Chapter 171: Envoy to Nanxiang Kingdom
Shen Bai was forcibly sent back to Taifu Mansion by Gu Hengzhou.
Afraid that she would say anything like a tiger and a wolf again, Gu Hengzhou covered her mouth with a handkerchief and didn't give her a chance to speak again.
Since the two of them had already worshiped heaven and earth, Gu Hengzhou did not climb over the wall again, and sent people back from the gate openly, and the porter notified Shen Ruxiu.
Shen Ruxiu came to the hall to intercept Gu Hengzhou, first asked Shen Bai to return to Shuyun Garden, and then took out the posture of his father-in-law and looked at Gu Hengzhou scrutinically.
After such a period of time, the Wu family has been proposing marriage for a long time, Gu Hengzhou has not moved except for the cruel words at the Su family's family banquet, Shen Bai hates to marry very much, Shen Ruxiu, who is a father, has a deep grudge against Gu Hengzhou, and after looking at Gu Hengzhou for a while, his eyes are a little unkind.
Feeling that Shen Ruxiu was unhappy, Gu Hengzhou probably guessed what was happening, straightened his back, and said in a deep voice: "The younger generation is happy with Shen Bai, it stands to reason." It is right to bring a heavy gift and a wedding book to ask a matchmaker to visit, but a lot of things have happened today, and the younger generation is in a hurry, and he didn't have time to buy gifts, so he invited his uncle Haihan. β
The subordinate served hot tea, and Shen Ruxiu specially explained that he only prepared his cup.
He snorted, picked up the teacup and took a sip, his attitude was very clear, he didn't treat Gu Hengzhou very well, and returned all the grievances that Shen Bai had suffered from Ye Wanyu to Gu Hengzhou.
Gu Hengzhou didn't feel wronged, and continued: "Today, Bai'er was wronged in the Guogong Mansion, it was because I didn't protect her well, and it is normal for my uncle to be angry, and I promise my uncle that there will never be such a thing in the future." β
"Guaranteed?" Shen Ruxiu snorted coldly, put the teacup heavily on the coffee table, and asked, "What guarantee do you take?" β
"I bought a house in the city with a three-entry courtyard, and Bai'er married me in the future. You don't have to get along with the second aunt in the Guogong Mansion, you can be in charge of your own house, and no one will be embarrassed to restrain her. β
Shen Ruxiu's eyelids lifted slightly, he didn't expect Gu Hengzhou to buy a house and want to live with Shen Bai, Gu Hengzhou continued: "Today I entered the palace to see Your Majesty, Your Majesty promised to make Bai'er the county lord in a while, and then give me and her a marriage, although my father is not in Beijing, but he has also approved my marriage with her, please rest assured." I am sincere to Bo'er, and I will do my best to give her the best and protect her for the rest of her life. β
Gu Hengzhou's words shocked Shen Ruxiu, today Shen Bai was wronged by Ye Wanyu and came back, Shen Ruxiu thought about it and felt that the Guogong Mansion was like a fire pit, Shen Bai would definitely be wronged if he married in the past, but Shen Bai had another tendon, and Shen Ruxiu didn't know how to persuade her.
At this time, Gu Hengzhou expressed his attitude and made practical actions, and Shen Ruxiu's doubts were all dispelled at once.
The young man in front of him is as responsible as Zhen Guogong. There is also a strategy, he said that he likes Shen Bai, it is definitely not just a verbal talk, but it will be implemented, and everything that comes to mind and cannot be imagined for Shen Bai will be done properly.
Even Shen Ruxiu couldn't find any fault at this time.
After being silent for a long time, Shen Ruxiu coughed lightly and asked, "What did you do tonight?" β
Gu Hengzhou said frankly: "I took her to see the house, I don't have any requirements for where to live." It mainly depends on whether she likes it or not, and how she wants to arrange it. β
Gu Hengzhou hid the link with Shen Bai to worship heaven and earth, if he said this, Mrs. Shen was afraid that he would be angry.
Shen Ruxiu's heart was slightly warm, although he knew that this matter was still unruly, he didn't criticize him, thought about it and said: "Xiaobai does everything to fish for three days and dry nets for two days, you don't get used to her too much, some things should be decided by you or you have to make up your mind." β
Shen Bai is smart, but she just can't sit still, she likes to move around, and naturally she doesn't have the patience to learn things for a long time, otherwise she wouldn't have learned so many miscellaneous skills over the years.
Gu Hengzhou bowed his head and said: "If she likes it, I will protect her in major matters." β
This is to be tossed by Shen Bai within the scope of his ability, Gu Hengzhou's attitude is a little spoiled, but Shen Ruxiu feels very intimate from the perspective of his father-in-law.
Shen Bai married him as a wife, and he didn't go to Tai Academy to learn things, so of course it was good for Gu Hengzhou to spoil Shen Bai.
