The next day, when He Gu woke up, it was already afternoon outside.
After stretching his body, he slowly sat up from the bed.
Qingchou had been standing by the side silently. When he saw this, he quickly bowed and saluted, then quietly came forward to serve him with water.
In the past, she only regarded what she was doing as a servant's duty, but now it seems that she has added an indescribable emotion.
Although the work content is still the same, I am paying more attention to it.
In the outer room, Feng Lu was secretly troubled.
Just because I heard what my sister said in the morning, I now know that I did something wrong yesterday unintentionally.
In addition, last night I was supposed to wait for Master Shao Guoshi to come back but ended up falling asleep half way. At this time, I couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
Hearing the noise, he suddenly panicked. He immediately entered the house and joined in. He carefully changed the man into court clothes.
Keeping in mind what her sister had told her not to mention again, she felt stuffy in her stomach and did not dare to speak for a while, nor did she dare to raise her eyes at all.
The two sisters have different thoughts, but they share the same thoughts.
I don't know what the two little maids are thinking, but He Guyou feels comfortable and allows them to serve them meticulously and generously.
When it was over, he walked out of the back room calmly.
Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of the man coming out. Feng Yan quickly closed her eyes and pretended to still be sleeping.
He didn't care to expose her. As he passed by, he thought about it and turned around and ordered: "When she wakes up, take her to the bathroom to clean her. Then tell her to be more honest and let her go when I come back."
The moment the door closed again, Feng Yan suddenly opened her eyes, her eyes particularly complicated.
She really couldn't figure out why men were sometimes very hateful and sometimes not so cruel to her.
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In the corridor outside the house, the cloud shadows were still waiting quietly for a long time.
It wasn't until there was a sound from the door behind him that he turned around neatly.
Seeing that the young master came out in high spirits, recalling the sound that he suddenly heard through the wall late last night, the jade face that had always been stern and unsmiling in the past couldn't help but flash red for a moment.
Perhaps it was rare to see her, but He Gu's eyes were struck by the sudden appearance of a daughter, as if she suddenly appeared.
Keenly catching the changes in her expression, He Gu's face suddenly became a little confused.
Not wanting to get darker and darker, he immediately coughed and called for him to follow.
Hearing this, Yunying immediately became serious.
After leaving the Shaoguo Prefecture, the two of them got on the dragon carriage as usual and headed all the way to the Criminal Prison.
After arriving, Liu Yunying waited outside, but He Gu entered alone.
Mr. Li was very excited today. He brought all the surviving servants who had followed his son in the past, thinking that there should be a high probability of clues among the remaining prisoners and the servants he brought.
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As time goes by, a heart full of expectations gradually falls to the bottom.
When I saw the young man on the futon shaking his head once again and finally giving up and getting up, he seemed very disheartened.
On the way here, He Gu was thinking about whether to continue the investigation and hesitating about whether to reveal the key clues currently pointing to Tinghua Tower.
During this period, I also had a detailed discussion with the demon rat in the escapist bead in the storage bag.
After being advised by God on the pros and cons, the principle of being cautious in everything finally prevailed in making the decision.
At the moment, although I felt a little moved by compassion, my thoughts did not waver.
Since you are planning to withdraw, you naturally need to behave as reasonably as possible to avoid causing suspicion.
After half an hour of sincere consolation and apology, Mr. Li couldn't bear to be sad alone. He forced a smile to comfort He Gu and told him not to mind. The bitterness was simply God's will.
Tinghualou was the only suspect left, and he knew very well the sensitive background of the royal family and princes behind him, so he did not dare to offend him.
Therefore, it is understandable that Shao Guoshi did not mention anything.
His face looked much older in an instant, and he had resigned himself to his fate.
After coming out of the Tianlao, taking advantage of the early darkness, He Gu boarded the dragon carriage and prepared to go to the Imperial College to show his face.
As soon as I got in the car, I met the driver of the old national master.
The old Imperial Master, who was tired of his work, hurriedly leaned his old body out of the car. He couldn't wait to get out of the car and shouted from the distance: "My dear brother, Your Majesty has summoned you. Hurry up and enter the palace now."
Hearing this, He Gu's body froze, and his eyelids couldn't help but twitch.
The cloud shadow is thoughtful.
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The night is getting darker, and the brightly lit palace is quiet.
Under the guidance of the young palace maid in front, He Gu's heart could not calm down and was beating rapidly.
For a moment, I couldn't figure out why the empress suddenly summoned her to the palace. At that moment, I felt completely at a loss, especially feeling uneasy.
Walking all the way from the outer palace to the inner palace, the only change is that after entering the inner palace, you can no longer see a male figure, and the patrols on the road have all turned into a team of well-trained palace maids.
Being distracted, He didn't notice this tiny detail until later, and felt a little surprised in his heart.
He had heard about the existence of eunuchs in the inner palace of the dynasty a long time ago. Last time he had only been to the Hall of Recruitment in the outer palace. He did not know the actual situation of the inner palace, so he took it for granted that it still existed today.
Now I realize that's not the case.
He Gu was not at peace in his heart, but he didn't know that the palace maid who was leading the way was also shocked.
This was the first time she was ordered to bring a man in at night, and it was also the first time she saw the opposite sex appear in the inner palace at night.
And in her opinion, if the destination was placed earlier, it would be impossible for members of the royal family to visit even during the day.
I can't help but be deeply curious about what's special about the man behind me.
She tried her best to hold back and did not dare to ask random questions. She strictly abided by her duties and led the way.
Pavilions, pavilions, garden corridors, passing through several places.
After a while, we walked through a forest of phoenix tails and a bamboo forest with thin dragons singing, and took people to the deepest part of the inner palace, where the current empress usually rests and rests, the Palace of Immortality.
Under the dark night, the door of the huge and glorious palace was closed tightly. It seemed that there was only one lamp lit inside, which was dim and yellow, and the screen windows were extremely quiet.
Stopping in front of the soft light of the gorgeous palace door, the palace maid who led the way turned around and said very respectfully to He Gu: "Master Shao Guoshi, we are here, please wait a moment."
He also stopped walking, maintaining his composure on the surface, and nodded slightly without saying anything.
The palace maid turned around, raised her hand and knocked lightly on the palace door twice, with a very respectful attitude.
He called softly: "Your Majesty, people have brought it."
After the words fell, a short while later, a heavenly sound rich in feminine mature charm sounded faintly, dreamlike and seductive, touching the depths of the cochlea.
The tone was light, but it carried an invisible pressure that could not be removed. It made people breathless, and they did not dare to think of blasphemy.
"Well... let him come in by himself, and you can get out."
The palace maid lowered her head in response, facing the palace door, and slowly walked back down the steps very respectfully, then slowly turned around and left quickly.
He couldn't help but be infected by the solemn atmosphere, and He Gu suddenly didn't dare to express his anger.
I don't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that he was being watched secretly and silently by a pair of supreme eyes.
The only thing that gave him some peace of mind was that there was no trace of hostility or murderous intent.
As if she wasn't annoyed, as if she was kindly reminding her, the empress' voice was slightly lazier, and sounded faintly from inside again.
"You come in."
Before He Gu entered the palace, he had discussed with the demon rat what to do in times of crisis, and he had picked up auspicious hexagrams on the way here.
At this point, he could only believe in the demon rat's ability to escape and the accuracy of the hexagrams shown in the Tianji hexagram plate.
Respectfully, he took a deep breath, no longer hesitated, raised his hand and slowly pushed open the palace door.