Gu Panxi's big eyes were full of surprise, but she still obediently obeyed her mother's words and shouted "sister".

Gu Xiyan handed the hat in his hand to Mama Tian on the side, half-squatted down, looked at Gu Panxi at eye level, and shouted "Panxi" with a smile, and after speaking, he took out a little monkey made of glass from the purse on his waist and gave it to him: "This is a gift that my sister bought for you, please don't dislike it!" ”

This is the first time that an adult has spoken to him with such an equal attitude, and he is a beautiful sister, smiling at her so gently. Gu Panxi's face turned red all of a sudden, he took over the little monkey, with a red face, a green body, and a small bubble in the glass, compared to the glass pig that his grandfather bought for him during the Spring Festival this year, both in workmanship and in color, but for some reason, Gu Panxi felt that this little monkey was as beautiful as the little pig given by his grandfather. He muttered "thank you" and blushed even more, looking very shy.

Mrs. Gu saw Gu Xiyan take out a gift to Gu Panxi, and felt that Gu Xiyan was really very sensible, so she smiled at Gu Xiyan even more happily, and instructed Mama Tian: "You go to Beyuan to talk to Duan Niang, so as not to worry about her." ”

Mama Tian left in response.

Mrs. Gu said softly to Gu Panxi again: "Follow Grandma Sun to play, I'll talk to your sister." ”

Gu Panxi left with Grandma Sun very meekly.

Mrs. Gu looked at Gu Xiyan's gaze softly, and she patted the bedstring: "Come, Xiyan, you didn't look at me, and I didn't treat you as a guest, come and sit next to me, I haven't seen you for two months, let me take a closer look at you." ”

Gu Xiyan smiled and sat beside Mrs. Gu.

Mrs. Gu held her hand and carefully touched Gu Xiyan: "No wonder people say that women are eighteen years old, you have only been out for two months, as if you have changed a person." ”

"How can I become a daughter who is still not a mother!" Gu Xiyan smiled, "Mother has been in good health lately?" ”

Mrs. Gu smiled bitterly: "I have taken a lot of medicine, but I don't see any good." ”

Gu Xiyan knew that she had a heart disease, but some words couldn't be said casually, and when she said it, she pushed people into the corner, and there was no room for maneuver, even if you were kind, others would not only not accept your affection, but also blame you for being too strong and doing things too ruthlessly. She had to comfort Mrs. Gu ramblingly: "Look at Panxi, you have to cure the disease!" ”

Mrs. Gu was stunned, pondered for a while, and said, "Yes, Panxi is still so young, how can I cure the disease!" As he said this, his tone gradually became firm.

Gu Xiyan breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as a person has a memory, the strength to survive will be greatly enhanced.

Mrs. Gu must not want to dwell on this topic, so she asked Gu Xiyan, "Where have you been all this time?" How did you live? Who is around to take care of ......"

Of course, Gu Xiyan wouldn't tell the truth, but just told her that she had temporarily rented a room in Shengjing by herself and lived for such a long time without leaving home.

Mrs. Gu asked a few more words from the side, and when she said that Gui Guan and a hundred years had disappeared, Gu Xiyan was very surprised, and even asked what happened. Mrs. Gu coped with two sentences and asked Gu Xiyan: "When you left home, you left me a letter, saying that you don't want to participate in the selection of concubines, what are you going to do there?" ”

Gu Xiyan knew that she would definitely have to punish all the people in power in the Gu family if she left, Master Gu asked her to choose a concubine and she was unwilling to go, this was a matter of principle, and there was no room for maneuver, so it was useless to ask him, so naturally there was no need to ask; Mrs. Gu is different, Gu Xiyan's departure was not because of the conflict between them, but saying goodbye without saying goodbye also shows that the stepdaughter did not take her in her eyes and did not have enough respect for her, this is an attitude problem. Gu Xiyan thought about it again and again and decided to leave a letter for Mrs. Gu.

She handed the letter to Mama Tian beside Mrs. Gu to show her trust in Mrs. Gu.

The letter said that because he was unwilling to participate in the selection of concubines, he deliberately went out to avoid it, so that Mrs. Gu could rest assured, don't tell Master Gu for the time being, and once the results of the concubine selection come out, he will come back. And she also said in the letter that Fang Shaoying was originally the crown princess who was determined, no matter how hard her sister worked and how she walked for herself in the official, it was impossible for the Fang family to make herself the crown princess, and the best result was Liangdi, who was named the crown prince. But in this way, my sister is the imperial concubine in the inner palace, and my sister is the good lady of the prince's mansion, for many people with a heart, the Gu family's limelight is too strong, and it is not handled well, for fear of arousing the disgust of the Fang family, and even making the Fang family think that the Gu family has any ambitions. Now the government and the opposition are all from the Fang family, the Gu family is counting on Gu Panxi, his father is too anxious, but he can't think about it more, and he can't delay Panxi's future because of this matter.

She was startled when she received this letter, and after thinking about it, she felt that she should still tell Master Gu, who knew that when she went to the front yard, Master Gu was actually sick, and a few children were waiting affectionately on the side, when she went in to ask Hou, Master Gu was displeased, and asked her if she had found Guiguan. Mrs. Gu was secretly annoyed in her heart, sneered a few times, and actually followed Gu Xiyan's instructions and did not tell Master Gu about it.

This is a small episode, of course Mrs. Gu will not say anything to Gu Xiyan.

