Gu Qingli took in a deep breath, unwilling to believe that the smiling youngster with the heart of a child would one day fall into this sinister and unrelenting struggle for power.
"Right now, This King cannot easily trust anyone, including Ah Yan."
"Does that include Li Yue?"
When Xiao Yi Xiu heard her tone, he couldn't help but frown. "Is the wangfei really unable to tolerate her?"
"Your highness likes her, what can I not accept? Can I stop you? There was Xin Wei and his concubine, and Lady Jia behind them. When was I not magnanimous enough? "Rest assured, your highness wants to take her as his mistress, and even if you want her to be your secondary wife, I'll give her up to you …"
"She's lost her memory, so let's wait for her to recover her identity." He could clearly hear the sour tone in her voice, and he also felt a bit stifled in his heart. But This King has never thought of giving up on you.
"Thanks, I really don't dare." Gu Qingli suddenly came back to her senses and discovered that the two of them were sitting in an ambiguous position. She pushed him away from her. "Prince, quickly go find Lady Li Yue. She's going to get angry."
Xiao Yixiu seemed as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he could only sigh softly. Gu Qingli's back was facing him, and she heard him say from behind, "You handled things well today, but you should stay a bit further away from Xiao Yibei the next time you see him. He …" You clearly have the heart to be disloyal. "
Gu Qingli ignored him. When she heard the door open, she followed him into the distance. Then she suddenly relaxed and threw herself onto the bed. She hit the bed with all her strength, venting out the depression in her heart.
"Jin Shu, come wash my hair." Li Yue lazily leaned against the edge of the bath barrel and slightly tilted her face. Her hair fell to the side like the feathers of a crow, smooth and black as brocade.
Jinshu gritted her teeth and bent over to help her wash. In recent days, although she knew that she couldn't squat down and couldn't even walk properly, she had been increasingly urging her to do this and that.
Jin Zhui's forehead was covered in sweat. His waist was bent to the point that it was extremely sore, and his legs were about to go numb.
"Tired of standing? Wouldn't it be fine to just squat or kneel? " Li Yue slightly lifted her eyelids, sneered at her, and lazily closed her eyes again.
In fact, with her status, she would only serve Xiao Yi Xiu. The rest of the junk was done by Rui Zhu and the maidservants like Xing'er, but what could she do if Li Yue mentioned her name? She knew she was trying to mess with him, but she didn't know why she did it.
Jin Shu didn't say anything. She coldly looked at the red muslin covering her face. Caught off guard, a ladle of water splashed down from Li Yue's forehead, soaking the red muslin.
"You … Are you doing this on purpose? " Li Yue was filled with both shock and anger. Just as she was about to tear off the red muslin, she sternly rebuked, "Scram!"
"This servant is clumsy and clumsy. Lady Li Yue, don't blame me. Why don't I change people to serve …"
"No need, scram!"
Jin Zhui sneered slightly and retreated without batting an eyelid, glancing at Gu Qingli who was standing by the window.
The two of them looked through the gap in the window at the same time. Li Yue pulled off the red veil angrily and threw it far away. She reached out her hand to wipe the droplets of water on her face and then dabbed at it with the cloth.
When Gu Qingli saw her face clearly, she was as stunned as if she had been shocked by lightning. No matter what, she would never have thought that this fake Li Yue would actually be the Third Miss of the Prime Minister's Estate, Gu Qingxiao!
Her original body's memories were always blurry, and fragments of memories could pop out from it from time to time. Although she had never carefully searched for Gu Qingxiao's figure, she was still able to quickly piece together that face as long as she saw it.
When she thought of the intimate and smiling "Second Brother-in-law" on the night of Xiao Yi Mo's wedding, a blush crept onto her face … It turned out that Gu Qingxiao had been interested in Xiao Yixiu ever since.
But now, even if he knew that the one pretending to be him was Gu Qingxiao, it wouldn't help him at all. Because no matter what the face under the veil looked like, it could not prove that she was fake.
Gu Qingli stared at his face for a while again. Her washed face looked like it had faded away. Gu Qingxiao had a pair of faint eyebrows that were different from Gu Qingli's distant eyebrows. No wonder she usually used makeup.
However, the eyes beneath the eyebrows were long and elegant, full of sentiments. They were very similar to Gu Qing Li's, and it was hard to tell them apart just by looking at the distance.
She silently walked to a secluded place. Only then did Jin Zhuyi anxiously ask, "Does the wangfei know her?"
Gu Qingli lightly shook her head, but then nodded again. "She's my third sister, Gu Qingxiao."
Seeing Jin Shu cover her mouth in shock, she sighed again. "So what if I know? Gu Qingxiao could also be Li Yue. This doesn't prove anything."
"Then... What should I do, Princess? "
"I have my ways. Go back and be careful that she doesn't deal with you again."
"This servant isn't afraid of her."
Gu Qing Li looked at Jin Shu in surprise, only to see her smiling slightly, her eyes flashing with light. She and Yu Ying had served Xiao Yi Xiu ever since they were young, and they could even be brought from the palace to the manor by him. Of course, this was not something an ordinary servant girl could compare to.
Within the herb garden, a few stalks of medicine were lying on the ground, completely empty.
Gu Qingli looked at the pit that had been filled with earth and sneered. This kind of thing actually happened in the Prince's Mansion. It seemed like there was another unreliable person in the mansion.
"Yuli, prepare yourself to accompany this wangfei on a stroll."
"Hmm?" Yurei's eyes widened as she thought she had misheard. Ever since she had entered the palace, she had never been allowed to leave except with the prince, right? Even to the point of being sickly and shut up all day long, and having heard that he had once suffered from tuberculosis of the lung, he did not take any medicine nor did he look ill anymore. However, walking out of the manor …
"What is it? "You don't want to?"
"No no, this servant is just …" Does Your Highness know? "
"Does Your Highness know that you need to worry about this matter?"
Gu Qingli's voice was a little higher, and Yuli immediately kneeled down and kowtowed. "Your servant understands, your servant knows her wrongs."
Gu Qingli flicked her sleeves and walked out first, ignoring her. Yuli scrambled to his feet and hurried after her.
There were no carriages at the entrance. Gu Qingli only said that she would walk around casually, but none of the guards stopped her. They respectfully watched her leave.
Gu Qingli had also gone for a fun stroll along the main road. She seemed to have no interest in walking alone and just bought along the way. Yu Li had more and more bags in her hands, and she even carried the rouge, powder, and clothing on her back in a sorry state.
In the end, she helplessly watched as Gu Qingli entered a clothing store.
At the turn of the spring and summer, the noonday sun made Yu Li's eyes go blurry and her legs went limp. She almost walked in with tears in her eyes.
This clothing store also sold fabric and accepted the orders. It was said that the embroidery lady was not only first-rate in beauty, but also had extremely nimble hands and feet. He also didn't know what Gu Qingli had ordered, only seeing her enter the inner hall and vaguely hearing her talking to the embroidery lady inside.
He followed Gu Qing Li out and started shopping again. After buying another pile of various items, Yupi could no longer walk and looked like she was about to collapse.