The Marquis of Dingyuan was late, and the dinner finally officially began.

The dinner was divided into two seats, one table for the Marquis of Dingyuan and the concubines, one table for Mrs. Zhou and the ladies in the backyard, Gu Qingyi, Zhou Huiru, Li and Chen were seated, as for those middle-aged women who were the concubines of the Marquis of Dingyuan, they were not qualified to enter the table, and they had to serve at the table, but Mrs. Zhou was impatient with them swaying around, so she directly opened a small table and let them stay.

Gu Qingyi, as the protagonist of the reception banquet, is naturally the center of the topic, fortunately, she has long been accustomed to seeing big scenes, and there is no shortage of means and tricks to deal with women in the backyard.

Mrs. Zhou has already seen it and doesn't think so, but everyone in the banquet has to look at her with admiration, no wonder she can be recognized as a righteous daughter by Mrs. Hou, and it is really extraordinary.

Gu Qingyi is double, she was tired in the middle of the dinner, Mrs. Zhou knew her situation, and when she saw her tired, she put down her chopsticks, dipped her mouth with a handkerchief, and said, "How is Yi'er using it?" Appetite for the meal? ”

Receiving the look she handed over, Gu Qingyi immediately said, "The chef in the house has a unique skill, and my daughter accidentally ate too much, so there will be some support." ”

Mrs. Zhou chuckled, and her gaze swept over the faces of several people at the table, "You use it slowly, and I will scatter with Yi'er." He also asked someone to inform the Marquis of Dingyuan on the other end, and took Gu Qingyi's hand and left.

The two walked all the way back to the warm pavilion, Mrs. Zhou waved away the irrelevant slave maid, and took Gu Qingyi's pulse, "It's okay, I'm just tired, let's go rest after drinking the medicine, you don't have to come over tomorrow morning to say goodbye." ”

Gu Qingyi thanked her, and when she saw that Mrs. Zhou was also tired, she got up and said goodbye, and went back to Minghui Courtyard, she asked Handong and Siqing, "What happened before the dinner?" Why did the second sister look at me so strangely? ”

"Girl, I just waited in the lobby and quietly handed over a message to the slave maid." Han Dong read the words handed over and said, "Look at the slave, Miss Tuesday is jealous of the girl." ”

Gu Qingyi was not surprised, when she knew the news, she expected that it would offend the interests of the Hou Mansion, but fortunately, she didn't need to have a deep friendship with them, she just had to stay away in the future.

On the second day, Gu Qingyi still got up early in the morning to go to the main courtyard to ask for peace, Mrs. Zhou reluctantly left her to have breakfast together, and began to prepare the dowry list after breakfast, she didn't let Gu Qingyi avoid it, and took her directly with her. Occasionally, when the housekeeper asked Mrs. Zhou to deal with it, Gu Qingyi took the initiative to help with ideas, and Mrs. Zhou found out that she also had a hand in charge of her family, and she was immediately overjoyed, and directly became the shopkeeper and let her call the shots.

However, she still mentioned something, "Mama Rong will show me something, don't let Yi'er be too tired." If it really can't be solved, report it again, and the rest of the grandmothers will deal with it directly. ”

The two of them should be, Gu Qingyi knew her physical condition, and directly took Siqing with her as an assistant, no matter what she thought, but the experience of managing the backyard of King Qin's Mansion could not be faked, and it was a lot easier to have her.

These days by the side of the stepmother, Gu Qingyi knew that the Gu Mansion was not without a dowry, although the stepmother put aside the cruel words and prepared the dowry for her alone, in the end, she compromised her reputation, presumably these had been discussed as early as when Mama Rong brought her to the Hou Mansion, otherwise the Gu Mansion would not let her out.

She knew how strong her mother's temperament was, but she didn't expect her to be willing to compromise for her reputation.

In addition to her grandmother, there is only her stepmother who loves her so meticulously.

Mrs. Zhou was busy preparing the dowry, and the King of Qin was not idle, and in just half a decade, she completed five of the six ceremonies, and went through the process one by one, and a total of 32 dowry gifts were sent on the day of the ceremony, which became a Sino-American conversation in Beijing for a while.

Now everyone in the capital knows that King Qin is very fond of Princess Qin, who has not passed the door, even if someone is picky about the marriage period, it is untenable, it is impossible to say that King Qin is in a hurry to marry Princess Qin back, who knows when there will be war at the border pass.

These news were all relayed to her by Zhilan, Gu Qingyi seemed to be listening to the stories of outsiders, she still remembered King Qin's cold and inquiring eyes that night, without love. She couldn't wait to move to the Dingyuan Marquis' Mansion to live, avoiding the fact that the King of Qin occupied a factor that could not be ignored - the guards of the Dingyuan Marquis were always much stricter than the Gu Mansion.

It's just that she thought that she still saw King Qin before getting married.

There is only half a decade left before the day of marriage, and someone from the middle palace suddenly summoned Gu Qingyi into the palace, and the slightest rumor had never been revealed before, Gu Qingyi and Mrs. Zhou were both caught off guard, and they didn't know what the queen's intention was.

