Warm spring enters Hou's door

Chapter 94

Gu Caiwei laughed when she heard it.

"Are you really sick, or did you hear that Lord Hou became a celebrity in the court, and all the gentlemen of the Du family were overwhelmed by the limelight? She was afraid that Lord Hou would use his power for personal gain and revenge, so she fell ill directly. ?”

Du Ren lowered his head: "This subordinate is not sure."

He is also a wonderful person.One sentence is not clear, it definitely does not mean that he is not clear in his heart, on the contrary, he is like a mirror in his heart, but he knows that such words cannot be said, so he responds vaguely.

Therefore, Gu Caiwei can be sure - Mrs. Lai Guogong was scared to death!
Du Juanqing pondered for a while with downcast eyes, and then said in a low voice: "Since Dad told me to go back, I should go back!"

He has a general relationship with Mrs. Lai Guogong, but he still has a bit of admiration for Lai Guogong.

After hearing this, Gu Caiwei could only nod her head. "Then go. Anyway, they shouldn't dare to drug you anymore!"

Du Juanqing's eyes darkened again, he pursed his lips and said nothing more.

Now that the decision was made, the three of them quickly changed their clothes and went to the Duke's Mansion.

Not surprisingly, the atmosphere in the Duke's Mansion is very weird.Of course, this weirdness is completely different from that in Princess Taiping's mansion.Princess Taiping was angry, so whenever she saw something that didn't go her way, she would throw a tantrum, causing everyone to feel insecure, afraid to say a word or make an extra action, for fear of offending her master again.But the people in the Duke's mansion rushed up and down with caution, but it was all because they were afraid of offending them, the guests.

From the moment they entered the door, Gu Caiwei found that the people in the house were very nervous about them, and they didn't even dare to look at them more, as if they were afraid that they would be upset by accident, and then they would just leave.

Du Yi looked all the way over, and he couldn't help whispering to Gu Caiwei: "You are really right! After a person has power, he can indeed do whatever he wants! Now, the entire Du family has been trampled under our feet. .”

"So, I told you a long time ago that you don't need to worry about them. If you offend them, you will offend them. Now they are not careful to curry favor with us, for fear that we will ignore them?" Gu Caiwei nodded with a smile.

Du Yi quickly nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice. "You're right. In the future, I will try my best to stand out like Father, and gain a firm foothold throughout the Great Zhou Dynasty. In this way, our family can continue to do whatever we want in the future!"

puff!
Gu Caiwei couldn't help rubbing the top of his head. "Look at how promising you are!"

Du Yi grinned suddenly. "I think my wish is very good! It is down-to-earth, and it is not so easy to realize. How many people can't achieve it in their lifetime!"

"arrive."

Suddenly, Du Juanqing's voice came from the front.The two people who were whispering to each other hurriedly shut up, and saw that the small courtyard where Mrs. Lai Guogong lived had appeared in front of them.

It is also ridiculous to say.Gu Caiwei has been in this body for so long, and she has been to this Lai Guogong mansion several times, but now it is the first time to come to Lai Guogong's wife's residence.

If this news is known to others, they will scold her as a daughter-in-law for being disrespectful to Auntie.

Gu Caiwei smiled lightly, she walked slowly to Du Juanqing's side, and grabbed his hand.

Sure enough, his hands were a little stiff and still trembling slightly.All this shows that he is very nervous now.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here!" She comforted him in a low voice.

Du Juanqing turned to look at her, then nodded. "Um."

Then, Du Juanze, the eldest son of the Du family, came out with his wife, Mrs. Pei.

"Seventh brother, you are here!" Du Juanze hurriedly called out affectionately, as if nothing had happened before, hurriedly came forward to pull him up, "Hurry up and go see Auntie with me! She has been ill since you left last time, and now her condition is getting worse day by day, not only can't get out of bed these days, but she hasn't had any water. If it weren't for this, we wouldn't dare to disturb you!"

