wait for tomorrow, master, after you go to court, and no one will stop you if you want to enter the palace at that time. ”
Huiqiu thought for a while and said, she had been by Gu Jiuge's side for a long time, and in the face of such a sudden situation, she could force herself to calm down.
After listening to Huiqiu's analysis, Gu Shuyuan nodded again and again. He was really anxious, as soon as he heard that Gu Jiuge was detained in the palace, his mind was blank, where could he think of so much. At this time, he was reminded by Huiqiu, and then he came back to his senses, only looked at the guard at the door viciously, and then went back with the two girls.
At this time, in a secret room of the palace, it was dark and damp, and the silence was terrifying. Through a faint light, a person lying on the ground could be faintly seen.
Only a squeak was heard, and three or two rats ran by in pairs, waking up the unconscious man on the ground.
Gu Jiuge rubbed the back of his aching head, barely allowing himself to get used to the dimness here. After he was completely awake, Gu Jiuge found himself in a secret room.
"Hahaha!" She was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly burst out laughing. The laughter did not stop for a long time, and her face was flushed with laughter, and she coughed violently.
She really didn't expect that she would have the opportunity to return to this secret room in her first life. Back in the secret room, where she died in humiliation!
In her previous life, before she died, she was locked in this secret room by Xuan Lang for three months, and three months allowed her to come and go freely in this secret room even with her eyes closed. Now looking at the candles hanging high on the wall not far away, she actually had a feeling of revisiting the old place.
"Hopefully I won't die here this time." Gu Jiuge lowered his head and muttered, a self-deprecating smile between his eyebrows.
The secret room was dark and damp, and the candlelight was faint, but outside the secret room was the moon and stars, sparse and clear.
Gu Shuyuan's hobby is not easy to spend this difficult night, the next morning before he got up, and finally managed to go to the court, and after the court, he hurried to the imperial study.
"You said that Miss Gu was summoned to the palace yesterday and didn't return overnight?" After listening to Gu Shuyuan's words, Mu Yao's hand holding the pen paused slightly, then looked up at Gu Shuyuan and asked in a deep voice with a frown.
This matter is not trivial, if what Gu Shuyuan said is true, Gu Jiuge was detained in the palace by someone with a heart, then this matter will be troublesome.
"Your Majesty, the little girl entered the palace at three o'clock yesterday, but she did not return until the evening. Yesterday evening, the minister asked to enter the palace, but was stopped by the guards, and the minister really had no choice, so he would come to see His Majesty after today's court. Gu Shuyuan knelt on the ground with a thud and said anxiously.
Mu Yao's brows furrowed more and more when he heard this, "But Gu Aiqing doesn't know who summoned Miss Gu into the palace at all, even if I have the heart to help you, I don't know who to ask." ”
Mu Yao was very difficult, if he knew who had announced Gu Jiuge into the palace, things would be easy to do. But now, except for Gu Shuyuan's words, no one has seen Gu Jiuge enter the palace, and things are becoming more and more difficult.
"Your Majesty! Please forgive the old minister for trespassing, the minister thought that Concubine Zhen Niangniang summoned the little girl into the palace, and asked His Majesty to be gracious and allow the old minister to ask to see Concubine Zhen. Gu Shuyuan raised his head and said in a deep voice, he thought about it all night last night, Gu Jiuge rarely entered the palace, and it was impossible to have a grudge with the nobles in the palace, if he really said that there was a grudge, then there would only be Concubine Zhen, the sister of the Jiang family.
"How sure is Aiqing?" Mu Yao listened to the deep question, and his tone was already dyed with a slight anger.
Gu Shuyuan suspected Concubine Zhen without evidence, Mu Yao was naturally a little unhappy.
Gu Shuyuan has been following Mu Yao for so many years, how could he not hear that his tone was wrong, but for the sake of Gu Jiuge, he really couldn't care about anything, "Your Majesty, the old minister is nine points sure." ”
Seeing what he said so confidently, Mu Yao couldn't help but take a deep breath and put down the pen in his hand.
"That's it, let's go with me."
Seeing this, Gu Shuyuan hurriedly followed.
At that time, in the Yuyun Palace, Concubine Zhen had just had breakfast and was playing with the piano that she hadn't touched for a long time in front of the bookcase. A slender hand slices across the strings, and the sound of the piano flows out.
"I haven't heard my concubine caress the piano for a long time, but today there is Yaxing." At the end of the song, Mu Yao stroked his palm. Concubine Zhen was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurriedly got up to greet her.
"Your Majesty, why are you here, why is no one informed?" Concubine Zhen took Mu Yao's arm and walked to the chaise longue and sat down, and when she turned her head slightly, she saw Gu Shuyuan standing outside the door, her brows furrowed slightly, but after a while, she relaxed.
"It's really a rare guest, how could Gu Xiang come to the Yunyun Palace in this palace. Ziyue, please come in and give you tea. Concubine Zhen said very gently, not seeing the slightest mistake at all.
Gu Shuyuan walked in when he heard this, and Ziyue reached out to welcome him to sit down, but he didn't seem to see it.
"Concubine Zhen, it's been a day and a night now, if you have nothing to do, please release the little girl." Gu Shuyuan looked at her and arched his hand and said, his eyebrows and eyes were low, his voice was cold, and he obviously had no patience.
For a day and a night, he didn't dare to imagine where Gu Jiuge was and whether he had been abused.
Concubine Zhen's heart moved when she heard this, but in a moment she returned to her former gentle and dignified appearance, "What does Gu Xiang mean by this?" Could it be that Miss Gu is missing? But how could Gu Xiang misunderstand that Miss Gu was in the palace of this palace? ”
Concubine Zhen asked a few questions in a row, but Gu Shuyuan frowned.
"Concubine Zhen, the little girl was summoned to the palace at three o'clock yesterday and has not returned until now. The little girl has never had a relationship with the nobles in the palace, so ......" Gu Shuyuan said it all, but the meaning couldn't be more obvious.
The corners of Concubine Zhen's mouth sank when she heard this.
"Gu Xiang thinks that the palace detained Miss Gu in the palace?" Concubine Zhen asked in a loud voice, perhaps because of her excitement, her voice sounded a little sharp, not at all as gentle and dignified as Fang Cai.
"Concubine Zhen! That's all the minister's words, please don't be embarrassed by Concubine Zhen, no matter what the mother has, she should finish asking for a day and a night! Gu Shuyuan also raised his voice. Said impatiently.
"Enough! Except for seeing Miss Gu at the queen's reception banquet that day, the palace has not seen her so far. Now that she is gone, how can Gu Xiang blame the head of this palace? It's ridiculous! Concubine Zhen said coldly, with anger on her face, but a sneer in her heart.
As long as she bites to death and has never seen Gu Jiuge, let him Gu Shuyuan's ability be monstrous, what can she do?