In the Guo Mansion in Tokyo, the house was covered in white snow, but the gradually whitening light seemed to dawn earlier in the snow. The red candle in the room had been extinguished, leaving a pool of red candle tears on the lamp, like flowing blood.
Guo Shao suddenly woke up, saw the white window, and murmured: I overslept. After a moment, he said: Hey, isn't it already sealed for the holiday? I don't have to work straight, that's great. So he lazily stayed in bed again, the warm room and quilt; formed a sharp contrast with the sub-zero temperature outside covered with snow, no normal person would want to get up.
Li Yuaner, who was beside him, was awakened by him. She listened to his voice in a daze, then turned over, raised her arms and hooked them around Guo Shao's neck. Her plump and smooth skin pressed against Guo Shao's body, and she felt even warmer. After a while, she realized that she was already in Guo's house.
It was really easy to enter the house. Guo Shao gave her a lot of money and then carried her back. Because it was a concubine, it was inconvenient to make a big fuss, and it was even more inconvenient to invite guests, otherwise relatives and friends would feel unhappy if they had to spend another gift money.
At this time, Guo Shao had also fully woken up. Li Yuaner found that he was looking at her, her face suddenly turned red, and she pulled the quilt to cover her messy head.
Guo Shao's voice was very gentle, and he sighed softly: Yuan'er, you are a lady from a wealthy family, with a clean background and good looks. You will feel very sorry to give yourself to me like this, right
As a young girl, she had been looking forward to the day of getting married. Many young girls hid their wedding dresses at the bottom of the box long ago. Li Yuaner felt that she had no regrets. It was impossible for her to marry in a grand manner and give birth only once. She still felt a little lost that she had transformed from a young girl into a woman so quietly.
Li Yuan'er had thought about this problem a long time ago and had figured it out, but when Guo Shaoyong said that, she felt sour in her heart that she almost cried. But she was stubborn and said, "No one forced me to do this. I made my own choice. What's the point of crying just after getting married?"
She then lifted the quilt from her face and said generously: "No matter how glorious the wedding is, it is for the sake of staying together in the future. Compared with a moment of glory and a lifetime of life, why bother with those things that only show off? It doesn't matter."
After saying this, she really felt much better. She liked Guo Shao's slightly apologetic tone. Guo Shao had not done anything wrong and did not deliberately show that he was a real man, but his sigh seemed so gentle. Maybe this is better, because it makes him understand how to care for others.
Yuan Er is a good woman who knows the big picture. Guo Shaodao.
Li Yuan'er gradually felt happy, and after thinking for a while she smiled: I found that the wives and concubines in the family, except the main wife, seem to be neither the young lady in the boudoir nor you.
Guo Shao couldn't answer, as if he had never thought about this question. Li Yuan'er felt that she was better at observing these things than him, and she saw it as soon as she entered the room and got a little understanding. She said softly: Could it be that A Lang was afraid of mistreating other people's daughters, so he took concubines like that
Not really, I just happened to meet Guo Shaodao, who paused and said impulsively, "I didn't let you have a good time now, but I'll make it up to you in the future. I'll make you more glorious at the ceremony than being married to a bride in a formal ceremony."
Li Yuaner asked softly: What kind of ceremony
Guo Shao put his mouth close to her ear: Don't tell anyone. When I ascend the throne, I will make you one of the three wives, and the ceremony of enthronement will be announced to the world. How can it be more magnificent than a wedding
Li Yuaner was stunned, her expression changed slightly, and she said softly: I won’t tell anyone.
She suddenly remembered what her father said and found that her father was very foresighted. Guo Shao really had that ambition. Perhaps anyone who reached Guo Shao's level would think so. He didn't want people like Li Yuan'er's father to help him.
After saying this, Guo Shao got up reluctantly. Li Yuaner hurriedly said: Alang, let me get up first and serve you.
No, you should rest for a while, there is nothing important anyway, and there is no elder in this house to take care of you, Guo Shao said.
Li Yuan'er said calmly: Don't we still have the wife? Guo Shao smiled and said: Fu's second sister is also lazy in bed, you don't have to worry too much, second sister is not a strict and old-fashioned person.
I just came in, so I should be more careful, Li Yuaner insisted.
They got up late today, and the wives and concubines all went to the living room to have breakfast. Li Yuaner stepped forward and bowed to Fu Ermei: "I am here to meet you, Madam."
Guo Shao looked at Fu Ermei's face calmly, but saw her eyes were smiling. He reached out to hold Li Yuaner and said with a smile: Sister Yuaner is so beautiful. Li Yuaner also looked at Fu Ermei quietly, with a look of surprise on her face, as if she was very surprised by her beautiful appearance. Li Yuaner hurriedly said softly: Thank you, Madam, you are too kind.
