Chapter Eighty-Three: Heirlooms

Gu Xiao nodded again and again,

"They didn't say they wouldn't let me tell anyone else, I didn't tell my ancestors and my wife, I only told you."

Li Xiaonuan nodded and laughed, Gu Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, and the person relaxed slightly, looked at Li Xiaonuan, and said in a low voice:

"Nuan Nuan, you don't know, I was scared to death yesterday, I went to Ying Mountain with Cousin Ke and Brother Zhou to enjoy the peach blossoms, Brother Zhou said that he wanted to fold a few peach blossoms and come back to insert the bottle, Cousin Ke accompanied him to pick peach branches, who knows, a man in black suddenly came out from behind the stone, holding a knife, and rushed at Brother Zhou."

Gu Xiao became excited, shuddered slightly, and then said:

"Cousin Ke is amazing, I didn't see him move, so I fought with the man in black, in the blink of an eye, Nuan Nuan, it was really a blink of an eye, the man in black fell to the ground and died, Brother Zhou was very angry, screaming to 'stomp the man and feed the dog'"

Li Xiaonuan's face became solemn, looked at Gu Xiao and asked:

"And then?"

"Then Cousin Ke and Brother Zhou returned to the pavilion, Cousin Ke told me that he was a little thief, and he took a fancy to the beautiful jade on Brother Zhou's hat and came to grab the jade, and then they said, don't let me tell my ancestor and Mrs. about this."

"And what about the man in black?"

"When we were about to get to the house, Yuanshan and Luochuan caught up with us, as if they had really stomped people to pieces."

Gu Xiao showed a disgusting expression on his face,

"Who are Yuanshan and Luochuan?"

"It's Cousin Ke's personal servants, Cousin Ke has four personal servants, Yuanshan, Luochuan, Nanhai, Kunhe, and Brother Zhou has two personal servants, Qingping and Jing'an."

Gu Xiao explained in detail, Li Xiaonuan nodded, looked at Gu Xiao carefully, and asked in a low voice:

"Do you know who that Zhou Gongzi is?"

Gu Xiao was stunned and shook his head,

"I only know that he is a close friend of Cousin Ke, Cousin Ke has never told me which family he is, and I haven't asked, people don't say it, it's not good to stare at it."

Li Xiaonuan raised her eyebrows, looked at Gu Xiao with a smile and a smile, couldn't speak for a while, held it for a while, Li Xiaonuan coughed lightly a few times before she spoke,

"Before yesterday, did your cousin Ke and Brother Zhou mention when they left for home?"

"No, I never mentioned it, Cousin Ke and Brother Zhou were still thinking about eating puffer fish desperately."

Li Xiaonuan slowly leaned back on the chair, wrinkled her brows and thought for a long time, turned her head to look at Gu Xiao, thought about it, and then said after consideration:

"Gu Xiao, do you want to take the imperial examination in the future, and then be the slaughter for the official?"

Gu Xiao nodded hurriedly, Li Xiaonuan looked at him with pity in his eyes, sighed softly, and then said:

"If you have the heart to be an official, then the Di copy, it should be looked, to be an official, you must always know those things in the officialdom, who has political disagreements with whom, who has participated in whom, who the emperor has praised for what, and who has been reprimanded for what, you have to know it, in order to be a good official, these are all on the Di copy."

Gu Xiao looked at Li Xiaonuan a little stunned, blinked a few times and asked:

"Nuan Nuan, I told you about yesterday, how did you talk about this?"

Li Xiaonuan looked at Gu Xiao helplessly, fell back on the rocking chair in a dejected manner, looked up at the golden laurel tree in the yard, and was out of his mind for a while, before he straightened up, looked at Gu Xiao and said solemnly:

"Gu Xiao, listen, in the future, whatever you promised Zhou Gongzi, you must completely follow it, don't be out of shape, don't come and tell me like today, this is one, second, no matter what happens, you have to tell the ancestors, only tell the ancestors, no matter what, don't hide it from the ancestors."

Gu Xiao looked at Li Xiaonuan in a daze, and said hesitantly:

"Nuan Nuan, what do you mean, do you mean that I not only have to listen to Zhou Gongzi's words, but also have to do a good job, but if he asks me to hide from my ancestors, I can't hide them from my ancestors, I have to tell my ancestors, and I have to tell my ancestors, and Zhou Gongzi asked me to hide them from her?"

Li Xiaonuan laughed and nodded heavily, Gu Xiao scratched his head, Li Xiaonuan seemed to think of something, and stared at it,

"What I tell you, you can't tell your ancestors, and no one can say it."

Gu Xiao grinned,

"Nuan Nuan, you said that I should not hide anything from my ancestors, and said that I can't tell my ancestors what you say, so can I say it or not?"

Li Xiaonuan was stunned all of a sudden, and said with Gu Xiao hatefully:

"Don't hide anything from your ancestors except for me, you can't say anything about me."

Gu Xiao laughed lightly, nodded and said:

"Okay, I know, then I'll go to find the ancestor?"

"Hmm"

Li Xiaonuan nodded in agreement, Gu Xiao stood up, pulled the placket of his shirt, smiled and turned around and walked out, Li Xiaonuan watched him walk out of the courtyard along the verandah, stunned for a long time, before picking up the book, but he was a little uneasy.

