at night.
The main courtyard of Dingguo Gongfu.
Gu Wuji looked at Gu Wuji who was kneeling in front of him, his face was very ugly, he couldn't drink the good tea in his hand, his thin lips pursed tightly, and he stared at Gu Wuyou without speaking.
Chang Shan is still persuading him, "This place is very cold, you are weak, you can talk about it when you have something to do."
Gu Wuyou raised his eyes and glanced at Gu Wuji, who had an ugly face, pursed his lips, and shook his head.
Seeing this, Chang Shan wanted to persuade him again, but Gu Wuji opened his mouth, his voice was stern, hiding the thunder, "How did you promise me before? If that kid can't get up because of this, he is not qualified to marry you. My unscrupulous daughter must not marry such a jerk!"
In the end, he was reluctant to make such a fire at his own daughter.
He took a sip of tea and suppressed the anger in his heart, then looked at the person and continued speaking, his voice softened a bit than before, "I won't say anything about what you and your third brother did, but Lin'an , you can't go."
Speaking of this, he frowned again.
"A girl who hasn't left the cabinet, what does it look like to run to Lin'an alone?"
He's not really that rigid either.
Ever since he learned about Li Qinyuan's actions in the past few months from Gu Rong's mouth, he did not show it on the face, but he was satisfied in his heart. , of course, including those things that Manman did...
He didn't say anything, just let her go.
But his tolerance never included watching his daughter run to Lin'an.
Not to mention that the bet between Li Qinyuan and him has not yet been completed, let's just say that Defeng's current situation is half-dead. Li Qinyuan himself is incapable of doing anything, so he ran there alone and hangs with those people every day, what does it look like? !
Gu Wuyou knew that Daddy couldn't agree.
Even when the third brother heard those words just now, he stopped her without saying a word.
But she still wanted to try.
Let her stay in the capital, do nothing, don't care about anything, she will go crazy.
actually-
She is already in a hurry now. She came out from the third brother's side and came to Daddy's place with a trot, but she still tried to speak to Daddy in the calmest tone. At this time, she couldn't be more anxious, especially she couldn't cry.
Otherwise, it would be even more impossible for her father to agree to her.
"Daddy,"
Gu Wuyou looked up at him with a firm tone, "I'm going."
Gu Wuji didn't expect that he had said so many good words, and what he got was the same answer. To marry your mother to you, you knelt at the Wang's house all night, and it was the mother who accompanied you later, and they agreed."
Seeing his expression, he seemed to be thinking about the past.
Gu Wuyou didn't get up, and walked on his knees in front of the person, his small white hands grabbed the crimson official robe on his body and looked up at him, "Daddy, mother likes you, so she doesn't care about her weak body. Kneel with you in the rain."
"I like him too."
"At times like this, I want to be by his side, even if I can't do anything, I just want to be with him."
Her voice was gentle, but her tone was stubborn and decisive.
Chang Shan backed out long ago when the father and daughter were talking about old things. At this moment, only the father and daughter were left in this huge room. Gu Wuji lowered his eyes and looked at Gu Wuyou, wondering if it was because of the past few months. The ceremony of the Buddha made the girl's whole person become a lot quieter.
This piece of face that used to be only somewhat similar to Cheng Dai now seems to be able to overlap.
Candlelight flickered.
It seemed that the scene of that year appeared in front of him again.
The majestic heavy rain, he knelt in front of the Wang's house, the lanterns under the porch were blown out by the wind and rain, his face was full of rain, but his back was kneeling straight. At this moment, someone came to him with an umbrella. The woman in white put the umbrella on top of his head, and after a sigh, the soft handkerchief in her hand wiped his cheek little by little.
see her appear.
He was both happy and anxious, holding her hand and letting her go, for fear that the wind and rain would damage her body.
But she just looked at him tenderly, without saying a word, holding his hand and kneeling with him in that stormy night.
Memories fade away.
In front of them is their daughter.
She is also so stubborn, so stubborn, she doesn't cry or make trouble, but it leaves him helpless.
Gu Wuji's throat choked, he didn't know what to say, he could only raise his generous palms over her head, and asked her in a hoarse voice, "You have to go?"
Gu Wuyou nodded without hesitation.
Gu Wuji looked at her in silence for a long time. After a while, he closed his eyes and sighed, "Go back first."
Did not give an answer.
Although Gu Wuyou was anxious in her heart, she also knew that the more she talked at this time, the more unhappy her father would become.
After she leaves.
Gu Wuji sat alone for a long time before calling out, "Changshan."
With a creak, the door was pushed open from the outside.
Chang Shan walked in and asked in a low voice, "What is your order?"
Gu Wuji commanded in a low voice, "Tomorrow, you will personally escort the young lady to Bie Zhuang to recuperate."
