Seeing her acting so abnormally, Gu Qing was worried that she might accidentally hurt Situ Sheng, so he called her back: "Ying Hong."
"Madam." Ying Hong stood behind Gu Qing again, "I was wrong."
"Nothing, did you find anything wrong?"
Ying Hong shook her head, her brows furrowed with confusion. "I just felt like I'd seen him somewhere before."
Gu Qing's eyes darkened slightly. "Have you ever been to the capital before?"
"No."
The conversation between the master and servant woke up the unconscious Situ Sheng. When he heard Gu Qing's voice, he immediately opened his eyes and looked at her excitedly: "Madam!"
"Madam, are you feeling okay?!" Situ Sheng's eyes were full of genuine concern, and it didn't look like he was pretending at all.
Gu Qing recalled the conversation he had with Liu in the bridge tunnel, and his heart became more complicated.
She suppressed the suspicion and coldness in her eyes and said comfortingly, "It's okay now. Why did you take the beating for Qiu Rong today?"
Situ Sheng smiled and said, "Qiu Rong is a woman, she's not as tough as me. I'm used to being beaten, this is nothing to me."
As he was speaking, he accidentally touched the wound on his back. He couldn't help but grimace in pain and gasped.
Gu Qing frowned and signaled him not to move: "You are still a child now. It will be bad for your health if you continue like this."
"Don't do such stupid things again."
Gu Qing's words sounded more like concern for Situ Sheng. He became more and more excited and hesitated for a moment before saying, "I took the beating for Qiu Rong because..."
"What?" Gu Qing suspected that this was a self-torture trick used by Situ Sheng just to gain his trust.
But when he suddenly woke up just now, the concern and sincerity in his eyes were not fake. It was really terrifying if he could be so cunning at his age.
"Because Qiu Rong is Madam's maid. If anything happens to her, Madam will not only be sad, but she will also lack a capable assistant." His voice was very low, and he seemed a little embarrassed.
Gu Qing's expression paused.
The Situ Sheng in front of him was no different from other children of his age.
She sighed and said, "You have good intentions, but don't do such stupid things in the future."
"As long as it's done for the madam, it's not a stupid thing!" Situ Sheng said as he was about to get up. Gu Qing immediately asked Yinghong to hold him down.
Yinghong's hands were very strong and she pressed him so hard that it hurt him a lot.
Situ Sheng suddenly shouted coldly, his attitude towards Gu Qing was completely different from his previous one: "What are you doing! Be gentle!"
The hostility and coldness in his eyes exceeded all the aura of a child of his age.
Gu Qing was stunned for a moment.
Situ Sheng reacted and was worried that his wife would be unhappy, so he lowered his head and apologized, "I'm sorry, madam, I was too excited just now."
"It's okay, just take good care of yourself. If you protect Jiao Lan today, I will have something good to reward you." After saying that, Gu Qing stood up and prepared to leave.
Situ Sheng's eyes were filled with reluctance, and he hurriedly asked, "Madam, when can you come to Jiaolan as often as before?"
"Tomorrow." Gu Qing said these two words lightly, and then took Yinghong out of the house.
Situ Sheng's gaze followed her as she walked around the door, through the window, until she disappeared into the yard.
He lowered his head and smiled, his eyes full of joy: "Madam wants to reward me! Madam wants to reward me!"
......
Over there, as soon as Gu Qing left Jiaolan, the streets were crowded with people.
The men, in particular, squeezed through the crowd, their faces filled with anticipation and overbearing smiles: "Hurry, hurry, hurry! The Princess of Northern Frontier has arrived in Beijing!"
"Princess Naiza of the Northern Frontier is a rare exotic beauty. I heard that her beauty is unrivaled in the world, and even her father and brother covet her!"
"Is this true or not? It's better not to talk nonsense about something that goes against the will of heaven!"
Gu Qing couldn't help but frown as he listened to the conversation with the people in front of him.
Yinghong noticed Madam's displeasure and said with a smile, "Madam, what's wrong with you? Do you really dislike this princess?"
"No." Gu Qing's words were really against his will.
In her previous life, she really had no interest in Naiza, but in this life...
While Gu Qing was lost in thought, he was suddenly embraced by someone and fell into a familiar embrace.
She turned around and looked up to meet Chen Zhizhou's gaze: "You've left the court."
"I heard that Madam had just finished dealing with Jiao Lan's matter, so I waited here specifically. The Princess of Northern Frontier is coming to the capital today, and the city is jammed everywhere. I was afraid someone would be blind and bump into you again."
Chen Zhizhou's words not only scolded the Gu family who had just caused trouble in Jiaolan, but also showed his concern for Gu Qing, which made her laugh.
"You're always good at talking."
While the two were chatting and laughing, a sedan chair swayed past Shenwu Street. The people all leaned their heads to look inside, wanting to see what kind of fairy-like woman was behind the red gauze curtain.
Gu Qing pulled Chen Zhizhou and said, "It's getting late, let's go back."
Seeing that she was in a bad mood, Chen Zhizhou was a little curious: "What's wrong, Madam?"
"I heard that the Princess of Northern Frontier is a peerless beauty. Would you like to see her, Madam?" Chen Zhizhou teased her.
Gu Qing snorted coldly: "You want to see it, but I'm not interested."
Her petty look made Chen Zhizhou very happy. He liked to see Gu Qing jealous the most.
Originally, Chen Zhizhou always thought that Gu Qing treated him well because of his wife's status, but now he greedily hopes that Gu Qing will only think of him because she is completely devoted to him.
He picked her up and said, "Madam, if you don't want to see it, then don't look at it."
As he spoke, Chen Zhizhou strode against the crowd towards the Chen Mansion.
And in the crowded place, inside the bright red gauze tent, a woman was sitting barefoot, her body was white and delicate, just like the snow lotus of Tianshan Mountain, which aroused endless reverie.
The wind gently blew the gauze curtain, parting a beautiful scene and revealing a glimpse of the beautiful figure in the sedan, which attracted countless men.
On the other side, Gu Qing was held firmly in Chen Zhizhou's arms, but his thoughts were drifting far away.
In her previous life, the Princess of Northern Frontier came to the capital in autumn. The war in the north was tense and the two sides were negotiating. Naiza was sent to the capital to marry the emperor. However, the Princess of Northern Frontier, who was supposed to marry the emperor, fell in love with Chen Zhizhou.
She would not marry anyone but Chen Zhizhou, and even pledged herself to him at a palace banquet.
After His Majesty learned of this, although he did not punish Chen Zhizhou for the sake of appearances, the Chen family's life became increasingly difficult from then on.
Because of this incident, Your Majesty has always had a rift with Chen Zhizhou.
Even when the Chen family was later raided, His Majesty still framed Chen Zhizhou with an unfounded crime just to vent his anger.
But when Naiza broke into the Chen family and forced her to divorce Chen Zhizhou, she didn't feel how much this woman liked Chen Zhizhou.
Thinking about it now, I find it extremely terrifying. I am afraid that everything is arranged and controlled by others.
"What are you thinking about? Why are you so engrossed in it?" Chen Zhizhou teased her, thinking that Gu Qing was still angry about the Northern Frontier Princess's matter.
"I was just teasing you. No matter how pretty she is, she's not as pretty as you, Madam."
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