109 Dingyuan Palace
Several ladies sat on the second floor of a restaurant facing the street, whispering to Gu An and his wife, unable to hide their envy for Tang.
The wives of several families had different thoughts, and they all considered the weight of Gu An and his wife in the emperor's heart in their hearts, and looked for children in the family who could marry Dingyuan Houfu.
"Not only General Gu was granted the title, but even his wife, the merchant girl, was named the Lady of the Good Country because she opened a family-god hall in the border town. She also rewarded a bunch of gold, silver, jade and silk. The most important thing is that the emperor personally issued an order to make up her dowry, which is 100,000 taels of silver!"
"Haha, this businesswoman has made a big deal. A businessman can make her a big deal."
"Swish! Not only the couple, but the most shocking thing is their son's reward. Do you know what official he was granted?"
Everyone was shocked again, "Don't keep it a secret, say it quickly."
"Okay, okay, I said, my master said, the emperor appointed Gu Zhehan as General Dingyuan. Do you know General Dingyuan? What does this position mean? You haven't thought about it carefully?"
After hearing this, the ladies looked at each other and saw shock in each other's eyes.
It seemed that she was very happy to see the ladies of several families standing on the spot, so the lady shook out something surprising.
"This is more than that. General Gu has a daughter. Hearing that this woman is very good at kung fu, she followed General Gu to the battlefield at the age of ten, and at the age of eleven, she followed General Gu to the barbarian grassland. This time she made great contributions in the battle with the barbarians. She has been named the lord of Huairou County by the emperor and is a fief of Huairou County in Pingzhou."
After hearing about Gu An, Tang and Gu Zhehan's reward, Gu Yan's reward became much smaller. The ladies only passed it in their hearts, feeling that a wild girl who had been running away for many years was not necessary for them to pay attention to, so they let it go.
After all, there are still many county lords in the Great Wei Dynasty, and there are more than 20 of them. Apart from the married and the old, there are three county lords in the capital alone, and there are six or seven other princes on the fiefs. There is really nothing worth paying attention to.
The talking lady took a sip of water, glanced at everyone with the obstruction of the water cup, and sneered secretly.
A group of idiots! Not to mention the changes in Gu Yan's identity as parents and brothers, just say that Gu Yan, a legitimate daughter of a politician in the Housing family, cannot be underestimated by her own ability, let alone her reward that all the people and officials of the Wei Dynasty envy.
"The emperor said that Gu Yan has made contributions to the Great Wei Dynasty. Because she was seriously injured in the barbarian battlefield, she was not allowed to kneel down. From now on, she can see the emperor not bow down. Let me ask, she can not kneel down when she sees the emperor. Who in this world can accept her bow down?"
After the lady finished speaking, she put down the teacup in her hand and stood up, bowed to everyone, "Several sisters chat slowly, my sister has a mother-in-law in her family to serve her, so I'll say goodbye first, and we'll talk about it later."
After speaking, he turned around and left casually, leaving the ladies who were looking at each other below.
The ladies no longer had the interest to continue chatting. They wanted to go home and discuss with their families, what attitude should they have to show to Dingyuan Hou Mansion and Gu An’s family, whether to be close or ignore it?
The only one restaurant and the ladies and ladies in the teahouse were temporarily over. Several restaurants with the best sights and ladies and ladies in the teahouses were all over. Only the master in the family was not high and was standing too far from Emperor Wen of Wei to the point of hearing what was being said before. They were still enthusiastically talking about the scars on Gu Zhehan's face and telling their feelings for their little daughters.
Gu An was granted a letter to enter the palace tomorrow to report the border war report, and go home to rest today and reunite with his family.
Gu An, who received the order of Emperor Wen of Wei, was naturally very happy. For nothing else, he was afraid that he would not be by Tang and his daughter. Mrs. Hou and Qu would show them the truth. If he was suppressed as an elder, Tang and his daughter would suffer.
As a result, Gu An happily received the order to thank him, and happily followed Dingyuan Hou and returned to Dingyuan Hou Mansion. As soon as he arrived at the gate of the Hou Mansion, Gu An saw his two younger brothers standing at the door to greet them.
"Dad, mother is waiting for you in Rong'antang, why are you back so late?"
Gu Feng, the second son of Dingyuan, saw his carriage coming back from afar. As soon as the carriage stopped, he quickly came up and raised his head to lift the curtain and asked Dingyuan to get off the car.
Dingyuanhou helped Gu Feng's hand out of the carriage, turned around and looked at Gu Huai who was still sitting in the carriage, and his disgust suddenly surged into his heart. He turned around and stopped looking at him. He saw his younger son who made him even more upset. His face immediately turned dark, snorted coldly, shook his sleeves, and raised his foot into the mansion.
