Chapter 108: Hold a banquet
"No matter what you say, anyway, the slave thinks that the emperor is different from you and other concubines. Think about it, how many times have you contradicted the emperor, and how many times has the emperor really dealt with you?" said the sparrow patiently.
Come to think of it, it is.
Gu Qing said angrily: "What's the difference? Probably because you think I'm funny? In fact, at the beginning, I admired Prime Minister Murong." But later I found out that admiration is just admiration, and when admiration rises to a height, it is still admiration, and there will be no change or change. ”
Admiring the Prime Minister?
I didn't understand the words of the sparrow, but I understood the central meaning.
"If you are willing to spend some time and effort on the emperor, you will find that he is actually very pitiful. ”
Take some time and thought?Gu Qing was silent, to be honest, she didn't have a big opinion on Liancheng's opinion, but she was dissatisfied with him giving herself a position as a talented person for no reason. Moreover, before, I had a private interview with him and talked and laughed together...... She didn't seem to have done this to Murong before.
In front of Murong, she has always been getting along with him as a junior brother, because he has a kind of aura, and when she is with him, she will unconsciously dwarf him.
But when they are alone with Liancheng, the two of them will be noisy like ordinary friends, and they will not be bothered by Liancheng's identity at all.
Gu Qing thought about it, she was really relaxed in front of Liancheng, she could say whatever she wanted, and she wouldn't hold her words.
"The pattern on your forehead is very good-looking, and compared with other women, it has more style. Broccinch boasted.
Gu Qing smiled reluctantly: "Really?"
"Of course, I think it's pretty good. Maybe it will be known by the women in the market in the future, and it may not be possible to compete for imitation. ”
Fingers caressed her forehead, sometimes there was a dull ache, and if it wasn't covered by patterns, there would be a scar on her face.
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When Gu Ning became the queen of the queen, she wanted to hold a banquet and invite all the concubines, just to stretch her status and let everyone in the harem know who was the one with the most right to speak. However, there is no time recently, and it has been postponed again until today.
The banquet was held in the main hall of Ningxing Palace, without the joy of silk and bamboo, and there was no orchestral grandness. Yes, it's just the vanity that every woman hides under a mask.
"Just now, Mei Guiren said that the tangram dim sum made in the imperial dining room is very delicious, and the palace tasted a piece, and it is indeed not bad. Gu Ning's crisp voice was very clear in the main hall, and as soon as his eyes swept His Highness, all the concubines had a smile on the corner of their mouths, but only Su Guifei was very unconvinced, and barely glanced at Gu Ning.
With a chuckle, she wasn't in a hurry.
At this banquet, Rong Guifei Lily, Su Guifei Su Yu, Qin Guifei Qin Zhilan, and several new nobles were invited, all of whom were palace maids who worked hard to climb up, so there was no need to introduce them one by one.
As soon as his thoughts turned, he thought of Gu Qing.
Gu Ning turned his head sideways and asked Xiaoyu, the voice happened to be heard by everyone in the hall, "Gu Cairen didn't come?"
"Niangniang, have you forgotten, Gu Cairen is sick and can't come to the banquet. ”
As soon as Xiao Yu's words fell, His Royal Highness's voice sounded: "What if Gu Cairen is sick? ”
It was Su Guifei who said it. Gu Ning pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Why does Concubine Su think so?"
"Niangniang, do you think, Gu Cairen is your cousin, but now she is serving a husband with you......?
Hearing these words, Gu Ning was already disgusted, and his facial features were all wrinkled together.
Qin Guifei, who usually rarely speaks, retorted: "My sister said this, did she know Gu Cairen's thoughts, or did she think like this?"
Unexpectedly, a Qin Guifei came out halfway to resist her words, and Su Guifei's face was a little embarrassed: "Is my sister talking for Gu Cairen?"
The meaning of her asking this is that the queen has no longer regarded Gu Qing as a sister, who would like her cousin to snatch her husband with her?
also made it clear that the problem of saying was thrown to Qin Guifei.
Qin Guifei has always lived in a simple house, and she didn't care about the affairs of the harem, but today she just spoke according to the reason, but she didn't expect to be asked like this.
If she doesn't answer well, she is standing on the cusp.
At this moment, Gu Ning coughed lightly, "Don't say anything." What kind of character Gu Cairen has, this palace knows very well. I think that when the fetus in the palace died in the womb, Gu Cairen came to Ningxing Palace in person and took care of the palace day and night. This kindness will not be forgotten by this palace. ”
Everyone's faces were dark and uncertain, because of Gu Ning's words, they all understood. A mouthful of Gu Cairen, how can there be any intimacy when she called Qing'er to come at the beginning? Besides, she only said that Gu Qing took care of her, and she didn't care about the past friendship in the house.
In other words, Gu Ning still minds very much in his heart, very much.
"In the future, don't talk about discussing Gu Cairen in front of the palace, she is a family member of the palace, and now everyone is serving the emperor and is also a family. Those words that fanned the flames, if you can swallow them, don't say them. ”
Gu Ning's eyes suddenly became indifferent, and after looking at her, Su Guifei made eye contact with her, and suddenly shook her spirit.
