The day before the palace night banquet, Gu Qing was woken up by Cuiping.
Now, all the noble ladies in the capital are working hard on this matter, and they wish they could split one day into two.
Only the one from the Chen family sleeps until three in the morning every day.
"Madam, it's getting late. Do you want to practice the piano today?" Cuiping carefully lifted the curtain and whispered to Gu Qing.
But the person on the bed turned over, waved his hands and said, "Madam, I will sleep a little longer. Please call me after an hour."
"This..." Cui Ping hesitated a little: "Madam, there will be a night banquet in the palace tomorrow. If you don't practice the piano, I'm afraid you will be criticized by others."
Gu Qing was silent for a moment, as if he was still half asleep and half awake. After a long while, he cleared his throat and said, "Nothing, you don't have to worry about these. Listen to my wife and go out first."
"Yes." Cuiping said no more. After carefully retreating, she instructed the maids and servants cleaning the yard to be gentler and not disturb the lady's peace.
On the other side, Gu Miao sat on the couch with a tired look on his face, his face pale because he had not slept all night.
Seeing that she looked unhappy, Liu said anxiously, "Miao'er, get up quickly. We only have one day to practice. When you dance at the palace banquet tomorrow, all the princes will fall at my daughter's feet."
Hearing this, Gu Miao, who was still a little tired just now, immediately stood up from the couch, raised his sore arms, made a phoenix flying posture, gritted his teeth to endure the pain in his body, and continued to dance to the music.
Liu's face was filled with satisfaction as she stood by: "My son is really amazing. He will definitely be able to crush Gu Qing under his feet tomorrow."
The more she said this, the more excited Gu Miao became. Now the only thing that could sustain him was to crush all of Gu Qing's pride.
The music in the Azalea Pavilion never stopped all day long.
Gu Qing slept until almost lunchtime and woke up. Yinghong, who had not appeared for a long time, suddenly jumped down from the wall, almost scaring Cuiping, who thought that some lecher or assassin had entered the yard.
After seeing the person clearly, she said angrily, "Good Yinghong, next time you come home, can you go through the main gate?"
Yinghong picked up a red apricot from the stone table in the yard and stuffed it into her mouth. The sweet and sour taste filled her mouth, and she couldn't help but close her eyes. She devoured several more mouthfuls before saying with a mischievous smile, "How can a hero enter through the main gate? Flying over eaves and walls is more in line with my status."
Cuiping and Cuiru were both amused by her. Gu Qinghu leaned against the door, folded her arms around her chest and looked at the three of them.
Yinghong immediately calmed down and said with her head down, "I...I just said something nonsense. I will definitely come in through the main entrance next time."
Gu Qing finally smiled and said helplessly, "When will you really learn your lesson, kid?"
"Okay, come in." Gu Qing waved to Yinghong. Yinghong made a face at Cuiping and Cuiru, and rushed into the house.
Inside the house, the aroma of rice filled the air. Gu Qing continued to drink the lily porridge in his bowl and asked Yinghong to sit down and eat with him: "You haven't eaten yet, right? Let's eat together."
"Thank you, ma'am." Yinghong imitated Gu Qing and slowly picked up the bowl to drink. Although her movements were a little stiff, they were much more elegant than before.
Gu Qing's eyes showed a bit of satisfaction: "How is the thing I asked you to do?"
Yinghong raised her head, her expression serious. "Madam, I was waiting at the Gu family's house all night last night. The music of "Nichang Yuyi" is still playing in the Dujuan Pavilion."
"Gu Miao is really not tired." She sneered.
Gu Qing's lips curled slightly. If Gu Miao knew that what he had tried so hard to obtain was just a false alarm in the end, he would definitely be very desperate.
Rather than seeing her make a fool of herself, what he wanted most was to see her feel hopeless.
Thinking of this, Gu Qing's eyes suddenly turned cold, like an icy abyss, which made people feel daunted.
Yinghong could see that the Madam hated the Gu family, but she didn't understand why, if she hated them so much, she just killed them and got it over with, instead of going through so much trouble.
Gu Qing glanced at her expression and said calmly, "Why, you don't understand why I want so much?"
Yinghong shook her head: "A little bit, but Yinghong thinks that whatever Madam does is right, and Yinghong doesn't want to ask."
"Very good." Gu Qing smiled and rubbed her head. Yinghong was a child after all, and she didn't want her to know so many conspiracies and calculations.
She wanted to make a knife, so I simply asked her to make a sharp blade.
"Yinghong, it would be good for you to learn some interpersonal skills from Cuiping and her classmates, but if you really don't like it, there's no need to force it. When everything is settled, you can go wherever you want."
Upon hearing this, Yinghong scratched her head, as if she was thinking about something seriously.
Seeing her like this, Gu Qing couldn't help but laugh. He thought the child was quite cute and much better than the naughty and mischievous girl she was when they first met.
After a while, she suddenly said, "Yinghong will not go anywhere. She will stay by Madam's side for the rest of her life."
"Madam is not only Madam, she is also the master of Yinghong."
Gu Qing smiled and said nothing more. He rubbed her head and said with a smile, "I'll ask your sister Cuiping to make you two new clothes later. Go ahead."
After eating, Yinghong skipped out of the house and immediately pestered Cuiping to help her make clothes.
Gu Qing stood in the corridor, looking at the girl's laughter, and couldn't help feeling emotional.
Cui Ru suddenly stepped forward and said, "Madam, Doctor Zhang came to see Pei'er today and said she is fine."
"Well, follow Doctor Zhang's instructions and give her the medicine. Don't make any mistakes."
"I understand." Cuiping and Cuiru now guessed that Pei'er's body was almost dying. Even they could see it, but the lady didn't understand.
How could this be possible? So both of them knew that the lady was pretending to be ignorant, so they accompanied the lady and Pei'er in acting together.
Even Pei'er herself thought that it was because she was too weak and could only be taken care of.
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That night, everything was ready. Palace maids and eunuchs came and went in the Peony Pavilion of the Imperial Palace, preparing the decorations for the banquet to be held tomorrow.
An undercurrent quietly surges in the night.
The people from the northern border in the messenger post were ready to make a move. Some of them quietly sneaked into the heavily guarded streets of the capital under the thick cover of night and walked in the dark alleys.
On the city wall, Chen Zhizhou stood with his hands behind his back. The night wind, carrying the summer heat, blew up the hair on his forehead. The dark silver armor on his body shone coldly in the moonlight, leaving no room for any undercurrents to hide.
He looked into the distance, as if waiting for something, his eyes as sharp as an eagle's.
After a moment, a man suddenly half-knelt before him. Liao Feng said respectfully, "Master, there's movement from the people of the Northern Frontier."
Chen Zhizhou's lips curled up into a meaningful smile, making the moonlight seem a little chilly. "Oh? Where did they go?"
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