After two days, Gu Jiu ate and slept, slept and ate, lived happily like a pig, and his sluggish spirit finally regained its brilliance.
The elder brother is one year old, if others don't invite him, Huyang Princess and Xiao's family have to invite him.
Princess Huyang came to the palace early in the morning.
She didn't pay attention to Mrs. Pei, but went to visit her daughter Chen Min first.
Ever since Chen Min was bullied by the head of Huyang Princess last time, she has been living in Wangfu, with Liu Wei and the others as companions.
Several girls get together every day, but they are comfortable.
When Princess Huyang sees her daughter, it is impossible to expect her to feel guilty or indebted.
As soon as the mother and daughter met, Princess Huyang asked, "Where's your brother? Why hasn't he come yet?"
Chen Min's elder brother, Chen Lu, ran back to Chen's house because of Huyang's raising noodles. Half-sized son, independently supporting the portal.
The mother and son have not seen each other for almost a year.
Hu Yang knew that his daughter Chen Min had always been in contact with Chen Lu.
About Chen Lu's situation, ask Chen Min, and it will be clear once you ask.
Chen Min was actually a little afraid of Princess Huyang, she lowered her head and whispered, "My brother hasn't arrived yet."
"So your brother will come to the palace today?"
Chen Min nodded slightly, her voice was like a mosquito, "Wang Fu posted a message to my brother, asking him to come over for a drink. My brother said he would come."
"Since you want to come, why haven't you arrived yet?" Princess Huyang looked dissatisfied.
She has arrived, but Chen Lu hasn't arrived yet, so it's unreasonable.
Chen Min defended Chen Lu and said, "Brother is busy, so he may arrive later."
"What is he up to?"
Chen Min secretly glanced at Princess Huyang, "Don't mother know?"
"I don't know about his affairs. What is your brother busy with?"
Chen Min hesitated for a moment, "My brother is busy studying and managing the property."
Princess Huyang sneered, "He can't take the imperial examination, what books do he study? How much property is left in the Chen family for him to take care of? Brat, your bones are really hard. After so long, why don't you go back to the princess mansion to see?" Take a look. How did he tell you? Did he intend to cut off contact with Bengong?"
Chen Min shook his head again and again, "My brother didn't say that."
"Then what did he say?"
Chen Min gritted her teeth and said, "My brother only said that he wanted to support the Chen family."
Princess Huyang's eyes were full of contempt, "With him alone, he won't be able to survive for ten or eight years. If he wasn't my son, I'm afraid he wouldn't even be able to marry a wife."
Chen Min secretly slandered, because you are our mother, no one is willing to marry their daughter to their elder brother.
Chen Lu was half-grown, and marriage should almost be on the agenda. But at present, it seems that Chen Lu's marriage will be very difficult, which belongs to the category of high and low.
One is because the Chen family was ransacked and exterminated, and the family property was copied. Chen Lu supported the family alone, poor and white.
At the beginning, it was King Ning who came forward to take back part of the Chen family's property from the Shaofu on behalf of Chen Lu, and donated money so that Chen Lu would not be hungry and could support his servants.
The second is that Chen Lu has a very notorious mother, the princess of Huyang.
Serious people are not willing to be in-laws with Huyang.
"Why don't you talk?" Princess Huyang reminded Chen Min dissatisfied.
Chen Min was a little dazed, "Say what?"
"Tell me about your brother's plan, what exactly does he think?"
Chen Min hesitated for a moment before saying, "Brother doesn't want to get married right now, it doesn't matter if it's ten or eight years later."
Princess Huyang frowned, "He really said that?"
Chen Min nodded, "My brother plans to join the army."
Although you can't take the imperial examination, you are not restricted from joining the army.
Chen Lu wants to revitalize the Chen family, either through literature or martial arts. Obtaining an official position, establishing meritorious service, and attracting the attention of the world is the real revival of the family.
Joining the army was Chen Lu's choice.
Princess Huyang snorted, "He wants to join the army, has he asked my opinion?"
Chen Min bit her lip and remained silent.
