"Young Master Ning needn't feel ashamed."
On the contrary, Yufu comforted him softly and relieved his frustration, "You save the generals and them for a different reason than mine. I am for the love of flesh and blood, and you are for Dongling’s Jiangshan Sheji. This is what you should have as a royal son. Thoughts are not shameful."
Ning Xuan's complexion looked better, and he let out a sigh of relief.
Yufu said again: "You are worried that after I took the generals and them, there is a God of War on the border and a loyal minister in the court. Dongling will go from bad to worse, right? But have you ever thought that the generals will continue to stay? In Dongling, it is hard to escape death. Even if there is no Yin Shuo, Emperor Ning will not be able to tolerate Guhou Mansion sooner or later."
Ning Xuan thought for a moment, "Of course I know, but there is one more thing I worry about."
Yufu said, "You are worried that I will bring the generals to Beili. Dongling will lose the seven generals of the Gu family, father and son, so that I will benefit Beili. In the future, if Beili will attack Dongling with them, Dongling will It's dangerous, isn't it?"
Ning Xuan suddenly became ashamed, and Yufu said these words openly. He knew that he was treating a gentleman like a villain, and he hurriedly bowed to apologize.
Yufu lifted him up, "You don't have to ask for your sins. As a child of the Dongling royal family, you have your position, I understand. But you not only despise me Bei Li, but also the general. I Bei Li The fighting power of the army may not be lost to the Gu Jiajun, and the general he..."
"What about him?"
Yufu sighed, "Even if I bring him to Bei Li, do you think he will attack Dongling for Bei Li with his loyalty? This is impossible. In fact, what I am worried about now is that the general is not at all. Will agree to leave Dongling with me."
Ning Xuan realized that he was thinking too much. Yufu was right. His worries were unnecessary. "The princess must persuade Lord Hou. In any case, the most important thing is to take care of the useful body. If there is any use, If it's my place, the princess just speak up."
After sending Ning Xuan away, Yu helped a person to walk into the garden. The music in the garden was not exhausted, and everyone was still chatting and enjoying themselves in the pavilion.
She walked slowly on the path between the bamboo forests, and had to think about the topic that she had just discussed with Ning Xuan.
From her return home yesterday to today, everyone talked about a lot of things, almost all of the things that happened in the past period of time were mentioned, but tacitly did not mention the next plan.
Yufu didn't dare to mention it.
What she was worried about was never Ning Chengzhi's refusal to let go, but Gu Huaijiang's mind, just like they had planned to join forces with Mo Huangsha to resist but were stopped halfway by Gu Huaijiang—
He is the patriarch of this family, and no one wants to violate his meaning.
Yu Furuo rashly offered to take them away from Dongling to Beili. Once Gu Huaijiang refused, this matter would be difficult to handle.
The more she thought about it, the heavier her footsteps became, and she didn't even put her mind on her feet. Suddenly, she was unstable and planted towards the side of the road. She was about to fall on the gravel road, and she was suddenly supported from behind.
She got up and turned her head to see that it was Gu Shubai.
"Why are you so inattentive when you walk, what do you think?"
Yufu saw that he couldn't hide his emotions, and said in a low voice: "Big brother, why are you here?"
Gu Shubai said, "It's been a long time since Master Chen came back and you haven't come back yet. I can't help but come out to welcome you. It just happened to see you walking here unconsciously. Fortunately, I'm here, otherwise what should you do if you fall on a rock?"
Yufu said sadly: "It's probably because I grew up in Guhou Mansion. I feel that I am familiar with all the plants and trees here. So let me relax my consciousness. In fact, the more familiar there are, the less sure you are."
Gu Shubai heard that her tone was wrong, and felt that there was something in the words, "What happened? But what annoying things did Ning Xuan say to you?"
"No, it's not him."
Yufu suddenly raised his face and looked at him deeply, "Big Brother, if I want you to go to Beili with me, would you like it?"
Gu Shubai was startled, and couldn't help but smile and said, "You were so depressed just now. Are you thinking about this?"
"Um."
Gu Shubai turned her body to herself and looked at her sternly, without a moment of hesitation.
