"I'm back."
Gong Zhuoxiang closed the magazine and put it on the couch table, then sat up and looked at Gong Zhuoliang with a gentle and friendly smile.
"Cousin."
Gong Zhuoliang stopped in the middle of the room, nodded obediently on his face, but he couldn't help secretly slandering, thinking this is my home and not yours, don't treat yourself like an outsider, okay
"Master, the hot water is ready, but you want to take a bath first?"
Ruolan, who came in with Gong Zhuoliang, saw that the two of them were 'talking about each other' for a while, bit her lower lip and stood up to ease the atmosphere for the two of them, and bowed her head to ask for instructions, "Well, you've been tired all day too. , go take a bath first."
Received Gong Zhuoliang's questioning gaze, Gong Zhuoxiang nodded, and after the boy went to the bathroom without looking back, he sat cross-legged and narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking that he hadn't seen him for three years, this boy It really has changed a lot, the young man who always followed behind him reluctantly at the beginning, now seems to be afraid to avoid him... Or should I say, what is he scruples about
"Master, Mr. Gong does not allow you to make a bed in the outside room."
Ruo Lan helped Gong Zhuoliang into the bath, and whispered in his ear, because the bathroom was a small room separated by sheets, so she wasn't afraid that Gong Zhuoxiang could hear it.
"Um… "
Gong Zhuoliang leaned on the bathtub with his eyes closed, thinking about how to deal with the situation in front of him.
In fact, as far as the current Gong Zhuoliang is concerned, as long as the person lying next to him is not Qiao Yingze, he is no different from displaying a dead thing, but he has to consider Qiao Yingze's position and compare his heart to heart, there are some bottom lines that cannot be exceeded.
"Otherwise, let the servants stay outside at night, and you can't just lose your reputation of innocence..."
Holding Gong Zhuoliang's shoulders with moderate strength, Ruolan suggested softly in his ear, although he believed in his heart that the lord is a real gentleman, but my young master has a husband after all, no matter how gentle my aunt is, she can't bear it. Got something like this right
"Sister Ruolan... I'm also a man."
Gong Zhuoliang was embarrassed by Ruo Lan's words, but after thinking about it, he really couldn't form a rebuttal. He only remembered that in ancient times, men and women had to be on guard, but he forgot that in this era where masculinity prevailed. It is not 'innocent' for a single man and a widow to sleep on the same bed, especially according to the class gap between him and Gong Zhuoxiang - the son of a lowly merchant and the noble official of the court, even Gong Zhuoliang is now considered half a scholar, But it is also difficult to be regarded as "brotherly love" or like-minded gentlemen.
"Young master, for a decent family like us, people can't make mistakes in their daily life, so this kind of thing is the easiest to be gossip about. After all, it's better to be more cautious..."
Ruo Lan knows the plan of Gong Zhuoliang and his wife, so she pays more attention to Gong Zhuoliang's current reputation. Bo City is so big. If it is reported that the young master is having an affair with other men, then in the future, she wants to reunite in the name of filling the house. I'm afraid it won't be so easy to enter my uncle's house, people's words are scary.
"Sister Ruolan, I understand. It's just that we don't have to obey him like this. This is my home. I gave him the master bedroom out of courtesy and respect for him. What position does he have to make decisions for me? I said If you want to sleep outside, sleep outside."
Gong Zhuoliang interrupted Ruo Lan with a bit of dumbfounding. He felt that the more he listened to this, the more awkward he became. Moreover, Gong Zhuoliang maintained a humble attitude towards Gong Zhuoxiang only because of his status, but he didn't feel that he had to listen to him for everything. .
Perhaps Gong Zhuoxiang's attitude is normal for a young master who is used to being a master, but Gong Zhuoliang is not willing to lower his status to play the role of a subordinate's favor.
"Young master, Mr. Gong also has good intentions for you, otherwise why would he come all the way to find you in person?"
Seeing that Gong Zhuoliang's face turned cold, Ruo Lan didn't want him to have a real rift with Gong Zhuoxiang, so she said a few words of relief in a soft voice. She knew that no matter whether it was at the Gong family back then or now here, that lord treated Gong Zhuoliang very well. Sincerely caring.
"The more this is the case, the more you should not entangle with him, or you will only suffer from it, and there will be no results with him. In short, I have a sense of proportion. Sister Ruolan, don't worry."
After Gong Zhuoliang finished speaking, he stopped thinking about it, closed his eyes and let Ruo Lan wash his hair, so he didn't notice Ruo Lan's thoughtful look after listening to his words.
After taking a bath, Gong Zhuoliang put on the long-sleeved and long-legged underwear, put on a nightgown over it, and brushed his hair half dry to the back of his head. Then he walked out of the bathroom and saw Gong Zhuo Xiang was still leaning on the outer couch reading a book.
