Chapter 131:

Qin Jiao didn't think the fire was too fierce, so he calmly added a handful of firewood, "The concubine, don't worry about the chores, just leave the palace to me."
She raised her chin slightly, and looked at each other with her concubine, her attitude was extremely arrogant, as if she was saying, anyway, this palace belongs to her sooner or later.
"..." Concubine Shi Zi felt her chest hurt again, and her breath was blocked.
She really wanted to let Qin Jiu be dragged down, but she couldn't speak when the words came to her lips.
In the past, when the princess was there, she never frightened, never screamed hysterically. The princess could treat those thorns to be submissive with just a few words. Who do not like the female relatives of all the provinces in Xijiang? The princess is graceful and graceful, far beyond ordinary people can compare.
She has been married to the palace for so many years. She has been conscientious and conscientious in her words and deeds, and she won a compliment from others, saying that she has a little bit of the princess's grace when she was young. She didn't dare to lose her temper, for fear that others would tell her behind her back that she was born in a poor family and could not be on stage.
The concubine's face was blue and white, her facial features were slightly distorted, and she was very uncomfortable.
Qin Jiao felt that she was really tired just looking at it.
Du Ruo and his master are of one mind, and he deeply agrees. People like the concubine of the world just want to face and suffer.
She raised her chin very cooperatively, and said proudly to a maid who was telling her concubine, "Mrs. Zhao, don't you bring the account book! The third wife wants to see."
"The concubine empress said, the concubine is not careful enough, especially if she doesn't learn actuarial science, there are always mistakes in the accounting."
Du Ruo's servant followed his master's posture, very arrogant.
Concubine: "..."
The concubine of the world naturally heard that Du Ruo said that the concubine empress was referring to the princess, and her heart was stabbed severely by Du Ruo's words.
When the princess was here, she kept pressing herself, but now she is gone, and she still refuses to let her go!
Grandma Zhao looked at her concubine and Qin Jiao again, with great hesitation.
In the past, the people who presided over the gifts in the palace were always the princesses, and most of these maids were also the old people under the princess's hands.
They also knew about the imperial concubine's misunderstanding, and many people knew that the so-called "misreading the account" was the princess's disguise for the imperial concubine's face. In fact, the imperial concubine misappropriated the money from the public.
Thinking of these past events, the contempt in Mother Zhao's eyes flashed past.
After all, the concubine was born in a small family after all, her eyes were very shallow, she was a dignified concubine, and she was so greedy that the concubine still had the heart to uphold her and let her take care of her affairs, so she made this kind of joke.
It's not only Mother Zhao who thinks so, but other insiders have similar thoughts.
Ever since, the atmosphere has become a bit subtle.
Concubine Shi Zi felt that even the eyes of the people present were a little bit contemptuous when they looked at her, and her face was hot.
She hated Qin Jiu even more in her heart, feeling that Qin Jiu let her big maid mention it in front of so many people, deliberately trampling her face under her feet.
Concubine Shi Zi was almost mad, her chest throbbed.
Seeing that Concubine Shizi's face was not right, the Concubine Shisun next to her was afraid that she would get sick, so she quickly stroked her chest and asked softly, "Mother, would you like a cup of calming tea?"
It was okay for her not to ask, but when she asked, the concubine Shi Zi was even more angry, and she moved her anger to Concubine Shi Sun, feeling that she was really useless. Everyone is a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. It's better for the grandson and concubine, and she doesn't know that Qin Jiao is like a dumb man!
At this moment, the imperial concubine regretted a little. When she chose a daughter-in-law for her son, she was afraid that her daughter-in-law was too high-ranking or domineering, and she couldn't help it. She tried her best to look for a gentle temperament. The son is satisfied; and in terms of temperament, the concubine of the grandson has been asking for life under her stepmother since she was a child, and her temperament is exceptionally supple.
Concubine Shi Zi used to think that Concubine Shi Sun was very good looking at everything like her own horse, but now she feels a little upset, and it is too useless to dislike her daughter-in-law!
Concubine Shi Sun was stared at by Concubine Shi Zi, and she rubbed her veil with an innocent look, feeling wronged in her heart.
She can actually see what the concubine is thinking. The problem is that although Qin Jiao is younger than herself, she is also his third aunt, not only an elder, but also the princess, but also very fierce.
