The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

Gu Xiaobao is a frequent visitor to Renshou Palace, Gu Jiao hugged him and felt the privilege of entering the palace with his face.

When Gu Xiaobao was looking for his sister in Bishui Hutong, he used up all his electricity, and now he didn't take a step away.

Gu Jiao has great strength, but she is also happy to hug him.

Yu Ya'er helped Gu Jiao carry things, and happily entered the palace together.

Empress Dowager Zhuang now ignores government affairs, and goes to Bishui Hutong to play cards when she has nothing to do. She lives a leisurely life, but she was too worried about Gu Jiao a few days ago, and suffered from several serious illnesses. improving.

"Auntie." Gu Xiaobao was very close to her aunt, and reached out to her after entering the bedroom.

My aunt thinks children are noisy, but Gu Xiaobao is not noisy, he is a rare quiet little baby.

The aunt allowed Eunuch Qin to carry him over.

Eunuch Qin stepped forward with a smile: "Miss Gu has come back. The Empress Dowager misses you every day. If you don't come back, the Empress Dowager will have to—"

I went to Yan country to find you.

Eunuch Qin swallowed these words with interest.

"Give it to the old slave." Eunuch Qin reached out to hug Gu Xiaobao.

Gu Xiaobao turned around abruptly.

No hugs.

Eunuch Qin let out an ouch.

"I'll come." Gu Jiao said.

"Then, old slave, go make tea!" Eunuch Qin stepped back with a smile, and brought the maids in the bedroom with him.

Empress Dowager Zhuang was sitting by the window drinking tea, Gu Jiao walked over, sat down beside her, and greeted softly: "Auntie."

Empress Dowager Zhuang: "Hmph."

Yu Ya'er bowed her knees and saluted, "Queen Mother!"

Empress Dowager Zhuang: "Yes."

Gu Jiao: No, is there such a difference in treatment?

Gu Xiaobao climbed to the Empress Dowager Zhuang and sat down for a while, but found it boring, so he twisted his body and climbed down.

Yu Ya'er put the food box on the table,

Take him out to play.

Gu Jiao opened the food box and took out the contents one by one: "Candied fruit, made by my uncle, rose cake, made by my mother."

Empress Dowager Zhuang had a stinky face and remained unmoved.

Gu Jiao took out a small box on the bottom layer: "Peach Crisp, I made it."

The Empress Dowager Zhuang's expression softened a little.

But in the next second, her brows furrowed fiercely again: "Who let you into the kitchen? Is there a lack of peach cake here at Ai's house or something? Do you think the food you make is delicious?"

Gu Jiao lowered the corners of her raised lips, and reached out her hand to grab the box of peach cakes maliciously: "Oh, then I'll take it back."

Empress Dowager Zhuang embraced Taosu and gave her a very resentful look.

Gu Jiao laughed and rolled over on the chair.

The sun is shining brightly, and the girl has a beautiful smile.

Empress Dowager Zhuang sneered, but the corners of her lips curled up unconsciously, and tears flashed in her eyes.

Her Jiaojiao is back.

Back in full swing.

During Gu Jiao's absence in the capital for more than a year, many things happened. First, the Crown Princess Wen Linlang "died of illness", and then Empress Xiao selected two side concubines for the crown prince. To Gu Jiao's surprise, one of the side concubines She was actually the sister of Princess Rui.

Her name is Du Xiaoyun.

Gu Jiao has a little impression of her. The reason is that when she first came to the capital, she met Du Xiaoyun several times. Du Xiaoyun is Wen Linlang's loyal supporter, and she regards Wen Linlang as the perfect goddess in her heart.

I don't know what kind of mood she was in when she was selected as the side concubine in the East Palace.

Du Xiaoyun's stomach is very competitive, she became pregnant three months after entering the palace, and now she is five months pregnant.

Empress Xiao once made it clear to Empress Dowager Zhuang that if Du Xiaoyun could give birth to a son for the crown prince, she would be invited to make her the crown prince's official concubine.

In addition, King Rui showed his fists and feet in the court, and won the respect of the emperor. The emperor appointed him as an imperial envoy to go to the south of the Yangtze River to observe the people's sentiments.

Princess Rui, mother and son walked with him and had already set off.

"Where's King Ning?" Gu Jiao asked.

