Although Gu Siyang and Gu Siyu arrived in the capital earlier than Gu Yuqi's mother and daughter, it was the first time they participated in such a large-scale event. Where could the two children sit in the carriage and kept looking out, not afraid of the cold outside? of. Gu Huaizhong was riding on a horse and looking at the smiling faces of his children. I was also happy in my heart, but it was a pity that Mrs. Liu could not come, otherwise the family would be happy.
The beauty in his heart, Gu Yuqi and Liang's side are much quieter.
"What's wrong with Ah Nan?" Liang felt that Gu Yuqi's hands were a little cold, so she put her heater into her daughter's arms.
"Mother." Gu Yuqi simply threw herself into Liang Shi's arms, wrapping her arms around her slender waist, "Mother, have you ever thought about what we will do in the future?" She raised her small face and looked at Liang Shi and asked. The catties are carried in winter.
"In the future?" Mrs. Liang pulled Gu Yuqi into her arms, covered her daughter's petite body with her crane cloak, with a serene smile on her face, "Mother in the future will expect you to marry a good husband." Son-in-law, live peacefully and beautifully, and when you have another child in the future, mother will take care of it for you, and mother will not think about anything else." A trace of sadness flashed across her beautiful eyes.
"Then what if I don't want to marry in the future and just want to be with my mother?" Gu Yuqi asked tentatively. "I do not want to leave you."
Mrs. Liang chuckled. He raised his fingertips and scratched the tip of Gu Yuqi's nose, and said dotingly, "You are still young, so naturally you don't want to leave your mother. When you grow up, you won't think so anymore when you see a handsome young man. You want to marry someone. Don't worry, mother will definitely choose a handsome and reliable one for you." Of course, you must have a good family background, otherwise your daughter will suffer if she marries. It's just that Liang didn't say the second half of the sentence.
"Didn't mother think that father was also handsome and reliable?" Gu Yuqi asked again tentatively.
Liang's smile froze for a moment, her beautiful eyes were covered with a haze, "Yes," she sighed, and subconsciously looked out of the carriage, through the green screen window of the carriage, she could vaguely see The silhouette of the man on the tall horse was almost perfect, but it couldn't match the figure of the handsome young man she first met in Jiangnan. "But mother won't let Ah Nan go back to mother's old ways." Liang sighed silently from the bottom of her heart, then forced a smile.
"Mother, how can I guarantee that the person chosen for my daughter is really reliable?" Gu Yuqi asked again, "Just like mother, she is obviously unwilling, but she always holds back. If I marry someone in the future Man, bully me, bully me, do I have to endure it? Why? If I meet a heartless man in the future, I will definitely stay away from him. He will live his own life, and I will live my happy life , rather than enduring it all day, it's better to solve it at once."
"You child, where did you get such a strange idea." Liang's eyelids twitched, "But what miscellaneous books did you read that shouldn't be read?" Her voice became a little harsh. Chen Hanlin was a Confucianist at the time, so he wouldn't instill strange things into Gu Yuqi, this girl has an unforgettable memory. With extraordinary talent, could it be that he went to Gu Huaizhong's study and read some unethical books to have such rebellious thoughts
"Mother. I'm serious." Gu Yuqi had wanted to say these words for a long time. These days, she practiced martial arts from morning to night and studied Kyushu annals, so that she could take Liang Shi out of Hou's mansion in the future. "Mother, look, if we can support ourselves in the future, why do we have to be trapped in a marquis' mansion? The outside world is so big. We can travel around the world. Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. Mother, if our daughter grows up I want to take you through the mountains and rivers of Kyushu, watch the sunset over the long river, enjoy the wind and clear clouds, would you like to?"
Liang was so startled by Gu Yuqi's words that he didn't know how to explain it. Traveling all over the mountains and rivers of Kyushu, watching the sunset over the long river, enjoying the wind and clear clouds, what a magnificent picture it was. Just thinking about it already makes people fascinated. This sentence actually came from a girl who was only ten years old. Liang looked into Gu Yuqi's eyes in surprise. The girl's eyes were firm and far away. Through her daughter's eyes, she There is such a big heart in such a small body.
