Force a good concubine

She was in a trance, when she suddenly heard a voice behind her timidly calling herself: "Hu——Sister Gu, Sister Gu?"

Those who call her this way in the Hall of Qinghe don't think of anyone other than Li Wanniang, who is also the secretary of the bedroom.Gu Yan rolled up the picture scroll in his hand again, put it in the drawer as it was, turned around and bowed to the person behind him, and couldn't help frowning in surprise when he saw Li Wanniang's appearance clearly: "Wanniang, you are, you This is--"

"Sister Gu," Li Wanniang said with a sad smile on her thin and pale face, she reached out to grab Gu Yuan's hand, and knelt down in front of Gu Yuan, her cold fingers hurt Gu Yuan's hand, as if grasping A living straw, "I know I can't compare with Sister Gu, and I don't have any extravagant hopes. I just ask Sister Gu to ask His Majesty for me, and to reward me with an errand, even if it is," she pointed and knelt far away. The little maid who was wiping the threshold at the entrance of the hall, tears fell down her cheeks and fell on the skirt of her clothes, "Even if I am like them, I am willing! Just don't leave me alone in the enclosure, except for three meals a day. , there is no other word, like, it's like being in a dark prison, I really can't make it through!"

Gu Yan hadn't seen Li Wanniang since the day of Longevity Day. He only thought that he had been assigned an errand just like himself, but he didn't expect her to be trapped in the enclosure all the time.The enclosure was originally used for low-level concubines or servants to rest temporarily after going to bed. Although it is neatly laid out, the furniture is very simple. There is nothing but a bed, a few mother-of-pearl dressing cabinets, and it is more expensive than the palace ladies. A little less.It's really hard for such a person to be bored in an empty room like this.

She frowned and was about to answer when Wei Fengchun's male duck voice rang out at the gate of the hall: "Li Nu Shi, you have to think before you speak. Counting from the founding of Daqi, how many masters have lived in the surrounding room of Qinghe Hall? The others have nothing to say, so you will be in a dark prison? Talking so disrespectfully, and expecting others to show your face for your errands, are you afraid of implicating the whole family? "

"Let me tell you the truth, Mr. Wei, my whole family was wiped out by the plague a few years ago, and now I am the only one. If I lose my head, I will lose it myself, and no one else will be involved!" The rabbit bit someone in a hurry, Li Wanniang wiped her tears Standing up and bowing to Wei Fengchun, his face showed a bit of sternness, "Boss Wei said I was disrespectful, let's talk about it in front of Sister Gu. The female secretary does not need to serve the bed, and it will be changed tomorrow. Errand, this is the decree delivered to me by Director Wei himself on September 26th? You are an old man. I don’t need to explain what the word "same day" means, but it is already October [-]th. I looked around in the enclosure, but no one responded to me. Even if you are on an imperial errand, you have to learn the rules before you go on an errand, and you must have your aunt to teach you? Also, your apprentice Wei Lian said that the imperial errands Yan, if you have nothing to do, don't walk around and talk to me, and told me to stay in the enclosure and not move at the first step, but I went out of the enclosure today to see, except for me, no one else is like this—"

"You don't need to work, and you eat and drink like a bodhisattva, and Li Nushi still has something in her heart?" Wei Fengchun immediately hated Li Wanniang very much in his heart when he threw out such a big sentence, just in front of Gu Yuan's words. The face is not easy to attack, and it seems to be smiling but not smiling, avoiding the seriousness and provoking lightly, "Why, you are still thinking about the errands of the bedroom, and want to flatter your superiors? Your heart is too big. How can these servants work with you?"

If you offend the imperial steward, you will suffer a lot in the future.The left and the right are desperate, relying on a certain understanding of Gu Yuan's temperament, Li Wanniang simply retorted: "If it is really delicious and delicious to make offerings to the Bodhisattva, what else do I come here for? You are diligent, and you sent the little eunuch to give me time. They gave you cold dishes, cold soup and cold rice, but you forgot to give me an incense burner to keep me warm too. It snowed last night, and I didn’t freeze to death in the enclosure all night, I really should thank you.”

Wei Fengchun responded, squinting at Li Wanniang, thinking that he had been bored in the Hall of Qinghe for a long time, and the two female officials in succession lost sight of each other, so Gu Yan didn't mention it, this soft-spoken , he just thought it was a good guy, but who would have thought that he would be the one who dared to stab someone?