Chang Shan was stunned for a moment, looked up at Gu Wuji, and saw him looking at the orchid outside the half-opened window.
the next day.
Dingguo Gongfu opened the door early in the morning.
Chang Shan personally led a team of elite soldiers to escort "Gu Wuyou" to Biezhuang in the eastern suburbs to recuperate.
This disease is very strange, at least the servants of Dingguo's mansion are very strange, why the fifth young lady who was still alive yesterday suddenly fell ill today, and has to be sent to Biezhuang to recuperate, but how can they dare to do more about the master's family? At most, it is a few words from the bottom of my heart.
And at this time, the Xingxing Building.
Gu Wuyou, who was supposed to be in the carriage, sat comfortably on the soft couch.
Gu Yu and Gu Jiufei didn't go to school today, they just stayed with her in the room. Compared to Gu Jiufei's silence, Gu Yu talked a lot. She looked at Gu Wuyou with an unhappy expression, angry and angry. Anxious, "You know what's going on in Lin'an, so just go there? What if something happens on the road?"
Gu Wuyou reassured her softly: "I was sitting on the boat prepared by the third brother. He instructed Manager Xu to personally deliver the goods to Lin'an, and he also sent a lot of guards to protect me. I will be fine."
"you-"
Gu Yu opened her mouth, but couldn't argue with her, so she could only say angrily: "I've never seen you so stubborn, it's just a business, if it's gone, it's gone, the big deal is to do it later, otherwise, you let it go. People transport things over there, why do they have to go this way?"
Gu Wuyou smiled but said nothing.
She knew that Ayu and the others didn't understand, and she also knew that she couldn't do anything in the past, but she wanted to accompany him, whether he was good or bad, she wanted to be by her side.
Gu Yu couldn't persuade her, so she went to pull Gu Jiufei, "Ninth brother, come and persuade her."
Gu Jiufei was pushed to the front, and he stood in front of Gu Wuyou. The boy's figure was like a bamboo. At this time, he looked down at Gu Wuyou, but he didn't say anything to persuade her. He just asked her, "Do you have to go?" Seeing people nod their heads, they just said, "Let's go then."
"you-"
Gu Yu widened his eyes, "I asked you to persuade him, you, you..."
She looked at Gu Wuyou, then at Gu Jiufei, got angry and sat down again, and finally couldn't help throwing the curtains out.
Gu Wuyou didn't seem to expect that Gu Jiufei would say such a thing. After she was stunned for a while, her eyes slowly filled with a smile, and the two crescent moons hung behind her. She pulled Gu Jiufei to sit down. Beside me, I noticed the cramped figure of the young man, and smiled softly: "Daddy is not in good health, this time I'm probably mad at me again, remember to look at him more when you look back."
"Last night I heard that his throat was a little hoarse. I asked the kitchen to prepare Qiu Li ointment, and when he came back down, remember to have someone send it over."
"Um."
"My grandmother is also getting older. Although she doesn't say it outright, she also takes care of my affairs in private."
Gu Wuyou sighed softly, and his voice became weaker, "I'm not filial, because the elders in my family have a headache for me, and I don't have the face to see her. When you come back, you can help me deliver the scriptures."
Gu Jiufei glanced at her, but still didn't say anything.
Fifteen seemed to have noticed something, and he didn't eat his favorite nut, so he stayed beside Gu Wuyou, clinging to her... Gu Wuyou glanced at it, feeling pity in his heart, and gently caressing her. stroked its head.
The words were said to Gu Jiufei, "I can't take it away this time."
"Bai Lu Hong Shuang went to Bie Zhuang, and the other maids may not be able to control it, but fortunately it still listens to you." Gu Wuyou looked up at Gu Jiufei and said, "After I leave, I will make you pay more attention to it. take some."
"Know."
The room was silent for a moment.
Gu Jiufei looked at Gu Wuyou and wanted to open his mouth to ask, don't you have anything else to say? All of you have thought about it, why... Just as the thought came to mind, he was suddenly hugged, and Gu Wuyou's gentle hand was placed on his back, patting it lightly.
"You have to be fine."
"Don't work too hard at school. I heard from the servant next to you that you only sleep every day."
It was as if someone had suddenly poured a clear spring into a dry mud pit. Gu Jiufei's lips that had been tightly pursed just now finally loosened. He seemed to be a little restrained. patted her back lightly.
He said in a hoarse voice, "You have to be fine too, we... wait for you at home."
Gu Wuyou's eyes reddened and he hummed softly.
The curtain was kicked up, and Gu Yu walked in reluctantly. Seeing the sister and brother, she pursed her lips, turned her head, and said unhappily, "Third brother said, he's leaving."
"it is good."
Gu Wuyou nodded and stood up.
