First, he grew up in the palace since he was a child and is very familiar with the terrain in the palace, and second, he is familiar with the time of the changing of the guard in the palace, so he can avoid the eyes and ears of most people and not be discovered.

And at this moment, in the Qianqing Palace, Gu Ruoxi's enthusiasm for Concubine Jing was overwhelming.

"Second Miss Gu, are these things not to your taste?" Concubine Jing looked at Gu Ruoxi in frustration and said, "Or do you not want to give me this face at all?" "With Ji Bean technique.

When Gu Ruoxi heard this, he looked down at the food in front of him, which was almost piled up on a hill, and the wine glasses that were full, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

She is studying medicine, how can she not see that someone has drugged this pastry? It's not poison, but if she eats it, she'll definitely fall asleep like drunk!

Will she be able to fall asleep in this palace? Isn't this putting your wealth and life in the hands of someone else?

But Concubine Jing persuaded her enthusiastically, she didn't want to give her face, but it was really difficult for her to say those things.

"Concubine Jing Niangniang, Ruoxi has had a stomach discomfort for the past two days, and the doctor said that you can't eat these greasy things, and please forgive me." Gu Ruoxi smiled slightly and said.

"Stomach upset?" At this moment, the emperor sitting at the top suddenly asked.

Gu Ruoxi was stunned for a moment, and nodded hurriedly.

The emperor smiled slightly, turned his head to the father-in-law on the side and ordered: "You go to the imperial dining room and ask the imperial chef to make a bowl of bird's nest porridge for Xi'er, remember, it will take a long time." ”

"Yes! Emperor! Gao Gonggong answered, turned around and retreated with a smile.

"No need!" As soon as Gu Ruoxi refused, there was no longer a figure of Gao Gonggong in front of her, and she couldn't help but feel depressed.

The emperor glanced at her with a smile and said, "Xi'er, you are unwell, you should enjoy these treatments, you don't have to blame yourself." ”

Now, the gaze he looked at Gu Ruoxi no longer had the kindness he had before, although his tone was still as gentle as before. But the look in his eyes changed.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Gu Ruoxi smiled reluctantly and said.

This kind of place, especially in the face of such an emperor, she is really living like a year, all around her are the emperor's concubines, and there are one or two princesses who are less than ten years old, Gu Ruoxi really doesn't know whether the emperor is deliberate or deliberate.

She wanted to leave!

"It's just the daughter of a foreign minister, why should she enjoy such treatment? Even the real princess has never been so cold and warm as the emperor! ”

"Shhhh Be quiet! It's not good to be heard by the emperor! ”

At this moment, someone behind her whispered in a voice as low as a mosquito.

Gu Ruoxi was speechless for a while.

When she is rare this kind of treatment!

As soon as she raised her head, she saw that the emperor happened to turn his gaze to this direction.

The eyes were very gentle.

Gu Ruoxi's heart was shocked, and he immediately lowered his head.

Time passed slowly, the singing and dancing in the center of the hall continued, and the emperor was still chatting with the concubines sitting beside him, and the interest seemed very high.

It seems that for a while, this palace banquet will not be dissolved for a while.

Gu Ruoxi silently calculated the time in her heart, and she was also racking her brains to save herself.

She can't always rely on Xuanyuan Jingxi, can she?

After a while, Grandpa Gao personally walked into the main hall with a bowl of steaming bird's nest porridge and brought it directly to Gu Ruoxi.

"Second Miss, the porridge is ready, you can taste it." Father-in-law Gao put down the porridge and said with a smile.

The chief eunuch beside the emperor personally served her porridge, what an honor!

But this glory, Gu Ruoxi would rather not!

"Thank you, father-in-law." She whispered.

"Girl, don't thank the slave, the person you should thank is the emperor." Gonggong Gao looked at Gu Ruoxi and smiled meaningfully, and then turned back to the emperor's side.

Gu Ruoxi looked down at the porridge in front of him, it was fragrant and crystalline, it was indeed a porridge that had been boiled for a long time.

Moreover, there is not a trace of abnormal smell.

"Second Miss Gu, this is the emperor's wish, drink it while it's hot!" Concubine Jing on the side began to persuade Gu Ruoxi enthusiastically again.

