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"How long will the emperor go to pray for blessings? Or did you not mention it? Gu Qingwan wanted to know if the emperor still wanted Concubine De to return to Gong Zheng
The sixth son frowned and thought carefully for a while, and then said: "The emperor's edict did not mention when Concubine De would come back, but just went to pray for blessings." β
When Gu Qingwan heard this, her heart immediately settled, if there was no accident, this Concubine De was afraid that she would not be able to come back in the future.
Then she thought that this June 6 was the day when every family cleaned things, and the emperor was good, and he removed Concubine De from the palace as garbage on this day, which was really enough to spare.
The so-called family has a prodigy, if there is a treasure. And Gu Qingwan didn't feel that her sixth brother was that treasure at all, and the Liu family came to the palace to see her again this day.
The Liu family has entered the palace three or four times since he was born in Allure, and in Gu Qingwan's case, the family can enter the palace once a month. Obviously, the number of times the Liu family enters the palace exceeds the frequency of once a month, although she also wants to be with the Liu family, but every time she sees the Liu family holding the high-minded appearance of Allure, Gu Qingwan just goes with her.
"The eldest princess has really grown up, but she is much heavier than the last time I hugged her." Liu Shi hugged Allure and said to Gu Qingwan with a smile on his face.
Gu Qingwan was also worried when she thought about it, Allure was raised by her too well, and she became a fat girl, even Shao Ye was surprised when she hugged her.
"But no, when the previous emperor hugged her, she was heavier than the third prince, and I didn't dare to let the nurse feed her too much." Gu Qingwan said to Liu a little coquettishly, after all, Liu is also a mother who has given birth to three children.
Liu immediately disagreed: "It's a blessing that this child can eat, you are heavier than your sixth brother when you hold it, and you will slowly lose weight later." β
Gu Qingwan was choked by Liu's words, but she smiled at Liu with a high chest, which made Liu happy again.
"Your sister-in-law is about to give birth to a second one, and you also gave birth to the eldest princess, but your sixth brother is not even married." In the end, the Liu family still feels sorry for his son, this Gu Qingyang is seventeen years old this year, and at his age, Gu Zhongyan has the eldest son Gu Qingzong.
Gu Qingwan naturally knew that the ancients got married too early, and these seventeen unmarried men would become leftover men. But there are really few people that the Gu family can choose in this capital, and Gu Zhongyan will not marry the dignitaries in order to avoid suspicion.
The Liu family wanted to choose among the Qing nobles, but there were not many women of the right age with Gu Qingyang. Even after many inquiries, Liu was also a little dissatisfied.
Gu Qingwan knew that the Liu family was worried, so she said: "The sixth brother is not the eldest son in the family, so you don't need to be as fine as choosing the eldest daughter-in-law, the so-called no one is perfect, the most important thing is to be suitable for the sixth brother." β
At this time, Allure reached out to pull the necklace around Liu's neck, and Gu Qingwan immediately asked Yurong to hold Allure away. I don't know when she developed a bad habit, she saw that this chain-like thing was going to be pulled, Gu Qingwan had a pearl necklace that was torn by her before.
That day, Gu Qingwan was about to teach her a good lesson, but just after a few sentences, Shao Ye came in, and when she saw Allure's face wrinkled into a bun, she was distressed. After Gu Qingwan settled the matter, people didn't care and said: "I think it's a big deal, it's just a pearl necklace, and I will reward you with another one." β
So Gu Qingwan also wanted to bluff her face and teach her a lesson at this time, and Liu Shi hurriedly stopped her and said: "The eldest princess is a golden branch and jade leaf, how can Niangniang reprimand it at will, it's just a necklace, and it's not a big deal for me to give it to the eldest princess." β
Gu Qingwan was stunned for a while, and there was a burst of grief and indignation in her heart, could it be that she couldn't educate her buns?
