"Come as soon as you come, what else can you bring?" She murmured as usual, without any abnormality. She could talk nonsense with anyone. She took the gift box handed over by Gu Yongxiu and asked Xiao
Pearl took his boy to the porch to eat.
"I heard that you have quit drinking?" Gu Yongxiu actually started talking to him, his words were familiar, and he was definitely not a stranger.
Lou Xiliu felt a stone in his heart and put it down with a thud. Looking at Master Hui Ci's expression, he couldn't see any change.
Cao Xiwan's laughter came from the yard: "Oh, you pointed at me and scolded me at the entrance of a spring, saying that I am a drunkard. Didn't I know? Just because of this?"
"I patrolled the streets at night and came to that area..."
Gu Yongxiu stepped into the east room and saw the crane lanterns burning high, the jade plates on the long table, and the golden cups of wine, which were quite exquisite and rich.
Half of the guests at the table were men and half were women, and all the women seemed to be from Jinyifanzi?
He only recognized that Lu Xiuyun was born as a female fan, and that the oval-faced girl Liu Ying was the daughter of Governor Zhou's house. Of course he knew the Zhou family in the Hou family's family. Several sons of the Zhou family were all working as fanciers in Jinyi Yamen.
He had a poor job. He didn’t quite know whether Liu Ying was his daughter or his daughter-in-law.
As for the other woman, Suyun, he was a little unfamiliar. But it was impossible for an outsider to appear in a room full of brocade clothes.
"Master Gu——"
"Su Qianhu, Qiao Baihu, Mr. Yan——"
Gu Yongxiu himself was born in a Qiufeng fanzi family. After being awarded the Jinshi, he became the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He usually either dealt with the Wucheng Military and Horse Division or argued with the Jinyi Yamen.
He did not pretend to be a civil servant, he greeted the guests one by one, and he laughed and talked without restraint.
Lu Xiuyun sat in a corner and looked at him, secretly regretting that he was so cool and elegant in every move, but he was just a little older.
The most terrible thing is that he, a military officer turned civilian, is experienced, shrewd, and well-informed, and it is very rare for him to be fooled like this.
He can stand shoulder to shoulder with his clan members and princes, and he can know the three religions and nine currents of society in the capital. He can also have 17 or 18 opinions in the Yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but he bumps into the more cunning Cao Xiwan.
Gu Yushi didn't know that this night was a Hongmen banquet specially prepared for him, in order to make him relax his vigilance. As long as he entered this door and talked to her, Cao Xiwan's plot would have succeeded.
In Gu Yushi's opinion, since Lady Cao, the current Qingluo ghost, had left a message for him, she should still come to congratulate her.
——She and he are from the same family, and they are both prodigal sons who will never change their fortunes.
He gave her some money and a big red envelope to congratulate her on entering the East Palace and becoming a female official.
Cao Xiwan stood up and raised her wine: "If you accept the red envelope, you are a friend! If anything happens, you can go to the palace to see Concubine Cao!"
Hui Zhu listened through the window and wondered what nonsense they were talking about.
Amid the roar of laughter, she decided to sing a song as she wanted to observe the national mourning and make her good friends happy.
"What do you want to hear? I can sing three songs."
"...Actually, it would be great to get together." Liu Ying smiled, and Su Jintian also laughed and agreed.
"Okay, then I'll recite a long poem, a famous piece! "Pipa Song"! It has music. It's not that I don't want to hold a big occasion? Next time, don't say that I received a red envelope and won't let you eat and drink.
"
"..." Liu Ying felt that she couldn't stop her.
She drank three cups in a row, with a look of worry and anger on her face, and her voice was full of emotion. She beat her chest and stamped her feet: "The Emperor of Han - heavy on color - thinking about overwhelming the country -"
Gray Thorn thought that he was not a gang of friends and would not dare to make fun of him like this. Amidst the laughter and slaps on the table, he waved his hands and left, taking away his new disciple Lou Xiliu. He also asked Xiao Zhao to take care of his junior sister.
The eldest disciple, Xiao Zhao, was considered a legitimate grandson of a young king. He was made a eunuch and a young eunuch after the Mongols destroyed the country, and was saved by Gray Thorn. The second disciple, Xiliu, was the illegitimate daughter of an illegitimate son of the emperor, and both her parents were so unreliable.
Xiao Zhao thought to himself, Master, you are so snobbish, that's why you were deceived.
At the banquet, she recited a long poem in a melodious tone. Su Jintian laughed so hard that he squirted out his wine. He heard the gray thorn leave outside the window. He had seen many times when Cao Xiwan caused such bad things, and he was often an accomplice. And he was here today.
