Chapter 150: Wang's Calculations
Helian Hongyi explained the details of the matter to Gu Banqin a little, and Gu Banqin understood, she was still wondering, why did the Tian family lower their requirements, it turned out that something happened on their own territory, and they were cornered, so they made this decision, and it was indeed a shortcut to find a stronger warrior clan to marry.
"Doesn't my father know about any of these situations? If he knew the current situation of the Tian family, he could still agree to this family business? ”
Gu Banqin still had some small details to figure out, Helian Hongyi put down the book, simply did it to the end, sent the Buddha to the west, crossed his fingers, and decided to say to Gu Banqin about this matter:
"In my opinion, there is no reason for your father to disagree. It is true that the Tian family has a tendency to decline, but the reputation of the century-old family style is still there, and it is the eldest son of the Tian family who goes to the Gu family to propose marriage, which is orthodox, your father is just a concubine, how to look at this deal, your father is sure to make a profit. ”
"Besides, the Tian family, if you want to borrow the strength of the Gu family, maybe you want to come to Jiankang, maybe you still have the heart to kill back to the southeast, it depends on what Tian Yongnian thinks after he and your sister get married, but in my opinion, he should want to stay in Jiankang, the southeast is in a remote area, and the imperial court does not allocate much money every year, all of which are maintained independently by the Tian family."
"If the Tian family is in full swing, it will be fine, and now that there is a split, it will not make much sense for him to go back. And your father must not care what the Tian family wants to do, because in your father's opinion, the Tian family is just an empty shell, and your father wants to make the best use of it, and wants to use it one last time before the Tian family has completely declined. ”
Helian Hongyi's words said some of Gu Banqin's deliberate avoidance thoughts, and if you think about it carefully, it is indeed like what he said.
Marrying Gu Xiuxian to Tian Yongnian is only a profit for the Gu family, after all, no matter how favored Gu Xiuxian is, in the final analysis, she is only a concubine.
In the eyes of Gu Fengmao and Wang, there is only the difference between useful and useless, when it is useful, it is a handful, and when it is useless, it is lost, Gu Xiuxian may not be able to understand her situation now, and she may still be complacent about her 'being valued'.
Seeing Gu Banqin sighing faintly, Helian Hongyi stretched out his hand and stroked the top of her head, and said:
"It's better to take care of yourself first, I look at your sister quite powerful, even if she marries into the Tian family, she won't be bullied."
Gu Banqin didn't like Helian Hongyi's action like touching a dog, and stepped aside: "I'm not worried about her, but I'm worried about the Tian family, Gu Xiuxian and her aunt are not easy to deal with, even if the Tian family is good, Gu Xiuxian may not take the Tian family in her eyes......"
Gu Xiuxian has always felt that she is the second Gu Nianshu of the Gu family, and she takes herself very seriously, if such a character can be restrained early, maybe there will be a good result, but if it is not restrained, then what awaits Gu Xiuxian will only become more and more painful.
The joys and pains of life are actually between some seemingly reasonable but unreasonable choices.
After returning to the palace, Helian Hongyi went straight to the Taihe Palace, and Gu Banqin returned to Lihua Palace.
It just so happened that the things of the Anhui Hairpin Pavilion were also sent into the palace with her, and Gu Banqin gave Liu Wu a few pieces of jewelry to each of them, but these little girls were very happy, and they thanked Gu Banqin vigorously.
After sending it away, Gu Banqin didn't forget to personally select a few better ones, wrapped them up respectively, and sent them to the Taihe Palace, so that Wang Shun's father-in-law could hand them over to Lord Tong and Liu Youcheng, they all have wives and daughters in their families, and Gu Banqin has never been stingy with these.
Gu Xiuxian got into the carriage and let the groom ride all the way back to Gu's house, and the maids broke their legs before they finally caught up with the carriage.
After Gu Xiuxian got out of the car, she rushed directly into her yard angrily, and learned that her aunt was in her mother's yard, and after Gu Xiuxian tidied up a little, she went to the main courtyard of the Wang family.
Wang and Aunt Liu are choosing the embroidered patterns on the wedding dress for Gu Xiuxian, Gu Xiuxian and Tian Yongnian are engaged, and they are about to start preparing for the dowry, embroidering the wedding dress is the most important, and Aunt Liu naturally wants to come to ask Wang.
