When Xiao Heng and Jing Er Ye returned to the Qilin Hall with all the books, the conversation between An Guogong and Gu Jiao was almost over.
The second lady has been ill for the past few days, and the second master Jing has to go back earlier, pushing the elder brother to say goodbye to Xiao Heng and Gu Jiao.
In the corridor, Xiao Heng looked at the figures of the two brothers leaving, and said with emotion: "Although they are not from the same mother, the relationship between the two brothers is quite good."
Second Master Jing has no heart, and the wife he married is also gentle and virtuous. It is a blessing for Duke Ang to have such a younger brother and younger sister.
Of course, it is also a blessing for the couple to meet such a generous elder brother An Guogong.
The unity of a family is actually more valuable than any glory and wealth.
Xiao Heng saw that Gu Jiao didn't say a word, he stepped into the house, and saw Gu Jiao sitting in a wheelchair, staring at the scene in the yard in a daze.
Xiao Heng took an orange from the fruit bowl on the table and sat down on the stool beside her.
"What are you thinking?" he asked as he peeled the oranges.
"I'm thinking about who I am." Gu Jiao said.
Xiao Heng already knew that Gu Jiao was not the former Gu Jiao Niang, she came from a far away place, but she never had such doubts before.
"Why do you ask this all of a sudden? Did the national teacher tell you something?" he asked.
She just went to see the national teacher and came back, something was wrong, and then she wanted to talk to An Guogong alone.
Combined with her question, Xiao Heng speculated that the national teacher said something to her, perhaps related to her origin.
Gu Jiao was silent.
Xiao Heng didn't force her, he smiled and handed her the peeled orange: "Actually, it doesn't matter who you were, what matters is that you are you."
Gu Jiao was slightly stunned: "I, that's me?"
"Well." Xiao Heng looked at her seriously, with all the weight and trust, "Name taboo, identity, appearance, body... are all false."
As he said, his slender fingertips lightly tapped her forehead, "Your place is the unique reality."
Gu Jiao looked at him strangely: "You are talking more and more like a monk who has attained the Tao. You have a bit of Zen when you taste it carefully."
Xiao Heng sighed: "Oh, there's no way, who asked the family to raise a little monk? I'll call Jin Zhu Zhechi."
Gu Jiao was amused by him, and ate a piece of the orange he handed over.
"Is it delicious?" Xiao Heng asked.
Gu Jiao nodded: "Delicious."
Xiao Heng understood that she still had something to say in her heart.
She is not a mother-in-law, and it must be no trivial matter that allows her to take time to decide her words.
He didn't have any impatience, didn't urge, didn't walk away, just stayed with her silently.
Just as she had accompanied him on his road to seeing the sun again.
The trust and tacit understanding between them has long gone without saying.
After eating the last orange, Gu Jiao said, "I have one more thing to tell you, and even this is the main point I want to say."
When most people encounter such serious occasions, they will subconsciously distance themselves a little.
Xiao Heng didn't do that. Instead, he moved the stool to her side, looked at her delicate profile and said, "Okay, I'm all ears."
Gu Jiao glanced at him and said, "It's not a good thing, it doesn't matter if you don't listen carefully."
Xiao Heng smiled: "Then I will listen too."
Gu Jiao paused and asked, "Have you already figured out the charges against the Xuanyuan family?"
Xiao Heng nodded: "I saw the Xuanyuan family's dossier in the library, which recorded dozens of serious crimes—collaborating with the Jin Dynasty, collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, ceding the border cities, maiming the Zhongliang, embezzling silver, privately making dragon robes, and rebelling... The 'sins' of the Xuanyuan family are too numerous to list."
Gu Jiao said, "What I'm going to say next has to do with the Xuanyuan family."
Xiao Heng looked at her gently and motioned her to go on.
Gu Jiao said sternly, "I want to rehabilitate the Xuanyuan family, and I want to defeat the King of Dayan."
This was not a decision she made after learning about Jing Yinyin's life experience, it was the seed that sprouted in her heart from a very early time.
She said to Xiao Heng: "You don't have to join. King Dayan has no intention of hurting you. Even if your identity is exposed, you are still his real eldest grandson. He will not hurt you, nor will he hurt Shangguan Yan again. The real enemies are just the crown prince and those who covet the throne."
Those people are much easier to deal with than the monarch, who is too powerful an enemy.
Subverting his imperial power was something that the Xuanyuan family, which had a million soldiers, could not do.
It was too difficult for Gu Jiao to deal with him.
Gu Jiao could die by herself, but she didn't want to drag Xiao Heng to die with her.
