Chapter 566: The past cannot stand careful consideration
Seeing that his emotions were becoming more and more agitated, Ran Qingxuan knew that he had already made some guesses.
"You two are obviously friends, why did I find out about everything..."
Gu Yanchen came back to his senses and said helplessly: "Because Queen Sang is elegant and graceful, and has a good relationship with my mother. When Qi Jing and I were beaten by Master Shen when we were young, Queen Sang always gently applied medicine to me and asked me if it hurt. With that, how could I think about anything else."
Ran Qingxuan was also afraid that he was thinking too much, but no matter what, people's first impressions could not be deceived.
"Why do you think the two are so similar?"
"At first, I just felt that the two had very similar temperaments. The nobility in their words and deeds was natural, as if it was in their nature."
"But later I stared at his face and observed it carefully and found that the curvature of Qi Mingjing's chin and lips when he smiled was exactly the same as Sang Yu's."
"And have you noticed that when Sang Yu is standing and talking, he likes to curl up his left index finger and rub it with his thumb."
Gu Yanchen only felt that Ran Qingxuan observed too carefully...
"Maybe this is a habit of theirs..."
"No, no, no, it's definitely not a habit. Believe me, Qi Mingjing had to undergo a comprehensive examination before the surgery. There is a trace element in his blood that can cause numbness in his knuckles."
"But this... this doesn't mean anything, right?"
Gu Yanchen believed that there were tens of thousands of people in Northern Qi, and some of them might be very similar, and Ran Qingxuan knew that he was trying to convince himself.
"I know you don't want to believe it, but this symptom is caused by the mother taking certain drugs during pregnancy, causing the child to be born with the disease."
Seeing that he was silent, Ran Qingxuan thought that he could not accept it for the time being. He looked at the time and saw that it was only seven o'clock, so he planned to lie down and rest for a while.
Having not slept the whole night, and considering what happened during the day, Ran Qingxuan was already extremely sleepy and could be said to fall asleep as soon as he touched the pillow.
After Gu Yanchen thought it through and wanted to talk to someone, he turned around and saw Ran Qingxuan half leaning on the pillow and snoring.
The sound is not loud, just like a cat purring.
There was a complex look in his eyes. After he stood up and covered Ran Qingxuan with the quilt, Gu Yanchen seemed to have fallen asleep, but in fact his heart was already in a mess.
Once certain things are formed, they will take root in the heart. Ran Qingxuan's words disturbed his perception of Sang Yu. He is now even recalling every detail of the past.
From these bits and pieces, Gu Yanchen did feel that things that seemed strange before, but now seem reasonable...
“Knock knock knock…”
"who?"
There was a knock on the door, Gu Yanchen opened his eyes suddenly, and his whole body tensed up.
"It's me!"
Gu Yanjing's voice sounded outside the door. Gu Yanchen stood up and walked out of the inner room, lowered the curtain and opened the door.
"Third brother, come in and warm yourself up."
Gu Yanjing walked in and shook off the snow on his body, muttering: "What a horrible weather, it's snowing halfway through the walk..."
Gu Yanjing came in directly and did not disturb Sister Jin's family. But when he came in and sat at the table to keep warm, it was obvious that Gu Yanchen seemed to have something on his mind.
"Did you have a quarrel with your sister-in-law?"
Gu Yanchen shook his head: "No, Qingxuan has been working non-stop for a whole day and night, and he is too tired now so he fell asleep."
"Then I..."
As Ran Qingxuan was his younger sister-in-law, he felt it was inappropriate for her to stay here even though there was a curtain between them. Just as he was about to get up and leave, he was stopped by Gu Yanchen.
"Third brother, you don't have to go out. Anyway, we have to go there when Jintang wakes up. Now just talk to your brother for a while."
Ran Qingxuan heard some noise in his daze, and forced himself to get up. He bought some semi-finished meals from a shop in the mall, and with a slight thought, all the food was put into the microwave in the room and heated up.
A few minutes later, Ran Qingxuan quietly called someone in, pointed at the steaming food on the table, and murmured, "It's still early... Let's eat something... with Third Brother..."
Gu Yanchen didn’t hear what was said next, and he saw Ran Qingxuan falling asleep with his fingers stretched out.
Pulling her hand and putting it under the quilt, Gu Yanchen went outside with the slightly hot food.
Gu Yanjing, who had known that Ran Qingxuan had this ability, was only amazed for a moment, helped to take it and put it on the table, and took the bottle of wine that Gu Yanchen was holding in his arm.
After opening it and taking a quick sniff, my eyes were immediately dazzled.
"You seem to be so worried, I need to have a drink with you to ease your mind."
Gu Yanchen chuckled, sat down and filled his third brother's glass.
"Third brother, when the queen was pregnant with Qi Jing, did you and mother go to the palace?"
Gu Yanjing paused while picking up the food, and asked inexplicably, "Why are you curious about this?"
Gu Yanchen didn't say anything. He raised his glass and drank with Gu Yanjing. After drinking a glass of wine, Gu Yanjing finally answered.
"Yes, I did. I remember when Princess Mingshuo got married, the Empress, as the eldest sister-in-law, had to help with the dowry.
But since she was pregnant, she couldn't overwork, so some ladies with royal titles and wives of civil officials were called into the palace to help. My mother had to go too, so my father asked me to accompany them to the palace to take care of her. ”
After pouring a glass of wine for each of them, Gu Yanjing was a little surprised: "Why are you asking this?"
"Then Third Brother, do you remember whether the Queen drank any medicine?"
Gu Yanjing was eight or nine years old at that time and was already able to remember things. He didn't know why Gu Yanchen asked such a question in a casual manner, but he still told him the truth.
"Yes, I remember that we were having a meal together in the Queen's Palace. On the way, the kitchen brought us a bowl of medicine with a strange taste. At that time, Madam Shen mentioned that it was not good to take medicine during pregnancy, but the Queen said that it was a tonic and it was not a big deal.
When I was pregnant with you, the Queen Mother even asked me if I wanted to drink something since I had been working hard all day. But I thought that medicine is partially poisonous, so I refused. ”
After saying that, he asked in confusion: "What on earth is going on? How did it get to the Empress?"
Gu Yanchen did not answer his question and continued to ask: "Is there anything special about the medicine?"
In fact, Gu Yanjing couldn't remember clearly what happened so long ago, but if you ask if there was anything special about the medicine, he did remember that there was something different.
"Now that you mention it, I remember that when the maid passed by me with the medicine, I smelled a fishy and sour smell. At that time, the Queen said that when she was at her parents' home, she saw pregnant women living by the sea often drinking it. She said that pregnant women drinking it would relieve fatigue and would not harm their bodies..."
"Madam Shen also asked, and the Queen only said that it was a kind of grass that grew in the sea, and didn't say anything else."
After Gu Yanjing finished speaking, he saw Gu Yanchen lowering his head with a serious expression on his face, and he couldn't help but become a little serious.
"Just say whatever you have to say, don't keep it in your heart!"
After Gu Yanchen drank three glasses of wine, he slowly told Ran Qingxuan his guess, but Gu Yanjing waved his hands after hearing it, with an expression that said how could this be possible.
"Third brother, have you ever thought about why Sang Zhen led the navy to intercept the Yigui people at the place where they were crossing the river, but then retreated for unknown reasons and allowed the Yigui people who were evacuating from Hulu Pass to leave!"
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