Half an hour later, all the dishes on the mahogany long table were wiped out, especially the few dishes that Tao Ti brought.
Gu Zhihong leaned back in the chair, lazily stroked his stomach and hiccupped, "It's so delicious, my stomach is going to burst."
Fu Xirui said inwardly: Almost two-thirds of that plate of braised pork with chestnuts went into your stomach, Mr. Xiaolang, can you hold on
Confused, Fu Xirui opened another food box containing desserts after meals, and took out several snacks from it, "The princess said that if you are full of food, drinking a bowl of hawthorn soup is the best way to relieve greasy food."
"My cousin is really considerate." Gu Zhihong took a sip of the hawthorn soup, feeling much better in his stomach.
Gu Qu saw that he was fooling around, sitting without a good look, and scolded him with a sullen face, "Sit well, it looks like you don't have any bones in your body, what are you talking about?"
Gu Zhihong smiled bitterly, and the mouse immediately sat up straight like a cat.
Pei Yan said indifferently, "Uncle, you don't have to be so constrained about Ah Hong, we are all from our own family, so it's better to relax."
Gu Channel, "Your Highness, you don't know how stubborn and unruly he is. His grandmother and mother have spoiled him, if I don't do anything about it, this bastard will be ruined."
After a pause, he looked at Gu Zhihong seriously, "Chang'an is no better than a sandbank. You can be a monkey there, but you have to behave well here. On the way here, what I said to you, don't you care?" I remember it all."
Gu Zhihong replied bluntly, "Yes, my son knows. After entering Chang'an, our Gu family has to be careful in words and deeds, not to cause trouble for the East Palace, and to help the East Palace with all our strength..."
He listened to these repeated words all the way, and his ears were calloused.
Gu Qu got angry when he saw him like this, and told him to roll to the side hall, so as not to be an eyesore.
Gu Zhihong didn't want to continue to listen to his old father's lessons, so he took hawthorn soup and a bowl of steamed chestnut flour cake with sweet-scented osmanthus sugar, and left happily.
"A loving mother often loses her son." Gu Qu shook his head and sighed, then turned to look at Pei Yan, his serious face softened a lot.
With no one else around, the uncle and nephew who haven't seen each other for many years can finally talk freely.
After chatting about the recent situation, Gu Qu asked about the arrangements for the political situation, and Pei Yan briefly explained his plans.
Gu Qu stroked the wall of the cup and murmured, "Since the Zhou family is already panicking, we might as well add another fire to make them jump over the wall."
"Uncle, you have just returned to Chang'an, are you a little too hasty?"
Gu Qu shook his head, "Don't worry, for the past sixteen years, I have always wanted to bring down the Zhou family to avenge my past."
Pei Yan lowered his eyes and asked for a moment, "Then what is uncle's plan?"
Gu Qu said his thoughts without reservation. He has been planning for so many years, and he is well aware of the insidiousness and cunning of the Zhou family. The longer it drags on, the harder it will be for the Zhou family to deal with. It's better to take advantage of the Zhou family's carelessness and cut the mess quickly.
Before I knew it, half an hour passed, and the teapot on the table was empty.
Gu Qu suddenly thought of something, "Your Highness, after the incident, how do you plan to deal with the Yongwei Hou Mansion and how to arrange for the Crown Princess?"
During the past two months of letters, the nephew occasionally mentioned the crown princess, although it was only a few sentences, it was enough to see the position of the crown prince in the nephew's heart.
Even Gu Feng, who was usually unsmiling, praised the princess a few words.
It's a pity that Yong Weihou is a shallow-sighted idiot, he chose to side with the third prince and the Zhou family, and had to be the enemy of the East Palace.
Pei Yan's deep eyes were firm, and her thin lips parted lightly, "She is the crown princess who will be lonely forever, and also the only wife."
Hearing this, Gu Qu's eyes twitched slightly, "That Yongwei Hou Mansion..."
"Ms. Zhang has made peace with Hou Yongwei."
"I also heard about this when I went back to Chang'an." Gu Qu narrowed his eyes, thinking of the young girl who loved to wear red clothes and was very hot.
Many years ago, Susu, Yueniang, and... Yuanyuan, these three little girls with different personalities always liked to get together, enjoy flowers and drink tea, throw pots and fight grass, carefree, as if they gathered all the things in the world. Happy and good.
