In the end, Gu Yun didn't have the heart to call her, he just held her like this the whole way, and occasionally stretched his arms, but he didn't wake her up. Xie Jingxi was probably really tired, and slept soundly.
"Why didn't you call me!"
Xie Jingxi looked at him in rebuke, and at the same time massaged his numb arms, "This way, your arms will die!"
Xie Jingxi understood some of the acupuncture points, and so she was able to knead them quite well for Gu Yun. Gu Yun smiled as he looked at her vexed look, "It's fine, he will be fine himself in a while, but where did you learn all these techniques?"
"I read it in the book. In the past, my grandmother's health was not good, so I would always read some books like this. I only knew a little bit about it, nothing more."
Xie Jingxi casually made up a lie and it ended well. As expected, Gu Yun did not ask anymore and brought her down the carriage. It was still the same courtyard as last time. However, the last time she left, it was already dark. She didn't see anything.
"Is this your yard?"
"This really isn't my courtyard."
When Xie Jingxi saw his look of disdain, it was as if she was saying how his courtyard could be so ugly. She suddenly wanted to laugh.
Although the courtyard was huge, it was constructed very casually, and did not care about the detours of the courtyard. Xie Jingxi had sharp eyes, with one glance, she saw a small flower house behind a small pavilion, and looked around with interest.
"Can I go over there?"
If she wanted to go, of course Gu Yun would listen to her, so they brought her along. At first glance, the garden looked like it was filled with a bunch of flowers and plants, but after looking carefully, they were all flowers and plants that could be used for medicinal purposes. Xie Jingxi was suddenly interested, and looked left and right.
"The master here is quite interesting. Did you bring me here to see him? The last time I came here to bother you, I didn't even meet you.
"My Grandson's Wife has eyes, haha …"
Just as Xie Jingxi finished speaking, she saw a person suddenly scuttled over from the side. Just his laugh caused her to jump in fright, she took a closer look, and discovered that it was a white bearded old man. Xie Jingxi nodded to greet him, "Greetings, Old Uncle."
"Can't you use the normal way the next time you come out?"
"Oh, a brat like you sure knows how to protect your own head. Every time I scare you, I don't see that you're afraid. How come my Grandson's Wife is worse than you!"
Grandson's Wife? It was only then that Xie Jingxi noticed the way he addressed her. Could this be Gu Yun's grandfather? Xie Jingxi looked at Old Man Ji again, her eyes filled with respect and reverence.
If the original Marquis' Wife s of the Marquis Anfeng Palace were mentioned, there might not be many people who would remember it. However, when it came to the Ji Family, they were very famous. The Ji Family was the first and only king with a different surname from the rest of the Great Chen. Back then, the ancestors of the Great Chen did not belong to the current line of the royal family, and if the ancestors of the Ji family had not given their seats to the Liu Family, then the current surname of the Ji family would have been the first and only king with a different surname from the rest.
However, no matter how prosperous the family was, or how outstanding their ancestors were, they couldn't care less about the matters of the next three generations. Although the Ji family had the blessing of the Great Ancestor to pass on the throne from generation to generation, they could not afford to have a few disappointing descendants.
He was originally the successor that the clan had focused on, but unexpectedly, the Old Man Ji was obsessed with the way of medicine since young, running away from home in his teens to pay respects to some random mountain prince as a master. He left immediately for more than ten years, and only then returned after the Old Duke had passed away.
After the death of the King, the Old Man Ji naturally succeeded to the throne. However, no one could have expected that the second day, the Old Man Ji would resign and dissolve the throne. Back then, this matter could be said to be causing an uproar. In the past, Xie Jingxi had heard his grandmother say a few times, but she could still vaguely remember her saying that the Old Man Ji was an intelligent cloud.
However, the Old Man Ji King did not like to do it, but he had talent in the way of medicine. His methods were not the orthodox type of medicine, he travelled through mountains and rivers, and had dabbled in all kinds of poisons.
The late emperor originally wanted to bestow him with status and reputation, but the Old Man Ji left right after that, and no one saw him again after that. It was impossible for Xie Jingxi to not know the name of the Old Man Ji when she studied the way of medicine. She knew that Gu Yun's biological mother's surname was Zhang, and never thought that it would actually be a family.
He did not know that Old Man Ji had a daughter and even married into the Marquis Anfeng Palace. Just from the fact that Old Man Ji was bored with the aristocratic families, he must have truly disliked this marriage from the bottom of his heart. Furthermore, the Lady Ji would not be married for long, no wonder Gu Yun's ancestors were not present when they were married.
"So it's Grandfather. Jingwan was rude just now."
Without needing Gu Yun to introduce his, she was already blissful and called out his grandfather's name, making Old Man Ji extremely happy.
