Chapter Seventy-Two: Painstaking Calculation
"Wechen has no such intention." Gu Jue's voice was neither humble nor arrogant, "Weichen just wants to take her out of here." ”
A breath of anger welled up in the queen's chest, and she was angry, "What about after leaving?" Do you still want to use eight sedan chairs to carry her into the Chengguo Mansion? You don't have to forget how our father and mother died. ”
"Sister, Donglang's birthday is coming, every year Donglang wants something, my sister fulfills me, this year my brother only wants this woman." His calm eyes looked at the empress with anger on her face.
The queen rushed over angrily, her eyes were red, and she waved her hand and slapped her.
This crisp slap, Gu Jue didn't dodge, and took it stiffly. Suddenly, Gu Jue's face flushed, and his body was still kneeling straight and straight, without moving.
Yu Zhiyan knelt beside him, and it was clearly visible that the two sisters and brothers saw the dark waves flowing and the air condensed. All the people knelt on the ground, and the atmosphere did not dare to come out.
The only one who came over was Grandpa Sun, his face was full of flattery, "Queen Mother, you are careful of being angry, you still have a little prince in your belly, this girl can serve General Gu is also her blessing, he has been working for the emperor every day recently, and there is a caring person around him to serve, so don't you worry about the mother." ”
This grandfather Sun is really a smart person, and he said the key point in a few words, now Gu Jue and the queen are both lost and prosperous, and they must not turn their faces for the sake of a broken cigarette.
The queen glanced at Yu Zhiyan behind Gu Jue, and there was almost a flash of fire in her eyes, "Forget it, you can take her back." ”
Yu Zhiyan clearly saw the smile on Gu Jue's face, and there seemed to be a burning light on his whole body.
"Queen Xie's mother is complete." The corners of Gu Jue's lips twitched slightly, and the smile grew.
"The slave only wants to serve the queen." Yu Zhiyan bit her lip after speaking, not daring to look at Gu Jue's face.
Gu Jue's body stiffened suddenly, and he turned his head to look at her in disbelief, "What did you say?" ”
She couldn't go with him, she had promised the man to avenge him, she hadn't done it yet, she couldn't watch him suffer humiliation here alone.
The queen was also stunned, a pair of phoenix eyes looked at her carefully, not letting go of the slightest expression, "You want to stay here and serve the palace?" ”
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Gu Jue turned around and grabbed his shoulders with both hands, "Are you crazy?" ”
Yu Zhiyan seemed to hear the sound of his heart pounding, and he was in a trance.
He looked down at her, and there seemed to be white waves in his deep gaze.
"The slave is not crazy, the slave just wants to stay here and serve the queen. It was the queen who issued a decree to exempt the slave from responsibility, and the slave has not yet repaid the kindness of the mother. ”
The queen was supported by her grandfather Sun and slowly walked to the phoenix seat, "It's rare that this girl knows how to repay her kindness, and she has served well these days, and the palace will treat her well in the future." ”
Gu Jue closed his eyes gently, "The younger brother has something to say to Yu Zhiyan, so the younger brother will retire first." ”
He didn't care whether the queen agreed or not, he took Yu Zhiyan's arm and came to the garden behind the palace.
"You're for him, aren't you?" His voice was cold, full of anger.
Yu Zhiyan shook his head, "I'm here for you." ”
Gu Jue couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, "What? ”
She showed a bright smile, her dark eyes were as clear as spring water, without a trace of calculation, "If you really ask the slave maid to go, the queen will definitely be annoyed by you, besides, the queen is the mother of a country, where do you want my life, can you go to the Chengguo Mansion to escape?" ”
Gu Jue thought for a long time before muttering, "If you have any grievances in the future, just tell me." ”
After he finished speaking, he hurriedly pulled her two hands over, and looked at the shocking wound on it, frowning, and only the flesh was hurt, and only some medicinal powder was applied.
Seeing that his anger had subsided, Yu Zhiyan couldn't help but squeeze out a smile, "Didn't you say that you brought me some good things, let me take a look." ”
She stared at him like a greedy cat, which made him laugh and reached out and pinched her nose.
He pulled out two oil-paper packets from his sleeves and slowly placed them in her hands.
Yu Zhiyan thought it was the most expensive jewelry, but he didn't expect it to be food, so he couldn't help but be stunned, and when he opened the first oil paper, he saw that there were a few fresh lychees inside.
I heard that the recent heavy rain in the south of the Yangtze River has flooded a lot, and there are very few lychees in Beijing, which is difficult for the queen to eat.
"Where are you from?" Yu Zheyan's face was full of surprise, this thing was much more precious than hairpin ring jewelry.
Gu Jue smiled lightly, but stretched out his bony hand and slowly opened another paper bag.