"Mother, if you don't want to, my daughter just doesn't mention it." Seeing that Liang Shi was staring at her with uncertain eyesight, Gu Yuqi sighed a long time, and snuggled into Liang Shi's arms, like a cute kitten. , "If mother really just hopes that her daughter will marry a good husband in the future, then daughter will obey mother. In short, mother will do what she wants to do if she is happy."
Hugging her daughter's small body, listening to her daughter's soft words, Liang's eyes only felt watery. Although she lost Gu Huaizhong's heart, she was such a well-behaved daughter.
Gu Yuqi didn't speak anymore, but what she said just now was deeply imprinted in Liang's heart.
She is not the kind of young lady in a family who doesn't stay out of the door. When she was young, she traveled all over the south of the Yangtze River. She knew how free and happy she was at that time.
The daughter's temperament probably originated from her. Is it really necessary to confine her in the high-walled compound of the family
Liang also began to doubt whether what she did was really the best for Gu Yuqi.
The carriage continued to drive along the official road, Gu Huaizhong couldn't hear the mother and daughter's conversation inside the carriage. At dusk, the carriage arrived at the inn that Gu Huaizhong had reserved in advance.
The entrance of the inn is already full of carriages from various prefectures. This small town with only two streets is crowded. Every year at this time, lanterns will be hung everywhere in the town, and the only people in the town The two roads shine like daylight.
After settling down the people in the mansion, Gu Huaizhong went downstairs to greet his colleagues. The lobby of the inn was so lively that it seemed to be Chinese New Year. The wives, young masters and young ladies of various prefectures don't need to be shy too much at this moment, so after the Winter Hunting Festival every year, some marriages will be promoted, which is what the ministers of the DPRK and China are willing to see. After all, those who can bring their families to participate in the Winter Hunting Festival are those who have some face in front of the emperor, and being able to form a family with children is a kind of help to each other.
When it was time for dinner, Mrs. Liang brought Gu Yuqi downstairs. Gu Siyang and Gu Siyu couldn't stand it anymore and ran down to play separately.
It was rare to be released, and Gu Huaizhong didn't want to restrain the two brothers and sisters too much, but told them not to run far away, let the servants follow, and let them go crazy.
Mrs. Liang greeted Gu Yuqi and the wives she knew one by one, and then sat down at the table.
Gu Yuqi has been following Liang Shi step by step, but she always feels that the eyes of everyone present are drifting towards her. She has tried very hard to conceal herself, and she is short of wearing a cloak that can become transparent, turning herself into an invisible person.
His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince had a fan in his hand, even though it was the middle of winter, he often held it in his hand, and the poem on the fan was said to be written by the concubine of the Hou Mansion. The Seventh Prince is such a cold person, but he can't put it down to Gu Yuqi's poems. In addition, Chen Hanlin often uses himself as a female apprentice to talk about it. It's hard for Gu Yuqi not to be famous now. Although the matter of the princess's other courtyard is over, the wives of the various prefectures still talk about it in private when they go back, which makes it even more impossible for Gu Yuqi to be an invisible person.
Words also came from the Princess' Mansion. She gave Zhang Wanyi and Gu Yuqi a Princess Mansion jade pendant respectively, allowing them to enter and leave the Princess Mansion at any time. Zhang Wanyi couldn't stay idle, and as soon as she recovered from her illness, she couldn't wait to wear the jade pendant to show off everywhere, but this Gu Yuqi didn't even leave the house for a month. In contrast, it is natural to pay more attention to Gu Yuqi.
Now she appears in the eyes of everyone along with the Liang family, with her hair in her arms, wearing a bright red skirt, a beautifully crafted gold-encased emerald long-life lock around her neck, and only a small butterfly-shaped incense stick hanging on her waist. bag, and a small rabbit pendant carved from white jade, but the jade pendant in the princess' mansion was missing.
After looking at it like this, all the ladies felt that Gu Yuqi was much more pleasing to the eye than Zhang Wanyi. After all, she doesn't show off, unlike the young lady of Zhang's mansion, who is afraid that the whole world will not know that she has the favor of the princess.
Everyone has a heart of jealousy, Gu Yuqi's low profile naturally makes Zhang Wanyi's high profile a bit annoying.
