Chapter Twenty-Three: Twenty Years Ago

"It's okay, when I saw Mrs. Taishi today, I didn't know what was going on in my heart, so I wanted to shout and call her mother, so I forgot all your instructions at that time, if the prince wanted to punish, Jinzhi had no complaints."

Gu Jinzhi knew that he was afraid that he would not be able to escape this punishment, so he bowed his head and waited for Nalan Ci's reprimand, but he didn't think about it, Nalan Ci picked up Gu Jinzhi and hurried back to Jinlan Pavilion.

Instructed Zijia to get some hot water, and retreated from the people in the house, Nalan Ci put Gu Jinzhi on the bed, his red ankles became more and more swollen, Gu Jinzhi's feet were very white and small, not like a man's feet at all, Nalan Ci dragged Gu Jinzhi's feet in the palm of his hand, holding them like treasures.

Zijia's movements were very fast, and after a while, a basin of smoking water was brought in, and after Nalan Ci asked her to put it down, he also let her go out and close the door.

Nalan Ci has been pampered since he was a child, where has he served people, looking at the steaming water, Nalan Ci didn't even think about throwing down the towel and put his hand, this time it was not light, but in order to face Gu Jin's face before Gu Jin, Nalan Ci pretended to be fine, forcibly wrung out the hot towel, and put it on Gu Jinzhi's ankle.

Gu Jinzhi nervously looked at Nalan Ci, who bowed his head to deal with his injuries, and his heart never let go.

"You should move less tonight, tomorrow morning, this king will ask Zijia to find Huanqiu, you too, walk carefully in the future, don't worry about this king."

"Doesn't the prince blame me?"

Nalan Ci raised his head, because he was worried about Gu Jinzhi's feet, so now he had completely forgotten about the Taishi couple:

"What do you blame? Blame you for walking without looking at the road and hurting your foot? ”

"No, it's Mrs. Taishi's business."

After being reminded by Gu Jinyi, Nalan Ci reacted at this time, Nalan Ci laughed at himself a little in his heart, he didn't think that he was concerned about important things, and he would be distracted because of a person, it seemed that he was really in love with the little fool in front of him.

"You've already said it, how can you let this king beat you on the board or take your head? Now the king is more concerned about the injury of your foot, and the question he asked you during the rainy season. ”

"Didn't the prince say it, why did you ask again today, it's not early, the prince can go back to the side hall today, right?" Gu Jinyi heard Nalan Ci bring up the matter again, so he wanted to interject the topic, and immediately changed the conversation.

Nalan Ci also saw that people were going to drive him away, so he had been lying on his skin for so many days, took off his shoes and jumped on the bed, regardless of whether he took off the heavy dress on his body or not, he took his seat first, and then hugged Gu Jinzhi in his arms.

Nalan Ci felt the weight of the person in his arms and sighed a little, he had thought many times that if the person in his arms at this time was also Gu Yan's son, would he not be able to pretend to be a person all day long, and he could live his own life.

Taishifuzhong.

Mrs. Taishi, who had been restless when she came home, sat down in front of the bronze mirror in her room, and took out the golden lock from one of the boxes, which was exactly the same gold lock from one to one, but it could be seen that one was brand new, and the other was worn by someone.

Mrs. Taishi carefully stroked the golden lock that she had not wore, and unconsciously shed tears, Gu Yan returned to the room, and saw at a glance that his wife took out the golden lock there, he sighed, and slowly walked behind his wife.

"Madam, that was more than twenty years ago, why can't you let it go for a long time?"

"Master, that's my biological child, and it's exactly the same as Jinzhi. This incident has made me regret it for 20 years, how can I say that I can let it go, I really can't do it. ”

Gu Yan sighed, sat down at the table, looked at the moon outside that was not round, and fell into the memory of twenty years ago....

Twenty years ago, although Gu Yan sat on the position of the prince, but because there was no strong force to help, it was still very difficult to sit in this position, Gu Yan and his wife were thirty years old, nearly forty years old, but they had no heirs, but on a thunderous night, Mrs. Gu Yan suddenly had abdominal pain, and she found Lang Zhong to know that she had been pregnant for nearly two months, and after the whole house learned about it, no one was unhappy.

Because Mrs. Taishi is not young, she is extremely careful about the baby she is pregnant, and she keeps drinking nourishing things every day.

At the age of five months, Mrs. Taishi's belly was as big as other pregnant women who were about to give birth, and the folk Langzhong only said that the fetus was too big, so the Taishi family did not think too much about it until the day of delivery in October, Mrs. Taishi's belly was as big as a ball, but the days went by day by day, but Mrs. Taishi had no signs of giving birth.

Gu Yan was also anxious at that time, so he went to the palace to invite the imperial doctor, only to know that his wife was pregnant with twin sons, and it was normal for him to be unborn in the future.

In this way, the days passed day by day, until one day at noon, Mrs. Taishi had just taken a nap for a while, and there was pain in her abdomen, because the family had been prepared, and she was afraid that she would give birth suddenly, so the maid in the house went to find the imperial doctor and the midwife.

