Chapter 919

Gu Xiaobao is a regular guest of Renshou palace. Gu Jiao holds him and feels the privilege of brushing her face into the palace.

Gu Xiaobao used up all the power when looking for his sister in Bishui alley. Now he won't go any further.

Gu Jiao was so strong that she was happy to hold him.

Yuya'er helped Gu Jiao carry things and went into the palace with joy.

Empress Dowager Zhuang ignored the government and went to Bishui Hutong to play cards. She lived a leisurely life. She was too worried about Gu Jiao a few days ago and had several serious diseases. It didn't get better until the news of the great victory at the border came from the front line.

"Aunt." Gu Xiaobao was very close to her. When he entered the bedroom, he stretched out his hand to her.

My aunt thinks children are noisy, but Gu Xiaobao doesn't. She is a rare quiet little milk bag.

My aunt allowed father-in-law Qin to bring him.

Duke Qin smiled and walked forward: "Miss Gu is back. The Empress Dowager cares about you every day. If you don't come back, the Empress Dowager will have to --"

I went to Yanguo to find you.

Duke Qin swallowed this wisely.

"Give it to the old slave." father Qin stretched out his hand to hold Gu Xiaobao.

Gu Xiaobao turned around.

No hug.

Duke Qin gave a cry.

"I'll come," Gu Jiao said.

"Then, the old slave will make tea!" Duke Qin smiled and stepped back, taking the maids in the bedroom down.

Empress Dowager Zhuang was sitting by the window drinking tea. Gu Jiao went over and sat down beside her. She said hello softly: "aunt."

Empress Dowager Zhuang: "hum."

Yuya'er bent her knees and saluted, "Empress Dowager!"

Empress Dowager Zhuang: "yes."

Gu Jiao: isn't it so different?

Gu Xiaobao climbed to empress dowager Zhuang and sat down for a while. He found it very boring. He twisted his body and climbed down.

Yuya'er put the food box on the table and took him out to play.

Gu Jiao opened the food box and took out the contents one by one: "preserved fruit, made by my grandfather, rose cake, made by my mother."

Empress Dowager Zhuang smelled and remained unmoved.

Gu Jiao took out a small box at the bottom: "peach crisp, I made it."

Empress Dowager Zhuang's face eased.

But the next second, her eyebrows screwed up fiercely: "who let you into the kitchen? Is there a lack of peach crisp here or what? Do you think your own food is delicious?"

Gu Jiao pressed down her upturned lips and stretched out her hand to grasp the box of peach crisp: "Oh, I'll take it back."

Empress Dowager Zhuang hugged Taosu and gave her a very resentful stare.

Gu Jiao smiled and turned over on the chair.

The sun is bright and the girl smiles alone.

Empress Dowager Zhuang hissed, but the corners of her lips involuntarily stirred up, and a little light and tears flashed across her eyes.

Her charming is back.

All beard and all tail came back.

Many things happened during Gu Jiao's absence from the capital for more than a year. First, the Crown Princess Wen Linlang "died of illness", and then empress Xiao selected two side imperial concubines for the crown prince. To Gu Jiao's surprise, one of the side imperial concubines was actually the sister of Princess Rui.

Her name is Du Xiaoyun.

Gu Jiao has some impression on her because she met Du Xiaoyun several times when she first came to the capital. Du Xiaoyun is a loyal supporter of Wen Linlang and regards Wen Linlang as the perfect goddess in her mind.

I don't know what kind of mood she was in when she was selected as a side imperial concubine in the east palace.

Du Xiaoyun's stomach is very proud. She became pregnant in March after entering the palace. Now she is five months pregnant.

Empress Xiao once told empress dowager Zhuang that if Du Xiaoyun could give birth to a son for the prince, she would ask Jin to be the princess of the prince.

In addition, King Rui showed his fists in the court and was valued by the emperor. The emperor ordered him to be an imperial envoy and go to Jiangnan to observe the people's feelings.

Princess Rui's mother and son are walking with him and have set off.

"Where's King Ning?" Gu Jiao asked.

