Gu Qiancheng waited in the palace for a whole day, from morning to night but did not wait for Qin Jiyan to come back. He only waited for two sentences from the young eunuch at noon and evening: "The emperor said that he can't get out now, please let the girl eat first.
No need to wait for him."
Come once at noon and once at night, and don’t change a word.
Gu Qiancheng sat alone in front of the dining table, looking at the dishes on the table and silently looking at the sky...
She finally understood why the women in the palace had to compete for favor. No one cared about this, and the life of being locked up in the palace was really not an ordinary boring life!
All she could do throughout the day was to walk around, read books, and at most chat with her servants, but no more.
In such a life, waiting for Qin Jiyan to come back seems to be the only hope. But if Qin Jiyan doesn't come, people's expectations seem to be gone all of a sudden.
"Days like this can drive people crazy." He lowered his head again and looked at the table full of his favorite dishes. Gu Qiancheng really had no appetite at all.
Without someone to accompany you, even if the table is full of delicacies, you will not be able to taste them.
After using two chopsticks hastily, the food seemed to be almost untouched, Gu Qiancheng asked people to evacuate. The palace maids who waited on him opened their mouths to persuade, but they thought that they were not close to Gu Qiancheng, so they choked back the words of persuasion.
"Girl, after dinner, do you want to go to the imperial garden for a walk?" the palace maid cleared the table and stepped forward and asked.
"No, I'll just walk around in the palace." He didn't even take a few bites of food, so he couldn't eat anything, and where could he eat it?
After walking back and forth in the palace twice, Gu Qiancheng saw that it was getting late, so she asked the palace servants to prepare water for her to take a bath.
Qin Jiyan has a large bathing pool, which according to the rules is reserved for emperors only, but these are only for others. Gu Qiancheng enjoys the treatment of an emperor when he enters the palace.
After spending two-quarters of an hour washing and bathing in the pool, Gu Qiancheng got up, changed clothes, sat in front of the bronze mirror, and waited for the palace maid to dry her long hair.
After sitting there for half an hour, her hair was completely dry, and it was only a quarter past three o'clock (around eight o'clock in the evening). Gu Qiancheng sat in front of the dressing table and did not move. She was debating whether to continue looking for a book to read, or to find something for herself.
Things to do?
What are you looking for?
She does know a little bit about music, chess, calligraphy and painting, but she is completely in no mood to do these things right now.
The maids looked at Gu Qiancheng with unhappy expressions and did not dare to say anything. They all stood aside with their heads lowered, pretending that it did not exist.
Just when Gu Qiancheng was bored to death, the eunuch who had delivered the message before came again, "Girl, the emperor has sent word that he is very busy tonight and wants you to rest early so you don't have to wait for him."
"I know, back off." Without even a single expectation, this day...is really boring.
Gu Qiancheng had a cold look on his face and exuded the aura of "I'm not happy" all over his body, which frightened the palace maid and the eunuch.
However, it's really hard to blame her for not having a smile on her face. She stayed in the palace and waited for a man to come and see her all day long. It was really uncomfortable. She felt very aggrieved after only one day.
After hearing Gu Qiancheng's words, the eunuch who delivered the message quickly retreated, not even daring to stay for one more second. Gu Qiancheng looked at the little eunuch who was almost running away and couldn't help but laugh...
Everyone in the palace knows that a woman who cannot wait for the emperor will be in a bad mood and should stay away!
Gu Qiancheng laughed at himself, stood up and walked towards the inner room, "I want to rest. You all should step aside. There is no need to serve." Although it was still early, what else could she do besides sleeping?
"Yes." The palace maids bowed their knees and left quietly one by one. Looking at the empty hall, Gu Qiancheng sighed softly and stood in front of the bed in a daze for a while before taking off his coat and sleeping.
Maybe she went to bed too early. Gu Qiancheng tossed and turned in bed until very late, and when she fell asleep, she didn't wait for Qin Jiyan to come back!