"Aren't we doing this all the time?" Xiao Heng took her hand and looked deeply into her eyes with a hint of astonishment, "Sending the little monk home is not your wish alone."
"It's not your privilege to work hard for your loved one."
"You are only allowed to die for me, and I am not allowed to go through trouble for you?"
He said at the end, his eyes were deep, as if he had been hurt by her: "We are husband and wife, you just... do you want to leave me alone?"
Gu Jiao eats softly rather than hard, and she has no resistance to the eyes of this little milk dog.
She froze in the wheelchair, forgetting what she was going to say next.
Xiao Heng sighed bitterly: "Are you not confident in me, or are you not confident in our relationship?"
Gu Jiao: "Ah, this..."
Debating is not Gu Jiao's strength, fighting is.
She has ten mouths and can't tell Xiao Heng.
Gu Jiao scratched her fingers: "But he is your grandfather."
Xiao Heng said: "Slaughtered the grandfather of my grandmother's entire clan."
Said... yes.
Gu Jiao asked, "Do you really not regret it?"
"No." Xiao Heng looked at her and squeezed her fingertips gently, "So now, can I join you, my commander-in-chief?"
What kind of terrifying tone is that? Why is the painting style a little wrong at the end of a serious conversation
Gu Jiao turned to the big bear's paw and rolled her eyes: "I have to think about it and review your qualifications as an ally."
"And I."
Shangguan Yan walked in with a cane.
Xiao Heng was about to use the handsome man's trick, but was so frightened by Shangguan Yan that he jumped off the stool in shock!
"Mother! When did you come here? Why is there no sound at all?"
"I didn't hear you and didn't see you attacking. Do you think you know I'm here?" Shangguan Yan whispered, came to the two of them, looked at Gu Jiao condescendingly, and said, "I want to join too."
Gu Jiao looked at her: "Are you sure?"
Shangguan Yan looked at the blue sky outside the window: "I can't be more certain. Fifteen years ago, I didn't have the courage I have today. I lost the Xuanyuan family, lost the position of the queen mother and the concubine, like a bird with its wings and feathers stripped. I no longer have the fighting spirit to fly. I wholeheartedly hope that the two children can live well, but after seeing you, I realized that I was wrong, and it was ridiculous. "
"It's not enough for a person to live, he has to live openly and uprightly, without having to hide in the east and live without relying on the identity of others."
"I've failed, but I hope it's not too late for me to repent."
Even if she gave up her self-esteem and destroyed her pride, she would still accomplish what she didn't have the courage to do fifteen years ago.
"Girl, you are amazing." Shangguan Yan said to Gu Jiao.
"I know this." Gu Jiao said.
Shangguan Yan's mouth twitched.
I'm already very narcissistic, but I didn't expect this girl to be more narcissistic than me... At such a touching moment, with such an unforgettable speech, tears came out of my eyes, and this girl was holding back.
Did my uncle and the others feel this way before
The way of heaven is good for reincarnation, who will the heaven forgive
Shangguan Yan glanced at the two of them: "Do you have any plans? I suggest you start with military power. 50,000 Black Wind Knights are far from enough."
Gu Jiao said to her, "The fifty thousand black wind knights are just the beginning. I will take back all the military power of the Xuanyuan family."
Although Shangguan Yan was on crutches, his royal aura should not be underestimated.
She nodded domineeringly: "Very good, I'll wait and see. Then, you plan yours, and I deploy mine."
Xiao Heng asked, "What is your mother going to do?"
Shangguan Yan clenched her crutches tightly, and her eyes became cold: "Retake the position of the concubine!"
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At night, the family ate in Shangguan Yan's room, Xiao Jingkong was tired and crooked in Gu Jiao's arms for a while, and went to the yard to find Xiao Shi to play.
Yu He brought the boiled soup to Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao looked at Tang Yao thoughtfully.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Heng asked.
Gu Jiao frowned and said, "I suddenly have a doubt."
Xiao Heng snorted doubtfully, "What doubts?"
Gu Jiao said: "The National Teacher Hall provides medical treatment for all the children who participated in the selection. Fifth Master Han was so seriously injured, why was he not sent to the National Teacher Hall?"
"He was taken back directly by the Han family... Is he seriously injured?" Xiao Heng didn't know this. The Han family did not announce the fifth master Han's injury. He thought that fifth master Han was only slightly injured. .
Gu Jiao recalled: "I injured him with my own hands. At that time, he didn't even have the strength to stand up. To that extent, it would be safer to come to the National Teacher's Hall for treatment, right?"
Xiao Heng frowned: "If this is the case, then things are a bit strange."
Gu Jiao touched her chin: "Han Ci... there must be a secret!"
(End of this chapter)