Gu Xiyan once read in the book that Liang Guogong's territory is perennially dry and short of water, and is not suitable for planting rice and vegetables, and the main income comes from the mining of gold mines. Gu Xiyan asked curiously, "Then what happened?" ”

Mrs. Gu said: "In the 289th year of Xizhao, the people of Wujuncheng conquered Horseshoe Bay and attacked Liangdi, Liangdi was unable to resist, and was occupied by nine cities, and then had to turn to the court to send troops to drive the people of Wujuncheng out of Liangdi. ”

Gu Xiyan lowered his head and pondered.

In other words, Liang Guogong was deprived of actual jurisdiction.

Mrs. Gu sighed: "So as soon as Brother Qi saw the letter you wrote, he praised you for your vision. said that now that the Fang clan is in the limelight, it should not be swept away, and it should be obscure and wait for the opportunity. said that the imperial concubine's move was too risky and straightforward, for fear of causing the opposite effect. ”

When Gu Xiyan heard Mrs. Gu say this, she strengthened her determination not to enter the palace.

It's not that he knows the process of history, so he dares to snatch his tiger whiskers when the other party is in the limelight, and now no one can say where the Fang family will go, and no one knows when it will fall from the peak to the bottom. Or it is not impossible that the Fang family will become the largest family of the Xizhao Dynasty and accompany it until the end of the dynasty. Even if the Fang family loses in the end, will he be a supporting character A or passerby B who is sacrificed in this struggle?

Gu Xiyan was reluctant to take this risk.

She hasn't been in a good relationship yet! Just like a flower that has not yet bloomed and is about to be plucked and raised in a crystal bottle, it may be gratefully adjusted one day due to lack of water.

This kind of loss must not be done!

After all, Gu Xiyan is just a thirteen-year-old child, in the eyes of Mrs. Gu, she ran away from home in order not to enter the palace, this is not assertive, this is nonsense. Of course, she didn't believe that after the second girl of the Gu family saw the imperial concubine, things would be as Gu Xiyan expected, and everything would be calm. However, she believes in her seventh cousin, Liu Zuocheng.

The ancestor of the Liu family can be said to be a very discerning person, and the family rules of the Liu family were different from those of other families hundreds of years ago. The position of the head of the family does not recognize the concubine, only the talent. After each man of the family reaches the age of fourteen, he can get one hundred taels of silver provided by the Liu family to go out to the rivers and lakes, for a period of ten years, who can be famous in the business circle in the south of the Yangtze River, and then through the recognition of some elders in the family, he is eligible to participate in the competition of the head of the family.

Liu Zuocheng is the leader of their generation, and he is also the most popular candidate for the head of the family of this generation.

Liu Zuocheng once said to Mrs. Gu: "Our Liu family has been a businessman since 700 years ago to today's rich party, which is the result of the efforts of our ancestors who don't know how many generations they have gone through, and it is not all smooth sailing. I won't say anything far away, in the 219th year of Xizhao, the ancestor Zhaogong spent hundreds of thousands of taels of gold to get through the then crown prince Yang Yan to obtain the concession of Yantian in Nanhai County, but it has just been in operation for less than three months, Yang Yan was defeated in the palace struggle and was abolished, and the Liu family was regarded as a waste by the major forces in the court because of the support of Yang Yan*, Zhaogong ran around, barely operated for another nine months, and the second year of the Yantian management right began to bid, The Lian family, who had always been in the shipping business, won the right to operate the Yantian at a price of 10,000 taels of silver more than the Liu family...... Since then, the Liu family has begun to decline. It wasn't until the 241st year of Xizhao that Yang Pin, the king of the court funded by the ancestor Yuangong, ascended the throne and obtained the franchise of Jiangnan weaving, and the Liu family began to raise their eyebrows again. But after all, it was more than 50 years ago, and now it is the Empress Dowager Fang Jinyu who is in charge, and her favorite is the Wu family in Huzhou. Since the Wu family began to work as an errand collector in the Ministry of Internal Affairs twenty years ago, our Liu family's business has gradually become less domineering than in the past. Caixia, since ancient times, officials and businessmen have not been separated, after all, we are in business, and harmony is precious, some things can not be offended, although not offended, what do the two girls of the Gu family want, you just do it. ”

Mrs. Gu thought about Liu Zuocheng's instructions that day, and agreed without hesitation: "The imperial concubine Niangniang sent Xiao Huangmen to ask several times, and also told me that as soon as your illness is cured, let me give her a reply immediately." Don't worry, I'll go to the Zongren Mansion early tomorrow morning to hand over the sign and ask to see the imperial concubine. ”

Gu Xiyan wanted to see Gu Chaorong and said that he wanted Gu Chaorong's support, but it was better to say that he had a strong curiosity about this sister, which was more appropriate for everything. The first time she met Xiao Gu Xiyan, she said that she had a sister who was about the same age as herself, and she said a lot about her sister, from Xiao Gu Xiyan's point of view, this sister didn't like her. From Gu Xiyan's point of view, she feels that her sister is not bad, and she is more concerned about her affairs.

She is now in a strange world, one more friend will have one more way out, and it is very necessary and meaningful to take care of the relationship with a "senior cadre" like Gu Chaorong. After all, I still have to marry in the future, and I need a mother's family to support me!

