Chapter 15 The Waves of Hearts and Minds
Gu Wanyan blinked, stunned, and found that she seemed to be thinking too much. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In Gu Mo's eyes, apart from being as indifferent as frost as always, what was the difference?
Thinking that Gu Mo had already walked up to her, Gu Wanyan quickly put down the book in her hand and stood up, smiling politely: "You're back." β
Gu Mo nodded expressionlessly in response, then he glanced in the left and right directions, and asked Gu Wanyan, "Where have all the people gone?" "Oh...... Dad is not in good health these days and has been resting in the room. The third brother made a competition to recruit design talents some time ago, and the third brother and the fourth brother have been busy with this matter these days. Gu Wanyan told Gu Mo about the recent situation in the house one by one.
Gu Mo frowned slightly: "What about the fifth sister?"
Gu Wanyan was stunned and said, "She has been under house arrest, and there doesn't seem to be any movement......
Gu Mo silently calculated the days in his heart, and there were only a few days left before the palace draft in October. Lou Lanzhen's face immediately appeared in his mind...... If Gu Huan entered the palace, then Lou Lan would really be regarded as his brother-in-law?
Gu Mo didn't speak again, he nodded lightly at Gu Wanyan, and then raised his feet and walked in the direction of his room.
Su Qiu has always been shrewd and rarely spoken, but at this time, she couldn't help but purse her lips and whispered to Gu Wanyan: "The second son doesn't seem to talk much......
Gu Wanyan smiled casually: "He's like this, it's like this to everyone." β
Su Qiu didn't know whether to fight for Gu Wanyan or what, so she pouted and muttered, "But you are the second wife......"
Gu Wanyan was speechless when she heard this, her expression froze, and she was stunned. Su Qiu realized that she seemed to be talking too much, so she immediately lowered her head in a panic and patted her mouth: "The little one should be damned, the little one talks nonsense, and the second wife forgives the sinsγγγγγγ β
Gu Wanyan smiled when she looked at Su Qiu's appearance, patted Su Qiu's shoulder and whispered, "It's okay." - Hey, it's almost winter, and the whole house is estimated to have some new clothes, so you go and bring me the personnel register to take a look, and I'll make a budget. β
Su Qiu saw that Gu Wanyan didn't blame herself, and she was happy: "Okay, let's go for the little one." β
As soon as October arrived, the Gu Mansion was busy.
Gu Huan's entry into the palace draft is imminent.
From Gu Huan's house arrest to the present, she has obediently not messed around, not crying or making noise, just staying in the room quietly. The old man knew about it, and he really didn't know whether to worry or be relieved.
But the draft list reported to the palace already has Gu Huan. The old man's anger is now a little gone, and he has the idea of being reluctant to enter the palace with Gu Huan, but he has to send Gu Huan into the palace with a hard head.
This morning, Gu Mo went to her boudoir in the name of visiting Gu Huan.
He asked Gu Huan's maid Xiaomeng to avoid it first, saying that he wanted to talk to Gu Huan. Gu Mo stepped into Gu Huan's boudoir, only to see Gu Huan lying on the desk, listless, expressionless, and without a trace of anger.
Although he and Gu Huan are not as close as Gu Yan, Gu Zhang, and Gu Huan, this is a sister who is connected by blood, and Gu Mo is the only one who knows how much Gu Huan was wronged because of his wife when he was a child...... Now Gu Mo saw Gu Huan, who was alive and kicking in the past, like this, and he still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
Gu Huan'an sat there quietly, his eyes didn't know what he was looking at, and he didn't even know that someone had come in, until Gu Mo frowned and called her: "Fifth sister." β
Gu Huan raised her head slightly, and when she saw Gu Mo who came, a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes, and she said in a calm voice, "...... Second brother. β
Gu Mo sat down on a chair some distance away from her, supporting his knees with both hands: "Are you okay?"