When they saw him, they would call him brother sweetly.
Later, Yuanyuan entered the palace, Yueniang got married, Susu kept procrastinating until she was almost twenty years old and became an old girl, then she reluctantly agreed to Tao Bosong's pursuit and married into Yongweihou's mansion.
Back then, Tao Bosong tried his best to stalk Susu in order to marry him, and vowed to treat her wholeheartedly.
I never thought that people's hearts are changeable, and the initial liking gradually faded over time, and finally only resentment remained.
Fortunately, the vigor in Susu's bones hasn't faded away, and now that she's divorced, it's time to get out of the mud.
Seeing that Gu Qu was in a trance, Pei Yan reminded softly, "Uncle?"
Gu Qu came back to his senses and said shamelessly, "I just recalled some old things. You also know that Mrs. Zhang and your mother are close friends... Now that she is divorced, you have to respect her more, and don't underestimate her because of this." she."
Pei Yandao, "It's only natural. What should be stopped, what should be done is what should be disrupted instead. Zhang's behavior of reconciling Li is very admirable."
Gu Qu felt relieved, and said again, "Leaving aside Zhang's family, Yong Weihou is the biological father of the Crown Princess. If you kill him, there will be no guarantee that there will be bad feelings between you and the Crown Princess."
"Uncle, don't worry, Arti is sensible and understands things clearly." Pei Yan paused, then said calmly, "Besides, Gu doesn't have to kill him."
He had no reason to kill Tao Bosong, as long as the Hou Mansion collapsed and the Zhou family collapsed, Tao Bosong would be a trivial and lowly ant.
For the sake of some blood relationship, Pei Yan can keep him alive.
If Tao Bosong didn't know what to do, Pei Yan could make him "accidentally die of illness" anytime, anywhere in prison or on the road to exile.
Seeing that Pei Yan had planned earlier, Gu Qu was also relieved, and raised his hand to pat him on the shoulder, "Since you have a princess in your heart, you should think about her more for matters involving her, and don't hurt you guys." love between."
There was no deep meaning in his words, Pei Yan pursed his lips slightly, and hummed in a low voice.
At dusk, the Gu family left the palace.
As soon as Gu Zhihong saw his sister, he couldn't wait to show off, "Sister, do you know how delicious the dishes cooked by the concubine's cousin are! Wow, I really couldn't walk today!"
Gu Minglan looked at him like a fool, "I went to the princess's palace with my grandmother and mother. Could I know that the dishes she cooks are delicious? Look at you, you are so useless, you are so noisy, and you have never eaten in eight lifetimes." It’s as if you’ve passed something, don’t say you’re my younger brother when you go out, it’s shameful!”
Gu Zhihong let out a "tss".
Seeing that their siblings were bickering again, Mrs. Bai tapped Gu Minglan's forehead, "You, you, you are ashamed to say your brother, you did not eat less of the pot of river shrimp and chicken wings today, the chicken bones and shrimp shells in the dish are piled so high."
She also stretched out two fingers to gesture.
Gu Zhihong immediately burst out laughing, imitating Gu Minglan's tone just now, squinting and said, "It's like you haven't eaten in eight lifetimes, don't call me my sister when you go out, shame on you!"
Gu Minglan was embarrassed, she clenched her fists and wanted to beat Gu Zhihong, but Gu Zhihong hugged his head and howled.
Bai sighed helplessly, did these two children really come out of her stomach? Why is there no one like her.
After arguing halfway, the two stopped, Gu Zhihong asked, "Sister, what does my cousin look like, is she pretty?"
Bai's lectured him, "Disrespectful."
Gu Zhihong pursed his lips, "I'm curious. After all, the crown prince's cousin looks like a fairy. If his crown prince's concubine is not as good-looking as him, then the cousin will be at a disadvantage."
Gu Minglan said, "Although the Crown Princess is not as good-looking as the Crown Prince, she is still a beauty with bright eyes and bright teeth."
Gu Zhihong said "Oh" twice, and then switched the topic back to eating, "Sister, which dish do you think is the best for lunch? I like the braised pork with chestnuts the most. , salty, fragrant and delicious, with endless aftertaste. If you can eat that braised pork every day, even a god will not do it."
"Tch, you still eat it every day, you are so beautiful."
