Gu Jiu left the palace and returned home with a heavy heart.
Emperor Wende wants to intervene in the express delivery industry, and Gu Jiu has no objection.
But she shouldn't be asked to shoulder the burden of the court.
She is not an official appointed by the court.
Of course, there is still room for maneuver in this matter. She can fully utilize the power of the court to expand wildly in a short period of time.
But I still feel unhappy.
When Liu Zhao came back, Gu Jiu threw a pillow at him.
"Are all of you Liu family members robbers?"
"The emperor is a bandit, go and scold him."
Gu Jiu rolled his eyes at him and said, "You are his son, you have to take the blame."
Liu Zhao pinched his nose and decided to take the blame.
He said, "If you really don't want to, I'll refuse on your behalf. At worst, we can just quit this business."
"Why not?"
Gu Jiu snorted and sat up from the couch, feeling very unhappy.
Liu Zhao: “…” Women’s thoughts are so fickle.
It would be better if he said less.
Just in time, Brother Yu came back.
"Mom, hug me."
Liu Zhao glared at her and angrily scolded, "How could your mother hold you when she's pregnant?"
Yu Ge'er looked innocent.
Gu Jiu glared at Liu Zhao and said, "Why are you scolding him? He is not the one who is wrong."
Liu Zhao's expression immediately became calm, "I'm afraid he'll hurt you."
Gu Jiu chuckled, "He can't hurt me."
After saying that, she stretched out her hands towards Yu Ge'er and said, "Come here, let mother hug you."
Yu Ge'er cautiously approached Gu Jiu's arms, with a sweet smile on his face and curved eyebrows, "Mom, you smell so good."
"Brother Yu smells good too."
Gu Jiu hugged the child, took the hot towel from the maid, and wiped the child's cheek, "Did the teacher leave any homework?"
Yu Ge'er nodded heavily, "I left a lot of homework."
"Can you finish it?"
As a parent, Gu Jiu has mixed feelings and occasionally feels depressed.
The teacher assigns a lot of homework, which shows that he is responsible.
But the homework is too much and the child is so young, it’s a burden.
If they failed to complete their homework or did not do well, Liu Zhao would scold them angrily, calling them names like "idiot." The situation was chaotic, like the eighteen levels of hell.
Yu Ge'er carefully calculated the homework he had to do today and said pitifully, "It's a bit difficult. I'm hungry."
"Why are you hungry?"
Gu Jiu pinched Yu Ge'er's little face and said, "Is he fat? Look quickly, has Yu Ge'er gained weight again?"
Liu Zhao hummed, and said seriously, "It's because you don't exercise enough that you gain weight."
Yu Ge'er opened his innocent eyes wide, looking as if he had lost all hope in life.
Is Daddy a devil?
Liu Zhao then said, "Exercise for half an hour first, then do your homework. Eat less at night."
As a foodie, Yu Ge'er fell into deep despair.
Daddy is indeed a devil.
Liu Zhao didn't say anything and directly took Yu Ge'er to the training ground.
Gu Jiu: "..." What can she say?
Nanny Fang was so distressed that her eyes turned red and she was almost crying.
She wiped the corners of her eyes and said to Gu Jiu, "Madam, I'll bring some water to my brother."
Gu Jiu knew that if she didn't agree, Nanny Fang would be upset all night.
She waved her hand, "Go, go. Remember to go with me to Qingmei's wedding tomorrow."
"I remember."
Yu Ge'er was forced by Liu Zhao to exercise for half an hour, and was then forced to finish all his homework. During this time, he was scolded and punished with a ruler several times.
After finally finishing his homework, Yu Ge'er threw himself into Gu Jiu's arms with tears in his eyes.
"Daddy is so fierce!"
What can Gu Jiu do?
I can only patiently comfort Yu Ge'er, "Be good and don't cry."
"My son is not full." Yu Ge'er said aggrievedly.
This was what really made him sad.
As the grandson of the emperor, he was not full.
He said aggrievedly, "Daddy said he was getting fat and couldn't eat too much. He only had a small bowl of rice in the evening."
He gestured pitifully to show how small the bowl was.
Gu Jiu was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
"It's time to go to bed and not eat anything. If you eat too much, it will accumulate at night and you won't grow taller, you'll just gain weight."
Yu Ge'er opened his pair of innocent eyes and was very conflicted.
He asked quietly, "Is it true that you can't grow taller?"
