Chapter 215: a purse
Zhang Wanyi stroked her abdomen, which was still flat, but a life had already been conceived in it.
If it was a male child... She glanced at Yun Yi with a bit of resentment, but her gaze was so fast that no one in the room noticed. No one would have guessed what she was thinking.
Yun Ling and Yun Qing came to the Fengyi Palace one after the other, and the concubines from other palaces also came one after another. Not long after they met and greeted each other, Emperor Jing walked into the Fengyi Palace with the Empress.
After everyone saluted, Emperor Jing looked very happy, all the palaces and palaces were rewarded, and Yunluo got a lot of money.
Emperor Jing talked to everyone for a while and then took the queen away, letting everyone walk around the palace at will, and wait until the evening to have dinner together.
Yun Ke only brought Gu Yuqi and Yunluo back, but was summoned by Emperor Jing to go away. Yunluo was taken out to play, while Gu Yuqi made up for a sleep in the room. She slept until noon before waking up. , Yun Ke sent someone to tell Gu Yuqi to have something to eat at noon. He was still talking with Emperor Jing in the study, and it was estimated that it was time for dinner.
Yunluo had already eaten, and was taken by her nanny to her lunch break. Gu Yuqi also used it casually, so she thought about getting up and walking.
Seeing a purse on the table, she asked where Dai Mei came from. Dai Mei said that it was sent by the **** in the palace, and that it was given by the empress, and that the concubines and side concubines of each palace had it.
Gu Yuqi picked up her purse and smelled it lightly. A strong aroma of plants penetrated her heart and spleen. It was not musk, but the aroma of another plant. Gu Yuqi felt a little familiar, but she didn't remember it for a while.
"Want to wear it?" Dai Mei asked.
"Since it was given by the Empress. Then take it with you." Gu Yuqi said. Dai Mei gave Gu Yuqi her purse and hung it on her waist.
Gu Yuqi got up and wanted to go for a walk in the yard. She only took a few steps before she remembered what the spices were in that purse.
Catnip!
In a previous life, someone in the palace used catnip mixed with other spices and filled it in the purse. There are many mothers who keep cats in the palace. From time to time, there will be cats wandering in the garden. The taste, I am afraid that it will rush over and scratch and bite.
She was hit once, and that time she made a big clown, and it happened that Yun Ke passed by, and she couldn't get off the stage immediately. Later, she firmly remembered the smell of this purse, but she did not expect that after so many years, she would smell the existence of this kind of thing in the palace again.
Destiny would really make fun of her.
"Is this really sent by the empress?" Gu Yuqi stopped, took down the sachet hanging from her waist, and asked Dai Mei.
"The **** said yes." Dai Mei nodded.
She didn't recognize the **** either. Just remember what he looked like.
"Follow me to Fengyi Palace once." Gu Yuqi put away the purse with the catnip hidden in it, and walked towards Fengyi Palace with Dai Mei.
The **** who was the gatekeeper at the gate of the palace, Yan Ming'an's concubine Gu from Prince Ming'an's mansion asked to see the empress.
As soon as she entered the Fengyi Palace, Daimei looked around, looking all the way, but she didn't see any **** who sent her purse there.
Gu Yuqi's heart already has some numbers.
If the Queen Mother wanted to send someone to deliver something, she would most likely send someone around her. After all, she had been in the palace for so many years, and she would always use what she believed in to avoid any mistakes.
Although it is not a big deal to give something to the juniors, there are also grades among the juniors. If it is wrong or confused, it is not good.
The Queen is someone who pays great attention to these things. The things distributed to the various prefectures for so many years have always been delivered by the people around the queen, never under the guise of the hands of the ministers of the various palaces. If Dai Mei didn't see the **** who went to deliver the purse in the Fengyi Palace, either the **** had not returned, or the **** was not at all with the queen.
If it is the latter, then this purse is naturally not sent by the queen.
The reason why Gu Yuqi dared to make such a bold assumption. It's because she doesn't actually have any conflict with the queen.
Although the queen is Zhang Wanyi's aunt, in the last life, she didn't care about seizing the heir to the end. Sure enough, when Yun Ke became the emperor later, she still respected her as the empress dowager, like a bodhisattva in the Yongshou Palace. The queen herself is also a reasonable person. Except for the festivals and the need to support the scene, she only came out to show her face. On weekdays, she was either in the Yongshou Palace or in the summer resort. I heard that there are several Lanyan confidants around. , of course, this is just a legend, the queen did things beautifully, but not out of line, Yun Ke naturally turned a blind eye and never cared about her business.
Anyway, when Gu Yuqi died, the empress dowager was at ease.
Therefore, when Gu Yuqi was in the cold palace, when she thought of the empress dowager, she really felt that the empress dowager was a transparent person, and she couldn't catch up with the big winner of the harem.
It is absolutely impossible for such a person who doesn't care about seizing the heirloom to attack her.