Empress Dowager Zhuang sighed: "as usual, he is still confined in the mansion. Since Chu Yue and he left, his temperament has changed a lot. I heard that he has been sending people to secretly inquire about Chu Yue's whereabouts, but he has found nothing."

King Ning clearly had Princess Ning in his heart. He only asked for Wen Linlang in his youth, but he didn't understand it too late.

Chu Yue didn't know where he had gone. He couldn't wait to repent.

"Where's Zhuang Yuheng? Have you heard from him?" Gu Jiao asked again.

"There are many people you remember." Empress Dowager Zhuang said so, but she knew that Gu Jiao was remembering her.

Neither King Ning nor King Anjun had ever been the children she really loved. No one expected that as king Ning's grandfather, Taifu Zhuang not only failed to discipline King Ning, but secretly encouraged King Ning to rebel.

King Ning fell, Zhuang Taifu was beheaded, and all the makers were exiled.

Zhuang Yuheng was expelled from his home by Taifu Zhuang first and made meritorious service later. He could have stayed in the capital, but he was exiled together without hesitation.

When the dealer was at the height of the sun, he gave up his glory and left the dealer.

When the dealer fell into the mire, he gave up his bright future and returned to the dealer.

Thinking of him, Empress Dowager Zhuang was distressed and sorry.

Her heart was full of emotions, but others dared not ask or mention it. Only Gu Jiao could let her speak.

Empress Dowager Zhuang sighed: "he became a teacher in a small private school at the border. He taught in the daytime, helped people write letters and copy official documents at night, and made some meager money to supplement his family."

Although he was in exile, Zhuang Yuheng himself was not guilty, so he could teach in a private school.

Rao is so, and his life is extremely hard.

Zhuang Yuheng didn't feel bitter. When the people sent by Empress Dowager Zhuang asked him how he was doing, he said that Xiao LIULANG had eaten all these hardships before, and he could carry them.

Empress Dowager Zhuang hummed, "I'm still competing with LIULANG. By the way, Xiao Xue has written to you."

Gu Jiao: "Oh?"

Empress Dowager Zhuang was too lazy to move. She pointed out a position and Gu Jiao went to get the letter.

There are six letters altogether.

In ancient times, the traffic was inconvenient. A letter might take two or three months on the road. Gu Jiao could receive six letters in the year and a half. It can be seen that Xue Ningxiang's frequency of writing letters is not low.

Xue Ningxiang mainly talked about Houshan and her daily life in the countryside.

"The writing is better than me..."

Gu Jiao muttered.

The reclamation of Houshan has been completed. Different kinds of herbs have been planted according to Gu Jiao's needs. It is expected that some will be picked next year.

Gowardesh is five years old. She is very naughty. She always runs all over the street, which makes Xue Ningxiang easy to find.

Gowardesh got along well with President Li. He really thought he was born to President Li. President Li taught him to write. Guess what? He studies very well.

The penultimate letter said that my aunt sent a letter to Xue Ningxiang and asked her to bring her husband and gowardesh to play in the capital. She said she would come right away.

The last letter came after half a month. She was pregnant and could not come to the capital for the time being. When the baby was born, she would visit her aunt and Gu Jiao again.

After listening to the news all afternoon and reading so many letters from Xue Ningxiang, Gu Jiao suddenly felt like an separated world.

When she first wore it, gowardesh was only one year old. Now she is five years old.

Unconsciously, she has spent four years here.

With emotion, Gu Xiaobao hobbled in.

Standing in front of Gu Jiao and Empress Dowager Zhuang, he looked at empress Zhuang with a particularly innocent and clever look.

"Aunt," he called out in a milk voice.

Empress Dowager Zhuang snorted, "Oh, what's the trouble?"

Gu Xiaobao put his small hands in front of him and pinched the index finger of his left hand with his right hand: "No."

As soon as he had finished, Yu ya'er and a little maid of Renshou palace came in in panic.

They lowered their heads.

Yu ya'er didn't know what it was and how to report it.

Or the little maid in waiting opened her mouth: "Feng... Feng seal is broken."

Empress Dowager Zhuang's face sank and a whole row of eye knives flashed across her eyes!

