Chapter 9:

The old lady of Ruiding Houfu, Princess Ruiding, is a blessed old lady. If she is not married, she will be loved in the palace. After getting married, she was held in the palm of her hand by Lord Ruiding and gave birth to a son and a daughter. , The daughter married General Boye, and the son assaulted his father's title. It can be said that the whole life is smooth and the children are happy.
When she was old, the emperor's nephew in the palace also respected her, and would invite him into the palace to talk about the past during the New Years and holidays, and occasionally visit the emperor's aunt in Ruiding Marquis in person.
What's uncomfortable for such an old lady, there is only happiness left in this life.
The old lady of Xiangfu leaned on the low collapse, looking at Xiao Heng and Gu Suier who were pleased to them.
These two people, one is arrogant and natural, the other is soft and soft, and they are all first-class. They look really like, but it is a pity that Suier's birth is low, and he is barely promoted. What about giving birth to the eldest son. If you want to be the main room, you have to agree, and the person in the palace can't justify it.
The old lady put her mind away, and hurriedly ordered her grandson Xiao Heng to get up and let him come to the front. He had been gone for many days. She missed it very much. She was so cold and asked about the warmth and asked about all kinds of things outside.
Xiao Heng gave simple answers one by one respectfully, and ordered outsiders to offer some red boxes. When they opened them, they were full of delicate root carvings. Some were big-bellied Maitreya, some were Guanyin's flowers, and some were old trees and vines with high mountains and flowing water.
These gifts are all arranged, and the ones for this and that are distributed one by one.
The old lady gave the big belly Maitreya, smiling, with a blessed look.
The old lady liked it herself, Haosheng praised Xiao Heng, and finally mentioned Gu Suier.
"Sui'er looks like a painful person, and now she has a big belly. You have finally returned home now, and you should be more considerate about everything."
When Xiao Heng heard it, he lowered his eyes and said quietly: "Grandson understands."
Seeing his cold face, the old lady couldn't help but shook her head and sighed: "You kid, you have been like this since you were young, and now you have grown up, seeing that you are going to be a father, why don't you change it!"
Waiting next to him were two grand-daughters. One was Li Xiurong, the eldest-in-law of the Hou Mansion, and Bai Yuqing, the second-grandson's daughter-in-law, both of whom came from the Hou family.
Li Xiurong is accustomed to being a human being. When he heard this, he smiled and spoke for his little uncle Xiao Heng: "Old ancestor, I think Ah Heng just didn't talk about it. In fact, he was happier than anyone else. Knowing this, he went home happily. I look forward to seeing the people in the room soon!"
The white jade chime beside him laughed as he heard it: "My sister-in-law said, who is Ah Heng? Old ancestor, do you know him!"
The old lady thought about it for herself, but she shook her head with a smile: "Hey, I have picked a few before. Who knows that Ah Heng has a good vision, but I have never seen it. I am worried about what I can do at such an old age. , Even the great grandson will be carried."
With her mention, Bai Yuqing and the others were having fun, and they couldn't help but joke Xiao Heng.
"Our cold-faced gentleman has a day of resuscitation, who can think of it!"
"Come over, Suier, you also tell us, how did you and Ah Heng meet?"
They only heard that Xiao Heng was working outside, and suddenly they sent a letter, asking their family to send someone to pick up a girl in a certain village, saying that the girl was pregnant with his flesh and blood.
As for what was going on in this, Xiao Heng didn't say, they didn't know.
When asked about this, Gu Suier looked at Xiao Heng for help.
She didn't know how to answer this question.
Because she couldn't tell what happened that night.
So suddenly, all the women in the room focused on Xiao Heng.
"Yes, Ah Heng, tell me, how did you find our Suier?" The old lady herself wondered, Ah Heng will be resuscitated one day?
You must know that the emperor gave him a special gift to pick a few of his favorites from hundreds of show girls, and he didn't even look at it.
Although Gu Suier looks good, she may not be able to say that she must be better-looking than those pretty girls in the harem.
"It's just a coincidence." When Xiao Heng came up with this topic, he calmly and casually used a few words to prevaricate, obviously he didn't want to mention it.
The two sister-in-laws above were both clever, and seeing Xiao Heng's appearance indifferently didn't want to mention it, so they quickly helped divert the topic.
After speaking for a while, the old lady knew that Sui'er had not eaten breakfast, so she asked Sui'er to stay and eat, but sent Xiao Heng out.
Gu Suier heard that she could stay with the old lady, but she liked it.
