It seemed like I had bought cinnabar and talisman paper when I arrived from the restaurant. It was already a stick of incense.

Lu seemed to be uneasy and personally escorted Wei Jiaoniang and Gu Yanfei back to their respective mansions.

"Girl, you're back!"

Juan Bi, who was sent back to the house to report the news, stood outside the corner gate and looked around for a long time. Seeing Gu Yanfei coming back, she guessed that she and Wei Jiaoniang could not leave the city before the city gate was closed.

Juan Bi breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly came up, and replied with a smile: "Girl, Eunuch He from the palace is here."

"The person is still in the lobby of the outer courtyard. The eldest girl is greeting her. Do you want to go and have a look?"

"Okay, let's take a look." Gu Yanfei handed the reins of the horse to a doorman and took Juan Bi to the lobby of the outer courtyard.

Juan Bi walked with the lantern and said, "I heard the words of the maids accompanying the palace. It seems that Eunuch He came for the banquet for the Hundred Flowers in the Tianhe Garden."

Juan Bi was right. When Eunuch He saw Gu Yanfei's face, he diligently handed over two big red gold posts and bowed:

"Miss Gu Er, our family was ordered by the emperor to invite the girl to go to Tianheyuan for a banquet on National Day."

Eunuch He spoke politely.

As early as Gu Yanfei's first time in the palace, the emperor specially ordered him to entertain him. Eunuch He knew that Miss Gu was afraid that she would be the future princess.

Some things that happened later also verified his guess.

Therefore, even if Gu Yunzhen tactfully said that Gu Yanfei would come back tonight, he had to wait for two cups of tea patiently.

No, hard work pays off, and he won't wait in vain.

The smile on Eunuch He's face became stronger and said, "The emperor heard that there is a big girl in the girl's house, so he asked the big girl to go with him."

He looked at Gu Yunzhen with a smile, and had a good impression of this eldest lady Gu, and said to himself: This eldest lady Gu treats people very well. As the eldest sister of the future prince's concubine, she has now left a reputation in the emperor's heart and her future will not be too bad.

Gu Yunzhen was a little surprised and quickly got up from the chair of the top master and gave a blessing: "Thank you for your kindness, my daughter."

"Eunuch Lao thanked the emperor for our sisters."

While speaking, Gu Yunzhen signaled the nanny to secretly stuff a red seal to Eunuch He.

After finishing the errand, Eunuch He simply said goodbye, and Gu Yunzhen ordered the nanny in charge to send the person out.

Looking at Eunuch He and his group in the lights in front of him, Gu Yunzhen let out a long sigh and sighed with relief: "Second Sister, you are back!"

She seemed calm just now, but in fact she was so nervous that she could not find Bei. She never expected that someone would suddenly get up in the palace, but she felt that she could not embarrass her second sister, so she forced herself to do so.

Gu Yunzhen held Gu Yanfei's arm and walked towards the inner courtyard, holding up all his words to say, "Fortunately, I asked someone to make new clothes in advance, otherwise, it would be too late."

The second sister has been back for several months, and this is the first time she has been to such a grand occasion.

In contrast, the last time the flock in the palace was just a small banquet attended by thirty or forty people. On the National Day, there would be at least hundreds of people going to the Hundred Flowers Banquet in Tianhe Garden, and even the noble court officials and royal relatives would go together.

She had to think carefully about how to dress up her second sister. She must not be weakened in front of the noble girl in the capital!

Gu Yunzhen made up his mind and asked Lu Qin again: "Second sister, A Qin..." How was she doing?

Gu Yanfei said the matter roughly, including the fact that they encountered a road near the Xicheng Gate.

"..." Gu Yun's expression was really complicated, and he sighed slightly, "Why does Mrs. Lu Er just believe it? Even if you would rather believe it, go and check it out."

As long as the man is sincere in this marriage, he can wait even a few days in the evening for the engagement.

"..." Gu Yanfei pursed his lips and said nothing.

Everyone has selfish intentions, and Mrs. Lu must have it too.

The wind at night was a little cool, blowing on their hair, their dresses flying, and the surroundings were extremely quiet.

After walking forward for a while against Ye Feng, Gu Yunzhen asked again: "Will you go to Chang'an Mansion tomorrow?"

"No." Gu Yanfei shook his head.

If the road seems to be done, it doesn’t matter whether you go by yourself or not.

If the road seems to be inappropriate, let’s talk about it.

Lu seems to be unable to handle such a small matter, right? Then don’t be a brother!

The mansion at night seemed a little deserted. With fewer people, fewer lanterns hanging everywhere were lit, and the mansion was particularly dim.

In the night breeze, the trees sway in the darkness, and their shadows make people feel that something seems to be hidden in the darkness.

Gu Yunzhen subconsciously held Gu Yanfei's arm. Since she heard the baby crying in the small garden that night, she felt so angry that she didn't dare to walk around at night.

