C154 release Wen'ser

Gu Qingli looked down at them and asked coldly, "How are you doing here?"

"Gu Vice Concubine, I … "I know I was wrong, I beg you to be magnanimous …" Wen'er threw down her shovel and, ignoring the mud and dirt on the dike, knelt down in front of her and wept bitterly.

Although their birth wasn't that noble, they still lived luxurious lives. Every day, they would learn how to play the zither, paint, and draw, how to please men, and how to make themselves more beautiful and attractive … Where did he experience such bitterness?

Gu Qingli smiled. "What, are you feeling wronged? In fact, building a dike here was pretty good. It was good for future generations. There was also food and shelter. The most important thing was to clean it … Don't think that this place is dirty when you're kneeling in the mud. Compared to your brocade pavilion, this place is much cleaner and cleaner.

Some of the victims nearby heard this and laughed out loud. Recently, they had become very familiar with this concubine Gu who was responsible for building water conservancy. In addition to being respectful and grateful, they also felt admiration for her.

"Do your job well. Seeing that you have not committed any major crimes, I will grant you your freedom once the Crossing Cloud River embankment is completed." Gu Qing Li smirked. It was just some heavy work, how could they not die?

With a pale face, Wen Er suddenly chased after her.

"Gu …" Consort Gu, there's something … I want to tell you. "

Gu Qing Li turned around and looked at her.

Wen'er bit her lower lip and looked up: "We have all been sent here, why is Ling Xinning excluded?"

Gu Qingli's gaze swept across her body, her gaze cold. "What do you want to know?"

"I know that it's not because the Prince views her in a new light, but because her identity is different from us. "That's right, she's not from the brocade pavilion, and President You told us that she was the young miss of the Zhang Family, the Minister of the Civil Service, but we've been with her for a while, and always felt that she was very mysterious. She doesn't seem like a simple rich young lady."

"Oh?" Gu Qing Li raised her eyebrows. Wen'er was quite meticulous, but this clue was worthless. Even Wen'er had her suspicions.

Wen'er's voice suddenly became softer: "She often meets Boss Deng's beloved concubine in private and seems to be very close friends. But that Fang Yanzhu was previously an entertainer of the theater team, so why would a scholar interact with a playwright? And her accent doesn't have the accent of Beijing, so I always feel... "I'm not sure about her background."

Gu Qingli lightly knitted her brows and nodded.

"President You once told me after drinking a little, that Ling Xinning is actually Minister Ling's illegitimate daughter outside … So she was not raised in the Shang Shu Manor. "

"But she does seem to have a good upbringing. She doesn't look like a small family."

"Fang Yanzhu didn't look like her either. She looked like a lady from a noble family with no aura of the world, and she was extremely skilled in both beauty and calligraphy. Otherwise, Boss Deng would not have doted on her so much."

"Hmm?" Gu Qingli began to think. If there was a place where they could train these flower-like girls, teach them martial arts, and talent so that they would look elegant and outstanding, what was their goal?

Wen'er broke her train of thought. "Actually, there are many strange things about Fang Yanzhu, such as her inexplicable illness."

"You know quite a lot."

"The brocade pavilion is filled with both fish and dragons. The Scarlet Mountain Range is so big. Regardless of whether they are wealthy merchants or officials, that is where they often go. President You even love to set the gathering place for Shang Jia there. Sometimes, we can sing and drink together and hear everything. "

Gu Qingli didn't say anything. There was something she had never mentioned before, that Fang Yaju wasn't actually suffering from a strange illness, but from poison.

On one hand, she didn't want to care too much about other people's family matters, and on the other hand, she had seen Deng Shengchuan's concubine in the days she had been in and out of the city. Deng Shengchuan's wife was a submissive woman, and his concubine was a concubine who had served him as his mistress.

Deng Shengchuan was not a woman, yet he had taken in a concubine by himself. However, Fang Yanzhu was indeed very attractive. During her illness, Gu Qing Li had seen her beauty before, and her haggard appearance was mysterious and elegant. If Wen'er hadn't told her, she wouldn't have thought that Fang Yaju was from a small family, at least, she wouldn't have thought that she was from a smart family.

"Madam Gu, you have to be careful of Ling Xinning."

Gu Qing Li came back to his senses. He looked at Wen Er's fawning expression and nodded indifferently. After thinking for a while, he said, "Alright, from tomorrow onwards, you can return to the brocade pavilion. I don't want anyone to know about what happened today."

"Yes, yes." Wen'er nodded her head with a joyful look on her face.

Gu Qingli thought for a moment. "Wait, let them go with you." Otherwise, she would have to release Wen'er alone, which would arouse suspicion. In any case, there were quite a few of them on the dike, and even three bundles wouldn't be enough to hold a single labourer.

"If you need anything in the future, just tell me."

"Yes."

"This side of the consort will go find you. Don't let Zhu Wei An suspect you."

Wen'er immediately nodded.

Gu Qingli took a deep breath and walked down the embankment. She saw that Cheng Lu had been splashed with mud at some point and was in an extremely sorry state, but he was still commanding the overseer.

"Cheng Lang, this outfit really is elegant and eye-catching."

Cheng Wang was originally considered to be an elegant and refined young master, but now, he was more or less like a disaster victim. He was even teased by her, so he pouted and wiped his face: "Just now, when I went down to see the results of the dam's construction, I was like this when I fell in the water. Luckily it was picked up early, otherwise it would have died. "

His hands were also covered in mud. Even his face had suffered greatly, and was mottled. Gu Qingli laughed loudly. "Can't you swim?"

"I really don't know how to." "My hometown is in Longzhou, where the water sources are scarce. There are often droughts there, so how can there be many rivers that can learn to swim?"

"Oh, Longzhou seems to be in a drought." In the same country, there were two areas. One area was dry and had no harvests, while the other area was flooded. Born in this era, natural disasters were truly insurmountable. Gu Qingli sighed.

"That's right, that's right. I heard that the king sent Prince Chen to save the king. He probably went there soon after we left …"

Gu Qing's brows furrowed. She actually didn't know.

"I only learned about it yesterday. It was news from the capital. The king did not intend to tell me about it …" Cheng Wang suddenly remembered that Mo Wang and she were still in the middle of the cold war, and subconsciously covered his mouth.

Gu Qingli smiled. "You don't need to be so nervous."

"Imperial Consort Gu and Prince … Actually, we should still have a good chat and not let others have the opportunity to take advantage of it. "

Gu Qingli looked at him. He really was a good man, with a face like a gentleman's. He never suspected that others were up to no good. She found this simple and honest personality very pleasing. Apart from being too young and inexperienced, she found everything else to be quite good, and it didn't have the bearing of a rich young master.