"The courtiers know." Gu Ruoxi turned her head, smiled at Concubine Jing reluctantly, and then slowly picked up the spoon.

The Emperor, who was sitting at the top, turned his head and glanced this way.

In front of everyone's eyes, Gu Ruoxi has no way out, after all, this is what the emperor specially ordered to do for her!

Does she dare to refuse? That is disrespect!

Gu Ruoxi lowered his eyes, slowly stirred the porridge in the bowl, and said, "It's a little hot, dry it before drinking." ”

"Really?" When Concubine Jing heard this, she immediately stretched out her hand to probe the edge of the bowl, and said suspiciously: "It's not hot!" The temperature is just right. Saying that, she smiled at Gu Ruoxi and said, "Second Miss must feel embarrassed to eat in front of so many people." It doesn't matter, if you eat boldly, no one will dare to say anything about you. As she spoke, she raised her head and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, why did the singing and dancing stop?" Tell them to continue! Otherwise, Miss Gu Er can't eat it! ”

Her slightly coquettish tone immediately provoked the emperor to laugh, he waved his big hand, and the stopped singing and dancing continued, and the hall was full of silk and bamboo music, but for the concubines who had been listening to it for several hours, it was no less than a lullaby.

"Second Miss, eat quickly! Otherwise, it's cold! Concubine Jing spared no effort to persuade her.

"Okay." Gu Ruoxi sighed, knowing that there was this person, she couldn't hide if she wanted to.

A hint of joy appeared on Concubine Jing's face.

Gu Ruoxi slowly scooped up a spoonful of porridge and ate it under her gaze, but immediately put down the spoon, covered her mouth with a handkerchief and coughed gently.

"Second Miss Gu, what's wrong with you?" Concubine Jing was immediately shocked and hurriedly asked.

Gu Ruoxi put down the handkerchief and gasped: "It's nothing, it's just choking." ”

When Concubine Jing heard this, she lowered her head and glanced at the handkerchief in Gu Ruoxi's hand, and when she saw that it was clean, she immediately relieved herself.

It's good to eat something.

Gu Ruoxi only ate a spoonful and put it down.

But the strange thing is that Concubine Jing has stopped persuading. She turned her head and watched the song and dance intently, as if she had never seen it in her life.

Gu Ruoxi sat beside her upright, and quietly squeezed the handkerchief in her hand.

Just now, she really didn't spit the porridge she ate on the handkerchief, but on the handkerchief. But it was a few pills she had prepared earlier.

Since she was going to break into the Longtan Tiger Cave, how could she not prepare at all?

Love drugs, ecstasy, anesthetics, these are all possible, as early as before entering the palace, Gu Ruoxi had anticipated this possibility, so she prepared the antidote one by one, but what was put in the bowl of porridge brought by Gao Gonggong, Gu Ruoxi didn't know, just now, she swallowed all those antidotes while covering her mouth with a handkerchief.

What are the consequences of doing so? Gu Ruoxi didn't think about it, she only knew that she must not fall today!

After another while, the emperor's eyes looked over to this side again.

Gu Ruoxi's heart sank.

"But the porridge is not to your liking? Someone! Make another bowl of bird's nest porridge for the second lady! The emperor commanded lightly.

"No need! Emperor! Gu Ruoxi stood up suddenly, because of the urgency of getting up, her face was a little red, but in the emperor's eyes it was extremely beautiful, and his breathing couldn't help but become heavy.

"Why is that?" The Emperor asked in a deep voice.

Gu Ruoxi gritted her teeth and said, "Thank you for your concern, the courtiers are not hungry." Nor thirsty. ”

When the emperor heard this, his eyes fell on the coffee table in front of Gu Ruoxi, and he glanced at it lightly and then withdrew his gaze: "Jinye Hou taught you really well!" When I entered the palace, I didn't eat any dishes, I didn't drink tea or alcohol. Second Miss, when you go back, your father asks you what you have eaten in the palace, how do you answer him? ”

He had made up his mind, Gu Ruoxi would never give up if he didn't eat.

When Gu Ruoxi heard this, he only felt that there was an anger in his heart that gradually rose, not to bully people like this! She's been putting up with it for a long time!

"The emperor, the courtiers, the courtiers......" In the face of such a question, she didn't know how to explain it at all.

The emperor looked at her quietly, and finally said: "If you don't want to eat it, forget it, I don't think it's to your liking."

