Chapter 908: Meeting an Old Friend
The place where Gu Yunyan settled was not too far from the imperial palace, and it only took an hour to walk there.
Although the palace is small, it is still magnificent and luxurious.
The Emperor of Great Zhou sat on the throne, looking emaciated and with a pair of sinister eyes.
He looked at Gu Yunyan with ill intentions, and his voice seemed to be filled with gravel: "You are quite courageous. You actually dare to come to our Great Zhou."
Gu Yunyan laughed and said, "The Great Zhou is not a dangerous place. Why should I be afraid to come? Besides, we have such a deep friendship. I had a lot of fun in the palace before."
Gu Yunyan's last sentence was so meaningful that the Great Zhou Emperor couldn't help but think of the days when he was a troublemaker in the Kyoto Imperial Palace.
The muscles on the face of the Great Zhou Emperor twitched, and he said with full malice: "Since you miss the old days so much, then go meet your old friends."
After saying that, a group of eunuchs wanted to take Gu Yunyan to the cold palace.
Gu Yunyan shook her hands lightly, and the eunuch who had restrained her felt a huge force coming, almost shattering his hand bones.
They looked at Gu Yunyan in horror, but Gu Yunyan smiled with a fake smile: "I will go by myself, you just lead the way."
The eunuchs were sweating profusely and walked quickly in front.
Gu Yunyan strolled slowly as if she was taking a stroll.
The attendant Dayun who came with her to the palace was detained in a cell.
"Tsk." Gu Yunyan sneered disdainfully.
In Western Xia, he had also been under house arrest, but the King of Western Xia at least left a few people for him. The Emperor of Great Zhou was different. Not only did he not leave anyone for him, he also took him to such a dilapidated palace.
"Where is this?"
"The cold palace."
"Oh. Your Majesty is really crazy. It's ok to put the King of the West Sea of Dayun under house arrest in the harem, but you also arranged a cold palace for me? What does this mean? Do you want to start a fight?"
The eunuch who led the way wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, bent his waist, and said repeatedly: "King Xihai has misunderstood. His Majesty wants us to bring you to meet an old friend."
"Who is the rescuer?"
"Empress Tong."
Gu Yunyan's eyes were slightly cold, and she strode into the cold palace.
This imperial palace was originally a temporary residence, and many palaces were not yet complete. The cold palace was the most dilapidated one among them.
The outer wall was mottled with weeds. A big rat stood at the base of the wall, staring at the visitor with a pair of green eyes. Obviously, it was not afraid of people.
The eunuchs pretended not to see the rat and continued to lead the way.
When Gu Yunyan arrived, it was time for dinner.
Concubine Tong was wearing a white linen dress and skirt, and her hair was tied into a simple bun at the back of her head with a wooden hairpin.
There were three broken ceramic bowls on the dining table.
A bowl of undercooked corn rice, a bowl of smelly meat soup, and a bowl of yellow fried vegetables.
Hearing the noise outside the door, she did not look up, but picked up the corn rice with chopsticks, put it in her mouth, and chewed mechanically.
Gu Yunyan paused and her eyes instantly turned red.
The lifeless, puppet-like concubine in front of him was completely different from the Imperial Concubine Tong who was as beautiful as a peony in the morning sun.
"He gives you food like this?"
Gu Yunyan walked to the table and stared at the stinking meat soup in the bowl, her heart burning with anger.
Concubine Tong blinked, slowly raised her head, and stared at Gu Yunyan for a long time.
She smiled and shook her head, as if mocking herself: "It's really strange, why did I see Su Yunyan?"
She asked Gu Yunyan: "You bad guy, why did you come into my illusion?"
"Why don't you touch me and see if I'm a living person or just your fantasy?" Gu Yunyan took Concubine Tong's hand and gently placed it on her face.
Concubine Tong's hands were as thin as chicken claws and icy cold, making Gu Yunyan's eyes red.
"Hot?" Concubine Tong felt it again in disbelief, "It's really hot!"
Gu Yunyan laughed at her: "Of course it's hot, because I'm a living person."
Concubine Tong seemed to come alive. She stood up and her voice was a little broken: "Why are you here?!"
"This is a long story. Please sit down and listen to me slowly." Gu Yunyan waved her hand and asked the eunuchs to go to the yard and not disturb the two of them talking.
The eunuchs were afraid of Gu Yunyan's great strength and had to retreat, but they did not close the door.
They were too far away to hear the conversation inside the house, but they could see what the two men were doing through the open door.
Gu Yunyan did not let go of Concubine Tong's hand. She looked at her tenderly and said, "Your son is fine now. The chickenpox has completely disappeared, but there are a few scars on his face. He needs to recuperate for a while."
"Our Dayun doctor has examined him. If your son is well taken care of, his life span will not be affected."
Concubine Tong's pupils dilated instantly and her heartbeat accelerated, as if the whole world had become brighter.
Her voice trembled as she confirmed again and again: "Are you serious? Are you not trying to fool me?"
Gu Yunyan nodded with certainty: "Of course it's true. I have also met with Master Tong. Although Master Tong is under house arrest, he can still mobilize some manpower, so don't worry anymore."
Gu Yunyan pretended to be relaxed and said, "Look at what you look like now. If the eunuch hadn't told me that you were Concubine Tong, I would have almost not recognized you. Let me tell you, my mother has taken good care of herself. If you don't take good care of yourself, the title of the most beautiful woman will probably fall on my mother."
Imperial Concubine Tong cried with joy: "I am already so old, what's the difference between a beauty and a beauty? The Great Zhou Dynasty is always full of beautiful girls aged fifteen or sixteen, and youth is their asset."
"Nonsense!" Gu Yunyan said with a straight face, "In my heart, my mother is the most beautiful in the world, and you are the second most beautiful."
She couldn't help but recall, "During the Baichuan Academy competition, you gave my mother the battle robe, and my mother still has it. At the beginning, Yunzhou was short of money for construction, and my mother sold her house and land in Kyoto, and even her dowry, but she kept the battle robe you gave her."
Concubine Tong was stunned. Gu Nanxi was the Emperor of Dayun, but she still kept the battle robe that she gave her?
Gu Yunyan pursed her lips and said jealously, "I saw how nice the battle robe was and asked my mother to give it to me, but she refused. It seems that in my mother's heart, your status is more important than mine."
Concubine Tong laughed: "Why are you jealous? In a mother's heart, children are always the most important. As for me..."
She sighed: "Maybe His Majesty Dayun sympathizes with me."
"Tsk tsk, if it were you in the past, you would definitely hold your head high, lift your chin, and say that this is what my mother should do! Then you would turn around and give me a basket of jewelry as a gift to my mother."
The light in Concubine Tong's eyes grew brighter and brighter. She touched Gu Yunyan's forehead from a distance and said, "You, you are here to order something? What a pity. I am down and out now and cannot afford to give you any jewelry."
"It's okay. My mother was thinking about you and asked me to come and see if you were doing well. Since you're not doing well, why don't you come back to Dayun with me?"
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