The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

Chapter 340 Slap in the Face (Fifth Watch)

In mid-June, there was a torrential rain in the capital, which lasted for five days. Many farmland houses were flooded. The Ministry of Industry was busy dredging the sewers in the capital. Even the residence of the Empress Dowager Zhuang was temporarily suspended. Master Gu was called back Resigned in danger.

The household department is busy helping the people resume farming.

Some Hanlin officials with knowledge of agriculture were also transferred to the countryside, and Xiao Liulang was among the recruits.

The day before departure, he went to Renshou Palace to say goodbye to Empress Dowager Zhuang.

The Empress Dowager Zhuang in the study was reading the booklet, while humming: "It's not that far away, it's just a one-day drive, and it's worth coming to say goodbye!"

As soon as the words were finished, Eunuch Qin came in with a bag: "Xiao Xiuzhuan, the things for you have been collected, all of which were selected by the Empress Dowager herself, and the servant is planning to send them to Bishui Hutong, and it so happened that you came by yourself! "

Xiao Liulang looked at the two big bags full of things, and then at his aunt.

Oh, why don't you say goodbye?

Empress Dowager Zhuang gave Eunuch Qin a deadly look!

Eunuch Qin rubbed his nose resentfully: "Oh, I just remembered how many accounts I haven't read! I'm going first!"

After all, he fled in a hurry!

"When are you leaving?" asked the Empress Dowager Zhuang.

"Tomorrow morning." Xiao Liulang said.

The Empress Dowager Zhuang asked, "Who else is there besides you?"

Xiao Liulang said: "Wang Xiu wrote it, Li Xiu wrote it, and Yang Shi read it."

Empress Dowager Zhuang said lightly, "Come here."

Eunuch Qin stepped inside: "Queen Mother, what are your orders?"

Empress Dowager Zhuang said: "Ai's family has a few volumes of scriptures to be transcribed. You go to the Imperial Academy and let Shi Yang read these scriptures and copy them."

"No need for aunt." Xiao Liulang said, "How can you kill a chicken with a sledgehammer? I can handle it."

The Empress Dowager Zhuang thought about it, and she really couldn't be overprotective. Using this kind of small fish and shrimp to practice for this kid can be regarded as the other party's fortune.

"Is dinner ready?" Queen Mother Zhuang asked Eunuch Qin.

Eunuch Qin hurriedly laughed and said, "I'm just waiting for the Queen Mother to pass on the meal!"

Xiao Liulang accompanied Empress Dowager Zhuang for dinner at Renshou Palace, and then planned to leave.

Empress Dowager Zhuang said flatly: "The Ai family has been sitting all day, and I just happened to go out for a walk."

Eunuch Qin thought, just say that you want to send Mrs. Xiao off!

The corners of Xiao Liulang's lips curled slightly: "Okay.

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The grandfather and grandson left the Renshou Palace.

A heavy rain not only flooded half of the capital city, but also flooded many areas of the imperial palace. Fortunately, Renshou Palace is the most powerful one. The gates are free to travel.

Also unimpeded is the Huaqing Palace.

Today, the sunset was beautiful and the weather was cool. Concubine Jing was sitting on a sedan chair supported by a canopy. She was wearing a nun's clothes and a nun's hat, which was out of place with this gorgeous sedan chair.

Concubine Jing had been recuperating in Huaqing Palace since she was injured. After several days of heavy rain, the imperial doctor said that she could not stay in the palace all the time, she should go out to get some air.

So the emperor asked someone to carry her out in a sedan chair.

The Empress Dowager Zhuang didn't sit on her own phoenix in order to walk with Xiao Liulang.

People from both sides met unexpectedly, but Concubine Jing was superior.

"Big--"

Eunuch Qin wanted to reprimand why he didn't get out of the sedan chair when he saw the Queen Mother?

Xiao Liulang opened his mouth before him. He made a salute to meet the monks and said, "Master Jing'an."

The expressions of the palace servants beside Concubine Jing changed abruptly.

What Mrs. Jing'an? This is Concubine Jing!

Even His Majesty calls her Concubine Mother!

Concubine Jing's expression remained unchanged.

Xiao Liulang introduced: "Concubine Jing has been away from the palace for too long and has become a monk. She must have forgotten the past in the world of mortals. This is the empress dowager."

Speaking of this, no one can help but salute the Empress Dowager Zhuang.

"Get off the sedan chair." Dowager Jing raised her hand and looked at Empress Dowager Zhuang.

Empress Dowager Zhuang also looked at her.

The eyes of the two were extremely calm, and no one could guess what they were thinking.

Cai Nanny stretched out her hand and helped Concubine Jing.

Concubine Jing was still in pain, the main injury was not local, it was embarrassing and healed slowly.

Concubine Jing supported Nanny Cai's hand, and slowly came to Empress Dowager Zhuang, and performed a Buddha ceremony: "Poor nun..."

Before she could finish speaking, the Empress Dowager Zhuang left without looking back.

