His face was pale, his body was tired, his eyes were blurry, and it was obvious that he was exhausted.
However, the moment he saw Gu Xinran, the smile returned to his face and there was light in his eyes.
Seeing him dragging his frail body to handle government affairs until late at night and looking so haggard, she felt heartbroken.
She quickly pushed him to sit at the table and pushed the soup towards him. "Brother Xiao, don't work so late in the future. Look at your face. It's so fat. If you lose more weight, it won't look good. Come and finish this soup and replenish yourself."
A warm feeling surged in Xiao Mingzhan's heart. He didn't know how long it had been since someone had waited for him late at night, let alone someone who had been so considerate as to make soup for him. It was so nice to have a young wife!
He pulled her to sit beside him and said softly, "Ranran, I have no strength and can't even lift my hands. Can you feed me?"
Gu Xinran knew that he was really tired, but not seriously. Haha, this arrogant man was just acting like a spoiled child.
Just enjoy what you choose. She picked up the spoon and stirred it, then took a spoonful and put it to her mouth and blew it cool slowly. She looked up at him and gently handed it to his lips. Xiao Mingzhan opened his mouth happily.
She retracted her hand, sipped the soup herself, and drank it. Seeing Xiao Mingzhan's surprise, she laughed out loud, "I'm punishing you for not following the doctor's advice. I told you to combine work and rest."
His deep eyes fell on her, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and Ranran was so cute when he was teasing people.
To prevent her from repeating the same trick, Xiao Mingzhan took the initiative to move over and put it in his mouth before he even brought it to his lips.
He held her hand holding the spoon and smiled triumphantly. After laughing, the tips of his ears slowly turned red. He realized belatedly that this was the spoon she had just used to drink soup. Was it an indirect kiss?
As he thought about it, his heart beat faster and his gaze at Gu Xinran became more and more passionate.
Gu Xinran didn't think too much about it. Seeing his eyes shining, she just thought that he liked the chicken soup.
Next, I stopped making trouble and fed my boyfriend the soup seriously. One of us was happy while feeding him, and the other enjoyed drinking it.
After drinking a bowl, Xiao Mingzhan's tiredness subsided a lot, but he was still very weak. Under Gu Xinran's supervision, he went to bed to rest obediently.
It was late at night and her small body could not bear it any longer, so she hurried back to Lingquan Courtyard to sleep.
Have a good night’s sleep!
Gu Xinran woke up to a knock on the door. Man Niang was outside the door, holding some water and calling her to get up. She walked out of the space sleepily and opened the door.
Manniang brought the water into the room and urged, "Miss, please wash up quickly. Everyone is waiting for you in the dining hall. The general has something to say."
Gu Xinran shuddered. Why did Manniang start calling her "Miss"? However, when she heard that it was something serious, she didn't get upset, and her morning grumpiness instantly dissipated.
When she arrived at the dining hall, she was the only one missing. Well, it was because she had worked overtime last night, so it was understandable that she was late.
Duan Yunchi teased her as a lazy pig, and she made faces at him, so Mother Gu hurriedly pulled her to sit next to her.
When my uncle Duan Qingyan saw that everyone was there, he gave everyone a gift, including a jade pendant, a bracelet, a head ornament, writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone... These were gifts for meeting each other. My grandparents had them all, and everyone liked them very much and thanked them one after another.
Then he took out three deeds and handed them to Gu's mother.
When I opened it, I saw a three-courtyard house in the southern part of Jinzhou Prefecture, a prosperous shop with a backyard on the main street, and a hundred-acre manor twenty miles away from the city.
Gu Xinran was secretly amazed, what a good stuff!
The uncle apologized to Mother Gu and said, "Yuanyuan, this is the dowry that your elder brother gave you. Don't think it's too little.
The dowry that your father and mother prepared for you has been kept sealed. The carrier pigeon should have brought them the good news that you are alive and well. I wonder how happy they must be.
