Chapter 114: Sister-in-law
Gu Tingyun was in a very bad mood when he came back from the palace, and the housekeeper didn't dare to ask, so he had to bring him a cup of tea, hesitated for a while and said, "Lord Wang, aren't you going to find Ah Ruan?" β
Gu Tingyun stared at him sideways, his eyes sharp, "Where is Song Qixuan holding the child now, what am I going to do?" Should the diaphragm be on its own? He didn't want to see Song Qixuan's triumphant mouth.
The butler pursed his lips, not daring to speak.
The prince of his family is now the little marquis of the popular family, and he has no interest in being a father, and now he has a headache, so he will cook mature rice with A Ruan Shengmi earlier, and he will not be so irritable now.
The prince of his family is really easy to be irritable now.
"Where did Gu go? Why haven't you seen him for a few days? He also wanted to send Gu Li to Qingyalou to inquire if Song Qixuan and they were gone, but he remembered that he hadn't seen Gu Li for several days, and he didn't know where this kid had gone, he didn't do his duty at all, he used to stay in the house every day, but now he is not at home every day.
"Gu left Qingyalou to help, doesn't the prince know?" The housekeeper looked at him with surprise on his face, it seemed that Gu Li had become bolder now, and he was not as obedient as before.
Gu Tingyun frowned, and the expression on his face became even more uncomfortable.
"Lord Wang." That's when Cao Cao arrived, Cao Cao arrived, and the two looked at Gu Li in unison.
"I'm talking about you." The butler said to him.
Gu Li scratched the back of his head, I don't know why, why did he say early in the morning? No wonder his ears are always hot today.
"You still know how to come back?" Gu Tingyun said with a straight face.
Gu Li replied to him calmly. "Lord Wang, you think too much, I just kindly came back to tell you that there is a man who has taken a fancy to Miss Fu, if you continue to stay in the mansion, it is estimated that the daughter-in-law will be gone."
"What? Someone has taken a fancy to Ruan Ruan? Who's that big dog? Ruan Ruan is now my fiancΓ©e, who dares to covet her? She is the woman of the war king Gu Tingyun. Gu Tingyun stood up angrily, thinking to himself, someone should dare to covet his woman, what kind of person?
"I heard that the young man is from a family of rivers and lakes, and his father is a respected martial arts alliance leader in the rivers and lakes, and his status is similar to yours, so even the current emperor may have to give three points. What is a marriage contract, didn't Miss Fu have a marriage contract with Song Xie before? No, ......" Before Gu Li's words were finished, he saw Gu Tingyun leave in a hurry.
"The prince is good at everything, but he is too arrogant sometimes." The butler shook his head and said.
"Butler, I'll leave the affairs of the house to you, I'll leave first." After Gu Li finished speaking, he flew away, as if he was in a hurry.
"Well, you ......," the butler sighed, he also wanted to go out.
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In the backyard of Qingya Building, Song Qixuan was sitting on the flower platform with the child in his arms, and Princess Minghui was teasing the child, looking like a happy scene, Ye Lanxin was in confinement, and now she could only lie on the bed and stare dryly.
And the young man in purple here was sitting at the stone table with Fu Ruan drinking tea and chatting, which seemed to be very topical, and the two were still talking and laughing.
Gu Tingyun's neck was red, he walked loudly, and then sat beside Fu Ruan in a muffled voice, staring at the handsome-looking and excessive young man.
He is about the same age as Fu Ruan, eighteen or nineteen years old, it's good to be young, his face is white and tender and there is not even a single flaw, when he looks in the mirror today, he finds that there are a few wrinkles on his face, although it is not particularly obvious, but it is enough to show that he is old......
"You're here." Fu Ruan looked at him with a smile.
Gu Tingyun suddenly felt that Fu Ruan hadn't smiled so sweetly for a long time, so was this smile because of him? Gu Tingyun felt very uncomfortable.
The young man smiled kindly at Gu Tingyun, "This is His Royal Highness the War King Gu Tingyun, under Zhao Jinlin." β
Gu Tingyun pouted and ignored him.
He didn't have a good impression of this inexplicable rival in love, let alone give him a good look and talk, it was a waste of his mood.
"Why don't you speak?" Fu Ruan blamed him a little for losing face to others, but the bad guy is also a martial arts family, so it's not good to offend.
