Picking up the water cup on the bedside table and moistening General Gu's lips, Gu Xingnuo said to his two younger brothers, "Don't contact Jiang Ye and Jiang Xuan anymore. Concubine Hua has been banished to the cold palace. Among the emperors, the Seventh Prince has the most power. We must avoid suspicion and not let people accuse us of forming a clique with the Jiang family."
Young Master Gu said indifferently: "We are definitely in the same party as the Jiang family."
"I was just telling the truth," the eldest young master looked at the second young master sternly and said, "Do you remember what I said?"
"Remember," Gu Xingyan had no choice but to nod and said, "I know Mr. Jiang, and I want to..." Seeing his eldest brother glaring at him, the second young master Gu raised his hand and said, "Okay, I remember. If I run into them on the street, I will pretend not to know them."
Gu Xingnuo said: "The princess has already reprimanded the Jiang brothers today. They..."
"The princess is not scolding them," Gu Xinglang interrupted his elder brother and said, "The princess and Qi..."
"The princess and the Seventh Prince are from the same mother, how could she scold the Seventh Prince for no reason?" Young Master Gu said before Gu Xinglang finished speaking, "The Jiang family took the initiative to bring the Seventh Prince to the capital, trying to put the Seventh Prince and the princess in an unjust situation, which is why the princess got furious."
Gu Xingyan said: "How did the Jiang family put the princess and the Seventh Prince in an unjust situation?"
"Do you understand what I've said about the fight for the throne?" Young Master Gu looked at Young Master Gu and said, "You just need to remember what I said."
"Okay," Young Master Gu had no choice but to nod again.
Young Master Gu was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. The princess was doing this for her locust flower cake. It had nothing to do with the fight for the throne, okay?
"The Jiang brothers will leave Beijing soon," Gu Xingnuo said again.
Gu Xinglang asked, "Didn't you accompany them to visit Fengjing City?"
Young Master Gu smiled and said, "The brothers went to have a drink."
The second and the youngest son remained silent. It was not the tradition of their Gu family to go to brothels. If the master knew that they went there to drink and have fun, they would definitely be whipped.
"I'm going to see Young Master Fenglin," Gu Xingnuo stood up and said after finishing what he needed to say.
Gu Xinglang also stood up and said, "I'll take Big Brother over there."
"No need," Gu Xingnuo waved his hand and walked out of the bedroom, saying, "You and your second brother stay here with father. I'll just ask anyone in the mansion."
After Gu Xingnuo left, the second young master Gu asked Gu Xinglang, "In big brother's heart, have I always been a fool?"
Mr. Gu...
Gu Xingnuo was being led by a servant along the winding corridor towards the courtyard where Young Master Fenglin lived. When he turned his head suddenly, he saw a housekeeper and a little maid wearing the maid's skirt of their Gu mansion walking outside the corridor.
"Wait a minute," Gu Xingnuo stood up and said, "You are a maid in the Gu Mansion, what are you doing here?"
When the maid saw that the person standing on the corridor was her eldest young master, she knelt on the ground and said, "Eldest young master, the lady is ill. I want you and the second young master to go and see her."
Gu Xingnuo looked at the maid and asked, "Have you asked the doctor to check it?"
The little maid shook her head and said, "Madam refuses to see the doctor. It is useless for us to kneel in the courtyard and beg for mercy."
Their mother was forcing them to go to the Buddhist temple. Gu Xingnuo smiled and said to the little maid tenderly, "You go back first. I will bring a doctor to see her soon."
When the little maid heard Gu Xingnuo's words, she relaxed completely. After kowtowed to Gu Xingnuo, she retreated.
Gu Xingnuo said to the servant, "You take it."
The servant asked in confusion: "Young Master is leaving, or?"
"The distinguished guest who is going to see the princess," Gu Xingnuo said.
Servant..., my mother is sick, isn't this guy worried?
"Let's go," Gu Xinglang signaled the servant to lead the way.
The servant didn't dare to say much and led Young Master Gu to Young Master Fenglin's courtyard.
Madam Xu waited in the Buddhist temple courtyard for the maid to come back, and asked, "Where are the young masters?"
The little maid knelt on the ground and said, "The eldest master said he would bring a doctor here soon."
Madam Xu said, "Where are the second young master and the young master?"
The little maid shook her head and said, "The eldest young master sent me away, and I didn't see the second young master and the young master."
Mrs. Xu immediately became angry again.
Listening to the voice of Madam Xu in the room loudly scolding the little maid, the worldly-wise mother-in-law outside the room shook her head secretly. This lady used to be quiet, eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist scriptures every day, and she seemed pretty good. Now no one knew what had happened to her, it was like she had become a different person.
"Just let Madam be like this?" Several mothers-in-law gathered together to discuss.
"Let's wait until the eldest young master comes to talk about it," said a woman, "It would be bad if the doctor saw the lady in this state. If he didn't know, he would really wonder what the young master did to the lady."
A mother-in-law shook her head and said, "Madam was sent here by the second young master this time. The young master has never come here once. The eldest young master has returned to Beijing and did not even come to see her. Mother has already left her. If Madam continues to make trouble like this, what good will come of it?"
"What exactly happened in the master's house?" asked the mother-in-law.
The mothers-in-law looked at each other. Logically, the problem this time was caused by the old lady, but the young master's anger was directed at Madam Xu. The mothers-in-law couldn't understand what was going on.
It was not until midnight that Gu Xingnuo rode to the Buddhist temple alone on horseback.
Everyone was thankful to see that Young Master Gu had finally arrived. Madam Xu had been making a fuss ever since she came back as a little maid, and no one could stand it.
Gu Xingnuo stood in front of Madam Xu's bedroom door and said to the women in charge, "Take everyone and leave this courtyard."
A housekeeper bravely said to Gu Xingnuo: "Master, the Madam looks sick."
"Go find them!" Mrs. Xu's shout came from the house again.
Gu Xingnuo pushed the door and entered the room.
The women in charge did not dare to stay in front of the door any longer and hurriedly led their people out of the courtyard.
Gu Xingnuo entered the room and said to the little maid who was still kneeling on the ground, "You can go down."
The little maid knelt for so long that she could not stand up.
Gu Xingnuo reached out and helped the little maid, and said gently: "Go, go out and eat something."
The little maid gratefully said "yes" to Gu Xingnuo, then walked out slowly, holding onto the wall.
When Mrs. Xu saw Gu Xingnuo come in, she became quiet.
After watching the little maid go out, Gu Xingnuo walked to Madam Xu's bedside and asked, "I heard that mother is ill?"
Madam Xu asked, "Where are your two younger brothers?"
Gu Xingnuo whispered, "What does mother want to see them about? Now that I'm back, if there's anything, just tell me."
"I want to go back home," Madam Xu sat up and looked at Gu Xingnuo and said, "I want to go back home to live."
"I don't agree. As long as I'm here, you, mother, will have to live here," Young Master Gu's voice still sounded gentle, but his words were firm.
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