Two days later, the envoys came to the court.
The first ray of light was torn open by the scorching sun over the capital's sky, and the carriage from the northern border slowly drove into the capital.
The solemn city gate opened with the heavy sound of the morning bell, and the peddlers passing by were temporarily stopped at the city gate waiting for news to enter the city.
The people looked at the exotic carriage and whispered to each other. Some were curious, some were dissatisfied, and some were contemptuous.
Chen Zhizhou stood on the city wall with his hands behind his back. The north wind blew his cloak. Golden sunlight sprinkled on the city wall, reflecting the solemn and majestic glory of the capital.
He pursed his lips slightly, his eyes scanning the three carriages below. Suddenly, Liao Feng appeared behind him and said, "Master, the person coming is the Fourth Prince of Northern Frontier. The First Prince is feeling unwell from the long journey and has already returned to Northern Frontier."
"Are you feeling unwell?" Chen Zhizhou tilted his head slightly, the sunlight outlining his sharp profile, reflecting his eyes as cold as a knife.
Liao Feng lowered his head: "Yes. What do you think, Master?"
"It seems the situation in the northern border is also very intense right now." Chen Zhizhou smiled, then raised his hand. Seeing this, the soldiers below the city shouted, "Forward!"
Accompanied by the deafening sound of wheels, the cavalry of the envoys from the northern border slowly drove into the capital.
Afterwards, people were able to come and go as normal, and everything returned to normal.
On the other side, Chen Mansion.
Gu Qing lay on the bed, looking at the light-colored gauze curtain above her head, but things that happened in her previous life kept flashing through her mind.
In the previous life, there was no banquet for all the beauties at the palace night banquet, nor was there any envoy from the northern border coming to the capital. But in this life, many things have changed.
Plans cannot keep up with changes, so we can only improvise.
Gu Qing sighed. Cuiping, who was waiting outside the screen for instructions, heard the noise and a look of surprise flashed in her eyes. She turned and went into the inner room: "Madam, are you awake?"
"You woke up so early today, do you want to sleep a little longer?"
Gu Qing shook his head and stood up: "No need, go prepare some hot water, I want to take a shower."
"yes."
Cuiping left, and Gu Qing was lost in thought as he looked at her back. Zhizhou went to pick up the envoy from the northern border this morning, and from today on, the capital city would be in another bloody storm.
I just hope that when the envoys from the northern border leave the capital, everything will return to normal.
But Gu Qing knew that his hope was nothing but wishful thinking.
"Madam, the water is ready. Ping'er will help you get up." Cuiping lifted the curtain and helped Gu Qing get up. At the same time, the voices of maids talking suddenly appeared at the door.
Gu Qing raised his eyes and made a gesture to Cuiping to keep quiet. Cuiping immediately nodded and stopped.
Outside the house, Cui Ru's tone was gentle, suppressing dissatisfaction: "You are not feeling well, so you should come and serve me in a few days."
"Madam has already said that you should come back when you are better."
Pei'er's voice wasn't as full as before, and her voice was weak and frail, but the urgency in her tone was easily heard: "I... I'm well now! I can come and serve Madam."
"Don't you want me to get close to you, Madam, so I don't take away your credit?"
Cui Ru was immediately displeased when she heard this: "You are not in good health, and we are afraid that you will pass your illness on to Madam. If you really care about Madam, you should go back and recuperate!"
Inside the room, Cuiping's expression didn't change much, and she still looked respectful to Gu Qing.
Gu Qing glanced at her slightly sideways, and seeing that she was more calm than before, he said with relief: "Cui Ping, go ahead and tell her that it was Madam's wish. She will come to serve you after the palace banquet."
"There's no need to force her to go back. Just take care of her health." Gu Qing patted the back of Cuiping's hand.
Pei'er must have no good intentions in coming to serve me at this time.
I'm afraid that Liu has assigned her another task, asking her to find out what she will perform at the palace night banquet.
Thinking of this, Gu Qing curled up the corner of his mouth in a sneer.
At the same time, Cuiping had already reached the door. She pushed it open, looked at the two people at the door and said, "What are you arguing about? The lady has been woken up."
As she spoke, she looked at Pei'er and said in a normal tone: "You can go back. Madam said you should rest for two more days and come back to serve after the palace night banquet." "I am really well now. Let me see Madam first." Pei'er raised her head with an impatient look on her face.
Cuiping was about to say something else when Gu Qing suddenly appeared. She was wearing a light-colored inner garment and a moon-blue gauze. At first glance, she gave people a feeling of the tranquility of time.
And the rosy complexion on her face is even more enviable.
In just a moment, Pei'er felt mixed emotions, mostly jealousy and hatred towards Gu Qing.
If she hadn't wanted to make an example of me last time and punished me, how could my body be so weak?
Obviously, they all came from the Gu family, and the master and servant shared the same honor and disgrace. However, since coming to the Gu family, only her life was getting better and better.
After all, Gu Qing didn't really care about himself at all.
"Madam, please let me serve you. It has been so long since I was assigned to the outer courtyard. I haven't served you in front of you for three months."
"Before you got married, Madam asked me to keep you company in everything, but now I can't even see you, and I feel really uneasy." As she said this, Pei'er knelt in front of Gu Qing and kowtowed three times.
This scene makes people feel sad and emotional.
Gu Qing sneered in her heart, her eyes filled with a cold mist, but in an instant she suppressed all these emotions, leaned over and helped Pei'er up with both hands, "Get up, Madam understands your thoughts."
"In that case, you should stay by my side today. If you are not feeling well, don't force yourself." Gu Qing had a smile on his face, and he seemed to be as close and gentle to her as he was in the Gu Mansion.
Cui Ping and Cui Ru exchanged a glance, somewhat confused about what the Madam meant. Gu Qing instructed, "You two should go down first today. Let Pei Er serve you personally."
"Yes, ma'am." Cuiping and Cuiru bowed respectfully and left the yard together.
Pei'er was overjoyed, and the thought that Gu Qing disliked her just now disappeared immediately. However, she was still a little uneasy, and asked cautiously: "Madam, Pei'er has something to ask, but I'm not sure if it's appropriate or not."
"Just what you said." Gu Qing sat down on the stone bench in the pavilion under the corridor and drank a cup of tea to moisten his throat.
Across from her, Pei'er cautiously probed, "Madam, do you still think that I am the closest person to you in this mansion?"
Gu Qing suddenly laughed, and Pei'er paused. She lowered her head and said, "This servant is guilty. I don't know how high the heavens are and how deep the earth is. I actually thought that I was your closest person."
Since you know this, why are you still so shameless? Gu Qing thought so in his heart, but smiled and said: "Of course, you and I are the only family members of the Gu family."
“At all times, you are different from everyone else.”
After all, this lady is going to kill you.
Gu Qing narrowed his eyes, and Pei'er secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said coquettishly: "It's good to be back with the madam, ahem..."
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