After finishing the meal, Immortal Izumo reappeared with Daotong holding a tray in his hand. Gu Rujiu glanced at it curiously. There were gold, jade and silver medals of various colors inside. The workmanship was very delicate, and Taoist runes were also engraved on them.
"Everyone of meritorious deeds is polite," Izumo Master turned around and took the tray from Xiaodaotong's hand, and said, "These jade plaques are what Pindao has enshrined in front of Venerable Sanqing's seat over the years. Disgusting, but you can leave a few to play with."
"How can Aijia dislike the good things that the real person has opened up with his own hands?" Mrs. Zhou smiled, "The real person is too polite."
Gu Rujiu stepped forward to take the tray from Immortal Izumo with both hands, and gave him a little blessing before retreating behind Empress Dowager Zhou.
Immortal Izumo returned the salute to her very cautiously, and then turned to continue talking to the Queen Mother Zhou. Obviously, he respected Gu Rujiu's attitude very much, but it was not as cold as rumored.
Jin Yang walked to Gu Rujiu's side to look at the contents on the tray, and then reached out and took a two-finger-wide jade plaque in the shape of a fish, which was engraved with complicated runes and the words "good luck".
The fineness of the jade is also excellent, and it feels indescribably comfortable when it touches the palm of the hand.
He glanced at the other signs in the tray, smiled, and put the sign away.
Gu Rujiu raised his eyebrows, but felt that Jin Yang was more suitable to pick the brand with the words "Fu Lu Shou Xi" engraved on it.
"Pin Dao stayed in Beijing for many days, and it is a blessing to see three noble people today." Izumo Shiren led the three to the backyard, and finally stood in the spacious courtyard, "The world is big, Pin Dao is real. Don't stay in one place for long."
Empress Dowager Zhou knew that Immortal Izumo was not a person who lived in the same place, so she didn't persuade her, but told her to be careful on the road.
"The way of heaven is constant, and life and death have destiny." Izumo Shiren seemed very free and easy. He said to the queen mother, "The Lord of Merit and Virtue has cultivated the eternal emperor for the people of the world. It is infinite merit and respected by all people."
Empress Dowager Zhou smiled and said, "What Aijia asked for is nothing more than that."
Immortal Izumo looked back at the emperor and Gu Xianjun who were standing not far away, shook his head and smiled: "Don't blame the meritorious master, it is the poor way of overstepping."
"The real person is devoted to the people, so how can he go beyond the saying," Empress Dowager Zhou laughed instead of anger, and took a few steps to the side, further away from Jin Yang and Gu Rujiu, "The real person said that the niece of Ai's family is very rich and rich Profound, good luck, can there be a reason?"
"Destiny is determined by heaven, noble girls are very lucky, and they are blessed people. The profound blessings will surely benefit others." Izumo said with emotion, "The poor man has traveled abroad for many years, and he has seen many noble people in Beijing. The niece of the Lord of Merit is especially blessed."
"It doesn't matter if she is prosperous or not, as long as she lives a peaceful and happy life, she will be blessed," Queen Mother Zhou's expression softened after hearing these words. She has always been half-believing and half-unbelieving about fate, but who doesn't like to hear good things
"Your Majesty," Gu Rujiu took out the sign engraved with the words "Fu Lu Shou Xi" and handed it to Jin Yang, "What do you think of this?" Unbelief is also in awe. Therefore, seeing the four characters on this brand have excellent meanings, and Jin Yang's body is a little weak, so getting this brand can also make people feel at ease.
Picking up this jade tablet from the warm palm, Jin Yang picked up another piece of jade and put it in her palm: "Then let's exchange it."
Gu Rujiu was speechless at this kind of child's behavior of changing things, retracted his hand and looked at the "lucky and wishful" consecrated fish-shaped jade pendant, and accepted it with a smile.
The Queen Mother Zhou looked back and saw the small movements of the two, she was slightly stunned, and then raised her voice: "Your Majesty, it is not early, we should return to the palace."
Jin Yang tied the jade pendant around his waist, then got up and bowed to the Queen Mother Zhou: "My son understands."
Gu Rujiu walked to Empress Dowager Zhou's side, bowed to Immortal Izumo with a smile, and supported Empress Dowager Zhou's arm.
