A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

Chapter 70

Putting those messy thoughts aside for the time being, Qi Huan asked Yang Shi carefully: "Mother, what do you know about the Pingguo Duke's Mansion?"

This topic is too far away, Yang's one did not react: "Pingguo Mansion? Why did you suddenly mention his house?"

She couldn't hide the fact that she talked with Gu Zhan in the street from Yang Shi, Lady Yun was not Yunxi and Xingluo, she couldn't control it.

Moreover, this Gu Shizi showed his favor frequently, and his real intentions were unclear, so she dared not let Yang Shi know even half of the rumors.

after all--

The three of them, mother and son, were considered as one, and if she accidentally provoked someone or caused trouble that she shouldn't have provoked, it would definitely implicate Yang Shi.

In any case, Yang has the right to know.

But she also knew that Yang was very nervous about everything related to her, so Qi Huan still tried to choose his words carefully: "The son of the Pingguo government has returned to Beijing recently."

Before I could think of what to say next, Mrs. Yang had already answered: "Really? I don't know about that. I was always busy around the New Year's Eve. Later, your siblings got sick one after another. I was so busy that I lost my head. Three, our family held a wedding ceremony for the second girl, and had a banquet for some relatives and friends, but I didn’t answer any posts about socializing after the year.”

Yang's communication skills are naturally top-notch as she can navigate the business field as a woman.

Thinking that she may have missed a lot of news from Beijing and China due to frequent accidents at home in the next year, she is somewhat vigilant...

The noble circle in the capital has a very complicated relationship. Without absolute strength and a strong backing, one has to watch all directions and listen to all directions. The more information you have, the more unnecessary mistakes and troubles you can avoid, and less detours.

But the Duke of Pingguo's mansion has nothing to do with his family, and the Yang family really didn't take the news about his family seriously.

It's just that when she got to this point, she said a few more words: "The son of the Duke of Pingguo... I remember that he was the same year as Yun'er, and he will be crowned next year. But his birthday is in the second half of the year, and he is younger than Yun'er A few months. This child has gone to the border with the old man a long time ago. I remember the last time I saw him, it should have been at the Empress Empress’ [-]th birthday party three or four years ago.”

At that time, although men and women were having a banquet together in the hall, the two families were far away from each other, so a quick glance...

Let Yang think about it now, she can't even remember the appearance of that Gu Shizi.

or—

At that time, I didn't see clearly at all.

Pulled away from the vague memory, Yang looked at her daughter in doubt again: "He returned to Beijing when he returned to Beijing, why do you ask him?"

"I know him." Qi Huan told the truth, but avoided the important things, "I've met him twice or three times. The first time was last month when he went to Tongji Medical Center to pay for his consultation. He seems to be familiar with the two doctors from the Hu Family Medical Center." , I happened to be there at that time. I didn’t know him at that time, but he was very kind. I heard that I was from the Marquis of Changning, so I said hello and left. Then a few days ago, I went to Wangxian Lake to visit the little Marquis of Qin. He just happened to talk to Lord Qin Xiaohou again. Didn’t something happen to Ling Miaomiao? It was Gu Shizi who asked his subordinates to help save him, and sent us back home. And then tonight at the Gongyuan In front of the door, Qin Shuo from the Qin family was provocative, and he was on business here, so he helped out with a few words."

Yang frowned upon hearing this.

Qi Huan continued: "I remember that our two families don't have much contact with each other, right?"

The Marquis of Changning is the housekeeper of the Yang family, and she knows everything about the relationships inside and outside the mansion, whether it's between the women in the back house or in front of court officials.

"They really have nothing to do with us." Yang does not doubt that her daughter will lie and fabricate this experience, but she is even more confused than Qi Huan, "His old man and his son are stationed at the border all the year round, and they don't come back for several years. In the capital, the Beijing government has left an empty shelf, and there are no female family members in the family to preside over government affairs and come out to socialize. Not to mention our family, they hardly have any dealings with other honorable families in the capital."

Qi Huan felt a little interest now.

In the original book, the prince of the East Palace died in early February, and the empress and prince, and even the family behind them, were marginalized by the author. Qi Huan read the contents of seven or eight chapters, except that it was written that the second prince and the fourth prince competed for the position of crown prince In the background, he mentioned the real crown prince who died, and never mentioned anything about the one behind the queen.

When I first met Gu Zhan before, Qi Huan didn't think that he would have to deal with him later, so he didn't have any thoughts of inquiring about it.

"Mother said that the Duke of Ping's mansion has no female family members in Beijing? Did they all follow the Duke to guard the border?" Qi Huan asked.

It stands to reason that it shouldn't be!

Generally speaking, military generals stationed at the border, leaving the old and weak, women and children in the capital, under the eyes of the emperor, this is the basic operation.

It's impossible for the emperor to use his own queen and prince as leverage to restrain the Pingguo government just because the daughter of the Gu family became the queen, right?
But when it comes to the past of the Gu family, Yang is quite embarrassed.

