"Save me!"
As Gu Jiu walked out of Weiyang Palace, a young palace maid who was cleaning the room bumped into her, and then there was a note in her hand.
She glanced at it vaguely. The words "save me" on the note were too eye-catching.
"The manners of the palace maids are getting worse and worse these days. Madam, have you been hit?"
Qingmei complained and started to worry about Gu Jiu.
Gu Jiu shook her head. "It's okay. The little maid has never seen anyone before, so it's natural for her to be nervous."
Liu Yi and Xiao Qin'er turned around and looked at Gu Jiu.
Xiao Qin'er asked with concern, "Is sister-in-law okay? Or should we have someone drag this damned maid away and give her a good beating? As expected, the rules in this palace are getting worse and worse."
The little maid knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, "Please spare my life, Madam, please spare my life."
Gu Jiu said with a stern face, "If you kowtow twenty times, I will spare your life."
The little palace maid kowtowed, "Dong Dong Dong," one after another. Just hearing the sound, she felt pain in her forehead.
However, Gu Jiu had to punish her.
This is in the palace, and just because she says it's okay doesn't mean it's really okay.
She dared to guarantee it.
If she said it was okay and didn't pursue the matter, the fate of this little palace maid would only be worse once she left.
Only when she punished the little palace maid would the eunuchs in the palace stop catching her and continuing to punish her.
Gu Jiu glanced coldly at the little palace maid who was still kowtowing, and said to the maid beside her: "Let's go! Everything is not going well today."
Qingmei quickly supported Gu Jiu's wrist and left the place.
Liu Yi looked twice at the little palace maid who was kowtowing.
Xiao Qin'er was immediately dissatisfied, "What are you looking at, Your Highness?"
Liu Yi shook his head. "Why did I offend my sister-in-law?"
Xiao Qin'er snorted, "These young palace maids are becoming increasingly unruly. I wonder how the eunuchs and maids are training them. If they really can't do it, let someone else do it."
Liu Yi said, "Perhaps there's no other way. During the reign of the previous emperor, there were several major purges of the harem. Those old people who had seen a lot of wind and rain were gone."
Those who are alive are naturally not as capable as the deceased. It is also possible that the trained palace maids are not well-behaved.
Liu Yi went to Xingqing Palace.
Xiao Qin'er caught up with Gu Jiu, "Sister-in-law, let's leave the palace together."
Gu Jiu smiled at her and said, "Fourth sister-in-law is quiet today."
Xiao Qin'er didn't mind at all. "Sister-in-law, you know I'm not very good with words. After entering the palace, I was almost scared to death. How could I dare to speak freely? Sister-in-law, on the other hand, is very eloquent and talks freely. I envy her very much."
"Sister-in-law, there's no need to be so modest. I know you're feeling conflicted and upset. After all, you're different from the rest of us. You're closer to the Empress Dowager than anyone else."
Xiao Qin'er looked gloomy. "When I was at my mother's house, every time I entered the palace, I would shout 'Grandma, Grandma' loudly. The Queen was very kind to me, and in my heart, I also regarded the Queen as the closest person to me. This time, when the Queen got into trouble, I was more worried than anyone else. At one point, I was so worried that I couldn't speak. Sister-in-law, please don't laugh at me."
"How could that be? My sister-in-law has a sincere heart. If the queen knew it, she would be relieved."
Xiao Qin'er's expression brightened. "We're both extremely worried. I'm afraid some people are probably rejoicing right now."
Gu Jiu raised her eyebrows and smiled. She knew who Xiao Qin'er was talking about.
She was speaking indirectly about Ouyang Fu.
Ouyang Fu entered the palace with them, but did not act together. Ouyang Fu went to Concubine Shen Xianfei, after all, Concubine Shen Xianfei was Ouyang Fu's real mother-in-law.
Gu Jiu said, "The situation is different. Fourth sister-in-law can't be too harsh on Second sister-in-law. She has her own difficulties."
"Sister-in-law is really speaking up for her. Just because she's close to sister-in-law, does that mean sister-in-law doesn't care about her position?"
"We are all worried about the safety of the Empress Dowager. How can we take sides at this moment? Don't Concubine Shen and Second Sister-in-law worry about the Empress Dowager? Fourth Sister-in-law, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. Be careful that Concubine Shen will cause trouble for you."
Xiao Qin'er snorted, "I'm not afraid."
Gu Jiu teased, "You are confident, so you are not afraid. But I am afraid."