Mrs. Pei came to Gu Caiwei.She stared at Gu Caiwei with complicated eyes for a while, and then said in a low voice: "Since the seventh brother and sister are here, let's go and show Auntie too! No matter how many doctors we have hired, it is useless now. you guys."

Even the tone of speech is awkward.

But Gu Caiwei can completely understand.

Last time, in a fit of anger, she told Du Juanze's secret in public.Although Du Juanze and his wife were not there at the time, the incident was so big at that time, even if Lai Guogong and his wife wanted to hide it, how could they hide it?
So early the next morning, Mrs. Pei already knew the news, and then naturally there was another disturbance.

She was arguing for reconciliation with Du Juanze, scolding Mrs. Lai for being shameless for helping her son to deceive his daughter-in-law, and shouting and jumping to go outside to drag that maid and her family out to live. killed.That whole day, the entire Duke's Mansion didn't stop.

The bad thing is that now Lai Guogong's mansion doesn't have much weight in Chang'an City.Otherwise, with Pei's way of making trouble, I don't know how many troubles will arise!
But even so, it took a lot of effort for Lai Guogong's family to persuade Mrs. Pei.Du Juanze personally apologized to her and confessed to her, offered to send all the children raised outside far away, and promised to ignore them in the future; even Mrs. People from her natal family came to persuade her daughter.With a multi-pronged approach, the Pei family finally stopped.

However, this is only a superficial stop.Any woman, as long as she knows that her husband has done this kind of thing without telling her, and the people around her know about it, and a group of people cooperate to hide it from her, she will feel panicked whenever she thinks about it.So now, her life is difficult, and Du Juanze's life is also difficult.Even in the entire Lai Guogong Mansion, everyone is walking on thin ice, fearing that Mrs. Pei will be in a bad mood and make trouble again.

And now seeing Gu Caiwei, the person who broke Du Juanze's disguise back then, Pei's heart is even more mixed.

She didn't know how to treat this guy well.Do you hate her, or are you grateful to her?
If Gu Caiwei hadn't told this story, she might not know until she died that her husband, whom she thought was so respectful to her, did such a thing behind her back, and she even helped other women raise their sons!But if Gu Caiwei didn't say anything, their family would definitely still be able to maintain the harmonious atmosphere at the beginning. How could the family be happy and reduced to the point where they can't help but quarrel after just a few words?
Naturally, her attitude towards Gu Caiwei became weird.

Therefore, Gu Caiwei didn't care about Pei Shi's attitude, and she even took the initiative to smile at Pei Shi: "Auntie, what are the symptoms, please tell me carefully, sister-in-law! And which doctors have been invited before, doctor What did you say, you tell me."

Pei stared at her for a long while before finally nodding. "Okay, I'll tell you now."

The two of them walked in while talking. The brothers Du Juanqing and Du Juanze in front were simpler. After they greeted each other, they hurried inside.

Pass through an open space in front of the yard and come to the bedroom of Mrs. Lai Guogong.As soon as the curtain at the door was lifted, Gu Caiwei smelled a strong and bitter smell of medicine, and she couldn't help frowning slightly.

Pei Shi was carefully watching her reaction.When she saw Gu Caiwei like this, she hurriedly explained in a low voice: "Auntie has been taking medicine these days. The doctor said that her anger was rising and couldn't go down, which caused phlegm to be confused, so she prescribed a lot of Coptis chinensis and Phellodendri cypress. Been eating this for two days."

How bitter Huanglian Huangbai is, Gu Caiwei was fed by her grandfather when she was a child, and she still remembers the taste until now.

Even thinking about it now, she couldn't help sticking out her tongue quietly. "So that's the case, I know."

Pei Shi quietly let out a sigh of relief.

Now there are many people standing in Mrs. Lai Guogong's room, and these are naturally the female family members of the Du family.When everyone saw them coming in, they all voluntarily stepped aside to make enough room for them to go to Mrs. Lai Guogong's side.

Du Juanqing and Gu Caiwei also passed by generously.