"There are no female relatives in his family." She said, "Gu Shizi's biological mother died of dystocia when giving birth to him, and he was raised by the old Duke's wife since he was born. But two years later, foreign enemies invaded the northwest border, and the court fought After an extremely tragic battle, the Duke's wife was also from the general family, and went to the battlefield with the Duke and his son, but she and the son... oh, it was his family's current father, Shizi Gu, both of whom died in the battle."

In Qi Huan's two lifetimes, he had both parents.

Hearing such a story, she was quite at a loss for a while: "That is to say, Gu Zhan is now inheriting his father's business, taking over his father's position as the eldest son? The Duke of Pingguo is his grandfather. ?”

"En." Yang said, "In that battle back then, although the court narrowly won, the price paid by the Duke of Pingguo's family was really terrible. The Duke of Pingguo and his wife are very affectionate, they have been married for decades, and they have only one son. After the war, the old Duke returned to Beijing with the coffins of his wife and children. Somewhat disheartened, he resigned from the imperial post and guarded the coffins of his wife and children in Beijing for three years. There are rumors that at that time, he once thought of retiring and planned to give up his title Passed it down to a side branch. But I didn't expect that not long after she came out to keep filial piety for her biological father, the daughter-in-law who was the jewel in the palm of the Duke of Pingguo's mansion suddenly married into the palace and became His Majesty's successor, and gave birth to a pair of twins fetal."

Qi Huan understood: "Just because Gu Shizi's direct sister entered the palace and became the mother of the dynasty, so even if it's just to save her and His Majesty's face, the title of the Duke of Pingguo must not be neglected?"

Yang nodded.

When this past incident of the Gu family happened, she had just married into the capital and was busy taking root and consolidating her position. In fact, there were many things that were just hearsay.

However, even so, it did not prevent her from sighing when she mentioned this matter.

She said: "The harem and the court have always been surrounded by each other, and it is impossible to separate them. Before succeeding the emperor, the emperor had a deceased empress. Although the empress did not leave any heirs, when she was in power, she was Supporting her family sister, Concubine Yu, to give birth to the second prince for her. His Majesty insisted on appointing the heir to be the crown prince, and the forces in the court became even more divided. It must be to protect the granddaughter and great-grandson, old man The Duke is old, but he went into battle again and returned to the Northwest battlefield. I don't know if it was because the empress empress had a rift with him when she entered the palace. I haven't been back to the capital."

Mrs. Yang said, paused for a moment, then shook her head with emotion: "I also heard some things from hearsay, and it is said that His Majesty has issued orders several times to recall Ping Guogong to return to Beijing for a period of time. The memorial has been rejected."

Qi Huan had never met this Duke Ping, let alone had any feelings for him.

But as a human being, everyone has a deep respect for the soldiers who defend their home and country.

Just imagine, for an old man in his sixties, once he sent away his beloved wife and only son, it was enough for him to be depressed and depressed.

However, for his responsibility as a military general and to continue to protect the only remaining relatives behind him, he went to the battlefield again with his horse and gun, and returned to the place where his wife and children were buried.

Or, living in that place is suffering every day, but...

I dare not look back.

After all, even if he returned to the prosperous capital of the Splendid Imperial Capital, there would only be an empty house and a cold memorial tablet covered in dust.

It's not that I don't want to return to my hometown and enjoy my old age, it's really...

Already homeless.

This is the desolation and sorrow that belongs only to iron-blooded soldiers.

Qi Huan was quite touched in his heart, and couldn't help feeling a little depressed.

The silence eased for a moment, and then she asked Yang again: "What about Gu Shizi? The old man returned to the Northwest battlefield. He was... six or seven years old at that time?"

Yang said: "In the generation of the Duke of Ping, there are only two children, he and the empress, let alone the siblings of a compatriot. I didn't want to ask him to go to the battlefield again, even if I wanted to take him there, he was too young at that time. So, the empress took him into the palace, and brought him up with the prince under her knees."

Since his family really had no contact with the Duke of Ping'an, when Yang talked about their family affairs, he had to constantly recall and think about it.

She thought about it again seriously: "He went to the northwest to join the army, probably when he was fourteen or fifteen."

"The empress is also willing?" Judging from the relationship between Gu Zhan and Yun Zhan, he should have a good relationship with Queen Gu's siblings.

Yang is still frowning, trying to recall the clues of the past: "When it comes to the court and the harem, the news that everyone spreads outside is probably based on rumors. Regarding the matter of Gu Shizi's joining the army, the empress seems to have said nothing, on the contrary. His Majesty couldn't bear it, and advised him several times."

Qi Huan shrugged his shoulders: "The old man is already old, this burden can't be left on the shoulders of an old man all the time."

Therefore, it was inevitable that Gu Zhan would choose to join the army.

It's just that now Qi Huan is suddenly curious about the empress in the palace——

The Duke of Pingguo is a hero who founded the country and a family of Wumen. With her status, even if it took two or three years because of filial piety, it is not a problem to choose a good family who is well-matched. Why is she so obsessed with Have you entered the palace?

