122. Back then we knew each other but never looked back
Gu Shao was talking about driving Pei Jinting out, but the housekeeper was hesitant and hesitated.
"What?" Gu Shao saw the butler standing motionless by the table, blocking his light, and raised his eyes and frowned at the butler.
There was deep displeasure in his eyes.
The housekeeper lowered his head and felt worried. He did not dare to call him uncle. Instead, he said that Third Young Master Pei was covered in wounds and was placed in front of the palace by the palace servants.
Without even saying a word, he dropped the person and walked away.
Gu Shao chuckled in his heart.
Knowing that this must be the emperor's handiwork.
After all, I still defend Pei San.
If you strike first and get a beating, it is considered punishment. How can you continue to pursue it when it comes to him?
Gu Shao tried to calm down his breath and was silent for a moment.
"Carry him to the living room, and then ask the eldest girl to come to the study."
Gu Shao understood what the emperor meant and did not want A Yuan to be separated from the Pei family boy.
There may be other reasons for the Pei family boy's injury, but most of them are because the emperor hopes that he will not pursue the matter of kidnapping the bride in the first place, or that he will accept the marriage.
Gu Shao put down the half-written memorial in his hand, leaned back on the chair, and closed his eyes.
Concubine Lu was demoted to concubine, which was somewhat related to A Yuan.
This is because the eldest prince and his family have not yet freed up their hands. If they are free, A Yuan will definitely become their target.
I don’t know how I will die by then.
Gu Shao thought about it and thought that only by taking Gu Qingyuan to the border could he have a chance of survival.
Gu Qingyuan had just finished washing and was about to give you a rest when the housekeeper came over to deliver a message saying that her father wanted her to go to the study to talk.
So, she put on her home clothes and was about to put on the frost branches when she held her collar and stopped walking outward.
At that time, Shuangyue died in the earthquake, and she didn't want the maids under Ruan's care. Pei Jinting said he wanted to give Shuangzhi to her, so he accepted it.
From beginning to end, she was at ease with Shuangzhi.
There is no such thing as what others think, that one person cannot run two businesses, just like she and Pei Jinting are grasshoppers on a rope.
It used to be.
Gu Qingyuan sat on the couch, looking at the tall Shuangzhi, her hands were rougher than those of the maid next to her.
"Shuangzhi. You also know that my father will return to the frontier soon after he comes back. I will probably go with him."
"You are Pei Jing...the son of Third Young Master Pei. I won't be able to take you to the border when the time comes. You have worked hard by my side these days."
"I have decided to return you to him. I have prepared some ritual procedures for you. Please take them with you when you leave."
Gu Qingyuan pulled out a box from the low cabinet beside the couch.
Inside was the money she had saved in the past and some jewelry.
She took out the meaningful ones, put the others in the box, and pushed them to the frost branch.
Shuangzhi never thought that he would encounter such a thing.
She was a little panicked.
Before he sent her to the Gu family that day, the young master once said that when the young lady lives, she will live; when the young lady dies, she will die.
"Madam, is this servant not serving you well enough? Why do you have to drive this servant away?"
Gu Qingyuan smiled, shook her head and said, "No. It's because I won't need your young master's people in the future."
She saw the panic in Shuangzhi's eyes. Although it was a pity for Shuangzhi that everything was done properly, in the end people were reunited and separated.
What's more, she was ready to follow her father's instructions and decide to return to her normal position.
How to better keep Pei Jinting's people by your side?
It started from the moment when Duke Zhen Guo appeared in Chongming Hall to defend her.
Gu Qingyuan was observing this father whom she had not seen for many years.
She originally thought that due to the weak relationship between father and daughter, her father would protect her for his own sake.
Later, she found that her ideas were too narrow.
The Duke of Zhen was open and aboveboard, and her clenched fingers slowly loosened.
Maybe, she should trust her father for once.
Therefore, when her father asked her about her relationship with Pei Jinting later, she obeyed her father's decision.
No matter how scared Shuangzhi was, he knew that Gu Qingyuan's words could not be changed, so he had no choice but to pick up the box containing the money and jewelry.
"lady……"
Without any excuse, Shuangzhi held the box and walked to the door. She turned around and looked at Gu Qingyuan who was sitting on the couch.
After a long while, he turned around and walked back silently.
"Madam... this servant knows that you must have never been to the master's study in the outer courtyard."
Gu Qingyuan raised her eyes, not quite understanding Shuangzhi's words.
If Pei Jinting didn't talk about Pei Jinting's affairs outside, she would rarely ask about them.
She always remembers the covenant between the two of them.
As for the study room, she had been to the study room in the inner courtyard a few times. The study room in the outer courtyard was mostly used by men to talk and meet with guests.
It's not easy for her to go.
Shuangzhi's entire figure was gathered in the candlelight behind him, emitting tiny fragments of light.
"Madam, if there is a chance, I would like to invite you to go there once."
After saying that, she turned around and strode out of the door.
Gu Qingyuan's eyes were dazed for a while, and she slowly thought that she might never have another chance.
Although she was curious about what Shuangzhi meant by what she said to her.
But she didn't touch people's privacy.
No matter what secrets there are in Pei Jinting's study, what does they have to do with her?
However, perhaps because it was about to rain outside, a vague jealousy grew in her heart.
When the dull breath outside hit her face, Gu Qingyuan came back to her senses and went to Gu Shao's study.
On the way, she held a lantern and turned around the rockery, when she encountered a servant carrying a soft sedan approaching her.
The man carried on the soft sedan remained motionless. The flickering light of the lantern reflected on his face.
Gu Qingyuan couldn't come back to her senses for a long time.
On the soft sedan, Pei Jinting was wrapped in a thin quilt, her eyes were closed tightly, her face was pale, and her eyes were slightly blue.
Her long black hair was spread over her shoulders, and her thin lips had no color at all.
Gu Qingyuan turned her head away, never thinking about why he was like this, she only felt her eyes were sore.
The housekeeper was leading the way. Seeing Gu Qingyuan, she felt guilty and said, "Girl..."
I had known better than to take this road.
Obviously he delayed for a while on the road because he was afraid of running into a girl.
The Duke of Guo said that since His Majesty threw the uncle, oh no, the third son of the Pei family at the door of his house, he naturally could not be allowed to die.
It's one thing to save him, but it's another thing to let the girl find out.
The people on the sedan chair may have heard the sound, their eyelashes trembled slightly, and they opened their eyes with empty eyes.
After a while, the dark eyes gradually condensed, and the eyes became clear from hazy.
His gaze fell accurately on Gu Qingyuan's face. His thin lips raised slightly.
"Gu Yuanyuan."
He called softly, his voice was hoarse, and his tone was the same as usual, but it didn't have the teasing or carefree tone.
Gu Qingyuan paused and stepped back slightly to make way for the person carrying the sedan.
When passing Gu Qingyuan, Pei Jinting raised her hand with difficulty, trying to grab Gu Qingyuan's sleeve.
"Are you okay?"
However, he struggled too hard, and the moment he stretched out his hand, the soft sedan had already passed.