Chapter 59: A Late Night Visit
Gu Jiuge accompanied Mrs. Zhao for a long time, coaxed patiently, and finally sent her back. These things were originally grievances between her and the Jiang family, and she didn't want to involve the people of the Zhao family.
In the study, Gu Shuyuan pulled Gu Jiuge to look left and right for a long time, and only then did he relax after finding that she was fine. Mu Liang's secret room captivity flashed in his mind, and he broke out in a cold sweat.
This time, if it weren't for Mu Liang's help, he wouldn't have been able to find Gu Jiuge's body rotting in that secret room.
Gu Shuyuan raised his eyes and looked at Gu Jiuge's somewhat pale face, sighed lightly and said with some guilt: "Ge'er, it's Daddy's fault, he didn't protect you well and let you be wronged." ”
"Daddy, don't say that, Concubine Zhen is deeply loved by His Majesty, she is deliberately embarrassed for me this time, how can you let Daddy find me easily." Gu Jiuge held his hand and said with relief.
She had expected that Concubine Zhen suddenly announced that she had entered the palace because she was deliberately embarrassed, so she would explain to Huiqiu to find Mu Liang before entering the palace. Because it is the person who can come and go freely in the palace under the whole world, and can also deter Concubine Zhen, except for Mu Liang, there is no one else. Even Zhao Gao is respected by Mu Yao, but he is a courtier after all, if he insists on breaking into the palace, he will definitely tear his face with Mu Liang.
"By the way, this time it's really thanks to His Royal Highness King Liang,. Tomorrow Daddy will have a banquet for King Liang, and you have to thank them when the time comes. Gu Shuyuan nodded, and suddenly looked at Gu Jiuge as if he remembered something, and said.
Hearing this, a somewhat reluctant smile appeared on Gu Jiuge's face.
"The prince is very busy, I'm afraid I don't have time to come to the door."
Gu Shuyuan patted her head and said very dotingly: "These fathers will arrange it, you go back and rest quickly, just let the two girls go to the kitchen to cook whatever you want to eat." As for that vicious woman of the Jiang family, I will punish her severely! ”
"The Jiang family is backed by Concubine Zhen, if you do something to her, I am afraid that Concubine Zhen will not give up. In that case, it is better to have one less thing. Hengzhu's daughter is back safely now, and she will definitely pay attention to it in the future. Gu Jiuge shook his head, now is not the time to dispose of the Jiang family.
Since she wants to defeat the enemy, it is necessary to let her be completely defeated, and there will be no chance to turn over.
Gu Shuyuan couldn't help but show a distressed look on his face when he heard this, I don't know when it started, the girl who always dodged when she saw him in the past has now grown like this, with a good heart, not frightened, and broad-minded.
"If your mother saw you like this, she would be happy." Gu Shuyuan was overjoyed and had a trace of sadness, their daughter was now like a celestial being, but Zhao Ling could no longer see it.
At the mention of Zhao Lin, Gu Jiuge's eyes darkened, and he glanced down at the jade pendant on his waist, which was Zhao Lin's personal belonging, and Gu Jiuge never left his body. In this way, it is as if her mother is still by her side.
"Alright, let's go back and rest." Seeing that Gu Jiuge stopped talking, Gu Shuyuan only thought that she missed her deceased mother, for fear that she would get angry again and cause discomfort, so he ordered someone to send her back.
Gu Jiuge was also really tired, so he fell asleep when he returned to the Drinking Song Garden, and didn't wake up until around midnight at night. One of the two girls decocted medicine for her, and the other prepared porridge for her to nourish her stomach, when Gu Jiuge woke up, the room was very quiet.
She sat up on the edge of the bed, perhaps in order not to wake her up, only a candle was lit in the room, and it was placed far away on the table, and when she got to Gu Jiuge's side, there was only a faint light.
Suddenly, a slight sound came into Gu Jiuge's ears. Her back straightened, and she watched cautiously at the movement around her. Until the voice got closer and closer, Gu Jiuge hurriedly lay down and made a fake sleep, reached under the pillow with his left hand, and quietly held the dagger under the pillow.
Since his rebirth, Gu Jiuge has developed this habit, and he always has to put a self-defense under his pillow to fall asleep peacefully. Now that I see it, it's really coming in handy.
With a "squeak", the window was opened, and a cool breeze took the lead in, Gu Jiuge's bedside was facing the window, and he was blown cold by the cool breeze.
By the faint candlelight, Gu Jiuge could faintly see a black shadow coming in from outside the window, the martial arts of the person who came seemed to be excellent, and there was no sound at all when his feet fell to the ground, which showed that the light skill was extremely high.
The dark shadow approached, and the hand holding the dagger slowly tightened. Just as Gu Jiuge was about to make a move, a familiar fragrance lingered on the tip of his nose. Then, before she could react, she felt a pair of cold hands cover her forehead. I stopped for a long time until I felt warm.
Gu Jiuge's eyes were closed, and he still looked like he was sleeping.
"Still having a fever?" The person who came muttered in a low voice, reached out and wrung out the handkerchief in the wooden basin on the bedside stool, and put the movement on Gu Jiuge's forehead with a slightly jerky movement, repeating this several times.
At that moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door. The person made a move, turned over neatly and jumped out of the window, and carefully closed the window, after all, the wind was still a little cold at night.
The room returned to calm, Gu Jiuge opened his eyes, and took down the handkerchief on his head, which was no longer cold. As soon as I got up, my palm pressed to a bump. Gu Jiuge touched it, it was a piece of jade, very warm, as if it had a temperature, and it was very comfortable to hold in his hand.