After the conversation, Liu Shi seemed to remember something and said, "I heard your father mention that he plans to let your sixth brother go down next year." β
"How could my father be willing to let the sixth brother go?" This imperial examination was extremely important to ancient aristocratic men, Gu Zhongyan was born as a second-class jinshi, and Gu Qingzong was detained by him until he was twenty-two years old before taking the examination.
Liu Shi paused, with hesitation in his eyes, and then said: "I listened to your father's meaning, but the emperor wants your sixth brother to end." Most of the last two examinations are from poor students, that is, the top three in these two sessions, but there is no official child. β
Although the ancients often taught women not to ask about political affairs, if the noblewomen in Beijing really don't know what is going on outside the window, then the first ones to stop doing it are the husbands of the noblewomen.
Gu Qingwan knew at this time that the emperor planned to let Gu Qingyang be the star representative among the children of the nobles, but this expectation was really too high. She has only listened to the name of Gu Qingyang, a prodigy, but she doesn't know if he is worthy of his name.
For the aristocratic boy in Beijing, the most important thing is the royal polo match in July. Since the prince of Zhennan was in Beijing this year, the emperor expanded the scale of this polo match.
And during the final finals, the emperor and queen will join hands with the polo field. And the emperor also personally promised to give the winner a reward, the emperor used the bow and arrow, this bow is made by the Lei family, a family of Dayan weapons, the bow and arrow are exquisite and durable, that is, the meaning is also different. This is the bow and arrow used by Emperor Taizu.
This time, the red team was led by Gu Qingyang and King Alcohol, while the blue team was led by the prince of Zhennan and the queen's brother Zhang Shijie.
Gu Qingwan was really shocked when she heard this lineup, this can be regarded as an aristocratic all-star lineup.
On the day of the polo match, the emperor led the queen and a few people from the harem to the polo field, and the mighty royal guard of honor showed the dignity and unreachable distance.
Gu Qingwan sat high on the stands, because there were so many people coming today, except for the queen, the concubines all pulled up white light veils in front of their seats. Gu Qingwan looked at this light yarn and was depressed again, how could she watch the game.
The Gurao competition always has complicated ceremonies, and what puzzled Gu Qingwan the most was why huge drums were placed on both sides of the stands. But when it came time to the competition, she realized that it was originally for refueling.
I think that during the Beijing Olympics that year, Li Na immediately shut up and went back because the audience was not in place. But now this is good, for a while, there were really cheers and drums on the field.
Concubine Shu next to her smiled, and suddenly turned her head to Gu Qingwan and said, "I see that Gu Liuye's polo is really good, I think this year's leader must be in Liuye's bag." β
The corners of Gu Qingwan's mouth twitched, and she inadvertently saw the queen's unnatural expression, and she suddenly remembered that there was also the queen's own brother in this scene. No wonder this concubine wants to be like this, it turns out that she wants to provoke her relationship with the queen.
However, Concubine Shu really wasted her efforts, because the relationship between the queen and her really doesn't need to be provoked anymore.
And at this moment, Gu Qingyang made a beautiful sideways turn and hit the ball directly into the opponent's door. And Zhang Shijie rode his horse to stand on the other side of him, and the polo bat raised high in his hand smashed into Gu Qingyang's back after the ball entered the goal.
For a while, there was chaos on the field, and the two teams that almost killed the red eye did not give in to each other, and the alcohol king even waved the polo stick impulsively to give Zhang Shijie a stick.
Gu Qingwan watched a little speechless as the movement evolved into a full martial arts, and then under the coordination of the referee, they finally separated. However, the more the two teams got to the back, the more over-the-top the action became, while Shao Ye kept smiling and sitting on the high seat, without any intention of stopping him.
Even Gu Qingwan secretly thought that the emperor wouldn't be thinking about letting King Alcohol or anyone mess with the stick to kill the prince of Zhennan.
The competition was only half an hour, Gu Qingwan felt like half a long, and in the end, when she watched Gu Qingyang limp to accept the reward from the emperor's hand, she really felt uncomfortable. Probably in the world of men, toughness is their way of survival.