Gu Jiu nodded and said affirmatively: "It won't grow taller."
Yu Ge'er is about to cry.
"Then, then my son won't eat it."
That sounds so forced!
Gu Jiu smiled stiflingly and rubbed his head, "You must not eat it. Can you do that?"
Yu Ge'er struggled for a while before he said reluctantly, "I definitely won't eat it." As soon as he finished speaking, his face showed a look of despair.
Gu Jiu suppressed his laughter and hugged him, "Brother Yu is really great, and he will get better and better."
She will praise Yu Ge'er more in the future.
That night, Yu Ge'er fell asleep in hunger.
The little face was wrinkled.
Nanny Fang kept saying, "At least make sure my son has enough to eat."
Gu Jiu whispered, "The child is overweight."
"Brother, you're not fat at all. Only lucky children can be chubby."
Gu Jiu shook her head slightly, "Mammy, my brother was born as the grandson of the emperor. His blessings have surpassed ninety-nine percent of the people in the world. When the water is full, it will overflow. Being in the royal family, obesity is never a blessing."
Instead, you will become the target of ridicule and attack by others.
Gu Jiu didn't want Yu Ge'er to be laughed at and ridiculed because of his obesity one day.
I don't want Yu Ge'er to be labeled as obese.
Nanny Fang was speechless and said weakly, "My brother is so pitiful."
Gu Jiu shook his head. "What he has now is something others can't get even if they work hard all their lives. He just skips a few bites of food, how can that be pitiful? And he needs to learn to restrain himself."
Being in the royal family, one cannot indulge in the unbridled expansion of desires. Knowing how to restrain oneself is a lesson more important than learning.
Gu Jiu would not indulge Yu Ge'er in eating as much as he wanted just because he was young and had a hard time studying.
After all, Gu Jiu and Liu Zhao have the final say on Yu Ge'er's education.
Even though Nanny Fang felt sorry for Yu Ge'er, she had no choice but to follow orders.
However, the next morning, Nanny Fang put more food into Yu Ge'er's basket than usual.
Gu Jiu was speechless.
Yu Ge'er was very excited, his eyes lit up.
"Thank you, Mammy!"
After receiving a thank you, Aunt Fang was in high spirits the whole morning.
Gu Jiu also got up early today, dressed up, and went out of the house to attend Qingmei's wedding.
The wedding was organized by Deng Cunli.
Guard Zhao San wanted to get married, so he took out all the money he had saved over the years and bought a three-story house in the capital.
The mansion was packed with distinguished guests today. The palace guards, servants, and clerks from the Sihai Trading Company—many had been invited to the wedding banquet.
Qingmei borrowed a house from Sihai Trading Company for her wedding so that she could accommodate more guests.
Gu Jiu brought Qingzhu and others to visit Qingmei.
"lady!"
Qingmei hadn't seen Gu Jiu for a while, and she couldn't hide her excitement when she suddenly saw him.
Seeing that the tears were about to fall, the bridesmaid hurriedly reminded her, "Don't cry, don't cry, your makeup will be ruined by crying."
"Don't cry." Gu Jiu gently wiped the corners of her eyes. "Today is your big day, you must be happy."
"I feel sad when I think about not being able to serve you, Madam." Qingmei said, holding back her tears.
Gu Jiu took her hand and sat down at the head of the bed. "From now on, you are the wife of the fifth-rank Ningyuan General. You can no longer call yourself a slave. You have been by my side for these years. I hope you can put everything you have seen, heard and learned to good use and manage your own small family well. You don't have to worry about me here. Come visit me when you have time."
Qingmei nodded heavily, "Your servant..."
"Hmm?" Gu Jiu's face was stern. Why did she call herself a slave again?
Qingmei smiled sheepishly and said, "When I have time, I will go visit my wife."
Gu Jiu became happy. "That's right. As an official's wife, you must behave like one. Even if you are a military commander's wife, you cannot lose your dignity. From this moment on, you must always remind yourself that you are no longer a slave, but the wife of an official."
Qingmei nodded, "I'll listen to my wife."
At this time, the bridesmaid was urging everyone to hurry up, saying that the wedding party had arrived and the auspicious time was about to come.
Gu Jiu let go of Qingmei's hand and said, "It's almost the auspicious time, I won't keep you any longer. Go and say goodbye to your parents and siblings. I'll be at the Zhao family for the wedding banquet later."
