"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, you are back!" The person who ran out of the mansion should be a housekeeper.
He is not the previous butler of Prince Jin's Mansion, but he is a new face. He looks a bit more imposing than ordinary people, like a person who has been trained on the battlefield.
"What happened?" Cang Junming asked.
The housekeeper has always been a calm person, but now that he is so anxious, it must be something big that is difficult for him to solve.
"There is someone coming from the palace!" the housekeeper sighed, "He came half a month ago, but the road was blocked by heavy snow, and he has not been back yet!"
Hearing this, Cang Junming understood instantly.
No wonder the housekeeper is so anxious, because the people coming from the palace represent the emperor.
No matter what news the emperor's people come to deliver, they must return to their posts in time.
If he fails to return in time, it is very likely that the person who received the order has resisted and disrespected the order. This is a serious crime that can be beheaded if pursued.
"What news did they bring?" Cang Junming asked, walking quickly inside.
"It is said that the Queen Mother is ill and is always thinking about you! Your Majesty Renxiao has specially ordered you to return to Beijing to celebrate the New Year and accompany the Queen Mother." The housekeeper said cautiously,
"My subordinates have sent people to send messages to the prince many times before, but they have never received a response. As for these two father-in-laws in the palace... you go and have a look!"
The butler's expression was really hard to describe. Cang Junming didn't need to think about it to know how those people in the palace were looking for trouble!
His imperial brother invited him back to the palace to celebrate the New Year at this time, not out of any kindness.
The road to the capital was high and the road was high, and the weather was bad, so death on the road was unthinkable.
And even if everything was fine on the way, if he failed to arrive in the capital as scheduled and resume his duties, it would just give the emperor an excuse to punish him.
"My king has reached such a stage, and he still refuses to let me go!" Cang Junming said coldly, "I really think this king is afraid of him!"
"Hush, Your Majesty! Don't dare to talk nonsense! Walls have ears!" the housekeeper reminded him quickly, and then looked at Gu Jiuqing aside, "This girl is..."
"The mansion is simple, Qingqing, you can make do with it for the time being." Cang Junming said quietly, "Butler, arrange a place for Miss Gu."
At this moment, the housekeeper understood instantly, and when he looked at Gu Jiuqing, his eyes showed obvious respect.
"Miss Gu, please come this way!"
This is the person their master is looking for regardless of the severe cold or danger!
After more than two months, I finally got it back!
Gu Jiuqing left with the housekeeper. The garden the housekeeper arranged for her was much more beautiful than she expected.
Moyang is located in the northwest of the capital, which is considered a poor place with drought and water shortage.
Even this so-called palace is extremely shabby.
Especially on this cold and bleak winter day, everywhere is dusty and bare.
The garden here has the style of a mansion in Beijing.
The small courtyard is neatly tidied, and some evergreen plants are planted in it, which adds a lot of vitality to the place.
Even the doors and windows here are brand new, which seems out of place in this dilapidated palace.
When Gu Jiuqing came to his senses, he listened to the butler and said respectfully: "The prince specially sent people to prepare this place. The prince said that although he didn't know whether the girl would come, it was always right to leave it for the girl. Here. The courtyards and scenery are all decorated in the style of Beijing, I hope the girl will like it."
Gu Jiuqing withdrew his gaze and said with a faint smile: "I'm sorry for bothering you, Your Majesty! But there's no need to go to such trouble, I won't be able to stay for a few days!"
"Ah?" The housekeeper couldn't help but be startled, "Girl, do you still want to leave when you come back this time?"
"Yes, I'm just staying for a few days." Gu Jiuqing said with a smile, "The prince has important business matters, so the housekeeper should go there as soon as possible! I can do it here by myself!"
The housekeeper was sensible enough and didn't say anything more. Instead, he sent two round-headed little girls to serve her.
The little girls looked about twelve or thirteen years old. Their faces were dark and chapped, their hands had frostbite, and their clothes looked a little old.
There was indeed poverty everywhere here, but it made her feel a little dazed.
As expected of Moyang, this is the most backward and poor place in Daliang.
Even the residence of a prince like Mu Lingjun is so poor, let alone other common people.
My mind couldn't help but think of what Cang Liyuan said before. He once said that keeping Cang Junming was of great use.
And the ultimate use is naturally to use him to replace the current one.
Before that, he needs to taste the suffering of the world and temper himself.
Times have changed, but I don’t know if Cang Liyuan’s original thoughts have changed.
But thinking about all the things he had spent with him in the past, Gu Jiuqing subconsciously felt that what happened during this period was really strange.
It was as if there was a huge conspiracy hidden behind this, but she was kicked out by Cang Liyuan without being able to pry into it.
What on earth is Cang Liyuan doing?
Even if she tried to speculate on this person with the greatest malice, she still found helplessly that this was not his character.
In this case, she had to find a way to investigate clearly.
When I was in a trance, I heard one of the girls saying in poor Mandarin: "Girl, it's cold! Please go inside to warm yourself up!"
Only then did Gu Jiuqing realize that he had been dazed outside for too long.
The faces of the two little girls were dark and red, and their noses were almost dripping, which showed that they were very cold.
"Okay." Gu Jiuqing did not embarrass them and led them into the house.
It was very warm inside. Although there was no charcoal fire, the house was made quite thick and the temperature was completely different from the outside.
Gu Jiuqing did not need anyone to serve him, and the two girls did not dare to leave easily.
Unable to find anything to do, the three of them could only sit in the room and stare.
So Gu Jiuqing simply gave them some chilblain cream, as well as the remaining leather gloves and scarves.
The two of them were flattered and couldn't help stroking the soft fur, saying with emotion: "The palace is so good, I have never touched such warm leather in my life."
"Thank you, girl! Thank you, girl! But this must be very expensive!" the little girl said sheepishly, "We can't just ask for other people's things."
Hearing this, Gu Jiuqing couldn't help but laugh.
Compared with the eight hundred scheming maids in the back house of Beijing, the two of them are simple and cute.
But they are just half-grown children!
"Take it! In our capital city, servants cannot refuse anything given by the master." Gu Jiuqing said, "Although I am not your master, this is what I sincerely give to you. Just accept it! Otherwise, I have sores on my hands, making it difficult to work.”
The two of them did not refuse, thanked her profusely, and carefully put away the things.
After finding a reason to send them away, Gu Jiuqing released his consciousness and began to inquire about Cang Junming's side.
The palace is not big enough for her to feel everything.
She had some suspicions that Cang Liyuan's handwriting might be indispensable for the imperial edict calling Cang Junming back to the capital.
But she didn't expect that she would actually see a very exciting scene.
