Chapter 011, Ruthless Calculation
Gu Licheng returned to the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of War, and immediately asked the Lin family to take out all the birthdays of the girls in the family, and even a few concubines.
The birthdates of the three concubines are in the hands of the Lin family, and the birthdates of the five concubines are in the hands of their respective aunts.
Seeing that Gu Licheng was so anxious, Lin hurriedly asked, "Master, what's the matter?" ”
"Master Huineng gave the Duchess of Zhenguo a birthday eight-character, saying that as long as the prince marries this girl with a birthday eight-character, he will be fine!"
Lin didn't believe it, "Didn't the prince of the world say that he won't live to be twenty, I think he seems to be old, lord, I always feel that this matter of the Zhenguo Mansion is weird!" ”
"Don't talk nonsense!" Gu Licheng scolded, "Go and bring the eight characters of Xinyu, Jinghan, and Yunqin's birthday!" ”
Lin smiled, "I've been ready for a long time!" He handed the eight characters of his birthday to Gu Licheng, but he was glad in his heart that it was not his daughter.
No matter how good the Zhenguo Mansion is, but the prince is not good, a short-lived ghost, she will not let her daughter marry and be a widow.
Gu Licheng saw that it was not, and even the birthday eight characters sent by several aunts were not, Gu Licheng was very disappointed.
Let a few aunts go back, and then say to the Lin family, "You go to the eldest brother, second brother, third brother, and fifth brother's house to see if there is a girl with this birthday!" ”
Lin nodded slightly, "Well, I'll go now!" ”
The five brothers of the Gu family, because Gu Licheng has a high official position and has a concubine and sister-in-law, so several other concubines are all looking forward to the Lin family, and the Lin family also likes to show off their power in front of several concubines.
In the face of Lin's request, even if a few concubines were unhappy, they still took out their daughter's birthday eight characters, but fortunately, none of them were true, and even the concubines did not have any birthday eight characters that could match.
Lin was very disappointed and returned to the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of War.
She also knew that if she could win over the Duke of Zhenguo, it would be a very powerful boost for the second prince, Jun Yize.
The Lin family is still not very satisfied with his second-grade destiny now.
If the second prince succeeds, Lin laughed.
For the death of three maids in the house overnight, the Lin family didn't care at all, but Gu Lao Taijun had a headache, and dreamed at night that Chunlan came to her to ask for her life.
The Lin family personally fed Gu Lao Taijun with medicine, "Mother, are you better?" ”
"That's it, don't worry, by the way, did you find it?"
Lin shook his head, "No! ”
Seeing that Old Lady Gu was silent, Lin approached Old Lady Gu, "Mother, you say, how about we make a fake?" ”
"Nonsense!" Old Taijun Gu scolded, "You can figure it out, if it is discovered by the Guogong Mansion, it will not be a marriage, but a feud!" ”
"Mother, it's me who is cranky!"
Gu Lao Taijun saw that the Lin family knew that she was wrong, and she couldn't bear to blame the Lin family, after all, the Lin family was her own niece, and she grew up since she was a child, and now she is a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and the Lin family gave birth to three sons and three daughters for the Gu family, and she took care of the feed in an orderly manner, which was indispensable.
"My mother didn't blame you, I can't force this, by the way, Xinyu is almost sixteen years old, do you have someone in the picture?"
"No! This girl has a high spirit, and I don't know what she likes! ”
Mrs. Gu smiled, "You are her mother-in-law, but you have to help her take good care of it, no matter who the son is, character is the most important!" Jinghan is also in time, you have to prepare well! ”
"The daughter-in-law listens to her mother!"
"Go get busy, there's nothing going on here!"
Lin stood up, "That daughter-in-law retires!" ”
After the Lin family left, Old Taijun Gu smiled and asked the maid Chunmei to wait and rest.
Gu Licheng was in the study, and he always felt that he had seen that birthday character somewhere, but he couldn't remember it after racking his brains, this thing would definitely not be shown to him by others, so it must be in his own home, simply going through those things that he didn't think were important, but couldn't be discarded.
Gu Licheng rummaged in the study for a whole afternoon, and when Lin learned about it, he smiled faintly, "Tell the big kitchen to cook a bowl of soup to remove the fire and send it to the study!" ”
"Yes!"
When the maid came in with the soup, Gu Licheng had just found the letter sent by Ai.
Gu Licheng didn't have much love for Ai's, just because his old father wanted him to marry, and he couldn't resist the marriage and his parents' orders, so he married Ai's.
Ai's is cautious in everything, blushing and crying at every turn, Gu Licheng doesn't like it at all, it just so happens that the Lin family at that time was lively and cheerful, like a touch of sunshine shining into Gu Licheng's heart, everything is so natural, he and the Lin family have a beginning and end, the Lin family is pregnant, he is forced by pressure, he has to stop his wife and remarry.
Over the years, Gu Licheng has never felt indebted to Ai, at least he has never been short of food and clothing for her and her children.
Children, food and clothing?
Gu Licheng suddenly remembered that this birthday was sent back by Ai, the one he had never seen his daughter before.
"Master, the soup is here!"
Gu Licheng opened the letters one by one as if he hadn't heard it, in fact, there were not many letters sent by Ai, about twenty letters, all of which were letters from thirteen years ago, that is to say, in the past thirteen years, not a single letter from Ai has been sent back.
Gu Licheng finally found Ai's letter to write a birthday letter, and in the letter, Ai's told Gu Licheng that she had given birth to a daughter and hoped that Gu Licheng would give her a name.
Gu Licheng didn't remember how he replied to the letter at that time, anyway, there were very few letters sent back by Ai Shi later, and they gradually disappeared.
This matter is very important, Gu Licheng took the letter and immediately went to discuss it with Gu Lao Taijun.
After hearing this, Old Taijun Gu was also stunned, "You mean, the daughter born to Ai Shi back then is this birthday eight characters?" ”
Gu Licheng nodded.
Old Taijun Gu pondered for a moment before saying, "What are you going to do?" Is it to bring this daughter back? ”
"Escher hasn't written back for thirteen years, where are they now? Whether it's alive or not, I don't know! Gu Licheng told the truth.
Old Mrs. Gu didn't speak.
Although she was also her granddaughter, she had no feelings at all, and she didn't care about life or death.
But now......
"This matter has to be discussed with Zhi'er, no matter what, she is the head of the Gu Mansion, your Gu Licheng's wife!"
Gu Licheng nodded, "Mother, I mean, even if I find them, I will only pick up the child when the time comes, as for her mother Ai's ......" Gu Licheng paused before continuing, "Can't stay!" ”
Regarding Gu Licheng's suggestion, Mrs. Gu agreed.
"This matter, you go to your father-in-law to discuss, see what your father-in-law means, but before you go, you have to tell Zhi'er, that's it, or I will go and tell Zhi'er in person, if you go to talk about it, so as not to damage your feelings!"
"Son, thank you mother!"
Old Mrs. Gu smiled and was silent.
It stands to reason that she wants to live with her eldest son, or follow her younger son, but he chose the fourth child, part of which is Gu Licheng's filial piety, and the other part is that Gu Licheng married Lin Zhi.
Old Mrs. Gu came to Lin's Lingzhi Courtyard, Lin didn't expect Old Mrs. Gu to come over, she was shocked and stunned, "Why did my mother come over?" If you have any orders, just send someone and call them! ”
"I do have something to discuss with you!"
"Then sit inside, let's talk while drinking tea!"