The eldest princess's Luan drove with the rich rewards in the palace and stopped in front of the gate of the Protector's Mansion, and the middle gate, which was usually closed, was wide open and swept clean to welcome the guard of honor.

Mother Hu twisted a warm handkerchief to wipe Gu Ci's face, and she woke up leisurely.

She is currently small and has limited energy, and today she got up earlier than usual, tossed around the palace, and fell asleep in seconds as soon as she got into the carriage.

Yuyi was very distressed, hugged her daughter and coaxed: "Good baby, pad your stomach first." After feeding her a bowl of warm duck soup and a few hibiscus cakes, she barely managed to get up.

Gu Yao and the twins had been waiting at the door for a long time, and when they saw that there was no response in the carriage for a long time after the carriage stopped, they were about to ask out loud when the curtain was lifted.

Gu Yao stretched out his hand to help Yuyi get out of the car first, and then directly hugged his daughter down, looked at her coy appearance, and asked, "But are you tired?" ”

As soon as Gu Ci opened his mouth, he yawned, and tears flowed out uncontrollably, so he had to say, "I'm sleepy." ”

Gu Yao kissed her forehead, felt that her body temperature was still good, and let go, "Let's go, let's go back and rest when we see your grandfather." ”

The subordinates waiting at the gate of the Protector's Mansion could not hide their surprise when they saw this. No matter how much the father loves his daughter, he will only be so close in private, and there are few people who hold his daughter in public. The county lord is really favored.

The twins were also distressed when they saw their sister's listlessness, but as long as their father was present, it was their turn to hug them, so they had to hug their mother.

At the second gate of the upper courtyard, the group met everyone who was waiting for the news. Heaven and Earth are the princes, so Old Lady Gu Pu and Mrs. Fang also have to come out to greet them, and they all have to salute the eldest princess Yuyi and Gu Ci, and the county lord of Yuanyi is not sealed in vain.

Gu Ci felt a little uneasy in her heart, she was used to saluting others, but none of her relatives had ever saluted her. Now these people who bend down to bow or kneel are also her relatives, as well as quite old elders......

Yuyi took Gu Ci's hand, with a smile on her face, and after Mrs. Fang had made a big salute, she helped her and said with a smile: "Father and Mrs. Tai are tormenting Ah Luan, although she is the county lord, she is also your granddaughter, where can I receive your courtesy." To everyone, "It's all a family, why bother to see the outside like this, you don't have to be like this in the future." ”

Bustling into the Chongyan Hall in the upper courtyard, this was once the place where Gu Hua lived, and the center of the entire Protectorate Mansion was magnificent, revealing a kind of low-key luxury of the family everywhere. The Gu family was not an unknown person in the previous dynasty, and it was only in this dynasty that they really entered the ranks of the top ministers.

Gu Yao asked Gu Pu to say goodbye, and left first, he was an adult man, it was not good to stay in the inner courtyard for a long time, but the twins stayed, standing behind Yuyi. But there were no other boys in the hall. Gu Yi and his cousins were all at home before class was over, and Gu Yi accompanied him in Xiao Lu's Bamboo Heart Pavilion.

Then it was time for Gu Ci to recognize his relatives, mainly a few aunts and sisters.

She first made a blessing to her grandfather Gu Pu, who was sitting in the middle of the head, and said "Please grandfather An", and got a jade Ruyi, and Gan Tang next to her took it, without her doing it at all. Gu Pu has a thin figure, a beautiful hair, and a gray cross-collar with black edges and dark bamboo patterns, looking kind and kind, but compared to Xiao Luru's momentum like Yue Linyuan, he is a weak chicken.

For Mrs. Fang, who was sitting on the right side of her grandfather, she could just bow her head slightly. Fang Yun was wearing a pale green gown, half-sleeves with autumn fragrance and gold, and a goose-yellow silk yarn Hunan skirt with silver lines to trace the daffodils, so that the maid presented a delicate Ruyi purse to Gan Tang, and he wiped his tears with a handkerchief, and said in a stacked voice: "It's good to be back, it's good to be back." As he spoke, he reached out and touched her little face, and the palms of his hands were so tender that people didn't like it. For the sake of her being an elder, Gu Ci couldn't help but dodge!

The fourth lady Qiao Shi stood under her mother-in-law, after all, she was her daughter-in-law, and seeing that no one was cheering, she quipped: "No, mother, you have been thinking about it for all these years, and this time you finally see it, and you are relieved." Then he said to Gu Ci: "I am your fourth aunt, and I hugged you when you were a child." "Give a red satin embroidered sweetheart purse to meet the gift.

In contrast, the Fifth Lady Fang who was standing opposite the Fourth Lady was a little smiling: "I'm your Fifth Aunt, your body is really good?" It's a pity that these big round eyes can't see things......" said the fifth lady handed over a round purse with one hand and stretched out to her face with the other.

