late at night.
Gu Jiu snuggled in Liu Zhao's arms.
"During the day, I talked to Yu Ge'er about going to the palace to study. I told him that he could go to the palace to study when he was ready."
"What did he say?" Liu Zhao asked.
Gu Jiu said: "He was obviously resisting."
After a pause, she continued, "I didn't hide it from him. There are pros and cons to studying in the palace, and I told him all the good and bad things."
Liu Zhao raised his eyebrows. "When I entered the palace to study, no one told me these things."
Gu Jiu teased him, "That's because you don't look pleasing."
"Nonsense! I'm the best looking among my brothers."
Liu Zhao is quite cocky.
Gu Ji pursed his lips and smiled, "Your words are not as pleasing as Brother Yu'er's."
Liu Zhao raised his eyebrows. It was undeniable that when he was a child, he was not as good at speaking as Yu Ge'er, and his popularity was not as good as Yu Ge'er.
Gu Jiu placed her hand on him, leaned sideways, and said softly, "I'm really reluctant to let Yu Ge'er go to the palace to study."
"This is inevitable. Even if I'm reluctant, I have to send him to the palace to study. As a descendant of the royal family, this is the path he must take. He can only face it and cannot escape it."
Liu Zhao seemed very cold.
Gu Jiu sighed softly, "I understand the logic, but I can't accept it emotionally."
Only in front of Liu Zhao would Gu Jiu reveal his emotional side.
Liu Zhao hugged him tightly and said, "Next time Heng Ge'er comes to the palace to study, I will come and talk to him."
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "I'm not that fragile, I just feel sorry for the child. Yu Ge'er was born as the grandson of the emperor. His starting point is even more glittering than the end of others' lives. But even so, he still has to start his education early, getting up early and studying late, which is even harder than the scholars taking the imperial examinations."
Liu Zhao said, "This is the responsibility of the royal family. As a member of the Liu family, having enjoyed wealth and glory, we should shoulder the corresponding responsibilities."
Gu Jiu sighed and said, "We are both demanding parents."
"We are qualified parents." Liu Zhao said shamelessly.
Gu Jiu teased him, "Tell me, what are you qualified for?"
Liu Zhao said as a matter of course: "Your Highness, every bit of your body is qualified."
How shameless.
…
A few days later, Yu Ge'er found Gu Jiu.
"Mother, I've made up my mind. I plan to go to the palace to study next year."
"Have you really thought it through?" Gu Jiu was a little worried.
Yu Ge'er nodded heavily, "My son has made up his mind. Going to the palace to study will also be closer to Mr. Ren. If I have any questions, I will go to consult Mr. Ren. But my son does not want to live in the palace."
When talking about not wanting to live in the palace, Yu Ge'er lowered his head.
Gu Jiu smiled and patted the child's head. "You don't have to live in the palace. Mother will arrange another place for you to live."
Yu Ge'er suddenly became excited, "Have you bought a new house?"
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "We've already made some progress. If nothing goes wrong, we'll be able to close the deal this month. We'll try to be able to move in before the Spring Festival."
After buying a house, I still have to redecorate it.
If the layout is not good, the original house may even have to be demolished and rebuilt. This will take a long time. It may take at least more than a year before you can move into the new house.
If reconstruction is necessary, Gu Jiu plans to arrange for Yu Ge'er to live in a villa in the city.
There is no problem living in the villa in the city, but it is a bit small.
People like Niuniu and Ge'er, who were used to living in Xiaozhuye, would definitely not be used to living in a villa in the city. Living in the palace would be even more inappropriate.
The palace looks big, but there are also many people living there.
Messy and smoky are not enough to describe the current palace.
Unless it was necessary, Gu Jiu was unwilling to step into the palace gate.
Emperor Wende also acted recklessly.
With so many princes, their wives, concubines and children, living under one roof, aren't you afraid of something happening?
The princes were all busy having children.
There are dozens of children in the palace now, in groups.
Every time Gu Jiu saw so many children, he couldn't tell whose children were whose, and he was overwhelmed.
What is even more troublesome is that when giving red envelopes to children during festivals, sometimes one does not pay attention to the situation in the palace and does not realize how many new children there are.
The red envelopes prepared are either not enough or not large enough, which is really troublesome.
For example, if some illegitimate sons and daughters were born, Gu Jiu would not send someone to inquire about it, and the palace would not notify her.
Only when a legitimate son or daughter is born, or a favored concubine gives birth to a child, will the palace send someone to Xiaozhu to notify him.
Gu Jiu learned from his experience and always prepared at least ten more red envelopes each time.
Gu Jiu would never let Yu Ge'er live in a palace like that.
She was worried that Yu Ge'er would be affected and unable to concentrate on his studies.
I'm also afraid that someone will deliberately lead Yu Ge'er astray and lead him astray.
Yu Ge'er was very happy that he didn't have to live in the palace.
I would be even happier if I could move into a new house next year.
"Mother, my son and Brother Liu Zheng have an appointment to play together today. Can you take Brother Heng with you?"
"Bring the guards with you. Do not leave the guards behind and act on your own."
"Thank you, mother. Brother Heng dreams of going out to play. I'm sure he'll jump for joy when I tell him the good news."
