A group of eunuchs in green robes climbed up the tree, and the freshly picked autumn pears were fragrant.
Concubine Yi took Gu Yinwei for a stroll, and whenever Gu Yinwei looked at something for a few seconds, she would order the eunuchs to pick it.
She couldn't finish eating all these fruits by herself, and they would rot if left hanging on the tree. People of high status would not bother to pick these fruits, and only people of low status would be willing to taste them.
Concubine Yi picked two large grapefruits with her own hands and planned to make a pot of grapefruit tea for Gu Yinwei to drink.
"What is Gu Gengyi looking at?"
"My Lady, this one looks like a wintersweet. Why isn't it growing leaves in late autumn?"
"I have lived in Chunxi Palace for three years and have never seen this plum tree bloom." Concubine Yi's tone was very disappointed. When the wintersweet bloomed, the whole yard was filled with fragrance. She liked wintersweet flowers and had been waiting for them to bloom, so she didn't order anyone to move out.
Gu Yinwei saw a golden air current rising from the roots of the wintersweet and said with a smile, "I love wintersweet. Could you please give it up, Concubine Yi?"
It was rare to meet someone who also liked wintersweet in the deep palace, so Concubine Yi immediately ordered the eunuch to dig one and give it to her.
Gu Yinwei picked a wintersweet near the stone wall. The eunuch was troubled, worried that it would damage the stone wall.
"Stones are dead, flowers are alive. There's no need to ruin the flowers' growth just because of this pile of rocks."
The eunuch got permission and moved the rubble to dig down. He began to sweat as he dug. "Your Majesty, there are still rocks underneath. I'm afraid we can't dig it out."
Gu Yinwei quietly placed a powerful talisman on Chuchu and called out, "Chuchu, you go ahead."
Chu Chu was speechless for a moment. Master, you really think highly of me. Even a eunuch weighing 150 kilograms can't dig up the huge rock, and you let me, a man weighing 80 kilograms, do it.
Wen Qin said, "Why don't we ask a stonemason to use an iron chisel to chisel it open before digging." Chu Chu was slender, with arms as thin as straw. She looked like someone who often embroidered. It was simply a pipe dream for a weak woman who held an embroidery needle all year round to expect to move a huge stone that was half a person's height.
"Chu Chu was born with supernatural strength. She could catch a two-jin bamboo green snake with her bare hands.
Chuchu took the hoe and started digging the ground. Today she was determined not to hit her master in the face.
Chuchu dug two hoes and then placed them by the wall. Concubine Yi said, "Since you can't dig it, forget it. There are also winter plum blossoms in the Imperial Garden. I will send a gardener to deliver them to you tomorrow."
Gu Yinwei was not in a hurry. She stood there and waited, "Let's wait and see."
Chuchu put down her hoe and picked up a stone half a person's height with both hands. She shouted, "Hey yo hey yo."
The eunuch just now was so weak that he couldn't even move the stone, which was as light as cotton.
After the stone was moved away, Chuchu picked up the hoe and dug again. There was a clang sound and the ground was filled with the sound of metal collision.
"There seems to be something down there."
Concubine Yi said, "Dig it out and have a look."
Chuchu dug for a long time, but the stone below didn't move at all. At this time, the powerful talisman on her body had dissipated.
The eunuchs couldn't bear to see this and took the initiative to help. After moving the stones, more than fifty gold bricks were revealed under the roots of the tree.
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