Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 478 A headache

"That's all I have to say. Mother, please think about it carefully." Gu Tingyu said.

Although he wanted Gu Tingye to inherit the title, he was unwilling to ask Gu Tingye to come back.

This incident was actually a good thing for him.

Xiao Qin left Gu Tingyu's yard in a daze, and as soon as she came out, she ran into people from the fourth and fifth rooms who came in a hurry.

The fourth and fifth rooms all asked Xiao Qinshi if she had thought of any way to save people.

Xiao Qin was already in a bad mood, and she felt that her son was implicated by the fourth and fifth rooms, so naturally she would not treat them well.

He snorted coldly and walked away.

The people from the fourth and fifth rooms had no choice but to go to Gu Tingyu.

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"Madam, slow down." Gu Tingye supported Yu Yanran and took a walk in the yard.

Yu Yanran is now more than nine months pregnant and is about to give birth.

"My dear, I'm fine. You don't need to be so careful." Yu Yanran smiled while holding her bulging belly.

"I told you to move to the Orange Garden, but you just wouldn't agree. It's too small here, and we can't even take a walk." Gu Tingye said.

Although he was rich, he still had to rely on luck if he wanted to buy a good house in Bianjing.

Later, he received a reward and no longer thought about buying a house.

"I think it's pretty good. There are not many people in the family. The orange orchard is too big and it would be very lonely to live there." Yu Yanran said with a smile.

This was just her excuse. The main reason was that the Orange Garden and the Gu family were only separated by a wall, which was too close. She was worried that Gu Tingye would feel uncomfortable.

As husband and wife, she could feel how miserable Gu Tingye had felt since his father's death.

It can be said that if it weren’t for the child in her belly, which gave Gu Tingye some comfort, he would probably be even more sad.

Gu Tingye knew what his wife meant, and was touched. He did not continue talking about this topic, but said, "Okay, it's almost time for today, let's go back to the room."

"Yeah." Yu Yanran smiled happily and nodded.

"Zi Qian's child will be born later than ours. If our two families have a boy and a girl, it would be a perfect opportunity to arrange a marriage for them." Gu Tingye said with a smile.

"That would be great." Yu Yanran said with a smile.

The couple chatted and went back to the house. Just as they sat down, a servant hurried in and saluted, saying, "Master, the master and mistress of the fourth and fifth rooms are here and want to see you."

"They should be here for their son's matter." Gu Tingye sneered, "Tell them I'm busy and don't have time to see them."

"Sir, no matter what, they are your elders after all, so you should go and meet them." Yu Yanran advised.

Gu Tingye bears the infamy of being the one who angered his father to death. Now that his elders have come to visit him, if he refuses to meet them, who knows what they will make up.

"Since my wife has said so, I will go and meet her." Gu Tingye said.

"Yes." Yu Yanran nodded and said, "My dear, remember not to get angry. If you have anything to say, just talk to me nicely."

"I understand." Gu Tingye nodded, walked out of the house and went to the main hall.

When he arrived at the main hall, he saw more than a dozen people standing and sitting inside the room, including maids, so the main hall was a bit crowded.

Not only his fourth uncle and fifth uncle's couples came, but also the wives of several cousins.

"I have met my fourth uncle and fourth aunt, my fifth uncle and fifth aunt, and several sisters-in-law."

Gu Tingye made a pretentious gesture and saluted, "Since the separation, this is the first time that the fourth and fifth uncles have come to my place, right?"

"Erlang!"

Hearing Gu Tingye's somewhat sarcastic words, the fourth and fifth rooms, who had to ask for help, did not dare to get angry.

The fourth master said, "I was busy before, so I didn't come. Your wife is about to give birth, right? Then ask your fourth and fifth aunts to come and help take care of her."

"Yes, yes, yes, why didn't your wife come? We brought her a lot of supplements." said the Fourth Lady.

"Okay, there are no outsiders here now, so Fourth Uncle and Fifth Uncle should stop pretending. Just tell me what you want to say directly." Gu Tingye said lightly.

When his father died, the fourth and fifth branches called for him to be expelled from the family tree.

Now that I need his help, I am still acting so hypocritical, which is disgusting.

"Erlang, what are you saying? We, the elders, came to see you with good intentions, but you are speaking in a sarcastic tone. Do you still respect us elders?" The Fifth Master said with a grim expression.

"So Fourth Uncle and Fifth Uncle just came to see me. I'm really touched." Gu Tingye said sarcastically.

"You..." The Fifth Master was about to get angry when he heard this.

"Old Five!" The Fourth Master quickly stopped the Fifth Master and whispered, "We are here to ask him for help. What if we really offend him and he doesn't care?"

