Value peace

Chapter 152 The Newlyweds ([-])

Qi Maosheng seemed a little unnatural, and said, "Xiyan, Hongluan and the other girls are a little different..."

This Gu Xiyan has long been mentally prepared.

Growing up in that environment, how normal can you expect her to be.However, what kind of difference is it that can make Maosheng say "different"?

Is it too naughty?
Or is Qi Maosheng very conflicted about remarriage?
Looking at Qi Maosheng who was hesitating, Gu Xiyan felt a little uneasy.

She thought of those troubled girls who deliberately made things difficult for their successor mothers because they opposed their fathers' remarriage.

But of course when she chose Qi Maosheng, she knew he had a daughter!

So Gu Xiyan still forced herself to show a confident smile: "Maosheng, don't worry. Have you heard the story of Ai Wu and Wu?" She told him the idiom story, and finally said: "Don't worry, as long as one Thinking of your kindness to me, I will also feel sorry for her!"

Qi Maosheng stared at Gu Xiyan's determined expression and sincere eyes for a while, then sighed and patted Gu Xiyan's head: "Sometimes, do I underestimate you! "

Gu Xiyan didn't like the dull atmosphere between them, so she threw herself into Qi Maosheng's arms with a smile, put her arms around his waist and said, "It would be great if I could be Qi Maosheng's little girl for the rest of my life!"

Qi Maosheng really hugged her like a child and patted her, saying: "Okay, I will treat you as a little girl for the rest of my life!"

Gu Xiyan smiled feigningly happy in his arms.

Qi Maosheng pressed his chin against the top of Gu Xiyan's head, and said in a tone of voice: "When her mother gave birth to her, it was a dystocia. She has always been in poor health, and she can't bear it when it's too hot or too cold. Chun, Aunt Gao lives in Chunli again, less than a hundred miles away. I was going to let Ye Zisu take her to live in Chunkuo for a while... But when she gave birth, her body was also injured, and even the child I can’t even breastfeed her, so I left it to Mrs. Xu to take care of her, and I couldn’t go all the way to Chunkuo... At the beginning, I didn’t pay attention at all. When Hongluan was three or four years old, I realized that she couldn’t walk. ..."

"You just found out that she can't walk?" Gu Xiyan sat up straight in Qi Maosheng's arms in surprise, and met his eyes.

"Yeah." Qi Maosheng's eyes were sad, "She has reached the age when she should go and still clings to Zhenniang's arms all day long. I also asked, but Ye Zisu said that children are like this. She is a mother, so she understands this better than me. ..."

Gu Xiyan thought of the posture of Zhenniang holding the child that day: "Is it because of leg problems that you can't walk? Or is it simply unwilling to walk?"

Qi Maosheng smiled wryly: "There must be no problem with the legs. I specially invited an old doctor from Xizhao who had been in the Royal Hospital. He also said that there is no problem...but he just doesn't walk."

"How are you so sure?"

Qi Maosheng's face was a little unnatural: "I also doubted it at the beginning... I put her on the kang for a whole day, and no one was allowed to serve her... The kang is food... But she was hungry and just watched and cried. , even urinating..."

"How could this be?"

Qi Maosheng's expression was very embarrassing: "Not only did she not walk, she also stopped talking!"

"not talking!"

One accident after another, Gu Xiyan opened her mouth wide in surprise.

No wonder, Liu Meier said that she had never seen Qi Hongluan.

"Hmm." Pain flashed in Qi Maosheng's eyes, "Especially when he saw me, he hid in Zhenniang's arms. Zhenniang said she was afraid of me... I tried my best to be kind to her, but it was useless. I don't know." What should I do, only try not to see..."

"Maosheng!" Gu Xiyan held Qi Maosheng's hand with heartache: "Is Hongluan not talking to you because you forced her to walk, or is she not talking to anyone?"

Qi Maosheng lowered his head and looked at Gu Xiyan holding his tender little hand, feeling better in his heart.He whispered: "It seems that she still talked before. I still remember that she called me 'Daddy' when she was a child. Since I forced her to walk that time, she has never spoken again, not only did she not talk to me , even Zhenniang, don't talk to her anymore!"

Gu Xiyan raised a doubt that ordinary people would think of: "Could something happen?"

Qi Maosheng understood the meaning of Gu Xiyan's words, and said softly: "Ever since I found out that she didn't walk, I arranged someone beside Hongluan. I don't know what happened before, at least there is nothing unusual now..."

Gu Xiyan thought of Nanny Jin, and asked, "Is it Nanny Jin?"

Qi Maosheng said: "I clearly arranged for her to go there, everyone knows. I also put a nanny named Lei in her room. She is the daughter of Mrs. Wei's baby brother. She is very loyal and a trustworthy person. Moreover, there is Zhenniang taking care of her by her side..."

Gu Xiyan thought of those lively eyes.

She couldn't help but pouted: "Mother Zhen, who is she?"

"Her name is Liu Zhenhui, a girl from the Liu family in Nanxi, Ningzhou, Guannei County. She was sent to Hongxiu Academy in Jiangnan to study at the age of five. She is proficient in poetry, piano, calligraphy and painting. When she returned to Yandi at the age of 14, she was already famous. She is a talented girl. She has made a marriage contract with the eldest son of the Wang family in Dingzhou, Guandong County since she was a child. When she was 16 years old, the son of the Wang family died of illness, and both the Wang and Liu families asked her to remarry. Under the influence of Xizhao, she If you say something like 'one woman does not marry two husbands, one horse does not have two saddles', she took the tablet of Prince Wang and married. The old lady of the Wang family is a girl from the Wei family. I feel sorry that she will be widowed at a young age. In 290 of Xizhao, she personally brought Zhenniang to visit Mrs. Wei, and wanted the Qi Mansion to protect her to become a female official in Xizhao. Afterwards, she and Ye Zisu hit it off right away, so they stayed for Hong Luan to serve as an official. Adoptive mother..."