“Wow…wow…”

A shrill cry of a baby came faintly with the night wind, sandwiched in the sound of the rustling wind blowing on the leaves.

Gu Yun's body seemed to be frozen, and he suddenly froze and stopped.

The wind blew her bangs and the broken hair of her temples, and scratched her cheek mischievously.

"Second sister, you...you..." Gu Yunzhen swallowed his saliva and asked Gu Yanfei in fear, "Have you heard it just now..."

She listened again, and there was silence in the darkness and nothing was heard. It seemed just her illusion just now.

Gu Yunzhen couldn't help swallowing, which was particularly clear on this quiet night.

"I'll go over and take a look." Gu Yanfei pointed to the direction of the small garden, smiling lightly.

"Wait!" Gu Yunzhen grabbed Gu Yanfei's hand and said anxiously, "I'll go with you."

She was afraid that Gu Yanfei would leave her behind.

The lantern in the maid's hand was swaying back and forth by the night wind, and the candlelight in the lantern also swayed in the wind. The orange lights were sometimes bright and sometimes dark, and there was a gloomy and weird feeling.

Gu Yanfei returned to hold Gu Yunzhen's cold little hand, met her terrified eyes, and smiled and said, "Okay, let's go together!"

The two girls walked along a bluestone path towards the small garden. Gu Yunzhen was one step behind. While walking, he looked nervously at the left and right, and his gentle little face was a little pale.

"Meow!" A black cat suddenly jumped out of the bamboo forest like a flying flew out, turned around and looked at them fiercely, and was furious, from the back to the tail.

A pair of amber-like yellow cat eyes shine in the night.

"It's a wild cat!" The little maid holding the lantern breathed a sigh of relief and patted her chest.

After the black cat got angry, he jumped lightly onto the garden wall and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Gu Yunzhen stared blankly at the direction where the cat left, and after a long time, he slowly blinked.

"It's a cat." She turned to Gu Yanfei and smiled, "Is it the cat's scream just now?"

My mother was right, it was indeed a cat. She thought too much and mistakenly recognized the cat's meow as a baby's cry.

"..." Gu Yanfei moved his hands in his sleeves without saying anything.

She held Gu Yunzhen's arm and continued to walk forward.

The bamboo forest behind is dancing in the night breeze, with rustling sounds one after another, as if someone is whispering, and the night gradually becomes deeper.

A sound of clappers came from a distance, which was extremely penetrating in this quiet night.

This night is very long and long for many people.

The Lu family is, and so is the Hua family.

"Doctor Wang, how about the dog?" Mrs. Hua asked a gray-haired old doctor with a scorching face.

Dr. Wang shook his head while stroking his beard and sighed deeply.

This low sigh echoed in Mrs. Hua's ears like thunder.

Mrs. Hua's eyes suddenly became wet, and she trembled and wiped the tears at the corners of her eyes with a veil, her voice a little hoarse, "Didn't you say you can survive for more than a month? How could it be so fast..."

Her eyes were red and she swallowed even more.

"I don't know either." Dr. Wang frowned and said, "The eldest son has been getting worse in recent years, and his recent condition is still stable..."

"Hey, I can only say that the eldest son has been sick for many years, and his body has been full of holes, like a tree trunk that has been eaten by termites... I'm afraid he's too late to make a comeback."

"I have tried my best, and he may not be able to survive tonight..."

Mrs. Hua was shocked, took two steps back, and staggered on a chair behind, with a pale face.

The nanny next to him looked at Mrs. Hua worriedly and stroked her back comfortably.

After a while, Mrs. Hua calmed down and her voice became hoarse: "Doctor Wang, can you delay it for one more day...just one day?"

In just a few words, she looked several years older.

Doctor Wang actually didn't quite understand why Mr. Hua had to delay him for one more day, but he thought that Mrs. Hua was full of motherly heart, and the child of the Hua family was also grown up by himself, and he was reluctant to leave after all.

He stroked the goatee again and said in a deep voice: "Prepare a ginseng that has been more than two hundred years old, boil it thickly, and pour it on him, and you should be able to hold on for another day."

While speaking, a middle-aged man with a Taishi Qingyan and another young man wearing a royal blue squid came in one after another.

Dr. Wang bowed and just planned to say goodbye, but was interrupted by Mrs. Hua: "Doctor Wang, please stay in the mansion for one more day... I really can't worry about taking a dog."

Dr. Wang thought that he would just stay for one more day, so he agreed.

"Madam Cai, take Dr. Wang down to rest." Mrs. Hua ordered, and then ordered a maid to quickly get ginseng and make soup.

After Dr. Wang left, there were only three Hua family members left in the house.

After a moment of quietness around, she made sure that the footsteps outside were walking away, and Mrs. Hua said to the father and son: "I have time, I will go to Lu's house to hire him tomorrow."
To be continued...