The rest of the Gu family packed a few simple bags and prepared to return to Beijing.
Gu Shouxin was to report to the Ministry of Rites in early October. With the Empress Dowager and several children accompanying him, he naturally walked slowly and could not walk too fast. He arrived in the capital around the end of September.
Grandma Gu, Grandpa Gu, and Gu En had gone to Qingzhou earlier, so they couldn't make it to Princess Jinghe's wedding. They will go to the capital first.
In the end, only Uncle Gu, Madam Zhang, and Gu Ren remained in Kunzhou.
Gu Ren will continue his studies at the school. He has been studying for half a year, and in November he will return to the capital with his uncle and Zhang Shi.
Uncle Gu still has two places in Kunzhou that he hasn't visited yet. He plans to go there in the next three months. After finishing his business here, he will return to the capital to make contributions in the surrounding areas.
He was a very dedicated Marquis of Huinong; he loved farming and was interested in everything related to it.
The Peng family also plans to return to Beijing this time. The old man and the people from the first branch will go back, while the second, third, and fourth branches will stay in Kuncheng to guard the city.
Old Master Peng has no plans to come back this time. Judging from the current situation, there will be no more war in Kuncheng. When that happens, he plans to leave one branch of his family behind and send the rest back to Beijing.
The Gu family left, and many members of the Peng family also left. All the people who attended the wedding also left.
But the liveliness of Kunzhou has not diminished at all.
When Madam Peng accompanied them to the Western Regions last time, Cai Xiaolian and Gu Nian suggested that she open a security escort agency specializing in the East-West route, and she has already made the necessary preparations.
She planned to open her business when the princes and princesses of the West returned home.
Currently, she is gathering opinions from the Great Zhou and the Goddess Kingdom regarding their desire to do business in the west, hoping to reach a cooperation agreement with them.
More and more people are coming to Kunzhou, whether by boat or by land.
The Kunzhou of today is completely different from the Kunzhou before Gu Shouxin came.
Gu Shouxin's abundant funds and the three top scholars from Huo Junhao's cohort all contributed to the changes in Kunzhou and are remembered by the people of Kunzhou in its history.
The emperor who made this unprecedentedly bold decision was also praised by students who wrote poems in his honor; so far, only a small number of poems have been written about him.
That day, the emperor, carrying the secret report presented by the Dragon Guard, arrived at the empress's palace, looking utterly dejected.
The Empress was playing with the Crown Prince when she saw the Emperor's expression and asked with a smile, "Your Majesty, who was praising you again? Why are you so unhappy?"
The emperor handed the secret report to the empress, muttering, "These scholars, all they know is how to flatter me! Was I wise back then? I just wanted Gu Er to train a couple of talented people for me! How was that wise! I just wanted more capable ministers so I could have an easier time! How was that wise? I didn't want to be wise! Wise rulers have too many constraints! I didn't want that!"
Empress Xue smiled helplessly, and was about to say something when the little crown prince suddenly hugged the emperor, looked up at him with a sincere expression, and said, "Father, you are wise!"
The Emperor and Empress Xue were taken aback.
The young prince tugged at the emperor's dragon robe: "Father, you are wise!"
The little prince is almost two years old now. He walks steadily and speaks clearly, which the emperor and Empress Xue adore.
The emperor picked up the little crown prince and said, "Son, remember this! Your father is not wise, not wise at all! But you, son, need to be exceptionally wise. Your father is old and needs to rest. You must work hard and strive to make the ministers say as soon as possible that the crown prince is wise!"
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