"Hmph!" The Fifth Master snorted coldly and sat down upon hearing this.

"Erlang," the fourth master said with an apologetic smile, "We are here to see you, and we also want to ask you for a favor. Your brothers and sisters are not good enough, and they met some bad friends outside. Because of them, they were arrested as rebels. You have a good relationship with Qi Heng, right? Please help and ask for mercy and see if they can release them."

"I think you came to see me just by chance, right?" Gu Tingye sneered, "Didn't Fourth Uncle and Fifth Uncle always say that the people I met outside were all bad friends, and asked me and my cousins ​​to learn more. How come they have cut off all bad friends now?"

"Bang!" The Fifth Master slammed the table and stood up, shouting, "Gu Tingye! You can't write two Gu characters with one stroke. Now your brother and brother are in trouble, and it's fine if you don't help them, but you are still adding insult to injury. How can you gloat over their misfortune?"

"Old Five!" The fourth elder also said anxiously: "Is there anything that cannot be said in a nice way?"

"Speak nicely?" The Fifth Master said angrily, "Can't you see that he is just mocking us and has no intention of helping us at all?"

"I really don't mean to help." Gu Tingye sneered, "Uncle Wu said that you can't write two Gu characters with one stroke. Why didn't you tell me when you wanted to expel me from the family tree? When my father passed away, why didn't you think of informing me so that I could see my father for the last time?"

"You made your father angry to death. Is there anything wrong with us doing this?" said the Fifth Master.

"You all know how my father died." Gu Tingye sneered.

"Erlang, can't you save them? They are all your brothers." said the Fourth Master.

"Brother? Would you have an affair with the maid in my room? Would you drink and party outside and use my name to pay the bill?" Gu Tingye asked sarcastically.

Before he knew about his mother's affairs, he had a bad relationship with Gu Yankai, and he also had some relations with several cousins ​​from the fourth and fifth rooms.

Those people pushed all the troubles and debts onto him, and his father would punish him every time.

No matter how he explained, his father didn't believe it, which led to their relationship becoming increasingly worse.

It can be said that the fourth and fifth rooms are Xiao Qin's accomplices.

"How could this happen?" The Fifth Master said, "If you don't want to help, there's no need to discredit them."

"Ah."

Gu Tingye sneered, sat down, and said, "I don't know how to help, and I can't help. Fourth Uncle and Fifth Uncle should worry about themselves instead of spending their time like this."

"What do you mean? Do you want to take revenge on us?" The five elders also said with a grim expression.

"I don't have the time." Gu Tingye sneered, "Fourth Uncle and Fifth Uncle don't know what my cousins ​​have done, right? They helped the King of Yan buy a lot of young women in Jiangnan."

"Buying some women is not a serious crime? Besides, the King of Yan did not rebel at that time." The five elders also retorted: "It can't be that everyone who has contact with the King of Yan is a rebel, right?"

"Of course not." Gu Tingye smiled and said, "Do you know where those women ended up?"

"Where did he go?" The fourth master suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Those women were used by Prince Yan to win over others. Everyone who helped Prince Yan in the rebellion was involved. Fourth Uncle and Fifth Uncle, can you tell me what crime this is?" Gu Tingye said with a smile.

"what?"

"Oh, my poor child."

As soon as Gu Tingye said this, the hall fell into chaos.

The women of the fourth and fifth rooms cried and felt like the sky was falling. "Stop crying!" The fourth master shouted, looking at Gu Tingye and said, "You have the merit of following the emperor, and you are very close to His Royal Highness Prince Huan. You should have a solution, right?"

Gu Tingye shrugged and asked instead of answering, "Why should I help?"

"Erlang, that's your brother, are you just going to watch him die?"

"Second Uncle, please save my husband."

When the women heard this, they immediately began to beg.

"shut up!"

The four elders also stopped everyone and said, "Erlang, tell me, what do you want in exchange for your help?"

"Fourth uncle is smarter than fifth uncle. Wouldn't it be better if he had done this earlier?" Gu Tingye smiled and said, "I heard that my father left a suicide note before he died. I want that suicide note. In addition..."

"Nonsense!" The Fifth Master said angrily, "Your father was pissed off to death by you. He didn't even leave any last words. How could there be a suicide note?"

"If that's the case, there's no point in talking." Gu Tingye spread his hands.

"Go on, what else do you want?" The Fourth Master stopped the Fifth Master.

"I also want my mother to be enshrined in the Gu family ancestral hall. These are the two conditions. If you can do it, I can save their lives. If you can't, just wait for me to collect their bodies." Gu Tingye said.

"Master!" The fourth lady became anxious when she heard this.

"We need to go back and discuss this matter." said the Fourth Master.

