Chapter 26:

"..." Mrs. Qin Tai looked at Queen Wei with an inexplicable expression. Where did she go wrong?
In Fengluan Palace, there were seven or eight female family members of Xungui's family. Hearing what Empress Wei said, the graceful and luxurious faces showed a bit of interest.
Queen Wei shook her head and sighed: "It seems I don't know yet."
Su Clan's secret path is not good. After all, this is Fengluan Palace. Whatever the queen says, just agree with it first.
When they took Qin Jiu back to the Hou Mansion, how they wanted to train and punish them, that was not the family affair of the Hou Mansion, and even the Queen knew it afterwards and couldn't pick him out.
Su Clan smiled and said: "The empress is a courtier..."
She wanted to admit her mistake for Mrs. Qin, but was interrupted by Empress Wei:
"Come on, take them to the concubine."
In the presence of so many people, Empress Wei did not give Madam Qin a face to the three of them.
Mrs. Qin Tai, Su's family and Qin Xin only felt that everyone's eyes were pierced into their faces like needles, and their faces were hot.
Qin Xin's face was extremely stiff, ashamed and angry.
This was the first time Qin Xin saw Empress Wei after Qin Jiu returned. The Empress Qianwei thought that Qin Xin was the daughter of her younger sister, and had been very kind to her for many years. This was the first time Qin Xin had been affected by Empress Wei. Such a cold reception.
"Mrs. Qin, Mrs. Hou, Miss Qin, please." A round-faced court lady reached out to the three of Mrs. Qin with a petition.
"..." Mrs. Qin Tai winked at Qin Jiu.
Qin Jiao held a kerchief and wiped the non-existent tears at the corner of his eyes, and did not look at Mrs. Qin Tai at all, "嘤嘤嘤..."
"Grandma only believes in the second sister, not me..."
Her shoulders trembled slightly, as if she had suffered a lot of grievances.
The round-faced palace lady approached the Qin family for a half step, her smile deeper, but her eyes were cold.
Su Clan has no doubt that if they don't leave, Queen Wei can make them even more faceless.
Su's family quietly pulled Mrs. Laqin's arm, and the three of them could only leave Fengluan Palace with the round-faced court lady in a sullen manner.
The three people only felt that the eyes of a crowd of people were falling on their backs, and the sneers of others were faintly heard.
Mrs. Qin's steps shook. Now their Qin family's face is gone!
The queen ignored the three, and glanced at Qin Jiao appreciatively, this little girl was really clever.
Mrs. Qin Tai obviously wanted Qin Jiu to intercede just now. Qin Jiu's surname is Qin and she is a granddaughter. It was her fault to ignore her grandmother, but now it is different.
Within a short while, more and more girls and family members came to Fengluan Palace to please Queen Wei, and the main hall became more lively.
Queen Wei exchanged greetings with these noble ladies in the clan for a while. Seeing that there were more and more girls in the hall, she smiled and said to the second princess: "Xin'an, you take a few girls to the imperial garden for a walk, relax and reward. flower."
The second princess Xin'an is fifteen years old this year, and her biological mother went into childbirth.
Xin'an wore a begonia red butterfly in a flower engraved silk twill, with a crescent updo, her appearance was gentle and beautiful, with a soft smile on her goose egg face.
She got up and agreed, and called Qin Jiao together again, and the ladies left Fengluan Palace.
The cool autumn breeze is oncoming, and the wind brings bursts of sweet fragrance, refreshing the heart.
Although the imperial garden in autumn is not as full of flowers as in spring, it also has its own colorful scene, all kinds of chrysanthemums, osmanthus, hibiscus, etc. bloom together, and the autumn breeze is filled with bursts of floral fragrance.
The girls scattered in twos and threes, some continued to walk, some went to fluttering with butterflies, some admiring flowers, and some sat down in the waterside pavilion by the lake and played their own things.
Qin Jiao sat down in the water pavilion when a girl in pink came over.
"Miss Qin San," she introduced herself generously, "I am from the Weiyuan Mansion, and I can do it at home. My nickname is Jiao Niang."
Qin Jiu looked at her tangledly.
Since Qin Jiu returned to Beijing with Empress Wei, Empress Wei had asked her to tell her about some of the mansions in Beijing and the intricate relationships between them, but she was so dizzy that she didn't remember much.
She searched her mind for a while, and couldn't remember which Weiyuan Mansion was. She simply smiled and pointed to a box of fish food next to her and said, "Feed the fish?"
Yun Jiaoniang smiled and sat down beside Qin Jiao, grabbed the fish and scattered the fish food into the lake. A tail of goldfish swam with its tail like a phoenix...
She said affectionately: "Miss Qin San, I've long been unaccustomed to Qin Xin."
Although there were not many people who witnessed the farce in Shenghua Pavilion that day, the incident was too sensational. It was spread from ten to ten, and it spread among the noble ladies in Beijing in just a few days.
