Chapter 119: The Steward of the Mansion
Incense was burned in the Fengxian Hall, and the atmosphere was solemn, and even the sound of footsteps was inaudible.
King Qin stopped in front of the imperial concubine's spiritual throne, his face was as cold and indifferent as ever, but Gu Qingyi glimpsed the memories and sorrow from it, the emotion was extremely light, and soon disappeared without a trace, she almost thought it was her own illusion.
Soon the King of Qin stepped forward to offer incense, and Gu Qingyi also got three, and hurriedly respectfully bowed deeply towards the spiritual throne before inserting it into the incense burner in front of the spiritual seat. King Qin knelt on the futon and spoke to the imperial concubine, "Mother, the princess has brought the princess to see you." ”
Gu Qingyi knelt on the futon beside King Qin, and also said, "Mother concubine, please rest assured, the daughter-in-law will definitely take good care of the prince." ”
King Qin's gaze stayed on her face for a moment, but soon fell back on the imperial concubine's spiritual seat, stunned, and I don't know if she was whispering to the imperial concubine. Gu Qingyi thought to herself, it was rare to have a chance to visit the imperial concubine, so it would be better to disturb her old man, so she made a wish in her heart, "Mother, daughter-in-law, please bless the child in her womb with peace and health, and no illness and disaster in her life." ”
After speaking, she bowed deeply, feeling uneasy, although she disturbed the peace of the imperial concubine, but for the sake of the child in her womb is her old man's own grandson, the imperial concubine should not blame.
King Qin was attracted by her and asked, "What did you ask for from your mother?" ”
Gu Qingyi was taken aback, and looked at him weakly, "The concubine asked the mother concubine for the safety of the child in her womb." ”
Unexpectedly, King Qin didn't mean to blame at all, his face, which had always been cold and hard, suddenly softened, and even reached out to caress her still flat lower abdomen, and said softly, "Don't worry, the mother concubine is in the spirit of heaven, and she will definitely bless our children." ”
I don't know if it was because of the warm big hand in his lower abdomen, or because King Qin's expression was too soft, Gu Qingyi's heart suddenly became soft as spring water, and there were ripples of light and trembling. She looked down at her lower abdomen, where she and King Qin's flesh and blood were being conceived, their closest relatives in the world.
"It's time to go home."
King Qin helped her up, Gu Qingyi always felt that King Qin treated her closer, but this may be her delusion, because King Qin treated her carefully from beginning to end, except for the occasional softness, most of the time she was emotionally restrained, cold and ruthless.
Maybe it's just wishful thinking on her part.
Gu Qingyi was secretly vigilant, and his slightly faint thinking finally calmed down.
They were about to go home, but they met the prince just after coming out of the Fengxian Palace. The crown prince looked surprised, and then suddenly realized, "The second brother and the second brother and sister give incense to the imperial concubine?" ”
King Qin nodded lightly, "Why is the crown prince here?" ”
Fengxian Hall is located in the middle of nowhere, except for the guards and palace people, ordinary people are not allowed to approach, and it is generally the day of the great ceremony that needs to be worshipped before there are traces of people, and the sudden appearance of the prince here is very doubtful.
The crown prince looked calm, "My father plans to repair the palace, and the palace has nothing to do to wander around to see which palaces need to be repaired, so he walked to the Fengxian Palace." ”
These trivial matters are generally reported by the chief eunuchs of each palace, how can they let the prince of a country ask about it? This is obviously a pretext. However, King Qin did not expose it, and said, "In this case, it is inconvenient for this king to disturb the prince's official business and leave." ”
"Wait, why is the second brother so anxious, since you have entered the palace, you might as well take your princess to the East Palace to sit down. Your imperial sister-in-law became friendly with your princess before she left the cabinet, and now she has become a concubine, so don't give birth to it. ”
The prince chuckled and looked at Gu Qingyi, obviously he was gentle and easy, but he made Gu Qingyi feel like he was falling into a cold cellar, and his body was cold. From the prince's sight, she saw the killing intent.
It is normal for Yan Shunying to want to kill her, because the identity of "Gu Qingyi" bumped into her poisoning her sister, replacing the identity of the crown princess, and killing her, an insider, can prevent future troubles. But what is the prince's killing intent? Is it to avenge the crown princess's slap a while ago? Or, or is it about Yan Shunhua's death, he is also an insider......
Gu Qingyi was shocked and angry, his black eyes suddenly burned with flames, and he looked straight at the prince, as if he could get a glimpse of his unknown secrets, and his eyes were surprisingly bright.
The prince was shocked, for some reason every time he faced this woman, he always had a strange sense of familiarity, her eyes were complex and sharp, which actually made him feel a sense of weakness and guilt in defeat, which was very weird.
However, he is the prince of a country, so naturally he will not lose his sense of proportion in front of a boudoir woman, and he quickly reined in his momentary distraction, and looked at Gu Qingyi with a smile, "What, don't you want the second brother and sister?" ”
Gu Qingyi's expression was extremely indifferent, "The crown prince is serious, the princess is the cousin of the concubine, and the sisterhood naturally does not dare to forget, but it is not early now, and I dare not disturb the princess." ”
The prince deliberately came to Fengxian Hall to stop people, obviously with bad intentions, the East Palace said that it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the Longtan Tiger's Den, she is now pregnant with a child, so she will naturally not be offended to break into the Longtan Tiger's Den. If possible, she would not be willing to step into the East Palace again in her life.
King Qin stepped forward to block Gu Qingyi, and said to the prince, "The prince is busy with official business, this king and the princess dare not disturb, and they will visit the prince and the princess again on a later date." ”
This time, he didn't wait for the prince to react, he directly took Gu Qingyi's hand and left, the prince is the prince, so naturally he can't make such a degrading behavior as chasing people behind, so he had to look at the back of the two of them leaving with a gloomy face, and sneered, "King Qin, it's really becoming more and more arrogant......"