She said "afraid" without hesitation, which shocked Xiao Qin'er.
"Will my sister-in-law be afraid too?"
"I am a human being, how can I not be afraid?"
Xiao Qin'er's pair of black eyes swiveled around, "Don't be afraid, sister-in-law. Let's pay our respects to the Empress Dowager together tomorrow, and I'll say a few good words for you."
"Thank you, Fourth Sister-in-law. I appreciate your kindness. I just don't know how to thank you."
Xiao Qin'er smiled and said, "I want to invest more money in the road construction. Is that okay?"
"Okay!"
Gu Jiu never has a problem with money.
Xiao Qin'er was delighted and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law."
The reason why she wanted to invest more money in building the road for Gu Jiu was all because of the advice from Liu Yi and her family.
Liu Yi was simply trusting Gu Jiu's vision, believing he wouldn't do a business that would lose money. Therefore, he asked Xiao Qin'er to invest more money, at least to earn some pocket money. It would be like opening up another source of income.
The Xiao family was motivated by considerations of their own interests.
The Xiao family hopes that the Fourth Prince Liu Yi can reconcile with the First Prince Liu Zhao.
After all, they are brothers. They cannot fight at this time and give others an advantage.
It was not convenient for Liu Yi to show up, but Xiao Qin'er had no such concerns.
With Xiao Qin'er communicating with Gu Jiu and the two sides visiting each other frequently, the two brothers Liu Yi and Liu Zhao will naturally become closer.
It has to be said that the Xiao family had beautiful ideas and was wholeheartedly considering Xiao Qin'er and her husband.
After hearing the suggestion, Xiao Qin'er went to Gu Jiu and wanted to invest more money in road construction.
This time it's not a small fight, and it won't be dealt with with just three or five thousand taels.
Xiao Qin'er prepared 30,000 taels of silver and asked someone to deliver it to Gu Jiu as soon as she returned home.
Gu Jiu was secretly shocked, thinking that Xiao Qin'er was quite rich, as she actually took out 30,000 taels of silver in one breath.
The two sisters-in-law left the palace together, got on their respective carriages, and set off back to the prince's palace.
Gu Jiu gave a wink and Qingmei guarded the car door.
Gu Jiu opened his palm, revealing a small piece of paper.
Her palms were sweating, and the sweat soaked the note until it was half dry, but fortunately the handwriting was still clear.
Below the words "Save me!" is a bunch of green seedlings.
Gu Jiu raised her eyebrows. She already knew who sent the note.
It was Zhou Miao who worked in the Shangshenjian.
She couldn't help but frown. The Queen Mother had a stomachache. Was Zhou Miao implicated?
Is he innocent? Or is he the murderer?
It was just Zhou Miao asking her for help?
Is Zhou Miao sure she can save him?
Gu Jiu thought for a moment and suddenly said, "The Queen Mother must be allergic to some food."
Qingmei was surprised. "If the Queen Mother knew she was allergic, how could she have eaten it?"
Gu Jiu sneered, "Things you're allergic to have been processed, so even if you put them in your mouth, you might not be able to tell what you're eating."
Cooking with ingredients is so magical.
"So what do we do now?"
Gu Jiu thought for a moment, "There's no need to worry about the Empress Dowager. If the Empress Dowager really did eat something she's allergic to, the Empress Dowager will definitely find out. What matters now is who's behind this. Your Majesty has only been on the throne for a few months, who's so impatient to act?"
After saying that, Gu Jiu knocked on the carriage wall and said, "Let's go to the pharmacy."
The carriage turned and headed towards the pharmacy in the market town.
Gu Jiu decided to trust Zhou Miao for once and give him some hints, hoping that he could get through this safely.
After arriving at the pharmacy, Gu Jiu left a message for Zhou Miao, checked the pharmacy's account book, gave a few more instructions, and then left.
A few hours later, someone came to the pharmacy to buy medicine and got Gu Jiu's message by the way.
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After Gu Jiu returned to the palace, he began to copy Buddhist scriptures.
The task still needs to be done, even if you don't believe in the content of the Buddhist scriptures you copied.
She thought that it must not be the power of Buddha that allowed her to travel to this era.
If you really want to find a god, it should be the Three Pure Ones.
Tomorrow, she would find a Taoist temple and add some money to thank the Three Pure Ones for letting her live again.
Gu Jiu often practiced calligraphy and copied Buddhist scriptures very quickly.