I came here, firstly, to have a meal, and secondly, to meet Ashthorn and discuss things in secret.
Xiao Qiao and Yan Shuangliu were both laughing so hard and making loud noises. Today, there was Lian Er, the steward, at the table, but he had long been used to it. Cao Xiwan thought about it, and he listened to her talk every day in the Hou Mansion.
Well, don't think that you won't get along with her after she enters the palace. Otherwise, if she becomes Empress Cao, don't beg her.
Liu Ying and Suyun were both calm-tempered, and they laughed so much that they could not speak when they were together. Gu Yongxiu's calmness surprised Lu Xiuyun next to him. Gu Yushi ate food and drank wine very naturally.
Lu Xiuyun thought about it again, and it was right. Anyone who hates Cao Xiwan certainly knows how out of tune she is? Gu Yushi won't be surprised at all, okay?
Besides, Gu Yushi was the most unremarkable person in the Jinyi Yamen back then. Compared to this, Cao Xiwan was like a hard-working old scalper in the Yamen who never complained. He joked after his shift,
It's really nothing to be out of line.
Liu Ying and Suyun laughed off and returned to the Hou Mansion in the middle of the night. Gu Yushi took turns patrolling the streets in the middle of the night and was the third one to leave.
Everyone at the banquet was Cao Xiwan's best friend. They couldn't help but laugh. They all knew that from today on, Gu Yushi would be the little lover of the old female demon Cao Xiwan in the eyes of Biying Palace.
The only person who didn't know about it was Manager Lian Er, but he was shrewd and could tell that something was fishy even at the table. What kind of real friendship could Cao Xiwan have with Gu Yongxiu? All the guests at the table had known Cao Xiwan for at least ten years.
Shen Shuangtian, the only close friend who was not here, heard that she had had dinner a few days ago. I guess it was hard for Madam Qing to ask her to send red envelopes twice, so she didn't ask Shen Shuangtian this time.
Manager Lian Er calmly stood up and said goodbye together with Gu Yushi. The two left Qinglefang and rode their horses back. Along the way, the two horsemen chatted in the long street under the moonlight. The lantern in the hand of the young boy who led the way shone on the shadow of the horsemen in the distance.
When the two riders parted ways at a fork in the road, Manager Lian Er guessed a result:
Gu Yushi was tricked by Qing Niangzi.
He made an approximate guess, turned around and reported it to the Marquis.
"Have you really transferred to the Gray Thorn Sect?"
"Yes, from what I've seen, Gray Thorn may not necessarily want to know his origin. After all, Eunuch Zhao is a eunuch. It's useless to have any origins when he's half disabled. He probably only accepted it when he saw how pitiful he was. Lady Qing thought about his temper.
Weird, it is speculated that Huisi himself is a descendant of some royal family. If he had the same background and was left helpless, he would not accept an apprentice. Lady Qing became friends with Gu Yushi and invited him to sit with him. In this way, Lady Xiliu
He has an inexplicable identity."
Xiliu, the illegitimate daughter of Taizu's illegitimate son, was not cared about by her father but not loved by her mother. Her life experience was really pitiful.
"The young one still listens to Lady Qing's words. Lady Xiliu wants to follow her into the palace."
"Enter the palace?" Song Chengming pondered, "Tell Xiliu to go back home and see her sister. I told her that my wife is about to give birth, and I want to see her and have a few words before she enters the palace."
"Yes." Manager Lian Er hurriedly responded, knowing that Lou Xiliu would pass safely this time.
What the Marquis meant was that as long as she mastered the puppet formation of Biying Palace and handed it over, she would still be the concubine of Nankang Marquis Yipinhou's wife. She was a descendant of General Zhenxi's family.
What's more, the Marquis certainly doesn't object to her following the Qing Lady into the palace. Firstly, it's still decent, and secondly, she might be able to help the Lady.
The only thing that makes Manager Lian Er strange is that Hui Xi really thinks that Cao Xiwan and Gu Yongxiu can be a good couple? Qing Niangzi's love for tossing, how come they don't match.
Cao Xiwan didn't realize that she was in love with Gu Yushi from beginning to end, so there was no need for a match. What's more, she had told Xiliu a long time ago: "Don't panic, Gray Thorn is actually neutral. Su Jintian was willing
Negotiate with him. He does not want to be the palace master himself, so it is not easy to be neutral. We must recruit strong support from outside Biying Palace."
Who can be the strong support? For example, she, the Qingluo female ghost, Su Jintian, or the Seven Demons of Tianshan.