Value peace

Chapter 36 Revisiting the Mansion ([-])

Gu Xiyan once read in a book that Liang Guogong’s territory is dry and water-scarce all year round, and is not suitable for growing rice and vegetables. The main income comes from gold mining. If what Mrs. Gu said is true, Liang Guogong lost the gold mine The income will certainly be severely damaged in terms of economy.Gu Xiyan asked curiously: "What happened then?"

Mrs. Gu said: "In the ninth year of Xizhao 280, people from Wujun City captured Horseshoe Bay and attacked Liangdi. Liang land, from then on, the imperial court sent troops to station in Liang land for a long time, and also specially set up the Liang Ting Dudu Mansion, which is in charge of the military affairs of Liang land."

Gu Xiyan lowered her head in thought.

In other words, Liang Guogong was deprived of actual jurisdiction.

Mrs. Gu sighed: "So as soon as Seventh Brother read your letter, he praised you for your vision. He said that the Fang family is now in the limelight, and you should not steal its edge. You should keep a low profile and wait for the opportunity. Said that the imperial concubine One move was too risky, too straightforward, for fear of causing the opposite effect."

Gu Xiyan heard what Mrs. Gu said, and she became more determined not to enter the palace.

It's not that he knew the course of history, so he dared to grab the other party's tiger's whiskers when he was in the limelight. No one can tell where the Fang family will go now, and no one knows when it will fall from the peak to the bottom.Or it is not impossible for the Fang family to become the largest family of the Xizhao Dynasty and accompany it until the end of the dynasty.Even if the Fang family fails in the end, will I be a supporting role A or passer-by who was sacrificed in this struggle?

Gu Xiyan is not willing to take this risk.

She hasn't had a good relationship yet!Just like a flower that has not yet bloomed will be plucked and placed in a crystal bottle. Maybe one day it will be thanked due to lack of water.

Such a disadvantageous thing must not be done!
After all, Gu Xiyan is only a 13-year-old child. In Madam Gu's eyes, she ran away from home in order not to enter the palace.Of course, she also didn't believe that after the second girl of the Gu family saw the imperial concubine, things would be as smooth as Gu Xiyan predicted.However, she believed in her seventh cousin Liu Zuocheng.

The ancestor of the Liu family can be said to be a very discerning person. The family rules of the Liu family were different from those of other families hundreds of years ago.The position of the head of the family does not recognize concubines, only talents.After each man in the family reaches the age of fourteen, he can get 100 taels of silver provided by the Liu family to go out into the rivers and lakes for ten years. Approved, you are eligible to participate in the Patriarch's competition.

Liu Zuocheng is the leader of their generation, and also the most popular candidate for the Patriarch of this generation.

Liu Zuocheng once said to Mrs. Gu: "Our Liu family has entered the merchant business 700 years ago and is now a rich family. By the way, in Xizhao 210, the ancestor Zhaogong spent several 10 taels of gold to get through the then crown prince Yang Yan and obtained the franchise right of Yantian in Nanhai County, but it had only been in operation for less than three months. He was defeated in the court struggle and was abolished. The Liu family was regarded as an abolitionist by the major forces in the court because of the support of Yang Yan. Zhaogong ran around and barely managed it for another nine months. The second year of the Yantian management right At the beginning of the bidding, the Lian family, which has always been in the shipping business, won the bid for the management right of Yantian at a price of 1 taels of silver more than the Liu family... The Liu family began to decline from then on. Until the year 240 of Xizhao, the ancestor Yuangong gave up his family's support The Liu family began to feel proud when Yang Pin, king of the court, became the throne and obtained the franchise right of Jiangnan Weaving. But that was more than fifty years ago, and now the family is in charge of the Empress Dowager Fang Jinyu, and her favorite is Wu’s family in Huzhou. Since Wu’s family began to receive money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs 20 years ago, our Liu family’s business has gradually become less domineering than before. Caixia, since ancient times, government and business have not been separated. For your sake, just don't offend some things if you can't offend them, whatever the two girls of the Gu family want, just do it."

Mrs. Gu thought about Liu Zuocheng's order that day, and agreed without hesitation: "The imperial concubine sent Xiao Huangmen to ask several times, and also told me that as soon as your illness is cured, let me report back to her immediately." One sound. Don't worry, I will go to the clan's mansion early tomorrow morning to hand out a sign asking to see the imperial concubine."

When Gu Xiyan wants to meet Gu Chaorong, it is more appropriate to say that she wants to get Gu Chaorong's support than because she has a strong curiosity about this sister.The first time I met little Gu Xiyan, she said that she had an older sister who was about the same age as herself, and said a lot about her sister. From the perspective of little Gu Xiyan, this older sister didn't like her.But from Gu Xiyan's point of view, she feels that she is a pretty good sister, and she is more concerned about her affairs.

She is in a strange world now, and one more friend will give her another way out. It is very necessary and meaningful to maintain a good relationship with a "high-ranking official" like Gu Chaorong.After all, I still have to marry in the future, and I need a natal family to support me!

