"If it's not for this, then why are you stumbling?" asked Mrs. Chu, "Could it be that someone is embarrassed?"

Gu Xiyi was silent, Mrs. Chu and his husband and wife for many years, they knew each other very well, and when they saw him like this, they knew that they had guessed seven or eight points, so they said: "Let me guess, but the old man Qi is blocking and wants to take this matter down, so that the Dingguo Mansion can add another merit?"

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Old Mrs. Chu smiled and said: "Also, Old Man Qi will not go to the battlefield again when he is old, the eldest son is dead, and the second son is an embroidered pillow that is not used." His grandson is not bad, but the eldest of their family left such a lone seedling, he can't hurt it, how can he be willing to send him to the battlefield. Although the Huaihe War is not a difficult war, who can say for sure what is happening on the battlefield, if his precious grandson has any mistakes, I don't think he will survive!"

Gu Xiyi said: "That's right. If Qi Wufu wants to send his grandson to the battlefield, he needs to let him train for a few more years, not to mention, when I chatted with him some time ago, he vaguely confided that he wanted to find a stable and leisurely official position for his grandson, just wait for him to inherit his position as the prince of the country after a hundred years. ”

Old Mrs. Chu snorted lightly: "I don't want him to be angry too!"

Gu Xiyi smiled and persuaded: "Everyone has their own choices, you can't ask everyone in the world to be the same as us, right? You don't have to be too extreme, the Qi family has paid enough for Tianqi, and it is normal for others to hope that the younger generations will be safe and secure in their old age, why do you bother to say this." ”

Old Taijun Chu is not a person who can't listen to persuasion, after Gu Xiyi's words, Old Taijun Chu was silent for a moment and sighed: "Hey, what you said is that I am too persistent." "Comparing her heart to her heart, although her choice is different from that of Dingguo Gong, she doesn't want her children and grandchildren to have any mistakes, but her heart is the same.

At this time, Su Xun suddenly smiled and said, "Although the Duke of Dingguo thinks so, Qi Xuan may not obey. If Qi Xuan really walked on that road at that time, he would not stop him if he wanted to come to Dingguogong. "Qi Xuan is his friend, how can he not know his thoughts? On the surface, he looks like a lingering flower, but in his heart he has the ambition to serve the country.

Old Mrs. Chu smiled when she heard this, she knew about Su Xun and Qi Xuan's friendship. She said: "Okay, that kid is also ambitious!" After speaking, Mrs. Chu brought the topic back to the original place, and had the posture of breaking the casserole and asking the end, "Since it's not because of this, then tell me why?"

Gu Xiyi didn't intend to hide it, and said: "It's just that the Bai family suddenly stepped in and took the initiative to ask for orders to go to the Huai River." ”

Su Yunjiao and Old Taijun Chu frowned at the same time, this was the first time she had heard the news of the Bai family since she was reborn, and Bai Guanzhi's various uses and betrayals of her in her previous life made her more or less embarrassed about this family, but she couldn't help but pay attention to their every move.

Old Taijun Chu said: "Liguo Gong Bai Jiayuan also started with martial arts, but he has been ignoring military affairs for many years, what is his intention to meddle this time?"

Gu Xiyi didn't answer, but looked at the group of juniors in the hall and said, "Why don't you analyze and analyze?"

"Then it's up to my grandson to throw bricks and lead the way. Su Xun smiled, with a leisurely appearance, "Li Guogong's intentions are mostly on the Zhong family. ”

"The Zhong family?" Gu Tianbo raised his eyebrows, "Didn't they already make the Zhong family owe a favor to an adult? What's more, Lord Zhong has already returned to Beijing safely, what are they going to do in Huaihe?"

Su Xun said: "Lord Zhong's family has returned to Beijing safely, but the domestic servant is almost dead, and the whole family has been greatly frightened. As a transshipment envoy of the two Huai, Lord Zhong also served as the imperial history of the salt patrol in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Huai River can be said to be Lord Zhong's own territory. And now that he has returned to Beijing from his own territory in such an embarrassment, how can he not be ridiculed? Moreover, because he almost ruined the emperor's major affairs, the emperor was displeased. How can you not hate all this? Lord Zhong is a person who is ready to take revenge, how can he not think of revenge?"

Therefore, the Bai family wants good people to do it to the end and do what they like. Gu Tianbo said, "He is not afraid that the Zhong family will turn their faces afterwards and pretend that they don't know anything?