Gu Huan looked at him, his face was like earth, he didn't shake his head, he didn't nod, he didn't squeak.
Gu Mo said: "Dad's health has not been good recently. He is very reluctant to let you go. β
When Gu Huan heard this, he snorted coldly and laughed at himself: "He didn't give up on me, he wished I would disappear into the Gu Mansion as soon as possible." β
Gu Mo shook his head lightly, his expression was indifferent: "Don't complain about your father, he still loves you in his heart, but it's just ......"
Gu Huan paused and looked at him questioningly: "Just what?"
It's just that Gu Huan is seventeen years old this year, and she still doesn't understand the rules like this, and her personality is also scathing. The old man was helpless, and felt that Gu Huan's going to the palace was a good thing for her. In the deep palace, her temperament may be able to be slightly restrained.
Of course, Gu Mo wouldn't say this, he changed the conversation and asked, "Do you want to enter the palace?"
Gu Huan sneered and said disdainfully, "Second brother, what do you say?" β
Gu Mo lowered his head and was silent for a long time, and then spoke slowly: "I can let you not participate in this draft." Gu Mo had his own thoughts in his heart. Although the Gu Mansion is taken care of by the king, in the final analysis, it is also a business care, and the relationship between the Gu Mansion and the palace is nothing more than economic exchanges. If Gu Huan entered the palace, the relationship between the Gu Mansion and the royal family would change, and Gu Mo did not want the Gu Mansion people to have any political connection and involvement with Loulan Zhen in the future.
When politics is involved, it becomes complicated and becomes full of hidden dangers.
Gu Huan was stunned for a moment when she heard this, her eyes gradually lit up, and she regained her vitality in an instant. She asked incredulously, "Really...... Really?"
Gu Mo nodded affirmatively.
Gu Huan immediately became excited, she stood up and rushed to Gu Mo, tugging on his arm, tears were about to fall out: "Second brother...... Help me...... Help me ......."
Gu Mo pretended to inadvertently remove Gu Huan's hand, and suddenly thought of something, but he didn't know whether to say it or not, and finally spoke: "However, you must promise me one condition." β
Gu Huan was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted: "Okay, good! I will agree to any conditions! As long as you don't let me enter the palace!"
Gu Mo pondered, and then said with a straight face: "In the Gu Mansion in the future, don't deliberately target Gu Wanyan." β
Gu Mo thought about it for a long time, and found that he had called Gu Wanyan's sixth sister in the past, and after becoming a parent, he had never called Gu Wanyan directly. Then what should I call Gu Wanyan to Gu Huan?
Second wife? Wanyan? Awkward. Sixth sister? Just call her by her name.
Gu Huan gritted her teeth when she heard this, it was Gu Wanyan again? But it was her second brother who said this, Gu Wanyan's husband, Gu Huan had to endure it, she said stupidly: "I know, second brother." β
Gu Mo looked at Gu Huan, her face was full of disberence, and he said helplessly: "She is a good person, your prejudice against her is too great." β
Gu Huan said: "Cheng, second brother, as long as you can help me stay, I will agree to whatever you say." β
Gu Mo nodded and left.
Three days before the ============================================= draft, the old eunuch in the palace sent a holy decree to the Gu Mansion. It probably means that the number of drafts this year has reached the upper limit, and Gu Huan, the fifth lady of Gu Fu, who was finally named, and several other girls from other people's families will not be able to enter the palace to participate in the draft this year.
The old man led the family to take the order, and he breathed a sigh of relief for the pearl in his hand. And Madame, on the other hand, was displeased.
All in all, Gu Huan escaped the catastrophe of entering the palace as a concubine, thanks to Gu Mo.
Gu Mo and Lou Lanzhen had a private relationship, and he categorically didn't want the people of the Gu Mansion to know. Because if the lady knew, she would definitely try her best to use this relationship between her son and the king to take shortcuts to achieve some goals. Although Gu Huan didn't know how Gu Mo did it, he was overjoyed in his heart.
