She also asked, "I wonder if the two female officials are satisfied with the tea I made?"

The two female officials only cared about passing on the queen mother's will, and had no heart to taste tea.

Now Yi Zhi has also told the county lord Gu that the task given to them by the Queen Mother has been completed.

Only then did the two of them completely relax and slowly taste the taste of the big red robe.

One of them looked happy and praised repeatedly: "Wonderful, second, worthy of being the lord of the county, this kind of excellent tea is brewed, and the refreshing aroma is already lingering on the bridge of the nose." And the brown color is rich, and it is very joyful. Nice, nice!"

The other added: "The tea brewed by Lord Gu has a faint aroma between the light taste, as if a flute is heard from the distant mountain stream. ”

These two must be masters of tea tasting, Gu Zizhong thought of this kind of praise, but he didn't expect them to praise so hard.

The smile on her face was completely uncontrollable.

The two female officials tasted tea in the hall for a long time before leaving comfortably.

Gu Zizhong personally went to see off the guests.

After sending the guests away, Gu Zizhong saw his mother sitting on a stone bench under the poplar tree in the garden at home.

She was in a good mood, and at this moment she suddenly called her mother, and strode forward, and went straight to her mother's side and stopped.

Gu's mother looked at her smiling and knew that this time the hospitality was very comfortable.

Gu Zizhong didn't wait for his mother to ask, so he took the initiative to say: "Mother, these are the two female officials from Cining Palace, and they are here to pass on the will of the Queen Mother." ”

"Hmm. Gu's mother agreed casually.

Gu Zizhong then clapped his hands and said excitedly: "Mother knows that the Queen Mother has given us the exact time and allowed us to leave in half a month." ”

Gu Mu sighed again.

Presumably, the Gu family has recently had something to do in the capital that cannot be withdrawn.

Let's just say that the master, I haven't been home for a few days.

Gu's mother was both happy and worried.

The expression on her face was complicated, and in the face of her daughter's excited face, she slowly reached out and motioned for her daughter to come and sit down.

Gu Zizhong followed his mother's wishes and came over and sat beside his mother.

The stone bench is wide enough for two people to sit.

Gu's mother took her daughter into her arms and said happily: "I can see my daughter getting married, don't mention how happy I am to be a mother." ”

Gu Zizhong listened and chuckled, that feeling was a complicated feeling that I couldn't bear it, but I still had to endure it.

To put it bluntly, Gu Zizhong was snickering, and he was laughing very wildly, giving his mother a feeling of being obscene as a man.

Gu's mother sighed and said, "You're happy, but what about your father?"

Gu Zizhong was still laughing, but the laughter slowly decreased.

After a few more moments, she suppressed her smile and asked curiously, "What's wrong with my father?"

Gu's mother sighed again: "Alas, how can I tell you, you also know that your father doesn't know what important things are going on, and he just won't go home for the past two days." ”

Gu Zizhong didn't think it was strange, wasn't it normal for my father not to come home?

And this is in Beijing, and it is common for my father to run errands in the palace all day long.

Why did my mother sigh today?

My father was like this before, and Gu Zizhong didn't see his mother sigh like she did today.

Could it be that something happened in the palace again?

Gu Zizhong was just thinking about it in his heart, but he was still very calm on the surface, sorting out the corners of his mother's clothes, Gu Zizhong sighed in his mother's tone: "Okay, mother, you may miss your father too much, that's why you're so worried." Maybe my father will be back tonight!"

Gu's mother was not moved by her daughter's words, but on the contrary, she was even more anxious: "It would be better if it was really like this." You said that now your father is no longer an old man, he is just a prince who has nothing to do, why do you still stay in the palace? What an important thing is this for the emperor, there are so many capable ministers in the palace, why does the emperor hold on to a prince?"

Gu's mother's worries are not groundless.

In fact, as early as before, when Gu's mother followed Gu Wangye to visit the bachelor of Hanlin Academy, she had already vaguely noticed something.

The last time Zhu Guogong framed the Gu family, he didn't succeed, but he lifted a stone and shot himself in the foot.

In desperation, the emperor had no choice but to symbolically send Zhu Guogong to the prison of the Criminal Department to experience prison life for a few days, and then released him again.

But Zhu Guogong is a relative of the emperor, where can he live in prison?

Zhu Guogong will definitely not give up.

He counted his own imprisonment on the Gu family.

Last time in the court, many cabinet officials impeached Gu Wangye, if it weren't for the cabinet scholars who dared to come forward to intercede for Gu Wangye, this matter would really not end well.

Therefore, Gu's mother also knew these situations, and she naturally thought that the old man would not return for many days, and he must have nothing to do with Zhu Guogong.

The daughter's marriage is of course important, and Gu's mother is also very happy.

But without the master in charge, no matter how lively the marriage is, it is much colder in Gu's mother's eyes.

This is why Gu's mother is worried.

On the one hand, I am worried about my lord, and on the other hand, I am happy that my daughter is about to get married.

That's why Gu's mother's expression on her face became more and more complicated.

Gu Zizhong said: "What does my mother mean by this? My father is still laughing with a few officials in the palace today, I ...... I've seen them all. ”

In order not to worry her mother, she said this casually.

Gu's mother really believed it, and when she came to her senses, she hurriedly asked, "Is it? What is that? Where is he now?"

Gu Zizhong looked helpless and said, "I can't say for sure." When I went to Cining Palace today, I happened to see it in the dark, but my father didn't see me. And we're just passing by. ”

After saying that, Gu Zizhong said squeamishly: "So mother, you don't have to be afraid and worried. My father is very good, maybe he will be back in the evening. ”

Gu's mother also said helplessly: "I hope so." ”

Gu Zizhong helped his mother back to the room with a smile.

Seeing that her mother was very tired, Gu Zizhong helped her mother to lie down on the bed again, and she waited by her mother's bedside to tell her mother about the people and things she met in Cining Palace.

After a few moments, my mother was already snoring lightly, and gradually became sleepy.

By this time, the mother was already asleep.

Gu Zizhong beckoned the servants to go down, and she also withdrew lightly to the door of the room and closed the door.

She instructed Feng Ming: "No one is allowed to disturb my mother." Just wait here and leave me alone. ”

Feng Ming nodded happily.

Gu Zizhong went back to his room with confidence.