Sit down! As he spoke, he quietly gave Concubine Jing a look.

"Emperor Xie!" Gu Ruoxi thanked him and sat down slowly. There was finally a sigh of relief on his face.

At this moment, she suddenly heard the Jing Concubine beside her let out an oops! Immediately after, Gu Ruoxi felt a hot feeling coming from her arm next to Concubine Jing. She turned her head sideways, and saw that the tea in Concubine Jing's hand had almost spilled half of her sleeve.

"Oops! I'm sorry! Concubine Jing glanced at Gu Ruoxi with a panicked expression, reached out and touched her wet sleeves, and said busily: "Second Miss, the concubine will take you to my palace to change your clothes!" If you do this, you're going to catch a cold. ”

Thousands of precautions, dark and cheap are difficult to prevent!

There were 10,000 grass and mud horses galloping past in Gu Ruoxi's heart, why did she forget? This is the Royal Palace! The woman sitting next to her is a concubine, where there are women, there is a plot, she only cares about being drugged, why did she forget to prevent this?

"Concubine Jing, what's going on?" At this time, the emperor sitting at the top couldn't help but ask, although he had a straight face. But Concubine Jing could still see a hint of excitement in his eyes.

"Back to the emperor, it was the concubine who accidentally spilled tea on the sleeve of Miss Gu Er." Concubine Jing repeatedly accused: "The concubine will take her down to change her clothes!" ”

"Why can't you be careful?" When the emperor heard this, he couldn't help sighing, but he didn't reproach Concubine Jing, but said, "Since that's the case, why don't you hurry up and take Xi'er to change clothes?" If she really freezes, I only ask you! ”

"Yes! Emperor! The concubines obeyed! I will definitely take good care of Miss Gu Er! Concubine Jing said, and immediately turned her head to Gu Ruoxi, who was beside her with a vegetable-colored face, and said softly: "Second Miss, please come with the concubine!" ”

"Don't bother! It's just that I spilled some tea, and I wore a lot of clothes, but I didn't get soaked, so I didn't get in the way. Gu Ruoxi refused again and again.

Concubine Jing raised her eyebrows, half threatening and half joking: "Second Miss Gu, how can this work?" It's freezing outside, you're just recovering from a serious illness, but you can't freeze! Besides, the emperor has given orders, so don't embarrass the concubines for the second lady, right? ”

When Gu Ruoxi heard this, he turned his head to look at the emperor, but saw that he had already looked sideways to both sides, and he didn't look this way at all.

It seems that he has made up his mind to go to the Jing Concubine Palace to change his clothes.

At this moment, everyone's eyes in the hall were looking this way.

Gu Ruoxi had no choice but to decide to take one step at a time and adapt to the situation.

She nodded, and finally stood up.

Concubine Jing was overjoyed, and hurriedly reached out to hold Gu Ruoxi's hand, and said with a smile: "Second Miss, please come with the concubine!" I've made a couple of new clothes there, and I'll give you a few when the time comes! ”

There are so many people in this hall, but Concubine Jing is pulling Gu Ruoxi to talk like no one else, and she doesn't seem to mind at all. Lucky to serve garbage.

What's even more strange is that the emperor didn't make any comments on this, she just frowned and said, "Concubine Jing, don't be long-winded!" Hurry up! Xi'er's body is good, and she can't stand the cold! If she gets sick when she turns around, I won't punish you heavily! ”

"The concubine obeys!" When Concubine Jing heard this, she hurriedly nodded and agreed, and pulled Gu Ruoxi out of the main hall.

Several eunuchs and palace people immediately surrounded each other on both sides and said, "Concubine Jing, the minions will send you back to the palace!" ”

"Then you won't lead the way?" Concubine Jing smiled slightly, and smiled at Gu Ruoxi: "Second Miss, let's go?" ”

Gu Ruoxi glanced down at her right hand that was tightly held by Concubine Jing, she struggled slightly, but she couldn't break free.

"Concubine Jing, I can't run again, what are you doing with such a tight grip?" Gu Ruoxi said in a cold voice.

When Concubine Jing heard this, she smiled slightly, let go of the hand holding Gu Ruoxi, smiled, and said, "I'm sorry, I'm too nervous, Miss Gu Er, please?" ”

Gu Ruoxi looked at the palace people on both sides, nodded and walked out, and Concubine Jing followed her closely.