Immortal Izumo replied with a salute, and then sent the three to the gate of the Taoist Temple. After the carriages on which the three were riding had left, a smile gradually appeared on his face.
"Master," the boy behind him came over with a bag of cakes in his hands, and his little face was full of smiles, "The meritorious masters left a lot of things behind."
Immortal Izumo looked at the pastry in his hand: "Who gave this to you?"
"It's the young female meritorious master, she said it's good for children to eat this," Daotong scratched his head shyly, "I've tried it, it's delicious."
Immortal Izumo touched the top of his hair, smiled and said nothing. Looking up at the direction where the carriage was going, he sighed with emotion after a long time.
When Gu Cunjing returned home, it was already curfew time. He hurriedly took a few mouthfuls of food and told Gu Changling what happened today.
"Izumo really said that?" Yang's expression was both happy and worried. She was happy that it was a good thing for her daughter to be lucky, but she was worried that it reminded her of Empress Dowager Zhou.
Such things as blessings are illusory and can’t be grasped or touched. Who can guarantee that this is true or false? In the past and this year, how many people acted on the skin of the destiny, and ended up in a tragic end
In order to seek wealth and honor, some people find some so-called high-ranking people to come out and declare, how good their children or daughters are, and how extraordinary their future will be, in order to win the favor of nobles.
"Don't worry," Gu Changling heard the worry in his wife's heart, and whispered, "Izumo Master is not an ordinary wandering Taoist priest. Even if others don't believe everything he said, he won't say anything bad."
Mr. Yang nodded slowly, drinking a sip of tea to suppress the depression in his heart: "For a long time on the way, are you all with the Queen Mother?"
"Mother don't need to worry, Jiu Jiu is very careful about this. Even when the Queen Mother is not around, there are many people who are serving her." Gu Cunjing thought for a while, and then told the story that Hu Yunqi was joking and heard by the emperor.
"My son thinks, Your Majesty may have just answered such a sentence casually." Gu Cunjing felt that His Majesty cared a little too much for his sister, but when the two got along, they had never seen anything hot, so he again I feel like I'm a little too much.
Maybe His Majesty really treats Jiu Jiu as his real sister.
"Father, mother," Gu Zhiyu walked in from the outside with a happy face, and hurriedly bowed to Yang's and Gu Changling before saying, "Jia Yue is happy."
Jiayue is Chen's small character, and Gu Zhiyu came in a hurry, it can be seen that he is very happy for the arrival of this child.
"This is a good thing!" Mrs. Yang was also overjoyed when she heard the words, she turned her head and asked the person who was serving by her side to pick out all the things that pregnant women could use to send to Mrs. Chen.
Gu Changling was so happy that he put down the teacup and walked around the house happily for several times, rubbing his hands and instructing Gu Zhiyu to pay more attention to the Chen family on weekdays, and not to be selfish for the sake of public affairs.
Chen was married to the Gu family for more than five years, and Hu was married to the Gu family for nearly four years. Their own family didn't say anything, but some people outside were worrying about it, and some people with ulterior motives spread some ugly words.
"Congratulations, eldest brother," Gu Cunjing thanked Gu Zhiyu with a smile, "It seems that I will have a nephew soon."
Yang shi smiled and tapped his forehead with her index finger, asking him to tell Gu Rujiu the good news tomorrow, making her happy too.
Sure enough, when Gu Rujiu heard that her sister-in-law was pregnant the next day, she was so happy that she lost sight of her teeth. She even found a lot of things that the queen mother and the emperor gave her, and asked Gu Cunjing to take them back to her sister-in-law.
"My good sister, please forgive me, I can't get so many things." Gu Cunjing felt a headache when he saw a lot of things, and worried that his sister would give away all these things, which would make the queen mother and the emperor. Unhappy, so he said, "You don't have to worry about these things, the family has arranged them well."
"I'm an aunt, what's wrong with preparing things for my niece and nephew?" Gu Rujiu smiled and shoved a box of jewelry into Gu Cunjing's hand, "When Fushou was not born, I also gave a lot of things."
Fushou is the child born by Gu Panqi last winter. She is chubby and cute. She is very cute. Before she was born, Gu Rujiu sent a lot of good things to Zhang's house. After she was born, she got her aunt. Stack things up. This provoked Zhang Yuqin to joke that her aunt was going to be compared by Gu Rujiu's aunt.