Shen Ruxiu sighed in his heart, and he had no opinion on this marriage.
The candles in the hall are bright. Gu Hengzhou was wearing a gray brocade robe, sitting with his back straight, serious and respectful, although he didn't come to propose marriage today, after saying this, Shen Ruxiu also came to see him as his quasi-son-in-law, thought about it and asked: "It's almost halfway through this year, should you go to Lingzhou to take up your post?" β
Gu Hengzhou said: "Back to my uncle, I have asked Your Majesty to change my position to the captain of Muzhou, and the appointment is estimated to be in a few days, and I will go to Muzhou in less than half a month." β
Shen Ru Xiuqi said: "Didn't you always say that you would go to Lingzhou before?" Why did you suddenly change to Muzhou? β
Gu Hengzhou explained what he said to Gu Huaijin to Shen Ruxiu again, Shen Ruxiu has been an official in the court for so many years, and he still adheres to the principle of serving the country and the people, knowing that a general like Gu Hengzhou, no matter where he serves, it is the right way to bring out good soldiers, and he did not express more opinions on this, and gently encouraged: "Among the children of the younger generation of families, you are the most capable, whether in Muzhou or Lingzhou, I believe you can make great achievements." β
Gu Hengzhou was neither humble nor arrogant, got up and said, "Uncle Xie praises you." β
The two chatted for a while, and when they saw that it was late, Shen Ruxiu didn't leave Gu Hengzhou behind, and sent someone to send him out.
After Gu Hengzhou left, Shen Ruxiu walked slowly to Shuyun Garden with his hands behind his back, Shen Bai had already been bathed and changed clothes and slept by Green Tip and Chabai, and there was only a lonely lamp left in Shuyun Garden. Shen Ruxiu didn't go in, and stood outside the courtyard for a long time before returning to the main courtyard.
The next day, Shen Bai got up early in the morning, secretly asked Cha Bai to embroider a purse, and then asked Lu Jian to use gold wire to weave Gu Hengzhou's hair into a bracelet and put it properly in the purse.
This mission to Nanxiang is to open up business and trade between Zhaoling and Nanxiangguo, and after Shen Bai finishes learning the rules, he will take time to go to the city for a walk.
Hanjing gathers the most diverse kinds of goods in the entire Zhaoling, she wants to see what has the characteristics of Zhaoling, even only Zhaoling has it, and can also be sold to Nanxiang Kingdom, if there are those that are easy to carry, she can also bring some, and then exchange them with people when she arrives in Nanxiang Kingdom.
In the name of investigation, Shen Bai added a lot of some to the house that Gu Hengzhou bought.
Gu Hengzhou wants to prepare to go to Muzhou to take up his post, he is almost not at home during the day, and when he goes home at night, he can always find a lot of things in the house.
After worshipping the church, Shen Bai became more and more unruly, and he had to sneak from the Taifu Mansion to the house every night, sometimes just talking to Gu Hengzhou, sometimes he had no skin and no face, and he wanted to pester Gu Hengzhou for a while.
If it weren't for Gu Hengzhou's strong concentration, Shen Bai was afraid that his stomach would bulge if he couldn't go to Nanxiang Kingdom.
On the second day of June, the great heat
Since the hail that day, the weather has been so hot that everyone has no appetite to eat, Shen Bai eats chilled melons, fruits and sour plum soup all day long, his little face has lost a lot of weight, he is less when he goes out, he is tired and lazy all day long, lying on the beauty couch and not wanting to move, and Mama Ye's rules of teaching are also much relaxed.
This evening. Green Jian and Cha Bai talked and persuaded Shen Bai to eat a bowl of rice, Shen Bai was so hot that he sweated, and after eating, he asked people to carry water to take a bath.
She still doesn't like to be served, so she lets Lujian and Chabai go out to rest, and soak in the water to cool herself.
After soaking for a while, the screen was gently tapped, and then Gu Hengzhou's cold voice sounded: "After soaking enough, get dressed, I'll take you somewhere." β
Shen Bai was a little sleepy, but when he heard this voice, he immediately became energetic, and called happily: "Brother Gu! β
Gu Hengzhou didn't respond. Shen Bai slipped out of the bathtub, didn't even bother to wipe the water, got dressed and ran out.
Gu Hengzhou sat outside, poured himself a cup of tea, just took a sip, looked back at Shen Bai, and frowned.
Shen Bai came out in a hurry, he didn't wear shoes, and his white and tender feet stepped on the wooden floor, leaving a watermark.
It's too hot. There was no one else in the yard, she was only wearing a crimson embroidered chrysanthemum belly pocket, wearing a light undershirt and trousers, her clothes were soaked with water, most of them stuck to her body, and her white and red skin suddenly appeared.