At the end of the day, he had copied twenty volumes, enough for five days.
She told Qingmei to put away the copied Buddhist scriptures and said, "I will personally take them to the palace tomorrow morning."
"Will Madam Ming'er come to the palace again?"
"If I don't see the Queen Mother and pay my respects to her, I will have to go to the palace every day."
This is filial piety, and Gu Jiu dare not be careless.
And she also has to keep an eye on the progress of Queen Pei.
She tended to think that there was someone unclean around Queen Pei.
To set up this kind of situation, you must have people around you to make it happen naturally and smoothly without any trace of calculation.
Suddenly appearing in the Imperial Garden, he happened to hear people discussing the Empress Dowager, and immediately came up with the idea of preparing a banquet to create an opportunity for the Empress Dowager and His Majesty to spend time together. However, problems arose after the Empress Dowager had the banquet.
One thing leads to another. Gu Ji would never believe that there was no traitor around Empress Pei.
When it comes to asking a person to make a decision, who is better than the people around him?
For several consecutive days, Gu Jiu brought Buddhist scriptures into the palace.
Ouyang Fu and Xiao Qin'er followed suit and went to the palace with Gu Jiu, bringing Buddhist scriptures to pay their respects.
Since Cai was demoted, the Third Prince has not yet married, so naturally he has no plans to show off this time.
No one else knew how anxious he was inside.
Anyway, later on, he personally took part in copying Buddhist scriptures, and went to the palace to pay his respects with Gu Jiu and others every day.
Xiao Qin'er secretly despised herself, "Your Highness is too anxious."
As a man, filial piety is a good thing. But shouldn't you use a different method than copying Buddhist scriptures like women do to show your filial piety?
Ouyang Fu was silent for a moment, then said, "After all, it is a filial act from His Highness the Third Prince."
Gu Jiu also said: "Your Highness is filial to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother is very happy."
Gu Jiu indirectly reminded Xiao Qin'er not to take advantage of her blood relationship with Empress Dowager Xiao to do whatever she wants.
The royal family pays the most attention to blood ties, but it is also the place that pays the least attention to blood ties.
Killing brothers, fathers and mothers is not uncommon in the royal family.
If something like this happened to a wealthy family, it would be like the sky falling.
That is to say, the royal family, they killed them and after that, there were people who helped to whitewash the situation.
When we arrived at the Cining Palace, we presented Buddhist scriptures.
The nanny smiled and said, "The Queen Mother is very happy to learn of your filial piety. She is able to get up today, and you can go in and pay your respects."
"Really? Has the Queen Mother recovered?"
"Almost recovered."
Everyone filed into the bedroom.
Just as the sisters-in-law were about to bow and salute, the Third Prince Liu Yan made a bold move.
"Grandma!" With a trembling cry, the Third Prince Liu Yan threw himself down in front of the bed. "These past few days, your grandson has been terribly worried. He hasn't been eating or sleeping well, constantly worrying about your health. If anything happens to you, your grandson won't be able to live either."
vomit!
Xiao Qin'er almost vomited from disgust.
Shameless!
A man and a woman are fighting for the opportunity to show off. Damn, do they have any bottom line?
Ouyang Fu was obviously also stimulated. She stroked her abdomen lightly, feeling a little nervous.
Gu Jiu's eyebrows twitched.
Oh my god, the Third Prince's actions are so cool. I can't compare to him, absolutely can't compare to him.
The Third Prince Liu Yan took out the copied Buddhist scriptures and took out thirty volumes in one breath, instantly killing the Buddhist scriptures in the hands of Gu Jiu and the other two.
Each of the three of them only brought four volumes according to the rules.
Damn it!
Seeing this scene, Xiao Qin'er was furious and stamped her feet in anxiety.
The Third Prince Liu Yan took out thirty volumes of Buddhist scriptures in one breath. The four volumes of Buddhist scriptures in their hands were no match for him.
Damn it, isn't this forcing the three of them to be unfilial?
At this moment, Xiao Qin'er even wanted to kill the Third Prince Liu Yan.
The Third Prince wouldn't give anyone a chance to live, so why should she be polite?
"Empress Dowager!" Xiao Qin'er wiped her tears and burst into tears. "My grandson's wife was so worried. Thank God, thank all the gods and Buddhas for your blessings. Your Majesty is finally getting better."
Xiao Qin'er cried sincerely and knelt beside the bed. She exerted force and pushed the Third Prince Liu Yan out of the golden position.
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