Chapter 61: The Old Man Reunites After a Long Absence
Nianyun's body was weak, and he lay down for more than half a year after confinement before he basically recovered. This time he was seriously ill, and the affairs of the East Palace were completely unmanageable, but Li Chun did not transfer all the power, but put the six divisions by Lilac and Hui Niang in charge of one division, Wang Liangdi and Niu Zhaoxun each in charge of one division, and several maids such as pothos and fennel in charge of two divisions for Nianyun.
Nianyun was basking in the sun in the courtyard, only to see a person striding in from outside, but he didn't see him, but heard his voice first: "Who do you see coming?" ”
Nian Yuncheng Hitachi was locked up in the East Palace, and because of his long-term illness, he hadn't gone out to play for a long time, and he was happy when he heard the voice, and he pounced on him like a flower: "Third brother!" ”
Guo Yan patted her pale face and muttered dissatisfiedly: "Li Chun's kid still said that he didn't bully my sister, and there was no blood on his face at all!" ”
Nianyun laughed: "Your sister is about to be raised as a pig." ”
Guo Yan snorted nonchalantly: "If a pig can be raised like this, the animal husbandry supervisor should have been removed a long time ago!" ”
Another person walked in from outside the door and shouted, "Sister! ”
Nianyun looked at it, it turned out to be Li Chang, and greeted him with a smile: "I was about to ask my sister where she went, but it turned out that she was walking slowly and falling behind, but I don't know what kind of beautiful scenery I was attracted by?" ”
Li Chang smiled: "No matter how good the beautiful scenery is, I have seen it for more than ten years, and it is not as beautiful as my sister." It's just that I remember my sister in my heart, I walked too fast, and I couldn't keep up! ”
Nian Yun was originally worried about Li Chang, but seeing that the two of them were also harmonious, and they came over together, he put his mind at ease and didn't ask more.
When Li Chang walked in front of him, Nian Yun suddenly felt that something was not right. After thinking about it, it suddenly dawned on me: "Third brother, look at you, why are you so mean to Chang'er!" Look at her, she doesn't have a single decent piece of jewelry on her body, and this hairpin on her head ......"
Nian Yun took a closer look and was taken aback, "I also said how it was just a silver hairpin, but it was an iron one!" Oh, my ancestors, why is our Guo family so poor that they don't even have a decent hairpin? ”
Without waiting for Guo Jun to answer, Li Chang preemptively said: "Sister misunderstood!" Treat me very well, just...... I thought that my sister was still thrifty in the East Palace, her clothes were very simple, and gold and jade were not allowed in the house, if I brought the previous luxurious habits to the Guo family, what would people say? My sister has worked hard to get a thrifty and low-key reputation, but I must not give up because of my previous achievements. ”
Nian Yun took her hand distressedly: "Then there is no need to be like this, it is a little too much!" ”
Li Chang said: "When others see me like this, they know that the thrift in the East Palace is true. Besides, my grandfather gave me so much dowry, and my father, mother, and sister gave me so much, so what do I want? If I have everything, why show it to others! ”
Seeing that Nianyun was silent, she smiled mischievously again: "Sister, don't laugh at me, now Grandma Weng has entrusted me with many things in the princess's mansion, and I am illiterate, and I have some things to remember, so I have to take a hairpin and engrave marks on the clay tablet." You say, is an iron hairpin more suitable than a golden hairpin and a hosta? ”
Nian Yun couldn't help laughing: "It's up to you to think of this idea." Third brother, don't bully her, this girl is so weird, you won't get any benefit if you provoke her! ”
Guo Yan didn't seem to be very interested in the jokes of their girls' family, and he was always frowning, not knowing what he was thinking. Nian Yun walked over and pulled his sleeve, "Third brother, are you happy to see me today?" ”
Guo Yan looked her up and down a few times, and said angrily: "Of course I can't be happy, my sister just added a nephew to me, but she lost half her life, and she couldn't get out of bed for more than half a year!" ”
Nian Yun turned around twice in front of him: "Look, isn't this good?" ”
Guo Yan glared at her, withdrew his face, and said in a low voice: "I heard that you didn't have the day of production at all, and there was an accident so that Heng'er was born early?" ”
When he asked like this, he probably already knew about it, and he couldn't hide it.
Nianyun nodded.
Guo Yan was a little angry: "Won't that kid Li Chun check it out for you!" ”
Nian Yun smiled bitterly: "How to check?" I saw it with my own eyes, and the maids around me also saw it, it was Ning'er who accidentally broke up the beads, and I stepped on the beads and slipped. ”
She knew better than anyone else that the rope of the glass bracelet was very strong, and it was by no means easy for a two- or three-year-old child to tear off. The back garden is always tended to, and there are almost no snakes, so someone must have put them in on purpose.
Although Li Chun promised her that he would give her justice, in the end, this matter did not make any more waves. Nianyun's body has been raised, but there is a lot of trouble here, and if he continues to chase it, it will inevitably damage the reputation of the East Palace, and he will have to end hastily.
Li Chun didn't mention it, so she knew not to ask, but her heart was cold and slowly despaired.