Her nails are covered with delicate inlaid rice beads and tortoiseshell shells, which are scary to look at at at the point.

This woman is so presumptuous!

Gu Ciwei turned to one side and asked Gan Tang to step forward to take the purse, and by the way, he blocked the fifth lady's hand, and then said in a milky voice, "Master said that I am already fine!" ”

Just kidding, if you scrape such a sharp thing on her face, you can't hurt to death?!

What else did the fifth lady want to say, Gu Pu frowned and interrupted her, and said to the fourth lady: "You lead Ah Luan to recognize people, and dinner is arranged in Sixi Hall." Turning around and entering the inner room, Fang Yun naturally followed in.

The fourth lady smiled and led Gu Gu to a good-faced woman sitting by the door, who looked to be in her forties, wearing a royal blue shirt full of gold, and a hairpin inlaid with gold and jade gourds, of medium height, slightly plump, and slightly dark skin.

The fourth lady introduced, "This is your second aunt," and then pointed to the three girls behind her who were almost one side old and said, "These are your second aunt's three daughters, your eldest sister Xiaoyi, second sister Xiaosu and third sister Xiaowei." ”

The second lady, Xu, bowed slightly to Gu Ci and gave a gourd-shaped purse. Look at these three sisters again, they speak softly and cherish words like gold. The clothes and ornaments are the same style, all of them are green and gold makeup brocade half arms, with different colors of gauze inside, the lower body is honey-colored yarn and threads wearing flowers and gold pleated skirts, one or two different materials of gold inlaid jade hostas and several delicate gilt silver grass insect hairpins, pearl earrings jasper forbidden step.

However, they are all in the first blooming years of cardamom, and even if they are dressed like uniforms, they are still like flowers. Gu Ci knew that the three sisters were all concubines, and when he received the embroidery work from them, he thanked him very seriously.

After the two sides met the ceremony, Yuyi suddenly asked the second lady: "The three girls are all thirteen this year, have they started to see each other?" ”

The second lady was stunned for a moment, and then replied gratefully: "I'm worried, I have always been unable to communicate with people, and I can't bear to work as a mother, and I have to rely on the princess and a few younger siblings." ”

The fourth lady smiled sincerely and said, "This should be the first happy event in the younger generation, and it has to be summed up." ”

Yuyi smiled slightly and took a sip of tea.

The fourth lady turned around and beckoned three smaller girls and said, "Here are a few of my family," and pulled over a little girl dressed in silver-red and gold peacock colored satin half-sleeves, and tied with eight splendid dresses with silver-gray woven gold edges and colorful clouds and sea patterns, with a simple moon-looking bun on her head, wrapped with colored threads inlaid with southern pearls, and a few small jasmine flowers on her sideburns, which was very fresh and elegant. "This is your fifth sister Gu Yi, nicknamed Shanyuan, who is eight years old this year." Then he pointed to the other two slightly younger girls, "This is your sixth sister Xiaotian, and your seventh sister Xiaoqing." "The 'children's version of the maid's uniform' they wore was slightly more ornate, but they didn't use any headdresses.

Gu Yi handed over a square foot-long carved Eight Immortals cross-sea boxwood box, and said generously: "Sister Luan, this is a new set of chess that the sisters have come up with, it is quite interesting, I hope you like it." ”

The two concubines didn't dare to parrot, so they only called 'county lord' and sent embroidered handkerchiefs.

Gu Ci had a very good impression of Gu Yi, knowing that they were the only two girls in the house, and they also called 'Hello fifth sister', and thanked the three of them with a smile.

"There is also Xiaolian is your tenth sister, she is not feeling well these days, and she is recuperating in the house. I'll play with you again after a while, so as not to get sick. The fourth lady wiped the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief and added. Then led Gu Ci to the fifth lady, and before she could open her mouth, the fifth lady spoke directly: "My family won't bother the fourth sister-in-law." After that, he hugged a six-year-old girl, "This is your ninth sister, Sister Jing'er, the same age as your twelfth brother." In the future, you will be closer and closer. He casually pointed to Lori who was still holding the nurse in her arms behind her, "That's your eleventh sister Xiaoxi." ”

The fourth lady was unaware of the fifth lady's behavior, touched Gu Ci's head disapprovingly, and said to the eldest princess: "Sister-in-law is also tired all morning, why don't you go back and rest first, and then let Ah Luan meet her brothers in the evening?" ”

Yuyi was not polite, and asked Gu Ao to pick up her daughter and leave.

Gu Ci really used his brain too much today, and he wilted when he went out, lying in Gu Ao's arms and falling asleep in seconds, and he didn't even know how to go back to the Qingyi Courtyard where his house was.