The waiter outside the door shook his legs and went downstairs quickly to do his job.
Qiao Xi didn't care. He flipped through the things on the desk and saw that in addition to the Qiao family's account books, there were unexpectedly two more booklets on the desk that had never been there before. When he thought about what he had just asked the servant to go out to find the books, he couldn't help but laugh.
He shook his head: "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, Qiao Xi... you are really... screwed!"
He sighed, and although he felt that his behavior was a little unbelievable, but thinking of Gu Jinke, he could only sit down with a look of defeat on his face, picked up the storybook and read it, muttering occasionally.
"You must be gentle in front of your wife...smile...yeah, it works."
"Talking about things that interest my wife is fine."
…
He even picked up a pen to write down some things, and finally concluded: "It turns out that if you want to have a good wife, and then make her addicted to you, it is also a great art!"
As the sky gradually darkened, the people in the study were very interested and immersed in the study of a profound subject.
......
Gu Jinke returned to the mansion only after he handed over the matters to Sang Yi and the old farmer. Gu Jinke took a bath and changed his clothes, and Sang Yi quickly packed up and came to serve him. He was in a good mood, and even when he lowered his head to buckle Gu Jinke's belt, there was a smile on the corner of his mouth that could not be ignored.
Gu Jinke was quite surprised and couldn't help asking, "What good thing happened to you today? You are so happy."
Sang Yi hurriedly touched the corner of his lip and found that it was indeed bent unconsciously, so he quickly covered it with his hand and secretly pursed his lips to control his emotions. Then he secretly glanced at Gu Jinke, and a smile flashed in his eyes: "There is indeed a big happy event, but I can't tell His Highness."
He finally helped Gu Jinke today. Although it wasn't a big help, he was still happy because the prince needed him.
He could also help His Highness, or help solve his problems, just like the other young masters around His Highness, instead of watching His Highness get into trouble and being unable to do anything.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Gu Jinke raised his eyebrows in surprise, but of course he wouldn't get to the bottom of it.
It's just that it's so rare to see the gentle and calm Sang Yi unable to control her emotions like this, and I can't help but feel a little amused. It seems that something big and happy has really happened to Sang Yi.
Today, because he solved a big problem in his heart, although he was still at the starting point, Gu Jinke was in a good mood. Seeing Sang Yi smiling and lowering her head, he gently and patiently helped her adjust her clothes. Today, he helped her again, so Gu Jinke wanted to take good care of his rare high spirits. He patted his shoulder and said, "Then I wish Sang Yi to be happy like this every day. You don't need to serve me today. Since you are happy, go and play for a while. I will read a book for a while and then go to rest."
Sang Yi was feeling happy when she heard the news out of the blue. Then she felt Gu Jinke's gentle pat on her shoulder.
This heavy kindness made him confused: "Huh?"
Although he was happy, serving His Highness made him even happier, twice as happy. So His Highness just gave him a holiday like that? Could he refuse?
He doesn't want to take a holiday!
Gu Jinke was completely unaware of this. He just felt that he was indeed a good boss who cared about the people around him. He immediately smiled, straightened his collar, walked out of the bedroom, and went straight to the study.
She was still a little confused and needed to go to the study to look up some books to verify it.
Sang Yi just stared blankly at her figure passing by. He wanted to say something, but when he saw the smile on Gu Jinke's lips, he hesitated for a moment.
Your Highness has good intentions, so he should not let Your Highness down.
Otherwise, if His Highness asked him why he didn't want to rest and only wanted to serve, would he tell His Highness that he wanted to stay by His Highness' side all the time?
Thinking of this embarrassing question, a smile appeared on the corners of his lips, and he quickly patted his slightly hot cheeks to cool down.
Forget it, let’s just take a vacation. There is still a long time to come. No matter what, the most important thing is that Your Highness is happy!
Gu Jinke read a book in the study for a while, and after clearing up the doubts in her heart, she felt relaxed. However, Xun Ji soon brought her a message: "Your Highness, the Third Princess and Minister Li are coming to Qingcheng Mansion."
Gu Jinge's expression suddenly turned cold: "Is it coming?"
Xun Ji nodded and glanced at Gu Jinke: "Her Highness the Third Princess was escorting the second batch of supplies. After encountering bandits on the road, only one in ten of the supplies survived. However, Her Highness the Third Princess and Minister Li were unfortunately injured in order to protect the supplies. However, after Her Highness the Third Princess and Minister Li woke up from their injuries for the first time, they both said that they felt guilty for not protecting the supplies well, and for the trust of the Empress and the ministers. They even asked the guards to carry a stretcher to see the remaining supplies, and then burst into tears on the spot. They immediately ordered that no one should take care of their injuries and that they should hurry on their way to deliver the remaining food to Qingcheng Prefecture."