Speaking of it, he did not treat Li Wanniang intentionally, this practice is actually an old tacit rule in the palace, whether it is a concubine, a female history, or even those servants who have always served the bed, most of them are affectionate on the surface and want to stab a knife in the heart Therefore, there is an unwritten taboo in the enclosing room that the king does not see the king: when a master wins the favor, unless the emperor himself turns over the sign to summon him, or makes up his mind to compete with others, he will not take the initiative to go to the imperial court. Walking around, one is that the emperor is passionate, and it must be because he has a hot face and a cold butt to make fun of himself, and one is that there are many precedents in the palace, and he is also worried that others will accidentally use him as a gunman, so he must avoid suspicion.Gu Yan was born outside the palace, so it's not surprising that he didn't know about it, but this one has been in the palace for a long time, so crying and shouting against him, his thoughts are almost self-evident.

What's more, although Gu Yan is not favored now, judging by the emperor's actions, he is more concerned about the favored servants than the previous emperors.Vice President Wei prides himself on being a competent and loyal servant, so naturally his likes and dislikes follow the emperor, the emperor likes Gu Yuan, even if he lifts his head and shoulders, he wants to push Gu Yuan to the front of the imperial court, the emperor doesn't care about another female historian, Then Li Wanniang in his heart is almost like an unsightly stone, so if he stumbles a bit to make her retreat, isn't it just because of his consideration for his master?

However, such loyalty is not easy to show in front of Gu Yuan, Gu Yuan's face showed disapproval, Wei Fengchun rolled his eyes, and immediately changed his tone: "These monkey bastards are playful and lazy, and they didn't prepare a charcoal basin. Li Nvshi is freezing, nothing to say, I will greet you with a big board later! If there is anything inattentive in the future, tell me, I will discount their legs! Is it just an errand,” he muttered in embarrassment, “ There is indeed no shortage of Yuqian. Besides, I don’t know what Li Nvshi is good at, so don’t just misrepresent Nvshi’s materials. Otherwise, I’ll go to Gong Zhengsi tomorrow to ask about your resume, and then we can discuss it?” He said and smiled at Gu Yan, "Miss Gu, do you think this is possible? Our young master is picky about people, and those who don't like him are not allowed to get close. I have to ask the young master what he means?"

Sacred will is an all-purpose excuse. Li Wanniang knew that Wei Fengchun was planning to delay the matter, but she had no choice but to look at Gu Yuan as if begging for help. Seeing Gu Yuan nod her head, the tears flowed down silently , looking even more weak and pitiful: "Sister Gu, but I just slipped my tongue and offended my sister? I don't care about everything—"

"It's okay." Gu Yan's brows seemed to be full of thoughts, and he stretched out his hand to straighten the snow-green satin palace gown on her body, and forced a smile at her as if to comfort her, "You go back and wait, I have my own opinion."

The emperor came back very early that day, and the imperial chariot returned to Qinghe Hall after only one incense stick at noon.To complain about this kind of thing, I thought it would be preemptive. Wei Fengchun led the eunuchs who served the meal to a busy time, and led the emperor to the dining table. Seeing that the emperor's face was not bad, he opened his mouth carefully: "Please Under the instructions, what kind of errand should I send that Li Nushi who came with Miss Gu earlier?"

The emperor frowned when he heard the words: "Why, is she still in front of the imperial court?"

This sentence clearly expressed the emperor's thoughts, and Wei Fengchun immediately fanned the flames: "Isn't it? The slave girl sees that she has nothing to do for a while, and she is enshrined in the enclosure with good food and drink. Who would have thought that she would run in front of Miss Gu today?" Complaining, as if someone treated her poorly. If such a person stays in front of the imperial court—"

The emperor didn't take it seriously at first, but when he heard that Gu Yuan was involved, he refused to make a decision lightly. He just nodded slightly and held up his chopsticks to eat.Due to the abolition of the emperor's previous abolition, although the lunch is the same as the breakfast, Sigong orders four soups of porridge, plus a grade of yutian japonica rice, but there are only five dishes, two meat and three vegetables. The emperor is not picky about eaters. Only this time, one dish remained unmoved until the meal was over.Could it be that the emperor wants to change his taste recently?Wei Fengchun tentatively asked the emperor for instructions with a lost smile: "Today's meal list is not very good, it's all the same old ones. It's best to eat pots when it's snowing, why don't you ask the imperial dining room to improve two pots at night?"

"No need." The emperor pointed to the braised pork dish calmly, "I see that the cooking of this dish is not bad, you can find someone to bring it to her."

Wei Fengchun suddenly realized, and at the same time, he was a little emotional, and whispered to the emperor: "Since the young master looks good, how many mouths should I go in? For Miss Gu, the servants will send orders to the imperial dining room to make another one."