Qingmei was reluctant to leave and said goodbye to Gu Jiu.
Gu Jiu was also preparing to go out and head to the Zhao family.
The hall was crowded with people.
Qingzhu said, "There are quite a lot of guests at Qingmei's house today."
"When a childhood sweetheart marries into a wealthy family, everyone naturally comes to show their support. Even the old lady of the Marquis's Mansion sent someone to give her a dowry gift."
Gu Jiu sneered after hearing this, "My maid is outstanding in every way. She wouldn't be marrying up to anyone."
This is not Gu Jiu's self-praise.
As the housekeeper and director, Qingmei was adept at training the maids. She was even more proficient in kitchen needlework. She could read and write, do math, and master all eighteen skills. Over the years, she had also accumulated a large sum of private wealth.
On the surface, Qingmei only had a dowry of 3,000 taels, of which 2,000 taels were bought for her by Gu Jiu.
In reality, Qingmei had a dowry of over ten thousand taels, most of which were projects outside the South City Gate, as well as shares in the cement road from Beijing to Luozhou.
Just from these two things, you can get a huge sum of money as dividends every year.
Whoever marries his childhood sweetheart will never have to worry about food and clothing, and will have peace in his inner courtyard.
Guard Zhao San has good taste and chose Qingmei among the countless people.
If the two of them live in harmony, they will surely live a prosperous life.
Gu Jiu reminded the maidservants around her, "Study hard with Qingmei, and you will be able to marry a good man in the future."
The maids' faces flushed red, each with a hint of hope.
Gu Jiu went to Zhao's house to attend the wedding.
Just happened to meet Liu Zhao.
Zhao San was very excited about marrying a new wife. Even before he drank any wine, his face was already red.
Gu Jiu and Liu Zhao drank the wedding wine together. Gu Jiu was pregnant, so she could only drink tea instead of wine.
Everyone was happy and the atmosphere was very lively.
With Gu Jiu and Liu Zhao present, everyone was reluctant to let go.
So the couple was tactful and drank three cups before leaving early.
Gu Jiu sat in the carriage, feeling a little sleepy.
I got up earlier than Wang Ri today. I always felt that I didn’t get enough sleep. Plus the weather was good, so I felt a little drowsy.
Halfway through the journey, Liu Zhao went to the yamen and instructed the guards to escort Gu Jiu back to the palace.
Gu Jiu lifted the curtain and reminded Liu Zhao: "Come back early."
Liu Zhao smiled and said, "I'll be back when I'm done."
The two parted ways.
The swaying carriage made Gu Jiu even more sleepy.
Suddenly, my eardrums seemed to burst.
People roared and horses neighed.
The roar of men, the screams of women, the crying of children...
It’s a mess, a mess, the whole street is in chaos.
"What's going on?"
"Madam, please don't come out. There are mad dogs on the streets, biting people everywhere."
"Why would there be a mad dog on the street?"
"Be on guard, be on guard. Protect the carriage and don't let the mad dog get close."
The streets are becoming increasingly chaotic.
There are so many people that trampling is inevitable.
call out!
Something pierced the air.
The head guard was the first to react. "There's an ambush on the roof. Protect the lady and drive the carriage away from here."
"Alert, alert. Whoever comes near will be killed without mercy!"
Once the word "kill" is uttered, it means that someone will die on the spot today.
bite!
The arrow pierced the wall of the carriage.
The arrowhead, forged from fine iron, radiated a cold light, as if it were an executioner reaping human lives.
"ah!"
The maid Xiaoyu screamed in shock.
"Shut up!"
Qingzhu slapped her in the face and covered her mouth with his own hands.
"Don't be afraid, Madam. I will protect you." Wang Yi pulled out a dagger and stood guard beside Gu Jiu.
Gu Jiu looked calm.
The carriage was large and spacious.
The arrow penetrated the wall of the carriage, but the remaining half got stuck and did not harm the people in the carriage.
Someone wants to kill her!
Who could it be?
The first thing that came to Gu Jiu’s mind was the serious face of Princess Chaoyang.
People who run casinos are naturally not good men and women.
She said to Wang Yi, "I'm not worried, just go for it."
"My duty is to never leave my lady's side."
Gu Jiu nodded and stared at the arrow on the wall of the carriage.
The arrowhead is definitely made of fine iron.
She immediately started laughing.
Princess Chaoyang is dead this time!
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