Chapter 396: The Wall of Wanfu Palace
In the same palace, it became a little different after a while. ~ The wet footprints on the ground gradually dried up and became lighter, and the steaming bath water was gone; the most different thing was Fu Jinzhan, who was originally very excited, now looked very ashamed.
She dressed up and murmured, "How should I face her..." She suddenly turned around: "Do you have a way to appease the second sister?"
"It's not difficult to comfort her." Guo Shao said, "The hardest thing is how to convince himself."
After hearing this, Fu Jinzhan's eyes wandered on Guo Shao's face.
Guo Shao was wearing socks and boots. His hands were fast and steady, and he said without raising his head: "I have a subordinate named Zuo You. Seeing that I treat the people of Shu well, I once flattered me as a saint... Later, I thought about it. We can't be saints. No matter how we do it, a large group of people live a life of getting rich and frugal food without work, and cannot change the nature of plundering and exploiting most people in disguise. But I still restricted the soldiers from burning, killing, and plundering. This is not hypocrisy, nor is it for the sake of fame. I just want to plunder the world. When I want to plunder the world, I will be a little more humane."
Guo Shao pondered: "I want to think about everyone's same, that's just deceiving myself."
"Are you convincing yourself?" Fu Jinzhan said quietly. She glanced at Guo Shao and said, "You go first, and see if there are anyone around you when you go out."
...Guo Shao first followed the road to the palace where the three of them had just sat for a look. No one was there, and then walked out. Finally, he found Fu Ermei in a stone path in a garden. Fu Ermei heard the footsteps and turned her head to see her face with a very reluctant smile: "Husband, have you finished washing?"
Guo Shao accelerated his pace and chased after him. The two walked away in silence for a while.
Fu Ermei finally spoke, "Every time my husband goes to war, I stay in the palace. This is the Imperial Garden. There is a large palace called Wanfu Palace to the west. Do you know what it is for?"
"I don't know." Guo Shao said.
Fu Ermei said, "Taizu, the concubines of the late emperor lived there, and there were some old palace maids. People in the world did not allow them to go out, they were only allowed to stay in Wanfu Palace."
Guo Shao didn't say anything.
Fu Ermei rarely showed such a depressed mood on her bright eyes and white teeth. She usually would not think about the things that made her unhappy. The two of them were talking none at once, and Guo Shao did not say anything meaningful. He just listened patiently and felt the second sister's thoughts seriously.
"Husband said that it is because of my elder sister's trust that the court can be stable... In fact, on the Lantern Festival that day, it was the same result for me not seeing you. You have already made arrangements. Dad wants to let the Fu family marry the Imperial Army General, and my sister arranged everything with one hand." Fu Ermei turned her head and said, "Where the lights are dim... I suddenly remembered what my husband said. You said that in order to have the opportunity to stand in front of me, you have already walked thousands of miles."
Guo Shao said: "If there were no high walls in Wanfu Palace, would the second sister regret that meeting?"
Fu Ermei was stunned for a moment, thinking about Guo Shao's words for a while, and shook her head with a smile: "No, even if it's just a flower in the mirror, even if it's just a shadow show, let me walk again, and I'll go the same path. I may be eager to look forward to the arrival of Lantern Festival that year. Do you know how I got through the past twenty years?"
Guo Shao said honestly: "It should be better than most people in the world."
Fu Ermei said pitifully: "No, because I didn't know my husband was in this world at that time, so I didn't feel tormented or bored."
"Second sister... There was someone behind the curtain in the bathroom just now." Guo Shao said in a deep voice.
Fu Ermei hurriedly said, "I know, she is a palace maid. My husband is right. It's too unethical for you to do that in the palace..."
"It's the Empress Dowager." Guo Shao said.
Fu Ermei covered Guo Shao's mouth with one hand and his ear with the other. Unfortunately, it was too late. Guo Shao said only three words and immediately vomited it out.
Her body softened, she sighed quietly, and stood there without saying a word. Guo Shao said again: "Before the Lantern Festival that year, your sister was the queen; before discussing marriage with the Fu family, I was the commander of the imperial guards. The second sister thought, how should the commander of the one guards meet the queen at that time?"
After hearing this, Fu Ermei pondered and said, "The Queen... I'm afraid she can't go to court. How did you meet the eldest sister?"
Guo Shao said: "Don't talk about the queen, even if your sister is the queen mother now, can you see her in one wing? Even if you can see her during the dynasty, it is still in the curtain, and you can't even see what she looks like."
"That's true..." Fu Ermei lowered her head and thought.
Guo Shao said again: "When the late emperor was in power, let alone having any personal affair, I don't want to die, the queen is still dead." He continued, "The queen has been in the palace and is not seen by ordinary people at all. The only time I saw her was when the battle of Gaoping returned to the court. She went to Chenqiaoyi to welcome the army. At that time, the people who went to meet the saint stood far away and didn't even dare to raise their heads. I was still a ten general at that time, waiting to go up to the top to ask for merit and promotion."
Fu Ermei suddenly said, "Before my husband married me, I didn't have any other sister..."
