Gu Si: "Big sister, even if Grandpa and Grandma agree, Dad and Mom won't! Dad will definitely not allow you to go, and Mom will definitely make you get married."
Gu En poked Gu Si: "Are you stupid! Second Uncle and Second Aunt are also elders. Grandpa and Grandma have agreed, how dare Dad and Mom disagree? But, I'm afraid Grandpa and Grandma won't agree! If they had agreed, you would have run away two years ago, Eldest Sister."
Gu Ren toddled up to Gu Hui on his chubby little legs: "Go find Second Uncle! Second Uncle agrees, everyone agrees. Second Uncle is amazing!"
Gu Hui smiled and ruffled Gu Ren's chubby cheek: "You're right! We need to find Second Uncle, but how do we get him to agree?"
Gu Xin's eyes darted around: "Big sister, why don't you just shamelessly beg my dad! You have to show a very firm will! Maybe my dad will agree!"
Gu Nian nodded: "That's right. I reckon Dad will set a challenge for you to overcome, maybe one that you can't complete. If you try your best to overcome it, he'll agree, right?"
Gu Hui thought this was feasible and made up her mind.
After discussing Gu Hui's matter, Gu Xin brought up Princess Xingnan again: "By the way, sister, I think we can do some business with Xingnan Kingdom. The princess seems to really like our products; she ordered quite a lot, probably for her female elders and sisters. There should be a market there. It's just a pity that we can't trade with warhorses; we can only use gold and silver jewelry."
Gu Nian laughed: "You're really naive. Trading warhorses? Can a princess really make that decision? Let's sell her a batch first. Once she's used them up, she'll definitely want more. Then we'll have the Emperor decide on the deal. He'll get the warhorses from Xingnan, we'll get the money and security from him, and Xingnan will get the products from us. We just don't know how long they'll stay. If they stay a few more days, once the furniture store's finished products arrive, we can sell them another batch of furniture. Xingnan is all grassland; there aren't any forests there."
Gu Xin thought about it and realized, "Oh right, that makes sense!" She exclaimed, "Sister, you're amazing! I didn't even think that much about it!"
Gu Nian poked Gu Xin's head: "That's because you were in a hurry to pick us up and didn't have time to think about it. Otherwise, you would definitely have figured it out."
The siblings chatted for a while longer before deciding to rest.
It had been a long time since they had been together, so the four sisters decided to sleep in one bed, chatting as they went to sleep. Gu Ren also wanted to join them.
Yes, he'll be two years old in a few days, and then he can sleep with his sisters.
Gu Ren, who is already twelve, is so angry! I want to be with my older sisters too!
I'm going to school soon, and I'm scared!
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In Renshou Palace, the Empress Dowager took a nap and heard Granny Shen say that, apart from her pregnant youngest son and his wife, the rest of the Gu family had all arrived in the capital.
The Empress Dowager paused for a moment, then got up to dress and comb her hair. After tidying herself up, she sat for a while before getting up and going to the Emperor.
She wasn't the kind of old lady who stayed in the palace all the time; she would often go out of Renshou Palace to stroll in the garden.
Her belief in finding and protecting her son made her pay extra attention to her health.
Elderly people need to move around frequently in order to live a long and healthy life.
After confirming that the Gu family was indeed her son's family, she set a goal for herself: five generations living under one roof. She wanted to live to see her great-grandchildren get married and have children, so she could be the matriarch and protect them.
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