“Ahem…”

Pei'er coughed violently a few times. Gu Qing helped her catch her breath and said comfortingly, "Can you use the medicine Madam gave you?"

"Of course I used it." Pei'er coughed until his face turned red and he almost couldn't breathe.

A hint of deep meaning flashed in Gu Qing's eyes: "I'll have the doctor check you out tomorrow. It's been so many days, and you're still coughing like this?"

Pei'er sighed helplessly. The last time the doctor came to take his pulse, he said that he was fine and just needed to take good care of himself. But he has been getting weaker and weaker these days.

"It's okay, Pei'er can serve Madam." Pei'er stood up and helped Gu Qing make a cup of tea. As soon as she picked up the teacup, her hands couldn't help shaking.

Gu Qing took it from her hand and said gently, "Forget it, just stay by my side."

Pei'er felt empty in her palms and heart. She looked at Gu Qing in a dilemma. She had finally found an opportunity to return to the Madam to serve her, but her health was not good.

Chen Zhizhou was busy with the envoys from the northern border all day long. Pei'er served Gu Qing, but she could not find a chance to find out what Gu Qing was going to perform at the palace night banquet.

After lunch, Gu Qing looked at Jiao Lan's account book, and then took a nap until dusk. Pei'er also dozed off at the door, feeling extremely anxious.

If this continued every day, she would have no way of explaining to Liu.

All her movements were seen clearly by Gu Qing who was lying on the bed.

The root cause of Pei'er's illness is not fatigue, but heart exhaustion. The more anxious she is, the more severe the loss of heart blood.

When she stood up from the bed, Pei'er immediately jumped up to help her, but she stumbled a few steps and was unable to stand. It was Gu Qing who supported her first: "What's wrong?"

Pei'er didn't dare let Gu Qing see her weakness, fearing she would be ordered to go back and recuperate again. She immediately stood up and wiped the sweat from her forehead: "Nothing, nothing. Madam, would you like some hot tea?"

"No need." Gu Qing looked at her trying so hard and felt a little malicious.

As she spoke, she walked over to the table and sat down, asking her to move the ice jar closer to her: "If you think it's too heavy, go call Cuiping over."

"No need, ma'am. Pei'er can be alone." Since Cuiping came, she had never had the chance to be alone with her madam.

Pei'er rolled up his sleeves and walked to the water tank. He took a deep breath and used all his strength to move it a little.

There was a flash of impatience in Gu Qing's eyes, and Pei'er also noticed her emotions. She became more and more nervous and anxious, and her movements became rough and impatient. She didn't hold the water tank steady, and it fell to the ground and exploded into pieces.

The ice cubes shattered and turned into puddles of water by the heat, soaking the ground. Cuiping and Cuiru, who were outside the yard, heard the noise and ran over immediately. When they saw the mess on the ground, their faces immediately turned ugly.

However, for the sake of the lady, the two of them suppressed their impatience. Cuiru quickly picked up the debris on the ground, while Cuiping took a rag to wipe the water on the ground.

"Madam, you have a cold body, so the humidity in the room shouldn't be too high. Otherwise, you'll easily get a rash. Don't you know this?" Cuiping looked back at Pei'er who was standing there in a daze, and felt even more dissatisfied.

Pei'er was also unhappy when she heard this. Doesn't she understand Madam better than you?

Seeing the three of them not getting along, Gu Qing didn't intervene to mediate. Instead, he said, "Pei'er didn't mean it. Perhaps he's been working outside the courtyard for a while and has become quite rusty."

"When you two are done, please leave."

Cui Ru was a little surprised, with some sadness in her eyes, but Cui Ping bowed and said, "Yes, ma'am."

After they finished cleaning up and the two left, Pei'er lowered her head and apologized: "I was clumsy just now. I hope Madam will not blame me."

"How could that be? Your health is not as good as before, so it's reasonable to make some mistakes." Gu Qing comforted her, and Pei'er's uneasy heart finally settled down.

He turned back to look at the guqin beside the table and said, "Madam, would you like to play a piece? I heard that at the palace's night banquet, all the ladies are required to perform their talents."

Gu Qing looked at her face and tightened his grip on the teacup.

Finally can't hold it anymore?

"Madam, I haven't played the zither for many years. I don't know how to play it anymore." Gu Qing laughed helplessly: "Forget it."

"It's better not to embarrass yourself at this palace banquet."

Pei'er was silent for a while, always feeling that Gu Qing was deliberately hiding his talent. Other people in the Gu Mansion didn't know, but she knew very well that Gu Qing was extremely talented in music.

But she didn't like competing with others, so she seldom played in front of others.

If she didn't do it for her own face, she would have to perform for the Chen family even if she married someone else.

"If that's the case, then Madam won't attend the palace night banquet?" Pei'er asked carefully.

Gu Qing raised his eyes to meet her curious gaze, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly. "It seems that you are very curious about this matter?"

Pei'er was startled: "Pei'er dare not, Pei'er was just worried that Madam had forgotten about this matter, so I asked."

Worried? Gu Qing sneered in his heart, thinking that he might be here to get information for Liu.

"How could that be?" Gu Qing waved her hand. "Such an important banquet, if I don't attend, wouldn't it be a missed opportunity? At this palace banquet, Madam, I plan to perform the Colorful Feather Dance."

Pei'er was surprised when she heard this: "Rainbow Feather Dance?!"

"This dance is extremely difficult to learn. If you want to learn it well, you need to practice it since childhood. You also need to be as light as a swallow, like floating duckweed, to have the feeling of a swimming dragon." Pei'er used to follow Gu Qing and had a lot of knowledge in this area.

"But Madam, Pei'er has never seen you dance before, and you didn't learn this dance when you were a child."

Gu Qing stood up and stretched. "Isn't it just a dance? I don't care if it's good or not, the point is to perform it."

"The more difficult the dance, the harder it is to run into others." Gu Qing pretended to be profound. Pei'er was overjoyed. She could finally give an explanation to Liu!

"Why are you so happy? But you also think that I can dance it?!"

Pei'er came back to her senses and nodded, "Of course! Madam learns everything very quickly, she will definitely make a big splash!"

Gu Qing remained silent with a smile on her face. She was just waiting for Gu Miao to embarrass himself at the palace banquet.

Not everyone can dance the Colorful Skirt and Feathered Robe Dance; it is the emperor's Achilles' heel.

The advantage of being reborn is that you know more secrets than others.

This matter was also something he learned accidentally from Chen Zhizhou in his previous life. At that time, a new noble was admitted to the palace. She was rash in her behavior and in order to please His Majesty, she privately learned the former Queen's favorite Rainbow Skirt and Feathered Dance.

But the former empress's dance moved the world, and no one in later generations could imitate it. However, that noble lady touched the emperor's aging process, and that night the body of a young girl was carried out from the corner gate of the palace.

Not long ago, Gu Qing felt quite sad when he heard about this matter, but now he has become a pawn for him to turn the tables on Liu's mother and daughter.

Just as he was thinking, Pei'er started coughing violently again. Gu Qing said worriedly, "If you are really in great pain, go back and rest. It won't cost you a day or two to serve me.