Chapter 965 Secretly
After returning to the palace, Bai Ko came to deal with the letter from the county lord again, and it was really about the Qing Wangfu to enjoy the flowers, King Qing was idle every day, and it was also elegant to have a date, especially now that there are many people in the capital, there is no lack of outstanding literary talents, and he also accepts invitations from time to time to go out to meet a few young talents, nephews and nieces said that they want to go to his house to enjoy the flowers, and His Royal Highness King Qing naturally listed the days he has free for the next day.
The county lord transferred the free days to Bai Ko and asked her to pick a day, their own sisters and brothers can be said to be free every day, although they also have to go to school every day, and the prince will not be too harsh if he is lazy occasionally.
Bai Ko flipped through her notebook, although she was fixed in Xiu Mu to rest, but not every time she can do nothing for a day at home, at the end of the year, all kinds of entertainment, rest days are busier than usual, although the stewards can attend some occasions for her, but the status is equal, other families are the owner and the shopkeeper come forward Bai Ko can't pretend to be dead in the back, Gu Yun is busy next year's spring and can't come in handy, she flipped through the notebook only to find that the recent dates are full, and it is quite difficult to find a day to come out to enjoy the flowers and play, compare and compare, I finally picked out a day before the winter hunt, wrote a reply to the county lord immediately, and then left it on my desk to send it tomorrow morning.
Early the next morning, Bai Ko was invited by the princess to the house to chat for a while before going out, Ning Peilan went out today to make an appointment, and asked Bai Ko if she wanted to buy something back, she thought that the organ bag she had ordered when she went out with the princess last time was almost time to get it back, so she asked the princess to take a detour, and Ning Peilan responded happily.
In addition, Bai Ko thought of the matter of the Bai family, hesitated for a moment and told the princess, asking her to take care of the gate of the palace.
"Do you remember the other day when I was looking for information from a news monger?"
"Remember, what's wrong?"
"After the accident in my family, the position of patriarch was handed over to my grandfather's younger brother Bai Yeshou, and our house was expelled from the clan, and now they have found us again because of the problem of poor management of the clan property, my sister has been harassed, and the clan wants my sister to marry in the name of paying off debts, and that information is the situation of the man's family, I came to the door and refused, and now the clan knows, and yesterday I sent someone to harass my sister, I believe they will come to me after they find out that they can't take advantage of my sister, but if I'm not there, don't let them into the house, Don't talk to them, don't let them have any chance to play the emotional card. ”
"How so? What was the attitude of the man's family when you came to the door to refuse? Are they going to give up? ”
"That man's family is an ordinary person who does a small business, and it will be soft to scare them, and it is more important for them to collect their debts than to marry a daughter-in-law, so it is not difficult to refuse them, I am mainly afraid that the Bai clan will come to harass them."
"I see, okay, I see."
"My sister is ten years older than me, and the family was still good when she got married, so she and the current patriarch have been in the same room since childhood, she is easily driven by emotions to do foolish things, I don't have such a deep relationship with the clan, and I don't like to be led by the nose, I don't work hard to restore the nationality is not to let a group of strange elders point fingers at me."
"Don't worry, they can't enter the door of the palace, as for your sister, have you mentioned this to Gu Yun? He is the owner of the tea room, although it is a private matter of your sisters, it is best to talk to Gu Yun as well. ”
"Well, then I'll go back and write a letter to him."
"He's living across the door, and you're going to write a letter? After a while, I will ask people to go to the Yeguo Mansion to send a message in the name of the prince, and ask Gu Yun to come over directly after he comes back, you have something to say in person, isn't it clearer than you to write a letter? The two of you are usually busy with your own work, you take the idea of everything inside and outside the factory, Gu Yun can't help in business, he, the son of a powerful person, should always do something else. "Since Ning Peilan has already learned Gu Yun's true intentions from her husband, she naturally wants to create convenience for him.
"Yes, that's it." Bai Qiao didn't expect Ning Peilan to have other thoughts, so he nodded in response.
The two negotiated, said goodbye and broke up, Bai Ko went to the workshop and sent a letter by the way, Ning Peilan sent someone to the Yeguo Mansion to leave a message for Gu Yun before going out to the appointment, and at the same time, Gan's sedan chair arrived at the palace and attended the date with the princess.
The second room is now separated and moved out, and life is okay behind closed doors, the cash money from the separation is in the hands of her mother-in-law, and Gan's family does not ask her, her small family completely depends on her dowry to pay for expenses, so she has the final say outside the home, Gu Xu doesn't care about everything, and she is also interested in taking care of her daughter to play with her for a while, and let the nurse take it away if she is not happy.
The two of them sat in the car, Gan's chattered all the way, Ning Peilan listened patiently all the way, occasionally interjected to comfort a few words and deliberately lured Gan to say more, so they also knew that Gu Yunkuan, the second master, wrote home to scold people again, and the eldest daughter Gu Wan, who married more than two years ago, was in danger of being divorced because she had never given birth and opposed her husband's concubine.
