Chapter 215: Watching the Theater
Chapter 215: Watching the Drama
Gu's house is a small house on Pingyang Street, although the place is not big, the garden is exquisitely set, it is Mrs. Gu's favorite place to enjoy leisure, there are not many houses here, the largest area is a garden, a few square ponds, which are full of lotus, if the lotus flowers bloom in summer, here is the pine and bamboo tender green fairy lotus swaying, sitting in the house facing the lotus pond, the splendid prosperity is in full view, it is really a fairy who lingers.
It's just that at this time, it is the end of winter, everything is depressed, and Gu Shen'an resigned and returned to his hometown, there are only a few old servants left here, and it seems that he has lost his popularity, and he is extremely deserted.
On the edge of the lotus pond where the remnants of the snow have not subsided, a young man is strolling around, wearing a black satin robe, his long black hair is tied high, and he is inserted with a black hairpin, he stops, turns to the pond, and looks at the few remaining dry lotuses, revealing a white face like jade, in this extreme contrast between black and white, his whole person is like a piece of jade, without a trace of warmth, from the inside to the outside is cold.
A young man in Tsing Yi walked over quickly, bowed his head and said, "Young Master, Miss has arrived..."
Gu Yu nodded, turned around and looked at Gu Luo'er, who was already walking slowly under the cluster of four or five maids.
"Xiaoyu, I'll lend you half a day...," she smiled.
"My cousin laughed....this was originally borrowed by Xiaoyu...."Gu Yu smiled, and arched his hand, "Then I will retire first, this time I returned to Beijing in a hurry, and there are still a few colleagues who have not visited...."
Gu Luo'er nodded, her eyes full of approval and appreciation, and a little sigh.
"Yu'er, you are good, our family will rely on you in the future....." She said.
Gu Yu smiled, bowed his head and saluted, walked away, came to the gate of the courtyard, took the black fur handed by the little maid with one hand, and suddenly saw a carriage stopping, the little maid lifted the curtain, and walked down a girl.
"She?" Gu Yu retracted his feet, frowned slightly, and immediately hooked a smile at the corner of his mouth, "Oh....."
Suddenly, he turned and walked backwards.
"Young Master?" The little guy was puzzled and hurriedly followed, "We don't go out?" ”
"Don't go out ....." Gu Yu strode forward, raised his hand and snapped his fingers, "Wait to see the good show.....
Play? Today, Miss just said that she came here to invite a few boudoir women to chat quietly, and it was only two hours at most, and she didn't hear that she had invited the troupe..... Xiaowu touched her head and muttered a few words in her heart, seeing that Gu Yu had already turned to her study and was busy following.
Gu Bainiang looked up at Qingjun's door plaque, and turned around to help Cao's family.
"Mother, long story short." She whispered.
Cao Shi was a little embarrassed and said: "I'm coming, why don't you come along..."
Cao's daily routine does not go out, only on the fifteenth day of the first day of the new year to burn incense, Gu Shibanniang suddenly received a report from the servant woman at home, saying that Mrs. met Gu Luoer, Gu Luoer invited her to sit at home, Mrs. refused and went, Gu Shibanniang immediately chased after her.
Gu Bainiang smiled and didn't speak.
"Eighteen Niang, don't you later." Cao hesitated for a moment, whispered, and stopped talking, "Don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, your uncle was also good to us at the beginning....."
"I know." Gu Bainiang smiled and helped the Cao family in.
Gu Luo'er had already sent the servants to pick them up, bowed in unison to say hello, and led them towards the guest hall by the lotus pond.
"How did you get here?" Gu Bainiang looked around and asked with a frown.
"There are many people in the family, and they are not clean, so they ....." The servant woman hurriedly bowed and replied.
Cao Shi stretched out her hand and pulled Gu Banniang, and shook her head, she had already heard from Jiankang that Gu Luo'er was not doing very well, she was not happy with her daughter, and it was also unsatisfactory to add a few new concubines to the family, plus Gu Shen'an's matter, her heart was even more unsatisfactory.
Gu Bainiang stopped talking, and the guest hall had arrived while speaking, and the servant women raised a thick curtain and invited them in.