Concubine Shi Sun lowered her head, just as she didn't understand the meaning of Concubine Shi Zi, her eyes wandered.
To the concubine, her little family-like appearance is like adding fuel to the fire. I feel that the grandson born out of her temper is also weak and weak. I have already wondered when my son gets better, I have to find another clever interest for my son. The side concubine.
Regarding the turbulent undercurrent between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, Qin Jiao just didn't notice.
She took a sip of sherbet slowly, only feeling refreshed.
Qin Jiu made a look of surprise and covered his mouth deliberately, "Ah, Concubine Shizi, your complexion doesn't look very good, it must be because you took care of Shizi last night to be too exhausted."
She looked at the concubine, and urged: "Niece-in-law, hurry up and go and rest with your mother-in-law. You Haosheng persuade her not to be too aggressive like the elder son. The lord let me help her and leave everything to me. Up."
"Second concubine, I know that you have a deep relationship with her husband and wife, but if you fall, who will take care of her in the future?"
"You are a mother. Don't let your nephews and nieces worry about you."
Qin Jiu didn't give the concubine the world a chance to speak, and talked in endlessly. The implication was to say that even if the concubine was dying, the concubine should not follow him so soon.
"..." Concubine Shi Zi was already too angry to speak. This Qin Jiu not only cursed his son to die early, but also cursed himself! This kind of woman who is more sordid and insidious than the market is actually the emperor's wife to Gu Zezhi? !
Qin Jiao didn't care what the concubine Shizi thought at all. He smiled and looked at the maid-in-law and daughter-in-law present, and said naturally, "Come on, what's the matter, please report it."
She glanced around the crowd, and in her air, she felt calm and relaxed.
The maids exchanged glances in twos and threes. These people have been in the palace for decades, and half of them are old people who have been used by the princess, and they are also loyal to the princess.
Later, after the concubine, the concubine, did not dare to mobilize all the elders at once, and only replaced some people with her cronies one after another, but half of them were used by the former princess.
Originally, the princess did not come back, and these old people could only listen to the concubine, otherwise they would not be able to keep the job.
However, the current third wife came back with the third master, and the third wife is the daughter-in-law recognized by the princess. She is loved by the third master and can also coax the prince.
Most of these nurses are clever and can see the situation.
Now that the son of the prince is seriously ill, the prince values ​​the third master and the third wife as well. It is hard to say who will inherit the palace in the future.
To put it harder to say, even if the third master does not inherit the Duanwang Mansion, it is also the Chenjun king appointed by the court. They surrender to the third master and the third wife, and they will never end up with nothing to eat.
At this time, if you want to be loyal, you must be fast!
Grandma Zhao's eyes rolled around, and she was the first one to jump out and present the account book to Qin Jiu respectfully, "Mrs. Third, this is the account book for buying summer clothes in Fuzhong this season."
"According to the old rule set by the former princess, the masters of the mansion each add five new clothes every season, and the servants..."
Mother Zhao was very careful, and she explained all the old rules of the palace together for Qin Jiu's reference.
With the first one, there will be a second, and a third... The maids are all scrambling to report it.
In the eyes of the concubine, what these people did was like slap after slap on her face.
She really lost her face today! !
Concubine Shizi's heart hurts even more, raising her hand to cover her chest, her eyes go dark, and she fainted...
"Concubine Shizi!" The maid next to her hurriedly held the Concubine Shizi who was about to fall, and the Concubine Shisun was also shocked.
Qin Jiu also looked worried, and said hurriedly: "Come on! Don't hurry up and send the concubine back!"
"I think the concubine Shizi is very sick, and she has to be raised like her. You don't have to let the concubine Shizi come over tomorrow."
The villain in Qin Jiao's heart was sprinkling flowers happily, and he said to his heart: Golden thighs made her angry with the concubine, ah, she successfully completed the task, which is great!
Du Ruo squeezed a smile and continued to hold his chin high, admiring his master with five bodies in his heart.
Originally, King Duan asked his master to help the concubine to manage Zhongkui, but the master took the right to Zhongkui with a few words! High, really high!
The maids looked at this scene with different expressions, some shocked, some lowered eyebrows, some admired, and some disapproved, especially those who were promoted by the elder concubine, each of them was in their heart. protest against an injustice.
