Chapter 58:

There was another night of snow last night, and today’s sun is golden, sprinkling on the surrounding white snow.
Gu Zezhi wore a purple jewel-like floral woven silver straight cloak, and a black cloak. His long and narrow phoenix eyes were as clear as sunny light and snow. When he saw Qin Jiao, he brightened another three points, so beautiful. It's palpitating.
He smiled slightly and watched Qin Jiu walk towards him lightly, the cape with a circle of white rabbit fur trembling with her steps, making her melon seed face especially small.
In fact, he had nothing to do with the Hou Mansion, he just came to see her.
After all, he was not in Beijing when the emperor gave the marriage, so as soon as he returned to Beijing today, he visited Qin's house to see her attitude towards this marriage.
At this moment, seeing Qin Jiu's vivacity, Gu Zezhi smiled deeper: Well, this girl looks very good, not bad!
Qin Zhuo walked to Gu Zezhi in three steps and two steps, and when she approached, she found that Gu Zezhi looked at the wind and dust, her heart brightened, "Big brother, did you just come back?"
The concierge shrank silently. In this Hou Mansion, no one knows that the third girl is an awkward lord. She dared to directly beat the fifth master. Even Mrs. Tai's face is just as good as the Hou Mansion. The newly promoted Demon King! Whoever provokes her is waiting to suffer!
"Well, I just entered the palace just after I came back." Gu Zezhi nodded slightly.
The white horse behind him also called out loudly. Qin Jiao and this white horse were considered very familiar, so he couldn't help but touched it. The white horse rubbed her affectionately. This rubbed her head. I rubbed the loose cape cap and fell back.
Gu Zezhi glanced at the white horse, and was about to take the cape back for Qin Jiu, but his right hand was in the air, twisting a leftover leaf from her sideburns, and smiled: "You were trimming the Clivia just now?"
There was obviously a cut in the leftover leaf in his hand, trimmed by scissors.
Qin Jiao nodded, his eyes were shining, "I have grown well, my Clivia is still blooming now!"
Clivia generally blooms in spring and summer and is well raised, but it can also bloom throughout the year.
Qin Jiu spent time in the Hou Mansion every day, reading books, practicing calligraphy, growing flowers, riding horses, and so on.
"I also plan to plant a few more plum blossoms in the yard behind the house. The flowers and trees in the yard are all gone this season, and it looks a bit deserted and deserted." Qin Jiao said cheerfully.
Gu Zezhi listened to her with a smile, a bright light flashed under his eyes, and casually suggested: "You can also plant some camellia."
Qin Jiu's eyes were brighter, "Good camellia!"
Gu Zezhi: "When the spring begins, I will ask the gardener of the palace to send you some camellia."
Qin Jiu also nodded in response to Gu Zezhi.
"Rainy..."
A cold wind blows, causing the surrounding trees to sway slightly, blowing off the snow on that branch, and flakes of snow are falling one after another, like another light snow.
Gu Zezhi's eyes quickly put on the cape for Qin Jiu again, just to isolate those snowflakes from the cloak, but his own temples were stained with a lot of snowflakes, making him look more and more dusty.
"Big Brother..." Qin Jiu originally wanted to tell Gu Zezhi to go back to rest earlier, but before he could say anything, he saw that Gu Zezhi suddenly removed a white jade pendant with carved bird pattern on his waist.
Gu Zezhi: "Stretch out your hand."
Qin Jiu obediently stretched out his right hand.
Gu Zezhi put the white jade ring pendant on Qin Jiao's palm and said with a smile, "I'm going back first."
While speaking, he grabbed the reins of the white horse and turned on the horse.
Qin Jiu subconsciously held the ring, which still carried a lingering warmth.
Did he make this trip specially to give her a jade pendant?
Qin Jiu shouted: "Big Brother!"
The white horse had just turned the direction, and the purple-robed youth on the horse turned his head and looked at her. In the backlight, the sun cast a golden halo behind him, and the handsome face was slightly blurred in the shadow.
Qin Jiao: "Extend your hand."
Gu Zezhi smiled, and stretched out his hand graciously, with a thinly callused palm facing up.
Qin Jiao stepped forward two steps, gave him his hand stove, then waved goodbye to him happily, then turned and walked in the direction of the Hou Mansion.
Gu Zezhi: "..."
He looked at her light back, smiled softly and softly.
