On the fifth watch of the next day, Gu's woke up, although his spirit was sufficient, his heart was low, and even the thought of telling his daughter yesterday that he wanted to have another child disappeared without a trace.

Xue Ju counted the time according to what the third lady said, and at this time she prepared breakfast, and was very surprised to see her wake up.

"The third lady is about to become a miracle doctor. She said you'll wake up around this morning. At this time, madam, you really woke up. ”

"How long have I slept this night? There was nothing else going on in the house this night, right? ”

"Last night, Aunt Xie, they made four new mooncakes. The third lady has already set the style and quantity of the delivery, and asked Aunt Xie to hurry up to make cakes in the past two days, for fear that there will be insufficient manpower, and some manpower will be dropped everywhere to support. The second son went to school in the morning, and he began to have a five-day holiday the day after tomorrow. Also..."

Speaking of which, Xue Ju was a little stumbling.

Gu Shi put on his coat and sighed lightly, "When did you have something you can't say in front of me?" ”

"The third lady arranged for the next life and the morning to go to Jinnan County last night."

"What is she doing here?"

Gu Shi was startled, couldn't figure out the meaning, his belly was empty and gurgling, and he hurriedly said: "Hurry up and wait for me to freshen up and eat." ”

After all, she is the lady in charge of Anping Mansion, and she is still strong in her bones.

Hurriedly freshened up, and just sat down in the outer room, Aunt Xie and her daughter came with two maids holding plates.

"Sister Jane. These are a few mooncakes that Miss San ordered to send out last night, two old-fashioned orange flavors and assorted flavors, two new-style, one is called matcha ice cake, and one is a two-color Ruyi Hehe cake. ”

Aunt Xie asked Yahuan to put four mooncakes on the table, "This is a new one we made early this morning, please try it when Sister Zhen has breakfast." ”

There were only ginseng porridge, fruit and vegetable clubs, and a few dishes on the table.

Gu Shi saw the delicate and fragrant cakes, and said with a light smile, "The third lady arranged it like this, right?" ”

Aunt Xie smiled: "Exactly." ”

"I'll eat some fruits and vegetables first to refresh my stomach."

Gu's ate some fruits and vegetables, and Congqing pushed the two-color Ruyi cake over, and whispered: "Mother." Taste the Wawa cake first, then what Nishiki, orange fragrance, and finally Matcha cake. This way there will be no mixing of flavors. There are also unselected five-kernel cakes and cinnamon-flavored ones, as well as the newly made jujube paste cakes made yesterday, and my mother can also taste and play. ”

Gushi nodded, not tasting first. Let's take a closer look at it first, and then take Congqing's hand and praise, "These patterns are getting better and better." The crust is made smoother and the color is attractive. ”

"Mother. Let's taste it. Congqing looked at her affectionately.

Gushi tasted it slowly, and the cake was very sweet. But it was inexplicably disturbing his heart, and he shed tears while eating.

"Mother. What's wrong? ”

"Sister Jane, what's uncomfortable? Drink some porridge. ”

Congqing's mother and daughter patted their backs gently, and the other pushed the ginseng porridge in front of her.

"It's fine. It may have been a bit of a fork in the air just now. Gu wiped away his tears, exhaled, drank porridge and continued to taste the bread.

"The old one is better than last year, and the new one is very special and sophisticated. You can send it out. In addition, add the five-kernel cake to. Sending five kinds means that five blessings are coming. I have worked hard for you in the past two days, and I will send you double monthly silver this month, and I will reward you with some more gifts. Today eleven. The bread must be brought everywhere before fifteen. Go ahead and get busy. ”

Aunt Xie's mother and daughter happily retreated.

Xue Ju's eyes were red, she swallowed her tears, saw that each of the six cakes had only eaten one bite, and said distressedly: "Madam." Let's eat ginseng porridge and fruits and vegetables. ”

Gu Shi took a deep breath and tasted some cakes, although he felt good, he was in a bad mood and couldn't raise his appetite. According to Xue Ju, I forcibly drank ginseng porridge and ate some fruits and vegetables, but I couldn't eat it anymore. Put down the dishes and chopsticks, stand up, and stretch out your arms, "I can't fall down." ”

A red shadow slowly came in from the outside.

