Chapter 49 Chapter 49

There is a square bath in the clean room.

Gu Huaisheng was sitting by the bathtub.

Gu Huaisheng was still wearing the shirt he wore when sleeping, and one could vaguely see a large area of ​​cold white skin underneath. His hair was not tied up, but just draped behind him. He was usually very careful, but at this moment he looked a little disheveled, and there seemed to be heat in his peach blossom eyes.

His underwear was half-pulled down, one hand was resting on the tub beside him, and the other hand was...

The things in the hands held by the slender fingers look even more ingenious.

The sight of a man who normally looked like a fallen immortal doing such a thing next to the bathtub in the toilet was really shocking.

Gu Huaisheng didn't expect Jiang Jingchun to wake up so early today.

They looked at each other.

All the sounds stopped abruptly.

He looked at the sudden intruder, the lust in his eyes could no longer be concealed, and suddenly, he could no longer bear it, and lowered his head and let out a muffled groan, like a drop of water hitting the ground, the sound of water splashing was like thunder in the quiet house.

The room was quiet, but his low moans seemed to still linger in my ears...

Jiang Jingchun was so shocked by the scene before her that she could not move. She could not even make a sound of scream. She was frozen in place.

No matter how much she didn't understand, she should know what he was doing now.

Is Gu Huaisheng playing tricks on himself?

Jiang Jingchun was so dizzy by the scene in front of her that she wished she could faint immediately.

Before she could react, she saw Gu Huaisheng grab a towel beside her and wipe his hands and the object, then he straightened his clothes as if nothing had happened and stood up.

He threw the towel aside and walked to the washbasin to clean his hands. Seeing that Jiang Jingchun still didn't move, he said calmly, "Cousin, I'm a normal man, and what I did was normal."

She was so afraid that he would do something, and he was afraid of scaring her, so he hid himself to do it, but when he was caught, there was really nothing he could do.

Besides, he didn't want her to do anything. He didn't force her even though he was in excruciating pain. What was she afraid of?

He said, "Don't be afraid of me."

Although his expression didn't change much, he subconsciously called her cousin again. No matter how he tried to calm down, his heart couldn't help but get a little confused. Maybe he was too full yesterday, so he couldn't do it this morning. But when he saw her panic, her eyes widened like a frightened rabbit, he couldn't control himself and came in front of her.

He pretended to be calm, but his ears had already turned red.

But he couldn't be like his cousin, frightened and standing there in a daze.

That won't work.

Now this is embarrassing enough.

Jiang Jingchun felt her face was burning, and it took her a long time to come back to her senses after hearing Gu Huaisheng's words.

This is normal.

Gu Huaisheng is right.

She should have known he was a normal man the last time they kissed.

He didn't ask her to do anything. He was just there to take care of his own needs. What was she afraid of?

There's nothing to be afraid of.

But even thinking this way, that strange feeling lingered until Gu Huaisheng reminded me again, "If you don't wash up now, you'll be late when you get home."

After hearing this, Jiang Jingchun finally took action. She walked to the sink like a zombie.

The light in the clean room was a little dim. The doors and windows downstairs were closed, and only the skylight came in from a small window high up. There was also a strange smell in the air that could not be ignored.

Both of them tacitly agreed not to mention what happened just now. Jiang Jingchun quickly rinsed his mouth and rubbed his face, then left without looking back.

After leaving here, Jiang Jingchun sat next to the dressing table and let Huayun do her makeup.

Gu Huaisheng's room is quite large, clean and simple inside, just like Gu Huaisheng himself. It's just that he got married some time ago, and there are still some red cloths and red silks in the room that have not been taken down, making the room a bit festive.

After Jiang Jingchun got married, a rosewood table was added to the house, on which was placed a dressing table and many small items.

Not long after Jiang Jingchun started to purify himself, Gu Huaisheng came out of the purification room.

He has returned to his usual self, with a cold and indifferent expression and eyes that are no longer ruthless and lustful, as if the person who was sitting by the bathtub doing that just now was not him. His black hair was casually scattered behind him, as noble as jade, cold and sharp. He has once again become that cold and unapproachable banished immortal.

A thing that looks like a human or a dog.

Jiang Jingchun retracted his gaze and fixed his eyes on the bronze mirror in front of him.

The scene just now can't be dispelled from my mind.

Gu Huaisheng was thicker-skinned and didn't react at all even when he was caught.

No one can compare to him in this respect.

However, she only despised it in her heart and at least never mentioned it again.

