Chapter 9: Stealing Sugar Gourds

"Bring her in." Concubine Ning handed the candied fruit in her hand to Gu Wanchao and spoke slowly.

Mama took the words, went outside and led the eighth princess in.

The eighth princess is Concubine Ning's only daughter, named Yimeng, Concubine Ning is gentle, the eighth princess has been exposed to it since she was a child, and she is also a good person, she has no princess temper, she follows behind her grandmother, and she is very well-behaved.

"Mother." Princess Yimeng poked her head out from behind her grandmother and trotted into Concubine Ning's arms.

Concubine Ning smiled and hugged her daughter, raised her hand and stuffed a candied fruit into her mouth.

"Hey, whose little sister is this, she is so good-looking, and this lady is also good-looking." Princess Yimeng is two or three years older than Gu Wanchao, and when she speaks, she looks like a little adult.

"Courtesy Liu, I've seen the eighth princess." Liu got up from his seat and greeted Princess Yimeng.

Seeing this, Gu Wanchao also jumped down with her calves, she looked really round, and she was cute and funny when she saluted.

"No need to be polite, sit down, sit down." Princess Yimeng ran to Gu Wanchao, pulled her up, looked at her fleshy face, and almost couldn't help pinching it.

"Yimeng, this is Second Mrs. Gu, this is Second Mrs. Gu's daughter, and the mother concubine mentioned it to you." Concubine Ning introduced to the eighth princess.

"I like her." Princess Yimeng lay in the arms of her mother and whispered, which made Concubine Ning couldn't help laughing.

Gu Wanchao didn't know that the mother and daughter were talking about themselves, she only felt that it was a whisper between the mother and daughter, she had a snack in her mouth, and when she saw the two looking at her, she smiled.

The appearance of that bulging cheek raiser is really cute.

Several people talked and laughed in the palace for a while, and stayed until noon, and Gu Wanchao followed Princess Yimeng to the study.

"Let me tell you, Taifu is fierce, when Taifu lectures later, you have to listen carefully, otherwise you will be beaten." Princess Yimeng chattered at Gu Wanchao all the way, and from what she said, Gu Wanchao felt her fear of Taifu.

Gu Wanchao looked at this eighth princess who was only eight or nine years old, and saw her former self in a trance for a while, at that time, the emperor's uncle also forced her to study, and she also complained about the teaching master behind her back.

"Has the princess ever been beaten?"

"I did, Taifu asked me to copy the Book of Changes, but I fell asleep, and then ......" Princess Yimeng became more and more frightened the more she spoke, and finally couldn't help but shiver.

"Anyway, Taifu is very fierce, just remember to be obedient."

When she arrived at the study, Princess Yimeng sat upright on the chair, Gu Wanchao was a companion, so she could only stand on the side, she was so small and pitiful, standing in front of the bookcase, she could only show half of her head, so she simply lifted the chair and climbed up, so she could barely touch the ink strip on the case.

"It's good." When the Taifu arrived in the room, Princess Yimeng stood up, and did not forget to stretch out her hand to signal Gu Wanchao between the dignified salutes.

"It's good." She cried out in a milky voice.

"Are you familiar with the poetry you taught to the eighth princess yesterday?"

Gu Wanchao peeked at Taifu, looking only in his early twenties, but he was stereotyped like an old antique, which was really boring, but he looked dignified, and he looked like a decent gentleman.

"It's ripe, but Yimeng doesn't dare to slack off." Princess Yimeng kept nodding, for fear that Taifu would not believe it.

"You're the princess's companion, aren't you? In the past, you could have to supervise the princess's study, do you remember? Taifu looked at the round little head on the desk and reminded him.

"I remember, I remember." Gu Wanchao pulled out a big smile and replied in a milky voice.

Mr. lectures are always boring and long, Gu Wanchao stayed in the study with Princess Yimeng until the afternoon, and after the master explained the homework to be checked tomorrow, he left the palace.

Gu Wan walked around Princess Yimeng in the harem, she carefully paid attention to her mother's figure, and after making sure that her mother did not enter the palace today, she left the palace by taking advantage of the fact that it was too late.

Although Gu Wanchao entered the palace to study with the title of the eighth princess's companion, because she was the little daughter of the prime minister's family, the emperor specially allowed Gu Wanchao to go back to the house every day for the night, and then enter the palace to accompany the student the next day.

When Gu Wanchao was sent to the gate of the palace, Gu traitors and the Gu family's carriage had been waiting outside for a long time.

"Ouch, grandfather's good granddaughter, have you been wronged in the palace today?" Gu Traitor picked up his granddaughter.

"No, the eighth princess is fine, she gave me snacks to eat." Although Gu Wanchao and Gu traitor's hatred are incompatible, she can't stand that she is now someone's granddaughter, so she can only accept all the favor of Gu traitor.

"Okay, let's go, go home, grandfather asked them to make you something to eat." Gu traitor Chen hugged Gu Wan and got into the carriage.

Back at the Gu Mansion, the Liu family was really relieved, and checked Gu Wanchao's body again and again to ensure that he was not wronged, and then he was relieved.

Xia He walked in with a food box, and Liu took the food box.

"Today, your father went to the restaurant to discuss with people, and specially brought you the lotus cake, try it." She opened the food box and took out a plate of small snow-white snacks from it.

Gu Wanchao had long heard that the puffy cake was delicious, but she was raised in the deep boudoir and never had the opportunity to taste it, but she didn't expect that she could still be full of this blessing in the Gu family.

"yes, Daddy is so nice." She clapped her two little hands, and she really didn't hesitate to be happy.

Liu looked at his lovely daughter and smiled extremely gently.

Unconsciously, Gu Wanchao has entered the palace to do more than a month of companion reading, these days, she not only has to accompany the princess to study, but also to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

She had the advantage of being an adult, but she had not been trained.

It's just that for more than a month, the mother she misses has never entered the palace, and her desire to see her mother has gradually come to naught.

"Hey, what's the fuss?" Princess Yimeng handed it to her with a string of sugar gourds in her hand.

"Huh? Where did the sugar gourd come from in the palace? "The sugar gourd is a thing that can be seen everywhere outside the palace, which is not unusual, but it is a rare object in the palace.

Because. This thing is only available to the people.

"I asked the fourth brother's companion to bring it from outside the palace, shhh, the mother concubine won't let me eat it, but I can't let her find out." The way she laughed was really like Concubine Ning.

"Don't worry, I'll keep my mouth shut." Gu Wanchao took a bite of the sugar gourd, and Gu cheeks assured.

"Princess, princess, yes, someone is coming." The little palace maid who Princess Yimeng had left behind to keep watch outside hurriedly ran over, and her mouth kept chattering.

"Who's coming?" Gu Wanchao stuffed the last sugar gourd into his mouth, got up and asked.

"No, I didn't see it." The palace maid was frightened when she looked at the figure, and she didn't pay attention to who was coming this way.