The living room was lit with a brazier, but the room was cold, apparently just lit.
Gu Luo'er sat at the table and got up and smiled when she saw them come in.
"Congratulations...."She said, "I know that my sister is happy, and I have always wanted to express my heart with a little courtesy, my father and mother left Beijing and returned to their hometown, and now there are only .....two families in the capital, you and me."
Speaking of this, his voice was already full of depression and loneliness, and he smiled again, as if he was cheering up, "I just met my aunt today, and I specially invited my aunt to eat a glass of thin wine to narrate, but I didn't expect my sister to come, I was really happy....I didn't dare to work my sister...."
"You're welcome." Gu Bainiang said with a sigh.
Gu Luo'er didn't speak again, the atmosphere was slightly awkward, and a servant woman walked in at this time, walked up to Gu Luo'er's side and whispered something.
"Why did she come here?" Gu Luo'er was surprised and delighted, "Please ..... quickly"
Then he hurriedly called the servant woman, "I'll go myself." ”
Seeing her walk away, Cao Shi and Gu Bainiang couldn't help but glance at each other.
"But there's a guest?" Cao stood up, "Then let's avoid ..... first"
"It's okay...."Gu Luo'er nodded apologetically, and said in a low voice, "I didn't expect her to come over and take a look when she knew I was coming..."
She never said who it was, it can be seen that her identity is not ordinary, Cao Shi nodded and said It's okay, our family doesn't have to be so polite, so she took Gu Bainiang to get up, and before she took two steps out, she heard a sound of footsteps outside the door.
"You'll be hiding, I'll also join in the fun, steal half a day's leisure...."A woman's crisp laughter sounded, and with this sound, the door curtain was suddenly opened.
A woman in a vermilion palace dress walked in surrounded by two servants, her posture was elegant and calm, but her momentum was proud.
It was her Gu Bainiang's heart that jumped violently, and her brows immediately furrowed, realizing that things didn't seem to be good today
"I've seen the Lord of Baiyu," Gu Luo'er and his servants hurriedly bowed down to worship.
The Cao family and Gu Bainiang didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly followed Shi Li.
The gaze swept over them.
"Isn't it inconvenient for me to come?" She said with a smile.
"Don't dare, county lord, this is... This is Auntie...."Gu Luo'er said with a busy smile, while leading the Cao family to her, "Auntie, this is the Lord of Baiyu...."
"I've seen the county lord...."Cao Shi hurriedly visited again.
"Oh? It's you. The county lord of Baiyu smiled, and his eyes fell on Gu Bainiang.
"Yes." Gu Bainiang also bowed her head here.
"That's really the right place, I didn't expect to meet Miss Gu, it's such a coincidence...."Lord Baiyu stepped forward and sat down on the chair, raising his hand at Gu Ba Niang, "Sit down, let's talk." ”
"Yes." Gu Bainiang had no reason to refuse to respond, and sat half of her body slightly.
The Cao family had the heart to thank the two mothers of the Baiyu County Lord, but before he could say a word, he was interrupted by the Baiyu County Lord with a slight impatience.
"You're welcome, this is all the meaning of the Queen Mother, it is the grace of the royal family...."She said lightly.
"Auntie, let's avoid it first...."Gu Luo'er gently pulled Cao's sleeve and said in a low voice.
Cao Shi comprehended and hurriedly bowed down and retreated, and withdrew with Gu Luo'er.
The lord of Baiyu waved his hand, and the servants also bowed their heads and withdrew, only the two of them were left in the room, the charcoal fire was burning, but the indoor temperature was always gloomy.
"Miss Gu, how are you doing?" It seemed that after a long time, the white jade county lord slowly spoke.
"Thank you for your concern, it's good." A sneer flashed in Gu Banniang's eyes.
"I heard the two mothers come back and say, you seem to be in a bit of trouble?" The White Jade County Lord asked with a smile.
"It's okay already, thank you for your concern." Gu Bainiang got up and saluted and said.
