GBP Chapter 41 Getting up in the middle of the night to wash pants
Chapter 41 Getting up in the middle of the night to wash pants
When Xiao Fu pushed open the door carrying two bowls of dark, murky herbal soup, he brought them this new news.
Upon hearing her words, Wei Dongning's first reaction was suspicion.
Gu Peiyan is the same.
After their marriage, they wanted to send a letter to the Imperial Concubine's palace to express their gratitude, but she refused, saying she preferred peace and quiet.
Why are they suddenly sending someone to summon her for an audience tomorrow?
Wei Dongning looked at Gu Peiyan with a puzzled expression for a moment, then, as if she had thought of something, she suddenly slapped Gu Peiyan's thigh: "My God, I have a pretty explosive idea."
"Ok?"
"Think about it." Wei Dongning used her hand as a pen and Gu Peiyan's thigh as paper, scribbling on it: "Naonao just told me about being betrothed, and then the Imperial Concubine summoned me to the palace tomorrow. Do you think she wants me to help her decide which family's daughter is more suitable, so she can discuss it with the Emperor?"
The touch of fingers on the fabric sent shivers down my spine.
Gu Peiyan involuntarily tensed her leg muscles.
However, a certain brilliant person thought his guess was correct, and when he got excited, he even poked at it twice.
Gu Peiyan grabbed her mischievous hand, her voice slightly hoarse: "Just tell me directly, stop poking around."
"Did I poke you too hard? I'm sorry."
"A little," Gu Peiyan replied vaguely, her eyes darting away.
The two bowls of medicine that Xiao Fu brought over had gradually cooled down. Gu Peiyan picked up the bowl that belonged to Wei Dongning and placed it in her hands: "Drink your medicine. It will lose its effectiveness if it cools down too much."
Wei Dongning took the medicine bowl as if she were cutting off her own arm, and when Gu Peiyan also raised her medicine bowl, they clinked glasses like they were toasting.
What does this mean?
"share weal and woe."
She had wanted to do this for a long time, but Gu Peiyan's medication schedule hadn't coincided with hers these past few days.
After satisfying her little quirk, Wei Dongning pinched her nose, trying to deceive her taste buds in this way.
If you can't smell the bitterness, you can't taste it.
Gu Peiyan was amused by her words: "Indeed, it can be considered as sharing hardships."
Then he also held the medicine bowl and drank it all in one gulp.
Perhaps it was because he had been living a life of abstinence for too long, or perhaps it was because of Wei Dongning's unconscious flirting.
Gu Peiyan felt a little ashamed of having such a strange dream.
Especially in the middle of the night, I am startled awake by some kind of change in my body.
In the biting cold of winter, Gu Peiyan's face looked like it was burning up.
He lay in bed in a daze for a while, until his mind was completely calm, before he secretly got out of bed.
After straightening up, I waited a few more moments.
After confirming that Wei Dongning hadn't been woken up by his movements, he groped his way to the wardrobe in the dark, found a clean pair of underwear, and changed into it.
Little did he know that there was a tiny, unseen creature in the darkness that had observed his every move.
Because of the imperial concubine's summons, Wei Dongning woke up early.
She sat listlessly in front of the bronze mirror, waiting for Xiao Fu to help her with her makeup and dressing.
Xiao Wu was so excited about his upcoming human form that he didn't sleep all night. He shook his head with a bright smile and said, "Ningbao, I discovered a little secret while I was binge-watching dramas last night. Do you want to know?"
"I don't want to." Wei Dongning casually replied to Xiao Wu in her mind, and took out a plum blossom hairpin carved from jade from the jewelry box and handed it to Xiao Fu: "Xiao Fu, wear this hairpin today."
This plum blossom hairpin was a gift from her aunt, the Imperial Concubine, when she got married.
She has never worn it even once.
Wearing it to see my aunt, the Imperial Concubine, when I enter the palace this time is just right.
As for the secret Xiao Wu mentioned.
Even if she says she doesn't want to know, Xiao Wu will definitely tell her anyway, so there's no need to rush.
For example, right now: "Ningbao~ tell me what you want~"
"No, no, no, I don't want to at all."
"But I want you to say what you want to say~"
Wei Dongning circled her finger among the pile of lipsticks, finally choosing a lighter color and handing it to Xiao Fu before continuing to tease Xiao Wu: "What's in it if I say I want some?"
"The advantage is that you get to know a secret."
"This benefit is useless to me."
Xiao Wu paced around anxiously for a moment, hands on her hips, "I don't care! I'm just going to tell you! Your Gu Peiyan got up in the middle of the night to change her pants and even secretly took them out to wash them."
Even if you've never eaten pork, you've at least seen pigs run.
Before she transmigrated, Wei Dongning was a well-read scholar.
I immediately realized what Xiao Wu meant.
On the surface, she maintained her composure: "It's just changing pants. Maybe it was too hot last night and I sweated a bit. By the way, have you decided when you're going to transform?"
"I've made up my mind! But this time I definitely won't tell you beforehand!"
"Okay, then I'll be waiting for you to give me a surprise."
Wei Dongning stood up from the chair, and the agate earrings she was wearing swayed back and forth twice with her movement.
"Let's go, Xiao Fu, don't keep Aunt Consort waiting."
Wei Dongning never expected to see Wei Qiuci, who should have been waiting to be married at home, in front of the palace gate.
Before they could think about why she was there, they were led together by the eunuch to Yong'an Palace.
Wei Qiuci kept glancing at Wei Dongning out of the corner of his eye.
Her good complexion was beyond Wei Qiuci's expectations.
After all, whether she had seen it before or heard it from elsewhere, Wei Dongning and Gu Peiyan often argued over trivial matters.
She firmly believed that the harmony they shared at the Marquis's residence was an act.
But Wei Dongning's increasingly better complexion made that feeling of imbalance in her heart surge up again.
Why is her life so smooth and unobstructed, while hers is full of hardships?
Wei Qiuci was so engrossed in her thoughts that she didn't notice what was under her feet. She stepped on a small piece of ice and almost fell to the ground.
Wei Dongning, who was walking beside her, steadied her with a sigh, her tone revealing a sense of helplessness towards her troublesome child: "Second sister, don't get distracted while walking."
"……Thanks."
Wei Qiuci now seriously doubts whether Wei Dongning before marriage and Wei Dongning after marriage are the same person.
But apart from no longer arguing with her, she is no different from before.
Wei Qiuci arrived at Yong'an Palace in a daze and, together with Wei Dongning, bowed to the Imperial Concubine sitting in the main seat.
She couldn't even remember how she answered the questions the imperial concubine asked her.
It was only when Wei Dongning kicked her from below that she finally came to her senses. She accepted the brocade box that the Imperial Concubine had sent to her by her maid, and bowed to the Imperial Concubine again to express her gratitude: "Qiu Ci thanks the Imperial Concubine for her reward."
Consort Wei smiled warmly and gestured to her, "Get up. We're all family, no need for formalities."
Wei Dongning had been waiting for the Imperial Concubine to say that she wanted them to help find a good girl, but the Imperial Concubine didn't utter a single word about it until they were all ready to leave.
This made her feel somewhat regretful.
At the same time, I felt somewhat fortunate.
Fortunately, she didn't make a bet with Gu Peiyan about this matter yesterday, otherwise she would have lost everything.
After leaving Yong'an Palace, Wei Qiuci instructed the maids following behind her and Wei Dongning, "We need to talk alone for a while, so don't follow us."