Communicate with her well, tell her your thoughts, and if you can become a good sister because of this, it would be good!

Mrs. Gu was still a little worried: "...... your father there"

Gu Xiyan said embarrassedly: "I came back today to meet with my mother, and my mother has been worried about me because I am tired." I'm afraid he's still angry with my father, so I'm going to hide outside for a few more days, and I'll talk about it when I see my sister......."

Mrs. Gu hurriedly said, "How can that work." The inn is always a mixed place, not safe, since you are back, you will go back to the garden for the time being. Your father, he, he doesn't care much about the affairs of the house, I think he can always hide it these days......"

Gu Xiyan thought about it, he didn't tell Master Gu that he was like a hot potato to Mrs. Gu when he came back, and he didn't leave by himself, maybe this would make Mrs. Gu quickly arrange for her to enter the palace to see Gu Chaorong. Besides, after mixing in the market with the Changsheng class for a while, I deeply realized that the outside world was not so beautiful, so I didn't have too many excuses at the moment, and nodded in agreement.

Mama Tian asked Gu Xiyan to put on her hat again and personally sent her back to Beyuan, explaining on the way: "The family said that the girl had chickenpox, and she was serving the pox mother, and she couldn't see the wind." ”

Gu Xiyan nodded understandingly, and said very apologetically: "I've affected a few grandmothers!" ”

Mama Tian smiled and shook her head.

Gu Xiyan asked again: "After I left, my father didn't embarrass them!" ”

Mama Tian said: "It's still the girl who makes a good means, and she has sent Duanniang and Moju to Qixiaguan, and everyone is fine!" ”

Gu Xiyan's hanging heart was put down.

When she returned to Beyuan, she saw two mothers-in-law with big arms and round waists standing in front of the courtyard gate, and when she saw Mama Tian, both of them showed a flattering smile, Mama Tian introduced Gu Xiyan and said that she was the niece of Mrs. Mada's mother's family, who came to visit the second girl, and the two of them nodded and let them in.

Mama Tian sent Gu Xiyan to the door, and left under the pretext that Mrs. didn't take care of her.

Gu Xiyan walked into the courtyard that had been away for almost two months, and stood quietly at the door for a while.

The yard was cleaned, and the big tree in front of the house was still a dry tree when it walked, but now it is spitting green buds, full of spring.

Gu Xiyan sighed infinitely, giving birth to a feeling of being suddenly separated from the world.

The courtyard was quiet, and the two mothers-in-law who stood at the door looked at her with their brains probed, Gu Xiyan closed the door with a snap and shouted "Mo Ju".

After a while, Mo Ju ran out of the east wing room with red eyes, and when she saw that it was Gu Xiyan, she ran up and hugged her and cried loudly, and her voice was loud, which provoked Xinghong out.

Xinghong saw Gu Xiyan, she was also in tears, Gu Xiyan saw that the two of them had lost some weight, but there were no arms and legs missing, and they were still very energetic when they cried, knowing that they had not suffered any crimes, and asked, "What about Duanniang?" Is she okay? ”

Her question caused the two girls to cry for a while, Mo Ju sobbed and pointed to the main house and said: "The girl is gone, we are all locked in this house and are not allowed to go anywhere, the master found someone to take Duan Niang out and beat her, and she can't get up anymore." Duanniang was worried about the girl, crying day and night, and her eyes were not very good......"

Gu Xiyan was shocked and rushed into the west room of the main house.

The lattice of the rhombic lattice was tightly closed, the room was full of medicinal fragrance, and the tall Duan Niang no longer had the grace of pearl and jade, her cheeks were thin, her cheekbones were bulging, her eyes were deeply sunken, and suddenly she seemed to be ten years old. Hearing the sound, her eyes opened a slit, and she snorted angrily, "Mo Ju, you little hoof, what are you howling about?" Look at the girl coming back, I won't kill you! ”

No one has ever cared about Gu Xiyan like this, no, grandma used to care about her like this, but grandma is no longer in this world.

At this moment, Gu Xiyan regretted and blamed herself infinitely. She knelt on Duanniang's bed, touched Duanniang's cheek, and choked up: "Duanniang, it's me, I'm Xiyan!" ”

Duan Niang opened her eyes when she heard this, and her once sharp gaze had become a little blurred. She held Gu Xiyan's hand and said in disbelief: "Mo Ju, Mo Ju, take a look at me, is it a girl, is it a girl back!" ”

Mo Ju and Xinghong stood at the head of Duanniang's bed with tears: "Yes, it's the second girl, it's the second girl who is back!" ”

Duan Niang sat up suddenly, hugged Gu Xiyan and cried.

Gu Xiyan also had flowing eyes. She knew it might be a problem, but she didn't expect the consequences to be so serious.

She asked Mo Ju, "Didn't I take you all away?" ”

Mo Ju bowed her head and was silent, until Hongxing said quickly: "No matter what, we are the ones who wait in front of the girl, and we are always inseparable!" ”

Gu Xiyan sincerely apologized to them: "I'm sorry! ”

The two little girls shook their hands nervously and said "don't dare to be".