Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Even Changsun Wuji, the uncle and relative of the emperor, never received this kind of treatment.

All of a sudden, a thought popped up in everyone's minds - this guy Guo Ye is going to be on fire!

But who knows that Guo Ye declined His Majesty Li Er's invitation, shaking his head and saying: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, you have a life, and you dare not resign! But my mother has been worrying about my minister for half a year, and I don't want to go anywhere today. , I just want to have a good reunion dinner with my old mother, talk with him as an old man, and do my best as a son of man. I dare you, and I hope your Majesty will make it happen!"

"what?"

When His Majesty Li Er heard this, he was extremely astonished and exclaimed.

Kong Yingda, Chu Suiliang, Ma Yuanju and others also sweated for Guo Ye, secretly saying in amazement, this kid is really a slap in the face.Even daring to refuse the emperor's will, this is disrespectful!

Just as Changsun Wuji was secretly delighted, His Majesty Li Er's words shattered his dream again.

His Majesty Li Er gave a hearty smile: "Haha, what you want is what you want. My Tang Dynasty is based on benevolence and filial piety. If Guo Qing can have this kind of filial piety, how can I arbitrarily take away people's filial piety? Well, I will help you, Guo Qing." .Tomorrow, it will be tomorrow, I will entertain you in the palace, and then we will have a long talk. Dong Shun—set out—go back to the palace!!!”

After all, he didn't stay long, and was greeted and sent off by the courtiers, surrounded by Eunuch Shun and other eunuchs, he slowly left the Guo Mansion, and returned to the palace slowly on the dragon.

For a while, Guo Ye was surrounded by Kong Yingda and others again, and those who had good deeds stepped forward to congratulate him:

"Haha, Guo Shangshu is really simple in the emperor's heart, and the holy family is strong!"

"Guo Ye, you are so courageous, you dare to refuse the emperor's kindness."

"Congratulations to Hou Rong of Yizhou for being promoted to the Duke of Pingyang County. From now on, the Guo Mansion is really an honor. The wife and princess of the husband county should be a good talk for a while!"

"Mr. Pingyang, congratulations."

"Mr. Guo, you can be said to be the youngest Duke in my Tang Dynasty!"

"Hahaha……"

Everyone carried the sedan chair, and under the congratulations of the crowd, Guo Ye bowed his hands and returned the salute one by one, while Changsun Wuji stood here feeling uncomfortable all over his body, and suddenly felt a burning pain in his cheek.

After a while, they hurriedly left with heads lowered and a series of Tiance Mansion officials without staying for a moment.

Fang Xuanling glanced at Guo Ye with a strange look in his eyes, and finally left in a hurry following Changsun Wuji's back.

However, Guo Ye didn't care about the departure of Changsun Wuji and others, but made another deep bow to everyone present, and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, Guo Ye will accept your wishes today. Thank you Guo Ye won’t say much about it, if you need my help from Guo Ye in the future, just let me know.”

This was originally a human coming and going, and everyone naturally cheered.

In the end, Guo Ye handed over his hands and politely issued an order to evict guests: "Today, Guo Ye wants to have a good reunion dinner with his mother, so we won't keep the big guys. Another day, another day, I will definitely entertain everyone present. Yours sincerely." A glass of water and wine, let's talk about our hearts."

How can everyone be ignorant people, they all nodded their heads to express their understanding, and when they were about to leave one after another, suddenly——

The old lady on crutches walked out of the mourning hall, stood at the door with the support of Zhenniang and Zhiru, and shouted loudly:

"My lords, stay behind!"

shhhhh~

As soon as the old lady appeared on the stage, she yelled and attracted everyone's attention. She was really full of aura.

Seeing this, Guo Ye also called his mother, and rushed to the old lady's side.

The old matriarch smiled at Guo Ye, nodded in praise and said, "It's good that my son is back!"

Then he shouted to the crowd: "Today my son came back alive and was conferred the title of Duke of Pingyang County by the Holy Majesty. This is the great joy of our Guo family's double happiness. I am illiterate and can't say anything nice, but it's better to be alone. The old man also understands the principle of being happy and happy. Today, my Guofu Baishi is a happy event, and it is better to meet by chance than to invite each other. How about a banquet for all the adults?"