However, these behaviors of the Gu family have once again made the Zhang family understand the attitude of the Gu family. The girl who married is still her own girl, and she should give it a lot, and she will not save half a cent for the one who should be pampered.
Her father Ren Shangshuling, the two older brothers have a promising future, and the younger sister is deeply loved by the Queen Mother. Gu Panqi is a capable woman with both political integrity and talent, so she is highly respected in the Zhang family. Her husband Zhang Shao is even more determined to her, and has no other thoughts. .
"You can't take it back alone, I'll have someone help you send it back," Queen Mother Zhou heard the voices of her brother and sister outside the yard, walked into the yard and smiled, "Not only do I have to send the things I have prepared for a long time. Go back, and even bring back what I prepared."
Gu Cunjing got up and saluted and said with a smile, "Then nephew will thank my aunt first."
"I won't refuse at this time," Queen Mother Zhou smiled and walked to the two of them to sit down, and then said, "It stands to reason that there is such a happy event at home, I should let Jiujiu go back and have a look, but I'm not very healthy recently. Shuangli, so I can only let Jiujiu stay in the palace for a few more days."
"It's right for the younger generation to be filial to the elder," Gu Cunjing cupped his hands and smiled, "Of course, the younger generation should keep the things that the elder bestowed."
"I think the key point of this sentence is the last sentence." Queen Mother Zhou sat down beside the two with a smile, and chatted with Gu Cunjing for a while before letting Gu Cunjing leave with a pile of gifts.
After Gu Cunjing left, the Queen Mother Zhou said to Gu Rujiu, "Do you know why I didn't let you go back?"
Gu Rujiu slowly shook her head, even if she had an idea in her heart at this moment, she would not say it.
"You are very smart, but you don't like to use it," Empress Dowager Zhou smiled helplessly, "If you go out today, a bunch of people will come to beg for you tomorrow."
Hearing the words, Gu Rujiu couldn't help sitting up straight, looking at the queen mother and hesitantly said, "Is it because of... those words of Master Izumo?"
"There are no secrets in this place in the capital," Empress Dowager Zhou said with a half-smile, "your father is now a minister of law. He has real power and is trusted by the emperor. There are many people who want to marry you."
Gu Rujiu's face was slightly shy, and she lowered her head and said, "Aunt, you are..."
"It's not something to be ashamed of, you don't have to be ashamed," the Queen Mother Zhou said, thinking of the eldest son of Yang Guogong's family, "In the capital, there are many noble sons from aristocratic families, and there is no shortage of talents and looks. It's just marriage. It's not a matter of the two, but to end up with a family. No matter how handsome and outstanding a man is, if he has a family behind him, he is not a good match. No matter how good a relationship is, he can't stand these trivial intrigues. "
Gu Rujiu also agrees with this. No matter how good her husband is, if she encounters top-notch in-laws and in-laws, all day long without looking up and not looking down, those days will be difficult. After a long time, the tender feelings of the past have turned into resentment, and the deep friendship has turned into regrets. How can there be any feelings at all
In fact, she doesn't have much fear about marriage, at least most of the aristocratic families still have shame in their behavior, and she will not allow others to challenge her. But to say how much to expect, that is unlikely.
She has a good life now and lacks everything. After marrying into someone else's family, it is not easy to live a better life than she is now.
Seeing Gu Rujiu's clear expression, Queen Mother Zhou said with emotion, "I really wish I could personally screen out the noble sons of the whole capital for you, and then choose the most suitable one for you."
It's a pity that those who like Gu Rujiu are not necessarily liked by the Gu family, and those that the Gu family likes may not necessarily be the same for others.
After worrying about Gu Rujiu's marriage helplessly, the Queen Mother Zhou is going to worry about Jin Yang's crown ceremony. It's been a few days before Jin Yang's crown ceremony. ponder, and strive for perfection.
The queen mother was busy with the emperor, so Gu Rujiu found something to do on her own, practicing calligraphy, painting, or spoiling flowers in the yard.
"Girl," Qiu Luo and the others followed behind Gu Rujiu with oil-paper umbrellas, and reminded in a low voice, "Be careful that the floor is slippery and don't fall."
The rain in spring is not heavy, and the strands are fluttering down, with a little chill, which makes people feel a sense of poetry. It's a pity that Gu Rujiu has always been not good at poetry and chess.