Mrs. Zhou motioned to Mama Rong to stuff a silver ticket to the eunuch and asked, "Dare to ask my father-in-law, the queen mother has a lot of opportunities, why did she suddenly remember to summon our Yi'er into the palace?" ”

The eunuch glanced at the share of the silver ticket, and immediately smiled, and his attitude became more and more kind, "Today, the princess asked the queen mother to say goodbye, and it happened that the county lord of Yu'an was also there, and somehow suddenly talked about the princess of Qin who had not passed the door, and the queen mother and the county lord of Yu'an had never seen Miss Gu, so they wanted to summon Miss Gu into the palace on a whim." ”

Gu Qingyi's heart sank suddenly, and he had a hunch that this must be a Hongmen banquet.

The crown princess and the queen don't talk about it, but anyone who is in the prince's line will not like the King of Qin with heavy troops, let alone her, the princess of Qin who has not passed through the door. As for the county lord of Yu'an, she is the daughter of Princess Chengping, and she made a marriage with Yongyi Hou not long ago. On the day of Yongyi's appointment, King Qin personally took her to the scene, and it was at that time that her cousin's emotions completely disappeared from her...... The county lord of Yu'an mixed up at this time, could it be that he knew something?

Mrs. Zhou also felt that the visitor was not good, and she was not at ease, "Yi'er, A-Niang will enter the palace with you." ”

Gu Qingyi came back to her senses, saw the worry on her mother's face, and hurriedly patted her hand comfortingly, "A-Niang don't worry, the palace is not a tiger's den in Longtan, and the queen mother has always been generous and kind, but she just summoned me to see her, A-Niang doesn't have to worry." ”

The purpose of the queen's summons is unclear, if Mrs. Zhou does not feel at ease and enters the palace together, it may become an excuse for harsh criticism. The palace is not a place where you can come and go when you want. After persuading her stepmother for a few words, Gu Qingyi didn't dare to delay any longer, changed her clothes and entered the palace, but she didn't expect to meet King Qin at the gate of Chenghe.

He sat on a tall and sturdy white war horse, dressed in a purple prince python robe, a jade belt girdle, a black jade cage crown, and his unobstructed facial features looked even more cold and majestic, the sword eyebrows flew obliquely into the sideburns, the phoenix eyes were narrow and sharp, the nose was hanging and the lips were thin, and the face carved with the axe was sharp and sharp, like a sword, and the qi was like a rainbow, powerful and alienated, so that people did not dare to get close.

When the palace gate guards saw him, they bent down in unison, "See King Qin." ”

King Qin answered coldly and dismounted, and after handing over the reins to the guards, he seemed to notice the peeping, and his sharp eyes suddenly looked at the carriage. Gu Qingyi was so frightened that she almost retracted the carriage, but fortunately, she didn't lose her demeanor, she just stepped on the horse stool and got out of the carriage after being stunned for a moment.

As soon as she stood still, she heard the crisp sound of the boots knocking on the bluestone pavement, calm and calm, and gradually approached, and then saw the brown boots with white clouds and auspicious patterns stopped three steps away from her.

King Qin's unique low and cold voice suddenly sounded, "Why are you here?" ”

Gu Qingyi lowered her eyebrows and didn't look at him, and carefully considered her tone, "If you go back to His Royal Highness King Qin, the queen mother will summon you, and the courtiers will be summoned." ”

King Qin seemed to be silent for a moment before continuing to speak, "Let's go." ”

"Huh?"

Gu Qingyi was puzzled, and finally looked up at him. At this time, the distance was closer, and she found that King Qin seemed to have lost a lot of weight, his facial features were even more steep and three-dimensional, and his eyes were getting deeper and deeper, as if he could penetrate the bottom of people's hearts at a glance.

His gaze fell on her face and he said, "This king is with you." ”

Gu Qingyi was at a loss even if she was surprised, King Qin was not a stepmother, she obviously had no right to ignore his decision, so she had to follow him to Chengqian Palace with her head down.

His steps were as big as ever, one step at a time against her, and the two gradually distanced themselves. Gu Qingyi is no longer chasing in small steps like before, not to mention that she is not allowed to travel quickly in the palace, and her current body is not allowed to do so.

King Qin turned around, only to find that she had fallen far behind, and after a pause, she stood still. It wasn't until she got closer, listening to her slight wheezing, that her brows furrowed, "After leaving the palace, let Zhou Yu ask you for a pulse." ”

Zhou Yu is Dr. Zhou.

King Qin has always been concise and to the point, and he has never been willing to explain more, Gu Qingyi has never been able to understand his thoughts, so naturally he doesn't know why he mentioned Dr. Zhou, so he can only respond obediently - she didn't explain her stepmother's medical skills, and she won't change her mind if she wants to explain King Qin.

King Qin glanced at her again before continuing to walk forward, but this time the speed slowed down, and Gu Qingyi could keep up without much effort.

After walking through the long palace road, Chengqian Palace finally appeared in front of him.

As soon as the eunuch guarding the palace gate saw her and King Qin, he immediately greeted her, and the next moment the palace maid's aunt walked out, Gu Qingyi recognized her, she was the queen's confidant, known as Aunt Jinping.

Jinping smiled at everyone, first performed a standard palace ceremony, and first said to King Qin, "His Royal Highness King Qin has been in the future for a long time, and the queen mother is very worried, so I just heard the little eunuch come to report, I don't know how happy I am." Then he turned his head to look at Gu Qingyi and continued, "Miss Gu is here, but they are in a hurry, so they asked several times." ”

Jinping's words seemed to be enthusiastic, but he was sandwiched with a wind sword and frost sword, and the details were full of ridicule and harsh criticism, Gu Qingyi knew in his heart that the queen was really not good this time.