Chapter 287: The Coming Storm (1)
A few days after Hongyu got married, Aunt Gao also came to resign.
Gu Xiyan looked at her white head, and sincerely kept her: "Auntie, it's better to stay in the house to support the elderly!" Although spring is good, but when you are old, you must always have someone around to take care of you. β
Aunt Gao smiled indifferently: "Speaking of which, I am indeed old, and I really want to ask the young lady for a favor and keep someone by my side." β
Do you want to come forward for Mama Zhao?
Since she came back in the spring, Gu Xiyan has invited three famous doctors from Yandi at home according to the old practice of Qi Mansion, there is a headache and brain fever, and three doctors are also consulted together, Mama Zhao is idle, Gu Xiyan sends her out from time to time to see the children in Gong Mansion, she has good medical skills, according to Han, she is often sick.
Gu Xiyan smiled: "Aunt Gao, tell me, as long as it is suitable, I will definitely do my best to achieve my aunt's wishes." β
Aunt Gao smiled knowingly: "I want Yanhong to serve by my side for a few years, and when I return to the mountain in a hundred years, I will let her come back to serve the young lady." What do you think? β
The two of them got along well before, Gu Xiyan knew it, but she didn't expect Aunt Gao to like Yanhong like this.
Gu Xiyan called out to Yan Hong and asked her what she meant.
Yan Hong was also a little surprised.
Gu Xiyan felt a little relieved.
It doesn't seem to have been agreed in advance.
Her tone became warmer: "You have been with me for the past few years. They know my temper. I have always encouraged you to learn a skill to establish one's life. It's also an opportunity. You have to think about it. β
Yan Hong only thought for a moment. "Then can I come back?" β
Gu Xiyan smiled: "That's nature. As long as you want. The gates of Qi Mansion are always open for you. β
Yan Hong listened. A great sigh of relief. He nodded in agreement.
After Mo Ju knew. I cried.
A few girls from the Wei family. Each has its own circumstances, and now the only ones who remain by Gu Xiyan's side are Xingyu and Yunsheng, although he and Hongyu are on an errand in the house, they have their own homes after all. Whether he can continue to serve the young lady like this in the future, no one can say.
On the day Aunt Gao left the house, the weather was sunny and cloudless, and Yan Hong stood beside the car and waved to everyone with a blue cloth burden.
Siping stood lonely at the corner of the road, looking at the carriage rolling away.
He is no longer young, and he is no longer used to coming and going between the inner and outer courtyards, and he is released. It's been a matter of the past two years, and the name Siping has to be called by a different person.
Just wait until then. Yan Hong still remembers herself.
The sadness of parting gradually faded with time, and the four girls who had just entered the house had begun to be on duty in the pear orchard under the guidance of Xingyu. In mid-October, Xizhao came with a letter from there, sealing the son of Empress Fang's family as the crown prince and granting amnesty to the world.
The emperor's exclusive favor of the imperial concubine Yu is already well known to the government and the opposition, and now he suddenly named his five-month-old sister-in-law as the crown prince, I think it is the result of political wrestling!
Gu Xiyan, who heard the news, was only stunned for a moment, she was too busy now. There's no time to think too much about these things.
Brother Jun is already five months old, what about other people's children, Gu Xiyan doesn't know, but Brother Jun can already turn over and sit up on his own, so if he is not careful, he rolls from here to there. Not only that, but his curiosity is also very heavy, and he has to grab anything he sees in his hand to look at it, and then stuff it in his mouth to taste it. When he was not satisfied, he cried and cried.
Gu Xiyan tried his best to meet his requirements, hugged him and repeatedly told him to recognize things.
Although she spent a lot of energy, Brother Ke Tun preferred to play with Mrs. Wei, being thrown high and then falling gently, being held around on the plum blossom stake, all of which were games he liked very much.
Because the wind was blowing on her body and there was already a cold air, Mrs. Wei didn't let them go to ask for peace for herself, and changed it to Mrs. Wei coming to the pear orchard to see Brother Tun every morning. Brother Jun seems to be able to recognize people. As soon as he saw Mrs. Wei, he twisted his body and hummed at her. No one wants it, Mrs. Wei was so proud that Gu Xiyan's heart was sour.
However, as the winter approached, she had more to do.
At the beginning of Gu Xiyan's ownership, she set the responsibilities for each steward, and at this time, it was time to cash in, she and Hongyu and Mo Ju went to each courtyard to check, and then announced the rankings of the advantages and disadvantages according to everyone's completion, and also announced the rewards for everyone.
One stone hits a thousand waves, some people are happy and some are worried. Because of this, someone found Mrs. Wei, Mrs. Wei's eyes widened, and she said, "I don't care about this, what's the use of you looking for me!" β
The people came and went, but Mrs. Wei looked for Gu Xiyan again: "You don't toss and toss!" With this kung fu, it is better to pinch Brother Tun's milk and find a way to call Mao Sheng back... You are separated from mountains and rivers like this, you better be careful, lest it be too late to regret it! β
Gu Xiyan really couldn't cry or laugh.