"How is it possible? I'm not making a fuss with my head on it. There are so many people in the Fu family and so big business. What's your sister's mind? The second sister knows the best." Guo Shao said, "I don't even know what she looks like."
Fu Ermei walked a few steps and said, "My husband has been a guard in the Fu family..."
Guo Shao said: "I was only thirteen or fourteen years old at that time. I didn't seem to have seen the wife of the Fu family. Maybe I have seen her. Anyway, I really can't remember what she looked like at that time. Moreover, the identity difference is so big that I can't even say a word, so I can't have any contact. The second sister thinks I am a person who can remember her for ten years when I see her beautiful family?"
Guo Shao gently placed his hand on the back of Fu Ermei's hand. She didn't move. He gently held her gentle and slender Rouyi and whispered, "The high wall of Wanfu Palace is not only about the palace maids, nor is it only about the second sister... Isn't your sister also within the high wall?"
Fu Ermei said nothing.
Guo Shao turned his head and whispered in her ear: "Don't you think the eldest sister is very similar to the concubines in Wanfu Palace? The difference is that her wall is wider and extends to the entire imperial city; but can she go out? You have seen the queen mother who can remarry... The eldest sister is only twenty-six years old this year, and she will have to be here alone in her life in the future."
Fu Ermei suddenly looked sympathetic: "I didn't even think about my elder sister... After you said this, you suddenly felt that she was so pitiful."
Guo Shao took the opportunity to say softly: "She is not only the eldest sister of the second sister, but just like my sister. She is a queen for the stability of the Fu family. Last year, Tokyo was in turmoil, and without her, at least I would die without a place to die. Most people can remarry when they are widows, but she can't, and can only be spent here. Should we let her sacrifice herself for the overall situation unconditionally for the overall situation? "
Fu Ermei's face gradually regained her vitality. Although she looked sad, she was not as soft and melancholy as before.
Guo Shao said calmly: "No matter what happens, the Queen Mother will not take away anything from you. Second sister thinks, you are a member of the Fu family who is legitimately married to the Guo family. From the perspective of marriage layout, your sisters have the same role, but the King of Fu Jiawei will not be willing to accept the trouble and make the world laugh at me for nothing."
Fu Ermei whispered: "Are you sacrificing your beauty to serve in bed?"
"What kind of color do I have..." Guo Shao said in surprise.
She covered her mouth and smiled, and stood on tiptoe and whispered: "You must be willing to be so similar to me, sister," she said.
Guo Shao kept his head down and nodded to admit it.
Fu Ermei is a person who cannot hide her worries. Even if she doesn't say it out, she can easily show it. Looking at her jokes playfully, Guo Shao knew that he had passed the test... He found that he was indeed very capable in some aspects, and he had a way to appease Fu Ermei anyway. What he was confused before was how to understand his thoughts and accept his behavior.
Guo Shao didn't say much at the beginning, just to feel the thought of capturing Fu Ermei in detail. People have experience and inertial thinking. She actually doesn't care about her husband's three wives and four concubines; but she cares about Guo Shao treating her as someone else's shadow and puppet.
So Guo Shao directly grasped the key point...it was not a deception. He didn't treat the second sister as a substitute, but he had a different position in his heart. However, if he wanted to explain his true thoughts, it would be very troublesome, difficult to explain clearly, and the credibility was also very low.
And his method just now is much easier and easier, but the result is the same anyway.
At this time, the day was already at the center and it was almost time to have a meal. So Fu Ermei took Guo Shao to the palace for dinner.
... Fu Jinzhan sat silently above the table, but when Fu Ermei looked shy with a fluttering red face, Jinzhan felt muttering in her heart. She couldn't help but look at Guo Shao, but saw that he looked very calm as usual.
"Big sister." Fu Ermei sat gently next to Jinzhan and gently grabbed her hand under the table.
Fu Jinzhan's face was hot, ashamed and ashamed, and she was a little confused about the scene she saw in front of her. She even suspected that she had just had a dream before. She nervously rubbed her knees together, bit Zhu Hong's lower lip, and said awkwardly: "I thought you were not here to have a meal."
Fu Ermei said, "From the future, I often come to the palace to accompany my elder sister."
"Yeah." Fu Jinzhan answered and gently stroked her palms. After a while, the palace maids came up with various delicacies and knelt on the table.
"Sister isn't happy to see me?" Fu Ermei said softly.
Jinzhan sat dignifiedly in front of the palace servant and said, "Stop making trouble, sit back to your seat."
Fu Ermei pestered Jinzhan unyieldingly. Seeing the palace maids retreating, she put her mouth to Jinzhan's ear and whispered: "I am willing to share my things with my elder sister, I won't be stingy."
Jinzhan pursed her lips when she heard this, thinking about what she had said before.
Fu Jinzhan looked at Guo Shao who was silent again, turned his head to Fu Ermei's ear, with a helpless look on his face, and kissed him with a red lips: "Second sister, don't tell me, let alone let the people of the Fu family know."
Chapter completed!