Three fast horses broke through the quiet night of Huguo Temple, and the clear and messy sound of hooves beat the hearts of these three people.
Gu Huaizhong and Liang Shi each rode a horse, while Gu Yuqi was chasing after them.
"Anan, you have an injury on your foot, go back first." Liang Huaiyu looked back at Gu Yuqi who was riding on the horse worriedly, and said. "I'll come to you when my mother settles everything."
"No." Gu Yuqi shook her head. "I'm with my mother."
Looking at the firmness in her eyes, Liang Huaiyu knew that he couldn't hold back his daughter.
Gu Yuqi has always been like this, it's something she decides. Generally it cannot be shaken. never mind. Since my daughter is worried, let her follow, at least nothing will happen to her if she is watching.
Liang Huaiyu deliberately slowed down the speed of the horse so that Gu Yuqi would not have to work so hard.
Seeing that Liang Huaiyu slowed down on his own initiative, Gu Huaizhong didn't think that it was because of Gu Yuqi, but thought that she was deliberately delaying time because she had already regretted it in her heart. This caused a glimmer of hope and a touch of joy to rise in his heart.
Liang Huaiyu was really reluctant.
He just said, since Liang Huaiyu was able to come to the capital all the way from the south of the Yangtze River, and was awarded the first-rank imperial order, how could it be so easy to just give up? If she was willing to soften her temper and beg him, he didn't want to pat Jing Zhaoyin's door in the middle of the night and make such a big joke. The affairs of my Hou's mansion are solved by myself behind closed doors, so it's Jing Zhaoyin's turn to intervene. If this matter gets out, not only will it be unjustifiable for his face, but what can Liang Huaiyu do
There are so many royal relatives and nobles in the capital, and they would laugh and laugh when they meet each other on weekdays. I don't know what Du'an is thinking behind the scenes. If someone spreads a joke, it will be used as a talking point for a long time. If Liang Huaiyu insists on doing this, she will lose more people than herself.
Even Gu Yuqi didn't know what face she would have in the circle of noble girls in the capital in the future. She has reached the age to discuss marriage, let's see what kind of marriage she can negotiate, in the end, don't take care of the identity of the concubine of the Hou Mansion, marry a businessman's wife, or become someone else's concubine, it's gone The Hou Mansion backed her up, so what was she
He was already full of anger, thinking of the temple, and tied Gu Yuqi to plead with His Royal Highness King An. Maybe His Royal Highness An would let it go as soon as his heart softened. After all, there is a Dingyuan Hou Mansion behind Gu Yuqi Woolen cloth. But I didn't expect that he had just opened his mouth to teach his daughter a lesson. Then Mrs. Liang immediately jumped out to defend it. He really didn't have the slightest face as the head of the family when he was a Marquis.
Before he came, he also sent someone to send a letter to His Highness the Crown Prince. If His Highness King An insisted on punishing Gu Yuqi for some crime. Just let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince act as a peacemaker. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a lot of thoughts about Gu Yuqi. He thinks that if the Crown Prince can intercede for Gu Yuqi this time, maybe Gu Yuqi can take the opportunity to marry into the Prince's Mansion. Even if you can't be a prince and side concubine, it's good to be a good brother.
According to his daughter's appearance, he and the prince never forget her. In addition, I put down my old face and begged the emperor to give Gu Yuqi the title of side concubine in a year or two. This is a good way. As long as Gu Yuqi strives for success, after the crown prince ascends the throne, he will be a concubine for sure. At that time, he will not only be Marquis Dingyuan, but also His Majesty's old father-in-law. Who can underestimate him as an upstart.
If Gu Yuqi becomes a concubine, Gu Siyang and Gu Siyu will have a good way out in the future. Isn't the so-called aristocratic family so intertwined? The difference between his Dingyuanhou Mansion and the aristocratic family is that the family has been in business for a hundred years, while he has just started. He can climb from a small soldier to the position of Marquis Dingyuan step by step, is he afraid that he will not be able to carry forward Marquis Dingyuan in the future
So when he saw Liang Huaiyu slowing down, he also slowed down.
He just wanted to wait for Liang Huaiyu to ask him.
Who knew that Liang Huaiyu would take Gu Yuqi all the way back to Beijing without even looking at him. When the three reined in their horses in front of Ding'an Gate in the capital, Gu Huaizhong felt a little flustered.