Gu Xiyan didn't expect Mrs. Gu not to tell Master Gu, so she chose the place where Aunt Qin stayed, also to observe the movements of the Gu family at any time, and to respond at any time if there was any change. I didn't expect everything to go so smoothly. Although so, she knew that she would definitely face Master Gu's anger when she came back, if she could convince a related person, then Master Gu would be alone, she begged Mrs. Gu: "I don't know if my mother can let me see my sister once?" ”

Mrs. Gu was puzzled: "This time you choose a concubine, it is said that it is the idea of the imperial concubine......"

Gu Xiyan nodded: "I know." She has lived in the deep palace for a long time and doesn't know the danger of the temple now, so I want to go to the palace and meet my sister, so that she temporarily dispelled this idea. ”

Who knew that Mrs. Gu said: "I don't think she has a way, I think you can help her when you enter the palace." ”

Gu Xiyan hurriedly asked, "Mother heard something." ”

Mrs. Gu muttered: "I am also cousins of the Fang family, and there are some things, I have heard some rumors intermittently for a long time, and I have not thought about it. It is said that when the imperial concubine entered the palace, the emperor once promised the queen mother...... For the sake of royal face, the imperial concubine does not have children...... Whether that's the case or not, I'm not sure. However, a woman, no matter how favored she is, has no heirs, she is all flowers in the water, the moon in the mirror, and she can't be counted. ”

Gu Xiyan nodded secretly, feeling that Mrs. Gu's words might not be groundless. An imperial concubine who lives completely by the emperor's favor is worse than the virtuous concubine Wang who gave birth to a bunch of princes and princesses without favor.

Mrs. Gu didn't seem to want to talk about this kind of thing, and said, "When I received your letter, it happened that my mother's seventh brother was here, and I was a little flustered, so I took out your letter and showed it to my seventh brother. Seventh Brother said that what you said in your letter is reasonable, and also said that the Queen Mother has been in charge of the government for almost forty years, from the current cabinet ministers to a small county order in Longyou County, which one was not promoted by the Fang family. What's more, the Queen Mother is not an ignorant woman and child who only knows how to compete for power, just look at her handling of the marriage between Zheng Feipeng, the Duke of Liang Guogong, and the four girls of the Shen family, you can see that she is more powerful than those men. Now that she is old, she has to arrange a back road for the Fang family, if she is provoked at this time, the Gu family will definitely encounter thunderous means, I am afraid it will not be peaceful. The imperial concubine Niangniang is not a confused person, she has waited quietly for five or six years, but I am afraid that she can't wait anymore. ”

Gu Xiyan was stunned for a moment.

I didn't expect Mrs. Gu's seventh brother to see such a thing. However, as in any industry, you can't be a spire without a keen sense of politics, and even more so a big businessman. Isn't there a saying that "officials and businessmen, officials and businessmen, and without officials, businessmen cannot exist independently...... In her previous life, she was also a small businessman, and she talked a bit about return on investment.

For a woman who has traveled from modern times to ancient times, entering the inner palace is a matter of high investment and low return. Intrigue and fear to the death, nothing more than for love and power. Love, in modern society, is a white-collar worker who earns 2,000 yuan a month to engage in extramarital affairs, let alone an emperor, if your purpose is the emperor, how can it be too extravagant; Power, a person who has seen skyscrapers and used laptops to enjoy freedom and equality, what kind of life can make him feel that it is enjoyment and luxury?

At least Gu Xiyan scoffed at both pursuits.

She wants to go through her own life, live her own life, her husband and children are hot on the kang, so she doesn't go to this troubled water!

However, it was the first time she heard about the "marriage between Liang Guogong Zheng Feipeng and the four girls of the Shen family", and the gossip of a woman's nature couldn't help but make her ask first: "It's the first time I've heard about Liang Guogong, so what's wrong with Liang Guogong?" ”

Mrs. Gu said: "That was more than ten years ago. At that time, I was in Jiangnan, and I was still young, but I heard from my mother that Zheng Feipeng, the Duke of Liang, didn't even want the title of Duke of Guo in order to marry the fourth girl of Shen Jian, the Duke of Shu, and there was a lot of envy in his tone, so I remembered it very clearly. This time, the seventh brother sent Xi'er back, I showed him your letter, and he told me about it, and I felt that the queen mother was indeed too simple. ”

Gu Xiyan poured a cup of tea for Mrs. Gu, and quietly listened to her continue: "I heard Seventh Brother say that Zheng Feipeng had just resumed the title at that time, and he was going to Shengjing to meet the emperor. As soon as Zheng Feipeng arrived in Shengjing, the Empress Dowager married the daughter of Cheng Zhi, the former cabinet minister and the Ministry of Industry, to Zheng Feipeng, Zheng Feipeng said at that time that he had a marriage contract with the four girls of the Shen family, the Duke of Shu, and could not accept the marriage, and this matter was well known to the family of the scholar clan in Xizhao. But the queen mother had a tough attitude and forced Zheng Feipeng to accept it. The marriage of the Zheng and Shen families was not child's play, of course Zheng Feipeng was unwilling, and the Queen Mother confined him in the Forbidden City on the spot on the grounds of 'despising the emperor'. The Zheng family panicked and sent someone to Shengjing to invite Fang Hou Ye to maneuver around, but Fang Hou Ye took the opportunity to ask the Zheng family to entrust the mining rights of Diezhou, Xizhou, and Minzhou in Longdong County to the Fang family. The Zheng family's heirs are thin, Zheng Feipeng is a seventh-generation single heir, and Mrs. Liang Guo is a woman after all, and she loves her son so much that she immediately agreed. In this way, the Zheng family handed over the mining rights, and the queen mother recognized the marriage of Zheng Pengfei and the four girls of the Shen family. ”