"What's the matter, does he think that if he moves back to Chen's house, the Palace will not be able to control him?" Princess Huyang's face was full of frost.
Chen Min whispered: "My brother doesn't want to be a second-generation ancestor who eats and waits to die, and he is not qualified to be a second-generation ancestor. Why can't my mother help my brother?"
Princess Huyang heheed twice, "Before asking Bengong to fulfill him, let him kowtow in front of Bengong to plead guilty."
Chen Min's eyes were red.
Chen Lu wholeheartedly wanted to get rid of the control of Princess Huyang, and he did not hesitate to return to the Chen family even if the mother and son turned against each other. How could it be possible that Baba came to Huyang and kowtowed to plead guilty.
At this time, a servant came in to report that Chen Lu had arrived at the palace and was paying his respects at the Chunhe Hall.
Princess Huyang heard the words, "I will also go to Chunhe Hall to say hello to my sister-in-law."
The master of Huyang County left.
Chen Min was very worried, thought for a while, ran out of the room, and went to look for his eldest cousin Liu Zhao.
She came to the east courtyard, "Cousin, cousin, can you please help my brother. My mother will go to find my brother, and she will definitely not let him go."
"Sister Min, don't worry."
Gu Jiu comforted Chen Min.
How could Chen Min not be in a hurry, her eyes were so red that she almost cried.
"Cousin, sister-in-law, please help me. My brother is not my mother's opponent, and I will definitely make things difficult for her. My brother is already in a difficult situation, so why does my mother have the heart to make things difficult for him everywhere?"
Gu Jiu exchanged a look with Liu Zhao.
Liu Zhao said, "I'll go over and see the situation first."
Liu Zhao left.
Gu Jiu ordered someone to bring hot water to wash Chen Min up.
Chen Min was very sad and sad.
"If my brother wants to join the army, my mother will definitely not agree. She will try her best to stop my brother. Why is my brother so miserable? My father is gone, and my mother is like this... woo woo..."
Gu Jiu comforted: "Sister Min, don't cry, the matter may not be as serious as you think."
The owner of Huyang County is indeed a jerk, but it is not enough to force Chen Lu to death.
And to deal with Huyang Princess, you can't use hard ones, and of course you can't use soft ones.
Because Huyang doesn't eat hard and soft.
To deal with Huyang, one has to be persuasive and trick her head into a dizzy, everything is easy to talk about.
Chen Min looked at Gu Jiu anxiously, "Biao sister-in-law must have a way. She is so powerful, she must have a way to dissuade my mother. I am worried about whether my cousin can follow me to Chunhetang."
Gu Jiu took out a handkerchief and wiped away her tears, "Okay, I'll go to Chunhe Hall right now. Go back to your room and wait for news."
Chen Min shook his head, "I also want to go to Chunhetang."
"Are you sure? Aunt Huyang may say something ugly."
Chen Min lowered her head, a little aggrieved, "I've heard all the ugly things, I'm fine."
"Okay then, you come with me to Chunhe Hall."
Gu Jiu led Chen Min and her maid to Chunhe Hall.
Before entering the door, I heard Huyang princess yelling loudly.
Snapped!
Pei was extremely annoyed, and slapped the table, "Huyang, look clearly, this is the palace of the king, not a place for you to run wild."
"I discipline my son, and my sister-in-law also interferes? My sister-in-law is too lenient."
"If you want to discipline Chen Lv, I really can't control it. But this is the palace, not your princess's palace. If you want to discipline your son, go back to the princess's palace."
There was a bright red slap mark on Chen Lu's face.
Seeing this, Chen Min burst into tears and ran to Chen Lu, "Brother, have you been beaten? Does it hurt?"
Chen Lu shook his head, and said stiffly, "It's okay!"
Gu Jiu silently asked Liu Zhao what happened.
Liu Zhao whispered, "When I came, Chen Lu had already been beaten."
If Liu Zhao hadn't protected Chen Lu, Chen Lu would still have been beaten. I didn't see that Chen Lu was hiding behind Liu Zhao.
Chen Min was very angry, very boldly, staring at Hu Yang with angry eyes.