When she walked to Gu Yu's side, she also hugged him gently. Gu Yu's body froze, but she didn't break free, and asked dryly, "What are you doing?"
"Ayu, don't be mad at me, I will take good care of myself."
"Who cares about you?" Gu Yu opened her mouth and refuted it, and finally hugged her back softly and sighed, "Remember to write to me when you get there, just tell me if you have something, don't hide it."
Gu Wuyou smiled and replied, "Okay."
"Li Qinyuan, that kid doesn't know it's a blessing from several lifetimes..." Gu Yu was still very unhappy, but he didn't say anything. He took the man's hand and put on the hood for him, "Let's go, I'll take it off for you. go out."
Gu Wuyou nodded without stopping.
A few people walked outside, and when they were about to go outside the mansion, Gu Wuyou only looked behind her. She knew that she was not filial, that she was sorry for her father, and she was sorry for her grandmother... But there were always people by her father and grandmother's side, but the General was not. None of them.
She closed her eyes, and when she opened them, she walked out without hesitation.
…
main courtyard.
Mrs. Gu sat on the bed of the Arhat, looking at the Buddhist scriptures that Xie Mama sent in, the beads in her hands were constantly in her hands, and her voice was flat: "Go away?"
"Let's go." Xie Ma replied softly: "The seventh young lady and the ninth young master personally sent people on the boat. After returning, the ninth young master sent this scroll of Buddhist scriptures over, saying that the fifth young lady had no face to come to see you, and asked you not to do so. angry."
"What's there to be angry about?"
Mrs. Gu said in a flat tone, "I'm going to be angry about these things, and I was going to be angry with her more than 20 years ago." After speaking, she shook her head, put the Buddha beads on her wrist, and reached out to the person, "Here me."
Xie Ma hurriedly handed it over.
After Mrs. Gu took it, she turned her head down and turned a few pages. The handwriting on it was graceful and not like her usual daughter was weak and helpless, and sighed, "Since she chose this path, she is up to her, and it will be up to her in the future. taste it."
He asked again, "Where is Ah Tso?"
Mammy Xie's voice was lower again, "I coughed again last night. Today I sent a doctor to see it. After taking the medicine, I rested."
Madam Gu frowned, and her voice sounded a little anxious, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Seeing her embarrassed expression, she knew that it was Gu Yu who refused to say anything. She sighed again, holding the scroll in her hand. Buddhist scriptures, before speaking after a while: "Is that child of the Shen family coming back?"
Mammy Xie glanced at her, lowered her head, pursed her lips, and said softly: "A few servants came a few days ago, opened the door of Shen's house, swept the dust, and estimated... It will be there in a few days."
I thought she still had something to ask, but after waiting for a long time, she just sighed.
ten days later.
Gu Wuyou and his party arrived at Lin'an Pier.
Director Xu looked at the girl standing on the deck wearing a pea-blue cape, and said respectfully, "Miss, it's time to disembark."
"Yeah." Gu Wuyou nodded, his voice sounded weak.
Manager Xu listened to her voice and said worriedly, "Are you alright?"
Gu Wuyou shook her head and spit out two words very lightly, "It's okay." Afraid that people would be worried, without waiting for anyone to say, she said, "Let's go." When she turned around, she showed a face that was so pale that there was no trace of blood.
These ten days of waterway have tossed Gu Wuyou badly.
She used to travel either on horseback or in a carriage. This was the first time she had been on this boat. She couldn't stand it the day before, and she vomited faintly. She was so frightened that Manager Xu wanted to drive the boat back on the spot, but she was finally stopped by her. Only then can the ship arrive at Lin'an as scheduled.
But the ship is here.
She has lost a lot of weight since ten days ago.
The food on the boat is naturally inferior to that at home. She is seasick again, and she almost vomits whatever she eats. Her cheeks, which were still a little fat, now have a pointed chin, which makes those Xing'er's eyes more watery.
Guanshi Xu followed behind her and couldn't help sighing: "If the grandfather and the third young master see it, it must be distressed."
Gu Wuyou turned back and said softly, "Don't tell them to save them worrying."
"you… "
Manager Xu opened his mouth to persuade her, but thinking of her decisiveness along the way, he swallowed it back again, and could only be careful to serve the people and get on the carriage, then turned around and ordered others to carry the goods.
After a few quarters of an hour, the group went to the Defeng store.
Gu Wuyou leaned on the carriage and lifted half of the carriage curtain with her slender hands to look out. She had either stayed in Langya or the capital before, and this was her first time in Jiangnan.
She looked outside with some novelty. The men, women and children walking on the road were all wearing thin spring clothes. Although the high-rise buildings along the street were not as majestic as the capital, they were more beautiful and graceful. The woman on the boat can be heard singing Jiangnan minor.
It's a brand new place she's never been in.