"Aiya, my good Grandson's Wife, quickly call me that again. My old man has not heard of grandfather in all these years."
Just as Xie Jingxi was about to speak, she was stopped by Gu Yun behind him, "Old Man Ji, these three words are not for nothing, what if you bully our Xi's thick skin?"
Old Man Ji spat at Gu Yun, "You heartless little thing, don't lead my obedient Grandson's Wife astray. Come, come, Grandson's Wife, kowtow at Grandfather's place, I'll send you a red packet."
"Kowtow?" "Beautiful you, a cup of tea would be enough. You can send some people who can afford to pay. Don't always be so stingy."
"Bullshit!" Don't slander me in front of my Grandson's Wife. "
So today, they had come to pay their respects to Grandfather. Roughly in Gu Yun's heart, only Lady Ji and Old Man Ji could truly be considered as families that were worthy enough to bear witness to their marriage. Since he didn't know what the Lady Ji was like, liked his a lot. Deep down, she was a free and easy person, so it was easy for her to chat with people like the Old Man Ji.
Old Man Ji brought them into the house. Xie Jingxi politely gave him a cup of tea and called for his grandfather. When Old Man Ji became happy, he brought out a big box.
Xie Jingxi was extremely curious about the contents inside, and when she looked at Gu Yun again, she was surprised. That was something that even Gu Yun did not know, Old Man Ji had a complacent look while offering treasures, and even carried Gu Yun on his back, and pulled Xie Jingxi aside, sneakily opening the box.
Old Man Ji said: "This was left behind by your grandmother, and she said that she wanted to pass it down to Gu Yun's wife. It's a pity that she couldn't wait for you to become her own child, but it's the same if I give it to you. You have to hurry up and give me a little profound grandchild."
"You're still carrying me? Without me, where did you get such a grandson?! "
"Go to the side of death!"
Gu Yun carried the box for Xie Jingxi and wrapped his arms around her shoulders. He said proudly to Old Man Ji: "Don't worry, I will work hard on this matter with Xi."
Xie Jingxi was so angry that she hit him with her elbow.
"I don't care. I've already drunk the full moon wine, so you two must let me see the baby this year."
Xie Jingxi finally understood that Gu Yun's shameless moves had all been learned from the Old Man Ji.
"What is Full Moon Wine?"
"It was delivered by a brat last time. He said that it was personally concocted by the Grandson's Wife, oh right, did you really concoct that wine? "Not bad, not bad. You have talent."
"You gave Grandfather the medicinal wine I gave you?"
The key was that they were not familiar with the place at that time, so where did the Grandson's Wife come from? Xie Jingxi glanced at Gu Yun. Gu Yun did not think that he would actually dig a hole for himself when he was acting on a whim. Xie Jingxi was such a clever person, she probably guessed that had already had plans for her.
Gu Yun had thick skin, and casually said: "This old man's brain is in a mess, don't listen to his nonsense, it's not that you're not willing to use the medicinal wine you gave him, but you made a cup for him to taste."
Xie Jingxi laughed involuntarily, "Why are you hiding yourself so urgently, it's actually nothing much. At that time you saved me, and I couldn't help but feel sorry for you, so I sent you the medicinal wine in a moment of desperation. I felt that my heart was a little more at ease, but I really didn't think about it too much, and I didn't know if you could use it.
"Look at how reasonable and empathetic my Grandson's Wife is, aiya, I am starting to find her more and more precious, but that medicinal wine of yours is pretty good, but Gu Yun really doesn't have any good fortune in using it, so he can only respect me."
Seeing that she was not angry, Gu Yun pinched her nose in front of Old Man Ji, "Look at how you are able to do it, this lousy old man can't easily look down on him, no, since we like him so much, we should get some good stuff."
Xie Jingxi giggled, "Grandfather, can I take a look at that flower room?"
Old Man Ji's beard shook, and he sighed, "It's not like families don't want to enter the same house, this brat has been thinking about my pharmacy all day, Grandson's Wife, you really know how to demand things, but if you go, he can't, hmph!"
Gu Yun laughed with satisfaction. His wife was truly a treasure trove of good fortune, even asking for things caught his heart. The most valuable thing in the courtyard was the pharmacy.
"My wife, your eyes are really following your husband's. Since grandfather has nodded, let's go in and take a look."
"Who let you in? You're so shameless!"
Gu Yun pulled Xie Jingxi to the pharmacy and said: "How can that be, you have all sorts of things there, I'm not at ease with Xi going in by herself, tell the nanny to make more delicious foods, we'll be there shortly."
Old Man Ji was so angry that his beard was crooked, "You shameless brat, just you wait and see. See if I'll eat your rice or not!"