"Are you alright?" The county lord of Baiyu sneered, looked at Gu Bainiang and said, "You mean that with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince protecting you, you can turn big things into small things and small things?" ”
When Gu Banniang came, her heart jumped, and she said in a low voice: "Don't dare." ”
"Don't dare?" The county lord of Baiyu raised his voice suddenly, "Gu Xiang, do you want me to send your mother to the lobby of the Criminal Department, where the three divisions will be tried, or do you obediently confess yourself?" ”
Her words floated out through the flower window, making Gu Yu in the inverted hall behind the gable almost laugh.
"Okay" he high-fived and chuckled, picked up the wine glass on the table next to him and drank it all, "Straight to the point, the first thing to do is to march"
After speaking, he poured the wine again, and listened to this side while listening attentively.
"What do you mean by this?" Gu Bainiang still lowered her head and asked.
This is the third time I've seen this girl, but the performance is getting more and more like the other....treacherous right, that is, the treacherous appearance seems to be docile, but in fact, it is rampant from the bones, and it is self-evident where this rampant comes from.
"What do you mean?" The county lord of Baiyu smiled coldly, "Someone is coming"
She jerked up her voice.
Gu Banniang only felt a surge of qi and blood.
"Send the Cao family to the official mansion, and tell me what happened to the one named Lingbao who went missing from their house" The county lord of Baiyu said coldly, "The bandits are cruel, bold and reckless, everyone will be punished, the government taboos your Gu Xiang's identity and is inconvenient for investigation, but I Pingyang Hou Mansion has the responsibility to report if I know it."
"Okay" Gu Yu chuckled again, raised his head and drank, "Hit the snake and hit seven inches, now is the final verbal offensive, completely pinch the opponent to death." ”
Gu Bainiang only felt a sweetness in her mouth, and the bloody qi dispersed, biting her lower lip.
Now the family looks extremely glorious, but she knows that this glory is actually crumbling, illusory like a blister, coupled with the matter of Lingyuan Lingbao, their family is like standing on the edge of a cliff, and they can be pushed into the abyss at any time, her brother is not in Beijing, Gu Shen'an has resigned and returned to her hometown, she is only one person, guarding secrets that cannot be said, guarding the anxiety and hard work of not knowing how the future holds.
She knew that the county lord of Baiyu was hostile to her, and the root of this hostility was the meeting with the county king, she knew this clearly, so she would retreat step by step, for these noble royal people, she knew that she was like an ant, and she was by no means easy to provoke, once she acted rashly, it would bring ruin.
She must not let the Cao family be sent to the government, not to mention that her mother can't be frightened by this, she knows that the current Zhu family seems to be letting them go, in fact, because of her brother's affairs, it has been eyeing her, this time it is indeed because of the prince's face, it is inconvenient to make a move, but it is not that they don't want to make a move, so once the Zhu family gets the opportunity, with their framing methods, the brother will be finished, and even the Daluo Immortal will not be able to save it.
She must not allow that to happen.
"County Lord...."She bent her legs and knelt down, "Please Mingjian...."
Seeing this cheap maid kneeling down in front of her, a trace of happiness flashed in the heart of the county lord of Baiyu, sure enough, she was a thief in this matter, but she couldn't let go of this opportunity If she can go to the official mansion for a trip, maybe this matter of being selected for the East Palace will be in vain.....
However, if you offend the prince in this way, the gains outweigh the losses, and the county lord of Baiyu pressed this thought, but the resentment in his heart was even stronger.
"Get out of here, kneel," she cried coldly, and she had to make her suffer a little before giving grace, so that she could remember it better.
"Yes." Gu Banniang gritted her teeth and replied, stood up, walked a few steps to the door, and knelt down on the cold bluestone road under the gaze of the two servants, kneeling straight.
The servants standing at the door looked at it with disdain and ridicule for a while, and then they were all called in by the lord of Baiyu County.
The wind swept the wet cold on the pond, and she took off her cloak indoors, so she wore only a cotton robe, and after a while the whole body froze, her face turned blue, her knees ached, and she gradually lost consciousness.
"Hey, long time no see, sister, is this playing?"
A voice sounded behind it with a bit of banter.
Gu Bainiang didn't move or speak, she still knelt straight, her eyes staring at the thick curtain, which was already blood-red.
"Tsk...."Gu Yu smiled and moved from behind him to the front, frowning, "It's really pitiful, I didn't expect my sister to kneel down for people, I feel so sad to see it....."
