Qingdai entered the house and walked to Yao Mengxian's side and saluted.

"Girl, the old lady asked the girl to go over and discuss the matter of returning to the capital."

Qing Dai stood beside her master, looking at her girl's smooth and fair face, a little distracted.

In the past two years, the girl has been getting better and better. This time I went back to the Guogong Mansion, I'm afraid I'm going to talk about family affairs, and I don't know whose son I'll talk about?

When Lianxin heard this, she immediately sighed, "I'm afraid I won't have such idle days when I go back." ”

Qing Dai has no resistance to going back, although the Liang Mansion is good and the population is simple, but her family is in the capital. She hadn't seen her for more than two years, and she missed her family.

Yao Mengxian glanced at Qing Dai, and Lian Xin and Qing Dai had grown into big girls. When they arrived in the capital, it was time to match them with people, and the relationship between the subordinates in the house was also complicated, so she was afraid that she would not be able to do it for their relatives.

Lianxin is already sixteen years old, and she can barely stay for another two years. Qing Dai is one year younger than Lianxin, so she can wait a little longer. However, it depends on Qingdai's performance after returning home. If she didn't pay attention, she could only match her with someone earlier, so as not to not only spoil her affairs, but also suffer with her.

Yao Mengxian got up and looked at the clothes on her body, there was nothing wrong with it. Only then did she call her Qingdai, put on a plain cloak studded with fox fur, and walked towards the main house.

The next day, the sky was still overcast. Gu Chengyu raised his eyes and looked, I was afraid that it would snow again this day.

"Let's go! If you go to Wu Mansion as soon as possible, it may be snowing, if you have time, you will go to the Third Senior Brother's Mansion again. ”

Anyway, a few days ago, he asked Mingmo to send the post. The first day of the new year was in a hurry, and I only left a salute and didn't say a few words. Wu An asked him to come over again in the next two days, since he came to the senior brother and the second senior brother, the third senior brother naturally couldn't miss it.

The carriage drove through the streets and alleys into an alley to the north.

"It turns out that Young Master Gu is here, please come in! The old man had already instructed him to let the little one wait here. "The porter is a young man, and he is very lively.

The concierge of a large family is very important, if you are not clever and don't matter, you can't be a concierge. As the saying goes, the prime minister's three-rank official in front of the door gets a lot of benefits on weekdays.

However, the corresponding burden is also heavy. This work must be bright-eyed, otherwise it is easy to offend people. If the lord blames him, he will not be able to eat and walk around.

Gu Chengyu took Mingmo and them into the corner gate, changed to the steward of the outer courtyard, and led Gu Chengyu to the outer study.

"I've seen the second senior brother!"

"Hmmm! Have a seat! Wu An is usually unsmiling, and he talks very little.

He has a straight shirt with a blue face, and his facial features are a little ordinary. He sits very upright, his back is straight, and he looks like a serious person.

Gu Chengyu sat down, and the study was a little quiet for a while. He had no choice but to find something to talk about.

"Senior brother, can you expect to stay in Beijing this time?" Gu Chengyu held the tea bowl and concealed his embarrassment.

"I don't know, I have to wait for the dispatch from above." After Wu An finished speaking, he looked at Gu Chengyu.

Gu Chengyu slandered in his heart, but he finally answered, so he made persistent efforts.

"With excellent performance, is there any hope for the promotion of senior brother's official position?" If there are people in the DPRK, they will definitely get some news in advance.

Wu An frowned, "I can't say, I'm going to try it soon, are you sure?" ”

Gu Chengyu touched his nose, okay! It seems that it was because he was unfamiliar before, but now Wu An seems to have more words, maybe he is the same as the senior brother, a person who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside.

"I can't talk about grasping, I can only say that I will do my best." Wu An doesn't like arrogant people, this should be the standard answer in his heart.

Sure enough, I saw Wu An nodding and replied to Gu Chengyu, "Take the test well!" Mo ruined the reputation of the teacher. ”

Gu Chengyu hurriedly responded.

"Since I'm here, my junior brother wants to go and visit the old lady."

