Guo Wenying said: "I didn't repay it, but I will leave the palace once in a few days, and I will ask the emperor for permission." ”

"Aren't you female officials allowed to leave the palace with one day off every month?

Guo Wenying said in his heart, if I don't say it in advance, you won't be able to find me when you turn around, what if you think I've run away? When the time comes, the whole city will be arrested, and this is not something he can't do.

Sure enough, Feng Jingting's generosity just now was just pretending, and he couldn't pretend for a while, so he thought for a while, and still asked, "What are you going to do out of the palace?"

"Go see my aunt and nurse. ”

Feng Jingting squinted at her for a while, and probably didn't think it was a lie, so he nodded the dragon head slightly.

Guo Wenying sighed secretly, knowing that Hongxiang's words just now made him suspicious, although she really wanted to leave, but there was no perfect solution, and it was extremely difficult to leave him.

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A few days later, Guo Wenying changed into ordinary clothes outside the palace and left the palace with red incense.

A carriage was arranged outside the palace, and Xiao Xuanzi was waiting outside, and when she saw her come out, she immediately smiled and said, "Lord Guo, the emperor asked me to accompany you on a trip." ”

Guo Wenying nodded, she only had one day, and she had to rush back to the palace before she got to the palace, and there were many places to go, so she could only do it as soon as possible.

got into the carriage and went directly to Lu's house, and first went to see his uncle and aunt.

Because the letter was not delivered in advance, my uncle was not at home, and my aunt was alone. When Mrs. Lu saw it, she immediately hugged "liver" and "meat" and shouted, she didn't have a daughter, and she regarded Guo Wenying as a daughter in her heart.

When Guo Wenying saw her, she also felt very cordial, and the two hugged each other and shed a few tears.

Mrs. Lu asked her about her situation in the palace, and she picked up some irrelevant things and said, only saying that the emperor treated her very well, and the queen mother and several mothers were also kind.

When Mrs. Lu heard this, she didn't feel very happy, she only cried: "If there is a way, I don't want to send you to that unsightly place, but fortunately, there are rules in the palace, the palace maid can leave the palace at the age of twenty-five, at most until the age of twenty-eight, and you will survive for a few more years, and you will see the light of day one day." ”

Guo Wenying smiled bitterly, whether she could leave the palace or not depends on the palace rules at all, only seeing that Feng Jingting was willing to let her go. It's a pity that I can't talk to my aunt about this, so I have to nod my head and say that I will definitely be able to get out of the palace.

Mrs. Lu pulled her and babbled a lot, saying that her second cousin had won the examination this autumn and would be able to participate in the examination next year.

Guo Wenying was also about to ask, every year the autumn festival is held on August 20, when she was in the palace, and she didn't hear the news, but she didn't know what to do.

Mrs. Lu said: "Speaking of which, your cousin is also a hard worker, he usually doesn't go out, he just reads with his head bored, and he doesn't care about his own family affairs. ”

In fact, about the life experience of his second cousin Lu Yiyu, Guo Wenying seems to have said to his mother that he was not born to his uncle Lu Junqing, but the child of his uncle's life-saving benefactor. The uncle took it home to raise him, and later entered the family tree, as if he were his own son, and no one who was not a close relative knew that he was not his uncle's biological son.

A while ago, Mrs. Lu also intended to match her with Lu Yiyu and wanted her to marry her second cousin, but she just mentioned it casually, and before she could talk about it, she entered the palace.

At this time, Mrs. Lu talked about Lu Yiyu again, which was quite embarrassing. Guo Wenying just didn't understand, and still smiled with a smiling face.

Mrs. Lu said again: "Your eldest cousin just got engaged some time ago, he is the young lady of the Qing family of Dali Temple, I heard that he is a gentle child, and his temperament is good, and he will marry back after the beginning of spring." ”

Guo Wenying said with a smile: "That's right, when the second cousin is named on the gold list, and the eldest cousin is married, isn't it a double happiness?"

Mrs. Lu was also happy to hear it, "Exactly, there is not a few days before and after, just in time for the release of the list, if you can really go to high school, you can also be regarded as Amitabha." ”

Guo Wenying smiled and bowed, "Then congratulations to my aunt in advance." ”

Mrs. Lu hurriedly helped her up, "You kid has entered the palace, why are you so polite." ”

Guo Wenying smiled: "I'm used to it for a while, and it's hard to change it." ”

Mrs. Lu looked at her distressedly, she did understand a lot of rules during the time she entered the palace, but there was less smile on her face, she was not as bright as before, and she must not have had a good time in the palace.

She sighed lightly, "I have a happy event to tell you, your second uncle has been transferred to Zhejiang and served as a political envoy." ”

Guo Wenying said "oh", she didn't have any impression of this second uncle, it seems that the relationship with her mother is not very good, the second uncle is a concubine, and the Lu family's children are not allowed to take concubines It is passed down from the old generation, and few people dare to break it. However, this second uncle was not born to a concubine, but was born to a Miaojiang woman whom his maternal grandfather met when he was on a business trip in Yunnan. Although he was not liked by his grandfather, he broke out of his own ability, and now he is a political envoy, and his official position is not low.

These things were read to her by Mrs. Lu, and when the two of them talked last time, they specifically talked about this second uncle, who used to be self-indulgent and not love his brothers, and this year and a half seems to have changed his temperament, and he specially sent someone to send a letter to report the good news.

Zhejiang is a good place, although there are Japanese invaders, but the impact is not very large, mainly Fujian is seriously affected, in such a land of fish and rice, the land of heaven can be said to be a big fat difference. It seems that this uncle is really good.

Mrs. Lu said: "This second master wrote a few days ago that he would return to Beijing for a while to report on his work and go to the house to pay a visit, but your uncle has never liked him and didn't want him to come to the door at all, so I didn't listen to a few words of persuasion." ”

Guo Wenying was slightly surprised, "Why did this second uncle make my uncle unhappy?"

"How do I know this, after all, when I entered the mansion, it was already like this, speaking of which, I haven't even seen this second master for so many years. ”

These things don't have much to do with her, Guo Wenying didn't take it too seriously when she listened, she sat for a while, seeing that it was not early, she still had to go to Tianshui Street to see the nurse, so she got up and left. Mrs. Lu hugged her and was sad again, but it was unfortunate that she didn't see her uncle, and her uncle didn't know how much to miss her.

Guo Wenying said with a smile: "Uncle is relieved, I occasionally work in the imperial study, and it is not impossible to see my uncle." After reassuring for a while, it was easy for Mrs. Lu to stop her grief.

came out of Lu's house, took the car to Sweet Water Street, got out of the car, and Hongxiang trotted into the yard. After a while, the nurse Xu ran all the way out, followed by green jade, and when the two saw Guo Wenying, they also hugged and cried for a while.

Guo Wenying sighed helplessly, feeling that she was going to be drowned in tears today.