When you get the dowry, my Qingyuan will be richer than my elder brother."
A day ago, Duan Qingtian, Prince of Zhennan, received the good news. Princess Bai Peipei, who had been ill for many years due to missing her daughter, suddenly became energetic and insisted on coming to Jinzhou to see her daughter.
Everyone tried to persuade her many times, asking her to take care of her health and be in the best condition to see Yuanyuan, otherwise she would be sad if she saw her in such a sick state. Only then did they coax her into silence.
The old lady was happy and busy arranging the rooms and decorating the palace. She also opened the dusty dowry warehouse and waited for her daughter and her family to arrive.
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Seeing that the gift was too much, Mother Gu quickly refused, "Brother, it's enough that you have this kind heart. Leave these to your sister-in-law and nephew."
After hearing this, Duan Qingyan's face darkened. Although the palace was almost emptied out in order to accommodate the victims, this amount of private property was still not bad, not to mention that these were the rewards for the capture of Jinzhou Prefecture.
"Yuanyuan, you're being distant with Big Brother. Are you still blaming me for not protecting you properly back then? I don't live in Jinzhou anymore. These things are useless to me, but they're exactly what you need."
Mother Gu's heart trembled, and she looked at Gu Xinran helplessly, asking her to help make a decision.
She held the deed firmly. This dowry was great and touched her heart. She had to accept it. She couldn't let her uncle down.
But I have to make up for it in other ways. It's impolite not to reciprocate. I said with a smile: "Thank you, uncle. You are anxious for us, so it would be disrespectful to refuse."
Duan Qingyan smiled, and the guilt in his heart dissipated a lot. He said happily: "Ranran is such a good child, just take it."
Then he said to Gu's mother: "After breakfast, we will go to register the household registration and then transfer the house deeds and land deeds to your names.
Yuanyuan, I want to discuss this with you. Can you change back to your original given and last name? Taoyuan will be your nickname. It won't affect our daily address.
Mother Gu looked at Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu and asked politely, "Dad and Mom, what do you think?"
Grandpa Gu smiled lovingly, "Taoyuan, it's up to you, but Dad hopes you'll change it. A new life starts with a new name."
Mother Gu happily agreed to her eldest brother's request, "Okay, I'll change it to Duan Qingyuan when we register later."
"Good! Good!" Duan Qingyan said excitedly, the emptiness in his heart was almost filled.
Everyone was very happy. Changing her name made her feel more like the daughter of a royal family.
The satisfied general asked his servants to serve breakfast. Everyone was in a good mood and enjoyed the meal very much.
Gu Xinran looked at the house deeds and land deeds on the table, and thought while eating what to give to her uncle to make up for this big gift.
After going through the things I can offer, I'll give her a life-saving medicine. The ginseng and antler pills made from hundred-year-old ginseng are worth a fortune.
My uncle has been leading troops in battles for many years, so he needs hemostatic powder and wound medicine.
Most of the two jars of wine last night went into my uncle's stomach. Well, I have to give some to this one too.
With this gift, maybe the uncle took advantage of her family and felt at ease.
After breakfast, Gu Xinran asked her uncle to wait for a moment, saying that she had a gift for him.
After saying that, he pulled Brother Gu out of the main hall.
The brother and sister returned to their room, and Gu Xinran began to prepare gifts.
Two large bags of special hemostatic powder and golden medicine, one bottle of super-quality ginseng and antler pills, and three bottles of ordinary ginseng and antler pills.
The ginseng in the space has undergone several accelerations of space expansion, and the oldest one is nearly forty years old. Ordinary ginseng and antler pills are no worse than the best ones outside.
Finally, a 50-jin jar of tiger bone wine was taken out from the space, ready for my uncle to drink to his heart's content. Brother Gu was the laborer responsible for moving the wine.
Gu Yuchen looked at the large wine jar and hesitated before speaking: "Ran Ran, is this too much wine?"
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