After Gu Huaisheng came out of the purification room, he changed his clothes and did not go anywhere else. He just sat aside waiting for Jiang Jingchun. When she was better, the two of them went out together.

They all tacitly agreed not to talk about the incident again and acted as if nothing had happened.

A woman has to return home on the third day after her marriage. Although Gu Huaisheng had been in the study for the past two days, he had people prepare the return gifts long ago. The two of them packed their things and got on the carriage.

Jiang Jingchun had never felt that the road from Gu's house to Jiang's house was so long. Because of the accident in the morning, the two of them were silent all the way, even Gu Huaisheng did not say anything. Jiang Jingchun rested his head on the car window, watching the scenery passing by outside.

The carriage finally stopped slowly in front of the Jiang family's gate.

Last time when Jiang Jingchun got married, the whole family was there, and this time when she returned home, we are still a family.

Jiang Nan and Jiang Jingchun were not very close. When Jiang Jingchun was around, he was very nice to her, but he was a person who valued face. Although the family had indeed lived a bad life with quarrels in the past, the girl was married now, and there was no need to be angry. After all, it was the day for her to return home, and it would not be good to lose face.

Gu Huaisheng was a little surprised that he could be with Jiang Jingchun. He had thought that if Jiang Jinghui was interested in him, he could find a way to bring them together, but he didn't expect that the old lady would hastily arrange a marriage for the two of them.

Although the Jiang family is not as good as the Gu family, this marriage can be considered a good match and a close relationship.

It’s good that Jiang Jingchun can have a good home.

Just think of it as a way to replenish their already thin father-daughter relationship.

His eyes fell on the Gu family's carriage.

The carriage stopped steadily, and Gu Huaisheng, dressed in a deep blue brocade robe, got off first. Then he stretched out his hand to Jiang Jingchun who was in the carriage, and half lifted and half supported her down. Perhaps because they were newlyweds, the relationship between them seemed to be very good.

On the other side, Gu Huaisheng reached out to Jiang Jingchun, wanting to help her get off the carriage.

But when Jiang Jingchun looked at his hand, she couldn't help but think of what happened before she went out. She didn't want to touch it...but when she thought of her grandmother watching them, she had no choice but to put her hand on it.

She suspected that Gu Huaisheng had deliberately pulled her hard, and she felt that she was almost half-carried out of the carriage by him.

Subconsciously, he wanted to say something to him, but when Fang raised his eyes, they met. He smiled and said, "Grandma has been watching you."

Jiang Jingchun swallowed the words out of her mouth and could only glare at him before she stopped talking.

The servants of the Gu family were carrying the return gifts, and the two of them walked towards the group.

Just after paying his respects, Jiang Jingchun was pulled over by the old lady to have a look.

She asked, "How have you been in Gu's house these days? Has Fu Yan bullied you? Are your aunt and the others treating you well?"

This was not the first time Jiang Jingchun left the Jiang family, but this time his departure was a little different, and the old lady couldn't help but ask more questions and think more.

Even though I knew that Gu's house was a good place to go, I couldn't help but ask.

Jiang Jingchun smiled and said yes. She corrected the old lady and said, "Grandma, I should call my aunt mother now."

Her words also indirectly responded to the old lady's question, that she was living a pretty good life.

Now everyone calls them mother and father.

Jiang Runchu was listening at the side and found it quite strange. This generation was so chaotic.

So from now on, is Gu Huaisheng my cousin or my brother-in-law?

But after thinking about it, it seemed to have nothing to do with him. Anyway, he never called him cousin before and always called him by his name.

He was just a little curious about how Jiang Jingchun and Gu Huaisheng addressed each other.

Is it a cousin? Or a wife or husband?

Just as he was thinking this, he heard Gu Huaisheng speaking from the side. He said, "Don't worry, grandma. We will never let our cousin down."

After Jiang Runchu heard this, he thought to himself, as expected, Gu Huaisheng is still so serious. How could he change his tone so easily after calling her cousin for so many years?

Jiang Jingchun, who was standing by, just wanted to roll her eyes after hearing this. She still remembered how he took advantage of her on the bridal chamber.

He is now pretending to be good.

The old lady laughed when she heard what Gu Huaisheng said, and joked, "Why are you still calling me cousin at this time, Fu Yan? Now that you are married, shouldn't you call me by a different name?"

Gu Huaisheng rarely showed a bit of slowness, but after a while he changed his tone. He smiled and called Jiang Jingchun, "My wife."

The voice was low and deep, and he had used these two words to make the call go through many twists and turns.