Gu Ze held the hand stove in one hand, the rein in the other, and the horse's belly was clamped, and the white horse shouted "recovered" and returned to the palace.
Princess Duan had heard the news of Gu Zezhi's return to Beijing early in the morning, and also knew that he had just entered the palace and saint, and had been waiting for his son to return to the palace long ago.
Looking at her son who hadn't seen her for several months, Princess Duan smiled so much that wrinkles appeared in the corners of her eyes, and said, "Zezhi, come and sit down!"
Concubine Duan was only in her early thirties and got the only aunt. For her son, she has always been unconditional love.
"Father, mother and concubine."
Gu Zezhi respectfully saluted King Duan and Concubine Duan sitting on the kang before sitting down.
Princess Duan saw at a glance that Gu Zezhi was holding an octagonal stove, and smiled: "You kid, why are you still holding a stove!"
My son knows it himself. Of course, Princess Duan knows that his son has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and his temper is very good. In this cold weather, wearing a single coat is like an okay person.
One of Gu Ze sat down and replied, "Miss Qin San gave it."
Princess Duan was startled, her smile deepened, and her brows filled with love.
Sure enough, the emperor was right, his son liked this marriage, that's good!
King Duan was also very happy when he saw Gu Zezhi, and said casually: "Zezhi, is this trip to Linpu Town going well?"
King Duan also heard about the Blizzard in Linpu Town and Nanyuan Hunting Palace, so he asked.
"Father Lao is concerned, everything is going well." Gu Zezhi replied with a smile, concise and concise.
King Duan didn't intend to ask more, stroked his beard, and said: "Zezhi, I heard that the emperor also made you responsible for the peace talks with Beiyan. This errand is very important, you should do it well! "
"In the future, I will earn a knighthood by my own ability. That is also the glory of the Gu family."
"A good man has ambitions in all directions, keep your eyes open, don't just confine your eyes to one place..."
Gu Zezhi just laughed, listening to the teachings of King Duan.
Princess Duan's face changed instantly, and her smile closed.
On the surface, the words and sentences of King Duan are teaching the son, but in fact they clearly mean something, reminding Gu Zezhi not to stare at the title of Prince Duan.
"What does the prince mean, do you mean that Zezhi is going to grab the title with your son?!" Princess Duan asked harshly without showing any mercy to the king.
Duan Wang: "!!!"
King Duan frowned tightly, his face suddenly became unsightly, and said: "What my son, your son, the princess, the elder son is also your son, since I was a child, I called your mother and concubine!"
Princess Duan snorted coldly and almost said that she was not rare.
The atmosphere in the room condensed, and the maid and the maid beside him saw that the prince and the concubine were on the bar, they did not even dare to breathe.
Duan Wang: "..."
Duan Wang only felt a dull pain in his forehead.
On the 29th of last month, after the emperor gave Gu Zezhi a marriage, he left King Duan alone.
At that time, the emperor asked about his son.
Although the emperor’s verbal message was that Shi Zi also came to Beijing with him, King Duan felt that this trip was for Gu Zezhi’s marriage and had nothing to do with Shi Zi. Moreover, the Heli people on the border were about to move and raid surrounding villages several times. There was no one left in the fief, so he left his son to take charge of military affairs in the fief.
Later, the emperor asked him what to do with the two people caught in Qingyun County last time.
Thinking about it, Duan Wang looked at Gu Zezhi's eyes with a trace of suspicion.
The emperor's government affairs are busy, so there is no time to pay attention to such trivial matters. It must be Zezhi's talk in front of the emperor that caused the emperor to misunderstand his son.
Hey! King Duan sighed secretly in his heart, but the princess took care of his shortcomings, and always helped Zezhi. In the end, Zezhi was spoiled by the princess. This is almost like a champion, and he acts like a child. .
I just hope that Zezhi will become a family in the future, and his temperament will be calmer like a son.
King Duan didn’t bother to care about women like Concubine Duan. He taught Gu Zezhi,
Zezhi, you are also a person who wants to get married. You must learn to be generous, open-minded, and learn more from your older brother. Learn how to behave in the world."
"Qingyun County, I have already asked clearly, those two people were sent by the son to protect you."
"You have traveled all the way to the capital, and you are alone. The world is not at ease, and is afraid that you will not like it, so I secretly sent someone to protect you."
"Look, how good your elder brother is to you, you have to worry about your elder brother's kindness, don't be suspicious, the eldest brother is your elder brother, the eldest brother is like a father, how could he harm you!"