Gu Xiuxian walked in the door angrily, Wang looked at her like this, and beckoned: "Yo, what's wrong?" I went shopping in a good way, and I was still out of breath? Didn't you bully you forever? ”
The Wang family is quite satisfied with Gu Xiuxian's concubine, at least her mother Aunt Liu can do things for her, so on weekdays, she is more favored by the mother and daughter, after Gu Xiuxian sat down, she shook her head in frustration: "No, Tian Gongzi didn't bully me." ”
Aunt Liu put down the pattern booklet in her hand: "I didn't bully you, you are going to hang an oil bottle on your mouth?" ”
Gu Xiuxian glared at Aunt Liu, and didn't want to talk to her, but turned her body to the Wang family, and said seriously: "Mother, today I went to the Anhui Hairpin Pavilion with Tian Gongzi and them, guess who we met?" Gu Banqin, she actually bought things in the Anhui Hairpin Pavilion, the pomp was big, and her attitude was arrogant. ”
Wang originally thought that Gu Xiuxian was fighting with someone and came back, but he didn't expect to hear her talk about Gu Banqin, and now Wang couldn't help it, put down the things in his hand, and asked in surprise:
"Gu Banqin? Are you sure? She went alone? ”
"I'm sure! Gu Banqin, will I still admit my mistake? I can recognize her when she turns to ashes! She didn't go alone, it seems...... I went with the emperor. Didn't you see the emperor's favor for Gu Banqin, it was simply to be spoiled to the bones, and I was also unhappy for the fourth sister, so how could Gu Banqin be virtuous, why was he still a head taller than the fourth sister? ”
Gu Xiuxian's words made Wang frown: "These words are not something you can say. ”
After scolding, Wang couldn't help but comfort: "Mother is also worried that you will be in trouble, Gu Banqin is now a virtuous concubine, the head of the four concubines, as long as the emperor does not stand up for a day, she will be the head of the harem for a day, and no one can change this fact." It's just ......"
Wang's words were not finished, but Aunt Liu seemed to understand, took over the conversation and said:
"In the past, I didn't see the wolf ambition of the six girls in the mansion, but once I entered the palace, I couldn't hide it anymore, and I dared to sing against the eldest lady, which was also arrogant. Sister Xian has always been good with the fourth girl, so naturally she can't look at Gu Banqin, so she said a few more words, don't be surprised by the eldest lady. ”
Aunt Liu said a few words for Gu Xiuxian, and Wang waved her hand impatiently: "Come on, don't say it, will I really blame Sister Xian?" It's just that now this Gu Banqin is out of control, I sent someone to talk to her, and she never ignored it, I wanted to wait for the emperor to have a fresh life on her, and then free up his hands to clean her up, but according to the current situation, she doesn't look like she is about to fall out of favor. ”
Aunt Liu's mind moved the fastest, and she immediately understood what Wang meant:
"Madame is too kind to the six girls, but the six girls don't appreciate it, they all learn from her bad mother, she used to be so respectful, but in fact, she is extremely cunning in her bones, Duan's family is not also favored in the palace by relying on Gu Banqin, but now she is more and more dismissive of Madame, if you continue to tolerate it, I am afraid that in the future, this mother and daughter will ride on our heads as a blessing."
After Aunt Liu finished speaking, Wang raised her eyes and looked at her, and smiled coldly: "Hmph, good days and good luck will not only patronize the mother and daughter, there will always be a time when they capsize in the gutter......"
"Big lady, do you have a countermeasure?" Aunt Liu asked.
Wang didn't speak, but his eyes were full of viciousness......
Gu Banqin had already fallen asleep at night, feeling in a daze, there was a person lying beside him, almost instinctively leaning over, the familiar embrace was not particularly warm, but it seemed to give Gu Banqin a great sense of security in his sleep.
Helian Hongyi didn't plan to do anything bad tonight, after being rolled into her arms, he kept holding her, he didn't realize it before, holding a person who fit him in his arms, it felt good.
Tightening his arm slightly, Helian Hongyi's gaze fell on the fingertips that Gu Banqin put on his shoulder at will, he has always had insomnia recently, and he didn't dare to let himself sleep, and more often at night, he just watched Gu Banqin's sleeping face pass, and he seemed to rely more and more on this feeling......
Gu Banqin woke up from comfort the next day, and there was no one around her, but she was sure that Helian Hongyi had come to sleep last night, but he had only gone to the court early in the morning.
Gu Banqin got up as usual to wash up and eat breakfast, and after observing in the self-reserved field for a while, she was about to go to the small study to write a plan, when Wang Shun's father-in-law came and sent a decree to Gu Banqin, saying that the emperor had summoned her to the Taihe Palace.
Gu Banqin felt that Helian Hongyi had seen her too often recently, so he had been separated for a while, so he summoned her again, alas, it was too popular and annoying.
Thinking like this, Gu Banqin's action of changing clothes in the hall was extremely fast, wearing a long skirt full of flowers, and deliberately put a hairpin on her head that Helian Hongyi had just bought for her in the Anhui Hairpin Pavilion yesterday, and happily followed Wang Shun's father-in-law to the Taihe Palace.
Helian Hongyi looked at Gu Banqin, who was dressed up with flowers and branches, and was slightly stunned, Gu Banqin was also stunned, Helian Hongyi was the first to react:
"It's the eldest princess and the big colt who want to see you."
Gu Banqin: ......
After all, enthusiasm is wrong......
Gu Banqin smiled stiffly and turned her face to the eldest princess and the big colt on the side.
The eldest princess looked at her interaction with Helian Hongyi, unconsciously covered her lips and smiled, pulled the big horse to Gu Banqin, and introduced to the big horse:
"Niangniang, this is the big horse, we all know what happened yesterday, it was the mother who gave us advice behind the scenes, and the big horse said to me that I had to come and thank the mother in person."
Gu Banqin waved his hand again and again: "No, no, no, I didn't do anything, it was the emperor and Commander Bi who really did the work, I didn't dare to take this credit." ”