Princess Huyang was furious, pointing at the two brothers and sisters, "It's against you. I am your mother, so what if I beat you? Even if I beat you to death, the government will not intervene."
"The government doesn't care, but the prince's government does." Liu Zhao was very dissatisfied.
In fact, he was not willing to deal with Huyang.
Because Huyang is too difficult to deal with, he is always unreasonable.
Hu Yang snorted coldly, "Liu Zhao, get out of the way. Today I have to teach these two unfilial children a lesson."
Liu Zhao smiled contemptuously, "The brothers and sisters are protected by me, so does my aunt beat me too?"
"Liu Zhao, this is my palace's housework, do you insist on meddling?"
"So what if you intervene?" Liu Zhao refused to budge.
Mrs. Pei has long been displeased with Huyang, "Come here, invite Huyang Princess out."
"Sister-in-law is so majestic. Don't forget, this is the palace, my brother's residence. Be careful when you come back, I will sue you in front of him."
Pei sneered, "Have you filed fewer lawsuits these years?"
Liu Zhao also said: "Father is not here, and the palace is up to me. If my aunt doesn't restrain herself, don't blame my nephew for being rude."
"Why are you impolite? What do you say?" Hu Yang was furious, and jumped up and pointed at Liu Zhao.
"That's enough, let's not say a few words."
Gu Jiu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke out and scolded sharply.
"Aunt Huyang, do you believe me?" Gu Jiu asked seriously.
Princess Huyang was a little embarrassed when she saw Gu Jiu. In a blink of an eye she laughed again, "Of course I believe you."
"Then can you listen to me a few words?"
"you say."
Gu Jiu said: "The reason why my aunt is so angry and insists on teaching cousin Chen Lu, is it because cousin Chen Lu wants to join the army?"
The owner of Huyang County gouged out Chen Lv's eyes, "Don't even look at what kind of guy you are. If you don't have the skills, you dare to join the army and seek death?"
Chen Lu clenched his fists, blood rushed to the top of his head, and his cheeks were flushed.
He was very angry.
In the eyes of his mother, Ganqing is just a bastard, not even a human being.
He was in pain. He asked himself countless times, what evil did he do in his previous life to be reborn in Huyang's belly in this life.
Sometimes I really want to die.
It's over once you die, and you don't have to suffer humiliation from your relatives anymore.
But when he thought that he was the only male left in the Chen family, and that he had no one to support his sister after his death, he lost the courage to die.
Gu Jiu glanced at Chen Lu.
One speaks too harshly, and the other listens to every word in his heart. It's no wonder that the mother and son can get along well.
Gu Jiu stepped forward, took Hu Yang's hand, and settled her down on the chair.
He poured another cup of tea and placed it by her hand.
Then, she said softly: "I understand my aunt's feelings. My aunt has only one son, Chen Lu, and it is inevitable that there will be casualties in the army. The aunt is just too worried about Chen Lu's cousin, fearing that he will never come back after joining the army. If you don’t stay, you will try your best to prevent him from joining the army.”
Princess Huyang had mixed feelings for a moment, and finally someone could understand her feelings.
"The elder nephew and daughter-in-law know what I mean. I think about the brat wholeheartedly, but he doesn't appreciate it. Look at his eyes, just like looking at an enemy."
Chen Lu has no expression on his face, he will not believe a word.
Any worries, any concerns, are all fake.
Gu Jiu smiled softly, "Auntie obviously cares about cousin Chen Lu, but what she says is always misunderstood. Shouldn't Auntie express her true feelings?"
"What are you talking about. I am his own mother. I am not allowing him to join the army. Is there something wrong with this palace?"
Hu Yang snorted coldly, and did not forget to stare at Chen Lu.
Chen Lu's face was livid, and he didn't say a word.
Gu Jiu said: "My aunt's words are biased. Cousin Chen Lu is already an adult who supports the family alone, so my aunt should be more gentle when talking to him. If you care, you should care. Why do you want to talk out loud and misunderstand.
Aunt also hopes that cousin Chen Lu can know that you care about him, but according to aunt's attitude, he has so little experience, how can he see through his aunt's true intentions. "
Princess Huyang spoke stiffly, "I'm his mother, and I still have to consider his thoughts when I talk to him? It's ridiculous."