The old man saw that Gu Huan seemed to have changed a lot-in the end, he felt sorry for his daughter, so he no longer put her under house arrest and let her live the life of the eldest lady again.
As the saying goes, if a person drinks water, he knows whether he is warm or cold. Gu Huan finally knew how to restrain himself.
Everything that happened recently, Gu Wanyan silently watched it in her eyes. She doesn't interfere, she doesn't comment, she just lives her life and does what she has to do.
But finally, Liu Fengxian is still going to appear.
The lord and the lady asked Gu Ran to bring Liu Fengxian back to the mansion to meet, and the two elders wanted to see their future daughter-in-law.
Gu Ran didn't refuse, and readily agreed.
Gu Wanyan gasped when she heard this, and her heart felt uneasy, and she faintly felt that something was going to happen. But on the other hand, she tried her best to restrain her suspicion and comfort herself that she would be fine.
Saying that Gu Mo went out early in the morning that day, Gu Wanyan was busy all morning, and felt a little sleepy, so she took a nap in the afternoon.
She didn't know that Gu Mo would come back, so she didn't know that Gu Mo would be reading in this room when she woke up......
When she rubbed her eyes and sat up from the bed, she hadn't seen Gu Mo yet.
But when she stretched her waist and stood up to pour water, she happened to bump into Gu Mo face to face-
There was a screen in Gu Mo's room, with a bed on one side of the screen, a bookcase and a desk on the other, and a small round table in the middle, on which were teapots, snacks and lamps.
Gu Wanyan stood in front of the round table, and Gu Mo sat in front of the desk.
So when she reached for the teapot and looked up, she was stunned.
Gu Mo didn't look up at her, but said lightly while reading the book: "You're awake." β
Gu Wanyan was embarrassed for a while, why did she always wear this bedding when the two of them were alone?
She straightened out her emotions and said while hiding the tension in her heart, "Yes...... Oh, yes. β
Gu Mo seemed to be at ease, he put the book down, looked up at Gu Wanyan, and saw that she was frozen there for a long time without moving, he couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with you?"
Gu Wanyan sighed, then squeezed out a smile and shook her head: "No." β
With that, she sat down.
Gu Mo thought about it, and took the initiative to talk to Gu Wanyan about a topic for the first time: "You know that the person that the eldest brother is about to marry is coming soon." β
Liu Fengxian? She wondered in her heart, why did Gu Mo ask her this?
"Yes, I know. β
Then, Gu Mo's brows frowned unconsciously, he looked at Gu Wanyan, and said, "I always feel that the person who wants to marry the eldest brother is not that simple. β
The surprise in Gu Wanyan's heart rolled over again, could it be ...... Gu Mo, what did he know about Liu Fengxian?
"Why do you say this?" But Gu Wanyan had to pretend that she didn't know anything, so she asked calmly.
Gu Mo crossed his hands into fists to support his chin, his elbows against the table, his face was solemn, and he said slowly: "I have seen the eldest brother go there to the same girl's room more than once in the Red Moon Tower. Thinking that the eldest brother was not a person who was nostalgic for the land of wind and dust, he inquired, and then he learned that the woman he went to find every time was the Qingzhou woman Liu Fengxian that he mentioned to his father. β
Gu Wanyan's mouth opened slightly, and she felt a little flattered for a moment-this ...... This is probably what Gu Mo said to her the most in one breath.
"Oh......" she nodded thoughtfully, and then realized something, and didn't want to blurt out, "You often go to the Red Moon Tower?"
After saying that, it was too late for her to regret it.
Gu Wanyan clearly saw that Gu Mo's face suddenly turned red, and his expression froze, and the whole person looked at a loss, and he was at a loss for what to do.
Gu Mo opened his mouth, as if he wanted to justify, but he didn't seem to know how to justify, so he didn't spit out a word for a long time.
