They would walk along the Kun River, stopping at any dock they came across. They would spend a couple more days exploring the interesting places, and leave once they had a quick look around the less interesting ones.
A few days later, when they arrived in Yizhou, Grandpa Gu, Grandma Gu, and Gu En arrived in the capital.
Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu took Gu En back to the house that the Gu family originally bought. They had the steward send a letter to the palace and also sent someone to inform Gu Sangu.
Hearing the commotion, Lu Xue from next door came over with Grandpa Zhou and Grandma Xiao.
"Old Gu, my Old Gu, it feels like I haven't seen you for ten years!" Grandma Xiao gave Grandma Gu a bear hug as soon as she saw her.
She was still in good spirits, and even looked better than before.
There's no need to ask Grandma Gu to know why. The fact that Lao Xiao and the man surnamed Zhou appeared at the same time means that Lao Xiao has forgiven the man surnamed Zhou!
The two lived together at their granddaughter's house, and Old Xiao would inevitably start cursing whenever he had nothing to do. He wasn't in good spirits, so how could he have the energy to curse?
"Don't you have Lao Zhou by your side? Why would you miss me? Do you think I've forgotten how you valued romance over friendship when you were young?" Grandma Gu said expressionlessly.
"I didn't say I missed you! I just felt like it's been ten years since we last saw each other!" Grandma Xiao replied.
Grandma Gu punched her.
Grandpa Gu and Grandpa Zhou started chatting over there.
Ever since Grandma Xiao returned to the capital with the Empress to take care of the Empress and the young Crown Prince, Grandpa Zhou began to seize every opportunity to get close to Grandma Xiao and seek her attention. He even knew how to use his granddaughter and grandson-in-law to help her. In the end, after the Emperor announced Lu Zheng's news one after another, Grandma Xiao slowly forgave Grandpa Zhou.
Their Yuanyuan no longer needs to hide; she can live openly and honestly in this world.
The two elders both thought that Lu Zheng was hiding his identity to avoid his stepmother and the Lin family. They had no idea that this kid had never intended to live as Lu Zheng at all; he only wanted to find Gu Xin.
Seeing her maternal grandparents chatting happily with the Gu family's grandparents, Lu Xue took her leave. Before leaving, she invited Grandpa Gu, Grandma Gu, and Gu En to their house for dinner that evening. She also asked someone to invite Gu Sangu's family, since it happened to be Grandpa Zhou's birthday today.
Grandpa and Grandma Gu naturally wouldn't refuse.
Not long after, a palace eunuch personally came to their door, bringing some tonics, saying they were for the elderly couple to enjoy, as they were tired from their journey.
Grandpa Zhou sighed with emotion that his old friend had raised a fine son who had won the Emperor's favor. After thinking it over, the two elders decided to tell their lifelong friend about Grandpa Gu's background.
Grandpa Zhou was so surprised he didn't know what to say. He stammered, "Does Yuan Yuan know? That kid is really lucky! I never thought he would become a prince consort, a proper one at that, with royal blood! If that Duke of Zhenguo knew how lucky Yuan Yuan is, he would definitely regret it!"
In the end, Grandpa Zhou even started to gloat.
Grandma Xiao rolled her eyes at him: "Why would you let that heartless bastard know? We only told you this because Old Gu and Brother Ye trusted us. Don't go out and tell other people when you're drunk, you old fool. If you ruin things, I'll make sure Yuan Yuan and Ah Xue don't want you anymore!"
Grandpa Zhou quickly begged for forgiveness: "No, no, I'm not a child anymore. I was just expressing my feelings! Brother Ye, Sister Gu, really, I don't know what to say. So many years have passed, Brother Ye, you... well, anyway, I'm very honored to have known you two for the rest of my life! It's been worth it!"
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