"I thought you fell asleep in there, and you were tired from traveling all day. Let's settle down earlier today. Let's talk tomorrow if we have anything to say."
Seeing Gong Zhuoliang coming out, Gong Zhuoxiang smiled gently and got up and got off the couch, making a gesture to wait for Gong Zhuoliang to go to the back room together, but he saw Gong Zhuoliang stopped in the hall without moving, only a pair of nimble eyes were full of spirit and harmony. Looking at each other.
"Cousin, my younger brother is grown up now, but I'm sorry to sleep with my cousin again, and let those dirty people know that my younger brother is okay, but it's not good to insult my cousin's reputation."
Said these words in a tone of seven points of sincerity and three points of anger, Gong Zhuoliang tried his best to make himself appear to be wronged, he was using irony to remind Gong Zhuoxiang of the impact of this move on himself, so as to achieve the ultimate goal of saving the country with curves Purpose.
You must know that if this matter is really brought out by others, it will be to say that Gong Zhuoliang is a child molestation boy, and it will not have any impact on Gong Zhuoxiang. After all, public opinion in this era is always flattering Bullied.
"This... It's true that my cousin didn't think carefully, and only thought that you and my brother shouldn't have such a relationship. My cousin is here to apologize to Liang'er. Don't be angry with my cousin."
Gong Zhuoxiang really didn't think about it, or it should be said that he didn't think it was a problem. After all, the few friends he had been with were all noble children of comparable status, and his pet companions were all proud of serving him. That's why when Gong Zhuoliang mentioned it now, he realized that what he did was indeed Meng Lang.
Gong Zhuoxiang was not a person who wanted to save face, knowing that he had hurt the self-esteem of the young man, he smiled and apologized to Gong Zhuoliang, without looking unhappy.
"My cousin killed my younger brother."
Gong Zhuoliang hurriedly dodged to avoid Gong Zhuoxiang's gift, stood there and lowered his head in embarrassment, but in fact he was hiding the lightness in his eyes.
"Since that's the case, then Liang'er is wronged and placed outside temporarily."
Knowing that Gong Zhuoliang would not let him sleep outside, Gong Zhuoxiang simply stopped embarrassing him, and ordered the servant girl to spread the quilt on the bed for Gong Zhuoliang, and the two chatted for a while, waiting for Ruolan and Hanlu to tidy up. , Gong Zhuoxiang said good night to him, and then went into the back room to rest.
"Ruolan, go down and rest too. Let the cook cook breakfast here tomorrow, so I won't bother my sister and brother-in-law."
Asking Hanlu to retreat first, Gong Zhuoliang raised one corner of his mouth, and told Ruolan in a voice that could be faintly heard in the back room, thinking that it would be good for him to pretend to be a young lady, as long as he can clear the alarm.
"Yes, young master, this servant knows."
Ruo Lan was so amused by Gong Zhuoliang's appearance that she almost laughed out loud, quickly covered the corners of her lips with a handkerchief, and retreated respectfully, thinking about letting the maids from the West Mansion take turns to serve her tomorrow, so that she could borrow Their words proved the innocence between the young master and the palace lord.
Not to mention why Gong Zhuoxiang in the back room felt more and more painful about this little cousin, but Gong Zhuoliang was lying on the couch in the outer room, tossing and turning like a pancake. It is too soft and has no toughness, and it is difficult to ride and lie down, so Gong Zhuoliang unexpectedly suffered from insomnia for the first time, his mind is full of his husband's flexible and delicate body... Swallowing, Gong Zhuoliang sighed silently, hugged Holding his pillow alone in the middle of the night and continuing to make pancakes...
At the same time, in the master bedroom of the West Mansion where there was no light, Qiao Yingze was lying quietly on his side facing the place where Gong Zhuoliang usually lay, as if he had already fallen into a deep sleep. The hand at the heart can prove that he is actually awake all the time...
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Early the next morning, Gong Zhuoliang, who didn't know how long he had slept, got up with a headache, and walked out of the house lightly, and saw that Hanlu was already waiting in the yard, and Gong Zhuoliang asked her to call Ruo Lan was busy in the kitchen, and just after he was washed by the waiter, Gong Zhuoxiang had already woken up, seeing his listless look, he frowned slightly, but finally didn't say anything.
The two of them had a simple breakfast, and Zhou Guanshi came to find out about Gong Zhuoliang's storytelling workshop. When Gong Zhuoxiang saw this, he asked him to go to work first, saying that he had his own place to go, and in the evening he would hold a banquet in a restaurant. Stand invited the Qiao family brothers together, also to thank them for taking care of Gong Zhuoliang in the past two years.
"I know that because of your uncle and aunt, you sister and brother must have had a lot of troubles in the past two years. I originally planned to take you to the capital, and my cousin will try his best to protect you. Now you are neither If you want to go, what my cousin can do for you is to hold up your face and make those snobbish people feel a little bit scruples, knowing that you are protected by relatives, so they dare not bully you casually."
