After delivering the memorial, Magistrate Li sent dozens of government officials to guard the door of Gu's mansion at all times to protect King Shou's safety. He picked up the best medicinal materials from the warehouse and ate them. He also took out 10,000 taels of silver and entered Wangyue Pavilion.
All the officials in Suzhou Mansion heard the news and went to the Gu family to comfort the frightened prince.
The strange thing is that King Shou only accepts gifts and doesn't see anyone. He calls it "heartbroken" and doesn't want to see outsiders. Even the princess was blocked out.
What's even more strange is that King Shou kicked out all the women in Wangyue Pavilion and replaced them with his own palace guards. Euphemistically known as: Women are tigers.
No one could do anything about this prince with a weird temperament. They thought that the prince must have been heartbroken by a woman to become like this.
In Lihuayuan, Gu Songtao woke up faintly. Before he could take a breath, he received a heavy slap on the face.
"Gu Songtao, you dare to find a prostitute behind my back, see if I don't..."
Gu Songtao straightened up, his chest heaved twice, and he gritted his teeth and said: "The King of Shou asked me to pay the money. What can I do? It's God's blessing that I can come back with my life. I'll wait for you to be a widow again. I'll look at you." what to do?"
These words pierced Princess Huayang's heart. She was so angry that she threw away the veil and cried secretly.
My first husband was a short-lived man. They were doing well as a couple, but he suddenly fell ill. Within three months, he went to report to the King of Hell.
"Okay, don't be angry, I won't go there next time, I swear to God."
Princess Huayang walked down the steps and sobbed: "If you go again, see if I don't write a letter to the capital and file a lawsuit against you."
"Yes, yes, yes, my princess. Quickly change my clothes. I'll go see if the prince is okay."
Although Gu Qingwan stayed at home, he knew very well what was going on outside. She was thinking about the Qian family's affairs, so she didn't take Zhao Jingyan's assassination to heart.
It just so happened that the word "Ali" was included in the list sent by Maoer Hutong that day. Only then did Gu Qingguan pay attention. She guessed that the longevity king agreed to her proposal.
Just when she was puzzled, the second master, Gu Songtao, quietly came to the door.
Yueniang and Chunni felt like they were facing a powerful enemy. One went out to greet her and the other guarded the young lady. They both felt a little uneasy in their hearts.
Because it came so suddenly, Gu Qingwan had no time to think about it and could only wait and see what happened.
Gu Songtao was wearing azure embroidered bamboo leaf arrow sleeves and blue satin powder-soled boots. He looked elegant and outstanding.
Gu Qingguan narrowed his eyes and thought that his aunt was deceived by this skin.
Chunni stepped forward to bless him and called out: "Second Master."
Gu Songtao nodded and glanced at his daughter. He sighed slightly when he saw her sitting on the couch and playing with the beads in her hands.
Those eyebrows, that expression really look more and more like Chunhua.
This sigh was not enough, so he waved his hand, and four stout women filed in behind him and began to rummage through the boxes.
Yueniang realized something was wrong and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Second Master, what are you looking for? I will help you find it. Don't scare the young lady."
Gu Songtao's heart moved: "Come out."
Yueniang gave the lady a look and hurriedly followed her out.
Gu Qingguan was only playing with the pearl hairpin in his hand and didn't seem to notice the look Yueniang gave her.
Yueniang deliberately led the second master to the lady's window and said: "Second master, why are you calling Yueniang?"
"Let me ask you, before Chunhua left, did he leave anything for you?"
Yueniang's heart was pounding with fear. Could it be that the master knew about the pillow
She thought a few times before kneeling down: "Sir, my second grandma left in a hurry and left me only one thing."
"What?" Gu Songtao's eyes flashed.
Yueniang carefully took out a piece of yellowed paper from her clothes and handed it to Gu Songtao: "Second Mistress gave me the deed of sale, and asked me to leave the house and live."
What a fool.
Gu Songtao looked disappointed, flicked his sleeves, turned around and entered the house again.
"You guys, look for me inch by inch, don't miss any part. Also, let me look through the insides of Miss Six's childhood clothes."
"Yes, Second Master."
Gu Songtao walked to his daughter and sat down. He said softly, "Qingguan, does your mother have anything good for you?"
Gu Qingguan suddenly laughed, threw the beads, grabbed Gu Songtao's hand, and asked innocently: "Father, father, mother left me something good, I will take you to see it."
Gu Songtao didn't point to it, he just said casually: "What a good thing."
Gu Qingguan turned around sharply, lowered his voice, and said with a mysterious look on his face: "Mom said, no one can say anything that cannot be said."
With hope igniting in his heart, Gu Songtao followed her to the dowry. Gu Qingwan touched and touched behind the mirror. After touching for a long time, he took out a bag of things.
"Father, look, mother gave me this."
"What's this?"
Gu Qingguan pouted and stuffed the thing into his hand: "Poison, mother said this is a good thing. If you eat it, you can go to heaven. Father, you can eat it. If you eat it, you can go to heaven."
Gu Songtao was so frightened that he quickly flicked it with his hand, and the thing wrapped in paper just spread out in the air.
Gu Songtao rolled his eyes and fell straight down.
Gu Qingguan jumped and clapped his hands and said: "Oh, my father has ascended to heaven, my father has ascended to heaven!"