After going out of the palace and getting into the carriage back to the house, Gu Qingyi's heart that had been tense was relieved, but King Qin still looked grim and instructed her, "Stay away from the East Palace in the future." ”
Gu Qingyi nodded hurriedly, "The concubine knows."
Even if she has a strong desire for revenge in her heart, the time is obviously not ripe yet, and she will only hurt herself by rushing forward blindly, so it is better to lie dormant for the time being.
At present, the most important thing is to raise the baby behind closed doors and give birth to the child safely.
As soon as he returned to the palace, King Qin went straight to the front study, Gu Qingyi returned to Jiyue Courtyard, changed into regular clothes under the service of the maids, ate a few pieces of dim sum to fill his stomach, and only after resting for a long time did he see Mama Xu come in and report, "Princess, the stewards from all over the palace ask to see you." ”
Gu Qingyi took Han Dong's hand and got up from the soft collapse, "Mama, announce them in." ”
The stewards of all places were already waiting in the lobby, and saw a water-red sound and shadow coming out of the Dongnuan Pavilion, and knelt down to greet them, "The villain has seen the princess, and the princess is safe." ”
Gu Qingyi sat down in the main seat of the lobby and said in a clear voice, "Everyone, get up." This concubine is new to the city, and she is not familiar with everyone, so I don't know where you are in charge? ”
There were about a dozen stewards standing in the lobby, and they were not all unfamiliar faces, only one Gu Qingyi knew him, it was Mo Niangzi, the steward of Xiuyun Pavilion, she didn't expect to meet again so soon, she couldn't help but nod at Mo Niangzi, it was a greeting.
Everyone in the hall looked at Mo Niangzi, and many people were suspicious in their eyes, this woman had never seen it, which place was in charge?
However, whispering was not allowed on such occasions, and they did not dare to let the princess wait for a long time, one of the middle-aged men with a white face and beard took the lead in standing up, bowed to Gu Qingyi, and said, "Slave Peng Dexi see the princess." The slave was originally the chief eunuch of Fuxi Palace, thanks to the grace of the prince, let the slave out of the palace after opening the palace, and he was the chief manager of the Qin Palace, in charge of the palace and miscellaneous affairs. ”
Gu Qingyi's face was solemn, Fuxi Palace was the palace where the imperial concubine lived before her death, Peng Dexi must be the imperial concubine's confidant, and he won the trust of the King of Qin, so he would be the chief manager after the opening of the mansion, it seems that he is a figure that cannot be underestimated.
Immediately, she smiled and said, "The chief manager is the old man next to the prince, and if there is anything wrong with the concubine in the future, she will also bother the chief manager to give advice and serve the prince better." ”
Peng Dexi didn't dare to say again, "The princess is in need, even if she sends a slave, the slave is a subordinate, and she doesn't dare to talk about teaching." ”
Gu Qingyi saw that he did not boast of his identity, but was humble and respectful, reasonable and cautious, and couldn't help nodding secretly, his expression became more and more kind, and he pointed at Mama Xu and said, "This is Mama Xu, the nurse of this concubine, I have to ask you about the affairs of the house in the future, so I will bother me first." ”
Peng Dexi said yes, raised his eyes and glanced at Mama Xu again, secretly remembered her appearance, but in his heart he was figuring out the princess's thoughts, turning a thousand times, after all, he couldn't understand it, he had seen more masters in the palace, and the most fearful thing was that the princess was a quiet master, who couldn't figure out her attitude and preferences, and it was inevitable that there would be many constraints in the future.
The other stewards obviously realized it, their expressions became more and more solemn, and the words introduced by them were even more carefully considered, for fear of being picked out for the slightest mistake and becoming the unlucky egg of the princess Liwei.
Fortunately, the princess didn't seem to have the intention of standing up, listened carefully to their introduction, recognized the person again, and then said kindly, "The rules of the palace are naturally good, since you have nothing wrong with it over the years, the concubine will not change it at will, Xiao Guicao is casually." It's just a little ......" She paused deliberately, and found that everyone had specially pricked up their ears, and a smile appeared on her face, "This concubine has always had no room for sand in her eyes, if you find that among you are those who are cheating and cheating, don't blame this concubine for being ruthless." ”
Everyone's expressions were awe-inspiring, no matter what their thoughts were, they all responded respectfully, Gu Qingyi now just wanted to raise the fetus with peace of mind, and didn't want to spend any more effort to fight with them, so he let them go down, leaving only Mo Niangzi to speak.
"Mo Niangzi, why are you here today?"
Xiuyun Pavilion has always been mysterious, few people know that its owner is the Qin Wangfu, just now when she introduced herself, she was shocked, thinking that its existence was also hidden from the house, and I don't know why it appeared in front of people.
It should have seen Gu Qingyi's doubts, and Mrs. Mo hurriedly explained, "The princess doesn't know, the slave maid was originally a slave in the palace, and was later sent to serve the imperial concubine. It's just that the slave and maid have no relatives and no reason, and they are helpless, and after the prince learned about it, he let the slave and maid open Xiuyun Pavilion, but with today's scale, there have been many discussions in Beijing, and various rumors have been flourishing for a long time. In fact, there is no mystery, the slave and maid also need to report the accounts to the head of the house, but the prince is stationed at the border all the year round, and there is no female master in the house, and the slave and maid rarely appear in front of people, and there are not many people who know. ”
Gu Qingyi suddenly realized, no wonder Peng Dexi looked calm when she heard about the identity of Mo Niangzi, she still thought he was calm, but she didn't expect to be an insider.