He whispered: "I'll be where you are, no need to ask more."
Yu Fu slightly breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly said: "But I am worried about the generals. Will the generals agree to return to Beili with me? Dongling really can't wait. I'm worried that the generals will stop us like last time. Refusing to leave as if resisting..."
Gu Shubai thought for a moment and said: "I think there is nothing wrong with my second brother. As for my father... My father thinks differently from ours, he has his persistence. I will try my best to persuade my father with you and explain to him that he has a strong relationship. My father loves him so much. You, I don't think he will insist on rejecting it."
Yufu recalled that in the past many years, Gu Huaijiang and others obeyed her request and never opposed it.
The only time it was about Gu Huaijiang forbidding them to raise troops.
She thought for a while and said: "Ning Xuan's words reminded me that I am representing Bei Li after all. Even Ning Xuan, a person who is willing to pay for saving everyone's life, has doubts and fears about me taking everyone away. It’s even more so when I want to come to Ning Chengzhi, and the same is true for both loyalists and traitors in the Dongling Dynasty. The general he...he is also Dongling’s courtier."
She suddenly made up her mind, "This matter can't be delayed. Even if the general refuses, I must figure out how to deal with it as soon as possible, and we can't let everyone take risks."
"I go with you."
Gu Shubai followed Yu to the garden and asked about Gu Huaijiang's meaning. To everyone's surprise, Gu Huaijiang agreed with one bite.
"If your majesty is willing to let people go, this would be great."
Both Yufu and Gu Shubai were taken aback. They didn't expect Gu Huaijiang to be so decisive this time, and he didn't even hesitate.
About the misty Dongling Chaotang really broke his heart and made him understand that Ning Chengzhi was not the first emperor after all, and it also made him lose the reason to stay.
Yufu was very happy, "As long as the general agrees, I will persuade Emperor Ning. Now the Dongling Manchu is afraid of the prestige of Beili, I think he will agree to any conditions."
Gu Jiuge and others were also very happy when they heard that, "If you continue to stay in Dongling, even if you save your life, you will no longer have the blood of protecting your family and the country. It's better to go to Beili with Yufu, and you can see the past. Unseen mountains and rivers."
Gu Wenqing was also very willing, "Then I will let Yuguan go with us, and open the Yushan Restaurant in Beili to develop more novel dishes."
Gu Xiang and Gu Yi are already busy fighting to Yufu. It sounds like, "Can we still lead soldiers in Beili? In the past, only the elder brothers went on the battle with our father. Now that we are getting older, we should go to the battlefield to practice hands. That's it!"
As soon as he said this, Gu Huaijiang's expression changed slightly, and the smiles on everyone's faces gradually stagnated.
Gu Xiang stabbed Gu Yi with his elbow, and the latter quickly made up, "I didn't mean that, I mean to experience and practice in the army, not necessarily fighting, and not necessarily helping Bei Li fight Dongling. …"
Chen Jingxing opened his eyes suddenly, and even Ji Chengfa, who had been laughing, realized that something was wrong, put down the snack in his hand and looked at Gu Huaijiang.
Gu Huaijiang's expression moved slightly, turning into a faint smile, "Although you two are from the Guhou Mansion, you have never had the opportunity to experience in the military. If you have the opportunity in the future, whether in Dongling or Beili, you should naturally experience it. ."
He didn't take it to heart.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and then laughed again to discuss Bei Li's customs, politics, and military affairs.
Beili's folk customs are relatively open, marriage and marriage are relatively free, couples can reconcile if their relationship breaks down, and women enjoy more respect and power.
This kind of power is not in Dongling’s superiority of men to women, nor is it the superiority of women to men, but the equality of men and women.
In the prosperous state of the great power, the people live and work in peace and contentment without closing their houses at night, and there is trust between people.
Gu Wenqing sighed that this was the paradise mentioned in the book, and Yufu and the others were very happy to hear it.
Yufu has left Beili since she was born and has been raising in Immortal Valley. She has also heard about many things about Beili, but she doesn't know all about it, so Chen Jingxing added.
