A decree was passed from the palace that Concubine Gu was too worried and fell ill in bed. The imperial doctor was helpless. The emperor felt sorry for Concubine Gu and learned that Concubine Gu missed her mother. He authorized Mrs. Gu to enter the palace to accompany Concubine Gu. Considering that Mrs. Gu was not young,
Afraid that the old lady would be tired, the emperor gave Gu Qiancheng special permission to enter the palace to take care of the old lady.
The imperial decree said a lot, but it boiled down to one sentence, that is, Mrs. Gu is coming back, and Gu Qiancheng is going to the palace to be Mrs. Gu's successor.
After learning from Qin Jiyan that Concubine Gu was in favor again, Gu Qiancheng knew that Mrs. Gu would come back sooner or later. She was not worried about this. The Gu family was no longer the same Gu family as before. Mrs. Gu wanted to rub her in the Gu family.
It is impossible, but...
It's different going to the palace with the old lady.
Mrs. Gu is her grandmother, and she has the support of Concubine Gu. She is ordered to take care of the old lady. The old lady can completely use her as a palace maid, and others will not say anything wrong about the old lady.
If the old lady had any kindness towards her, she would definitely be willing to enter the palace to take care of the old lady, but that old lady...
Alas, even if you don’t talk about it, you will shed tears if you talk about it.
Entering the palace to accompany Mrs. Gu is an imperial decree. It is impossible for Gu Qiancheng to refuse. Gu Chengyi and Chenghuan looked worried, "Sister, what should we do now? Do you really want to go to the palace to accompany Mrs. Gu?"
"Sister, let's ask my grandfather to tell the imperial concubine, can we spare you from going to the palace to accompany the old lady?"
Gu Chengyi and Cheng Huan kept coming up with ideas, but none of them were of any use. The imperial edict had been issued and Gu Qiancheng had no room for maneuver. As for asking the old man for help?
After receiving the imperial edict, the old man locked himself in the study and refused to see anyone. Of course, Gu Qiancheng did not think of asking the old man. Gu Qiancheng always knew that the old man would not stand by her unconditionally.
After comforting Cheng Huan and Cheng Yi, Gu Qiancheng, under the gloating eyes of Mrs. Gu and the Second Madam, asked her servants to prepare the carriage as she was about to go out.
Madam Gu was not stupid enough to embarrass her at this time, but Gu Qiancheng asked her servants to prepare the carriage, and she immediately asked her servants to prepare for the old lady's return.
"The old lady is back, who else in this family dares to be rude?" Madam Gu was afraid that Gu Qiancheng would take action again, so she didn't dare to point it out and pointed at Sang and scolded Huai.
"The imperial concubine is filial, and the old lady is back. I will arrange for people to clean the yard to ensure that the old lady lives comfortably." The second lady smiled sweetly and ran up and down diligently.
The entire Gu family was in a state of joy, for Concubine Gu's return to favor, and for the old lady's return...
The old lady left in such a mess at first, so she will be high-profile when she comes back this time.
Gu Qiancheng did not participate or throw cold water on the situation. Leaving the Gu family alone, Gu Qiancheng asked the driver to take her to the sixth door.
Qin Jiyan was still not there, so the six-door policeman left Gu Qiancheng to do whatever he wanted and went about his business. Gu Qiancheng waited until the sunset before Qin Jiyan came back.
"What happened?" Qin Jiyan strode in with a hint of concern on his cold face.
If there was nothing wrong, Gu Qiancheng would not be so eager to look for him.
Gu Qiancheng stood up, turned around and said, "I have decided to go to Beiqi with you. Can you leave as soon as possible?" She did not want to enter the palace and become Mrs. Gu's successor.
"Did something happen?" Qin Jiyan approached and sat down opposite Gu Qiancheng.
"Yes." Gu Qiancheng looked depressed and told Qin Jiyan about the imperial edict.
"The emperor really loves Concubine Gu," Qin Jiyan frowned, a coldness flashed in his eyes, "Concubine Gu is really ill at the right time."