The brain circuit of engaging in palace fights with a single-minded longing, I am afraid that only romance novels can write like that.

Coming from a general family and coming from a family full of loyalty, he shouldn't have raised an idealist full of innocence.

Now only the elderly Ping Guogong is suffering, and he still eats and sleeps in the open when he is old, guarding the battlefield.

"Hey, every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, and the prosperity and wealth of a family are not brought by strong winds." Yang also expressed his feelings.

After telling the story for a long time, she finally wanted to return to some practical issues: "You said that the eldest son of the Gu family has returned to Beijing, so he must have been called back by the empress this time. At this age, he is not yet in a hurry, but his family's situation is special. The children of the general family should marry a wife and have children early, so as to continue the incense. This time, the empress probably wants to help him This is what forced him to be summoned back.”

There is only this one seedling left in the Pingguo Mansion, and if it is replaced by another family, everyone will have to be nervous.

Although Qi Huan couldn't agree with such nonsense as "inheritance of incense", she could actually understand the current situation of the withered population of the Pingguo government.

Bloodline inheritance is the second best thing. This kind of loyalty should not end up with no successors.

Think about it this way-

The wife of the future son of the Gu family is under a lot of pressure to bear children!
And when she first met Gu Shizi, who still commented that he was only a "big boy", it turned out that it was really time to start a family and take on the heavy responsibilities inside and out.

In contrast, she is still a good-for-nothing who just wants to die.

Sure enough, there is no comparison between people, there are many comparisons——

Gotta throw!

Qi Huan complained in a mess in his heart, and the little emotions before disappeared, and continued to beat around the bush with Yang's words: "According to what you said, there shouldn't be any relationship between the Gu family and the Qin family of Marquis Wucheng's mansion. What happened?"

This time, Yang nodded affirmatively without thinking: "As far as I know, not."

"That's strange." Qi Huan said, "That Gu Shizi looks steady and doesn't seem like a person who talks freely. Why did he say that to me?"

Yang Shi was slightly taken aback, and then finally came to her senses, and tried every word in a puzzled manner: "He told you?"

Qi Huan was thinking about the possibility of Gu Zhan lying, absent minded, and then responded: "Well, he told me himself."

If you want to say that, then the problem is big!

How could a gentleman from a famous family, half-baked, talk about such a topic casually with a girl face to face.

Yang's heart beat slightly stagnated, and suddenly became tense.

Her body tensed up straight in an instant, and when she was about to ask in detail, Qi Huan made all her moves...

"Is it an excuse?" She raised her eyes and discussed with Yang seriously, "Qin Shuo made insulting remarks and taunted me and my cousin. I thought it was strange that he stood up to smooth things over. We are not relatives, so why should he offend? Qin Xiaohou came to stand for us, and then I asked him privately, and he told me that he and Qin Xiaohou had a problem, not helping me. "

Qi Huan is a modern thinker, although she knows that the current environment advocates avoiding big troubles between men and women, but she is aboveboard and communicates normally with some men, she really can't do a review of her own morality for this kind of thing There are losses.

Yang looked at her daughter's serious and innocent expression, although her heart was twisted into a mess, but looking at her face, she couldn't bear to criticize her, and finally said: "Maybe she is kind enough to give her You found a step."

However, she didn't know anything about Gu Zhan, so she was still cautious for the time being, thinking that she would have to find out more carefully in the future, so as not to cause any trouble.

Interrupted by Qi Huan, the whole journey went unknowingly.

After hearing Miss Yun's voice outside, the mother and daughter realized that they were almost home.

"Master, we'll be there after turning around the alley in front of us." Lady Yun said with a smile, but she was also very polite, "Thank you for escorting me along the way, and I won't delay your business. There is a little bit of silver here, and it's cold at night. , make a pot of wine for you to eat."

The captain who led the team was also very good at being a man. He smiled heartily and accepted it directly: "It's just a drop-in, so thank you Mrs. Shizi, this trip will be our advantage."

It was actually not on the way to get here, it was obvious that they took a detour to escort their own carriages and horses to the vicinity of Hou's mansion.

It's just that Mrs. Yang in the car didn't ask any questions, so Miss Yun acquiesced and told them to follow along.

The school lieutenant didn't hesitate, he took the purse handed over by Miss Yun, and called his subordinates to go straight away.

The Qi family's chariots and horses turned into the alley where the Hou Mansion was located alone.

So far, Qi Huan is also completely sure——

This trip was really not a coincidence, it was because Gu Zhan deliberately told these people to give his family a ride.

She couldn't figure out Gu Zhan's intention for the time being, so she didn't do any useless work.

It's just that when she was about to get home, she remembered the messy things at home again, so she became a bit stubborn, and asked Yang Shi who was opposite her knowingly, "Mom, let's continue to talk about our family. Grandma is so careless." Tune, grandfather is obviously bored with her to the extreme, and he has lost any relationship between husband and wife, but it's so strange...why does he keep such a person under his nose, so that he will cause trouble every now and then, and everyone will It must not be clean."

(End of this chapter)