Brother Heng was so happy that he jumped up and almost broke the bed!
The two brothers were in high spirits. After tidying up, Henggeer ran to the kitchen to get a bag of snacks before going out.
Gu Jiu was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Hengge'er is a foodie, be careful not to become a fat boy.
When Niu Niu and Ge'er learned that their two brothers had gone out to play, they also clamored to go out.
Niuniu leaned on Gu Jiu's legs and acted coquettishly, "Go out, go out... Niuniu wants to go out and play too."
"Play, play, go out and play." Brother Xun is Niu Niu's follower and imitates Niu Niu's speech.
Gu Jiu pinched the two children's little faces, they were so tender.
"Let's go play in the garden, okay? Want to go fishing?"
"Let's go fishing." Brother Xun was very happy.
Niuniu also became excited when she heard about fishing. She was not excited about the fish, but about the water.
Niu Niu loves playing in the water.
In order to make it easier for the two children to fish, a small pond of about ten square meters was built in the garden with pebbles.
There are small goldfish of various varieties in the pond.
The small pond became Niu Niu's favorite place.
As soon as summer comes, she dives into the pool.
The weather is cloudy today, but fortunately it’s not cold.
Playing in the water is no problem.
Niu Niu scooped water with a ladle.
Put the people in the pool into buckets.
When the bucket was full, he used a ladle to pour the people in the bucket into the pool.
Repeat over and over again, never getting tired of it.
Such a 'boring' game, but I never get tired of playing it even after playing it for a whole summer.
Gu Jiu was completely unable to understand the child's thought process.
Brother Xun was fishing with a small fishing rod and was very patient.
This is extremely rare for a child under two years old.
The maids looked after the two children.
Gu Jiu was sitting by the pool reading a book.
When Gu Cheng came to the house, he saw such a peaceful and tranquil scene.
"Third brother is here, please take a seat. I'm not being polite to you, I'm just here to greet you, please don't mind."
"Of course I don't mind. We're a family, so we should just be casual."
Gu Cheng sat down on the stone bench. "Both children have grown up so quickly. Back then, when they were one month old, they looked so tiny, like kittens."
Gu Jiu pursed his lips and smiled, "Children grow up very fast. They have changed a lot in the blink of an eye."
"yes!"
"Third brother, have some tea!"
"I'll come by myself, so you don't have to be polite to me, little sister Jiu. I came here today because the old marquis is seriously ill and I'm afraid he will die soon. I came here specifically to tell you."
Bang!
The book in Gu Jiu's hand fell to the ground.
"Didn't you say you were getting better a few days ago? How come you're seriously ill again? You're almost dying. What did the imperial physician say?"
This summer, Gu Jiu's great-uncle, Marquis Pingnan, suffered from a severe summer heat stroke and felt a little unwell. Emperor Wende specially canceled the morning court session and allowed the old marquis to return home to recuperate.
When autumn came and the weather became cooler, the old marquis' health improved significantly.
I thought my health would get better, but I didn't expect that in such a short period of time, my health condition would take a turn for the worse and I was almost dying.
Gu Jiu frowned.
Gu Cheng said, "The Marquis's Mansion has invited several imperial physicians to consult, and they all said that the old Marquis is old and there is nothing that can be done."
Birth, aging, sickness and death are the laws of nature.
No matter how famous a doctor you are, you can never snatch a person away from the King of Hell.
It is rare for an old marquis to be seventy years old. A man approaching eighty is definitely a long-lived person in this day and age.
The imperial physician said that the old marquis is getting old, and I'm afraid it's true.
Gu Jiu picked up the book and dusted it off. "Thank you, Third Brother, for telling me. Tomorrow morning, I will go to the Marquis' Mansion to visit the old Marquis."
"I will accompany you to the Marquis' Mansion tomorrow to visit the old lady. The old Marquis is seriously ill, and the one who is most sad is the old lady."
Gu Jiu nodded, sighed, and felt very sad.
She asked, "Is everything okay at home? I haven't been back to visit you all for a long time."
"Everything is fine at home. My father has taken in two more concubines, and there's been some unrest in the backyard. My wife has been vegetarian and chanting Buddhist scriptures, and things have calmed down a lot."
Lord Gu is already old, but he actually took in two concubines.
Gu Jiu frowned, "Good family, or a whore?"
Gu Cheng said, "The two concubines were both decent girls, born in humble families in the capital. Their fathers and brothers were originally laborers. These two concubines were quite noisy and persuaded their father to help them find menial jobs in the government office."
Gu Jiu muttered, "Master's life is all about women."
Gu Cheng didn't hear clearly, "What did Sister Xiaojiu just say?"
Gu Jiu said, "As for the concubines in the two rooms, as long as they don't make too much noise, don't bother with them. If they don't follow the rules and make too much noise, don't be polite to them. Just go back to where you came from."
Gu Cheng laughed, "Father has seen your methods, so he doesn't dare to indulge his two concubines in their mischief. He took the initiative to arrange for the nanny to discipline the two concubines and teach them the rules. I think he is also afraid that you will do something to his concubines again."
Gu Jiu pursed his lips and smiled.
Lord Gu deserves to be punished.
If you give them a good beating, they will behave themselves for several years.
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