"Since the queen has spoken, the concubines naturally have to abide by it. Rong Guifei smiled, Gu Ning was silent, Rong Guifei has never been a fuel-efficient lamp.
In fact, the purpose of this banquet, Gu Ning just wanted to get words out of their mouths, to see what they thought of Gu Qing. After the conversation just now, she knew what she was doing.
Soon after, the banquet ended, and the concubines left one after another.
Gu Ning felt tired, and lay on his back on the couch, closing his eyes to recuperate.
When she was about to walk to the imperial garden, Su Guifei suddenly lost her temper, kicked on the edge of the flower bed, and said unwillingly: "Why did she become the queen?
"The master is angry. ”
"Rest the anger, what kind of anger? This palace just can't get used to her arrogant appearance. I don't know why the queen's position fell on her head, and the emperor doesn't see how much he loves her on weekdays, I really can't figure it out. ”
"My sister can't figure it out, but what if she can't figure it out?" Rong Guifei's figure came out from the side, her face was full of confident smiles, just in terms of temperament, Su Guifei lost a lot to her.
What did you think it was? It turned out to be Rong Guifei.
Rong Guifei relied on her clever mouth to establish a good interpersonal relationship in the palace, and Su Guifei didn't ask her too many questions, but she was very unconvinced: "I just don't like the queen." ”
"Eh, sister, you have to remember that this is in the palace, talk or something, pay attention to the place. ”
Rong Guifei carefully reminded Su Guifei that she realized that she was now in the imperial garden, and there were so many people that she almost heard it.
"Sister, do you have any good countermeasures?"
Su Guifei could see that the seemingly dashing Rong Guifei in front of her also cared about her status, but the situation did not depend on her.
If she is given a way, she will definitely go faster than anyone else.
Concubine Rong chuckled, and a pair of fox eyes wandered: "Countermeasures? What countermeasures can I have? The most important thing at the moment is how Gu Cairen and the queen should be, right?"
Before the two of them could react, Concubine Rong said, "I have always liked to watch infighting, what about you, sister?"
Infighting! Let the two sisters fight first.
"But what do we need to do?"
Concubine Rong sighed that she was really an elm head, "I heard that Gu Cairen admired Prime Minister Murong before entering the palace, why don't we plan it?"
She leaned close to Su Guifei's ear, and the two of them chattered for a while, and then let out a knowing smile together.
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The banquet was over, the palace maids cleaned up the hall, and after Gu Ning woke up from a nap, he suddenly felt empty in his heart. She had a dream that her back seat was snatched away by Gu Qing, and her ears were full of Gu Qing and Yu Niang's smug smiles.
Woke up suddenly, and the corners of his clothes were tightly grasped in sweat.
"Mother, have a nightmare?"
Hearing Xiaoyu's voice, she came back to reality and nodded blankly.
"Hongu dreamed that someone was going to come and grab the queen's throne. ”
"This ...... It's impossible, dreams are the opposite of reality, and the mother thinks too much. ”
Gu Ning wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said weakly: "I hope so." ”
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Gu Qing, who lived in the Phoenix Palace, still locked himself in the palace and didn't see anyone. It's just that at dusk, Gu Ning sent someone to send some jewelry, and sent someone to bring a message: "I hope to meet." ”
In just three words, Gu Qing blamed himself.
She accepted all the jewelry and explained: "Come to visit tomorrow." ”
When you visit tomorrow, whether you are ready to explain to her or not, you must meet her. Even if family affection is aside, she is the queen, and Gu Qingqing should go to visit.
"Second sister, she...... I'm definitely going to be killed. ”
"Why do talented people think like this? You are also passive, and the emperor's order cannot be resisted by us. Brockfinch comforted.
Lian Cheng hadn't been here for a few days, and Gu Qing still had an inexplicable urge to see him.
There was a little eunuch outside the palace who came to report that he had something important to tell Gu Cairen. You have to tell Gu Cai in person, and no one else is allowed to tell it on your behalf.
"What?"
The little eunuch's hat was pressed so low along the edge that if you didn't look closely, you couldn't even see his outline.
"The small one is from the Prime Minister's Mansion, I haven't seen Gu Cairen for a long time, and the Prime Minister is anxious, and I hope to meet tonight by the small pool outside the Phoenix Palace. The little eunuch said word by word, speaking very slowly, as if he was afraid that Gu Qing would not hear clearly.
Murong wants to see her?
Gu Qing stood up, and Jinque also felt very surprised.
"Really?"
The little eunuch replied, "If there is any falsehood, the sky will thunder." ”
"Talent, you ......" Jinque was just about to persuade, but was stopped by Gu Qing in one fell swoop.
"Okay, I see, stand down. ”
The little eunuch stood up and retreated, Gu Qing saw his side face with sharp eyes, tsk, I always feel that I have seen it somewhere? There are so many eunuchs in the palace, passing by back and forth, maybe it is a confusion.
"Cairen, do you really want to make an appointment?"
Gu Qing thought for a moment, but she hadn't thought about it yet.