Gu Tingyun glared at her, provoking Peach Blossom blindly, is this to let him be soured to death by vinegar?
"I don't want to say it." He turned his head sullenly, feeling uncomfortable.
"Miss Fu, since the prince doesn't want to talk, let's continue chatting." Zhao Jinlin hurriedly grabbed Fu Ruan's hand to stop her from talking to Gu Tingyun.
Gu Tingyun looked at the pig's paw placed on Fu Ruan's wrist and immediately became angry, quickly took Zhao Jinlin's hand away, stared at him and said, "You can talk as you speak, and you still take advantage of it, right?" β
Zhao Jinlin rubbed the back of his hand that was hurt by Gu Tingyun, and looked at Fu Ruan with a little grievance, as if he intended to show her the back of his red hand, Fu Ruan was a little embarrassed, and he couldn't pretend not to see it, so he could only say to Gu Tingyun: "The person who comes is a guest, can't you be mature?" What kind of child's temper? Make amends to him quickly. β
"......" Gu Tingyun's lungs were about to explode, she scolded him for this strange man?
Song Qixuan sensed that something was wrong on the other side, and immediately sat down with Princess Minghui.
Minghui also deliberately sat between Zhao Jinlin and Fu Ruan, while Song Qixuan sat on Gu Tingyun's left side, he pulled the hem of Gu Tingyun's clothes and said, "You lost half of the momentum." β
Gu Tingyun immediately glared at him, "You've only lost half of it." Am I like someone who will lose? β
"Look at your resentful woman-like expression now, and then look at the indifferent attitude of others, it seems that you can't get on the stage, where has your calmness gone? How can you encounter this kind of thing, you only know how to drink vinegar? Song Qixuan said a little speechlessly.
"......" Gu Tingyun was also quite speechless, was he really like Song Qixuan said? It's a shame.
He took a deep breath, then smiled, turned his head to look at Zhao Jinlin and said, "Fang is not mine, please forgive Zhao Gongzi." β
Zhao Jinlin kept smiling, waved his hand very generously, and said: "The prince doesn't have to be polite, if you know your mistakes, you can improve it." β
I!!! I really want to kill you. Gu Tingyun's face darkened, and he had already fantasized about executing Zhao Jinlin seven or eight hundred times, but he still had to keep a smile on his face.
"Uh......" Fu Ruan wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say when he opened his mouth.
"How did Ruan Ruan and Zhao Gongzi meet?" Gu Tingyun smiled and watched Fu Ruan change the topic.
"I came here from Yulin, and when I was hungry, I came in to eat, and I fell in love with Miss Fu at first sight." After Zhao Jinlin finished speaking, his eyes were full of love when he looked at Fu Ruan, and everyone who watched it couldn't help but feel numb in their backs, and their whole body trembled, it's so disgusting, is it so easy for people to fall in love at first sight now? That look is too greasy, isn't it?
"Then you should leave." Gu Tingyun said coldly.
"I have already given Qingyalou a month's deposit." Zhao Jinlin blew the jasmine in the teacup and said unhurriedly.
"You're going to stay here for a month?" The corners of Gu Tingyun's mouth began to twitch.
Zhao Jinlin nodded.
"Do you know Nguyen Nguyen's current identity? Dare to say that it was love at first sight to her? β
"Your fiancΓ©e, the future princess of war." Zhao Jin said.
"......" He knows, and he still dares to speak falsely? This person is so shameless?
"Then you should know what to say and what not to say." Gu Tingyun tried her best to maintain a calm tone.
Zhao Jinlin smiled lightly and said: "You are not married, who will Miss Fu marry in the future, who can say for sure." β
I've seen shameless, but I've never seen such a shameless person.
Song Qixuan felt that this person looked harmless to humans and animals, but his face was thicker than the city wall.
What about the first time you meet someone who is not afraid of your brother? Princess Minghui looked at Zhao Jinlin curiously.
"Jinlin, I will definitely marry Tingyun in the future." Fu Ruan had to speak, and if they continued, it was estimated that they should quarrel: "It's almost noon, I'll go and order someone to get a table of good dishes." After saying that, Fu Ruan left the backyard and walked to the front hall.
Fu Ruan walked on the front foot, and Gu Tingyun followed out on the back foot.
