Guo Boyan named his newest son Mao Ge'er, hoping that the youngest son would be as strong as grass and trees, with both talents and virtues.
Brother Mao was so ugly when he was first born, so ugly that even his sisters disliked him, but the little guy was especially able to eat, the two nursing mothers took turns feeding him, almost the same every day, his face was not wrinkled soon, as smooth as a lychee As if peeling off the shell, a pair of black and white black eyes, very like Guo Boyan. After the full moon, the little guy grew faster and became more beautiful day by day.
Song Jianing is very fond of his younger brother. He used to play with his three sisters after class, but now he runs back to Linyuntang after class, lies on the couch and looks at his younger brother, touches his little hands and kisses his little face, Guo Jia Sanfang and his twin sons If you want to see her, you have to come to Yuntang to find her. Unconsciously, the place where the brothers and sisters met gradually changed from Mrs. Tai's Changxinyuan to Lin's Huanyueju.
Both of her children were liked by her brothers and sisters. Lin was very pleased. Guo Xiao, Tingfang and her nephew and niece came, so she retreated to the living room and stayed, leaving the warm house to the children, leaving only the wet nurse and two maids. Waiting on the side, lest Brother Mao cry, and the brothers and sisters can't coax him.
Brother Mao had just eaten and lay on his back on the couch, his big eyes turned to the four sisters on the left for a while, and the brothers Guo Fu and Guo Shu on the right for a while. change. Because Guo Xiao, who was standing in front of the couch, never made a sound, the little guy probably didn't know that there was a brother there.
"Grandmother said that the fifth brother looks exactly like the elder brother when he was a child." Yun Fang nodded at Brother Mao's chubby hand and looked at Guo Xiao.
Guo Xiao was expressionless.
Song Jianing carefully observed her younger brother. Except for the eyes that resembled Guo Boyan and Guo Xiao and his son, she didn't see anything else. First, her younger brother was too small and didn't have long facial features. Second, she didn't know what Guo Xiaoman looked like back then.
"Looks like eldest brother, don't follow eldest brother's temper." Guo Shu said with serious concern.
Guo Fu nodded, glanced at the cute and cute fourth sister on the opposite side, and smiled: "It's better to be like An An, gain weight, just to be An An's company."
Song Jianing gave him an angry look.
The brothers and sisters were chatting and laughing. When Mrs. Lin came, the maids saluted in unison. Sanfang did not move, and smiled at Mrs. Lin while sitting on the couch. Lin nodded to the three young men, and then handed a red gold-gilded invitation to Guo Xiao, and said with a smile, "In the future, I only invited King Chu, King Rui, the Fourth Highness and the princess to entertain guests at the palace of King Shou. King Shoudao, our two residences live next to each other, and you are the cousins of the princess, so please go to the palace to eat together that day."
Guo Xiao frowned unconsciously and took the invitation, which was exactly as his stepmother said.
The young men were calmer, and Yun Fang happily said: "Okay, okay, the palace is so big, I have long wanted to go there for a stroll."
Tingfang looked at Lin and whispered, "Mother, I won't go when I'm older. Let my sisters go." She will be sixteen in the next year, and her grandmother has made it clear that she will prepare for her wedding last time. It's not suitable to join in this kind of fun anymore. After all, King Chu, King Rui, and King Shou are all grown up, and they are not cousins of direct relatives.
Thirteen-year-old Lan Fang also shook her head.
There were four sisters in total, and neither of them would go. Yun Fang hugged Song Jianing's arm and said anxiously, "An An, you accompany me!" No matter what, she had to bring a sister to accompany her.
Song Jianing instinctively looked at his mother. Lin's gentle smile, her daughter is only twelve after the new year, so don't be too shy, she does what her daughter wants, and Lin knows that her daughter is 99 percent willing to go, long before King Shou moved in, her daughter Every three days, he whispered to her about the situation in the garden of the Shouwangfu. What was the persimmon tree planted in the Shouwangfu, and there were many green persimmons on the tree. After two months, he swallowed and told her that the persimmons in the Shouwangfu had turned yellow...
