Chapter 79 Bringing Auntie to Beijing
Intoxicating moonlight?
Watch the moon together?
Jiang Xue was speechless for a moment, wondering if it was the effect of the soup she had been drinking for the past few days.
She instinctively wanted to ask Fu Dong to refuse, but after thinking it over, she decided to give up.
She had been comfortable in the Prince Consort's Mansion for too long and had completely ignored Gu Lintan. If this continued, Gu Lintan would inevitably become suspicious.
Although He Zhilin's words allowed her to temporarily not consummate the marriage with Gu Lintan, it would be unreasonable for her to reject him in every matter.
"Didn't I tell him today that I was staying in the small Buddhist temple?"
Fu Dong replied: "The Prince Consort said that he was afraid that Your Highness would be too worried and depressed, so he specially invited you to go over to relax. I really don't know what he was thinking..."
Jiang Xue said gloomily, as if accepting her fate: "I know. It's cold at night. Go get me a cloak."
After that, he instructed again: "Find something thicker, plainer in color, and simpler in style."
After all, it was already midnight, and she didn't want Gu Lintan to find another excuse to keep her in Lumingzhai.
She thought about it, took off all the pearl hairpins on her head, opened her dressing box and took out the hairpin she was going to use for self-defense today and put it on.
Jiang Xue looked at herself in the mirror, examining the silver hairpin that was shining with a cold light.
I guess Jing Ye did give me something useful.
Two hundred and fifty taels. Considering the exquisite workmanship of this hairpin, I’m afraid the price could be several times lower.
No matter what his plan is, it's at least thoughtful. I'll find a chance to send him some gifts to express my gratitude in the future.
Fu Dong brought a plain green cloak to Jiang Xue, and put it on her considerately. While tying the belt, he suddenly said:
"Your Highness, do you really want to go? It's already late at night, why bother to deal with it. Even if Your Highness doesn't want to go and makes up an excuse, he won't dare to say anything."
Xiaochun gently pushed Fudong's arm and frowned, saying, "Don't talk nonsense."
Fu Dong was a little unwilling and muttered a few words.
Jiang Xue turned around and smiled at her, "Okay, don't be so embarrassed. After all, he is still my son-in-law in name. If you keep refusing to see him, and if you really hate him, just let Xiaochun go with me later."
Xiaochun advised, "Your Highness shouldn't spoil her like this. If she gets into trouble one day, even ten Your Highnesses won't be able to stop her."
Jiang Xue smiled and said, "She has no bad qualities except that she talks too fast. She also has her whole heart set on me. It's okay."
Fu Dong finally lowered her pout, smiled and made a face, and said, "I will go with His Highness. If the prince consort has ulterior motives, I will beat him so hard that he can't get out of bed."
Xiaochun felt helpless and glared at Fudong slightly.
The master and his two servants soon arrived at Lumingzhai.
Jiang Xue saw Gu Lintan sitting alone in the yard, looking up at the bright moon in the sky, lost in thought, wondering what he was thinking about.
Jiang Xue raised her hand, signaling Fu Dong and Xiao Chun not to follow.
The two of them stood in the corridor waiting.
Jiang Xue saw that Gu Lintan was so absorbed in thought that he didn't even notice her arrival. Suddenly, she had an idea, walked to a place not far behind him, and spoke slowly.
"Tonight the moon is bright and everyone is looking at it, but I wonder whose house the autumn thoughts fall on. Prince Consort, do you miss your hometown?"
Gu Lintan seemed to have not expected that Jiang Xue was already standing behind him. He turned back in surprise and stared blankly for a long while before he spoke:
"How long have you been here, Your Highness? Why didn't you let anyone know?"
Jiang Xue smiled and said calmly: "I can't bear to have anyone disturb this intoxicating moonlight."
She slowly walked to the opposite side of Gu Lintan and sat down.
Gu Lintan smiled and clapped his hands. Huang Fu appeared from nowhere, holding a wooden tray with a pot of wine, two wine glasses and several plates of cakes.
Huang Fu gently placed the things in place, bowed to the two of them, and then quietly left.
