After coming out of Zhao Shiqing's wedding banquet, Shen Qingqiu asked, "Can you tell me what's going on now?"
But now Gu Yanwei had nothing to hide from her, so he just found Zhao Shiqing, and Zhao Shiqing had already said what she wanted to say, "So the Zhao family and I are mutually beneficial, but there is no such thing as me taking advantage of her."
Shen Qingqiu curled the corners of his lips slightly and looked away.
The two were about to return home when they saw a carriage coming towards them, and the person driving the carriage was Gu Tang. It was not surprising that Gu Tang appeared here in Jiangnan.
The two looked into the sedan chair. Gu Tang avoided it, but saw Wang Qingluo coming out of the sedan chair with a smile on her face. "Qiu'er, it's me!" She waved excitedly towards them. Although Shen Qingqiu didn't know what happened, he saw that something good must have happened, so he walked to the side of the sedan chair with Gu Yanwei.
"Qingluo, why are you here?"
Gu Tang glanced at Wang Qingluo and said, "Of course something good is going to happen."
"But let her tell you herself."
Wang Qingluo smiled, and then said excitedly: "Qiu'er, the clothes I made are the best-selling ones in the shop this year. Now I am a real embroiderer!" For others, this matter is ordinary, but for Wang Qingluo, a formerly delicate young lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, it is something worth celebrating.
Shen Qingqiu was happy for her when he heard it, "Really? That's really rare, then we must celebrate!"
Wang Qingluo nodded, "I guessed that you hadn't left the capital yet, so I hurried over here. This kind of thing should be celebrated by the whole family..." She then solemnly reminded, "So you all must make time for me tonight. I'll be waiting for you at home!"
"At home?" Shen Qingqiu asked suspiciously, "This place is quite far from where you live."
Seeing Wang Qingluo was extremely excited, Gu Tang also smiled and said, "She is confused right now. This is what she meant. No one should go out tonight."
Shen Qingqiu naturally nodded. Besides, Wang Qingluo didn't give them a chance to refuse. "I know where you are staying. Gu Tang and I will go buy some groceries first. You must come back in the evening."
As they spoke, the two men's carriage left.
Gu Yanwei looked in the direction of the two people and shook his head, then looked at Shen Qingqiu, "Where are we going now?"
Shen Qingqiu thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to a nearby jewelry store and take a look." Since it was Wang Qingluo's good day, of course he couldn't go empty-handed.
The two of them rode in a carriage all the way to the door. As soon as they entered, Gu Yanwei's expression changed. He looked at the woman sitting inside: It seems that this Cheng Futai will not miss any opportunity to please him.
"Your Highness, long time no see."
Seeing his expression, Shen Qingqiu also followed his gaze.
There was a beautiful young woman with long black hair and pure eyes. She looked very attractive at first sight. Chen Yuqing smiled and nodded at Shen Qingqiu, and Shen Qingqiu smiled back at her.
Gu Tang was a little embarrassed and said, "This is the girl from the Chen family... She was engaged to my ninth brother back then."
Chen Yuqing? Shen Qingqiu was stunned for a moment. Was she the woman who had been engaged to Gu Yanwei and disappeared inexplicably?
Shen Qingqiu couldn't help but look at Gu Yanwei, but found that his expression was dark. When he looked again, Gu Yanwei had already walked to Chen Yuqing's side. He grabbed her hand directly, "Why are you back?"
Chen Yuqing frowned delicately, "Your Highness, you hurt me." Even though Gu Yanwei has now ascended the throne and become the emperor, she is still accustomed to calling him Your Highness as she did back then.
"Why did you leave then, and why are you back now!" Gu Yanwei asked loudly.
Shen Qingqiu looked at his expression and couldn't help but take two steps back. In her memory, Gu Yanwei had never lost control of his emotions like this before, and Chen Yuqing had the ability to make him like this? "Because I have an incurable disease, I don't want to make you sad!" Chen Yuqing cried, "I have an incurable disease, I'm afraid that I will get uglier day by day when I'm sick, I don't want you to see me like that!"
Gu Yanwei seemed to have not expected the truth to be like this, and his grip on her hand loosened instantly.
"And you now?"
Chen Yuqing calmed down and said with a smile: "I am much better now, otherwise I would not be able to come back to see you." Chen Yuqing said: "I have been recuperating in Jiangnan these years. I thought we would never meet again in this life, but I didn't expect you to appear here... Your Highness, I know that you and I are now in a completely different status. I didn't intend to come to see you. It was Cheng Futai who came to see me..."
"I thought, maybe it's God's will that we can meet again."
Gu Yanwei stood there in a daze, as if he didn't know what he should say.
Shen Qingqiu stood not far from the two people, feeling like he was redundant.
Wang Qingluo looked at the atmosphere at the moment and said quickly, "Qiu'er, come with me to cook. I have another dish that will be ready soon." She also winked at Gu Yanwei. No matter who he liked before, Shen Qingqiu was still here! He couldn't think of the benefits of his old lover at this time!