Guo Yan sneered: "There are also some means, and the way of doing things in the East Palace is usually like this, just to find no big fault!" As long as you know who did this, and there is no evidence to be afraid of, it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge. ”
Nianyun said: "I don't understand this truth! So when I was lying on the sickbed, I kept thinking, if I die, or if Heng'er has three longs and two shorts, who will benefit the most? Who can do anything to kill me for this benefit, and pull Ning'er to step on by the way? ”
Guo Yan said: "It seems that my sister is not so stupid!" Since you have already thought of it, I don't need to say more, she almost killed you this time, and she must be afraid that you will retaliate against her, and it is difficult to guarantee that she will not attack again next time. If you really want to make a move, remember to defeat the enemy with one move, and you must not be soft-hearted and drag the mud and water. In short, be careful. ”
Nian Yun nodded: "I know." ”
Guo Yan said: "I have already arranged the matter of the soup soup you told me last time, just outside the Guanghua Gate in the west of the city, go with me to take a look." ”
Nowadays, there are many hungry people outside Chang'an City, who have been displaced by the floods in Jianghuai and nearby prefectures and counties due to natural and man-made disasters.
The shop she runs in the East Market has begun to make a profit, and the strict thrift in the East Palace has also achieved certain results, and the deficit in the East Palace has improved greatly, and she has some disposable surplus money in her hands. Because of the previous suffering, he didn't even show up for Heng'er's full moon wine, so he thought that he wanted to accumulate some virtue to pray for Heng'er.
The identity of Mrs. Guangling County is too sensitive, and if she does good deeds with great fanfare, she will inevitably fall into the hands of others and bring trouble to the East Palace. But Guo Xiaowu doesn't have this worry, she can use this identity to promote herself, as long as everyone knows that Guo Xiaowu is the lady of Guangling County in the future.
A few days ago, Guo Jin ordered people to buy hundreds of stones of rice, buy the largest fine iron cauldron, and buy a few carts of firewood, and ordered the family to transport it to the place where the hungry people gathered outside the Guanghua Gate in the west of the city, set up a cauldron and began to cook porridge, and instructed all the hungry people to come and get a bowl of porridge and half a liter of rice.
The three of them still pretended to be noble sons, went to the stable to lead the horses, and went out with the maids, and then went to Guanghuamen. Along the way, I only heard many people running to tell each other, and there were many discussions, and they were about to praise the mysterious Guo Xiaowu as Guanyin Bodhisattva who saved the suffering and saved the world.
After inspecting between the cauldrons, Nianyun saw that there was a sign in front of the cauldron that read, "Guo Wulang does good and gives porridge", and the family who cooked the porridge was also cooking porridge and sharing the porridge while shouting in his mouth, and he couldn't wait to call Guo Wulang's name famous all over the world, Nianyun couldn't help laughing.
was looking, and a person behind her patted her on the shoulder: "Brother Guo Xian!" ”
Looking back, it was Zihou and a few others. Nian Yun was very happy: "Brother Liu is back!" While calling out the names of those scholars, Guo Yan and Li Chang also saluted and greeted each other.
Zihou said: "I heard that there are people in the city who are talking about it, saying that there is a Guo Wulang who is giving porridge and doing good, I think it must be you, so come and see, and sure enough, I will find you!" ”
Nian Yun teased him with a smile and said, "I owed Brother Liu the money at the beginning, and sure enough, Brother Liu will not forget it." ”
Zihou laughed: "In this way, it is better for the foolish brother to borrow flowers to offer the Buddha, count me as a share, although the foolish brother is weak, he is willing to do his best." ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone present also donated their money, and everyone scraped together some money and goods to hand over to Nianyun, asking her to buy more rice.
Nianyun didn't refuse, although she is doing good, but she is also willing to fight for a good reputation, with the participation of those scholars, they have no shortage of wonderful pens, so that it won't be long before the whole world will know that there is a kind and charitable Guo Wulang.
All the scholars asked why they hadn't seen Guo Wu for two or three years since Zihou left, and Guo Yan replied on her behalf: "The fifth brother has been seriously ill since the year before last, and he took a turn in the ghost gate, and finally struggled out, but it's only been two or three years!" ”
Everyone didn't expect that Guo Wu, a handsome young man like the pride of the sky, would still be so ill-fated, and seeing that his face was indeed like a long-term illness and had just recovered, they couldn't help but sigh for a while.
Nian Yun looked around at everyone, suddenly remembered someone, and asked, "Why don't you see Brother Wei?" ”
Guo Yan smiled: "It turns out that you don't know about this yet." Brother Wei has climbed the high branches now, and he is not like us to fight! ”
Everyone laughed for a while, and someone said: "Wei Zongren is out of breath, he married the daughter of the Du Yushi family, and the beautiful lady and father-in-law who accompany him all day long, naturally they don't have time to mess around with us people!" ”
This Wei Zongren is now in the Du family, and Nianyun also knows it. Du Yushi used to follow her grandfather, Guo Ziyi, the king of Fenyang County, and when Li Huaiguang wanted to replace him, it was Du Huangsheng, who was left behind by Shuofang at the time, who was shrewd and cautious, and recognized the fake edict, so that Li Huaiguang failed to succeed and made great contributions.
Du Yushi has always respected Guo Ziyi, and the relationship between the two families has been quite close for many years, and they basically belong to a faction in the court. It's just that in recent years, Guo Ziyi has passed away, and the Guo family no longer has a politically effective figure, and Du Yushi has not been promoted for several years because of his discord with Pei Yanling, and he has always been just a servant of the imperial history. Unexpectedly, Wei Zongren became their son-in-law.
Nian Yun was in a daze, when he suddenly heard a coquettish laugh behind him, "I'm late, so I'm here to make amends to the big guy!" ”
Everyone looked and saw a woman in a pink and purple dress curling in, her smile as bright and moving as a peach blossom in March.
Just for a moment, her gaze swept over someone, and she paused for a moment, her eyes seemed to be pouring out a thousand words, staring at the sorrow of a thousand turns, flashing love and hate, but she tried to hide her emotions, and she still smiled movingly in an instant.