Gu Jinge couldn't help but sneer: "Haha"
Her tone was full of sarcasm: "You reacted quickly and used the self-torture tactic. But the second batch of supplies was only three days later than the first batch."
But Gu Jinke had been back to Qingcheng Prefecture for several days, and the supplies these two people brought were much less than Gu Jinke's, but they were just about to arrive.
Xun Ji agreed with Gu Jinke's words and nodded as he told them what happened on the way to the Third Princess. "Yes, on the way here, the soldiers under their command spread the words of the Third Princess and Minister Li everywhere, praising the character of the Third Princess and her heart for the people. The people along the way couldn't help but praise them. Not only did they no longer mention the robbery of the Third Princess and Minister Li, but they also felt sorry for the two people who had suffered such an unexpected disaster. Along the way, the two people's injuries kept recurring, and they were all left by the people along the way to recuperate. Their reputation along the way is quite good."
Gu Jinke just found it funny. Even though their injuries kept getting worse and they were delayed on the road for so long, they still had the mood to continue to build a good reputation for themselves? I wonder if there is anything about their behavior that is consistent with the meaning of the reputation they shouted out?
Aren't they worried that the truth will come to light?
But after listening to it, Gu Jinke had to put it aside for the time being. She didn't want to let the Third Princess and the Fifth Princess get away with it, but it was not a good time to deal with the Third Princess in Qingcheng Mansion.
She also had to consider the empress's ambiguous attitude. It would be better for her to prepare everything and wait until she returned to Beijing to deal with her properly, kill her once and for all so that she could no longer jump around, and then make what she had done known to the world.
She, Gu Jinke, can have a legitimate competitive relationship with the Third Princess because of the status of Crown Prince and Princess Orphan. It doesn't matter even if the Empress favors Gu Jinxiu. But she cannot tolerate these people taking the lives of innocent people to pave their way to becoming Emperor in order to gain power.
Anyone who does not take the lives of the people seriously is not worthy of being the emperor!
However, Li Yuxin still needs to be informed of the news of their arrival to see whether he chooses to avoid returning to the capital or what other arrangements should be made.
Except for Xun Ji, no one in the mansion knew Li Yuxin's identity. Gu Jinke originally wanted to ask Xun Ji to pass a message to Li Yuxin, but when he thought that he would pass by Li Yuxin's door on his way back to rest, he didn't intend to let Xun Ji work harder.
She asked Xun Ji to go downstairs to rest, then she packed up the books and pens on the desk, closed the door of the study and went back. On the way, she passed by the room where Li Yuxin was resting temporarily and knocked on the door gently.
Li Yuxin's disguised rough voice came from the room: "Who is it?"
Gu Jinke answered him: "It's me, Gu Jinke."
Li Yuxin was about to go to bed and was pulling the quilt when he was startled by Gu Jinke's voice. What did Gu Jinke want from him at that night?
He hurriedly shouted, "Wait a moment." Then he got up, put on his clothes, quickly tied them up, took out the cloak that wrapped him tightly during the day and covered himself with it, then prepared to open the door. But halfway through, his face suddenly became strange, and thinking of the scene during the day, he hurriedly took three or four steps back.
Li Yuxin quickly retreated to the dressing mirror in the room. The bronze mirror was blurry, and a black figure was reflected in the candlelight. The figure was wrapped tightly from head to toe. Apart from her thinness, nothing else could be seen. In addition, in order to disguise herself, her voice was also rough and unpleasant every day. How could people think of Li Yuxin, the famous beauty in the capital?
He thought of the gentle and lovely Sang Yi, and the confident and elegant Qiao Xi.
Finally, he pursed his lips and said, "Are you alone, Your Highness?"
Gu Jinke realized belatedly that something was wrong after being asked this question. She only wanted to keep Li Yuxin's identity secret, but she forgot that it was extremely inappropriate for a single man and a single woman to meet privately in the middle of the night, especially in front of a man who had a crush on her.
However, he couldn't go back and bring someone else with him at this time, which would only make things more embarrassing. Gu Jinke could only touch his nose uncomfortably and said, "Yeah."
Li Yuxin in the room heard this, his eyes turned, and then looked at himself in the mirror, his lips curled up slightly, he took off his cloak, and then quickly tidied himself in front of the bronze mirror, opened the door for Gu Jinke, restored his usual pleasant voice, and then knelt and saluted: "Yuxin greets His Highness."
Without the deliberately disguised roughness, his voice became lazy and pleasant.
Gu Jinke followed the sound and looked towards Li Yuxin who was kneeling to greet her. His gaze paused slightly and then he looked away uncomfortably, feeling more and more that his behavior today was increasingly inappropriate.
She coughed lightly and said, "No need to be polite. I am sorry to disturb your rest. I will ask someone to pass on a message to you next time."