After watching polo for a long time, she immediately lay down tired when she returned to the palace. When she was in a daze, she heard someone next to her calling her all the time.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Hongxi calling herself, and Yurong, Shui Bi and Liuzi were all standing next to her. She asked in a daze, "Auntie, what time is it now?" β
"Master, the sixth young man fell off his horse, and now the imperial doctor has rushed over."
"Oh," Gu Qingwan hadn't fully woken up from her sleep, and only replied flatly.
Then this sentence was like an electric current, which instantly drove away all the confusion in her mind, leaving only Qingming, six, less, from, horse, up, fall, down, these seven words slowly filled the whole thought.
She turned her head suddenly, her eyes instantly became sharp, and even her voice took on a bit of fierceness, "What are you doing?" β
Hongxi couldn't bear to look at her, and immediately comforted: "The slave maid just listened to the news from the Tai Hospital, it was the sixth young man who drank some wine and fell off the horse on the way home. β
Gu Qingwan immediately lifted the quilt and pulled her shoes down, and Yurong immediately stepped forward to dissuade her: "Master, you just have to rest assured, the sixth young man will definitely not be bad, I think it's just a fall." β
"Is it just that you need to call a doctor if you fall and get injured?" Gu Qingwan burst into tears, even she felt strange, obviously she didn't want to cry, but the tears flowed down so naturally.
And then her chest was stuffy, her nose was sore, and she was about to explode, but her heartbeat was jumping to an unprecedented amplitude. Gu Qingwan stood there, brushing her palm over her chest and muttering, "If he's going to die, he's going to be bad, I can feel it." β
Gu Qingwan suddenly turned to look at Yurong behind her, who was about to stop her, and said with a desperate expression on her face: "I can really feel his, Yurong, he is going to die." β
At this moment, Gu Qingwan found a sense of belonging that she had never felt before, she had never regarded herself as a person here, but such despair and sadness made her understand that Gu Qingwan was actually her, she was Gu Qingwan.
The soul has changed, but the body is still there, and the life in the same mother's common conception tells each other with the most sensitive sense at the most critical time that I am not good.
Today, Shao Ye was already in Fengyi Palace, but after listening to Gong Ruhai's report, he immediately sent the imperial doctor to the Gu family, but the news from there made him feel at ease.
It is impossible for Gu Qingwan not to know about such a big thing, so Shao Ye can't do it in this Fengyi Palace. The queen looked at the emperor and said, "What's wrong with the emperor, but there is something wrong with the previous dynasty?" β
Shao Ye turned his head to look at the queen's concerned face, and immediately continued: "Yes, I suddenly remembered an urgent report from the border gate, I haven't read it yet, I will go back today, and come to see the queen another day?" β
The queen sneered in her heart, she naturally knew where the emperor was going, but she was very dignified and generous on her face, and she seemed to have no doubt about the emperor's words. I only heard her concern: "If the emperor just goes because there is something in the previous dynasty, the concubines are fine, after all, the court affairs must be the first." β
Shao Ye was quite pleased: "The emperor is really virtuous and generous, and he is really a model of the harem. β
After finishing him, he was about to get up and leave, but the queen took two steps forward to tidy up Shao Ye's clothes and watched him leave.
Mama Sun beside her said quite unwillingly: "It's hard for Niangniang to let the emperor go like this, what happened in the previous dynasty, it's just that I want to go to Changle Palace to see that fox." β
Since Gu Qingwan gave birth to Allure, Shao Ye's partiality towards her has been frank and unintentional, and she will go every once in a while, and the reward she gets is no less than that of Fengyi Palace.
No wonder this grandmother is full of resentment when she mentions her now, but the queen is quite indifferent, only to see that her face has a light expression, and said, "But let her be arrogant for two more days." β
When Shao Ye arrived at Changle Palace, he saw Gu Qingwan sitting paralyzed in the middle of the inner room, and Hongxi and the others were helping her to the bed.