A fat mother with a round face said in a weird manner: "San Madam, are you trying to claim power alone?"
There are several other concubines beside her who are also looking at Qin Jiao with aggressive eyes, thinking that anyone who asks for face will not respond.
Qin Jiu asked instead: "What do you care about?"
The fat mother raised her chin proudly, "The servants are in charge of the kitchen."
Buying the kitchen is a fat man with a lot of oil and water. Anyone who gets this job in the palace is bound to be the confidant of the mistress. This maid is no exception. She is a companion room brought by the eldest concubine from her family.
Qin Jiu caressed his sleeves carelessly, and said lightly: "The person in charge of the kitchen purchases, but he cares about me and the concubine. Do you think you are the master of this palace?"
"I can't afford such a minion, so I removed it...Who is the deputy?"
The implication of Qin Jiu's words was obvious. A wife with a rust-colored jewel lit up her eyes, and she couldn't wait to stand up and bowed her knees to Qin Jiu: "Mrs. San, it's a slave."
Qin Jiao pointed his hand at her, "Then you are."
The fat maid was still not convinced, "San Madam, the maidservant did not make a mistake, why do you withdraw from the maidservant's post?!"
Qin Jiao didn't even bother to tell her, Du Ruo shared the worries for the master, and said coldly: "Come here, don't let this slave down!"
Immediately, two big-waisted women rushed in, gagged and dragged them down easily, and the others didn't dare to stop at all.
Qin Jiu withdrew a maid in a few words and gave everyone a good command.
After a brief surprise, the maids quickly calmed down.
Once the emperor and the courtier, this is the unchanging truth through the ages.
To tell the truth, the third wife did not place her own person, but promoted the original deputy manager, making them somewhat unable to see the newly promoted third wife.
The concubine's personal maid was also stunned. Her mouth moved slightly, trying to say something, but she was just a slave and there was no place for her to speak, and she could only hope in Concubine.
But the concubine grandson, with a gentle and gentle appearance, whispered: "You have to ask a good doctor to show your mother quickly."
Personal mother: "..."
The other maid-in-laws heard that the concubine Shisun said so, and they could only accept the words of the third lady as the concubine Shisun. So some people went to ask Doctor Wang Liang, and some went to prepare their shoulders. It was noisy.
In a short while, the concubine was carried away.
Qin Jiao still had that calm expression on his face, and said, "If you have anything, please leave it alone. If you have any problems, leave it."
For fear of being used to kill chickens and monkeys, the maids are all honest. If you need to report something, then you will be silent.
What happened in the main hall soon spread to the palace, especially the concubine, who was carried back with her shoulders.
Concubine Shizi actually woke up in the middle of the road, but it wouldn't look good if she killed her again, she could only pretend to wait for her shoulders to land before she woke up leisurely.
She was angry and hated, so she could only go to Gu Chenzhi to complain, put more energy and jealousy on the matter just now, blame Qin Jiu for a while, and blame Duanwang for a while.
Gu Chenzhi leaned on a big pillow and sat on the Babu bed with a colder expression.
Yesterday, when Gu Chenzhi heard that the concubine Duan asked her to surrender the right to Zhongguo, he was very excited, both indignant and unfair.
After a night of tossing and turning, Gu Chen had already calmed down.
As long as you don't have any expectations for the father, then naturally there is nothing to be disappointed.
The facts are already obvious, Gu Zezhi and Qin Jiu are just step by step devouring his things, his princely position and his palace.
The father has been helping them.
Over the years, my father kept saying that he valued himself, saying that he was the son of the prince and heir to the palace, but in fact he really cared about his son, otherwise, how could he help Gu Zezhi to grab his son's place!
Yes, he poisoned the Xiao clan, but that was also because Gu Zezhi had been coveting him for his position as a son.
He also had no alternative. Only when the Xiao clan died, his mother and concubine could be rehabilitated. Then he would be the eldest son of the righteous son, and Gu Zezhi's only advantage would be gone.
If it wasn't for the Xiaos and Gu Zezhi who wanted to him, how could this be!
It is true that people do not die for themselves.
It’s just that Xiao’s mother and son coveted the seat of the world. It was his father that saddened him. The father abandoned their father-son relationship for so many years. The tiger poisoned not the child. But the father placed himself in favor of Xiao and Gu Zezhi. Regardless, start with yourself!