Empress Dowager Zhuang sighed: "As usual, he is still imprisoned in the mansion. Since Chu Yue reconciled with him, his temperament has changed a lot. Ai's family heard that he has been sending people to secretly inquire about Chu Yue's whereabouts, but unfortunately they found nothing."

King Ning clearly had Princess Ning in his heart, and he only wanted Wen Linlang when he was a teenager, but he understood it too late.

Chu Yue didn't know where he went, and he regretted it too much.

"Where's Zhuang Yuheng? Any news about him?" Gu Jiao asked again.

"You miss a lot of people." The Empress Dowager Zhuang said so, but she knew in her heart that Gu Jiao was thinking about her.

Whether King Ning or King Anjun, they were all children she really loved. No one expected that Taifu Zhuang, as King Ning's grandfather, not only failed to discipline King Ning well, but secretly encouraged King Ning to rebel.

King Ning fell, Taifu Zhuang was beheaded, and all the Zhuang family was exiled.

Zhuang Yuheng was kicked out of the house by Zhuang Taifu first, and later made meritorious service. He could have stayed in the capital, but he was exiled together without hesitation.

When the dealer was in full swing, he gave up all his glory and left the dealer.

When the dealer fell into the quagmire, he gave up his bright future and returned to the dealer.

Thinking of him, Empress Dowager Zhuang felt distressed and regretful.

She has emotions accumulated in her heart, but others dare not ask or bring them up. Only Gu Jiao can make her speak.

The Empress Dowager Zhuang sighed: "He worked as a teacher in a small private school in the border. He taught during the day and helped people write letters and copy official documents at night, earning a meager amount of money to supplement the family."

Although he was exiled, Zhuang Yuheng himself was not guilty, so he could teach in a private school.

Rao is so, and life is extremely difficult.

Zhuang Yuheng himself didn't feel bitter. When the people sent by the Empress Dowager Zhuang asked him how he was doing, he said that Xiao Liulang had suffered from it before, and that if Xiao Liulang could bear it, so could he.

Empress Dowager Zhuang snorted: "I'm still competing with Liu Lang. By the way, Xiaoxue wrote you a letter."

Gu Jiao: "Oh?"

Empress Dowager Zhuang was too lazy to move, she pointed to a location, and Gu Jiao went to fetch the letter.

There are six letters in total.

Transportation was inconvenient in ancient times, and one letter might take two to three months on the road. Gu Jiao received six letters in the past year and a half, which shows that the frequency of Xue Ningxiang's writing letters is not low.

Xue Ningxiang's letter mainly talked about the affairs of Houshan and her daily life in the countryside.

"You can write better than me..."

Gu Jiao muttered.

The land reclamation of the back mountain has been completed, and different types of herbs have been planted according to Gu Jiao's needs, and some of them are expected to be picked next year.

Gouwa is five years old, very naughty, always running around the street, making Xue Ningxiang hard to find.

Gou Wa gets along well with Dean Li, he really thinks he is Dean Li's own, and Dean Li taught him to write, guess what? He actually learned very well.

The penultimate letter said that the aunt sent a letter to Xue Ningxiang, asking her to bring her husband and Gouwa to the capital to have fun, and she said she would come right away.

The last letter followed half a month later. She was pregnant and could not come to the capital for the time being. She would visit her aunt and Gu Jiao after the baby was born.

Gu Jiao listened to the news all afternoon, and read so many letters from Xue Ningxiang, she suddenly felt as if she had passed away.

When she first came here, Gouwa was only one year old, and now she is five years old.

Before she knew it, she had already spent four years here.

With emotion, Gu Xiaobao staggered in.

He stood in front of Gu Jiao and Empress Dowager Zhuang, looking at Empress Dowager Zhuang with a particularly innocent and well-behaved look.

"Auntie." He called out in a childish voice.

Empress Dowager Zhuang snorted: "Heh, what's wrong with you?"

Gu Xiaobao put a pair of small hands in front of him, and pinched the index finger of his left hand with his right hand: "No."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Ya'er and a young maid from Renshou Palace walked in in panic.

The two bowed their heads.

Yu Ya'er didn't know what it was, and she didn't know how to report it.

It was the little maid who bit the bullet and said, "The phoenix... the phoenix seal is broken."

Empress Dowager Zhuang's face darkened, and a whole row of knives flashed across her eyes!