Gu Xiaobao stepped forward and hugged empress dowager Zhuang's hand: "aunt, Xiaobao loves you."

Empress Dowager Zhuang Feng shocked: who taught him!!!

Gu Jiao went back after dinner at Renshou palace.

Gu Xiaobao was tired to sleep and snored sweetly in Gu Jiao's arms.

Gu Jiao looked at him: "well, children are very cute."

Yu ya'er smiled and said, "Miss, don't envy. You can have one with your uncle soon!"

Her? give birth to a child? Gu Jiao was stunned.

……

Yuan family.

Yuan Shoufu and the old Marquis had a good talk in the flower hall.

Gu Changqing was on pins and needles around the old Marquis.

Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a figure passing through the window, and the other party seemed to look at him.

He understood, got up and said, "sorry, I'll go to the Gong room."

The old Marquis glanced at his grandson discontentedly and said, "what's the business? What kind of room to go to?"?

Yuan Shoufu smiled and raised his hand: "no harm, go. Zhao San, take Gu Shizi to Gongfang."

"Yes."

The boy called Zhao San led Gu Changqing to the Gong room.

Gu Changqing said without changing his face, "I know the way. Go back first. I'm a little long."

"Yes." Zhao San went back to the flower hall.

Gu Changqing turned his steps, exercised his lightness skills and came to a small garden nearby.

There, the little Taoist in Taoist robes had been waiting for a long time, and she was holding a new script in her hand.

After closing half of the script, the Taoist turned to Gu Changqing and said, "you're finally here. If you don't come again, I'll invite you myself."

He said, "you just asked someone to call me?"

"Yes." the Taoist nodded.

He asked, "what's up?"

The Taoist nun glanced behind him and winked at the servant girls around him.

The servant girl understood and went not far away to set up a whistle.

The little Taoist asked, "how's your grandfather talking with my grandfather?"

"They......" Gu Changqing thought of the scene when the two old men hit it off at once, and his expression was indescribable. "I'm sorry, I didn't expect my grandfather to find Fengniao. If you give me some time, I'll find another way to quit the marriage."

The Taoist nun paused and asked tentatively, "if you quit your marriage, won't you have to get married in the future?"

"What?" Gu Changqing didn't understand why she asked.

The Taoist explained, "I mean, there are loopholes in our original plan. It's not so easy for me to go back to the Taoist temple, especially my grandmother forced me to die a few days ago... You are the same. Even if you withdraw from me, your family will tell you the next marriage until you marry a wife."

Gu Changqing was silent.

Yuan Baolin is right. As the son of the Marquis, he will inherit the Marquis family business in the future. His grandfather will not give up his marriage.

Yuan Baolin thought for a moment and asked him, "do you still want to get married as before?"

"Yes." Gu Changqing nodded firmly.

Yuan Baolin said, "me too. I don't want to get married. What's good about men? The women who live a long life I've seen are men who die early. Cherish life and stay away from men."

Gu Changqing: "..." I was speechless.

Yuan Baolin held the script in her hand, turned her eyes, looked at him narrowly, smiled and said, "since you don't want to get married, I don't want to get married. It's better for us to cooperate."

Gu Changqing gave her a deep look: "what do you mean --"

Yuan Baolin took a few steps forward and said quietly, "it's good to deceive them anyway! If you have a sweetheart or I have a sweetheart in the future, it's not too late for us to leave!"

Gu Changqing hesitated for a moment and said, "but it's not fair to you."

It's nothing for a man to leave. If a woman leaves, she will be criticized. Even if she is yuan Shoufu's direct granddaughter, she can't avoid this secular rule.

Yuan Baolin smiled and said, "it won't bother you. To be honest, I don't care what others think of me. Their eyes and words can't hurt me. You just say whether you agree or not?"

This maverick temperament... Is somewhat similar to my sister.

Gu Changqing frowned. It was good for him but not bad for her——

Yuan Baolin said frankly, "don't look at women too weak, and don't measure me by your thinking. I know what I want. Unless you don't want to cooperate with me, it's like I didn't say anything."

Gu Changqing pondered for a moment, looked at her with a complicated look and gave his choice.