Before long, officials from the Ministry of Rites arrived and escorted Jin Nanguo and his entourage to the embassy, which was specifically for receiving foreign envoys.
Uncle Gu said goodbye to Jin Nanguo and his two sons, and then went home.
The Peng family has its own mansion in the capital. After bidding farewell to Uncle Gu, Peng Erlang also went home. The Peng family does have a master at home. After Cheng Huaiyu left last spring, Peng Liulang came to the capital to seek medical treatment and is currently recuperating at home.
"Brother, shall we go see Grandmother today, or wait until tomorrow?" The Gu family residence has been settled. When Grandpa Gu was granted a title, the Emperor sent people to renovate it and personally wrote the plaque. It has been well taken care of ever since, and Uncle Gu can move in as soon as he returns.
"You can still enter the palace at any time?" Uncle Gu asked in surprise.
“Of course! Grandmother often asks me to bring Rui’er and his two siblings to the palace. Grandmother says that Rui’er is just like our father when he was a child, and she especially likes Rui’er,” Gu Sangu said happily.
"That's great! By the way, has your mother-in-law said she wants to come to the capital to join you? Has your sister-in-law found a boyfriend yet?" Uncle Gu asked again.
"She's not coming." Gu Sangu looked around; the servants were all far away. She then whispered, "I told Guo Wan, 'If your mother comes, you can forget about marrying a good man. Tell your mother not to come, and you and your brother will be fine. I'll ask the Empress Dowager to arrange a good marriage for you.' And Guo Wan agreed. The wedding is at the end of this year. Your mother-in-law and brother-in-law won't come to the capital until the end of the year. I've also found a good family for my brother-in-law in Qingzhou. Your mother-in-law is worried that her youngest son won't have a good life, so she's only coming to the capital to see her daughter get married; she won't stay with us afterward."
"Hey, third brother, you've gotten smart!" Uncle Gu exclaimed in surprise. "Who taught you that? You've avoided this trouble."
"Hahaha, my husband! He had already brought this up with me, but then the Emperor gave him a warning, so we decided that my mother-in-law would live with my brother-in-law, and my husband and I would live together." Gu Sangu said proudly.
She really didn't want to live with her mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and brother-in-law; it would be good if they could separate the household.
If they could separate the family, she would be willing to help her brother-in-law and sister-in-law with their personal lives, and guarantee they would find good partners.
If the three of them are unwilling, then she'll just wait for them to do it themselves.
Now that Aunt Gu's status has risen, and her husband is now a prince consort, there are still many families willing to marry into the family of the prince consort's younger brother and sister.
Therefore, this matter was handled very easily.
Knowing that his third sister's life would be less troublesome from now on, Uncle Gu casually started gossiping about the final fate of the Guojia siblings.
Guo Wan's husband's family was chosen by the Empress Dowager. They were families who could accept Guo Wan's age and keep her from leaving the house no matter how much she acted up.
Guo Wan's fiancé was neither good nor bad. He was the second son of a noble family and could not inherit the title, but he had a job in the court. He was about the same age as her and had been engaged before, but because of the matter of Prince Qu, the woman's family was raided and she was single.
Guo Wan is the sister-in-law of the princess most beloved by the Empress Dowager. Her family is afraid of being implicated because of their former fiancée, so they can't wait to get involved with Aunt Gu!
Guo Wan had met the other party herself and was satisfied with his identity. She didn't make a fuss about finding someone better, so the marriage was settled.
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