Duan Wang chattered non-stop.
Concubine Duan endured and tolerated it. It was really unbearable. Huo Di stood up from the kang and interrupted King Duan: "Enough."
"Since the prince does not wait to see Zezhi, our mother and son will not be in the eyes of the prince."
Princess Duan looked colder and greeted Gu Zezhi: "Zezhi, let's go!"
Without speculation, Princess Duan really didn't bother to talk nonsense with King Duan, called Gu Zezhi together, and left Dong Cijian.
King Duan's mouth opened and closed, trying to call Concubine Duan, but in the end he didn't say anything, only muttered in his heart: Only women and villains are difficult to raise!
Princess Duan took Gu Zezhi away without reluctance, and the mother and son went to Xishao and sat down together.
"Zezhi, you have lost weight!" The princess Duan was distressed looking at her son's appearance, and she no longer mentioned the king of Duan. Anyway, the eccentricity of King Duan is not a matter of this day or two. In King Duan's eyes, everything in his life was good.
With a smile on Gu Zezhi's lips, he followed the princess and said: "Mother concubine, then you have to make up for me."
Seeing that he was pointing at himself, Princess Duan was amused. The suffocation caused by King Duan was swept away. I don't want to think about those smoky things. Now the most important thing is her son. His marriage, everything else has to stand aside.
"Ze Zhi," Princess Duan looked at her son lovingly, and asked, "What kind of person is Miss Qin San?"
When Princess Duan asked Qin Jiu, she also wanted to hear what her son said about the marriage. Although the emperor said that the son agreed, as a mother, she still wanted to listen to her son in person and confirm his true wishes.
The Duan Palace is already in a mess. She really doesn’t want her son to marry a wife who is distracted from him. She doesn’t even have a clean day in her yard...
Gu Zezhi held Princess Duan's well-maintained right hand, looked straight into her eyes, and smiled, "Mother, she is fine."
That little girl is very interesting, and getting married with her will definitely not be boring or boring.
In the face of his mother, Gu Zezhi had nothing to hide, and he was calm, his face naturally revealed the joy from the heart.
Princess Duan was completely relieved until this moment, and her body relaxed, her smile on her face became thicker, she wondered.
As long as the thought of her son finally getting married, Princess Duan felt a worry and was even more happy, and the corners of her lips were never let go.
She took Gu Zezhi to talk endlessly, and asked Qin Jiu's experience for a while, and then asked her son how he met Qin Jiu, and then she had to pick a lucky day to invite a matchmaker to come to propose marriage...
Although the imperial decree has given the marriage, in order to show the importance of this marriage, Princess Duan feels that the three books and six ceremonies are all indispensable, and she must solemnly go to the woman's house to propose marriage.
Whenever the princess asks anything, Gu Zezhi will answer whatever he asks.
Princess Duan felt that this was a manifestation of her son's care for this marriage, and the more she talked about it, the more energy she got.
Later, she thought about the matchmaker with great interest, saying that it was wind and rain that made people bring the almanac. At the moment, she chose an auspicious day, and then she insulted her son: "Zezhi, if it were your father The king asks you to take a concubine room or something before you get married. Don't agree to it."
"..." Gu Zezhi raised his eyebrows.
The corner of Princess Duan's mouth made a mocking sneer. I don’t know what King Duan thinks. Since the emperor gave Zezhi the marriage, he seemed to care about Qi Zezhi suddenly, and kept saying something:
"Wang Hao, Ze Zhi is about to be crowned, and you are empty below her knees. This Qin San girl hasn't made it to her, and the wedding will have to wait at least more than a year. I think we should take a concubine first? Isn't our son wronged?"
"Wang Hao, you mother-in-law don't care about her son anymore!"
Duan Wang's remarks sounded like a son, and he almost laughed out of Duan Wang's words. She didn't want to give Duan Wang any face, and immediately went back.
Concubine Duan felt that with King Duan's temperament, she might have come to talk to her son by herself, so she mentioned her son in advance so that he would not be fooled by King Duan accidentally.
Princess Duan whispered: "Zezhi, the little girl is so young that you are so old, and she is married again. If she is willing to marry you, you must treat her well."
"She has suffered since she was a child, and you should pity her more."
"Your father wants you to make an eldest son first. In the future, the house will be restless, so he won't have the mind to fight for the title of the son. You can behave and don't make trouble for other girls."