"Who is outside the gate?" asked the sergeant guarding the gate.
"Jiangnan Liang Huaiyu wants to go to Beijing for business." Liang Huaiyu said loudly on the horse.
It's bad, she didn't even report the name of Dingyuanhou's Mansion, Gu Huaizhong looked at Liang Huaiyu in a little panic, and couldn't help but whispered, "It's late at night, the city gates are closed, if there is no Jingzhao Yin With the pass order of Wucheng Bingmasi, this door will not be opened."
"Really?" Liang Huaiyu glanced at Gu Huaizhong contemptuously, "What if there is a jade pendant from the Princess' Palace?"
After finishing speaking, she took out the jade pendant presented to Gu Yuqi by Princess Pinghu, and said to the sergeant at the city gate, "I have the jade pendant of the eldest princess's mansion here, as long as it is within the range of the eldest princess's fief, you can pass without hindrance." He raised his hand to reveal the jade pendant.
After Gu Yuqi got the jade pendant that day, she thought that she would not use it anyway, so she gave it to Liang Shi for safekeeping. In fact, she felt that she was a bit sloppy, and it would be very bad if she accidentally lost the jade pendant somewhere. This jade pendant from the eldest princess's mansion is quite useful, and if it is picked up by someone with bad intentions, it will inevitably cause trouble If something happens, it would be best if Liang Huaiyu takes care of it.
Gu Yuqi didn't expect that Liang Huaiyu would use the jade pendant here, and she instantly put on an embarrassing face...
Hearing this, the sergeant who guarded the city thought, "Be good, here comes another big man with status, who can actually hold the jade pendant of the eldest princess's mansion. This is really about to open the door. It's not good to be an errand in the capital. A brick If it falls and hits ten people, nine of them may be officials. He is just a guard at the city gate, and he can't afford to offend any of them. He hastily ran out from the small gate, bowed to Liang Huaiyu, and took the jade pendant to have a closer look with the torches and lanterns in the tower.
He returned the jade pendant to Liang Huaiyu, immediately opened the city gate and let the three of them in.
It was already late at night when we rushed back to the capital from the Huguo Temple. The usually bustling streets were empty now, only the rhythmic sound of night watch coming from a distance, making the night sky of the capital seem more quiet and far-reaching. The horseshoes of the three horses stepped on the stone pavement of the street, and it spread far and wide.
Liang Huaiyu actually brought Gu Yuqi and Gu Huaizhong to the Yamen gate of Jingzhao Yin Mansion.
There was no one in front of the yamen, only two lanterns hanging from the eaves of the yamen swayed gently in the air with the wind, illuminating the four characters Jingzhao Yinfu also flickering.
Liang slammed his horse down to the ground, went forward and took the drum hammer from the big drum at the gate of the government office.
Just as she was about to play the drum, her arm was pulled by Gu Huaizhong.
Liang Huaiyu raised his eyes, facing Gu Huaizhong's angry face, "You ignorant woman! Do you know what will happen if this drum is really beaten?" Keeping his own voice, he didn't let himself shout out to the people in the government office, his eyes were so wide that they were about to pop out of their sockets. "Don't be crazy!" he growled under his breath.
"Since you say that I am an ignorant woman, how do I know what the consequences will be if this drumbeat continues?" Liang Huaiyu was about to be blown up by Gu Huaizhong. She was really scared at the beginning, how could she fall in love with such a man! She couldn't help but sarcastically said, "Don't you know the consequences after the beating? You say I'm crazy? Well, I'll show you how crazy I am today!"
Gu Huaizhong felt that his eyes were filled with black smoke from anger, his temples swelled up and down, and his originally handsome face became a little ferocious.
"You're going crazy, die away!" Gu Huaizhong raised his hand to snatch the drum hammer from Liang Huaiyu's hand, he was so angry that he couldn't choose what to say.
"Ha, as long as we get divorced, it doesn't matter where I die!" Seeing Gu Huaizhong so angry, Liang Huaiyu felt a little funny, and the corners of her lips curled up.