Gu Bainiang's gaze fell on his face, and she smiled suddenly, but because her face was already stiff, this smile was not made.
Gu Yu reached out and knocked her on the head, bent down, and whispered in her ear, "Don't hold back, you are not very good at scolding and talking, go, slap away, point at your nose and scold, don't pretend to be a grandson here, this is not like you, it really disappoints me..."
"Isn't that what you want to see?" No mistakes, no word skipping. Gu Bainiang suddenly spoke, her upper and lower teeth slammed and said, her eyes were as cold as a bluestone slab, falling on his face, "Didn't you always want to see us so embarrassed, so lowly, so humble, haven't you always wanted to see this?" Seeing us prostrate on the ground, begging for mercy from others, watching us kowtow, begging others to give us dignity, glory and wealth....Gu Yu, don't you want to see this? Seeing that we are living in the same humble and humiliating way as you once were....how can you be sad, how can you be disappointed, you should be very happy... Look, I'll prostrate to you again...."
After she finished speaking, she bent over and met on the ground, but because her body was already extremely stiff, she lost her balance, and hit the ground heavily, and suddenly blood bruises and bruises.
"Look, that's how I should live," she didn't seem to feel any pain at all, tugging at the corners of her mouth, "Look, I'm going to live like this after all...."
Gu Yu's face gradually became gloomy, he was short, almost at eye level with Gu Bainiang's eyes, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes.
"Are you angry with me? Fool" he slammed to his feet, turned and strode away, his black robe moving with the wind, like a beast about to move.
After a few steps, he turned sharply and strode back.
"Eighteen Niang, I, Gu Yu, once looked up to you, don't embarrass me here" He reached out and dragged Gu Eighteen Niang up from the ground, and shouted in a gloomy voice, "If you want to kneel, you can only kneel me, and you can only kneel me"
Gu Bainiang got up suddenly, her legs and feet were already unconscious, and she stumbled and fell.
"Follow me" Gu Yu shouted, grabbed her hand, and strode half-pulled and half-dragged.
Gu Bainiang was dragged and fell again, her already swollen knee was extremely painful because of the bump, and her tears could no longer hold back the welling up.
"I'm on my knees if I don't leave," she cried, hiding her face.
"Don't embarrass me here, shame me Gu Yu's face" Gu Yu shouted, his body was short, "Come up"
Gu Bainiang watched him squat down in front of him, a little surprised.
Is this to carry yourself?
She bit her lower lip, reached out to wipe her tears, and clutched his robe and crouched over.
"Hey, you...."There was a shout from behind him, and the two servant women who heard the movement came out and couldn't help but be surprised, "You are so bold." people...."
Gu Yu turned around slightly and glanced at the two servant women coldly.
"Pingyang Houfu..... right? There are not many mistakes," he said coldly, his gaze as sharp as a knife.
The two servant women were so stunned by him that they couldn't help but lower their heads and didn't dare to look directly, and then looked up to see that the man had been carried away by the.
"He... ..... he is human? The servants muttered, glancing at each other.
? The lord of Baiyu County was shocked when he heard the news, and stood up suddenly, who is it? Doesn't it mean that this's family is thin, and her only brother is far away in Lizhou..... is so bold?
"Idiot" Gu Yu strode forward, feeling Gu Bainiang's cry on his back did not stop, "In this world, you can't rely on stubbornness to get everything you want..."
"Am I anything but stubborn?" Gu Bainiang cried, "And? In addition to by breath, what else? ”
Gu Yu didn't speak, and the wind swept his hair.
"And...."He looked ahead and smiled, "There's a lot more, I'll open your eyes....."
"Eighteen mothers.."
Cao's voice sounded from the side, and he ran over with two servants.
"Young Master Fisher.. You're back? Cao Shi saw Gu Yu slightly surprised, and immediately looked at Eighteen Niang with a worried face, "What's wrong?" What's wrong? ”
"It's okay, I accidentally fell on my foot..."Gu Banniang smiled and wiped away her tears, "It hurts a little harder..."
Gu Luo'er stood aside, her gaze swept over Gu Bainiang and then fell on Gu Yu, flickering.
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