Chapter 24 Catching an adulterer?
After Gu Qingning chatted with Princess Jiamin and several ladies for a while, she returned to her seat.
She turned her head and found that Tao Ye beside Shen Ruoying was gone.
After Taozhi was beaten, she was sent back to the Marquis of Guangping's Mansion. The next day, the Marquis of Guangping's Mansion sent a few more maids.
Among them is peach leaf.
Others may not know, but Gu Qingning knows that Tao Ye is best at making perfume.
Tao Ye was an ambitious person. She used her ability to make perfume to win the favor of Shen Qi, the eldest son of the Shen family. However, before she could officially become his concubine, Shen Qi sent him to another place to serve as an official.
But after all, Tao Ye was already Shen Qi's person, and everyone, including herself, thought that this matter was a done deal.
But now, she was sent to Shen Ruoying?
Gu Qingning knew that Chen Ruoying must have promised Tao Ye something better... For an ambitious person, what position could be higher than the concubine of the prince of the marquis's mansion?
The concubine of the young master of the Duke’s Mansion?
Gu Qingning was somewhat impressed by Shen Ruoying. She was really generous and smart.
Because in this way, Tao Ye would also be tied to a boat, and the other party would be willing to help them seek to inherit the title.
At this time, Emperor Minghe, who was sitting at the first seat, raised his glass to announce the start of the banquet, and everyone quickly raised their glasses.
After Emperor Minghe's empress fell ill and died, he never appointed another empress.
The head of the harem now is Concubine Su, and there are only two princes in the harem now. The third prince is born to Concubine Su.
The other sixth prince was born to a palace maid.
Above the rank of concubine is another concubine named Rou, who is the late queen's concubine sister and has a daughter named Princess Jin'an, who is twenty-two years old this year and married the number one scholar two years ago.
There was also a concubine named Jin, who had no children.
Gu Qingning silently pondered the situation in the harem. She was surprised to find that Emperor Minghe had very few offspring. However, he was still young and strong. Maybe there would be princes and princesses born in the future?
Halfway through the banquet, Shen Ruoying suddenly lost control of a glass of water and it splashed directly onto Gu Qingning!
"Sister-in-law, I'm sorry. I didn't hold the cup firmly. It's all my fault."
Seeing her terrified expression, Gu Qingning said, "It's okay. I'll go change my clothes."
Accompanied by Chen Fenfang, Gu Qingning stood up and left the table. When she walked onto the path, her face darkened.
Chen Fenfang asked cautiously, "Madam, what's wrong? Is there something wrong with the glass of water?"
Gu Qingning: "The water has no other taste for now, but I can't go to the side room prepared for our Duke's Mansion to change clothes."
Tao Ye has been away for so long, he must have arranged something there!
Chen Fenfang: "Madam, there is a side room to the west. It is a room that His Majesty has specially allowed the young master to stay overnight. Can I take you there?"
Gu Qingning: "Okay."
Because it was a place specially approved by Emperor Minghe for Lu Jingyu to rest, and now there are people guarding it, everything is normal.
The gatekeeper recognized Chen Fenfang and immediately asked, "Aunt Chen, why are you here?"
Chen Fenfang: "My eldest young lady wants to rest here for a while, please open the door quickly."
Gatekeeper: “Ah, yes!”
Chen Fenfang was very familiar with this place. She sent Gu Qingning into the main house and said, "Madam, please rest here until your clothes are dry. I will be in the outer room. Call me if you need anything."
Gu Qingning: "Is it safe here?"
Chen Fenfang: "It's absolutely safe here. Just rest assured. When the banquet is about to end, we will leave together."
Gu Qingning: "Aunt Chen, do you have anyone you trust? Ask them to go to the side room in the Duke's Mansion and take a look."
"yes."
After Chen Fenfang left, a hint of coldness slowly emerged in Gu Qingning's eyes.
She wanted to see what Shen Ruoying was going to do!
The room was very warm, and the water stains on my sleeves slowly dried up, leaving no trace at all.
But gradually, Gu Qingning felt a very sweet fragrance filling the room, and her eyes suddenly narrowed!
So this thing emits a fragrant aroma only after being baked?
Gu Qingning was just about to stand up and open the window, but her body went limp and she tripped over the table, about to fall to the ground.
At this moment, a hand suddenly wrapped around her waist!
She didn't know why, even though her mind was a mess, Gu Qingning could clearly feel that the other person's arm around her waist was inexplicably familiar.
Is it the man in black that I met in the study?
Gu Qingning turned around and saw a handsome face with deep eyebrows and a strong aura, which was the momentum brought by years of fighting on the battlefield.
It turned out to be the young master Lu Jingyu!
Even though Gu Qingning was always calm, her head suddenly buzzed at this moment. Influenced by the fragrance, she subconsciously reached out and touched the other person's cheek.
She murmured, "It's actually hot..."
Lu Jingyu's mood was even more complicated than hers.
He had just returned here from the secret passage of His Majesty's imperial study and had intended to rest here tonight. Who would have thought that there was someone here?
Or his very peculiar wife!
Lu Jingyu hadn't figured out how to meet her yet, but he found that something was wrong with her, as if she had been poisoned, so he didn't think much about it and just hugged her.
I thought I would scare her, but all she said was, "Is it hot?"
The next moment, a little hand touched his belt? Lu Jingyu suddenly held her little hand.
"Gu Qingning, what are you doing?"
Gu Qingning felt that the people in front of her began to see double, and her body became softer and hotter.
She tried her best to say with the last bit of clarity: "I, I'm poisoned. Where's the knife in your body? I need to stimulate it."
Lu Jingyu: "How to stimulate?"
Gu Qingning couldn't find the knife and became a little anxious. She raised her hand to grab her red hairpin, but Lu Jingyu suddenly grabbed her hand.
"You want to hurt yourself?"
"What else?"
Gu Qingning had completely lost her usual calmness and self-control at this moment. She had just taken off her outer coat in order to dry her skirt, and now she fell down and struggled, with her hair in a complete mess.
A faint pink cloud appeared on her fair cheeks, and her already delicate facial features looked even more beautiful at this moment.
Lu Jingyu's eyes fell on her face and he couldn't move away. He was silent for a moment before saying, "If you believe me, I have a way to help you detoxify."
Gu Qingning was stunned.
But at this moment, there was a noise outside.
Princess Jiamin, who was in a bad mood and drunk, stood outside the house and said angrily: "How dare you stop me?"
Chen Fenfang quickly explained, "My Lord, my wife's clothes were soaked just now, and she is changing inside."
Princess Jiamin: "That's fine. I'm a woman too, and I won't offend your wife! Okay, okay, I won't do anything to your wife. I just want to be in the place where the young master stayed, to remember him."
She held the wine jug in her hand and was about to walk inside.
Chen Fenfang wanted to stop her again, but Princess Jiamin glared at her, "Why do you always stop me? Could it be that Gu Qingning is having an affair in there, so you won't let me in?"
"My dear little ancestor, you can't say such things! This is not the case at all! How about this, let me go in and tell them, and then you can go in?"
“Get out of the way!”
Princess Jiamin suddenly pushed Chen Fenfang away, walked quickly up to the room, and kicked the door open.
"Gu Qingning, this princess is here to catch an adulterer!"
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