Only then did Gu Caiwei realize that Mrs. Lai Guogong is really sick.She has lost a lot of weight compared to the last time I saw her, and her face is sallow and sallow, her eye sockets are sunken, and the cheekbones on her cheeks are also high, and there is hardly any flesh visible on her entire face .Although her eyes were closed, there were bursts of difficult panting sounds in her throat, which looked really pitiful.

Du Juanqing called softly: "Aniang."

Mrs. Lai Guogong slowly opened her eyes.

When she saw clearly who was standing in front of the bed, two tears rolled out of the corners of her eyes immediately.

"Qilang!" Hearing her miserable cry, he hurriedly tried to get up.After finally getting up with the help of the maid, she grabbed Du Juanqing's hand in a hurry, "Qilang, Auntie was wrong! It was Auntie's mistake that time, and I was out of my mind to do such things to you. It's really not intentional! Although you are not my own, I have worked so hard to bring you up. In my heart, you are no different from your other brothers. A Niang is really wrong, can you forgive A Niang? "

She looked so sick, and then humbly begged for mercy and admitted her mistake as soon as she opened her mouth.

Mrs. Lai Guogong is actually a smart person too!

Gu Caiwei thought to herself, she looked around quietly, and saw that the rest of the Du family all lowered their heads, as if they didn't see or hear anything.As for Duke Lai?He didn't even see a ghost.

Du Juanqing was originally a cold-hearted person. He has lived for more than 20 years, but he has never spoken to Mrs. Lai Guogong.Now that she has pulled him into talking so much, his reaction is not flattered, nor angry, but—frightened!
No matter how Mrs. Lai Guogong dragged him to chatter, he hurriedly turned his head and sent Gu Caiwei a begging look.

Gu Caiwei was suddenly so funny.

At any rate, she knew that this was not the time to gloat, so she quickly stepped forward and broke the hand of Mrs. Lai Guogong to rescue Du Juanqing, and then said coolly: "Auntie, stop saying such inappropriate words. You called us today Didn't you come back just to let everyone settle down? How can a family have an overnight feud? We have forgiven you a long time ago."

Mrs. Lai Guogong paused, she was about to continue grabbing Du Juanqing's hand, she took it back.

When the rest of the Du family heard the news, they also showed joy on their faces.

"Seventh brother, I knew a long time ago that you have a big heart, how could you really have trouble with your mother and brothers?" Du Juanze nodded excitedly.

Facing his overtures, Du Juanqing didn't say anything, but looked directly at Mrs. Lai Guogong, "Auntie, what else do you need to call us back, just tell us clearly! Since we are a family, there is no need to beat around the bush. .”

That's a little too blunt when he says that, as if they called him back just to get something out of him!

Although... they did think so.

Mrs. Lai Guo wants to face.Hearing this, she couldn't hold back her face.

Du Juanze moved his mouth, but he still couldn't say anything, so he could only wink at Mrs. Pei.Pei gritted her teeth, and smiled at Gu Caiwei again: "Seventh brother and sister, you can see what Auntie looks like now. Auntie has indeed suffered too much these days, inviting so many doctors and eating so much The medicine didn’t help. Since you are a genius doctor, you should show Auntie right now! If you can cure Auntie, this can be regarded as your filial piety in front of Auntie.”

Gu Caiwei smiled lightly. "Didn't the previous doctors say it all? Auntie, this problem is caused by her anger. It's a heart disease, and it's hard to cure it with medicine. But didn't we just say that we forgive her? Then her knot can be solved." It's untied. As long as she keeps a good mood, she will be fine in three to five days."

Pei's pause.

This is not the kind of forgiveness they want.

"Although that's what I said, but since Auntie is already sick like this, how can we juniors just watch her suffer like this? Seventh sibling, you are a doctor after all, so help to prescribe a pair for Auntie. Medicine, help her get better soon!" Pei hurriedly urged.

"That's fine." Gu Caiwei nodded, and took Mrs. Lai Guogong's hand to feel her pulse, "Those doctors are right, Auntie has those problems. But since the prescription that should be prescribed, other doctors have already prescribed it. After that, I can’t prescribe a better one. So how about this, I’ll give Auntie a recipe, and you guys make one for her every day. After eating for two or three days, she’ll definitely be fine.”