After all, the old matriarch had already opened up, and ordered to Xiuxiu, Zhenniang and other three daughter-in-laws:

"Xiu'er, tell the kitchen to start the stove and light the fire, and prepare a banquet for all the adults! If there are not enough cooks, we can invite cooks from the Haitian Feast Restaurant. Our Guo family can't be stingy with the guests."

"Zhenniang, go, let the servants in the mansion quickly remove all these plain white flags, it's unlucky!"

"Zhiru, take the coffin bearers with you and let them throw this unlucky coffin far away from the old man. Don't disturb everyone's pleasure of drinking and eating."

For a while, the old matriarch continued to explain vigorously, which again aroused the applause of all the officials present.It is said that Guo Ye in Longxi is a bold and loyal person, so I am afraid that he also got the true inheritance of his mother's demeanor?

Around dusk, everything was ready.

Under the sound of a string of crackling firecrackers, the Guo Mansion hosted a feast for the guests, with a total of [-] tables, and all the people present were court officials.

Chapter 983

Double happiness came to the Guo Mansion, and the banquet was held until the lights came on, and the guests barely dispersed.

For a while, the messy courtyard and the busy figures of the servants were left behind.

While Xiuxiu and Zhenniang were directing the servants to clean up in the yard, Guo Ye carried his daughter Xiao Guoxiang and accompanied the old lady back to the room, chatting with the old lady.

In the old matriarch's room, Guo Ye put little Guo Xiang on his lap, while teasing his daughter to giggle, he listened to the old matriarch's nagging.

There are only the old lady, Guo Ye, and a little Guo Xiang in the room, no one else.

At this time, the old lady also put away the smiles she had shown to the guests and friends outside before, but put her face on the leading crutch and paused heavily on the ground, and scolded: "You unfilial bastard, this time it's you! Blessed by the ancestors of the Guo family, let you come back alive, do you want your mother to send a white-haired person to a black-haired person?"

Guo Yewei was startled by the old lady's sudden appearance. He immediately hugged little Guo Xiang to stand up, and said with a smile, "Mother, my son knew he was wrong. Hehe, if you don't make an example, you must make an example. Didn't I just come back?" ? False alarm, you old man calm down."

It was obvious that the old lady had no intention of letting Guo Ye go so easily, ignoring his playful smile, and continued to scold, "Do you know where I went wrong this time?"

Guo Ye was depressed for a while, it seemed that the old lady was determined to put on a play of San Niang teaching her son today.

So, he had no choice but to pretend to be his grandson and continue coaxing: "Mother, calm down, don't put on a sullen face, and be careful that you will lose your temper. I promise you, next time, I will not take risks easily, okay?"

bang~

The old lady knocked the crutch on the ground again, and said in a lecture: "It seems that you still don't know where you are wrong."

Guo Ye quickly explained: "Mother, I really know that I was wrong. Not only will my child not be easily involved in danger next time, but he will also keep in touch with his family more, so as not to let my mother worry about it. No, my child will try to travel far less in the future. Just stay with mother in Chang'an, our family will enjoy the family happiness, isn't it right?"

"Bastard!"

The old lady cursed again, and shouted: "Are you such an unreasonable old fool when you are a mother? As a subject, it is the right thing to share your worries for the king. The emperor asked you to go out to Chang'an to run an errand. I can trust you, I think highly of our old Guo family. If the emperor lets you leave Chang’an, but the mother refuses, won’t this hinder my son’s future? You bastard, since your father passed away, you have lost discipline, ahem... ..."

"Mother, mother..."

The old lady coughed in anger, Guo Ye was so frightened that he lost his soul, and hurried to the back of the old lady, stroked her back and said calmly: "Mother, please calm down first, forgive me for being stupid, what is wrong with me?" Where is it?"

"Humph!"

The old lady continued to scold her face and said: "Your fault is that you did not give birth to a boy for the Guo family. If you really died fighting for the Tang Dynasty in Tubo this time, and the body was shrouded in horse leather, it belongs to our Guo family." Glory, this is a matter of honoring the ancestors. If this is the case, my mother will give it to the black-haired person without complaint or regret. My son died for the country. This is loyalty, great loyalty. But because you didn't Leaving an heir to the Guo family and cutting off the incense of our old Guo family is unfilial, very unfilial."

Uh……

Guo Ye was speechless for a moment, the old lady was not worried about her own safety, but worried about the lack of successors of the Guo family?

For a moment, Guo Ye felt really weird. He couldn't hold back a word for a long time. His throat seemed to be blocked by something, and he couldn't adapt for a long time.