He has been diligent since he was a child, because his father had high hopes for him, because Concubine Feng always told him that the concubine had no children and that he was the eldest son and would be the future heir to the king.
Sure enough, shortly after he married his concubine, he was established as the first son.
After that, he did not slack off because of achieving the goal, but worked harder. He helped his father handle the administration of Xijiang. He personally fought on the battlefield in armor. He repelled Xidi for Xijiang, and his reputation in the army was even more impressive. ...
In the end, because Gu Zezhi was a son, the father wanted to let himself give up the position of the son of the world. He even took his own life and used his flesh and blood to pave the way for Gu Zezhi!
Gu Chenzhi had seen it thoroughly and thoroughly.
Since the father and Gu Zezhi treated him like this, don't blame him for being ruthless.
He will not sit and wait for death, this Duan Palace is his, no one wants to it from him!
Seeing that Gu Chenzhi hadn't reacted, the concubine of the eldest son started to complain endlessly. Starting from the day Qin Jiao returned to the palace, she berated her for all kinds of rude behavior.
Qin Jiu, who was constantly talking about him, sneezed with a veil covering his mouth.
She was really bored, and the concubine did not come back after returning. The rank was too low, so boring, so she really sat in the main hall for a whole day, processing feedback.
There are too many adults in the royal family's great cause, and there are so many trivial matters. Qin Jiu is a new official. It is inevitable that he must first recognize the person and listen to these maids in charge to explain his previous affairs before he can enter the topic.
She sat for a day, her mind buzzing, as if several bees were flying in her mind.
In the capital, there were not many people in Qin's mansion, and there were only three masters in the prefectural mansion. She had Du Ruo's helper to take care of the internal affairs, which was easy.
Qin Jiu thinks Beijing is better!
When the sun was slanting, Qin Jiu's head went back up and down. After dinner, he lazily tilted on the beauty couch, but Gu Zeyi didn't come back until dark.
Gu Zezhi went to Luo'an City Camp early this morning. When he returned to Zhaohui Garden, he was carrying some vapor on his body. He first came to see Qin Jiao after bathing in the outer courtyard to wash away the dust all over his body.
As soon as he came back, Qin Jiu hung on him as if he was boneless, smelling the faint saponaria scent from him, and triumphantly told him what happened in the main hall today.
Her talking eyes seemed to say, is she great? !
The person Gu Zezhi knows how to winks immediately hugged her slender waist and praised: "Great!"
"This strong medicine is good!"
Gu Zezhi's eyes flashed, and based on his understanding of the concubine, she was bound to sue her, and she would add fuel and jealousy and provoke it by the way.
"Mighty medicine?" Qin Jiu raised his brows, feeling that everything is good for golden thighs, and he has to practice more for his boasting ability.
She squinted at Gu Zezhi, and the end of her eyes picked up playfully.
The light of the candle coated her body with a faint layer of gold powder, and the girl's eyes were as bright as washes, and the waves of her eyes flowed, seeming to be angry and smiling, revealing a drier and coquettish.
"Cure all diseases." Gu Zezhi bowed his head slightly and kissed her eyelid gently.
A tingling sensation penetrated from the eyelids into the blood, and quickly flowed through her body along her back.
Qin Jiao was amused by him again, with a bright smile, staring at his eyes and asking, "What will happen next?"
She likes to look straight at him like this, watching her figure reflected in his eyes, as if she was the only one in his eyes.
Gu Zezhi kissed her on the tip of her nose again, "With the disposition of the son of the world, he will doubt that it is the father who wants his life...for his son's position."
"The son actually doesn't understand the father at all." Gu Zezhi did not hide the ridicule in his tone.
Qin Jiao nodded his head with approval.
To Mrs. Xiao, King Duan is not a good husband; to Gu Zezhi, he is not a good father; but to Gu Chenzhi, he is definitely a good father.
Duan Wang believes in Gu Chenzhi and reuses Gu Chenzhi. Everything is important to Gu Chenzhi, and he feels that he can afford Duan Wang's position.
It's a pity that King Duan's 30 years of hard work has brought forth a bloodthirsty wolf.