And Qin Jiyan, who Gu Qiancheng kept talking about, was still discussing with General Feng, Feng Yao and Prince Pingxi about sending troops to Xihu after Gu Qiancheng fell asleep.
The four of them discussed it until Chou hour (one to three o'clock in the morning). It was not until General Feng couldn't hold it any longer that Qin Jiyan stopped and asked people to arrange General Feng, Feng Yao and Prince Pingxi in the outer hall, and let them sit directly in the palace.
Rest inside.
The three of them knew that the matter had not been settled yet and they would continue talking tomorrow. They did not show any pretense and accepted Qin Jiyan's kindness generously.
After Feng Yao and the others went back to rest, Qin Jiyan still approved the memorial for an hour. By the time he finished his work and was about to return to Qianqing Palace, it was already bright and there was not much time before the Xiaochao meeting. Qin Jiyan only had enough time to go back.
Get a change of clothes.
As an emperor, manners are very important. No matter how busy Qin Jiyan is, he must put on clean clothes before going to court, but...
If Gu Qiancheng was not in the palace, Qin Jiyan would not go to Qianqing Palace at this time. He would have someone bring the dragon robe directly. But today, Gu Qiancheng was here, and he would have to go to Qianqing Palace no matter how hard it was.
Go back.
Qin Jiyan returned to Qianqing Palace, changed his clothes, and barely had time to have breakfast. So Qin Jiyan glanced at Gu Qiancheng, hurried to eat, and then hurried to go to court...
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This is the emperor. He is busy and cannot stop for twelve hours a day, and his mind must keep running at high speed all the time.
When Gu Qiancheng woke up, he learned that Qin Jiyan had come back, but he was still awake and rushed to the morning court.
After hearing this, Gu Qiancheng could only smile bitterly...
Qin Jiyan is busy, but it doesn't mean he won't come back. She can tell Qin Jiyan, right?
After getting up, he had breakfast alone and stayed in the palace reading all morning. At noon, the eunuch who had sent the message yesterday came again and still sent the same message, saying that the emperor had no time to come back for dinner.
It was familiar once and twice, but after two days Gu Qiancheng seemed to have gotten used to it. He nodded slightly, put down the book in his hand, and asked the palace servants to pass the meal around.
After lunch, Gu Qiancheng rejected the palace maid's suggestion to take a lunch break and asked someone to prepare clothes for her. She had to go to Six Doors.
This kind of living in the palace all day long, waiting for a man to come back, is enough for her. She has to find something to do for herself, otherwise she will go crazy.
"Girl, the emperor said... you cannot leave the palace." The maid serving beside Gu Qiancheng immediately knelt down and said with an embarrassed look on her face as soon as she heard Gu Qiancheng's words.
"When did the emperor say that he won't let me leave the palace? How could I not know? Besides, I just went to Liumen, and it's not like I won't come back." Gu Qiancheng lamented again that the emperor's woman is not easy to marry Qin Ji.
It doesn't seem to be a very happy thing.
She cannot leave the palace before she is married. If she is going to marry Qin Jiyan in the future, can she still leave the palace at will?
I'm afraid I can't.
The maids knelt in front of Gu Qiancheng and refused to move, but they did not dare to be disrespectful to Gu Qiancheng, so they had to compromise and said: "Please wait a moment, miss, I will let you report to the emperor."
"Go ahead, you guys will help me change my clothes." Gu Qiancheng was certain that Qin Jiyan would definitely let her go.
Qin Jiyan was so busy that he definitely didn't have time to take care of the affairs of the Medicine King Valley Master, and the matters between the Medicine King Valley Master and the Changsheng Sect were urgent. Qin Jiyan didn't have the energy to take care of it, so she had no choice but to take matters into her own hands.
Yaowang Valley is indeed tough, but she doesn't believe it. She can't pry open the mouth of Yaowang Valley Master...