Gu Hengzhou swallowed the tea in his mouth, looked away, and said lightly: "Put on your shirt and shoes." β
Shen Bai obediently wore a coat and shoes.
The outer shirt is also thin, and Mama Ye has helped her massage every day recently, and her chest is much more swollen than before. With the addition of the corset, the curve is much more undulating than before.
Gu Hengzhou's mind kept flashing her feet and crimson belly pocket, and a little heat surged in his heart.
Gu Hengzhou stood up, and Shen Bai asked curiously, "Brother Gu, where are you going to take me?" β
After speaking, he walked to the table, quickly picked up the pen and wrote a note and pressed it on the table, and if Lujian and Chabai found that she was gone, they would not be nervous and worried when they saw this note.
After doing this, Shen Bai spontaneously hugged Gu Hengzhou's waist and said, "Okay." Let's go. β
Gu Hengzhou didn't say much, avoided the guards of the Taifu Mansion, and took Shen Bai out of the courtyard wall, and a black and brown horse outside the wall waited quietly.
Gu Hengzhou hugged Shen Bai and sat on the horse, and then used a cloak to cover Shen Bai tightly.
"Hot??"
Shen Bai protested, Gu Hengzhou ignored it, reached out to help her tie the cloak belt, and said in a deep voice: "Endure the heat." β
Shen Bai pouted, so he had to endure it, playing a little temper and refusing to hug Gu Hengzhou's waist. Gu Hengzhou didn't say anything, and galloped towards the city gate with his horse's belly lightly.
Stepping on the curfew, Gu Hengzhou took Shen Bai out of the city.
As night fell, the moon slowly rose, and the bright moonlight gilded everything with a soft white light, and the sound of frogs and insects filled my ears with the lights of thousands of homes.
The wind blowing on his face gradually cooled, his cloak and hat were blown off, and Shen Bai was in a better mood again, hugging Gu Hengzhou's waist.
The city gate has been closed, and Brother Gu is going to spend the night outside with her tonight.
Shen Bai was a little happy, and some indescribable pictures appeared in his mind, a little itchy.
Gu Hengzhou took her all the way to the west, and only stopped after half a burnt incense.
They departed from the official road and came to a valley.
Shen Bai also came here in his last life, this valley is called Lover's Valley, it is a good place to go out to play and tryst, but it is more in spring and early summer, and Shen Bai has never been here at this time.
When he arrived in the valley, Gu Hengzhou took the reins and slowed down, and the black and brown horse walked forward slowly, and soon came to the valley stream.
Gu Hengzhou dismounted first, and then stretched out his hand towards Shen Bai, Shen Bai laughed, leaned over and hugged his neck, and asked Gu Hengzhou to take him down, and then kicked his legs, skillfully climbed Gu Hengzhou's waist, and said with a smile: "Brother Gu, what are you bringing me here for?" β
Shen Bai's eyes were shining. Full of anticipation, I can't wait to do bad things.
Gu Hengzhou held her firmly and said something very soothing: "I'm going to Muzhou tomorrow." β
He was going to Muzhou, which meant that they would not see each other for a long time.
The smile on Shen Bai's face stiffened slightly, and he lowered his head and bit him on the shoulder.
Shen Bai was reluctant to use force, and when he bit down, Gu Hengzhou's muscles all over his body tensed, and after a while, Shen Bai's cheeks became sore, and he stared up at Gu Hengzhou and said, "I thought you brought me so far away to prepare a surprise for me, but you told me this, Brother Gu, you are too annoying." β
Shen Bai was very complaining, Gu Hengzhou hugged her and walked forward, and said lightly: "I don't know what you like." β
What else can I like, don't I just like you?
Shen Bai's eyes became more and more complaining, and he noticed that the grass around him was getting deeper and deeper, and the place was also very secluded, his mind moved slightly, and Gu Hengzhou stood still. Say, "It's here." β
After Gu Hengzhou finished speaking, he put Shen Bai down, Shen Bai stood still, looked around for a while, and didn't find anything special, but he intuitively felt that Gu Hengzhou would not bring himself here for no reason, so he still looked at Gu Hengzhou expectantly.
Gu Hengzhou picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at random, the stone carved a path in the dense grass, and the fireflies that were originally lying in the grass were startled, like soft stars. Little by little.
Shen Bai was surprised, there were a few more swishing sounds in the grass, and hundreds of fireflies flew up, and for a while they seemed to be standing in the vast sea of stars.
Shen Bai couldn't help but take two steps forward and exclaimed, "Brother Gu, it's so beautiful." β
In her two lifetimes, she had never seen such a spectacular and beautiful scenery.
Gu Hengzhou didn't speak, walked to Shen Bai's side, took her hand and walked forward.
He is really not a romantic person, and Zhou Jue helped him come up with this idea.
