"You are a concubine's daughter, yet you are so arrogant! Do you know who Miss Ning is?"
"What kind of person is this? She's just a woman, a woman sent to the harem by her family to please the emperor."
"Second sister, what do you think about this?"
"I second that."
"You two are such stubborn people! We're almost at Qifeng Pavilion, but you're not going out and making connections. You're just waiting to be assigned the worst room. You'll be starving and have no one to care for you. I see you're still stubborn. Tomorrow, you'll be dead before you even see the Emperor."
"Don't worry, big sister. See you later."
Gu Yingxia ordered everyone to leave, and Gu Qingrong got off the carriage. Before leaving, he was still mumbling and saying a lot of swear words.
Gu Qingrong originally wanted to use the excuse of receiving birthday gifts for Ning Heyu to pressure her two younger sisters so that she could use them for her own purposes, but the two of them repeatedly lost face for her.
The two of them seemed particularly close. If they were allowed to become more powerful, they would be able to dominate her.
Gu Qingrong had a vicious plan in mind, and a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "If you don't work for me, I will kill you."
Bian Tao gasped when he heard this. The eldest lady was only thirteen years old this year. She was so young, yet her heart was so vicious.
"Miss, why don't you take a step back and give them a way out? At the same time, leave yourself a way out."
"They are courting death. Why should I retreat?"
"In my life, I have only moved forward and never retreated."
Everything Gu Qingrong has was obtained through hard work and struggle. Bian Tao's advice has no effect on her at all.
It gets dark earlier in Kyoto than in Yizhou. Bian Tao was already asleep at this time. Gu Qingrong lit a lamp and found an exquisite wooden box. The box was locked. She twisted her hand and heard a click, and the box was opened.
Gu Qingrong held a box of dried flowers in her hands and sneered at the mirror. Her sinister smile was reflected in the tall dressing mirror. At this moment, she was more terrifying than a demon.
"You forced me to do this. If you don't listen to me, you will die."
Gu Qingrong sat alone under the lamp, sometimes sighing, sometimes laughing.
She put the dried flowers into her sleeves, planning to wait until she reached Qifeng Pavilion before taking action. As she hadn't reached Kyoto yet, it would be too risky to act now.
The closer the carriage gets to the destination, the slower it moves.
The sound of evacuating the crowd came from the front, and it seemed that some onlookers stopped to watch.
After crossing Zhuque Street, walk another hundred feet and you will reach Qifeng Pavilion.
Qifeng Pavilion faces south and is built adjacent to the palace wall. It has garden corridors, pavilions, towers, ponds, rockery and a number of gardens.
For the next three years, these beautiful ladies will live in this magnificent courtyard.
As Gu Qingrong expected, Gu Yinwei and Gu Yingxia were assigned the worst house, which was dark, damp and full of mosquitoes.
Gu Yingxia couldn't help but complain: "I don't know how long I'll have to live here. I feed mosquitoes every day. The mosquitoes have bitten me so much that I've become thinner."
Gu Yinwei bent down to trim the flowers and plants outside the window. "It will be fine when autumn comes. If you are afraid of mosquito bites, go to my room and find a camphorwood box. There is Qianyun yarn in the box. Use it to paste the doors and windows, and mosquitoes will not be able to get in."
"Forget it, just keep it for yourself."
To prevent mosquitoes, Gu Yingxia stayed at home all day.
Gu Yinwei took two maids to collect Artemisia absinthium and mosquito repellent grass. The collected Artemisia absinthium was first washed and dried until the leaves became yellow and dry. Then they were repeatedly pressed with a stone mill and finally cut into small pieces with scissors and placed in the incense burner to be lit.
Gu Yingxia used her fingernails to make a cross on her bitten arm. Her fair little hand was covered with red lumps, and the lumps were covered with crescent-shaped nail marks made by her.
"Everything is good in summer except mosquitoes."
Gu Yinwei lit the homemade incense, closed the door, and left only a small window for ventilation.
The faint aroma of herbs spread from the stove, driving away the mosquitoes. Gu Yingxia closed her eyes and finally had a good sleep.
It has been two months since they arrived at Qifeng Pavilion. During these two months, Gu Yinwei received two letters from Bian Tao. The first letter said that Gu Qingrong wanted to kill them, and the second letter said that Gu Qingrong was about to take action.
She had been on guard these days, but Gu Qingrong hadn't taken any action, so she made perfume and planted flowers to pass the time.
There are many beautiful views in the entire Qifeng Pavilion, but Gu Yinwei does not go there often. She only likes to go to Jianjiayuan, which is adjacent to the imperial city. Gu Yinwei often brings Chuchu here to worship the moon.
It is called worshiping the moon, but in fact it is to absorb good luck.
Dragon energy overflowed from the palace walls. She looked up at the bright moon and sat cross-legged to regulate her breathing.
Gu Yingxia didn't disturb her. She brought out a small stool and started crunching sunflower seeds. By the time she finished her snacks, Gu Yinwei's moon worship ceremony was almost over.
The two sisters lived a very regular life and their days were quite comfortable. As the luck they absorbed gradually increased, Gu Yinwei was finally able to draw the runes again.
She never expected that Gu Qingrong would come to her house just as her ability to make talismans had recovered.
Gu Yingxia was not welcome to Gu Qing's arrival, but Gu Qingrong acted like an elder sister and chatted with her two younger sisters.
"You've been away from home for over a month, and you haven't had time to taste the food from home. Today, I personally cooked chicken soup for you. Come sit down and try it."
Gu Yinwei felt that no matter how stupid Gu Qingrong was, he would never think of poisoning the chicken soup, so she sat down at the eight-immortals table.
Gu Yingxia sat close to Gu Yinwei, as if she felt more at ease only when she was close to her.
Gu Qingrong was worried that her two younger sisters might have some grudges, so she served herself a bowl first. She calmly raised the spoon, scooped up a spoonful of soup, blew on it lightly, and then slowly put it into her mouth.
"Third sister, hurry up and pick up your chopsticks. I made your favorite sweet and sour pork ribs."
Gu Yingxia secretly glanced at Gu Yinwei, and only after Gu Yinwei nodded did she start eating with peace of mind.
"My two sisters, please do me a favor after eating the food I cooked."
As soon as these words were spoken, Gu Yingxia put down her chopsticks and waited for Gu Qingrong to continue.
"A few days ago, I asked you to prepare a birthday gift for Miss Ning, but you didn't have time to prepare it. Yesterday, I already made up for your two portions. Tomorrow, the three of us will go to Miss Ning's birthday banquet together. How about you, Third Sister, go and present the gift?"
"I'm just a concubine's daughter. I don't know etiquette and I don't know how to adapt. Big sister, aren't you afraid that I'll ruin Miss Ning's banquet?"
These were the words that Gu Qingrong used to teach Gu Yingxia a lesson. Now Gu Yingxia said these words deliberately to annoy her. Gu Qingrong was holding back her anger, but she still had a smile on her face.
"Three sisters are all family, we should love each other."
"Yes, family members should love and hate each other."
"Third sister just loves to chatter. Since you don't want to go and offer the gift, then let second sister go."
Gu Yinwei picked up a piece of fried crucian carp and put it into the bowl, and replied casually: "Okay."
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