The Li Yuxin in front of him must have just gotten up from bed. He was sleepy, and his beautiful pair of eyes looked lazy and confused, and a little watery. Her long black hair was tied loosely behind her head, but two strands of hair in front of her forehead fluttered gently along the side of her face. Following the hair, you can see the beautiful profile of the face, the fair and slender neck, and the soft and beautiful curves that are finally hidden in the clothes.
Li Yuxin stood up and saw Gu Jinke's side profile. His lazy eyes paused, then he smiled and said, "No, Your Highness, do you have any instructions for Yuxin?"
Gu Jinke turned around and looked at him. He thought that he just needed to stand up, but he just gave him a casual glance and chose to look directly at his face.
The clothes he wore were very decent, but for some reason, Gu Jinke always felt that something was wrong. Could it be that Li Yuxin was too hasty? His collar seemed slightly loose, and you could see his delicate collarbone. His belt was probably tied in a hurry, and the person who tied it might even be careless, so it was not only tied loosely, but also tied with two knots, barely revealing his slender waist, which had a unique charm in the night.
But Gu Jinke quickly turned his eyes to his nose, and his nose to his heart, and ignored it. She looked at Li Yuxin's face and talked about business.
"The third princess Gu Jinxiu and Li Qi are coming to Qingcheng Prefecture. What are your plans?" she asked seriously.
Li Yuxin was in a good mood when he came out, looking forward to it but also nervous. Now, when he heard these two disgusting names, a cold look flashed in his eyes: "Yuxin, just watch quietly in the dark. Li Qi can't return to the capital in a short time. Your Highness, please help me cover it up. After I have seen the injuries of the two, I have an idea in my mind. I will return to the capital after a few days of recuperation to prepare."
Gu Jinke nodded. Since Li Yuxin wanted to take a look secretly in the dark, let him take a look.
Now that she understood Li Yuxin's thoughts and passed on the message, Gu Jinke felt that she had finished her work. She immediately said, "In that case, I will leave first."
After she finished speaking, she turned around and left without any further ado.
After finishing the discussion, Li Yuxin was about to calm down and talk to Gu Jinke about life:...
Looking at Gu Jinke's hurried back, he couldn't help but look himself up and down. Was it because he was too hasty just now and did something wrong?
He hurriedly stepped back to look at himself in the bronze mirror, but found nothing wrong. He couldn't help but fall into deep confusion and frustration.
Gu Jinke had no idea of his inner emotions and slept well that night. Two days later, he finally received the long-awaited tokens from Gu Jinxiu and Minister Li.
Her eyes turned slightly, and on the day they arrived at Qingcheng Prefecture, she took Sang Yi and Xun Ji to the city gate to greet them. She wanted to see how seriously injured these two people were.
Since Gu Jinke was going, the Qiao brothers who came for inquiries naturally had to go as well. They would probably have to meet each other later anyway, so Gu Jinke agreed casually. Li Yuxin also dressed himself up a little more bulky, wearing a tightly wrapped black cloak, and followed.
Several people rushed to the city gate. Qiao Xi recalled the key points and conclusions he had drawn from his hard study at home in the past two days, looked at Gu Jinke in front of him, moved the corners of his lips, and put on the "gentle as water" smile that he had practiced in the past few days. He planned to contact him in advance and try it when he arrived at the city gate and waited for someone.
However, this time, the Third Princess Gu Jinxiu and Minister Li arrived at the city gate ahead of time. Before Qiao Xi could talk to Gu Jinke, the servant passed the message and the two sides met.
But the next moment, when they saw the leaders of the other team, Gu Jinke, Sang Yi, Xun Ji, and Li Yuxin's faces changed slightly.
Gu Jinke even took a step forward and stared at the opposite side.
The people in the opposite team were all cheered up when they saw Gu Jinke. Their originally sluggish expressions disappeared, and their eyes were shining and their faces were bright, making them dazzling in the crowd.
Then they saluted Gu Jinke.
"Greetings, Her Royal Highness." The voice was cold, but it could not hide the tenderness and joy in the tone, and his eyes fell gently on Gu Jinke.
"Ah! Greetings, Her Royal Highness." A bright and crisp voice was heard, with undisguised joy and complacency. The black and white cunning eyes also reflected Gu Jinke's surprised expression.
Qiao Xi looked at the drastic changes in the expressions on both sides' faces, and the "gentle as water" smile on his lips paused, then gradually disappeared.
His gaze slowly fell on two men of similar age with outstanding looks in the opposite team, with an inexplicable look on his face.
The author has something to say:
Hahahahahahaha such a hilarious laugh.
Xiao Qiao, Xiao Li, and Sang Yi, each made preparations, but the result... Hahahaha, I want to laugh.
Now I just want to hum an adapted song: "You suddenly appeared... on the street at the city gate..."
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