Fortunately, Zhang Wanyi was not in this inn, so Gu Yuqi looked around and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Oh, isn't this Mrs. Dingyuan Hou and the eldest lady of the mansion?" Gu Yuqi had just breathed a sigh of relief when she heard a strange laugh from the west of the lobby.
Mrs. Liang and Gu Yuqi both turned their heads and looked over. A lady stood up beside the table to the west. She was wearing an emerald green straight jacket with a white pomegranate skirt underneath. , there are two young girls and a middle-aged man sitting at her table, what a coincidence, Zhao Shilang's family, Mrs. Zhao and Zhao Zhixian and Zhao Zhiyue are all there. Isn't this Mrs. Zhao standing up
"Mrs. Zhao." Liang Huaiyu nodded slightly, she was smiling on the surface, but she was not happy in her heart. This woman dared to come to her door, but there are too many people now, and she is now the Madam of the Hou Mansion, so it is not convenient to beat her up . If she had followed her youthful mind, she would have been pressed to the ground and beaten up long ago! Still young!
Gu Yuqi also nodded in salute, but she couldn't suppress a smile in her eyes, because she felt her mother's hand holding her tightly, and knew that her mother's anger towards her hadn't dissipated.
"I haven't seen you for a month. This Miss Gu is getting better and better. It's no wonder His Highness the Seventh Prince never forgets Miss Gu." Mrs. Zhao said with a smile in a teasing tone.
Liang's face darkened, "Mrs. Zhao, don't talk nonsense. My daughter and His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince only met each other at the Princess's Courtyard, so how come they can't forget it?"
Mrs. Zhao's words were harsh, if she hadn't received them privately, how could she never forget them.
Gu Yuqi is only ten years old, if she really gets such a bad reputation, how can she pay off
Gu Yuqi secretly cursed a fool in her heart.
Maybe they haven't experienced Yun Ke's power, but Gu Yuqi is the person who knows him best in her previous life. This person is only a prince now, and he is still restraining his methods, but his heart is ruthless and cold, and he will be revenged.
It's fine for Mrs. Zhao to step on her. If she is pulled onto Yun Ke's back and passed into Yun Ke's ears, Yun Ke can clean her up without doing it herself.
"His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince holds a fan every day." Mrs. Zhao looked around, and seeing that everyone's attention was attracted, she was so pleased with herself that she couldn't help covering her mouth with a smile, "That's well known. The fan Isn’t the poem inscribed above written by Miss Gu? If His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince has no intention, why would he keep it every day?” After she finished speaking, she winked at the ladies and adults around her.
The adults and ladies present all laughed and said nothing, but they had different thoughts in their hearts, but they were all shrewd people and knew that Mrs. Zhao was deliberately trying to provoke Gu Yuqi.
Gu Yuqi's talent is famous, and she has aroused a lot of jealousy for herself. Everyone doesn't talk because they just want to watch the fun.
Mrs. Zhao naturally wanted to find some ground for herself. Last time she suffered a big loss in the Princess Mansion, she was so ashamed that she didn't dare to go out for a month, just thinking about how she could humiliate Gu Yuqi in front of the public. , God has mercy, this is what happened.
"If you just hold a fan with poems on it and you never forget me, then Mrs. Zhao also never forgets your tailor?" Gu Yuqi glanced at Mrs. Zhao lightly, and smiled lightly. "Otherwise, why do you always wear clothes made by your tailor?"
Gu Yuqi was obviously messing around, but what she said had some truth to it, so that everyone couldn't find anything wrong with her for a while, wasn't it just the reason
Holding a fan is just thinking about it, what happened to wearing clothes made by others that day.
There are already young princes who can't help clapping their hands and say the word "wonderful". The way to argue is to use their own way to treat their own bodies. After all, the other adults are figures in the court, but they just feel that Gu Yuqi It is indeed as quick thinking as Chen Hanlin said, but it is a bit unreasonable.
"You girl, what nonsense are you talking about in front of so many elders?" Mrs. Zhao's complexion changed, and she was cheated by Gu Yuqi, a little girl, and couldn't help but put her hips on her hips and cursed, "Do you know that slandering court ladies is What a guilt!"