The emperor estimated the time and felt that it was almost over, so he waved his hand to let everyone retreat, and the banquet finally dispersed.

Just after a stick of incense after Gu Ruoxi left.

"Father-in-law Gao, follow me to the Changqiu Hall of Jing Concubine!" When everyone had retreated, the Emperor rose from his chair, his hands and feet moving, his eyes shining with great interest.

When Gonggong Gao heard this, his expression froze, and he hurriedly replied: "Yes!" Emperor! ”

"But you say, did we slip through quietly? Or is it a bright past? When Gonggong Gao was changing the emperor's clothes, he heard this hesitant question. He immediately replied: "Back to the emperor, you go to your concubine's bedroom, this is a fair and righteous thing, no one can say a word!" Why sneak into the past? ”

"You're right! The Changqiu Palace is my concubine's bedroom, so I naturally go there! The emperor immediately said with great interest: "Tell them to prepare the chariot!" Go to the Changqiu Hall now! ”

"Slaves obey!" Gao Gonggong bowed his head and answered.

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In the Changqiu Palace, Concubine Jing ordered the servants to take out a number of beautiful clothes and put them on the main hall for Gu Ruoxi to admire, she knew that the emperor's speed was not so fast, so she immediately delayed the time and said: "Second Miss Gu, look, are you still satisfied with these clothes?" ”

"Niangniang, when the courtiers enter the palace, they bring their own clothes, your clothes are extremely luxurious, they are specially made for you by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the courtiers don't have the courage to wear your clothes." Gu Ruoxi said lightly: "It's better to ask my mother to order someone to take me to the guest room, and change my clothes earlier." ”

"Second Miss, what are you anxious about? Since I said I wanted to give you clothes, I must give them! Concubine Jing smiled slightly and said, "Could it be that you think what I said in front of so many people in the Qianqing Palace is empty words?" ”

Gu Ruoxi really didn't want to be too polite with Concubine Jing, and when she looked at it

slipped away little by little, and she said helplessly: "Niangniang, your kind courtiers have a heart, but these courtiers will definitely not wear them, the sleeves of this dress are already wet, so hurry up and take me to change clothes!" The courtier's arm still has an old disease, and she can't stand the cold for a long time. ”

"Old diseases? What old ailments? When Concubine Jing heard this, her eyes flashed, and she looked at Gu Ruoxi and said, "Why have I never heard of it?" Could it be, you're lying, aren't you? ”

Gu Ruoxi was really lazy to say much, and when he heard this, he rolled up the sleeve of his right hand.

When she landed, an arm covered with dense red bumps appeared in front of Jing Concubine. She screamed in fright.

"W-what's going on?" Concubine Jing asked incoherently.

Gu Ruoxi put down the sleeves on his hand and said indifferently: "I have fallen into the water twice, soaked in the water for a long time, although I will not die, but the root of the disease has fallen on my arm, as long as I soak in water, these red dots will appear." scared Concubine Jing Niangniang, I really couldn't help it. ”

"This is clearly a symptom of smallpox!" The palace maid beside Concubine Jing shouted violently.

Rather believe it than believe it, Jing Concubine took a few steps back, and no longer dared to stop Gu Ruoxi, and hurriedly shouted: "Someone!" Take Miss Gu Er to the guest room to change clothes! ”

"Yes! Empress! "Although the palace people responded, none of them dared to approach Gu Ruoxi's side.

Gu Ruoxi smiled at the corner of her mouth, and went to the apse with the palace people.

These red rashes on her arms came at such a good time!

She never imagined that she would escape because of this.

Concubine Jing waited for her to leave, and immediately ordered someone to tell the emperor the news.

It's horrible! If this second lady of the Gu family really had plague or smallpox, then she ......

Concubine Jing almost vomited! She remembered that when she was in the Qianqing Palace, she had been sitting beside the second young lady of the Gu family for several hours, and she had been talking to her......

But it's also possible that these are just plain erythema. In extreme fear, Concubine Jing suddenly thought.

At this moment, a palace maid beside her suddenly wondered: "Strange, hasn't she already drunk that porridge?" Why hasn't there been a response at this time? ”

(End of chapter)