But it was two extremely fat drunken crabs, and the shape was actually a crab from the south of the Yangtze River.
He couldn't help but laugh when he saw her so shocked. Then seeing that her hand was injured, he personally plucked a lychee and handed it to her mouth.
Yu Zhiyan's cheeks suddenly turned red, and her nose was full of the aroma emanating from his cuffs, and she slowly bit into her mouth.
Soon she finished eating, but Gu Jue had already peeled another one.
Yu Zhiyan just wanted to stretch out his mouth to eat, but he didn't expect to be put in his mouth all of a sudden. saw that he only took half of the bite, and the other half of the snow-white lychee meat was still outside.
Just when she thought he would eat it, he suddenly lowered his head and kissed her red lips, and he slowly attacked her with a savage breath mixed with the aroma of lychees.
Soon the lychee fell into her mouth, and he slowly let go of her.
Her cheeks were redder than the husks on the ground, and she swallowed the flesh before refusing to eat it again.
At this moment, I saw Sun Gongcheng walking slowly, he was wearing blue cloth clothes, hunched over, looking east and west as he walked, looking extremely restless.
After finding the two figures, he quickened his pace and ran over, and said in a sharp voice: "Hey, General Gu, you are here, the queen said that I have something important to discuss with you." ”
Yu Zhiyan still thought about his arrogant appearance when he slapped himself yesterday, and looked at her wagging her tail so flatteringly, and couldn't help but feel disgusted.
Gu Jue naturally remembered that she slapped Yu Zhiyan twice by the lake yesterday, and when she saw him hunched over, she stretched out her leg and stepped on his chest.
That grandfather-in-law Sun is a celebrity next to the queen, where has he been beaten like this, he fell to the ground all of a sudden, covering his heart and screaming in pain.
Yu Zhiyan looked happy in his heart, and only hid by Gu Jue's side to watch the excitement.
"What did the slave do wrong, General Gu, you told the minion, and the minion was so introspective." Grandpa Sun picked up the hat that had fallen on the ground, put it on his head, and knelt in front of Gu Jue again.
"Tell you?" Where is Gu Jue a magnanimous and forgiving lord, "Sun Xi, yesterday you actually dared to discount cigarettes, and General Ben chopped off your claws and fed them to the dogs." ”
Gu Jue originally respected his sister's henchman, and he never felt sorry for him, a eunuch, so angry at the crown was also for Yu Zhiyan.
"You've wronged a minion." Sun Xi has been immersed in the palace for many years, and his mouth can say to the sky.
"Lord Gu, you are so smart, you must know that the queen mother can take Miss Yu's life when she is annoyed, although the slave maid slapped her twice, it is enough to make the queen mother angry." He rubbed his chest that had been kicked and hurt, "Besides, you can see how much strength the slave used." ”
Yu Zhiyan didn't want to be bad with that Sun Gong at this time, at least he had to get by.
He tugged at Gu Jue's sleeve, and the wound on her hand suddenly touched the Dongzhu on his cuff, and then there was another pain.
"But he didn't use his strength." Yu Zhiyan smiled, "You can see that the wound on the slave's face has long been healed, and there is not a trace of it." ”
Gu Jue's face softened a little when he heard this, and he checked Yu Zhiyan's face, and sure enough, there was no scar, so he snorted coldly and asked Sun Xi to get up.
Although Sun Xi had just been heartfelt, he was not angry, but said to Yu Zhiyan like a smiling tiger, "Thank you girl for helping the slave speak, I will worship you as a mother in the palace in the future." ”
As soon as he heard this, Gu Jue was reluctant, "Who is your mother-in-law, you filthy thing is also worthy of saying such things." ”
Being insulted like this, Sun Xidao did not have a trace of anger, and still had a smile on his face.
"Yes, yes, the minion said the wrong thing." He snapped his hand and slapped his face twice, "Worship Miss Yu like a bodhisattva." ”
Gu Jue nodded with satisfaction, "You go back, General Ben will go over in a while." ”
As soon as Sun Xi heard him say such words, he knelt on the ground with a thud, "My lord, how can you say this, the queen mother summoned you, where is there any reason to make her wait." ”
Gu Jue snorted coldly, completely ignoring Sun Xi's face, and only gave Yu Zhiyan and then peeled all the lychees, and even the two drunken crabs were slowly peeled.
Sun Xi was sweating profusely, but he didn't dare to urge again.
Yu Zhiyan had a fearless look on her face, but she ate it slowly, so it seems that she is the master of the young lady, and General Gu has become a slave.
It wasn't until the last crab was finished that Gu Jue took out the handkerchief on her cuff and wiped her hands, "You eat slowly, I'll come back tomorrow to see you." ”
Yu Zhiyan nodded, but saw the figures of Gu Jue and Sun Gonggong slowly disappearing among the grass and trees.