"It's alright," Gu Rujiu lifted her skirt and walked to the Qingshi Road, listening to the muffled sound of the rain hitting the top of the umbrella, she couldn't help laughing, "I've been hiding in the palace these past few days, but I've saved others from inviting me. Appreciating flowers and writing poems.”
Knowing that her own girl hates to do those poems and words, Qiu Luo said: "It can be seen that the Empress Dowager knows your heart and saves you from these troubles."
Gu Rujiu smiled and did not speak. The Queen Mother deliberately kept her in the palace, definitely not because of this. It is not a trivial matter to leave courtiers' daughters to live in the palace. The empress dowager has always acted prudently and beautifully, but keeping her in the palace this time is really not like her old style.
Just thinking about these things, she heard a muffled "bang" not far away, it sounded like someone had fallen, she looked over curiously, and saw a blue-clothed eunuch fell to the ground. After seeing her, he hurriedly got up from the ground, and he didn't care to take off the muddy marks on his body, so he bowed and took a few steps back.
Gu Rujiu saw that his entire palm was covered with mud, which might have broken the skin, so he had no intention of letting him stand and wait for him to leave slowly, so he asked the maid beside him to hand him a handkerchief, and then quickened the pace of leaving so that he could leave. The little eunuch went down to treat the wound.
Unexpectedly, when passing by this little eunuch, this little eunuch suddenly said a word.
Gu Rujiu's eyes showed a hint of surprise, and she nodded slightly to the little eunuch, but she didn't stop, and continued to walk towards Kangquan Palace.
After Gu Rujiu was far away, the little eunuch slowly raised his head, looked at the back of her leaving, held the handkerchief commonly used by the maids in his hand, and twitched his cold, red nose.
"Girl, what do you mean by that little eunuch?" After returning to the West Side Palace, Qiu Luo lowered his voice and said nervously, "What do you mean please be more careful?"
Gu Rujiu took off the bracelet on his wrist and said word by word, "The Sima family and the Li family are about to take it no longer."
"You mean..." Qiuluo's face changed greatly, "What do they want to do?"
"It doesn't matter what they are going to do, the important thing is that the Queen Mother and Her Majesty have already made preparations," Gu Rujiu walked to the desk, took out a piece of letter paper, hesitated for a long time, and said, "Baolu, grind it for me." Although he lives in the palace It's not easy for Li to write letters to the outside world, but she will hand this letter to the second brother tomorrow in front of the emperor.
After the ink was researched, Gu Rujiu took the pen from the pen holder and quickly wrote a simple letter. But she believed that her parents would understand what she meant.
Chef Zhao stayed in the imperial kitchen a little restless. After waiting for a long time, he finally saw the person he was waiting for appeared, and hurriedly grabbed him to a secluded corner: "Have you met today?"
"I'm lucky today, I finally met a noble," the visitor whispered, "The word has been passed, but Gu Xianjun looks at it and doesn't seem to be panicked."
"Do you think that nobles can be like us, how do you say something when you encounter something?" Hearing that the word had passed, Chef Zhao was relieved, and took out all the silver on his body to thank the little eunuch, but the little eunuch don't want.
"Brother Zhao, if you hadn't secretly hid some food for me these years, I would have starved to death, how could I still be today," the little eunuch pushed Yinliang back into Chef Zhao's arms, "I'll eat enough for my family and not be hungry. What's the use of asking for this money, you still have a wife and children at home, and there are still more places to spend money."
How could Chef Zhao believe the little eunuch's words, the two pushed back and forth, and finally let the little eunuch accept half of the money, and both of them were finally satisfied.
Sending off the little eunuch, Chef Zhao took a deep breath. A few days ago, I don't know how the Sima family knew that Gu Xianjun liked the cakes made by him, so they sent someone to his house to let him pay more attention to Gu Xianjun's preferences. Not to mention that he, a foreign chef, has never even met Gu Xianjun, how can he know much useful information, even if he knows, he will not really say it, so although he verbally responds in front of the visitor, But he thought about how to get the news to Gu Xianjun's ears.
This Gu Xianjun is not only his nobleman, but also his brother's savior. Two or three years ago, two noble daughters of the Sima family and the Li family died unexpectedly. If Gu Xianjun hadn't opened his mouth, his younger brother might not have been able to save his life, not to mention that he is now sitting in the position of an official of the eighth rank.