Speaking of this, Gu Minglan took out an exquisite and shiny VIP card from his pocket, and couldn't help showing off, "You can't eat braised pork every day, but I can drink milk tea every day."
Gu Zhihong also heard about the name of milk tea, so he asked where the card came from.
After Gu Minglan explained, Gu Zhihong was also stunned, "I didn't expect my cousin to be so powerful!"
Here, the siblings were happily discussing about taking the VIP card to Taotie Pavilion to buy milk tea early in the morning. In the other carriage, Gu Qu and Mrs. Gu chatted about Pei Yan, feeling a lot of emotion.
"Your Highness, he still looks very similar to Yuan Yuan, but his temper... His temper is still more like an emperor."
"It's not easy for this child. A little person grew up alone in the palace. If he didn't have a strong temper, he would have been eaten to the bone."
Madam Gu sighed, with drooping eyelids and an old voice, "But I think the daughter-in-law your sister chose is excellent. I thought she would be like Su Su when she was young, like a little pepper." Unexpectedly, she is a gentle, delicate, considerate and sensible child, and I see how much she cares about Yan'er in her words, which is really good."
Gu Qu echoed a few words and sighed, "I just hope that Yan'er won't be as paranoid as his father..."
When Mrs. Gu thought of what Emperor Zhaokang did back then, she squeezed the beeswax beads tightly in her hand, the resentment in her heart still couldn't be appeased!
At night, with a faint fragrance lingering in the curtains, Tao Ti leaned in Pei Yan's arms and chatted about the Gu family.
"Grandmother is very kind, aunt is very gentle, cousin of the Gu family is quick-tempered, and they are all easy to get along with." Tao Ti put her ear against his chest and asked, "Your Highness, what are the personalities of uncle and cousin?"
Pei Yan put his hands on her waist, closed his eyes and said, "Uncle has a cold face and a warm heart, and my cousin is a quick-tempered, wild-tempered, but pure-hearted. Next time I have a chance, I will take you to Gu's mansion." , so that you can meet."
Tao Ti said hello, hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help asking, "Your Highness, back then... did the Gu family really rebel?"
The reason why the Gu family was demoted to the Northland was that they hid weapons privately and intended to rebel.
Rebellion is a serious crime for all families to search their homes. Emperor Zhaokang thought of Queen Gu, so he did not search and behead his family, but relegated the Gu family to exile.
Tao Ti didn't think much about it before, but seeing how polite the Gu family's family members are in dealing with others today, especially Mrs. Gu's neither humble nor overbearing, indifferent and generous temperament, it is really difficult to associate with the rebellion.
In the darkness, Pei Yan slowly opened his eyes, and said coldly, "It's not rebellion, it's... regicide."
Tao Ti, "???"
Pei Yan's voice was low and slow, "My mother died of illness, and the entire Gu family was in great grief. My uncle was full of resentment, and had an argument with my father, and the weapon stabbed my father in the chest..."
Tao Ti, "!!!"
"Father wanted to suppress this matter, but it still got out. The admonishers of Yushitai knelt in the Taiji Palace and asked Father to punish the Gu family. Not long after that, my grandfather left a suicide note, blaming himself for teaching his son. Not strict, apologizing with death. As the guideline of the court, to calm down the courtiers' emotions, the father finally exiled the Gu family... "
Tao Ti was silent for a long time, not knowing how to answer.
I just feel that in the ancient times when imperial power was supreme, the Gu family was really miserable.
Pei Yan lowered his head and took a deep breath on her shoulder, and said softly, "Back then, the Zhou family often contributed to the flames behind the scenes. If the emperor father hadn't thought about his relationship with the queen mother, the Gu family... probably would have disappeared long ago."
Tao Ti only felt that the past was like a cloud of fog, especially the relationship between Queen Gu and Emperor Zhaokang.
Everyone said that Emperor Zhaokang loved Empress Gu deeply, but is this really the case
If it was a deep love, why would Empress Gu choose to commit suicide by taking poison, and why the uncle of the Gu family would be dazzled by anger and enter the palace to assassinate the emperor.
There was a moment of silence in the tent.
After a long time, Tao Ti raised her head and gently kissed Pei Yan's chin, "Your Highness, don't think about those unhappy things."
She said softly, "I will always be with you."
Pei Yan raised his hand to rub her hair, and kissed her face, "Well, go to sleep."