The residual lotus in the autumn liquid pool was sparse, reflecting the dark sky, which made Su Ruhua's heart dim for no reason, she felt that she shouldn't go out, but she arrived here unconsciously, and it was too boring to go back like this.

Xiuwan didn't know what she was thinking, so she looked at the sky and said, "Miss, it's better for the slave to go back and get an umbrella, it's still fine when we go out, how can this be like this?" ”

"It's fine." Su Ruhui nodded, because the egret and the flying gull were still being punished, so the floating water was left in the Yutang Hall to look at them, Xiuwan walked a few steps, and turned around uneasily: "Miss, there is no one else around here, right?" ”

"The king of Chu's sea holly is small, how can there be such an unlucky thing?" Su Ruhui snorted.

Xiuwan hesitated for a moment, and finally turned back.

The Jiuqu Bridge on the Taiye Pond twists and turns, connected with a plum forest, now it is still in autumn, the plum tree has withered its leaves, the flowers have not yet appeared, looking from this side, only to see the rockery, Su Ruhui pondered for a moment, or walked along the Jiuqu Bridge.

It was the first time she had walked into this piece of Merlin, since the first month of the twenty-sixth year of Changtai, halfway through this bridge, and was involved in the incident of Huo Qinglian and Zhang Juan's fall into the lake, the girls in Renshou Palace didn't even come to the Taiye Pool much, let alone this piece of Merlin.

There is nothing to see at this time, but the rockery in the plum forest is very exquisite, Dayong is rich all over the world, and the imperial garden is carefully piled up by skilled craftsmen, even if it is a deserted corner, it has exhausted its ingenuity.

But the palace people who cleaned were still lazy after all, as soon as they stepped into the merlin, Su Ruhui found that the ground was full of thick fallen leaves, she frowned, reached out and lifted the hem of the light blue Luo skirt, but fortunately Luo skirt wore a pair of cowhide soap boots, only the soles of the boots were dirty.

Prince Gan Lin will meet in this kind of place?

Su Ruhui began to think that the note was Gan Pei's nonsense.

At this moment, there was a sound of dead leaves being trampled not far away, Su Ruhui raised her head, and saw the prince in purple clothes bowing slightly at him, with a gentle smile on the corner of his mouth: "Seeing that the sky has changed, I thought that Miss Su was inconvenient to come." ”

Su Ruhui noticed that he was using inconvenience instead of not wanting to, and couldn't help but ask: "The prince made an appointment in private, but he was sure that the courtiers would definitely go to the appointment?" ”

"The Su family has always been gracious." Gan Lin smiled and said, "Miss, please." ”

The prince said it so directly, Su Ruhui felt guilty: "It's thanks to the prince that I went to Lin Yuan." ”

"That's how it should be, you are Lone's future intimacy, Lone is by your side, how can you not make a move?" What Gan Lin said was taken for granted, but Su Ruhui lowered his face: "The prince said carefully, it is about the name of his daughter's family, how can the prince be so contemptuous?" ”

Gan Lin snorted slightly, at this time, the two of them had already walked to the depths of Merlin, in front of a stone table and stone bench, the tables and stools had been wiped, obviously Gan Lin had already prepared.

Su Ruhui didn't sit down, just stared at Gan Lin, Gan Lin looked calm, and said slowly: "Miss Su, there is no one around at the moment, why do you and I say such clichés?" ”

"The prince thought that he had drunk too much elsewhere, and the courtiers also strayed into this place, so he asked the prince to take care of himself, and the courtiers retired first!" Su Ru raised her eyebrows, bent down and saluted, and was about to leave, but her wrist tightened, but it was Gan Lin who grabbed her. Su Ruhui was not angry, but said lightly, "His Royal Highness the Prince, you are rude!" ”

Gan Lin said lightly: "Lone just wants to tell the truth to Miss." ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you speak with your mouth, not your hands." Su Ruhui was silent for a moment, brushed away the ganlin, and sat down on the stone bench.

"Lone knows that what you like is the King of Chu." Gan Lin sat down opposite her and said slowly.

Su Ruhui was not ashamed, but said, "What does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince want to say?" ”

"The thoughts of the imperial grandmother, I think you must also know it, all you can do is to allow you to be a side concubine, not a child."

"The prince just said that he knows that the courtiers like the king of Chu, so will he use the side concubines to impress the courtiers?" Su Ruhui burst out laughing, but Gan Lin didn't laugh, but said calmly: "Concubine Gu Xian is dying!" ”

Su Ruhui's face changed: "What? She quickly understood, "Is it because His Highness's wedding is approaching?" Ha! The Queen Mother was willing to give up a virtuous concubine? Could it be that the Empress Dowager Jingsu's maiden family is so unbearable? ”

Gan Lin said indifferently: "Concubine Xian has no heirs, and she is not very favored......

Su Ruhui listened quietly and said coldly: "Then His Highness's new son should also be surnamed Gu, right?" ”

“…… Not bad! Gan Lin narrowed his eyes and looked at her appreciatively, "She is worthy of Shizhen's junior sister." ”

Su Ru's face was indifferent, but her heart was like a stormy wave. The Empress Dowager Jingsu was born in the imperial capital Gu's family, this Gu clan is not the same as the Hongzhou Gu clan, that is, Gu Taiyi's family, but it is no worse than the Hongzhou Gu clan, otherwise the Empress Dowager Jingsu of the previous dynasty would not have no children and could raise Emperor Longhe, and was respected as the queen mother, and enjoyed greater mourning after death!