Originally, she had thought a lot on the way, once this decision was made, what would it bring to Gu Yuqi? She went through them all in her mind. In fact, she was also afraid, if she was called a jealous woman, how would Gu Yuqi's future go
But every time she turned her eyes and saw Gu Yuqi's quiet face, she felt that maybe her daughter was right, life was not the only way to get married. She will always remember that her daughter told her when she was ten years old that she wanted to accompany her to watch the sunset over the long river, the clouds rolling and the clouds relaxing. What kind of heart is this
If such a daughter is really tied up by Gu Huaizhong to make amends to Yun Ke, what will happen? If the matter breaks out and the daughter is trapped in this small capital, then there will be no future for her. The system discusses double rubbish.
Comparing the two, it's better to leave here with my daughter and fly far away!
The world is so big, where can we not find a shelter
Thinking of this, Liang Huaiyu stretched his arms and landed on the big drum with a hammer, bang... The drum surface vibrated, and there was a low and bright red drum sound. The night was quiet, and the drum sound was even more impressive. Deafening.
Gu Huaizhong's heart was instantly shattered by this drumbeat, and fell to the ground.
It's over, he said a few times in his heart.
His gaze towards Liang Huaiyu was no longer anger, but resentment! His Dingyuanhou Mansion's face was completely shattered by this drum beat tonight!
"Do you know that the fate between you and my husband and wife ends at the drumbeat just now!" He grabbed Liang Huaiyu, stared at her with hatred in his eyes, and said in a hateful voice.
"Didn't the fate between you and my husband and wife end when you took Liu Yue in without telling my whole family?" Liang Huaiyu looked at Gu Huaizhong without fear. "My father treats you like his own son, what about you? His old man died at the border. It's fine if you don't help his soul to return to his hometown. You even kept a concubine and had a child without telling him, and you kept it from me for ten years! You Do you know how cold my heart is? Who are you worthy of? Are you worthy of me or my father? You are even more unworthy of the Marquis above you!"
Without even thinking about it, Gu Huaizhong raised his hand and gave Liang Huaiyu a slap. Liang Huaiyu didn't dodge or dodge, but took the slap alive. The wind of the slap made a whistling sound, and there was a crisp and heavy blow. On Liang Huaiyu's cheek, Liang Huaiyu's face was immediately tilted to the side. Liang Huaiyu only felt a trace of rusty smell from the corner of his lips, and his face was already swollen.
Gu Huaizhong was also obviously stunned. He stared blankly at his own numb palm, regretful in his heart. No matter how angry he was, he never touched Liang Shi. The matter had turned into a deadlock, and he couldn't even untangle it. He took a step back dejectedly, brought Liang's hand to grab him, and sighed, "Forget it, you can do whatever you want."
Gu Yuqi was startled, she limped forward a few steps, trying to separate her mother from Gu Huaizhong, but Liang Huaiyu stopped her with a look.
Gu Yuqi stopped her movements, stepped back silently, looked at her mother's red and swollen face distressedly, moved her lips, but still didn't say anything. After all, it's something the mother has to face, and it's better for her to handle it by herself. She just guarded against Gu Huaizhong's attack on her mother again.
The bottom of her heart was completely desperate for Gu Huaizhong, how could he make such a move! Gu Yuqi stared at Gu Huaizhong with cold eyes. She wrote down today's chapter, and she will definitely ask for it back in the future.
This time of rebirth, her greatest wish is to lead her mother to live a good life and protect her from being bullied. It doesn't matter how Gu Huaizhong hit her, but if he touches her mother, it won't work!
"I received your palm today, and the relationship between our husband and wife is severed." Liang Huaiyu smiled strangely, and ignored Gu Huaizhong, but quickly hit the big drum with the drum hammer in his hand. The drumbeats were urgent and dense, like a series of reminders.
"Who! You don't sleep in the middle of the night, what are you knocking on!" The yamen servant's roar sounded from the door, and someone opened a crack through the door of the mansion yamen, and a sleepy official came out halfway through the crack. body, with a face of reluctance.
"Open the door, wake up your master!" Liang Huaiyu threw away the drum hammer in his hand, and directly took out the jade pendant from the eldest princess's mansion and put it under the official servant's nose.
"What! Get up as soon as you tell our master to get up. You are..." He dared to understand what Liang Huaiyu was holding in his hand as soon as he was halfway cursing, and he woke up instantly!
The area around the capital city is all the fiefdom of the eldest princess, and this Jingzhaoyin is in charge of the one-acre three-point land of the eldest princess. To put it bluntly, he not only works for the emperor, but also works for the eldest princess!