I have to say that it is not easy for the Taishi family to have a baby, until late at night, Mrs. Taishi is just unbearable abdominal pain, but she can't give birth, and the decoction of several births is drunk, but it has not improved, until someone suddenly knocks on the door in the middle of the night, and the family goes to open the door to know that it is an old way.

Lao Dao opened his mouth to know the affairs of the house, and the family didn't dare to call the shots, so he invited Gu Yan, Gu Yan listened to the words of the family and went to see Lao Dao in person.

Lao Dao threatened at that time that the twins of the Taishi family were ominous, but he could help Mrs. Taishi give birth to the child smoothly, but there is one point, if the twins are according to the old Tao, if they are a man and a woman or two daughters, they will prosper and take care of the family, but if it is two boys, one of them will be taken out of the house and left to fend for itself, and only one can be saved.

Of course, Gu Yan is not worth it, but Lao Dao said that if it is a little later in the evening, I am afraid that Mrs. Taishi will also be killed, and finally Gu Yan had to nod, and sure enough, Lao Dao sat cross-legged on the ground in front of Mrs. Taishi's room and chattered for a while, and two baby cries came out one after another.

Gu Yan's heart was overjoyed, but when the midwife came out to congratulate her, she learned that she had a pair of twin boys. According to the old way, two boys must be sent out of the house, Gu Yan held the two crying biological sons in both hands, and he couldn't do it for a while.

Lao Dao was full of words, knowing that Gu Yan was going to make a choice, so Lao Dao didn't say anything and left on his own.

Gu Yan returned to the house with the two children, and told Mrs. Taishi, who had just given birth, and the lady was reluctant to cry, but Gu Yan still picked up one of them and sent it to Steward Li at that time for himself and for this family, and let him send him out of the house overnight, but a few days passed, and Steward Li did not return to the house, and since then there has been no whereabouts of the child and Steward Li.

Since Mrs. Taishi gave birth to two boys and sent one away, Gu Yan was in the previous dynasty, and suddenly became popular, and he had to be reused by the first emperor, and in the end, although he was a speech official, he held half of the army of Yiguo.

However, the child who was sent away without news has always been a disease in the hearts of Gu Yan and his wife, especially Mrs. Taishi, because she cried because of the missing child during the confinement, and her eyes sometimes often saw things blurry.

Thinking of this, Gu Yan came back to his senses, and when he saw Gu Jinzhi beside Nalan Ci today, he felt that the child had a lot to do with him, although he hadn't seen him for a long time, but it wasn't like that, so Gu Yan immediately took his wife out of the mansion and waited outside the palace, just to find out what happened to the child.

Sure enough, it was okay to be unexpected, but he learned that it was not his own son, but he looked too similar to Gu Jinzhi, Gu Yan thought about it, even if it was disguised, I am afraid that it would not be like this.

But Gu Yan also regrets it now, when Mrs. saw the child today, she remembered her son who was sent away twenty years ago, so the gain really outweighed the loss.

"Madam, you're tired today, so why don't you rest earlier?"

Mrs. Taishi shook her head, where is she still sleepy now:

"Master, the whereabouts of that child, have you really searched for twenty years and haven't found it?" 、

Gu Yan shook his head helplessly, since he was snobbish, Gu Yan sent an unknown number of people to look for him, not to mention children, even the original Steward Li did not find half of his figure.

In the past twenty years, no clues have been found, in fact, Gu Yan and his wife have already had a peerless understanding in their hearts, but they just dare not admit it for a long time.

"I sacrificed my child for the sake of the Gu family, which is what I regret the most as a mother in my life. What about the official position, what about the family, as long as the family can live together, that is the greatest happiness. ”

"Madam, don't think about such an impossible thing anymore, there has been no news for twenty years, it must be that they are long gone, why are you hurting yourself every day, now we have to find Jinzhi first, this is the most important thing."

"Master, that person just now said that it wasn't Jinzhi, but I think he made me feel as kind as Jinzhi, but Jinzhi really never called me mother, is there something strange here, do you want to ask Prince Rong."

"No, if that person is really not Jinzhi, then something must have happened to Jinzhi, if it is small, it will be injured, and it will be ...... If I had gone and asked Nalan Ci, he would have said that we would meet with Nishiki today to be vague about the matter. ”

"That ......"

Before Mrs. Taishi's words were finished, Gu Yan waved his hand and signaled her not to say any more, he already had a sense of proportion in his heart, and he would send someone to investigate secretly tomorrow, presumably with his current strength, there would be results in a few days.

Five days have passed in a blink of an eye, Gu Yan doesn't talk about the results here, he can't even find out whether Gu Jinzhi has left the palace, Gu Yan is restless at home, Mrs. Taishi begged Gu Yan to go to the palace every day to ask the truth, and finally worried about his son's comfort, Gu Yan had no choice but to go to Prince Rong's mansion.