Value peace

Chapter 54 The Princess Visits
Of course Mo Ju and Xing Hong would not refute Duan Niang, but Hui Lan stared at Gu Xiyan thoughtfully for a long time.

Gu Xiyan felt her burning gaze, and said with a smile, "What's the matter?"

Whelan smiled and said, "No, it's nothing. It's just that I didn't expect the girl to be so good at telling stories. I was fascinated by it. I don't know which book the girl read about it. Introduce me to read it too!"

Gu Xiyan said vaguely: "It's nonsense, it's a story!"

But Duan Niang sighed beside her: "Girl put aside the serious books and don't read, there are always these rare and weird things..."

Gu Xiyan just smiled.

Everyone chatted and laughed for a while, and the atmosphere gradually improved, and they all urged Gu Xiyan to tell another story.

Seeing this, Gu Xiyan thought for a moment, and then told everyone a story from Liaozhai "Xiao Xie".Halfway through the story, the crowd on the street started to commotion. Mo Ju didn't care about listening to the story, and hurriedly opened the curtain of the car and looked out: "Girl, it's the officers and soldiers who are cleaning up...the ones at the street..."

The atmosphere that was not easy to become active disappeared, and everyone fell into silence again.

Gu Xiyan sighed secretly, smiled and said to everyone: "This story is only half told!"

It may also be that the scene was too uncomfortable, and everyone subconsciously wanted to avoid it. As soon as Gu Xiyan finished speaking, Xinghong responded first: "That's right, that's right, the girl's story hasn't been finished yet?"

After everyone sat down again, Gu Xiyan began to tell the remaining half of the story.

But the noise from the soldiers carrying the dead bodies outside penetrated into the carriage along with the air, and everyone sat upright as if they were listening to each other.

Just when Gu Xiyan talked about a heartwarming plot, Xinghong burst into tears with a "wow", and said with a sob: "Girl, it's so pitiful, even children are not spared..."

Duanniang's eyes turned red, and they all lowered their heads.

The whitewashed Taiping finally showed his ferocious head.

Gu Xiyan also felt sad, she hugged the crying Xinghong in her arms, patted her back lightly, and began to hum a song: "I see all the flowers are blooming / there is a faint sound Sing/Show its brightest smile/It is brighter than the sun/A spring with clear and clear water/What a beautiful little village..."

That is "By the Butterfly Spring" by Huang Yali.

The soft voice and cheerful tune gradually calmed everyone's flustered mood, and gradually, everyone became quiet.

At dusk, the direction of Changxingfang began to pass, and the Gu family's carriage slowly began to move forward with the flow of people.

The coachman sat on a high seat and carefully steered the horses, which were a little restless due to the long wait.

Finally arrived at Gu's carriage to be interrogated. Gu Xiyan and the others got out of the carriage wearing veiled caps. The stern sergeant put his head in and looked inside the carriage for a while, then shrugged his nose vigorously and asked them with a frown. : "Why does it smell like blood?"

Gu Xiyan said softly and authentically: "We stopped at Anyifang Street before..."

The sergeant stuck his head in and looked around for a while, with a puzzled expression on his face.

A man who looked like a soldier ran over and called the sergeant: "Lieutenant Hu, Dudu Min told you to go to the intersection of Yonglefang and found a wounded person..."

The sergeant frowned, looked at the carriage for a few more times, waved his hand, and signaled to Gu Xiyan and the others that they could leave, then walked towards Yonglefang with Xiao Bing, muttering: "Where is the injury? Don't worry about it again." It's better to be injured by dancing..."

Gu Xiyan and the others breathed a sigh of relief, everyone scrambled to get into the car, Duanniang eagerly told the driver: "Go! Go!"

When she returned to the Gu Mansion, Mrs. Gu stood at the gate of the Gu Mansion in person regardless of etiquette. As soon as she saw the carriage that Gu Xiyan and the others were sitting in, she immediately walked down the steps and said anxiously: "What about the second girl, the second girl?" Are you back?"

Gu Xiyan immediately stretched out her head and called "Mother", and Madam Gu calmed down.

She personally helped Gu Xiyan get out of the car, then her expression changed, and she asked her in a panic: "You, are you injured?"

"No!" Gu Xiyan replied in a daze, "I'm not injured!"

"Why does it smell like blood!" Mrs. Gu frowned slightly, and after she finished speaking, she explained to herself, "Maybe I'm too sensitive. When I heard that there was a riot in Dongshi, the whole city was on alert, and you didn't Come back, I'm so anxious... Just come back, just come back, let's go back quickly, so that nothing happens again..." Madam Gu said, pulling Gu Xiyan and turning back to the mansion.

Huilan, who got out of the car after Gu Xiyan, sniffed her clothes at this moment, and said to Mo Ju strangely: "We didn't get anything on us, why is there a bloody smell in the car?"

Xinghong immediately turned pale with fright.Seeing this, Mo Ju pulled Whelan away: "Don't talk about it, let's go back quickly."

On the way back to Shouyuan, Gu Xiyan told Mrs. Gu what happened. Of course, she omitted the process of her own blind date and the matter of advising Jiang Xinglin. Proclaiming "Buddha of Infinite Life", he hurriedly told Mother Tian beside him, "Hurry up and pick wormwood leaves for the girl to get rid of the bad smell..."

Mrs. Gu sent someone to find out what happened a long time ago. Just as the person came back to report that "a fugitive escaped from the prison", Gu Xiyan laughed. Isn't this just an excuse she made up? ?It's all right now, but I can't find out the real situation!
After going back and forth like this, Gu Xiyan didn't have a steaming meal until after eight o'clock in the evening.