Pei quickly nodded. "Say it!"

"This one is also simple. You ask the kitchen to prepare a pig's lung every day, wash it, cut it into small pieces, add water to stew with mung beans, turn the heat to a boil, turn to low heat and simmer for half an hour, and put the pig's lungs and mung beans together. It's all stewed, and it can be out of the pot." Gu Caiwei said slowly, "If you think the taste is bland, you can also add some pears, apricots, gingko, millet, etc. to change the taste as appropriate. This dish can reduce anger , constricting lung qi, calming phlegm and asthma, transforming water to drink, very useful.”

After finishing speaking, she added another sentence: "In our country, if someone gets angry and coughs, they go to the butcher shop to buy a pig's lung and stew it. Almost one can cure it."

"Okay, okay, I'll remember, I'll have someone prepare it for Auntie!" Mrs. Pei quickly agreed, and then asked someone to prepare the pork lung.

When Mrs. Lai Guogong heard this, her face turned dark, and her eyes were full of disgust. "The pig's lungs are so dirty, can't they be replaced with sheep's and cow's lungs?"

"That's impossible. Although the medicinal properties of beef, sheep's lungs and pig's lungs overlap, they are also different. Besides, beef and mutton have a warming and tonic effect. If you eat too much, you will get angry. Auntie, you are very angry now. At that time, I can no longer eat it. So now, pig lung is the best choice." Gu Caiwei explained to her solemnly.

Hearing what she said clearly and logically, Mrs. Lai Guogong couldn't refute at all, so she could only grit her teeth and admit it.But now, her complexion is not much better than when Gu Caiwei and the others entered the door just now.

Seeing that they finished talking, Du Juanze smiled again and said to Du Juanqing: "Okay, Auntie is still sick, so let's not disturb her rest here. Brother, let's go out and talk! Daddy also Waiting for you to meet him in the study!"

Du Juanqing immediately nodded.

Gu Caiwei had already had enough of the bitter smell of medicine in the room, she turned around and ran out without hesitation.

When they got outside, Du Juanze dragged Du Juan to Qingchao Lai Guogong's study.Mrs. Pei pulled Gu Caiwei: "Seventh brother and sister, let's go to the kitchen together! Although I understand the pork lung mung bean soup you mentioned, but the people in the kitchen are stupid, I'm afraid they can't make it well. You should go and teach them first, and after the teaching is done, can't we rest assured?"

"She doesn't go to the kitchen, she wants to go with me." Du Juanqing said immediately.

Pei's paused, while Du Juanze's expression darkened: "Brother, why are you protecting her so carefully? Now in our house, who can bully her?"

Du Juan glanced at him lightly. "I'm worried that she will bully others when I'm not here."

Du Juanze was immediately choked and speechless.

Pei's face also turned pale and white, but the couple couldn't say anything to refute - after all, Gu Caiwei had already proved with practical actions several times before that she was not easy to bully.On the contrary, she is a person who loves to bully others!

But hearing this in Gu Caiwei's ears, she was not happy.She couldn't help but pinch Du Juanqing: "What do you mean by that? It makes me feel like I'm being pissed all the time. Anyway, my spiel depends on the person. Anyone can make me do it, okay? "

Du Juanqing gasped after being pinched, he quickly bowed his head and admitted his mistake. "Ma'am, I made a mistake for my husband."

Only then did Gu Caiwei snort in satisfaction.

This scene fell in the eyes of Du Juanze and his wife, but it made them turn pale with shock - how long has it been since the relationship between these two people is already so good?And it's getting better and better for the eyes!
This is not a good thing for the Du family.

Du Juanze collected himself, he hurried forward and said: "Seventh Brother, since you want to take the Seventh Brother and Sister with you, then take it with you. We are all one family, there is nothing we cannot let others know."

"But, what about the pig's lung soup?" Mrs. Pei whispered.