"Snapped!"
Mr. Gu jumped up and yelled angrily: "What a sinner, you even made fun of your own father. Someone..."
"Father!"
Gu Songtao had a pale face and said hurriedly: "That child is a fool. Why should father care about her? If word spreads, it will ruin father's reputation."
Mr. Gu was so angry that his beard stood up: "Send it away quickly. It will be a disaster to stay at home. It's a pity for the money. Where do you think Qian will hide it?"
Gu Songtao shook his head to express his ignorance.
Mr. Gu looked down upon his son's weakness and uselessness. Just as he was about to say a few words, the manager of the Gu Mansion hurried in: "Master, Second Master, someone from the Li Mansion is here, asking to see the Master, the Second Master and the princess."
Mr. Gu smiled and said, "Does Magistrate Li's family agree to this marriage?"
"Miss, miss, the Li family really rejected the marriage, and the miss was right."
Chunni opened the curtain and came in. She said with a happy face: "When the master heard about it, he was so angry that his face turned green. The second mistress knocked over a beauty bottle and scolded Magistrate Li for being ignorant. She also said that she would give it to King Qi back to him. nice."
Gu Qingguan was standing in front of a hibiscus tree. When he heard the words, he turned around gracefully. His eyes were clear in black and white and as bright as the stars in the morning, which made Chunni's heart tremble.
The young lady is already thirteen, and she is so beautiful. What if the young lady is really married to that idiot from the Li family
Gu Qingwan didn't know what Chunni was thinking, so he just smiled lightly and said, "Where is my good father?"
"Second Master, Second Master seems to be very happy, saying that he is willing to raise the young lady for the rest of his life."
"A true villain and a hypocrite, the latter is more terrifying. Send someone to inform Ms. Xu that she will come for a follow-up consultation tonight. It is time for this miracle doctor to fulfill her promise."
The princess leaned back in her chair slumped. The little maid served tea.
The princess drank it angrily. Unexpectedly, the tea was too soupy. She became so angry that she threw the fine blue and white porcelain cup to the ground. She raised her hand and gave the little maid a cup.
"The evil little whore wants to burn me to death."
"Why is mother angry with a maid?"
Wu Yanling curled up with a handkerchief, "It's not bright in the east, but it's bright in the west. That fool's marriage is in the hands of his mother. It's not a simple matter for her to flatten and round her."
Princess Huayang took her daughter and held her in her arms, sighing: "Why did I get angry because of that fool? Your father said that I wanted to support him for the rest of his life."
Wu Yanling put her head lightly on her mother's shoulder and sneered: "How can my father's words be fulfilled? What's more, there is a grandfather above him. In my opinion, it is only proper for my mother to take care of my marriage."
Princess Huayang smiled knowingly and looked at her daughter with approval.
Her daughter was born extremely well, and was very intelligent. She was good at playing chess, calligraphy and painting. Compared with Gu Songtao's other three daughters, she was as good as heaven or earth.
"My son, don't worry. Your mother has written to your grandfather, and King Shou has also sent a message. They will pay attention to it for you. Your grandmother also said that she will prepare a dowry for you."
Wu Yanling looked shy: "Does mother plan to marry me back to the capital?"
The princess's eyes showed contempt: "Of course I have to go back. There is no good family in this small Suzhou Prefecture that is worthy of you. Your short-lived father died early back then. Otherwise, how could your mother be willing to marry into the Gu family. "
Wu Yanling thought about the bustle and bustle in Beijing, and the flowers in bloom, and she felt longing for it.
"Princess Princess, my two aunts would like to see you."
"What are these two women doing at this time?" Wu Yanling sneered.
Hua Yang rolled his eyes and said, "Of course you are afraid that I will cause trouble in the marriage of the third and fourth girls."
"Those two idiots are fighting each other all day long, and they are concubines. How can they marry into a good family?"
While talking, the two aunts Liu and Xu came in and stepped forward to salute.
Wu Yanling held her chest high and held the maid's hand out without even looking at the two of them.
The stars are dim and the light and shadow are mottled.
Maoer Alley.
There was still a long queue, orderly and no one making any noise.
In the team, a handsome and handsome man stood with his hands behind his back. A man in black next to him held an umbrella for him, covering half of his face.
Everyone looked sideways, covered their mouths and sneered secretly.
There must be something wrong with these two people. It was so late at night, and there was no wind or rain, that they even held an umbrella. It was a bit crazy.
A Li lowered his head in shame, but did not dare to complain. He only glanced at the person under the umbrella.
Mrs. Xu stretched out her hand, and Gu Qingguan frowned and examined her for a long time.
"Miracle doctor, how are you?"
Gu Qingguan glanced at her lightly, wrote a note on the paper, and said: "Go to Qingfengtang to get medicine. Take it on time for four months, and there will be something happy within half a year. If not, come and smash my sign."
Mrs. Xu was so happy that she didn't know what to do. She knelt down and kowtowed three times.
After kowtowing, she stepped forward to please him and said, "I have done what the miracle doctor asked me to do. What else does the miracle doctor have to say to me?"
"No need, one illness, one thing, you and I are settled. Next one."
Gu Qingwan's eyebrows were crescent as he served tea to see off the guests.
After taking two sips of a cup of warm tea, a man with a face that deserved a beating sat down in front of her.