"You need to know that this husband and wife are harmonious in order to have a family and everything will be happy."
To her son, the princess Duan said straightforwardly, digging her heart out.
She only hopes that her son and daughter-in-law will have peace with Meimei in the future, and then she can give her a grandson and granddaughter as soon as possible. That would be even better!
"Mother concubine, don't worry, you won't." Gu Zezhi smiled again, this smile softened his facial features and made him look more beautiful, like a bright moon and a spring breeze.
There is only one Qin Jiu in this world.
He didn't want to let some inexplicable people dangle around him.
A cold stream of light flashed quickly in Gu Zezhi's dark phoenix eyes, and it flashed away, and the corners of his lips were still smiling.
Princess Duan smiled relievedly, and wanted to say something, suddenly her complexion changed slightly.
"Cough, cough, cough, cough." She covered her mouth with a veil and coughed several times.
Gu Zezhi frowned slightly.
He quickly took the tea cup handed by the maidservant and delivered it to Princess Duan himself, and asked with concern: "Mother concubine, you are infected with the wind and cold, have you ever asked the doctor to see it?"
"I'm fine." Princess Duan waved her hand, her voice slightly hoarse.
She drank two sips of tea, then eased over, and said: "After the winter this year, I suffered some cold, I was sick for a few days, and then healed, but I still coughed twice from time to time. This trip came all the way to Beijing. I was tired and coughed more frequently when I was tired."
Gu Zezhi: "Mother concubine, it is better to ask the imperial physician to show you..."
"Please see the imperial doctor." Princess Duan interrupted Gu Zezhi with a smile. "The imperial doctor said that he was tired, and he also prescribed some remedies for clearing the lungs and nourishing the lungs so that I could rest well."
"You made a kiss, I am happy now, people are refreshed in happy events. Don't worry, for your marriage, I will also take medicine obediently and raise my spirits."
"Ahem..." As she said, Princess Duan coughed again, showing a trace of fatigue on her face.
Gu Zezhi lightly patted Princess Duan on the back, and coaxed in a soft voice: "Mother, you are unwell, you should go to rest for a while."
Princess Duan hadn't seen her son for a long time, and she still had a lot to say, but she got up obediently when she met his worried eyes, and went to the inner room to rest with the help of the maidservant.
Gu Zezhi ordered: "Mother Wang, is there a prescription and pulse plan prescribed by the imperial physician?"
"Yes, there are." Madam Wang replied repeatedly, "Master, the slave and maidservant will get it here."
Madam Wang quickly took over the prescription and pulse case prescribed by the imperial physician to Princess Duan, and Gu Zezhi carefully read both.
As Princess Duan said, this recipe is an ordinary recipe for clearing the lungs and nourishing the lungs, and there is no problem with the pulse case.
Grandma Wang said on the side: "San Ye, this prescription was prescribed by the doctor Huang from the Imperial Hospital yesterday after he came to see the princess for the pulse."
Gu Zezhi ordered: "Let the concubine take it for three days and see if it is useless, then change to an imperial doctor."
Mother Wang only promised.
Gu Zezhi put the matter aside first, and returned to the outer courtyard. The young man guarding the second door immediately greeted him.
One of Gu Ze walked, while instructing the young man: "Go and call Fang Jing."
The little servant went away.
When Gu Zezhi returned to his yard, an ordinary-looking man in a green robe in his thirties followed him.
"San Ye." Fang Ji respectfully bowed to Gu Zezhi with a fist.
Gu Zezhi lightly sipped the hot tea, put down the tea cup, and asked, "Fang Ji, how about Luoan City?"
Fang Ji came from Luo'an City with King Duan and Concubine Duan this time. He knew exactly what happened in Luo'an City.
He was prepared and immediately replied methodically: "San Ye, when the emperor sent Hu Xiaoliu and Liu Weichang from the capital back to Luo'an City, the prince was furious, and then the son kneeled down again and swears repeatedly, saying that he I was worried about the third master and sent these two people to secretly protect the third master. I didn't expect to cause such a big misunderstanding."
"At that time, Concubine Feng side interceded to the son with a gentle little meaning, and the prince gradually calmed down and believed the son's words."
As he spoke, Fang Ji's expression showed some disapproval. Even a fool knows that this is an excuse for the eldest son, so he believes it!
Gu Zezhi was non-committal, with a smile at the corner of his mouth, casually playing with the octagonal furnace in his hand.