"Concubine Gu is very good at pretending to be sick. She always gets sick at the most appropriate time." Gu Qiancheng really doesn't understand. Wasn't the lesson learned from pretending to be sick last time not enough?
"If she pretends to be sick just to torture you, she will regret it." Qin Jiyan didn't take Concubine Gu seriously at first, but seeing that Concubine Gu kept causing trouble for Gu Qiancheng, he really needed to teach Concubine Gu a lesson.
She understands the cost of pretending to be sick.
"Don't worry about this. I will make Concubine Gu get well as soon as possible. Before that, you don't have to worry about entering the palace."
"I don't need to enter the palace?" Gu Qiancheng's eyes lit up. Is there any way Qin Jiyan could prevent her from being punished for resisting the decree?
Qin Jiyan did not answer directly, but asked cautiously: "If you don't have to enter the palace, why don't you go to Northern Qi?"
"If I say yes, do I want to enter the palace?" Gu Qiancheng asked.
Qin Jiyan nodded without thinking: "That's right, if you don't go to Northern Qi, you have to go to the palace to accompany Mrs. Gu." Since Gu Qiancheng said she was going to Northern Qi, he couldn't allow her to go back on her word.
Gu Qiancheng had no choice at all. If he didn't go to Beiqi, he would have to go to the palace to serve the old lady. Gu Qiancheng didn't want to be a filial granddaughter at all, so she could only sell herself to Qin Jiyan.
"I'm going to Beiqi."
"With Qiancheng's words, I feel relieved." Qin Jiyan raised the corners of his lips and nodded with satisfaction.
"Fox!" Gu Qiancheng despised Qin Jiyan's behavior as a villain who took advantage of others' danger. Unfortunately, Qin Jiyan didn't care at all. "As long as we achieve our goal."
Gu Qiancheng knew that Qin Jiyan would do whatever he promised, so she no longer worried.
When they returned to the Gu family, the Gu family was still bustling, but this bustling had nothing to do with Gu Qiancheng. Gu Qiancheng returned to his yard after visiting Cheng Huan.
In the courtyard, Gu Chengyi was sitting at the dinner table waiting for Gu Qiancheng. When he saw Gu Qiancheng coming back, Gu Chengyi immediately put away the worry on his face and surrounded Gu Qiancheng with a look of joy.
He didn't want to waste time trying to comfort his sister when she was in a bad mood.
The whole night, the smile on Gu Chengyi's face did not fade away, but he didn't know how forced his smile was.
Gu Qiancheng wanted to accept his brother's kindness, but Gu Qiancheng didn't expose it. It wasn't until Gu Chengyi was about to go to bed at night that Gu Qiancheng touched his head and said, "Silly boy, don't worry about sister. Sister will be fine."
"I know, so I'm not worried at all." Gu Chengyi tried his best to smile brightly, but he was still very uneasy in his heart.
Early the next morning, the Gu family all went to the temple to pick up the old lady. Even the old lady went, but Gu Qiancheng, Gu Chengyi and Cheng Huan did not go.
Chengyi was frightened, Chenghuan was injured, and it was impossible for both of them to go out. As for Gu Qiancheng?
She didn't want to go, and the old lady and Gu Guogong didn't want her to go either, lest the old lady wouldn't be happy to see Gu Qiancheng, and Gu Qiancheng would naturally be happy and lazy.
Before leaving the door, both Mrs. Gu and the Second Madam looked at Gu Qiancheng with evil intentions, as if they could predict Gu Qiancheng's tragic situation.
The old man saw it but said nothing. He only asked Gu Guogong and Gu Erye to help him get into the carriage.
Gu Qiancheng lowered his eyes and said nothing, just pretending that he didn't see it. After the old man and his entourage left the house, he turned around and returned to the house, as if nothing happened.
The chief steward wanted to say something several times, but Gu Qiancheng's expression remained as usual, and the chief steward did not know what to say.
It takes two hours to go back and forth to the temple outside the city. The butler calculated the time and waited outside in advance. As a result, he did not wait for the old lady and his party to come back, but waited for the second master who came back in a hurry on horseback...