"Didn't I already tell you how to make it? You can just let the kitchen do it. The big deal is that it will be a bit unpalatable, but the effect of the medicine is still there." Gu Caiwei responded indifferently.

The corner of Pei's mouth twitched several times.

After saying this, Gu Caiwei left with Du Juanqing.Du Juanze graciously led the way for them.

As for Mrs. Pei?She watched these people leave gracefully, and stamped her feet vigorously: "It's fine if you don't want to cook yourself! Anyway, no matter how unpalatable the cooking is, I won't eat it. What do I care so much about?"

After all, she turned around and left readily.

Gu Caiwei and Du Juanqing followed Du Juanze to Duke Lai's study, and saw that many people had gathered here again.

Lai Guogong sat behind the table with a serious face, his eyes were downcast and he didn't know what he was thinking.

It was the boy who said: "Grandpa, Mr. Qilang and Mrs. Seven have arrived."

Duke Lai seemed to have woken up, and quickly raised his head.

"Father." Du Juanqing stepped forward to salute, followed by Gu Caiwei and Du Yi.

Duke Lai quickly waved his hand. "It's good that I'm back, it's good that I'm back. Did you go to see your mother just now?"

"I've seen it. Mrs. Gu also gave her a prescription for diet therapy. I think Aniang will recover soon." Du Juan said slowly.

In front of Duke Lai, his attitude was much more relaxed.Gu Caiwei saw it, and she couldn't help sighing again.

Duke Lai nodded repeatedly when he heard the words. "That's good, so I can rest assured. By the way, I'll call you here today. Apart from letting you see your mother, I have one more thing to tell you."

"Father, please tell me." Du Juan nodded.

"I have already decided that Shang Zhezi will pass on the position of Duke to your elder brother."

Du Juan's expression of composure suddenly froze.Gu Caiwei couldn't help but her heart sank, and then she suddenly wanted to laugh.

"Do you need to be so anxious?" She asked softly, "Uncle, you are not very old!"

Du Juanqing just glanced at her indifferently, while Lai Guogong showed a touch of shame on his old face, and he said a little stumbled: "I am already 60 or [-] years old, and my health is getting worse every day, and many things can no longer be done. .Your elder brother is in the prime of his life, so I can rest assured that the position of duke of the state is entrusted to him. Now I only hope that you brothers can work together to raise the reputation of our Du clan again!"

"Father, don't worry, my boy will do everything in his power to bring our Du clan back to the glory of our ancestors!" Du Juanze shouted excitedly.

Of course he was excited.Before the Duke of Lai died, the title of the Duke had already been passed on to him.Then he will be the serious Lai Guogong from now on, and all the resources in the Lai Guogong's mansion will be used by him.Just thinking about it made him feel better.

However, Gu Caiwei was very skeptical—why did the Lai Guo Guild suddenly make such a decision?Is it to appease the rambunctious Mrs. Lai?Or is it to give Pei Shi a reassurance?Or both?
But no matter what the purpose is, this definitely has nothing to do with their Changning Hou Mansion.

Then, Lai Guogong must have other purposes for calling them over in such a hurry.

Du Juanqing naturally also thought of it, so he directly bowed his hands to Du Juanze: "In that case, the younger brother will first congratulate my elder brother who will soon become the Duke of Lai."

"Seventh brother, you are too polite. I haven't even congratulated you for becoming the general of You Xiaowei, and now you are famous in the entire Chang'an city! Compared with you, my reputation as the Duke of Lai is not worth a bit. Mention." Although Du Juanze said so, he was already grinning from ear to ear.

He even took the initiative to hold Du Juanqing's hand again. "No matter what happened before, in the days to come, we brothers must go hand in hand, support each other, and together we can reproduce the original glory of the Du family!"

Hey, I told them from the very beginning not to make detours, but they still go around, and now they finally get straight to the point.

Gu Caiwei sneered in her heart, but Du Juanqing directly withdrew her hand. "Brother, you are right. From now on, the Duke of Lai's mansion will depend on you alone."