For the sake of face, large families rarely divorce their wives, and the reputation of the man's family will also be greatly affected, Ning Peilan feels that it should not be enough to divorce his wife, but if Gu Wan still can't recognize her own situation, it is inevitable to be left out in the cold, especially in the current situation of her mother's family, the husband's new accounts and old accounts are counted together, where will Gu Wan be merciful, no wonder Gu Second Master will write home to scold.
Ning Peilan couldn't help but feel sorry for Gu Gan's in her heart, once a woman marries the wrong husband, she is really paying for her whole life.
In the afternoon, everyone who went out for a day went home one after another, and when Gan got home, he heard that Gu Chan had come to find her mother-in-law, and now Yang Mi was dismissed from the imperial examination for three generations, and the family property was confiscated, but fortunately, the house was confiscated, but the Yang family had no source of livelihood, and Gu Chan also used her dowry to support the family's expenses, and it was just an emergency, after all, it was not a long-term solution, so it was better to go back to her mother's house to ask for a solution.
Gan's was upset when she heard these things, she was also short of money here, her mother-in-law quarreled to buy a house in Shangfang to settle down, but the money from the division of the family in the public school could not meet her requirements at all, she now except for inviting An in the morning and evening, she usually goes next door less, Gu Chan goes back to her parents' house to ask for ideas, what good ideas can her mother-in-law come up with, in the end, she doesn't have to trouble herself again.
Gan, who was even more upset, couldn't sit still at home, so he took the child in a sedan chair and went to the palace to chat with the princess.
Ning Peilan was entertaining guests in the ear room of the upper room, and when the palace chief came back and heard that Gan was there, he changed his clothes and went to the outer study to take care of the housework with the housekeeper, and after a while, the little maid brought Gu Yun in.
"We just broke up, why did you come here?"
"Didn't you leave me a message early in the morning asking me to come over when I got home? I haven't heard you talk about anything this day. ”
The two of them suddenly looked at each other, and then both suddenly realized.
"Oh, it's the princess."
"It's a white cardamom."
"Butler, is Bai Ko back?"
"Back to the prince, the shopkeeper Bai has not come back yet, and it is indeed the princess who went to the Yeguo Mansion in the name of the prince in the morning to leave a message to Gu Shizi."
"Huh? I spent a day in the workshop yesterday, and she still hasn't told me anything? Gu Yun rolled his eyes and asked the housekeeper again, "Housekeeper, did Bai Ko go out again after he came back last night?" ”
"Gu Shizi is so calculating, yesterday afternoon, Bai Rui, the sister of the shopkeeper of Bai Da, hurriedly came to look for it, but the shopkeeper Bai Da did not come back at that time, she had to go back first, thinking that when the shopkeeper Bai Da went out from the side door at night, she should go to the tea room."
"That's her sister Bai Rui has an accident again."
"You are the owner, Shui Zhen is in charge, if it is a business matter, she should come to you directly, but she is looking for Bai Ko, it can be seen that it is their sister's private matter."
"But Bai Ko is looking for me again, and it seems that I have to come forward to help solve this private matter."
"Then you can accompany me here to drink tea and wait slowly, it just so happens that I am here to welcome some entertainment, you can also help me come up with ideas, what kind of gifts are appropriate, if your family is useful, we will buy them together."
So they and the housekeeper discussed in the outer study, and unconsciously waited for Bai Ko to come back, Gu Yun went to the guest house to wait, after all, this is the palace, he sneaked into Bai Ko's courtyard last time, but he didn't dare to come a second time.
It didn't take long for Bai Ko to come over, and Gu Yun couldn't help but be happy and excited when he saw her enter the door.
"I suddenly knew what it meant to be gone."
"You mean I'm aging too fast? Three years old overnight? Bai Ko looked at him angrily.
Gu Yun was speechless for a moment, "Huh? I didn't mean that! That's not how that is how that is said! ”
"And what do you mean?"
"It's boring, I just found out that the horse's fart slapped the horse's leg."
"It was on the horseshori." Bai Ko deliberately made a hoof flipping motion, and the horseshoe was nailed to the horse's paw.
The subordinate who came in to serve tea heard their conversation, couldn't help but laugh, and hurriedly cleaned up his face, put down the tea tray, poured tea for the two and saluted to leave.
There were only two of them in this bright upper room, and there was not a single superfluous idler.
"Tell me, what's the matter with me? What's wrong with your sister? ”
"I was harassed."
"Who?! Outsiders dare to smash my business?! ”
"Did I tell you about my expulsion?"
"Yes. Did the clansmen show up? Looking for your sister? ”
"Well, I went directly to the tea room to find someone, and I was seen by the guests' subordinates, and I have been paying attention to the movements of the female relatives in the circle recently."
Bai Ko thought for a while, sorted out a draft, and told Gu Yun about the events of the past few days in chronological order.
"The man who proposed marriage has been persuaded by me that he will not have this idea again, they will settle accounts with the clan, so yesterday the clan sent someone to find Bai Rui, saying that the aunt Bai Rui who came here does not know herself, but she has a very powerful mouth."