Jiang Jingchun pretends to be deaf.

The old lady at the side said to her: "Fu Yan is calling you, why don't you answer him?"

Jiang Jingchun was immediately confused. It seemed that Gu Huaisheng had done this on purpose. She was unwilling to change her words, so he did this on purpose in front of the old lady.

Seeing her like this, the old lady thought she was just being shy, so she said, "You are husband and wife now, are you still calling each other cousins? Just call each other openly, there's nothing wrong with that."

Jiang Jingchun looked at the old lady's eager gaze and finally spoke. She looked at Gu Huaisheng and called him "husband" rather stiffly.

If there weren't other people around, Jiang Jingchun's eyes would have made Gu Huai's voice dull.

Although the word "husband" sounded so harsh and dry, Gu Huaisheng enjoyed it very much, and the smile on the corner of his mouth could not deceive anyone at all.

Jiang Run found it strange at first. Why was Gu Huaisheng so happy to hear the word "husband" which was even more wooden than wood? Are all married men like this? It was very strange.

The old lady could see that Jiang Jingchun was still a little shy, but they seemed to be living a good life, so she was completely relieved.

Jiang Jingchun greeted the others again, so they met each other.

This time, Li looked much better than last time. She no longer had any emotion. When she saw Jiang Jingchun, her expression was indifferent, as if she had heard the decisive words she said last time.

After Jiang Jingchun met them, she followed the old lady and told her about her days at the Gu family. Gu Huaisheng listened to them casually beside her. Because of the call of "husband" just now, he had a smile on his face until now.

Jiang Runchu found an opportunity to walk to Gu Huaisheng's side and nudged his arm, "Why are you laughing so foolishly alone?"

Gu Huaisheng came back to his senses, and after hearing his words, the smile on his face finally faded a little. He said calmly, "You'll know when you get married."

Jiang Runchu's mouth twitched when he heard this. He didn't know that he had used shameful means to marry Jiang Jingchun home, and he was still feeling proud of it.

"Don't be so proud."

It was a pity that he used to think that Gu Huaisheng was such an upright gentleman. It seemed that after all these years, he still didn't quite understand his style.

If I had known this earlier, I should have reminded Jiang Jingchun earlier and asked her to stay away from him instead of reminding Gu Huaisheng.

The group went towards the direction of Rongde Hall, but unexpectedly, there was another guest at the mansion today. It was heard that the guest was looking for Jiang Nan, so he left and went to Chongming Hall to meet the guest. The others followed the old lady to Rongde Hall.

The person who came to look for Jiang Nan was Mr. Song Ge.

Not long after Jiang Nan arrived, Master Song had already walked from the door to the main hall, and Jiang Nan hurried out to greet him.

I thought that Song Ge Lao was the only one coming today, but unexpectedly Song Xuan'an came as well.

What a coincidence? I don't come here often, but this time I happened to meet Jiang Jingchun returning to Ningbo.

He knew that Song Xuan'an and Jiang Jingchun had a good time together before, so he couldn't help but think too much for a while.

Jiang Nan's expression froze for a moment, but he quickly returned to normal.

He welcomed Mr. Song into the main hall and asked, "Sir, why did you come here today?"

When Jiang Nan first entered the officialdom, he received a lot of care from him, so he naturally respected him.

"I have some business to discuss with you."

Mr. Song Ge came here today, saying that it was for official business, but in fact he had some selfish motives.

After the news of Jiang Jingchun and Gu Huaisheng's marriage spread, Song Xuan'an locked himself in the room, refused to eat or drink, and drank to drown his sorrows. No one could persuade him, and even after being beaten by his father, he still looked half-dead.

The two of them had a close friendship in the past, so Mr. Song Ge could understand his behavior now.

But there is no other way. One cannot continue to be decadent like this. So he wanted to take advantage of Jiang Jingchun's death today to let him take a good last look at her, so that he can let go of the past.

When Song Xuan'an heard that he could still see her, he really stopped making a fuss. He got up, cleaned himself up, got rid of the smell of alcohol, and followed Song Ge Lao out.

After arriving here, Mr. Song Ge started talking about official business.

He went straight to the point and said, "When the inner cabinet and the emperor were meeting a few days ago, Wang Shun mentioned the matter of Tianlu Terrace again, saying that he wanted to restart the project next year."

