Chapter 65 Is this a cruel woman?
Gu Yan felt a little sad. She nodded slowly: "I understand. No wonder the emperor likes you."
Zhao Mingzhu remained silent. She smiled faintly and said, "Goodbye, Princess."
"Sister-in-law, goodbye."
Gu Yan quickly calmed down. She smiled and saluted, looking at Zhao Mingzhu's graceful back.
Her maid said, "Princess, this Crown Princess is too unkind."
After hearing this, Gu Yan shook her head and turned to go to Shoukang Palace: "Don't talk nonsense about the emperor's sister-in-law."
If Zhao Mingzhu didn't do this, she wouldn't like it.
In Shoukang Palace, the empress dowager was listening to the palace maid's report when she saw her granddaughter holding up her skirt and flying into her arms like a butterfly.
"Oh, my dear, go slower."
Gu Yan was different from Gu Xun. She was lively and sweet-mouthed. After returning to the capital, she came to pay her respects all day long and was very close to her.
The Queen Mother already felt a little indebted, and seeing her like this made her like her even more fond of her.
The grandmother and grandson sat together, and Gu Yan took the Queen Mother's arm and said coquettishly: "Grandmother, don't you want me to come earlier? Your grandson can't wait to come and talk to you every day."
The Queen Mother patted her hands with satisfaction. She was old, and Gu Yan didn't want to talk to her, she just wanted to keep her company.
"You are filial, I understand."
As for his granddaughter, Gu Yu has always been unwilling to get close to her.
"Then will the Empress Dowager reward me?" Gu Yan blinked and stretched out her hand.
The old queen laughed so hard that the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes turned into chrysanthemums. She reached out and tapped her forehead: "I'll give you a chestnut."
Gu Yan covered her forehead and said coquettishly: "Grandmother is really...Alas, who is this person? He is so beautiful."
There was a scroll on the table. Gu Yan looked at it carefully and said, "She looks so familiar. Have I seen her before?"
"She is your great-uncle's youngest daughter. You met her when you were young."
Gu Yan suddenly realized something, and vaguely recalled in her mind: "What did the Imperial Grandmother want with her portrait? Could it be... to arrange a marriage for my Imperial Brother?"
The old queen dowager shook her head and said, "During the Spring Festival Banquet, we will discuss a marriage for your royal brother. This is the concubine prepared for the crown prince."
"I see." Gu Yan put down the portrait, looked at the woman, and said jokingly, "Grandmother, please forgive me. I'll ask secretly...what if the Crown Prince doesn't want to?"
The old queen mother also thought about this, and there was deep thought between her brows.
But she didn't intend to mention it in front of her granddaughter. She laughed and scolded: "You are not young anymore. You have attended several banquets in Beijing. Do you have anyone you like?"
After hearing this, Gu Yan quickly waved her hands and said, "Grandmother, please don't arrange a marriage. My sister hasn't even married yet, so why should I, your younger sister, be so anxious?"
"She is different from you. You don't have to be shy about it."
The old queen mother seemed to remember something, and then continued: "It's time for you to get married. Do you think you can stay in the palace as an old maid forever?"
But Gu Yan was even more curious. What was the difference between Gu Yu and her?
She begged the Empress Dowager, "Grandmother, can you please stop playing tricks on me? Tell me, I'm so curious."
The Queen Mother was dizzy from her shaking: "Okay, okay...Okay, I'll tell you."
Her face was rarely solemn. "But you must keep it a secret."
Gu Yan immediately swore: "If I leak the secret, I will die!"
The queen mother was too late to stop him. She scolded him, "What nonsense are you talking about? Aren't you afraid that the gods will hear it?"
"I'm not afraid." Gu Yan urged, "Tell me quickly, tell me, okay?"
The Queen Mother couldn't do anything with her, so she leaned close to her ear and said something briefly.
Gu Yan's eyes were filled with surprise after hearing this. She finally confirmed: "Could I have made a mistake?"