Gu Jiu lowered her voice and asked, "Auntie really hopes that cousin Chen Lu will always misunderstand you?"
The head of Huyang County is speechless.
Gu Jiu raised her voice again, "Auntie is clearly a loving mother, but she can't hold back her face, and what she says is like a rain of swords and swords. Cousin Chen Lu and sister Min are both young, how can they stand such a battle. You know, before I was almost frightened by my aunt. Not everyone can bear the prestige of my aunt."
Liu Zhao pursed his lips and snickered.
Gu Jiu was fooling people again.
Princess Huyang's eyes flickered, she smiled and asked Gu Jiu, "This Palace has always been very imposing, right?"
Gu Jiu nodded, "Of course. My aunt is so majestic and majestic."
Pei Shi, who was sitting at the top, heard Gu Jiu spare no effort to hold Hu Yang, his teeth were almost aching.
No wonder Gu Jiu was able to coax Hu Yang. It's really a good skill to turn black and white without conscience, and boast Huyang embarrassingly.
Mrs. Pei snorted coldly, told her to praise Huyang embarrassingly, and coax Huyang patiently, but she couldn't do it.
She would rather just throw a big mouth at Huyang and drive him out.
Anyway, no matter how Pei Shi looked at Huyang, he didn't like it.
Pei Shi has no patience for people who don't like her.
Huyang County Master glanced at Chen Lu and Chen Min brothers and sisters, and then said: "It's still the elder nephew and daughter-in-law who understand me. I have good intentions, but I was treated as a donkey by these two unfilial children. I didn't learn the skills, so I wanted to go Join the army. You are not afraid of dying outside, no one will inherit the incense of the Chen family."
Chen Lu's expression turned ugly, "I don't care if I'm capable or not, I will join the army. My mother will either support me, or leave me alone, as if she never gave birth to my son."
"You are presumptuous!" Hu Yang patted the table, furious.
Seeing that the mother and son were going to fight again, Gu Jiu hurriedly stopped Hu Yang. He winked at Liu Zhao again and told Liu Zhao to take Chen Lv away quickly.
Liu Zhao pulled Chen Lu away.
Hu Yang was furious, pointing at Chen Lu and cursing.
"Auntie, have you forgotten what I told you?"
Gu Jiu's face darkened, reminding Hu Yang not to go too far. Not only can't be too much to the children, but also can't act wild in the palace.
"Eldest nephew and daughter-in-law, you saw it just now. Chen Lu, that brat, look at his eyes."
"Auntie, how old is Chen Lu's cousin this year? Seriously, he's still half a child. Auntie really wants to argue with him?"
Huyang County advocated opening his mouth, "He just owes a lesson."
Gu Jiu asked: "Chen Concubine died so badly, and in one night, the Chen family disappeared, so what do you call Chen Lu's cousin? Auntie should be lucky that he didn't go crazy because of it.
In my opinion, it is very remarkable that he can survive to this day alone. For others, who can cheer up and support the family alone after the family is ruined? With such a son, my aunt should be proud. "
Chen Min, who was hiding in the corner, couldn't help blushing when she heard these words.
Unexpectedly, the person who knows the elder brother best is the cousin.
Cousin said it very well.
Aunt Huyang was a little embarrassed.
Gu Jiu said again: "Since Chen Concubine passed away, my aunt quickly came out of the gloom. That's because my aunt's relatives are still there, she has a pair of sons and daughters, a prince and a concubine, and she can still get the support of relatives.
But whose support did Cousin Chen Lu get? In the mind of cousin Chen Lu, the closest people are the Chen family. But the Chen family is dead.
Sister Min was so young and still needed someone to comfort him. He counted on his closest mother to comfort him, but as a mother, his aunt only blamed him, never gave him a word of comfort.
Think about it, how uncomfortable he was. He fights against you, contradicts you, just wants to get your attention and support from you.
He wanted to join the army because he wanted to revive the family and establish the Chen family. Is aunt really going to turn a blind eye to these things? "