Communicate with her well and tell her what you think, if you can become a good sister because of this, it is also good!

Mrs. Gu was still a little worried: "Where is your father..."

Gu Xiyan said embarrassingly: "I came back today to meet my mother, and my mother has been worrying about me all the time. I am afraid that my father is still angry, so I plan to hide outside for a few more days. I will talk about it when I see my sister... "

Mrs. Gu hurriedly said: "How can that be done? Inns and resorts are always places where fish and dragons are mixed together, and it is not safe. Now that I am back, I will go back to Wuyuan for the time being. Your father, he, he doesn't care much about the inner house. I think I can always hide it these days..."

Gu Xiyan thought about it, if she didn't tell Mrs. Gu that she was like a hot potato to Mrs. Gu when she came back, instead of leaving by herself, maybe this would allow Mrs. Gu to quickly arrange for her to enter the palace to meet Gu Chaorong.Besides, after spending some time in the market with the Changsheng class, I deeply realized that the outside world is not so beautiful, so I nodded and agreed without too many excuses.

Nanny Tian asked Gu Xiyan to put on the veiled hat again and sent her back to Wuyuan herself. On the way, she explained: "The family said that the girl has chickenpox, and she is serving the queen who has chickenpox, so she can't see the wind."

Gu Xiyan nodded in understanding, and said very apologetically, "I've hurt a few mothers!"

Nanny Tian smiled and shook her head.

Gu Xiyan asked again: "After I left, my father didn't make things difficult for Duanniang and the others, right?"

Mother Tian said: "It's the girl who used a good trick to send Duanniang and Mo Ju to Qixia Temple. Everyone is fine!"

Gu Xiyan let go of her hanging heart.

When she returned to Wuyuan, she saw two women with big arms and round waists standing in front of the courtyard. When she saw Nanny Tian, ​​both of them showed flattering smiles. Niece, who came to visit the second girl, the two hurriedly nodded and bowed to let them in.

Nanny Tian sent Gu Xiyan to the door, and left with the excuse that Madam didn't take care of her.

Gu Xiyan walked into the courtyard where she had been away for almost two months, and stood quietly at the door for a while.

The yard was cleaned cleanly. The thick tree in front of the house was still a dead tree when it was gone, but now it is green and sprouting, full of spring.

Gu Xiyan sighed infinitely, giving birth to a feeling of a world away.

The yard was quiet, the two women standing at the door looked at her with their heads poking around, Gu Xiyan slammed the door shut and called out "Mo Ju".

After a while, Mo Ju ran out from the east wing with red eyes, and when she saw Gu Xiyan, she ran up to hug her and cried loudly, causing Xing Hong to come out.

Seeing Gu Xiyan, Xinghong also had tears in her eyes. Gu Xiyan saw that both of them had lost some weight, but none of them had lost arms or broken legs. They were still very energetic when they cried, knowing that they hadn't suffered anything, and asked: "Where's Duan Niang? Is she okay?"

Her question caused the two girls to cry again, and Mo Ju sobbed and pointed to the main room and said, "The girl is gone, we are all locked in this room and we are not allowed to go anywhere, the master asked someone to take Duan Niang I went out and beat him up, and I still can't get up from now on. Duanniang was worried about the girl, crying day and night, her eyes are not working well..."

Gu Xiyan was shocked and rushed into the west room of the main house.

The window lattice of Linghua lattice was tightly closed, and the room was full of medicinal fragrance. The tall and tall Duanniang no longer had the kind of round and jade-like elegance, her cheeks were thin, her cheekbones were protruding, and her eye sockets were sunken deeply. All of a sudden, he seemed to be ten years older.Hearing the sound, her eyes opened a little, and she snorted angrily, "Moju, you little hoof, what are you crying for? Seeing the girl come back, I won't beat you to death!"

No one has ever cared about Gu Xiyan like this, no, grandma once cared about her like this, but grandma is no longer in this world.

At this moment, Gu Xiyan regretted and blamed herself infinitely.She knelt on Duanniang's bed, touched Duanniang's cheek, choked up and said, "Duanniang, it's me, I'm Xiyan!"

Duanniang opened her eyes when she heard the words, the once sharp eyes had become somewhat blurred.She held Gu Xiyan's hand, and said in disbelief: "Mo Ju, Mo Ju, look at me, is it a girl, is the girl back!"

Mo Ju and Xing Hong stood at the head of Duanniang's bed with tears in their eyes: "Yes, it's the second girl, it's the second girl who is back!"

Duanniang sat up abruptly, hugged Gu Xiyan and burst into tears.

Gu Xiyan also had watery eyes.She knew that it might hurt people, but she didn't expect the consequences to be so serious.

She asked Mo Ju: "Didn't I send you all away?"

Mo Ju bowed her head and remained silent, but Hong Xing said quickly: "No matter what, we are the people who wait in front of the girl, so we can't get away from it!"

Gu Xiyan sincerely apologized to them: "I'm sorry!"

The two little girls shook hands nervously, saying "I dare not be that".

(End of this chapter)