This hand-made furnace is very delicate. On it is a furnace cover carved with magpies around the plum, which complements the plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum pattern depicted on the furnace.
Fang Ji continued to report: "The princess got ill due to this anger. The wind chilled her body and was ill for a few days. At that time, the palace doctor had seen her and said that the princess was very angry. In the end, the princess punished the eldest son with 20 strokes.
Gu Zezhi's fingers that had been rubbing the stove stopped, his eyes drenched slightly.
Obviously he didn't say anything, but naturally, a chill spread.
After a moment of silence, Gu Zezhi said, "Is there anything else?"
Fang Ji swallowed and replied: "The prince is negotiating with the young master. At present, he has chosen the prostitute of the Qingzhou chief ambassador. However, because the family is still three months away from the expiration of the filial piety period, it is only a private conversation. Ventilation."
Fang Ji said that the eldest son of Duan Wang's eldest son, Gu Haojun, was also the eldest grandson of Duan Wang.
The chief envoy was a majestic official of the imperial court, and Duan Wang chose such a relative for Gu Haojun, which shows that he valued him.
Over the years, the king of Duan has been embarrassed by Gu Zezhi’s marriage in every way, and these palaces are also in sight. Fang Ji also secretly is unfair to his master. Fortunately, the emperor is wise and chooses this marriage for the master, otherwise he is afraid that he will be waiting for the first place in the palace. Born in four generations, the owner of his own family can't even think about getting married.
The cold wind outside the window caused the pink plums in the courtyard to sway in the wind, and the snow on the treetops fell down one after another.
Gu Zezhi looked out the window, and Qin Jiu's voice sounded with a smile: "I plan to plant a few more plum blossoms in the yard behind the house..."
By the way, he will also plant some camellia in the garden when spring begins.
The corner of Gu Zezhi's lips made a big smile.
Fang Ji watched Gu Zezhi's expression carefully, and said: "The emperor ordered Jin Yiwei to go to Luo'an City to spread the word and let the prince bring the prince to Beijing. The prince originally agreed, but then suddenly there were hundreds of Heli people. In a crime situation, the elder son felt that he could not leave the people in Xijiang, and the prince felt that it was the same, so he did not bring the son."
"and also……"
Fang Ji remembered one more thing, and stopped talking.
Gu Zezhi retracted his gaze from the window and looked at Fang Jing, his deep eyes like the boundless sea.
Fang Ji glanced at him, then lowered his head, and continued: "The emperor gave you and Miss Qin San after marriage. In these two days, the prince always said that the princess agreed too quickly..."
The cold wind in the courtyard became stronger, and Fang Ji's words were blown away, and a few pink petals fluttered into the window with the wind.
Gu Zezhi waved his hand to dismiss Fang Ji, and then stood up holding the cold stove.
The young man was also wondering how the master used the hand stove today, so he asked in passing: "Master, would you like to help you add some charcoal fire to the hand stove..."
Gu Zezhi entered the inner room unheard of.
The young man scratched his face, always feeling that something was wrong: my master has never used such things as a hand stove, and the hand stove in the master’s hand doesn’t seem to match him well, more like... more like a little girl. Family stuff!
Could it be said that this hand stove was given by the future three ladies? !
Xiao Si felt that he was the truth.
Immediately afterwards, he was entangled again. Look at the look of the hand stove, my master, he wanted to come and be very concerned about the future three ladies, and he would definitely keep the hand stove carefully. Then, he should wipe the hand stove every day. Don't stain, or don't touch your hands at all?
At this moment, the "precious" hand stove has been placed on the bedside table by Gu Zezhi. He sat down on the couch and happily stroked the hollow pattern of the hand stove.
Thinking that the mother and concubine had chosen a lucky day five days later, and invited the matchmaker to propose marriage, Gu Zezhi felt even better, and his eyes stopped on the pair of magpies flying around the plum.
It is a good omen for a magpie to climb a branch.
"San Ye," at this moment, the young man knocked on the door outside, "The prince invites you to come."
Gu Zezhi put down the already cool hand stove, got up and walked out.
Gu Zezhi went to King Duan’s outer study, and after bowing his hand, King Duan raised his finger to a armchair next to him, motioned him to sit down, and said earnestly:
Zezhi, it’s not that this king wants to favor your eldest brother, but , Your eldest brother is the eldest son of the royal palace, you should understand how to be inferior and inferior.