Now there are persimmons for sale in the market, Mr. Lin asked the purchasing manager to buy persimmons for his daughter, but the two persimmon trees in Shouwang’s mansion were covered with yellow persimmons, which not only attracted greedy worms, but also attracted people to look under the trees. Brother Shang of the third room has been making trouble several times, saying that he wants to go to the tree to play, and now the third lady does not allow the little guy to run into the back garden.
Song Jianing pursed her lips when her mother didn't help her out, as if two villains were fighting in her heart. One wanted to go to Shouwangfu to see the persimmon tree, and the other reminded her that Princess Duanhui was not to be messed with.
"Go An An, don't worry, with us here, the princess won't dare to bully you." Guo Fu said disdainfully. Every time the brothers and sisters strolled in the back garden, the fourth younger sister would salivate at the persimmon tree in the Shouwang Mansion. Guo Fu guessed that the younger sister would definitely want to go, so she was worried about Princess Duanhui.
"That's right, let's go together, maybe the lord will allow us to pick persimmons by ourselves." Yun Fang enthusiastically urged Song Jianing, she also likes to eat persimmons, can the ones bought by others be the same as those you picked by yourself
Song Jianing had originally wanted to go, but now that her elder brothers and sisters had persuaded her, she smiled, and just as she was about to nod her head, she suddenly caught a glimpse of Guo Xiao's stern face, staring at her with dark eyes. Song Jianing's heart shrank, but after all, it was not the time when she first entered the manor. Although she was still afraid of Guo Xiao, she was not so afraid that she would listen to him. Song Jianing knew very well that Guo Xiao looked down on her and suspected that she wanted to hook up with King Shou, for fear that she would ruin the reputation of the girls in the palace, but Song Jianing didn't have that thought at all.
"Well, let's go together." Ignoring Guo Xiao's silent objection, Song Jianing said to Yun Fang with a smile.
Guo Xiao, however, returned the post to Lin's and said sternly: "Shouwang's mansion is unusual for the neighborhood. Please ask my mother to ask my father about this."
Lin nodded, took the post, and said with a smile, "Then continue to play, and eat here in the afternoon."
Guo Fu and the others hurriedly declined, and after sitting for a while, they went back to each hospital.
The younger brother finally became his own, Song Jianing sat cross-legged and carefully hugged Brother Mao into his arms, he couldn't get enough of it.
When night fell, Guo Boyan went back to the house, hugged Brother Mao, and then handed his son to the wet nurse. The couple took Song Jianing for dinner together. The Guo family did not have the rule of not saying anything. Lin gave her daughter some dishes. It took half of her time to remember the post, and she said to Guo Boyan in a soft voice: "...Tingfang and Lanfang can't talk. The prince asks you to be the master."
The eldest daughter and niece are very sensible, Guo Boyan nodded with satisfaction, and thought for a moment: "Mother is going to Anguo Temple that day, Pingzhang and Fu Ge'er have to follow, and at the palace, ask Shu Ge'er to take An An and Yunfang to go there. already."
Emperor Xuande is most taboo for princes to form parties for selfishness. Guo Boyan has not yet figured out why Emperor Xuande chose Shouwang's mansion next to his own house. Although King Shou is destined to miss the throne, King Shou is the brother of King Chu. , it is entirely possible to sneak over under the pretense of looking at the younger brother of the Shouwangfu.
The king's heart is unpredictable, Guo Boyan has to act cautiously, and King Shou's face cannot be refuted, but what should be avoided must be avoided, only the stubborn third nephew and two and a half big girls, even if it spreads to the ears of Emperor Xuande, Emperor Xuande There will be no suspicion.
Lin's housekeeper learns fast, she doesn't understand the important matters of the court, she can do what Guo Boyan says. The children came over the next day, and she conveyed Guo Boyan's meaning.