"You also know that you are a court wife." Gu Yuqi tilted her head and blinked her eyes. "As a court wife, you should set an example for women in the world. Be upright, careful in your words, and dignified." She looked her up and down Look at Mrs. Zhao, "Is the way Madam pinches her waist different from that of a shrew in the market?" After she finished speaking, she paused, then nodded, "Well, there is still a difference! You look like a teacup with two ears."
Mrs. Zhao is more affluent, with her hands on her hips, isn't she just a teacup with two ears
The adults present suppressed their laughter, and the wives and young masters and young ladies could only lower their heads slightly, looking for something to cover themselves.
Mrs. Liang couldn't help laughing, but she wasn't so restrained, she simply burst out laughing.
That's right, she did it on purpose. She hasn't settled with this woman for what happened in the princess mansion last time, but today she is causing trouble again, so she is allowed to cause trouble, and others are not allowed to laugh
Liang Huaiyu's smile, like a spring flower blooming, bright eyes, compared to Mrs. Zhao's vulgarity, the adults present couldn't help but shook their heads secretly, someone had already pulled Zhao Shilang's sleeve, which meant to tell him to hurry up Call your wife back, and let everyone calm down.
Zhao Shilang has long been embarrassed, but the female in the family is too powerful, if he wants to tug, he has to do so. Zhao Shilang could only bow his hands to the surroundings, let out a long sigh, shook his head and sat down.
Seeing that her mother was deflated and became the laughing stock of everyone, Zhao Zhiyue couldn't sit still, she stood up abruptly, "What are you pretending to do? My sister and I saw with our own eyes that you and His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince were alone in a small courtyard." It's been a long time, and there's not even a maid around. Who knows what you said and did in it! What my mother said is wrong!"
Her yelling made everyone in the room look at Gu Yuqi, and even Mrs. Liang was slightly startled. Although her daughter is still young, it is not a big deal to stay alone with a prince in the small courtyard for a long time. good thing.
Only then did Gu Yuqi understand why those two people were so angry that they pushed themselves into the water that day. It turned out that... She looked at Zhao Zhixian and Zhao Zhiyue twice, and felt that their eyes were really covered with lard No, actually secretly admire that bastard Yun Ke.
Of course, I was blindfolded by lard in my previous life.
Seeing that Gu Yuqi was silent, Zhao Zhixian and Zhao Zhiyue couldn't help but feel complacent, they both raised their faces and said with disdain, "What kind of talented girl, she doesn't learn good things at such a young age, but she learns some bad ones. "
"Oh? It's so lively here." A clear and smiling voice sounded at the door. The door of the inn lobby was opened, and a gust of cold wind blew in. There was a group of people standing outside the door, led by The man was clean and handsome, wearing a light blue robe with sable fur trim, followed by a young man, his face was carved out of ice, his figure was as tall and straight as a bamboo, and he was wearing a black robe with dark patterns inlaid with mink fur . There are guards around them holding umbrellas for them, and in the wind and snow, they are elegant and elegant.
Everyone in the lobby hurriedly stood up and saluted, "See His Royal Highness Fifth Prince, His Royal Highness Seventh Prince."
Yun Yi stepped into the lobby, shook the snowflakes scattered on his body, and said with a smile, "You don't need to be so polite, it's convenient to come outside." After speaking, he walked to the middle of the lobby, looked at Gu Yuqi and smiled, " Just now I heard someone outside the door talking about you and the seventh brother."
The warmth in his eyes warmed Gu Yuqi's heart. She lowered her eyes and said in a low voice, "It's just a trivial matter, which disturbed His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince."
"How can you call it a disturbance, and the seventh brother will also live here tonight." After he finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Zhixian and Zhao Zhiyue, "The two ladies saw nothing bad that day, and the seventh brother was indeed alone with Miss Gu. , but it’s not as you think, it’s the emperor’s aunt who asked the seventh brother to send the jade pendant from the princess mansion to Miss Gu.”
Everyone said "Oh" and nodded to each other, that's why.
Yun Ke, who was following Yun Yi, had a sneer on his lips, and his cold gaze swept over Zhao Zhixian and Zhao Zhiyue, making them shudder.
Gu Yuqi raised her eyebrows slightly, a little surprised, how could Yun Yi and Yun Ke speak for her
Which one was sung! He had never experienced this in his previous life. In his previous life, Liang was ill at this time, so how could he bring her to the Winter Hunting Festival.