There is no benefit to her and the queen.
The queen was quite enthusiastic towards Gu Yuqi. After Gu Yuqi saluted, she asked someone to give her a seat, and she did not neglect her in the slightest because Gu Yuqi was a concubine.
Although Dai Mei lowered her brows, she also looked at the **** standing in the hall from the corner of her eye. She didn't see the person who was going to deliver the purse, so she gently touched Gu Yuqi's sleeve with her hand. Three times.
Gu Yuqi understood.
"Ke'er's child is a little colder, Concubine Rou, take more care of you." The Empress said. She used the name given to Gu Yuqi by His Majesty.
"Niangniang, the daughter-in-law has already married into Prince An's mansion. Naturally, His Royal Highness Prince An should be the priority. If you talk about taking care of it, it's really a mess." Gu Yuqi smiled.
"I heard that you have good martial arts." The Empress looked at Gu Yuqi with great interest, "Even the eldest princess Pinghu praised you in front of this palace, and you were the one who protected her during the Gengzi Rebellion. His Royal Highness King Hefu, it is also a blessing for Ke'er to marry you back to the mansion."
"That's a compliment from the eldest princess." Gu Yuqi said humbly, "The two lessons of the courtier and daughter-in-law were taught by my mother, and it's not on the table. It's just vulgar skills."
"Hehe, you don't have to be humble." The Queen laughed, "Can you beat the Duke of Dingyuan, and call it vulgar kung fu?"
"By the way, the minister and daughter-in-law are here to ask the Empress one thing." Gu Yuqi said. On the wooden intestine number.
"Let's talk." The Empress smiled and asked Gu Yuqi to serve tea.
"The Empress just gave me a purse." Gu Yuqi said with a smile, "I really like it when my daughter-in-law sees it. The spices in it are also fragrant, which the daughter-in-law has never smelled before. Take the courage to come to the Empress and ask, is there a recipe for the spices in this purse? If so, can you give a portion to the minister-in-law? After a long time in the future, the flavor of the spices will fade, and the minister-in-law can follow the recipe. Let's go match some points and replace them."
As soon as the queen heard this, her brows furrowed slightly, "This palace didn't give Concubine Rou any purse?"
Gu Yuqi immediately raised her hand slightly and covered her lips, pretending to be surprised, "The minister-in-law received a purse, and the workmanship is very exquisite. The **** who came to deliver the purse said that it was given by the queen's wife."
The queen's eyes flashed slightly, and her brows slightly frowned, "Bring that purse to this palace to see."
Gu Yuqi gave Dai Mei a wink, and Dai Mei immediately married the purse, holding it in both hands and sending it to the Empress.
The queen asked the mammy beside her to pick it up, and then she took the purse from the mama's hand and turned it over in the palm of her hand.
"This workmanship is very delicate, and it was done by Shangyi Division in the palace." The queen recognized the method and needlework of the purse, as well as the thread and materials used. "It's just that the Ai family really didn't send any purse to Concubine Rou. Could it be that the people from Concubine Rou heard it wrong?" the queen asked tentatively.
"Reporting to the maiden." Dai Mei knelt down on the side, "When the father-in-law came to deliver the purse, the concubine Roufei had already fallen asleep. It was the slaves who were on duty, and the slaves took the purse personally. , said that it was given by the empress, and the concubines and other masters of the palaces have it."
Dai Mei is soft-spoken, soft-spoken, and articulate, which makes the Queen feel very comfortable when she hears it. Besides, it was the first time she saw herself in the palace, so she was neither humble nor arrogant. It seemed that Gu Yuqi taught very well on weekdays. .
"En." The queen nodded slowly after hearing this, and then chuckled, "I don't know that someone in this palace is getting more and more courageous now."
She flipped through the purse again, then looked at Gu Yuqi, her eyes were burning, she carefully looked at Gu Yuqi from head to toe, and then smiled slowly, "Come, come, let Ben Gong take a good look at you. "
Hearing this, Gu Yuqi got up, lowered her head and walked to the queen's side. The queen took Gu Yuqi's hand, her brow wrinkled again, "What's wrong with your hand?"
As soon as she shook it, she knew that there was something wrong with Gu Yuqi's hand.
It hangs down softly, can't use force, can't see it if it's far away, but it's impossible not to notice it when you hold it in your hand.
Gu Yuqi's heart trembled slightly, her mind was thinking quickly, and finally she lowered her head and made a look like she was about to cry, "If you go back to the mother, the hands of the minister and daughter-in-law are useless."
The queen was shocked when she heard it, and hurriedly rolled off Gu Yuqi's sleeves, and saw that there were still two hideous scars on her wrists, both on both wrists.
"What's going on?" the Queen asked in a voiceless voice.
Gu Yuqi pursed her lips, but she still told the queen what happened that day, but she hid some things, such as why she left the house and why she was single, she had vaguely mentioned these.