Chapter 42 Mild-manneredness
"I'm also quite surprised, but that Yuhua's sad attitude is true." Gu Nanqin quickly saw the puzzled look on his face, and continued to explain, "I was still thinking about whether it might be a trap for others. After all, if this Zhang Ziwen is really the money behind it, why bother to set up a table banquet on the third floor of Wanhua Building? It is clear that the table banquet can be set directly to the fourth floor.
The hidden weapons and mechanisms in the stairwell can also stop some people who want to find out or have bad intentions. But what's interesting is that after Yuhuachou said a few more words to him, I realized that this Zhang Zong was holding a banquet on the third floor for another reason. After all, there have been rumors in the market for a long time, saying that ordinary people are not allowed to enter the fourth floor of Wanhua Building, and those who enter are either rich or expensive, so they feel that the banquet on the fourth floor is too public, so they choose the third floor where ordinary guests can reach. Just ......"
Gu Nanqin's eyes rolled, and there was some doubt on his face, and he continued: "It's just that I always feel that Yuhua's words were deliberately said to me outside the window. ”
"Huh? What does the princess mean ......" Xiao Zi'an was already suspicious, but now thinking of the princess's danger today, his expression sank, and he became a little more nervous, "Yuhuachou deliberately asked you to know the identity of that Zhang Zongzheng, and then induced you to investigate Zhang Zongzheng?" ”
"Yes. But it's very strange...... "Gu Nanqin's beautiful eyes drooped slightly, her long eyelashes seemed to be hanging with a little night dew, and under the bright moonlight, her eyebrows were extremely moving, "You say, since she took over Wanhualou for Zhang Zongzheng, why did she deliberately let me know?"
Could it be that there is something wrong with her and Zhang Zongzheng, or that she actually doesn't ...... at all" A bold idea passed through Gu Nanqin's heart, but was interrupted by a sedan chair next to her.
"Yo, it's dark and windy today, where is my sister going?" As soon as this thin sharp voice lit up, there was no doubt that she was a concubine.
And the other sedan chair...... Gu Nanqin quietly hid herself under the moon shadow at the root of the wall with Xiao Zi'an, and after a little look at the sedan chair, she recognized that person was the little emperor's new love, Yao Concubine.
Concubine Yao seemed to have a gentler temperament, and she didn't dare to compete with Concubine Xian, but said, "Sister Concubine Xian is fine." Guangyao wanted to take advantage of the moonlight to go to the lake for a walk, enjoy the moonlight, and relax. ”
"Really? But how did I hear that Your Majesty said that you have a much gentler temperament than in the past, and that you are well-read, so I specially invite you to enjoy the moon together? Concubine Xian's words seemed to slip through the vinegar jar, each sentence was more prickly than the other, and Gu Nanqin also smelled the sour old vinegar smell from afar.
"This is just Your Majesty's love. If my sister also loves to admire the moon, why don't you go together? When His Majesty saw his sister, he was definitely happy. Yao Concubine didn't know if it was her nature or deliberately suppressed, she said it calmly and generously, but she seemed stingy.
The two parted unhappily, and Concubine Xian was also interested, and she didn't really step forward to follow Concubine Yao to the lake to enjoy the moon.
Gu Nanqin saw Concubine Xian calling the sedan chair man to set off, but her face was still very ugly, and she seemed to be sulking.
"Princess, it's better to take care of the idle affairs of these two people." Xiao Zi'an saw Gu Nanqin's thoughtful look, for fear that she would stir up the same action as before, causing the people in the palace to say that she was biased towards Concubine Yao, and Princess Yu's reputation was not beneficial, so he hurriedly spoke out to persuade her.
Gu Nanqin turned her eyes back, and looked at Xiao Zi'an in a daze: "...... A lot mild? ”
Xiao Zi'an was stunned when he heard this, and instantly understood Gu Nanqin's suspicions, but he didn't squeak.
This thing seems to be going in a weirder direction......
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Three days later, Gu Nanqin sent Xiao Zi'an to the east gate of the city to pick up Qingyan and come back, but when Xiao Zi'an came back, his face was full of iron.
"What's wrong?" Gu Nanqin looked at Qingyan who was honestly following Xiao Zi'an, and saw that she was dressed in simple clothes and without makeup, although she looked trembling, there was nothing wrong with it.
"Why didn't the princess say anything beforehand?" Xiao Zi'an rarely lost his temper, Ying Sleeve just glanced at it, then hurriedly asked Gu Nanqin to resign, and took Qingyan to the maid's residence with a smoke.
Gu Nanqin is also a smart person, seeing Xiao Zi'an's rare angry face, she was relieved: "You mean her identity?" What's that, she was also sold to the Qinglou since she was a child, and she couldn't help herself. Now it's just to do something for me, and it doesn't hurt to change her name. ”
Xiao Zi'an's face was not less angry at all: "How many pairs of eyes are looking at you, for fear that I won't be able to make a mistake for you!" It's good now, but you're in trouble yourself! Even if she changes her identity and name, she has served so many people in the Qinglou, but if anyone who cares investigates a little, she will soon only be exposed in front of people. At that time, everyone will talk about the princess's maid from the Qinglou, what should she do? ”
Gu Nanqin flattened her mouth, and her face darkened by two points: "...... Anyway, my reputation is like this, and I don't really care if they want to throw dirty water on me. As long as it doesn't affect Yongde, it doesn't matter if I am scolded by the people. Besides, I also see that she has a pitiful background, although she has been suppressed in that filthy place for a long time, she has never really given up on herself, so I ......" As she spoke, Gu Nanqin's voice became lower and lower, and she looked even more aggrieved.
Xiao Zi'an was suffocated by her soft words, although she was still angry, she didn't forget the etiquette, and she made an excuse and retreated, as if she was angry with Gu Nanqin.
Gu Nanqin was the only one left in the room, and he played with the pen for a while, and a flash of inspiration appeared in his mind, and soon he wrote two words on the white paper: Qingqi.
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"Huh? The princess gave me a name? "Qingyan also arrived at this princess palace before realizing that the woman on that day was actually the eldest princess of Yongjia - the rumored eldest princess who did not learn and did not know how to face a hundred people.
"Yes. The princess gave you the name Qingqi, and the maids who gave the princess the name all took Xiang as their surname, so your full name is Xiang Qingqi, but you have to remember it well. Yingsleeve looked this girl up and down, she was probably the same woman, she could empathize, and she was not as disgusted as Xiao Zi'an, but her words were full of kindness, "I am also the princess's name, and I am a first-class maid beside her, Xiangyingsleeve." In the future, you will call me Sister Yingsleeve, can you remember clearly? ”
"Hmm." Qingqi quietly read her name twice, and then read the name of Yingsleeve twice, and then she was a little apprehensive, "Isn't it difficult to serve the princess?" ”
"Not really." Yingsleeve shook her head with a smile, "Our princess is gentle and generous. As long as you are faithful, eating and drinking well will be a lifelong thing. Qingqi nodded as if she had made up her mind, and a little starlight rekindled in her eyes.