Chapter 71.3 – Infected with Gu (3)
Infected with Gu (3)
“How about have the osmanthus flower trees chopped down?” Meng Gu suggested.
“Those osmanthus flower trees have all been planted for several years now. If we really were to chop them down,
this grieving one would feel reluctant as well.” Grand Empress Dowager said.
Grand Empress Dowager liking osmanthus flowers was well known in the few countries. Even people in other
countries all know she likes osmanthus flowers. That’s why, in the last few decades, everyone all liked planting
osmanthus flowers. This osmanthus flower can nearly be considered the national flower.
That’s why right now, wanting to find a place without osmanthus flower was very difficult. Furthermore, Grand
Empress Dowager’s identity was special and was going for her illness, thus they definitely can’t make any noise.
Additionally, they can’t just randomly find a place either.
“Girl, I heard Jiang Zhuo say you have an estate outside the city, and that place is planted full of fruit trees. That
place of yours doesn’t have osmanthus flowers, right?”
“En, doesn’t have.” Du Xiao Li replied.
“Second sister, I heard Jiang Zhuo come back and praise this girl’s estate endlessly. How about you go stay there for
a few days? It just so happens I’m also rather interested in that place, so I’ll go together with you.” Meng Old
Madam said.
“En, since you’re strongly recommending like this, then we sisters will go stay at the estate for a few days.”
“Then let’s go tomorrow.” Meng Old Madam turned and looked to Du Xiao Li, asking: “It’s not a problem, right?”
Du Xiao Li looked at how both Meng Old Madam and Grand Empress Dowager were looking at her and inwardly
muttered to herself. Since you both already decided, what else can she say? She could only nod her head and say,
“For Grand Empress Dowager to be able to come to this subject’s estate is this subject’s honor.”
“Anyways, tonight’s banquet is about to start, right? Xiao Li and I will head over first.” Meng Old Madam got up
and said.
“Alright, you all go then. This grieving one will rest a bit and then go.” Grand Empress Dowager waved her hand
and said.
“This subject bids farewell.”
“This younger sister bids farewell.”
After the two finished bowing, a servant girl lead them out.
“Master, are we really going to Du Xiao Li’s estate to stay?” After Du Xiao Li left, Meng Gu raised the question.
“Go, since third sister trusts her and likes her that much, then that child must be quite exceptional. I heard she even
made Meng Wei Reng take that girl as an adopted daughter! Although she grew up in the wilderness, perhaps
precisely because of this experience, her eyes lack that arrogance and willfulness that those official family young
ladies have, and have more a steadiness to her.” Grand Empress Dowager said, then recalled the two that were still
in the courtyard. Her two eyes narrowed, “Those two, although their lives are spared, we still need to teach them a
lesson.”
“Yes, this servant understands.” Meng Gu replied, “Master, I’ll attend to your hair and clothes first. The banquet is
about to start soon……”
Du Xiao Li followed Meng Old Madam out of the forbidden palace. Along the way, they didn’t see anyone. The vast
palace hall really just had Grand Empress Dowager, Meng Gu, and two other maids, making the place appear
incomparably cold.
“Grandma Meng, this palace doesn’t even have any guards. What if bad guys intrude?” Du Xiao Li asked.
“If there are really that kind of evildoers, then they’re just looking for death.” Meng Old Madam’s spirit right now
was quite good. This was all thanks to Du Xiao Li’s care towards her.
“Ah?”
Seeing Du Xiao Li react like this, Meng Old Madam chuckled, “Although the entire palace only has three maids,
each and every one of them are all highly skilled martial artists, especially Meng Gu. When she was young, she was
already an expert martial artist in wulin, and now don’t know to what level her martial arts have improved.”
Du Xiao Li also felt that Meng Gu’s martial arts were profound and mysterious. With her around, even if she can’t
capture the evildoers, she can still hold off until the imperial guards arrive.
Exiting the forbidden palace, Du Xiao Li saw the two personal servant girls that normally served Meng Old Madam.
Turns out, aside from Meng Old Madam, no one else is allowed to enter. Thinking back to how she managed to
keep her little life intact today, she can’t help but rejoice. Thank goodness Meng Old Madam was there today.
While Du Xiao Li and Meng Old Madam were slowly heading towards the banquet area, Du Old Madam and Chen
Old Madam, as well as the two family’s womenfolk, were pacing back and forth in the resting palace hall, deeply
worried.
“Old madam, madam.” A servant girl entered from outside, anxiously shouting.
“How was it? Did you find them?” Zhong Mei Qing hurried walked up and asked.
“No, can’t find second miss and Miss Chen anywhere.” Lu’er ran in to the palace hall, gasping for breath, “Madam,
what to do? The banquet is about to start. The others have already gone to the palace where the banquet is being
held. If we still can’t find miss, what will we do!”
“When Ke Xin and Chen Yue were leaving, did they say where they were going?” Zhong Mei Qing glared at Lu’er
and asked.
“M-miss, they…..” Lu’er was frightened by Zhong Mei Qing’s appearance and subconsciously retreated backwards,
unable to speak.
“Quickly talk, your miss went out, yet you all didn’t go together with them. Now you come and say you can’t find
miss, do you all want to get sold to those lowly places? Quickly say where your miss went?” Zhong Mei Qing
roared.
The Chen family was also questioning Chen Yue’s servant girl. The two servant girl knelt down at once in fear,
“Madam have mercy, it was miss that didn’t let this servant follow.”
“Where did they go?” Zhong Mei Qing asked with a cold look.
“M-miss, they went to the osmanthus flower forest in the forbidden palace.” Chen Yue’s servant girl couldn’t bear
the pressure in the room and instantly confessed.
“Forbidden palace? Why did they go to the forbidden palace? Don’t they know that the people who trespass the
forbidden palace all will get beheaded?!”
“M-miss said she wanted to go to the osmanthus flower forest to pick osmanthus flowers, tha-that’s why she went.
Even told us to not follow her.” Lu’er tremblingly said.
“Madam Du, what should we do?!” As soon as Madam Chen heard Chen Yue followed Du Ke Xin to the forbidden
palace, she almost fainted.
“We can only go to look for the Empress Dowager now.” Zhong Mei Qing said, “I’ll go find her and let her plead to
the Emperor to spare those two girls’ lives!”
“Asking Madam Du to save our family’s Chen Yue.” Madam Chen nearly knelt down before Zhong Mei Qing.
“Madam Chen don’t worry, I’ll definitely do my best.” Zhong Mei Qing said and then said to Du Old Madam,
“Mother, you all head to the front for the banquet, this daughter-in-law will go look for the Empress Dowager right
away.”
“I’m coming with you.” Madam Chen said.
Zhong Mei Qing nodded. The two thus hastily rushed towards the Empress Dowager’s palace with the servant girls.
Soon after, Du Old Madam and Chen Old Madam also left the place, heading to the place where the banquet was
held.