Gu Qingwan seemed to have eased up at this time, she was too shocked just now, and at that moment she really felt that her heartbeat and Gu Qingyang's heartbeat were at the same frequency.
So after Shao Ye just came in, she struggled to get up, Shao Ye walked a few steps to support her, and said a little worriedly: "Since you are sick, you are lying on the bed, how can you be so unsure of caring for yourself?" β
Of course, Shao Ye knew what she was thinking, but now that the situation was unclear, it was impossible for him to let Gu Qingwan out of the palace.
Gu Qingwan grabbed Shao Ye's arm tightly, and her voice was pleading with a hint of pleading: "Your Majesty, I want to go back to see the sixth brother, you let me go back." β
Shao Ye looked at the people around him, and saw that Gong Ruhai had taken out all the irrelevant people, and the people who stayed to serve were all henchmen. He secretly lowered his voice and said: "Now the Gu Mansion must be in chaos, if you go back now, it will just add to the chaos, it is better to wait for the situation to stabilize tomorrow, and it is not too late for you to go again." β
"Are you my sixth brother?" Gu Qingwan was a little unconvinced.
Shao Ye's face was gentle, he took her in his arms and comforted her softly.
And this night was destined to be unstable, because before the storm, even the air was unconsciously commotion.
Originally, Gu Qingyang was a popular figure in the circle of dignitaries, and his friends on weekdays were all aristocratic teenagers. So the situation in his family is also clear to everyone.
Gu Qingwan was originally determined to leave the palace, but she was told that Gu Qingyang had been rescued and returned, but he fell into a coma, and even the imperial doctor didn't know when he would wake up.
Hearing the news that Liuzi had inquired about coming back, Gu Qingwan almost fainted again. In the past few days, her body has become worse and worse, remembering that Liu unintentionally mentioned Gu Qingyang's abdominal pain when she gave birth last time, even Gu Qingwan began to wonder if she really had telepathy with Gu Qingyang.
If she used to scoff at it, she would have thought it was just a fallacy, but now even the soul crossing thing exists, and even if there is this telepathy, it is not known.
Gu Qingwan's body shook, and Yurong supported her in time and helped her to the soft couch. Gu Qingwan hadn't seen Allure for a few days, because when she wanted to hug Allure a few days ago, she almost threw the child out as soon as her arm was weak.
Since July, the rainy season in Jiangnan has also begun, but recently the capital has been very different from previous years. Because the capital is located in the north, there has not been much rain in previous years.
But Gu Qingwan looked at the pouring rain outside the window, but she was worried. When people are worried, they always think crankily, and she is afraid that her sixth brother will leave after the rain stops.
It rained heavily for seven days, and the heavy rain that had not been seen in decades had already washed away many houses, and I heard that many fertile fields had been flooded by the heavy rains, and the seeds that had just been planted were about to be destroyed. However, this heavy rain did not stop at all, that is, even the rainfall was higher and higher day by day.
When there was a vision, the ancients were very worried. At this time, there was a terrifying rumor circulating in Beijing, and the rumor itself was sixteen characters, a false phoenix and a fake phoenix, sharing a life. When we reunite, disaster strikes.
Originally, Shao Ye didn't care about this, because just dealing with the disaster reported by Jing Zhao Yin every day was enough for him. But the rumors gradually led to the Gu family, and everyone said that the virtual phoenix and fake phoenix in this poem refer to the pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses of the Gu family.
And after Gu Qingyang fell off his horse a few days ago, he heard that the Burmese Niangniang in the palace was also ill. And Myanmar just came back from Jiangnan last year, but it was only a year, and such a big disaster happened in the originally peaceful capital.
All kinds of coincidences are in line with what the poem says, ignorant people have always believed in the master, and at this time, it is like lighting a drop of hot water in a hot oil pot, which is boiling so that Shao Ye can almost not parry.