The second son, Guo Fu, sighed, but the eldest uncle had temporarily arranged for his grandmother to go to Anguo Temple, so he could only obey.
Guo Xiao understood his father's deep meaning, and he himself did not shy away from going to Shouwang's mansion, but... He glanced at his stepsister who was sitting obediently among his sisters, remembering the specialness of Shouwang to his stepsister, Guo Xiao's chest was a little blocked. After the renovation of Prince Shou's Mansion, Guo Xiao secretly paid attention to the movement next door, so he knew that the back garden of Prince Shou Mansion was close to his own side. At that time, Guo Xiao didn't quite understand, until he caught a glimpse of Song Jianing's longing eyes, Guo Xiao suddenly woke up.
This widowed King Shou was actually so scheming that his stepsister was only eleven years old, so he was thinking about it, but he didn't know if it was related to his stepsister if he didn't get a marriage.
Guo Xiao didn't want his stepsister to have anything to do with King Shou. After leaving Linyuntang, he called his third brother Guo Shu aside by himself, and whispered, "Several Your Royal Highnesses are not too young, look at Yunfang carefully tomorrow. Jia Ning, don't let them both be alone."
Guo Shu widened his eyes and said incredulously: "Isn't it? How old are they?" Anyway, in his eyes, the two younger sisters are still children.
Guo Xiao said coldly, "Just in case."
Guo Shu pondered for a moment and thought of the fourteen-year-old fourth prince. He and his two younger sisters were the closest and most doubtful.
"Okay, don't worry, eldest brother." Guo Shu puffed out his chest and assured.
Guo Xiao nodded and watched his cousin take a few steps. He stopped him again and added, "Duanhui is rude. If she is acting like a princess, let Jia Ning come back first."
Guo Shu hummed, "She dares."
The brothers looked at each other and left separately. The next day, Mrs. Tai was entrusted by her son and led the second and third ladies to the Anguo Temple to offer incense. Lin was in charge of the inner house and took care of Brother Mao by the way. Song Jianing and Yun Fang dressed up early and waited for the news honestly.
Soon after Mrs. Tai and others set off, the King of Chu came first, followed by the fourth prince and Princess Duanhui in the palace.
Princess Duanhui came out of the palace this time, and the third brother, He Qiaoqian, was the second most happy for her half-mother, mainly because she wanted to meet her cousin Guo Xiao, who had not seen her for a long time, so the carriage stopped in front of the palace of Shouwang, and she let the fourth prince first. Going in, she turned her head and ran to Duke Wei's mansion. After entering the door, she learned that her good cousin and grandmother were not at home.
"Cousin, let's go, let's go shopping at the Shouwang Mansion, I've wanted to go and see it for a long time." Yun Fang took Princess Duanhui's hand and couldn't wait to go out.
Princess Duanhui pouted and asked her disappointedly, "When will grandma and the others come back?"
Yun Fang shook her head: "Grandmother didn't say it, it's probably going to be a while later."
Princess Duanhui was thinking about staying at the Duke of Wei's mansion for one night and walked out of the gate of the Duke of Wei's mansion, when she suddenly noticed Song Jianing next to Yun Fang. Princess Duanhui became more and more unhappy, frowning and staring at Song Jianing: "What are you doing here?"
"Of course I'm going to the palace as a guest, can you handle it?" Guo Shu pulled his sister behind him, lowered his head and smiled at Princess Duanhui.
Princess Duanhui was angry, but couldn't find anything to refute.
Song Jianing hid behind her brother, caught a glimpse of Princess Duanhui's frantic look, and suddenly felt that the other party was not so scary anymore.
The author has something to say: Zhao Heng: Don't be afraid, this is my palace.
Jia Ning: Hmm!
Zhao Heng: Come, follow me into the house.
After a while, more humming sounds suddenly came from inside.