Who doesn't know this jade pendant in Jingzhao Yin's house? The emperor is hard to see, but the eldest princess is often seen. If the eldest princess is offended, it will be too much to walk around!
"Madam, please come in, I'm going to invite the master right now." The yamen servant immediately changed his smile, nodded and bowed and opened the door to let Liang Huaiyu, Gu Huaizhong, and Gu Yuqi in. On the other hand, he ran to the back hall in a hurry, tripped over the threshold in panic, and almost fell into the mud.
Not long after, Jing Zhaoyin came out of the inner hall while trotting and arranging his clothes. As soon as he entered the lobby, he immediately saluted Liang Huaiyu, "I don't know what the lady's name is. Can you show the jade pendant to the lower officials."
Liang Huaiyu handed over the jade pendant politely, "My lord only needs to call me Jiangnan Liang."
Jiangnan Liang's? Jing Zhaoyin was dragged out of the bed, his mind was still a little numb, and he couldn't remember who this Jiangnan Liang family was. He took the jade pendant, looked at it carefully under the lamp, and then respectfully returned the jade pendant to Liang Huaiyu, "It is indeed a token of the eldest princess's mansion. I don't know why my wife beat the drums late at night." Glancing at Liang Huaiyu, my heart couldn't help being shocked, what a beauty, starry eyes like ink, pink face and jade cheeks, slim figure, she looks only in her twenties, but why is this half of her face slightly swollen? The thing? And the faint bloodstain on the corner of her mouth, not only did not reduce her beauty, but added a bit of her weakness. Who is so short-eyed and so beautiful? Jing Zhaoyin immediately felt pity for the fragrance and the jade.
Gu Huaizhong on the side saw Jing Zhaoyin staring at Liang Huaiyu uncontrollably, he was not happy in his heart, and now he became even angrier. He coughed twice, attracting Jing Zhaoyin's attention.
"This one..." Jing Zhaoyin looked at it carefully, and felt familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while.
"Marquis Dingyuan, Gu Huaizhong, I have met your lord!" Gu Huaizhong cupped his hands angrily.
"This official has met Ding Yuanhou, this official deserves to die." Jing Zhaoyin only now remembered who the glaring man in front of him was, and said hurriedly.
Only then did he realize, isn't Mrs. Dingyuan Hou from the Jiangnan Liang family? Could this delicate-looking beauty be Mrs. Dingyuan Hou? Tsk tsk, such a great beauty, Ding Yuanhou, also made a move to fight!
He secretly slapped himself on the forehead, is this the rhythm of the husband and wife fighting in his house for two nights? He looked at Gu Yuqi who was standing on the side again, and he was shocked again. He had also heard about the deeds of the daughter of the Dingyuan Hou's family. The girl must be Gu Yuqi, the prostitute daughter of Dingyuan Houfu. Seeing is better than hearing a hundred times. She is more... even more... This Jing Zhaoyin is also a scholar, full of poems, but at this moment, I can't find any suitable adjectives to describe Gu Yuqi. In terms of appearance, only four big characters came to mind, "Overwhelm the country and overwhelm the city"! !
He has been Jing Zhaoyin for ten years, and he has never encountered a husband and wife fighting in the middle of the night and hitting Jing Zhaoyin's mansion... Really... Jing Zhaoyin couldn't help scratching his head, one is Lord Hou, and the other is Mrs. Yipin Gaoming. The two of them fought behind closed doors, what happened when they went to the government office? He, a little Jing Zhaoyin, is just a fifth-rank official, and he can't afford to offend anyone standing here! How is this persuasive
Just when Jing Zhaoyin didn't know what to say, Liang Huaiyu spoke first, "My lord, please prepare the documents. Today I came to the government office with Marquis Dingyuan to reconcile!"
What? Jing Zhaoyin was even more dumbfounded!
This is really strange! Although the Great Qi Dynasty has established the rule that wives with royal orders cannot abandon the rule that they must reconcile, but it seems that no wives from any family will come to reconcile with their husbands in the middle of the night. This is really the first time, Jing Zhaoyin was stunned for a while, not knowing whether to go or not, he could only look at Dingyuanhou.