The imperial capital Gu family has always been low-key, even when respecting the Empress Dowager, they don't see any publicity, this kind of family style that is not arrogant or impatient, even many gate valves are very admired, and they don't treat this Gu family as an ordinary family.

Today's Empress Dowager Jiayi is strict with the Zhang family, and she is very influenced by the Empress Dowager Jingsu.

At the beginning of Changtai's wedding, the Empress Dowager Jiayi personally selected Gu Qinruli from the Gu family to be hired into the palace, and moved to one of the four concubines within a few years. There are not many members of the Gu family in the imperial capital, most of the descendants of these two generations have been exiled, and among the dozens of counties directly controlled by Dayong, there are at least five or six county pastors and county guards from the Gu family!

"The queen is so good." Su Ruhui said lightly, although Queen Zhou has always been concerned about the Queen Mother, in the end, she still has to think about her son, joining forces with the Gu family is the first step, but the Gu family's low-key family style has always been praised, but the matter is also so decisive, Concubine Gu Xian now has a high position, once she can't bring greater benefits to the family, she will be abandoned immediately.

But then again, the hairpin of the family, glory comes with responsibility, which is originally the fairest thing.

Su Ruhua does not feel sad, sad and sad sex. Love does not live long whether it is in the Wang clan or in the palace, with the family style of the Su family, Mrs. Zheng Yejun's boudoir training will never teach a really delicate girl who can only flutter butterflies and embroider flowers.

Gan Lin confessed his words, obviously he came to confide. Su Ruhui thinks this is also good, being able to explain it to a certain extent can save a lot of wasted effort.

She pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "Since Your Highness wants to announce it openly and honestly, the courtier will speak bluntly. The matter of the widow is an insult to the courtiers and the Su family, and the courtiers will never accept it, if it is a side concubine, although the courtiers still feel wronged, but the Su family may swallow this breath! ”

When she said that she still felt wronged, Gan Lin also nodded: "Your identity and ability are indeed worthy of being a concubine, but it's a pity that you are not Xiao Huo's." ”

"If the courtier becomes a side concubine, I don't know why His Royal Highness wants the concubine to deal with herself? Moreover, no matter how well Gu Ruzi understands the righteousness, it is related to the life of the virtuous concubine, and he will be dissatisfied with the courtiers in the end, right? Su Ruhui asked rhetorically, "In this way, the courtier's daughter is married to His Royal Highness, and the future days are unknown." ”

"Marrying Lone, of course you had a hard time at first." Gan Lin said happily, "But the second brother who married Gu, King Chu, does Miss think she can sit back and relax?" Let's not talk about some roads, extremely dangerous, whether you can finish is still a question, even if the hard work has come to an end, the matter of making wedding clothes for others also abounds, the lonely queen mother has no princess, her most beloved niece is not Yi'er, but abandonment of illness, this must also be seen by you, when abandoning illness to go to Jiangnan, the queen mother once told her something, do you want to know? ”

"The queen's training, being able to listen to it, is naturally a blessing for the courtiers."

"The queen mother said that the pearl has its own gold price, don't make a projectile for others!" Gan Lin looked at Su Ruhui with a smile, "What does Miss Su think?" ”

Su Ruhui smiled faintly: "His Royal Highness the Prince's instigation is not clever enough, and the courtiers don't think that the King of Chu is that kind of person." ”

"Lone is here to tell the truth to Miss today, but he doesn't mean to provoke." Gan Lin snorted slightly, "Lone to tell you a true thing, there was a dynasty in the past, and it is also the same as today's Dayong, and the two most powerful gate valves are like Wei Liu of the previous dynasty, controlling the civil and military, and forcing the heavenly family, if you meet a mediocre and incompetent monarch, it is okay, although the two families are powerful, they have not done anything to change the dynasty." Coincidentally, there was a Ming monarch on the throne at that time, in order to uphold the monarchy, cleansing the court, on the surface, the supreme trusted the two families, but in private, but secretly contacted those remaining loyal ministers, and instigated the relationship between the two families and the other gate lords......

"After a few years, these two families were finally isolated by other gate valves, and this supreme continued to seal their children, and the women of their family were also selected into the palace, given high positions, and all kinds of honors, under such a killing, everything fell into place, and there was only one excuse left, and they could fall from the clouds!" Gan Lin said leisurely, "It's a pity, these two families are also thousand-year-old clans, with deep roots, and although they are powerful, they are not enough to shake the handle of their entire clan to be caught, and if they act rashly, not only will the Supreme Sect leave a bad reputation in Qing history, but more importantly, it may not be able to succeed...... You are also from the gate valve, you should know that there may be open and secret battles between the gate valves, but once it comes to life and death, you will choose to join forces, so as not to die and have cold teeth, for example, if the royal family wants to move the Song family, small moves, your Su family may also take a hand, if you really want to destroy the Song family, you will save them instead, this is because once the Jiangnan Song Dynasty is destroyed, you will be worried that Qingzhou Su will be next, right? ”

Su Ruhui nodded: "So what?" ”