Gu Wuyou was a little nervous, here, she is no longer the high-ranking Leping County Lord, no one knows her, but she doesn't feel afraid... She lowered her eyes to look at the sachet on her waist, her pale face showed A bright smile.
soon.
She was about to meet her general.
He must be surprised, right? Thinking of his likely expression, Gu Wuyou couldn't help bending his lips again.
After another quarter of an hour, the carriage stopped at the entrance of Defeng Store.
Manager Xu asked her to stay in the carriage first, and then got off the horse himself.
The group of them quickly attracted the attention of a group of people. Cong Yu happened to be at the main store today, and when he heard the movement outside, he came out. Seeing this group of people and Xu Sui standing beside the carriage, he was stunned. It took a while to greet him, and he asked in surprise, "Why is Brother Xu here?"
They had been on the same boat for more than a month before, and they were naturally familiar with them. He glanced at those things again. He was surprised and happy, and said excitedly: "This, this is..."
Xu Sui bowed his hands to the people, called out "Brother Cong", and then laughed: "The third young master knows that Young Master Li has an accident, and he has sent over all the brocades that can be found in the capital, many of which are from our family. Miss searched."
Cong Yu is Li Qinyuan's close confidant, so he naturally knows about their owner and the Leping County Lord. Hearing this, he quickly surrendered to the people, "Brother Xu has worked hard all the way. When you go back, you must thank the Third Young Master and the Leping County Lord for us."
"This is really too timely."
Xu Sui smiled, "I will naturally bring it to the third young master. As for the princess..." He didn't say everything, but glanced at the carriage.
Cong Yu was stunned for a moment, obviously did not respond, and followed his gaze to the carriage beside him. Before he could speak, he saw the curtain of the carriage being lifted, and a beautiful woman was sitting inside. He nodded.
"County, county master?"
He stammered, almost kneeling.
Seeing him like this, Gu Wuyou stopped him with a smile, and said in a gentle voice, "Manager Cong, get up, there is only Miss Gu here, and there is no Princess Leping."
Seeing his confused face, Xu Sui added in a low voice, "The county master is still taking care of his body in Bie Zhuang."
Cong Yu understood as soon as he heard this, and quickly changed his words, "Miss Gu."
When they were talking, Li Qinyuan also happened to bring Xu Yong here. Both of them didn't look very good. For more than ten days, they have contacted Embroidery Workshop and other businesses, even if the price is high. Buying, only received a hundred or so.
The people in Lin'an seemed to have negotiated, no matter how much they bid, they would not bid.
Embroidery workshop is not enough.
If it goes on like this, I am afraid that even if the day comes, it will not be delivered in time.
Seeing his ugly face, Xu Yong persuaded in a low voice: "Don't worry, I have already sent people to the surrounding cities to ask, we will charge as much as we have, and the embroidery workshop is still processing, so let's hurry up, It can still be done.”
Li Qinyuan nodded, his voice was a little hoarse due to the recent days of fatigue, "I have made the people below work hard for a while, and I will reward you when things are done."
Xu Yong naturally agreed, and persuaded: "You have been working hard for a while now. There is nothing in the shop today. You should go back and rest first."
"I have my measure."
But would not rest.
Knowing his temperament, Xu Yong didn't persuade him any more. Yu Guang glanced at the group of people at the door of the main store and was stunned, "Why is Xu Sui here?"
Hearing the name, Li Qinyuan lifted his eyes and looked over, but it was not Xu Sui who entered his eyes first, but a figure sitting in a carriage. Half of the carriage curtain blocked her face. Looking at it from an angle, I couldn't see what the man looked like at all.
But he seemed to know something, and his heartbeat suddenly skipped a beat.
The people over there didn't seem to notice their arrival. Li Qinyuan held the reins in his hands and looked at the carriage with a dull gaze. After a while, he suddenly became crazy, with his calf between his calf and the horse's belly. run away.
The heartbeat that had just stopped suddenly intensified.
Accompanied by the sound of hoofs, a thud, thud, thud...
The sound of the horse's hooves was getting closer, and Gu Wuyou naturally heard it. She seemed to sense something, and the half of the car curtain in her hand was rolled up again. She looked not far away, someone was riding a horse towards him, come. The man's ink-splashed hair was half-tied with a white jade crown, and the rest was scattered behind him.
Compared to the Lantern Festival, he looked a lot more mature and restrained.
Looking at it like this, Gu Wuyou was able to put him together with the later general, but the moment he got off his horse and rushed towards her, she suddenly came to her senses, and it was different.
She rolled her eyes and smiled at him.
When the man was panting and ran to the carriage, she raised her hand and held the handkerchief to wipe off the sweat from her forehead. Facing his still dazed gaze, she smiled and said, "Li Qinyuan, I'm here to find you."