"Well, the clansmen showed up, your sister has this relationship since she was a child here, and it is inevitable that she will be led by the nose, don't be angry with her, in the end, she didn't fall for it, and left an opening for you to deal with."
"The tea room is entertained by the ladies of rich and noble families, and an outsider breaking in will bring unsafe hidden dangers, besides, that is the place to do business, and it is the time for business, throw away the errand and talk to outsiders? That's how you paid her to do it? ”
"Okay, well, listen to you, just forgive her this time, if she makes another mistake, there is no distinction between public and private, I will fire her and invite another chef." Gu Yun raised his hand to surrender, he didn't argue with Bai Ko about this kind of thing, Bai Ko was always right, "Don't talk about your sister, let's talk about how to deal with your clan, right?" ”
"Former clansmen."
"Yes, ex-clansmen, ex-clansmen." Gu Yun felt that this was really awkward, "What do you want to do?" ”
"Reclaim the family property."
"Huh?!"
"Taking advantage of their poor management and a large amount of foreign debts, I instigated the creditors to sue and use the assets to pay off the debts, and I slowly recovered them behind my back."
"But this can't take it all back, the shops in the city can be done like this, but the clan land of your Bai clan can't be moved."
"It doesn't matter, how much they can get back, anyway, they are not doing well, if they don't sell now, they will end the closure in the future, and they won't be able to sell it at that time, so they will leave it for them to eat, and they can be a landlord with peace of mind, don't think about being a businessman."
"Okay, I'll check how much foreign debt they have and how much of the city assets they can force them to sell, but if you push them into a hurry, it might be against you."
"I just want them to be unfavorable to me, only when things get big will someone support me, so I won't do things quietly, I wish it would be good if it was big." Bai Ko is full of confidence.
Gu Yun shook his head and chuckled, "You are justified in everything." ”
"I was justified." Bai Ko's eyes widened, and his cheeks bulged like a frog.
"But if they know that they have already expelled you from the house, and that they are still going to find your sisters, maybe they have come up with another set of sympathetic arguments."
"No matter what they say, if they provoke me, I will go to court to say it."
"Okay, that's it for now." Gu Yun patted his clothes and stood up, and went to take Bai Ko by the hand, and pulled her up, "Let's go to the street for dinner, right?" I've got a good restaurant to take you to. ”
"Going out to eat at this time?" Bai Ko looked at the sky and didn't want to go out at all.
"Go, it's close." Gu Yun gently shook Bai Ko's hand, "It's just two squares next door, and there is enough time to walk back after eating." ”
Bai Ko thought about it very seriously, "Forget it, I don't want to go out anymore when I'm back." ”
"Then let's go by car, let's go, we won't close the door by mistake." Gu Yun took Bai Ko and walked out, feeling happy that she didn't break free.
"Can I still have a seat now?"
"Yes, yes, there must be."
"That restaurant must not be delicious."
"The newly opened restaurant has not yet become famous, otherwise there will really be no seats at this time."
The two of them went out of the room, Gu Yun took the initiative to let go of his hand, although it was a pity, but he was excited again when he thought about riding together for a while.
Gu Yun instructed his guards to wait outside the gate, he followed Bai Ko to the stable, called Lao Cui to set the car, and then went out through the side door to meet the guards on the street.
The two of them sat side by side, Gu Yun didn't mind sitting opposite him, but sitting side by side gave him the opportunity to hold hands, anyway, the carriage was high, and he couldn't see anything outside when the curtain was pulled, so he had the courage to sit next to Bai Ko.
The carriage went out of Tianshui Fang on the main road to go around the square to eat, and there were naughty children on the side of the street playing with cannons, throwing them at the feet of pedestrians and wheels, throwing a cannonball and running away, which caused passers-by to curse.
Lao Cui drove the car carefully, but he couldn't prevent it, a cannon exploded under the horse's hooves, the horse was frightened, Lao Cui hurriedly tightened the handbrake, the car was heavily struck, and the two people in the car rushed forward, fortunately, there was a table to block it.
When Lao Cui calmed the horses and set off again, and the two people in the car sat down properly, Bai Ko found that she had an extra hand on her waist, she lowered her head and pinched it, and when she heard Gu Yun's voice of pain, she smiled treacherously.
Gu Yun withdrew his hand in a daze, and the rest of the way both sat upright.
This dinner is indeed as delicious as Gu Yun introduced, and the newly opened restaurant is actually famous, but it has not yet reached the point of being full, so they temporarily went to a private room, and a group of people had a full meal and returned comfortably.
Bai Ko was busy for a day, he was full again, and he dozed off against the wall board not long after he set off, Gu Yun leaned over gently, and carefully supported Bai Ko's head against his shoulder, although the carriage was already quite outstandingly stable, the wall board was made of wood after all.
Leaning on a more comfortable place, Bai Ko slept very relaxed, Gu Yun first played with her fingers, and then raised her hand to her lips to kiss it, seeing that she didn't react, she was even more bold.
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(Author's note: I finally feel better after throwing up, make up for the noon first, 4500 words, thank you for your support and condolences.) )