"How could it be me alone? Don't you still have the seventh brother?" Du Juanze hurriedly said, "Now you are a celebrity in front of Her Majesty the Queen, and you still hold a refined iron ore in your hand. How many people want to curry favor with you now? You can’t even please, so you’ve come to please us instead!”

Du Juanqing's complexion sank when he heard the words. "Someone came to you? Then how did you react?"

"Just don't worry about the seventh brother, we didn't pay any attention to them. All the gifts they sent to us were returned. Since we didn't get your permission, how could we make our own decisions?" Du Juanze quickly comforted him.

Du Juanqing breathed a sigh of relief.

But right away, he knew that his breath was too early.Because, he immediately heard Du Juanze say: "However, Seventh Brother, I discussed it with Father these two days. You have discovered this iron mine well, but you are the only one in the Hou's mansion, and Shibalang is too old. Little, there are not many people available around you. Now other forces in Chang'an City are also eyeing this iron mine. It may be difficult to support it by you alone! Especially now, Her Majesty the Empress doesn't even have a little time to prepare If you don’t have any, I will let you take the people from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Finance to Yongxing County, I’m afraid you are like a sheep in the mouth of a tiger, and you will never return!”

"Brother, do you think so?" Du Juan said calmly, neither anxious nor frightened.

Looking at Gu Caiwei again, she was so bored that she lowered her head and started playing with the jade pendant on her waist.

Du Juanze couldn't help gritting his teeth secretly.

He had clearly made the seriousness of the matter so clear, but both Du Juanqing and Gu Caiwei had thick skins, no matter how much they hinted, they would pretend to be crazy for him.

In desperation, he could only turn to Duke Lai for help.

Duke Lai was full of helplessness, but he could only say with a cheeky face: "Qilang, what Dalang said is right. You are indeed weaker now. If someone really targets you and wants to snatch the iron ore, I'm afraid you can't beat them. At this time, you'd better have a few brothers around you to help you."

Du Juanqing slowly raised his head to look at him, but still just pursed his lips and said nothing.

Gu Caiwei couldn't take it anymore.

She was about to speak, but Du Juanqing stopped her. "Don't tell me, let me tell you."

"Oh, all right!" Gu Caiwei also nodded.

This is between him and his family.As a married daughter-in-law, she really doesn't have much weight to speak, especially now that the person who speaks is Lai Guogong.

Only then did Du Juanqing speak slowly: "Father, do you think I need their help in this matter, or do they need to use this opportunity to enter the center of the court?"

Lai Guogong was startled, and a brother hurriedly whispered: "Seventh brother, why did you make things so clear? We are a family, we help each other, share the benefits together, and do our best together when we encounter difficulties." Isn't it right to help the other party as much as you can?"

"But until now, I don't know when you have helped me? Brother Wu, can you tell me something to remind me?" Du Juanqing asked.

Du Wulang immediately shut up and did not speak.

Du Juanqing looked at Duke Lai again, and Duke Lai also had twinkling eyes, not daring to confront him head-on.

"That... Qilang, it was true that the family ignored you too much in the past. It's just that the matter is over, let's not bring up the old things again, okay? As for the future... well, I admit, now we still need you to come Help and support your brothers and nephews in your family. The title of Duke of Lai is of no use to us at all!"

"Father!" Hearing this, Du Juanze became unhappy.

Duke Lai looked at him coldly. "I'm just telling the truth. What do you have to deny? You should know in your heart that even if you become the Duke of Lai, our family is still only the third-class noble in Chang'an City, and we can't get on the stage. Do you want to have a big brother?" For development and breakthroughs, we can only rely on Qilang now! Since this is the case, then we should have a begging attitude when we ask for help, what's the use of always holding a high-ranking attitude?"

Du Juanze remained silent.

Du Juanqing's voice turned cold for a moment: "Brother, you seem to be very unwilling to bow your head to me? If that's the case, then it's okay. I've already made an agreement with the Thirteenth Lang of the Qin family, this time I'm going to Yongxing County, Several nephews of his family will go with us."

