SWNOVELXO Chapter 11.2
Chapter 11.2
Zhao Wan had already seen the list in the warehouse. “Do you mean the several silks presented by Noble Lady Gong?”
Officer Zhou nodded, “Exactly. I see that they are plain colors. For the moon-white one, you can make it into a Yuehua dress for Gong Guiren.”
Zhao Wan originally intended to offer the Yuehua dress to Consort De. However, although Noble Lady Gong wasn’t a consort, she was considered a favored person in the harem. The Emperor would visit the Zhaifang Hall every month, and there would be opportunities.
Zhao Wan answered, “A Wan will do according to the words of the Officer.”
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Gu Yi copied the palace rules for three days and finished the ten volumes. She sent Tao Jia to the main hall to give it to Noble Lady Wang. Just as Tao Jia left, the female official from the Department of Justice came. She was about forty years old and wore a green official uniform with a red palace token hanging from her waist.
Gu Yi smiled and said, “Which officer is coming?”
The female official said: “Greetings, my surname is Shen.”
Gu Yi: “It is Aunt Shen, Aunt Shen, please sit down. Are you coming here for Huaihua’s matter?”
The female official nodded, “I still have an errand to run. I won’t sit down. The case of the Huaihua has been closed, so I’ve come to inform Beauty.”
Gu Yi’s heart moved slightly, “Oh? How is the end?”
“Huaihua probably slipped because the road is slippery after the rain. She fell into the well and died.”
Gu Yi: “I see. Who is the one that proves this is an accident?”
The female official smiled and said, “The one who found Huaihua’s corpse that day happened to be the commander of the forbidden army, Qi Chuang. He only saw the footprints of Huaihua alone by the well.”
Gu Yi nodded, “Thank you, Aunt Shen, for informing me.”
The female official turned around and left the hall.
Qi Chuang. Gu Yi knew this name; the second male lead, Qi Chuang, was the most upright person in the book, so it seemed that Huaihua’s fall into the well was indeed an accident.
Gu Yi slightly put down her heart. When she had just sat down and drank a mouthful of tea, a young, unfamiliar eunuch in an official uniform came into the hall. A plain colored belt wrapped his waist; he was a eunuch serving in the imperial court. He held a half-arm-long tray covered with a red cloth, bowed, and said, “Greetings to Beauty. His Majesty has bestowed this object upon Beauty.”
For some reason, Gu Yi suddenly remembered the episode in the book where Xiao Yan gave the palace consort a human head. Her knees softened, and she bowed: “Thank you, Your Majesty, for your great kindness.”
The eunuch gently placed the tray on the desk, “Beauty, you may take a look.”
It should not be a human head; the Gu family is just a small family, and there should not be any corrupt officials in their ancestry, right? If this is a human head, this isn’t a human’s doing!
Gu Yi gathered her courage and turned her face away to lift the red cloth. Under the red cloth was a polished wooden disk ringed by a circle of printed lattice carved with three-dimensional pavilions.
Gu Yi said in surprise, “It’s Great Tycoon!”
The high-quality version!
She leaned over to look at the tavern standing in the grid, green tiles and white walls, slanting flags, with red background and black border silk cloth embroidered with the word ‘tavern.’ The chess pieces on the plate were a wood carving of two small people, one wearing a dress in a bun and one wearing a long shirt and a winged cicada hat.
The Emperor will play!
That eunuch saw Gu Yi’s face, and his heart was happy. This errand was a success! The Beauty must reward him, so he stood there longer.
Gu Yi and the eunuch looked at each other face to face. When she saw that he still did not move, she smiled and said, “Thank you, Eunuch.”
This is it? The eunuch smiled awkwardly, “Then I’ll leave.”
When Tao Jia returned, Gu Yi pulled her in. She couldn’t wait to play. Tao Jia resisted, “I won’t dare to use that wooden chess, Beauty. You should wait for His Majesty to come. If you want to play, let’s use the flower piece!”
Okay.
Gu Yi gave Tao Jia a silver piece. The two were excited to play Great Tycoon. The young eunuch returned to the front hall empty-handed, a little frustrated. Had he known that, he would not have grabbed this job. His Majesty seldom rewarded the harem; initially, he thought that Beauty Gu would surely reward him.
Aih.
Eunuch Gao Gui saw him from afar, walking back slowly. He could not help but frown. This Little Li Zi, what’s going on? He’s waiting for his report!
He coughed heavily and saw Little Li Zi look up. Once Little Li Zi saw that it was Eunuch Gao Gui waiting outside the pavilion, he immediately trotted over in three steps. “Eunuch Gao, is there something you want?”
Gao Gui patted his shoulder, “His Majesty is waiting for your report. Go in.”
Little Li Zi never thought that the Emperor wanted him to report. He immediately shook his sleeves, bowed, and entered. He knelt before the jade steps, his head hanging down and his voice trembling with excitement, “Greetings, Your Majesty.”
Xiao Yan glanced at Little Li Zi, “Get up to talk.”
Little Li Zi stood with his head hanging down, but in his ears, he heard the Emperor ask, “Did Beauty Gu say anything?”
Little Li Zi silently took a deep breath, added fuel to the fire, and said, “Beauty Gu is overjoyed. She thanked His Majesty for his great kindness, carefully looked at the wooden disk for a long time, and then put two wooden figurines in her hands to play with!”
“Really?”
Little Li Zi perceived the laughter in the Emperor’s words but did not dare look up.
“You did well in this errand. Reward you with fifty taels. Go,”
Little Li Zi was so happy when he received the ingots handed to him by Eunuch Gao. Although fifty taels was not much, it was the Emperor’s personal reward!
“Thank you, Your Majesty!”