Concubine Jing's body froze as she saluted, and all the palace people saw her embarrassment and embarrassment for a moment.

Empress Dowager Zhuang's aura is undoubtedly powerful and shocking, she doesn't have to deliberately despise anyone, she is born with the aura of being the best in the world.

"Taifei Empress..." The little palace maid stepped forward to support her.

Concubine Jing's eyelashes trembled: "I'm fine."

Empress Dowager Zhuang accompanied Xiao Liulang all the way to the Imperial Garden, Xiao Liulang stopped and said to her, "Auntie, please go back, it's getting late."

"En." The Empress Dowager Zhuang responded lightly, looking into his eyes and exhorting, "Be careful in everything."

"I understand." Xiao Liulang nodded, looked in the direction of Huaqing Palace, and said, "Jiaojiao, please take care of my aunt."

The Empress Dowager Zhuang rolled her eyes: "The Ai family will take care of Jiaojiao, the Ai family will take care of themselves, do you need to tell me?"

Xiao Liulang smiled lightly: "Then I'll go first."

"Hmm." The Empress Dowager Zhuang watched Xiao Liulang disappear at the end of the path before turning around and planning to go back to Renshou Palace. She found that Eunuch Qin was in a trance, glared at him and said, "Why are you in a daze! Let's go!"

Eunuch Qin said with emotion: "Xiao Xiuzhuan's smile...it's so pretty..."

Empress Dowager Zhuang thought, of course she looks good, how can the little duke who is the best in Zhaodu at the age of thirteen not have any good looks?

It's just that the kid doesn't like to laugh.

It doesn't seem right to say that. He used to love to laugh. When he was a child, he giggled so much that the entire imperial garden was filled with his voice.

It was the fire at the Imperial College that burned his smile away.

Was the fire really an accident?

If Xiao Heng survived, then who was the scorched corpse of the person who died in the fire? -

When Xiao Liulang woke up the next day, Gu Jiao had already packed his luggage. This was not the first time he had traveled far away. He used to rush for an exam, but now he was on a business trip.

"The mosquito coil is in this bag, the mosquito medicine, diarrhea medicine and motion sickness medicine are in this sachet, and there are some fruits and dry food on the way."

Gu Jiao knew that he didn't have much money, and what he earned was either paying rent or making money for her.

Gu Jiao put one hundred taels of silver bills inside, and a bag of broken silver and copper plates.

Xiao Liulang took over the burden: "I can return in half a month at the earliest, and it will not be later than next month at the latest."

"Take care." Gu Jiao sent him to the carriage.

Liu Quan first sent him to the Hanlin Academy, and all the Hanlin officials went to the countryside in a carriage.

Xiao Jingkong went to school and missed the farewell.

After Xiao Liulang left, Gu Jiao went to the medical clinic and stayed all morning, then changed into men's clothes and put on a mask and went to Tai'an martial arts gym.

I've been very busy these days, so I haven't been here for a long time.

She has to recover her strength as soon as possible, she doesn't want to run away like a chirp the next time she sees that dead man!

She's going to put him in a sack!

She didn't meet any difficult opponents today, Gu Jiao played a few rounds and came out without interest.

She rubbed her wrists and walked back.

Because some streets in the city were still flooded, she didn't take the same road as before, but took a big circle. On the way back, she ran into the beggar who was setting the chess board last time on the side of the road.

The beggar still covered his face with the book, as if he was asleep.

In front of him was a chess game that was different from last time.

Gu Jiao glanced at it curiously, this time the chess game is obviously a bit difficult, she didn't solve it as quickly as last time.

She began to deduce in her mind that there are more than ten moves in this game of chess, and each move will generate dozens of boards. It is impossible for ordinary people to perform such a huge amount of deduction in their minds.

About half an hour later, Gu Jiao opened her eyes, picked up a chess piece and landed it on the board.

Just when she was about to leave, a skinny old hand suddenly grabbed her wrist.

It was the old beggar.

Just now she was concentrating on deducing the chess game, but she didn't realize that the opponent had woken up.

The old beggar grabbed her wrist and said, "Eh? You want to leave after playing my chess game? Didn't you see what was written on this sign?"

It was a broken wooden sign that Gu Jiao had seen before, and it said a round of twelve.

"Oh." Gu Jiao held out her hand.

The old beggar looked at his empty hand and was taken aback: "What are you doing?"

"Don't you want to give me silver?" Gu Jiao pointed to the wooden sign, "Ten taels."

The old beggar gasped: "You gave me ten taels!"

No, listen to the voice... This little doll is a woman?

Oh, so it's not about asking someone to solve the chess game.

Gu Jiao misunderstood, she thought for a while, and said strangely: "But is this kind of broken chess game worth ten taels?"

The old beggar almost choked to death. He pointed to the chess game on the ground: "You, you, you, what are you talking about? Breaking the chess game? You call this... breaking the chess game?"

Gu Jiao said innocently: "Ten taels of silver is the living expenses of a family of ten in the countryside for two years. If you charge so much, at least it must be difficult?"