There are even officials who fiercely demanded that Taichang Siqing open the hexagram and carefully calculate the eight characters of Myanmar and Gu Qingyang, and if it hinders the emperor, it should be decided.
The founding emperor of the Dayan Dynasty was just a figure in the market in his early years, although the previous dynasty was harshβ‘ but he did not have the slightest ambition to expose the great ambition of the uprising. And when he passed through Jingshan in the capital, he met a fairy-like figure in the Nayin Temple. I saw that the man simply calculated a hexagram, which pointed out the general trend in the future, and the life of the great grandfather was even more bluntly said to be unspeakable.
When Gu Qingwan first came to this dynasty, she had already read this history of the founding of the country, and at that time, she just laughed in her heart. Because this Taizu and Han Gaozu Liu Bang have the same thing, they were all gangsters in the market back then, and they also increased their aura on themselves when they could stay. Liu Bang himself is the son born to his mother and Zhenlong.
After Shao Ye saw this fold, he immediately fell out in anger, and Gong Ruhai immediately knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, don't take this vicious rumor to heart and fall for the traitor's poisonous scheme." β
Gong Ruhai completely denied the reliability of this rumor. Although the emperor is his only master, it was the Empress Dowager Duanzhang who picked him back then and asked him to serve the emperor to have today's Gong Ruhai. Although he is not, he does not dare to forget the grace of the Queen Mother. Therefore, at this time, both his words and actions are tilted towards the Gu family.
Shao Ye sneered: "These words are all about treating Qingwan and Qingyang to death, but I don't know when the dragon and phoenix fetus have become an ominous omen." If I don't check, won't I be toyed with by them and applauded? β
Just when the emperor was angry and wanted to thoroughly investigate where the rumors were spreading, the queen was unprecedentedly happy in this Fengyi Palace.
She listened to the news that Red Sleeves came back to report, with a happy expression on her face from beginning to end, and the armor cover in her hand was even higher chested and hit the armrest of the chair up and down.
After Redsleeves left, she couldn't help but chuckle, but then the laughter grew louder and louder.
"It's really even helping me," the expression on the emperor's face was a little distorted with joy, and she looked at Grandma Sun on the side and said happily: "Mama, you see that I am the real phoenix in this world, and even this old man is helping me except this slut, so I am the queen who should accept the order." β
Mama Sun looked at the queen, who was really different from usual, but she swallowed the words in her mouth. And Empress Zhang is obviously proud of the unexpectedly smooth plan for herself.
Since Myanmar gave birth to the eldest princess, I don't know if it's what she thinks in her heart or it's really like this, Queen Zhang only feels that the eyes of everyone in this palace looking at her have lost their former respect. Although Gu Qingwan was greeting her every day, the way she looked at her made her even more uncomfortable.
So on this day, she sent a letter out to invite her mother into the palace, and when Mrs. Zhang saw the queen, she immediately felt distressed and said: "How can Niangniang be so thin? β
The queen was a little tired, and even her voice was a little hoarse: "It's just that the days are getting warmer, and this appetite is a little poor." β
When Mrs. Zhang heard that her appetite was a little poor, her eyes flashed, and when she was about to ask, the queen first denied it: "It's not that I'm pregnant, my days ago just passed." β
The light in Mrs. Zhang's eyes disappeared in an instant like a meteor, and the unconcealable disappointment on her face pierced Empress Zhang's heart. Again and again, again and again, hope has already made her heart full of holes.
Mrs. Zhang still sighed and continued: "If you want Niangniang's body to be adjusted a long time ago, why can't you see good news?" β
Then she immediately lowered her voice and said, "I heard that Mrs. Xu Darao has also been infertile for many years, and I don't know what to do a few days ago, but she was pregnant for a month." β
When Empress Zhang heard this, she was even more desperate, she didn't want to discuss this matter with her mother anymore, because she really didn't have a little hope to face greater despair.