Only Yun Jiaoniang heard several versions. Some said that Qin Xin’s parents were murderers, some said that she was a lone star of the of evil, and that the second prince and her were the same. True love, I am not afraid that Kefeiqing will not marry him.
Qin Jiao: "..."
Yun Jiaoniang complained herself: "Don't you know that Qin Xin always looks at people with a high look, as if we are all ordinary people, and only she is a goddess. I don't know what to be proud of... "
She didn't expect Qin Jiu to respond at all, and she said it happily, until a female voice outside Shuixie interrupted her: "The emperor is here!"
Upon hearing the emperor's arrival, the noble ladies around the water pavilion were all attracted and looked towards the southeast.
Ten meters away, the emperor in bright yellow dragon robe and a few young people walked towards this side, strolling leisurely in the courtyard.
In addition to a few older princes, Gu Ze of Duanmu Palace, accompanied by a strange figure.
It was a handsome alien young man, tall and straight, with profound features. Deep eye sockets were embedded with a pair of blue eyes, like the sea and the blue sky, and the whole body exuded a rough beauty different from the Central Plains.
Xin'an and the ladies hurriedly stepped forward to greet each other and bowed their knees to the emperor.
The emperor was in a good mood today, smiled heartily, and motioned everyone to waive the ceremony.
The ladies then thanked them and got up. When Qin Jiu straightened his waist, the corner of his eye just swept over Gu Zezhi.
The corners of Gu Zezhi's lips are smiling, gentle and elegant, like a tall bamboo, with excellent style.
The view is amiable, but contradictory so that he dare not presumptuously in front of him.
Qin Jiu smiled obediently at him, and greeted him obediently: "Big Brother."
Gu Zezhi smiled mildly and said, "I heard that my sister has made a gadget recently. It's interesting."
Gizmos? Qin Jiao was startled. Could it be the Rubik's cube she gave Gu Yu to play with?
Qin Jiu quickly said to this small request from Jin Thigh: "Tomorrow...I will send one to the eldest brother later."
The two laughed at Yan Yan, unspeakable harmony.
Everyone around, including the emperor and Xin'an, looked at them with subtle eyes, and the emperor raised his eyebrows.
Many ladies present had heard of Qin Jiu's call to the third son of King Duan as the eldest brother at the Yongxu meeting, but they were somewhat questioned. How could these two people be involved in one day and one place?
Some people were watching Gu Zezhi, and some were quietly looking at the alien youth on the left hand of the emperor, guessing the identity of this person in their hearts.
A few days ago, the second prince of Beiyan served as the representative of the Beiyan delegation. This person dared to walk shoulder to shoulder with the emperor. I think it was the second prince of Beiyan Yeluluan.
It is said that the second prince of Beiyan came to Daqi this time to make peace with Daqi and to reconcile the good of the two countries.
"Zezhi, you and Xiao Jiu are familiar?"
The emperor looked at the two and asked curiously. It's been some time since Gu Zezhi came to Beijing, and the emperor hadn't seen any girl so amiable.
Gu Zezhi nodded with a smile, with a gentle smile.
Qin Jiao: "..." Well, listen to the golden thigh.
The emperor stroked the jade finger on his thumb thoughtfully.
Gu Zezhi was born and grew up in Beidi, and only came to the capital nine years ago. At that time, Gu Zezhi was ten years old.
That year, King Gu Zezhi stayed in the capital for three months before leaving. The emperor knew something about this cousin who was nearly twenty years younger than himself.
Gu Zezhi has a gentle temperament. When he was ten years old, he was already a young and mature, elegant and respectful, with a gentle smile.
The emperor never saw him gaffe. Sometimes the smile on Gu Zezhi's face looked like a mask, but when he faced Qin Jiu's girl just now, the emperor noticed that this "mask" seemed to be vaguely present. A little loosening, this made the emperor a little moved.
Three days ago, the emperor received a private message from King Duan.
In the letter, King Duan stated on the one hand that he would thoroughly investigate the pursuit of Gu Zezhi. If it was the work of Gu Chen, the prince's son, he would definitely give Gu Zezhi an explanation.
In addition, King Duan also asked the emperor to choose a marriage for Gu Zezhi.
Gu Zezhi should be twenty years old by the end of the year. He should have been engaged long ago, but he refused. Secondly, Duan Wang was also very embarrassed about Gu Zezhi's marriage.
At that time, the eldest son of Duan Wangshu, Gu Chenzhi, had not been established as the eldest son when he got married. The eldest daughter-in-law was just a girl from an ordinary fourth-rank official family.
If the daughter-in-law given to Gu Zezhi is too high, I am afraid it will intensify the conflict between the two brothers and cause feuds.
But if it is better than the elder son, Gu Zezhi is the son of the prince, and ordinary third- and fourth-rank official girls are not worthy.
After going back and forth, it was delayed until Gu Zezhi and the crown hadn't made a marriage, the elder son had two or three children at his age, and the king of Duan became anxious.
But Gu Zezhi himself was not in a hurry. In desperation, King Duan could only come to the emperor.