The princes have said so, there is nothing to doubt, everyone looked at Zhao's mother and daughter with contempt and disdain.
Zhao Zhiyue and Zhao Zhixian were naturally dissatisfied, "But there was no jade on her at that time! When my sister and I wanted to push her, we stepped on her cloak, and she didn't have any jade on her at all." Zhao Zhiyue Anxious, but she slipped her mouth, so anxious that Zhao Zhixian only tugged on her sleeve, and didn't realize it until she finished speaking.
If she hadn't been driven into a hurry and was so angry, how could she have said it so thoughtlessly.
"You finally admitted that you were the ones who wanted to push me into the water that day?" Gu Yuqi reacted quickly, and immediately caught the loophole in Zhao Zhiyue's mouth, and said with a half-smile.
Yun Ke also looked at the Zhao sisters coldly.
So, this woman is the victim.
Mrs. Zhao almost felt overwhelmed again, she just felt dizzy for a while, how could she raise such two stupid things!
"Disgraceful!" Zhao Shilang finally couldn't bear it anymore, and slapped the table and stood up, "You all get out of the house!" He has been an official for many years and worked hard, but he didn't want to lose such a big face today. The colleagues also have the face of the two princes. When he slapped the table, it gave Mrs. Zhao a step down, and she immediately dragged her two daughters and left the lobby as if fleeing.
Zhao Shilang almost felt ashamed like Mrs. Zhao, but he just held back. He stepped forward and bowed to Liang Huaiyu and Gu Yuqi, "The family education is not strict, but it has harmed the young lady. Please ask the lady and the young lady to be more generous. Zhao is willing to accept punishment on behalf of his wife and daughter."
Zhao Shilang said it sincerely, this bow was equivalent to knocking on the ground, which made Liang Huaiyu feel embarrassed, but she hated the mother and daughter who wanted to frame her daughter but turned black and white, so she just turned her face away.
Gu Huaizhong came over and helped Zhao Shilang up, "Forget it, it's just a rift between the younger daughters, and it hasn't caused any trouble now. Who didn't do something thoughtless when they were young?"
All the adults who are working on him are also persuading him to smooth things over.
Only then did Zhao Shilang straighten his back, waved his hands and said, "I'm ashamed too." He bid farewell to his colleagues, and went upstairs to hide in his room with his clothes up, refusing to show his face again.
Zhao Shilang's family all hid in the room, and the atmosphere in the lobby changed. All the adults gathered around Yun Yi and Yun Ke to greet each other, while Liang Shi took Gu Yuqi and sat down at the table he had reserved at his home.
"Where are Gu Siyang and Gu Siyu?" Seeing that there were only their mother and daughter at the table, and Gu Huaizhong was also surrounded by Yun Yi, she couldn't help asking in surprise, "Didn't your father say that he would take care of them? ?”
Now that Gu Huaizhong is beside Yun Yi, he can't ask. Liang Shi asked Chun Xing to find the two brothers and sisters, but Chun Xing searched the inn all over and found no one, so she had to come back and complain, Liang Shi was in a hurry, "What can your father do?" she said angrily, "I said I wanted to watch the two of them, but he said he was coming, but now where are they being watched?" Although she didn't like the two brothers and sisters, they were still a family after all, and she was anxious to get angry if she lost her.
"Mother, don't worry, my daughter will go out and look for it right away." Gu Yuqi said to Liang Shi.
"I'll go." Liang Shi wanted to stand up, but Gu Yuqi grabbed her sleeve and said, "Daughter just go." She didn't have the nerve to say that she was familiar with this town, but Liang Shi came here for the first time.
She passed by here many, many, many times in her previous life.
"It's windy outside, let Chun Xing go." Shaking her head, Liang said, this time she only brought Chun Xing, a maid.
"Then my daughter and Chun Xing will go together." After Gu Yuqi finished speaking, she got up, pulled Chun Xing out from behind the inn.
Yun Ke looked coldly at Yun Yi, who was surrounded by everyone, and hid himself aside. He caught a glimpse of Gu Yuqi slipping out from the side door of the lobby with a maid. He looked around and saw that everyone was focusing on Yun Yi. On the wing, he also got up and walked over.