Gu Tingyun left, and Zhao Jinlin also wanted to follow, but was stopped by Song Qixuan.
"Brother, where are you going? Let's talk. Song Qixuan smiled like a bad uncle, and Zhao Jinlin was panicked and said that he didn't want to talk to him.
Gu Tingyun walked to the hall of Qingya Building and saw Gu Li serving tea and water to diners......
This guy's brain is caught in the door? What kind of hospitality did you come to Qingya Building to dedicate if you have nothing to do?
"Brother Gu, you go and rest first, you must be tired after being busy for so long." At this time, a plain-clothed girl came from the back kitchen, the girl was thin and thin, and her appearance was also very delicate, and her speech was as clear as a yellow warbler out of the valley.
"I'm not tired." Gu Li blushed very shyly, and then stood there, waiting for the girl to wipe his sweat.
Gu Tingyun held his forehead, it turned out that his guards had a favorite girl, no wonder they ran here twice in three days.
"What are you doing standing there?" Fu Ruan stood upstairs and leaned on the railing and asked.
Gu Tingyun looked up at her, smiled faintly, and then walked upstairs.
"Ruan Ruan, can you let that Zhao Jin leave? I don't like him. Gu Tingyun hugged Fu Ruan from behind and whispered, his tone was very aggrieved, Fu Ruan blushed and looked downstairs in a panic, for fear that someone would find out about their intimate behavior, while struggling to get out of his embrace.
Seeing her struggling, Gu Tingyun let go of her, Fu Ruan turned to look at him and said, "Tingyun, you should understand my heart for you, although I am too good and others fall in love with me at first sight, but this is something I can't do about it." Zhao Jinlin is a guest and has paid to live here, so I am not qualified to let others go, don't be so childish in the future, okay? Except for you, I won't marry anyone else in my life, shouldn't you be confident in yourself if you're so good? β
Listening to Fu Ruan's words, Gu Tingyun felt much better, and the smile on his face couldn't be stopped.
"Happy now?" Fu Ruan asked with a smile.
The latter nodded very arrogantly.
"Brother, sister-in-law, the meal is ready, come down and eat." Princess Minghui shouted at the two.
Gu Tingyun nodded very satisfied with Minghui's 'sister-in-law', this stupid sister didn't hurt in vain.
Fu Ruan blushed shyly, before he passed the door, his sister-in-law called him, how embarrassing.
Gu Tingyun held her small hand with her big hand, and then walked to the backyard.
Entering the backyard, there is a table of good wine and food, but why is this eye-catching Zhao Jinlin still clubbing here? Does he want to eat together? Gu Tingyun stared at him, hoping that he would be a little self-aware.
Everyone here is your own person, and only Zhao Jinlin is a stranger.
Seeing that the big guys were staring at him, the thick-skinned Zhao Jinlin finally realized, but he was different from ordinary people, he couldn't be left after being looked at a few times, I saw him smile, and he looked like a flower, "Miss Fu, I'll eat with you, anyway, I eat everywhere, don't you say?" β
He really looked innocent, and Fu Ruan nodded with the corners of his mouth twitching.
Gu Tingyun was not angry at this time, and he tried to pick up vegetables with Fu Ruan, and said gently: "Ruan Ruan, you eat more, you see that you have lost weight recently, and my heart hurts to death." β
Song Qixuan, who was holding the child, trembled.
Princess Minghui also shuddered......
Su Yu stared at him indifferently......
Fu Ruan also shivered, and ate the contents of the bowl with his head bored.
"Miss Fu, you are quite thin, and the girl is still fat and cute." said that he also served Fu Ruan with vegetables.
"Zhao Gongzi, you don't seem to be right." Fu Ruan looked at him, his eyes already contained a warning, Zhao Jinlin understood, so he was naturally obedient, and then ate by himself.
After eating, Fu Ruan planned to go back to the Hou Mansion with Song Qixuan to see Ye Lanxin, and she specially made a pot of chicken soup stewed.
"This kid is really getting better and better as he gets. When he was born, he was really ugly. Fu Ruan looked at the pink, more and more delicate child in the swaddling clothes and said.
