Chapter 647 Gu Junze, come back to me...
Gu Qingchen slept exceptionally soundly on the first night of house arrest.
Perhaps setting fire to the building was too exhausting, so she was helped by the palace maid to take a hot bath and change into a clean and soft nightgown. As soon as her head touched the pillow, she fell into a deep sleep without even a dream.
But when she woke up at noon the next day, refreshed, trouble arose.
Outside the palace gate, two tall imperial guards stood like door gods, holding crossed spears and standing there expressionlessly. Not only could a person not even a fly fly out.
"Miss Gu, are you awake? His Majesty has ordered that your breakfast today should be light porridge and small dishes to help you calm your mind and cultivate your character." A trembling little palace maid came in carrying a tray.
Gu Qingchen looked at the bowl of white porridge that was so clear that you could see your reflection in it, and the two plates of bland vegetables, and his little face suddenly wrinkled up.
"That's it?" She knocked on the table in dissatisfaction. "I want sweet osmanthus cakes, crab roe buns, and I want to go to the imperial kitchen!"
The young palace maid was on the verge of tears. She bowed and said, "Little Ancestor, please spare this servant! His Majesty has ordered that you cannot even step out of this palace. The Imperial Kitchen has also strictly forbidden any snacks from being brought to you."
Gu Qingchen's eyebrows knitted together.
This life is unbearable!
She paced around the hall bored, like a tiger trapped in a cage.
I touched the antique vase on the east side and knocked on the rosewood table on the west side. I felt like I had energy all over my body, but nowhere to use it.
An hour later, she had almost counted all the floor tiles in the hall.
"Oh!" She sighed heavily, leaned against the window, and looked at the scenery in the courtyard outside.
There happened to be two young eunuchs in charge of cleaning the courtyard whispering to each other below.
"Have you heard? The Empress just received a pair of 'Xiaguang Birds' the other day. They were tribute from the Western Regions. Their feathers can change into seven different colors in the sunlight. They are incredibly beautiful!"
"Of course I've heard of it! She's kept in the warm room at the back. Her Majesty loves her like a baby and visits her three times a day!"
Gu Qingchen's ears suddenly stood up.
A rosy bird? Sounds more majestic than a canary in a cage.
She stuck her head out, looked at the backs of the two young eunuchs, then looked at the exquisite warm room not far away, and a thought emerged uncontrollably from the bottom of her heart.
It's so pitiful to have such a beautiful bird locked in a cage!
They should fly freely under the blue sky and white clouds, instead of staying in that small golden cage and being admired as toys!
Once this thought appears, it can no longer be suppressed.
Her eyes rolled and a plan came to her mind.
She sat back down at the table, picked up the bowl of porridge that had long since gone cold, and deliberately shouted, "Oh! My stomach hurts! Is there something poisonous in this porridge? I'm going to die!"
As she shouted, she rolled on the ground holding her stomach. Her acting was three times more realistic than yesterday in the imperial study.
The guards at the door looked at each other and suddenly panicked.
If something really happened to this little ancestor right under their noses, they would have more than ten heads to chop off!
"Quick! Go and call the imperial physician!" one of the imperial guards shouted, and the other one hurriedly pushed the door open and rushed in, wanting to check the situation.
Just as the palace door opened and the two of them were in panic, the "dying" Gu Qingchen on the ground suddenly jumped up from the ground like a loach.
She nimbly slipped under the armpits of the two imperial guards, and before they could react, she rushed out of the hall like a gust of wind and headed straight for the warm room in the backyard.
"No! Catch her quickly!" The roar of the imperial guards sounded behind him.
But Gu Qingchen ran very fast and reached the door of the warm room in a few breaths.
The door of the warm room was only ajar. She pushed it open and saw a gorgeous golden birdcage hanging in the center. Inside the cage, two glittering little birds were jumping restlessly.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here to save you!"
Gu Qingchen ran over in two steps, stood on tiptoe, and pulled open the latch of the birdcage.
"Go! Fly to the sky that belongs to you!"
She opened the cage door and scooped out the two frightened rosy birds.
Two brilliant streams of light flew out of the warm room with a "chirp" sound, drew a beautiful arc in the air, and disappeared outside the high palace wall in the blink of an eye.
After doing all this, Gu Qingchen clapped his hands and looked at the empty birdcage with a satisfied smile.
At this time, the imperial guards who had rushed over after hearing the news were blocking the door of the warm room.
They looked at the empty birdcage and the innocent-looking culprit, and everyone's face turned green.
Half an hour later.
Imperial study.
Zhao Yunci was holding a report urgently sent from the border, his brows furrowed.
The barbarians in the north were beginning to stir again, and he was considering whether to call Gu Junze back to discuss countermeasures.
Just then, the chief eunuch rushed in, his face as white as paper.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Something bad has happened!"
Zhao Yunci's eyelids twitched suddenly, and an extremely ominous premonition came to her mind.
"What happened?" he asked in a deep voice, "Did the fire in the library start again?"
"No! No!" The chief eunuch was about to burst into tears. "It was...it was the Empress's Xiaguang bird! It was...released by Princess Qingchen!"
Zhao Yunci's fingers, which were holding the report, suddenly tightened, and her knuckles turned white from the force.
He asked slowly, emphasizing each word: "Where did it go?"
"He flew...flew out of the palace! He can never be found again!"
"Bang!"
The report in Zhao Yunci's hand was slammed hard on the table.
He didn't roar or roar.
On the contrary, he looked calm.
Zhao Yunci slowly stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the blue sky outside, as if she could see the two rosy birds that she could never catch up with.
He endured the burning of his library.
Now, the queen's favorite tribute bird was released.
This little bastard is destroying his kingdom and ruining his harem!
Gu Junze!
Zhao Yunci almost gritted her teeth as she pronounced the name in her heart.
He was silent for a long time, so long that the chief eunuch thought the emperor had suffered a stroke from anger.
Finally, Zhao Yunci turned around with a strange smile on her face, but her voice was as cold as ice in December.
"Convey my will."
"Draft an imperial decree, and send it 800 miles to Jinguan City."
"Tell the Duke of Zhenguo, Gu Junze, to return to the capital within ten days."
"If it were one day later..." The emperor's smile deepened, but there was no warmth in his eyes.
"I will pack up his precious daughter and personally send her to the Northern Frontier Army. I will let his good daughter deal with the barbarians and prevent them from causing trouble for me..."
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