After she finished eating, she was about to go back along the garden, but she saw Lingning, the most favored palace maid beside the queen, running to the backyard in a hurry, as if she was being chased by something, and ran fast.
Yu Zhiyan chased unhurriedly, until she reached a place called Yunzhi Pavilion, then she slowly stopped, and suddenly hid behind a rockery, and she couldn't find her when she stood elsewhere.
Yu Zhiyan was curious about what he was going to do, but he saw a figure slowly ascending to the Yunzhi Pavilion, still holding the guqin in his hand.
Among the flowers and plants, the piano in his hand gradually made a crisp sound, and the wind blew the hair of his sideburns and was blown by the wind, blowing him like a god, as if he was riding the wind away.
Yu Zhiyan saw that the flowers and plants leading to the rockery had been trampled into flat, presumably this palace maid came here every day to peek, and Qin Rong must have been playing the piano here every day.
Thinking like this, she couldn't help but have a few schemes in her heart, and she thought that the time had come to bring down the grandfather.
Since she said that she volunteered to stay in the palace, the queen no longer seemed to deliberately make things difficult for her, and Yu Zhiyan's life was better, and the grandfather Sun was also flattering and flattering her, and others were also eager to her when they saw her.
This night, Yu Zhiyan did not keep vigil beside the queen mother, but returned to the house to embroider flowers, the wound on her hand has not healed, and every stitch and thread are particularly difficult.
She sewed for a while, and then went to see Na Lingning, she was not very familiar with Yu Zhiyan, but she was the best palace maid in the queen's palace, and she was also deeply liked by the queen's mother.
As soon as she opened the door and saw Yu Zhiyan coming, she couldn't help but be stunned, the two of them had no contact with each other, Yu Zhiyan's temperament was arrogant, and she never paid much attention to them as palace maids.
Especially Yu Zhiyan is in the limelight now, why did he come to him.
Yu Zhiyan stood at the door and said with a smile, "My sister hasn't slept yet, I'm bothered, I want to embroider a fan for the queen's mother, but the eyes of this phoenix can't be embroidered well, can you help me?" ”
Seeing what she said so eagerly, this Ling Ning couldn't refuse, so she only invited her into her room, put on her robe, and then turned on the lamp.
She took half of the silk embroidered by Yu Zheyan, "The girl embroidered very well, but I'm afraid that I won't embroider well and ruin the girl's craftsmanship in vain." ”
Yu Zheyan smiled kindly, "I have seen my sister's embroidery in front of the queen, but it is a hundred times stronger than me." ”
When Ling Ning heard her say this, it was even more difficult to refuse, so she only pinched the needle and slowly stabbed it into the phoenix's eyes.
"I've often seen Grandpa Sun and those eunuchs bullying that piano master recently, and he's really pitiful." Yu Zhiyan said slowly, but the corner of his eye inadvertently glanced at the woman holding the needle in her hand.
I saw that her hands trembled slightly, and the sharp needle tips almost pierced her fingers.
"Grandpa Sun wants to come to get the favor of the queen's mother, what is it to play a luthier?" It only took a few stitches, and the phoenix's eyes were embroidered.
Sure enough, it was the finishing touch, Yu Zhiyan couldn't help sighing, sure enough, there was someone outside the people, she boasted that she was good at embroidery, but she didn't expect it to be worth mentioning in front of others.
"How long has Sister Ling Ning served the Queen Mother?" Yu Zhiyan asked softly, as if he was really saying something about the tooth sacrifice.
"When the new emperor ascended the throne, I was sent to serve the queen." Ling Ning said lightly: "It's just a few months of work." ”
"In a few months, you can get the love of the queen, and you must be a person with a clear mind." Yu Zhenyan's words changed, and her voice suddenly became poignant, "If the queen mother knows that you don't serve well every day and goes to spy on the piano master, I guess she won't spare you." ”
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Ling Ning's face changed drastically.
"I saw it, and you hid behind the Lingzhi Pavilion."
"What are you going to do? Don't tell the Queen. Ling Ning suddenly turned pale with fright, she kept vigil for the queen every day, she already knew what had happened, the queen knew that she coveted Qin Rong, and her life would definitely not be saved.
Yu Zhiyan whispered in her ear for a while, but she just got up and said goodbye, leaving only the pale woman.
On the second day, Yu was assigned to pick some lotus flowers at noon, and when he came back, Sun Gongcheng sat at the door of the palace and gossiped with a few eunuchs.