Gu Lintan smiled at Jiang Xue as if in the spring breeze, and said softly: "Your Highness must be exhausted after praying for the Prime Minister today. I asked someone to warm up some orange blossom wine to relieve your fatigue. You can sleep well tonight after drinking it."
Gu Lintan picked up the wine jug and slowly filled two glasses with wine.
Jiang Xue looked worried and said, "Grandfather is my blood relative. How can I do nothing when he is sick? Not to mention praying, if I can exchange my health for that of my grandfather, I would be willing to do that."
Gu Lintan was somewhat moved and reached out to hold Jiang Xue's hand, but Jiang Xue pretended not to know and reached out to pick up the wine glass.
Gu Lintan could only withdraw his hand awkwardly, and also raised the cup, saying to Jiang Xue: "May the Prime Minister be well."
Jiang Xue lowered her eyes and said sadly: "I hope that all relatives in the world can be reunited, without being separated by illness, life and death."
When Gu Lintan heard this, there seemed to be a surge of emotion in his eyes, but he was only stunned for a moment, then he raised the wine glass to his lips and drank it all in one gulp.
Jiang Xue did not drink it, but said softly: "I heard that the prince consort's mother is still in Hedong?"
Gu Lintan didn't expect her to ask this suddenly, so he said in a daze, "Yes."
Jiang Xue's eyes moved, revealing a concerned look.
"Now that our wedding has been completed, the prince consort has also settled down in the capital. However, there are many affairs in the court, and I think the prince consort will not be able to take care of it for a while. I think I should do my best to be filial to the prince consort."
Gu Lintan opened his mouth slightly and was about to say something, but Jiang Xue immediately continued:
"Just now I saw the prince consort looking at the moon in deep thought, worried as if drunk, he must be missing his mother at home. It's also my fault, I haven't been feeling well these days, I forgot that my aunt is still in her hometown in Hedong. Tomorrow I will send someone to the palace to ask my mother to send a team of people to Hedong to bring my aunt over to enjoy family life with us."
Gu Lintan quickly refused, "Your Highness, why do you need to mobilize so many troops? My mother... is just a peasant woman after all. I am really worried that she can't serve Your Highness well. Besides, my mother is obsessed with the countryside. I don't think she will be able to get used to living in the capital."
Jiang Xue frowned and pretended to be puzzled and innocent, saying: "Since I am married to the prince consort, I should abide by the husband's honor and wife's virtue. How can I abandon my aunt alone in Hedong just because she is of low birth?"
"Besides, if Auntie really likes the joy of farming, I have several farms in the suburbs of Beijing. I can just find one that Auntie likes and open up the farmland. It's not difficult to do."
She smiled, and suddenly took the initiative to walk to Gu Lintan's side, stretched out her white wrist, gently patted his shoulder, and comforted him: "I know that Prince Consort is devoted to me, but I am also the wife of the Gu family now. I should do what I should do for Prince Consort and for the Gu family. I hope Prince Consort can agree with me to do it."
Gu Lintan suppressed his uneasy look, pulled Jiang Xue's hand from his shoulder, and said, "Of course, I will support everything Your Highness wants to do. But there is no need to alert the palace. I will send someone to pick up my mother."
Jiang Xue shook her head and advised, "This matter is not just the Prince Consort's. The Prince Consort has devoted himself to the government in recent days. If the royal family can take the initiative to bring Agu here at this time and promote the reunion of mother and son, it will also be a reward from the court to the ministers, and it will also spread a good story among the people. So the Prince Consort should not shirk this matter."
Originally, Gu Lintan was reluctant to bring his mother back to Beijing, but now, for the sake of the royal family's reputation, he had to agree to let the palace send someone to pick her up, otherwise it would be a disregard for the royal family's reputation.
Gu Lintan felt a little annoyed, Mother, Mother.
If his "mother" in Hedong lived under the same roof with Jiang Xue, her flaws would inevitably be discovered after a long time.
But now that Jiang Xue had said this, he had no room to refuse.
We have to find another way.
He looked complicated, lowered his head, and said, "That's fine, but I'm going to trouble my mother to worry about me, which is really not my duty as a subject and son-in-law."
Jiang Xue smiled and said, "I don't know how happy my mother is that I can relieve her worries and make her daughter famous."
Of course, she was happier.
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