As soon as he opened his eyes, the master of metaphysics became the vicious stepmother of four oil bottles Chapter 441: Entering the Palace to Meet the Queen Mother
Chapter 441: Entering the Palace to Meet the Queen Mother
Entering the inner courtyard, Shen Qingqing stopped pretending, suppressed her smile, and asked him: "Where is Mr. Gu? I have something important to see him."
"He..." Zhiyi scratched his head and looked embarrassed, "He is making breakfast in the kitchen. How about you wait in front for a while and I will call him over?"
"He can also cook?" Shen Qingqing was a little surprised, and gestured to him: "Let's go together, it just so happens that I haven't had breakfast either."
Zhiyi didn't say yes, nor did he say no. Looking at her calm face, her lips moved, but she stopped talking.
Shen Qingqing glanced at him and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it."
"Well, Mr. Gu's cooking skills are a bit... terrible. Don't laugh when you see it. It may damage his self-confidence."
Shen Qingqing met his sincere eyes and nodded, "Don't worry, I have a high point of laughter, I won't laugh easily." Unless I can't help it.
The two passed through the two arches one after another. Before they saw anyone, they smelled a strong burnt smell, with the spicy smell of chili pepper in the middle, which made them sneeze.
Shen Qingqing pinched her nose and asked, holding her breath: "Does Mr. Gu have such a strong taste?" When eating chili peppers in the morning, fire can't come out from the mouth.
As he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a woman's cry from the thick smoke: "Ah! It's on fire, put out the fire quickly!"
Zhiyi reacted very quickly. He rushed to the well, picked up a bucket of water and rushed into the kitchen. There was a "crash", followed by Gu Jiali's roar of gritted teeth: "Liu Zhiyi, are you sick?"
Shen Qingqing followed him into the kitchen and saw Zhiyi standing huddled by the door, carrying a bucket and raising his other hand to his ear as a gesture of surrender. Gu Jiali, who was standing opposite him, was wet from head to toe, like a drowned rat.
To the left of the two people is the stove. In the large iron pot, a few small flames are burning silently. From the unburned remains, you can vaguely distinguish the burnt chili peppers in the pot.
The arrival of Shen Qingqing broke the silent atmosphere in the room. Zhiyi said "I didn't mean it", rubbed oil on the soles of his feet and ran away.
Their eyes met, Gu Jiali was so embarrassed that his face turned red from his cheeks to his neck, as if it was not the chili peppers that were boiling happily in the pot, but him.
"Well, I ate the chili oil you made last time. It was quite delicious. I wanted to cook some of it, but I couldn't control the heat properly. The heat might be a little too high." Gu Jiali explained feebly, trying to save himself.
own image.
"Well, it's about a billion dollars." Shen Qingqing gave him an "I understand" look, glanced at his wet clothes, and gently reminded: "Mr. Gu, do you want to change clothes?"
"Yeah." Gu Jiali held back a word and walked out with a dignified expression on his face.
Shen Qingqing thought to herself: He is worthy of Gu Jiali for being able to be calm and calm even in such social and social situations.
As a result, when I looked up, I saw him suddenly speeding up and running towards the bedroom in the distance, with a wild posture, like a mad dog.
…
Forget it, she took back what she just said.
Shen Qingqing drank half a bottle of water alone in the study, and her mouth was watery after drinking it. When Gu Jiali finally changed her clothes, she arrived belatedly.
Both of them tacitly agreed not to mention the fire in the kitchen, but the atmosphere was still very awkward. After a moment of silence, Shen Qingqing spoke first: "I'm in some trouble and I want to ask Mr. Gu for help. I don't know what Mr. Gu can do.
inconvenient."
"Say." Gu Jiali took over from her, took out the teapot and kept pouring water to cover up his embarrassment.
"Can you bring me into the palace to see the Queen Mother? I have very important things to discuss with her."
Gu Jiali stopped pouring water and asked with surprise on his face, "What are you looking for her for?"
After asking, he changed his tone and explained: "The Queen Mother has a rather weird temperament and doesn't like to meddle in trivial matters. Maybe you can tell me the reason first, so that I can help you judge whether she will be willing to see you."
Shen Qingqing breathed out and had to tell him the reason why she came to Beijing, "Now the emperor's situation is unknown, and we dare not act rashly. We can only place our hope on the Queen Mother. However, General Zhao and the Queen Mother have very little contact. After thinking about it,
It’s best to ask you for help.”
After hearing what she said, Gu Jiali's face could no longer be described as ugly. It was like a pile of black clouds, which could set off a storm at any time and blow people away.
As soon as Zhiyi opened the door and saw this invincible stinky face, he was so frightened that his legs went weak and he rolled over on the spot. He knelt tremblingly in front of him and said with a downcast face: "Sir, you are still angry. I
I really didn’t mean it, I just wanted to put out the fire.”
The veins on Gu Jiali's forehead jumped hard, he took a deep breath, clenched his molars and shouted: "Liu Zhiyi!"
"I'm going to get out of here! Get out of here right now!" He then picked up the food box and somersaulted out.
Shen Qingqing looked on: "..."
I'm afraid this guy went to the circus for further training.
Gu Jiali drank two more glasses of water in silence, and finally regained his composure and spoke, "Actually, the emperor has known for a long time that the queen and the imperial master have a private relationship, but he did not take it seriously."
"Although the concubines in the harem stay away from the court and do not engage in political affairs, the power disputes are not much better than those in the previous dynasty. As long as they don't go too far, the emperor will turn a blind eye and tolerate them."
Gu Jiali grabbed the cup fiercely, with a sad expression on her face, "I didn't expect that she would dare to do such a treasonous thing relying on the emperor's tolerance. She really deserves to be killed!"
After saying that, he stood up and said loudly: "I will go into the palace to see the Queen Mother, rescue the Emperor, and bring those two evil-minded people to justice!"
"What about me? What role should I play to make it easier for me to sneak in?" Shen Qingqing asked.
Gu Jiali lowered his eyes and glanced at her slender fingers hanging by her side, coughing lightly, "Let's pretend to be a cook. It just so happens that the Queen Mother has not had a good appetite during this period, so it is reasonable to send a cook to the palace."
Half an hour later, Shen Qingqing changed into a neat azure narrow-sleeved gown, covered her face with black powder, and followed Gu Jiali into the palace.
Ci'an Palace is in a remote location, so the two of them walked for almost half an hour under the guidance of the leading maid.
Before we even reached the main entrance, we heard a lot of noise in the Ci'an Palace from afar. It was as noisy as a vegetable market. One of the old women's voices was particularly loud: "Er Bo! I've been fooled again! I brought the money and you dared to default on it."
I’ll let you clean Gongtong tomorrow!”
Gu Jiali rubbed the center of his brow helplessly and explained to Shen Qingqing: "The Queen Mother likes to play horse tag the most. She often stays up until midnight playing, and no one can stop her."
Shen Qingqing nodded to express his understanding. The charm of mahjong is naturally unparalleled, otherwise the mahjong table at the entrance of their village in the previous life would not have been full every day.
Sometimes she suspected that those people's buttocks were on the bench next to the mahjong table. Otherwise, how could they not move for 18 of the 24 hours a day?
The palace maid who had been informed went in and came out quickly. Before she could open her mouth, Gu Jiali said first: "You asked me to wait in the side hall again, right? You go tell the Queen Mother that this time I brought something very important.
If someone comes over, if she doesn’t see me, she’ll leave directly.”