Moreover, Ji Chengfa gags from time to time, and everyone is increasingly yearning for Bei Li in their mouths, drawing a blueprint for the future.
Amidst the laughter, Gu Huaijiang's smiling face, the light in his eyes gradually faded...
In the evening, everyone gathered in the room for dinner, and they went back to the room early. Gu Jiuge and Gu Wenqing went to the clerk of the mansion to take care of the accounts and prepare to leave.
Gu Hou's family has a big business, fields, shops, land deeds, gold and silver utensils, etc. must be settled one by one. After the family leaves, the people in the house must make arrangements properly.
The rest returned to their residence to pack their luggage, ready to leave Dongling to go to Beili.
"Gu Xiang, Xiao Yufu said that she is the prince of Bei Li, but won't she be the king this time? Let her also make us a general at that time, she must not be worse than the second and third brothers and their fourth-rank generals. Too much, right?"
While packing up his beloved things, Gu Yi joked with Gu Xiang, who picked up a green tangerine and threw it on his head.
"What nonsense, did the general just seal it?"
Gu Xiang packed up his belongings without turning his head back, "Xiao Yufu came to Dongling specially to save us. Bei Li's courtiers are afraid they all know our relationship. If we rely on her nepotism to seal Guan Jinjue, what does that mean?"
Gu Yi turned around and said: "That said, we can't get an official to play, and that's right. Then let's go to Beili's barracks to experience and practice, and then we will be able to be appointed as a knight. But father and eldest brother are rare. The generals, if they are sealed off, wouldn't it be considered nepotism?"
Gu Xiang nodded and frowned: "But my father once said that even if your majesty treats Guhou's mansion, he will be loyal to the first emperor even if he is only for the first emperor. You said that my father would be willing to accept Beili's official position and become Beili's. General?"
"Father didn't know how to help Xiaoyu help him!"
Gu Yi was very confident, "Look at my father today, Xiaoyufu only finished speaking, he agreed without thinking. Since he agreed to go to Beili, he must have expected a day to be loyal to Beili. After all— "
"To be loyal to Bei Li is not to be loyal to Xiaoyu?"
Thinking that they would soon become a ruler and minister between them, Gu Yi was a little melancholy, and soon adjusted his mentality, "I will remember to change my tongue in the future, and I can't call her Xiaoyufu again."
Gu Xiang didn't know what he was thinking, so he didn't react in a daze, "Do you mean to call it Dasao?"
Gu Yi gave him a white look, Gu Xiang's lips moved, and in an instant countless names flashed through his mind, Yufu, sister-in-law, eldest princess, your highness...
He was also confused as to what to call.
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The night breeze is slightly cool, and Guhou Mansion tonight is full of joy.
Just like the red lights and red silk on the whole street outside the gate of the mansion, it exudes a festive light in the night. Many nearby people who enjoy the coolness have moved to Maza and sit at the door, looking at the place of Guhou Mansion while fanning the wind.
It's been a long time since I saw such a Guhou mansion. When the whole family was sent to prison, the people thought that a generation of famous generals would die unjustly.
The Guhou Mansion was full of Xuanhe, and it would fall into ruins.
"Grandpa, the red light over there is so beautiful."
The young boy with a horn on his head smiled and pointed to Guhou Mansion. The old man squinted his eyes and took the child into his arms. "Come on, grandpa tells you the story of Master Gu Hou defending his family and defending the country... "
"Master Hou, the wind is so cool tonight."
Under the porch of the upper room of the Guhou Mansion, Gu Huaijiang sat on a recliner to enjoy the cool, and Qi An brought a cup of hot tea from the room.
He smiled and put the tea on the short table beside Gu Huaijiang, and couldn't help saying: "People are happy, even the weather is particularly pleasant. The minion heard that the fifth son and the sixth son are packing up things so lively, you can see everyone. The son is very happy."
Gu Huaijiang raised his head and looked at him, only to see that Qi An's face was wrinkled with a smile, but his always rickety back straightened a lot.
He is an old housekeeper who has been loyal to Guhou Mansion for a lifetime. His life has long been integrated with the rise and fall of Guhou Mansion, and Gu Huaijiang has always been close to him.