Du Juanze immediately couldn't pretend to be deep.

"Seventh brother, since you can bring outsiders, why don't you bring your own nephew? There are quite a few males in our family!"

"But, Qin Shisan brought someone to beg me." Du Juanqing said.

The implication is self-explanatory.

They were insincere before, Du Juanqing and Gu Caiwei could play dumb.But now at this stage, Du Juanze couldn't pretend.

He just hesitated for a while, when a brother took the initiative to say: "Seventh brother, I beg you, take me with you! I don't ask for anything else, you just need to give me a similar position. Even if I stay in Yongxing County to help you watch the mine, I don't mind!"

This one is surprisingly Du Juanhong, the sixth-room elder brother who was beaten by Gu Caiwei that night.

Before, they were all focused on currying favor with Du Juanze, the big family who was most likely to inherit the dukedom of Lai Kingdom.As a result, now that Du Juanze was sure that he was about to become the Duke of Lai, he left Du Juanze alone and began to hug Du Juanqing's thigh.And the hugging posture is so simple and rude, I don't know how to write the word implicit at all.

And with him opening the scene, the other brothers immediately let go of their reserve, and came to ask Du Juanqing for an official.Some are for themselves, others are for their children.

Yes, they were all begging, and no one pretended to be 'I'm doing it for you' anymore, pretending to be waiting for Du Juanqing to take the initiative to ask them for help.

Since everyone put on such a good attitude, Du Juanqing also nodded: "The brothers are right, the iron mines I have are really short of manpower. Since the brothers are willing to come to help me, I naturally ask for it. But in a short while, I don't know what you are suitable for, so you should first give out one person from each room, and I will take it to Yongxing County, and then make specific arrangements after seeing the actual situation. But—— It has to be said that when they arrive in Yongxing County, they must follow my arrangements for everything, and they are not allowed to make their own decisions, let alone dislike my bad arrangements. Otherwise, then I will send them back directly."

"Of course! Just rest assured, there are no greedy people in our family!" The brothers nodded quickly.

Although they are also serving as officials in the imperial court now, their official positions are pitifully low, and many of them are still idle.In this way, many children and grandchildren in the family cannot be arranged!Now Du Juanqing is willing to provide them with a position, and it is actually closely related to the iron mine, so even if they are asked to guard the gate of the iron mine, they will definitely agree.

They are not stupid, and they have already calculated this account clearly in their hearts-even if they have guarded the gate of the iron mine, it is a credit.In the future, as long as the iron dug out of the iron ore is made into various sharp weapons and made contributions, he will naturally get a share.

As long as you have meritorious service, you can be promoted to rank.That is much more hopeful than guarding a false title in the imperial court for a lifetime!
Therefore, no matter what conditions Du Juanqing proposed, they agreed without hesitation.

Seeing that they agreed so readily, Du Juanqing naturally agreed to the matter with dignity.

As a result, he added five more people in one breath.

When Du Juanze saw this, he immediately became anxious.

"Seventh brother, I was wrong!" He quickly seized an opportunity to say, "Brother was wrong just now, brother also urgently needs your help! I agree to all the conditions you just mentioned!"

Du Juan stared at him for a long time, until Du Juanze was startled, so he nodded. "okay, I get it."

Du Juanze breathed a sigh of relief.

Lai Guogong also quietly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and he immediately laughed happily again: "Okay, you see, now that everyone has spoken, isn't everything going smoothly? We are all a family , I can’t write two characters of Du in one stroke, we still have to work hard and struggle together in the future.”

"Father is right." Du Juanqing nodded quickly.

The other brothers of the Du family also followed suit.

Only Du Juanze was extremely angry.

He was already the Duke of Zhunlai, but why did he still bow his head in front of Du Juanqing, a mere Marquis?And looking at Du Juan's posture, he actually planned to step on his head with one foot, and he didn't even intend to move his foot away!

As for myself, under their coercion and temptation, since I have lowered my head, it will be difficult to raise my head in the future.