The Queen Mother shook her head.
…
Gu Yu looked at Zhao Mingzhu lying on her bed and said speechlessly, "Why don't you change your clothes? You are so dirty."
Zhao Mingzhu rubbed the pillow vigorously after hearing this: "What a nice smell! What kind of incense do you usually use?"
"I said I have my own body fragrance, do you believe me?" Gu Yu couldn't pull her up and frowned: "Can you please not show such a dissolute look."
Like a lecher.
Zhao Mingzhu was not ashamed. She blew a kiss to Gu Yu and said, "I like you and plan to marry you in my next life."
"You don't have to be strong anymore. Your strength is coming."
Gu Yu was as shocked as if she had eaten a fly. She vomited and said, "This is my karma."
Zhao Mingzhu snorted coldly, not understanding the situation.
"I'm not going back today."
"Why?" Gu Yu raised his eyebrows. Why didn't she go back to the East Palace?
Zhao Mingzhu told her that she was called to Shoukang Palace in the morning and received a difficult task.
"The Queen Mother wants me to be a bad guy, otherwise why didn't she just send someone to the Eastern Palace like last time?"
Gu Yu listened to her description and lay down beside Zhao Mingzhu: "How can a young lady from the Empress Dowager's mother's family be sent to the Eastern Palace as a reward?"
But her father had previously planned to find a concubine for her brother, but it came to nothing, so her grandmother took another approach.
"You don't want to be the bad guy, so you plan to avoid solving this problem here with me?"
Zhao Mingzhu helplessly turned her head to look at her: "Yeah, sometimes I really wish I had an extra brain so I could solve problems directly and perfectly."
If His Majesty and the Queen Mother could make the decision directly, there would be no need for her to appear.
On the other hand, since neither of them can make the decision, her appearance will only cause trouble.
"Can I give you an idea?" Gu Yu said slowly, and saw Zhao Mingzhu straighten up instantly and asked her.
"So, you knock yourself out, wake up, and knock yourself out again, and keep doing this until the day of the Spring Banquet."
Zhao Mingzhu: ...What a bad idea.
She stretched out her claws and tickled Gu Yu: "I'll let you kick me when I'm down."
Gu Yu laughed so hard that tears started streaming down her face. She begged for mercy: "I won't... add insult to injury!"
Seeing that she really couldn't bear it anymore, Zhao Mingzhu withdrew her hand, and then suddenly had an idea: "Do you think I can pretend to have forgotten it? If he doesn't ask, I won't know, but I'll be surprised when he asks me?"
After hearing this, Gu Yu really felt that God owed Zhao Mingzhu a brain. This was just an attempt to cover up the truth. How was this any better than her previous idea?
"You'd better go back and confess."
After all, her royal brother still somewhat likes the person in front of him, and it is not Zhao Mingzhu who wants to give the woman to him, so he should not vent his anger on her.
Zhao Mingzhu turned over and lay down with her arms and legs spread out. "That's all I said. I actually think the same thing. I have to face it."
She longed to leave earlier and live a free life.
"Hey, Gu Yu." Zhao Mingzhu tilted her head to look at her, then said tentatively, "When I die, you won't really be left with only a broken straw mat, right?"
"If you are sick, call the imperial physician." Gu Yu answered lazily.
"No, answer me quickly. If I die, will you miss me? Will you cry secretly in your dreams at midnight?"
Gu Yu raised his eyelids: "No."
"So cruel." Zhao Mingzhu gave a thumbs up with tears in her eyes. Is this a cruel woman?
"Why are you suddenly asking such nonsense questions? It's inexplicable."
Zhao Mingzhu chuckled and said, "Sometimes I wonder if you and An Yun would be very sad if I left one day."
Gu Yu finally looked her in the eye and after a moment said, "Then don't die."
"But I must die?"
After a moment of silence, Gu Yu asked, "Did you choose this yourself?"
"Yes." She had to go.
Gu Yu went back to sleep: "Yeah."
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