With the power of these two great families, he would definitely not be the only one looking for him. He was worried that Lord Gu Xian would be tricked by these two families.
In his opinion, these two families are also meaningless. If you want something you can fight for in an open and honest way, what is staring at a little girl in her teens? It is said that the aristocratic family is the most courteous and kind, and it is not like the behavior of the aristocratic family.
In the third room of Sima's house, Sima Xiang was looking at the recipe for the peach core cake.
In the main courtyard, the old man Sima Peng, Sima Xiang's father Sima Yue, brother Sima Ji, and the third wife were all there. When they saw her come in, they stopped talking.
Sima Xiang saluted a few people and sat down under Sima Ji, hesitantly said, "Grandfather, I heard that Master Sun Yun was full of praise for the second girl of the Gu family a few days ago, is this true?"
"It doesn't matter how their girls are, what matters is how you are," Sima Peng sighed, "I thought it shouldn't be arranged for you to go this way, now..."
"Father, there is nothing we can do now for the third room," Sima Yue stood up and gave Sima Peng a deep bow, "I also ask my father to help me."
Seeing his son like this, Sima Peng's face became even more worried, but he thought that it was because of his self-willedness over the years that his son could not hold an important position in the court like the nephew of the second house, so he had to say: "Let me think about it. ."
Seeing that his father was relieved, Sima Yue showed a bit of joy on his face, "Originally, my son planned to have an expert come to see Xiang'er, and then follow the example of the queen mother and say that she has an extraordinary fate, how can I know that the real person Izumo praised Gu Jiaer. When the girl comes out, the method I originally thought of can no longer be used."
"It's a good thing to not have to," Sima Peng said. "A well-known outsider like Master Izumo praises the girl of the Gu family. Have you ever deliberately promoted it in your care family? Not only did they not promote it, but they were more low-key. You know why. ?"
Sima Yue was puzzled: "Isn't this a good thing, why did their family hide it?"
Seeing his son like this, Sima Peng hated that iron was not steel: "How old are their girls, who have lived less than a hundred years, and the moment they close their eyes, who would dare to say that their blessings are deep? Their family is distressed for their children, afraid She's complaining."
Another reason why Sima Peng didn't say anything is that the Gu family may not have the intention to let the second girl of the Gu family enter the palace as a concubine.
Thinking of his son and daughter-in-law's wholeheartedness to send his daughter into the palace, he couldn't help but say: "You have calculated so much, have you ever thought that if the royal family has no intention of marrying Xiang girl into the palace, or even accepting her as a concubine, How are we going to live in our family then?"
Seeing that his father was a little angry, Sima Yue was so embarrassed that he didn't dare to say anything. But in his opinion, the girl of the Sima family has always been the object of everyone's marriage, how could it be too embarrassing
Sima Xiang's eyelids trembled when she heard the words "I feel sorry for my child", and when she looked up, she saw that her father was unable to lift his head because of what her grandfather said, and she whispered, "Please don't get angry, my father is doing this because he is worried about his own family. "
"Hey," Sima Peng waved his hand as he looked at his handsome granddaughter, "I'm getting older, so I can't worry about it for a few more years."
Hearing this, Sima Xiang felt a little uncomfortable in the bottom of his heart. For a while, the five flavors were mixed, and he could no longer speak.
Sima Ji looked at his father and then at his sister, but opened his mouth but couldn't say a word.
So, the whole room was silent.
Sima Peng looked at the wood-like descendants in the room, and he almost vomited a mouthful of blood before he waved his hand: "That's it, think about it for yourself."
After leaving the main courtyard, he showed a wry smile, not teaching this son to be smart was the biggest mistake in his life.
Fortunately, the children of the eldest brother's family are still clear-headed, even if they have three rooms in the future...
No matter what, as long as one house is preserved, the roots of their Sima family will not be broken, and the glory of the Sima family will not disappear.
Inside the house, Sima Xiang looked at her parents with a blank expression, bit her lips and said, "Mother, I..."
"Don't worry, your grandfather is just talking angrily, he will definitely help us." Sima Yue said to Sima Xiang after sitting down, "I will continue to think of ways for my father."
Sima Xiang felt a bit bitter in her throat, opened her mouth for a long time, and finally made a low "um".