famous eldest daughter

Chapter 42
Gu Yuqing remembered that Mrs. Du was a widow and had no children. She worked for the Gu family wholeheartedly since she entered the door, which can be said to be an honest duty.

Gu Yuhe loved the sweet soup she made very much. In his previous life, Gu Yuhe rewarded Mrs. Du a lot for this sweet soup. Every time he paid for it, she paid dozens of taels of silver, which was very generous.

The Gu family had a lot of money, Gu Yuqing loved her younger sister, and it was rare that Gu Yuhe liked Madam Du's craftsmanship, so she thought it was understandable to reward her more, so she never said anything.

It's just that Madam Du was a poor person. Gu Yuqing remembered clearly that in her previous life, the night before Xiao Duo ascended the throne, Madam Du suddenly suffered from high fever and convulsed all over her body. She died before even an hour.

Thinking of these past events, doubts arose in Gu Yuqing's mind.

According to what Ruyi just reported, the relationship between Madam Du and Gu Yuhe should be good. Otherwise, how could Madam Du, a kitchen steward, dare to block Gu Yuhe's way.

But the problem lies here.

In the previous life, Gu Yuhe was already 17 years old when Xiao Duo ascended the throne, seven years later than now. Seven years was enough time for Gu Yuhe and Lady Du to deepen their relationship.

But when Madam Du died that night, Gu Yuqing remembered that Gu Yuhe didn't even show his face.

I thought she was so sad that I couldn't bear to look at her, but the next day when Xiao Duo ascended the throne and Gu Yuhe was invited to attend the ceremony as Gu Yuqing's sister, she was in high spirits and smiling all day long without a trace of sadness.

The events of the past and present life overlapped and haunted her mind. Gu Yuqing sighed deeply in her heart, "Call Madam Du here tomorrow morning. I have something to ask her."

Not to mention anything else, just Madam Du's hatred for Aunt Zhao was worthy of Gu Yuqing's inquiry. She didn't know that a generous and honest person like Madam Du would hate Aunt Zhao so much that people would die. He also wanted to vent his anger on her corpse.

Ruyi nodded in agreement and served Gu Yuqing new tea.

There was lightning and thunder outside the window, and Gu Yuqing picked up a copy of "Peacock March" lying on the bedside and started reading.

Although this book is called Marching Soldiers, the content in it has nothing to do with marching and fighting. It just talks about some customs and snacks in Yunnan.

The author of this book has a profound writing style and humorous language, and his love for life is revealed between the lines.

Whenever Gu Yuqing is in a bad mood or is upset and unable to calm down, she likes to flip through this book and read the delicious food, beautiful scenery, anecdotes and strange things in it, and her irritable heart will gradually calm down.

Especially on the first page of the book, which contains the Eighteen Eccentrics of Yunnan written in cursive, Gu Yuqing has to think about it every time she reads it.

It was really hard for her to imagine how many mosquitoes there must be in Yunnan, so that three mosquitoes can serve one dish.

Gu Yuqing heard from her father that when her grandfather led troops to fight in Yunnan, the battle lasted for more than half a month, but the enemy was always defeated and we suffered heavy casualties.

Seeing that the morale of the soldiers was getting lower and lower day by day, the worried grandfather suddenly had an idea. He found a local chronicle of Yunnan in the market, wrapped it in a book cover, and wrote "Peacock Marching Strategy" with a big stroke of his pen. , and then asked his close followers to pretend to be Taoist priests and present this book to Grandpa in front of the entire army.

According to Grandpa Grandpa's instructions, the attendant pretending to be an expert blew his beard when presenting the book and said: "This book was written by the Peacock Fairy who lives in the south of Caiyun. The fairy couldn't bear that you have been defeated repeatedly in battles, so she specially ordered the poor general. This divine book is presented to your army, whoever gets this book must be invincible in all battles."

With such agitation, the soldiers suddenly became imposing, and within three days they took down the local positions in one fell swoop.

Since then, "Peacock Marching Strategy" has been circulated among the Gu family's army. Generation after generation of Gu family's generals have used this book to inspire their soldiers.

In Gu Zhen's generation, Gu Yuqing's mother died suddenly. Gu Zhen was helpless. Gu Yuqing's sisters were both girls and could not lead the battle. Gu Zhen told Gu Yuqing the secret of the book and gave it to her. If you have nothing to do, reading it can be regarded as increasing your knowledge.

Gu Yuqing read the book in her hand carefully under the lamp. From time to time she looked up at the rain outside the window, her eyes full of reverie.

Ruyi stood beside Gu Yuqing, cutting candles for her sweet tea from time to time, and the room was quiet and beautiful.

In the study of the Gu Mansion, Ji Xiang sat on the beam and watched coldly as Xiao Duo and Chang Shun rummaged around in the study.

This was already the fifth time that Xiao Duo came to the Gu family's study to search. He searched everywhere he could find it no less than four or five times, but there was no sign of the sacred book "Peacock Marching Strategy".

"Your Highness, there is no way to continue searching like this. I see, I think you should ask the second lady first, just in case the book is not in the study room at all! It is not known that there is a secret room in the Gu family to store such an important thing." Shun lowered his voice and whispered beside Xiao Duo.

Changshun mentioned the secret room, which reminded Xiao Duo.

How could he forget this? A family like the Gu family must have a secret room. How could a sacred book like "Peacock Marching Strategy" be left casually in the study? It must have been hidden in a secret room. Got hit.

When he thought that his work was in vain these few times, Xiao Duo felt a sense of frustration that could not be shaken off. He gritted his teeth with a stern face and said: "Forget it, go back first."

Hearing Xiao Duo's words, Chang Shun breathed a sigh of relief, but he heard the rolling thunder outside his ears, and he picked it up again in a breath of relief just now.

Being struck to death by lightning is no joke!

Changshun dragged his steps worriedly, followed Xiao Duo, climbed out of the window and left the Gu family's study.

Ji Xiang, who had been sitting on the beam, looked at the two people leaving, with a pleasant sneer on his lips, turned over and jumped off the beam, walked quickly and quietly to the window that Xiao Duo had just climbed out of, and opened the only open window. Locked inside.

As soon as Xiao Duo and Chang Shun came out of the study, they were dumbfounded before their feet could stand firmly under the eaves.

The Gu family's study was originally a separate courtyard in the Gu residence. The study was huge, but the courtyard was narrow and narrow. Now I don't know who actually set up a huge iron net on the top of the courtyard. Walls were built on all four sides, covering the entire courtyard.

The entire courtyard became a cage.

They are locked in this cage.

"Your Highness..." Changshun gasped and looked up at the iron net above his head. Under the light of the lightning that pierced the sky from time to time, the clear glow of the iron net made people feel numb.

Xiao Duo's face was greener than the iron net. Now, apart from walking out, they could only turn over and go back to the study.

The wind was raging and the rain was pouring like pillars.

They couldn't stand in this open-air courtyard all night. Not to mention the corridor, there wasn't even a small pavilion for shelter from the wind.

The eaves are ridiculously short, it's no different from nothing, and it doesn't shelter the wind and rain at all.

"Go and see if there is anyone keeping watch outside the door." Xiao Duo ordered Chang Shun in a cold voice as the heavy rain poured down his face.

(End of this chapter)