Splendid spring returns

Chapter 74

After a round of small cards, Xin Nian and Aunt Gu deliberately invigorated the atmosphere, and Gu Yunxiang also boldly tried to show his social cow side, so the atmosphere gradually heated up again.

At noon, Gu Yunxiang and Liuzai Yaya were left in Shouning Palace for dinner, and Xin Nian went back to Qingliangyuan to have lunch with Aunt Qin.

After dinner, they drank tea, and Aunt Qin thanked Xin Nian a thousand times, but suddenly she heard the news that the prince had come, so she got up and said goodbye.

The front foot went out through the back door, and Gu Changting came in with the back foot, because he wondered: "I heard you talking to someone in the house in the yard, why did you come in but no one?"

Xin Nianbai glanced at him, turned his face and said: "What do you think? Do you need to ask? She is not ignorant, knowing that you don't want to look at her, why are you still here to embarrass each other?"

Only then did Gu Changting come to his senses, and he didn't speak any more, but Xin Nian asked him again: "Don't you need to go to the yamen today? Where did you eat at noon?"

Gu Changting said: "I went to the camp in the suburbs of Beijing in the morning, and I don't want to go out in the afternoon. I have lunch at my mother's."

Xin Nian hurriedly asked: "So, the emperor still wants to appoint you to be the commander of the camp in the suburbs of Beijing? But you are still filial piety now."

Gu Changting said: "So what? The emperor will definitely use me, and he will naturally appoint me 'with love', and the ministers can't say anything."

Xin Nian pondered and said: "The key is the emperor's attitude. Why does he trust you like this? Does that mean? Because you are naturally on the side of the prince, so the emperor will use you to protect the prince in the future."

Gu Changting didn't think there was anything wrong with Xin Nian's words. He used to talk with General Xin about the formation of military formations, and she was always by his side to provide advice, and she often had unique insights. Because of a moment of silence, he said softly: "Not necessarily, maybe it's just It is because I and the prince brother are not as close as I imagined, that the emperor entrusted me with this important task."

Xin Nian was stunned, and after a moment of silence, he smiled lightly and said: "This is worth pondering, the water in the court is really unfathomable. You are now the pillar of Prince Duan's mansion, but you must think twice before you act. You are in the vortex , this is inevitable, but it must not be swallowed by the vortex."

"Don't worry, I know this."

Gu Changting nodded, then looked around: "Where are Liuzai and Yaya? Are you taking a nap?"

"I'm eating at the concubine's side, and the third girl is also here." Xin Nian said with a look of color on his face, "You didn't expect it? In less than two days, the third girl seemed to be a different person. She came to my place yesterday When I asked for a coffin, I didn’t dare to raise my head when I spoke, but today when I played cards with my ancestors, I could tell a few jokes from time to time, which made my ancestors laugh out loud.”

After finishing speaking, he sighed: "I really like the temperament of the third sister. When I saw her, it was as if I saw that I left the Qingliang Pavilion to celebrate the concubine's birthday. I was willing to do everything in order to live a good life. This is a rare opportunity.”

Gu Changting felt a little uncomfortable: Xin Nian could be said to be her own choice, but why did Gu Yunxiang come to this point?It's not that the lice on the bald man's head are obvious, it's all forced by his mother.

As smart and powerful as he is, he is unwilling to admit this fact, so he changed the subject and said: "I always heard you say that you should go to your ancestors, and you should also visit your mother from time to time. My father died in battle, and my mother was no worse than my grandmother." Small."

Xin Nian looked at him and said indifferently: "Do you really think that I can comfort the concubine when I go to her place? What's more, she has grandma and Aunt Qiu and Aunt Feng to greet her, and now only I and Aunt Gu often go there in the old ancestors, madam I haven't been feeling well these days."

Gu Changting frowned: "Why do you seem to be divided into two factions? Isn't that bad?"

Xin Nian lowered his eyes and smiled, "What are you talking about? It's obvious that each takes what he likes and takes what he needs. In this way, both the ancestor and the concubine are not lonely, and we have also done our filial piety for you. Why? Are you going to misunderstand us instead?"

The corners of Gu Changting's mouth twitched twice, he stared at her angrily and said, "You are making nonsense."

"Oh?" Xin Nian raised his eyebrows: "You have reason, then you use it, you take all the errands off your shoulders, and immerse yourself in this backyard for a few months, and see how you can unite everyone and take care of everything. ,how?"

"I……"

Gu Changting was speechless, and Xin Nian sneered, "What? Are you in trouble?"

"This kind of thing shouldn't be done by my man. It's just like the saying that the man dominates the outside and the woman dominates the inside."

Xin Nian "puchi" smiled: "Don't be brave. As the saying goes, it's hard for an upright official to break up housework, but it's complicated. If you think we've done something wrong, then let's change it and let grandma and Aunt Feng and Aunt Qiu will serve the ancestors, and my wife, Aunt Gu, will serve the concubine, how about that? Or, do you expect us to act together? Don’t forget, three women play a drama, when the concubine and the ancestors So depressed and upset, you have to go up and admit that it was your idea, don't try to blame me."

Gu Changting finally had nothing to say, he waved his hands and said, "That's all, you can do as you like. There is only one rule, family harmony and everything is going well, and small things are fine, but when it comes to big things, the whole family must work together."

Xin Nian said indifferently: "Prince Duan's Mansion is our home, and our relatives are all here. Naturally, we all look forward to the prosperity of our family and everything, so you don't need to worry about it."

These words sounded so perfunctory, but Gu Changting deliberately ignored them.

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A cold rain in late autumn knocked off most of the last leaves on the tree.

Xin Nian stood in front of a cluster of chrysanthemums in the courtyard, reached out and stroked the bowl-sized flowers lightly, and there were drops of raindrops rolling down.

She sighed softly, looked up at the dark clouds in the sky, and murmured: "It will be winter in a few days, this may be the last rain this year."

"Yeah, the weather seems to be cold earlier this year. Last year at this moment, I remember it wasn't so cold. If the dark clouds don't clear tonight, there might be snowflakes tomorrow."

Jin Zhen echoed behind him.Xin Nian turned her head, looked at her and said with a smile, "You finished embroidering that quilt?"

Jin Zhen stretched her waist, with an unconcealable joy on her face, she nodded and smiled and said: "The embroidery is finished, I have spent a lot of effort, after looking at it for a long time, this is actually the best quilt I have embroidered, it is not in vain I've worked hard for the past two months."

Xin Nian clapped his palms and praised, "Your embroidery skills are top notch even among those large embroidery rooms in central Beijing."

After finishing speaking, he said enthusiastically: "Come on, I'll go over to have a look, and it really is well embroidered, so I'll give this quilt to the third girl, so she can use it when she gets married."

"Yes. The third girl came to visit the day before yesterday. I saw that she liked it very much. If my aunt gave it to her, she would be very happy."

While talking, the two went into the house.As soon as she got up the steps, she suddenly heard footsteps behind her, and then a little girl ran in, fell to the ground, and shouted: "Auntie, it's not good, the sixth young master and the fourth young lady fell into the water in the garden. "

(End of this chapter)