Prime Minister Gu was worried all the way back home.
As soon as he got home, he had no time to change out of his official uniform when the servant came to report that the lady wanted to see him.
Guman's mother is weak and takes medicine all year round. Her house is filled with the fragrance of medicine.
Seeing Prime Minister Gu coming, Madam Gu pushed away the medicine bowl and asked anxiously, "Prime Minister, have you pleaded with the Emperor? How is Man'er?"
Prime Minister Gu was afraid that she would worry too much and affect her health, so he quickly told her everything.
"Madam, don't worry. As long as I eliminate him for the Emperor... he won't touch our daughter."
Madam Gu's pale face was filled with fear. "Prime Minister, aren't you unwilling to be his enemy?"
Old Master sighed, "I didn't do it before because I wanted to protect myself, but if I had protected myself, I wouldn't have been able to protect Man'er from the wind and rain."
Madam Gu sighed, "Prime Minister, please be careful."
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next day
Su Man was afraid that Prime Minister Gu would be anxious, so she prepared the letter early, but how to get it out became a big problem.
Under normal circumstances, they could just wait until the guard was on duty tomorrow and then send the letter out. But now Murong Hong had sent guards to guard outside the palace, so neither Su Man nor Tao Yuan could go out.
Just when Su Man was worried, there was a knock on the palace gate. It turned out that someone from the imperial kitchen came to deliver food.
Although Guman was under house arrest, Murong Hong still needed her in the future, so he was very careful about the food. All the standard dishes were included, and the table was filled with plates and bowls.
While the young eunuch was busy, Su Man saw a red mark on his wrist.
Su Man had sharp eyes and saw the wound at a glance.
"Father-in-law, why are you injured like this?"
The young eunuch, who had been hunching over, was stunned for a moment, subconsciously covering the wound and stammering, "No, nothing."
Su Man winked at Tao Yuan, who immediately responded, "Eunuch, you look unfamiliar. Are you new here?"
The young eunuch nodded, his small face hidden by the shadow under the brim of his hat.
"My servant Xiao Qizi has just been in the palace for two months."
No wonder, the injuries on his body made sense. In a place like the palace where people eat each other, people like him would always be bullied.
According to the rules, Guman is the queen and she has many dishes. She shouldn't be asked to deliver this dish alone. It's clearly bullying him.
Su Man smiled and said, "Look at your hand, it seems you have frostbite. I have a bottle of ointment here. If you don't mind, you can take it."
Xiao Qizi was terrified and said, "My Lady, I am too lowly to bear this."
Tao Yuan stuffed the medicine into Xiao Qizi's hand and asked, "Do you want to disobey the Empress's order?"
Xiao Qizi was even more frightened, and his pretty face was full of embarrassment.
Seeing that he was so thin that he looked like he was about to take off his clothes, Su Man knew that his life in the imperial kitchen was not easy.
So, she lowered her voice and asked, "Do you want to be a consular eunuch?"
...
Xiao Qizi came out of Kunning Palace and was absent-minded.
Su Man's words kept echoing in his ears, "At lunchtime, go to the carp pond in the Imperial Garden. There you will encounter something extraordinary."
Xiao Qizi didn't know what adventure Su Man was talking about, but he had a hunch that it would be a major event that would change his life.
He made up his mind and ignored the order from the chief steward of the imperial kitchen to return immediately after delivering the meal, and ran straight to the carp pond.
When he was still a few steps away from the carp pond, he saw from afar the Queen Mother feeding the carp accompanied by eunuchs and palace maids.
Just as he was trying to avoid it, the Queen Mother slipped and fell into the carp pond.
"Empress Dowager!"
"Hurry up, the Queen Mother fell into the water, hurry up, help!"
What was strange was that although the eunuch in charge of the empress dowager shouted loudly, he was reluctant to go into the water.
Xiao Qizi didn't know if this was the big deal Su Man was talking about, but his kind nature made him jump into the water without hesitation.
Xiao Qizi was so eager to save people that he didn't notice the ugly expression on the eunuch's face.
Xiao Qizi rescued the empress dowager in time, and she just choked on a few mouthfuls of water and was not seriously injured.
The eunuch in charge kicked the dripping little Qizi aside and cried, "Your Highness, you scared me to death. If anything happened to you, how would I live?"
The Queen Mother only glanced at him once, and his cries were stuck in his throat, unable to go up or down.
The Queen Mother looked at the frail little Qi Zi and asked, "What's your name?"
"Your servant Qi Bai greets the Queen Mother."
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Kunning Palace
Tao Yuan came in excitedly, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I just heard someone say that the Empress Dowager fell into the water this afternoon and was rescued by a young eunuch from the Imperial Kitchen. The Empress Dowager not only rewarded him with a hundred taels of silver, but also transferred him to the Cining Palace."
Hearing this, Su Man was very calm and said, "It's as expected."
Tao Yuan's gossip spirit burned fiercely, "That person must be Xiao Qizi, you are really a genius."
Su Man smiled and said, "Stop flattering me."
"No, no, but... Oh, how did you know that the Queen Mother would fall into the water?" Tao Yuan was almost going crazy with curiosity.
But Su Man just smiled and said nothing.
The current empress dowager is not Murong Hong’s biological mother, but the late emperor’s empress, Yang.
At the beginning, this Yang was wholeheartedly supporting the third prince to ascend the throne, but unfortunately, Murong Hong took over the world in the end.
Afterwards, the Yang family moved closer to the King of Beiping, and the Queen Mother and Murong Hong were not on good terms with each other.
When the late emperor was in power, the empress dowager helped him handle government affairs, and her strength should not be underestimated.
According to the original development, Murong Hong bribed the eunuch in charge of her and caused her to "drown" next to the carp pond and die of fright. The Yang family was severely damaged and no longer a threat.
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