Both of them were worried and could not be as good as martial arts. If they had half of Gu An's ability, he wouldn't have to worry so much.
Hou Gu Shuyu in Dingyuan rubbed his forehead with a headache and walked towards Rong'antang. He ignored Gu An's family who were following him, as if he had forgotten them and threw them at the gate.
Gu An sat down immediately and calmed down. Seeing that Gu Shuyu had entered the mansion, he did not call them to enter the mansion. He immediately frowned, turned over and dismounted, carried the "weak" Tang off the carriage and placed it in a wheelchair, and carried Gu Yan off the carriage and placed it in another wheelchair.
Gu Feng stood outside the gate of the Hou Mansion and looked at Gu An stupidly. Suddenly he remembered something, stepped forward and pulled Gu An's sleeve and asked, "But the second brother?"
As soon as Gu An put Gu Yan on the wheelchair, he felt that the sleeve of his clothes was being grabbed. He immediately looked back and saw that it was Gu Feng, and he smiled.
"Fourth brother, I haven't seen you for many years, you have grown up."
Gu Feng is the second son of Gu Shuyu and Qu in Dingyuan Hou. He just turned 20 this year, and is a huge difference from Gu An. When Gu An left Hou Mansion, Gu Feng was only four years old and was still an unknown child. In a blink of an eye, Gu An had been away from home for 16 years. Now Gu Feng, the youngest in the family, has already married and has four children.
Gu Feng ran to Gu An happily and hugged him, "Second brother, you are back, I miss you so much."
Gu An was stunned and hugged someone and had not reacted. He raised his hand stiffly when he heard Gu Feng's speech and patted Gu Feng's back. However, he was puzzled. He didn't understand why Gu Feng was so happy to see him? Didn't he grow up under his legitimate mother's knees? Didn't Qu tell him to stay away from him?
"I'm back, I'm back, fourth brother, is everything in the family?"
He really couldn't adapt to Gu Feng's enthusiasm, so Gu An had to change the topic.
Gu Feng let go of Gu An and pulled his sleeve and replied with a smile: "Okay, okay, everything is fine at home, but my second brother is not here, and my father and mother miss you very much."
Gu An couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, impressed Gu Feng for his blatant open eyes and lying.
Who would have thought of him, an unpopular son? If he hadn't made great contributions and returned to Beijing, the Hou Mansion would have forgotten him long ago.
It’s almost enough that his legitimate mother hates him to the core. Can you still miss him? Would you miss him earlier?
"Haha, is that? It's really an accident."
Gu An spoke very quietly. Gu Feng didn't hear anything he said at all. He said in confusion: "What did the second brother say?"
Gu An said with a haha: "It's nothing, I said I miss home too."
Who can't make up lies? Did he make up too few? He even dared to cheat the emperor, but he didn't have any psychological burden to deceive him.
Gu Feng didn't ask questions, and the following few words revealed his bottom, making Gu An finally understand why he was so enthusiastic.
"Second brother, I'll go out for a good time with you tomorrow. You haven't returned to Beijing for many years. I don't know that the changes in the capital are very big. I'm afraid I'll forget all the places in the capital. I had lunch at Zhaixing Tower at noon and called all my friends. They had wanted to see you for a long time, but you have been at the border and have not come back. This time I go back to Beijing, I have to let them have a good look. My 'killing god' in Dawei is my second brother. Hahaha..."
Gu Feng laughed to the sky, and Gu An's face was distorted.
No wonder! It turned out to be to show off and let everyone know his relationship with him.
Gu Feng pulled Gu An and was about to walk into the yard, but Gu An could not ignore Tang and Gu Yan behind him. He gently broke free from Gu Feng's palm, turned around and pushed Tang's wheelchair to Gu Feng and stood in front of him.
"Your sister-in-law and nephew are still there."
Only then did Gu Feng notice Tang and Gu Zhehan, Gu Yan, and his face turned red and bowed to Tang with his fists.
"Sister-in-law, well."
Tang looked at Gu Feng with a squinted eyes and smiled, "Young uncle is polite."
Gu Zhehan and Gu Yan also bowed to Gu Feng at the same time and said in unison: "Fourth Uncle."
Gu Feng laughed and patted Gu Zhehan on the shoulder with his palm, "Okay, okay, you all are all fine. I'll give you a gift later. Now it's all with your fourth aunt. Are you Zhehan? It's really good. I heard that the emperor appointed you as General Dingyuan? Good thing, it's great that you can inherit the military position of my Gu family! Hahaha..."
Gu Zhehan lowered his head and bowed again, and took this opportunity to look at Gu Yan, who was sitting in a wheelchair.
Gu Zhehan: Be careful, the position of General Dingyuan, the emperor, is not that simple.
