"Teach me earnestly, listen to me and disdain me. Use it for teaching, use it for abuse." [Poetry·Daya·Yi]
In the side room behind the Jiaofang Hall where the palace people lived, a beautiful and attractive girl was changing out of her hairpin in front of the mirror. She was none other than one of the dancers who had been noticed by the emperor a few times before, Du Luofu.
"Sometimes I really don't understand what you are thinking." As Du Luofu took off all the jewelry and prepared to wash his face with water, he said to Guo Zhao, who was sitting behind her on the bed and looking around: "I am originally
I don't know how to dance, but you insist on me joining in. I couldn't keep up with you in a few places just now, and your Majesty and the Queen must have seen it."
"Have you seen them all? Let me just say, with your appearance, sister, who wouldn't be able to notice you at first sight?" Guo Zhao chuckled, casually playing with the silk ribbon hanging from the bed curtain with his fingertips.
There was no formal way of saying it.
"That's nonsense." Du Luofu was a little embarrassed. She wiped her cheeks with a wrung out silk cloth in front of the mirror. The fine water droplets hung on her scattered strands of hair, making her look extremely beautiful. She looked at the mirror carefully.
Wiping it, he said without looking back: "Go back quickly, I have to clean up later."
"Sweep, sweep, sweep." Guo Zhao jumped up from the edge of the bed, stood on the ground and stamped his feet, and said impatiently: "It's this job every day, sister, haven't you had enough? When Chang Yu sent you from Yongxiang
I was transferred here, but you are required to always be by the Queen's side, but others are pushing you over and knocking you over, and you don't fight for it yourself... This really makes me don't know what to say."
Du Luofu was still wiping the rouge on his cheeks in front of the mirror, and said casually: "I didn't want to wait for His Highness at first. It would be better to do chores quietly by myself. After a few years, there will be no one."
Pay attention to me, I'm trying to get out of the palace..."
"Then what?" Guo Zhao came closer and said, "Then you go find my old husband? Do you know how many years this will take? In a few years, my children will call another woman their mother. That
When a man sees you as an old man with no money or sex, will he look at you again?"
Du Luofu's hand wiping her cheeks stopped immediately. She stared blankly at the beautiful, elegant and charming woman in the mirror. She was at her most beautiful age, like a hibiscus in full bloom, which could only be blown by the spring breeze a few times.
Soon, it will turn into mud in the setting light. If he really survives until the day he leaves the palace, his hair is gray and his face is old. Will Qin Yi still recognize himself? Where is he now?
Does my son Asu still remember her now?
Before Du Luofu woke up from his meditation, Guo Zhao slowly approached him and whispered: "This is the last time I will help you. I will never have another chance in the future."
Guo Zhao has been looking for various opportunities for Du Luofu to show his face in front of the emperor. She repeatedly instilled the idea in Du Luofu that since there is no hope of leaving the palace, it is better to start a new life in the palace. With the help of
With Du Luofu's beauty and Guo Zhao's intelligence, as long as he gets the chance, can't he still occupy a place in Weiyang Palace? In the end, if he is favored, Du Luofu will have a lot of opportunities to get his son back, and even give him countless gifts.
of wealth and power.
But after all, Du Luofu was submissive and gentle-tempered. Even if Guo Zhao cited to her the precedent of King and Queen Xiaojing being a wife and having children with others before serving Emperor Xiaojing, Du Luofu still refused to step forward after all.
Over this hurdle, even though Guo Zhao provided her with several opportunities, Du Luofu missed them all in the end.
However, when Guo Zhao said these words to her in a low mood for the first time, Du Luofu felt panicked for some reason. He was quiet for a while before saying, "What do you mean by this?"
Since Guo Zhao came to Empress Dong, after a period of inquiring, he had learned some rumors about the other party, hoping that women after giving birth would follow her, which would be beneficial to childbirth. In Guo Zhao's view, this was a sudden news for Du Luofu.
It was a good opportunity, but the other party did not cherish it. Sometimes Guo Zhao looked at Douluofu and really hated the iron. But Douluofu still had value for her and could serve as Guo Zhao's future support, so he created it again and again.
Opportunities, but missed again and again.
"The queen saw that I was smart and planned to send me to Yuanluan Palace to take care of the newly born eldest son of the emperor." Guo Zhao said with a somewhat gloomy look: "Originally, I wanted to recommend you women who have given birth, but Chang Yu has already
She didn't like me and was worried that I would steal her favor from the queen, so she made up her mind to squeeze me out. Now I have no choice but to obey the queen's order and go to the Yuanluan Palace early to serve the prince." After that, Guo
Zhao couldn't help but warned: "I won't be in Jiaofang Hall from now on. Sister, you have a kind and honest temperament. If you have anything to do, be sure to think more about it and be more cautious..."
"You want to go to the Yuanluan Palace?" Du Luofu said urgently, with a look of disbelief on his face: "What is the Queen sending you to do now? Is it possible... This is the way to die, you can't just rely on everything.
Do what they say! Although wealth is what you always want, life is the most important thing!"
"I know." Guo Zhao looked at her happily: "Nothing in the palace can trouble me now." She looked at the sky outside and was about to leave: "Sister, you must remember me.
As I said, this is your last chance, from now on... it depends on fate."
Du Luofu naturally believes in destiny. If it were not destined, how could the days of love between her and Qin Yi disappear? How could she walk from the Dong Mansion to the palace intact, and even have multiple opportunities to approach the supreme being in the world? She might be
She is destined to encounter these things, she is destined to meet Guo Zhao, and she and Guo Zhao are like sisters and help each other. Now that she is going to a dangerous place far away, she can only rely on herself to control the future...
While Du Luofu was fighting between heaven and man in his heart, Guo Zhao had already packed his bags and was preparing to go to the Yuanluan Palace where Fu Guiren was staying to take care of the newly born eldest son of the emperor and Song Du who was weak after childbirth. Before leaving, Guo Zhao also planned to see him again.
On the one hand, Empress Dong hoped that the other party would leave a better impression on her, so as not to truly treat her as an abandoned son. But Empress Dong did not receive her, so Chang Yu stopped Guo Zhao at the entrance of the palace and said in a cold voice: "Just leave.
Let's go, the errand you were asked to do is important, the queen is busy, there is no need to bow to her anymore."
"Is this the intention of Chang Yu or the Queen?" Guo Zhao held back his anger and pressed the question for the first time.
Chang Yu replied unceremoniously: "Of course it is the Queen's wish. Are you still unwilling?"
Guo Zhao felt really resentful in her heart, but then she thought, if Empress Dong didn't really take her to heart, how could Chang Yu dare to stop her without permission?
With this in mind, Guo Zhao followed the car to Yuanluan Palace. Fu Shou did not seem to be in danger of her arrival, but was obviously relieved: "I am worried about the lack of manpower here. Since the Queen has asked you
Since you are here, you are of course trustworthy. From now on, you will take care of the daily life of the palace people, and you must not neglect me."