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Yu Xiaoxiao enjoyed the meal very much, while National Master Wuhuan ate reluctantly. However, no matter what the others were thinking, they at least ate enough to satisfy themselves.
After dinner, Yu Xiaoxiao and Gu Xinglang and their group went to Dashiqiao to visit the night market. Jing Mo, National Master Wuhuan, and Junior Master Fenglin went to the Imperial Palace to continue discussing matters with Emperor Xianzong. Gu Xingyan went out of the city to the military camp, and Gu Xingnuo rode a horse and returned to the Gu Mansion, guarded by several personal soldiers.
As the second and third wives moved out, Gu Xingnuo always felt empty in his heart as he walked in the courtyard corridor of the Gu Mansion. This kind of melancholy and sadness of the passing of time and the brothers growing up and going their separate ways cannot be understood by those who have not experienced it.
A steward, holding a letter in his hand, trotted after Gu Xingnuo and said, "Master, there is a letter from the Ruan family."
Gu Xingnuo stopped, took the letter from the steward, and read it under the light of the corridor. After reading the letter written by Ruan Shihao, the head of the Ruan family, in a few glances, Young Master Gu clenched his hands and crumpled the letter.
The guards and stewards waiting beside Gu Xingnuo lowered their heads.
"Where is the messenger?" Gu Xingnuo said, "Bring him to my study. Hot"
The messenger who delivered the letter hurriedly replied, "Yes."
Gu Xingnuo held the letter in his hand and walked towards the study.
Soon, the steward brought the messenger from the Ruan Mansion to the door of Young Master Gu's study and shouted into the room, "Young Master, someone from the Ruan Mansion is here."
"Come in," Gu Xingnuo said in the study.
The steward pushed open the half-open study door and let the messenger from the Ruan residence in.
The man walked into the study, raised his head and glanced at Gu Xingnuo who was sitting under the window, bowed his head and saluted Gu Xingnuo, and called Gu Xingnuo: "Prime Minister."
Gu Xingnuo knew this man. He was a young man from the fifth branch of the Ruan family. He was about the same age as Gu Xinglang, but Gu Xinglang had already served the country, while this Ruan Yi was still studying in the academy. "So you are the one who delivered the letter. The servants in the mansion neglected you."
Ruan Yi was just stopped outside the mansion by the servants of the Gu Mansion. He was actually angry. When his aunt was in charge of this mansion, how could the Ruan family have been treated like this? But now that he was in front of Gu Xingnuo, Ruan Yi did not dare to show any emotion. He bowed to Gu Xingnuo again and said, "Ruan Yi dare not."
Gu Xingnuo did not invite Ruan Yi to sit down and talk, and said: "I have read the letter. She is not feeling well and cannot go to the capital. The last letter she received said that she was busy at work and could not leave. Are you planning to let the young lady of your family stay out?"
Ruan Yi hurriedly said, "My uncle begs the Prime Minister to take care of my cousin."
Gu Xingnuo smiled and said, "Your cousin is getting old, and you asked me to take care of her. What does your uncle mean by that? Do you want me to find a family to marry her?"
Young Master Gu always calls her "Miss", "your Ruan family", "your uncle". Regardless of whether the words are serious or not, the mere address reveals a sense of distance.
Ruan Yi's face turned pale, and after hesitating for a long time, he said to Gu Xingnuo: "My cousin's marriage will naturally be decided by my uncle and aunt."
"Then take her back as soon as possible," Gu Xingnuo said without giving Ruan Yi any leeway, "Which young lady would live alone away from home? My old lady is old and doesn't have the energy to take care of her. There is no reason in this world for an old person to take care of a younger person in return."
Ruan Yi was so embarrassed by what Master Gu said that he couldn't even raise his head.
"Third time is better than last time," Young Master Gu pointed at the armrest of the couch and said, "I don't want you to send me another letter from the Ruan Mansion after you go back. Go back and tell your uncle that I, Gu Xingnuo, will not take care of his daughter."
When Ruan Yi went to the capital, the head of the family, Ruan Shihao, told him that no matter what Gu Xingnuo said, he had to accept it and try to ask Gu Xingnuo to look at the old lady's face and not be estranged from their Ruan family. But after really listening to Gu Xingnuo's words, Ruan Yi found that he really couldn't stand Gu Xingnuo's words.
"Go," Young Master Gu waved at Ruan Yi.
Ruan Yi is young and a scholar, how shameless can he be to stay here?
Seeing Ruan Yi turning around to leave, Gu Xingnuo said, "The imperial examination is approaching, but your uncle doesn't let you study at ease. Instead, he asks you to come to the capital. What is he planning? Think about it yourself."
Ruan Yi stopped walking.
Gu Xingnuo said: "How many young masters in your Ruan Mansion are going to take the imperial examination this time? Blood ties, it's ridiculous to think about it."
Ruan Yi walked out quickly, and before leaving, he bumped into the door, making it slam with a clang.
Young Master Gu sat under the window without moving. Ruan Shihao sent Ruan Yi here, hoping that he would consider that Ruan Yi was a young man who had not entered the government, and that he and Gu Xingnuo had no grudges and no recent hatred, so that Gu Xingnuo would not lose face and say harsh words to Ruan Yi. It would be a bad thing for him, who was the prime minister, to be known as a bully of the younger generation. Since Ruan Shihao wanted to plot against him like this, Young Master Gu felt that he should be polite to Ruan Shihao. If you let me have a bad reputation, I will make you and your brothers alienated. If I am not good, you can't be good either.
Ruan Yi was about to walk out of the courtyard gate when he remembered something and turned back to the study door to ask for a meeting.
Gu Xingnuo asked through the door: "You left and came back, Ruan Yi, what else do you want?"
Ruan Yi said, "Prime Minister, before I left, my uncle asked me to pay my respects to my aunt."
"Someone," Gu Xingnuo said, "Take him to the old lady's yard."
Ruan Yi didn't expect Gu Xingnuo to let him meet the old lady so readily, and he stood at the door of the study in a daze.
The steward said, "Master Ruan, please."
"Thank you, Prime Minister," Ruan Yi thanked Gu Xingnuo.
The candlelight flickered in the study, but no more voices were heard.
The steward took Ruan Yi to the gate of the courtyard where the old lady lived, pointed at the closed gate, and said to Ruan Yi: "The old lady has gone to bed, Master Ruan, please kowtow to her here."
Ruan Yi's face flushed. How could Gu Xingnuo be easy to talk to? This man clearly didn't want him to see the old lady!
The steward looked respectful, but what he said was very irritating, "Master Ruan, we have strict rules in the Gu Mansion, so please just follow the host's wishes."
Your Gu family has strict rules, but does that mean my Ruan family is just a small family?
Ruan Yi knelt on the ground and shouted "Auntie" towards the gate.
The old lady heard someone shouting in the room, and hurriedly ordered her servant to come out to see what was going on. However, when the servant arrived at the gate, Ruan Yi had already kowtowed three times and was taken away by the steward.
"Who's here?" the old lady asked hurriedly when she saw the maid coming back.
The old woman shook her head and said, "Madam, there is no one outside the courtyard. Maybe you heard it wrongly."
The old lady's expression became dull again. Gu Xingnuo did not do things as drastically as Gu Xingyan, but a soft knife could often hurt people more than a drastic measure. This was the same as internal injuries were often more difficult to treat than external injuries.
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