At the gate of the Duke's Mansion

Gu Beichen was holding the golden hairpin in his hand, feeling very angry. The gift his father gave to his mother turned out to be fake. He had no choice but to bite the bullet and go find Liu Yanyan.

The servant at the door stopped him and said, "Who are you? Why are you barging in with nothing? This is the Duke's Mansion!"

Gu Beichen said with a gloomy face, "I am your son-in-law, please get out of the way, I want to find my wife."

The servant lowered his head and pulled Gu Beichen, "What do you mean by our son-in-law? All kinds of people come to claim to be relatives. Let's go, let's go quickly."

Gu Beichen stared at the servant in disbelief, "Look carefully, I am General Gu, your young lady's husband, if you do this I will let your young lady punish you."

The servant rolled his eyes and said arrogantly, "There are so many people like you every day, and you are the husband of our young lady. Look at the ones next to you, they are more like you! They come here every day! Only you, "

Gu Beichen walked away angrily, "I won't bother with a lowly person like you. I've lost my identity." He walked past the ugly guy pretending to be him and cursed him, "You, you hooligans, how dare you pretend to be me."

The others mocked, “You, you are the fake one!”

"You are the poorest among us. I don't know where you got the courage to come to the Duke's Mansion."

"That's right! How can you, a stutterer and a cripple, have the nerve to come here!"

"This is the Duke's Mansion. I am a general and I have to seek an audience here. How dare you rush in so hastily?"

"Country bumpkins, you really have no manners at all."

"Alas, a dignified general, and yet this kind of person pretends to be him."

Gu Beichen was so angry that his face turned blue, he walked out and said, "I, I won't bother with people like you." Liu Yanyan, you let these people humiliate me, you want me to bow my head, I just won't bow my head, I don't want to see you live in the Duke's Mansion for the rest of your life.

Gu Beichen took out the golden hairpin after he walked away, scratching his head in embarrassment. This hairpin was not acceptable! The New Year gift for the Queen could not be this kind!

On the way, Gu Beichen met his former brother General Fu and hurriedly stepped forward, "General Fu, General Fu, Old Fu."

General Fu heard someone calling him, stopped, and saw that the person was Gu Beichen, and said politely, "Brother Beichen, what can I do for you?"

Gu Beichen said, "It's a coincidence. We met. Let's go to the teahouse next door and have some tea."

When General Fu saw his expression, he knew that he wanted to ask for a favor, so he did not refuse. After all, they had been in the same military camp before.

In the box, Gu Beichen poured tea for General Fu while saying, "General Fu, I, your subordinate, have no other choice. Isn't the New Year coming soon? Your Majesty doesn't accept New Year gifts, but the Queen can't avoid it. I want to beg General Fu to give me something to help me get through this."

General Fu took the teacup, put it on the table, and said, "Your father-in-law is a duke, do you really need to worry about such a small thing?"

Gu Beichen sighed, "My father-in-law went to provide disaster relief and won't be back for a while. I'm seriously ill, so my family arranged for me to take a concubine to bring good luck, but my wife went home in anger."

General Fu raised his eyebrows. This Gu Beichen was still lying. Everyone in the capital knew that his wife was loyal to him. He wanted to use his wife's dowry to take a concubine just after he woke up. This made people angry. "Yeah."

Gu Beichen said, "General Fu, since we have been on the battlefield together, please help me."

General Fu raised his eyebrows. If you were to coax your wife, why would you worry about this? You don't know how to appreciate the blessings you have. He took out a landscape inkstone from his sleeve and said, "This is what I want to give to someone. I'll give it to you first. Remember to return one to me later."

Gu Beichen took the inkstone, put it in his sleeve with great care, stood up, bowed and thanked him, "Thank you, General Fu, thank you so much. With this, I can finally complete my mission."

General Fu waved his hand, put down the teacup and left. No one knew why Gu Beichen cared so much about the Queen's New Year gift. With his rank, even if the gifts arrived in the palace, they would not reach the Queen.

After Gu Beichen returned home with the inkstone, he met Gu Beiming who was about to go out, so he called out, "Second brother, follow me to the study."

Gu Beiming could only nod and follow.

In the study, Gu Beichen took out the inkstone, and Gu Beiming said happily, "Brother, did you buy me a gift?"

Gu Beichen shook his head and said, "Look at this. This is a New Year gift for the Queen. Take a look at this inkstone."

Gu Beiming picked up the inkstone and said, "It's OK, a few hundred taels, brother, why are you giving me an inkstone? Isn't it a golden hairpin?"

Gu Beichen sighed, "The gold shop said that this is a slippery gold, and it can't be changed. This inkstone was asked for by my former brother on the battlefield. He said he wanted to give it to someone, so he gave it to me first."

Gu Beiming held the inkstone with disdain, "This is nothing compared to the one my sister-in-law gave me before. The ones my sister-in-law gave me were all famous inkstones!"

Gu Beichen held Gu Beiming's hand and said, "Anything else is left? Give it to me for emergency. Wait for your sister-in-law to come back and let her give you something better."

Gu Beiming looked at his brother's pitiful appearance and picked up an inkstone on the table. "This is the last one. It's better than the one you have. It's worth more than one thousand taels."

Gu Beichen took the inkstone and said with a smile, "You still care about me. I can finally finish my job. Wait for your sister-in-law to come back and let her give you something better."

Gu Beiming looked at his brother's happy expression, his face full of displeasure, and looked at the inkstone left behind with disdain. When can he coax his sister-in-law back? This is getting worse and worse.

Gu Beichen put away the inkstone, took the hairpin and returned to the old lady's room, saying, "Mom, I found the New Year gift. I have repaired this hairpin. Please keep it."

The old lady looked happy, "I knew my son was good at playing with me." She looked at the hairpin from left to right, tried it on her head, and finally put it on. "Your father will be happy to see me wearing this hairpin."

Gu Beichen's eyes were complicated, and he responded, "Dad, you will definitely be happy to see it. Mom likes this hairpin, so wear it more often to avoid dust."

The old lady took Gu Beichen's hand and said, "You and Rou'er should have a child quickly while Yanyan is away, otherwise Yanyan will come back and make Rou'er take medicine, which will make it difficult for her to get pregnant in the future."

Gu Beichen thought of the three pretty and delicate beauties in the courtyard, and his heart was moved. "I must let you, mother, hold your grandson in your arms as soon as possible, and have children and grandchildren around you."

The old lady said, "It's good that you have filial piety. You don't need to take care of an old woman like me. Go back."

Gu Beichen said, "Mother, I'm leaving now."

Gu Beichen returned to the courtyard and wanted to go to Lin Rou's room. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he smelled a fragrance. Mei Lan and Zhu Ju each held one of Lin Rou's hands and cried softly, "Husband, Lan'er misses you."

"Husband, Zhuju misses you too."

He entered their room in a daze and returned to Lin Rou's room in the middle of the night. Seeing her crying, he was heartbroken and could only hug her to comfort her.

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