"Miss, you're awake, drink the medicine quickly."
Huiqiu lit the candles in the room, walked to the bed with the freshly fried medicine, and Gu Jiuge stuffed the jade jue under the pillow.
Huiqiu lowered his eyes and saw the handkerchief that Gu Jiuge was holding in his hand, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and said, "Miss, what are you doing with the handkerchief in your hand?" ”
"I sweated a little when I fell asleep, wipe it." Gu Jiuge said without changing his face, if she knew that Fang Fang had only broken into someone, wouldn't she have to worry about death. Gu Jiuge easily escaped from the secret room, and she didn't want to listen to Huiqiu sitting next to her nagging anymore.
When Huiqiu heard this, he didn't suspect anything, and waited for Gu Jiuge to drink the medicine.
After drinking the medicine and eating some porridge to fill his stomach, there were calming herbs in the medicine, and after a while, Gu Jiuge fell asleep again. This sleep is a whole night.
Early the next morning, Gu Shuyuan ordered Gu Zhong to go to Liangwangfu to deliver the invitation. It turned out that Gu Jiuge thought that according to Mu Liang's temperament, he would not come, but who knew that around the end of the day, he really came.
What was even more unexpected for Gu Jiuge was that when Gu Zhong went to deliver the invitation, Xuan Lang happened to be in Muliang Mansion. Hearing that Gu Jiuge was unwell, he couldn't help but come over. He is the prince in the end, Gu Shuyuan naturally won't say anything.
In the main hall, Gu Shuyuan, Mu Liang and others were talking and laughing, and they were very harmonious. Because the Jiang mother and daughter made a mistake, Gu Shuyuan did not let them come out to accompany them. Gu Qingxue also refused to go out because of the scars on her face, but today's meal was quite smooth.
"Sister Gu, this hall heard that you are not feeling well, but is there a big problem?" Xuan Lang put down the chopsticks in his hand, looked at Gu Jiuge, who was sitting on the left, and asked softly. His handsome brow furrowed slightly, and his eyebrows were full of worry and pampering.
He was affectionate here, but Gu Jiuge didn't even raise his head, as if he hadn't heard him speak. Xuan Lang was hung by Gu Jiuge like this, and the atmosphere was embarrassing for a while.
Seeing this, Gu Shuyuan hurriedly helped to play the round, looked at Xuan Lang and said with a smile: "Ge'er is just infected with the wind and cold, nothing serious, and His Royal Highness Lao San is worried." ”
Xuan Lang smiled when he heard this.
"It's okay, Sister Gu is fine."
As soon as he said that, there was a dead silence at the dinner table.
"Lord, this glass of wine respects you. A thousand words, all in the wine. Gu Shuyuan personally poured a glass of wine for Mu Liang, looked at him and said very respectfully. Because of Xuan Lang's presence, it was inconvenient for him to say many things, but he knew that Mu Liang would definitely understand.
Mu Liang just nodded when he heard this, picked up the cup in front of him and drank it all, which was regarded as accepting his thanks.
Gu Jiuge raised his eyes when he heard this, and saw Mu Liang sitting precariously, with no expression fluctuating on his face, but his face was slightly red. Gu Jiuge looked at it, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook slightly, and he didn't know if it was caused by drinking a glass of wine just now.
As soon as Xuan Lang looked up, he saw Gu Jiuge looking at Mu Liang with a smile in his eyes, and a burst of anger suddenly rose in his heart. As a prince, he flattered Gu Jiuge in every way, but Gu Jiuge turned a blind eye to him. Thinking of this, Xuan Lang became more and more angry, and it became more and more difficult to suppress.
As if feeling Gu Jiuge's gaze, Mu Liang turned his hand slightly, his eyes met, and he teleported away. Mu Liang didn't know what he thought, and the red on his face deepened again. As if to hide something, he unconsciously picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it up.
When it was time for the third cup, Nantian suddenly stepped forward and pressed his hand.
"Lord Wang, you are not strong enough to drink." Nantian whispered with some concern, he had been by Mu Liang's side for a long time, and he was very clear about Mu Liang's habits.
Mu Liang has an unknown problem, that is, the amount of alcohol is extremely poor, and he will get drunk after three glasses. And Mu Liang after being drunk is really indescribable.
was reminded by Nantian like this, Mu Liang came to his senses, and he actually lost his mind and even forgot such an important thing.
When Gu Shuyuan heard this, he hurriedly ordered people to remove all the wine on the table.
"Gu Jiuge!"
While several people were talking and laughing, they suddenly heard an angry voice from outside the door. Several people in the room were stunned when they heard this, and Gu Jiuge frowned quietly.
She hadn't heard it in a long time.
"Gu Jiuge! You have such a vicious heart, you have poisoned my rouge, and I am disfigured, and I will kill you today! Gu Qingxue strode in, no matter who else was present in the house, staring at Gu Jiuge with her eyes and shouting.
In the past few days, she has been heartbroken and sad because of her disfigurement, and she has been closed. But today, I heard Gu Chiang Rai say that all this was given by Gu Jiuge. At the queen's reception banquet that day, Gu Jiuge deliberately used her hands and feet in the rouge in order to frame her and the Jiang family, and in order to make things go more smoothly, she poisoned Gu Qingxue's rouge, which caused her to become like this.
Gu Qingxue was already full of anger and had nowhere to vent, but now when she heard Gu Qinglai say this, her anger surged, and she rushed over like a headless fly.