He rarely made a joke and pointed to Qi An and said: "People are refreshed on happy occasions. I think you are ten years younger. But Qi Zhou is busy these days, and he is too choked by Young Master Ji, right?"
Qi An couldn't help but smirk when he heard the first half of his sentence, and when he heard the second half of the sentence, he waved his hand hurriedly: "Master Hou doesn't need to worry about him, he is busy and happy too! Little Young Master Ji can really toss, buy things for a while and buy music for a while. I will set up a stage and sing for a while and watch the play style. Thanks to his tossing, our Guhou Mansion is more lively than it used to be when it was prosperous..."
When he said this, he covered his mouth unconsciously, fearing that what he said would upset Gu Huaijiang.
At the moment Guhou Mansion seems to be prosperous and lively, but in fact this prosperity was brought about by Yufu. The charges of Gu Huaijiang and his sons have not yet been cleared, and they will not be able to return to the original prosperity.
Gu Huaijiang was thinking about something, and Qi An hurriedly said, "Don't be sad, Lord Hou, it's all over. Aren't you and the sons going to Beili soon? The lady has always been filial to Master Hou, and she won't treat him badly when she comes to Beili. For Lord Hou and the sons, the official career of the sons will be smoother than in Dongling."
"I don't worry about this. My children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren. Even if Yufu is not the Prince of Beili, Shubai will naturally earn a full-time job if they have the ability. If they don't have the ability, they don't need to force it."
Gu Huaijiang said slowly, and Qi An said, "Forgive the old slaves for talking too much, does Hou Ye want to go to Beili? The old slaves have followed Hou Ye for decades, knowing your friendship for the country and the people, and even more about your friendship for the first emperor. Today in the garden, the young lady offered to take everyone to Beili. Why did Lord Hou agree?"
He thought that Gu Huaijiang would refuse, and worried that he would refuse, but Gu Huaijiang agreed in one fell swoop, and he felt weird again.
This is not like what he has done with Master Hou, who has been with him for decades.
Gu Huaijiang chuckled, "You know me, and I don't hide it from you. If it's for myself, I would rather die under the knife of the execution ground and sprinkle every drop of blood in the hot soil of Dongling. But how can I bear to let The children die with me?"
Qi An nodded thoughtfully, "It turns out that Lord Hou is for the sons. Yes, they are still young and have a bright future. If Ying died young... it is a pity."
Gu Huaijiang glanced towards the interior room, and Gu Hanmo's arm was to protect him from injury. Although Yuehu's treatment had no worries about his life, it would still be a problem whether that hand could be restored in the future.
He said solemnly, "Not only for them, but also for Yufu."
"For Miss?"
Gu Huaijiang nodded, "Do you think Bei Li is really a paradise? You think that Yufu moved to Xikun and Dongling to save our family. Is it really so easy to look so beautiful?"
Qi An was stunned. He really only saw how Yufu dismissed the courtiers of Dongling, how the scenery was boundlessly loved by the people and supported by the subjects, but he never thought about her difficulties.
Gu Huaijiang is a man who has been immersed in the court for decades. He never fights for power, which does not mean that he does not understand the rules of the court.
He said slowly: "Even though she is the prince of Beili, she has never returned to Beili in more than ten years. Beili's previous wars killed both the monarch and the queen, which shows how thrilling the war was. It's just a word, and didn't even mention who was in charge of her in the Bei Li Dynasty when she was not in Bei Li? Can she hold the power in her own hands when she returns to China this time?"
"Her future path is not as easy as outsiders imagine. Even if I don't want to go to Beili, I will let Shubai and the others accompany Yufu to help her take the next path."
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Sorry, the second update came late, something very sudden happened last night.
There are a few cute ones who know that Yi Ren’s boyfriend is an officer in the field troops. We have not seen each other for half a year.
Yesterday was my lunar birthday. In the middle of the night, he suddenly ran to my city to help me celebrate my birthday. He also bought me a diamond ring to marry me, haha. Because he can only ask for two days off, so I’m going to ask everyone for a leave, maybe tomorrow will be updated later or even less, I hope everyone understands~
Love you~