Wu An nodded, and Ren Gu Chengyu was led into the inner courtyard by the steward of the outer courtyard.

"But you haven't been here in a few days, and you've been busy lately?" The old lady asked with a smile.

"Isn't this just that your house is busy? The younger generation thinks that in a few days, will the old lady miss me? When I saw it today, the old lady was really thinking of me. ”

The old lady was successfully laughed at by Gu Chengyu, "How can anyone be so shameless?" She pointed at Gu Chengyu and scolded with a smile.

The two talked for a while, and Gu Chengyu could see that the old lady was in a good mood, probably because her son had returned home.

At this time, a girl entered the house and whispered a few words beside the old lady.

Gu Chengyu hurriedly got up and said goodbye, "The junior has to go to the Third Senior Brother's Mansion to pay a visit at this time, so I will leave." ”

The old lady only said that she would not keep him today, and would come to the house for dinner in a few days.

Gu Chengyu followed the girl out of the main house, and saw a girl leading a few girls from a distance to walk towards this side.

He walked quickly to the front yard, this girl must be Wu An's daughter-in-law. Although he only glanced at it, he could see that he looked a little similar to her mother, Tan.

Wu Jinyan looked at the young man in an ink-colored robe from a distance and walked from the main house to the front yard.

She was a little puzzled, there should be no relatives to come to the house today. Look at this young man, but he came to the inner courtyard alone. The only one who will come over alone is her father's junior brother Gu Chengyu.

The Xie Yuan who was famous in the capital back then.

She saw the corners of Gu Chengyu's robe disappear at the weeping flower door, and then walked towards the main house.

Coming out of the Wu Mansion, Gu Chengyu breathed a sigh of relief.

"Go to Hefu!" Gu Chengyu climbed into the carriage, and did not delay for long in Wu Mansion, and it was still too late to go to He Mansion.

In fact, he would rather deal with someone like the third senior brother than the second senior brother. Although the third senior brother is just a smiling tiger and has some resistance to him, it is better than not talking.

When he arrived at He's mansion, Gu Chengyu didn't delay and went directly into the study.

The court will only go to court on the eighteenth day of the first month, so officials have been idle at home recently.

"I haven't seen my teacher for several years, but luckily he said that he would come to Beijing in March, which is the day you will try." He Jisheng looked at Gu Chengyu with a smile.

Gu Chengyu smiled slightly, and said secretly in his heart, is this jealousy again? It seems that the estrangement between the third senior brother and the teacher is deeper than he imagined.

"The teacher said that he would live in the capital for a while, and it seems that he is not going to return to Jingyuan Mansion this year. After being away for a long time, it is normal to want to go back to Beijing. ”

Gu Chengyu can't say that the teacher came back for his granddaughter's marriage, right? She is still a little girl, and she didn't have to ruin her reputation.

He Jisheng was noncommittal, and then talked about other things. It's just that Gu Chengyu didn't believe it at all from his expression, and he didn't bother to explain.

He always felt that there seemed to be some misunderstanding between He Jisheng and the teacher.

The two didn't talk a few words, and Gu Chengyu said goodbye and went back.

"Childe! Steward Yu brought Li Zhuang and them over. "I went back to the house, and after a while, Mingmo came to report.

"Let them wait for me in the flower hall." Gu Chengyu thought about it and felt that there were many people, so it was better to see it in the flower hall.

Looking at the few iron-clad men in front of him, he only felt that it was very different from the image of the past. Originally, he looked like some ruffians, but now it seems that his eyes are clear, his body is solid, and he is only a little nervous.

"Steward Yu told you all, right? Is the family all settled? Since you have decided to follow me, you will not be allowed to return in the future. ”

Li Zhuang and his subordinates have been a little shy since they came to the capital two days ago. But after seeing the prosperity of the capital, they unanimously decided to stay in the capital and follow Gongzi to do things well.

"Childe, just rest assured, since we have all agreed, we will naturally keep our promises. Being able to do things with Childe is also a blessing for our brothers. ”

It didn't take long for Li Zhuang to know how dangerous it was to follow Gongzi, and they were on a thief ship.