Why did things develop to this point?Obviously his initial plan was to show off his power in front of Du Juanqing—look, so what if you climbed up to the elder Dige?You are only a third-rank official, as long as I become the Duke of Lai, I will be a first-rank title, much higher than you!

As a result... Before he could get complacent, the news spread that Du Juanqing had iron ore in his hand, which made him dizzy on the spot.

Forget it, the iron mine belongs to him, so it belongs to the Du family.Then they kindly send people to help him guard, which is still a great help to him!

however……

Bewildered, it all ended up being them turning to him for help.In the end, he became Du Juanqing's brother and nephew who kindly supported his family!Everyone should be grateful to Du Juanqing!
This battle, he lost again, and the loss was much worse than the last two times.

He even had a premonition - I'm afraid that the distance between him and Du Juanqing will become wider and wider in the future, and if he continues, he may not even have the chance to look up to Du Juanqing!
Du Juanze's chest was in pain, but he didn't dare to vent it out. He had to put on a smiley face: "Father is right. From now on, our family will do well, and we will strive to gain a firm foothold in the court." !"

Seeing that his sons were living together in harmony again—at least in his eyes, Duke Lai was in a good mood, so he quickly ordered the kitchen: "Come here, prepare a table of food and wine. I want to celebrate Qilang in advance!"

"Let's forget about the banquet!" Du Juanqing said immediately.

Lai Guogong froze again with a smile on his face, and the hearts of the others also thumped!
The banquet at the Duke's mansion was also a big shadow for Du Juanqing.The haze that lingered in my heart last time has not completely dissipated, and now Lai Guogong said that he would have a banquet... a normal person would refuse.

"Qilang, this..." Lai Guogong wanted to explain something, but Du Juanqing shook his head, "Father, I understand what you mean. I also said it. The matter is over, and I won't pursue it any further. It's just that Time is running out, we are going to Yongxing County the day after tomorrow, and there are still many things that have not been packed at the boy's house. Now that I have visited my mother, I know that your father is still in good health, so I am relieved. We should go gone."

No matter how tight he was, how much time would it take to stay for a meal?
Duke Lai knew he was making up lies.But even as an elder, he found that he was not qualified to scold Du Juanqing now.

After all, the last time Mrs. Lai Guogong poisoned him was really too bad.Even afterwards, in order to ensure the tranquility of his house, he quelled the turmoil with life and death.Apart from being slapped by him, Mrs. Lai Guogong didn't learn any other lessons. He dealt with all the other accomplices, but what's the use of that?

Du Juanqing's heart has been severely broken.

And after that, he even had the cheek to trick Du Juanqing back, asking Du Juanqing to forgive them, and to take the men from the Du family to work in the iron ore.In fact, when he first planned this matter, his old face was flushed with shame.

And the more calm Du Juanqing behaved today, the more guilty he felt.

That's why he thought about setting up a banquet to get in touch with Du Juanqing again.As a result, he almost forgot that Du Juanqing was planted at the banquet last time...

Hey, he really owes this kid more and more.

So Duke Lai really didn't have the face to say anything to him now, so he waved his hands quickly. "In this case, then you go back! Tomorrow I will ask each house to send the selected children to the Hou's mansion, and they will be at your disposal in the future."

"Yes, baby, leave." Du Juanqing immediately led Gu Caiwei to leave.

However, even after he walked out of Lai Guogong's study, his face was still rigid, and there was an air of keeping strangers away from him, so the maids and servants around him just watched from a distance, They were all scared and hid aside.

Seeing that there were no one around, Gu Caiwei finally couldn't help pinching Du Juanqing's arm. "Have you pretended enough? Now you can laugh!"

Du Juanqing grinned at the corner of his mouth immediately, and was about to release a smile on his face when he saw two beautiful little maids appearing from the opposite side led by Mrs. Pei.

"Seventh Brother, this is an apology prepared by Auntie for you and your siblings, and I plan to bring it to you for use on the road." Pei said with a smile.

Seeing this, Gu Caiwei immediately burst into flames, and she exploded!

(End of this chapter)