He's going to Muzhou soon. Shen Bai is also going to Nanxiang Kingdom, they may not see each other for a year and a half, and he has nothing else to do except leave Shen Bai an empty mansion and a group of martial arts guards.
But he had just worshiped Shen Bai and became her husband, and he no longer treated her well, and he always felt ashamed of her.
Shen Bai raised her hand, and a firefly gently landed on her fingertips, a little itchy.
Shen Bai's eyes were bright, the corners of his lips couldn't help rising, he raised his hand to let the firefly fly away, and then turned his head to look at Gu Hengzhou and said, "There are no surprises, Brother Gu, I like this so much." β
Gu Hengzhou's eyebrows were gentle in response, and after a while, he whispered: "I have already told Your Majesty, Gu San and Gu Si will also go to Nanxiang Kingdom with you this time, and Your Majesty will also send thirty secret guards to protect you secretly, there should be no problem." β
When she arrived in Mozhou alone, Gu Hengzhou was worried that something would happen to her, and this time she went so far to Nanxiangguo. Although he was protected by secret guards, Gu Hengzhou was still very uneasy.
After all, for Emperor Hengde, Wei Ruzhao is much more important than Shen Bai, and when it really comes to a very critical moment, these secret guards will definitely give priority to protecting Wei Ruzhao.
Gu San and Gu Si are the most trustworthy people in Gu Hengzhou, with them guarding Shen Bai, Gu Hengzhou can feel at ease, but it is still better to guard Shen Bai himself.
Gu Hengzhou didn't say anything, but Shen Bai still felt it, she hugged Gu Hengzhou hard, put her head on his chest, listened to his powerful heartbeat again and again, and said softly: "Brother Gu, I will come back safely, you also have to protect yourself, you know that I will not marry you in this life." β
"Okay."
Gu Hengzhou replied in a deep voice, and also reached out to hug Shen Bai.
The two hugged each other for a long time, and Shen Bai finally fell asleep in Gu Hengzhou's arms.
When he woke up the next day, Shen Bai was lying on the grass, with Gu Hengzhou's coat covered under him, covered with the cloak, and his side was empty, and Gu Hengzhou was not around.
Shen Bai rolled on the ground, only smelling the fresh fragrance of grass, not even Gu Hengzhou's smell.
Gu Hengzhou set off for Muzhou with the three hundred people selected from the Hanjing Lieutenant Battalion, and deliberately did not let Shen Bai send them in this way.
Gu Sangu guarded Shen Bai, Shen Bai put away the coat, wore a cloak and rode in a carriage and was escorted back to Taifu's Mansion by the two.
When they arrived at Taifu's Mansion, it was almost noon, and Mama Ye and Mama Li had already known that Shen Bai had spent the night outside, but they saw that Shen Bai was sent back by Gu Sangu Si. I didn't dare to say anything more.
The prince of Zhenguo did not go to Lingzhou to take up his post, but went to Muzhou instead, which caused a lot of sensation in the city, and the people in the city talked about it, wondering if the royal family did not plan to rely on the Gu family anymore because of the Li family.
There are many rumors in the city, but no one has come out to justify the Gu family.
Ten days later, the five princes of Nanxiang were escorted out of Beijing, accompanied by Uncle Guo personally, no one knew that in the carriage behind Uncle Guo, followed by Shen Bai, the concubine of Taifu, and they didn't know how far-reaching their future would have on the future of Zhaoling.
Zhaoling is very far away from Nanxiang Kingdom, from Hanjing through Lingzhou, to Huainan's Nanling River water exchange road all the way down, half a month later, Shen Bai and they entered the Nanxiang Kingdom.
In order to hurry, I didn't have much rest along the way. When they arrived in Nanxiangguo, the group was eagerly welcomed to the post station to rest.
When he arrived at his own territory, Murong Xuan came back to life, and after leaving Nanxiang for too long, Murong Xuan was not lightly suffocated, suppressed the discomfort of being rejected from marriage, knocked on Shen Bai's door, and encouraged Shen Bai to change into men's clothes and go to the city with him.
Murong Qi had already sent someone to inform the magistrate, telling Shen Bai and them not to rush and walk slowly to the national capital.
Shen Bai also wanted to experience the customs of Nanxiangguo, but she didn't make any claims, so she asked Wei Ruzhao first.
Wei Ruzhao was entrusted by Emperor Hengde to wear the monk's robe again, but changed into an indigo blue dress, lacking the indifference of the world, but it was still cold and unattainable.
Under Shen Bai's eager gaze, Wei Ruzhao nodded in agreement.
A quarter of an hour later, Shen Bai changed into men's clothes after a long absence, and walked on the streets of the border town of Nanxiang Kingdom with Murong Xuan, Wei Ruzhao and Zhou Jue.
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