The slightly arrogant language was spoken from Gong Zhuoxiang's mouth, but it was taken for granted, it would only make people feel credible and reliable, and it would not arouse the slightest resentment.
With the influence of Gong Zhuoxiang's mother's family, the Gong family in the middle of the capital can indeed be regarded as a famous family. Gong Zhuoxiang's maternal grandfather was a third-ranked prince and young master. It is a fact that His Majesty is very important to him today, and Gong Zhuoxiang's father is now an official obeisance to the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Finance, and the day when he will be promoted to a minister is just around the corner, and Gong Zhuoxiang was once a student with the prince, and now he has entered the Imperial Academy , the future is even more limitless, now that he defends a person so clearly, I am afraid that as an ordinary person, he would have already been moved beyond restraint, but Gong Zhuoliang, who is standing opposite him now, only feels that his head is over the top. A very big pear...
"Thank you cousin."
Barely restraining his urge to turn into the Roaring Emperor, Gong Zhuoliang wore a smiling mask and led Zhou Guanshi out the door. Instead of riding a horse, he asked Qiao's mansion to bring the sedan chair over. After putting down the sedan chair curtain, his expression turned cold immediately. , the whole body's aura rose in bursts of cloudy clouds and thunder.
Gong Zhuoliang was so cruel that he couldn't beat that ugly cousin into a shooting star with a stick, and he thought to himself that if you want to be nice to someone, and if you want to take care of him, please see if the other party is willing, and thank Qiao Yingze for taking care of him for me. That's my wife, and it's only natural to take care of me. Why do you say you suddenly got in here!
"OK, those who don't know are not guilty, he has good intentions, good intentions..."
After twisting the magazine in his hand into a twisted shape, Gong Zhuoliang finally suppressed the fire pressure that was about to explode, and then returned to the bookstore with a relaxed smile on his face, inspected casually, and then returned to Qiao's house in a sedan chair In Xifu, there was nothing wrong with it anyway, it was arranged yesterday that Steward Zhou came back to find him.
Let's not talk about what kind of trouble Gong Zhuoliang was in, just say that after he left, the gentle smile on Gong Zhuoxiang's face like a big brother next door quickly disappeared, and he rode alone to the front The inn where he lived, sat in the pavilion in the courtyard and enjoyed the meeting without anger and prestige, and some subordinates came to report to him.
"What did Gong Zhuoyu say?"
Gong Zhuoxiang poured himself a glass of wine with his eyes downcast, his indifferent tone completely disappeared from the gentle warmth when he was facing Gong Zhuoliang.
"Sister Qing did come up with some words after he was drunk, but that defeated... Young Master only mumbled that he had a big secret, but let Sister Qing shut up no matter how she asked, presumably it must be of great importance. "
The guard standing with his hands down almost said the word prodigal son. Thinking that the man was also a relative of his master, he quickly changed his name, but he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this is still a serious cousin who has not yet been released , but one is a handsome gentleman with both civil and military skills, and the other is a rogue in trousers who cannot be supported by mud... On the contrary, the young master of the palace is a rare and handsome character. It is a pity to be born in such a family .
"The big secret... Where is the person sent into the palace?"
Gong Zhuoxiang looked at the wine glass in his hand and thought, with that Gong Zhuoyu's open-mouthed personality, what kind of secret could make him keep his mouth shut when he was drunk and lying on the knees of a beautiful woman... Maybe it would be life-threatening, right
"I haven't heard anything about this, but there are some gossip rumors, saying that the concubine of the Gong family had an affair with a male servant before leaving the cabinet, and then the man disappeared, and Master Liang has been locked in the prison since then. I never came out of the room, and the young lady fell into the water a few days before she left the pavilion, and on the day the young lady returned home, Young Master Liang was expelled from the house..."
The guard sorted out the news from the maid who sneaked into the palace's house, and suddenly heard a crisp sound of porcelain breaking, he quickly bowed down in silence, not even daring to look at Gong Zhuoxiang's face, He just glanced at the wine glass that was broken by Gong Zhuoxiang from the corner of his eye.
"Go down, bring Master Gong here to meet me in three days, don't be discovered by others."
Wiping off the wine stains on his hands with a handkerchief, Gong Zhuoxiang waved back the servants in a calm voice, after the other attendants changed the wine utensils again, Gong Zhuoxiang lowered his eyes and slowly drank into the cup Medium wine.
is it possible? something like that...
At the same time, Gong Zhuoliang also returned to Qiao's Mansion in a sedan chair. His heart was finally relieved after seeing Qiao Yingze, who seemed to be acting as if nothing had happened, but he hurriedly pulled him into the study for the reason of checking the manuscript. .