Gu Yan: What if he doesn't accept it, he will kill him.
Gu Zhehan: I live in the outer courtyard, but I don’t care about the inner courtyard.
Gu Yan: If you have me, you won’t be in trouble.
Gu Zhehan: Mom is not as weak as you think. If you have any questions, please discuss with Mom.
Gu Yan: I understand, please be good at yourself, don’t be fooled by others, especially the one in front of you.
Gu Zhehan raised his head and looked at Gu Feng with a smile, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
No matter why he mentioned that he did General Dingyuan's business, as the old lady's biological son, this fourth uncle had to be careful and must not be careless.
"The fourth uncle has been awarded too much, it is all the emperor's grace."
Gu Feng smiled and patted Gu Zhehan's back, "If you are not capable, will the emperor give you this position? No, right? You have earned it yourself with the ability! Brother Han, work hard and don't let your father down the expectations of you."
Gu Feng's words made Gu An's family instantly become vigilant, and secretly marked Gu Feng among the key targets of prevention.
What does he mean? Do you suspect that they asked the emperor for the position of General Dingyuan? Or do you think they have a purpose?
Gu An’s expectations for Gu Zhehan? He wouldn’t think they had the intention to seize Dingyuanhou, right? Was he stupid? The emperor would rather take back his title than give it to a concubine!
It seems that Gu Feng is not as simple as it seems.
Gu Feng hasn't seen through Gu An and others, and they will not know until they come into contact with each other later.
Gu An no longer thought about it. Accompanied by Gu Feng, he pushed Tang to walk towards Rong'antang, and Gu Zhehan was still pushing Gu Yan behind him.
They left, but forgot Gu Huai in the carriage. When Gu Huai came to his senses after the groom's shout, there were still people at the gate, and they all entered the mansion.
Gu Huai was so angry that he was thrown by himself at the gate. He said that Gu Yan didn't speak all the way, and Gu Zhehan was also immersed in his memories, thinking about the situation of the people in the Hou Mansion that Gu An and Tang gave them.
The previous generation of Ding'an Hou, that is, Gu An's grandfather had only three sons in his generation. Ding'an Hou Gu Shuyu was the eldest son, the second master Gu Shuyuan was born in a vassal family, and the third master Gu Shuqing was also born in a legitimate family.
Gu Shuyu's generation was all based on literature. Gu Shuyu started from the sixth rank. This is a grace that the court gave to every noble family. You can enter the court to become an official without taking the imperial examination. The second master Gu Shuyuan was not so lucky. He was born in a gang and had no good things. He could only take the imperial examination. Fortunately, Gu Shuyuan studied as a piece of material. After passing the Jinshi exam, he was released from the outside for more than 30 years and gradually climbed to the fourth rank. I heard that he would be back to Beijing soon.
The third master Gu Shuqing is completely different from the two. He is the smartest in Dingyuanhou's generation and the best in studying. However, he can't stand the plot and intrigue in the officialdom. After being an official for a year, he resigned from office and stopped working. He started traveling around. After marrying his wife, he did not stay at home, but took his wife away. The couple traveled outside and did not go home. The money was not enough to rely on the support of the mansion.
After the old Hou passed away, the house was divided into two and three houses, and only Gu Shuyu inherited the position of Dingyuan Hou and stayed in the Hou Mansion.
Dingyuan Hou was afraid of his wife, and there was only Qu'er the wife in the inner house, so Gu An's mother was so angry after she got pregnant with Gu An. In anger, she carried a maid beside her and became a concubine, which led to the third master Gu Ning.
Gu Shuyu has four sons and two daughters, two legitimate sons, two concubines, and both of them are legitimate sons. The eldest daughter married into the current queen's family Cheng'enhou Mansion to be the second daughter-in-law, and the younger daughter married into the Fuguo Mansion to be the youngest daughter-in-law.
The old lady did not allow her husband to take concubines, but she took many concubines for her two sons, especially Gu Huai. There were eight concubines in the backyard, which was not considered a family. So Gu Huai had many children. Two of the five sons were legitimate children, and the remaining three were illegitimate children. Two of the nine daughters were legitimate children and seven were illegitimate children. It can be said that they had a large number of wives and concubines and a large number of children.
The third master was born in a vassal like Gu An. Although he had a concubine in his family, he had no children. The two concubines had no children. They all depended on the mistress and the third master Gu Ning's pity. Therefore, the backyard was still peaceful and there were no villains who were making trouble.
Gu Ning had a son and a daughter. Since they were both born by the third wife, Jian, the two brothers and sisters had a very good relationship, and they were comparable to Gu Yan and Gu Zhehan.
But the family is not in the mansion now. They went to Taizhou two years ago and the whole family moved there.
Chapter completed!