"It's okay, I have plenty of time." Gu Tingye said with a smile.

"Let's go!" said the fourth master.

"Hmph!" The Fifth Master snorted coldly and walked away.

Gu Tingye watched them leave with a smile on his face.

"Did you deliver the message?" Gu Tingye murmured.

He actually didn't know that his father left a suicide note before he died.

But today someone sent him a letter, saying that his father left a suicide note before he died.

Gu Tingye was still a little skeptical at first, but the reactions from the fourth and fifth rooms just now confirmed that the suicide note did exist.

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"Officer."

Minglan brought Danju into the study.

"Madam, why aren't you asleep yet so late?" Li An came back to his senses and said.

"I slept too much during the day and couldn't sleep at night. I asked someone to make a bowl of ginseng soup. It's not hot anymore. Please have some."

Minglan took the ginseng soup from the tray held by Danju and handed it to Li An.

"Thank you, ma'am." Li An took it and said, "Go back and go to bed early."

"Then I'll go back. Sir, please don't be busy too late." After Minglan said this, she left with her maid.

Li An finished drinking the ginseng soup and stretched.

"It's a difficult problem for me." Li An murmured.

Today he received a letter from Wang Anshi.

In his letter, Wang Anshi elaborated on the detailed rules for the improved land tax distribution system.

After watching it, Ang Lee thought it was very good and didn't find any problems.

However, at the end of the letter, Wang Anshi said that he had recently thought of a policy regarding horse affairs, which he called the Horse Protection Law.

Li An naturally knew about the horse protection method. He originally thought that Wang Anshi had already had this idea in mind.

I didn't expect that I would come up with this idea just now.

But it’s normal to think about it, as Wang Anshi’s reforms were carried out after Zhao Ceying ascended the throne.

The policies he implemented during the reform were not necessarily all those he had thought of long ago.

Wang Anshi believed that the Horse Protection Law could increase the number of horses, solve the Song Dynasty's horse shortage problem, and reduce the pressure on the court.

This method will not affect the interests of the gentry and landlords, so there should not be any resistance.

And the sooner you use this method, the better.

Wang Anshi asked Li An to present this method in his name.

By doing this, Wang Anshi was giving the credit to him, which was a noble act.

But in Li An's opinion, this method has too many disadvantages (mentioned above) and is not a good idea.

Given Wang Anshi's temperament, if Li An had not submitted a memorial, he would most likely have submitted one himself.

Wang Anshi is the kind of person who won't turn back until he hits a wall.

If Li An had not suggested that he test his new policy at the local level, and he had hit a wall, he might not have devoted himself to perfecting the system of allocating land tax.

I'm afraid he's still submitting petitions requesting reforms.

To be honest, the horse protection method does seem to be a good idea at first glance.

If Wang Anshi submitted a memorial, Zhao Zongquan would most likely use it after seeing it.

Therefore, Li An had to submit a memorial himself and persuade Wang Anshi to give up the law to protect horses.

Or think of a better way.

Li An considered for a long time and told Wang Anshi the current situation in Bianliang. He also pointed out the hidden dangers that would exist after the implementation of the Horse Protection Law.

As for what Wang Anshi will do, that is his business.

After finishing all this, Li An returned to his room.

Knowing that Minglan had fallen asleep, he simply washed up in the outer room and tiptoed into the inner room.

When Li An lay down on the bed, Minglan seemed to sense something. She turned over and snuggled into Li An's arms, finding a comfortable position.

Li An kissed her on the face and closed his eyes.

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When Gu Tingye and Yu Yanran were having breakfast, the maid came in and saluted, "Master, Madam, the old lady is here."

Yu Yanran was stunned when she heard this and was about to stand up.

"Madam, slow down." Gu Tingye quickly grabbed her.

"Sir, my mother-in-law is here, let's go over there quickly." Yu Yanran said.

"Why are you in such a hurry? We haven't finished eating yet." Gu Tingye said.

Yu Yanran said anxiously, "How can we let mother-in-law wait? Besides, she doesn't know if she has eaten yet. Let's go ask her. If she hasn't eaten yet, let's eat something together."

She also knew about the grudge between Gu Tingye and Xiao Qinshi, but Xiao Qinshi was nominally Gu Tingye's mother, and it would be troublesome if the news of her neglect got out.

"I'm afraid she can't eat now. Let's eat first and let her wait for a while." Gu Tingye said.

Seeing this, Yu Yanran advised: "Sir, I know you have a grudge against her, but outsiders don't know. You have to pay attention to your reputation."

"What reputation do I have now? Don't worry, she doesn't dare to mess with me now." Gu Tingye said indifferently.

(End of this chapter)