When he saw Yu Zhenyan coming, he hurriedly shook off the dust in his hand and said with a smile, "The girl is here, the flowers you picked today are so beautiful, and the queen will be happy when she sees it." ”
Yu Zhiyan looked at the flowers in the basket, and a look of embarrassment suddenly appeared on his face, "Father-in-law Shun, I have something to tell you." ”
Seeing her mysterious, the grandfather hurriedly pulled her to the pillar next to the hall, "What's the matter?" ”
Yu Zhiyan's eyes glanced around, although his face showed a frightened look, but there was a trace of fierceness in his eyes.
"When I passed by the Lingzhi Pavilion just now, I heard that kind of dirty sound coming from somewhere, and I couldn't see who it was when the branches were leafy." Yu Zhiyan looked frightened, "There is such a thing in the palace, if there are any rumors-"
Hearing this, Grandpa Sun's face immediately changed, and he just left in a hurry.
He also knew that Qin Rong was practicing in the Lingzhi Pavilion at this hour, thinking that he must have done something shameless, Sun Xi only wanted to call a few more people to catch the adulterer, so that Qin Rong would completely fall out of favor in front of the queen.
He hurriedly called all his henchmen, and then didn't dare to attract too much attention, so he quietly led the eunuch to the Lingzhi Pavilion in a hurry.
As soon as he got there, he saw the sound of the piano coming from the Lingzhi Pavilion, and there was no such dirty sound as Yu Zhiyan said, and he couldn't help but be furious, thinking that he had missed it.
He hurriedly led the eunuchs up to the pavilion, but when he saw Qin Rong's face was light, his expression of not taking them in his eyes became even more angry.
"Who was the woman you were with just now?" He said viciously, he just wanted to peel the man in front of him to the bones and skin.
"I don't know what you're talking about?"
When Sun Xi saw him say this, he couldn't help but be furious, and he was about to kick his piano, but Qin Rong picked up the piano and hugged it tightly in his arms, for fear that it would be hurt.
Sun Xi waved his hand, and a group of people's feet and fists beckoned to Qin Rong's body, and although it was not fatal, it was extremely painful.
At this moment, a voice came, "Presumptuous, who let you beat people?" ”
As soon as the group of eunuchs heard this familiar voice, they were all frightened, and they all knelt on the ground, "Say hello to the queen." ”
Sure enough, I saw that the queen was dressed in a phoenix dress, wearing a hairpin on her head, and a flying phoenix with beads falling on her forehead, which looked noble and extraordinary.
And the two maidservants beside her, one on the left and one on the right, carefully supported her, and slowly came up the steps.
And Yu Zhiyan stood behind her, holding a pastry in his hand.
"What's going on?" The queen glanced at the Qin Rong who knelt down with everyone, and saw that his clothes were dirty and messy, and the hairpin on his head was loose, but there was not the slightest damage on his face.
Qin Rong said slowly: "It's just that the grass people are fighting with a few fathers-in-law, and I don't want to make a noise about the cleanliness of the mother." ”
When the kneeling eunuchs saw him say this, their faces finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Sun Xi hurriedly walked up and said with a smile, "It's just wrestling and playing, and the activity is just moving your muscles." ”
Yu Zhiyan's hand holding the pastry trembled violently, and the contents almost fell out.
"Why are you all so decent, only Mr. Qin Rong is so embarrassed, it's not because you bullied him." Yu folded the smoke for a long time, but still said the words.
"It's the grass people who are incompetent, and they can't beat a few fathers-in-law." Qin Rong's face is as beautiful as the world's jade, "No one bullies the grass people." ”
Yu Zhiyan didn't expect that her painstaking calculations would result in such a result, she tried her best to let Ling Ning lead the queen here, but she didn't expect it to be such a result.
However, it was too late for Yu Zhiyan to stop it, and Ling Ning slowly knelt in front of the queen mother, "Queen mother, the slave maid has seen Gonggong Sun bullying Mr. Qin Rong in the palace many times, and he will beat and scold him at every turn, you have to make the decision for him." ”
The queen glanced at the woman kneeling on the ground, her eyes were full of coldness, "Really? ”
Her eyes looked at Qin Rong faintly, as if waiting for his answer.
"Maybe the girl is wrong, Grandpa Sun treats the grass people very well." His voice is light and unmistakable.
The queen mother slowly retracted her gaze, "Lingning, Yu Zhiyan, the two of you will kneel here for an hour, and reflect on what you are wrong." ”
After she finished speaking, she took everyone away.
Sun Xi looked at Yu Zhiyan, who was kneeling on the ground, and sneered, "Sure enough, he is a slut who doesn't know how to lift, and he doesn't have a good face for you, and he dares to calculate it on my head." ”
Yu Zhiyan sneered, but his eyes stared at him deadly, "What if I calculate you, if you dare to embarrass me, I promise to let Donglang take your life." ”