Gu Xiyan's eyeballs rolled wildly: "Speaking of which, these years are also thanks to her!"

Qi Maosheng smiled wryly: "Not only her, everyone around Hongluan is uncomfortable."

For some reason, Qi Maosheng's answer made her very dissatisfied.

She pouted, and wanted to ask Zhenniang carefully, but Qi Maosheng said with a painful expression: "I also know that I want to walk ahead of Hongluan...so, after returning from Shengjing, I also worried about this matter." I discussed with Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Wei."

Gu Xiyan couldn't help but feel ashamed.

What time is this, and I still have to think about it!
Maosheng's worry is very reasonable, after all, no one can live in her place!

Gu Xiyan hurriedly said: "Then what did they say?"

"Mrs. Xu means to marry her to the Wei family in Dongxi. After all, that is my mother's family. No matter what, I will pay three shares of the Qi family..."

Gu Xiyan was a little surprised.She thought she was discussing how to help Hongluan live independently, but she didn't expect that it was discussing what kind of family Hongluan would marry.However, it is quite surprising that Mrs. Xu would propose to marry Hong Luan to the Wei family.

She couldn't help asking: "What does Madam Wei mean?"

Qi Maosheng smiled wryly: "Madam Wei's intention is to ask for the grace of Xizhao to marry Hong Luan to Jin Guogong Wu Qi..."

"Ah, why?" Gu Xiyan looked at Qi Maosheng seriously.

Qi Maosheng whispered: "Our two families have signed a covenant... and Mrs. Wei has seen all the boys of the right age in the Wei family, and none of them satisfied her!"

Gu Xiyan couldn't help laughing bitterly: "The Wei family doesn't have any qualified boys, but if they marry into the Duke of Jin's mansion, even though it's a marriage bestowed by the emperor, it's also a hundred-year-old man over there, and the personnel affairs are complicated. It's beyond my reach!"

"I also know that neither of them are suitable, but I don't have time to take care of it..." At this point, he couldn't help but look at Gu Xiyan with burning eyes: "Xiyan, it's better to leave this matter to you." You are her mother now, help me to find a suitable one for her in Yandi valve, if not, only one with clean background, good character, and good looks will be fine..."

"Me!" Gu Xiyan pointed at her nose, "Let me choose for her?"

Qi Maosheng nodded, as if he had suddenly found a solution to his illness, and said excitedly: "Yes, you can help her choose a marriage."

Gu Xiyan suddenly understood why her stepmother was unwilling to sign her consent form for surgery.

This is a major event in marriage, even free love, there will always be accidents, let alone an arranged marriage, and Hongluan was born in such a prominent family, who can guarantee that the proposer has ulterior motives...

She felt her temples were slightly damp.

It turns out that one day, I will encounter the same situation!

A teasing smile appeared in Qi Maosheng's eyes: "Look, don't you have a good eye for choosing a husband?"

"Fuck you!" Gu Xiyan was amused, "I just like stepping on me to find confidence!"

"And entrusting Hong Luan to you to raise," Qi Maosheng pondered, "It can also prevent Mrs. Xu from asking me for money. A large part of the account expenses at Dexin Courtyard is Hong Luan's expenses... The medical expenses alone cost more than 5000 taels last year..."

Of course, there is one thing Qi Maosheng did not say.

He hoped that Hongluan could grow up beside Xiyan, be influenced by Dian Xiyan, be as healthy, happy, intelligent, and have a considerate heart like her.

When Gu Xiyan heard Qi Maosheng's settlement, she said fairly and honestly: "If it involves medical expenses, it is not impossible to spend tens of thousands of taels of silver that year."

Qi Maosheng smiled wryly: "If the money is really spent on Hongluan, I have nothing to worry about. I'm afraid... the money is spent, but what should be used is useless..."

Gu Xiyan also smiled wryly.

These two things are said to be one thing.

Bringing Hongluan to Songzhenyuan to take care of her, and then diverting the expenditures of Dexinyuan for Hongluan to Songzhenyuan, can not only deepen the relationship between herself and Hongluan, but also make Mrs. Xu have no excuse to ask for help. Qi Maosheng asked for money to achieve Qi Maosheng's goal of reducing the expenditure of Dexin Hospital.Moreover, if Mrs. Xu's hands were not active, of course life would not be so moist, and maybe it would stop and stop because of it.

In any case, it was her responsibility to take care of Hong Luan, but Qi Maosheng's conditions for choosing a son-in-law... Gu Xiyan is really not sure that she can handle this matter well.

There was some hesitation in her expression.

Qi Maosheng looked at her apologetically.

Looking at the embarrassed Maosheng, Gu Xiyan thought of the tenderness between the two of them. She couldn't help feeling softer and hotter, and said proudly: "Don't worry, Maosheng, I will take good care of you. Hongluan's." As soon as she finished speaking, she felt guilty again, and she smiled at Qi Maosheng with little confidence, and said, "Let's do it one by one, let's settle the matter of Hongluan first, and then we can discuss what to do next." Don't be a housekeeper!"

Xiyan, you are worried that you can't do well!

Even so, she was willing to make things difficult for herself and was unwilling to reject herself!
Qi Maosheng couldn't help but hugged her dotingly, and said: "Don't worry, I know this matter well, and I will arrange a competent nanny to help you!"

(End of this chapter)