Gu Xiaobao stepped forward and hugged the Empress Dowager Zhuang's hand: "Auntie, Xiaobao loves you."

Empress Dowager Zhuang's phoenix body trembled: Who taught him! ! !

Gu Jiao had dinner at Renshou Palace before going back.

Gu Xiaobao was so tired that he fell asleep, snoring sweetly in Gu Jiao's arms.

Gu Jiao looked at him: "Well, children are so cute."

Yu Ya'er said with a smile: "Miss, don't be envious, you will have a baby with my uncle soon!"

she? have a baby? Gu Jiao was dumbfounded.

...

The Yuan family.

Yuan Shoufu and Lao Hou Ye had a happy chat in the flower hall.

Gu Changqing felt like sitting on pins and needles beside the old Hou Ye.

Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a figure passing by outside the window, and the other person seemed to glance at him.

He understood, got up and said: "Sorry, I'm going to Gongfang."

The old Hou Ye gave his grandson a dissatisfied look, and said that it is business, what kind of house should he go to?

Yuan Shoufu smiled and raised his hand: "It's okay, let's go. Zhao San, take Gu Shizi to Gongfang."

"Yes."

The servant named Zhao San led Gu Changqing to Gongfang.

Gu Changqing said without changing his face: "I know the way, you go back first, I'm a little long."

"Yes." Zhao San returned to the flower hall.

Gu Changqing turned around and performed lightness kung fu to arrive at a small garden nearby.

There, a little Taoist nun in Taoist robes had been waiting for a long time, holding a newly published scripture book in her hand.

The little nun closed the script and read half of it, then turned to look at Gu Changqing: "You are finally here, if you don't come, I will go to invite you in person."

He said, "You were the one who called me just now?"

"En." The little Taoist nun nodded.

He asked, "What's the matter?"

The little Taoist nun glanced behind him, and then winked at the maid beside him.

The servant girl understood, and went not far away to set up a whistle.

Then the little Taoist nun asked: "How is your grandfather talking with my grandfather?"

"They..." Gu Changqing remembered the scene where the two hit it off, and his expression was indescribable, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect my grandfather to find Fengniao. Give me some time, and I will find other ways to call off this marriage."

The little Taoist nun paused, and asked tentatively: "You have divorced, so you don't need to get married in the future?"

"What?" Gu Changqing didn't understand why she asked such a question.

The little Taoist nun explained: "I mean, there are loopholes in our original plan. It is not so easy for me to return to the Taoist temple, especially my grandmother forced her to die a few days ago... the same is true for you, even if you divorced me, Your family will make another marriage proposal for you until you marry a wife."

Gu Changqing was silent.

Yuan Baolin was right. As the eldest son of the Hou family, he would inherit the family business of the Hou family in the future, and his grandfather would not give up his marriage.

Yuan Baolin thought for a while and asked him, "You are... still the same as before, don't you want to get married?"

"En." Gu Changqing nodded firmly.

Yuan Baolin said: "Me too, I don't want to marry. What's so good about a man? All the women I've seen who live to a hundred years old are all men who died early. Cherish life and stay away from men."

Gu Changqing: "..." I was speechless.

Yuan Baolin held the scripture book in her hand, rolled her eyes, looked at him narrowly, and said with a smile: "Since you don't want to marry a wife and I don't want to marry someone, why don't we cooperate."

Gu Changqing took a deep look at her: "You mean—"

Yuan Baolin took a few steps forward, and said lightly, "Anyway, it's good to deceive them! In the future, if you have a sweetheart, or I have a sweetheart, it's not too late for us to get back together!"

Gu Changqing hesitated for a moment and said, "But this is not fair to you."

It's okay for a man to divorce, but if a woman divorces, she will be criticized to some extent. Even if she is Yuan Shoufu's direct granddaughter, she can't escape this secular rule.

Yuan Baolin smiled and said, "I don't need to worry about this. To be honest, I don't care what other people think of me. Their eyes and words can't hurt me. You just say you agree or not?"

This maverick temperament... is somewhat similar to my sister.

Gu Changqing frowned, this matter did no harm to him, but to her it was—

Yuan Baolin said frankly: "Don't think of women too weakly, and don't measure me with your thinking, I know what I want. Unless you don't want to cooperate with me, then just pretend that I have nothing Say."

Gu Changqing pondered for a moment, looked at her with a complicated expression, and made his own choice.

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