The old lady is a kind and kind old man. Recently, she and the old lady have gradually become familiar with each other, and they dare to say many things.
But facing Xiao Heng, she was really nervous for no reason.
So she nodded quickly, pursed her lips and smiled at the old lady.
Just happy, I felt Xiao Heng's gaze glance over.
Just a faint glance, no emotions, no blame or approval.
But Gu Suier's heart suddenly twitched.
She felt... as if she was wrong again.
As for what was wrong, I still don't know.
For some reason, I was really teased about staying with the old lady today.
Everyone seemed to believe that they had something to do with Xiao Heng. For example, they met at a glance, such as how Xiao Heng loved her.
Even the old lady said, "Aheng can't bear to stay here."
Gu Suier didn't explain anything, she lowered her head and acquiesced in all this.
This is a cautious look of her, because if Xiao Heng doesn't break through these, then her current status may be more plausible in the eyes of others.
After breakfast, she was accompanied by Mother An to listen to the bamboo garden. As soon as she entered, she felt as if the courtyard was different from before.
Mother An also found out.
"Isn't there supposed to be a few bamboos here? Why are they missing now? There are also here. Isn't there a step here? There is also a threshold here.
She muttered to herself, and suddenly she wanted to understand: "It must be the third master. The third master was afraid that the little lady would trip, so let people chop them off!"
Think about it, too, in this listening bamboo garden, apart from San Ye, who would dare to disturb the plants and trees here? Even the old lady cannot be the master of the third master.
Gu Suier was a little bit unbelievable at first. Later, she walked around the place where the bamboo was chopped. After thinking about it, it was true that these bamboos were a bit of a hindrance to her body a few times before. Now there is no more bamboo, so it is more brisk Up.
There is also that step, she walks with less effort than before.
"Wait for the little lady to go over and thank the third master." Mother An gave her an idea.
"Well, it should be." Gu Suier was still afraid to face Xiao Heng, but think about it if Xiao Heng did this, then she should thank him.
He is very considerate to himself.
After returning to the room, she cleaned up a bit, went to the front room, walked to the front door, knocked on the door, and no one responded.
When I was wondering, I saw Bao Ya coming from the east, and smiled at Gu Suier and said, "San Ye is in the palace, don't you know the little lady?"
Gu Suier shook her head: "I don't know."
Bao Ya suddenly smiled a little smugly: "The little lady may not know. The third master came back today and called me to serve dinner, so I hurriedly waited for him to eat. He asked what he was going to do during the day, and he said he had to go to the palace. There is still something in the palace."
In fact, this was of course not what Xiao Heng told Bao Ya, but she overheard it from the side, but this did not prevent her from showing it to Gu Suier.
It's a pity that Gu Suier is not someone who can be shown. After listening to Gu Suier, she didn't say a word. She didn't expect Bao Ya to be a favored and trusted maid. Instead, she thought about his going to the palace. , I don't know when to come back, I have to wait for him to come back, thank him again.
Gu Suier’s silence was seen in Bao Ya’s eyes, but she was slumped. She leaned over and said with a smile: "Little madam, if you want to find San Ye, go back first. When San Ye comes back, I will go there. Let me know. You have never been to the palace, and you don't know it. Things in this palace are troublesome. I'm afraid you won't be able to return for a while."
Bao Ya continued to show off, showing that his identity from the palace was different from Gu Suier, and also showing that he was closer to Xiao Heng.
However, Gu Suier still didn't hear it at all. How did she know the ins and outs of these words.
She nodded softly and gratefully said to Bao Ya: "Then I will trouble you, Bao Ya."
Before, she was still called Sister Baoya. Later, Mother An reminded her that she knew she could not be called Sister Baoya because she was wrong, so she called her by name.
Looking at Gu Suier's sincerely grateful face, Bao Ya: "..."
So Bao Ya went back to the room and complained to Yu Fu, "Is this person really stupid or fake? I don't understand people!"
Bai blind she arranged a lot of nonsense!
Yufu was applying powder to her face in the mirror. Hearing this, she didn't even turn her head back: "You care about her, anyway, we just have to stay with the third master and try to get a big belly earlier, who is afraid of her! It was also bestowed by the emperor, and the third master had to look at the Buddha's face without looking at the monk's face. We must not be treated worse than her when we are pregnant!"
Bao Ya thinks about it, but it's not happy after all: "You said she doesn't seem to have a good head, how did she climb onto San Ye's bed?"
Yufu: "Who knows!"
Bao Ya wondered again: "Is it possible to use any means..."