Jiang Nan's face changed immediately after hearing this. "Is he crazy?! Tianlu Terrace collapsed like that, and you can imagine how much money the people in the Ministry of Works embezzled from it. Now they want to rebuild it, and put in millions of silver. Then if it collapses again, they will find a few people to take the blame. How can he just sit there and not get anything for it? What's the matter? He relied on his status as the Emperor's teacher and the Prime Minister, but now he doesn't even want to save face."

Rebuilt Tianlu Terrace.

That really means there's no point in pretending.

Jiang Nan is a polite person, but even so, he was still so angry after hearing these words that he spoke without thinking.

He didn't understand. Wang Shun was already so old, with no descendants except for some staff and retainers to support him. Why did he have to do all this?

You can’t take it with you when you die.

Song Ge sighed and said, "The only one who can cure him is the emperor, but the emperor was entrusted by the late emperor to take care of his son, and has relied on him for so many years. I'm afraid he will turn a blind eye to it."

He said with some worry: "The northern border is still resisting the Mongolian cavalry, and military supplies are also a lot of money. But Wang Shun is there, not distinguishing between the priorities, and is thinking about repairing Tianlu Terrace. By the end of the year, when the cabinet holds a financial meeting, I'm afraid there will be another loss... Losses every year, every year I want to let him die early, but he is an old man who won't die. I'm afraid he won't die even if I die."

We are all political enemies. It is normal that we can be harmonious with each other in public but curse each other harshly in private.

If he died first, Wang Shun would probably become even more rampant.

There were originally five ministers in the inner cabinet, two of whom are now members of the Wang party, while the other one, Lord Gu, thinks about fishing all day long. Unless he has to, he doesn't even bother to go to the duty room in the inner cabinet, and works in his own yamen every day.

Gu Huaisheng's teacher Shen Changqing was once a member of the inner cabinet, but after his death, the position was taken by someone from Wang's party.

Just thinking about this situation gives me a terrible headache.

The two sighed repeatedly. Jiang Nan said, "If Shen Changqing were still alive and the new policy was implemented, things wouldn't be so ugly now..."

When Shen Changqing was mentioned, the two were silent for a moment, both speechless.

Thinking of the past, Jiang Nan's vision blurred and he unconsciously fell into the courtyard outside the door.

The flowers in the yard are almost withered, and there is a desolate atmosphere in the yard. This year's autumn is almost over.

Dead trees will eventually grow new in spring, but dead people can never wait until next autumn.

There are some people whose good points are never noticed by others when they are alive, but after they die, people find that it is difficult to find their good points among all things.

When the new policy was first proposed, no one stood behind Shen Changqing except the Gu family... After his death, he was accused of treason and died a dishonorable death.

It is ironic that an antelope hangs its horns and a person with no aspirations ends up dying of treason.

Jiang Nan finally came up with a solution to this headache. He said, "My daughter is visiting her parents today, and my nephew from the Gu family is also here with her. Sir, why don't you stay and have lunch with us? We can talk to him about this and see how he reacts."

If Gu Huaisheng can't stand this anymore, maybe he can come up with some solution.

After all, it was thanks to him that the Tianlutai case was finally resolved. Otherwise, perhaps several of Wang Shun's men would not have died.

Hearing Jiang Nan's words, Song Xuan'an's eyebrows twitched unconsciously. Elder Song noticed his change of mood and agreed to Jiang Nan's words. He said, "Okay, we have to make do with the emergency. I didn't expect that today is the day when Jingchun returns to Ning. Sorry for bothering you."

Jiang Nan said hurriedly: "Sir, you are too serious. This is the best way to deal with it."

Soon it was time for lunch and several people went to the dining room.

When they arrived, there was no one in the dining room, so the three of them took their seats first.

Not long after, voices and footsteps were heard outside. It seemed that it was Jiang Jingchun and the old lady talking. The talking stopped abruptly until the group of people entered the dining room.

Jiang Jingchun never expected that the guests who came to see Jiang Nan today were from the Song family, and she never expected that Song Xuan'an would also come.

When she saw him, all the jokes she had just made with the old lady were swallowed back in an instant.

In fact, she now doesn't quite know how to face him. Perhaps Song Xuan'an was too pitiful that day, so that when she looks at him now, she always feels that he is covered with a layer of mist.

She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she always felt that Song Xuan'an looked much more haggard. It was obvious that in just a few days, he became like this.

Song Xuan'an also looked at her. He saw her standing with Gu Huaisheng, his eyes filled with traces of pain.

The two of them just looked at each other, not like friends but more like a pair of star-crossed lovers who were forcibly separated. No one spoke, and the atmosphere was a little weird for a moment.