Fu Ermei generously pulled Li Yuaner to the table to sit down. Because she walked briskly, Li Yuaner had a hard time walking a little faster, her legs limping, and her face looked strange, as if she was biting her teeth to endure something. Fu Ermei noticed it immediately, and turned back to look at Li Yuaner's skirt meaningfully; Li Yuaner's cheeks turned red in an instant, and she lowered her head and said nothing.
Guo Shao found that the words and actions of these women were very delicate, and he could not get involved and was left out. Moreover, when Fu Ermei and Li Yuaner met for the first time, they were holding hands and were very affectionate, which made him feel a little bit difficult to understand.
In this very familiar hall, Li Yuan'er suddenly appeared, and Guo Shao felt a little abrupt for a moment. Yulian and Yang Yue'e helped to put out the hot porridge, snacks and dishes, and this warm room was very fragrant.
Husband, why don’t you say anything? Fu Ermei turned around and greeted him.
Guo Shao smiled and said: I was so feasted for my eyes that I couldn't come back to my senses.
Fu Ermei showed a coquettish expression and sat over, sitting above Guo Shao. There were four wives and concubines in total, all of whom were very beautiful. Among them, Fu Ermei was the most beautiful and gorgeous, and the others were no worse. Li Yuaner had just arrived, and I don’t know if it was because she was not familiar with the environment and seemed the most reserved or because of her different temperament, but she was different in Guo Shao’s eyes today.
Li Yuaner looked very festive in her bright red coat and skirt. In Guo Shao's eyes, red silk was actually a bit gaudy, but for some reason, it looked extra elegant on Li Yuaner. Perhaps it was related to her personality. She was not as simple and natural as Yu Lian, who always had traces of sculpting and trimming. She was not as delicate and restrained as Fu Ermei and Yang Yue'e. Compared with the slender and delicate Fu Ermei, Li Yuaner was indeed a little dull, but her weak bones and plump muscles had a different kind of plump and soft beauty.
This courtyard is not really rich, and the antique rooms look simple and simple; most importantly, they are relatively small. However, Guo Shao collected several rare beauties here without any pressure, and they all seemed not to dislike them. He was in a good mood at this time, and he wanted to accompany his wives and concubines to enjoy the fun, but after dinner he decided to go out for a walk.
This is a very contradictory feeling, similar to being lazy in bed on a winter morning, wanting to stay in the warm bed a little longer; but knowing that sleeping too late is bad for all kinds of things, and being torn between whether to get up or not.
Guo Shao thought: Don't give up the work at hand, you will continue to accumulate and improve. You don't need to be determined to fight all the time, just stick to a relatively good state for a long time. Just like the school days in his previous life, he didn't work too hard, but he spent his mind on it every day and took his work seriously.
But now Guo Shao doesn't feel that he is too hard, he is very happy and feels very motivated. He is willing to make the people he cares about feel at ease and safe. He can't give them too much for a while, but every bit is real and also to satisfy his own sense of security and ambition.
Everyone has ambitions, but Guo Shao was very cautious and hardly revealed them.
Guo Shao sometimes thought about becoming the emperor silently, and always had the illusion that he was in a dream. He was just a commoner, but he had come to this point. In his heart, he endured crazy expectations and trembling awe.
Guo Shao thought carefully: Destroy the country first, and then gain merit and prestige.
I have to go out for a while. Guo Shao put down his bowl and chopsticks and said.
Fu Ermei said softly: "Right now, the government offices are all closed, and it's so cold outside. Sister Yuan'er just got married, can't you take a few days off?"
Guo Shao smiled and said: I'm just going out for a walk and will be back early. By the way, since my second sister likes Yuan'er, please help me take care of her. She may not be used to it when she first came.
Fu Ermei said quietly: I take care of her not to help you, but because I want to.
After hearing this, Guo Shao said kindly: The weather is cold, put on more clothes. I'll go to the front yard first.
Several family members escorted him out of the hall, and then Fu Ermei knelt politely to see Guo Shao out. Guo Shao opened an oilcloth umbrella with a wooden handle, waved without turning back, and walked leisurely along the stone path towards the gatehouse.
It was still snowing, fluttering like goose feathers. I saw a stout woman at the gate sweeping the snow, and other than that, there was no one else in the inner courtyard. People seemed to have gone into hibernation in the dead of winter, and no one wanted to come out. Indeed, winter is the time to take a break.
Guo Shao thought to himself: After we conquer Shu, I will definitely be lazy for two or three months next winter.