Gu Wanyan finally couldn't help it, secretly lowered her head and covered her mouth to hold back a smile, then looked up at Gu Mo, wanting to relieve his embarrassment, and smiled embarrassedly: "I...... I'm sorry if I asked, ......"
Gu Mo's face finally gradually returned to normal, but the return to normal did not mean that he could hide his embarrassment.
Gu Mo turned his fists and coughed lightly, and then said, "I go occasionally, but it's just a small gathering with a few friends." β
Gu Wanyan almost burst out laughing again, going to the Qinglou for a small gathering, but now she couldn't help it, just smiled lightly, and stopped taking the topic.
Suddenly, both of them seemed to realize something, and they were stunned - this was the first time there had been such a relaxed atmosphere between them.
Gu Wanyan saw the little-known side of Gu Mo, and her heart faintly changed her opinion of him. The second son of Gu Mansion does not only seem to have a frosty side.
"Ahem. In silence, Gu Mo coughed lightly again, and returned to what he wanted to say, "I mean, Liu Fengxian concealed her background and married into the Gu Mansion, but I am afraid that it is not simple, and she has other plans." β
When Gu Wanyan heard this, she suddenly thought that Gu Mo had asked herself more than once before, asking if she had any other purpose in marrying him, so she didn't know why, and blurted out again: "Are others in your eyes so unscheming?"
After saying this, she regretted it again...... Gu Wanyan bit her lip, worried about whether Gu Mo would be angry.
Why did she talk to Gu Mo today without going through her brain? Gu Wanyan was secretly angry in her heart, and she couldn't wait to find a hole in the ground to get into.
Gu Mo was stunned for a moment, and then understood the reason why she asked this question. But he wasn't angry.
Gu Mo glanced at her lightly, looked away again, and said, "For you, I thought too much about it before. I believe in you now. β
I believe in you nowβ
Gu Wanyan suddenly remembered the three words that Gu Mo was drunk and whispered to herself, "I believe you."
This time she was embarrassed, Gu Wanyan was also a thin-skinned person, and two blushes immediately appeared on her face.
Gu Mo didn't know what she was thinking, and said coldly, "What's wrong?"
Gu Wanyan hurriedly shook her head, as if she wanted to hide her thoughts: "No!"
Gu Mo hugged his arms and continued: "Liu Fengxian was born in the Qinglou, and her background is already complicated, so she has to arouse suspicion. β
Gu Wanyan nodded firmly in agreement.
Gu Mo narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he was thinking about something: "But we can't directly have a showdown to expose the eldest brother and Liu Fengxian - Dad is now taking a back seat, and it will definitely be the eldest brother who will be in charge of the mansion in the future, so let's not let the eldest brother hold a grudge against us in our hearts." β
Gu Wanyan sat there dumbfounded, motionless, feeling flattered again-Gu Mo said...... "we"?
Seeing this, Gu Mo quickly saw through Gu Wanyan's thoughts, and explained lightly: "Don't think too much. It's not that simple in the house. In the future, when the eldest brother, third brother, and fourth brother marry a wife, the house will be clearly divided into large rooms, two rooms, three rooms, and four rooms. You and I are husband and wife on the face, so we are both in the second room.
She smiled and snatched Gu Mo's words: "I know, I know." β
Gu Wanyan felt for a while that Gu Mo was a person who saw things very thoroughly and comprehensively.
She smiled softly, and Gu Mo met her eyes, and was involuntarily stunned.
At this time, the voices of Aunt Xue and Su Qiu faintly came from outside the door, the voice was not loud, but Gu Wanyan and Gu Mo heard the content of the conversation clearly.
Aunt Xue asked, "Are the second son and the second wife in it?"
Su Qiu replied: "The second son and the second wife have been in it for two hours. β
Aunt Xue let out a thoughtful "oh".
Then there was no follow-up.
Gu Wanyan and Gu Mo looked at each other together, and then the two fell into subtle embarrassment.