The emperor frowned and glanced at him: "How much do I need? After passing the decree, I have to record it, and tell her right and wrong for nothing. You just send it to her. Be careful that it gets cold, go! "

The table utensils used by the emperor to eat are all yellow background with cloud and dragon patterns, which are very eye-catching.Wei Fengchun took a pick box from the small tea room, put the bowl of braised pork in it, and quietly went to the refreshment room to get a regular meal, put them together in the pick box, warmed it on the small stove, and saw the palace When people were eating in shifts, they greeted Gu Yan with a smile: "Miss Gu, yesterday the imperial doctor ordered that today, I will change the prescription of soothing soup before going to bed. Qing, it's just right now, why not work hard, little lady, a little later?"

Gu Yan was not suspicious, followed Wei Fengchun into the small tea room, but saw Wei Fengchun take out all the meals from the box and put them on the table, her eyes fell on the bowl of braised pork, and her face was a little dazed: "Wei Fengchun Master, this is?"

"If you want to say that our young master is kind to people, I really have nothing to say!" Wei Fengchun took advantage of the heat to praise the emperor, "This dish was left untouched by the young master during lunch, and it was specially reserved for the young lady. The young master said , I am afraid that the reward will attract people's attention, it will not be good for the little lady, so I tell the little lady not to dislike it, and even though it is a reward, the little lady can do whatever she wants, don't have to thank you, don't use it if it doesn't suit your appetite, so as not to hurt your spleen and stomach."

He was chattering, and quickly set the dishes and chopsticks, turned around and walked out the door, stood at the door with his sleeves folded and looked up at the sky, thinking wildly in his mind: Young master is so considerate and hard-working, no matter how hard-hearted a person is, he has to melt Come on!

Gu Yuan ate at almost the same speed as the emperor, and within less than a stick of incense, Gu Yuan had already left the small tea room and sent the box to Wei Fengchun: "Master Wei, these bowls—"

"It's okay, it's okay," Wei Fengchun greeted him with a smile, "I'll take care of everything, my lady, let's go and rest!"

"At this time, Your Majesty has already rested?" Gu Yan hesitated a little, "If not, may I see you?"

Wei Fengchun was delighted when he heard the words, and he thought that everyone said that the meat and vegetables in the imperial meal were well prepared, and now it seems that they are not bad. When this bowl of meat was delivered, Young Lady Gu invited him to see him. When the young master was taking a nap, if he went back and forth and went out of temper, wouldn't the braised pork become a meat matchmaker?

The emperor had already changed his clothes and was about to go to bed. When Gu Yuan entered the hall, the hall was filled with the fragrance of rest. The emperor sat cross-legged on the Arhat couch. When he saw Gu Yuan, he smiled and handed a scroll beside him to her: "This is Xue Xiaotong and Xue Xiaotong." The "Southern China Sutra" written by Mr. Lin uses Yan style. I give it to you today as a thank-you gift for your endorsement last night."

Xue Xiaotong was a great calligrapher in this dynasty. Because he was self-disciplined, he never wrote inscriptions with others. Such a volume of "Nanhua Jing" is almost priceless.Gu Yan shook her head and said: "This thing is too expensive, I can't accept it." Seeing the disappointment on the emperor's smiling face, she involuntarily slowed down her tone, "Otherwise, let's just borrow it from His Majesty to have a look. In a few days, the minister will return the original thing."

"Alright," the emperor breathed a sigh of relief, "Then you find another reward."

"I really don't have anything to reward here." Gu Yan thought for a while, "Can I ask His Majesty for a favor for others?"

"Other people?" The emperor smiled in surprise, "What grace?"

"It's Li Wanniang, the female historian who came with me," Gu Yuan said, "Can Your Majesty reward her with a job?"

Li Wanniang is not Gu Yuan, and the emperor couldn't let her stay by his side without any grievances. She hesitated for a moment, and raised her eyes to Gu Yuan: "Wei Fengchun mentioned to me that there is no vacancy in the Imperial Palace—what do you think?"

"Director Wei also said the same to his ministers." Gu Yuan looked at the emperor quietly, "but he forgot that there is actually a vacancy among the female officials in front of the imperial court."

Her tone was very firm, and the emperor felt ominous in his heart, but he had to follow her words and ask: "Which one?"

"Yunniang will leave the palace in the twelfth lunar month. Although I will temporarily take over her errand, at the most, she will leave the palace before Enke next year. Isn't this errand for her the best of both worlds?"

The emperor silently clenched the "Nanhua Sutra" in her hand. She raised her eyes, and Gu Yan looked calm and calm in front of her, with clear and calm eyes, as if she was talking about a very ordinary thing, and she was extremely sad , There was not even a trace of anger, and there was only a cold and empty piece of chest left. The emperor pulled the corners of his lips, and heard his calm voice in a daze: "As you wish."