It's okay for you husband and wife to fight, but what's the point of getting divorced
"Go as soon as I tell you to go." Gu Huaizhong was already in a bad mood. Seeing Jing Zhaoyin looking at him, he was even more angry and resentful. He couldn't help but said, and then he turned his gaze to Liang Huaiyu, "It's already a trouble. It’s a situation like this, just don’t regret it!” He gritted his teeth, but in his heart he hoped that Liang Huaiyu would change his mind now.
If she speaks now, there is still room for turning things around.
If Jing Zhaoyin had prepared all the paperwork, then even if Mrs. Liang begged him on his knees, it would all depend on his mood!
"Regret?" Liang Huaiyu looked at Gu Huaizhong contemptuously, "What I regret is that I married you back then." Just one sentence shattered all the expectations and pride in Gu Huai's heart, and he roared angrily, "Okay Good! This is what you think in your heart! Then today is easy for you to reconcile! Go as you wish! As long as you don't regret it in the future!"
"Don't worry, you won't regret it!" Shi Liang smiled faintly, with a shocking beauty that even Gu Huaizhong was dumbfounded.
He turned his eyes and saw Jing Zhaoyin staring at Liang Huaiyu intently, and couldn't help shouting, "What are you looking at! Don't prepare yet!"
"Oh. Yes!" Jing Zhaoyin trembled from being yelled at, and immediately turned around and ran out quickly. Emma, this Jing Zhao Yin Mansion can't stay any longer! Anyone who comes here is an uncle! He is the grandson! Jing Zhaoyin complained in his heart while running!
"Think about it clearly. After reconciliation, you will no longer be the wife of Yipin Gaoming, and you will no longer be able to step into the Hou's mansion! As for Gu Yuqi, her surname is Gu, and it may not be easy for you to take her away." Gu Huaizhong suddenly felt angry. With a flash of inspiration, he said with a sneer.
"What if I leave the Gu family voluntarily?" Gu Yuqi, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said coldly.
"Evil! What are you!" Her tone obviously added fuel to the flames, and instantly stimulated Gu Huai, who was very fragile, and he was furious, "What are you after you leave the Gu family!"
"My surname is Gu, keep your mouth clean!" Liang Huaiyu couldn't bear it anymore, and said angrily, "Aunt is my daughter! What do you say she is? I, Liang Huaiyu, swear here that no one will be allowed to bully her for as long as I am Liang Huaiyu." Half a hair of my daughter!" She pointed at Gu Huaizhong, her eyes spit fire.
The daughter she loves so much in her heart turns into something in Gu Huaizhong's mouth, which is tolerable or unbearable!
"Ha! You said it's your daughter, is it your daughter?" Gu Huaizhong finally found the weapon to attack Liang Huaiyu, and couldn't help but calm down complacently. No matter how much he tried to provoke Liang Huaiyu, she wouldn't be angry, yes, Her weakness is Gu Yuqi. "She's surnamed Gu! It's the genealogy of my Dingyuanhoufu. If you insist on reconciling, you will have nothing to do with her at all!"
Just when Gu Huaizhong was sneering triumphantly, he suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing towards his ear, followed by a crisp snapping sound, his face was instantly hot, and his head was thrown to one side.
He turned his head in disbelief, and looked at the instigator. Gu Yuqi even raised her hand and slapped him. This slap was real and firm, and she didn't show him any mercy as a father.
At the moment when he was astonished, there was a crisp slap sound from the door. Everyone turned their eyes and saw that Jing Zhaoyin was standing at the door after taking the documents and pen and ink. His eyes were wide open and his mouth was wide open. I was so shocked that I couldn't close it at all, and I didn't realize that the things in my hand had dropped.
At this moment, Jing Zhaoyin's heart is completely broken. He just saw the scene of his daughter beating his own father! ! It's a tragedy in the world, it's utterly tragic!
"Master Jing Zhaoyin. According to Da Qi's law, what should be done if a child is not filial and beats his biological parents?" Gu Yuqi looked at Jing Zhaoyin who had completely turned into a stone statue with a smile, and asked.
Only then did Jing Zhaoyin come back to his senses, he was about to pick up the things after he was busy, and then said, "You should be kicked out of the house and beat fifty big boards, so as to make an example to others." He said quickly.
Gu Yuqi seemed to be smiling more cheerfully, "I beat my biological father just now, Master Jing Zhaoyin saw it with his own eyes, so according to Da Qi's law, expel me from the Gu family's house!" As for the fifty boards, she was not prepared to accept it.