After eating, Gu Xiyan lay on the bed exhausted after taking a shower, but she was so tired that she couldn't open her eyes, but her mind was very clear without any sleepiness, and she was in a very strange excitement.In this way, I stayed up until dawn in a half-dream, half-awake, half-bright state.

At dawn, Gu Xiyan got up, and Mo Ju and the others didn't look very well. They were fetching water to wash her face, but Liu'er flew in like a cheerful magpie: "Aunt Duan , Aunt Duan, overjoyed, overjoyed!"

Duan Niang came out from the west wing with a smile, and patted Liu'er on the head: "Look at your panic, you don't look like a garden guard!"

Liu'er blinked her big eyes, and said with a disapproving smile: "If Aunt Duan hears about it, she won't look like the nanny in Miss Er's house!"

Duanniang raised her eyebrows and said "Oh".

Liu'er coughed softly, restrained her smile, and said solemnly: "The madam told the second girl to go to her room quickly!"

Duanniang smiled and nodded fiercely on Liu'er's forehead: "Damn girl, speak up!"

Liu'er pretended to be in pain and said "Oops", touched her forehead and pouted, "I didn't say anything." After finishing speaking, she whispered a few words in Duanniang's ear.

Duanniang's face changed drastically, she said in shock, "Really?"

Liu'er smiled into a crescent moon, stretched out her hand and spread it in front of Duanniang: "It's more real than this gold ring on my hand!"

Duan Niang seemed to be petrified when she heard this, and looked straight at Gu Xiyan.

Gu Xiyan, who was sitting in front of the mirror and combing her hair, saw Duanniang's appearance in the mirror, her heart sank, and she forced herself to smile calmly, "What happened?"

The corners of Duanniang's mouth twitched slightly, but Liu'er chirped aside and said, "Congratulations girl, congratulations girl. The Marquis of Weiyuan entrusted the Eldest Princess to act as a mediator for their ninth son, Jiang Xinglin. , ask to marry the second girl..."

Gu Xiyan was also dumbfounded, looking at Duanniang through the mirror.

Liu'er felt something was wrong in the atmosphere, looked at Gu Xiyan suspiciously, then at Duanniang, and asked in a low voice: "What's the matter, this is a happy event... The Jiang family is a founding meritorious person, and the ninth son is said to be the first son, Last year, the top two Jinshi..."

Gu Xiyan didn't know what happened, and it was impossible to ask anything in front of Liu'er, so she gave Duan Niang a wink, and then said to Liu'er: "You rest here for a while, drink some tea, I'll Just go and change clothes."

Duanniang immediately went into the inner room, and Mo Ju cleverly invited Liu'er to her own room to drink tea.

Gu Xiyan took advantage of Duanniang to help her change her clothes, and said, "I'll go to Nanny Tian to inquire about it later."

Duanniang nodded: "I see."

The two quickly packed up, and Gu Xiyan followed Liu Er to guard the garden.

There were many unfamiliar faces in the verandah and under the eaves of the guard garden. When Gu Xiyan entered the room, Mrs. Gu was talking with a woman.It was a hot day, and the woman was sitting upright, neatly dressed, with a goose yellow half arm on her upper body, and a bright red eight-piece skirt in a butterfly and a hundred flowers was exposed under the half arm, and the pearls and emeralds on her head shone like stars , shaking on the things in the room from time to time, piercing people's eyes a little bit.Gu Xiyan knew that this must be the eldest princess, she bent her knees gracefully and said blessing to the two of them with light steps, Mrs. Gu hurriedly got up and pulled Gu Xiyan to introduce to the eldest princess: "This is my ineffective Daughter!" Then she hurriedly told Gu Xiyan: "Quickly, quickly salute the eldest princess."

Ye'er, who stood behind Mrs. Gu and waited on her, was also a clever person. She immediately took a cushion and placed it in front of Gu Xiyan. Gu Xiyan knew that she was going to salute herself, so she knelt down on the mat and kowtowed to salute. .

"Get up!" the eldest princess said, her voice was soft.

Gu Xiyan said thank you before standing up.

"Come, come to me and let me see!"

Gu Xiyan answered "Yes", then walked to the eldest princess with low eyebrows.

The eldest princess looked very kind, took Gu Xiyan's hand and asked her how old she was, what books she had read at home, who did she learn from female celebrities, and so on.

Gu Xiyan replied respectfully one by one.

The Eldest Princess didn't show a satisfied or dissatisfied tone or appearance, she smiled and asked Gu Xiyan to be taken down.

Gu Xiyan anxiously followed the nanny next to the eldest princess to the west wing of the guard garden and sat down. After waiting for a while, she heard the eldest princess leave.She immediately ran out and stood under the eaves to wait for Mrs. Gu who was sending the eldest princess out of the mansion. When she saw Mrs. Gu, she suddenly asked, "Mother, what happened?"

Mrs. Gu smiled all over her face, and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing. The eldest princess is the biological mother of my natal sister-in-law, so come here to find out."

Gu Xiyan glanced at Liu'er again, but Liu'er lowered her eyelids to avoid her gaze.Gu Xiyan had no choice but to chat with Madam Gu for a few words, and had no choice but to get up and leave.

Back in Wuyuan, I saw Huilan helping Xinghong make breakfast.Seeing Gu Xiyan, Huilan greeted her with a smile: "I was afraid that Mo Ju and Xing Hong would be frightened, so I came here to fight."

Gu Xiyan suppressed the doubts in her heart and thanked Huilan, and then asked Huilan with concern if she had breakfast.

Huilan smiled and said, "Nurse Wu went to Da'an Square. I am alone, and I don't bother to do it..."

Gu Xiyan hurriedly invited Huilan to have breakfast together, and then took Duanniang to Cuidi Pavilion under the pretext of going to see how the Xiuhe Garden was being cleaned up with Duanniang.

(End of this chapter)