On the fourteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Gu Nian returned to her parents' home three days after her marriage.
Gu Hui and Princess Jinghe also arrived, waiting to see Gu Nian comb her hair up and chat with her about her friends' post-wedding life.
At the end of Chen Shi (7-9 AM), the young couple arrived at the Gu residence.
The gatekeeper, beaming with joy, called out, "Good morning, Second Miss and Second Son-in-law!"
Gu Nian nodded with a smile, and Xue Qianyu's servant also presented him with a red envelope.
The doorman was surprised to receive a red envelope and hesitated for a moment before accepting it, after which he began to say auspicious words.
Servants were already waiting at the gate, and as soon as they saw the Xue family's carriage, they ran to the main hall to inform them.
The housekeeper arranged for someone to move the gifts the two women had brought away, and Gu Xin and Gu Si also ran out.
Gu Xin chuckled and teased Xue Qianyu, "Second brother-in-law, you were so serious before the wedding, I thought you'd always be like that! But after the wedding, you still brought my sister back hand in hand!"
Xue Qianyu took Gu Nian's hand, raised it and shook it, and laughed, "Now I belong to your sister, so let her hold my hand!"
The Gu sisters both laughed.
It's truly rare to hear Xue Qianyu say something like that!
After entering the house and greeting the elders, Xue Qianyu gave red envelopes to his younger brothers and sisters, and then Gu Nian was pulled away by her sisters.
With Gu Xin, Gu Si, and Gu Yingxue, who are not yet married, present, Gu Hui and Jinghe spoke to the princess with considerable discretion, not asking anything else, but instead bringing up the issue of children.
"Niannian, I remember you told us before that there are certain rules about getting pregnant, and that there are specific times for it. I didn't pay attention to them then, so tell me about them now!" Princess Jinghe has been staying at the Kang Prince's residence recently, and her parents have been nagging her about it so much that she has taken it to heart.
Gu Nian is one year younger than Princess Jinghe, and will be twenty-one after the New Year, while Princess Jinghe will be twenty-two.
Gu Hui is two years older than Gu Nian; she will be twenty-three after the New Year.
The Peng family didn't say anything to Gu Hui, but her own mother started urging her to have a baby.
Every time Zhang saw Gu Hui, she would nag her, saying that when Gu Hui was twenty-three, she could carry a load of radishes home from the fields.
It's not a big deal to say it once or twice, but Gu Hui gets annoyed if it's said too often, so she started to take it to heart.
"I was just talking nonsense. You should ask Grandma Xiao to get you some medicine to regulate your bodies!" Gu Nian said.
“Yes, it was done! My mother and aunt went to see Grandma Xiao, but Grandma Xiao said she had to take our pulses first. They insisted on taking us to Sister Xue's house so Grandma Xiao could examine us. After Grandma Xiao examined us, she said we were fine, really,” Princess Jinghe said.
Both of them were in excellent health. Except for a few months of irregular menstruation due to the change in environment in the West, their periods returned to normal as soon as they returned to Da Zhou.
After taking her pulse, Grandma Xiao said there was nothing seriously wrong.
"That means the time isn't right yet! Big sister, Zhen sister, are you two really in such a hurry?" Gu Nian asked with a smile.
“Isn’t that right? Before you came, I heard my aunt holding my eldest sister’s hand, not letting her leave, and whispering about the child for half an hour. Only when my sister and brother-in-law arrived did my eldest sister finally feel relieved,” Gu Xin said from the side.
"Luckily, Sister Zhen came late today. If you had come earlier, my mother would definitely have been nagging me, holding one in each hand. Aunt Kang and my mother are getting along very well now, and they're always talking about whether my eldest sister and Sister Zhen have health problems!" Gu Si chimed in gleefully.
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