In the afternoon of the next day, Li Xiaonuan copied **, and repaired the flowers and leaves in the back garden with the little girl for half a day, and Mrs. Li woke up from a nap.

Li Xiaonuan and Cuilian waited together for Mrs. Li to clean her face, took the tea held by the little girl, and handed it to Mrs. Li, Mrs. Li took the cup with a smile, motioned for Li Xiaonuan to sit on the edge of the couch, turned her head to look at Cuilian and ordered:

"You go down first, let our grandparents and grandchildren talk freely."

Li Xiaonuan's heart jumped slightly, and she smiled and watched Cuilian retreat with the little girl, before turning her head to look at Mrs. Li, who looked at her gently, and asked in a low voice with a smile:

"Do you know who that Zhou Gongzi is?"

Li Xiaonuan was stunned, Mrs. Li's straightforwardness was completely beyond her expectations, Li Xiaonuan was stunned, biting her lip and nodded, Mrs. Li laughed, looked down at Li Xiaonuan and then asked:

"How do you know?"

"That,"

Li Xiaonuan twisted her body as if she was uncomfortable, and said in a low voice:

"I heard the second sister say that the aunt of the cousin's cousin is the emperor's concubine, and she gave birth to a prince, who is about the same age as the cousin's young master, and the emperor's family is surnamed Zhou."

Old Madam Li raised her eyebrows and smiled, nodded slowly, Li Xiaonuan seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and then said:

"Gu Xiao told me that the ancestor has always let Zhou Gongzi sit on the head of the young master, and our Yuan Zheng Dynasty, surnamed Zhou, can sit on the head of the prince of Runan, but there are not many."

Li Xiaonuan's voice lowered, and Mrs. Li laughed softly, reached out and stroked Li Xiaonuan's hair and praised:

"You are a smart and clear person, and you are willing to pay attention to everything, what you say is very true, but if you pay some attention, the identity of the son of Zhou is obvious, Xiao Ke is also very respectful to him in his daily life, Xiao Er is too loyal and simple, alas"

Mrs. Li's heavy sigh brought out a deep sadness, Li Xiaonuan lowered her eyes and didn't dare to answer.

Mrs. Li turned around, took a box from behind her, opened it, took out a jade bracelet that was only transparent and extremely agile from it, took Li Xiaonuan's hand, slowly put it on her wrist, held Li Xiaonuan's arm, looked at it carefully, and said with a smile:

"This bracelet was given to the ancestor by the ancestor's grandmother, it is an antiquity, and the ancestor will give it to you today."

Li Xiaonuan looked at the green and flexible bracelet on her wrist in shock, and hurriedly faded it with her hand.

"This is an ancestral heirloom, how can you give it to me?"

"Isn't it a family heirloom to you? Don't move, wear it well, and listen to the ancestors. ”

Mrs. Li smiled and pressed Li Xiaonuan's hand, slightly worried, and said gently,

"Xiao Nuan, you are only eleven years old this year, this smart, the ancestor is happy and afraid, this ancient jade bracelet, the aura is sufficient, you wear it well, don't take it off, it is also a blessing, yesterday I asked Mama Wei to go to Lingying Temple, let her go to light an everlasting lamp for you, and Xiao Er, all pray for blessings."

Li Xiaonuan's eyes moistened, and he looked up at Mrs. Li, and after a while, he choked up and shouted in a low voice:

"Ancestor ......"

Mrs. Li pulled Li Xiaonuan over, hugged her in her arms, and said with a smile:

"Our Li family is a smart and capable woman, the ancestor is, and so is my Xiao Nuan."

Li Xiaonuan laughed and nodded his head hurriedly.

In the evening, Cuilian carried a lantern and personally sent a copy of the scroll, and reported with a smile:

"Miss Biao, this is what the ancestor ordered to send to you, the ancestor ordered, if you are optimistic, let the little girl take it and change it for a new one."

Li Xiaonuan hurriedly got up from the couch, thanked Cuilian with a smile, and instructed the end of the winter to take over the copy and personally send Cuilian to the door of the main house, Cuilian pushed Li Xiaonuan with a smile on her face, refusing to let her send her out of the main house for half a step, Li Xiaonuan had to tell Lan Chu to carry the lantern and send Cuilian to the gate of the courtyard.

Watching the two lanterns go out along the verandah, Li Xiaonuan turned back to the east chamber, sat on the couch, took the copy of the palace, and flipped it up.

The days slipped slowly and quickly, and Mrs. Zhou waited anxiously for more than half a month, and the steward who delivered the letter came back, but did not bring back the reply of Princess Runan, but only reported:

"The princess was a little unwell, and said that the princess would send someone to deliver the letter in a few days."

Mrs. Zhou's heart sank, and she sent the steward down, and sat stunned for a while, so she called Mama Zhou in, and told her to go to the treasury to pick up some good red ginseng and cinnamon, pick a few old mothers-in-law, and go to the capital to see the princess.

After more than ten days, there was still no letter in the capital, Gu Yunhuan was in tears every day, washing his face with tears, not to mention the director, even people didn't want to see him, Li Xiaonuan was distressed, but he couldn't drag her anymore, so he had to go to the housekeeper director of Cuiwei Hall every day.

Mrs. Zhou was angry and depressed, and her body became a little unhappy, Li Xiaonuan hurriedly reported to Mrs. Li, and invited a doctor to come over every day to diagnose the pulse.