Su Xun said: "It's not that simple, the Bai family has not moved in the past few years, and this time they suddenly got in touch with the Zhong family, is it really just for the Zhong family? They won the favor of the Zhong family, and it must be for a greater goal." ”

Gu Hanhai, who had been listening to them silently, suddenly said, "Third prince." ”

The Zhao family beside him was shocked, this is ...... When she was young, she had heard her father mention some things about the court and China at home, although she was not as open-minded as the Gu family, but she knew more than most people, and she herself was very sensitive to these things, so she thought of this layer as soon as she heard Gu Hanhai say it.

"Exactly. Su Xun nodded, "Pleasing the Zhong family is only one of them." The second is to use the Zhong family to connect with the three princes. ”

Gu Tianbo knew Su Xun's temperament and knew that he must have a third, so he asked, "What about the third?"

"The third is to prove his strength. Su Xun was slightly upright, "Looking at the people who are good friends with the three princes, most of them are civil officials, and there are very few military attachés, and none of them are high-ranking officials, and there are few soldiers under them. If the third prince really wants to take that step, he will not be able to do it without soldiers in his hands. ”

"That's why they chose the third prince. Gu Quxi narrowed his eyes and said, only with the third prince will their Bai family be reused.

The Zhao family listened for a long time, thought about it, and finally spoke: "The Zhong family has Zhong Guifei and three princes, doesn't the Bai family also have Bai Zhaoyi? Bai Zhaoyi now has no children under his knees, it doesn't mean that there will be no in the future, why doesn't the Bai family pin their hopes on their own family." "Anyway, your family should always be closer......, right?

Zhao frowned: "Could it be that Bai Zhaoyi has a problem." ”

Jiang glanced at her, nodded secretly, and became more and more satisfied with this daughter-in-law in his heart, with keen insight and a calm heart, although he was frightened when he heard them talk about the matter of seizing the heir, but after a moment he relented and calmed as usual. The Zhao family can indeed afford the responsibility of the daughter-in-law of the Hou Mansion in Zhenbei.

"I heard that although Bai Zhaoyi is not as favored as Zhong Guifei, she is also a person who can go to the emperor's heart, and she entered the palace early, and she has been favored for many years, but there is no movement in her belly. In my opinion, I'm afraid it's really Bai Zhaoyi's body that has a problem. Lian said, there are a lot of various secrets in the harem, no matter how cautious Bai Zhaoyi is, it is inevitable that there will be omissions, and he may be plotted by others.

Jiang agrees: "It's possible. ”

Both the Jiang family and the Lian family held this opinion, but Su Yunjiao didn't think about it, because she knew that Bai Zhaoyi would give birth to the Seventh Prince in the future, which was enough to prove that there was no problem with Bai Zhaoyi's body, but there was another reason inside. As for the reason, it was not something she could figure out now.

"Even so, why didn't the Bai family vote for the prince?" Zhao asked again, according to the current situation, it seems that the emperor obviously values the prince more, and in terms of personal ability, it means that the two are comparable, but if you really talk about it, Zhao still thinks that the prince is better. If you really want to start a battle for the heir, no matter how you look at it, the prince has a better chance of winning.

"The Bai family will not vote for the prince. Su Xun shook his head and explained, "No matter who the Bai family helps, the ultimate goal still comes down to their own family. What the Bai family wants is just to work from the dragon, and there are many supporters around the prince, including the Xie family, the Xun family, the Shen family, the Qi family, and the He family. If this is the case, then they might as well turn to support the three princes. ”

Su Yunjiao listened very carefully, saying that the Bai family would join the camp of the three princes, in the final analysis, it was for their selfishness, just like Bai Guanzhi married her that day, all in order to obtain greater benefits.

Zhao was silent after hearing this, and Old Taijun Chu asked Gu Xiyi again: "What about the emperor's decision?"

Gu Xiyi said: "The Bai family has not been in charge of military affairs for many years, and the emperor naturally prefers more Xiuluan. It's just that...... Wang Xiang suddenly spoke for the Bai family. ”

"When did Wang Jiyi become friends with the Bai family again?" Old Mrs. Chu asked with a little surprise, didn't she frequently show favor to their Gu family some time ago?