Song Qixuan thought that when he first saw the child, he felt a sense of unwarranted disgust in his heart, the wrinkled one was like a mouse, so ugly, and now looking at the white jade doll in his arms, his heart became softer and softer: "It is worthy of being my son, you see how much this looks like me, how many girls will be harmed when I grow up." He sighed and shook his head again, "Fortunately, she doesn't look like Lan Xin, otherwise, it won't look good." β
"If Lan Xin hears this, you will probably be plucked off a layer of skin." Gu Tingyun looked at him coldly, and snorted with great disdain.
"Tell me about you, can you not always be jealous of me, because I became a father before you, I will speak ill of you." Song Qixuan couldn't help but roll his eyes at him.
"I need to be jealous of you?" Gu Tingyun pointed at himself with a funny tone, he felt that Song Qixuan had lived so long in his life that he would be a father, and he knew to show off, and the rest was all nonsense, living was too ridiculous, although he was born as a prince and nobleman, he had no achievements in his life.
If you want to talk about Song Qixuan, it's not a waste material, after all, he still has a smart head, but he doesn't like to use it on the right path, he used to use it all on women, and he was born with a prodigal temperament.
"Then can you speak without thorns?" Song Qixuan pursed his lips.
"Okay, okay, I'm just jealous of you." Gu Tingyun said.
Song Qixuan stared at him in surprise, and suddenly smiled, "Is Ah Yun stupid?" β
It was rare for Gu Tingyun to bow his head at him, which made him very uncomfortable.
Hearing this, Gu Tingyun glared at him with white eyes, and sure enough, he still couldn't talk to him properly.
When Fu Ruan saw Ye Lanxin, she was very distressed by her emaciated appearance.
Ye Lanxin, who gave birth to a child, lost a lot of weight, her face was not as round as before, and she looked very thin, Fu Ruan poured the chicken soup into the bowl, "The black chicken soup specially boiled for you, it's a big supplement, drink it while it's hot." β
Ye Lanxin smiled softly and said, "Ah Ruan has a heart." β
"You, it's just when you need to replenish your body, just tell Song Qixuan what you want to eat."
Ye Lanxin nodded, "He ordered people to make a lot of things every day, but my appetite is not very good." β
"For the sake of the child, you have to eat more or less." Fu Ruan said helplessly.
"Lan Xin, the child is hungry, you can hold it and feed it for a while, Ah Yun and I are going to enter the palace." Song Qixuan's appearance was a little heavy and anxious, which made Fu Ruan and Ye Lanxin feel that something was wrong.
"What's wrong? What to do in the palace at this time? Ye Lanxin asked.
"I'll tell you when I get back, I'm leaving." After saying that, Song Qixuan left, and when Fu Ruan chased him out, he saw him follow Gu Tingyun and the old marquis in the carriage and left.
Fu Ruan touched his chin, it seems that he will enter the palace because of a big incident, could it be that the emperor of Southern Wei knows about Zhaoyang? Or did Emperor Wei know about Princess Qinghe? It's over, the Southern Wei Emperor is definitely going to be looking for trouble.
Fu Ruan walked into the mansion again worriedly, and sighed all the way to Ye Lanxin's front and sat down.
When she sighed for the tenth time in front of Ye Lanxin, she couldn't help but ask, "What are you sighing for, you make me want to follow along." β
Fu Ruan opened his mouth, unable to say anything, and finally quieted down after the word 'sigh' came out.
"Is it related to Qixuan and their going to the palace?" Ye Lanxin guessed.
"I don't know, but I don't think eight or nine is far from ten."
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Inside the Purple Gold Palaceββ
There is little smoke in the incense burner of the carefully carved dragon pattern, there is a white jade porcelain bottle standing on the jade case, a few pruned plum blossoms are inserted in the bottle, a wisp of breeze blows slightly, a few petals are swept off, and a faint fragrance of flowers floats in the hall.
"Zheng Yi, who has been guarding the border pass, came with the news, saying that in recent days, there have always been people from two small countries harassing the people at the border pass, and it has become more and more intense, even to the point of robbing people's daughters, killing people and setting fires, and their behavior is very bad. Or is it ordered by someone behind it? Gu Zhiran looked at the three people below and asked.
Gu Tingyun was silent, as if he was contemplating, and his face pretended to be profound.