Qi Mao wrote a few days ago, saying that Shen Shiya went all the way to the east, successively occupied Minzhou, Tingzhou and Diezhou in Longzhong County, and now the court has 50,000 troops in Xizhou in Longzhong, and is preparing to compete with the Shu army. If his prediction is right, this battle is estimated to be fought until the spring of next year, and before that, the Yan army will be temporarily stationed in Nanshan County, and he is ready to come back for the New Year.
Thinking of this, Gu Xiyan couldn't help but glance down at herself.
Bao Niang's movements really have some effect, and her figure seems to be recovering well. Otherwise, Mrs. Wei wouldn't have said that she would have found a way to get Maosheng back, but would have found fault with her waist again...
When Gu Xiyan came out of Huaiyuan, he immediately called someone from the needlework team to make clothes.
Mao Sheng is coming back for the New Year, and he has to clean up himself. Speaking of which, since I became pregnant with Brother Tun, it seems that I haven't looked carefully in the mirror for a long time. Just when Gu Xiyan was happily waiting for Qi Maosheng to come back, the court suddenly sent Qin to Yongzhou.
It was Qi Xiao who took the order.
He came to see Gu Xiyan with a solemn expression and handed over the holy decree to her.
Gu Xiyan glanced at it, and was stunned: "Brother Feng is the commander of the affairs?" What is that for? β
Qi Xiao said with a smile: "I don't do anything, just a military attache of the third grade." β
Gu Xiyan glanced at Brother Xuan, who was sitting on the kang and grabbing his purse with Xingyu and stuffing it into his mouth: "Zheng Sanpin, military attachΓ©?" β
Qi Xiao nodded.
Gu Xiyan was embarrassed.
Just this little kid, from today onwards, he will be a military attache of the third grade. Positive three products. That's something Gu Baozhang hasn't thought about for most of his life...
Qi Xiao didn't stay long, teased Brother Tun, and turned around and went to Qinyuan.
Gu Xiyan took the holy decree, handed it to Duan Niang, and went to Mrs. Wei with Brother Jun in her arms. Tell her about the good news.
When Gu Xiyan came back from Huaiyuan with the child in his arms, he saw Siping dodging at the second gate.
He probably didn't expect to run into Gu Xiyan, so when he saw Gu Xiyan, he was obviously stunned, and then showed a deliberately flattering smile and saluted Gu Xiyan, and shouted Brother Xuan: "Lord Shizi, you are now an adult of the third grade." β
Gu Xiyan's eyes were bright, and he called Siping to go in and speak: "Hasn't Qin Cha left yet?" β
Siping smiled: "Well, the third master is in charge of the reception." β
Gu Xiyan smiled like a flower: "What did you say?" β
"Oh." Siping spoke a little slowly, "I didn't say anything, it just said that the master had made a great contribution in Liangdi." I have been awarded the title of military attache of the third grade..."
"So, did you hear what the Chin Cha said?" Gu Xiyan asked lightly.
"Hear me clearly!" As soon as Siping spoke, he regretted swallowing his tongue into his stomach, "I, I don't hear very clearly..."
Gu Xiyan looked at him with a smile.
After getting along in the past few years, he has more or less figured out the young lady's temper.
I have already said "hear clearly", if I hadn't told everything I knew, the young lady would have heard something. Then my good days are probably over. When the young lady can't give birth to a child, the lord is reluctant to take a concubine, for fear that the young lady will be wronged, not to mention, now that the young lady has given birth to a son-in-law, I am afraid that I will be even more good at spoiling the special room in the future... Besides, this kind of thing can be hidden for a while, but it can't be hidden for a lifetime. Sooner or later, the young lady will find out... Didn't I bear the young lady to be hidden, so I stood in front of the second door and hesitated, didn't I know what to do?
Thinking of this, Siping Xiang was deflated, and said resignedly: "Also, I also said that I will marry Princess Jian'an, give it to the master, and give it to the master as a flat wife!" β
"Be a flat wife for your grandfather?" Gu Xiyan asked in disbelief, "Hmm!" Siping nodded.
I and Brother Tun have both been awarded by the court... Xi Ming knew that Qi Maosheng had married a wife and had children, and he also gave a princess... What does that mean... What else do you say for a "flat wife"... Could it be that because the other party is a princess and a nobleman in Xizhao, he still feels that he has been wronged after taking away his husband, and he also feels that he has been degraded...
The anger in her heart immediately burned all over her body like fire. Blood rushed to the top of his head, and his ears were filled with the sound of thumping blood vessels.
Siping looked at Gu Xiyan, who was flushed and excited, and shouted uneasily, "Young lady." β
Gu Xiyan ignored Siping, his hand on the kang table was tightly clenched into a fist, and the joints of his fingers were frighteningly white. She asked Siping coldly: "What did the third master say?" β
Siping carefully observed Gu Xiyan's expression, and said in a low voice: "The third master said, this is the master's housework, he can't be the master, he has to wait for the master to come back..."
"Have you made a decree, or are you here to discuss this matter!"
"I didn't see the will, it was like a message with it."
"What did you say?"
"Say, this is a great honor, and also said that the court gave the princess to the Guogong Mansion, this is the first time since the founding of Xizhao..."