Shen Qingqiu was stunned for a moment. She didn't want to stay in this place at this moment, so she nodded and went to the kitchen with Wang Qingluo.
As soon as they arrived at the kitchen, Wang Qingluo said to Shen Qingqiu: "Qiu'er, don't think too much. After all, it was just an engagement in the past. You are getting married at the memorial hall."
Shen Qingqiu shook her head, "I know." Besides, Gu Yanwei is the emperor, even if this one is gone, there will always be the next one... But for some reason, she just felt uncomfortable.
Seeing her expression, Wang Qingluo was a little worried, "Qiu'er, are you okay?"
Shen Qingqiu wanted to say that she was fine, but she couldn't smile. Wang Qingluo saw her like this and said quickly, "Qiu'er, I heard from Gu Tang that the emperor was engaged to Chen Yuqing before, and they were indeed childhood sweethearts, but they have already separated!"
Wang Qingluo said: "I also felt a little sorry when I heard that Chen Yuqing left the palace because of an incurable disease, but love is not a first come first served thing. If you miss it, you miss it."
Shen Qingqiu sighed, "I know." But what's the use of knowing? What does Gu Yanwei think?
Did he have no feelings for Chen Yuqing? Then when he heard that she left without saying goodbye because of a terminal illness, did he feel heartbroken?
In an instant, Shen Qingqiu's face turned pale, and she no longer dared to think about it.
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Shen Qingqiu believed that Gu Yanwei probably had no romantic feelings for Chen Yuqing right now.
But people are not plants, even if there is no love between men and women, facing the childhood sweetheart, there is still heartache. Knowing that she has a terminal illness and has not been cured yet, Gu Yanwei invited famous doctors for her. But most of them said that Chen Yuqing had a heart disease, which was the kind that was fine when she was alive, but if you don't pay attention, the disease will flare up and she will die.
So they could only treat her like a porcelain doll and take good care of her.
During this time, Gu Yanwei had been with her, and the two of them were either listening to operas or doing other things.
Shen Qingqiu watched from the side. She thought she didn't mind it... After all, given Gu Yanwei's status, if he took concubines in the future, there would be countless women. But looking at the scene in front of her, she still felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
"Gu Yanwei is just taking care of a friend who was terminally ill in the past. You are like this now. If he really takes a concubine, what will you do?" Shen Qingqiu couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, so he persuaded himself in his heart.
But no matter how much I persuaded him, he still tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.
I simply crawled out of bed in the middle of the night, found a bar and started drinking.
However, he did not expect to meet Lin Xuanfeng here who came to investigate the case.
"My lady, you——"
“What Madam—” Shen Qingqiu had obviously drunk too much, his face flushed, “This is a tavern, I’m dressed as a man, how can you call me like that! Call me, call me Qingqiu—” He raised his glass, “Master Lin, come, drink with me!”
Seeing that she was drunk, Lin Xuanfeng hurried to help her up, "Qingqiu, you are drunk, I will take you back to the mansion!"
"Drink, I want more!"
Who knew that at this time, the drunk Shen Qingqiu suddenly went crazy. Lin Xuanfeng didn't support her, and she fell forward. Lin Xuanfeng didn't expect that she would fall to the ground as soon as she said, so naturally he didn't support her. But fortunately, there was a layer of soft silk under the tavern, so it wasn't cold to sleep on it.
Lin Xuanfeng shook his head and could only drag the drunkard back home.
The consequence of a night of hangover is that when you wake up the next day, your head hurts like pins and needles.
Shen Qingqiu rubbed her chicken coop-like head and looked at the furnishings in the room... Why was she in her own room? She remembered that she went out to drink in the middle of the night yesterday...
But at this moment, a maid came in, carrying a bowl of water, "Miss, you drank too much yesterday, I made a bowl of sobering soup, drink it quickly, you will feel better.
Shen Qingqiu was about to drink it, but at this moment, Gu Yanwei walked in.
The maid was about to pay her respects to him, but she heard him angrily say, "Get lost!"
He pushed Shen Qingqiu against the wall, his pupils dark, "Last night, you were with Lin Xuanfeng?"
Shen Qingqiu smiled coldly, "Yeah, is that not possible?"
"Shen Qingqiu!" If he wasn't reluctant, Gu Yanwei would have strangled this woman's delicate neck, "You are my wife, and you stayed with another man for a whole night?"
Shen Qingqiu looked at the man in front of him and suddenly sneered, "It has always been the case that only the governor is allowed to set fires, but the people are not allowed to light lamps. You can play with your Miss Chen all day long, but I can't have a drink with my friends at night?"
Gu Yanwei was originally furious, but when he heard her words, he was suddenly stunned: "Qiu'er, are you jealous?"
Shen Qingqiu's face changed and he pushed him away fiercely, "I didn't."
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