His self-deprecating smile made the four of them feel uncomfortable, but they also knew that what Guo Xiang said was the truth.

"Grandfather, please don't say that. You are just in trouble for a while. Once you recover, there will be many things that the court can rely on you for."

"You are talking nonsense again, aren't you? Your Majesty is in his prime, but Grandfather is in decline. There is no one among you brothers who is particularly outstanding, so the burden of the Guo family will still fall on your shoulders in the future. Although you are the youngest, you are the best among the brothers in terms of courage and ability. That's why I called you, Shao Yu, and your respective wives here today because I have something to entrust to you."

Gu Shaoyu guessed it, so he spoke to Guo Xiang very respectfully.

"Don't worry, Grandfather Guo. As long as I am here, I will definitely help the brothers of the Guo family."

His words gave Guo Xiang great comfort, because asking someone to do something and others taking the initiative to ask for it are two different things, so Guo Xiang took Gu Shaoyu's hand and said with great gratitude.

"I was right about you. If the Guo family gets into trouble in the future, you can help them as much as you can."

"I know."

Guo Xiang's words made Xuenniang and Du Jingyi feel indescribably sad. Although they knew that the Guo family would not be the same as before, it was really worrying that Guo Xiang mentioned the disaster right away.

Guo Silang was obviously still in the temper of a teenager, and he said to Guo Xiang.

"No, no, my grandson will definitely protect this home."

Guo Xiang touched his head lovingly, sighed, took out a key, and then said, "It's a good idea to do this."

"This key locks two secret decrees left by the Emperor Kaizong. It can be said to be a talisman. One of them is for your Gu family. Yan Gang specially gave it to me before he went to war and asked me to keep it for him. I didn't expect that I would keep it for more than ten years. Now it has been returned to its original owner. You take it and hide it well. If one day in the future, His Majesty turns hostile and makes trouble, you can use it to save your lives. I believe he dare not disobey the Emperor Kaizong's decree!"

Having said that, Guo Xiang handed over the key. It was not big, but it was very heavy.

Gu Shaoyu took it, and Guo Silang spoke directly.

"Let Sixth Brother and Sixth Sister-in-law take care of it. The Guo family is very eye-catching now. If outsiders knew about it, there might be trouble."

Xue Niang also meant this, so when she looked at Du Jingyi, her eyes were full of hope that they would accept the key.

Gu Shaoyu and Du Jingyi looked at each other and decided that they were willing to take on some responsibilities, so they took it over.

Gu Shaoyu was going to assemble his army and set off, so the custody of the key naturally fell into the hands of Du Jingyi, so she said solemnly to Guo Xiang.

"Don't worry, Grandpa Guo. As long as I am here, I will never let this decree go wrong."

"Okay, okay, I'll leave it to you, and I'll feel relieved."

Then there were a few coughs, but they were much lighter than before, as if all the foul air in the body was being expelled.

After staying at Guo's house for a while, the couple left.

When they left, no one knew what they took away, and everyone in the Guo family was still worried about family matters at the moment, and these were things that Prime Minister Guo had to deal with, so it was not easy for them to stay any longer.

In the carriage, the couple opened the box that had been sealed for a long time.

Two imperial edicts lay quietly in the box. They were not big, but they were written by the Emperor Kaizong himself and had the imperial seal on them, so they could not be fake.

Du Jingyi said with a sigh.

"This is the third imperial edict I have received. The first one was left in the Duke's Mansion when the general just returned. The second one was that the general was conferred the title of First-Class Duke, and I also received the imperial edict."

The first two times were both magnificent, but this time it was a little dark.

It is true that things in this world are unpredictable.

Gu Shaoyu held her hand back and then said.

"Keep it, this is more important than all that."

"I know."

The clatter of horse hooves still shuttled through the streets as before, but the couple's mood had changed a lot.

On the third day after returning from the Guo family, Gu Shaoyu led the Huben Army and left Sui'an City. When he left, the emperor kept his promise and personally saw him off on the city gate tower.

The common people were also watching the fun, and the people and children of the Du family who were standing next to Du Jingyi also bid farewell to their husband with red eyes.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

It was unknown when he would return, but Gu Shaoyu left Liu Xun behind in case anything happened, so he could also communicate with people in Sui'an City.

When the Tiger Guards left, they raised a lot of yellow dust. For them, it was just an ordinary raid, but for the emperor's government, it was a complete release.

As the days passed, the children made progress every day because their teacher was watching over them in literature and their aunt was watching over them in martial arts. Du Jingyi was busy with the autumn harvest and did not have much time to feel sad about the passing of time.

However, a lot of things happened in the court, making Sui'an City today very different from before.

The first was that Prime Minister Guo resigned. He withdrew from the court he had run for decades on the pretext of recuperating from illness, and left Sui'an City with many members of the Guo family.

No one knew why they had to move their family away. All they knew was that after they left, the entire Guo family home became much emptier.

Only Guo Silang's family was left, so Xuenniang had to step forward and cooperate with her mother-in-law to manage household affairs. As a result, she quickly grew into a presentable daughter-in-law of the Guo family within a few months.

The departure of the Guo family meant that the old ministers in the court had to step aside, so the newly promoted favorites headed by Marquis Dingping became the backbone of the court, and the position of prime minister after Prime Minister Guo's departure also became the target pursued by everyone.

Marquis Dingping intends to promote one of his own to the position, and the eldest uncle of the Xing family is determined to get this position, so Xing Zhao has been very busy recently, running around to build momentum for his uncle.

While people outside the palace were arguing endlessly, people inside the palace were also busy.

Originally, the most favored concubine in the palace was Concubine Xing, but now there is another Concubine Jia who was sent to the palace from the Dingping Marquis' Mansion. The two of them are in a state of fierce competition, and the noisy harem has taken sides.

What's worse, there was a rumor that came from nowhere, saying that one of the four concubines would give up her throne to Concubine Jia, which made people panic. While people were speculating whether there would really be a change in the position of concubine, the queen continued to keep a low profile as always.

In Changchun Palace, over the course of three years, the Queen had cleaned it up so that no trace of the past when Queen Guo was here remained. Instead, it was filled with her traces.