Gu Yanxi shook her hooked fingers and smiled coldly, "If I hadn't met you, I wouldn't have planned to get married. There are enough people who have inherited this surname, and my lineage is not needed."
"So you won't take a concubine just for the sake of having many offspring?"
"I will not let my mother's tragedy happen to me again. I swore at my mother's grave that I would avenge her. I also told her that I would never become a person like Prince Ling."
Hua Zhi felt that if possible, Yan Xi would rather remove his bones and return them to his father than acknowledge that father. In his heart, he probably no longer had a father, so he always called him Prince Ling instead of father.
"Although my father is a bit old-fashioned, he is a good person. My mother is a crybaby, but she doesn't have those complicated thoughts and is easy to understand."
Gu Yanxi quietly looked at the person who was showing shyness but not knowing it, and listened to her continue: "If that day comes, they will definitely treat you well. We can live closer to them and talk to them by putting up a ladder. My father will drag you to appreciate ancient paintings, and my mother will complain that you spoil me..."
Hua Zhi was a little bit unable to continue. She originally wanted to comfort Yan Xi, but as she spoke, she was attracted by the future she described. If they could really get to that point, if they could really live such a life...
"Azhi."
Hua Zhi looked up.
Gu Yanxi's eyes were scorching bright. "One day I will appreciate ancient paintings with your father, and then give him my warehouse of paintings and calligraphy. I will listen to your mother's complaints, and then I will double my love for you, so that your mother will complain about me again next time she sees you. And Berlin, I will give him whatever he wants."
"It's not enough to just give him one. Xiaoliu won't do it first, and there's also Sui'an, Xiaohan, Baiyu... They all call me sister."
"Give them everything. I'll give them whatever they want, as long as they are willing to call me..." Gu Yanxi held the word "brother-in-law" in his mouth and said it silently. No matter how he thought about it, he felt that such a life was beautiful, so beautiful that he wanted to have it right away.
The two people's eyes met, and it was unknown who laughed first, and then another laugh joined in, filling the room with joy.
"Two idiots." Hua Zhi's eyes were filled with tears from laughing, and the look he gave Yan Xi was moist as if it contained a little hook, making Gu Yanxi unable to take his eyes away even more. He was actually very tired, having returned from Yuzhou without stopping, and had come here after reporting to the palace. It had been three days since he last closed his eyes, but now he felt that he could make another round trip to Yuzhou.
Yingchun stood at the door holding a lantern and reminded, "Miss, it's getting late."
"Has the rain stopped?"
"yes."
Hua Zhi stood up and said, "Let's go back. After all, the sky won't fall for a while. Take a good rest."
Gu Yanxi originally wanted to ask about the Wei family, but now he felt that it was no longer important. Even when he was not around, Azhi would not be bullied. Knowing this was enough. If Azhi was someone who needed him to take the lead in everything, she would not have come this far.
"You can also relax and have a good sleep. I'll take care of everything."
"… good."
Hua Zhi slept very well that night. She felt as if she knew her backer had returned and she slept soundly until dawn.
The next morning, Hua Zhi asked someone to invite Fourth Aunt over and told her about Hua Qin.
"Buddha bless you." Wu couldn't help but clasped her hands and bowed in joy. The girl who got married was so blessed, which would also be a good thing for the other girls in the Hua family. "That midwife has a good reputation in the capital. I'm afraid she can't come to the mansion right away. I'll send someone to ask about the situation first."
"Besides her, we need to hire another one. It doesn't matter if we spend a little more money. The most important requirement is that she has to have a good heart. We can look for a wet nurse among the farmers. If there is really no one, we can look for one outside."
"I understand." Mrs. Wu really understood that nothing and no one were important to the eldest girl.
"I'll have to trouble you, Fourth Aunt, to go see Fourth Uncle's grandmother and tell her about my arrangements here, so that she won't be too worried."
"Okay." Wu couldn't help laughing. "Qin girl trusts you more than her mother, so you really start to worry as a mother should. I think this will become the norm in the Hua family. You will suffer in the future."
"It's good that the man is back." It makes a whole different matter whether a family is supported by a woman or a man. If the Hua family had not fallen, how could Madam Cai dare to openly or secretly mention taking a concubine just two months after Hua Qin became a new bride? The men in the Hua family are their confidence, instead of like her, who had to persuade Hua Qin with great effort when she was the head of the family.
“Flower, flower, flower, flower, flower…”
The voice arrived before the person, which was a typical Peony style. Hua Zhi couldn't help but smile.
Wu stood up and said, "I'll go over right away."
"Give my regards to my fourth uncle's grandmother."
"I've got it." After greeting Shaoyao who came in, Wu turned around and left. Before she left the house, she heard Shaoyao dragging her voice behind her, "Huahua, I'm so tired."
Mrs. Wu lowered her head and smiled, then stepped over the threshold and left. You see, not only the Hua family, but other people are also used to relying on the eldest girl. With her personality, she will also regard these people as her burden and carry them on her shoulders. How can she not be burdened
Inside the house, Shaoyao held Huazhi tightly in her arms. Although she had only been in the palace for a few days, she felt like she hadn't seen flowers for a hundred years and hadn't eaten good food for two hundred years!
"Busy?" He touched the man's back, and the bones seemed to be more prominent. "Have you lost weight?"
"I've lost a lot of weight. I need Fudong to replenish my body." Shaoyao climbed up the pole and nodded, emphasizing, "I need to eat a lot of delicious food to make up for it."
Hua Zhi poked her forehead and pushed her away. Peony swayed like a tumbler and then fell back. She sniffed Hua Hua's scent hard to cover up the cold air in the palace, and she felt like she was alive again.
She really didn't want to stay in that damn place, the palace, for even a moment longer, but the problem now was that she couldn't stay with Huahua for long. Brother Yan only gave her one hour, and that was only gained by Brother Yan finding an excuse to fool the emperor.
The more she thought about it, the more miserable she felt. Shaoyao even wanted to go into the mountains to find her master, but the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, so she hoped no one would be able to find her.
Hua Zhi found her so miserable and felt both amused and distressed. She took out a can of meat jerky from the drawer and stuffed it into her arms. "Eat first, Liu Xiang. Go tell Lan Qiao to cook right away and make more dishes. When do you have to go back?"
Shaoyao shoveled meat into her mouth and replied vaguely, "One hour."
"Don't make complicated dishes. Make some to eat first, and then make some easy-to-serve ones to take away."
"Huahua, you are the best."
Hua Zhi had no urgent matters to attend to at the moment, so she put aside other matters and talked to her, "Isn't it enough to just take care of that person's health?"
"He carries me around with him every day, even when he has nothing to do. I don't even have a chance to slack off. I've been in the palace for so many days, and he only agreed to let me stay in the pharmacy for a day yesterday after I held onto the door and refused to let go."
Speaking of this, Shaoyao felt extremely aggrieved. She felt that she was not going to be a doctor, but a eunuch, the kind that would serve as a personal servant and did not need to undergo castration.