"It's not that it's a good friend, but it's the Wang family who owes the Bai family a favor. Gu Xiyi shook his head and said, "Have you forgotten? Back then, the Wang Bai family got married, and the eldest lady of the Wang family withdrew from the family. ”

Mrs. Chu thought for a while, and then suddenly said: "It was this matter that caused trouble." ”

Back then, the Bai family asked to marry Wang Qiuhong, the eldest lady of the Wang family, and Wang Xiang responded, but he didn't expect that everything had been decided, and when he was just about to kick the door, Wang Qiuhong suddenly regretted it and didn't want to marry. concealed from the king, personally went to the Liguo Mansion to withdraw from his relatives, and the people in the Liguo Mansion finally withdrew from this family business.

At that time, this matter was vigorous, and Mrs. Chu naturally remembered that she still remembered that she supported Wang Qiuhong at that time, and she was worried about the negative impact that this incident might bring to Wang Qiuhong. But what she didn't expect was that this matter was not only resolved peacefully, the Wang family and the Bai family were not red-faced, but also rumored to be a good story, praising Wang Qiuhong's true temperament and daring to ask for what he wanted, and praising the son of the Bai family for being reasonable and unwilling to make things difficult for others.

It's just that no matter how good the rumors are, the Bai family will lose face after all.

Gu Quxi said: "So the Bai family turned out this old thing to ask the Wang family to take action, and the Wang family was in the first place and couldn't refuse." ”

Gu Pinghu also sighed: "It seems that the Bai family's face was not lost in vain at that time!"

"What about the emperor?" asked Mrs. Chu, "Won't you really agree to the Bai family?"

Gu Xiyi said: "The emperor has not yet decided. ”

Gu Liujiang said: "Since the emperor has not yet made a decision, and the Wang family has also begged us, why don't we use this as a bargaining chip to talk to the Wang family, so that they can stop interfering in the dispute over the Huai River?"

Gu Xiyi sighed lightly in his heart, Xiao Er's pattern is still too small, and his vision is not long-term enough, but fortunately, the Gu family will not need him to support him in the future. Gu Xiyi didn't answer, turned his head to look at Su Xun and said, "What does Jing'er think?"

Su Xun said: "The second cousin's words are inappropriate. ”

"Why is it wrong?" Gu Liujiang asked.

Su Xun replied: "Although the Wang family does not have a deep heritage of the grandfather's family, it is also one of the best families in Tianqi, and the Gu family and the Wang family are mostly cooperative relations. However, the second cousin said this, but he faintly regarded the Wang family as a vassal of the Gu family, and without the support of the Gu family, wouldn't the Wang family be able to do anything? If they really do that, I am afraid that they will provoke the Wang family to dislike, and then they will find another partner to cooperate with, and it will be our Gu family who suffers. ”

"Besides, it is not a good thing for the Wang family to use this incident to repay the favor owed to the Bai family back then. Su Xun smiled and continued, "In the future, if the Bai family asks for anything in front of Wang Xiang, Wang Xiang will have a reason to refuse." "The Bai family has the idea of borrowing the three princes to ascend to the throne, and they will definitely meet in the future, in order to prevent them from using the power of the Wang family to cause chaos, it is better to let them break off their involvement with the Wang family as soon as possible.

After Gu Xiyi heard this, he turned his head and asked Gu Liujiang, "What does Xiao Er think?"

When Gu Liujiang heard this, he pondered for a moment and said, "What my cousin said is that I want to be bad." ”

Su Xun smiled and said, "But you can't let the Bai family get what they want so easily." ”

Gu Xiyi said: "It's true that you can't make it so easy for them, what does Jing'er want?"

Su Xun said with a smile: "I heard that the Bai family seems to be interested in transferring Bai Sanye to the Imperial History Observatory to take over the position of Li Zhongcheng, who has returned to his hometown, and it has taken a lot of effort for this Bai family." ”

As soon as Gu Quxi heard it, he knew what his intentions were: "The promotion and transfer of officials is controlled by the officials, and then with the consent of the prime minister, it can be submitted to the imperial case for the emperor to decide." The cousin wants the king to ......"

"In order to repay the favor, Wang Xiang has damaged the interests of the Gu family, if you still want to cooperate without any mustard in the future, how can you not let us vent our anger?"

Gu Xiyi thought for a moment and said, "Just follow Jing'er's words." ”

Mrs. Chu also smiled and said: "It's this Li'er! Sure enough, it's still Jing'er's confidant." ”

When Gu Tianbo heard this, he sighed with emotion: "Yes, yes, my cousins and cousins are all confidants, and we are all stupid and rough people who don't know how to be considerate." ”

"You!" Mrs. Chu smacked at him.

The crowd was also freed from the slightly heavy political topic and laughed.