"Our Liang country is a big country, and the world knows it, even the Southern Wei Dynasty, which can sit on an equal footing with our Liang country, is also polite because of Ah Yun. And the two small countries closest to the border pass, the Nanyi tribe and the Yanqiu, these two small countries are subordinate to the nomadic people, I heard that they are tall and very strong, but they are naturally rude and barbaric, and I don't know if it is true, these people don't have any brains, maybe they really die by themselves. Song Qixuan didn't know where he heard it, but it was a mixed bag.
"......" Gu Zhiran frowned, thinking that Song Qixuan, who had always lingered in the flowers, could be true? I don't know where I found out from that storyteller.
He looked at Gu Tingyun and asked, "What does the War King think?" β
"The Nanyi and Yanqiu known to this king, although they are nomads, they are not stupid as Ah Xuan said, but they are also very smart, they are all good at riding and shooting, brave and good at fighting, and they have strong combat ability on horseback, which cannot be ignored. Although their country is not strong enough, it has a vast territory and high ambitions. The rise in the future will inevitably cause indelible damage to the entire Central Plains. Gu Tingyun thought for a while and said, "So this matter, I'm afraid it's not that simple." Perhaps, as the emperor said, they are ordered by others. β
The old marquis stroked his beard and nodded in agreement, then looked at Song Qixuan, sighed and shook his head.
If this kid doesn't know, don't speak, he has to say it and be embarrassed.
Gu Tingyun has been fighting abroad for many years, so he naturally has a certain understanding of those countries, and then slapped Song Qixuan in the face.
Song Qixuan touched his nose in embarrassment and looked down at his instep.
Gu Zhiran squinted his eyes and said, "What does the prince mean is that these two countries are afraid that they are going to join forces to start a war against the Liang Kingdom, right?" β
"I'm afraid that there are praying mantis in front and yellow finches behind." The old marquis sighed.
Gu Zhiran frowned and said, "What do you say?" β
Gu Tingyun said: "The emperor knows that Ye Zhao has usurped the throne and has written a letter with the Southern Wei Dynasty in an attempt to jointly annex the Liang Kingdom. However, we sabotaged Ye Zhao's plan first, so they did not succeed. The Southern Wei Dynasty was afraid that we would be angry because of this, so they sent Princess Zhaoyang and relatives to express the friendship between the two countries. β
Gu Zhiran nodded, and said clearly: "What does the prince mean, this matter also has something to do with Southern Wei?" β
"Although the Southern Wei Dynasty is friendly with our country on the surface, it actually has wolf ambitions in its back vest, we all know it. It doesn't matter, it's only a matter of time before the war starts, as the so-called soldiers will come to block the water and cover the earth, and the king has been idle for many years, and now it's time to show his strength. Gu Tingyun smiled lightly.
"The king of Liangguo is here, which is really a blessing for the people." The old marquis said.
"Master Hou has won the award." Gu Tingyun said.
Listening to the words of the two complimenting each other, Song Qixuan suddenly felt that he was really redundant, and he couldn't join their conversation......
"The emperor can rest assured, from now on, we will recruit 100,000 soldiers from Liangguo, and I will train the troops myself. If he goes to war one day, he will have my Liangguo men to defend the territory and prevent the enemy from stepping into half an inch of the land that belongs to my Liangguo. Gu Tingyun's words were very powerful and heavy, as if he had made an oath, Gu Zhiran nodded.
I have to say that although his eldest brother is sometimes very unpleasant, he is indeed conscientious for Liangguo. He suddenly understood why his father did not pass the throne to his eldest brother in the first place, but to himself.
Because the eldest brother has contributed too much to the country in his life, but he doesn't like power, he just wants to have an ordinary and happy life, and he likes the life of idle clouds and wild cranes, but he was forced to be the emperor and imprisoned in this place like a golden cage for the rest of his life.
After leaving the palace, the three of them returned home in a carriage.
"I heard that the new General Zhengsanpin Huaihua is a young boy?" Gu Tingyun asked.
"Exactly, although General Huaihua is young, he is indeed a very powerful figure, Wen Taowu is strategic, brave and strategic, so the emperor will give him such a high rank." The old marquis stroked his beard and said with great satisfaction.
"Another day, I think it will be this Huaihua general." Gu Tingyun was also very curious about what a powerful figure this young young general was.