Greed is not enough to swallow the elephant. Gu Chenzhi is such a person. He doesn't know how to be grateful and can only plunder, so he was able to kill Madam Xiao at the beginning, but now...
Qin Jiu blinked and asked lazily: "Will the worldly son take action against the father?"
Gu Zezhi was silent, not commenting.
At this moment, there is no need for him to say anything, his response has confirmed Qin Jiao's guess.
The night breeze in the spring was still cold, blowing into the room from the window, and the candlelight in the lantern swayed gently, echoing the swaying branches outside the window, seeming to be whispering.
The jumping candlelight casts brightly on Gu Zezhi's face
Qin Jiu thought of the plot in the novel about the brothers of Gu Zezhi and Gu Chen.
In the novel, Gu Zezhi was ambushed on the way from Xijiang to Beijing the previous year, seriously injured and missing.
When Princess Duan heard the news, she thought that her son was dead and was hit hard, so Jiuhexiang’s poison attacked faster. Perhaps King Duan discovered some clues and realized that everything was planned by the son, so Gu Chenzhi could only act first. Qiang, killing his father and his mother, in the end he also blamed Gu Zezhi for the crime, which made Gu Zezhi notorious and completely cut off the possibility of Gu Zezhi inheriting the throne.
The situation today is actually somewhat similar to the plot in the novel.
With Gu Chen's selfish and competitive disposition, what will happen to him when he finds that the prince wants him to "make way for Gu Zezhi"?
The answer naturally appeared in Qin Jiao's heart, I am afraid that he would follow the same route in the novel by different routes.
She could think of how much part of the reason was because she knew the plot of the novel, and Gu Zezhi didn't know anything, but he predicted it.
Qin Jiao looked up at Gu Zezhi again, his expression a bit complicated.
Except for not expecting that they would stay in Xijiang for a long time, everything is proceeding step by step according to Gu Zezhi's plan.
Gu Zezhi squeezed everyone's character and reaction to his heart, hehe, he is worthy of the arrogant villain in the original book!
With emotion, Qin Jiu felt a little strange.
It stands to reason that if Gu Zezhi is so wise and close to monsters, he shouldn't die so easily in the hands of King Yu in the novel. Why on earth?
Alas, it’s a pity that the plot of the novel was developed from the perspective of the hero and heroine. A lot of the plots about Gu Zezhi and the King of Yu were narrated. When Qin Zhuo was reading the novel, he stayed up late to read the novel. , Shuang is over, it's over, I don't remember so many details at all, and there is really no way to dig out the unspoken truth in the novel.
Qin Jiu didn't want to spend his brains, guessing irresponsibly: Could it be that the author gave the hero and heroine a great halo? ?
Or--
The author wrote the story card, in order to end, just casually cast the wisdom of the big villain?
Thinking of this, Qin Jiu felt that Gu Zezhi was really pitiful.
The pen was in the hands of the author, and he had to be sacrificed for the plot.
She fell into Gu Zezhi's arms, smiled so that her eyes were like a crescent moon, and began to take pleasure in herself.
Gu Zezhi didn't know what she was having fun at all, but when he saw her in this way, he felt soft as water and sweet as sugar.
He bowed his head and held her upper lip tenderly, tangled up, his arms tightly wrapped around her slender waist, his half-draped hair poured down, intertwined with her blue silk, regardless of each other.
It's nice to have her with him!
Gu Zezhi's eyes flickered, and she bit her lip, and she bit his thin lip back unconvinced.
The tingling sensation made him more pleasant, but he smiled.
Sometimes, he would think, if he didn't meet her in Yuzhou the year before last, what would happen now?
The mother will stay in Xijiang, so he is afraid that he will not have the chance to discover the poisoning of his mother, and the mother will die!
He would definitely suspect that there was something hidden behind his mother's death, and he would be able to find out the truth. He would kill Gu Chenzhi to avenge his mother and himself, so what would happen to the father?
Will the father firmly believe in Gu Chenzhi and will not hesitate to be an enemy of himself, or will the father die in the hands of Gu Chenzhi?
Regardless of the ending, Duan Palace is destined to fall apart, and what will happen after he takes revenge on his mother?
I'm afraid it's so dull.
There was nothing in this world that made him nostalgic, and now he has her!
His life has a different color because of her joining.