"Good morning, Miss Three." Snowflakes greet outside.

"Rong'er is here? Have you had breakfast yet? Gu Shi looked at Rong'er's refreshed appearance. Cheer up and smile.

Rong'er came in to look at the table and said with a smile, "I've already had breakfast." In the morning, I also ate the cakes made by Aunt Xie. Mother thinks these cakes can be given away, right? ”

"Of course you can send it out. Aunt Xie's mother and daughter are ingenious. In addition, I asked them to add the five-kernel cake to ask for the meaning of the five blessings. ”

"It's still thoughtful." This is actually a small question deliberately left by Rong'er last night, which house doesn't send five kinds of cakes every year, asking for a five-blessing consummation?

Gu walked to the door. It was raining lightly outside, and the mood was even more depressed, "It's raining outside." ”

"Mother. From today, take a walk. I wanted to go for a walk in the garden with you and be more active. It's a little rainy, so let's walk on the curved corridor. ”

Rong'er carried her out of the house.

Gu's slept from yesterday afternoon to this morning, and he slept a little long, and he really wanted to walk around.

The mother and daughter walked east from the corridor, and Yuqin, Yumei and Xueju followed not far behind.

"Did you send Laisheng and Laishu to Jinnan County?"

"I also asked Lai to pay two thousand taels of silver from the account room, and also received some ginseng and bird's nest from the treasury, and picked some cakes made by Aunt Xie and them last night, and packed them into two gift boxes. Let him go to Jinnan County to find Lang Wenqi. ”

"Why is that?"

Gu Shi looked at his daughter, who was only half an ear tall, in bewilderment.

Rong'er whispered in her ear: "Now the city is full of rumors." I asked Lang Wenqi to thank Yang Qianhu and Wu County officials in Jinnan County. ”

"Thanking them will stop the rumors?"

"There's a connection, of course. As long as the documents reported by the Wu county officials are realistic, they are powerful evidence. It's not that I forced the people of the Xue family to make trouble, it's that they themselves are too greedy. ”

"Does Lord Wu dare to report documents casually?"

"He didn't dare. If someone asks him to write flowers, it's hard to say! Go and thank you, and find out! ”

"You mean ......"

"Mother. I don't really care about these inconsequential reputations. But for the sake of Anpyeong, we must be careful. And this time, I would like to thank Lord Wu's Yang Qianhu, who is very kind. ”

"This favor cannot be removed. I still can't figure it out, whose family we have made a feud with, and have thought about all the nobles in the capital, who would want to destroy your marriage? ”

"Not in the capital. There are still a lot of old nobles out there. Let's be honest. I don't think Xia Zhikang is good. ”

Unconsciously walked outside the Dong'an Courtyard, an old lamp at the gate of the courtyard swayed in the wind, making the courtyard even more empty.

"Hey. You have good ones that you don't want. People can't think of it, and they can't think of any methods, so they are in a hurry. What do I say about you? Gu Shi looked at the empty Dong'an Courtyard, pushed open the door and walked in.

"Mother. Xia Zhikang is so good, why didn't he come in the past two days? ”

The mother and daughter went up to the corridor of Dong'an Courtyard and stood at the entrance, looking at the dark surroundings.

Yuqin and the others hurriedly picked up the lanterns on the courtyard gate and carried them over.

"You're waiting here." Gu Shi took the lantern and carried it himself, and walked inside with his daughter.

The house where Aunt Xue lived was closed, and all the things in the house were emptied, except for a few pieces of furniture. Touching the scene, Gu's heart ached faintly, looked at the closed door, stopped, and sighed: "They are all people who want face." Huining Mansion is more face-saving than us. (To be continued.) )