Cai Xiaolian sensed Gu Shouxin's unusual behavior and obediently stopped moving.
She knew perfectly well that her health was now exceptionally good. Xin Xin's magical jade bead, while not necessarily turning her body into that of a teenage girl, definitely made her health excellent.
She had finished her postpartum confinement and had already started her period. Counting the time, it had been exactly two weeks since her period started, making it easy to get pregnant. So she decided to stay still. She already had three sons and two beautiful and sweet daughters. She was content and didn't want to have any more children.
After a while, Gu Shouxin finally spoke again: "Grandmother and the Emperor know about the matter between the Third Prince and the Seventh Prince. The Emperor told me that his trip to the capital for a few months, leaving the affairs of the court to Elder Huo and Prime Minister Lin, was intentional. Everything in the capital is under his control, and this chaos is also his doing. When our Emperor is serious about something, he is more serious than anyone else."
Cai Xiaolian complained, "When it comes to playing, they know how to play better than anyone else!"
Gu Shouxin laughed. That's right. The emperor disliked Prince Jinnan entirely because Prince Jinnan had relinquished his responsibilities as the ruler and neglected everything. He wanted to do the same, but reality wouldn't allow it.
Gu Shouxin patted Cai Xiaolian: "Go to sleep. The capital is too far away. Let's not think too much about it. As long as Grandmother and the Emperor are here, things won't get too chaotic."
Cai Xiaolian nodded.
She recalled Gu Ren's character setting; indeed, the emperor was a capable and wise ruler, but he later suffered a sudden and serious illness, which caused turmoil in the court.
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With Peng's arrival, Xie Zhiyi was happy every day. She no longer needed to come to Gu's house for breakfast, lunch, and dinner; she could eat at her own home.
On the eighth day of the tenth month, the Peng and Gu families had almost finished preparing for the wedding.
Cartloads of wedding candies departed from Kuncheng and were delivered to the various border garrisons, ensuring that all the soldiers in Kunzhou received some.
Each person received a bag of sugar, a small bottle of wine, raw melon seeds, and raw peanuts—all provided by the Gu family.
The Peng family offered money, but General Peng was speechless after being glared at by Grandma Gu. "My Gu family is short of money? Huihui wants to become your Peng family's daughter-in-law, and you won't even let us help win people over?"
Well, the soldiers of Peng Jiajun all felt the goodwill of their future wife.
The candy was made by the Gu family themselves, as were the alcoholic beverages, and even the melon seeds and peanuts were grown by Uncle Gu himself.
On the ninth day, the Peng family set off from their home with the betrothal gifts for Gu Hui. They circled around Kuncheng and carried the gifts to the Gu family. The bearers were all soldiers from the naval camp. They were all proud and arrogant, their faces full of smiles. "Hmph, General Ze has found a wife. It won't be long before we get married."
The Peng family provided a complete dowry, giving Gu Hui ample respect.
The embroidered building where the Gu sisters lived was filled with betrothal gifts from the Peng family, while the rooms contained the dowry prepared by the Gu family for Gu Hui.
Gu Hui's girlfriends all came to help with the makeup.
Princess Jinghe was a very simple person. Unlike other girls who would be given jewelry or other gifts, she gave money directly and also gave Gu Hui two books as a bonus.
Gu Xin and the other younger girls were curious and wanted to see what kind of book Princess Jinghe, who only loved playing with swords and spears, had given them, but Gu Hui simply locked it up.
Gu Nian glanced at Princess Jinghe speechlessly: "Sister Zhen, you did what my aunt should have done."
Princess Jinghe laughed heartily: "Niannian, what your aunt has is definitely not as good as what I have, absolutely wonderful! What your aunt has is suitable for ordinary men and women, but what I have is suitable for people like Sister Hui and Brother-in-law Hui."
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